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are
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pretty.
hree suits
to ordpf
flS if 'm
,tobk
GO
i3T BE AUCTION SALE
Blackwell Co. Canpot Be Sold
to American Co.
SUPPLEMENTAL
OPINION
! m r S
0raer of SIX !$!.. of Blackwell
seven Sb.re. of Stockpmher Pp.
filed in lkeCMeip'-
Ju(1.o SimontoJ yestcrlay filed a sup-oyin-
in th case of the
SUll UuTha'm 'Tobacco Company,
volrin appoiatmeit of a perma
m liver thoi winding up of: the af
th corporation jnd the sale of
tie property-
Judge Simonton decides
r ...,1nrod SOld at
that the prop
auction, must
: ite American Tol-accd Compaay '.11
10 , ... .,11 .(.nsidered.
sot. L a;,ot fnred in I the hearing of
the
Charleston were recent ,
Vro u these papers the fact is developed
ht the opposiuoii i i"v i -
the Blackwl Company
hv seven snarbs of- stock m-
oacKeu i. ,,. -T,.,.. - fir.rtf
yyks Lotitia a.
Btead of one
x-.u- York, who owns six
shares, object-
Id to tae appointment of a receiver
Hcr
affidavit is given; eiseui.. -
The supplMnental opinion in J&c cae
jeeeivo.1 from Judge Simjonton is given
hevewith: I . ;
-Without prejudicing the merits of
thi case, it is proper to say that $0 much
of the bill as prays confirmation of a
sale to the American Tobacco. Company
T;n t hr. .-onsidered. , ti"Xe frank ad-
that they - are
that- company
nffifprs and employes of.
pres an auuumuai n-an. iv
injjness of the court to depart from -the
ordinarv rule of a sale at auction -and
to accept a private bid. The. allegation
of this proposed purchasejis the prOvok
in? cause and justification Of " s6" muih
of "the answer as relates 'to the purposes,
standing and designs' of j the American
Tobacco Company.' These " allegation's
furnish a reason jwhy tlie 'sale be not
made to that company. ''tnXsnutchV. tb'ehT
as no such proposition .vi'iil. b.e qojisid
tred by the court; and tie. sale if, in
deed, the sale be orderedf-iwjll. he at pub
lic auction, under Ithe provisions, of . the
act of Cousrrpss, the. standing -master
need not take and report -'any- testimony
respectiup the , character, purposes and
designs of tfce American Tobacca Com
pany." . . j- .-
Other papers that figured in the hear
ing of the motion to make permanent
the appointment of a rejeeiver of the
Blackwell Company before Judge Simon
ton at Charleston April lTiwere received
here yesterday. Among other things the
wmpiainants moved to strike out as
irrelevant and impertinent" the follow
ing parts of the answer of the defendant
W. uthrie:
And this defendant submits that vour
honorable court ought not . to aid tht
wmilainants and the said Llmwicnn To
bacco Company to -carry irito effect such
umawiui scheme and plan," in section
lour, I ; ,
"And that the said complainants and
the said American
wd, at the time of the purchase of said
1 01 Biaekwell's Durham Tobaco
Company, full knotvledwAf ti;0 l.-f,.
an. by-laws of said Blac.vwelFs Durham
louawo Company- and that its stock
as not listi i. j. 1 - .
. "s,iuii iia- stocK exenange
ui tnis country,
and
s not sold niiHL0rr.i,nJ.i :
tion five. , tllrvu' 111
A statement of assets anil liabilities of
2 .T?b; Company filed by
r.i. Hall shows tht tho n
i T.upariy werei,Si.G77.024.9T
liabilH " iWT-TO.. Of the
"American
reiver sit ti ' aqcount." Tne
li.t of til the tateDt gives a true
l l tile nrnnAi-t i, l . .
BamK, , . came into nis
.- ana n-tvnn .i , . . .
tonnrerivav-Eyaant of I Philadelphia,
throng McDoell, files a petition
' B f -,AJi . H 1 rv. - U11U
Dnrham ri ' a?ainst the Blackwell
vj, -with ntA,, 1. . . r . .. .
Wfoii,. , wiereon at tne rate
. lur. )(r font :j. . ,
"for mr , - J,Vy 1. 19. This
ihttS,?? Uch the Petitioner says
tA i,. 'u,uul. advaiicwl tn tt
hoTvl The money
tided tft "V" "rune directors had de
to place 240,000 with W. -W.
