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NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, INLC. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1906.-FIRST SECTION.
No. 45.
29th YEAR-
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TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS
Events of Past Three Days
: Tersely Told For Jour
nal Readers.'
iEERITOBY INCLUDED
esse to r.:EXico
adustrial, Commercial, Social, Religi
: ? us, Criminal and Political
Happening Condensed in ' v
Few Lines. '""
v Honolulu, Aug. 31. The army trans
port Sheridan la ashore on the island
Cebu.
Raleigh, Aug. ftlstJudge Walter
Neal, of the Superior Court, who ia ar
j dently working for reformatory "lor
young criminals, says 190 editors have
already pledged him their support lof
the movement. , - v j.
Washington, Aug. 31 A meeting of
. the Intestate Commerce Commission is
announced for September 12th which
will be of great importance to the cot
ton growing states and cotton carrying
'. railways. The Question of railway
.rates will be discussed as to the chang
ea on export cotton shipments. , '
Philadelphia, Ang. 81. It has been
"found on examination of the Real Es
tate Bank books that President Frank
' Hippie stole securities valued at $65,
000 and lent f 5,000,000 on worthless se
curities, which is held to be equal to
, -theft. Matters are becoming more com
plicated In the case. y;.";..
San Francisco, Sept L An official
i 'statement has been issued, giving the
number of persons killed by the earth
quake and fire last April. The whole
number is 652 of whom 266 were killed
by falling walls, 177 by fire, and 7 were
'Shot. . ...
' Asheville, Sept. L J. C. Abemethy,
lmanaging editor of the Charlotte Ob
server died here today after a very
ibrinf illness of consumption. He came
i here for the benefit of his health two
-.weeks ago.
;' New York, Sept 1. After a very
''pleasant trip to Connecticut - where1 he
' -was received with a great deal of en
thusiasm, Hon. W. J. Bryan has re
turned to this city.: In an interview he
.was asked how federal ownership of
ra'lroads would affect the laws regard
ing separate cars for white and colored
.people. He replied that he thought
'the law requiring "Jim Crow" cais
would hold good on local roads, Lut
ceould not say at to trunk lines. -
Raleigh, Sept. 1. The cotton grow
ers of- this county in their meeting to
day declared for eleven cents as the
-minimum price for cotton. They de
manded the removal of secretary
Cheatham as secretary of the Southern
'Cotton Association, and urged the. elec
tion of president Charles C. Moore of
the North Carolina association as bis
i successor. They denounced all spec
ulation in futures, and congratulated
'Grenard and the South Carolina anti
bucket shop laws. Resolutions were
introduced calling on all states in the
south to enact such'' stringent laws
. against gambling in futures.
Raleigh, Sept 1. Willis G. Briggs,
who tonight became Raleigh postmas
ter appointed Lester F. Butler, a broth
er of Ex-Senator Marion Butler aasist-
. ant postmaster. Butler was a promi
nent aspirant for postmaster.'
Rocky Mount Sep. 1st A. H. Hy
man, a prominent citizen and a mem
ber of the Masonic order was aaaaaai
, nated by an unknown person Ikst night
. - while In the act of writing a letter. A
bullet was fired through the window
and struck Mr. Hyman near the heart.
A policeman heard the shot and went
to Hyman' store where he found the
wounded man fat a dying condition. "
Oyster Bay, Sept 3d. The naval re
view before President Roosevelt was
one of the grandest demonstrations ev
- er seen in this country. It was the lar
gest assembly in times of peace. There
were 35 vessels in line aggregating 16,
000 officers and men, and 1,170 cannon.
The silit was witnessed by a "half mil
lion people.
Punxsutawney. Pa., Sept. 3 Sergent
Logan and 21 men of the State constub
ulary went to Florence Sunday to ar
ret t umiie Italians who were charged
, r-.:r..r. lie was attacked and
- ii '! r t fin 1 v' I an 1 the men
they approached the., house where the
Italians were intrenched t ey were fir
ed at from all the windows of the house
Two men were killed and one mortally
wounded. Two-Italians were killed.
