North Carolina Newspapers

y. -ft fl r II'- I I L No: 24. NEWBERN, CBAYEN COUNXY. N. C . TUESDAY JUNE. 22 1909-r FIRST SECTION 32nd. YEAR WILL OPEN BIDS !1DS: TERRIFIC BimAIL Ii OTES THE STATE THURSDAY FABJI ERS 8TATE GREAT DAM 'AGE HAS BEEJf DOE, ro STATE BO PniinCDMIUP II C I mniPrP Jaae; """t01 Jurors all akd UUiiULnikillU II. U. lluiN3u.for clemency and that McKay while in Federal BaUdlag Being Overbaaied. -.Ofl portrait of Henry Clay Feaad .la Humble South Carolina Home, An Interesting and Taloable Piece of Art Jeffreys Silent a to His ' Gnllt. N . . Special Correspondence. Raleigh, June 18. The counsel qf .. state will meet tomorrow, at the call f Governor Kltchln, and at the re quest t treasurer Lacy, to pas, upon the bids for the $500,000 otstate 4 "per -cent bonds. There are numerous bids, ifrom all sections of the County, . but .. none oi themjire made public." Here tofore the state has allowed the hold ers cf ts bonds and stocks to deduct from their' stocks,, (as .in the case ot banks, for example) the amount invest ed In the North Carolina bonds due In 19ll it was universally believed tic same provision had been made as re gards this new Issue but the corpor- : atlon commission takes - a differen , view and It is this act which proba- - bly caused the bids to be lower thau expected. The State Treasurer said 2 months ago he,1-thought, the bonds i- would bring from 105 108. , It is rumor ed that 103 is the highest bid and that it was made by the Raleigh Savings plank. The attorney general, dratted the bill, for the Dew Issue. Much i of .the talk here today was about last nights great rainfall.' Ia. C hours S 3-4 inches fell, - which ha .. certainly done damage. Lands are al ready water soaked and some of them - washed for the first time . in year. : The spring at Pullen park was kooded for tue'first time in 10 years. Tht rain was harder here than elsewhere. - Itjs d, ths freat areas on tte v Norfolk and Southern railway between here and Norfolk, r are ; under Water. Revenue collector Wheeler Martin, I who came in from Martin county to day, says that region is flooded ant: - great damage done to crops. Yet It is declared that the worst damage .In the state ' to, 'tan the -aetWon ...west ' ot. i Cbarlgstte- There It has rained well nigh daily nearly a months. ' . ' It said in Raleigh, several person besides ""druggist have federal license "to sell whiskey. A number has malt h liquor, license. Yesterday one of XUv latter got a 12 -month sentence on tht roads. He appeals. His - lawyer . brought out the fact that other hold- ere of such license were not brought v .before the police Justice. - The Improvement of the interior of the federal building began toy. Th: will Include the -east wing court room, which will be done in Cream and straw color. ' .' - '-"'- ' ' O. R. 8mlth,'a veteran of the Mex- - lean and civil wars,-today brou8nt here an oil portrait ot Henry Clay, h found In a very humble house In Soutn Carolina. " It was painted in 1845, anC Mr. Clay was-wearing the clothes he ' wore while he nut re hi famous speecs at Raleigh la 1844 Including the Uk vest of sUk made tod spun by a Oran- . Tills comity lady, who also made ana 'presented the vest . v - ' . The negr Jeftrys, chargd wfth at tempting to assault Miss Marie Cur tice, is A )ail. He has nothing to say His village, Oberlln, in the suburbs o ' Raleigh, 'has always been remarkably law-abiding, and its people la mass- ' ' meetiig denounced his crtms. He will ' be tried In July. His offense is most ' serious and means a very long sen ' tence - , . . - ACTVAL BATTLE RITALLED Loaf List of Xalroe4 in Inare4 tu Banker Hill CelekrnUets. - Booton, Juns 18. The list of malmec ad Injured In the Bunker Hill cele bration today rivalled that of the aci - Ion of 184 7r ago. Sixty-five per sons of Boston, and vicinity,' for Inju- ties taused by Brew ork and pistole, and many mors wers attended by phy : slcians and oUiers at their homes. For - tunately the r no r"u casual ties ISS B0SBT DEAD She Wai Relative ef Fasiois Ca.' . Tht Art department was called out federats Leader. N tUs morning about M5, ths aUrm be New York, Jane ll.