Petit;, u,lvtising purposes.
iaS rr lin that Gen.. Julian
e. TV ()G5.25 for.this.pnrV
elaim I 1 nIlejjed. that terest
Jnnp ",V ,cas ;recgni55ed and- paid
in 'irn T V t Jnly 1, 1808.
amended bill was filed by the attor-
Ner l,i T,,)hliutiff' Msrs. W W.
sal r , ' arkfr' asking -for the dis
ber It 1 af tion withl respf 4' a
. . ..'lefpndahts mentionedMn the
dim. The amended bill says,.
oil
Th luing$:
iMhU1? ming f the original
nts n,; .Cl!!lse' Tour orators, George
nud
M ) . V inter, have ?nur-
1
rsuit v Vall10us Parties as to whom
!io. aas been dismiv nnH now
WrP-!Afrent-s 44 shares and W.
""ares 01 the vmita1stk:
bb. atkr' Durham: Tobacco
Pauy,
m ad(ition to the shares held
by them at tue time of the filing of their'
original bill, so that the number ;of
shares owned by all other stockholders
of said Blackwell Company besides your
oratcrs only amounts to, 147 shares in J
the aggregate, instead of 007 shares al-
'-f;cu m suiu original uiii; iu;li iut- uuij
-shares appearing on the, books of said
Biaekwell's Durham Tobacco Company
tc itl by others than your orators
or the defendants to this supplemental
bill are ten ahaTes' belonging to Mxs.
Ames Calces, six shares belonging to
"pMisS Letitia M. Geer and six shares be
longing to idiss Mary II. Geer, and as
t them the cause nas been dismissed."
ietiUa M. Geer, of 130 West
One Hundred and. Seventeenth street,
New York, filed ah ; affidavit protesting
against the motion for the appointment
of a permanent feceiver of the American
Tobacco Company. .
The affidavit by Miss Geer sets forth
that she purchased six shares of Black
" " T"-hnm tTobacco Company stock,
which she now h lus; that she received
.......uonths dividends at the
' "'i "Mil August. 180S:
that in . 1898 the dividend was redmd
n) nitu- i.cr cent annually, and at the
same time received a circular from the
Blackwell Durham Company stating
that the previous six months had been
the most pro-Rpr'oas in the history of the
company, and that the reason for re
ducing the dividend was for the pur
pose of having a larger surplus for work
ing capital.
The affidavit asserts that another four-
per-cent dividend was received in No
vember, .1898, and that since that time
top dividends have been received: that
in December, i898, the Blackwell Com
pany passed into the hands of the Union
Tobacco Company, and afterwards to
the American Tobacco Company, which
last corporation hoy wns and controls
the Blackwell Company.
The petitioner further expresses the
belief that the BlacTTwell Company is
solvent corporation; that if the six
months previous to August, 1898, were
the most prosperous six months during
the last year of jreriernl nrrKiwur
Blackwell Company should have in
creased its dividends rather than stop-
pe umem,- naa tne American Tobacco
Company, which owns the controlling
mterest in said company, managed the
property in the interest of all tho stof-V-
holders; but the desire of the American
lobaceo Company seems to be to so
manage said company as to force the
minority stockholders to sell their stock
to said American Tobacco Company.
-mat ror months, every influence wn
made by the. American Tobacco Com
pany to induce, the deponent to sell her
stocK; fbat.vocn.she refused to sell shf
was told, that -a receiver ; would be ai
iwuut;uajw mat sne would not receive
near as rakcU t or, her stock as theAmeri--
eanr, Tobacco--Company ' offerefl. in.---,
$25 per -shore.- . ' - '
BepHKMrt farther avers that Khr -h
n9.deipeiph?U her stock of the Black-Well-
Gompunyand should not be forced
ao S( oy thes3 proceedings, n-l.o,,,!,,.
she is -injured: ' ' i
Deponent Tart her' avers" that this n
4
tion to sell jthe property "of the Black-
m twiupaiiy and to dissolve. said cor
poration is instituted by the American
lobaceo Company, not only to denrivo
the minority stockholders of their rMiN
but also to avoid tbg legal consequences
under the antto-t - vorth CaJ
ana.
Deponent prays the cotnr, In the inter
ests of the minority stockholders, that
the injunction be dissolved and the ap
plication of - the plaintiffs herein (wh-
are really tne 'American Tobacco Com
pany) for a permanent receiver of the
Blackwell Company 'be denied.'
MILLS ULAY SHUT BOtff
Strike of BnlhUnj Trades Has Bronht
Lumber market to Standstill.
