THE mornikq post; OCTOBER 12
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RICHMOND HORSE SHOW
Baltimore Horses Captured
Four-in-Hand Prize
List AH the Winners of the Four
Prizes in Each Class Large At
tendance Last Night Despite the
Bad "Weather
the secretary to present a resolution ol
congratulation to the president of the
United States for hie great achieve
ment in bringing about peace between
Pussia and Japan.
Delegate Jennings of Florida, In sec
onding the resolution, declared that
"ihR south loves the president," and
. that he could not remain seated while
I the resolution was before the house.
He said he could not too strongly em
phasize the feeling of love ur.d respect
the eouth has for President Roosevelt.
The rules were suspended and ' the
resolution was unanimously adopted by
a rising vote, with a cheer that almost
shook the building.
MR. FIELDS KNOWS
the Man Who Can Explain Insur
ance Secrets Discovered
New York, Oct. 11. That A. C.
Fiolds, the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany's superintendent of supplies, Is
the man who can explain in detail
the relations existing between the in-
the -first federal ' 'judges appointed by
President Roosevelt after he succeeded
to the presidencS' on the death of Mr.
MeKinleyi tAt the- time of his appoint- j
ment he was serving as one, of the j
judges of the Indiana superior court
to which he had been elected by popu
lar vote. As United States circuit
iudge he succeeded the late Judge
"William A. "Woods and ranked his
father, Judge John H. Baker, now re
tired, but who . at the time was unl
suranc companies of this state and iJed states '''district judge for the dis
the legislature at Albany, is practically
Important information in regard . to
Mr. Fields' relations with the Mutual
. as a legislative suDeVvisor reached the
Secretary. Shaw was then introduced i!1iraro mrattM ,nflnv
ana weicomeu wi uBa and no effort will be spared by the
committee now to bring the superin-
tend-supervlsor before the committee
trict of Indiana.
Richmond, Va., Oct. ll.-Special.-In
splta of very inclement weather follow
ing an all-day rain, the attendance
upon the horse show tonight was far
In excess of the opening night. -
Again the boxes were filled with
beautiful women from many states,
brilliant gems flashing in the arc lights
beneath ho less brilliant eyes.
The Baltimore horses. Lord Balti
more, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virglna, C. W. "Watson, owner, took
the blue ribbon tonight in the. four-in-hand
class.
Following Is a summary of the prize
winners:
moo 19 rvkmMnntinn saddle, and
1CLJ J V V
harness horses First, Brilliant, Mrs.
Allen Potts, Cobham; second. Deter
mination, C W. Watson, Baltimore;
third, Little Fritz, Miss Vera Morris.
New York; fourth, Lake Side, Joseph
Wlesenfeld, Baltimore.
Class 34 Saddle horses First, Ger
aldine, H. W. Sprattey. Elberon; sec
ond, Radiant, Mrs. Allen Potts, Cob
ham; third, Flenrette, Westchester
farm; fourth. Rex, Miss Vera Morris,
New York.
Class 19 Four-ln-hand Blue went to
Lord Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia; C. W. Watson, Bal
, timore.
Class 12 Horse and runabout First.
Aileen, J. F. Carlisle, New York; sec
ond, Dr. Reid, A. Randolph Howard,
Fredericksburg; third, Lake Side, Jo
seph Welsenfelfl. Baltimore; fourth,
New Market. C. W. Watson, Baltimore.
Class 2 Roadsters First, Fox in
Lambert, Lady Brilliant, A. E. Saun
ders, Jr., Richmond; second, Red Bird,
Morning Glory, A. E. Saunders, Jr.,
Richmond; Witch Hazel, Queen, K.
-Wood and Hall, Belle vue.
Class 11 Ladies' pair First, Mozie,
Sue Kearsey, p. W. Watson, Baltimore;
second, Saint Sinner, Mrs. A. O. Van
Hausen, New York; third, Watch Me,
See Me Go, tiavid Dunlop, Petersburg.
Class 18 Hunting tandem First,
Nancy Lee, Matt, David Dunlop, Pe
tersburg; . second, King. Dodo, Mate,
Dunlop and Sydnor; third, Brilliant,
Firelight. Mrs. Allen Pptts, Cobham;
Deep Run, Mate, Grant and Beattie,
Richmond. : '
of the national government
. Speech of Secretary Shaw
After acknowledging the applause
that greeted his introduction Secretary
Shaw spoke at length on the commerce
of the country and 'what, it means,
devoted himself particularly to a dem
onstration of the need of a larger mer
as a witness. Up to the present, how
ever, the committee has not learned
; definitely where he -is.
