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RALEIGH; N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906.
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FOWLER
KILLED TODAY
Crushed to Death by Shifter
in Freight Yards
NO WITNESSES SAW IT
While Dodging Passenger Train the
Theory Is That She Got Frightened
and Palled to S Other Engine
Had Hoen Repeatedly Warned to
' Keep Out of the Yards.
The body of Bertha Fowler, a fifteen-year-old
white girl, was found on a
Hide-track of the Southern freight
yards here early this morning, mangled
In a most revolting manner. Her
limbs and body to the shoulders were
crushed and horribly ground.
No one, so far as has yet been as
certained, saw the accident In which
the child met her death, but It Is con
ceded that she was struck by a yard
engine In charge of Kngincer A. F.
Fowler and Conductor Myers who came
lo Raleigh recently from Oroensboro.
The body was found by a trainman
engaged In coupling cars for the
shifter.
Tl(n cl.ili.mnnfa nf imtll TCnirincrr
Fowler and Conductor Myers of the
shifter are to the effect that about 5:E0
lllis morning as they were (lifting
cars on the network of eight or more
tracks just above tho freight depot and
just south of the oil mill they saw
passenger train No. 10S, Greensboro to
(ioldsboro, coming down the track from
the water tank, having already been
into the union station and started on
lis run to fioldsboro: that the passen
ger train slowed down apparent y for
.some one to cross the track in front of
it. Conductor . Myers of the shifter
says he went around his cars to see
what the trouble was, but could see
nothing. The passenger train moved
on and passed out of the yards on th:
run to fioldsboro, and the shifting"
train moved on down the siding. As
thoy came back Conductor Myers and
the trainman were adjusting a ear
coupler when tho 1 trainman saw th '
body of the child and called the at
tention of tho Conductor Myers to it.
The theory Is that the child pasted
across the truck In front of the pas
senger train, and being excited or "rat
tled", in her efforts to get oqt of the
way of this train she ran light onto
the track down which the shifter was
pussing. She dashed right between tlie
moving cars, as no one of the train
crew saw her.
Night Watchman Busbee wp.s called !
up b.v Engineer Fowler and told of the
accident. He made such Investigation
as lie could. He said he had seen the
child dossing the track early morn
ings f here often and had warned her
time and again that It .was dangerous
si ml against the rules, but tli:it ho did
not know what her name was, only
that she worked at the RakV.sh Knit
ting Mill. A 'Mr.-' Morris who lives
nearby and also worked at this mill
was sent for by the night watchman
and identified the body as that of
Bertha Fowler, daughter of Will
Fowler, who lives in the field near the
Boylau Spring.
A messenger was sent to notify the
family, and the father and other rel
atives were soon on the scene. In fact,
finite a crowd gathered beforo arrange-'
menls were made for the remains to be
removed to the undertaking establish
ment of Mr. John Brown.
An aunt of the child told Mr. Mc
Itury, keeper of the city market, as
(lie crowd gathered about the body f
the child, that r.he was not surprised
to hear of her death as she had been
warned time and again not to go that
way to her work and to keep oft the
side-tracks.
Dumage Suit Preliminaries.
Will Fowler, the unfortunate girl's
father, was greatly distressed when In
formed of the death of his daughter
and Insisted that there must be somo
criminal carelessness on the part of
somebody, and before ft o'clock this
morning he, had retained Col. J. C. L.
Harris as counsel, and the latter had
visited the scene of the accident and
made an Investigation of the conditions
w ith a view of Instituting suit against
the railroad company.
To a reporter of the Evening Times
Col. Harris said that he was ?atisflcd
thai the railroad company was negli
gent III that he could not find that
there we.ro any . "look-outs" on the
shifter to warn anyone who might be
crossing tho tracks. He said that the
girl in order to cross the yards Vo
reach the factory where she worked
bad lo walk around a long lino of
freight cars on one siding, und Ju?t
beyond this wus a pile of wood which
further obstructed her view of tho
tracks. The upproaeh of the passen
ger Iruln startled her and alio rushed
eits8 the main line onto an adjacent,
siding where the ( Bhlfter was ap
proaching. Here, he suld, is where thf;
railroad company was negligent; thst
there should have been some one on
tho shifter and cars to look out. for
anyone crossing the yard, and so far
as he could ascertain there was no one.
At the Instance of Col. Harris Mr.