-MIs Sarah D. lag from box 14; Cooks pavallon being Mosby. of Memvhls, a relsUva t the in full Wa The building and con famous Jeader of Mo.by't Men In th Untt Which constoted of (as best could Ctvll War. died suddenly todiy at the be learned) a piano, toda tounUIn, a fcm. nf mim EuDhemla Sandys, wclihlnc machine etc., wsr totally on One Hundredth and Fifteenth etrt where she had been slaying for some CiJe. Death was due to apoplexy. M'T was forty four years old. (0ATH SENTENCE CIOUED laaius If eBay One Condemned U Deatl for Harder wUl Spead Us Bar U tn t Penitentiary at Hart I Labor. : " ' ? : : V ; ; luungu, juuo a. uovernor juicnin commute to Ufa Imprisonment at hard labor the death- sentence of Junta McKay, convicted laet November ol on county. The coventor any , tie jau under sentence refused positively to escape when all the other prisoners Jtroke jail and got away. , : ; , ; HAS THREE : DEGREES NOW Change la Ritual Is Adopted by Junior i "Mechanics I. ' . Detroit, Mich, June 18. The Na tional Council, Junior Order of Uni ted American Mechanics, today passed a resolution changing the ritual of the order so that it will contain three de grees Instead of one. A resolution was passed accepting the offer of tac Tennessee Stite . Council to donate grounds and buildings for a home to. old. and indigent members of the or der.. The institution Is to be located in Tennessee, and its cost is estimatec at $75,000. NOTICE! There will be an entertainment at Arapahoe Academy Saturday night "at 8 oclock June 26th. Everybody cor dlally. Invited;1 plays-. "Ten-Nlghtt In a Bar Room", and "Out In Uk Street", will be presented. Admission adults 16 cents, children 10 cents. . eittry Stay be Pardoned. Harrisburg, Pa., June 18. Ta. State Board of Pardons late today rec ommended a pardon of James B. Geu try, an actor serving a life sentence for the murder of Madge Yorke, at actress, whom he slew in a jealoui rage at Philadelphia on February 17 1895. , ; - PARIS CONVICTED ' , ' OF MANSLAUGHTER Noted Trial Come to An End KesnK ; v .jJxpecteoT N .The Jioted. trial ot Abaer Paris fo.- the murder of Thomas Toler at the convict camp came to an end las' evening In a verdict of guilty of mac slaughter. Sentence will be.given to day. ' Two other cases were tried. J. O. Gardner guilty of house break ing but not larceny; recommended t. the mercy ol the court ' Henry Williams was found guilt) of obtaining money under false pre teme. ,.; . r Atlantic Hotel Orchestra. One of the most pleasing and val uable attractions at Morehead thi1 season to the orchestra under the cs pable leadership of Claud ,M. Elam ot Greensboro. Mr. EM am has had h'. orchestra at Morehead for the, w; seasons past but this year he has eve excelled bis former reputation of fur nlshing good music to the patrons o' thehotel, ; . ; f ' V. The Sunday concerts as rendered by Clam's orchestra r well worth the etpense of a ttio to Moretiead. as r. soloist Mr. Elam has few equal in thr South and he has associated with hln m'usictsns of ts highest type.' Mr. Elam and his orchestra were ai the Jefferson hotel In Richmond dur ing the. winter months, and the pre ot tht Old Dominion Stats speak U loud terms' of their efficiency. - ' Bubonic Flagat at Caraeas. Caracas, June li. Tiers are now thirteen case of buboolo plague m Caracas. The disease Is confined tu Ukto city. Sanday School Picnic Special Corespondence. ' OenDe. June 21-Tber wUl be a Sunday school, picnic at Tabernacle M. E. ehurch July 15. 190. chUdren Day serrlce in the morning, and Bet J. T. Standford and Prof. A. H. White will lecture In the afternoon Every body is cordially Invited to corns and bring well filled baskets. . J. T. Henderson, ".- ' . . U. R. Sablston, ' ' E. H. Morton, C. D. Melville, ' ' D. R. PbUlrps,' X). 8.-Aman, . . J. D. Ooston,' v. W H. Collins, . - . . Committee IARLT MORNING FIRI dB.treyed. Origin of firs unknown, Tlmly efforts saved tevsral boaU tbt wer. moortd to tbe walks and wharvee ,(jjarent thereto. , , WEEKLY COHOII LETTER . . . ' .. v . ' i ' ' ' ' - ' EXHAUSTIVE DISCUSSION OF MATTERS ' CONCERNING THE : '-;,- i : i " - v. . " . --;' . 