The officers were re-enforced and early
thin morning dynamited and destroyed
the house. The Italians were minere
and there had been a fight among them
selves in which Leopold Scarlott shot
his brother-in-law, Brino Trazome
last Friday night The "black hand"
figures largely in the first tragedy and
the other members of the gang are all
considered dangerous characters.
Raleigh, Sept 3T Mrs. Pattie Lewis
Manning, daughter of Dr. Richard H
Lewis, Secretary of the State Board of
Health, and wife of Or. Isaac H. Man
ning, of the University of North Caro
lina, and grand daughter of ex-President
Kemp B. Battle, of the State Universi
ty, died at Chapel Hill Sunday. She
was married in April last .'- ; - '
Chicago, Sept. 3. News has been re
ceived ot the capture of Paul O. Stens
land, the. defaulting president of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank, at Tan
gier, Morocco. The arrest was mads at
the instance of a representative of the
Chi -ago Tribune and the assistant State
attorney who had trailed him. Ifts had
been traveling under the name of Paul
Oleson of Norway. Soldiers made the
arrest-. Stensland chose Morocco as a
harbor as there was no extradition be
tween that country and ; the United
States, but the Sultan who admires
President Roosevelt, will if the prison
er declines to return to the United
States, an American warship' will be
sent over and the man will be thrown
on board. He had 12,000 in a Tangier
bank. The woman whom he had de
ceived put the newspaper man on the
track of Stensland.
AUGUST WAS A WET MONTH.
Twenty-three Days of Rain,
Bnt Amount of Precipitation
Was Less Than Two"
P r eceeding
Months, , r
: The monthly weather report for the
month of August shows more rainy
days than was the case in either June or
July but the rainfall was far less. The
greatest amount of precipitation was 1
inches which happened on Aug. 2, and
the total rainfall was but 10.67 inches
against 11.19 for July and 16.78 for
June. Making a total of 38 64 inches
for the summer which is an almost un
precedented record.
The forecast for September is for
very hot weather until the 16, when
there will be a cold wave followed by
somewhat cooler weather.. The pre
diction seems to make good, so far we
have had hot weather.
The childrens are staying at grandpa's
Manfc has gone down to the sea;
Papa is at home working,
Keeping well with Rocky Mountain
Tea, For eale by F, S, Duffy.
Labor Day And The Crowd.
Mechanical trades had surcease from
work yesterday owing to the fact that
the trades Unions have had the first
Monday in September set aside to be
observed as a day in which labor is the
chief theme. The day was not observ
ed here with parades, sports and speech
eslike sn old fashioned July Fourth,
but machine-shops closed down-and car
penters generally quit
The big feature of the day was the
excursion from Wilmington. This wos
the Iblggest visitation that has ever
been made here. There were 18 coach
ea well filled. They were moved in two
sections. Three . coaches were filled
with white people, ' Upon embarking
from cars they went around the city
and in the afternoon went out to Blades
park to witness a game of base ball be -
tween the colored teams of New Born
and Wilmington. The crowd at the.
game was enormous but raininterferr -
ed with the' V port and only three innings
wsre played. ,
The rain spoiled a good many "pic-
nics". ' At Bridgeton it was calculated
to have sports and games but few went
over on account of the heat and it was
not long after the crowd got there that
the rain made a change of the plans,
Last night there was a large number
of people in attendance. The K. of P.
( band was present to furnish the music
lor dancing ana ajl had a pleasant time
The excursionists left for home at 10
o'clock.
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Funeral Notice !
Mr. William B. IIuiTdiedat his resi
dence, 13 Change street, Saturday af
ternoon in his 3Gth year, after a sick
ness of a few days. The funeral n-r-vlces
will b h:ld tliii 8" :non nt 4
oV k f ii the ( '. ' i ( ! .
iiftra'sciot
TQ v;ni IS GOOD.
