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GIDDINGS TRIES TO
KILL HIS DA UGHTERSl
Life of Jenile SavedBy Rusty Pistol Refusing to Fire Old
Man Tells Officer? That It Was His Intention to Kill Jen
nie and Then Himself Girls Declined to Accept $150 to
Promise Not to Testify Against Him on the Charge of
Attempting to Criminally
Thomas Gildings, the old man who
was arrested about ten days ago on
the. serious charge of attempting a
criminal assault upon his oldest daugh
ter, Miss Jennie, who la a cripple and
sixteen years of age; attempted to
kill her early this morning at their
home,, corner of Depot and Twelfth
streets, and her life was only spared
by the rusty pistol In the hands of the
father refusing to Ore.
Glddings, who claims to be 69 years
old, confessed to the officers that It
was his Intention' to kill Jennie and
then himself. ".
The glrla say thai their father ever
since be gave bond and was released
from jail. last Friday, baa endeavored
to persuade them not to testify against
him at the trial which will probably
come up In the Superior Court this
week. It Is claimed that he offered
Jennie $100 In cash and his second
daughter, Maude, f50 If they would go
on the stand and say that the story
first told in regard to the- assault was
false, etc. This they promptly declin
ed to do. ' '
This morning the old man got his
Iver Johnson pistol, Ore shooter, and
told his daughter that he had, decided
to kill her and, then commit suicide If
she would not comply with his sequest
not to swear against htm. He attempt--ed
to Are the pistol several times, with
the muizle toward the girl.
The daughters were naturally great-
ly excited. The youngest one- ran up
' stairs. She was followed by her fath
er and she Is Inclined to. believe that
he Intended to kill her, too, but she
got l.n a room and locked the door.
Tatrolman Royal arrested Glddings
this morning. The old man wss found
In his shop near the bouse. Ho offered
no resistance and told the officer that
he would be dead In a short time as
he had just drank a bottle of carbolic
acid. 5 v" A '. :
Jailer Manner arrived ' npon the
scene a few minutes after Patrolman
Royal made the arrest. Glddings was
brought to the police station and lock
The Graded School Board has
elected Miss Mell Holland, of Amelia
Conrthouse. Va., as teacher of the
eighth grade at the West End grad
ed -school, to succeed Professor Arch
er, who resigned a few weeks ago to
accept the1 superlntendeney , of the
.Wilson graded, schools.
ANNUAL DIVIDEND COMPANY OF THE
POLICIES OF THE
tual Benefit Life
THERE IS NO COMPANY
THAT HAS EVER AC
COMPLISHED BETTER
RESULTS FOR ITS POLICY-HOLDERS.
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C. TUDOR,
Every policy Issued by the , Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co. la absolute
ly non-forfeitable when the second
premium has been paid.
Assault His Oldest Daughter
ed up . Dr. Lockett, the city physician,
was summoned, and upon his arrival
was told what the bid man said he
had drunk. An emetic was at once ad
ministered and In a few minutes the
prisoner had gotten rid of everything
he had eaten or drank during the
morning. Dr. Lockett expressed some
doubt regarding the truthfulness of
the old man's statement in regard to
drinking o bottl eot carbolic acid.. It
be did. It was held that if the acid had
been, pure stuff the old man would
have died In a very short time.
Glddlnga's condition is regarded se
rious. He may be sent to the hospital
ihe officers ' think It would be wise
to have somebody to guard him, be
cause they are inclined to the opinion
that It given another chance he will
commit suicide.
The old man's reason for drinking
the carbolic acid was that he was
afraid that he would be hanged for at
tempting to kill his daughter; that he
would rather take his life than take
chances of being convicted and execu
ted. . ;
The. people residing near Glddlngs's
home . were greatly excited over the
Attempt of the old man to kill his
iaugherV .Women went In their homes
and locked their, doors, fearing that
Glddings might shoot some of the
neighbors. ' ' ... ,
f Many are of the opinion that the old
man's mind Is unbalanced. There were
those who did not, want to believe the
serious charge against him. Predic
tions were freely made after bis re
lease on ball that the old maa would
leave town before his trial. It was ar
gued that It would be much, better for
blra as well as the community tor Gld
dings to go away, as it was understood
that his bondsman would not lose any
thing, he being secured by mortgage.
If ' he recovers Glddings will not
likely be able to stand trial at this
term of conrt. "' ;. ; .J
' Later Glddings was moved to the
Twin-City hospital at 11 o'clock today.