(Continued on Pago Seven.)
BERTHA
THE OHIO MINE JIOTS
Wild Rumors of Trouble Not
Confirmed
Non-l'nloii Men Returned To Work
Tills . Morning At Plum Run Mine
Without a Clash With Strikers.
No Killing Occurred Last Night.
(By the Associated Press.)
Smlthfleld, 0 May 25. A night
of constant alarms and wild rumors
at the Plum Run mine was followed
by a day of apparent peace.
Reports after nightfall yesterday
that 27 men had been shot at the
Plum Run mine, that an attempt had
been made to blow tip the coal tip
ple, that a strike breaker was shot as
he emerged from the pit entrance,
that the strikers were drinking and
gathering for an attack, have dwin
dled with the dawn of today to a bit
of desultory shooting In the hills.
The source of these shots the union
officials are trying to learn as they
publicly discountenance all violence
on the part of their men. -
A volley was fired from the hol
low east of the tipple about 9 o'clock
last night. One of the big search
lights was turned that way, but the
men with the guns were successfully
concealed. .
Work was ''resumed this morning
without mishap. The non union men
entered tho pits early before the
strikers were astir. A squad of 30 or
so new miners and an equal number
of guards were put to work. The
force of guards will be rapidly In
creased and it Is announced that the
full working force of the mine will
be recruited as rapidly as possible
among non union men.
Sueriff Vorhees with throe deputies
was summoned to Plum Run last
night by the company's officers in ex
pectation of, an attack. The camp
was comparatively quiet and he re
turned over the twenty mile hill roads
to Steubenville before morning.
AGAINST V.-C. CO.
(Bv the Associated Press.)
Xashvlile, Tciui., May 25. The. grard
jury of the United States circuit court
which has been investigating the al
leged fertilizer trust for the past four
weeks, today returned an indictment
against about eighty fertilizer manu
facturers, ' Including .-4 number, of local
men. The indictment contains six
counts, detailing in specific form al
leged violations of the ar.tl-trust laws
and charging the defendants with com
bining and belr.g engaged in a trust or
combination.' .'The defendants live in
various parts of the country where fer
tilizers are manufactured and certified
copies of the indictment will be fent
lo the various districts .in which the
defendants reside and there served.
The defendants will be required to exe
cute bonds for their appearance at the
October term of the, court In this city,
when the cases are to be tried. The
grand jury examined during the In
vestigation 140 witnesses, and the In
dictment returned Is a voluminous doc
ument. -
REDUCED RATES IN
REFRIGERATOR CARS
(By the Associated Press.) '
San Francisco, Cal., May 25. The
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe and the
Armour & Santa Fe Refrigerator car
lines have announced a considerable re
duction In refrigerator or icing rates on
green fruit shipments from California
points to Chicago and New York for
the deciduous fruit shipping seaaon
which has just opened.
Orchardists and railroad fruit peo
ple state that the green fruit shipments
east this season will be very large and
give promise of amounting to 7,000 car
loads including heavy consignments of
grapes during the late summer a'.id fall
months they estimute tho aggregate
value of these shipments at something
like $12,000,001) or $14,000,000. There are
still five thousand ears of oranges to
be shipped east, while tho number al-,
ready forwarded amount to $25,000. r
These thirty thousand cars rcpresolit
10,560,000 boxes and the railroad people
say these shipments will average three
dollars a box, or a total of $31,680,000 for
the season.
Bl ISXESS OITLOOK
GOOD, SAYS DUN'S.
New York, May 25. Dispatches to
Dun's Review Indicate that business
activity is maintained aid the outlook
Is moat encouraging.
Bank exchanged this week at all
leading cities In the United States are
$2,381,653,672, a decrease of 3.3 per cent
compared with last year,
INDICTMENTS
SENSATION
SOUTH CAROLINA
Dispensary Folk Threaten
to Shoot Witnesses
APPEAL TO GOVERNOR
Members Of Investigating Committee
Say That Major Black and H. H.
Evans Would Kill Persons Who
Questioned Their Honesty. "(lo
Arm Yourself" Says Bla'ck.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Columbia, 8. C, May 25. There
was a sensation here this morning in
the proceedings of the committee
which is investigating the state dis
pensary. The sub-committee which
has been doing all of the work con
sists of J. Frascr Lyon and Neils
Chrlstensen. They have proved pot
ty grafts and nauseous scandals in
local dispensaries and this morning
had started on the directors of tho
state dispensary. Mr. Lyon while on
his way to committee meeting, was
accosted by Maj. John Black, a mem
ber of the new board who, in com
pany with another, abused Mr. Lyon
and threatened his life and told him
to go arm himself.