He is Concerned Over The
Havoc Caused by Rain
in His District.
FECHISE (BED. .
M TF.CLLEY ROE
A Mysterious Terrapin Which Came
. From The Clouds in a Shower of
Rain. The Next Earthquake
J. May Visit Old North State.
., Special Correspondence.
- Greensboro, Aug. 3L Hon. R. N.
Hackett,. democratic nominee for Con
gress tor the 8th Listrict was here laBt
night on his way from Wilkeeboroto
fill engagements in other parts of his
district Speaking of prospects of
election, Mr.; Hackett said that they
were very bright to all apearances.
From assurance she was receiving every
day that democrats were going to wake
up in all parts of the district, come out
and vote, he felt confident of election,
declaring that Blackburn's 'only hope
was in the stay at home element of the
regular - democratic ' voters.; Besides
this, (there is much dissatisfaction ex
pressed by many republicans at Black
burn', course in Congress and at home
by many of his former strongest allies
in the mountain counties, and this is
especially true in Wilkee Surry and
Ashe, where republicans are every day
making public announcement, that they
will not vote for Blackburn this year.
Mr."HackeU, will be cheerful over
the political outlook, was very much
concerned over the ravages coused not
only to himself but to others of his
friends in k Wilkes, Surry ond other
mountain counties by the heavy rains,
especially those of Monday and Tues
day. A cloud burst in the mountains,
in the section where the Reddies, Fish
er Mitchell and Arraret rivers have
their, caused such a volume of water
to pour down their banks as to sweep
bridges, crops, mills, and railroad tres
tles away, Tuesday night. His own
mill on Reddies river near its outlet at
Wilkesboro into the Yadkin, was com
pletely destroyed, the dam, whose fouo
katlons of solid rock masonary has been
there for over a century, being literal
ly wiyed away. But recently this dam
had been raised and improved at a cost
of 13,000 and power was thereby gen
erated to run the electric lighting plant
at Wilkesboro. i
Mr. E. J. Justice, attorney for a syn
dicate which had secured a franchise in
Greensboro and from the county to
build a trolley road from HUh Point
to Greensboro, announces this morning
that because of the inability of the
company to secure a franchise in High
Point the project has been abandoned.
He says there was half a million dollars
secured and ready to build the road not
High Point blocked the enterprise.
Mr. E. D. Steele, -attorney for anoth
er syndicate, which had secured a right
of way in High Point but failed in
Greensborov says that bis company is
already hard at wore building from
High Point to Tbomatville, and as soon
as this line is completed, it will be used
to freight cross ties on the line from
High Point to Greensboro, and the road
will also connect Greensboro and Win
ston, a prong line being extended to
Winston at a point about midway be
tween High Point and Greensboro,
Mr. T. R. Swink, of White Oak, had
exhibition here today a curiosity in the
shape of a terrapin, four inches long,
which was rained in his yard early this
morning. The most curious thing about
the terrapin, is the presence on its back
of two distinct sets of initials, or let
tors, "C. E. F." in German text are
embossed on the back in two places, im
mediately in the center and on one side.
The lettering is not cut in but is raised.
They are of a beautiful golden yellow,
and a painter who examined the "crit
ter" closely says neither the lettering
J or the coloring could have been done by
1 any man or artist living or dead. The
terrapin ia very active, sticking out its
head or wiggling its tail, alternately,
' as suits its pleasure or convenience. It
is attracting much attention from all
I and creating some disqu'etude among
the. superstitious. The beautiful let-
ters aie nearly golden colored, growth
, of the little fellows back, being minute
ridges but perfect letters. Mr. Sink
aaid if the ground had not been so soft
from previous rains, he was sure the
terrapin would have been killed by con-
tact with it when he came tumbling out
of the cloud this morning.
a nervous gentleman here who d's
not aleeo well nisrhta. twedict. that
' there will be an earthquake In this part
of the country before Chriatmas. He
says that so much rain has fallen, it
not only has greatly "undermined" the
earth's foundations, but that it has
added millions of tons of weight npon
the mipixirtiiig pillars. Added to this
he y that within the pnnt five years
D- !y 1 1 I 1 -a t " i of i: n
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District Attorney Holton Pre
pared to Prosecute Them
' . , , Vigorously.