1 Annn lliriTiirn i.rnrnninu LATHAL1S ouuu Huintn KtyuMni,. columns, c. v' .. ' --.:r.. - .;jf:. x- The next convention will be held in " ' -."i iHeadersoavllle, N. C, the time to be Although Croa Started. TesTdr Fifteen nxed by the executive immlttee. The Days Late and the. Weather Seen :K. i - m.'d urii tunvnui (ue Stands Loek Well. The Texas Crop is Making Splendid Progress.1 Trade Conditions are Improving. Special to Journal. Greensboro, June 1. I have not written ' since . the 22nd of May, be - cause there war nothing to say. The entire range of fluctuations in tbrs period amounts to about SO point in the fall months. The crop in Texa has shown wonderful' improvements and the weather there has been very favorable and 'the stands are good, the crop however, started from fifteen to fifty days late and favorable weatn- er Is needed for the rest of theseasoa for this state to completely recover. an,j make a full yield. Oklahoma to fair to good. Arkan sas has had too much rain in section but is doing well. Louisiana, Missis sippi and Alabama have had too mucn rain and the crops In these states are backward at least two weeks, and grassy, and. if dry weather does not follow we will soon hear of considera ble abandonment of acreage. In Geor i gia conditions are better but too muca rain has fallen and ths crop Is late ... i probably ten days. North and South Carolina re pretty well described in he Georgia report except In the past few days, Heavy and continued rains have fallen in the greater portion cr both states. These washing rains not only injure he lands and the growing crops, but chey largely nullify the value ot com mercial fertilizer . and prevents ths :rop being cleared of grass. We are ecelvlng some reports from ths Caro lina that are- indeed very gloomy. The condition of the cropas a whols I far from satisfactory. In regard to trade, there is marked improvement all over the world and the consump tion of cotton Is very full. There is a feeling of optimism, and a belief that a period of good time in not fara- head. . The thing preventing an outburst cr prosperity more thin all others is the high price of food ss everything traded in on the Chicago Board of Trade fet ching corner prices which so increases the cost ot living that the buyiu j oower of the masses to largely curtair- d. After the markst basket Js-fule 3 with meat at the highest pnces-eea n fifteen years and .bread at about the highest prices ever known there s not much left to bay anything else. The various forms of money In circulation n the United States in 1898 was II.- 21,000,000 now it to 13,108,000,000 and he gain from June 1st last year to the present Is $72,000,000. . s . The "leading captains of industry jxpress confidence walls Industrial de velopment and railroad expansion re ceipts encouragement from th lead ing" powers cf finance. The world ad mits the need of a crop of cotton which he present prospect dees not promts to furnUh. Under the circumstance t does not seenV reasonable to expect any material decline In tht near fu ture, even though , crop prosptct should Improve. ' Dr. Troy Leaves Charlotte, Charlottt Newt: U .. Rev. F. WTroy and bit linger, Mr rred Lee Syme, left thi morning early for New Bern, where they will coa duct a meeting In the First Baptist church. Dr. Troy waa for two wseks In this city and bit addrsssss have been extremely . helpful. . aUractlng quite a Urge number ot people, from other churches at well as from th Baptist Dr Troy is a man who ha A wonderful experience and tht incl dent of conversation and tht grewtn of character, In connectlon-wlth hi uachlng. and prsachlng. have been re markable A number of these he related last nlaht la bit concluding address, ha he spokt on tht solution of prob lems, taking his tsxt from Rom, h 1-t "Wt btsetch:yo, brethren, by the merclet of God that yt. present your bodies a living tacrine "Money has gone to two mea wrong ed in buslnees sine t have been pre U. In 21 Jfa-VaaW Dr. Troy land Orgt rtrntt 10 o'clock this'sdv.a Wo hone the