Only Afternoon Paper Betvcen Richmond and Atlanta With
LAST EDITION.
VOLUME 30.
S. A. L PARTY
Warfield and Williams Named
as Receivers
CONFER WITHPRirCHARD
Chief Counsel Watts and Others of
the Seaboard Air Line Met Judge
Pritchard in Danville Soon After
Midnight and Left for Richmond
at 2 O'clock This Morning Ap
plication and Announcement of
Deceivers Today.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Richmond, Va., Jan. : 2. Judge
Pritchard, of thft United States cir
cuit court of the eastern district of
Virginia thin morning entered a decree
miming S. Uavles Warfield of Balti
more, Md., nnd K. Lancaster Williams,
of Richmond, Va., receivers for the
Seaboard Air Linn Railway:
Bond is required in the sum of $50,000
each, conditioned on faithful perform
ance of duty and with sufficient sure
ties to be approved by the court.
The receivers are fully authorized to
"take immediate possession of all the
property of the corporation In the !
umoii ana 10 continue .me operation oi r
said railroad system and to run and i
operate the said railroads and such
other railroad and property as the
corporation holds and in such manner
us will In their Judgment produce the
most satisfactory results and to ex
ercise the authority and franchises of
the complainant and to conduct sys
tematically the business and occupa
tion of a common carrier of passen
gers nnd f reign."
J lie receivers uiho ure orueieu . low
preserve and protect the property
that It may be advantageously used
ana aoveiopea. v un mem lies mo i
IN RICHMOND
power to employ and discharge and flxjwho- have' forebodings that the Eplsco-
me coiiiuensuuun oi buuh eiiipiuyen,
..Jswyers, superintendents, agents, etc..
as are needed to aid them In the dis
charge of their duties. They must, of
course, ascertain and report the assets
and liabilities and collect nil rents for
the Incomes, tolls and profits.
. The receivers are , authorized, In
their discretion, to pay all expenses
incident to their trust and to the op
erations of the system, and such
rentals and Installments as may be
come due on and after January 1st,
1W)8, for the use of any portion of said
railroads or other property, or for the !
use or purchase of locomotives, cars
and other rolling stock or equipment
heretofore sold or leased to said com
pany. ' '
Power to borrow money is vested In
Messrs. Wnrfield and Williams, if such
a step. In their Judgment, Is neces
sary. In order to pay the rentals and
Installments of Interest as they be
come due for the use or purchase price
of cars, locomotives, etc.
Authorized to Borrow Money.
(By Leased Wire to The Times. )
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2 The court
has authorized the receivers of ' the
Seaboard Air Line Railway to bor
row sufficient money to meet the in
terest payments on the various issues
of bonds which are due today.
The Earlier Story.
(By Leased Wire, to The Times.)
Richmond. Va., Jan. 2. Counsel for
the Seaboard Air , Line Railway and
creditors of the company applied Wed
nesday afternoon to United States Dis
trict Judge Waddtll for the appoint
ment of receivers, and subsequently
agreed to make application to Judge
Pritchard, of the United States circuit
court, and thereby obviate the neces
sity of securing ancillary decrees In
each of the court districts through
which the lines of the company oper
ate. The application for receivers is
made by agreement of all Interests In
volved. .
With this end In view. Judge Leigh
R. Watts, general counsel of the Sea
board, Mr. Unterweyer and other at
torneys, left for Danville at 6:60
o'clock Wednesday evening on a spe
cial train to meet Judge Pritchard at
that point. It having been learned that
he was on his way to Richmond to
consider the matter today,
Judge Pritchard arrived at Danville
at 12:45 o'clock. He was Immediately
closeted with the attorneys. The par
ty left at 2 o'clock this morning for
ftlchmond, where the announcement
of the receivership will be made.
The. Receivers Named.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
- rtonuiiiA V. Tan 9 .Tnriirn Jeter
C. Pritchard, of the United States clr-
cult court for the. eastern district of
Virginia, has appointed 8. Davles
Warfield and R. Lancaster Williams
receivers of the Seaboard Air Line
Deposit Company of Baltimore, will
Deposit Company or amtunore, win
give bonds for them.
Offer to Purchase Maturing Coupons.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Baltimore, Jan. 2. In an adver
(Continued on Page Five.)