Norfolk, Va., April 30. From an au
thoritative source it . was learned today
that interesting' developments are ex
pected from -a' meeting of the North
Carolina Pine Lumber Association
which is scheduled to'. be held here next
Tuesday. This association is composed
of owners of about twenty mills in Vir
ginia and North QaroHna and practically
controls the lumber market. It is un
derstood that the association will very
probably order all its mills to shut down
ou account of conditions brought about
by the strikes of carpenters in Uie north
and west. These strikes-have affected
the lumber trade to a great extent. Two
months ago -the mills could not. supply
th- demand. Today they have millions
oJ feet of lumber for which there is no
demand. The closing of the mills would
throw at least 20,000 men out of em
ployment. '".---. i i .
Charlotte nlne Cb.sace Hands
Charlotte, N. C.."April 30. Special
The Chat-lotto Sunnly- Co.. which doef
the largest textile Imsiness of any house
hands of Northern. - capitalists, it. -1
S C,- Clfirlc. .T. Goff and II. B
GofF. ot Warren,. K. I., and C. II. Child,
of TVnvi.loncp. n. lthode Island com
ma 11 v orsan izexl here twelve years ago,
handling nil kinds of supplies for fac
tory, mills, etc., the largest Dusiness in
it Utip in tho eorintrv E. A4 Smith and
J. V. Wilson, retiring members of the
i.nmininv. hny nht vet decided on the
future tdans for their course. It is stated
the business is worth, considerably over
$100,000. , .
V BIS ParlcSbowlUi a Hoodoo.
Paris, April .30.- There wasanother
accident this afternoon at tne exposi
ffolflinff f collansed in the
Salle des Fetes, where , the inaugura
tion ceremony was held. One work
man was killed ; and three were se
riously wounded, The Salle des Fetes
was hastily prepared for the opening
ceremonies, the -rubbish being cleared
away and the uncowpfeted walls coy-
Ted up with tapestry- jew; "e um.-
f 5,7 the workmen hAve been busily en-
r"ed ia finihins th.e, budding.
PREPARING " TO
FIGHT NO TEARS
ROGPS Wl
I Make a Stand on
Banks of the Vaal. i !
GIVING iUP FREE STATE
1
Uocra noTing Their Forces Away, and
Will Abandon That Territory to the
British Botha lias Completely Ont-
1 . 1 . f
wltted the British Commander Lon-
i I '
don Criticizes "Bobs' Failure Gen
i ' V ' ":
Warren Arrives at Cape Toirn.
Cape Town, April GO. General Sir
"Charles Wurrent, the newly appointed
Military Governor of Griqualand, ye'.t,
arrived here (yesterday. lie will tart
tonight for Kimberley. The imperial
horse left here Saturday for Kimberley.
A Colonial Tribunal
Cape .Town! April 30 11:50 a. 'ml It
was learned tin excellent authority jthat
the Cape government has decided to sub
mit a bill to Parliament for the establish
ment of a special tribunal for the 'trial
of colo u nil rebel s. This tribunal j will
consist of colonial judges, and its crea
tion will obviate the necessity of imperial
legislation for this purpose.
The Cape Parliament will meet in the
latter part of June, when the measure
will be submitted. It is probable that
members of the Afrikander ' bond .j will
oppose the bill, but , the government is
bound to carry it through, as many
Dutch members will support it. The
Xatal Parliament will meet on Monday,
the 2nd, and a similar bill will be intro
duced. 5 -
Fire Was Returned
London,, April CO. Julius Weil, who
has a .branch office a tMafeking, ha re
ceived dispatches from that point Up to
April 12th by runner to Kimberley. The
latest "dispatch says:
"We are niost cheerful. Everything
is moving along satisfactory.- 'fhe rmi
aimivcrsary of the siege was celebrated
by the Boers firing heavily into the town.
The attack was repulsed at 10 a. m,
G;i April 11 ; we received sixty-eight
shells, but there were 110 casualties."
Will Abandon Free State
London. April 30. Dispathes from
Loi-ei70 Marquez say that, the Boer;
have' decidetl to ajtrmdon the Free State
to the British,' It is aid that the bmgh-
ewft will -jnakei no stand ncaint .the.Itrd
Ilobertjs 'south of the Vaal river? and
tliat the movement of thier forces aqross
that stream' lias already begun. ?
'This involves the abandonment!- of
Brnndfort aud Kroonstnd, and it isi un
derstood "that the ( Boers are already
moving away j fro 111 these places towards
the Traansvaiil It is believed that; the
burghers have come to the conclusion
that they cannot cope success f nil y With
Lord Roberts' large army in the eom-
rtarativelv onen free state, ami will try
to stop hi mat the passes entenag; the
PTvansvanl.
