North Carolina Newspapers

I -- ' ML I- M j s. .. No. 47. NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY. N. C. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1907 -FIRST SECTION. .' ... 30th YEAR i.. ClIIIKSIS ON ILLICIT DI8TILLEHS A; u .COLLEGE M-EST; vAUGUST DISPEII- IlGHEEIIiifilOiOFIFlESlIII FLIES 11110 HEALTH GET 11 DUfiTl GTCB PJiOLY n. c. railway; sary receipts Sjpi FATAUOOiOEulS Board of Health Bnlletin Re mai ks That Too Little Atten -tion Paid to Fly Pest CT. BELIEVED TO BE iVM Telephones In Great Demand. Bus; Week In The A & M. College. ; Big Increase of Students. ' Opening of Theatrical Sea r , son. First Rural " ..' High School - -.. ..; . Opened. .. . Special Correspondence, v Raleigh, N. C, Sept B. The aecre tary of State M, shipping the laws of 1907 to the several thousand magis trates In the Stato and by Saturday this great number of books will be distributed. In July the laws were sent to the judges and solicitors. ' ; Among the attorneys In the Supreme court today were Judge : Henry R. Bryan, 'of New Bern, and Governor C. B. Aycock. The latter-ls very hard at work preparing his brief In the :. $30,000 fine case against the "Southern ; Railway, as this case is to be argued on the 17th instant ' . Next Tuesday the Supreme court will file Its first opinions for this term following the rule under which the filing begins on the second Tues- ' day. :C 'C The drought seems to be now very , thoroughly broken over the . State, That it has done damage to all crops in most sections is unquestioned. The estimates of the damage range all the way from 2 to 15 per cent It is asserted that from here to Hamlet the loss will run as high as the latter figure, and that cotton on both, stiff ' and light soils Is equally affected, largely due ia shedding of bolls... The North Carolina Board of Health - Bulletin for August has, been receiv ed. The . leading article Is cn files and diseases. These Insects carry ty- phold fever and a great many other deadly diseases.. The fly is dangerous and unnecessary and public opinion should he educated to be intolerant - . of the insect, always. In the review of diseases the bulletin reports meas les In 24 counties whooping cough in 27, diphtheria in 1, and typhoid fever in 72, Ashe, Cleveland, Davidson, Gas- - ton, Northampton, Stanley, and Union have many cases. Malarial fever Is reported in 21-counties, with many cases in ' Alamance,.: Davidson, Har nett Hertford, Llncvoln, Northamp ton, Perqulmmohs, and Stanley.' Hem- orrhaglc-malarlal fever is reported in only 4 counties; cerebro-splnal men MnglUs In 7, and small pox in 17, 30 cases in Alamance, 16 In Guilford, 20 In Johnson, 20 in Mitchell, 14 in Wake and 0 In,Watauga.v Hog cholera Is reported in Harnett and Hertford counties and 17 caf.es of hydrophobia : In dogs In New Hanover county. There Is. a ye -y urgent demand for telephones ficre, bi t the neweompany . - upon whom' ttii.j tails cannot Install larger Switchboards until it occupies its new offices. The presentation and unveiling of the bronze tablet to the brave women who gave the famous "Tea Party" at Eedenton, In . the spring of 1770 will be quite an event In November. This will be placed in the rotunda of the capital In recesses which were built, for statues or tab' lets, but none of which have been oc cupied, on either the first or socon -floors. The tablet Is being mado oy the, Gorham Company, of New York, nad will Unify the scene. The house - iu wlYi eh the tea party was held was pulled down some years ago, but perfect mddel of it has been made, is now at the 'nr. e ywn ExpodUon . the . North. Carolina Historical section and will later 1-e presented to the Stato by Dr. Rirh.iH Dlllard of Eden , ton. TI.e site of the house ha) bee marked Vy an massive bronsn teapot weUu"K loo p' t-;ds, which U set upon pedestal &nd which Is il n gift of Mv Julian E Wood. TUl brouz memu.iat referred fo will be the first plnwd In the caltol Toil.i was n' vsry busy one at the A. & M. College. Examination of stu dents (.ccnpled nio of the day Many Btmlditn pawed ux.inlnntlons In tli vnrion.i counties some weeks ago. It Is said Hint every county In thj Stt Is re-i'f -cnted thin term. About fourth of the students remain on about four months and drop out h the ('hilntmris examinations come Ion;;, either on account of failure t ' pass or y reason of poverty. Tim ti.itrhul Fc.ison opcm-.l last hi lit to n v.-iy fair hoi: . I hid b. on Im...