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' yesterday for a similar offense. ; He, V1 as the Johnston county 'crowd bad been telling peach and blackberry " 'cider - which, whe analysed . wa ; ' i found to contain' .37 per "centrof ' alcohol, making It a violation' or the , reTenoe lawi- tn-:'t ' i ' v . - It waa shown thtitJHr.; pdwarjs waa indicted a year ago for a some ' what similar offense, although the 'J district ' attorney--contended that In the former 'bill . the defendant was v: v charged, with only retailing splritu . . oug liquors and in this bill were two ; ...'" counts, retailing spirituous liquors and also malt ' and vinous liquors. - Attorneys for Edwards cited that he - ; was tried for practically the same ' ;: offensd a year ago as all of the wit nesses swore tnat -tneir lesumony , was the same at the . former trial. s!: y Both Indictments were' Tinder 'see- .tlnn-324J of the' revised 'statute, "' "4 Judge Purnell, "after looking-up the record of the previous trial, at which . v tlme Edwards was found not guilty. V 1 instructed the jury to return a ver U diet of not guilty., . " "v . . The cider did not appear to have ' 1 been very. strong-as one witness tes- ' ,K ' -tilled that f,took ab6ut-Tnt"--t& have an effect similar to a -f'shortT , of whiskey.' Other witnesses testl V'Hed that if V had any stimulating effect it was very little The cider v was sold at 15 cents per pine or 25 cents ner ouart ' 1 " ' ' - ; - Mrt W. H..yarborough, of Frank- llnton, was Mr. Edwards1 attorney. A negro from Henderson" by' the name of Jim Drake was convicted of : removing a' check from a letter and . cashing It, which did hot belong to him. It seems that Drake Went to . the office one day last summer , and called for '"his mall, the postmaster v,. having handed hUn a letter addressed to J. B. Drake, which Is his name. Upon opening the letter it was found ' , to contain a check from a Richmond -' Arm and also another check.,The . . letter enclosed was not signed. He soon afterwards went to a local bank and got the. check, whlchwaff for $10, cashedV - When the check was returned to Richmond the firm sent it back, saying that the signature . ' was not' that of J; B. Drake. The cashier began to .Investigate and the negro admitted having got the letter, and refunded the money. After thlB he' mode conflicting' statements in . regard td who sent the money to him and resulted in his being arrested, He was sentenced tQ. one year In the Atlanta penitentiary.. S I 'The sentence of Jerry Marcum,' a Durham' negro who was convicted of " retailing nd given thirty days In ' Jail ahd'to pay a fine of $160 and the , costs, was changed this morning) the v c old negro being let off by the pay ,' tnenf of the costs. . " -' " -' ' ' Record for the Day, - y i l VThe-followlrig cases, n addition to thosa mentioned' . above, were dis posed of: - ' J. M. Surles,1 Johnston county; 11 ;! v licit dlsOIllng, verdict, guilty; sen ; tenced to four, months In jail and to pay a fine of $100 and the cost, . " Spencer Shaw, Wilson county; re , tailing; verdict, not guilty.' . Albert Robblns, . Wake county; re sisting and opposing" a United States officer; judgment suspended. ' -; , E. D. Robblhs. Franklin county; Illicit distilling; judgment suspended. . Frank Chappell, Wake county; re , tailing; ' Judgment suspended upon . payment of the cost. Will lieonurd, Wayne county; re tailing; plead guilty and Judgment! ; - was suspended upon payment of the cost. :: George Wellons, Wayne county; r retailing; plead guilty and was sen tenced to sixty days in jail and to . pay a fine ot $100 and the cost. Borry Starling, Johnston county; illicit distilling; plead guilty and was fined $100 and the cost. (Continued on Pass Seven.) - I ( . SAY 1.1 r.:.. ..ESS , (By Leased" Wire- to Tha Time.) ' Chicago, May 14.