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fife fenteg Wmt$ Weather. IXCOND. EDITION Washington, May 6 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Friday: Fair tonight and Friday; cooler In the interior. ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. "C, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS THE SLAUGHTER HOUSES OF RALEIGH REEKING WITH FILTH Ad Examination of Two of These Places Reveals , Fearful Conditions DISEASE AND DEATH The Times Man visits the Slaughter Pens In West Kulelgli and Finds Filth Indescribable Green Files by the Millions Fatten on the Meat that Later Goes to the Tables of Raleigh's Citizens No Water in Slaughter Pens Cattle Killed in Filth and Hauled in Filth. For some time there has been a lot of disease In Raleigh that It seemed impossible to trace to its source. Last summer there were several cases of typhoid and people wondered what caused it. The city water "was exam ined and found to be perfect. The summer, passed over and no one found the cause. There are several cases of tuberculosis in this city now and no one has been ab'.e to assign any good reason why people should have such a disease in this : city. : There are numerous other diseases here for which no one can well ac count. Every one admits there must be a reason somewhere and all agree that the reason must be a local one. There must be some unsanitary con dition, either in or around the .city, that furnished the cause for all these diseases. With this in mind, a representa tive of The Evening Times visited two of the slaughter houses yester day afternoon. These two houses are . located west of the city, near the fair grounds, where any of the citi zens whq are Interested In what they are eating each day can walk in and take a look. For the benefit of the good people of this city who have been shocked at the conditions exist ing In the market house, we a re go ing to try to give to them some of our discoveries. It is impossible to picture hnff the things as they are on paper. To' realize the condition of your meat that you eat every day, and that your family eats, you must lake a trip yourself to one of these places. In view of the fact (hat the meat business of Raleigh is quite a large business, and that the largest, .port Ion is meat killed here, one would na turally suppose that It was killed and handled tinder sanitary conditions and Inspected by the city. But such Is not the case. These two slaugh ter pens, where most of -'Raleigh's meat Is killed, are situated in an old field -. out beyond the fair grounds and far away from any water except an old well. . ..' On approaching the first pen, a sin gle story place with a wagon" shed on one side and a cow lot on the other, you are surprised at the ter rible odor that meets you when you are In about fifty yards of the place. It Is not on odor of fresli meats, nor an odor that should come from ani mals freshly killed. On coming near the building you notice the plank fence and the walls of the house cov ered with millions of green flies (the kind that l ive on carrion) and on closer examination it is seen that they are also in the inside of the building and all over the meat which Is being butchered. On entering the build ing it was found to be In charge of three negroes, atl busy kilting sheep and calves. The Inside of the build ing was thoroughly coated and cov ered with blood and the floor was covered with blood and pieces of meat In all forms and conditions. Calf heads and sheep heads and pieces of meat, lay all over the floor In different stages of decay. The odor was the most horrible that could pdBslbly be Imagined. The negroes wore clothes coated with blood and filth, and as they worked myriads of green flies also "worked" on each sheep. That sheep was going to be sent to town and was going direct to the market house to be thrown on a block and cut up and pent out last night in the form of "nice, tender, fresh mutton or lamb-chop," probably for some sick person or Invalid here ; In Raleigh, The wagon in which It was to be hauled to town also con tained a coating of blood and decay ing filth nearly an Inch thick, and also mlljlons of green flies. The floor "was almost an Inch deep In the blood of the sheep and calves and hogs killed, and this was scraped through a large hole at the back side with a ' shovel and ran out on a pile of prob AND DEATH ably a hundred bushels of blood and decaying flush (cleanings) at the back side of the old house. Not a drop of water was being used in the cleaning of the meat for the tables of Raleigh. The negroes, sjeek with filth and hands covered with billions of germs, were working on the meat that is being used on the clean tables of Raleigh today. No wuter, and the air reeking with the terrible stench from that agglomeration of decaying flesh. and those-' millions .