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NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY. JI. C. FRIDAY . JULY 26, 1907 SECOND SECTION.
30th YEAR
HIE
SHERIFFS III
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The Legal Papers of the $30,-
: 000 Fine Against South
era Ready to bo Served
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REASSESSMENT OF
RAILROAD PEOPEBTY
Pardon Granted to Charles . Dots.
Enrol School Libraries. Tea- '"
timony In The Rowland Ha
. beas Corpus Case Unfar- -
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Special Correspondence..
" ' Raleigh, .July 23. The Corporation
Commission made public this even
ing a statement of the" reassessment
of railroads and other quasi public
corporations '-. in theState. f It shows
raiiroad property advanced ,-' from
$70,077,561 to $84,412,833. The : as
sessment of Atlantic Coast line Is
made 930,000 per mite; Seaboard Air
Line $20,424; Southern Railway (all
lines) $25,572.1 North Carolina rail
way division of the Southern $47,373,
giving this division a valuetion of
$10,573,762 against $6,680,000 last as-
sessment i'"- v " .::r-'-4-'; -; ''-':
Total assessment' of principal lines
are; A. C. L. $23,434,900 against $24,
454,014 - Seaboard Air Line $12,500
000 against same amount last assess
ment; Southern Railway $23,872,263
against $26,404,939; Mlscelaneous
roads $9,605,665 against $6,648,405. '
Other quasi public corporations are
assessed at $7,072,616 against $6,173,
428. These classes are: Telegraph,
$902,863; Telephone $1,280,081; South
ern Express Co, $102,109; Pullman Co
$219,425; Electric .Light $844,852;
Street Railways $2,346,720; Water
Companies $690,225; ' Steamboats,
i,-7 rna- nri.. anA fonointi 71 nnn-
Refrigerator Lines $107,733. , ' .
- Small arms Inspector W. L. Mc
Ghee, of the North Carolina National
' Cuard is here and says he has' Just
. completed the. construction-' ' of ; the
- rifle range : at the Morehead camp
ground, having been engaged In the
, direction of this Work for the. past
two months. It is on. the most ap
v proved plans and in fine condition
all ready for the First Regiment prac
. tice to be held In August.
A pardon Is. granted by Governor
Glenn to Chaa Dove, whd has been
serving a sentence since 1900 for the
killing of his own brother. The kill
ing was with a gun wad, and there
were, the governor says, extenuating
clrcumstances'A1 pardon was refus
ed one . year ago. Judge . W. R. Al
len urged the pardon, he havihg im
posed the sentence.' V ' -. . , ,'
Sheriff Sears of Wake- county has
the execution against .the Southern
for the thirty thousand dollars One
imposed by Judge Long last week, for
violation of the State passenger rate
act. lie says it may be several days
before It Is. served. And in the mean
time some sort, of a writ of process
Is expected at any time from. Judge
Prltchard's court to stay the execu
tion. In that eyut there could be an
appeal by the State authorities to the
Supreme court of the United States.
This is expected to be the next move
in the case afthls end of the line.
Two additional rural school libra"
ries are authorized by the State sup
erintendent of public instruction for
Buncombe countv. " ? '
An amendment for the charter of
the North State - Telephone Co., at
Murfeesboro Is authorized increasing
the capital from $10,000 to $25,000.
The principal Incorporator is L, Ji
The uubeai corpus hearing in the
Rowland poisoning case Is progress
ing rirjht expeditiously before Asso
ciate Justice Connor of the Supreme
court The first witness called this
morning was Robt. Reld, tor the pros--edition.
He knew Dr. Rowland and
Mrs. Strange two and three years ago
when Mrs. Strange (now Mrs. Row
land) lived in Portsmouth and had
eeen Dr. Rowland and ''Mrs. Strange
in the surf together.
