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TIIEOTTISTO
. PCOVE AN ALIDI
Witnesses foK Defence Id
i ; Kiiteing Case a
beasiey;is;in;codrt
,' He Shows ' the i Terrific , Strain to
' Which He :. HasV Been ' Subjected
I -and Says That His Wife la Too' 111
c to Appear He Breaks Down Jn
" ' Giving nto Evidence.'
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: - fSneclal to The Evening Times. V
tsiicabetn uuyt x.mj.,: Marcn ii,-
1 Tho ttrst witnees j-thls - morning $n
' ' tbb trial of Joshua Harrison charged
VN- With kidnapping -.- Kenneth Beasley
Was Mrs. Anna Harrison, wife ot tho
. defendant. - Mrs. - Harrison stated
' ,- that Mr.' Harrison was at home all
. the week of the child's disappearance
and up until the latter part when he
came to Kllzabeth City. 'J
' Mrs." Julia Forbes stated that she
took dinner with the Harrison fam
ily Tuesday the 14th of February
. Ad fhat Mr.'. Harrison was there at
A . " that time. Several witnesses fol-
V ' lowed to show where Harrlsoh was
Wednesday and - Friday. This con
stituted the alibi for the defense' - '
Searchers Testify. - , .
i Qne or two of the searching party
;, -, were then introduced by the defence
to show that the search for the boy
'-'. ' had not been thorough,- but none of
. . . the witnesses had been present at all
the searches. Two j witnesses stated
- i that Monday night of the 13th they
were In the. woods near the school
. house and saw what they thought a
child's track near a 'mud puddle, but
could not state ) where - 1U' was or
, . whether & had not bebn i jmada by
. ' some of the school children search
i;vlng th"- during onday 1,llWt 1
'Sa.ld they heard some onr trying and
the voice was like that of g child,
' that they heard If twice but did not
' know' who It was,
" Several witnesses " testified . that
; , they were on the road on whJcU Hai-
rlson was said to have been seen with
' ' 'tha child ou the 13th but that they
did not see Harrison. ,
f 1 A Playmate Speaks.
Irving Oallop, one. of ' Kenneth's
playmates, -said ho.' was with Ken
neth when the school bell rang for
. 'the evening . Besslon ; and left him
1 aoout 20 yards from the school talk
ing with ' Bennett ; Walker another
playmate and that he has not seen
Kenneth Blnoe. Bennett Walker Is
not at court.
' - - Senator Beasley. father of. the lost
' child, has been present during, tha
entire trial. . : He -Is g. large, hand
,: some man, but -seems tQ have been
under a great strain.. He had great
f difficulty In giving ' his " testimony,
7 particularly where any dlrdct ailus-
) ton was made to tho child, breaking
down completely several times.
' - He testified that his wife was In
such a condition as to render it very.
; dangerous to her life to. bring her In
i ' the court room. . : '
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1. Proceedings ; VestCHjay Afternoon. -'
' Elisabeth City N. C.,- Afarcli .
.' The first witness in the Beasley, kia
napping case yesterday afternoon was
jT. L. Baum, who said he had lived IsJ
-Currituck county: aH his life, and that
he was well acquainted with Joshua
' Harrison. ? The witness, said that af
ter the - disappearance '. of : Kenneth
Beasley Harrison spoke to him about
,"the matter, several times and would
always broach the subject as soon as
tly got vogether,
The wltrfc3S said
he cautlohtd Harrison about his rauh
Statements, to. which he replied: "It's defeated at. Maleras, Iaaga and Sa
eatchlng before hanging," and that.he.bana larga, three thousand men com-
believed the-vltnss 5 was his friend
and would swear to a lie. to save him.
: Soma time after this, said the wit
ness, he and a colored msn ' went t
- Harrison's" for some wine, and Harri
son asked the witness If he knew why
Beasley was not going to the legisla
ture. The witness replied that he did
not, whereupon Harrison satdi "Well,
: I do, I am responsible for It.? - ij
. . The witness replied: "I will give
you credit for it just like I gave you
credit for the' disappearance of the
Beasley boy.'' ; ,. -
"I will acknowledge then,'' said
Harrlsoh, "that I am responsible for
It," - . , - ' -
, , T. C. :Woodhouse Testifies. '
T; C. Woodhouse testified that he
was a resident of Currituck county;
that on one occasion he met Harrison
on the oountry road and he asked the !
witness to go to Mr. Beasley for him,
but not to let his name be known, and
see what he would give for the boy's
return,
that as soon as enough reward !
