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NEW BERN, N. C.. TUESDAY, JtT-YJlHFIRST'SECrnON
Six Persons Hilled "
Wear Norfolk
'Freight Train And Electric in, the ")inc !
r i i r mi ,--' those able to do so boarded emergency
irain vomae in c
-, .-;: ' Darkness, k -
.Scores Were
: Badly nwt
Former New. Bern Man
Was Among Those Who .
Were Killed
Norfolk,' Va.', July 17. Six per
on are dead and thirty are la the
hospital with broken limbs ; and
bruised bodies a the result of a
collision between an" electric train
on the Virginia Passenger and Pow
er Company's Ocean View Section
and a coal train on the Virginian
, -Railway. .
- ;rTbe,ded are: Mrs. Ernest Gross,
.of" Norfolk. .Joseph Cooper; J. B.
WaboflJohn Goodman; Unidentl-i?iUd-man
supposed to be Prof. Lee
,.Hatc,n, a aancing master.
xi MisV'Aanle Meehan of -Norfolk
j. led Vtaa reaching the , hospital.
v .,tTheiccldentv occured at UiJO
.-.iM Cross-j
s. h.r mU from Norfolk. The
ifletrl(J0trala due to leave Ocean
' . .View'at, midnight was ten minutes
1 ".paate a:no:wa speeding at a tat of
.j.ttotynesrjkn hour. The coal train
Vfomposed pf seventy empty car was
Abound, fot West Virginia. The Saf e
V?y,fi3Jte the crossing were closed
: .. i . J'b,. the electric car crashed through
' ' these, and Into the moving train.
, U itbe, front carf the electric train
leaped Into the' air and turned over.
' 4There : were eTghtjjpeople in this
v car and many were buried beneath
" th wreckage. People residing near
, the acen of. . the wreck cused,, axes
9 cut away the, broken timber be
"Heath which taertnd women with
. broken limbs crleJ for.helj.;. 'All of
The motorman,; Q;, A, Atkinson ea-
' caped with a broken leg. Passengers
on the front car declare the motor-
man was warned of the danger be
fore the collision. ; -(
A passenger in a s,eat directly be
hind the motorman begged him to
, Slacken his speed when the warning
"""glare of red lights at the crossing
. ' .'became visible some distance away.
iTjicar sped on and the speed was
,ri not reduced until the electric train
.'wasatdwst upon the coal train. Re
" - M)Tf 'feroaecutlon for criminal
r-nt:gvgeieiare general out tne au
' thorlties have not yet taken, action.
I'assenger on tne eiecrnc train
cars which carried them down town.
. , -V. Women Cry For Help.
Women's screams rose above the
noise of shouted orders to the work
ing crews of men and one woman re
peated constantly, "Oh, my God! Oh
myGodr '
' Motorman Atkinson was caught at
his post, one of , his leg badly crushed.
A woman was pinned near him.
i "Help the women first," he kept say
ing to the men who worked with crow
bars and jaeks to lift the weight from
them. .. ' . ; '
Beneath one of the coal cars lay a
white man's body, unrecognized. By
its side was a straw hat. Inside the
band a label read, "218 Mount Ver
non anveue, Port Norfolk."
" Passengers Describe Crash.
Passengers- of the Ocean View train
in. their accounts of the collision all
agreed on one thing the apalling
suddenness of the crash.
H. L. Baxter of Wallaceton, N. C
a guest at the Fairfax hotel, was sit
ting on the, front of the first trolley
car, next to the motorman. Here is
his story of the crash ''
"The Ocean View car had been mak
ing good time. 1 did not notice any
slackening in' its speed before the
collision. When 1 realized what had
happened, the car was on its side and
everything was in darkness. How I
got out I don't know. I was huddled
alongside the controller box and crawl
ed out."
W. H. Vanderenft of Norfolk was
on the front seat of the hrst car in
the Ocean View train. - When this car
turned over he climbed over the roof
and escoped without serious hurts. His
left, wrist was sprained. He was with
Joe Cooper, he said. He didn't know
what Mad become of Cooper. He
didn't see him after the collision.