Engineer Mike Tinge of the Sea
board, had seen Mrs. Strange going
v to and from the office of Dr. Rowland
in Tali" a number of times, several
' months before the alleged poisoning
of Strange. He had followed both of
them, at different times to get evi
dences tlnit r:i. !.t tie conveyed to
Iiiigln.er i';iui ! to chow him that
lis wife was unlnie to I'm. , Fol
lowed Rowland one nirbt to i :nu-e's
1 ,;, .. nfir the denth of Strange and
v, 1 ; i 1 1 md discovered that l;e win
b-.-ins foil..'.! 1 he ran faun the t.ti; :i
. f the Ihh, -t fttnl rt'i-wM'S" ;n-1. There
1 -.-1 lii-oi inif ii t t!k aiimnt i'-.n Proih
, ,! -1 in. -i f r a 1.'n:s v. !.;! fclnmt
no
.Strange to their house to spend a
while after the death of Strange. Also
denied on cross examination that he
had ever climbed a telegraph pole ,
U peep In same woman's window I
at nignt or aone me -peeping act in
any other way.
Philadelphia Loses Big Wad. -
Special to Journal. -. '-
' Philadelphia, July 23. Samuel Gus
tlne Thompson, of this city, Arbitra
tor in .the litigation between the city
of Philadelphia and the McNichol con
tracting firm over the ., payment of
bills for. the costructlon of parts of
the city's .water filtration system, to
day 'awarded to the firm $2,049,839.
Which Is the greater part of the mon
ey retained by the city from the t
pefritgar decision of suits entered
by -the municipality, ; . ' ;
The award is favorable In many
points to the McNichol firm. Mr.
Thompson , finds ' that James P. Mc
Nichol, a member of the firm, received
in profits $51,305, ; while he was a
member of the city councils, which
was a violation of law. Under the
award McNichol la directed to return
this amount to the city.; Council for
the city acquiesced in the award and
the money was immediately paid. ' ,
The litigation grew out of the po
litical upheaval here in 1905, when
Mayor Weaver accused the contract
ors of .having defrauded the city but
of more than $5,000,000 in the con
struction of filtration plants.' Israel
W. Durham,-who was the Republican
leader in the city, is a member of Jthe
firm. -
Prltchard's Action Satined.
Special to Juerna.l
. Washington, July 23. The depart
ment of justice will ratify the action
of United States Circuit Judge Pritch
ard in relation to the Southern road
1 here, has been no step taken but
is in full accord with the constitu
tion. ';'"; :
Sere People Killed hy Heat.
Special to Journal. -
St Louis, July 23. The heaf of the
past two or three days has been (he
most terrific spell of hot weather that
this city has suffered In many years
Ccores of people have been prostrated
In the street. There were seven
deaths on account of it today.-
1. The Gibson Bathing Girl
A series of Charles Dana Gibson's
splendid pen drawings, entltled-l'The
Gibson Bathing Girls" will be given
with the New York Sunday World,
beginning July 23. Each Sunday a
Gibson picture, on separate sheet of
plate paper, size 10x15 Inches, will
be given to every New York Sunday
World reader.- Each picture Is ready
for framing, and fit to decorate any
home. Begin ; Sunday, July 28, and
get the set. , . - . v..
Every bottle warranted, but not one
returned, is the report regarding Dr,
SETH ARNOLD'S BALSAM (the best
summer Remedy) from a large num
ber of Druggists In the South. This
Balsam Is warranted to you by F. 8,
Duffy. '
- Prohibitionists on Top. w
Special to. Journal. .
Atlanta, Ga., July 25. The strife in
the legislature between the prohlbi
tionlsts and the liquor Interests Is
drawing to a close, and It Is clear
that the temperance people will win
a victory as a large majority are In
favor of the Hardeman bill the pro
hibition lair now before th legisla
ture. It will probably be passed
with few amendments next Tuesday.
THE WEATHER SPREADS ITSELF
One Could Almost See It Filling: the
Surrounding Atmosphere.