. was offered the child
would be re -
turned, and that he would like this .
information as it was mighty expen- j
'''-:'- I
slve keeping - the child the 'way -he
was. being kept." Witness eald he
would do so, ' and ' after seeing
Baasely asked" Harrison ' to go
up to his room with him,. He did so,
and the witness told Harrison Beasely
woyld give all he possessed if Harrison
would only return tne child;' that Mar
rlyon . then got up and attempted to
leave the room, ' but he locked It and
Harrison began to r' cry and besought
him not to hurt blm, at the same time
denying having had any such conversa-J
lion with mm as tne witneBg saia n
had: i Witness also said Harrison told
Him the boy was just as well as ever
and that be could lay his hands on him
at al most any;, time. : Several
other witnesses alee testified to Mr.
Harrison having told the same thing.
v The State Rests. " "
: At 5 - o'clock Solicitor ' Ward annbuni
oed that the1 State would rest, and the
defense opened with J. B. Harrison on
the etand. Harrison said he was a son
ot the' defendant and that his father
was home on Monday the 13th of 'Feb
ruary, 1905, and was also there Tues
day and' Wednesday wlih'i the except
tlon of s. short , time when he drove
over to the store, This was' confirmed
6y Thos. HarrlBon, another son of. the
defendant His story was reguliwwlth
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ROYALL Y BORDEN CO.
Strang to See Furniture
Store on yeticvilie St.
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Large Stook Makes a BeautlfoV Dis
play When Iiiiprovenipnts Aro
Made on the Store It Will lie Bar-,
passed by No Furniture JSstablish
nwnt In the tSate.
Until the Royall & Bordon Furni
ture Company opened their store on
Fayetteville street," Raleigh was per
haps the only city in the- state with
out a furniture store on the principal
street. It is said that for the past
fifteen years there, has been no furni
ture store or Fayetteville street, And
the sight Is now a rather novel one,
and Is all the inore noticeable with
th handsome stock carried, by this
welHnaWhwniturdb
" mf siT tnto-
the new store, but the first floo is
already, arranged in a most tastewl
manner, : -and - when -one enters the
store for the purpose of making a
purchase, he finds much - trouble In
doing so on account of the large dis
play.' ' The company always carries
a wry -large stock, and the Royall &
Borden Furniture Company, without
a dbubt, sells; more furniture, than
any furniture company in the state.
- When the Improvements are made
on the store; with the two floors run
ning all the way from Fayetteville to
Wilmington street. It. will indeed fur
nish excellent flooj space lor the dis
play of the large stock. -'The mem
bers of the company express them
selves as very glad to got on the
principal street of Raleigh.' and say
they haye been endeavoring to get a
location on Fayditevtlle street for a
number of years. Jhe company be
gan business lav Raleigh about thir
teen years ago and for ten years was
on the " corner of Hargett and Wil
mington streets, s '
Mr Miles Goodwin, one of the vet
eran 'furniture men of the state, is
manager, of . the sales department of
the Raleigh' store.' He is thoroughly
familiar with 'the trade and Is an ex7
cellent furniture muni
The quarters formerly occupied by
the Royall & Borden, company were
too small,' and. the point has been
reached, "where It . was absolutely
necessary to get in a larger store so
as to tgke c&re ot its rapidly increas
ing .business. .,' . . - ,
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Crushing Defeat -of Revolutionists.
fBy the Associated Press.) .
'Ban Salvador, Guatemala, March 10.
Qenoral , Oarahena, t war minister of
Honduras according to advices recelv-
;ed here, has after tare days' fighting,
mdiided by
the general , in chjcf or
Hoihluran. revolutionary forces. The
dispatch adds that Generals Buiter
ras, Bftliadares and Gamers were kill
ed and that -Generals Barahona and
Lopes were . pursuing - the defeated
troops.
