North Carolina Newspapers

-us: .js; ;n i: caviar coy wt :i. 1 . -TU"r" 1 C: 7 At? Ztof . Advertising Medium in EasternlNartk CanSna. c:.j JVrr Li 110 HE: Ncrth Carolina; Uer People, Hieirj Progress and Development in EM Happiness and Prosperity ne 4 No. 86. . NEW BERN, N. C.r TUESDAY MARCH 2. 1909. Price Two Cent : ::aiiy dills 'jereeucted Sission.' of pit r , ,, t. i - Spocjal "to The Sun. " ji, , Raleigh, JVC Mar. ; t.-Cspeakev Graham reconvened the House a(:T,30 last -night Bills .passed . final , read- ing: 'l . 4 j tfWi Incorporate- Paiwlco and- Neuse River Railroad and - Terminal Com pany. . , 7 - - For-the- relief " of Jas. L, lchle, teacher of Sampson county , . Ji ... S. B. -Incorporate People's Saving Bank colored, Raleigh,''- f i S. B. Amend the' charter t the . Farmer's, Mutual Fire. Insurance As sociation. ' '' ' ' , Joint resolution' to loan arms" to - - me jjonaiason. Military institute ray , " ettevllle. . " ' - v, . , " For the relief of the Riley HUl fiap- tlst Church,' Wake county. ' j- s - For the relief of es-eheriff Schote, ' Alleghany county, - 11 ' ' , ' Incorporate-the Carolina Guarantee - and Baykbig: Company, .Wilmington. Correct act at 1907 establishing a free- library in Wilmington., . -, , Incorporate the R. K. Lee Fire En gine Co., Beaufort ' ' ' incorporate Charlotte ConntfU 'No. 218 J. O. O. A M, ' i s For the relief of Mrs., Mary Ann ' McDufty, Cumbealand county.-; She is the -wife of John McDuffy and is un- j dar age. The bill allows'her to join .:. her husband In the transfer of real estate although she Is under age. ' S. B.- Re-enact charter ofy the 8al,- Isbury and Fayetteville Bailroad Ca- Incorporate Fuquay Springs, Wake county.. ' ' " Authorise the State Board of Agri- culture to oo-operate with the land owners' of Hyde county in draining Mattamuskeet lAkew "-'',.' - - Establish Salem "Graded School jni Eurry county , - ' - v Provide additional suport for New i3ern-6raded Schools. , ? - EstabltehsMgh school at Littleton. 'Authorise school tax lor. Highlands, Catawba county. , ; For betterschools In Murphy, Cher otae county. v , , - " ' Incorporate Peachtree High School district Cherokee county. -' S. B For Graded Schools at Beau fort. .(,'- - 8. B. Extend the corporate limits ol Gaatonla. . Authorize Wilkes county tor build a fciOdgaJn two miles of ESkville. ; Amend Revlsal relatlra to "hunting squirrels In Hertford. : Protect property owner In Akoskle Swamp. ' - A bill to allow- the superior, court judges to appoint special , polieemea for the Leaksville- township of Rock- Jngham county started the first breesc of the night. Mr. Grant declared that It was the same bill that had. been . VIHed In the House already this ses sion twice. He thought there must be something back of the bllL It was passed on second'reading and on ob- J : ction to third Mr.-Hayes moved sus i! ' piilon of the rules. Roll call vote demanded and he bill defeated i oond reading 45 to 56. . . ? BAD TDOTflf KILLS EDUCATOR. ' -? Into Blood Poiaonlag an I C-i!t?;!y STuys. to TI.e Eun. . ? .. la., r.ir. 2. Dr.. James TV. . r tif riicrh&uics fltij - lit I,f " vett ;, u. . i . . . .,Sy today la Lib year. He had been troubled with ti'ed tooth for a week and last :' iues of the neck began poisoning having set "jjig Involved the wind 1 Si s S'cii!ed this morning ,i s a o- ''in. Dr. .11. Di l T I", rwn were i , .t t t 'on VliU ' 'ty on 1 from Avalanche Kills M JKea.' ' By Cable to The Sun. ' " -' Innesbruck, Anstrla,' Mar. : 1 An avalanche near Lafrann today. brought death to six officers and detachment of thirty men of the Imperial Austrian army, if . , - -Railroad' tracks and telegraph wires were carried away In the rush of rock and earth. -. Troops have been sent to the scene to clear away the debris. . . Tragedy ta Kgf Shortage. Chicago March 2. Because