The British; have evidently abandoned
the pursuit of tho Boers who were. at
Wepener and.Dewot's Dorn, as General
French s oavalry is returning to Bloom
fontein.- Besides, a dispatch from Pre
toria. ur.der drtto of April 2i. says that
Commandant Grnvett telegraphs from
the Boer camp at Brandfort that! the
federal forces from Dewet s Dorp and
epener nave arrived safely.
Critlclz "Bobi" Failure
Other dispatches from the front fsay
the strong position at Kroonstad jwill
soon be practically abandoned by 1th
Boers, and declare the first real stand
against the English will be made; on
the banks of the Vaal.
The retirement from the Orange Free
State, it is reported. Is well under way.
ine return or r rencn s -cavalry to
Bloornfontein j shows that Boberts ; im
meuse movement to capture the-Bnei's in
the southeastern . part of the State is
a failure. General Botha lias complete
ly outwitted i tne lintish commander"
London -is greatly displeased overithe
failure, and criticism of "Bobs" is how
rife. !
The Standard says: "It is dishearten
ing to find that these elaborate manoeuJ
vres have had so small a result." !
British Adranclng ,
Pretoria. April 2S via Lorenzo Mar
quez, April 30. Advices have been'j re
ceived here from the Orange, Free Statu
(no date .being given) to the effect that
the British are developing an advance',
towards Dewetsdorp. General Lomuer,
the Boer commander, is attempting to
check them. The British arc -in strong
force, and it is possible ' for General
Lemner to make a decided stand against
them, but he is holding them back in a
measure by a series of running fights
retiring -waen; he finds it expedientl to
da so. f ' bill would require three legislative days.
The Brit!! adTSnce column, consisting and it was arranged that night ses-
of 2,000 -cavalry, is getting ahead with sions should be held for that purpose,
comparatively good speed, and it is lex- Chairman Babcock then yielded ,v"
peeted that a big fight will o6cur at niost floor flIul riie committees were called:
any time. I To Dflue "tlarrJage Ilelwtloti
A dispatch from the western parti of Mr. Corliss of Michjgau, chairman of
the Iree State says that the Boer t-I- the Committee on Election of President,
trols have located the British, in the Vie President and represent! M-.es in
neighborhood of Boshof, whe,re General' CongrcssJ called up the joint resolution
Methuen, the j British commander has for a constitutional amendment to dis
tant the telegraph wires to prevent news W1 polygamists for election as Sen
of his movements reaching T..iators and Representatives, and prohib-
commandant. i .
London, April 30. The abovo jinVt.
. ere apparently sewha, ,ate i reich -
! ing Pretoria, or .e hehr bot- u k
' .overnment there ! ?i?h -byJhe
r - j
".O'llintmn f min
the conespondents with the British rV
has been recened showing that the Beers
were and Dewetsdorp-oc-
' w "su on ednesday, list.
FOR BOERS
Pettigrew's Resolution Voted
1 Down in the Senate
AGAINST POLYG AMI S'TS
Joint Resolatlon to Amend ConstStn
tlon on the Question of .Harrla-c i:r
tloi Rererred to Judiciary Com
mittee Afier a Spirited Oebate-Thc
Senate Considers the Alaskan Civ
il Code BUI.
Val?h:r.gton, April 3d,-A House bili
authorizing both the - district and-ck-
romts of the United States
,
for
i'w suiunern district of Mi.-
t ' la.
sissippi to
ue iie;d; at BilozL Miss., was
when (he Senate convened today,
passed
A bili
appropriating 50,000 to enlarge and i:u
prjove tlje public, building at Darlington,
la., was; l asted.
pit'. J.oi:cs, of Arkansas, introduced
tvj-o resoliitio'i.s, one calling upon tlu
Secretary of the Treasury to transTu:!
to; the Senate copies of the report
Secret Service Agent Bum and ,
a
documents, etc., relatipgto rhi- ai:eg :
of' the ireasurv William IT. Tl.o.,l
stationed
at the port of New York, -and
the othpr calling upon the. Attornev
General for the report of special agen
W: A. Sutherland relrltlVO ( pninnc
titin of William Theobald with the Chi
nee investigation and criminal trial o
Depury (Collector Porter of Malone ar.o
Cfhitw Inspecf Brown and Chinese in
rerpreter Moyler. Both reso!ntion
were agreed to.
