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IN THE AFTERKOON
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W. O. Amos, of Wisconsin, Bead An
nual Treasurer's Import of Cong.
wtis tor. Stevens, of A. ft M.t hec-
tares on Plant Diseases Clarence
H. Poe Delivers lecture in Which
He States That Agriculture Is tlie
Most important Asset of the south,
Mr. Poe Gives Interesting Figures
. Concerning Cotton Crop Attend
ance Not So Xarge As on Former
Days, But interest of Farmers is
Kept at High Pitch.
The Farmers' National Congress
was called to order this morning in
. Pullea Hall at 10:30 o'clock by
President Cameron. The attendance
was not so large as on former days.
as a number of the delegates have re-
lurnea to mejr flumes, ana Otners
took advantage of the fine weather to
nee Raleigh and the surrounding
country. The audience today was
made up almost entirely of delegates,
there being between one and two hun
dred of them.
After the. meeting was called to
order Mr. W. L. Ames, of Wisconsin,
treasurer of the congress,, read his
annual report, which showed the
.finances .t the. organisation i b In
most eiflelleht shape... There are now
$925.08 in the treasury, which state-:
ment was received Awlth . applause.
The treasurer then spoke a few words
for his own state at the conclusion of
his report, Saying that the last meet
ing was held in his state there were
aver 1,100 in attendance, of . which
over 800. were from the state of
Wisconsin.
Mr. Eudaley, of Ohio, arose and
made a few remarks relative to dele
gates attending every meeting, as they
he "0l.nt!? K"0 of
session and it was their duty to do so
unless excused by the congress, and
asked that he be 'excused, which was
granted.
Dr. F. U Stevens, of A. & M. Col
lege, was introduced by President
Cameron.0', ,.
J)r. Stevens took for his sabject
"Plant :. Diseases". He said there
were over 600 different, distinct plant
diseases, and of this number over
300 were of great importance. The
farmers have endured these without
much effort to get rid of them. The
speaker then took up several dis
eases and showejd the monetary loss to
the country by these plant diseases.
Then he discussed the cost of ' the
. treatment of these diseases. In some
sections the grape cannot be raised,
in others wheat has been driven out,
others peaches have been destroyed
by these various plant diseases. ' . The
subject of. "root-rot" of cotton was
dwelt upon for a few jKinutes, show-
Ing the great damage annually caused
by this, and gave instances of where
In a few years profitable crops have
been wiped out. by certain plant dls
eases. The Bpread of many plant dis
eases and insects n due often to mi
gration, and gives as an Illustration
of this the potato bug., which began
at the Rocky Mountains and ml
grated until it had reached the At
lantlc coast, a distance of over 3,000
tin 11m in IK vonrct 1 - v
The rust of holyhocks was noticed
in Indiana first in 1866, coming from!
the old country via South America.
The International as well as Inter-
state, '. -. , ' vv;:i:-:;.
. The speaker took up a number of
diseases and traced the history from
the beginning, through all their mi
gration,-, down to the present time,
telling how in a few years they had
traveled long, distances and invaded
new territories, migrating from coun
try to country, state to state, county
to county, ant) farm to farm.
In the past few years we have
learned to contrpl some of these dis
eases. At present we are ; barely
keeping pace with the Increase of
these diseases. . ' V.
The speaker then told of some of
the methods' now la use to combat
these diseases, but says we must
slake mote progress. Along this line.
He told, as aa example of control of
those diseases, how certain rice dis
ease! were driven from South Caro
lina. r, v
(Contlnmd on page lwo.j
DIE EJ DIG
BLAZE TY
Twelve Mere are Injured to
Fire tkt Dcctroyes
CeUdcid Edldhs
DEFIED HIE WATER
I Celluloid Manufacturing Plant Burn
ed and Fire One of the worst That
the Departments Ever Had to Cope
With Were Seventy People in the
Building When the Fire Started
Man of Them Had to Jump From
Second and Third Story Windows.
Tons of Celluloid Were in the
Building and They Sent Up Flames
That Defied Water.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York,' Nov. 8 Trapped in an
inferno of exploding and lava-like
celluloid, nine persons perished today
in a $500,000 Are which destroyed
the Robert Morrison and Son Com
pany factory at 152 Columbia street,
Brooklyn. Many others were injur-
ed in the panic of employes and -in
I iuom- niiemyi u save me injured
An entire block was endangered by
explosions and flames, although all
Brooklyn., was drawn on for appara
tus and Fire Chief Croker rushed
from Manhattan to take charge biro
self.