- of green flies, laying eggs on every piece of fresh meat ami infecting it with all kinds of disease! One of the negroes was asked if he ever found any white places in the lungs of the cows he killed or large lumps in t'ae lungs of the hogs. He replied that he very often found white, lumpy places in the lungs of the cattle, but that they never paid any attention to that just cleaned them and sent them on up to the market house. About twenty old bony, poor cattle were out In the lot ready to be killed and make "tender steak" for Raleigh. Five old worn out milch cows, that were hardly able to wnl'.k across tho lot, .were, in the bunch, and today they are probably being served as "rare steak" on many tables in this city. How many of them had tuberculosis no one knows and no effort is being made to find out. Before leaving this place an at tempt was made to go behind the building but the stench from the de caying flesh was such that even a vul ture could not stay on the fence In the rear. ., The second place, which is very near the one described, was found to be in exactly qie same condition. Three negroes were running the place and filth was everywhere. -The very air was prt.luted with rottenness, and even the green files had grown so fat on the fresh mutton being pre pared for Raleigh's tables that they refused to move even for strangers. Only sheep were being killed here, and bei,ng prepared for the sick and delicate people of this city being prepared in a hole reeking and rot Ion with filth and corruption, prepar ed for the tables of Raleigh in a den tilled with rotten flesh and breeding fevers and tuberculosis ami all other forms of contagious diseases. If the officials of this city or the citizens have any doubt, go this after noon or tomorrow and see for your self. No description ran be half so strong and nothing can convince you of the 'terrible places from which this city is getting its meat, as a personal visit from you. Go and see for your self, and if you ever eat anymore meat, it will be after conditions have been changed here. ; The half has not been told but The lOvening Times proposes to turn on the searchlight and let the people know what they are eating. The Times has just begun the Investiga tion and "the public will be given the truth as it finds It. As the facta are given you, The Times bnfy asks that you go and See for yourself. When this has been done you Can account for one-half of the diseases of this city. '.;.. ..:' CORXEItS THE RAINBOW. Rockefeller Goes Into the Itulnliow Business Has a Complete Plant. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Tarrytown. N. Y- May 6 Not sat Islled with cornering oil and a few other commodities, John, D. Rocke feller now plans to corner the ra.ln- bow market. The fact that he has gone Into the rainbow business "be came known when It was learned that he has Installed a complete rainbow manufacturing plant on the premises at Pocanttco Hills. He has had the artificial lake on the west side of Cas tle Rockefeller paved with colored stones and the fountain which plays from the centre of It tfrows off a mil lion rainbows a minute. The legend had It that there was a pot of gold at the end of every rain bow. JUDGE. 8TRONACH PRESIDES. Presides Over Pblire Court This ; Morning With Ease and Dignity. Judge Alex Stronach presided in the city court this morning with the ease and dignity of a veteran. The docket was not crowded. Bylvester Pennington was tried for fast and reckless driving. The evl- dence showed that he was tempor arily unable to control his horse and had no Intention of violating the city ordinance. - Patrick Currlan was fined $5.00 and costs for being drunk on the streets. FATALLY HURT WHILE MAKING AERIAL FLIGHT A Pupil of the Wright Broth ers Falls One Hundred v-: Feet CAR DROPPED STRAIGHT Lieutenant Caldcrara Attempts to Make a Flight, But When 100 Feet In the' Air the .Motor Stops and the Cur Drops. Like a Shot Women Scream and Faint, ami Men Rush to the Aid of the Injured Aeronaut. Moved to Hospital Attempt Made to Xotiry the Wrights by Wireless. Machine Almost Totally Wrecked. In Appearance .