THE .BALEIG
EPISCOPALIAN
OPEN PULPIT
New Canon by General Con
vention in Effect
HIGH CHURCHMEN FEAR
Although the Consent, of the Dio
cesan Bishop Is Accessary to Open
."the Pulpit to Ministers of Other
Denominations, and Kven Lay
men, Including Roman and Greek
Catholics, Conservatives Tear the
New Canon Muy Own the Way to
l'nlooked-for Kadintl Cttcrances
Some Time.
(Dy Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Jan. 2. Clergymen of all
denominations and even, laymen may
i now discourse from Kpiseopalinn pul
i pits, provided the bishop of the diocese
approves, In -accordance with the new
canon enacted at the general conven
tion at Richmond, which wont into ef
fect yesterday.
Although the rule was adopted by
a large majority, there are still many
i high churchmen who think the inno-
vatUmH snollM not havl. been permitted
nnd th( r(.sulta llf the procedure, are
I being watched with Interest. The Epis
copalian clerg men Is not expected
conallan clergymen is not . expeeie 1
than one of his own denomination to
assist in conducting the services.
The conservative element in the
chujKh fears there may be cases where
thiTrector and perhaps the bishop will
permit some speaker of radical views
to discourse from this open pulpit;
provided the head of the See approvos
a Roman Catholic or a priest ot ine,
0ll.eek cnuron may
be permitted to
make an address nnd there are some
. fj.,, , v.onr.min i iihornl
Current numbers of the Churchman
and other religious periodicals are
filled with discussions for and against
the plan.
ELECTION HELD
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Cullman, Ala, Jan. 2. In the
petition filed by Albert Rlchler,
Probate Judge R, I. Burke this
morning declared the prohibition
election here December 9th uncon
stitutional and void, and has Issued
ten licenses ofr the sale of liquor in
Cullman county.
The town Is principally composed
of German-Americans and they are
aroused to the point of rebellion
against the now law. Mr. Richter
In his petition recites:
"We offer ourselves for inspec
tion. If you find a more circum
spect, law-abiding community we
would be awakened. Nurtured for
centuries on a beverage containing
only two per cent alcohol, namely,
beer, we request that this part of
our daily meal be restored. Rec
ords of our courts show that seldom
an reprehensible act Is laid at our
door."
TAKES LIFE OF
A DEAF MAN
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 2. Lewis
j Franklin, of Haywood county, who
, had moved from his mountain homo
wlta a iarg0 family to work In the
cotton mllla of Qastonla, was this
morning overtaken by a swift moving
passenger train near the Trenton
Mmg ttnd wag mangled beyond recog-
nltton.
The aged father was deaf and when
train No. 38 came speeding along be
hind him hefalled to hear the warn
ings of the engineer and was killed
outright.
A PROHIBITION
TO BE I
111 III in urnium
NUMBER 3d
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1908.
The Rev. Jere Cooke and Miss Florence Whaley
Who Were Recent Jy Discovered In San Francisco.
1 1$PmmA t-fe' m -
j i',- Am,
ayff GASOLINE CAR
Vl Prcmhieat : Fp&vHl2 Jen!
Sli-Tfej m Trip to City
tf M m ora ills' road!
. The Rev. Jere Cooke, and his Mv-enteeii-yeai'-olil
ward, I' loi'etla WI111
Iey, with whom he cloned, have been
discovered in S:iu Francisco. The
picture of Miss Whaley. is hi the lop
at the left; at the ii;!it is Mrs.
Cooke, wife of the eloiiini: i:is( ir,
and below is a snuosliol of Rev.
Cooke, who was discovered in S:m
Francisco. The cloning couple h:r-i
11:1 in ilisappcaii'd.
nimmr
IMrllVDUnlU
TO DEATH, DYING
r,
(By Leased Wire to Tlui Times.)
Ciiarloltesville, Va,, Jan. 2.
Wllli her cloliiiti; abla.e and screniii
ing for assistance, .Mrs. Kd KIrby,
wife of i: ii apsi.vtant tit the eoitaty
honie, rushed about the liviiif; room
of the home in their quarters at the
poor farm until her clol'iiing was
entirely consumed, death following
within four hours.