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TEN ENTOMBED
BY EXPLOSION
" Richmond, Va., March Is. From Wise
court house comes the report, that a gas
explosion occurred this morning in the
mine ot the Bond coal company at
(ireeno. First reports said ton -- men
were entombed. Three have been res-
cued badly burned, seven are still In
the mine, with but slight chance of (
getting them out alive, ' . v j
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HELP US; TEDDY.
IRE M GO BUST
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jChdrus of Weeps from Woe
Begone Financiers
ROOSEVELT IS MUTE
He Has Pronhfeed Memoranda on
His Attitude on the Railroad Situa-
tion, lut the Avid, Prtflng Public
Won't 'Get a Glimpse of - it' Just
Yet, Wc Are Told.
' ' i (B tfie Associated Press.)
Washington, March 16. James
Speycr, he New YdVk financier, had
an Interview with tho president to
day, but declined to say anythinK re
garding It. An unconfirmed rumor
gained currency- that the president
tins prepared ah Important letter
bearing on railroads.
Tho president, it is said, has mem
oranda Concerning his attitude on
the Vail road situation, which he has
shown to some bf Iilfi friend!). But
Secretary . iioeb - says It will not bo
in ado public."
' Jt was stated yesterday that, for
more than forty-eight hours: the
white house and treasury department
had' bei flooded with- application's
for the" Drealdent and Secretary Cor-
telyou to take some action to avert
the "threatened disaster in tho finan
cial world.
It can be stated authoritatively
that' President Roosevelt will not
change his attitude toward the rail
roads, though It is admitted that the
administration has ' no Intention of
entering on an extremely radical at
tack on the railway corporations. ;
h president MJlan 'of the Ne York,
New Haven and Hartford ; Railroad,
has telegraphed, asking for an Inter
view with the president. He will be
tWO ARRAIGNED
? v .; FOE PEONAGE.
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' (Bv the Associated Press.)
,New Vorki March 16. Edward J
Trlay,- head, of , the labor department
Of the Florida. East Coast Railway
and Francesco SabbJa, an" employ
mentf agent? of this city, were ar
raigned before the United States com
missioner today, charged witn -peon
age In the employment of men tor
work on tha extension of the railway
from Miami to Key West. Both were
held in ball for trial on Indictments
found by a federal grand Jury., It is
alleged that Sabbia has snipped
large number of men to Florida, and
that Trlay has distributed them along
the line of the railroad construction
STOLE COW AND
TRIED TO.SEU. IT.
"Jim Dunn, 'colored,' from' ' Wyatt
station this county, . was arested this
morning by Office, Lowery, . Punn had
a cow that h was-offering, to sell JTor
$30, and realising that the value of toe
cow was more thanthe price asked.
Officer Lowery immediately placed hxn
under arest,' Soon1 after the arrest of
Dunn, tho son of Mr. David Gill came
In-to report the theft, and as soon as
he Was shown theTcow he identified the
animal as that of his father's.
. The animal was stolen last night from
ths beimt of Mr, Gill at Wyatts station.
Dunn , will, be tried Monday for the
theft. 1 - " . -v-
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' nalrGame lostponed,
Wake Forest College, N.'C, March
16,-iThe. 'baseball game: that was to
have been played here yesterday af
ternoon' with the Warrenton High
School was postponed-en ncoount Of
the wgather and sipkness among the.
members, of the Warrenton team.
, , Brklg at- Smithfleld. -
(Special tdThe Evsnlpg Tlmea) '
Smithfleld, i N. -C, 1 March 16. Jh'
kn.nl t9 mn,iit M(ninllHnlI0 fins fle.
cepted a bid ef Austin Bros, of Atlanrl
for a steel bridge across the Neuse
River' at Smithfleld, to cost $8,267.3S.
It will he 422 feet long and 18 feet wide
and is to tie completed by August 1.
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JThe European Crop Report. w -
: (By the Associated Press.)
1 Washington, March 16.--The Eu
ropean crop report of , the department
of agriculture shows that through
out the greater, part ot Europe autumn-sown
crops have lain during
February under a covering of snow. ,
t Widespread injury v is
believed to
have been. thus averted.