-. t!, it l.i f..re 1o::-; I ,1 The Smithtown Aggregation Get Heavy Punishment For Their Crimea '.VIS RELEASED ; nthuslastic Meeting Preliminary to The Organliation of a loaaf , Men's Christian . issoclatioi. Pastor Called To The .' ; Christian Church. Vfti- ' dings of Proiulr . , ' nent People. ' N 1 Special Correspondence. .,. . Greensboro, N. C. Sept 6. At four 'clock yesterday afternoon the Smith town prisoners, most of whom were convicted, Wednesday, were brought from the jail by officers to have Judge Boyd pass sentence upon those who had been fouh guilty. Many of these prisoners were-accompanied by their wives and children, who bad come down to' be with them during the trial, and It was 4 touching and path etic scene in the -court room when the sentence was passed on 4hose who were fonnd guilty. . Judge Boyd in sentencing the men said he had madejip his mind to ex terminate the lawnwsness at Smith- town and would be" forced to impose heavy penalty upon the guilty par ties as an example. The. sentences were as follows: all of whom are In dicted on the charge of illicit distill ing: Oscar Williams, sixteen ' years of age, fifteen months la. the United States reformatory' in the District of Columbia. . - James D. Williams, fifteen months in United , States prison at Atlanta, and a line of f 100. : V.lT-'; - John1 Young, eighteen months Federal prison, with a fine of $100. Oscar Smith, one year, one day In Federal prison, and a $100 fine, Davis Nelson, 13 months In prison, $100 fine. . John Griffin, one year,' one day la prison, $100 fine Logan Chambers, sxteea months In prison, $100 fine.' - ... Jos. Shelton, fourteen months in prison, 100 fine. John Williams, who was Indicted on the charge of retailing,- recognized under bond of $200 for his appear ance at the next term of ...Federal court r- . - v v " . : The case against L. E. Davis, revenue officer of 8urry county who was convicted some time ago for fil ing false vouchers in that county, in 1905, and sentenced to a year and a month in the Federal prison, at At lanta, was called for -final dlsposl tion. Davis has been . ider treat ment in St Leo's hospital tor . a se vere case of catarrh of the stomach, and two physicians who have been at tending him, testified in court that if he were sent to prison it would greatly endanger his health and un less he sentence was recalled they believed he-could not possibly live longer than three weeks. After In vestlgatlng fully, Judge Boyd decided to have the sentence stricken out Davis with about five other revenue officers were tried last fall, and Davis was tl only man sentenced to the United States prison, the others being released upon payment of fines. Geo. W. Robers, on trial for embez zling letters from the post office here was found not guilty.' - - " An enthusiastic meeting was held last night in the ahamber of com merce rooms by the committee re cently appointed to confer with O, Huntington, State secretary of North Carolina for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements for the or ganization of a Young Man's Chris tian Association In Greensboro, and the erection of a fifty thousand dollar building here. The indications are that the association will soon be or ganized an a campaign for the build Ing fund started and pushed to com plctlon, which means It will not be great while before.. Greensboro Will have a Y. M. C. A. building which will tie a great credit to the city and to the State. At the regular quarterly bimineB meeting of the Walker Aveima Chris tian Church laat bW;ht, the IU-v. L. JoLiiHon, was uiiaiitmomiiy ":'. 1 to servo the church tr another conf--r-eiice year, whf a hi "m In November. Yesterday Mr. It. K. i ,,: U (.f wood nnd JThis Kryile Coma' T.i : ' .n, ere Man-!. 1 In t' ioi -s i r c n C:: '; 1 1 i v Tli'i 1'i'V. I r. (1. V. i . .' r, 1 V . ' , v T. vr, 0 1 1 (f National Sleeting cf State Au ditors at Colaahns, Ohio, AaditorDixtutWill Attend Id L-IL.l L.wf ft Texas, AU la any C&er Seetleas of the Senth Incladlaf Sort Car. Una. Seaboard Air Lta Hat . ' v Cenpleted Ita CartUaa . , Cmtral DMiloi. - ? -" Spool Cottoa Ia ; , Made Ia r " Balelgh. Special Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, September 7 The number of the students at the Agri cultural and Mechanical College to day reached 336 and 600 are expected between this time and the end of the year, the problem being where to find quarters for them, as the college Is full Itself, being able to accommo date only 286 and the others are quar tered all about State Auditor Dixon, who goea to tne notable conierence to be neia at Columbus,. Ohio,' November 12th, of State. Auditors end members of the State Tax Commission has very decid ed views about the way of raising taxes. 