T&R HEEL
Items Gathered From All
One Goes Free.
Raleigh, Special. One pardon was
granted by Governor Glenn, this to
Drowry Streeter of Richmond eoun-
ty, who gets his pardon only be
cause further confinement mean
death by consumption,
John Springs, of Gaston county!
and Dolly Cline of Swain county are j
refused pardons. The woman's sen
tenco if six months begins October
1st,- and she was sentenced for the
illegal sale of whiskey tho Governor
stating that it appears from the rec
ord that she is not a good woman.
The following is the notice given
out as to the reasons fro granting tho
one pardon and refusing the two:
Two Pardons Refused.
John Springs Defendant was con-;
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Ticted Sept. . term, 1906, Superior j whic'h wag not di8elosed-in the vouch
Court of Lincoln county of man- er that was laeed in evidence. The
daughter and sentenced to two years voucher rea(L "Expended under the
on;the cham;gang of Gaston county. direction of the first vice president"
Her had a fair trial and sentence of The states attorneys attach much"
two years for taking human life m importance to vouchers in favor of J.
my judgment was light enough. There ; p Morgan & Co the Wan street
leing no new testimony and no rjc-, firm aggregating $45,000. The voucli
mmendation of the judge for clem- ( er si10wing this expenditure which
ency, the application is refused. j 0r the past two years were of-;
Doily Cline Defendant was con- fered in evidence just' before the
dieted July, Swain Superior Court of 4 hearing; here was adjourned. The ex
retailing and .senfenced to take effect 'penditures purported to b for pos
"the; first October. It appears from . tage statiooer and commissions or
the record that she was not a good .' disbursements of interest. The States
'oman andv jthe judge evidently i-' attorneys claim that any reputable
tended by holding up capias to make banking firm would gladly have en
lier leave tfce State, else serve, six countered expense to do the Southern
months in the eounty jail. A bad ft- Railway's banking and that the $45.r
man who is a retailer. is a nuisance to 000 expenditures .disclosed in the
any. communityand I approve the vouchers is practicaly a gift to Mor
sentence of the court and cannot see gan & Co."
my way clear to grant application.
The Pardon Granted. Reports Much Exaggerated.
Drewry Streeter Defendant was5 Spencer, Special. ' Noiwithstand
onvicted April term, 1907, of assault the adverse railroad legislation
-with deadly weapon and sentenced to and other untoward effects upon the
twelve months on the public roads of railroad world Lane Bros. Company,
Richmond county. It was a serious ;' contractors of Lynchburg, Va.. have
assault and the defendant ou4it not big contracts for the delivery f stone
to be nardoned Pxcent for tne fact, ballast on the mam line of the South-
that since his confinement he has de-
TeloDed consumption and two reputa-
Ijle physicians certify that he will die !
if confined or kept on chain gang and :
in any event is doomed to early death
Pardon is therefore granted for this '
Teason ana not on account oi leenng
that punishment is excessive.
Called Out and Shot Dead.
Wilmington, Special. W. Bank?
Both well, 55 or 60 years of age, a
well-to-do colored man living on the
place of Owen Martindale, five miles
telow the city, was called out of his
bouse Friday morning about 4 o'cloek
by.three white men and shot to death
when he attempted to run from two
of jtbe number, who took hold of him.
The ball entered the. back and pierc
ed the lungs. Rothwell, who was in
Ms barege. ;t, circled when he was
snot, ran back into his house and
dropped dead. The men ran, but
later Constable Savage and others
tracked the party with the county
"bloodhounds to a point near the city
and a clue was obtained by which ar- I
rests are expecter to follow the cor
oner's inquest.
No True Bill Found.
Wilminerton, Special. The grand ;
?ury in the Superior Court here has ; jail to await trial for the alleged
failed to find a true bill against Gas- ! mnrder of John Childers of Taylors
ton M. Murrellj a local grocer, charg- jville who was found dead in a hog
ed with setting fire to his store at j pasture near his home nearly IS
Kfth and Campbell streets just be- J years ago. Mr. W. C. Fejmster was
fore day about four weeks ago, it engaged at once to defend Mr. Bos
having been alleged that this was for j tian and has not failed ever since to
the purpose of collecting the insfir- j declare the man's innocence. At the
ance upon a depleted stock. The case ; court house the case was: not even
-was worked up by Deputy State In- ; called. Sufficient evidence ' was lack
snrance Commissioner Scott, but the ' ing to make out a . bill ' against . the
evidence would not hold water under ! man, and thus it is after all these
the critical examination of the grand
jary, and Mr. Murrell was discharg
ed from a $500 bond required of him.
y Bioononnds ror Spencer.