he cook- fed two eggs Instead, of .three, as or dered, Charles Kelly, a cook in a down town resferifrtnJ, wo,s stabbed. . and killed wttJiJt butcher knife br G- 0. Harbougb, ft waiter. - , , Fox faut Postponed. The fox chase that was to have tak- en place tomprrow morning nt 6 o' clock by the Craven Hunt Club, with starting point at the forks of Neuse road, about four miles from New Bern has -bees: postponed until Thursday morning" at the same hour and -will start from the same place. Everybody 1 Invited to Join the chase for the tovr- -din, 5 ( v Explosion In Mine. By Wire to The Sun. flttston. Pa., Mar. 2. An explosion lnthe Erie Colliery, near this place this morning, carried with it serious results. .Twelve miners have been Drought to the surface and are now in Pittston hlspltal and 75 more are In tbe' mine. . ,. ,ai ', Full- particulars have not been - as certained, . . NAMES WOODWARD. . f Wilson, u Trustee of University to FBI vacancy. By Wire to The Sun. ( v. vi Raleigh,. N. C- Mar. 2. .The Senate- today voted for F. A Woodward, of Wilson as. trustee ot the University, to fill the -vacancy caused jy the resig nation of Mr. Ootmoii- v.-. 1 Death of C E. Simpson. - Xled, in a Norfolk nospltal.rChas. BLSimpson, tn his SOth year of age. He was- a. soh ot the late Jerry and Josephine, Simpson,, of Havelock, N. When a lad of 11 years, he went to-live with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H Horton, of Norfolk, Va., where he learned a trade and made his home until death. , ' ' The deceased was a nephew of our townsman, J.i C. Rigdon. . His body waa brought here last evening and placed In the First Baptist Church to await -burial. The services were held ths afternoon at 4- o'clock. Interment was made in Cedar Grove cemetery, Rev. C. l 9reaves officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H, Horton accompan ied the remains to the city; - .. Freight Jessels Arrived. Tie two mast schooner Margrate and F, Moore, mastered byCaptaln Larkay," arrived in port last evening from Baltimore, loaded - With general merchandise for a number , ot mer- chanU in this city. The ship is dis charging her 'cargo at Blades wharf. The schooner Flora and Agnes, came In yesterday evening, balling front Maryland, with cargo or sev eral hundred bushels f corn, con signed to' J. .At'.Meftdows..' :There are a large number . of .smallec freight craft at the Various docks,- receiving and discharging cargoes of freight tUBOIAB WITH CBAZT TASTE. Ignored Dlnmonds and Stole Csekoo Clock. By Wire to The Sun. , . Wllkes-Barre, Pa.. Mar. 2-Chief of Police Price, of PitUton, ' is today looking for a burglar who took the most novel loot that a burglar has ever been .known by the police In this region to take. He broke into the berate of . John Stetser during the night and, silverware, which he must have ' seen, because -they . were jals- tarled, ke took a Cuckoo clock,. pMrtwalst, apron, one doseh hair pins, a flour sieve, a dish-drying towel ami a pair of asen's garter. The . police have named him the "cuckoo burglar" and the whole force Is eager to get him to learn what he w anted with the queer assortment of articles he took. $'"'. 1 IX FELLS IVAICjUX i 1 Fro n 1 Jlil. I! T- li. I SEMTE 11ET LAsprngm 3'' iyMUtkfJB Final Reding f 1 Special to-Thf Sun, , tif J RaJeigh, N.Mar. J 4-The Senate - - , :f; . " , , -t rablert IVclock-lat nlgHfc Bills were p'ut through., final reading a follows: ' .. ' . . .