A guard will be kept with him until
he Is able to leave the intitati-.n.
Mr. W. C Cherry, who has been
night clerk at the- Colonial Hotel at
Wilmington, arrived In the city last
Sight and has accepted a position with
the new Piedmont drug store, corner
of Liberty and Fifth streets.
MaJ. J. K. Alexander visited Greens
boro today.
WORLD. :;
UJSS&T
FRUIT TREE DEATH,
Ban Jose Scale Prevalent In Fifty
Seven Counties. ,
The Bulletin of the North Caroling
Department of Agriculture, Vol 28,
No. 6, which la Aelng matlej out, is
devoted -to "The San Jose Seal and
Remedies,' by Franklin Sherman Jr.,
entomo igist, and Is sent free to far
mers on application.
; The more Important facts brought
out In this bulletin are as follows:
The Sao Jose scale Is widest-oread
In North Carolina and does great
damage to fruit ot (.hards It they are
net repiUrly trem-d to keep It In
control, b it In otciuirda which an
thoroughly treated to keep It lnshrd
thoroughly treated U Is kept in prac
tical control (not exterminated), and
the orchards are profitable. The In
sect Is a native of Northern China,
from where It was introduced Into
California and thence to. the eastern
United States by shipments of nur
sery stock. It Is small and incon
spicuous, and therefore Is not usually
noticed by the farmer or fruit-grower
nnt the trees begin to die. Its nat
ural powers foe spread are very lim
ited, but as the young Insects are eas
itly carried about on the bodies of
other Insects or birds' or blown by
the wind,, It will spread through a
large orchard In s few years. For
transportation over' long dtotances It
Is almost entirely dependent on the
shipment of Infected plants. It at
tacks nearly all kinds of fruit trees
(though some- varieties are compara
tively free) and also some other
plants, but as a rule forest or shade
trees do not harbor It or spread In
fection., It will kill a fruit tree In
from one to six or eight years, de
pending on the age at which the tree
becomes Infected, and full grown
Ire may never be entirely killed. The
Insect Is attacked by several para
sites and pedaceous ' enemies, but
these cannot In any sense be relied
on to keep it In check. The Insect
! known to' exist In 67 counties In
the State, fifteen of these having lo
calities In which It is generally dis
tributed throughout the community. .
The remedy now most widely used
for the San Jose' scale Is to spray the
tree thoroughly with the Ume-sulphur
wash In late winter.' There are some
other, remedies which are also satis
factory, some requiring less labor In
preparation, and therefore finding fa
vor among some growers. As the
San Jose scale has cauaed fruitgrow
ers to pay closer attention to their
trees and to troubles of other kinds,
it is causing a considerable reform
In the management of orchards, and
the careful, up-to-date grower is in
no danger of being put out of business
by the Insect. 1
Tomorrow being 8C James Day,
a holy communion service will be held
st the Episcopal church at 11 o'clock.
Architect J. S. Zimmerman went to
Raleigh today.
PntchardrOrders
Agents Released
Says Prosecution of Them Is
in Conflict With Injunction
Issued By Him and That
Penal Section of New Rate
Law Is Unconstitutional.
OPINION OF 4.000
" J WORDS IS FILED
Judge Prltchard Contends That Penal
Section New Law la Excessive and
Confiscatory There Is Speculation
Now As To What Move, If Any, the
8tate Authorities Will Make Now.
RALEIGH. July 22. A special from
Ashevllle this afternoon states that
Judge Prltchard has discharged Wood
and Wilson, Bouthern ticket agents,
and In doing so files an opinion of 4,-
000 words, in which he bases his ac
tion on the ground that the agents
wero protected by his injunction and
have a right to sell at the old rate
till the new law Is construed by his
court; also because the penal fature
of the 'new law is unconstitutional;
because It Is so heavy as to be con
fiscatory and as to prevent roads from
contesting It.
In the case of Harmon the judge
Is still hearing evidence at 2 o'clock.
What Will City Authorities Oof
' Thjs question now - Is, will the
city authorities attempt to force Wood
and. Wilson to serve the Sentence Im
posed In the case brought by Harmon,
the insurance agent, who swore out
the affidavits against the ticket agents
and who failed to respond in court
when" summoned Saturday,
n No Developments At Raleigh.
