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Wetitfifec. OTtB mm , Washington, D. C, Jan. 2) Fore cast for Nortft Carolina tot tonight -and Saturday: "Threatening tonight and Wednesday, prtibablealn. ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS SECOND. EDITION THE SELECTING OFJIYGOESON IN COOPER CASE Both Sides Making Use of Peremptory Challenges to the Limit CROWD NOT SO LARGE Six Jurors In the Box When Court Convened Today Third Panel Be- ' tag Drawn On Said That the State Will Attack One or More of the Jurymen That Have Already Been Selected on the Ground That They Are Unfit ' For Service- Rumor Causes Suppressed Excitement. The Three Defendant Were in Their Accustomed Seats on Time and Appeared in Good Spirits. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Criminal Court Room, Nashville, Tonn., Jan. 22 With six jurors In : the box the work of selecting the re maining six was resumed at 9 o'clock this morning in the Carmack-Cooper trial. After the names of several ve niremen left over from the first and second panel was drawn and the at torneys repaired to their consulting room for the purpose of looking over the names on the third panel. This one contained 7 s names as against 102 for the nrsc one drawn It had been reduced, however, by tae fact that six jurors had been chosen and had taken seats in the box and further that the state had used up seven of Its eighteen peremptory chal lenges, Colonel Cooper, four of his and John D. Sharp seven of his. The relatives of the Coopers were late In arriving, but Mrs. Sharp and Read Sharp, wife and brother of the defendant Sharp, were on hand promptly at the convening hour, Judge Hart allowed the six jurors to retire to their ante-room, where they might be more comfortable. One of the jurors, James M. Whltwort., humorously, but none the less earn' estly, reminded the court that he was accustomed to take a little "nip" each morning, and the judge instruct ed the officer to let the juror with the "morning's mprning" habit, "have a little sweetening". Jucge Hart has been fining all jurors who failed to answer when their names were called : the sum of $25. One juror this morning suid he had sickness at home, that some of the folks were "kinder ailln ". Judge Hart said the juror could go it his folks were ' sick as much as $25 worth. The juror stayed in court. ; Easily the first sensation sprung In the trial of the case of State of Ten nessee vs. Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper, and John D. Sharp, charged with the murder of ex-Senator E. W. Carmack, was sprung this morning shortly before 11 o'clocs, when four affidavits were presented to the court by the state alleging that one of the jurors accepted In the case : Is an habitual drunkard and that he is not a fit man for jury service. The juror in question was J. H. Leigh. Three affidavits charged that this . juror had been seen drunk on Jan uary 19 and on the 4th, which was that of the attorney-general himself. It was stated that the Information of i. the atto'rney-general was that the juror was not only an habitual drunkard, but that he was an habitual gamblet and was hot a man of good character. The attorney-general de clared, that the juror was not fit for Jury-qaervlce and the state asked that he be removed. The attorney-general therefore challenged "for cause" the right of the juror to sit in the case. "We . have, not heard or this matter," promptly answered Judge J. M. An derson, of leading counsel for the defense, "and we would like to exam ine the affidavits as we want to de termine what steps to take in tbe mat ter seeking to disqualify a juror after he has been accepted by both sides." The affidavits that were then hand: ed jo the attorneys for the defense and General McCarn for the state went formally on record as his mak ing his objection to the juryman, the matter will be brought up later be fore Judge Hart. v Bar Meeting. f: , , The members of the Raleigh bar will meet in tho office of the clerk of the court. Monday aftern60n at J: 80 o'clock, to set the calendar tor the February term of civil court - COMMISSIONER H MAY GET RAISE IN HIS SALARY Substitute Bill for Increase in Salary Commissioner Labor and Printing FAVORABLY REPORTED lrs. R. T. Vann