reader, will en- U7."erall at ttl.Lraln, R.t. R. C. Btaaa. will ofll- Joy th. change and get a better paper . ... w.. w. -,-L,. , ' ,thsn usual.' NDUca Is served now on kind. "A man who ha a comrn out to hear mt told me thai ht could no go any furthr ia alt CtrlHlaa lllf wlthou rlghUng a wrong doot In I i t)Utn"s. jl!'nixMA dUbof rCsaunisslonera Elect ' Neill i Rochester, K Y.; June 18. Labor eonunlsaionert at tts closing session ot their convention here today elected cUrUs P. Neill; United States Coin- misstoner of UOwr, president . jOn the' xuUve committee are M.L. Ship- men. Cmlasloner ptUbor.IUlelgh; H. C.,; and B. 1. Watson, Comuiiseionet f Agriculture, Commerce and Indun- Q&m 9' the assootatlon was cnangea W"Asbcii''rf"'omoiais of Bureaus of Labor Statistics of Amer- lea to the International Association c? Buraans of Lafior. A woman is so bound to have the last word that she always puts a post script on her letter. 1 ' , - - Snnken Schooner In Shoals Dangerous Norfolk Landmark, 18th. j A report of a wreck, dangerous to navigation, was received at the brancii tiydrographlc office here and forwardeu .to Washington, D. C, yesterday. Albert T. Lewis,' a shipbro-ker or Beaufort, N. C, states that Captain Dave Godwin, a Beaufort fisherman. discovered the hull of a sunken three- mast schooner, the identity of which 1 unknown, sunk at the soutlisrn mouth of the Lookout Shoals slue. Th l&ull of the vessel Is just awash an; cannot be seen until close aboard. Tin wreck lies la the track of all vessel: crossing the Shoals, and many ligh draught vessels use the passage south Mr. Lewis stated that the shiwiins Interests of the Beaufort section are very anxious that the government hav, Pe wreok removi- BRANDENBURG CHEERFUL Apparently Does not Regard . TestL meay as Damaging. New York, June 18. Bi-oughtor Brandenburg showed little concern t day as the state continued its attcmp tfo prove tha't the article sold the New York Times for $500 as Grover Cleve land's and widely published over the country was a forgery, and that lie knew It when he sold the article When court adjourned he was chattiD- cheertully with spectators and appar ently did not regard as damaging tn testimony of the second day of-liii trial. Late this afternoon the State bega: to Introduce witneeees in rapid succe? sion, first to Identify the typewiitej on which the article is said to have been written and the stenographs to whom It was delivered, then the typewritten sheets ot the article itser and their correspondence with ta published text. By this testimony tn prosecution hope to prove that the ar ticle waa dictated in part from note: and in jtart written in longhand b; Brandenburg and passed over by hin to -the .stenographer to transcribe or August lMii, more than a montr after Grover Cleveland had died. Miss. Lillian Bacon, who said she tookT Brandenburg's dictation of part of ths article In question, told how Brandenburg looked over the shee; at her table when they were don and said: "It la Sbod, salable stuff adding "that it was Cleveland's styK or something like that." Court was adjourned before sn could bo led further. Ylrglala-Carollus May Declare Divi dend Richmond, Va., Juns 20. While It 1- practically certain that tht director. of tht Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co will place the common ttock on a ft Tidend bala at . their next meeting which will be held early In July, tht next date hat not yet been determine.' upon. It ! roughly eettmated that tn earnings tor the fiscal ysar, win, something over 6 per cent, but untv tht returns, which are now being anJ Ited, shows whether this estimate it correct oraot tht directors do no. cart to commit themselves. r i Death ef Sarniel X. Howard. Tha friends of Mr. Samuel M. How- i w.ra nrafaundiy grievea anc hocked to bear of bis destb which oc currtd at fiva o'clock yesterday morn ing, after a very few hourt sickness. Ht wst ttrlcken at half past ten clock Monday night with apoplexy. H wst apparently n tht vtry orst or hsalth and bis sudden demise was a vtry grsat surprl. H was A man will known In ths city, for