- " - Authorise the Judge fit the superior court in certain case to appoint spe clal policemen In certain eases . in Rockingham county. , - H. B. Pay jurors in Swain county. Ashe and Jackson counties. Alloweaoh Judge of the supreme court $400. for stenographer. - : Authorise disinterment of certain bodies at Rocky Mount ' . V ' Amend the law ar to- the. validity ct grants, applying only to Moore coun-1 ty. . ' i ' -1 I Substitute for house bill to author ise the payment ot deposits in trust I under certain circumstances. Amenif 484 Revlsal as to filing re plies. : i". H. B. For the relief of the Fay etteville Light Infantry. H. B. Incorporate - the Laurlnburg and Southern Railroad Co. - H. B. Better drainage in Forsyth, Davidson; Surry and Stokes counties. Authorise tommlslo'ners of For- avth county to adopt rules to enforce "order among1 convicts working roads, H. B .Ainend'seetlon t, chapter 9671 laws -W 1807, relative to oysters. I H. JL Prevent the sale of Intoxl- mts within three miles., of certain churches of Carteret county. Provide pojica.pomisslo'n.-for httnv -' ' ;sfn:i-.T-" Amfendl957 Revlsal regulating the I challenge to tales Jurors so service on Jury within one year instead of I two eremnt from service. f I - - B. B, Jtevise the charter of North I Carolina College, Mount Pleasant. The - Poole 4H1 to -repeal ,the 1907 immigration act chapter' ft24,' laws ot 1907 came up as a special order. Senator Peele advocated the bill. He thought the bill unnecessary aslers, its victims -being natives, chiefly plentiful as labor now is and regard-1 ed it as useless for the State to be nmiilnr fhniiunria of dollars for immigrants.' The movement had en. he Said, a failure in North Caro-lces Una.- ' - - - Senator Empie opposed the Peele bill and took issue with the Senator I aa to What had been accomplished! under the act in the past two years! through interesting large numbers of settlers in small Independent farms, He' reserved the right to call the pre- vioua question.1 y . , , .: ,.- Senator Spence offered an -amend ment confining the class of .Immi grants to le invited to North Caro lina to those-of Saxon Tutonlc -origin. and amending -the act of 1907 instead of repealing it 'Tht amendment was lost The"! bill on lte second reading passed by a vote of S3 to 5. 4 Senator Empie objected to the third reading. The rules were suspended on motion of Senator Peele and the mil put through without divudon. v, . Additional bills "Were 'passed final reading as follows: " H B. Construct graded -school in Ashe county.' - ' . H B. Provide legalised primary for Pleveland county. " . " f i Amend the charter of Wilmington and estabUshinr a Are and police commission. - " ' H. B. Relative to the act !ncorpor- atlpg the Mattamuskeet Railway Com ' wr ... j . n H. ' Incornorate toe Jjonqina auui v. tA. -- UUarailUBO VVI yi . : . r .... h B. Change Jurisdiction "of the rtnlnW term 1 suoerlor court ot Union county. ' j ' By w!TfJ t0 8uB.. n , - - the time for the legislature to meet H, B,' ' Change the boundary lines putsburg, Mar. i-Atter two years from Monday after the first Wednes of Montreat special' school district, 0f fruitless search Attorney Charles day in January to Monday after the Rimcomba county. ' 1 - Fov the more severe punishment of r. trackers. - , ' nn motion of Benator.Bhaw the vote by which thf bill had been pass- ed amending the road law of KODeson county waa reconsldored to give Ben - .... m... tima n .ramlna It hie hav - ing been sick several days. : ,; 1 nni. In l.r ''ur Today. n wir n The Eun. ..Raleigh.' N. C, Mar. 2 feiator Long iptro the Ch' puW'.; ! d a 1 '1 to 1 1 "e . .. ... ,. VI - - rnn ItilGHEk WAGES ARE REFUSED -Defy 'Miners's Union a By' Wire to The Sun.. . -i i TiJlT , "7, a operatorR defrtlie.minewrflaion M gf t aD; onQ ofr,the eight demands which include higher wages, (shorter hours and other con- cessions. The crisis will come when the pres ent agreement expires on March Slst. The situation is described in a pam phlet Issued today, which, while not official, has the approval of all the operators. The three-year agreement expires on March 31st. This agreement is practically identical with that of' the Roosevelt strike