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John II. Leaves for the .North. ;V
Augusta,' Ga.; 5 March 18. John D.
Rockefeller will leave Augusta" Monday
for New York. It Is announced that
he will not return south-this season. ,
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IN HPS OF HIE
TWELVE FRIDAY
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Supposition as to the Fate
;. of ilarry Thaw
A FAMOUS AFFIDAVIT
It Will Probably B' Called in Court
Monday If . ' This Document Is
True Evelyn: Tluiw sui: milted to
Lashings ' jltjithm- i li;m Declare
That. White Had V i-ongi 1 Her.
(Ky the Aaaoi'iiU.'a Press.)
Now York' March 1 ti. There
is
every reason to beli!v that tho fate
of Harry jkw' will he put In the
hands of . tufs Jury by next Frldav. ! railroads that will" be uniform through
. 'Out the country, and will be the basis
Tho scnsattoBOl aflidavit which Dis-;for monthly reports by the roads to
tnct Atiorney Jerome fought so hard
i ., i i ,
to get into tod evidence will . proba-'
bly bo called 1n oui i Monday, 'lhe
affldnvlt gives iOvelyn s story of the
wnndorftiKS' Of torscll and Tliaw oaVthotn -from the railroads themselves,
tho continent 'during winch time1 ac?Ch,!',oouguration of the system will,
cording tooths- aflldavit. Thaw beat ."rk the beginning of real govern.,
her soWal times in an effort to make "upervlslon and Is regaled as
. .. . 7 j . . , the most Important change brought
1L , Aml'n .toins bnut by thB nte tewf
vvnito wit nr having drugged. and at-.-.-. tho
tacked her when slie Was a gliLsThej
affidavit al6o declares that-' Evely.
Nosblt submitted to lashings, declar
ing that' White'had nevar wronged
hor. The sworn stutcment'is in di
rect contradiction to her" stoy" oh
the stand oJTWhftc, which sho claites
to have told 'flhaw. - .': , y-
A Thunderous Roar, - Then
. Flames Burst Oat
LEAPS FROM WINDOWS
Bashing Prom the Menacing Blaze,
Children Flung Themselves Into
. tho Flood and IVrlsheil Miserably
Before Help CameoA Number
. Were lteseued From' the AVatcrs.
(By the Associated Press.)
Whealine;, V. Va., ilarch 16.
Eight persons me known to .have
lost their lives in the fire in the
plant of the Warwick Pottery Com
pany In the flooded district today.
1 All but three of the victims Were
children. They lost their' lives by
Jumping from a window t Into the
waters of the flood and were drown-
led before help eould reach them.
The fire was preceded by- an explo
sion. V- Many were rescuedfroro the
waters.. -
TO CAMBRIDGE
VICTORY'S BAYS
vr (By the Associated Press.) . ;
Putney- Tnglu nd. March, 16. The
sixty-fourth annual boat .race between
crews representing the .universities of,
Oxford .and ... Cambridge . was "rowed
over the usual course from Putney to-
Mort Lake this mornlpg,, "distance
of about four and one-quarter miles,
and was won by the Cambridge men.
r At Hammersmith Bridge, about
one and three-quarter miles from, the
start, Cambridge led by a; length and
quarter.! Three and one-half mites
from the start Cambridge: was three pijesidentiandia. number of high rait
'lengths ahead. Cambridge,. t, iwop .by (road officials, which Js Soon to be held,
four and one-half lengths. y i i, i 1 Now the resident has annnnnemt Mutt
The unofficial time Is twenty mln-
utes, twenty-st seconds. ; Tb record
time over, me aourpe va. ej
tsetgnteen win-!
utes, forty-seven seconds.
-" wn "u cnore
the Sjirrjr aid' of m river, which in
view oi a strong southwesterly . wina-j
u.ur.,i,B, a, w mi i
tW,i lerurlhsi; feven wRh thlS'Sdvantam '
however,
,vsr, the Oxford prewhSd no chancs,1
against Cambridge, which ttobablv was
the finest British crew thad 4ver pullod
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UNIFORM PAIL-
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ROAD REPORTS
To lie Made Mofilhly to In
tersiate Commission
PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY
Little Brown Brother Will Get First
", Chance to Vote July 80 One Del
egate for Each 90,(H)0 Inhabitants
of the Islands Interesting Things
- Kxpeeted.