80m e years ago, he favored the plan of having North Carolina open Its doors wide as a home for all cor poratlons which desired charters. This would have put North Carollnt on- a par be says, with New Jesrsey, where for many a year the people have never paid any State taxes, all these being from the various corpor atlons. . Dr. Dixon remarked to yonr correspondent that If this plan had been followed, North Carolina would now be taking no taxes from State collection from the people direct but everything wonld come from corpora Uons, making thlsthelr home, rail ways, etc. The plan which Is being very strongly proposed at the confer ence Is to -have no direct State taxa tion of individuals. Of course no one can tell what will come of this. A letter from Central Texas, dated September 1st, aaya the drought con tinues, only here and there scattered showers which have: relieved little areas. Northwest Texaa Is declared to be the only section which has fair, crop and from that, reports are coming In of serious deterioration. The droughty which started in - the early summer has gradually worked its way north, iucreasing in damage as It went . -. The Seaboard Air Line Railway In forms the Corporation Commission that It has put down new-ties over 100 miles of Its Carolina Central Di vision, between Hamlet and Wilming ton and seems to think that this will meet all the requirements. Eleven years ago, the Seaboard Air Line shops here, were burned." Only small part of the large buildings have since been utilized, but It stands roofless and desolate, thr shops be ing now at Portsmouth. -The yet old er shops, which I : later days' were used by the wo . workers are now utilised for cattle, and nave been ar ranged with feeding troughs, racks, etc, '. - One 01 the Raleigh mills la now making spool cotton of good quality which IS sent to Philadelphia and spooled and dyed. It la only a ques tion of time when all the .work will be done here.1 Another mill la now making fine hosiery, known as . 176 needle. - ton, and a recent graduate of Greens bore Female College. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left tor . a trip to Jamestown Exposition. At the home of ?Trs. Elisabeth Oak ley, yesterday a nwn at five 'clock, her danr , ' s Eva Oak ley ana Mr. , .. J ;:aday were united In marrla . 1 reinony be ing performed by t . v. Dr. Q. H. Detwller, pastor Cf West B,!arket 1 Street Methodist Church and the Rev. Dr.,3. S. Turrentine, preaiaing elder of the Creomihoro district The attendants were V.'III Ilalladay and y.'.a itarguerite HHalay. The bride was given awy ly her uncle, W. II. i:,:Cii!,9. tt I.ut!,am. The bride wore a h t t' over t qut'-t cf hi '! ' oril l-s.I'r . il r;in cf !.' e net a lou- u t:S nnd 1 I'? Pi 1 1) ' I' ' 1 1 c 1 i 1 1 f 1 , ft' i. r ' ' ; v r c ! Wr has the Merry Rate War Con- tinues Contributing to the, Gaiety ot the Nations EECJEST CFfZiK . rovfi. 1744 Telegraph gltnatloa Has So beared. That Business Is Conducted' as : , Before The Strike. Effort to ' Organise Professional : ' " Base Ball For JNext k 1 Tear v a Failure. .'- v'.' Gov.' Glenn : . " Away. -1 Special Correspondence. . v " : Raleigh, N. C, September E. Dur ing the early summer . there was a campaign here in the interest of a M. C. A building at the A. & M. College, at Raleigh. The secretary announces today that $9,000 has been raised. It is expected that very ac tive work will be done7 during the next six months, both among the alum ni, the present students and other persons In various parts of the State. The aecretary of State finds that In 1744 a) man who had lived in Carteref county bequeathed quite jt cbnsiderra bis amount of .moneyitor - a school there and it is said that til 8. was the first gift for a publlo School made In North; Carolina. The giver ' was an ancestor of Mr. Lewis Davis, member of the legislature, from Carteret., . There is more or less Interest In the news that Mr. Jacb F. Long has sued the North Carolina Railway for the $500 penalty for Belling" tickets for over 2 1-4 cents per mile, between July 1 and August 8. A lawyer here said today that the Federal '' courts could stop him from