Yesterday was the hottest yet And
if they say now that the sun has with
In Its large and. super heated con
fines the place "where the worm
dleth not, nor the fire Is not quenched1
it surely was a good indication that
such is the case. The Jieat was with
ering, the kind that kills and poor
humanity fanned his brow only to
keep the air stirring around his head
There absolutely was not a cool place
In the city, those that had been so
considered, were hardly any better
than a seat with (he wicked. The
mercury rose rapidly from' the min
Imum at 78 to a maximum of 98 un
broken by even a tephyr. It was the
climax of two or three days of heat
but an end came last night at about
8 o'clock. '
A SHOW OF ELECTRICITY
The electrical storm nhioh arose
about eight o'clock, was one of the
moat vivid and bnaat;ful that has been
seen here for many rmmtha. The
flues were one of shimmering 1' t,
there w as no part of the t. aw . s that
tl.ii L iniifal display d i not 8!i'-ir
! a. Tlioml-r was muiVimg la tho
ii: l.i'i-c Hi.til (ii:!ii;t 8:"i) mhi'ti a
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CEtlTURY GELEDR.V
TI0;i 11EXT SPRlaG
reparations Have Been Irian-
gnrated' to Make Their
: Occasion Memorable
ELKS EEFODT Eh1-'
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At The Bennlon at PhOadebhU.
Very Hot ut the Quaker City
; Was Equal to the Occasion.
Sunday School Excursion .
: Starts for Ex '
position.
Special Correspondence. .. -
Greensboro, uly 23. 'lie va-.' ons
business, social, and fraternal orgon
izationaof the city are beginning , to
move forward fn the proposed plan
to celebrate properly the centennial
anniversary of the birth' year ot
Greensboro. While Greensboro . was
chartered in March 1808, the plan now
is for a union of aH forces to have the
celebration during the week of the
Central Carolina Fair In,.. October,
1908. It is also proposed that the or
ganisation formed several years ago.
which so successfully held the great
reunion ot non-resident native North
Carolinians be again called into ac
tion, bo that the great home coming
week may be made scotemporanlou
with the Fair and Centennial.
With the exception of a few, who
are taking a more extended vacation
visiting points in Canada, the delega
tion of Elks who attended the grand
Elk: Reunion ' at . r Philadelphia . last
week have returned. Greensboro
lodge 1 hat the largest delegation of
any North Carolina city, there being
exactly 49 in the herd In Philadel
phia on' last Thursday, which they
all say was the biggest and hottest
day they ever spent. "
The Sunday School of the First
Presbyterian Church had such a pleas
ant outing last year on an excursion
to Raleigh, It has resolved to repeat
the-ltalelgh trip this year. July 16
was the date first thought of. As
the Southern railway was not able
to furnish cars then, but assures the
Sunday . School authorities that ac
commodations can be furnished about
September 1st, the regular summer
trip has been postponed until then,
In order to take the Raleigh route.
Mr. A. W. MaIone advertising man
ager Ot the Industrial News left last
night to accompany a party of suc
cessful lady contestants of a recent
prize contest ot the paper to Boston
for an European trip. '. At Norfolk,
after visiting the Jamestown Expo
sition, the party will be Joined by .Mr.
C. S. Wooten, of LaGrange, who will
accompany the ladles on the entire
trip and write weekly articles for the
News. The ladles composing the par
ty are Misses Nannie Rogers of Ral
eigh, Sallle Sue EUsel of Advarce,
Florence Robinson of , Burlington,
Leah Oettinger ot Kinston.-Eva Mc
Donald of High' Point, Alice Callum
and Eula Swift Adams of Greensboro.
' Speaker .Justice has gone to Ral
eigh' to confer with the Corporation
Commission in regard to the com
plaints made by several cities as to
the discriminations in freight rales
by . the Southern railway. -It la un
derstood that a case is being made
out and the Corporation will prenent
the same before the Interstate Com
merce Commission at" Washington
The cities of Hickory, Durham, Win
ston-Salem and Greensboro are Join
ed in this first action nl this first
action in this State, for violating the
rate law recently passedNjr Congress
Mr. Justice appears sa Cotaasjal, for
Hickory and Greensboro and also will
assist general counsel Norman John
ston, who represents the North Car
Ollna Merchants Association. Attor
nev Everett has been retained to
prosecute the case tor Durham.