-Miss Nellie Ed wardB, who has - been: blind twenty years, is' recorerlng her sight She veneres . WW - prayer at tue gospel mission, 114 South" Clark streot, caused' the miracle. She' waB there last night,' and' told aas audience of - .'1wai strlckonjblltjd when I was three1 years old,'' sald tbe young wo man. . "For five years kny eyes werfi bandaged constantly. Then I went without tne j)andago out' could not openfmy eyes to the light"'' Finally in March' I came to this mission with out much faith, and I asked for pray ers. In.k .week'tp? two t was fcble to dlstthgdlsh objects faintly. Last Mon day I kaW' what I Vas t6jd was sn automobile aha today' t was able to tell from a third story, window which direction wagons were moving in the street 'below.' '' ' -r' - . XHK ASSOfclATION OF -i n 15 n s ,. w COTTON INDUSTRIES. . (Br Leased Wire to Ths Times.) . Washington! May ' t4.--At the fourth international congress - of the Association of VfkAWH'i: Industries, whloh will bo held May 27-30, 190T at Vienna, . writes ; Consul: General Richard Guenthor, of Frankfort, the chief point of Interest of the proceed Ings will bo the report of the special committee which was . sent, to the United States to study cotton culture. It is confidently expected ; ' that the congress will bo well attended by del egatec from all. industrial countries, including. Japan, Whose cotton spin nors hive, joined the association. '. SHE PLEAD GUILTYT : SENT: TO PEISON . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Bloomlngton,. Ills.,' May ,,J4.r-Dls-mlsslng her lawyer, Helen Dixon yes terday walked before the bar, of the circuit court, and pleaded- guilty to the charge of ' embeszlement ot $1,300 from the organ, funds of the Gleaner Society; of the' aecond Pres bytefianha)h! khd also to. ths forg ery of Bote of $300.? Judge C. D. Meyers, sentenced her to the peniten tiary 1 tor an indeterminate term, where she will bo taken today r A SLAP IN" TOE FACE. '. WHAT WILL FOLLOW? J By Leased Wire to The Times J ' San Francisco,' Cal., May J4. The sensational scene before the commit tee on publlo utilities when Patrick Calhoun, president of He United Rail; roads slapped the face of 'Attorney E. P. E. Troy,. when the"latter Impugned his veracity Is generally cottimented oil and developments .are- anxiously awaited. " Neither of ths .: principals will talk much of the affair. t ' "Mr. Calhoun this mornng remarked, "No man ' may .question my veracity without taking the. oonsequences." " When Troy , made ' the obnoxious statements,1 Calhoun , walked over ; to htm and asked him If he stood by that statement. ' Troy replied, but said he abided by it, " l "'. ' , - WJthout a word 1 .Calhoun slapped Troy in the' face and then quietly re turned to his seat. ' Supervisor Boxton ordered Troy , to be seated, the attorney having Jumped tothls feet to stop Calhoun's blow. ' Troy shouted: '"I expeet you to stand by the man whose bribe, money you have taken." 1 , Boxton rushed upon Troy, but fel low supervisors restrained him. At the close of the meeting Calhoun replied vigorously to his criticisms and ths committee took the resolution un der consideration. -. ; r -',v ; . DID HE DIE WITH A 1 LIE CI OIS LIPS? (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . Chattanooga,. Tenn.,, May 24. C. W. Batrd. a' white man, convicted of wife murder, was hanged at Fayette ville, Tenn., at 6 o'clock this morn ing. . Life was extinct eleven minutes after the drop fell. Batrd died game, and in. his last words maintained his Innocence. ' r - Baird Is ' supposed to hove mur dered hie wife while they were oil their way to their farm after