doing so, and that he er others would go right a- bead in the matter, be arrested, and take their cases to the United States court upon a writ of ?naieas corpus. Some time ago, B. C. Beck with, an at torney of Raleigh, said la a public letter that If clients asked his ad vice as to bringing these) penalty suits he would tell them to go ahead and sue the North Carolina railways, because he conceived that a North Carolina citizen could sue In a North Carolina court a North Carolina cor poration for-violation -of the North Carolina law, the constitutionality of which had not been set aside. For this Beckwith was enjoined by Judge Pritchard, went to Asheville, appear ed before the judge and the Injunc tion against him as far as the South- era Railway was concerned,- was dis solved, but a new one was made, to apply to any possible action againBt a North Carolina' Railway. Beckwith was made a party to the main notion in which the -corporation commission and the attorney general figure. He took an exception and so his case goes on up to the United States Su preme court Beckwith insists that In his advice as to suits against the North Carolina railway he struck the key note. ' . The telegraph situation is getting clearer hero, and business is being dispatched quite well by both the Western Union and the Postal. The office managers have had a hard time of It doing day and night work here, and at a great many other Places. but they and all the other men who stuck "have certainly made a good thing ot it Everybody left the Pos tal but the manager. At the offices ot these companies heree and at other points, old time telegraph . operators have come In and also young men who have been in the telegraph bus! ness and have left it to go to other professions. Both companies pay bonuses equal to a month's salary and also pay for overtime, etc., so that about double charges are made, The men who were operators here are scattered all over the country. Several ot them are in railway offices some have gone to other States and are in entirely different business. It' is thought during the present year that professional baseball could be arranged here, but things fell through but now everything has been arranged for professional ball next season, It has been five years since i'ale!,.h bad a professional team. It certainly bad a good one and thl place Is one of the most enthusiastic and best ball playing towns In the f ' slid perhaps led them all and t' r.ah '..h team won the penant Ui. n. There Is to be a club circuit f.r t:e coming season. T'. S Be la v re''.!r. 1 fill leaf to 1 ac- 1' 1, a s to 1 ' 1 . i U of t'a !r i tot ' 'y r-.l-. 1 11 t'-T ' i- of : ' - tec..:,,-, , Shows no Increase Over the Corresponding Month' - " ot 1907 OBBfflOT ON Landscape Gardner -Beautifying Ral eigh. Sewerage for. Orphanage.'-' - New Assessment on City and v- County Property. One 'Cotton Dealer EstI mates Crop Loss at Five Per 1 . Cent 1: :' ... 'V ::---Vv : Special Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, September 7. It Is stated that the August receipts of the Raleigh liquor dispensary were about the same as those a year ago, and that there is very little . gain this year as compared with last During the past ten days the receipts have fallen oft considerably and it is said this is because the farmers are partic ularly hard at work. They are large buyers and the dispensary people can always tell when they are in the city. There are hints that no election will be ordered by the Aldermen this year after all on the question of pro hibition or dispensary, ' the trouble being on account of the registration which will have to cover greater Ral eigh. The prohibitionists at one time felt confident they would get the election a day or two after' Christ mas. They may go ahead now and get the names ot more voters 'in the new territory, so as to bring the num ber up on their petition to meet any equirement Mr. Kelsey, of Boston, who lec tured here last year on landscaping and a' park system, and who is well known In the South is again here, laying off the Boylan property which has- been purchased by an improve ment company and which is to be built up as a residence . suburb, its lies near the hospital for the insane and the penitentiary, and along side the Southern and Seaboard Air Line Railways. While Mr. Kelsey is here he will lay off the grounds of the Mehodist Orphanage. . . He ' informs your correspondent that those