North Carolina Newspapers

" 11 " .... pii- .r , "L,J ii,W"iniW1111 "' '-J -- 1 "'III IJIIHI '' ' ' "rf T . ff " ' V''' ' ""; ' "J - . f ...... - I V. r- . ?,..v.;, , : j : . - - - ' J ; - f ' : - . - 4 11 A n M I! ii I f X VOL.. 18. .O. I iS. JIM'S CAPACITY A TRIFLE SMALL; He Pinches 3 1-2 Gallons of quor but Can't Drink Only . P ' IS PINCHED IN TURN Alice Allen, of Charlotte, Wonnded in TenSerest Spot. Obtains Revenge Ever since Charlotte "went dry there has teen a cqnstant Buccession of thirsty ones who Journeyed 14 miles to Salisbury In-order to liquor up and lh most cases they, took some back with them in Jugs bottles. But not all, for every single ay -since' the first of January the local police have ar rested at least one citizen of Char lotte, and sometimes more than one. Yesterday there was another arrest made, but this time the shoe was on the other foot. There is "a negro of the female i persuasion iri Charlotte, Who has either a fearful thirst or a AUsire to start a blind tiger on a modest cale. Yesterday the aforesaid wonch. who T- - - tfves -name as Alice Allen, srfuan dererfome casSi on a round, trly tic ket irQin unaoite to aausuuryr ana In due time arrived at RomaaS 'Uint'y t;at. Alice had orae loose change tf out her dusky person and he laid j'I out In three galioas and a "half of Heuor, - whether cojnorrye hTnot statea' Havmg thus perfornil her mai?illuty f.'&& she saw it, and-some peopj llain--Uin thai those who' dovthat jaisj 'tt . thfe,' right " track, ' Alife':, startli r a 'round nf ' social vteUs, ' leaving? the'r qt'enchahJea 'ln Hoover's salon I,,: I ii'. ' ' s V .' ijhou(: that tljbe u nigger whoVaK (TTrr ;hji ' .. . JC'-CJ!.nt'-ti. -wii.'AinnAi ftnrl hVa ttocj ,'snWll Is well' developed and hV-yes ar trained to Tecogr.lze the-J-ire stuph. as Col. Fairbrother would -''J ay.' though hid beneath no matter ('how inanny wrappings. '., .1 .lim was also thirsty, ami he re-Ason-y that'he was thirstier than th my 5tTiuus owiv r f the alluring Vack age. Now or never was the Itime for the little gatti' of "Alio Srhere art Uiou?" to be played, but. there was naiy a pla.vt r and .lim and the whiskej both left the saloon tit one and the same time. Now in the course of human, eiit.s something always turns up and this Ho lt Was. t lie utv p-nn 'ntioiu'd A lice. - r' win) was left some minutes -ago en joying social half hours with some of hrr local acquaintances. - Hut there was one disappobited black lady, when she lound that the whiskey, like all mortal joys, had Hew the coop. She wept a few and Then 'the sum spirit that made her remote ancestors as sist thoir neighbors to the happy hunting grounds by means of an as pegai or a poisoned arrow asserted Itself and she chlltd loudly for r-.r-reeng. But Aliev is a i -c -- r.nd lias learned that' the law. tho.igl. a Vad thing to get tangled up with when in a dry town you are dohng out liquor by the glasft to a fe friends who happen to call, is uot without its merits and to it sh appealed and Of fleer Kaslc,'.. who is a;i ex pert at such work, was se lected to ferret out the kicked rascal who had made Alice's dreams resemble the sad moments ot waking in the cold grey dawn of the morning after. Officer Eagle has the well-earned re putation of always making good and did a little Job on the whlskey-lovmg Jim that made that thirsty one roll his eyes;in amazement. Jim had figured out that the cops might get on his trail and po took to the tall gras with more energy than North bound trains exhibit In being late. Like the men who find It easier to ' wear an overcoat on a cold day than to carry It around. Jim als came to the conclusion that if he transferred -part of the whiskey to his stomaci, his arms wsould not weary so quickly, of carrying it around. Besides, no one could recover what was already drunk Jim has an inside as capacious as a circus tent but even ho could not drink it all at one sitting and haYig fjug tdj ie 'rest removed one gallon irom me his -tummy." he hid the in in his trunk, (not . -4 hi corporal but his travelling trunk, however). 