a day spent In Fayottcvlllo. .Balrd claims that they were held up by two men and that the killing" was done by these toien. VARTOTHEIIILT? And Against iiE Pcllcto cf .'v'tp' "SVt J iii THE SCENE Lieutpnafit-Govcrnor L' Sherman Re fuses a Position Offered, by ' 4he President aadi Declares for Catinon for: 'Preent'Stnlfiig Up ; Wltk the President ior' Siigtits Received. i'USt:'"ri-M : (By Leased' Wirt to Te Times.) . ' f Springfield,: Bis., t May ; M.S-Lleuten-ant Governor L, ';T. flherman has re fused tho place- of the' Spanish claims commissioner ? ,te 'which : President Roosevelt had appointed him, At the same time Mr, Sherman la?t nlfiht fle Clarod himself for pVaker Cannon for president, saying: , - "I am Willing to go with' Speaker Cannon as far as the brush Is cut and then t help 'cut the brush for him." , Sherman's refusal of a fS.OOO a yrar place under Roosevelt and bis declara tion for Cannon is. taken to presage a flnish fight in the state against the Roosevelt policies. - ' At the talite time Sherman has. to a measure, evened up with the presi dent ; for numerous ' slights that ' h thinks have been-east upon him, , During fair week; a., year ago,, .whan nearly, all the state politicians wer gathered l Springfield, : Sherman was told that , Joseph W. , Flfer was about to resign from the interstate-', com merce commission. and that he could have the place it he would accept It. Sherman ; replied that If the . tender came from r resident wooseveii ni L would seriously eoMlder.-'; It, accept ance.. , . Then a" short paragraph vof news came fronr Washington to the- effect that President Roosevelt -desired a lawyer 'and- not sv pitlitlclan, for- ..the place on tho Interstate commerce com mtseton j-' , - ThhIgkTW Imporattett-rtit Sher man to the, quickc because he is known everywhere fcs a lawyer of ability and whnae love tor his profession la unsur passed.. ,; 4 v. '- SDN OF THE MAYOR IS SHOT. BY NEGRO i (By Leased Wife toTke TfmesJ:' Charlotte,'. N, 'c, May 24. Arthur, a negro Pullman porter, on the South ern Railway; between 'here and Jack sonville,. Fla.V shot - and killed Clarence Gist,, son of Mayor W. H. Gist, of Car llsle, S. C. . The negro was -arrested by Gist forcreating a disturbance at a ball game and was locked up. A friend slipped a pistol to Davis and when Olst called . at the ' -guars houses he was shot four' times. - The negro escaped, but 'a posse is after him and. If captured,-he may be lynched. Capture of the Negro. ' By Leased Wire to The Times.) Columbia. S, C Way 24.--The negro Arthur Davis who shot - and killed Constable- Clarence Gist last night at Carlisle, was arrested early this irtonW Ing at Red Point, four miles from Car lisle and Is now ' In . Union .(. county Jail. . Three Other negroes who were suspected .of being with Davis In '.the killing;- are also in jail.' .The arrests were made by ttje Union County sher iff. White posse had followed the ne groes all night. ' v ' ' H waylaid . tbe constable last night near the Seaboard depot and shot him to death without warning. There waa- great indignation,-but no lynching was feared and the troops were not called out as had been re ported. Gist was; a young, married man, a nephew of the late Governor Gist of Booth Carolina, ' N. 6. OUG1MI 01 OF THE SECRETArJES (By Leased Wire to Ths Times.) Rome, May ,; 21 The ' International Sunday School Convention' has finished Its work and already the delegates are scattering.''' Many of the foreign dele gates will remain In Rome for several days- sight-seeing. . j-.- ? Among the secretaries appointed was N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh,' N. .