Members of the committee heard to
day that Mr. Fields has for the last
several years maintained a house in
T";uu", ' :r ' ; 7th . h Ay. where he lived during the ses
chant marine. "The nations of the earth .,;.. r..
j. i.ni ,, PIOUS OL iniJ leglflttlUie. AIIU lUIA'I IIlcl-
; u 1 V, i thV TTitd hhe Mutual has maintained in Albany
of which originates in the: Lnlteal .... ..... '
States and one-ninth finds American
Hew $100,000 Investment Co
Salisbury, N. C. Oct. 11. Special.
With an authorized capital of $100,000
the Mutual Investment. Company has
been organized here for the purpose
of buying, holding and developing real j
estate in and ground this city. Mr. j
Whitehead Klutz, C. B. Jordan, Dr. IV
V. Brawley and other leading Salis
burians are behind the new corpora
tion, w hich begins business with-bright
prospects: The plan is a new one and
contemplates a systematic saving on
GATE CITY CO. COMING
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Greensboro Military Will At
tend State Fair
Convocation of Charlotte Meets En
larging and Beautifying Methodist
Female College Bad Weather In
terrupts Central Carolina Fair
Greensboro, N. C Oct. 11.,-Special,
The Gate City Guards have decided to
go to Raleigh on October 19th to form
a part of President Roosevelt's guard
upon the occasion of his visit to the
ports for its consumption. With eighty
or more countries selling ten billions
worth of merchandise to each other,
Americans sell to each other practi
cally twenty-five billions worth of
goods. The countries of the world conn;
here for food, cotton, minerals, petro
leum, raw material of all kinds and tho
world comes t o get it in Its own ships.
We have the largest and cheapest
and best railway system in the world,
and the government, is now enlarging
ts bounty by spending hundreds of
millions to dig a canal across the
Isthmus of Panama," ...
The secretary, then showed that the
distance from "San Francisco to Liver
pool around Cape Horn is the same as
from San Francisco to New York by
the same route. With the jfanama
canal it will be the same distance from
New York to Hong Kong as It is from mittee today that Fields was at one
Liverpool to Hong Kong. The markets time a power in the Democratic party
of the world are being developed, South in Westchester county. His place of
America and South Africa are being residence is Dobb's Ferry, although
opened up. The countries of Europe besides the Albany house, he has
have their eyes on these places and places at the Thousand Islands, Nick
are establishing banks and warehouses, and Asbury Park. His salary as su-
They have already established fast perintendent of supplies is $10,000 a
lines of steamers. The United States year. At on time Fields was chair-
THE AMERICAN
BANKERS' ASSOCIATION
Continued from Page One.)
same penalties and conditions as now
prescribed for impairment of capital
stock. i
"Financiers differ as to the proper
methods of assuring at all times a cur
rency ample but not rebundant, elastic
but not capable of utter manipulation
'Asset currency' . and 'emergency cur-
rency' are terms not yet capable of
Sxact definition. It has been said that
'fools often rush In where angels fear
to -tread.' In considering this question
let's not emulate the former nor arro
gate to ourselves the wisdom of the
latter, but, as conservative, patriotic
business men, may we solve the ques
tion aright, and, having once made up
our minds, have the courage to en
force our convictions.
"In conclusion, gentlemen of the as
sociation, I wish as the most appropri
ate words to voice the sentiment which
all of tou must feel of good will and
wishes for the president of the United
' State, who, in the high office which he
nils, with distinguished abilities, brings
to bear upon questions of public mo
ment a profound sense of patriotism
and sincere desire for the nation's and
the Individual's good. I am sure
utter your thought in hoping for him
continued health and strength and un
measured success in his high endeav
ors.
"We congratulate him upon the hap'
py and successful outcome of his long.
wise and patient labors tp bring peace
to our unhappy and warring neigh
bors, and we express the hope that
our country and our country's power
and greatness may ever find its high
est field of usefulness in promoting the
arts and splendors of unbroken peace.'
