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Wished Twice Every Week-Tuesday and Friday-At One Dollar the Year Advertisers In This Paper Put Their Wares. mktu Before Several i Thousand Fine Customers il,Q0'Pere Year Sllj -l!x ifrSBCONU WINSTON -SALEM, N. C, ilillTIC lUiiuiiLU II UIMUL ULLLU TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1908. NUMBER 53 EXEGUTIVE COMMITTEE HS PRIMS TO IE BELO HAT 31 LjyConven.ion at Courthouse Saturday, June 6 Comniiucc uiiauHHuuaij u,nuuiso oenaior Buxton's Candidacy lor Congress. Mocratic county executive ... C'lturrlnv At noon at Lcse.j'"11 se3slon Delng pres" jje principal business wnicn lore the committee was me for the townshiD U,jml for me county i-unveii- LariMTo Be Held May 30. Li great deal of discussion It Iiritei to bolil the township pri ' - s,r,i,.v the :ioth of Mavi !40B S""""'-1' - . . . Micle purpose of voting for the aiorial candidates. : ,' was made and seconded filch the. chairmen of the town tommittees could appoint three Iboiders in' each township, to be Led from the qualified; voters, I or th poll-holders to be In gym- t; liih a different candidate. If 'possible. This action was tak- i tare absolute fairness and In r to give all of the candidates t recognition". The primaries will Ltn from 1 o'clock p. m. to 6 Fk p. m The elections wiH be his year in the same places they it'.i last year. I County Convention June 6. ' 1 1 js decided to hold the county Won on June C. at which time m from the primaries will ' be led in and delegates elected to bngresslonal convention, which s is Crensboro June 10th, and to lute convention, which meets In lo;if on June 24, Lxton Endorsed for Congress. . A. H. Eller read the following litkn before the committee: , It resolved by the Democratic mve committee that whereas county has a candidate for ress ili the Fifth ltst net ; worthy united support of the county ' listrict, in the person of Hon.' J. ptOB,. '." W they call upon their fellow jfrais In the county and district 1 ill honorable means In their r to secure his nomination. ' they assure the Democrats of flistrict that if Hon. J. C. Buxton lies their standard bearer he will lit to victory in November. Committee Adjourns. pr discussing a number of-minor Frs the committee adjourned for y at half past one o'clock. DEAD IN TH E WOODS Body Found of C. W. Barber Prominent Contractor and Citizen of Kowan County, SALISBURY, May 16.-C. W. 'Bar ber, a well known contractor and cit izen of Rowan county, was found dead in the woods one-half mile east or Cleveland, where he resided. Deceased was fony years old and had been missing for three days. Th? body was badly decomposed and the belief is expressed that the man die I either Wednesday or Thursday. H; was last seen at Barber's Junction on Wednesday, . at which time he wa.-i jadly under the influence of whiskey. , Mr. Barber leaves a wife and sev eral children. The county coroner went out today to hold an inquest over the body. Young Man Killed By Derrick Beam IEST0WN BUILDINGS SOLD. Pennsylvania Said for S3.000: Y of West Virginia for $2,200. (KFOLK, Va, May 15. The an I rnent was made today that the tfvania and West Virginia buiic"- Iat the Jamestown RvnnMltlnn pen sold. The Pennsylvania I8 ms sold for $3,000 and cost 'he West Virelnla hnildina IM2.2WI and coat 119 000, The 1 f the purchasers were not low. y8 THEY CANNOT VOTE. t"t Attorney General Clement Hi Opinion in Response to In "-some Methodist Preachers Med. re has been considerable doubt ""Mis of some nnnnlo In the no have recently changed their wps as to their right to vote In liiliun election nii Mav 26 Is "lose interested are. certain Vm lirpHfllo.