Senator Chrlstensen then arose and
told that H. H. Evans, .former chair
man of the board had threatened to
kill witnesses on the stand if they
should testify against him. ; .
The entire committee, after con
sidering the matter in executive ses
sion, decided to place the matter in
the hands of Governor Hey ward as
he alone can removed from office a
dispensary official. ..':''
Tho Investigation of the dispensaiy
under direction of the general assembly
began last 'summer and startling facts
have come forth so rapidly tnat. tne
public mind has been dulled so far as
other and greater ones were concerned.
Mr. Chrlstensen, senator from Beaufort
county, ad Mr. Jyon of the lower
house from Abbeville, have acted as
quasl-prosecutors and it was through
their efforts that the more sensational
evidence was laid bare. There has been
much bitter feeling and the culmination
today will hardly create surprise.
At the last meeting of the legislature
Evans was defeated and Black suc
ceeded him on the board, which has
charge of all liquor purchases for the
state dispensary. Heifetofore there
have been many hints of graft, but no
outspoken charges about one man or
the other having profited by his posi
tion. The whole system, however, is
honeycombed with graft and the reve
lations were so scandalous that more
than a score of counties voted out the
dispensary, thereby being forced to pay
higher taxes in order to be free of tho
common evil.
Both Lyon and Chrlstensen have been
fearless In their work of unearthing
scandal and fraud and at the first
meeting last summer epithets were
hurled and pistols were expected to
flash in the court room. When the su
preme court was recently called upon
to decide the right of the committee to
demand the papers of a dispenser, a
special detail of police was placed In
the chamber in order to prevent blood
shed. -
Senator Tillman, who still fathers tho
dispensary, has declared that it must do
purified or killed, but many counties
have killed it, believing that it is too
rotten to be cleaned. :
PRES. CASSATT
ON WAY HOME.
Ky the Associated Press.) :
'Philadelphia. Pa., May 2:,. An
nouncement was made at the Pennsyl
vania Itallroad office in this city today
thut President Cassalt sailed for home
from Cherbourg,' France, this mornlnr.
Mr. Casaatt went abroad for a holi
day trip on May !). It is believed that
the revelations made before the inter
state commerce commission are respon
sible for Mr. Cassntfs sudden change
of plans. He Is expected to rriich
this country Saturday, June 2. :
PERSONALITIES IX
THE HOISE TODAY.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May ,25.-VTho cxpre.su
company amendment to the rate bill
was the cause of personalities in the
house today between Mr. .Cooper (Wis.)
and Mr. Hepburn (Iowa). Mr. Cooper
alleged that he was Informed that Botrc
of tho conferees would vote to strike
out the express company amendment
to the rate bill. He refused to give
his Informant. Mr. Hepburn said he
had no patience with these statements
and that thoy were misstatement.
Mr. Cooper Intimated Inforentially
that Mr. Hepburn was one of those to
whom his informant' had reference.
Mr. Hepburn characteriied Mr.
Cooper's statement nn false.
DEATH CLAIMS
REV. T. J. GATTIS
End Came Early Today After
a Lingering Illness
PREACHED MANY YEARS
Mr. Uuttis Was Pluinliir in the Ken
Rational Damage Suit Aguinst
President Kilgo of Trinity Col
lege, Recently Decided By the Su
preme Court Had Relatives Here.
Rev. T. J. Gattis, the Methodist
minister, who was the plaintiff in the
sensational suit against Dr. John C.
Kilgo, president of Trinity College,
Durham, died today iu Charlotte,
where he had been residing for some
time.
The death of Mr. Gattis occurred
this morning at 8 o'clock. He had been
in declining health for a year and for
several months lie had been exceeding
ly feeble. For more than thirty ycai"3
Mr. Gattis was a member 'of t lie North
Carolina Methodist Conference and w.is
placed in charge of numerous circuits
and country churches. He was later
made colporter and it was while he was
engaged in this work that lie opened a
bookstore in Durham and there oc
curred the incidents which gave rise
to his memorable suit against President
Kilgo, Odell and Duke of the trustees of
Trinity College. The suit was brought
in Granville county at Oxford, and twice
the plaintiff won. but the supreme
court gave tho defendants a new trial.