James B. Duke and Mrs. Inmaa WW
; Marry..
Special to Journal.
New York, July 23. The announce
ment has been made that ' James B
Duke, the head of the tobacco trust,
and Mrs. William Inman, a beautiful
widow of Atlanta, will marry in this
city next Tuesday, and will take their
bridal tour In Europe, remaining
there six months.
Death List Grows.
Special to Journal.
c-. rv (.,,.,. Tn 1 u Th A Hat
oMh. dead who are victims ot the
Columbia-San Fedro collision now
number 113.
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In The flatter Now Exciting
The Interest ot. The Pnb
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GLEKN IS) UQEF.S i J-,
' . . 13 OiEECE
Change of Name of Bank Proof Ob
tallied That Dr. Rowland bought
Aconite a Few Days' Before
Death of Strange. More' -f
. Damaging . Evidence
Given. '
Special. Correspondence. .
Raleigh, July 24. Thls.afternoon
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a conference was held between Gov.
Glenn and counsel for the State In
the litigation for the enforcement of
the new passenger rate act against
the Southern and Atlantic Coast 'Line
the object being to consider, tha prop
osition received from assistant attor
ney general SanfordT of the. United
States Department' of Justice, look
ing to an agreement between the
State and the - Federal authorities,
whereby the existing conflict etween
the Federal and the State ( courts
could be eliminated and the matters
involved -b carried in an orderly
manner directly to. the United States
Supreme " Court Ex-Gov ., "Aycock
and E. 'J. Justice, speakers' pi the
house at the last session e tie' legis
lature which passed the act,: partici
pated .in the conference.
At 'conclusion of . the v conference
Gov.' Glenn stated It was decided not
to act finally nor make, any statement
of position until there is a personal
conference with Assistant United
States Attorney General Sanford, who
will arrive In Raleigh from Aphevllle
tomorrow morning. When asked If
he Intended to Insist that the Souths
ern and Atlantic Coast Line put Into
operation the reduced rates "pending
adjudication of act - by $afe and
United States Supreme Court, the gov
ernor declined to say, 1 ; ; t.
Governor Glenn said he knew not
ing of any effort by State officials or
others to bring ' about the impeach
ment of Judge Prltchard because ot
his course In the rate case and had
entertained no such Idea relative to
Judge Prltchard himself.
The bank of Ashpole files with the
secretary of State a certificate of the
change of name ot the Institution to
The Bank of Fairmount, the- name ot
the town having been so changed at
the last, session of the, legislature.
This v Is one of the most prosperous
towns ot Robeson county.
The proving of the purchase of
aconltine poison by Dr. Rowland
few days before the death ot Strange
was the first feature of evidence of
fered this morning In the habeas cor
pus hearing of Dr.' and Mrs. Row
land, helA for the poisoning of Cha$.
R. Strange, former husband of Mnj.
Strange. .' -' - ' ';
For this purpose J. C. Allison of" the
W. H. King Drug Co., was Introduced
with the books of the company. The
order was shown to have been'placed
March 3, The poison was ordered
at his request by telegraph from New
York and was delivef ed and paid tor
April 4th. It was fifteen grains of
aconltine and was ordered from
Berck ft Co.rNeW York. . j
Dr. W. I. Royster, who has prac
ticed in Raeligh thlrty-eight years,
testified as expert as to the effect
of aconltine poison as - to causing
death and condition of a body, after
when this poison is used. This was
shown to correspond very cloBely to
the symptoms and condition of the
body of Strange as testified to by
witnesses previously examined who
had seen" him before and after his
death.":-:' ;;:.' --'. i'";;S
R. W. Newman ot the Baldwin De-
tective Agency put In evidence the
register of Montlcello Hotel, Norfolk,
which showed that Dr. D. S. Rowland
and wife registered there and were
assigned room 139 on the evening ot
May 14 and a certified copy of mar
rlage certificate which showed they
were married In Norfolk on' May 15,
being a little more than a month af
ter the death of Strange, former hus
band of the bride.