commission In 1902. The new demands go back in most points to the matters which were then sifted by the Roosevelt commission. STRANGE EPIDEMICS O WEST INDIES MYSTIFY. Scientific Experts Unable to Identify . Fevers Prevalent In Jamaica, Mar - tln&luir'and Barbadoes. By Cable to The Sun. Bridgetown, Barbadoes, Mar. ,2. I Certain types, of disease are epUfgmfr I lin the West Indies which ha& taf-1 fled local medical skill to identify. One lot these types has been prevalent In I Jamaica w an aiarmmg exieni. in i November . the Liverpool Tropical I School of Medicine, of which Sir Al tred Jones .Is the chief financial sup porter, sent out a commission of In Eur-Ivestigation, composed of Professor R. twewsieaa, ur. w. l. rroni ana rro-1 feasor Handley. In Martinique the occurrences of yellow fever led to a request tor uie Frencn uovernment to send out Dr. Simond, Dr. Albert and I .. .. Dr. Noe to examine Into the cause. f In. Barbadoes, a fever, at first call- led gastric .influenza, but later yellow- I fever, broke out in December. Un- I llke-yellow fever of the. ordinary type I it has not attacked vlBitlng foreign- blacks. Its appearance has upset the I tourist business completely and has I led to exaggerated reports. The Gov- prov-lernment has now obtained the servl- of Sir Rubert Boyce, professor of I pathology and dean of the Liverpool I School of Tropical Medicine, to in- veBtigate the. outbreak. As Jamaica, Martinique and Barba- does supply a large portion of labor- ers for work on the Panama Canal, it is thought that the disease may have been contracted on the isthmus and l brought back by returning emigrants. FOUR SUDDENLY EXPIRE. Remarkable Harvest of Death at Bar- I , rlsburg. By Wire to The Sun. I Harrieburg, Mar. 2. Four sudden deaths occurred, here yesterday. Three I of them were Of people who died witn- I in 15 minutes of each other. Mrs. John Heisy was round aeaa mi bed at her home, No. 620 Forster I street, in the morning. Tne otneriror a constitutional convention, me I three deaths occurred within a quar- Her of an hour of each other, about o IP. m. They were the Knowing: I H. G. FetterhotT, no. 515 neuter ' . - - . .. . I street; dropped dead at Tweiitn ana 1 Kelker streets. -I , , . I Mrs: Isabella Shrtner dropped dead Jin bathroom, at home; at Riverside james W. Gore, No. 232 Fifteenth - I street dropped dead In market-house, I 1; k , .n I nAi, nnn mo ttAlf - wiiiuji bgaavii iv nia svi 1 fr 1 .w .-t i - 1 - . -r 1 . - ... v-v - - y -' I ICoasals Motifled to look Fwf'ifenngt , v, Plttsbnrger. . ,t I O'Brien haa enlisted the services of the '. -State Department In 'an' effort to find his son, J. Paul O'Brien, aged 87. I -ho. it is feared, has been Imprisoned! j - aome foreign country and U unable to gaut.hhl freedom, ' American uon - 1 IUg ,n 0yw the world have been to- l.tP,trf ta innnlr fter the missing man, and detecUves in Ban Francisco New Orleans, New lork ana oiobt ci ltP h.ve been detailed on the case. I Youna O'Brien has been a wanderer for . several, lyears.: His father who! cities and torn acted favorably on for has been named as Pittsburg's uityitne eenate tor me peiur vraiuagB 01 I ... kim iinn toil with AUWIUCJ, umm mnnv. ana uniu two yoi 6" - h-a fm v informea of ni8 wnere t'ui v ouis. ! j hi participated in two 1 -1 ... j . - ' , -Iran revolutions, has been 1 L.'nnuinea,- Mexico, Hawaii, 1 and other foreign comtni-n. ' u!y. however his letters slopped 1 despite his father's e T -its of the mi ming youth 1 , b mt UNFAVORABLE REPORTS MADE Committees Turn Down Several Bills Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, Mar. 2. The bill for the creation-of the State Board of Ex aminers for architects' license met with a serious set-back in the com mittee on corporations in that the committee decides to amend it by ex cepting local