M.. C. Tatum, Harry Mann's assist
ant, was n the second car,' He ,was
CHIEF BRENNAN.
ItimM (Conn.) Paliee Of
ficial Probing Ball Mystery.
.Photo by American Press Association.
're veryone of the passenger
tl'e front car would have, been
' JVki.led.hsJd notJthe coal train been
'rtJbWuftht W m stand still Immediately
.alterf ifi'crasn. ' V ''
riw'Mr Cross who died In the hos
JtplUl'hauher four-year-old son In
:; OhJapJwhen'the collision occured
.'tou Ihechlld was unhurt. J ' ',
. . . 5 ' ANOTHER ACCOUNT . '
' ' NORFOLK, July ' 17. Six were
killed and scores were injured when an
. electric train of two cars of the Virginia
' s " Passenger Tand ' Power Company en
" ' route from Ocean View to' Norfolk,
" crashed into coal train on the Virginian
' Railroad at -Fairmont Part crossing a
few minutes' after midnight;1"'" .
' 1 '. Ambulances from every ' local hos
pital were rushed ;to the scene of the
; " and the work ,ot' digging out .injured
. v - , , . was hurried under the direction , of
. traction officials and Fire Chief Richard
v'F. McLaughlin. ; - '' v - .
'. The Ocean View car and trailer- were
.. crowded when the train left' the resort
' at 12 15, with 'motorman W K- At
1 . kinson st the controller. - - , 1 - ; -
With Engineer J L Ivey at the throt-V-
' tla the Virclnian". 'Railway; train left
... " ., SeweU'f Point., at midnight,, with 71
' empty coal cs? for Victoria. . Accord
. , ing to the 'trainmen H. L. Simmons,
head breakman,' ' opened'- the safety
, - - , gates over the railroad tracks so as to
-..j permit the passage of the train and clos
1 ed the gates against : the , street tar.
FJagman D. R. Pitchford was' wait
ing to close ithi gates across the rail-
- . road track. I ' .
, 'When The Crash Cam
Then the crash came. . .The coal
train was broken in two-and the orowd-'-
td Ocean- View-cars with their losd of
paiisrngiT li?iv;ged two of the bij( steel
(jon lula a car lciu;th along ihe track,
Ths first car of tlic Oce.irt View trnin
turned over on its sile and was piltcl up
a mai' of wrrckane, against one of the
,. . ' i' v !'- i-l tilt ( 'il!,V vivi
1 ; . '.''!. i) U.'i'. tt'l '1 f:f v., " ;
if t -. i .r-r 'It sccm'u
a.iir$lWimn;':
ed I'out of .' the wreckage,' "both ' of her
legs crushed. : v ; ' . '
J. J. Cole of the Virginia Pilot's As
sociation was in,: the secpnd seat of
the trailer. 'His right knee was hurt
and he was cut about the head.
" Francis A Blount, colored, whol
said he worked for a railroad company
ence, declared the Ocean View train
was going 40 miles an hour.
- R.' E. Franklin, conductor of the
wrecked resort train, had his leg
crushed. ,
W.' H. Loper, who was on the front
seat had his hand crushed. He said
the safe,tygates were down when the
trolly crashed into the crossing.
Miss Agnes Tobin, 219 Queen street,
hand cut..
. " Miss Minnie Williamson of Cdlu mbia,
S. C, was badly bruised about the face
ana Doay.
Miss Hellen Tilley, 23 Maple avenue,
Berkley, bruised about the body.
Arthur F. Hall of the U. S. S. Franklin
bruises. ' ,
- H. Crun had his right shoulder broken.
D. C. . Lyons had one of his legs
smashed. . ' 1
M, S Summers, who lives 'on Third
street, said he saw the coal train and the
1 ' . BY. t. . . -1 - -
trouey cars, . tie saw a Draneman clon
ing the safety gates, he said, and then
the collision. . -' ; . ' . :
. "L Y." Kirby and J. H: Kirby, brothers,
of Raleigh avenue were setting togeth
er in thj first car; . Both were unhurt,
and both immediately : began helping
in the rescue work.i :v- :":
'' Mrs..- H. P. Whitehurst left t last
evening for -Mars Hill where she ..will
spend rthe mainder of the jammer,
She was accompainied by her husband
as far as Goldsboro. '
Blango Goddett Charg
ed With Robbing
Camp
NEGRO BROUGHT TO NEW BERN
AND PLACED IN
JAIL.