Reception it White House
Fully five thousand people, the mem
bers of the American Bankers' - Asso
ciation and their families, crowded the
Wliite House this afternoon1 at the re
ception tendered by President Roose
velt. The reception began at 3, and,
while it had been announced that it
would end at 4:30, the visitors were
still in line at 5 p. m.
-"-At the Arlington Hotel tonight Sec
retary and Mrs. Shaw received until
nearly midnight. The secretary and
Mrs. Shaw were assisted by Mr. and
Mrs. Metcalf, the former representing
the only purely commercial department
outside of the treasury. His presence
In the receiving line was deemed emi
nently proper. Others assisting in re
ceiving were Miss Shaw, daughter of
the socretary; William B. Ridgeley,
i comptroller of the currency; Charles H.
Treat, United States treasurer, and
Mrs. Treat; Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Keep; Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Taylor, and Assistant Secretary
Reynolds.
The " Corcoran Gallery of . Art was
thrown open to the -visitors from 8 to
11 p. m.
"The Scuth Lovo the Presldanr
Former Representative C. A. Pighley
of New York was recognized at the
for several years an establishment
where entertainment .was afforded to
legislators whose good will it was de
sirable to retain.
This matter will be inquired into
when the inquiry Is resumed next
week and iti s predicted today that
if the facts are brought out it will
b found that other insurance com
panies contributed to the maintenance
Of the house. The Mutual officers
have told the investigating commit
tee that Fields is too ill for them to
ask him to appear before the investi
gating committee and that the com
mittee will have to subpoena him.
Whether the house which Fields had
was the one in which the legislators
were entertained Was not stated to
day.
It was also brought to the attention
of persons connected with the com-
state fair. The trip is voium-..
the part of the share-holders who are the part Qf the members of Greens
among the younger business and pro- . boroa military organization, who will
fessional men in the community. ; tho nWT1 ft-rnenses. '
Prof. Chas. Leonhardt, the champion , , n w . Tannines has purchased
Greaco-Roman wrestler of the world, Eixty'nine building lots In the north
who is spending some time in Sails-. western part of the city from- the Caro-
bury, states today tnat ne nas accept- ,. , Estate and Investment coin
ed the challenge of Joe Maybelle of pany '
Canada for a contest at an early date, attendance at the regular meet-
but that no place has been -decided . . tl rv.r.vnratlon of Charlotte to-
- i . v.
ior ino maccn. j.ne peoyje ui - r otfl, a tiHtaw's 'EmscoDai nmc
upon
Salisbury are. however, anxious to have
the champions meet in this city.
has neither banks or commission
houses or warehouses within them, nor
has it means of communicating with
them except through old dilapidated
ships sailing under foreign flags.
"We have the most convenient form
of money in the world. We speak ths
language of commerce. Our farms pro-
duce more than the farms of any other
country. Our mines yield gold liter-
man of the Democratic county com
mittee inWestchester. That was some
time back in the 90's, when the Demo
cratic party was stronger In Westches
ter than it is now. Mr. Fields, the
committee has been told, was a heavy
contributor to the Democratic cam
paigns in Westchester. He was in
strumental, it was said in electing
Charles P. McClelland to the state
ally by the car load, silver by the train senate in 1892 arid in 1903, and William
load, and there is unloaded on the J Graney in 1899. Both McClelland
shores of a single commonwealth more j and Graney are said to be friends of
Iron ore than any other country pro- Fields,
uces. Our forests increased one hun
dred million feet of lumber for every
day of the year. Our factories turn
out more finished products than all the
factories of Great Britain and Germany
combined by more than three thousand
millions every twelve months.. -. We
transport this matchless product of
farm and factory, forest and mine from
the interior to the sea at one-third what
similar services cost anywhere else be
neath the skies. We carry it from
points along the coast in better ves
sels, on quicker time and at cheaper
rates than others. But at our coast
line we are brought to an abrupt halt.
Here we are no longer Independent.
Our foreign commerce is four times as
large as forty years ago, but we carry
in our ships only one-third as many
gross tons as forty years ago. We
Fields Is getting to be pretty well
along in years how, and it Is said that
his health, has been failing.