(Special to The Bvoning Times.)
Washington, D. C, March 16. Ar-
rangements aro almost completed for
' a new system of book-keeping by tho
, the Interstate Commerce Co.mmlssion.
me system lias been woikeu on by
. ,, .,,, ,h
cian' ot the cb'mmif,son, assisted by
Bovevnl eommittee of exnerts. manv of
hav been; supposed to make reports
to -the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, but they have dono so each on a
different system, and they have ren-
dercd the reports when they pleased
and frequently not at all. Under the
tlew. law they will be required to make
I the reports by the 25th of each month
ravening me upemuuns ui ine previous
month. The reports will all be made
on the same system from the same
sort of book-keeping, and there will be I
no chance for covering up earnings
and "expenses for. months and years
at time.-! This has, frequently lxen
done" in the past- with a view to de-
pressing a stock far below ,tUrtal
idwsjiws'i fisiiiMMAiitfaifiiiij ti'enW
the market on the declaration of a
huge dividend.,' In the future if '.the
earnings of a road ' increase largely,
it will not be possible to cover up the
fact by vaguely charging the profits
to Improvements and operating ex
penses. It has been hoped that the new sys
tem of railroad reports would be put
into effect on the first of the year,
and then the time was set forward to
April. But noW it is said it positively
will be Inaugurated on July 1st. The
system will be. of the greatest ad
vantage to the. investigating public,
aR IS'will show .Just what each of the
roads Is doing. It' may help some
storks and depress others at the start,
but it would appear to be the nearest
way to arriving at the real market
value of any railroad security. There
will be a chance also for a great deal
of dishonest manipulation should there
ever develop a lead such as occurred
in connection with the crop reports of
the agricultural department. But an
effort will be made to have the sys
tem honestly administered, and after
the first few reports, there naturally
caniot be any great and sudden fluc
tuation as railroads do not vary In
their business so much as do the vis
ible supply of grain and other crops.
This beginning of government super,
vision and control Is a thing much
more welcome to the railroads now
than it would have been a few months
ago. A great change has come over
the managers of the roads since it wa
shown that the government was in
dead earnest about exposing Unsound
systems of finance,, and 'giving . the
public as near as . might be a square
deal in connection with all Industrial
corporations. The railroads at first
resented the Idea even of rate legisla
tion, But after some ef the expos
ures of railroad mismanagement and
the "accumulation ' of . popular disap
proval,' the sentiment against the
roads became so strong that legisla
tures in most ot the. states saw a
chance to make; a great bit with thetr
constituents by enacting adverse rail
road legislation. Some of this Was
fair and some was grossly prejudiced.
But the mere fact that It was becom
ing a popular Vt line with the states
sent Some of the biggest railroad men
scurrying ' to the whi house to 'Im
plore President Roosevelt to use his
ranuence m reinstating .the roads
in
popular favor.
1 Mr. Harriman cams first and. talked
veryT, generously about. , wanting J 4.0
take 'the jpublic into , his 'eonfldence,
and then cam - Mr. .-Morgans and, ar
ranged' for' a conference between -the
the mm-nads are an nuint'und nxlxa
(to him than any other big Interest! so
long as they behave themselves. Bdt
protection of the federal government,
they wilr -have '-to'-vov themsolves
worthj. ef it by acting squarely. , i- I
xoat noted Mtnenna.al stsndarir o
u. - ...
with nerfect aood nature kot hAital
frnv.T tht . .. .,v.!.tneir nomes-wnen the Ohio reached
ticker In the White house. And the
railroad men are likely to be gives
the same intimation. There Is no dis
position on the - part of the adminis
tration to abridge any state rights,
but It Is manifest that state supervis
ion of Interstate roads and federal su
pervision at the' same time are an )m
post 'bio. mixing of problems, and the
cnances- are tiiat reuerai control win
be exercised over the Interstate roads
to the exclusion of any other control.
and considering the . popular feeling
against them, the railroads will be
very glad to accept honest federal con
trol where a few months ago they
would have Boomed It.