Blango Godett, colored, was brought
to New Bern by M. F. Russell from
Havelock yesterday and in default of a
two hundred and fifty dollar justified
bond was placed in the county jail to
await the September term of Craven
county Superior Court, i
, Godett was charged with breaking
to the logging camp-of Allen Whittenton
about four miles from .Havelock and
stealing a considerable amount of the
furniture from the sleeping, quarters.
Some-of the goods were found on him
when he was arrested. It is also alleged
that! he set fire to the camp, which was
completely destroyed, but the evidence
for that offense was not sufficient andhe
was given a hearing before Justice of the
Peace H. A Marshall yesterday morn
ing on the charge of house breaking and
larceny. After hearing the- evidence
probable cause was found and he was
placed under a wo hundred and fifty
do lar bond.
IMPROVEMENTS AT WOOD-LANE
i ' .DRUG COMPANY'S STOTvE
A snow window .has been, made on
each side of the door at Wood-Lanes
drug store and -yesterday thesie. were
handsomely decorated with high grade
perfume and medicines. The -display
in - these . windows will be changed
every other day with different articl s
Hunter White, special window design :r
for S. Copfon ' and1 Son' department
tore, will arrange the display, . ' 0 ,
BUCK R'ANGE CONTEST. CtOS
ED LAST NIGHT
The . rnirjor . t)utk 'Kanae' content
thai has beef goinr; on at J. S. Bns
nighi's Hardware store since the eighth
of J u ne closed lust flight, and the vote
wil be counted asoon as R A. Nunn
hu ha th kev tu the lnx !n
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D. F.
JARVIS GETTING ALONG
VERY NICELYf.
Reports yestreday afternoon from
Morehead City are: to. the- effect that
D. F, Jaryis, who was taken suddenly
with an attack of appendicitis Wed
nesday, is getting on nicely.
Mr. Jarvis was taken to Morehead
City Thursday" where he was operated
on by Drs. R. S. Primrose and- R. N
Duffy. It is reported that the operation
was a htt.e difficult, but it was a very
successful one and hig rapid recovery
is expected. ......
ANOTHER ZINGO PICTURE AT
THE ATHENS TODAY.
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SSINB GiilLS
OfllJO
So Think People of Gulf -Coast
Where Thy Weri Seen:i .
'" r- .i i t ' ?-?;
THE MYSTERY IS CLEARING.
If Rumor ar Tru Th Atiaat
Sensation Will Soon i
1 End. - I
B1LOXI, Miss., July l7J-Mrs. Elois
Nelnu Dennis and Miss Bei trice Nelnia,
the women for whom the police in. six
or more cities have inad an exhaustive
search, are on Petit Bob island, or i
some nearby gulf coast city, according
to information brought to Biloxi 'to
day. 4 V&- " .
Mrs. uenms and Miss JNelms were
practically identified . by . a oartv of
Biloxi fishermen who rerulsed to Fait
Bois island, but it is ii; ported that the
central figures in the mysterious case-
have departed for the coast and are in
biding in some coast hamlet.
An effort was mad today' to organize
a posse to go to Petit Bois and arrest
Mrs. Dennis and Miss Nejms,. Owing
to absence of legal authority and due to
the fact that water in the gulf were
running high in a squall, this procedure
has been for the time abandoned.