Spencer, Social. Deputy Sheriff
IL P. Hossett, of Spencer, has just
received two fine bloodhounds from a
-well-known kennel in Philadelphia,
which h& proposes to use in running
down criminals in this section. The
. dogs are thoroughbred and -"are -said
to be among the best in this country1.
It is believed the use of blpoliounds
ivill be valuable in catching car rob
lers and other law-breakers here.
Bills For Manslaughter.
Raleigh, Special. The grand jury
in T.h a snnpnnr i .mtrr. hfr rptnmnrt o
40 yi oocf, l?nOTnM, w w ,
. ' , ""'';'' n Tr , n j
Jiippey, Conductor , C. H. Oakley, ;
yOhief Train' Dispatcher B. P. Ketch- j
,nm and his assistant, 'Victor Davis all
mv uui . uji.uuiuv 'ufi'Luvvi if. .
; siangnter ior Killing iiiiigineer w. u.
Parker and Fireman Robert Young ' into the rear oi-the, passenger ana
and V. J, Bethel in the railway col- .'knocked the; engine against "the :6ngi
lision near' .Auburn; -thiscouritv. i neerr breaking two nbsv. and,T it-- is
State Tfeasufer B.H. Lacy,' J,- D. "feared making internal injuries: bev-
Uobertson; J. M. Barrett and, B. Y.
Perrell were the -witnesses examined,
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TOPICS--
3,
Sections of the State
Explanation Wanted.
The Washington correspondent of
the "Charlotte Observer writes that
paper as follows :
"The attorneys for the state in the
North Carolina rate case have deter
mined to summon as a witness Col. A.
Andrews first vice president of the
Southern Railway. He will be asked
to explain the payment of $2,000 to
Tho Raleigh Evening Times and $14,
000 to John C. Drewry, president of
the Visitor-Press Publishing Com
pany as disclosed in vouchers of the
Southron which have put in evidence.
" There is still another matter that
the North Caiflina, lawyers want the
Southern vice president to explaim
This -tt'515 Hm rYrwn1it:nrf nf
w vpnr :n n 1nmn . thft nnw. nf
ern Hh of Spencer. The stone is
i 1 1 i ' j ' -f ik T
DemS iaKen in iarSe quantities irom
a Quarry two miles from thisplace
and js hln shipped daily to points
on-the double-tracking of the road.
?Iany Wlld, and misleading rumors
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me cut 01 tne iorce 01 men pmpioyeu
by the Southern Railway at Spencer
during the past ten days one to the
effect that only 500 remain injthe ser
vice. As a matter of fact more than
1.600 names are still' on the pay roil
of the shop men alone. Ah equal
number of men are employed on the
road, vara and track forces of the'
company. About 250 men have been
temporarily suspended from the scr
vice here and the curtailment is hard
ly noticeable.
Charles Bostian a Tree Man.
Newton, Special. There was great
relief and much rejoicing when word
came from Mr. Charles Bostian
lawyers at Taylorville that the case,
had been nol prossed on account of
lack of evidence and Mr. Bostian was:
a free man again and on his way to
this home and family. It will be re
called to newspaper readers that
some six or eight months ago Mr. Ci
L. Bostian was lodged in the Newton
j days and months of horror and sus-
Dense in the county jail Mr. Bostian
is at home in the bosom of his family.
A New Enterprise.
A charter is granted the Byrd
Manufacturing company at Durham
to do iron and wood work of a general
and special character and to manu-
iacture certain patented articles, the
capital stock being $125,000, . B.x E.
Byrd being the chief stockholder.
Engineer Painfully Hurt.
Salisbury, Special.-Engineer H.