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here was large and the interest
Tho'fliiv'a services included the Holy
t 730 a. m.. morning
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New Asst. Sect'y of State i "i . -
Washington, Oct. 11. Mr. Robert Ba- at 7.30 D. m. by-Rev. Henry T.
con of TCp.w Vork todav took the oath -.i,- f ' winctnn.Salpm. At this
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of office and qualified as assistant sec- morning's service addresses were de-
retary of state, and Mn Francis B. iivered by Hon. J. C. Buxton, Hon
Loomis vacated that office. The cere- j g Henderson and Maj. W, A. Smith
mony was simple, taking place in the Thft revocation closes tonight.
office of the assistant secretary, the i instructions have been given to J. T.
only persons being present being Mr. Hunt & c0-f contractors, to proceed
Eacon, Mr. Loomis and Mr. Dean, chief -.Mt. thft Wnri, 0f flniShine: the front of
of the department, who administered , jcjreensboro Female College, and a force
the oath of office. ' of workmen will be put on the job at
It happens that Secretary Root is
absent from Washington for the day,
so that Mr. Bacon, by -virtue of the
fact that he outranks Mr. Adee and
Mr. Pierce, the second and third as
sistants, was obliged to begin his ser
vice in the department as acting sec
retary of state, an exceptional occur- i
rence.
Alphonso Opens Cortes
Madrid, Oct. 11. King Alfonso in
person today opened the cortes with
the customary elaborate ceremonial.
His majesty-.read his speech opening roU by go as tQ lnsure a large attend
tne session, u enumerated tne .minis-.; ance tomorrow, trhich Is always the
try s proposed legislation, ararmea mat ; . . , f th f.
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once. The completion or me uuui8
will result in not only beautifying, but
nridinir Revfiral dormitory rooms. It is
probable that thfe contemplated east
wine will be erected next summer,
The rain last night was welcomed by
everybody in this section, but today It
has been so threatening that it has
had the effect of interfering with the
attendance on this the second day of
the Central Carolina Fair.
The crowd at the fair is not so large
as it would have been if the weather
had been favorable, but the fair au
thorities are hoping that the clouds will
SULLY AT GOLDSBORO
Five Hundred Farmers Heard Him
Goes to South Carolina
Goldsboro, N. C, Oct. 11. Special.
The five hundred farmers who assem
bled in the opera house here this af
ternoon had an opportunity to see and
hear the great cotton king, D. J. Sully,
through whose efforts the farmers
realized 17 cents a pound for cotton
tw years ago.
He spoke Just fifteen minutes, but
in that short time he delivered a con-
have protected and encouraged every clse ani comprehensive elucidation of
interest but our merchant marine, and the cotton situation. The address was
every protected interest has flourished, a liberal education In cotton facts and
We have every facility for internation- figures. The desire on the part of the
al commerce except Internal merchants, farmers to hold cotton for higher
internal bankers and an Internal mer- prices was considerably increased by
chant marine. Shall we not have the sage advice of the speaker, who,
these? I am not urging ship subsidies, with argument and conclusive evi
I am speaking of results, not of meth- dence gathered from material sources,
ods. If we will but take advantage showed such a course to be not only
of our opportunities we will send these feasible, but highly practicable. His
products of farm and factory under ev- audience was often enthusiastic.
ery sky and into every port and make He left here tonight for South Caro-
our . financial centers the clearing j una.
houses of at least a fraction of the
world's trade." ftT nfYrYurvrTvnc tja nnrtn
The Business Outlook
Following the 'reading of and action triif., Wpota Tnrraf Pisnron
and committees of the association, Sheriff and MOVM On
x-xv .auuup, Spenccr N. a, Oct. 11. Special
4 r w 1)ePttW Sheriff J. S. Dorsott,. 'Squire
v.. w" 1 I W. D. Pethel and B. F. Vun Canon of
xorn, spoive on xne business uui-1 caT,nay. ,1Q, n nna. .. ,
the good relations between Spain and
the other powers must be taken ad
vantage of for the purpose of conclud
ing commercial treaties, and referred
to Spain's participation in the negotia
tions regarding the . Morocco contro
versy. The King runner said the gov
ernment would sumbit a bill making
military . instruction compulsory.
Alluding to a new navy as a neces
sity, he said that Spain needed a
squadron sufficiently powerful to in
sure respect among' the powers.
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In additioa to the cut prices on Trunka
Crockery, Glassware, Boy s . lotniiKj and
Men s Hats, we have put the knife deep into
the price of Cambric and iNamsooK, rQgrnqg !
d Insertions. Also the whole stock of
TvVin T ,nrAQ have been reducei
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an
You will find very .interesting
Runs. Table Jbinen arid lNapRins,
i m i . . i
ana rianKeis,
prices on
Com For U
We have a $40,000.00
new, that will be sold
February ist, 1906.
stock of
between
goods, all
now and
M
OUR MILLINERY DEPART
is ready a take orders.