Petit Bois island is thirty :miles from
buoju, in tne ouii at. Mexico, it is
not ' Mississippi territory, , tut lies be
tween Alabama and Mississippi. Hence,
police officers in the city feared to go
to the island to make th 'arrests. At
torney General P. C- L of Jackson
was telegraphed late this afternoon for
authority to make the arrests of the
missing women. -", t
Up to a late hour he had not been
heard from and even if necessary' pa
pers are secured today, nolattempt will
be made to go to Petit TJois, as the
seas are running high., Meanwhile, it
is rumored in Biloxi that, 'Mrs. Dennis
and Miss Nelms have taken a boat from
Petit Bois and escaped to (fulfport
It was reported that they were seen
at uulfport. bhenfl J. WfWmer re
ceived a telegram at Gulf port this after
noon to be on the lookout for the musing
wdmeM'j,.,;', 'f&iiiLj''-!-.'
He states he does jnot believe they
are in uultport altnougn . tney may
-i i3r-n TJrmns ; lCoa- A
; ' ,V- r $
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to
have been there, Mrs. Dennis and Miss
Nelms have been in Petit Bois for about
ten days, according to the report.
They were accompanied by two men
to the island and have remained with
them since then, or until they left the
island.--When seen by Biloxi. fishermen
they engaged in conversation, which
led the local' men to, believe they were
the missing, women. They were in high
spirits and in the best of health, accord
ing to the report of the Biloxi men.
: An effort ' was made herejtoday- by
Ed. L. Suter, a Biloxi contractor.
organize a posse to go to Petit . Bois, Mr
Suter made an effort to secure author
ity from the government butter .Winona,
which is lying off the Biloxi .coast for
regatta races.
Mr, Suter stated tonight that he in
tended going to Petit Bois island to
morrow morning in case he succeeded
in getting papers for their arrest Mrs.
Dennis and Miss Nelms with their, two
mate companions according to report,
went to Petit island on the auxilliary
power boat "Mizpah" from New. Or
leans. 'Coast vessels will be notified to
be on the lookout for the Mizpah.
The second installment of the famous
"Zingo" series of pictures is to be shown
at, he Athens theatre today V In this
picture, wh A is in four reels, the spec
tator will see Zingo In the cloudaj-days in New. York and BaltiYnore;
There he pu(1s off a sensational fight
which is said to be a real thriller,
MOTOR CAR TO MOREHEAD.
;.-.-.'. riTV mvinirr '
The- Riverside Hoe Company frill
tonight operate the Norfolk . Southern
Railway Company's motor car to More
head City for the benefit 9! thjose' New
Bernians who desire to go';dn to the
seashore to enjoy the oce breeze and
participate in the dance to he held at
the Atlantic, Hotel. ,. The fare for fl.e
rou nd trip will be only one dollar and
a cordial invitation to attend is ex
tended to all. t , V
LAST SAD
John B.
Watson, Jr.,
, Ret. ;'
RITES.
I, Laid At
: The funeral service over the remains
of John 8.' Watson, Jr.j-h6 was killed
in a wreck1 near Norfolk? -iVa.,; early
Wriilay morning1 was conducted from
Centenary Methodist thun'h last even
ing at 6 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Cade,'
junior pastor, and the Interment was
mude In Cednr Grove C""ietry. ;
WENT TO PURCHASE FIXTURES
j ;, FOR. ADDITION TO BIG
V DEPT. STORE -
Charles Coplon, of S. Coplonr ind
haa 'returned from a visit of 'several
Has -Been
ormerftewBerdciiv
Was-fiW-in
JOHN. iJB WATSON LOST
LIFE EARLY YESTER
DAY MORNING.
HIS
News of theUcbidenthea JNtirfolk,
Va., early yesterday mormng in 'whicn
six persons lost tneir lives anq a score
or more injured, caused a pall of sadness
to fall over New Bern, owing to1 the
fact that one of, the victims whdf'f
ItJUa almnot iiiafn ntlv. wajl if frtl-me
New Bernian 1and had hundreds f
friend here. . . 'sl i-'t
This was John B. Watson, son. of
Mr. and ;Mrs. J. B. Watson who re
side on Pollock street. Mr. Watson
left New Bern about five years ago and
went to Norfolk where he accepted,
position in one of ' the leading hotels.
Later he becaiue, engaged, .in the jdairy,
business and a little more than a. year
ago he purchased a steam laundry and
has been' engaged in the operation of
this up until the time of his, death.