RALEIGH, July 22. There are no
Important developments la Raleigh to
day in the railway rate fight. The
storm center today Is at Ashevllle.
Feeling In Raleigh.
' A gentleman who has been In Ral
eigh and who was here today says the
railroad rate controversy Is the all-absorbing
topic of discussion In the capi
tal city.' He says there is considerable
criticism of Judge Pritchard's action
In holding a closed conference with
attorneys for the Southern while in
Raleigh, also that It Is rumored In
Raleigh that the Southern will with
draw Its request for an Injunction and
accept the new rates. This gentleman
stated that something sensational with
reference to the railroad rate contro
versy Is confidently expected in the
next few days.
Southern Railway's Statement.
Washington, D. C, July 20, 1907.
To the Public Served by the Southern
Railway Company:
The Incidents of the last few -days
Involving the arrest and trial of the
agents of the Southern Railway Com
pany selling tickets in the State of
North. Carolina make it altogether
proper that this Company should In
form the public, with which it desires
to be cooperative, of the exact status
of the present controversy. It Is well
known that at the last Bession of the
Legislature an act was passed, requir
ing tickets to be sold for passenger
travel within the State at a rate not
greater than two and a quarter cents
per mile. This act was made to take
effect. the first day of July, 191)7. The
duty of enforcing legislation In regard
to railroads Is imposed by the statutes
of north Carolina upon the North Car
olina Corporation Commission. The
Southern Railway Company, upon an
examination of the revenues derived
by it from State travel, in the State of
North Carolina, found that to reduce
Its passenger rate to two and a quar
ter cents per mils would so largely di
minish this revenue as to make the en
forcement of this passenger rate equlv
alent to a confiscation of its property.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that In cases of
this kind It Is competent tor the rail
road company to file a suit in the
Federal Court making parties defen
dant such a body as the North Caroli
na Corporation Commission, and have
a comprehensive Inquiry made Into
the situation, and determine in an or
derly way whether or not such an act
as the one now In question is violative
of the Constitution of the United
States as a deprivation of the prop
erty of the railroad company without
compensation, and as. denying to the
railroad company equal protection of
th laws.' Such suits as these have
been from time to time filed In a very
large mimber of States In the Union,
and have heretofore progressed In an
orderly way to a final determination.
Some time prior to the first dny of
July, this company filed a suit in
the United States Circuit Court, set
ting forth In detail what would bt- the
effect of the enforcement of the pas
senger rates upon Its revenues. Due
notice km given of a motion for nn
Injunctlm pending tht suit, and coun
sel selected by the 8tato appeared lie
fore the United States Circuit Court.
After a full hearing and the presenta
tion of proof by affidavits, the court
uiusred an order directing tha' until
filial determination of the c.vise the
company might eonnn'i" ) charg? for
its Tiwsenger traftV- whnt It had here
lofote charged. In cidei, however, to
sot- to It that In th.. event it should
tl.rn out that the two- mil a rparter
rt'iu raie was a reuv-.iial)le ono. and
in truer mil the public should be in t
Sin way named by the temporary si.s j
ix ksion of Uis rate, the court w;is i
Careful to provide 'thai UiPro sh.inM !
be attached to each UcS m,M a cou-j
pon wnicn v.oua (vpmumt the (infer
ence between the amount collected In
.... ! ( mirli firkct
connection wuu "- -"'
and the amount calculated at the, two
and a quarter cents per mue. u
further provided that- tUe railroad
company should give bond with good
Qn.,Htv in nav Into the court sucn a,
amount of money as from time to time
should be necessary to make secure
these coupons. The oona w.i uuu
-in Th effect of this arrangement
is that If It shall turn out in the final
result that the reduction to two and
a quarter certs per mile Is reasonable
and lawful, each one of th- traveling
public will suffer no damac:"- -vnaiever
The coupons representing the differ
nn na nhove explained, can: be pre
sented to the court, and they will be
nut of the fund as above proviaeo,
It would be difficult to conceive of an
arrangement which would be fairer to
tho public than this. In order that the
litigation might not, bo delayed the
court appointed a commissioner to
take proof, requiring him to repon
ah earlv as the month of septemner,
auub, If the matter Is allowed to take
an orderly course, there is no reason
why, within a very few months, the
whole matter can not be heard and de
termined by the Circuit Court, the
public being fully guarded against any
pecuniary loss, It would seem to be
perfectly plain that If any individual
or corporation believed Itself to be In
daneer of a deprivation of Its properij
by legislation, It should be allowed the
privilege of having the validity of thn
legislation determined In an orderly
way and It would seem to be perfectly
fair to the public that a course or pro
cedure should be taken which would
on the one hand, protect the rights of
the person or corporation, and, on the
other, amply protect the public, in tne
event that It should turn out that the
legislation was valid. Suits similar to
these have been proceeded with to
final judgment and are now pending In
a large number of States In the Union.