Mr. Pettigrew, rter ascertaining that
hi resolurion expressing sympathy for
the' Boers, which was before the Senate
when the oody adjourned on Saturday,
had ne to the calendar, moved to take
upline resolution. On this motion the
eyes and noes were demanded. It was
defeated, the vote standing 20 to 20.
, hill was passed to provide for the
establishment of intersection of the
tru'e 10hh meridian with Bed lliver to
ascertain the amount of taxes collected
byTexas in what was formerly known
aswGrcer wunty and the expenditures
made on account of the said county by
Mi State of Texas ami for other pur
pdseti. ii) explhnatum of Jhe bill it m stated
for a lo".ig time the county of Greer was
in- d'unute between the State of -Texas
and Oklahoma territory and during th
pendency of the dispute the expenses of
the courts and of the. system of edn
ti.m in Greer county were paid out of
the treasury of Texas. The bill as pass
ed lays the foundation . for a claim
against the United 'States for the mon
ey thus expended by the State of
Tex-s. 1
The conference report on the bill di
viding the northern district of New
York into two judicial districts and pro
viding for terms of courts there in g Va-
agreed to.
Alaskan ilvll Code
Consideration was then resumed of 1h
Alaskan civil code -bill. the pending
nuesS ion being thi amendment of Mr.
Carter, of Montana. .eharre of tho
bill. Mr. Jones of Arkansas offered ar
amendment, striking out of Mr. Carter s
all but the following:
"That nothing in this' contained shal.
be construed as changing the existing
mining laws of the United States."
Mr. Turner of Washington opposed
Mr. Jones' amendiucnf. hoi 'wig th.ir
Carter amendment ought to be adopt
ed. He declared that hundreds and
thousands of claims in the Cape Nome
district had been located by persons in
the iutere.st of various tr:nportatfi
companies and were now hel l by those
companies.
tt.. fiww!. lrr-:iti.-ms were 1
;u..il
111- r-iiMi 1111
.,.,.1 fi.-..,,1n!cMf. and were therefore
a
proper
subject of explanation
r .1. ... ,in.-i 1 ro.l io re-
ti runner um-j.ui-i.
t - itimiiries. t.iat
these claims
ri - 1 . -' - - 1 - - - - - - ,
located
by aliens in i.ie t-.-ir;".
of the North American J ransporio.cm,
Company and other transportation com
panies. When pressed as to how he knew
those locations were "fraudulent and il
legal." he said he understoHl a ma
jority of the locators who were employes,
of the transportation companies, were
aliens.
. Mr. Turner maintained that the whole
country in the Cape Nome district has
been "gobbled up ki the interest of these
big companies, whhh were now holding
the claims' to the detriment of hundreds
of ; American miners.
The bill to codify the laws of the
uisrrier. consisting-or-.il. pages, was
taken up
The simple reading of the
! iting polvgamv and polygamous cohabi-
tation between the sexes.
' Mr. C-rliss said that while Congress.
1
pieveueut wuieu i
U il was dcf
in the Roberts case, had established a
would be followed at
deemed well that there
I 1 ..(W,.tinol .iror.n.lriiv.11 1
1 ZZaZ ?u" f,ttu .tisonnlifi-
cation certain and to effectively provide
a meinis of extirpating the evils of
! polysamy by maV-.-. ;t. unlawful in any
place an,! extending the judicial powfcr
of the United States so as to cover
prosecutions of this particular crime.
Mr. Snodgrass of Tennessee, who
made the rejHrt i'.i the case, made an
earnest plea in advocacy of the bill.
Mr. Shackelford of Missouri, opposed
the section of the resolution defining the
marriage relation and prohibiting polyg
amy in the United States and he moved
to strike it out on the ground that it
interfered wilh the power of the States.
Mr.. Corliss called attention to the
fact that section four distinctly pro
vided that the exclusive power to make
and. enforce all laws concerning mar
riage and divorce was reserved to the
States.
Mr. Maddox of Georgia agreed with
Mr. Shackelford that 'Congress should
not legislate in the constitution.
ile thought siagle constitution inhibi
,im against polygamy was sufficient.
Bill Jleel Opposition
Mr. Bay of New York, chairman of
he judiciary lommitiee, opposed the
ill which, he said, was badly drawn. It
h d'.ld have l-en framed in his com
mittee, which was now considering tlu
.-.-hole subject. The iwdjc roiy feature
oi-.ll, he said, be covered in six lines.