'Following uncon sciously Bryant's ideas as conveyed In the Thanatopsis, be wrapped the I BELL TELEPHONE - i HAS FINE SERVICE! Li-'Thnr Npw Quftvii 'rah m.I vel. Some Fine Pieces of Mechanism SERVICE IS GROWING In Their New Home, Bell Com pany Promise Salistnry as Fines Country Affords The Bell Telephone company is now in its new quarters on laniss street, just below Spot Cash. " There are five operators there now and the company has grown so rapidly that these are kept busy. Salisbury hes a telephone service now not surpassed by any city in the South. Every phase of the mechan ism is new and up to date. The switch board is a marvelous piece of work, tand it is worth many times the ad mission to see it a$ work. Everything works automatically. When a call to the central office !s made, no ringing of the bell is neces sary as has been heretofore. You merely remove the receiver and there is a speedy answer. A in the exchange -office, when a con vtTation is In progress, the numbers cT the two 'phones connected drop Into . easy " view of the operator and these remala vintil one or the other receivers hung up. The connec tion is then broken and the operator knows that the conversation is com pleted. TSais reduces the time . of waiting tf a minimum and puts the patience bf the talker to no serious test." : o -...-. '":',v.-r:. -. .. V : .There are other IiaprovenaentsJin, the eabks. It Is impossible to liali a cross ff the- wjres, a thing that i pened frequently j.to..thjtifost delic versatjns carried quently with, the other J 1 delicate touch - and - e A vf-rsatJiins carried -on in the auiejjst way is easily heard. ' ' There are several dunlicate lilies and a strange piece of mechanismyis the Arrangement of the bells v that a rrng from central will not cause both -receivers to go up. In Tie Sun's offics- there are two 'phones &ut oniy one rings. t Tlie Sun reiwrte'r was sht-wu. tliro the office by Manager Land this morn ing. He has taken great prile in his system- and promises Salisbury, a cer vice equal to the best, we ".helieve hiiu. For our jirt. FALSE REPORT, THIS fir'i'.thern not Running Excursions for Thirsty form Charlotte Here. Last night's Charlotte News sajil: On the street today it via reported th'atl the Southern Itailway would grant a special rate of a half fare or les to Salisbury on each Saturday for the benefit ostensibly of the '"thirsiies" w1k 'have. hen ceeking somethir to sl-a'Re their thirsn for liquosr and Lave br.i unable to find it. ' You would have no idea iow mviny jvsr,ie have telephoned and asked me abuut these rates today," raid a e!l Vno-wn man conn-cted with the ticket oQue department 'Of the Southern tMs moroting "andT xoatinued hA, I wetdd le for yoji to slate hi yftur paper that there is absolutely bo truth , iii this" report .. i- . , ;- Nevertheless there were many fn- quirits at the ticket .office at the depot today about jt he .rates, showing that the report had gained considerable - - headway before tae.oiBcials of the road had a chance to deny it. JAPS CAPTURE DUTCH VESSEL Tokio. Jan. IT A Japanei torpedo boat has captured the Dutch steamer1 W'ilhelmina. whieh was carrying Welch coal to Vladivostock. mantle of his couch about him and laid him down to pleasant dreams of tomorrow when he would resume his jag, when his slumber was rudely in terrupted by Officer Eagle.whose scent again proved true. Injured Innocence wasn't one, two. three with Jim's sorrow at being ac cused of so dastardly a crime, but al though he stoutly and incoherently maintained that: "l done ain-t stole no likker, boss, I ain't dat kind of er nlggar, not by a right smart." Tbe HQuor In the trunlcsadly though lMe11 short the quantity Alice had bought, was telltale evidence and Jim was removed to the pen. He will come to trial this evening at 4 o'clock and Is likely to be bound over to the Su perior court. SALISBCKY, X. C, WED' ESlXAt TAKJJARY, 18 1S)0 SLOCUM DISASTER AGAIN AT PRONTI Case is Called in United States Circuit Court in New York THE ROOM IS CROWDED Steamboat Inspectors, Boat's Ca"ptain and Company's Of ficers to te Tried New York, Jan.