JL Sullivan, who is running for Capi.
u. Li. vv eicn, or inis city, - recei vea
painf ul injuries in a wrck atv Green
. 1 T-r 1 1 . .. ,. 'i"to.l11
le, X1C was pulling a&scugci. vx
No. 35-which, ran late and was havr
ing trouble on the mountains, and the
crew had sent, for the helper from
Old lort.' While the men were hitqn-
u ww-. ou, -w -,-7
eral of the. crew ana passenger wee
r hurt, but ; none dangerously. ;
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AttASiAKU.ttDttD
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attempt Made to Wreck a Passenger
; Train. " ;.
Charlotte, Special. A timely dis
covery' prevented what might have
resulted .in a : disastrous wreck Sun
jay night" about 9 o Mock, a freight
train creAv on the Southern finding
that the switch at the junction had
been tampered with, the plates bro
ken and bolts badly disconnected.
The freight crew had gone down the
main line to clear the track for pas
senger train No. 35, southbound,
aieaning to . push their train on the
siting when they made the discovery
anil saw three men running at full
speed away from the scene. The pas
senger train was then due, but a run
ner was sent up the track far enough
to stop the fast train that was pulling
close to the peril.
Negro Shoots His Sweetheart.
Greensboro,. Special.- Sunday night
In "Frogtown," one of the negro sub
.urbs of the city, Ralph Tucky, a ne
gro dishwasher in the Hotel Huf
ine, shot five times at a negro wo
man by the name of Minnie Crin-
'shaw, one of the bullets entering her
left breast and the other the musda
f . her arm, tbd' former inflicting .
wound which may result fatally . Sho'
was removed to the hospital and a
message from, there stated that she
was doing;, as . well as. could beexpect,
ed, though her condition was' very
serious. The etwo negroes were sweet
hearts, but recently had a falling oiit.
Luckey went around last night to
have a reckoning with his fiance, but
when she would come out no further
than the door and would not allow
her suitor to come in or to speak to
her, Luckey whipped out his pistol
and began firing as stated above. Th
woman was kit while standing in the
door but she at once started to run
around the house, Luckey firing at
her as she retreated. Luckey ran at
once and has not been heard of since,
though the police officers are trying
hard to locate Fim.
Woman Stabbed by Her Husband.
Salisbury, Special. Henry Ander
son spent the day in jail Sunday and
his wife hovered about the gates of
death, resulting from a stab she re
ceived from Anderson about midnight
Saturday night, Anderson is a ma
chinist and spends his time every
where. He came here several days
ago from Columbia, S. C, saying then
he was in search of his wife who had
left him. Though strongly of the be
lief that she had treated him bad
ly jie said he was going to take her
back with him. What occurred Sat
urday night to provoke the assault
does not appear. Anderson says he
was crazed by morphine and stabbed
his wife with a butcher knife and tho
wound was a most vicious one. He
will remain in jail until there is a
change for the better. The prisoner
is minus a hand which he lost in an
accident in the Columbia shops. Hq
figured in a fight here in the spring
which almost laid Tiim out.
Tries to End Life.
Charlotte, Special. Mr. W. N.
Mullen, well known in the city and
throughout the county, made an at
tempt to end his life about 4 o'clock
Monday by stabbing himself with a
large carving knife. Arising at this
hour he awakened his wife telling her
that he was going downstairs. Sus
pecting that Jte was going to make
such an attempt llrs. Mullen followed
him within a few minutes but l?y the
time she reached the sitting room her
husbariol as lying on the floor itli'
the blood flowing from a wound near
his heart. Other members of the fam
ily were notified and Mr. Mullen was
hastily taken to the Presbyterian Hos
pital where he remains in fair condi
tion. The attending physicians hoid
out the hope that he will survive the
wound which he inflicted. Fortunate
ly the knife stopped before it reach
ed the heart.
', Storm Seriously Damages Cotton.
Charlotte, Speciat Farmers in the
city, Sunday: report great "damage to
cotton by ' the storm ' which passed
over this ' section Sunday , night as a
reminder that the equinox was at
hand. They say that fully ten per
cent, of the cotton that was open in
the bolls has been torn from the stalk
and strewn along if He ground. v Aside
from this, which represents the great
est amount of the damage wrought
the .cotton which held out against the
strong; wind' is f badly -stainerd and
therefore depreciated in ' value. Corn
was blown down, but the damage to
this j crop .is comparable ' with that
b.ieh 1 - cottnsustaincd. -. -h W comes,
as a heavy loss' to the frmei-s large-
ly in view of the' fact that" at least,
half of the: cotton, was , open -in mauv
sections, Thev storm xindTTain seem, to
have' been general "beginning shortly
after dark Sunday nkrht and cohtinu-
ing-until 9 o'clock Mondav moniirs.;
it BUSINESS 1M0VE
President Finley Explains Why
Expenses AreBeing'Gut
NOT AS RETALIATORY' MEASUSE
president ?inlay Issues1 Official-Statement
Regarding Recent Reduction
of Skop Forcea at Several Points.