Mr. tJrosveiror f Oh: also autag.m
L' the bill. He believed i:i leaving
; ilnor offenses within- the borders of
h" States, which in no wie atTett the
lilrcHl States, to the States lii-ms dves.
le did not think it wise t b" tioke:
with the constitution every tin, an
ifense became notorious in the -o !:try
. le said the people of Utah had learmd
, -ilntarv lesson from t.u? I.anii c.im
r 1 v.-onl'd never simila'.ly offend again.
Mr. Lanham of Texas said
1. i.,,sp,i to polygamy
he was
as aiy
, n. but he thought the proposed legis
'. 1 1 - the veso
ti, -i be referred lo the Committee on
v Lanham's motion prevailed wuh-
i.iii xv-is nassedo provide for the
'.tting of district and circuit covuts at
'liiW'll."!'. S. ( .
The Hons,- then went into a comnr.t-
ee
f the wliole ior a r''v--"
Lacv bill to prohibit the transpor-
lie
Kv Interstate t'ommene
f our
native birds, lie saio. .ut -
.'.ear to the
heart of every Aiueuiraii.
fHWARTED HIS DESIGN
;condrel Captured
7.u.andJ.Hle,l at rahan?-Tlerc I
a Mrons Probability of Lynching
t. i- v t o-il Special
T'.nrliMirton. . -P-1 . ..
nr town. " ...;,..L
tuvo'vn
iteinent
this ivfi.ing a 1 'yv-?.t V
c attempt
of a ula.-s nexvif
voJ.ng white lady o: the W ;
toe
ho out.siiris '
-; g:o by.4he .nam
r th-- voting, lady
- . . -
t )' 1 - -
' Sdlars took ho.i
deM'rtvl p'.aet
111 a lH"M'i l"' 1
tint STllHli- i-'-i
j.....
him
he
im
mint
it ileslie'.atciy. gau.i:;
U-csme alarmed a
V
. 1... r lit'
vr struggle-
1 ... ..1.. - .
and ran. -
road pud soon a
. ...; Tlw.i-
o'.vd o i""i' " ;
tr.-.ccd him to Li
",l . :.:..i i.v fighting witi
nvi-iidiwrriil. 1
i).:ir. but was
-is all th more ipiiet ones
(tl tUOSI
... . ,....,1.1 .1 . t.i keen
L-4i.n some 01 th'
' ,' s... .,, ' ii'Iu" t'i" brute i:i the spot
:e
s '.r;.g't twn hum ni- ti. .
' 1 "1.. .,,..! f-.i.-i.n t iail at ira
mm....:.. ; lui-.-h vitonM-Ti
it M?l.l
a:n
V,: ixth .lUcr.iot upon hi'oli t n a:i
no ) ' 1 . V. Ill J
TM-.lO. 1 HI"
mi'I T'r'ee '.ViKte alio . on". .w. .. ..
le
:is truv
.1 -it :i re-ciu Teini '.
. I r. .--,11 f'Pl '.
:itt D;p'
I ' . the judge presidi"U-
ibis '-rim
id-'o lbboii -u
turned ni'ii
I'';is
! .t J.i-n-iiaM-.n i expres
d at ih
.:.;.. !..r.i.-.iev. sir.d m:uiv .' our prom
f nt
;on
riep (U"-I.:ie -"
...1:., 1U i:nivaf luncnt
, , .1 i-.'i ;i
pi t
f.
'truing
'i- bad
this co;nvlrM loose oti
li.f fottrnl guilty-of th-
.eet
Th-
f
vi sun g
: crini".
lady i-'
about "11
year-:
it fO" of ''".: llpxT i-''.ec. !
She b S the . .ip:,i)V ?H
1l!ll'
'-.... i-ivimiimtv.
ami
! . Ill L'i' I ll.ll'l'fll,
sevcrs-ly Ce.lde:uned.
v.ir sr.:.r.s 01 t
J. nTnotd" Thaeeo fmps":
Cartr t n lmp rtntt Hi .!
Winston-S.Mlonr. N. C- Ai iil 3 S; c
.;.,ln in'Pr-vtaiit deal was o:ism!M
:atcd here today by the R. J. .ieyrndds
Pobacco Company buying tht- buve-s
L Viiega-'i : ' 1M' 01 v
ton's oldc
t ar.d l.iiv-t pbv: :"vi sie.K
rt'l...
ug tobacco mnntfa tur:ng i.rtn.