contractors and carpen ters. .The bill designed to stop people from trespassing on the railroad tracks gets an unfavorable report from the committee on public service corporations. There Is also an unfa vorable report from that committee on the bill to repeal the freight penalty clauses as to the smaller railroads of the State. Representative Morton of New Han over county, who has been working all this session to Induce the legisla ture to grant New Hanover exemption from the State prohibition law says now that he realizes that there is no hope of obtaining the relief and that he feels now that the only thing left to be done is to beg at least the pass- age of a blU that will authorize the cutting down of the historic old 'Dram Tree" Just balow Wilmington on the Cape Fear .which has for centuries umpired - loving cup conviviality ana good fellowship on the Lower Cape Fear. Shorn of its long-established power It is felt that It would be an act of humanity to the famous old tree as well as its numerous devotees now aeDarrea Dy cruei statute irom tartan erstwhile 'monarch vion The Prease Bros. Co., Wilmington, . .. receives a charter with 5u,uuu cap! tal by D. J. Prease, T. B. Prease, T. S. Young and others. There is also a charter for the W. L. Russell Shook and Lumber Company, Wilson, capital $50,000 by w. L. Russell and others. A new wholesale drug conlpany, The Acme Company, is chartered for I Raleigh, the place of business being Martin street with R. H. Battle, W. c. Douglass and others as the mcor porators. The Cel-I-Ko Bottling Co., I is largely interested. The Ormond substitute solicitors salary bill is dead. At least, It is un- derstood there will be no minority repore from that of the House com mittee on salaries and tees that will go in against it. That is without doubt the end of the solicitors' salary proposition forthis session at least. Representative pages for the House I appeared before the . committee ask I ing for one dollar and a half instead of one dollar a day for the boys that scurry about the floor of the House and keep the microbes of the carpet in tbe atmosphere, also tneir actual transportation expenses to and from home. The committee yieiaea grace- iruiiy. me .House ana senate commuiees voted separately on the proposition former against it by 7 to i. tne latter in favor 3 to z. Kepreeentative noonce l gave notice ot a minority report Tne senate Drancn oi me commit- l . . . . . . . I tee on constitutional amendments voted to report favorably tne urmona I bill to amend the constitution so as J to relieve the legislature from acting I on granting or amending charters 91 corporations and municipalities, the I . - ,l. j a ei,n,A . V. ..... .- iuue me mjmuiui o Iwhlrh hA ahonlil ha asked. i The jame committee vpte4 favor- abl on Senator Gay's Mil changing I first Wednesday in August biennially. I There was an unfavorable report decided on for Senator Peele's bill abolishing the omce 01 solicitor ana I delegating the duties of the offloe to i county atuinwys. r":m minority report , I The ' substitute .for the Morton trucaing im viu aw.n-jurwu uv - ioramy or nv"- wuiuihot e Irlculture. I -The House committee on counties, I Pharlnliji tnwnshln. - - .-. ' v 7 - " 1 . : - - 1 . h - ninn miua mvimivn. 