-C Time and place for the next conven tion is left to the executive. committee. It probably will be In Toklo In mk New York Spot Cotton! . ' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 24. Spot totton, 12.36, . - ' . - ' OlM UuL J. 1 1 : 111 ' V ..; ';-' ' "'S";V' "- .wl.sj.-;i"- Attendance Has Been ' Except ronally Goofl, Average Being Jflaety-seve 5Pe;'Cenfr-Mwsrs"J Clark, Busbee i Make ? Iqteresting 'alks-rjft Itoyster Cbntor of the lJ' -'-'i 1 ' " The second year of tjie Raleigh High School closed this Jnornlng with approprlato exorcises in the chapel of tho school building.. The hall was well filled with patrons and friends, and tho exercises, pleasing and help ful,' wore ehjoyod to the fullest, The stage -was -artistically decorated. ' ' Rov. n; F. Bumpaa offered prayer, after, which tha'young ladies in music rendered a song.' - f Occupying tha ,rostnim Were the orators of - the 'day ; Messrs. F. II. Busbee and Walter ; Clark, Jr. , and Dt." H. A; Roystor. ReV(- R; J. Bum pas, Mr. C. Bf. Hartge, Mr. p. L. Hay wood. Dr. R f H. r IwU, "Professor Moses, Mr. Rosenthal.' . ,''' : : . Prof. 'Hugh Morsonv? prfnoipal of the school, in a short talk; said that the High Bchpo- aas only been estab lished two years,' and as yet there have been no graduates,? The work of the school, he said, embraces four years-, Ou completion-of. the full course the students are prepared to enter Vny college id the state or else where,''' Professor Morson then .read the Pomes of the Students who had won - distinction Tin i tie various branches of study. He femphastzed the foot that the attendance hodCan remarkably f(o(L ent oftta total of 15$ students tho attspdakce JiverR- iuaT 9"L&frGs, Fputudents, twol young jnen . ana two- louum.iaui'w. Were not absent ortrfrdy m dur ipg the school yearr These are Wil liam ' Bklley . and CatU Betta and MisscS Julia Rand and Elizabeth Hill Mr. Belts attended in splto of the fact that his shoulder -bone was broken, causing him severe pain., . Mr. Walter Clark, Jj, In behalf of -the Jr. O: V. A..M-. presanted Scholarship medals to William Joy nef of ithe' High School and to Frank Brown" of the Centennial Graded Bchool. Mr. Clark paid a high trib ute to the Junior Order. This or ganization Is patriotic and believes ' (Continued on Page Seven.) BLOODY DEED OF; Cuts Bis Child's Threat From Ear to Ear "v. ASSAULTS HIS VIFE The Woman is Desperaiely Wounded, The Negroe's Mind .-. Said to be " trnbalanced People bf His Race ' Declare Him "Hoodoocd'VOluoers ,Go to Scene to Arrest Him. V , (Special to The Evening Timet) Concord, N.'C May 24.Jack Whtle, a' negro thirty-years of age. living at Mtemt Mine, Ave miles south of here, last night killed his five-year-old. child and brutally assaulted his -wife ..with a knife. " White has been unbalanced for some time. The negroes say he had been . "hoodooed." ' He ' ; first v cut ; ,hla wife. who, to escape, went to the home of - her- brother nearoy tor aitu;,'. pe- tornlng with help, she found the child s thmft. imt ; from ear to' eSii"' The wife Is desperately ItijulCMoeVgTeBlJ oarty for White. 4? HANGED HHlS2Ln n JfBv leased-Wire t6"TrMS TIrhes,t New York," Utaf 24.--Roccd" paga- rlo. It leadef of the ''blntk hand;? in Brooktynt who has s'. been pni .trialj charged with the murder of a pros perous' -fellow-countryman; cheated Jdstlcetoiday' by hanging- lilmseir In his rcelUhRaymoria" Street' Jail.U HDUO .'?;;ii'iwiyMrV-vviv'M' --l'V ;;' tfi th.-;, SV'rfVj-SP Ilili "J' y'i 11 . 