On the 30th of July the "little brown
brother" will be given a chanoe to
cast his first ballot. It' lll be the pre
Uminary election for the Philippine
assembly. The assembly will' consist
of eighty-one members, or one dele
gate for each 60,000 Inhabitants of the
islands. It will be rather a new. sen.
satlon for the natives to' participate
lru an elective government, and there
are a great many Interesting and per'
haps funny things before'the body gets
down to business. The assembly will
correspond to the house, of represen
tatives In congress, while the Philip
pine commission will correspond to the
senate. The members of the assem
bly will be elected for a term of two
years. . .
"THE CITY BEAUTIFUL?
Subject of Lecture Made Last
Night by Dr.Kilgo
There is Something Besides a City
Being Beautiful in Material
Things He Declared There'" Was
a tendency AIL Over the World
for People to Get Closer Together.
The second of the series of lectures
under the auspices of .the Chamber of
Commerce was given last night at Me
tropolitan Hall, the speaker being Dr.
J. C. Kllgo, president of Trinity Col
lego and one of the finest lecturers in
the south. He was heard by a' very
large audience and for more than as
hour those present llstencd wtth- vth
closest attention to the beautifully.
rounded sentences of the orator.- The
Isabject.ot ,JDr. Kngo'a -k..
ftrWlirmtyWmiRira
feet language did he paint the city that
isv beautiful In material things, but he
showed, that material beauty Is not all
that is to be. desired iand some of the
most beautiful cities In the world in
material things are farthest from What
they should be. ,
The speaker started at the founda
tion, the cause for the enormous growth
of.-eUie&.not only hi America but all
over the world. With the railroad, the
telephone and the telegraph, he said,
people become more 'closely connected
and there is a. tendency to' draw closer
together. He pictured the southern
home of ante beTlum days with its
culture, . refinement and great leaders
Iq political affairs.-. This, condition of
affairs har' passed away forever, the
speaker declared, and the refinement
and culture Is now to be found In the
cities "The'Cspeaker pointed out the
great democratic, leaders this nation has
produced and said as soon as they be
came wealthy or powerful they at once
became aristocratic. He used -this illu
stration to show that the Anglo Saxon
race never goes backward or downward,
hut always upward, to higher things.
He referred to the wonderful differences
in the way the tenant's home Is furn
ished now to what it was twenty or
thirty years ago, of the tendency of
all classes to go upward and to this he
attributed the spirit which prevails ot
wanting - to get into the tqwns and
cities, the effort to get to the place
where the better things of life are to
be obtnined and enjoyed. Socialism
and communism, he declared, can never
amount to any thing in this country, 1
for it is against tho principles of the
Anglo Saxon race the race builds up,
never tears down. " '
The city of Paris was used as an
illustration of the city beautiful ic
material things but a city full ot:
frivolity and In the most horrible decay
from a christian standpoint. The city
beautiful the speaker thought should be
a place wtth cot only beautiful streets,
handsome buildings, beautiful homes
and well kept lawns, but a city in which
the christian spirit pervade all of the
commerce, the ple.ee where man can
trust his felloTif man, knowing that by
that trust -he will not be taken advan
tage ot. ''
Dr: Kilgo was Introduced by Mr.
Joseph G. Brown, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and at the close
tr Dr. Kiigo s remarks he ' made a
short talk In which he"" ex pressed his
gratification at seeing- SoVmany present.
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n.unal?' peopl.9 ' ere . n-iven from
Mnge of -68.2 -feet A tage Ot 58
fcoC U wpeetei.'"- '! -I
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SNAP! DO wi I TC;
INSTANT DEATH
ft
Dizzy Rush' Into fetis-xf
the Earth :
TWENTY TiyO KILLED
.t5$, j, " '"'"'"' , i , 'lis ,
A Cable Breaks and the Occupants of
a Descending Cage Shoot Dow)n in
Headlong Rush to the . Bottom of :
: the Shaft to Their InsAantanpoos ;
Annihilation. & , 1 '. 1
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. ) ;(By the Associated Press.) f r ; !