-Ascent Was Not Different From Others. Rome, May r Lieutenant. Oalder ara, the protege of the Wright broth ers in aerial navigat.on, was perhaps fatally' Injured' today while making a flight with-the' Wright .'machine. A great crowd was looking on when Lieutenant Culderara made his ascent. In appearance the ascent was not. different from hundreds made by the Wrights. Suddenly, when the ma chine had soared to a height of 100 feet the motor stopped. The car hung".' stationery for a minute, then dropped like a shot. For an instant the concourse of watchers Were too much stunned to move, then a cry went up and men ran forward to the side of tho unconsc ious aeronaut, while women screamed and fainted. The 'ar was found to be almost completely wrecked and Caldorara lay la the mass of wrecs age unconscious, and with the blood streaming from several jagged cuts. Medical uid was iumiTiorted ami Caldcrara was removed to a hospital. Meanwhile, unexcited scientists be gan looking over the aeroplane and believe that, it can be used again soon. . Word was instantly' dispatched to Orville and Wilbur Wright, who sailed yesterday for New York" on Ihtv Kron ' l'rin.essin Cecflio '-from Southampton, England. It was hoped to not if y them by wireless. This is the first ascent of import ance.: that .the Italian lieutenant lias attempted to make wil bout tiie su pervision of either Wilbur or Orvilie Wright. ,.' Culderara was one of the mosi promising of the Wright pupils, in tensely interested in aerial naviga tion, he entered into the venturesome experiments with a keen zest.. He was willing to undertake (lie greatest risks to promote the science of lin ing. When iho Wrights left 1 hoy thought him entirely safe in his own hands and gave him free use of the aeroplane in which Wilbur Wright had achieved such triumphs in France and Italy. EDl'CATIOXAL PROGRESS. First , Lorn! Tax District in Hertford. Salisbury Retrogrades. News was received today at the of fice of the .superintendent of public instruction that the school bond elec tion In Ahoskle had been carried by n good .'-majority. . This thriving city, In addition to voting bonds for the erection of a high school building voted a special tax. This is the fust local tax district to be created In Hertford County. In striking contrast Is the report coming from Salisbury, where the whiskey men and sorehead whiskey sympathizers yesterday defeated, a proposition to levy a special tax for schools : to make up for a deficit caused by the suspension of saloons. AT GARXEIt. School Closes Prosiertus Year Last .: Night. ;. ;-:'' . The Garner schools closed a pros perous year last night, with fitting exercises. The entertainment was well arranged and the children who participated In the exercises were exceedingly well trained. Prof. C. H. Mebane, of the depart ment of education, and County Su perintendent Z. V. Judd were pres ent and made addresses. The en tertainment was somewhat marred by disorder, on the ' part of some thoughtless boys and girls, several of whom were from Raleigh. HiN-t-liil Term of Court. The governor today called if special terra .of court for Guilford county. The term will begin June 21, two weeks, for the trial of civil cases only. Judge B. F. Long presiding. LAWYER DEWITT FAILS TO SHAKE EXPERT WITNESS Or. Manson Immovable in His Contention That Hains is Insane INTEREST B. AH Chief Interest in I he Mains Case To day Centered in the Prospective Appearance of Mrs. Annis as a Wit ness (Inly u Few Persons in Court to L'stcn to the Tedious Evidence of.. Experts Said Hains Was Suf fering From Maniac-Depressive In sanity Prosecutor DeWitt I' liable to Tannic Dr. Malison I'p in Cross Examination. -.( lie-. Leased Wire io The Times) Flushing, L. I., .May 0 Chief in terest in the curie of Captain I'eter C. Mains, Jr., today centered in tho pros ecutive "appearance on the witness stand-' of Mrs. William E. Annis, the widow of the man for -whose murder the army officer is being tried for his life. .-"Although the battle of the alien ists was still on .-.when Just ire' Gar retson (railed court to order, only a few spectators, were on hand to listen to the tedious technical .arguments.,. Prosecutor. DeWitt continued his efforts to tangle up Dr. Manson, chief of the. defense's medical corps, In the well of his cross-examination. The oliier alienists for and against the prisoner's cause, were scheduled to follow him. Then in their order were to come, the IS witnesses, head by the stately widow of "Billy" An nis. win) are expected to refute the tii'tiinonv of the friends of the officer who said lie acted as a crazy man on and prior to August, lijth, last, when the shooting occurred.