14 EAST MARTIN STREET.
Trinity College Notes,
Trinity College, Durham, i. C, Oct.
11. Special. The athletic association
held an enthusiastic rally last night.
Several speeches were made by num
bers of faculty and student-body.
Athletic interest reached a high pitch.
The following were elected assistant
managers of the baseball team:
In the Y. M." C. A. hall tomorrow
evening will be held a preliminary
debate for the purpose of selecting two
men to represent Trinity in the: debate
with Vanderbilt. Eight men have en
tered the contest.
A tennis tournament Is in progress I
this week. As a result of this con
test players are to be selected for
inter-collegiate games.
The Guilford Cotillion Club gave a
dellerhtful dance last night in the
assembly hall of the Benbow, and to
night the Merchants and Manufactu
rers' Association's reception takes place
in the elegant club rooms in the City
National Bank building. The North
State German Club srlves a dance to
night In the assembly hall of the Ben
i bow, and ' the marshals' ball will be
held there tomorrow night.
The contractors state that the lay
ing of the vitrified brick in the re
pavlhg of Elm street will be com
menced within the next week. The
contract calls for the work to be com
pleted within sixty working days.
Robert McAden, colored, is under
bond for his apearance before Justice
J. M. Wolfe to answer the charge of
forgery, . the complainant being C. O.
Forbis, a furniture dealer here, who
alleges that McAden had raised some
receipts wrhich he had given him for
payments on an "account for furniture.
Charles Mobley, an escaped peniten-
men. This marks the end of the Norwegian-Swedish
dispute. The troops
detailed for duty n the western fron
tier have been ordered to be sent home
immediately, while the nayal reserve
men are to be disbanded as speedily as
possible and ho later than October 18th.
The Swedish coast squadron left
Gothenburg today for Karlskrona,
whence the ships will depart for their
different Stations. 1
DOUBLE RACES TODAY
Too Wet Yesterday at the Central
Carolina Fair
Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 11 Special.
A heavy track caused by last niffht'3
itiary convict, was captured yesterday rains prevented the races from being
by Deputy Sheriff George F. Crutch- pulled off at the Central Carolina Fair
field, and a guard will come up from i this afternoon, but .the management.
FOREIGN NEWS BUDGET
novel experience
chasing Geo. Boger, colored, near thl3
place yesterday with bloodhounds.
Boger was wanted for a number of
irfpfl tirtT ff low 1 r , Qtio A a A
"Should a stock market speculation LhQ officcr8 f6r several months. He
was located yesterday in a colored set-
Raleigh after him today. Mobley was
serving a aentence of two years for
housebreaking in Alamance county
when he escaped in July, 1904, His
sentence was nearly up when he got
away. When he finishes it he .will be
brought back to Greensboro to answer
the charge of retailing.
WOODWARD ACQUITTED
Tokohoma, Oct. 11. The British
squadron, under the command of Vice
Admiral Sir Girard Noel, which left
Kobe yesterday morning, arrived here! Man Who Went After Printers Not
today and wras heartily welcomed. A
An Emigration Agent
Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct. 11. Spe
cial. In the superior court this after-
look." He- viewed the general situa
tion with the eye of an optimist, but
sounded a note of warning in these
words:
start from the present high level of
prices in the face of the extraordinary
demand for capital and money which
crops and business alike are making,"
said he, "rthe result might easily be
temporary disaster. Although there
may be many favorable features to the
outlook, it is no time for prudence to
be cast to the winds and no time for
speculative commitments which would
yield disaster if temporary reverses
came; no time for laxness in any of
the forms of business prudence and
conservatism."