-., ,h. , k.. . . .....a nuu ncie Dem uy ""erence which mot in iwem e liastnmlo In nthar iilll. I'ia1 those In nikuk ,v,,... i,A ... nillu UltTJ imu Clients. ferins a letter from one of Assistant Attorney C.enerai ' I Clement vesttorrtar rctiliell r jiaJ no right to vol for the nut he had not been a reslden' r COUIlly j wh,Rh he now vp ) r m"i.tiis. GREENSBORO, May 16. Yesterday afternobn Ira Blackwell was almost instantly killed by a falling derrick beam at the granite yard of Rowe & Roach, near where Lee and Railroad streets intersect,where the young man man was employed.' Physicians were hurriedly summoned but the young man was already dead when they reached the scene. Dr. Roberson was the first physician to arrive, he being closely -followed by Dr. J. P. Turner, the county 'cononer. Dr. Turner made an investigation and did not deem it necessary to hold inquest, It being plainly accidental. The body, was removed to the young man's home, 708 Burton alley, where it. still remains, awaiting the comple tion of the funeral arrangements. Young Blackwell was about 25 years 6f age., He leaves a wife and one child, a father and mother, sister and other relatives. He was a son of Mi. R. C. Blackwell, 221 Hughes alley. Mr. Blackwell was in Reldsville at the time of the accident, but was at once notified. I R0ES OBJECT TO BOOKER T. a,e To Baptist Convention Say M Is a Taft Agent. ' -j-r .viorton, commandant of iml"On Xormal cv,.,i ...ji ...1. UL11WJ1, CklCUIKU '"atlon to the nor TJonHat , , , "t-'c iu visit tne ior- , speak, several delegates "strenuously, declaring that ' "ashinirton i and that the Invitation was ' Afipr much diBCiisslon, how 'ne convention decided t6 ac np Invitation and Tlslt the ON THE DANVILLE MARKET. Fairly Good Amount of Tobacco Sold on Warehouse Flors. . DANVILLE, ;May 16. Several days this week there were fairly large sales at the i warehouses, considering the season of the year and the quantity still In the hands of farmers. A full corps of buyers is stUl In daily atten dance on the breaks, and prices are kept steady and well up to about the highest point they reached In this crop. ' , Rain is needed for a planting season and other farm work; but no damage has been done as yet on this account. Plants are plentiful and of good qual ity. In this section prospects so fa.1 are quite favorable, though we hear of serious complaints in the east that the cold weather has retarded the growth; and the cut worms have done material damage, which wilt necess. tate an unusual amount of replanting. The holders of re-dried stocks com plain that trade Is very dull with them. BLACKHANt)-THREATENS CHILD. Say She, Will Be Kidnapped Alive or Dead. DICHMOND, Va., May lC.-Riith.the pretty little 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clarke, has been plac ed under police protection because of a Black-Hand letter received by the girl's mother In which the threat is made that the child will be kidnapped 1f she can be taken alive, but tna she will be taken anyway, even death Is resorted to. The little girl Is now escorted o and from her home to school by a dg policeman. While at school she Is un der the constant surveillance of; the superintendent, not being allowed to go Into the yards alone. Mrs. Clarke has no idea whom the persons may be who ar trying to strike her through the little girl. The Clarkes are poor people, so that ransom could not be the motive. PRINCETON, N. J., May 18 The body of Bertha Vanderbllt, the miss ing libarlan of Carnegie library. In this city, was found in the lake this morning. Gov Glenn Says Parties Pro posed to Give 110,000 For Pardon of Two Men. , ; SALISBURY, May 16. Governor R. B. Glenn today addressed an audien-ce of at least four thousand people here on the subject- of prohibition. About 2.000 of his hearers were from the country, and a large majority of thera were votes. The governor spoke under', a. tent and his address was received with in tense enthusiasm. - V During his speech Governor Glenn exposed a proposition to bribe that had come to him. He said that two offers had been made to pardon two men who are now serving terms In the state prison, having been con victed and sentenced for blockading. The first proposition was fur $5,000 and the second foC $10,000. The gov ernor said that he referred to this merely to show the disposition ot liquor Interests. Rev. Mr. Ham, the noted, evange list from Kentucky, is here and will be in Jhe prohibition campaign in this county until the election. He will be assisted next week by Evangelist George tSewart, of Tennessee. FIRE IN LEXINGTON. Flames at Midnight Destroy Several Thousand Dollars' Worth of Proper ty and Put Telephone System Out of