Wkm. the State rested Its case
there was some further evidence In re
buttal by the defense showing that
Strange had been off duty on account
of sickness just before death. T. T.
Hicks, of counsel for defense made
' opening argument for the Prisoner.
' because no proof was offered that
Rowland poisoned Strange. lie will
be followed tomorrow by other coun-
sol pro and con. The ruling of the
Judre as to the ball will hardly be
made before Friday. Impre:- im pre-,
vaiU that no hail will be allowed.
BARB Y ESCAPED
DEATH BY FIRE
But For Timely Awakening
Family of Eight Narrow
- ly Escape Cremation
FEKEB CROP EK-
DEEDS EKPECTIW
Banquet to be Given to Faculty of
the Greensboro Female College.
It wlU be a Grand Function.
Dr. ' Battle Dismissed
From His Churea
In Order to Begin
Jfew Patorate. .
Special Correspondence - -.. - -
Greensboro, July 24. The home of
Mr. J. A. Darnell was totally destroy
ed by fire at White Oak Mills, this
morning at one o'clock. The family
including eight children,- one sound
asleep, "and their lives, were , only
saved by the bursting in of the doors
and taking them out before the roar
ing . flames ' enveloped them. Every
thing in the house was destroyed.
Mr. J. Van Llndley, the noted nurs
ery man, states that his orchards
have yielded much better than he had
expected. ' Last spring he thought
the-late freeze had entirely destroyed
his peach crop, but his sales ot
peaches from his Souther4i Pines or
chard have amounted to $7,000. ,
At a -meeting of the board ot stew
ards of West Market Street Metho
dist church last night, It was unan
imously decided to give a banquet in
the dining room ot Greensboro Fe
male College, Thursday night of this
week to every male member of the
congregation. ' There are thirty stew
ards, and these are divided into six
committees of five each, not only to
make all necessary arrangements for
the banquet, but to personally see
and Invite each man ot the congrega
tion, to attend and enjoy the social
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As there are at least four hundred
men, members or the congregation,
the affair promises 'to be the biggest
banquet ever given in this city of
pretty large functions..
Ala congregational meeting ot the
First Baptist church last night, the
church granted the request ot Rev.
Dr. H. W. Battle, that it permit his
resignation to take effect September
1st Instead of October 1st, the church
of Kins ton having been without a
pastor since January 1, and having
requested that Dr. Battle come to it
as early as possible. A pulpit com
mittee was elected to look around
for a new pastor for the church. The
committee is composed as follows:
O. Joe Howard, F. P. Hobgood, Jr.,
W. O. Rlddick, Lee H. Battle, J. P.
Harrison. Spencer B. Adams, C. E.
Hoi ton, J. B. Stroud, J. L Stroud, J.
L, Spencer, C. E. Lincoln, W. R. Stone
and C. W. Moseley.
Karl Hau's Sentence Commuted.
Special to Journal.
. Berlin, July 24. Through the Inter
position of the Grand Duke of Baden
Karl Hau who was sentenced to death
for the murder of his mother-in-law
will not be executed, but will be sent
to prison for life.
' Sunshlners Return.
-After a ten days delightful outing
the Sunshlners of Raleighf returned
to their home last night, with a good
supply of tan to show that they have
not been In the shade. There were
two cars reserved for their use, one
coacn and one baggage car, which
were attached to the regular train,
under the charge of Col. F. A. Olds,
with Mesdames Charles H. Gattls and
J. N. Holding and Miss Eble Roberts,
chape rones. ' .'. " " : -
This was the third season the Sun
shlners have' had at Beaufort The
total number being 194. The girls
occupied the rectory and the boys the
Davis hall. They spent the time in
every conceivable way, but allowed
no 'time to waste, boating, fishing,
surf bathing and the like were the
chief themes to occupy their minds.