Conducts the Prayer Service at the Owning of the House This Morning Cox Pre sents a Petition From The Ladies Memorial Association Asking For a Fireproof Building The Bill Increasing Salary of the Commls. sioner of Labor and Printing Fa vorably Reported. The fifteenth day's session of the house of representatives of the North Carolina general assembly was called to order at 11 a. m. by Speaker Gra, ham and the morning devotions were conducted by Rev. R. T. Vann, of the Baptist University for Women. The committee on journal reported the proceedings of the day previous as correctly recorded and without olv ;'ectlon the same stood approved. Under tho call for petUlons, me mortals and communications, the fol lowing were presented: From An son county asking J. W. Msacham be appointed a justice. Reports of Standing Committees. The following reports were made To amend law as to salary of com mlssioner of labor and printing; a substitute favorably. This calls for Increase; to relieve .Tno. Hyatt, of Edgecombe, unfavorably; as to sani tary condition of schools in Wash ington county, unfavorably; to pay solicitors, without prejudice, and Tuesday, 24th, set as day to consider same; to repeal section 2767. laws of 1907, unfavorably; for relief of prisoners in Jail in Bertie, favorably; to provide pay of witnesses ia Wilkes, favorably; as to liability of tug boats, favorably; as to courts in Tyrrell, favorably; to require change in mortgage sale, unfavorably; as to fees in short term mortgages- in Wayne county, favorably; to validate certain stock law territory In Har nett and to levy tax, favorably ; to al low guardians to cultivate land of their wards, favorably; to allota ilerk or Northampton court to be absent; to regulate sale if pistols and car tridges, unfavorably, but was re-referred; to amend landlord and ten ant act in Bertie, favorably; to pro vide separate uniform for prisoners, unfavorably; for separation of white and colored prisoners, favorably; to appoint justices for Duplin, favor ably; to vadidate election of justices in Alleghany county, favorably; to appoint certain justices in Wilkes, fa vorably. A memorial was Introduced by Cox, of Wake, as to fireproof building from Ladles' Memorial Association. Bills Introduced. By Pool: To amend code as to se duction. By Pool: To amend law as to In heritance tax. By Cox Resolution as to pay of expenses of inaugural committee. By . ...... . : To give assistant supreme llbrlan more pay. By Currle: To abolish -crop pest commission. By Currle: To regulate sale of feed compounds, two bills. By Gordon: To validate certain of B. J. Fisher in Guilford. - By Gordon: oT validate certain deeds.';. By Underwood: To allow three day's grace on sight drafts. By Pally: To protect game and land owners In Rutherford county. By Connor: As to liabilities of banks as to forged checks. By Connors: To punish, for cer tain crimes. By Connor t To amend law as to assistant librarian supreme court. By Weaver: To regulate use of business names. By Grant: To protect labor. By Grant: To allow sheriffs and ta collectors to collect back tax, , By Livingston! To appoint hoard of education for Polk county. i By Taylor; To amend law as to to fees.- - , ' By Taylor: dT amend law as to tax of certain .fishermen. By Freeman: A to pay of com missioners in Richmond county. By Freeman: At to pa of jurors In Richmond county. . - By Freeman: To allow Richmond county to hire .convicts. .v I House bill 96, reported unfavor By Gavin, by request:. To appoint1: (Continued on Second Pagt.Jt j . .i, ; ; , These changes would only cost the State. threw hundred thousand dollars, and would pive the State one with ample room for all departments and records. Kemodcld after the capitol at Washington it would make cotton weigher for Warsaw. I By .McDonald, of Cherokee: To re peal chapter 60, laws of 190$. I By McDonald, of Cherokee: To relieve certain physicians. By. Smith, of Harnett: To direct publication in Harnett. By Rodwell: As to property of insane people. By Morton: Resolution to provide more light In capitol corridor. By Kendriek,- As to paiy-of--Jurors in Gaston county. : By Wallace: As to holding court in third judicial district. By Graham: To amend law as to certain publications. By Bolton: Resolution as to ven tilation and cleaning of house chamber.