Four year , ago he married " Miss
Addie Taylor, the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs F. M. Taylor of Pol-
lotkiftftuVand, " o tchildrettf oy and
a airl. blessed the union. . These: child
ren, with their mother had been visit
Ing in New Bern for several day and
ft was only on Thursday, that they
returned, home, expecting a visit from
the husband 'and their father within
a few day. - y . ?
A short time after the accident oc
curred, Herbert . Simpson a Norfolk
architect and a former New Bern ah,
went to the- scene and there identified
Mr. Watson's body. This he took in
charge and had it embalmed and it was
brought in from Norfolk at 20 O crock
this mornincr. . . . -
The hour of; the"fiSeraU'hich.ii
be conducted from CentenaryJtoeiiK&fj
ist church tomorrow, has nottfeen'W
finitely decided upon at the present
time but will be stated in the the Jour
nal tomorrow morning.
The deceased is a survived -by his
wife add two? chftdrento'latSer-and
mother 'affd three water, Misses Nancy
and Ef da "Watton of New .Bern and
Mrs. Jack Teaase of ' Pollocksville:
brothers, Dr. Walter, William, Guy and
Leo of this city.
IIIIILK f TIB15
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ftnaifr-r iininlll nriirilT
.-I.lt5 ' MIIIUOI,litf,ltl. K
AS TD HIS VilTHBH.,;..l:
neflo Participate In
yhe Approaching
Primary ,
Frozen Oat
Democrtalc: party,
ignored by them. ,
fNuMermis Friends Have
? yidtisea Him Not To En-
terA Useless Contest
Wherithe Third District Executive
Committee met at Goldsboro July 8
Land set the date for a second primary
between Hon. Charles R. Thomas of
tnis city and George E, Hood of Golds
boro, setting the day on August 1,
and naming one thousand dollars as
an entrance fee, the friend all over the
Third District of Hon. Charies R. Thom
as advised him to withdraw, believ-
nig that bis political enemies who con
trolled the convention would freeze
him out, as they did before.
Mr. Thomas was at first undecid
ed, However, he has been convinced
under the existing ruls of the primary,
that he would not be fairly treated even
if he put up the enormous entrance fee
of one thousand dollars and went into
the campaign and ha decided to with
draw. In his formal announcement
of his action he sets forth the fact a
they really re.
Mr. Thomas' Announcement.
To the Democratic voters of the
Third Congressional District
' On June 26th, in an effort to obtain
justice within the ranks of the Demo
cratic Party, and to promote harmony
and the interests of the Democratic par
ty, .the State wwjcratki , Committee
passed a tesoluUo ibr ".a. '"new" primary
between George E. Hood and myself in
said district, declaring that no 'valid
nomination of a candidate for Congress
had been made in the District.
: IThe said primary was ordered to be
held by ballot, under appropriate rules,
to be framed by the district committee.
reasonable amount; also for the ap
pointment of poll-holders ia the ftsual
way by the county committee or county
chairmen; and I prepared and submitted
to them rale which I consider fair and in
the interest it fair play justice and the
which rules
These rules
similar to th Senatorial Primary rules.
' On July It, I sent the following tele
gram'. '-':"' f' ' K . ':
"Mr. W. L."Hill, Chairmaa, Warsaw,
N. C' '; . .
Unless your committee will chaage, -the
rule and reduce the amouut of de ;
posit of 11,000.00 required, to a reason
able amount I will not eater the pri
mary called' for August fat." ' .Thi 7,
telegram ha not met with favoraWeV
response and I do not feel, in justice ;
to m Mend and mvaelf. thatfl can
. - .
enter h eecond primary ur--,'-VIiuch
uies aits' such conditions, tfaayhh all
the political machinery in the hands of L
Aiy political opponent. . ...
I fought X6 secure the first primary.
and for lair rule in said primary j , I
then fought eut the first, or preferential .
jjrimaryf -a4 when the cemmTttee xr ,
fused to count the votes, or complete
the count according to the rule ef -tliminationi
; made not1r fight. for
juttenaaquare dliarkcmve- .
tion, and before the State Committee.