, t ... :t.t ..v.. ri-ti.ii!od
y Mr. Yav.ghan.
nres. brands and
The sab- n.clu.p s
all m:iiiuf;;ctu! i d airl
'.af tobacco in sto:-V
IT. .1. uey-
-.olds Company will retain a l uge n'i;n
..... .-.f ViM-Ti.tn & Co.s employe, '.nclud-
:ng salesmen and factory m.-uia
,-s. Th-'
v.ntil in
rce pnni v.;i nor ie kfi'.i
1 . , 1 ,.
ventory is taken. Mr. anglian
old out n account of bis healih. wh-c.i
"las not been good fo:- som- Jin-.e. Ru
nors were current today that .inoi!i.
obacco firmrhad .-.ohl out t th." Rey
lolds compajiy. but investigation prove I
them to be untrue.. Yaughan & o.
Yii'sions largest wholesale grocery firm
dissolved today. The business will !
r-oTitinued by Edgar Y.-iughnn. wlu
bought the interest -of his two partnerti.
I. I. and L. A. Y.-f.ighe.ii.
William Canard, the young man who
received twelve hundred volts of elec
tricity and was thrown from an electric
light pole last Thursday, died last night,
lie never regained consciousness after
the accident.
. Pavid Spaugh. one of Sab-m's oldest
and best known business men. died this
morning of paralysis, aged '.3 years. II"
was taken ill yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Spaugh' was never married, ami leaves
a 'large '.estate to two .-is-tors and o!her
relative.
'Lautinburg. N. C. April 30. Special.
The Democratic primary election re
turns show election of Rcpres.-uMtive
Mi-Lean .witho'.'.t :nlpp .ition. Spirited
"oi-test declared rfr other places, wit-!:
'register of deeds ran over.
NWTEmT
111 1 I I L.U j
;cVMj. tSi fnKi
Charlotte Wants McKinlev i;
Attend Centennial
DELEGATION VISITS Hlii
lie Will Strain a'?elnt to Accept
the Inrttatlou-Senator Jernn ..
ed to Address the 7Iecklenbnr-j '
bratlen on the Canal Quesllon - J :: -.
t
Kwart Has a Conference with I'r'.n "
ard Which, It Is Said, Sadden. J
By JOHN EOT LIS
Washington. April 30. Senator Pi I: '.
rd. Assii-taut Attorney-General I .'.
ind Cing'ressman Bellamy av:-.mp:.'.ii:' S
a d"i gMt!ini rroiu t liarloltc to tne n.':
House this mornir.g to invite the iVv-. i
lei;t to tlie Macklenburg centennial.
There Were present: J. D. McC.il!,
mayor of! Charlotte: T. J. Franklin. J.
Y. Mrdler,' M. Mayer, George Su
jdiens. John.M. Scott, A. II. Wahburn,
W. T. JoriinlMii. K. S. Ili-id. J. 1. Vil..,
li. IS. Sinings, J. P. Caldwell. C. 11.
:';::i!l 'K-Wi II. M. McAdcn. II. Barach,
Geo. p..- Hiss. t). S. Barringer; S.
'ttowhy. as a commit ttv. Seniitoi
l'ritehard' introdm-cd the comtaittre.
.Mayor Mc"all presented the Preid.M.t
villi a beautifully cmbos"d invitation,
printed p cotton woven in the State,
inviting htni to attend the celebration ol
'!e 12.iih i-ntenr.jal ot .the Mci-klet'-.;ir;r
I Kclaratiu of Indcpf inleio-e.
Mayor McCall rhen addri'sscd the Prc-i-ent.
in which I:e tal that the dch
.':sti m was entirely non-partisan, bul
h:'t th" 'President would tnejt with a
orth Cai'olina welcome at the home o
lib'trty.
The President responded la a fen
" rds of j apjrcciation and said he ct r
i.iinly wwhld attend if issible.
I iui!) private coiivoiv-atious afterward?
heid. wilh Senator Pritchard and Mr.
Bellamy, he led loth t lKlive that b
woi'.id strain a point ana corqe. ine en
t:,o delegation was much pleased at it
e. cptio:. jand spsit the balance of tu
.iy in "dMng the -city.
Tiny left on the night train for home.
'. I. Morton has Ik'u appointed post
master at Covington, Bichir.ond county,
'o,l. A. Parson removiil.
Dav'd loingi'e, of Whitcloo-se has beer
gr anted a pension or 5ll; lwruard Hard-
iiig. of ItK-hinond, $12.
The CIvirlotte tlelegation to see the
P esi.dent' alo called on Senator Morgan
;-.n I asked him to address "the Southern
a-,. niblage 'on the Niearaguan Canal
prtjcet on' May, 10.
lie said he would if he could Cnd the
time. j
l'l-oridit M'clver. seconded byv Jfr.