, Washington, Special. In reply ta.
many inquiries and . with a view to
correcting much misapprehension; and
some misrepresentation, the. follow
ing authoritive statement has been
made by President Finley,' of tho
Southern Railway Company, as t
the reasons for recent stoppages of
construction work and redactions iu
shop forces.
"The urgent need of increased and
improved transportation facilities in
the Southern States is thoroughly
appreciated by the management of
Uie Southern Railway Company. P.'
shall continue to be the policy of the
ompany in the future, as it has been
in the past to provide improved fa
cilities a rapidly as its resources will
permit:'..,. ,:. . .. ; '
In some' quarters it has been repre
tented that work has been stopped
and foreef edu.ee'd as a mefltsnkebf,
retaliation agaiast adverse State leg
lislaiion. I no case ha$ this beeu
ivxie. Tliis company has not bpen
governed, in ay case, by any but
sound business considerations, such
as must govun a railway as well as
eveiy other iusiaess enterprise
Current raiiway income is insuffi jjMit
to provide funds necessary for ex
tensive improvements and better
meats. These-ean only , be provided
for. -m:w as in tho past, by Vutain
iuz new capital. Present financial
conditions and the present attitude
of investors toward railway securi
ties are such that it is impossible,
for the moment, to sell railway se
curities on a basis tliat any businaba
concern, managed , in accordance with
sound- business principles, would be
justified in accepting, j It has, there
fore been necessary to postpone
many important projects for im
provements. Only those wilLbe push
ed to completion at this time which
work has progressed so (far that th
public and the .railway ean receive
the benefit ojtr their completion at an
early date. Other projects have not
been abandoned, but will be carried
out just as soon as conditons are
such that the necessary capital can
be secured.
"The reductions in shop force and
reductions in the expense of adminis
tration wherever it has been proper
to make them have, in every instance
been made in conformity with sound
business principles. During the past
nine months the Shops of the com
pany have been running with full
forcea, and subtantial progress had
been made in repairing the equip
ment of the company and putting It
in condition for the heavier traffic of
the fall and winter. This has been
done at great expense, as a result f
increases in wages and in tbe prices
of materials us6d in the shops and ihe
shop rolls, in tbe aggregate, after
this reduction, are now in excess of
what they were at this time last
year. Prudent business policy ha
dictated ;a -reduction in shop expea
ses, so far "as it could be made wit&-"
put permitting the equipment of the
company to deteriorate. In no ease :
has a reduction been made in a spirit
of retaliation, but forces have been
reduced and expenses eurtaiied 1
tbe same ratio, in those States in
which there has been no adverse leg
lislative actios as in others.' '
Mayor Eeslgns.
Charlotte, N. C., 5 Special. --Mayor
S. S. McNinch, of this city, has ten
dered his resignation to the board of
aldermen to take effect at once. Pri
vate business is assigned as ' the
reason for this step. x He was : very
popular.
Louisiana Bank's Money Missing;
Cashier Qpne Too. ,
Baton Rouge, La.. SpeeiaL-Oseai
Kondert, formerly cashier . of . the;
First National . Bank here, is missing
while .Uniteil States officers are searck-s
ine? for -Lim with . awflrmnt nhaTcrJ
Ing "bim with a --defalcation' of :$6Q,-
uuy. it ?isaueg4-that bp shortage
was discovered . ovcr": a month" ago.
,but , Kondert and Jiis friends Cmade
good ilKet" gre'dter part i of , the ; loss.
The: banl: , officials, "it is said, declare
themselves satisfied, .but the' Federal
officers decided to' prosecute the case-
TRAGIC SCENt
Mother of Murdered Girl &e
ates a Scene in Court
AN ACCUSING FINGER AT HALE
B" .