I won & 'these contest at great . .
bens and physical strain, and I be-a
Her feat, Mter the tate$mmitte
icted, 1 would have been tr&ed at last f
jrith jiwtice and fairness, but t n agar. ' 1
Confronted by the same jrfaT.i( aathotls1.
and machirje politics, t" w :
j The attempt was made, at firet, -r
hn th ''staam roller" over meV.a4 Af-v
ittempt is now made t "freare m n'.-.
y rules .which leave sne ao ltrath '
P' ceptto witpdraw. V M ' i- fi; ;t "
H I wer to put up tne tlOOO.OOaoTl 1
spend several thousand more, tnyfrifnd 1
beHeve that hps sMMvpreteat, ad a
the sanje aafair methods, 4he aaoua- -5
tion would again be taken away fre-m
me. I am trying to use no harsh laah
J guage, and to make aa conservative a
statement a possible for the beaefjt. ..
of my friends throughput the district .-;
who are independent of the politician ;
and the political machine; That ) '
V
jja me otr, oi ju.y u.r.v u.u- - t. ynmA .S U
rules over - - i
unfair' that j ainrt th
f..- a I 4.1. 1M MV
h W -4 .hould beleptroyO.
I have been able to confer, I am com- j 11 '
pelled to withdraw from said primary ZfiRZLXZu .
1 i. ihlMa, I .,M :ni ttmml rm '
These rules require a deposit of One yZJlTlZZZ Z?.Z
Thound Dollars ($1000.00) a. an en-, "
IUC U S4MV.U4 UV . My HkUVWW1Wi I
strongest possible argument for the le-
galixed primary inNorth Carolina, which s ; ' : u,'
I hope will be come the law. kks which . . )'
trance fee, an excessive and unreason
able amount, and the date of the pri
mary is fixed for August 1st, which date,
under existing conditions, does not give
me sufficient opportunity to canvass
the district and properly inform the
voters '"as to conditions which have a-
risen -since the last preferential primary,
held May 16th.
where he went to purchase a k(ock of
fixtures for the addition which fa --no
being made to this large empofiu.,
This store is already one of the veU
equipped in the South but the owWBrs
several weeks age decided to enlarge It
in wder tl take care of their evern
creasing natronage nd it was fouhdm c-
essary. to have several thousand ''doltai
worth ; of he fixture. ''lt'4"t"'
These fixture, which wilfe jff -pond
with those now in thesto'rs,
arrive in New Ben) within ar-w
and will be Installed a soon as the d
ditiort is completed and in readiness
lor occupancy. : A ,-; .rv$ -
THAW'S 1160,009 INCOME i Alii TO
HIS LAWYER. . . ( t r.
MARRIAGE LltENSE ISSUED V
! . .YESTERDAY
cr day at
Deeds Jfor
Gov. Stone Annou'iK at He Will
, Forward Motiev To CH
. , ent At Once.
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Acilni reH bearer" A
Ed-a'jl O.t
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jnd
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PITTSrit'IU-.It; Js '
W. Overs' 'ir.ii-r thnt '
and Trust unipany, 1 .
K, Thaw's estate s1"--Thaw
$160,773, the .
income sine he was In
New York, W;n Corner) rM f .' v.