- IT The United States Circuit court room was crowded this morning with talesmen and wit nesses summoned to give testimony in the case of the steamboat Geineral Siocum disaster which occurred in Long Island Sound June 15 last. Two prisoners. Henry Lundberg and James inspectors, who it is alleged did not properly inspect the boat, were early on hand.' Among the interested spec tators were Captain Vanschaick c the burned boat and' officials of the who are to be placed on trial charged with negligence at the next term of court.' ' j THE REAL THING Lyman Howe's Pictures Under Auspi " ces of Elks, Were IT LasL, night at Meroney's Opera house, under the auspices of the local lodge of Elks, Lyman H. Howe pre sented what is without the shadow of a doubt,, the premier moving picture entertainment of the world. A de servedly large and very enhtusiastic audience greeted the show, and all were ultra pleased, it would be hard indeed, -to pick out the best picture in so good an : exhibition, ,but the one cuat beeiiied to -b3 the newest . and clearest showed . Hhe Frenci cavalry freaking in raw recuits, both man. m themselves. A' series of Italian views, without "the Dago, were well .received.- The Gordon-Be&nett auto racs showed a most lifelike picture of Emperor William congratulating the winner, besides a dozen or so vievvs during the race proper. A se ries of pictures of the London fire de partment in action, showed how reaiiy tar behind the United -States, England actually is in this important branch of municipal life. A group of winter sports at Montreal made people shiv er, it was so realistic. The troubles of a .young-Frenchman, who inserted a personal in the New York -Herald and stirred -up a bunch of old maids from Fall River, got probably the most applause. The life toat crew at work off the coast of Levon, England, was a masterpiece of. -realism. There were a hundred good ones that we cannot mention. But it was so good that we could fill the paper with nothing but Lyman H. Howe,, and tl-en not overdo it. ' One thing we must say is: If you were ttot there last might, -don't fail 'to get in on the ground floor upon its return engagement, which is to occxr soon. STRIKE ENDS; MEN WIN Bostcn Employers Yield Demands of Iron Workers Bicion. Janstary IT The 'strike of the bridge and strnctural lion work ers in Boston, which "has been oil for two veeks ami which has held up a mirabw of extensive works, came to an end last night through the union's accepting the proposition of the em ployers. The men gain practically all they demand. CANT BUY SPAJM1SH FRESCOES Madrid, Jan. 17 Two Americans named Astray and Morrison have been visiting a number of Spanish church es endeavoring to purchase Goya fres coes and take them to America. They offered to pay handsome; sums. The newspapers opposed .the idea and the minister of public instructions has now issued an order that the frescoes cannot be sold. THIRD RUSSIAN SQUADRON St. Petersburg, Jan. 17. The work completing' arnaaraent of the third Russian sqnadron is being hurried at Libeau. Shells and provisions are Ijeing taken on board. -: : .... ., V ; . -: . . V FIVE PERAONS DROWN Liverpool, Jan. 17. The tug Conguerer was wrecked off the Isle of Man today,and five persons drowned. '" . " :e bill 1SSED IN HOUSE -r It rVjcits Existence of Distfl IfkTof Less Thai36 Gal- TIE VOTE IS 74 TO 31 Serte Passes Bill Incorporating . VinstonrSatem Sontb Bound j ' ! Railroad - 'ileighJ Jan. 17. The Senate bi1 providing tEat distilleriersof te?than 36 galion capacity in Alvili, passed the house today, th only amendment beinsr that h - 111 take effect March 1. The velcas to 31. The bill was j drld sent toUhe senate for cccfrrence in tne amenameni wni'ft rt is unaeistocu win oe re&oay done, Iill3va5 passed in tile senate to Incorporate I Winston-Salem soitmbouhd taihoad company. . P.ijeigh, N. C. Jan. 17r-Detegt!ons areriying to appear before the legr istaTe cqmtnittee both for and afanst the Rishmond county prohib- itic .bill. jThe.fighJ Kill be fort sub- rait fng the matter to a vote or tne peoevpf the county. -Advocates of the iill claim, to have signatures of 1,000 1 of the 1,600 voters in the county: asking that the legislature pass the bill s'dL is, on the ground that they f eajXorruption' in3 an election, through wMvey int erest fuiias.distillery plants in lire county ; being valued at ?58,t)0a TAjoint agricultural - committee rnooa heard . arguments. by a Kved oil men for and against a bent. )f ammonia. Action was de- d. . e sen ence of death has been pro nounced on. Will Adams, coiorea, con- 7ictii tf the murder of Mary Bridges, the anp-in to rwa in Wake mil. March w - O -w ' W 1 16th? Another appeal has been taken to th-c Supreme court, on the ground that the prisoner is entitled to a new triai on account of error committed by the trial judge in admitting incom-ptt-.T. t evidence. -o A few days ago it was discovered