Then the ease was moved to Wr.ke
county and tried here last June with
the result that Judge Moore held that
there was no evidence of malice to go
before the jury. The supreme court
sustained this decision of the lower
court by a vote of two to two, the chief
justice not sitting.
The deceased was a brother of the
late William A. Gattis, a well known
citizen of Ualeigh and was an uncle of
Maj. Charles H. Gattis of Raleigh. Mrs.
W. A. Gattis will leave tonight Tor
Charlotte to attend the funeral, which
will be held tomorrow.
A MONGOLIAN QUAKE
Great Loss of Life and Pro
perty at Uniankani
The Walled City Almost Entirely
Destroyed -A Chasm of Several
Feet Created Severe Earthquake
Shocks Also Reported From Sev
eral Other Points.
(I!y tin' Associated Press.)
Victoria, B.C. May 23. Mail advices
from the Orient state that an earth
quake causing great loss of life and
considerable damage to property oc
curred at tho beginning of May at Un-
lankani and vicinity In Mongolia. Tho
Pekin Times reports that a chasm of
several feet wide was caused by the
earthquake. The walled city of Unian-
kanl was almost completely destroyed,
the loss of life being very heavy.
Officials at Pekiu had received news
of a calamity of exceptional severity
and arrangements were being made for
the relief of the people in distress. Se
vere shocks are also reported from
Foklen, province of China, the most de
struction being in Chuen. Chou perfect
ure, where many buildings were de
stroyed; the loss of life was unknown.
THE SEABOARD SELLS
EQUIPMENT BONDS
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk,. Va., May 25. For tho pur
pose of extensively Increasing its roll
ing stock the .Seaboard Air Line Rail
way way has mid lo .S. D. Lortng, of
Boston. $l.".r)0,(10l) five per cent equip
ment bonds, dated June 1, 1906. The
bonds will mature' serially from one
to ten years.
The proceeds will lie used iu the pur
chase of 437 hex cars. 1.000 gondola
cars and In addition the motive power
of the mi.d la to be augmented by the
purchase of 40 locomotives.
SPECIAL COl'RT FOR
MeDOWELI. COUNTY,
Governor Glenn made an order to
day for a special term of McDowell
county superior court to be convened,
by Judge Fred Moore, June 25, for the
trial of civil cases. The court Is or
dered at the request of the McDowell
commissioners on account of the con
gested condition of the docket.
iii,
P TODAY
A Frozen-Out Operator Tells
out that Process
CASES OF FAVORITISM
A Witness Xnincs Some of the Fav
ored Ones. But He Did Not Give
Away Stock In His Company and
Got the Cold Shoulder As His Re
ward. Other Testimony.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., May 25. R. S.
Largo, assistant coal freight agent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, was the
first witness before the interstate
commerce enrnmiKHton tnAav
Questioned concerning coal tariffs
from the bituminous region to Harsi-
mus pier at Jersey City.
Counsel for the commission road a
clause In the tariff schedule to the
effect that the railroad has no facil
ities at the pier and asked Mr. Large
if that meant that the pier had been
leased to tho Berwind-White Coal
Company. The witness said he un
derstood the land had been leased to
the Berwind-White Company. and that
the pier had been built by the coal
company. He admitted that it was
operated by the Berwind-White Com
pany and any other company wishing
to discharge coal at Harsimus would
bo compelled to secure the consent
of the Berwind-White Company. He
had no knowledge of any other com
pany ever having used the pier.
Witness was then questioned con
cerning allowances made by the Penn
sylvania Railroad to coal companies
which operated spurs or branch lines
from their mines to the main line of
tho railroad. He said an allowance
of 10 cents a ton was given to the
Millwood Coal Company for this ser
vice, the Latrobe-Connellsville Coal
& Coke Company received an allow
ance of 12 cents and the Glen While
an allowance of 15 cents for similar
service.