Dramatic Climax in Bristol Courts
Rocm When Mrs; Davis, Mother cf
. the Young Woman Ack Hale is Ac
cused of Murdering Denounces Him..
in-Open Court, Branding Him as a.
v Scoundfel and tho Murderer of:
Her 'Daughter.
Bristol jiVa., Speciai.The trial of :
Ack Hale, for the murder of Lillie
Davis, his sweetheart, in East , HU1
Cemetery in this city March 27tii
came to a dramatic climax whea.
Mrs. J. W. Davis, mother of the
dead girl, as a witness for the prose
cution, arose and pointed a linger -ot '.
scorn at the prisoner who sat paiQ -.
and wan, shouted;
7You scoundrel, you killed mjr
ciiild and you know you did."
At . this she collapsed and was car
tied from the court room.
The State introduced practically
all of its evidence and the first direct,
testimony for the defense will be. in
trodaeed IJhnrjsday morning. .
John ' Brunjer a farmer residag;
ear Bristol, testified that he saw
Hale, hold the girl and pour whislstey
down er throat several tims short
tjr before she was found clying, and
tliat he Dt&de a desperate attempt to
assault h&. He was sustained by a.
number of witnesses.
Hale was indicted on two" charges
criminal assault and murder, and is
iow being tried on the latter.
There was no eye-witness to the
girl 's death and for this reason the -evidence
against Hale is all circum
stantial.
Dozens of witnesses told of having
seen him abuse and wuip the girl
shortly before her death and several
little children saw"; him practically
force her into the cemetery, where
he says she committed suicide with
his pistol, while between sobs -she -!
plead with him to let her go home.
M. M. Cloyd.Vho was first to reaeK
the dying girl, stated that she wa
unconscious when he arrived and
made' no coherent statement. Thi3 -came
as a blow to the defense, who
it is said, expected his testimony to
be more consistent with the suicide
theory. -Efforts
will be mad by the defense
to prove the girl impure, but nearly
all of their witnesses on this point .
are admittedly women of ill-repute -and
the State will seek to impeach -the
evidence of all of them.
Wreck in French Tunnel.
Paris, By Cable. The rear coach a
of second section of the special traiitv
carying 150 . first-class passengers
from Paris to 1 Cherbourg to embark
on the White Star Line steamer Ad
raitic for New York, was telescoped
by the regular Rouen express at the
mouth of the BreVel tunnel just be
yond Mantes. Strangely no one wa3 .
killed and according to th& latest
authentic information, .no one was
seriously injured, All; the passen
gers in the last coach, however, were -badly
shaken up and, several I were in--jured.
A man sustained a fractured
leg, and a woman, it is feared, suffer
ed internal injuries... A.H the injured
ception of one, continued on then
way to Cherbourg. r , .. '
Senator lUynorf ecQWeds. -
. Washington, Special.5kiss Jennie -Rayner
Bevan,; niece of Senator and j
r: -r 3 . - T
became "the bride of Robert F. Wells,
of Washington. : The ceremony was
perforrned at the eountry .ome ,of
the Rayners in Sudbrook Park, Md.
v Negro Masonic - Congress.
Norfolk, Ya., Speeial.- A national
negro Masonic congress withv 14 -:
States and the District of Columbia
; represented, began i here": for a ses
sion v rof f our days There was . a
parade fin Norfolk ; and elaboraife
;openimi ; cermonies in the ngro build
ing on the ; Jainestbwn Exposition
grounds with W,Dr Crum, the negro
collector "of ,eustoms ,at Charlestorr
S. C, as the principal speaker Col
orado, Missouri,! M South
Carolina, North5 Carolina; West Vir
ginia,; Iowa, Texas,v Florida, .Virginia.
: Indiana, Georgia New; York and Mis
sissippi are represented. ;
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Florida Day at Fair.; :.
Norf oik Vai, . Special Florida day -,
was observed at th Jamestown JExpo- -sitionj
several prominent citizens and -officials;
of . the ; State participating in
the special exercises.' 'Tuesday waa
nlcn . At anart' as T Battle Creek - and
(.Shenandoah . Valley .day., Jacfeon
1 yille aid- Grand Rapids will - have
' special celebrations. 1
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