-: Dr. Manson, in answer to (lie pros ecutor's lirsl question, '-admitted that lie had seen .persons, who had delus ions and yel were not insane. Drun ken men wore. often such,' I hu Witness said. '." The prosecutor was unable to shake I ho witness as lo his declaration that Captain Hains was suffering from' Im pulsive insanity when he shot Annis. This was a .symptom of maniac-de pressive insanity, he declared. The witness was ready Willi a list of authorities lo quote on this point. It was not hing: inore nor less than -a clinical diagnosis, The expert . suc cessfully pat lied every question of DeWitt, "-coached by State's Hxpt Hicks, (in lliis point. The cross-exaniinal ion of Dr. Man son was ended about 1 1 o'clock, When ilr, 'Hewitt again took him' in hand, Dr. .Manson declared that in til) per cent of the cases that maniac depressive insanity was curable. Dr.'-.Arthur C. Brush, the second of the defense's alienists, was next called. When asked his opinion of Captain Hains as a result of his ob servation and aU that he had learned by listening to the reading of the hy pothetical question, the witness de clared ' the prisoner. to he' undoubted ly Insane. When lie shot William E. Annis,' ne said, "Captain Hains was suf fering from an impulsive form of maniac depressive Insanity." The defense in the Hains case rest ed at l :5j this afternoon. All of to day's session, was given over to Inter rogating t ho alienists for the defense In regard to the hypothetical question as to Hains mental state at the time he shot W. E. Annis, which was road yesterday. All gave It as their opln Ion that he was irrational, suffering from maniac depressive insanity. AFTER LYNCHERS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Tyler, Texas, May 8. The sheriff as sisted by Hangers sent by the gover nor, lias arrested seventeen prominent citizens accused of taking part In the lynching of Jim Hodge, a negro here Inst Saturday. Hodge was accused of attempted assault, but his ullrged vic tim failed to Identify him. . The district court will meet today and the accused will be given prelim inary trials. There. Is much criticism of the governor's activity, and to in Niiri onli.r uniilhei company of Kang- urs was sent hers last night. TEXAS GOVERNOR WILLIE WHITLA TELLS THE STORY OF KIDNAPPING Identifies James F. Boyle as t!ie Man Who Carried Him Away COURTROOM IS PACKED Willie Whitla the First Witness in the Case Told How Boyle Came to tin- School-house and Told Him He Had Been Sent to Take Him Away on Account of Smallpox. Court-room Fills up as Soon as Doom Open Judge Orders that, (he Doors lie Closed mid Xo More People Allowed to Enter the Room, ( By Leased Wire to The Times) 'Mercer, Pa., .May 0 Janifs Boyle, iceused of kidnapping Willie Whitla. of Sharon, Pa., was found guilty this Afternoon. The trial was a record- breaker for the meting out of justice. The taking of testimony began this morning, the first witness being the Whitla boy, who identified Boyle as one of his kidnappers. Mercer, Pa., May (! The ringing of the court-house bell today sum moned a vast throng to the trial of James F. Boyle on a charge of kid napping. -'Willie Whitla. The Whit la party arrived from Sharon in two large automobiles at, S::'0 o'clock. The party included Mr. and Mrs. Whitle, Willie Whitla, Sallna Whitla, Mr., and Mrs. F. H. 'Buhl, and Thos. and John Korker. . The doors of the court house were kept, locked until 8:45. O'clock The crowd surged about the building. When the door.s. were opened there was a fierce rush to gain-admission to the building and the big crowd scam pered to the third floor, .each -seeking to he Hie. first in an endeavor to se cure, a vantage point in the. court room. There were many w omen in file crowd '-and several narrow ly es caped being crushed. W. S. Anderson, attorney for Boyle, was the first to arrive. Judge A. W. ' Williams," who arrived a mo ment, later, had to fiush his way 111 rough the crowd. Mr. Whitla-' approached 'the judge just as soon as Williams arrived and asked if lie .thought" the building safe enough to bear the weight of such a big crowd. Judge Willhuiis replied he thought, it was for the crowd pres ent, but ordered that no more be ad mitted. The doors were then locked. After the formal opening fioyle entered a plea of nol guilty; The jury which was -selected yesterday was then sworn. Attorney T. C. Cochran then' made the opening address to the jury, In which he briefly recited the facts of tiie case and detailed the journey ol Boyle and the boy from Sharon to Warren, Ohio, thence to Miles and Ashtabula, and finally to Cleveland, and asked for a verdict of guilty. The first witness called was Willie Whitla, '.'the', kidnapped boy Ho walked to the witness stand with a quick step and was smiling. Before the a(h was administered Attorney Q. A. Gordon, for the 'prosecution, questioned Willie about the oath. He asked' him where boys went who did not tell the truth. "They go to hell." replied Willie in a clear voice. The oath was then administered. ' ' . in