t"kat there! was a deserving old Con federate soldier in the Chatham coun ty pocrhoUse and steps were taken to get him. into the Soldiers' home here. Arrangements were made and a pass sent to him. However, when it reach ed him it was found that he-was dy'ng and he wab dead a few minutes after the pass arrived. His name was Elijah .Xeenham. j - j . o The first cremated remains ever buried in Raleigh were brought here from New! York yesterday, being the ashes of Isaac Oettinger, a former citizen of jRaleigh who died in New York t.vo weeks ago. I . Governor Glenn says he has all his appointments decided upon except one but he '.vill make no further announce rrents 'intjl he settles this one and then he will give them all out at once. W. J. M. . Thirty Have Ptomaine Poisoning rarkesl)urg,-.W. Va., Jan. 17. Thirt.v Arsons at Pine Grnve, West Virginia, rfiprcsentinjr four different - families, are sntfeririir from ptomaine poison and are in a serious condition. As far as. can be leaned, the jxjisoning due to eating cari ofKls. MARRIAGE TONIGHT Tonight at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Hayes, Miss Gus sie Hayes aind John M. Young will be married, Rev. W. H. Rich to officiate. The ceremony will be performed atij 8:15 alter which the couple will take a bridal toqr to Florida. POSTOFFICE MOVED TODAY The postoffice was today-moved from thecld place In the Overman building to the new Johnston building, next deer to The Sun. RISDON EXAMINED TODAY Hugh C. RIsdon was taken from the jail today and held a conference with bis coimciL jL. ii. Clement. , . MARMARA FAILS Charles Marmara, who has been do ing a whok-saJe. business In fruit and produce, riade an assignment -today. .!.". - ; : - - Called -'Meting of Commissioners There a called meeting of the county commissioners In session today for. the purp-ose of discussing the road situation- 1 . 7 lei i MERCHANTS OF SPENCER-MEET Mercantile Association Formed Last Night to Promote V Town's Trade ELECTRIC LIGHTS NOW Street Work, Water and Sewer System .Also Projected by Board of Aldermen Spencer: Jan."lT-A largely attend- ed.. and enthusiasUc meeting of the merchants of spencer was-neia last night for the purpose t of organizing for their mutual protection as well as to take preliminary steps looking to , - - . , the development of a larger whole- said and retail trade at this place. For some tfme the need of such an or- ganizatlon has been felt and the same - . ' T. . -: '". ' . . "ii i was penecteaat tne meeting asi naseraiuu. - night fy ths elettlon of J. D. Dorseu is pursuing a post graduate course at preset, and B. -V- Hedricic -tary. : A collector wa, also . na J la9t nlgh.v Mr. Ale The name of the. new. organization is 0the bright-younff.tep- with and operate under, the laws and I regulaUons -of the -North Carolina merchantsX association. The freeschool for District Na: 7, which is being taught in Spencer, op- ened'with; a large attendance last Monday and It became necessary for the school board to provide additional seats for the accommodation of pupils. At the last meeting oi tne Doara oi aldermen of this place it was practi- c,oii AitfH-lifirhts AortAoA tn tnsiall electric lights . ......... i-i' nt k t- tn nrv. ana mai-iue same vw eraUon on thV prlncipa! stress as, soon as practilble. The .aldermen are also taking st feps - to wards lother ex toncirA. lltlnTai, Imnrbvements In- w,. t. warns, iorme-iy or savan nah, Ga., has closed out his business in that city and is now removing to Spencer, where he will engage in the retail shoe business. MUCH BUILDING IN FAITH Lutheran Parsonage Among New Str uctures Contemplated. (Correspondence of The Sun) Faith. Jan. 17 Luther Fisher has moved to Faith, where he will be near the store, of which he is a clerk. He will rent his farm out. The rafters are going up on the big livery stable here this week. Jonas Shephard has moved into his new house. This is the third house he has built in Faith since he came, her. A Lutheran parsonage will fcoon be built here. The Lutheran minlnister the Rev. Mr. Fisher is boarding in Faith with Albert Browne. Some building lots have changed hands here in the past few days. This year will pee a great many houses going up in Faith. VENUS. NO MORE TRAGEDIES THERE Famous Home of Murder. Suicide and Insanity Demolished Rochester. Ind., Jan. 17 The old Gripe homestead situated three miles out of Rochester, and which, has been the scene of four murders, three sul cides.three accidental deaths, and the home of the Gripe family, several of whom have gone insane, is being torn down and all traces of the house in which have occurred so many trage dies have been obliterated. The last tragedy occurred In the house on De cember C, last, when Wilson Burns, crazed by jealousy, murdered his wife. Joseph Gripe and Mrs. Margaret Bra ham and then suicided. 