Attorney Glasgow asked the wit
ness if it was not a fact that for
twelve years prior to 1902 this allow
ance was made to tne L.atoroe-con-
nellsville Company when that com
pany had no engines of its own and
the spur was operated by tho rail
road. Mr. Large had no knowledge on Hie
subject, but J. G.Searles, general coal
freight agent, who was sitting close
to the witness told the commission
that such was the case and that it
was after 1902 when tho railroad
learned the coal company had no en
gines. F. A. Von Boyneburgh general
manager for Reakirt Brothers &
Company, mine operators, testified
that the business of the company had
been practically ruined through ina
bility to secure cars. From 4,100 cars
in 1901, the supply was reduced
gradually to 522 in 1905. The wit
ness said that at. one period his com
pany was compelled to sell coal that
cost $1.48 to produce as low as $1.05
in order to keep the miners at work.
The mines, he said, had been oper
ated at a loss for the past two years
and a half. Ho had complained, he
said, to almost, every official of the
Pennsylvania Railroad but got no re
lief. '
VI believe," said the witness, "that
somebody high up gave orders to
freeze me out and all of the others
simply followed instructions. I be
lieve A. J. Cassatt is responsible. I
believe through the community of in
terest, plan he controls most of tho
railroad systems and that plan has
worked grevious harm to many ship
pers."
"Do you believe this policy has
been adopted for the purpose of fav
oring certain operators?" asked Mr.
Glasgow.
"Most assuredly. The Berwind-
White Company, the Keystone "Coal
& Coke Company, D. E. Williams &
Company, and others have been fav
ored." "Why were you not so favored?"
"I suppose because 1 did not
give the railroad officials shares of
stock in oucompany."
.The witness said there was no sys
tem of rating. "Any method the rail
road saw fit to Introduce It did so,"
he said. He had written 234 letters
to the railroad company asking for
relief.
D. E. Williams and G. Brinton
Roberts of D. E. Williams & Com
pany, testified that their company
had suffered from car shortage. Mr.
Williams said he had never partlc-
(Contnued on Page Two.)
GREAT ATHLETIC MEET
Begins this Afternoon in the
Harvard Stadium
Largest Event of the Kind Ever Held
in This Country About 800 Stu
dents From All the Colleges and
Universities of the East in Attend
anceThe Events to Be Pulled
Off.
(By the Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., aMy 25. What is
expected to prove the largest ath
letic meet ever held in this country
will begin this afternoon in the sta
dium at Harvard, with the trial
events in the thirtieth annual cham
pionship games of the intercollegiate
association of amateur athletes of
America. Nearly 800 students from
almost all the universities and col
leges in the cast will compote in the
thirteen events which constitute the
meeting. The finals will be held to
morrow. Speculation as to what institution
would this year carry off the honor
occupied tho time of most of the
contestants this morning as they
gathered in the corridors of many of
tho hotels. That the chances of
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Harvard and
Yale were bettor than any of the
other colleges, seemed to Be goner
ally acknowldged, but which of the
four would be most affected by the
strength of the other colleges in
some single evont was a debatable
question. That second and third
places, counting three and two points
respectively would also have consid
erable bearing on the general result
was another matter for considera
tion.' '
A number of the athletes went to
Cambridge during the morning for a
little exercise on the cinder track
or in the field.
GEO. W.PERKINS
IS SET FREE
(.By the Associated Press.)
New York, May 25. The appellate
division of the supreme court today
handed down a decision discharging
from custody George W. Perkins whom
the supreme court had held to await
action of the grand jury on a technical
charge of grand larceny in connection
with the campaign contribution of the
New York Life Insurance Company to
the republican national committee.
Each justice wrote an opinion that
Mr. Perkius could not be held guilty
of larceny.
It is said that Mr. Jorome will car
ry the case to the court of appeals.
ASSEMBLY
ASKS FOR
SMOOT'S EXPILSIOX.
(By the Associated Press.)
Des Moine. Ia., May 25. At.' ' the
opening session of the Presbyterian
general assembly today Commissioner
Samuel Wissard, D.D., of Utah, pre
sented a memorial to the Coiled Slates
senate praying the removal of Held
Smoot as senator from Utah. Amid
scenes of great excitement and without
a dissenting vote the resolutions wer
adopted and ordered Immediately dis
patched to Washington.
GOVERNOR ACCUSED
OF WOMAN'S MURDER
(By the Associated Press.)
Warsaw, Russian Poland, May 25.
Governor Jclinski of Kioicc is sus
pected of the murder of a woman
named Okoulina, who was found dead
in a room with him yesterday. Two
shots were heard by the neighbors.