At the conclusion of Mr. Vanderllp'a
address, Mr. William B. Ridgeley,
comptroller of the currency, was intro
duced. Very soon after Mr. Ridgeley had
finished, the convention adjourned until
tomorrow. 1"
tlemcnt and the above named officers
went in pursuit armed with shotguns
and bloodhounds procured from the
county convict camp. When the posse
approached the . house where Boger
was hiding the latter fled through the
thick woods and the hounds were
placed on his trail at once. The chase
was interesting A from the start, but
the hounds were soon beyond hearing
distance. The officers followed tha
trail for an hdur or more and were
losing all hope when to their astonish
ment they, found the two dogs tied to5.
trees and the negro made good his
escape, leaving, both the officers and
the dogs in the woods.
general holiday has been declared and
festivities Avere held. In the afternoon
Admiral Noel and his officers and 1,3
a noon W- L- Woodard of Roanoke, Va.,
dances at the cricket grounds ind-icted for acting as emigrant agent
dances at the cricket grounds. without license, was acquitted.
It is announced that the emperor TTo . ' ? V" u-
has conferred the order of the Rising "I. WhVame hf? a fe.w
Sun of the first class upon Sir Claude t?' in T f Pter" ft0-
n.rnM ,hm take, the places of strikers at Roanoke.
ister to Japan. i ?A7a! .1"dcted &nd placed Under a
UU11U Ul
has arranged for a double-header to
morrow, the racing starting1 before din
ner and lasting all day.
The city is full of visitors and hun
dreds of others will arrive on excurs
ion trains tomorrow. ;
Jap
Tokio, Oct. 11. A dispatch frm Moji
says that the British steamer Jeho
. uuauuB u . ruUn o supreme court only thosft
ninety miles east of the Shangtung .n ,. ,
It was held by the counsel of the
defense that In accordance with a
who make It a regular business of
employing people on a per cent, basis
could be classed &9 emigrant agents.
Oceanic' Firemen Arrested
JUDGE BAKER'S OFFENCE
Charges Referred By Civil Service
Board to Department of Justice
Joseph G. Brown Honored
The nominating committee of the
bankers' association held a meeting at
4:30 this afternoon and the North Caro-
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una delegation nominated josepn u. Washington, Oct. 11. The charge of
rown or itaieign as one or tne ten soiicitine- and accenting camnai en con
members of the executive council trlbutions .in the campaign of. 1902
wnicn is to oe elected on Friday. As j
nomination is' considered equivalent to
lighthouse, northeast coast of China.
Fifteen of the crew and passengers are
missing, included two foreign en-"
glneers.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. A dispatch
om im. , tne cap ai 01 uS8ian ; Liverpool, Oct. ll.-Upon the arrival
Transcausia, states that the Tartars here today of th(5 staf u
have taken possession of many vil- Bteamship Oceanic from New York
lages, hoisted the Tartar flag over, thirty-three of her firemen were taken
them and expelled the Russians. The lnto custody on complaint of her cap
authonty of the latter seems to have tain f or refuslnff duty. The firem J
over two hundred square miles.
Colon, Oct. 11. The members of the
canal commission sailed for home this
afternoon. CarJps Bertonoini, one of
the oldest officials of the old French
Panama Company, who Is now chief New Orleans. Oct. 11. In
of an important division of the canal, the appearance of frost In LouWr,9
demanded higher wages than those
Charlotte News Notes
Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 11. Special.
Crowded houses greeted "The Clans
man" both at matinee and night per
formances here today. Every .ticket
was sold within a short time after the
opening of the box': office several days
ago. -
Charlotte is to have another hotel,
the proprietors of the Dennv Car ha v-
ins today signed a lease for the Cen
tral Hotel annex, which will be con
ducted on the European plan. Several
thousand dollars will be spent in in
ternal improvements.
In the superior court this afternoon
the case of Mrs. Sarah C. Wallace
against the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road for $50,000 for the death of her
husband last March was taken up.
Atlantic Baptist Association 1
New Bern, N.C, Oct. 11.-SpecIaL
The Atlantic Baptist Association for
this district convened this morning m
the lecture room of the Middle Street
Baptist church. The district com
prises Carteret. Pamlico, Onslow and
Craven counties. ' -
Not much business was transacted,
Many delegates arrived on the inocm-
o louay ana tonight. The
SHflT FOR A SOIIIRRFI
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Peculiar Death of Prominent
Edgecombe Farmer
W. T. Cherry Attempts to Detect
Poaching Hunters on His Posted
land and is Killed By One of-His
Negro Tenants By Mistake
Tarboro, N. C, Oct. 11. Sr.