severs, years wat a member of the New Bern police force. He has been a highly reeneoted resident of -the ,city for many years. He wat 44 years or kc n. ,,.i wUl be held thi lata bomt oorner of South Front 'offlo and they will run It to suit them w. will publleh tht -beautiful sacrel onllrmed UsU tht cnangs in ioca ' t . ... v. .t.. a .4ii t . tL !. firm ftinitt b mads at once. ciatt. . -i .i mi. . ni lacbet'tquart and 24 Inchet deep I oubto feat RIGULTURAL EX TENSION WORK SEW PLAN ES TERT AINED BY THE COLLEGE OF AftRHTLTUKt: AND MEt llANU VL AKTS TO E.M.ARI1E SCOPE !' V((UK : I .,.,,..,. - jit is probable that actual work win INSURANGF CQfiPANIES MERGEhesi-on the 8ch001 bullding wlth,n Mr. James Klaitcs One Iucorporator f Dlxi Giihiio Company. North Car- 4 viiiia Imismn ot .oiifodoiaic Vtt- erans Accept lut ilatiou to Hold .V( htatc Ki'iuiion at Charlotte. Kaieigu Savlii(f.s P.i.:Ji 'lake up sjiVJO.OOO i Per Cent. State lipids. Special to Uournal: Kaieign, ue is. The secretarvof sUte auchorizca the cn olidatio-i of the Dixie and fcoMh State Kire Insur ance Companies both cf Graeuiboro under the name-TH vie. A charter is gi-anted the Dixie Guano Co., Greeoetjoro to niarmfacturj fertil izers aud cheuiicala, capital tok $17i- 000; Ashley Home, James B. Blndes. and others stockholders. Dr. Knapp, sjwcial agent of the Unl ted States Agricultural departmeni an president Hill of the North Cur olina Agricultural and Mechanical Co: lege here today ararnged plans or much importance to the states agri cultural forces by which the office or state demonstration aeut C. K. Hua son, will li accru'ded to the colleg and will esifiblinh a professorship c agricultural extension work. The North Carolina division Uuitec Confederate VeUrana J. S. Carr. com manding, will accept the invitation of Mocklenberx ('ami) of Charlotte to hole the nex't, state . reunjon there Aueusi 2Bth to 27. The reunion last year wa nt Winston-Sali.m and - t)cH Veteranc registerid. i Penitentiary ofiVials have complete;; the inspection of the lireat Siate farm of 8,0(Hl acrts iif;ar Wildon to ascer tain the diuutijt. done by last weeK" flood In Uoahoke river and find it en tirely destroyed. M0 acres of con: This will be teplanted but the outlocr. is poor. The governor and council of statt- today accepted the bid of the Italuipr. Savings Bank for the entire isue cr $500,000 ot i per cent state bonds a: 103. There wore nine bidders. The Open Season t'or Honest liipubli ' can Lawyers. A graduate of au esstern law school wrote to a prominent lawyer in Arkan sag to find out what chance there would be for him in that part of tht country. "I am a I'epuUlican in politics" he wrote, "'and an honest young lawyer." "If yon are an honest lawyer", came the reply, "yon will have no competi tion, and if you are a Republican tr.e game laws will protect you." Every body's MeKazine. Small Trade Willi Philippines. Washington, June 20. The Buret u of Statistics states, regarding tne trade of the Philippines, that the tota value of imports into the Islands' in 1908 as $29,186,120. The amount or merchandise imported free of duty In sonnectlon wjUi the construction of the railway systems amounted to $1,- 747,312. The nominal exports from the Uni ted States to the Islands for 1908 reach 3d f 9,900,696, while the official figures rf the Philippine government show that, exclusive of government free en trie and railway supplies, the Ameri can goods sent to the islands amounted 'o but $5,101 8.16. y Th principal Imports were cotfo manufactures, rice, Iron and steel mai ufactures, dairy products, nour, leath er arrtl manufactures of leather, splrlir wines and liquors, paper and papu manufacture, chemical, drug, dyes and medicines and wood manufactures The.exports amounted to 132.601.072 .u . ..io. htn hmn eo- nr-.uer and tobacco." - ' Blame It on the Devil Greenville eflector: ' If enough whrjrewlth '1 collected In th meantime to assure ration tor a week,the editor will leave this even- Inc o attend the press convention at Hendf rsonvlll During his, absence by Ar'ihur Pryor, tht celebrated leac m.. tioHo.