'ja Tbe Gcu!ds$ummoiied to Re- Facts PEABODY OPENS A WAY This is Done by His Confession Blam ing Inspector McLaughlin tor Em- . ploying, the Detective Bureau as an Agency to Manufacture Divorce ' Testimony Clean Breast by Nieoll (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 21. Subpoenas were Issued - today for Howard Gould and Mrs. Howard Gould by Deputy' Police Commissioner Hanson, catling them to police headquarters to reveal the final chapter? hi' the - alleged conspiracy in which the 'police department was used to blacken the character of Mrs. Gould. The confession of Lieutenant Frank Peabody, In which he blamed Inspector McLaughlin for employing the detect tlve bureau as an agency to manufac ture divorce' testimony opened the way for -the principals to reveal'; the final facts-In the plot. r,,, : . Delancey Nieoll, counsel for Howard Gould, has made a clean bt-east of It to Deputy Hanson and Is believed to have told how the crook "Big BIJI'? Hawley and the detective bureau came to fig ure In the Gould matrimonial troubles. From his retreat In a nearby Jersey resort,1 Big Bill' Hawley said today that when he was in Dannemora prison,- a man representing the Gould interests, but not Howard Gould,--call ed on him three times In an effort to have him. make a deposition against Mrs. Howard Gould. . v - He offered me f 100,000 In cash and promised to have me pardoned by Gov ernor Roosevelt," Said- Hawley, "If I' woull -make an affidavit ' that Mrs. Gould had been 'married when she was nineteen years old,, and-that she never sod been; legally- separated . from her husband. , They wanted Howard to' York'THm wanted to , prove wanted to , prove that his I marriage to . Katharine Clemmons was HlegaL ,-.;' '4s- 'Burt did not know that 'there was any truth In what he Said and X turn ed down the offer. , I did not believe that Howard Gould- knew anything about that offer as he had been mar-,' rled two years and was very much in love with his wife. . DEATH FURROW iTl fBv Leased Wire to The Time; Guthrie, Okla., May 24.- 4ftoy Jives are reported lost by a cf lone -which struck ; Snyder, Okla.V'thls morning. Wires all down and veri fication or details at present impossi ble. - -'': '': AN OVATION TO GOVERNOR GLENN. (Special to The Kvehing Imes.) Salisbury, N. C, May Sl'.-iGov'erhor Glenn waa accorded the most remark able demonstration Seen '' during' the commencement of Livingston - College. Hrf'toa given the chataugila salute on his entrance to the auditorium and at the close of his speec . the audience rose and cheered continuously while the choir sang Dixie. . : W. ----- The colored people were greatly im pressed', by the governor, and when he told them to sta? In the south and help him' banish' liquor and consnmptlpq, the" disease generally caused by liquor, there was a perfects pandemonium. : SHAME'S PENALTY m 1 , .ATLTiaAL' ..M.J.t3ivV?:'i T.n Pfcfii Mfl fav M The trial Of Mrs, Mary B.';Bowle' and '.Henry . IC Bowie, her!'sbn;vforhe murder of Har ry Posey1rStoarytittst;Wl net be? gm today; the delay being? caused.' by th illness of 'Prlscllia Bowie, daugb. ,tw tMrs:! Moot Bowie, and said te have been engaged., lo be married ;to. Posey-: 'rvy:- f.pt fa-icfrvt"ff ' I Yesterday a son was born to Pels clifa Bowie, and, while the mother ts doing Well. It is hot expected that she wnf be able to testify lrt thercse ft several Weeks.4; 'k'jf-'ik':i i ALL'CHAEGESt'tM , , Jeffersou CUy' Mo-Majf 2 J-srJls nort of v Commissioner : Anthonv - in gtandard Oil ouster' sustains charges CYCLONE PLOWS tConJnued on Second V), KO COPES HELD OUT ; F0R,IIRS. liCKINLEY "w.