Saarlouls, Hhenlsh Prussia, March
16,--f wenty-two miners were killed '
at the Gerhard coal mine today. They '
were descending one of tha shafts' In
a page, when the cable broke and, the .
miners plunged down several hundred -
feet. Air of them met with Instant
death.
BODY OF HONORABLE 1 ' ?
A. W. OWENS INTERRED. -
H ' " 4!, '
(Special to The Evening Times, f
Norfolk, Va., March 16. The funeral E
of the -late Honorable Augustus W.
Owens, former member ot the North
Carolina legislature from Tyrrell coan
ty, who died yesterday at Hhe home of .
his daughter, Mrs. Richard S. Downing
In Berkley, took place from' the Down
ing residence this morning at 10, rwllh, . .
services conducted by j RV, W A.
Smith, pastor of the-Berkley Avenue
Baptist church. The remains were' for-
warded at 11:55 a. m. to Columbia, N.
C, for final Interment. , J
Mr. Owens, one of the; best knWn
men In North Carolina, was for eight .
years sheriff of Tyrrell a"d was , two' -'
terms In the legislature." Be was the
father, of th Carolina. Jim Crow -law,! .
which passed the legislature during his '.
term of office, . He was also a leading '
W.-SLiyrthA Carollros, Baptist churchman.
sessions or tne
North Carolina Baptist' Association. He
was 8 years of age and is survived, by
four children, these being Mrs. R. S. .
Downing of Berkley, R. K. Owens, "W. '
Ci Owens and Miss Bessie Owens, all of -Columbia,
f - t i ' ' : M
Mr. Owens' death' followed an" Illness
of several months. t i ; .'.-
'",- . ., i -t -,')'
AN ADDRESS ON
PUBLIC SPIRIT.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Wake Forest College, N. C.t March .
16. A large audience assembled in .
Wlngate Memorial Hall last night to
hear the excellent address on "Public ' 1
Spirit," by Dr. Edwin M. Poteat, pres
ident of Purman University. 1 ' -.
Dr. Poteat Is endeavoring to Incul
cate Interest in public affairs, In those
enterprises the benefits of which ac
crue, to all the people..; The public
spirited man, said he, uses his fortune
(wealth, character, ability, etc.) to
build up the people. The man with
out public spirit uses the people to
build up his fortune.
The speaker gave a lesson from his- 1
tory to the same effect, pointing out '
that the great periods . have been i.
those In which men were dominated "
by the spirit of service to the whole ' '
people. '
NEW. SOFT DRINK? :
t PLAOEDjON MARKET :
The following charters wars granted , r
today: , ; ..-. '.!
The 3. T. Davenport Company, Green- ':
vllle; authorised caoltal stock $25,000,
but company Cun begin business with
J4.000. Incorporators are, J. F. Daven- ' .' . -port.
20 shares;- Blanche Davenport, 19, V
and J. P. Davenport,. 1. Object la tor.:
conduct a general mercantile business. ; "
The. U-Re-Car Company, Greensboro; ' .
authorlaed capital stock 1109,000,' with v:.
privilege of beginning business with ,
W3,000. Incorporates ajtv Edward llos -Harrison,
250 shares; John A. 'Harrison, .
170, and R. Ji. Sills, 8.- Object ht to - -own
trademarks and patsnt- tight of . '
a certain soil drink known as the "tf-v. .
Re-Car." ; . .tftt-STl i . "
The charter of the Rockingham v
Power Company, with heardquarters at
Wilmington, has. bten amendBd-'iAyah ,
to allow the holders of preferred stock- '-'.
to : recelvt an annual dividend "of. n .
mors ' than- five per-cent; 'fthd "hll re
ceived aboys that go, to the holders "
of the common Stock. J
FIRST TRAjIN pVKRy BRlDfifl'
'j A WASHINGTON rONIIAti vi ' '
i (Special toThi EvergngiTW )"
Washington, : N.., March" U If ;
nothing unforseen happens the' first ,:
train adfoss the brldge or the'Rftlelgh
and Psaillcor Sound Raijway ifl be : ''
run next Monday. ' ' ' 1 ' i .
Qur f ltlsens are--looking forward to :
this event with great pleasure. It will
be many weeks be.'ors Washington and
Nswberne will be cotperted by rail.
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