' Special Correspondence
Greensboro Sept 3. United States
District Attorney Holton is busy get
ting ready for the special term of Fed
eral Court called to begin this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock to begin the trials
of revenue officers and, distillers in
dieted for alleged funds and conspiracy
against the government '
Secret eervice ."-detectives VcAdms
and Wright, who 1 worked us the evi
dence in Wilkes and other counties, and
who have been constantly engaged in
the cases are here helping the District
Attorney assort anji arrange the wit-J
nesses and - prepate the . cases lor
trial. -'' i '''-. ''
It is now said that there will be no
wholesale continuance of the cases as
was thought t While Samuel and Hasty
who are in jail for an offense against
the State law will be brought here as
witnesses for defendants in some of the
cases under habSas corpus proceedings,
there are plenty of fases in which they
are not defendants Witnesses, that can
be tried, and these will be pressed for
trial 1
Some of these cases are against prom
inent officers and ex-officers, as well
as distillers charged with forgery, per
jury, etc. where Stmuel md Hast do
not figure at all The government has
notified over 100 witnesses to be here
Mooday, and at least" a hundred more
are held in reserve tb appear some day
later in the week. So far only test
cases have been tried. The case against
ex-Depty collector Patterson, for false
returns, and Samuel, for collusion with
distillers and false returns of . stills
destroyed, both of whom were convict
ed. If the trials are begun, there are
enough cases ready, I without the pres
ence of Samuel or Hasty to consume
the entire month.
TED JEW
Methodist
Large
and Interest! Audi-.
ences.
The unusual circcumstance of a, Jew
preaching in a Gentile pulpit was the
experience of the congregations at the
Methodist church' Sunday, Rev. A.
Lichteastein, of St Louis, whose name
and features proclaims his sect was the
speaker. He has breached the gospel
nineteen years and has through his
transformation alienated his family and
Jewish friends, and placed himself in
the role of a man without a country.
However, encouraged by faith in his
adopted belief and without thought of
his sacrifice he bravely pursued the
course he had taken by disposing of his
business interests and taking a theolog
ical course. He worked among his peo
ple in New York and then In St Louis,
He ia well educated and is an interest
ing speaker.
He is making a tour in the interest of
the Hebrew Mission of St Louis and
has met with splendid success in this
State. The contribution on Sunday
amounted to seventy-five dollars.
- "Human Hearts."
Our brothers across the ocean are
now clamoring lor American made
goods, both commercial and theatrical.
It ia not so many years ago, that an
American play or actor was at a low
ebb," and for that reason, American
managers were compelled to import
melodramatic material from the other
side. But times have changed of late,
and during the last few years, any play
that has borne an American trade-mark
has. been accorded a hearty welcome on
the other side. One of the most suc
cessful American plays that has been
sent to England, in recent years has
been "Human Hearts." It is now
meeting with great success at the
Kensington Theatre in London. Such
demand has been made for this piece.
that there has been, in addition to the
London company, a special company or
ganized to tour the provinces. Both
of these companies are playing to
capacity nightly. Mr. Nankeville also
controls the rights for that country
well as for this. r
Human Hearts will be seen at the
New Masonic Opera House September
12. :
have been taken from the bowels of the
earth In one section and placed in
another. He Is satisfied that if this
shifting of weight doesn't produce an
earthquake, onto of the heavy rains,
there certainly will be a general "bn
blancing" of the globe when the aters
of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are
disturbed and the equilibrium fixed by
the Almighty changed by the digging
of the Panama canaL The scholarly
citizen seems determined to have an
earthquake some how, sometime.