-tr' '- .;-'t:.':s. ff fBjf Leased Wire to The Times, y. tan'ton, Ohio. "May ' 24. Attend ants at the bedside of Mrs, McKlnldy, fiu ueuaiue ui flo.ru, juciwiuiey,i widow at "her paralysis, , thought her condition somewhat improved this morning. - Dr. O, E. Portman, the attending physician, says, however, there is no hope of her recovery. Surgeon General Rixey Is on the way here from Washington, Mrs. McKinley's health has not been of 'the best for some time, but she has been cheerful and always ap peared to ber friends to be buoyed up by some .hope Yesterday, however, as she was Bitting quietly in her home, she was stricken down sud denly, physicians were , hurriedly summoned, but she was unconscious, snd after working with her for some timo the physicians gave it out that there was ho hope tor her recovery. Mrs. Ida Saxton-McKlnley was born in Canton, Ohio, June 8, 1S47, the daughter of James A. and Cath erine, Demalt Saxton. She was edu cated in Cleveland and Brookhall Seminary, Media, Pa., but because of her delicate health she retired from tbe seminary at the age of 17. She becametttri wife of Maj. William Mc Klnley, January 26, 1871, after an almost lifelong friendship. The hap piness of their .married life was marred only by the death of their Only children, Kate and Ida. During, her husband's administra tion aB governor of Ohio she was pre vented from appearing in public func tions by invalidism, but during his career as congressman she accompa nied him to Washington. TQ TJN AERIAL ; RACES TOEIORBOW (By leased Wire to The Tlmes.1 Chicago. May 24.-A11 arrangements hav been completed for the opening of .the Chicago Aero .Club's I- aerial races tomorrow. From the aerodorae. nl xwiuk.' many ot xe noo-com-Slicty-flrst. street and south Park Ave- miasloaed officers will Torelve prottio- nue, the -races will start and continue at 3 e'cloek each afternoon tor two weeks, -weather conditions permitting. nrrnigriv-m 10 w-nwfiwia. norv-ef any Scheduled, event -la to get tlfeQ additional. - Each airship going to the Masonic . Temple and return will be paid $300. 1 Only Iballoons ojjrryrng. parachutes 1ll b allowed to enter. 'Bach con testant making one ascension, and a parachute Jump, will , be entitled to ,f."o,. If not a prise winner,. ' - ' TWO KILLED IN CRASH OF CARS ' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Muskegon, Mich., May 24. Two cars Of ths Muskegon Inter-Urban . met near 'Muskegon Heights at an early hour this morning and were practically-demolished. Two men were Instantly killed. - The dead: C' D-'BETTS, motorman of freight, Grand Rapids. Mich. JAMES EDMONDS, motorman of passenger, Muskegon, Mich. . The' baggage and freight car was running into Muskegon , from Grand Rapids at a good speed when on a curve Just east of Muskegon Heights it met the regular passenger car out of Muskegon. In the, crash that followed the wreckage- was widely scattered. The accident occurred at 6:25 near the celery farm, v ' i; .v MARRIES TO KEEP T: OUT OF PRISON Bristol, Tenn., May 24. Gustavo Hoff, a young German, charged with having abducted Bessie; the pretty .14-year-old daughter of Alfred Rich ards, of Bristol, ' and who took her iwajf1 twS -weeks ago. Intending. It wasVasseHed," take her td Ger many, ' returned to. Bristol, with the girl .toddy and was arrosted. ,v j ..-'In order to. avoid prosecution, Hoff Agreed to marry the girl and. the wed Mns was tolobthlzed by Rev. A. H, iirrouishs.'-stSf;-i'; fA; ?-rZ ; '-ri'K ,.r .'rv '';; ; r.'ii:?. ; , TH 1EATB! 1 OF MRS. - lowing' a srivif illness, Mrs. Cornelia Cowan Mette died early thU morn- jng. ueam was ane w nean exnaus-isnaw.W. 1" Wanning, H. P. MOB( Vy; tlonf snijeVkaiiCed by nedhiohla'. 1 R; 8. TuttW,'DC. IfoUng; X F. t ob . - h. -'trnliivthtrFlAnira -'luaiA, sv-.w- WtKV .!f.r -rs,! espies t,,,?ieua otiue 'i Hira.,nrigaue 1. 17; Marris,tt. . iioiaor, h. u. orin' Ckrofina Division." nMited Cori- Hoot'' O"" '.Tones. 13 f If 1 t fodoratOi Veterans' , arid 1 "mother Bf"!lr. U. XTrDriWRlir" - tlr i. lieutenant, xoionei j. van 0. . Metis , ''vtSrvii-K lVf?t AhLfiFFiCilj . - v, ( ; .-' r , ' ; leje Tills Jt(l;rn::a ; TBE: IIILITARt EVFJjT Will Be Witnessed "by a Large' Crowd., -, Battalion 1st Better Shla St ' Any .'Time 1 tho" History Itif ;ilie College-- Appolhimrit .' Efl'ertWe -' '.insi.'