Commission. ) , LEXINGTON, May 15. About mid night fire broke out in the big retail grocery store of the R. Everhart Sons & Co., and practically gutted the build ing. The origin Is not known. People were on i the streets and a large com pany was skating on the second floor of an adjoining store room, but some how nobody noticed the blaze until it gained great headway. It was most spectacular and drew probably ,two thousand people' from their homes to the business section. Excellent work by the voluiifeer fire'nien confined the fire to the aWe and also saved some of the stock from the flames, though the loss from water and fire is about complete. The amount of loss is not yet estimated. The firm carried u,uuu insurance on the building and $$2,000 on the stock. The hlg wholesale stock in the same building was not damag ed. ' The telephone central up stairs was put out of commission and today there is no service. This is the seopnd fire In the same block, there having been a blaze a year ago that wiped out Morton and Loflin's stock and greatly damaged the Lindsay Brothers' stock of furni ture. PENSION FOR MRS. LEE. Earnest But Ineffective Appeal In Be . half of the Widow of Gen. Fitihugli Lee. wAouivoTON Mav 15. An earnest but ineffective appeal was made In the House today, by Messrs. Richardson, of Alabama, and Jones, of Virgina, for a pension of $50 a month to Ellen Ber nard Lee, widow of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. iwh described Mrs. Ie s present financial condition and briefly recount ed the services which her husnana nau rendered the government, not only .nnaiii-renernl to Cuba, but as an officer in the army. Mr. Richardson told the House that Mrs. Lees su.c .nmrt was out of the nay of her son, Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, of the army. J. BUTTON IN NOSE 12 YEARS. Then York Boy Sneezed and Saw It on Floor. vnotr r 1av 1fi. Twelve years ago Clark Stagemeyer, son of John Stagemeyer, pushed a smaii oouc m Vii irr ii n into his nostril. Several operations were performed, and' the physician probing ror n. not uinb cessfu). he concluded that It m"s have passed into his throat and had been swallowed. ' The incident was forgotten "" last night, when the boy. who Is now 14 years old, sneezed and the button was blown upon the floor. Wealthy Lumberman Convicted of Murder omTTic Mnv is. Guy C. Strat- ton a wealthy lumberman of Seattle, was found guilty of murder In the , tee mi degree for killing Henrietta John son, aged five years, at Ballard. The child was run down by an automobile. This Is the first conviction uu new law. The penalty 1s from one to twenty-one years and a fine of $.000. The Western Sentinel $1 per year. 10 TIDEWATER R.R. Revives Rumor Big Finan cier is Hard Pressed For Cash Qias.W. Morse Incorporates Morse Securities Co. ' NEW YORK, May 18. H. H. Rog ers, by the disposal of seventeen mil lions of Tidewater railroad bonds, has revived the old Wall Street rumor to day that he la pressed for cash to han dle his many projects. It is said that the Tidewater outstanding trust notes due tomorrow and amounting to ten millions, will be retired Immediately, and that a new issue will be made, se cured by Tidewater bonds and guaran teed by Rogers. ' Morte Securities Co, NEW YORK, May 18. Wall Street learned today that Charles W. Morse has Incorporated, in the stnt e of Maine, the Morse Securities Com pany as being the first step to get on his feet and resume the . place he held In the financial affairs of the United States until the crash of last October. He Intends to get the National Bank of North America, now in the hands of a receiver, and has assured the comp troller of the currency that he and his friends can deport a million and a half dollars to pay remaining creditors. Bank in Hands of Receiver. PITTSBURG, May 18. The Allegha ny National Bank was closed by order of the comptroller of the currency to day. Robert Lyons, bank Examiner, was named faB receiver. Speculation by Cashier William Montgomery, It Is alleged, looted the 'bank, and is said to be tesponslble for the failure. . Efforts er5 made to put the Institution on it? feet; following, the discovery of ; Its shortage, but