- Leave of absence was granted to Shepherd, Assistant uoorKeeper James. Underwood, Redding, Tom- lln, Pickett, Smith of Durham, Carl ton, Turlington. The senate sent over a batch of bills, asking concurrence. Harshaw gave notice that tomor row he would introduce a joint reso lution to adjourn the session Febru ary 20th, and ask immediate consid eration. - Bills Passed. A bill to provide a system of road working in Macon, second reading, To amend charter othe town Granite Falls, second reading. of To amend the charter of Wilson, second reading. To allow town of Marshall to Issue-bonds, third reading. To al- low the county of Buncombe to Issue bonds to refund its debt, third read-, uuuuo vi. v.m v, , , ' . ing. As to bridges in Wayne county, ' second ana tnira readings. Mr. moi- lWu u. a w.. - up In form of a substitute, and after minv onnH renrtine. so many! .m.ntloa wnntort t.n ho added that, the , ordered nrlnted and allow all bill was , . tVlof ',,.., tn ..... iDotn- nouses., ... ,". . L fl! The charges are understood to be In to come mi, 2.- 1 1 ,. . AnnMnn Din iv repeal iuw as w iiuauv-o A..mmlttaA In Uanriarenn pnnnrv WHS taken up, but as there was confusion aa tn . intont t went over I Th hllT maklmr the Wa -ne auto The bill making the Wa.ne auw law apply lo aubuu couiuy v nnniv tn Annnn connrv was caueu up and passed second and third read- mfU,y persona not entitled to them re lngB. The bill as to state boundary. ceve valuable perquisites from the lines, giving governor power to act, passed second and third readings. Bill as to Yadkin county road law passed second and third readings. BUI to correct land grant In Cald well county passed second and third readings. Bill to amend fence law in Tyrrell, making a four foot wire fence legal, passed second and third readings. BUI to allow free passage Of flih in Clay county, by Mr. Craw ford,, was - called up, and the chair suggested that the word dam be cor rected in "the spelling, and the same was passed over and later passed second and third readings. Mr. Bowie's bill for a stock law for Ashe tcounty was read three times 'rlL 'lh!!1' ges that existed previous to sufci' tta that othor counties wantod tq Illicit, It went over. th financial panic. In case the de- Mr j Jones Fuller, of Durham, was mands are not met It Is said strikes granted the privilege of the floor BUI as to surveyors' fee In Scot land and Anson counties passed sec ond and third readings and was or dered engrossed. . ; ( . nlll ik' tit ttnunil nal in Hutch I river passed sedohd and third reftdt lagn, PROPOSED CHANGES IX ilk 1 - 3ivF:it FOR AN INVESTIGATION State Hospital of South Caro lina Hof.plt-1 ' Anhtfnles 'Have ' Bill In troduced Asking For Investigation. Taking Movement to Forestall Enemies of the Institution Will ApKint Commissioners. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Columbia, S. C- Jan.- 22. Foreseeing that because of sensational charges by former inmates entrusted to a sen- ator and generally known of but not yet officially filed, demand for a leg islative investigation would likely be made, and preferring that tho initia tive in the matter should not be taken by .members perhaps hostile, the man agement of the state hospital for the Insane today had Senator . Chrixlunsun Introduce a bill providing for a full inquiry by a committee of three sen ators and four representatives to sit between the sessions and report, its findings and recommendations to the general assembly next January. . The committee Is to have full court powess, with leave to keep its pro ceedings secret, to receive per diem and mileage and be furnished witli clerical help, Including stenographers anJ? "V"'sha1, ,' , v ' , , The bill was accompanied by a let- ter gettlnS forth the nee(1 of ail ,llV0H. tIgation, for the vindication not only ui . " ( . iuu m ui-. the state. . It is believed the measure, which would become effective upon It signa .tuI? b.y the evernor, . will readily pass gu uDstance mat remaie paiienis nave i ot been treated respectfully by male ..... keepers; that male patients have been brutally beaten; that sanitary condi- re higlfly unsatisfactory: that furnished Is insufficient In ..... ... . ... i oualltltv and noor ln Duality, and that fine farm attached to the Institution (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, J,an. . 