-The moifey . '
V' rnev, form.-r (.u .,
'. , ill for-vard It to Thaw at onre
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V Titrr
i liis '
t. the Ji '- -r o UerJ jptf vse
VflfJ ms Grace 'tlsieilsbn ' W
'liiimit 'Wiitehurst retufnaH home to
Moihi-v.v ;i'y)y?TOSr:ry:.Tiiorning ,'af-
ter'a biisincMf Wt Ta U-ity
- Mie Glennle and SAllioKenrrafl,
left yesterday TObrhlng for WrnrhtMihy
Beach-whtr th'fill.apra thekij
' M A" R IN 'k' NEWS, -4 -' " r " -
fT-i
1 - -" . c' :
lit Little Sutpr wa
These rules also provide that mem-
TheXtW: f the ?0n'PTt
..a i.j. v.r.w ; !ik-S.;'l committee oi eacn county suau .ppo.ut
attend the'funeral" s M. -T,.' Alohia ,of
WilsonMc and fvlfs. F, IvLTaylorahd
Miss Vera and. Benjamin Taytor J6I
PolltKksvHljs.'X S. Le t. .Croatin,
,lRev.jB.'H."Me1vin of P' f.moed.'Va,
Mf, 'nd -Mifal - Thomas L" CaTg !bf
Gastdnis, Mis ldred. ; ZaerinjerW
New ' OrleAiia.la., i Lillian Watson
sfrjnla and Mrf Jack "Pearce of Pol-
at. - i, 1 i '
..rn.mg
tlihi h;
II " MIKU VI I'utui. wwvP iiiv.i.jk.1
lusane . . -
1 4''Y V lXjf
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the -poll-holders, contrary to the cu-
t'omary method of appointing by the
county1 executive committee, or, if they
Tail to meet, by the chairmen. Ihe re
turn tkir. to be made to. and the vote
again canvassed, by the .district com-
nittee;1 'All contests shall be heard
and 'decided by the congressional ex
ecutive Toommittee, and their decision
shall be ifinal.'? , The member of the
congressional executive committee are
to distribute the tickets, &c., ami the
' M .
U entire. -election macninery,ia ptacea in
the hands of the committee, au of whom
are (hostile to me and my candidacy,
wkh,eperhap, one exception. The entire
machinery and politic! power under
these tutes, is put and kept in the hands
6F an executive committee hostile to me,
the maTdrlhrof whom wer hostile to me
.14n fthe last primary b,y the process of
r-euminauon oi tow Hnwuawi, iuu iu
vote beea counted in the last primary
In accordance with the rules, I am satis
fied 1 would have had the larger number
of vr-fes, . and that I was nominated in
the priniAfy;r
yndeftiUcrules, 4nd judging the
future from he past, I am of the opinion
and my friends concur in that opinion,
that if I enter '.the second primary and
put up ;tle. money and pay the othe
expenses' Tot 'ht campaign, 'T ' would
again, by some political scheme, or upon
some- pretext or , technicality, be dc-
irg'K 1 nrived m the nomination, even though
I recei' I (h majority of the popular
vote-,,,, the committee has constitM' d
itsiilf, jude, Jury and court of anpia t.
1 1 a'ipcaloH to tr .;m for a d.it- for C
prin-iry- whi'tt'.' wo iM -"iriaV.K: ni
ma v i ca-upal. .--.! fu.-.'y jircsi m r :
(iaii.-.s lo thj Vu-eri of i.;.; di.ir t ; at, 1
ali) i. r an emraiv e fi-e or '' : i ' a
I believe is necessary for the safety and
success of the -Democratic party in the
State.'.'. .'.'..' iv ! . .-i ' p-. i
I thank my friend for their . loyal i
support, throughout the district, and ,
the chief regret I have that T cannot
finally win with the power th ma-;?
chine acafeMt me, ia the disapointment -to
my friend. .Personally, I had hoped
to again serve the district and the State
as heretofore in Congress. However,
having had the honor, and retired from i
this contest with a clear conscience and
in an honorable way, I do not feel, my-;
self, so. keen a disappointment, and I
appreciate, more than ever the loyal
support of my friend throughout the
district., . .
- CHARLES R.
July 18th, 1914.
THOMAS.
lames
CUTTING APf RAY. ,
Moore - $erlouy Iplured
4.1 LbtNlftht
James Mttdre, colored, Was lahed
with a knife and seriously wounded
last night about midnight hear th cor
ner of Queen and Bryan's street by
another negro believed to have t n
Israel Blango. -,.k r . i -," ' .
Just what caused the"'' ' 1
not be learned.; The fii t int i
that those in the vicinity of t' t ar "r
lld of the cutting was when i i t
from revolver -was heard. Inv, 5-
gation wa made and Mou're v i ' 1
to have a deep gash cl ..
one side of his face.
It is supposed that Moore, 'klur i
attarked, , shot as his amsailant. Tie
man am (! to be Bluno sum 1
in maUis his get-away.
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