Preached at the
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Church Sunday to
HENRY BAIL EY
DIED
GAM E
His Nerve Staid With Him Un
til Noose and Black Cap
Were Adjusted
SPOKE BITTERLY '
HST INJUSTICE.
The Colored Murderer Went to His
Death Bravely. He Professed Re
ligion and Was Baptised.
- Henry Bailey has expiated the crime
which he committed in cold blood on the
morning of June 24. The extreme pen
altyof the law has been meted out
and a murderer has got his just deserts.
The solemn work of execution was done
well, and through it all . there was an
element that could but impress one
with the majesty and the awfqlness of
the law to the law breaker. 'And at
the same time it gave the law abiding
citizen a sense of protection and care.
Yesterday morning Bailey arose to
his last day on earth after a sound,
slumber, never disturbed by his impend
ing doom. His spiritual advisers called
not long afterward and talked to him
for his spiritual good and led in prayers
Prominent among these was the woman
whose attendance was , was mentioned
in yesterday's Journal. It is said that
ihe woman's prayer was One 'of of the
most eloquent efforts that have been
heard here. Her fervent and earnest
manner made an impression On all who
heard her. : .".,.':.' -i "V;
Although Bailey was unrepentant
when he arrived at the jail he showed
a change of heart yesterday and ex
pressed a desire to be baptized. There
were eight ministers with him offering
such consolation as they could under
the circumstances. After the prayers
were offered Sheriff Biddle went ihto
the cell and read the death warrant
and asked him if there were anything
he wished to say then on the gallows
and he repliec that he would make a
statement on the gallows to the as
sembled irowd . before the execution.
He expressed a desire to be baptized
according to the rites of the Baptist
church and preparations were made for
immersion. He called for a plate of
food which was furnished and he ate
heartily. He was then brought out to
the scaffold, accompanied by the minis
ters. Rev. G. T. ; Adams, who had
been called there, went with the con
demned man and offered prayer.
The other ministers advanced in turn
and offered prayer and taking him by
the hand, gave him a parting word of
comfort ; ..,
Bailey was attired in a suit of black
He showed no sign of emotion or fear
and was as self possessed as any. :
Sheriff Biddle assisted him up the
scaffold steps and he was followed by
deputies Holton and Rowe, who pinion
ed his arms and legs with ropes. Bailey
was then given the opportunity to
make his statement He spoke clearly
and emphasized Us remarks with ges
tures as well as he could with his arms
bound with ropes.
Bailey said at first that he was sorry
for all the sins he had committed and
that he had lived a wicked life. He be
lieved that he had been saved through
the blood of Jesus Christ , He urged
his colored brethren to live godly lives
and not break the laws. He then
changed the manner of his remarks and
spoke with some bitterness of his fate,
saving that while he knew he was
wicked he felt that because he was a
colored man he had been unjustly treat
ed and that had he been, killed by the
white man that the latter would never
have died on the gallows. After about
three minutes talk the noose was put
over his bead and then for the first
time he seemed to show fear and prayed
repeatedly: "Oh Lord Have Mercy on
Met Oh Lord Save my Soul". The
E ravers were constantly said until the
tack cap muffled the tones and the
last deed of the sad event was trans
acted when Sheriff Biddle pulled .the
cord that released the trap on which
the man stood. The trap was sprung
at 1:10 D. m. - , '
Death was caused by strangulation
and tremors and convulsions were no
ticeable in tht body from three to five
minutes. He was pronounced dead in
tweUe minutes and the body removed
in twenty minutes. Urs. Jones, Khem,
Primrose, Disosway and Duguid were
present and examined the body as it
iinncndsd. Merritt Whitley, under
taker, took charge of the remains and
turned them over to relatives.