Mr. S. T. Cherry," one of the .'inosi
prominent men in the county, was ac
cidentally killed on his plantation neai
Rocky Mount lato yesterday afte: non
The circumstances which caused i
death are singular. Mr. Cherry -Yi
goneout into the woods and secreted
himself for the purpose of finding rw
whohe thought was -hunting un'ur.v
fully on his land. , Penfpsey W' -i'-- r
a tenant, was doing the hunting ;wl.
seeingja small portion of Mr. C!t
form moving behind the bmshc?,
took it fori a squirrel and ?h 't.
ing Mr."' Cherry instantly: , '
The horrible accident, is grcnti;
plore.d and much" sympathy is ex;
ed for all concerned.
ry 3
Raising Fever Quarantine
accompanies the barty at the reouest onj Tvricioer.i rf tvt, .
.. " 1 ..ulw; upenea cor-
election,
sured.
Mr.
Brown's election
is as-
Onsa of the reading of the report of j ins,
The Weather
Washington, Oct. 11. For North
Carolina and South Carolfna, fair and
continued cool Thursday and Friday;
light northwestermy winds, dlminish-
of Chief Engineer Stevens and General respondence today with the health aui
iiiuhlich oi. ixissiHBipm, J ennessee Ma
11. Mayor Ichipara of bama. Texas and Arbin. u-i..'" 7
made acralnst United States Circuit i Vnlrnhnmo o-qto o iimnor fnniirht t. , . . uwnS to
, c ... iu'"6'"- ci. gciieiai ltnoiug or. quarantlnoo
Judge Baker ot Indiana by Ithe civil the officers of the British and Araeri- October 15. "-"ies
service commission, has been referred can warships now here. In offering .
to the department of luatice bv th n tnast tn trtno- TT'ri-a.-a rr tva momp
welcomed the American battleship Wis- iarisraat lreaty Ratified
consin, the flagship of Rear Admiral Stockholm. Oct. 11 . .
commlBslon today gave out an official Stirling, because as he Paid the United mlttee of the rtkstag acnointl
Btatement oi ue case, m wnicn it was States, although not allied formally Bider the Karlstadt trPatV I
"The statute of limitations is" with JaDan. was regarded as a friend imvislv ronnrf WViy unan-
- - - , .-. fr-j, kv i.i lavor of if o
they had signed for in. the articles and tatlon 1 th. l.L . ge
upon being refused practically struck. ! to k n aOciatlon. They expect
Mfes Alice at a Jap. Party
Tokio, Oct. 11. Premier Karsua gave
a dinner today in honor of E. H. Har
riman. . ...
Miss Alice Roosevelt was present at
the garden party which County Inouye
secretary of the home am Z
?iUSiy lhI5 resldence 'n. honor of X
commission.
In connection with the reference the
said:
the only defense which
poeea 10 tne cnarre. , shown that his policy was peace and
Judg FrancU X Baker was one of the open door. . ..
catfbn
Orders were Issued today
home the troops and naval
com-
con-
ratifi-
Japs Seize German Steamers
tI?i -The Japanese yes-
Emurty and Hans Wagner th
Hatter off nV T.,rn"aua
calling aller v,., a. xney are
1 , nave peen carry in e contr-
reserve band.
J. F. Morrisett-Acquitted
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 11. J. F. .M-r
sett, formerly superintendent of
Southern Mutual Aid Life In- ;
Company here, was acquitted,
tried :on the charge of erasing
acid addresses of several thousa: 1
icy holders whom, it is allege i.
induced to transfer their polices '
National Insurance Company, by
he is now employed.
Full of Tragic Meaning
are these lines from J. H. Sijmrr.nr.?,
Casey, la. Think what might ' -suited
from his terrible cough If " "
not take nthe medicine about yV-'-
writes: "I had a fearful cough '
turted my night's rest.. I tri
thing, but nothing would reli"v
til I . took Dr. King's New I
for Consumption, Coughs ar l'
which completely cured me." It '
remleyes and permanently 1 '
throat and lung diseases; prev ;.! -and
.pneumonia. At all '! '-"
guaranteed; 50c and $1.00. TrJ'1
free.
"1
Special Ralevia. A. & N. C. Rar.
Rates one first-class far? r
cents for the round trip, which '"
admission to the fair grounrK
been' authorized from all poln
A. & N. C. Railroad to Ralei :
and return, accounjt North Car -dustrlal
falr (colored). Octo! "j
NovemhPf M ior Tipfa to '; -1
October 29th to November 2d, i.
with final limit November th, -sci-