-''; - yrvn ... The last drill and 0nh1 'flrdte px- ; rade ot the l06-'dl battalio;o( fh ; Agricultural and Mechanical COllese : takes place on the beautiful camps .. 1 In West Raleigh ;thla aftamooa at ' 4:80 o'clock. It -is Mpoctvlythat?-; there will be many'; ; hiliiv X'4 friends of the students present, 'and ; they will, no doubt, thoroughly enjoy the military event 'i;. -- . - . - The battaliou Is said to be In bet- ' ter shape thla jear 4hsA at any" time . in ths existence of the' eollege. - The s ofBoere snd-non-cemntiBSloned officers ,' havo takeh. a de;j and ehthusiastlc ; v Interest lu their work . this, session, and as & couseqnence" the entire bat- , tullon showA detided improvements The military departmeitt occupying such it vital part in tbo training of " the men at the A. Ji M; College, has ' " boon placed om Its proper, footing' , through tb-i tireless efforts of Com- . mandaut Yo jng, Sfiordlnu very grstl- -tying - results to tlioso intereafed - in tho institution. r I' s ' Major Trultt and hla ofheMt rorS .:, ot officers, who -will bo in fonmiaud. , today, will itcata tholr positions oa rf.,.,..,. k. . ,1 - - vy -yi-H-Mtw v- tlou. Tho captains ana lieutenants - ura Chosen from the 'present-junior . class; ths sergeants frets' the present . sophomore class, and the corporals from thepreeent class of. frssbmeh. These A officers assume command, . oa June 1, 1807, - - . i , -. - The complete list of Appointments T for the Scholastic year' f .l807-'08. as announced?' today by Lieutenant Young, B published- below:' . 1 Headquarters Corps of Cadets (. ' ' The North Carolina College of Agrl- culture And Mechanic Arts. --r' West Raleigh. K.iC,,,"', , ,',,71' May 8.;i07v! ' General Orders No, , S4.J -J -., Par. 1. By direction: of th preel- , dent, and upon the recommendation , of the commandant, all offices herel tofore filled in the corps at cadets are ,r declared vacant, to Uke effect May 1 81, 190T. ' - V- .-yT, Par. S By dlrectioa ot the presi dent, and upon the recommendation of " the commandant, the following promotions and appointments are an-, ' nouncedrto take effect June 1, 790T. - These Officers and ' non-commissioned officers to fill vacancies existing t$ the corps of cadets for the ear - vie.: V -. . - Staff R. R. Sagle, tnajor; J. L. Von Glahn, captain and adjutant; 9. M. Gibbs, captain and quartermos- . ; ter; H. N.- Sumner, sergeant-major, .. and W. F.sMorriSi cdlof astgeant. ! - : Band O. V. Bason, captain; J. P ZlgTar. first lledteBhnf,' fW. F. R. Johnson.': drum ' jnor;' T- T. Hay wood, first sergeant?' ft,' iRv Falsoa, sergeant ; .'S. EToomef . sergeant ; ', t. N. Tull, corporal, and V.P, Byrilm, ,. corporaL- , -,v' v ,v.V Captains of Companies--D. Llnd sey, A. G.! Boyntou,' "D. f . Hagah, E. E. Smith and ; CT.' Marsh.- First Lleutenants-Tj M. JPoyner, , H. Ai, JPoweU, "F, ' tt. Brown,' M: -L. . , Eargle an4 B Ferguson,1!, q ;'.. v ' Second Lieutenants .B.-uo. gess, L. L. Pittman, .J. d 'Williams, P. L. Gainey uut H, W; KUeJtttBr.l . First Sergeants--H.,N, Blanchard, . J. W. 'Harrelson,-.C,' P. Gray,, R. A. Shops and J5 M- Pf ice,- $ M . . ' Sergeants- ytf if. Mllper, i.'B. Craven, Ct",Ha"wisoni A,., , fjireen, . T. M, Clark, J, Parker, H S. Steel, G. G. Simpson, J, G. : Paschal, S. T, Stephens, W." A. HOrnSday', K. C. DehhyrB-T MOfttftghd.' S-. RIreiahd. FI'A.' Duke B'X paTfpe'nWi'. W. 8. Dean,' PV E'Toard4,-' Perk, F. J. Vniu-'.. V 1.1'K "tf 5Tl.r" Hll ,VU(n, M, M .futucuuvu, w. tu, , ill,- spnand,A,M,emrTA' Corporals J. C.. AlJbrlght.- C.-', G. Annqeld,' y. R Hftrdee. C. W, Hia- cl.i:lr in. l. u. Moody, J, p, Parks, 11. u. I ay. -J J rVT-sV s;',