The tragedy occurred In the 'pres
ence of her ten ilied children, whose
cries, loget he r w II H her iv ii -id
the shrielis of a youn woii'an w!io
ran from the room la a tinilit,
brought ' assistance, but too late.
, Mrs. KIrby'S clntliiiiK c;iui;lit. Ill'1
as she stood by the stove. Her uivly
was fearfully burned.
CALEB POWERS
JURY IS OUT
(By Leased Wire to The' Times.)
Georgetown, Ky., Jan. 2. The jury
In tile Caleb I'owers trial retired at
9:05 a. m. today. .
FORMKK KDITOK SCIF.XTI1' IC
AMKHICA.V COMMITS SI ICIDi:.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Jan. 2. Marquis !. fias
pher, a 'Wealthy retired te-i merchant,
and formerly secretary nnd assistant
editor of the Scientific American, was
found dead from Inhaling gas today in
his room at his home, No. 30 west Mid
street. He bad been 111 recently and
feared that he was losing his eyesight.
m PiBCAT A
11 Ulil II flU
EVENING
HOW A QUARTER j
-SAVED THELIFE j
j (Dy -Leased Wive to The Times. )
New Yoi li, Jan. L'.-Mrs. jo-p!:iiio '.
'i'iiieiii'ky, ciphtci i
li -a mi II sircct, 1.'hik Islainl 'iiy.. Iic;
eauii' iiiisry last iiiKht . wii h ('aster
f"i;:Mis, h !:; iiuanu with livi's - a:il
struck, him in the side, with an iron
stove lifter. liiini Mliately tlii'ie wa u
loud ripint and liussus fill to tli"
.Hour scieaiuiiii!; with pain.. Sirs. Co- !
mensky called an ambulance from ,St.
Juliii's Hospitul. .
The surgeon fnuml. th.at Jl-rs. Co
meiisky's lilo.v hail .exploded a car
tridge. that (iusstis had carried in Ills
pocki't, and the bullet,-' striking uiiust
a twent,v-lie ci'iit piece, had driven
the coin partly Into bis Bide. The hos
pital 'doctors 'cut out : the coin nnd
Ciitssus 'will ivcoV-iy The coin un
doubtedly sav 'd the man's lite.
Mrs. Conieiisky was not arrested as
(lussus corroborated, her 'story of 111
ncciili'iil. - . ''.:"'.'.'
CHURCH ORGAN FLAYS
ViCE-PiiES. FAIIiDAlS
: (Dy Leased Wire to The. Times.)
Boston, Mass., .Ian. 2 Should Mr.
Charles Warren Fairbanks become
a candidate for the presidency lie
need not export the -'support of his
fellow Methodists, snjs the ion's
Herald today.
''I'nforttinalelv, Mr. Fairbanks Is
charged with violating 'lit', his own
table prohibit ion principles and prac
tices which the universal conscience
of our denomination hold sacred and
Inviolable," says the publication. ,
"The Methodist Fpiscopal Church
Is so sensitive in the ntaltcr of prohi
bition that it does not and will no!
condone the cliarg.0."
I -, M-!!1S e ! of H
Leased Wire and Full Preso
Cur Propelled by (insollne Worked
Spleiulidly and Machines May lie
i:t tin lii'tweeit Raleieh and
l't:li!:iy Sjirin;.';s Those in Cur
Ketiini lion:e Today.
The party; of Kayet tevil.le business
men who arrived in Haleish in a
gasoline motor car from Fayette
ville hist ni.lit, returned home to
day. The car, '..-.which was propelled
by nasolir.c, averaged . . twenty-five
miles tin hour and made the trip of
slxty-l'oiir miles' in a little less than
two end a half hours. :
Tin- inn was made; over the Ral
eigh & South-port at the request of
l'resident Mills, who desired to. see
how gasoline motive power worked,
with a view .'to'-' putting m cars be
tween lta!eii;h and Ftiquay Siirings.
So fast did the car cliy off the
miles bet woen Fayctteville and .this
city Unit the trip was graiil'ying to
all, and It is believed that it wiil
pot be Ions before such cars are in
use on some of the main roads in the
ytate. -'
Aboard the car were several prom
inent citizens of Favetteville, t'.ie
company consisting of Mr, W. 1-.