Twelve of the injured were hurt
when they jumped from the windows,
of the upper floors, all escape by
other means being . cut oft. . Both
members of the Arm were victims,
William Morrison, the son, being kill
ed. His father was badly hurt.
A dosen firemen swelled the list
oi injured as they fought to hold the
blase in the confines of the four story
factory, where it started.
Six "bodies were found while the
fire was still raging.' It was first re
ported that these were all the via
tims, but later seven other charred
bodies were discovered
wuiiam uorrison, a mem per oi we
firm, and son of Robert Morrison,
caught on the first floor while he was
trying to put the company's books in-
to a safe,
Unidentified man, employe of the
company, body found near that of
William Morrison.
Unidentified man, employe of the
company, body found near elevator
shaft on the first floor.
Three unidentified men, - bodies
found together in the rear of the ex
tension to the main building on the
second floor. One was that of a
youth about eighteen years old.
Seven others, bodies so charred
that identification is almost impos
sible. .Found in the ruins.
The injured:
Robert Morrison, head of the firm
of Robert Morrison and Sons; severe
ly burned while fighting the flames
on the first floor, taken to the Long
Island College Hospital.
unidentified gin, aDout eignteen
years old; will die.
Unidentified man, about twenty-
five years old; jumped from the third
story window, back broken; taken to
Long Island College Hospital; will
die.
Besides , this number, nine em
ployes who jumped from windows
and sustained injuries were attend
ed by ambulance Burgeons and .sent
to their homes. r
Seventy men and two' girls were in
the building when the fire was dis
covered on the first floor.; Of this
number, fifteen were on the ' third
floor: twenty on the second floor and
thirty - five .Including the two
girls,
on l floor
CENSUS REPORT
OF COTTON GINNED
Washington. Nov, sThe-census re
port shows 7.0U.M7 bales counting
growth of im to Nov. -1, compared' WW ,a ,n aavancing me inwresw
with ,1M,667 for 1808 ; 6,128,842 for lKOti j o(-prohlbltIon and to use their in
ahd MOHtW-for 1906. .', -, .:v-;--;.v--:ilttee''lii having violators dealt witf
Bound bales mcluded this" year are
109,665) compared with 149,866 for 1908; ,
125,785 tor 1907; and 169,741 for 1906. f
Sea Island 64,852 for 1909; 45,479 for
1907; and a706 for 1906. - ,
cotton ginned ny me states :
Alabama 676.098; Arkansas, 470.189; , , " I" A I ZI , Vfto T
Florlda 45.260; Georgia WSiM; Loulst- W f th M n
ana 187,762; Mississippi 672.648; North
Carolina 870,826; - Oklahoma' 412.218; .ana veruicw ai tue oneaaers pi me
south-Carolina 789,960; Tennessee 148,- state prohibition and federal laws
968; Texas : 1,918,477;' all other - states governing the sale of intoxicating 11
H03. , , ( Continued on Page Sight) .
VIICLESALE -ARRESTS
FOR
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RETAILING
' 1 .
New Bern Ofeals Determined
to Enforce the Laws Against
fyzi Tiger Operators
W.CT.U. TAKES HAND
Following An Order by the Mayor,
'Police Department Make the
Rounds of Near-beer Shops, Get
Ing Samples of Liquids Sold, Wliicli
Results in Many Arrests Police
Departments Has Refreshments of
Every Color and Brand-J-W. C. T.
V. Pass Resolutions Asking That
Law be Enforced State That Men
Are Not Using best Efforts to
Stamp Out Illegal Traffic.
(Special to The Times)
New Bern, N. C, Nov, 8 Acting
within the limits of the law as direct
ed by City Attorney W. D. Mclver,
Mayor C. J. McCarthy instructed the
police department Saturday night to
visit the various "near-beer" stands
in the city and take samples of the
various grades of drinks found in the
places. Officers Bryan, Ipock, and
Foacue, headed by Chief J. C. 'Har-
gett, promptly made the rounds and
it was not long before the city hall
was turned into a sample room
where could be found anything a man
is supposed to drink, including Bud'
weiser, Blue Ribbon, Red, White and
!lue, and all the so-called near-beer
rinks including Local Option and
Beerlne. Along with this was hum
her, pi . brands Of the so-called whis
key in putts and half : pint bottles.
The samples, tested by the local au
thorities, resulted rathe arrest of 8lx
white men last night, all doing busi
ness under the near-beer license. The
contents of several of the samples
were unknown to tho local authori
ties and these will be forwarded to
the state chemists for analyzation.