Jelinskl declares that the woman
commitcd suicide. The local papers
have been forbidden to mention the
occurrence, which has created a sen
sation. -
HEPBURN RATE BILL
IN THE HOUSE TODAY
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 25. The bouse
committee on rules decided today to
report the Hepburn rate bill resolu
tion favorably. It provides for non
concurrence in the amendments made
by the senate and sends the bill to
conference.
The rate bill was sent to confer
ence: yeas 144, nays 105,' present 14.
HIGH SCHOOL
CLOSED TODAY
Judge Winston on Thomas
Jefferson
Lconita Denmark tieti J. R. Medal
and Virginia Pick el the Jr. O. V.
A. M. Medal. Scholarships For
Margaret McKiinmOn ,' and Ethel
Wynne. Tlie Closing Exercises.
1 tr, '
The first term of Ithe1 public high
school of Raleigh closed today with
suitable exercises, under the direc
tion of Superintendent Hugh Morson,
in the Centennial school -building.
Judge Robert W. Winston of Durham
delivered a splendid speech- on
"Thomas Jefferson," in which he
sought to instil in the minds of the
young an appreciation of this great
American statesman.
The exercises consisted in patriotic
and other songs by the girls, under
direction of Miss Nina Green, teach
er of music, the announcement of
honors and distinctions, tho presen
tation of medals and the examination
of exhibits of the drawing done by
the children under the instruction of
Miss Slocumb. The other teachers In
the high school with Mr. Morson this
session were Prof. C. G. Keeblo, Miss
Eliza A. Pool, Mrs. J. M. Barbco, Miss
Ada Worn bio and Miss Daisy Waitt.
Mr. ' Morson V- announced that a
scholarship was annually awarded by
Peace Institute and St. Mary's to a
graduate from the school and the
fortunate winners of these scholar
ships this year are:
St. Mary's Scholarship, Miss Ethel
Wynne.
Peace Institute Scholarship, Miss
Margaret McKimnion.
The scholarship medal in the high
school presented by Capital City
Council of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics has been won
by Miss Virginia Picket. This modal
will be presented, together with the
other medal given by the order, at
the school entertainment next Thurs
day evening.
The Daughters of the Revolution
gold medal, given by these patriotic
women to the girl pupil in the high
school who wrote the best essay on
some period of North Carolina colo
nial history, was awarded to Miss
l.eonita Denmark, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Denmark. The medal
was presented for the Daughters by
Mr. W. J. Peele In a brief and ex
ceedingly clever speech, which
amused and entertained the young
folks. '
A silver medal for drawing was
given to some student in each room
of the high school as follows:
In Mr. Morson's room: Silver med
al to McNeely DuBose; honorable
mention, Alex. Field, Chas. Walton,
W. H. Richardson.
Mrs. Barbee's room: Silver medal,
Frank Smithurst: honorable mention,
Sam Sanders, Walter Dawn.
Miss Pool's room: Silver medal,
Leonita Denmark; honorable men
tion, Rachel Goodno, Virginia Pickel,
Nelly Lewis, Sue Thackston, Eliza
both Bass, Laura EgertoliV
Miss Womble's room?: Silver medal,
Marjory Terrell; honorable mention,.
Claudia Applewhite, Ruth Ivey.
Prof. Keeble's room: Sliver medal,
Ransom Gill; honorable, mention,
Anizie Ellington, Fleming Sherwood.
The address by Judfie Winston held
the close attention 6f "Jhls audience.
He eulogized Jeffersontor his de
struction of the land monopoly in Vir
ginia by abolishing entailing real es
tate and wiping out the right of
primogeniture,1 also for his authorship
of religious freedom and his earnest
work for. popular education. He-described
Jefferson as a silent man with
a great mission to fulfil. Judge
Winston combatted the notion that
Jefferson was an infidel and said that
view had been encouraged and the
false report circulated by clergymen
of the established church because Jef
ferson forced a divorcement of church
arid state. In closing the speaker
mentioned briefly what Jefferson's at
titude would be If he was alive now.
He would oppose monopolies and cor
poration tyranny. Freight rates.
Judge Winston declared, were not
fair and epuitable now and Lynchburg
and Richmond had built P 8reat
wholcsalo trade "'; over -' Charlotte,
Greensboro. Durham and Raleigh be
cause the first two cities were favor
itcs with the railroads. :
Distinction. j
Arithmetic, First Year, First Dis
tinction Herman Aiken, Amal El-
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