McNeill, president of the Fayette-
v.illo
Street Itailway and Power
Company; Mr. Wm. I',. Kin.Hey,
treasurer nf that company-. Mr. John
O. Ullington, vice-president and
cashier of the Fourth National Bunk
of Fayetteviile; Messrs. .1. C. Cor
ham, K. H. Cotton and W. D John
son, of Favetteville, and Mr, John
A. Mills, of lialeigh, presii'ent of
the Raleigh & Southport liai'w;..
The nioiorinan v.-as Win. : R Dehm
i.iid the .conductor was llaniiuo.)
Smith. :
YUM-YUM TALK
BY AN OPTIMIST
(Uy Leased Wire to the Times.)
New York, Jan. 2.--A. li, FuVquhnr, j
a prominent manufacturer and politl- j
cal economist, was in New York City '
a week bro ami visited Andrew Car-
ncgle, v Mr. Funpihaf quotes Mr. Car
negie as saying that the present busi
ness depression wil have nil ultimate
healthful effect on the country and
that the policies of -President lloose
velt are right und that he took the
right course in halting the money
power which 1ms been trying to get a
grip mi everything and everybody in
this couutrv,
TIME
ABE HUMMEL TO
AGAIN TESTIFY
Jerome Will Use ConvictiFine
Against llsrry Tiiaw
COHSTOCK 15 A WITNESS
Coiiiisel Will Pit Purify Advo--.'
Against the iiittle Lawyer
Thief Jer e l (ihes to
Allaciv l!i;:v, ami Thau's Wile
Itiii!!ie! y. Heath) Has Improved.
Tli.nv Will Abide Advice of His
L'i!(li!i'4 ; o!F!is'l 'i his Time The
Trial l,i"2ins Mttitdar.
(Ry I.
.iKcd iro to The Times. )
Jan.- 2. It' was announc
inni t li : t "Abe! Hummell,
iTKn.' ,i (rin on Ulai'k well's
(i i c-iivi -nil his health to
xii-a:. t lit t li" will be able
emu- li
iinM Ha
v Vnrk and tastily
1 luni is wanted . bv the state to
:ve I'VHI lire 1!) 1'ellllttlll tl) that of
A at !ii,y . i-vii'i! ttfk, who will be one
or the vvitiK!ss,s for Thaw. Today his title is clouded by the
Following -'the reports to the effect .shadow of the sturdy two-handed lit
tlKit liniiiiiiv-i v:-.s so ill that he could ! tie Britisher, who stands between the
not live out his term at the island the , Californian and his right to call him
aiinouneeinct that he will testify seir the greatest 122 pound fighter
. ., , , of the present day.
came as a Rr.-ai- surprise to the legal, T. .... . .
, I ntil the men meet again in a
forces of the defense. 'battle which shall give a winner and
Harry K. Thaw has given his new loser there will be a fHntherwnle-ht
counsel
ilcfen.-e
full-powers, in arranging his
ror the .-Second trial that be-
gins next Mmnlay. He has yielded on
all points upon' W'hldi lie was previous
ly tenacious ami obstinate.
The decision of . Martin W. Littleton wnicn makes ngnting' an exact sci
to call Aiitiiony Comstoek Indicates ence. BQt from first to last it was a
that Thaw's new chief counsel seeks fight and such a fight as Will not be
to Improve upon the mistakes of coun
sel at Thaw's first trial; also that
Thaw accepts the dictum of Lawyer
Littleton on a point where he resisted
his former attorneys.
Comstoek's testimony will point
clearly to the insanity of Thaw and
any testimony which corroborated that
theory was very distasteful to Thaw
during- his first trial.
During Thaw's first trial, Comstoek
was not called because his counsel
feared that liis testimony would help once.
the district attorney to establish synip- The men hung together, Uv!urtHi.
toms showing Thaw's incurable insan- j ,nR together wth both hands Md
'Thaw's wife. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw. Zl t0 g"ar llt
is said to be suering with grippe. Whlle tne men were ked to head,
she has not called upon him at the roughing it in a neutral corner, Mo
Tombs lately. ran shot a short left to Attell's chin.
Justice bowling has summoned 300 It was a telling punch. Abe sprawled
special talisnieit for examination for and put his arm around Moran, who
jury duty in the Thaw case. It is
likely that the court will bold night
sessions until '.-the- jury is completed.