the examination by Attorney Gordon he told of a man calling at the school one day and of his being called by his teacher. Miss Lewis, to go to the front door. There was a man at the door and a buggy stand ing near by. Asked if he could identify tho man he pointed to Boyle and said: "That is the man." "Did he tell you his name?" "Yes." "What else did he say?" "That he had been sent to take me and two others away on account of smallpox, and that 1 might meet my companions on the train." "Did he have a letter?" - "Yes." '. "What did he do?" "He asked me to write) my moth er's name and address on It." "I wrote 'Mrs. James P. Whitla, Sharon, Pa.' I write it with a pencil and the man mailed It In a letter-box on Hull street, Sharon." "Did the defendant look at that time the same as he does now?" "He had his whiskers here," said Willie, pointing to Mb upper Up, and the answer caused laughter. FEDERATIONS es ELECT OFFICERS Mrs. Eugene Reilly of Char lotte the New President of Women's Clubs ANOTHER BUSY DAY Federation Has Another Busy Day With Ieorts, Addresses and the Election or Oilicers Miss Austin, of Xew York, Makes Interesting Talk Tliree-miiiute Reports From Club Presidents Luncheon at Wo man's Club at 1 O'clock Meeting of Xew Exertivc Board This After noon Tea at the Capital Club at 5:00-0:30.' The third days' work of the North Carolina State Federation of .Wo men's Clubs began this morning at 10 o'clock in the. -half of the house of representatives. Miss Margaret Lovell Gibson, pres ident of the Federation, presided over the session. The invocation Was made by Mrs. It. O. Burton. ' ' . The roll 'was. called and minutes of Wednesday's sessions were read. Reports of some of the special committees that were heard on yes terday Were taken up. Mrs. F, L. Stevens, chairman of the ''scholarship .committee, made a most Interesting report of theSchol arships that have been offered through the federation,, five from A. & M. College, three from Chapel Hill, two from Trinity, one from Wake Forest, one from Washington & Lee University in Virginia, with some as sistance from Elizabeth College In Chai'.otte. Some of these scholar ships can be used by young women desiring to take a higher course in 'ducal ion. The courtesy of the floor was ex tended to Miss Austin, of New York, who told of an interesting charity hospital in New York for children of tuberculosis, spinal and bone dis eases. She presented the work to the federation, children being taken there when their board is paid by some so ciety, person or club. Three minute reports from the dif ferent clubs was called for, the new clubs being the first called for. The "Young Matron's Club,'' of Chad liourn, had an interesting report read by the secretary. There was no dele gate from the club. "The Hesperian Club," of Morgan ion, was the second chib heard from. The'; club was st ill in swaddling ; clothes but was interested in the Jackson Training School. "The Sessame Club," of Faison, was organized to promote Improve ment of the town. Were interested in the civic matters during the past, winter, found by some ladles more in teresting than literary department. Work of club has been Well worth while and expect to get inspiration from the federation. Mrs. L. R. Williams, of the Sanford Woman's Club, made an interesting report of the work of the club, large ly literary. "The Civic Improvement Club, of FayetteviV.e," report read by Miss Georgia Hicks showed good work be ing done in that club. Miss Anderson reported for ' Fri day Afternoon Club" of Asheville. The club had celebrated Its tenth an niversary. It was an interesting ac count of the literary work of the i'lub. "The Current Literature Club," of Asheville,: was read by Miss Hunt. The club had just passed Its ISth an niversary. The club had been pur suing an interesting study of Spanish literature. 'The Woman's Club" of Asheville was heard from by Mrs. Cocke. Mrs. McMannaway reported from the Woman's Club of Charlotte. Club has membership of 135 with 5 de partments, il l of equal importance and equally large. There was an ac count of the financial work of the club. A large amount toward their library had been raised from a tag day last Saturday. Interesting and full report. "The steady Club" of Concord. Report was read by Miss Hunt. Club had furnlsned kitchen and reception hall of Jackson Training School. Goldsboro Woman's Club." Re port made by Mrs. MKlef.'- An inter esting and full account of the varied work of the club was given. "Tho Friday Afternoon Book Club" of Greensboro was reported by (Continued on Pag Two.) WOMEN'SiPS ' v ':':'. 'V!':;vu:.
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