lu these Instances no efforts were
made by the State authorities to ham
per or interfere with the orderly
course of Judicial procedure. If ours Is
to be a government of law, and not of
man, then surely no litigant should
be deprived of a fair opportunity of
going luto the courts to protect his
rights. The Southern Railway Com
pany Is bound to protect Us property
not only In the Interest of Its owners
and creditors, but also In the Interest
of the whole public. It has a right
and a duty to appeal to the law for
protection. It Is not In the right or
Interest of the people of North Caro
lina that the ability of the transporta
tion companies to perform the public
service and to enlarge and increase
the means of serving passengers and
shippers shall be destroyed and dimln
ished. . It Is a contradiction in terms
to say of any person or corporation
that filing a suit In court, and asking
for an orderly and judicial determina
tion of the very right of any matter,
Is itself a violation or defiance of law.
If an appeal to a court of justice is a
violation of law, then all our courts
should come to an end.
Respectfully,
W. W. FHNLEY, President
Corporation Commission Restrained.
The following order was served on
the State Corporation Commission
Saturday:
In the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Western District of
North Carolina, Southern Railway
Company, complainant vs. Franklin
McNeill, et a!., defendants.
Upon reading the verified ancillary
hill in this cause, and upon its being
made to appear to the court that there
Is danger of Irreparable Injury to the
complainant from delay unless tho
acts sought to be enjoined herein upon
the motion for the Injunction in this
cause, it is now ordered:
1, That the defendants. Franklin
McNeill, Samuel L. Rogers and Eu
gene C. Beddingfield, constituting the
corporation Commission of North
Carolina and each of their agents
and employees are restrained
from preparing or publishing the tariff
of rates charges and tolls mentioned
In the fifth section of the act in the
bill In this cause mentioned, entitled
"An act to prevent unjust discrimina
tion in freight rates and to fix the
maximum charges there and
from classifying the railroads operat
ing in North Carolina in accordance
with, and from publishing the rates
fixed by an act of the general assem
bly of North Carolina. In the bill In
this cause mentioned, entitled "An
act prescribing tho mexlmum charges
railroad companies may make for
transporting passengers In North Car
olina." 'from taking any steps un
der or in pursuance of the said act In
respect to freight rates or the said act
in respect to passenger rates.
.2;. .,That the d(fcndants Franklin
McNeilLSamuel L. Rogers and Eugene
C Ileddlngfleld, . their and each
or their attorneys, agents and employ-
p'!,IaKV.hlde,Pnlan,s J- A- Sl'ence.
Elijah Moffit. J. R. McKenzle, E B
Hatch W. C. Hurley ,F. A. Hendricks
VSm Hooker, Charles A. Armstrong
U F- Nance, Spencer Howell, Robert
Howell, Coon Howell, Henry Smlther-
man. Jesse Eldridg", Claude Smlther-
man. J. M. Way and Hi. C. Deckwith
and each of them, their and each of
their attorneys, agents and employes,
are hereby enjoined from Inst'ltu-
ng, prosecuting or further prosecu-
Ing, or from permitting or authorizing
to be instituted, prosecuted or further
Prosecuted, any suit or prosecution!
and from proceeding either civilly or
Zr- aRa'nSt ,he lalnant
lor the recovery or inui.i .
Knalty or punishment under or by
virtue of .ny ,aw 0l NorU,
1. .... n f n. .rnttr t n' ... . . .
are of said complainant or any 0f i
officers, agents or employes, to put
;o effect or observe on any of the u
..f. the complainant In North Carolio
the freight rates or - the passentiJ
rates prescribed In said acts. ,
comply with any of the provision.!
either ot said, acts.