If found to be not in accordance with
the state law, containing more alco
hol than Is allowed, the proprietors
having the good in their posses
sions will be charged wth violating
the prohibition law. If found not to
contain the proper amount, the
charge will be for Eclating the pure
iood law?, which puts the odds
against tho near-ieer.
'those arrested are Will Stalllngs,
Henry Connor, Elijah Matthews, J no.
Golden, Ben Biineon end a man
named Jones. .The fiist three are old
offenders, having served time for vio
lating the liquor laws.
Prohibition seeni3 lo have taken on
renewed energies in New. Bern in the
last few weeks. The petitioning for
the release (on. erudition) of certain
violators, by :itletus o the city, who
were convicted in the federal courts
here Ust month, has put new deter
mination in the efforts of the leaders
of this cause, these leaders having
been worked up to such a point of en
thusiasm that the W. C. T. U. Baw fit
to unanimously pass the following
resoltulons: - :';'v '
We, the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union of New Bern, N. C,
read with regret the decisions of
Judge Connor in the cases for viola
tion of the prohibition law..
A year and a half ago our citizens
responded nobly to the call of prohi
bition and by their votes and in
fluence, stood firm In making it a law.
Why has prohibition: failed to ac
complish in our midst, what we hop
ed it would? Why has not the law
been enforced T ' t--
Because many of those who voted
for it to become a law; have done
nothing to compel ; its enforcement)
and others have used; their influence
in defeating the' law. '
. So long as men aid in defending
violators of the law, just so long will
there be a repetition of the offense.
When courts refuse to accept peti-
tlons and fines as punishment In vio-
lation of law, then will prohibition
prohibit. ; . r :' ' :',
Realising the great heed of,It8 en
toroement In our midst, we appeal
to men to stand by the law, to give
according to law, then will prohibl-
tloh prohibit, and accomplsh the good
f0r which It ws intended.' f"
J:We desire to go on record with a
uninlinous vote of thanks and deep
Minn n th. .rvri, ,,
"wr r Jm inoiciuieuis.
Mme. Marguerite Steinheil, a "Modern Du Barry."
Photograph of a painting of Mme. Marguerite Steinheil, the "Modern DiiBarry'' of Paris, and daughter.
The recent developments seem to indicate that she is really innocent of the murder of her lmsbund and mother-in-law.
The drama confession of the young man, Jean Lefevre, who interrupted the ti-ial to piodaiin his
guilt aud teslfled to tho,. truth of the story of men in long eoate wid k wmaii with wwJ hir jjw -Mt ran -murderers
is the talk of France. It was believed at first thHt he was one of the many men Infatuated with the
strange, woman.
SERVICE AT ACADEMY
A Most Able Address by Hon.
J. W.Bailey Yesterday
A Large Audience Attended the Spe
cial Service to the Farmers' Na
tional Congress at the Academy of
Music Yesterday Afternoon J. W.
Bailey Delivers an Address on "The
Interests of the SoulA Excellent
Musical Program.
The special service at the Academy
of Music yesterday afternoon to the
Farmers' National Congress was at
tended by a large crowd, the building
being filled to Its capacity.
The -meeting was presided over by
Rev. Milton A. Barber, rector of Christ
church. - Those on the stage besides
the choir were President Benehan
Cameron and Vice President Joshua
Strange of the Farmers' National Con.
gress, Kev. W. C. Tyree, J. p.. pastor
of the First Baptist church, Rev. 'Mil
ton A. Barber, rector of Christ church,
Rev. w. A, Stanbury, pastor of
Edenton street Methodist church, Rev,
I F. Johnson, pastor of Christian
church, and Hon. J. W. Bailey.
After the meeting was opened, the
choir of 150 voices sang "All Hail the
Power of Jesus' Name" by Holdin.
Tho Opening prayer was then made
by Dr. W. C. Tyree, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
A vocal solo "A Divine Redeemer," by
Oounod, was beautifully rendered; by
Miss Leonomle Dutnals. Miss Dumais
has an excellent1 voice and her rendi
tion of this solo hold the audience spell
bound.
This was followed by a reading of
the 6th chapter of St. Luke by Rev.
.WA. Stanbury,. of the. Kdenton. street
Methodist church.
A quartet composed of Mrs. Horace
Dowe-11, Mrs. Wade Brown, Mr. Harry
Snow and Dr. H. A. Royster sang
"O for the Wings of a Dove." by
Knight.