-vr will t.K nntlrelv In the ir at Prvor's band. Watch fur U. , U jv.iiv.',.- ' aitbands Of the boys and girls, of ths thsn usual. " NWlca is servea now on '.nvone who may got offended end .ni to flcht over anytning mat ap- orW. not, to their llklngs to plea.e st ttle It before the editor gets Dacs, SITE FOR: DOVER SCHOOL County Sujerlnteudt'nt Brinson aud State Superintendent Joyiicr Se lect a Fine Lot for School I Building. PmilltV Ki1V r.f Ofhru. C Jt T-n v ... . . "cut m uuver oaiui uay wnere nq i met State Superintendent Joyue an dthey inspected several lots which have been under consideration. 1 iiey decided upon one lot, which contains four acres and has all the good qual- ities that such a lot should have aucr a very lew uays. iue Biruciure will cost $25,000 aud will be an infloitu tlon of which the citizens may well be proud. v Paris Gets Two Tears. The Superior court for the trial or criminal cases was ended yesterda and there is a decrease in the nuuibei of boarders at the county boardfng bouse. The docket has plenty of un tried cases yet and it may be thai, a special term will be appointed to try the cases Jlhat were left over. Last evening Judge Cook sentenceG Abner Paris, the guard to two year: lii the penitentiary. The state made motion to set aside the verdict anfi then moved for a new trial. Both mo tions were overruled. The state then gave notice of appeal. Duffy White, homicide, from Dover, was found not guilty. j In the homicide case from Vance- boro tbe Grand Jury found no true ' bill. Birthday Party. A birth day party will be given Mor. day night, in Bridgeton forthiibeiieri of the Epworth League. Little soefci are being distributed by the promoters of the party with the desire that they be returned as suggested below : This birthday party is given to you Tis something novel, tis sonieuhnig new, We send to each this little sack! Please either send or bring it back. With as many cents as you are old. We promise the number shall never le told. The Bridgeton League with greeting most hearty Bids you come to this birthday party. Monday night, June 21sf 190. INSURANCE ORDER COM. PLIES WITH LAW Auditor General Biekett Settles Gold.. boro Union Depot Matter Used i Jiorfolk and Southern. Special to Journal. Raleigh, June 21. Sometime ago t:u Modern Woodmen of America refnseO to comply with the North Carolina la-w requiring advanced assesments to nt kept on deposit in the state by ever; company or order doing business ok the mutual or assessment plan, the commissioner cancelled. Its license He says It has now complied- with tTu law. Alderman Unchurch was acquit ted of the charge of swearing on tiie street. The Atlan'ta Journal au tomobile on its way to New York hr.U.i an axlo near Louisburg, N. C. Thr' Seaboard Air Line ran a special tiair. last night to Louisburg from here crrylng a new axle making t.wmil seven miles run In twenty four mlnuU Attorney Oeneral Blckett settled tin- question of the use of the union pas senger station ' at Goldsboro by tnc Norfolk and Southern railway, by de ciding that liability to enter the go pot did not depend upon contract lw on a valid order made by the cor poration commission before the N'oi folk aud Southern acquired by thr lease from the state, the Atlantic North Carolina railroad. The .Norfolk and Southern pays Rs part of the com of tbe depot and begins Its use tomor row morning. Tbe Corporation Commission. ordtii the Norfolk and Southern, Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line t.. erect a suitable passenger station at Sanford. ' Something Sew Kcxt Sunday The Journal will publish new an popular music la each Sunday Issu. An arrangement has been made wlii a leading music house ot the Uuiter, States to furnish the plates and oui Readers will alw.yt find the mualo on tht inside page. This music Is not shop work, nor the offe from any second or third rate rhtpsodUt "but Is the composition of an acknowledges mulclan and will be found to be one of his best , j -. 