grounds are admirably located and suscepti ble of every improvement Superintendent Cole of the Orphan age will go ahead and put In a system of sewerage the city finding Itself unable to do this. - The orphanage is now In the limits of Raleigh. Last Monday your : correspondent reported the new assessment of city and county property here. It was remarked that very little of the prop erty is rated at oyer half Its value, Whenever . sales are made this fact Is very clearly shown and in a great number ot cases, the same thing Is made plain, when city . property Is sold.1 The increase In the assessment of Raleigh property is $387,781, while in the county the Increase is $962,169 It Is interesting to notice that the Increase in railroad property is $792,- 475, and that this la the real cause of the Increase as above shown. The corporation excess Is $189,396 and the increase in bank values for the whole county Is $71,808 there being several new banks in the country. , The In crease in the city Is certainly not as large as has ben expected. Edward B. Barbee, a well known cot ton buyer here, was interviewed today regarding the damage done to cotton by the last drought and says he, is very sure it wasnot even five per cent He says that , on poor sandy lands where the crop was not prop erly Vorked the damage may be more, but this is the exception and not the rule. He says there is always deter ioration in August and that he con siders the present crop a beautiful one; the plants, while not large, be ing very handsomely fruited, and open Ing Is progressing very well. A farmer three miles from Ral eigh, whileJlgglng a well this week found calclte at a depth ot 25 feet, From this line is burned, but the seam is very narrow. The mineral Is a beautiful one, being crystals ot a very pale yellow. " jj There are seventy National ranks In North Carolina and 2G0 Etute, pri vate and pavings hanks. There 1 not been a failure of any lank In the Etate this year and It la said their condition la very good all over the F.tate. It Is h A that the knl''' r, - ' 'y 1 he President ot the Greens-. boro Female College Re- ! turns From a Fine Trip j IE HIE OHO- ' ..-! .... ElLQEOm United States Marshal and His Depn-1 ties And Deputy . Collector Ar- rested For Forcible Tret : pass. The Entry . War Made to Preemre Evidence of Illicit , '. Distilling. The 8tory. Special Correspondence. -. . Greensboro, N. C, September .- People of Greensboro have many ways! of doing sweet and beautiful things, as well as other kind of big things. This morning when Mrs. Lucy Ro bertson arrived at the Southern Rail way from New York, on her return home from a trip to Europe, she was met by a regiment of over one hun dred of her lady friends and former Students of the Greensboro Female Colloge, who had marched there in a body to welcome this lovely worn- an, and distinguished lady president I of the great educational institution.' President Robertson returns, after delightful trip, refreshed In body and spirit, ready to take up the con duct o the College, which opens tor tne next year s wora on septemner l'lth. Prof, J. Alien Holt, of Oak Ridge, the latest candidate for Congressional honors from the fifth district was here today, and from evidence of cor dial handshakes from friends, has plenty ; ot them in Greensboro. ' He says recent rumors to the fleet that he was contemplating a ' withdrawal from the race, are entirely ground less; that he feels that he could not in justice to the. hundreds' of people all over the county and district, whose suggestions that he become a candidate, prompted his first . an nouncement received a warm recep tion from the people who "elect dem ocrats" though there are undoubted evidences of dissent from those who try to assume the dictatorship " of nominating them. Returning. this morning from an en forced absence from the city of sot-the eral days, this correspondent natur-lmlng ally enquired what was Greensboro doing about all the racket some other North, Carolina ' cities were keeping up, about the authorised publication from .the Hill Dfrectorr Company, that Greensboro had a population' fn three mile radius of 42,000. This first man Inquired of, said Greens boro wasn't surprised at the figures, but was surprised at the rumpus cre ated in other less fortunate or. less hustling communities. The next man addressed had tears in his eyes, and said half of the 42,000 Greensboroites were sad, manj tearfully