Bailey's wife was notified of the pros
nective execution on Thursday in order
that she might have a chance to see her
herband once more but she did not ap
pear, It is related that Kailey said be
fore he experienced religion that it
made no dillerence whether he went to
Heaven or hell, he would stay by his
statement on the stand at his trial. In
repard to his adherence to the story
that ha killed Lanr,fr in self-defense
it is asserted that 1 nicy first availed
Lancaster with the f;ncerail and it was
taken from him and whatever of at
tack was made with it Baiiey was the
ar!TT8,0,'
There was a prent mary abound the
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LABOR TAKES A BEST.
Observance of Labor Day by
all Brancehs of Business.
Gov.Glenn Returns From
New York. Death
of Prominent ,
Lady.
-" Special Correspondence.
Raleigh Sept 3. The capital and the
other public buildings, as well as the
banks and all factories and many of the
stores were closed today in honor of
Labor Day. In the afternoon, there
were two games of baesball between
the city teams, representing the vari
ous associations and there was a fid
dlers contest for the stage champion
ship in the auditorium at Pullen Hall
at the A & M College.
Governor Glenn arrived today from
New York. He had two appointments"!
yesterday, one to speak at Henrietta in
Rutherford county and the other at
Shelby but his train missed connection
at Blacksburg, Va., and so be could
not get to either place. He said he had
a great trip to New York but- it was
too strenuous for him. ile met a great
many big people and had what we term
an inspiring time. Tomorrow the James
town Exposition Commissioners meet
at his office to make the definite plans
for North Carolina's part in that great
show.
Mrs. Garland Jones died at her home
here yesterday after a long illness,
aged. 69. She was a native of Frank
lin county and a daughter of the late
Major D. S. Hill. She was the presi
dent of the Ladies Memorial Association
vice president of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy of the South and a
member of the Jefferson Davis Monu
ment Association. She was a member
of Edenton street M. E. Church. Her
husband who survied her is a son of
the late Rev. Dr. T. N. Jones, long
president of Greensboro Female Col-
The Register of Deeds of this county
says there are fewer lieu bonds and chat
tel mortgages given by farmers in this
county than since he has been in office,
that is during the past five years.
The First Baptist church, colored,
held the first services In its new church
yesterday, the basement being used and
a thousand people being present Oyer
$800 was raised for the church fund and
other purposes,
Manager Batchelor of the Dispensary
says that it now supplies liquor to all
this county, all of Johnson, as well as
Harnett, Chatham, Moore, parts of
Granville. Nash and Franklin. The
weekly receipts are about $3,800 of
which Johnson county spends about
$500. He bays that taking the average
of drinking in the United States for
the territory covered by this dispensary
now and the annual sales would exceed
two million dollars. v
Clark.
. Sept 3d.
We have had two very nice days, we
hope the rains have abated for a
while. -
There are some of our people in Clark
sick now. ' '"""-. .
Mrs J O Taylor is quite sick, hope Bhe
will soon be out again.
Mrs C A Wetherington is quite feeble,
also Mr J L Wetherington is not very
well, he seems to be very weak and
feeble, hope they will soon be out
again. '. ''
The crops in our vicinity are badly
damaged, will not even be half of a
crop made. ;
H G McKeel came home to visit his
family for a day or so,
AT Wetherington and wife and son
went to Morehead yesterday to Visit
friends and relatives. They returned
the same day. t
Well, the new M E Church at this
place is enclosed so it can be used.
We met and - organized a Sunday
School in the church, ith Mr John
Humphrey as superintendent We hope
everyone will attend and make it a good
school The school was organized Sept
2nd.
We are sorry to say there was some
disorderly conduct carried on around
Clarks Saturday night among the
colored people.
There was an affray between a man
named Taylor and a man named Daugh
erty, which resulted In Tsylor cutting
Daugherty with a knife, not serious,
they were both colored men. There
was considerable disorderly conduct
carried on during the night, such
firing off guns and being very noisy,
there seemed to be some drinking going
that caused all the trouble. We
hope it will not be the case any more
as we try to live quiet around here.
Business Is quite dull, the rainy
weather has debared all work, but we
hope the weather will clear up so wotk
can go on again.