22 A special meeting of the United Hebrew Trades j has been called for Monday to con- involving: 60 trades and 150,000 workers will result. One trade, that ot the " pants-makers, at a meeting held in Clinton Hall, where 3,000 workers were present, authorized its executive committee to order a gen- oral strike. It la aald this will be ordered la the hoxt few days unless thr Is a change in cbhdltlohi. and will completely , tie up .that Industry. HEBREW TRADES HOLD El THE CAPITOL BUILDING. Lit OF PRESIDENT Trensmiilirg Report of the National Conservation Commission SENT TO THE CONGRESS The Report is the Outgrowth of tho Conference of Governors of States Held Last May at Washington and . Was Unanimously Approved by the Recent Joint Conference Held in Washington Between the National Commission and Governors of States. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Jan. 2 -The special message of the president transmlt- ting the report of the national con-' servat.lon commission was received by congress today. The report is the outgrowth of the conference of gov ernors of states held last May at Washington and was unanimously approved by the recent joint confer jence held ,n Washington between the nRtlona, - commission and governors L, ,.., . , r.' -"-" ........u.. wm,.,.o ,i . ...I..--- great organizations of citizens The president declares the report to be on(J of the most rundnmentalIy ,. ... . l1"110?'1111, doc ime"t8 ever laid be- -v f""!"" 110 ""6" gests that immediate steps be taken 'to adopt a comprehensive plan for In- land wnterwv tlnn. th,,t - ' tlonul forests only one-fifth of them now being pro tected ln that manner; that means should be adopted to avoid the pres ent waste of mineral resources and the , annual loss of lives of men en gaged In mining. The interests of labor, he declares, should be safe guarded, a thrust being made at the trustB by adding that "trie man who serves the community greatly should be greatly rewarded by tne commun fty, for as there Is great inequality of service go there must be great ine- NEW MESSAGE quality of reward, but no man or set 'church, of which Dr. John E. White, of men should be allowed to play the1 Pastor, have pledged thomselves, game of competition with loaded i "Blnnl"f nt Monday to attempt to , dice." He admits that "the admin- istration has doubtless made mis- takes, but what it has done has been done or attempted ln the single con iBtent effort to secure and enlarge the rights and opportunities of the men and women of the United States." The president declares that "the unchecked existence of monopoly is Incompatible with equality of oppor- tunity", and asserts that the con- trol of a public 'necessity Involves a duty to tbe peopla". r me oenents or.a pure rooa law and the employers' liability law are alio . ...... - ... pointed out' of the finest building in the country, an ideal building. BOSSES IN THE SENATE Lafolette's Magazine on Man nor of Legislation Says Legist S!a?VthCn nitftatcs itrdllcd by Committees is Control Bosses Control the. Committees Less Than a Dozen Dominate Leg islation in This Country. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 22-Here is what Lafollette's magazine says of the United State's senate in this week's issue: "Legislation in the United States is controlled by committees. "The appointment of the commit tee is controlled by a party caucus. "The caucus is called at the begin ning of each congresss to organize for control. "The caucus is composed of a few bosses, a few independents, and many cowards and followers. Tlie programme of the bosses Is arrang ed In advance. It goe3 through with ' i l: t a I. h i,. A boss Is madj i lialr man and authorize! to anniunce i -'wmmltte; on committees. Tho other mcir.bc:!: of this committer aro the. more amuo.iou . cowards anil follow ers who hope some time to be sen ate bosses. . "Less than a dozen bosses domi nate legislation in the United States senate. "Who- are these bosses? In the order of their control one acquainted with the business of the senate would name them as roiiows: Aldricn, Hale, Elklns, Cullom, Galllnger, For- i aker. .. Do