They, had Ideal weather and ot the
twenty-eight meals taken not one was
eaten In doors. .... , ;
They regretfully pulled up their
stakes and bade Beaufort adieu, but
not good-bye. , ' , ' , -
Death ot Mrs. Caroline Gatlin.
Mrs. Caroline Gatlin , for many
ycarB a resident of New Bern, died
a ! or home No. 11 New street yester-
day -at the age of elghtythree years.
and six months.
The funeral services Will be held
at the Centenary Methodist church
at l-'f I"t!t i'i"9 this nioihh!- rev.
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FAVORABLE COT-
WEATHER
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Drought Reported in , Soma
' Sections Bnt Have had No
Serious Results
no .
- in echo's case
Prisoners Show Strain From Their
Long Confinements. The Only
Carrie Nation to Lecture In
: Raleigh. '. Colored ' Eda- .
cator Dead. Govern-
or Deslrej Large "
Attendance.
Special Correspondence.- N
Raleigh, July 25. The past week
the weather, conditions have been es
pecially favorable in-this section for
the growth of cotton, and reports
from other sections ot the State are
in much the same tone. No hrought
that would hamper the cotton crop,
has been reported form any section
of the State, although corn and some
other crops have suffered from this
cause in some sections of the State.
The late start of the coton crop had
in this State Is being overcome con
siderably by rapid development un
der the present conditions so favora
ble to growth. Farmers express the
belief that if there Is no serious draw
back from cold weather, drought r
early frost at least an average yield
will be realized.
: This morning Jude . Connor an
nounced from the bench that he would
hear no argument In the Rowland
writ ofohabeas corpus case and that
he would make his ruling In the case
at 12 o'clock. There was an immense
crowd in the court room gathered
under the impression that there
would be argument by counsel, Both
sides agreed to leave the case with
the Judge without argument and the
Judge stated, .that, he .felt timX there
was no necessity for him to wait W
read over the stenographic report of
the ' evidence. The prisoners . show
the effects of the strain they have
been under during the several days
the bearing has continued In addi
tion te tho long imprisonment they
have already undergone. - , t
On. reconvening court ' Judge Con
nor read an order in which he de
clined to admit prisoner's to ball, on
the ground that a careful review of
whole case constrained him to feel
that he should In no way interfere
with order made by Judge Long of
Superior Court In committing, them
to jail pending regular trial 'at Sep
tember term. Judge also declined re
quest ot counsel for the Rowlands,
that prisoners, who are man and wife
be allowed to be In each others com
pany at intervals while in prison.
The objection to this on part ot pros
ecution was that one of the charges
in the case was that prisoners were
guilty of conspiracy which led to the
poisoning of Mrs. . Strange's former
husband, and that v they should not
be allowed to confer privately at ail
lest it tend to encourage each In up
holding conspiracy and formulating
plans for maintaining defense.
The noted Carrie Nation is to be
in Raleigh next Monday and great
local interest centers In what she will
do and say. There are no open sa
loons here, but one "great big" dis
pensary which it Is expected she will
attack at least figuratively. She Is
to deliver two addresses durlhg the
day and evening at Pullen Park. Then
numerous street corner talks are ex
pected.
The funeral of Mrs. R. B. Kurner
who died at her home in Kernersville
yesterday, was held from, the First
Baptist Church here this morning at
11 o'clock. The pall bearers were,
R. N. Slmms. Sherman Pearce, John
Womble, Harry Pool, , Robt Little,
Frank SlmpBon, Fuller Terrell, and
William Wyatt
Charles Williams, principal ot the
State School for the colored deaf and
dumb and blind, died suddenly here
esteemed negro and had done a fine
work tor the cause ot negro educa
tion. " 4
Governor Glenn says that within
the next few days he will issue a pro
clamation to the people of North Car
olina urging that there be as large at
tendance as possible on the James
town Exposition during North Caro
lina week, which begins August 12,
; He will recite the fact that the North
Carolina Society of Norfolk, and the
people of that city, and the Elate
Virjlnla, generally, are prep;
to W special attention to V e
Hi!'