It's only medicine known that
trates Into every orn of the lo
sf.-vs f ore. It's V,.fi W; t t-.i
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PREPARE TO OB
SERVE LABOR DAY.
Federal Decision Likely To
Be Unfavorable to High
Point's Interests. '
POPULAR CAR SER
VICE OF THE S0UTREF1
New York Master for Southern Depot .
A New Electric Line Extension
Fine Prospects of Lincoln Co,, .
Ten Miles.
. (Special Correspondence.)
Greensboro Sept 1. The various la
bor Unions here have perfected arrange
ments to make the celebration of "La-'
bor Day" here next Monday a bigger
success than ever before. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Mayor
Murphy, and Z. P. Smith, Editor of the
American, organ of the Junior Order .
of the Southern States, will deliver the
address, his subject being, "Immi
gration and Trade Unions". ; Special .
rates have been granted by the Southern
from near by towns, and as there will
be no celebration at High Point, Dur
ham or Winston, this year, a large
number of Union men are expected
from these points.' - '
Yesterday, the members of the Coun
ty Board of Elections met here and .
organized by the election of A. Way-
land Cooke, as Chairman and Fred Tate
of High Point as Secretary. Registrars
and Judges of election were appointed .
for each voting precinct in the County. .
and October 3rd was 'fixed as the date
for another meeting of the Board to
hear and- determine any matters with
reference to change' on voting precincts
which may be .brought to its attention.
While there has been no official an
nouncement of United States Circuit .
Judge Prichard's decision in the very
important case of the city of High
Point against the Southern Railway,
involving the right of the city to the
use of the street of that city through
which the railroad runs, its entire
length, there is a well based report
current here, that the decision has been
reached, and it is in favor of the rail
road, as against the claim made by the
city.. Leading kwyers here, have claim
ed all along that High Point would
lose its case, citing ; the "decision in
the recent Durham street case as a
legal precedent for the railroad's con
tention in the High Point case.
Beginning September 3rd, the South
era Railway will do something it has
been importuned to do for the past ten
years. . It will put on a parlor car be
tween Greensboro and Goldsboro, on
its train leaving here at seven ten in
the morning, and on the train reaching
here from Goldsboro, at 6:46 p. m.
Mr. J. J. Davis, of Alexandria, Va.,
arrived here today to begin his duties
as yardmaster of the Southern at this
place in place of Mr. J. R. Bilbro, who
resigned last w,eekrYardmaster Bilbro
resigned because of the discharge of
the yard conductor and two others, who
he thought were intitled to a hearing.
There was a strike on the part of oth
ers of the yard force, but this was set
tled in a few hours, largely through the
efforts of Mr. Bilbro, and the men were
taken back. A petition to reinstate
Mr. Bilbro was presented to the author
ities but was refused, and Mr. Davis
now has the job.
The route of the new electric car ex
tension, which, will be about two miles
has been announced. It will be from
Asheboro street down Lee and west
Lee street to Glenwood, a new suburb.
Turning south, the line will. traverse
Glenwood Avenue to Glenwood Park,
turning west it will follow Oak street,
reaching Piedmont Heights at C Ave
nue. John H. Furman, consulting engi
neer of the Piedmont Tin Mining Co.,
of Llncolnton, who is here visiting his
wife, who is a patient oX.St Louis hos
pital, in speaking today of the Lincoln
county mine, said it was the most prom
ising in the entire United States. lie
says the ore in the lands of the com
pany Is not only great in quantity but
very rich in quality. He says that
while 1 per cent is considered a payu 2
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ore, mucn ot inaiminea at .iiicuiiuuu
yields 20 per cent, which is pronounce 1
an immensely rich product Mr. I ur-
man is an interesting and int. . ., t
Englishman, caUing London "1
thou t he he lts not been IWre h c -two
yearn, he says the.tn mil i -duatry
has just bi gun its firnt
development, although. Kobe) t C
discovered ill exi&tence t r .
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Lams CatSt.
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