4. That the defendants and each J
them, show cause before this court b
the United 8tates Court In the United
States court room At Ashevllle, Nortk
Carolina, at 10, o'clock a. m., ou th,
12th day of August, 190f, why an u
lunctlon ; pendent lite as prayed It
the bill should not be Issued and th,i
a copy of this order be served aa soon
as practicable upon ach of the defm
dants...::'i y?,''i ; , . . ,
5. That this restraining order ahi!
be lii force and effect from the 4at,
hereof and until the determination ml
me uumjj(i"janio o uiuMuu tor an luteM
locutory injunction norein.
J. Cv PRITCHARD.
United States Circuit Judge.
This July 16, 19U7.
DEMAND FOR LABOR
mi OJEBJHE Sill
Col Cunningham Thinks It Will Plyj
Immigrants to Look Toward Dlxl
fe. -
Col. John 3. Cunningham, of Person
county, was In- Washington ou
nesa few days ago, and being inter
viewed by a newspaper man, he unbo
somed himself on the subject of IB-
migration to the South. He said
"The colored people once would re
main on the farms, but now they are
going to . the cities; railroads, coal!
fields, brick works, and similar fields
of labor. .The cotton, tobacco aud fur
nlture factories have drawn largeljl
from the country districts, and, to
considerable extent depopulated thi
agricultural con)mun.ltlea of good la
bor. The factories have not yet se-l
cured enough hands, with the resnli
that both the factories and the farm
need labor, and need It badly. It
be wisdom on the part of the Federal
and State governments to direct M
right sort ot Immigration to the SouiJ
and to stop the flow of immigration J
New York, Boston and other grea'
centres, where the newcomers ban
very little opportunity to gain ulti
mate Independence. The natural ten
dency should, be toward the country,
tor, as a class, the farmers are ltd
most prosperous -people In our com
try today. The demand for foodstuti
and raw material Is becoming greater
High prices are paid for them. Cool
wages are paid on the - farm. Tha
South Is willing to pay good wages
if
It can get the men.
-The two negroes killed by a nasi
esnger train near Barber's JunctloJ
yesterday -morning were burled near!
Salisbury. Superintendent Newell, cl
the Mooresvilie V division, wired tJ
Martinsville, but was unable to lol
cate any of the people of Leon Morril
son, one of the negroes who said his
home was at that place. Capl. Newell
says the name of the other unfortsf
nate man was not learned1.
Have you registered for the bona
Issue election? Remember the book!
close Friday.
Sight of Eye Destroyed by Disease-
Tried Five Doctors but urw
Worse la Agony Eight Months
Parents Discouraged, un
They Tried Cuticura Remediei
IN ONE WEEK ALLl
SORES DISAPPEARED
"Our lit.l-.1n orlr!. Ann rear and S m
old, was taken with eczema or that J
what the doctor said it was. We cslwl
In the family doctor and he gave wj
tablets and said she would be all
in A IM Hmvu. Thn araflml T6" w
nil mILmI In AsvtW No. 2.
said she was teething, as soon m "J
wtn were through sne wowu i -right.
' But she still grew worse, vv
greenish sore. Well, Be said W w
help her. so we let him try it
ft week. One morning we discowj"
t little yeHow pimple on one JJ
eyes. Of course we 'phoned for
No. 3. He came over and looked W
over and saidthat he could not 1"
juiw mim v? May uin-uium, vu
i vir.ii L hi
thing more for her, that we nu yr j
was an ulcer, fio we went, to OiW
to doctor No, 4. and he said the tr
sight was gone, but that he could W
We thought we would try i
Well, that proved the same, onif '
charged (10 more than doctor
We were nearly oUsoourairndt
one of the Cutknira advertisnnB
the paper and thought m'J
the Cuticura Treatment, so I
nurokAaorf m mat rJ rnticturS RelHI
which cost me tl, and in tbre 1
our daughter, who had been sJ3
eight months, showed great irnpjn
inont, and in one wee n ""T,"' p4
appeared. -Of course it could tJ
store the eyesight, but if we had g
Cuticura In time I am confident tJJ
It would have saved tne eyj-. - i
there to no remedy so g 3
irouDio or imp urn T in . lhhotl
Cuticura, Mrand WFrankAbwi
T. n n . B..U.. OcVefO t1
n, r . u. no. v, r uuu, -N.
T. Aiuruat 17. 1906."
Onaplru Extmial tne Inirmt
Rwrr Humor at latuia. Cbikln "",- a
Kummt of cutinim Hop (2- Y!Ji iw "I
Mun, rmmra omtmml (SOc.) in I'!L ,(
bt roM Piim. tse. pr rui of' Sv, Or
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