Rev. L, F. Johnson, of the Christian
church offered a beautiful grayer to
the Ruler of the Universe,
The hymn "Stand up, stand up for
Jesus," was . Bung by the choir, the
entire audience Joining in.
Rev. Milton A. Barber then intro
duced Mr. J, W. 'Bailey, Baying that
aa the visitors had iiad e,Q opportunity
"f hearing the various ministers of
city, it was proper that the address
it the afternoon be delivered by a
layman, a Raleigh product, and one
who would reflect credit upon himself
as well as the city.
In the opening of his address, Mr.
Bailey said he had never been a preach
er, and that the difference ' between a
preacher and a layman as given by
an old negro preacher applied to him.
The old negro said that the preacher
took his text and stuck to it while
the layman hit all'around. .
The speaker, took tot . his subject
A
"The Interests of the Soul," and con
trasted the interests of properly with
the interests of the soul, unci called
attention to the inlinitely nion.' valu
able asset, the souls of ltninklnd.
saying that the soul of men and wo
men were menaced by material con
quests as never before in the history
of civilization.. There was a time
when the human race fnusht in fear
of the wdlf, but the modern American
stands in no such fear; a notion which
expended more money during the last
twelve months for whiskey and tobacco
than it spent for bread cannot say it
fears the worf. In the age of matcrisil
conquests and money-madness, the
beatitudes of Jesus have been changed
to blessed is he who is prosperous.
The speaker then recited Kipling's
"Recessional." In the midst of this
maddening struggle for wealth let us
not forget the interests of t' e soul,
and lot us not furget we are not
citizens only, but citizens of eternity.
The speaker tiien eloquently described
the scene when on that spring morn
ing Jesus sat in his boat and told the
parable of the sower. The first and
second sowings do not apply to the
present day American.
"What a sower that was; what seed,
and what a field! In a dead world He
brought 'ife and immortality."
"And those which fell anions thorns
are they, which, when they have heard
go forth; and are choked with cares
and riches and pleasures of his life,
and bring no fruit to protection.
Riches have deceived the poor as well
as the rich. Both classes are deilecttd
in their interests for their souls, one
because it has and the other because
it has not.
The speaker then discussed the atti
tude of Jesus towards property, saying
He never had one but of property in
all his life, yet he represented . the
greatest contentment, and He regarded
property as a great source of peril to
the soul.- The question was never a
moral question with Jesus, and the fear
He had in regard to property was not
moral but spiritual. Jesus did not op
pose property, but held it up as the
chief peril of the soul.
Modern liberty and modern demo
cracy grew out of the soul liberty that
sprung from the dark ages, a basis of
sovereignity is the sovereignty of God.
The speaker then told of the terrible
times in France under Louis XVI.. Tho
French people lost their hold upon
themselves because they lost their hold
of God. The unequal distribution of
wealth did not undermine the ancient
powers of Babylon, Greece and Rome,
as some say, but they became money-
mad.
The interests of tho soul are the
Interests which hold the country to
gether. During the political campaigns
of the last 16 years, the rallying cry
has been the "full dinner pail" and not
the soiil interests. The nation will be
taken care of If the cltiaens take care
of their souls, declared the speaker.
"Property interests never led revolu
tion or a reform, and property in
terests never Inproved mankind. The
only. remedy for anarchy and social
ism is the spirit of worship.,-
! (Continued on Pago, Three.
FALSE FIRE ALARMS
Judge Stronach Desires An Ac
quaintance With Culprit
Serious Accident Narrowly Averted
'Last Night, When Wheel Ron Off
the Rescue Wagon Judge Stron
ach Promises the Limit to the
Nuisance Police Working Dili
geiilly. A. hundred dollar fine and thirty
days in the interest of good roads for
Wake county is the prize that Judge
Stronaeh has in store for the mis
creant who is making a habit of en
dangering the lives of both firemen
and horses by calling them out ou
false alarms. These false alarms
have been turned in between tho
hours of nine and ten thirty for the
last three nights, each time in a dif
ferent section of the city. Last
night's alarm came in from box 12,
corner of Pollt and East streets.
It is seldom realized, except by
those connected with the fire depart
ment, what great danger the firemen
undergo when answering an alarm.
There are numerous ways by which
the firemen may be lulled or serious
ly injured for life, and one of these
happened last night. With a well
crowded wagon, Mr. John Manguin
was answering Xo. 12 last night witii
the Rescue. Tho big blacks were
feeling .fine and were carrying tho
heavy wagon to the supposed fire at
a terrific rate of speed. Mr. Mangum
noticed something peculiar about the
wagon when he turned into Oakwood
Avenue, and he immediately pulled
in the horses. Just as he pulled
them down to a slow trot, one of the
wheels ran off, throwing that side oC
the wagon to tho ground. Only the
good driving of Mr. Mangum averted
a serious accident, in which every
body ou the wagou would have been
more or less injured.