K;te!iin nd several r;i mbers of the
North Croliuu delegates tolay. secure.;
Judee David A- DeArniond. of Missouri,
to make ;ibe c:iiim"n'vineiit nddre" al
tho State Normal nd.Indntriril College,
at .Gre-nslmro. on June 20;h. Jud
IeAiinoijd is one of tin strongest lead
ers in public life and is a spakr oj
tin' abaihty .and a man f rare worth.
Hon. Jj-L. MeCurry :ilv. will Ik
cut :?t the et!n!iience:r."1d.
pres-
J;dge 13art has be-ii Iif-re-since Sat
urday. On Sumlay he h:dd a long ciiii
rcr n-e with Senator Piitehard. th- re
sult of which h is not yet r:r:ipirel.
II f-anioi lure t. asccrtaiii. if possible,
tie- opinion f the ni-mbc-rs of the Sen
ate JudiTary Comniittro m?j bif i-iv,
:Mid it is b.diev-l that he'fo'ind -nt fr-on
in inforten! poll of the committee that
it w.-vs airai;t I:::;:. Ii. .1;""
lf;!:"tlt!i
-.vritii-.g a staler.). -sit f ir th
North Crr..
l-lill.g of tola
o.
.1:1a prev
dlspateh
T,,
blT '' t the
!l:i
d le
d.:i"
COMPARED TO ACHEEN
1 .
rt fli!llpplnr, neplt Otl Procla
maCo::, Are Traetlcxilj fit tie Saui
M.ite a the S:uiid tho Dutch IXv
K.iilcti to Conqner In One Ituudro
Vear. ;
T.o!:d.rii April 30. According to tlse
. . , i .X!nii"s Ileng Iong correspondent
in- Mtu.-ion in tie.' Philippines is moe
i.iioui tJi.io Gem-'ral Otis' reports i:i-ii-.-r.te.
lie says:
"hi p'.ti- of General Otis" proclamation
:I'.-.t tie l-ellion in the Philippines i
oiiit.l.-tcly ctiisheil at.l that a state of
. van-jriiity cxt. the crr.lition of af
fairs Ir. in iX -o::;r.i-roial jMii;t of view
i- iio;t junsativfaetory. Almost two
tViivds of tiie exports to and o?;.haif ;t
:lie import fm the islands ptiss
hrough I long Kong and are hand let! by
I-higiS-'i linns dis-ii-jly. or. us agents fr
.Nun li;iO( or it!iT boies.
I-"rtiis doing big business in Msnila
tu-l v.hi'-'k Pi.oic preparation according
ly sufTercd a gre:'t linaio ial los- by tho
":ird:iirss of Otis in clearing out the few
in osrgeni.-t bauds that make it impo-
fer agi t-i:l:e.rnl lasses tf cultivate
their lauds. . i"ir rnontlis past the tn-r-:
!iant-- h.:ve b'e.i l.'opiog from dp.y toilar
that a;:vjo sti ps wou!I lx t::k'n to ef-fi-
th'- Vesu'r.
"When General Young's m:i swarmed
from IaC'Mp.-n to Apnui i was thr.tiifht
at I.Pt tli dciiv. mopK-nt bad Ciui."'.
A forwards it was, found that tbi- n.ovo-p!-nt
wa? not co't:tt"iat:i l by Gt-i:eral
Olis. and! from that lny to tids things
li-v. g.pi from lal to worse.
'The islands are practically inra state
of anarhy and -an only bo cnipar-l
Avitli Achel-n. vhicli th" Iutch have b-en
trving to conquer for 100 years.
"'The Filipinos in IL'Mig Konk. !oast
that as sfion 's th" rainy season begins
in May. Aguinr'ldo. who i liidiag in the
ipn'i'itains of northern I.u:on. will or
ganize another insutntionary govern
ment amp rally his Fcattercd followers
om-c more."
I.ntnber Company Incorporated
The Northrop Lumber Cmpany of
V.'ilmington wm granted article of in-cor;K)rati-s:
yesterday with S20.000 cap
ital stock The incorporators are Snm-tu-1
NortlUo;. George ILirri. Annie J.
Northrop.! The e-.:npa::y proposes to
own and operate saw mills, planing mills
and shingie.mil!.-; and to manufacture
timber a:pl lumber into a'l kinds of
products. I
i
Br-tsseR April' 30. The police hr.ve
orlcrel a prnninnt n.-wspsnr r.r.rt
l i ra!e earicam.I:g Qiu-f-n Y":rrr;.-i cu
X?ln of expulsion from the couLrjr.
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