(Ily Leased Wire to The Times.)
-".Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 2, 3 P, M.
A fire is in progress in the big fur
niture store of J. L. Shoemaker &
Company. A number of firemen
were trapped in the basement and
five were taken out unconscious. It
Is . believed that more firemen are
still in the building and the fire is
not vet under control. '
WHAT THE HIGH.
JINKERS SPENT
(F.y Leased Wire to The Times.)
F1UINTI
FIRE FIGHTING
IMS IN PI
New York, Jan. 2.- One hundred.' WHh both hands and stumbling bllhd
thousanil persons who celebrated in y into a clinch,
hotels and restaurants In New York , in tbe clinches, where most of the
the advent of the new year spent rough fighting was done it was a fair
$1, ",'0,000. The average expendl- iy even thing. Moran rapped Attell
lure was $11.50 each. ' 1 0ver the kidneys with a choppy right
At the Cafe Martin the hotel re- and during the first fifteen round
ceiiii-H were $20,000. This figure varied the monotony with the same
exc-.;Yil i.U provious records by blow. While this was going on Abe
$1.000., About U.OOO qi'arts of chewed gum, counted the gallery and
champagne were Jruuk by tbe .3,090 occasionally whipped upward wit a
persons present. Jolty right tipper cut to the cbln.
The celebration was the most There was a great deal of hitting and
popular In its scone of any that has holding on on both sides, but the
been 'held In. New York in twenty first fouls were committed by Moran
years. -i ' . (Continued on Page Eight)
Dispatches.
ALL THE 1IA&K3T3
PRICE 5c.
25
TO A DRAW
Exhibition By Feather
weights at Frico
ATTELL STILL CHAMPION
Hut His Title is Now Clouded by the
Game Contest Made For it by the
ltritisher Moran Graphic Descrip
tion of the Fij-iit Last Night Which
Delighted the Devotees of "the
Mnuly Ait" What the Principals
Say.
(Hy C. K. VAN LOAN.)
San Francisco, Cal., Jan, 2 Un
der a canvas tent at Colma, Abe At
tell, featherweight champion of
America, and Owen Moran, feather
weight champion of England, fought
twenty-five rounds to a draw- such a
draw that nothing but a storm of
cheers, uniixed with the hoots of dis
gruntled partisans greeted the twin
gloves when big Jeffries tossed them
aloft over the sea of excited faces.
Yesterday morning Abe Attell Was
called TJie champion of the world.
(,,,. nt t), ,A , ,,.
... ... '
i tit; ijftui was wuat, iiiigui vu caiivu
an all-'round test of the abilities of
the two pastmasters of everything
seen again until the men are re
niat hed for the chamr'onship of the
world. .-'':'
The climax came in the last refund
when Moran, no longer feeling the N
need of saving his strength, opened
up like a little demon. He was Bat
tling Nelson and Viung Corbett
rolled into one small jackage, and
he attacked with a 'jury which
brought Attell to close uiarters at
feeling that his man was in distress
tried to free himself and send in a
long-range punch to the Jaw.
Attell's legs were spreading under
him and his knees were unsteady,
but as Moran threw himself back
ward to get away from the encircling
arms, Abe slipped his hold to Owen's
waist, and bending double to protect
his body ran with Moran across the
ring. Owen battered away with both
hands, but Attell covered himself as
best he could and finally, emerging
from a whirlwind of short arm body
blows put up his hands again. There
was nothing in his pose to indicate
that he had been badly hurt, but
when Moran charged him Abe swung
his left from the hip and for the first
time during the fight his blow lacked
both force and direction.
It missed Moran by a foot and At
tell tumbled Into a clinch Just in time
to save himself from a whip-like
right cross.
The men were still
clinched when the gong ended the
fight, and of the two men, Attell had
urgent need of Ihe closing signal.
nan Moran opened tne twenttetn
round as he opened the twenty-fifth
there might have been a new cham
pion along with the new year.
In point of cleverness Attell had a
good shade throughout the fight. At
the long range boxing he made Mo
ran look foolish by forcing him to
miss blows which almost carried ntra
off his feet. Time after time the
English lad, stepping In with a full
arm swing saw too late that It Was
useless, but could not stop himself
land wound up by covering his face
ROUNDS