5 MINERS DEAD, MANY ENTOMBED Decatur. III., Jan.MT Emil Know, Augusta Vagusch. Charles j Lachensky and two other miners are known to be dead, and a score or more entombed as the result of a fire yesterday in a coal mine shaft near here. " Rescneing par ties have gone into the ruined -but rre unable to do anything on ac count of the dense smoke. All night hysterical women stpod about the entrance to the shaft awaiting abatement of the fire, so as to begin the search for the bodies of the dead. ESTABLISILB U . 1 87 LOCAL, BRIEFS Jake Wallace cwent to Asheville oa ( business this morning. V- L. H. Smith of Mount Holly vas & - i ' visitor la, Salisbury yesterday. Thomas H. Webb of the ErWln Cot ton mills at Dnke, was here last night, t J. IX .Ross, a well known Charoltta merchant, was in Salisbury last night. N. F. Yorke, one, of. Concord's best known ' citizens spent last night; this cityv . ' . - Col. F. Fletcher Smith lea last night on 'a business .trip to Atlanta and other Southern places. j. Wiley Shook, that lurid politician of Clyde, was a Tisltor-ln Salisbury .; irtt and this morning. . ? wQrk on lne new Opera. bouse building started 'again thU morning after a lapse ot . Thomas C. Bowie, Esq Democrat.c candidate for elector In this, the St district, was here yesterday morning. j i Kincald of Cleveland was in t'nlght and attended a meeting ot tne county Commissioners tCMjay. -, - .Uss Beulah Kern left last night for t -viand where ''-Sh8 P. A.. rocKevu, ... ; - rtfl ,wa - . - - - exhumion g- . Ricnara es.v - nevoid . to the last night and today. fcHe took In the moving pictures last nlghu . Robert Wiggins -who Has traveiea extensively iu e--. -. - ; y bought ahandsome sorrel bronco from I t -4wiwir & Black 'this inorning. , it ;; 1 t.udwlck & '.ma' froVri Nebraska, and has nev rer: w. - winti' vci , had, a rifle., MM I drive, him.: tor his home in; Russell-tbU evenings v Taptey!;Wgins.;of.RusseiUpn5 of ; in tnis section ui ie ci"- eran of the 1st North Carolina Con federate cavalry, is visiting his daugh ter Mrs. Lula Atwell of North Main street. GRAND DUCHESS DEAD Young Wife of Duke of Saxe Weimar Passes Away - T " Weimar, Germany. Jan. 1 GramS Duchess Caroline, wife of the reign ing Grand Duke William of .Saxe Wei mar died at 3:30 this morn ing iA pneumonia. Her sickness was brought on by amonitor ride while the ther mometer was below zero. She was but 20 years old and marrit?d Grand Duke' in 1903, Though she had befii married but twenty one months her married life had been an agitated one. After threa .months she ran away because of the efforts of some female courtiers to stifle her youthful freedom. Her hus band went after her and they were reconciled and the courtiers ejected), the remainder of her life was miser able, owing to fear of Insanity, which is prevalent in her family. ? GRAVE CHARGES MADE German Paper Brings Indictments Against Britishers and Americans Berlin, Jan. 17. The newspa per, the Die Post, today publishes an indictment against the British and American missions in Mace donia, accusing them of instigating the revolutionary .outrage of the members of the British Bible So ciety. The pa per. says it distribut ed a million dollars to the re vol u tionUu, while the British consul at Salomka charged with facilitat ing the smuggling explosive's. Die Post says American and British governments foster agitation in Balkans. A ROYAL FUNERAL Mother of President Loubet Buried This Morning Montelimas, France, Jan. 17. The funeral of the late Madame Loubet the aged mother of Presi dent Loubet,- who died Friday was celebrated at Marsanne thU morning. The president accom panied by the official secretariei and son-in-law.Te'J the mourner. Hie entire village followed iLo bod bareheaded. , Read The Sun The Home Pa pet. ' n i! II H ri ...r i - n 11 H II fj A II II It IJ J s H A -a - r -,- 1. ' - - .. r ' ' 5 -.. ; '. v