so like hlm - self, because other sections of the State- seemed to resent the actuality ot North 'Carolina already having one big city, with prospects of its being as big as any other Southern State could have in a short time. He said he never felt so bad over anything In his life, especially from throwing sauibs at the newspaper men of Greensboro for publishing the statis tics.?'' ' He said they ought to be grateful to the newspaper men for atopplng with the simple publication of the figures, especially Raleigh, which was generously given more popula tion then even It had claimed, and Charlotte with the splendid exhibit ot 40,000. He said the very existence of this generous spirit by Greensboro correspondents towards other cities, was one ot the real secrets of Greens boro.'a marvelous growth.people loved to live among cosmopolitan people, with broad hearts as well as popula tion territory, and instead of envying ot'iers progress, lent a helping hand to their advancement, and glorified In their success. Then this goutlcman wiped his eyes, aud so did I, a passed on. So did I. That la l'.I I know about the census, that will hear printing. - , 1'nitr.i Slate kail, hU two (! ; ami J ! " !:!'! ( ' r , 1 J I 1 1 y i a i The Charlotte Ot server OZlce Suffers a 3 15,0( 0 Loss Cans eJ by Mice and Matches GLEttO O . K3TEL E2CI) A Deaf Amd Daatb Segre Employee Of The Observer Foand Dead Af ter The Fire Was ExUa gilsned. Three - Baraed , U Death la The He- j . J tel Fire. Lena Claimed la '! f::- Special to Journal. Charlotte, N. C, September . Fire was discovered In tle four story of fice building of the Dally Observer at 1:30 o'clock this morning, just as the paper was going to tress. The entire third and fourth stories are destroyed and the loss is placed at $16,000. The saving of any of the building la re garded as wonderful as It was thought at one time to be d lomed. The blaze originated In a store room Ion the, third floor aud mice are sup posed to have been the cause of the conflagration.: George Wilson, colored & deaf mute, employed by the Observ er was burned to ceath. He waa found tn the matrU room between two printers' cases. The Mergenthal er type-setting machines, fine Hoe press, and the engines, were not dam aged to any extent This la the sec ond bad fire the 01 server office has suffered within two years. ' -. V ; ' ; ... a, ,;. ". ' . Shelby, September 9. The Cleve land Springs Hotel, a well known health resort, was -destroyed by fire today Jind three persons lost their Uvea. Mrs. Cora Smith, ; ot Ellens boro, N. C, and two negro servants rere the victims. ; ; ' There were many guests who lost most of their clothing and valuable The origin of the fire ia not known. The loss la $26,000. Death, of Lemuel Brlnsoa Pearee, Master Lemuel Burton Pearce died at the Stewart Sanatorium at half past two o'clock Monday morning af ter more than three weeks of terrible suffering. On Saturday August 17th met with an accident while swim- In the Neuse. He caught hold of the stern ot a launch, and one of the boys thoughtless y started the en gine and the boy wis struck on the r'ght knee by the blade ot the revol ving propeller, making an ngly wound He was taken to his home on Met- calf street, but a few days later It was thought advisable to take him to the Sac atorlum. From almost the start ths wound waa regarded as of a desperate nature, the dreaded blood pel -'on having mad ) its appearance In a day or two a.'ter the accident T1 1 lad has , suffered untold agony dr -in; all these day,!, but nothing has beeu 'eft undone thtt loving care and surgical science could do. L;-n as he was familiarly known, wrs nearly 14 years old, his birthday being September 18; He was a brlt quick, s mari boy, a treat favorite wita I his friends and displayed spleen ability m athlectic sports, especI J'y base ball. The funeral services will be held at tour o'clock this afternoon at tie Christian church. Tour blood is your life. It It's I :i- pure, it acts as a i eclvlng aont f r diseases. Protect yc ur heaUh t y I . Ing your blood pur-i aud rl U. I: ', lister's Rocky ount-in Tea, tie I t effective blood tonic for t.I.'.y y : t. Nothlng so benedclil, 35 cei.'i, 1 i or Tablets. F. 8. Du'y. It on pretext ot !.x ' '. ; f whiskey. The octrs s'. 'a f reports that IT'. 'lor. 2S 1' they Burro- 1 1 v-i a i. 1 to waii.U v ! ot f I i t ) r ; l .: i urn m ( ri w 1 .' V is 11 n V 1 t.) f '111! ! 1 I ; 1 a 1; :v V . ! MflW