That is only one of the ways dial
the firemen take their lives in their
hauds, when answering an alarm.
There are other t'oo numerous to
mention. And yet some frivolous
minded people, who lack a little gray
matter, will cause them to undergo
these dangers for nothing more than
the mere pleasure ' of seeing the
horses run. The three false alarms
of Friday. Saturday and last night is
just a little more than the police au
thorities are going to stand for. They
have an idea who the culprit is and
are working, diligently to bring him
to - justice, v If apprehended and
brought before Judge Stronacb, the
false alarm' guy wilt be more than
alarmed by the handsome prize the
Judge has awaiting him,
STEINHEIL ;
WAMAMMnDI?
ft II IUHNlflllllli
1 CALM TODAY
Refreshed by Sundays ; Rest
Noted Woman is More
Confident than Usual F
STORY OF CRIME
Sleinlieil Woman, Refreshed by Sun
day's Rest, More Confident Than
on Any Day Since the Trial Open
ed Examination of First Wit
iifsses Today Was Another Victory
for the Accused First Witness
Said Mine. Steinheil Had Been
Bound and Gagged and That Marks
Still showed When She Reached
the Scene. -
(By Cable to The Times)
Paris, Nov. 8 Refreshed by Sun
day's respite, Mme. Marguerite Bte n
heil fought for her life in the court
of the assizes today with an air of
confidence more marked than - has
characterized her since the first day
of her trial. Her beauty which cap- .
tivated French statesmen, was still
apparent, as she smiled at court and
jury. Her own victory in the terrible
grilling to which she was subjected
duiug the three days she was on the
stand, and the collapse of soma of
the prosecution's most important wit
nesses had given her confidence. Her .
hopes rose today with the examina
tion of the first witnesses. Their
testimony was another victory of the .
noted prisoner.
the SteinheiU, who was among the
first to arrive at the house in the Im--passe
Fonsin on the morning of May
31, 1908, when.M. Adolph teinhell,
husband of the prisoner, and , her
stepmother, Mme. Japy, were found
murdered.
"When I reached Mme. Steinhoil's
room," the witness swore, "I saw the
marks of cords on her hands and
wrists .which were chafed and red.
The gag with which she had been
stifled I put on the pillow of the bed."
This last declaration is of great im
portance, one of the main points of
the prosecution being the fight to
show that Mme. Steinheil was not
gagged, although her husband and
stepmother were. Medical witnesses
have disagreed over the gag.
Another physician, Dr. Acherway,
who for long attendant of the Stein
heil .household, was the second wit
ness called today and his testimony
was of material aid to the defense.
He was called to attend the victim's
of the crime.
"11. Steinheil," he testified, "was
timid, and often expressed fears of
an attack, but he was not sad. Mme.
Steinheil was devoted to him and to
Mme. Japy.
"Early on the morning the mur
ders were discovered, I was called
to the Steinheil home. I found Mme.
Steinheil suffering greatly from
shock. Her grief was not stimulated.
I would stake my reputation as a
medical man that she was sereiously
ill.
"When she caught sight of me she
cried, 'save mama, save Adolph, I al
ready knew that they were beyond
hope, but dared not tell Mme. Stein
heil. In her condition she could not
have withstood the shock."
Closely questioned Dy the prosecu
tion, the physician Bald that he knew
Mine. Steinheil received anonymous
letters accusing her husband of infi
delity, and accusing one of his mod
els of being the rival of his wife.
This point added to tho strength of
the defense greatly, producing a no
ticeable effect on the jury.
As she saw her case being strength
ened, bit by bit, every word of the
witnesses counting in her favor, Mme.
Steinheil made no attempt to nldo
her joy. At times she interrogated '
tho witnesses herself.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
FORLANDOFTHESKY
(Special to The Times.)
Asueville, N. C, November, ft It
is learned here from Canton ..that
Mr. McCormlck ,of Chicago, ha' de
termined to build and electric tatlway
from Ashevillts to Waynesvllle and'that;
all he Is asking from the people of
Buncombe- . and Haywood ' counties
through which -the line will Boas, the
free, rights of way, Mr. McCormtsk. is
well known in Waynesvllle; he is -son-ta-lajt
of Mj," W. , Ferguson,