1 The piece next 8unday will be tn ttlrring military march 'Hunker Hill play It and tht following Bunaay we ton,. Hosn.. Be surt to get Journal mu..c-ih. be.t there Is. , . , Almost every day brings tbe an nouncement. m m new canmuaie wuu Intend, to try for the guW.storlar -nominaiKni in ixa. 1 WANT ELEC- II N0BF0LK & SOUTHERN PEOPLI ARGUE WITH THE CORPORA TION COMissiOX TO BE RELEASED FROX THAI , OBLIGATION SWHUFOR BB.;BEO!i Sad Death of Rev. Dr. Mnrdock. Ex amination for Trained Nurses Law Offices Being Built on Historlo Ground. State Treasurer Lacy MuO Improved In Health. Accident t Routes-Finding Automobile. , South ern Road Most Change Site ef Freight Depot at Morganton. ; Special Correspondence. Raleigh, June 22. The Episcopal- ' fans here deeply regret the death or Rev. F. J. Murdock, of Salisbury Mr. Richard H. Battle one of the leading Episcopalian laymen of the state, said that In the death of Dr. Murdock North Carolina had, in his opinion, lost its ablest man. He added he considered Dr. Murdock the ables'b man tbe stats ever had since the death of Sander Vance. Bishop Cheshire and Rector Plttinger of the church of the Oooa Shepherd, will attend the funeral. Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell re ports 'tJiat he has received an appfl ration for the Rebekah Lodge at Gran ite Quary, in Rowan county. Today there was a regular hearing before the Corporation Commission or the matter of electric headlights on engines on 'the Norfolk and Southern railroad. General Superintendent It P. Foster, Superintendent R. 8. Ander son and assistant general counsel W. M. Terry, appeared before the com-" mission, aud several engineers of the . roa,j were introduced by the as wit nesBe against 'the use of such bead lights, from which this road seeks as : twuie teiupLiuu. The Methodists . here - express ' nn- bounded sympathy for Rev.. Dr. R. C. Beanian, of New Bern, on account of ' the elopement of his wife who fled with a man named Grant. Dr. Btamaa was here las't, November and wat one of the special speakers at tht nota ble Missionary meeting of all tne churches which was held in tht First Baptist church. . . - This afternoon at the high school here wag au examination ot a large number ot applicants for certificate for trained nurses. A number ot ap plicants tame from Xharlotte and Greensboro, where they finished the course yesterday. There is a Stats board, which makes such examina tions. Some-new law offices are being. con-. - strncted here on the lte of the nota ble office which Joslah Turner used to publish the Sentinel In reconstruction days, and on the very spot where sosnt person exploded a quantity of gun powder and partially wrecked tht printing presses of 'that paper State Tieasurer Lacy looked much better today than be has for a couplt ot months past and remarked that ht felt he had Improved. He has Dten a great sufferer from asthma, but ht has stuck It out and remains here op at his home near Raleigh,, declin ing to go to Arizona saying h pre ferred to remain at hl pott, tnouga his disease end the very momnt he reaches Arizona. , Tbe Oldsmobile ot tht Atlanta Jour nal had another mishap three miles ' Ibis side of Louisburg yesterday, break ing the rear axle, wblcb was damagew near Sanford Thursday afternoon. A new axlle. was at 'Sanford and the A: L. put on a special train to take to Louisburg. .Thlt train made a vtrr quick tun, making twenty eeven mllea between Raleigh and Frankllntoa la twenty four minutes. Th Louhibursj people made the day delightful tor tat aUuOinoUilisi man wi unif "- o'clock lust night In tint thapt. State Superintendent Joy ner spa ing about the Eastern Training school said that th arrival of It Prldent Mr. Robert H. Wrlgbt ot Baltlmort who will com befort July 1st. ' H haa been the principal ot tht 01rlt UlKh School at Baltlmort. .The Corporation Commission baa had a rehearing on exceptions to lt ordor requiring removal ot rreignt depot at Morganton to slds ot the -.llvav nearest to tht town. It over. i J.W A I iu.es iu v..uw. - I The Corporation Commission h4 a ' V-...!.. Am 4V, m m.Har tit A union rtftB- u..... - - sngr won at eu.oru station mu t 1 '' - provtdml ana must if aaea 18 . w . ,. 1 DON HEADLIGHTS