1 . .. . . I Wllkesbarre, Pa, Mar. -aVs-Jt terrme 1 explosion has oocun M in Colliery No. I M of the Pennsylvania Coal Company lor .Port unmtn : " I Several aoore of men art ahut In. no Two dead and twelve badlf turned ,1 so far have been taken out The mine it reported to be 't VERNON S10CK CO. SUCCESS High Class Shows for Popular Prices The Vernon Stock Company opened this week's engagement last night to a full house at the New Masonic Thea tre, and made a favorable impression at its first appearance. The opening bill was "The Unwritten Law," a play noted for deep sentiment, and one which tests the ability of all who take part in it, and we voice the sentiment of all who saw the play last night that every part was well presented seldom better. The leading parts were played by Mr. B. B. Vernon aB Paul Feather- stone and Miss Bertha Fullen, as Mo- na Featherstone his wife, who made a lasting impression upon the au dience. Other members of the com pany shared alike comment in their respective parts. The comedy features that Interspersed the detp drama contrasted perfectly and made the play an exceptionally interesting one. The specialties touch ed the pleasing chord and the audi ence demanded a response In every feature. The dialogue act of Mr Griffin and Miss Emma Hayner were seemingly the decided favorites, es pecially with their local hits. The Vernon Stock Company bids fair, for a pleasing engagement in New Bern both to the theatre-goers ot the city and the company as well. Tonight the bill will be The Devil." This play needs no comment in New Bern, having appeared here before, and will be remembered as among the best shows staged at this point. PROUKAM AT AMUSEA TONIGHT. Antony and Cleopatra" You will miss.. a. treat if you. fail to see this great Shakespearean play. It is en tirely different from "Cleopatra's Lover," shown Borne time ago, and Is a faithful reproduction ot this tragedy, In this you will see the first meeting of Antony and the Egyptian queen, and their subsequent career down to - the time she applied the deadly asp to her bosom, and ended "life's fitful fever." See it by all means. "Effects of a Shave" This shows a wonderful transformation in a so ciety man, who is not even recognized by his devoted wife and darling little girl. At the club he is refused ad mission and the troubles the poor fel- low encounters, will almost make you drop a sympathetic tear, and laugh the next breath. We show, rain or shine. Orchestra and illustrated song.' Memorial to Uncle Reams. Atlanta, March 2, "Snap Bean Farm and the Sign of the Wren's Nest" as Joel ('hauler Harris styled his home is to be purchaseed by the friends of Uncle Remus," and presented to the public as a memorial to the author, was announced today. The woman's Auxiliary of the Uncle Remus Memorial Association desires that the fund chall bo procured from the children wh7 have found delight in the writings c-f "Uncle Remu.s" CARRIED JOKE TOO-FAR; Mock Marriage of Midshipman Report ed as Genuine Affair., Norfolk, Va., March 2. Naval cir cles here; had a flutter ot excitement when they loomed of a mock marriage In the parlors cf the Chamberlain ho - tel late last night, in which Midship man Robert S. Young, Jr., of the ar mored crqiser North Carolina, and Miss Margaret Connell, daughter of A. J. Council, of Scranton, Pa., wore aup- posed to be the principals. The en tire ceremony was a Joke among the Ijroung people, a largo party of whom had: .been, enjoying the regular tur- day evening dance at tho hotel. One of the midshipmen, from- thej curing in sdvance the cotton report North Carolina carried the joko a Ht- tle too far by calling up the news papets In Nortplk and Newport Newel price's attorneys announced they and telling them seriously of the wed- ding. It also Is said that he wired the. news to a paper In the, young wo - man's home city- Tho young 'people were deeply cha grined this morning to lad i serious Unnouncement of th supposed wed ding and Captain Marshall, ot the North Carolina sent for the mldshtp- men Involved atad directed tha. one ing Ins Paris almost continuously for whff had sentout the atory to go at 0 aonra, and a blixzard ot unpre--once to .the newspaper offices to which dented proportions, prevails tlnou. li ke had setat Jjib story and make a per- out the whole of France. Many di n.iha flre.Jsdnal retraction. 1 j.'