cess or trig week,
that it ' .1 1 l
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HOT A HOODOO
So Demonstrated By A Very
Pleasant Incident of Counsel :
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Enormous Output of Two Cotton Fac
tories of Greensboro. Carrie
Nation Turns Loose Her VI
tuperatire Tongue and
Finishes Fun For
The, Sensation
.-... Mongers. ..
Special Correspondence.
Greensboro, July 25. Secretary
Cbandley of the Greensboro Council,
ii u. 1$ junior uraer oi American Jut- -chanlcs
has received from the Nation
al Secretary the gratifying k intelli
gence that this council had received
the prize offered to all lodges in the
United States for the largest increase
of new -members during the seven
months specified for the contests.
The prize is a beautiful flag, and It
will be forwarded by the National
Secretary to State Secretary Z. P.
Smith of Raleleh. who will make the
formal presentation to the Greens
boro lodge. The number of new mem '
bers Greensboro Council No. 13 gath- -ered
in during the seven months was
148. Who says 13 Is a hoodoo?
The city board of aldermen have
passed an ordinance forbidding mi
nors, or persons under twenty-one
years ot age from entering or loafing
around pool or billiard rooms. The
ordinance before had put the age
limit at seventeen,
The firm of Leak Halliday tt Co.,
dealers In mattings, carpets, oils, etc,
has arranged to not only greatly en
large' its local retail business, but
for the next season will in addition
do a general importing and jobbing
business in mattings and wall paper
supplies. .
It is a fact which few people, even
in Greensboro, realize, but it can be
truthfully stated that the two cotton
mills In Greensboro, Proximity and
White Oak,' which make blue demlns
cloth, produce more ot this kind ot
cloth than all the other coton mills
ot the South combined.' It is a fur
ther fact that these two mills are now
making more than one-fourth of the
product of this class of goods, made
by the mills ot the entire world.
The entire output of the five cot
ton mills in this city last year amount
ed to a value of $7,000,000 in finished
goods, and the dally shipping bill
amounted to 25 solid cars of freight
each 24 hours. :
That no surprise need be felt at the
tact that Greensboro has the largest
cotton goods commission houses in
the South, with an annual business of
$14,000,000, it needs to be stated that
there are 374 cotton mills within 100
miles of the city with an invested cap
ital ot $133,000,000, operating over
4,000,000 spindles and employing 10,
000 people.
There was an immense crowd out
at Llndley park last night to hear
Carrie Nation. She lectured in the
Casino, and hot as it was, the little
theatre was crowded to suffocation,
half the people being unable to get
in, although an admission fee of ten
cents waa charged. It was surpris
ing at the number of ladies who went
out The street cars did a land office
business. Mrs. Nation had been paid
twenty-five do'lars to make her lurid
attack on tobacco users, saloons, etc,
and the street car company must have
cleared two hundred dollars by the
transaction. There were hundreds
of country people there, attracted out
of curiosity to hear the noted as well
as notorious Carrie. The grounds
were full ot buggies, wagons, saddle
liorBes, automobiles and bicycles.
Carrie did not disappoint those who
heard her. She made a regular hair
raising attack on pretty much every
thing in sight, especially saloons, the
buiai iu Diii t, coyvi'iuuj naiwiiB, vu o
drink habit and cigarette using. Che
said Durham had several of the big
gest bell holes, referring to the d -"g
stores 111 that prohibition (fm, i 1
declared It was worse than (! i! i
or Greensboro In that i . i, t i
towns Having no saloons, f he 1 1
to take 4t out on S'miebod.y so i n
fired into the dm;- ' i, i ' ' :
hotter for Durham on i ; t "
home of the grt-ut ! t f
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