they rule because of their su- perlor mental endowment? "Far from it. They are not merit ' ln ,l"e mxaln arj "J"118 nn I ordinary lot. No ; they are the pro- . , . ..,.,, WHITE'S CHURCH Atlanta, C5a., Jan. 22One hundred 1 younr people of the Second Baptist ?, ,'TT,, .. -rw iZZZ hBv hennmn rPnHV intnmtnn in thrt ' Cleveland Movement and they have plodged themselves to femulato those ' "re striving to walk in His steps. ! ina vem ' rai1B1 lo Dr. White will deliver two sermons Sunday mornln on the movement. . . . New York Fogbound. New York, Jan 22 New York was shrouded all night and today in one of the thickest winter fogs ln years, Down the bay and on the rlvers It vuis .... .... . .... . . . like a blanket, and pilots nad tne greatest difficulty in picking their, MOVEMENT IN DR jway. THE SOLICIT! SALARY BILL IN SENATE TODAY Senator Ormond Introduces the Bill to fut Solici tors on Salary THE MAIL FACILITIES Senator Kluttz Presides Over Today's Session of the Senate Senator Ormond's Bill Referred to Com mittee on Judiciary Senator Han kins Presents Memorials of ' the Daughters of the Revolution Ask jug For the Erection of a Fire Proof Building For the State Lib r.-ry and Museum Other Bills In troduced. The senate was called to order at 11 o'clock by Senator Whitehead TI..11- ...... ajuuz, piesiueni proiem. ." Rev. Mr. Lay, of St. Mary's School, led the senate In prayer. The committoe reported no correc tions in me journal. - New Bills Introduced. The following new bills were in troduced: S. B. 222, Senator Ormond: An' act to place solicitors on salary and to fix their compensation. Commit tee on Judiciary. . .:..:, I S. B. 223, Senator Hankins: A ! joint resolution relative to , better postoffiee facilities in the iapitol. 1 Committee on Pnhlle Rnllrifn Grounds. I Senator Hankins also presented memorials from the North Carolina ' for the erection of a fire-proof build-, ine fm, (h hror ., mnaa Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Senator Kluttz presented a peti tion from the fire departments of Salisbury asking for legislation In the matter of the fireman's relief fund. Referred to the Committee on insur ance. ,. . Passed Final Reading. Bills were taken up on their final reading and disposed of as follows: S...B. 148, relative to allowing the town of Marshall to vote bonds. Passed its third reading, 36 to 0. A bill relative to killing squirrels in Chowan passed its third reading. H. B. 91, S. B. 201: To amend the charter of Kinston. Passed Its sec ond reading, 36 to 0. S. B. 88: A bill to incorporate the Pee Dee Valley Railroad Company. Passed Its second reading, 36 to 0. S, B. 110: An act to authorize the county commissioners of Rutherford to levy a special tax for bridge build ing. Passed its second reading, 36 to 0. H. B; 222, S. B. 209, relative to paying expenses of Drs. Bolton and Gordon at the Tuberculosis Congress at Charlotte. Passed its readings without reference to a committee. . , S. B. 59: An act' relative to build ing sidewalks in Hendersonvllle. Passed its third reading. H. B. 14. S. B. 84, relative to a township line m Alamance county. passed S. B. 186: A bill to confer police powers on deputy sheriffs of Cabar rus county in Konnopolis. Passed and ordered engrossed. S. B. 125, to amend charter of Hendersonvllle. Passed its second and third reading. S. B. 49: An act relating to the town of Greenville. Passed its sec ond and third reading. H. B. 30, S. B. 151: An act to In corporate the board of publication of the Western North Carolina Confer ence of the M. E. Church, South. Passed its several readings and or dered enrolled. II. B. 189, 8. B. 196, to appoint justices of the peace ln Davidson. Passed its several readings and or dered enrolled. H. B. 122, S. B. 125: An act to reduce the number Of commissioner of Beaufort county. Passed second and third reading and ordered en- rolled. H. B. 68, S. B. 119, to permit the Beaufort Land and Improvement ComPany 1 mske cer'aln IniproV. ,ents ln Beaufort, Passed and or- dered enrolled. I Leavo of absence was granted to Senators Scott, DaWes, Travis, Lock- hart, Emplo, Doughton. Long of Ira- dell, Long of Person, Brltt, Etarbuck, and Martin. j... ... Bills Out of Order. Unanimous consent was asfeed for (.Cnotlnued on Flftli Pags.) 7