. BIDS OPENED LAST NIGHT No Decision Reached by Aldermen. Bids for paving of the streets in the business section of New Bern were opened last night ait a special meeting -of the Board of Aldermen. The bids were close and Interest ran high. The bids and the proposed material are: ' Charles Gasser, Carlyle or Ports-' - mouth vitrified brick, $1,763, vitrified paving block $1.89; granite block $2.24. .'. John C. Welmer, Belgian paving block $2.04; Ruble granite $2.65; vitrified brick, $1.93; Catsklll brick, $2.03; Knapp-Porter $2.06. I. J. Smith, Inc., vitrified brick $1,765; Carlyle vitrified brick $1-66; granite block $1.86; ruble paving gran ite $1.54. McGuire and Shelby, Knapp-Porter brick 1.95; Carlyle brick. $183; Thomas C. Barry brick $1.83; granite block $1.73; granite ruble $1.53. H. A. Brown, vitrified brick, $169; Clias. Markham Knapp-Porter brick, $1.75; Carlyle brick. $1.59; Peebles brick, $1.59; Kelly Brothers Peebles brick jl.69; Southern Clay Mfg Co., $1.86; Catsklll brick $1.83; Sands and Key, Carlyle $1.64; Peebles $1,655; Portsmouth $1,655; granite $1.95; granite ruble $1.63; Bowen & Days Knapp-Porter brick 1.74; Crafts and Smith granite block $2.44; vitrified brick $1.67; Shale Paving and Brick C. vitrified brick $1.55; Georgia En gineering Co., Augusta block $1.63; Wan McTew, Carlyle brick $1.59; Peebles brick $1.60; Nelson brick $1.84; Dane & Lawaon vitrified brick $1,625; granite block $1.87. The question of recommending the best proposition was referred to the Street and Pump Committee, which met today at 11 o'clock and discussed the valued features of each bid, and adjourned at 2:30 without reaching a decision. The question received some consid eration today outside of the municipal circle which has the matter In hand, and it was the concenscious of opin- ion that the decision should be on the quality of the material rather than 1 the lowness of the price. Incidents I were sighted where such a mistake had in the past been made by adher- ing to such an idea of looking only at the price. Paving of streets, it was stated, is the most important work carried on by a city more far-reaching in the way of expense.' No material can be expected to last always, but there are some materials, and different quali- ties of materials, that last longer than others. All admit that the mere fact that a street Is paved does not mean that it will stay there Just as laid down, but there are repairs to be made, and when you first put down a cheap material with the idea of re pairing it with better material or not so good material, then you have a life time task and an expensive one also. It would seem that the outside opin ion Is that th best bids would be where the best and lasting materials are mentioned. The I'ooper-Sliurp Trial. By Wire to The Sun. .. : Nashville, Mar. 2. The smallest crowd since the beginning , ot the : Cooper-Sharp trial was on hand this morning. It is believed that argument will be reached by Thursday and jury : - charged Saturday or Monday. . ; . Et. Thompson, first witness, test!- - Bed to seeing Carmack only just prior :.; to the shooting. , ' W. S. Morgan testified as to having ,( seen Mrs. Eastman 1 Just -. after the v 1 shooting. She waa crying. TBEO.H.UBICE HELD For Trial la Washlagtea en Charge ef Conspiring to Defraad Government . New Tork. Mar. 2. United States Commissioner' Shields held Theo H I price, former 'cotton king" for trial j Washington on charge ot consplr- ling to defraud the toverntoeut by se for 1905 of the department ot agrlcuV- - 1 ture. J would appear before Judge- Ward jn I tj, s. District Court and ask a writ ot (habeas corpus and writ certiorari. : BLIZZARD GRITS ALL FRANCE Kaay Death From Exposure Repert- - ' ed i 49-Honr Storm. . ' Paris, Mar. J. Snow has been fall- - '. tare reported from exposure. vV-',. 'W 1 .