the situation Is regarded as hopeless. The officers claim they wil be able to pay the depositors fully It Is said that Cashier Montgomery stoje, over a million dollars of the bank's funds. . Kltchln, for Governor, Gets 14 of. 19 Votes, and Brooks, for Congress, 60 Per Cent. JEALOUS Oil IN CIRCUS HURLES WIFE TQ DEATH? THEN SLAYS BIVAL WITH AH AXE. Audience Witnesses Double Tragedy at Performance Husband Slipped Trapeze Bar and Woman's Neck Was Broken in Plunge. ROME, 'May 16. Antonio Raffaell, a circus acrobat, hurled his wife from a high trapeze to death and then with an axe chopiied off the head of Oues seppl Damerini, whom he suspected of Intriguing with her. The double mur der occurred before a great crowd gathered to witness the circus per formance. ' ' " Raffaell, seeing Damerini In the throng, It is declared, became sudden- ' ly convinced that his suspicions were true. He loosened the guy rope, allow ing the trapeze to slip. The wife's neck was broken In the fall. Damoriul thought It was an accident and rnshel to aid her. Raffaeli then seized an axe from an attendant and slew him. Then the murderer gave himself u, to the police. The tragedy occurred at Mestra. Salisbury Drug Stores Must Pay Tax of $5,000 SALISBURY, "jlay. 16. It Is -quite certain since the action of the alder men Thursday night In , fixing n license tax for drug stores that sell whiskey that if prohibition wins on the 26th there will be little or noth ing doing for the booze artists around the pharmacies. , This was the first meeting of the fiscal year and early In the evening the question of whiskey license for drug stores was sprung. Alderman Daniels desired that It be made $10, 000 but this figure was split in half and such druggists as keep whiskey for sale are now reqalred to take out license that will cost them the neat little pile of $5,000. . This figure, of course, Is' prohibitive, as It Is Intended to be. But one dissenting vote was cast. Representatives of the .PepshCola and Cocoa Cola Companies asked tliut their license tax be reduced from $100 to $25. ' The request was denied. Artist-Farmhand Slew ' Family For Money FREEHOLD,. N. J May 18. Frank Zastefa,-arretted oil suspicion of kill ing the Sheppard family in their farm house last. Saturday morning, after be ing on the rack all night, confessed today that he shot the whole family after milking the cows that meriting. He said he did It because he must have some money and knew Sheppard always had plenly In the house. He expressed regret for the crime. J5n tera had been an art student, but when his health failed he worked us a farm-hand. GREENSBORO, May 18. Up to nonn todav 20 out of 27 nrecinets had made reports on Saturday' legalized primary in Guilford county. Howev er, every precinct, except Deep River, hfl hoen heard from unofficially and the lheal politicians have figured it t out that in the Democratic state con vention, Kltchln, for governor, will re ceive 14 of Gullfprd5s vote; Craig S, and Home 1. ' v For the Congressional nomination. Solicitor Brooks. It is estimated, will get 60 per cent of the county's vote; in other words, 38 or 39 votes, and - - ... . . i ... . n n-k. In, Prof. J. Alien mou in or i. i "e ter made a fine showing, considering the odds against him. In bis home township. Oak Ridge, only one vote was cast against him. C. C. Moore, of Mecklenburg for agricultural commissioner, lead's all competitors by a liandsome vote. Minister, in Fit of Insanity, Slays Wife MAY TERM OF FORSYTH T May term of Forsyth suoerlqr court convened 'Monday morning with Judge Ward presiding. He stated that ho bad-held court In this city a number of times. In his churge to the grand Jury ho called their attention to Um planner of discharging their duties, and' outlined the nature of their dutlos, Judge Word Instructed them not to tnke any evidence on the outside. That If a man testified before them and told thmn not to usft his name that tlir-y ' should not consider his testimony. The grand Jury Is composed of the following gentlemen: Mr. W. C, Staf ford, foreman, and Messrs. C. M. Now some, J. R. Masten, J. iA; Spoas, A. 8. Clinard, C. A. Hpach, W, C. Ungley, J. T. Lnper,, T. II. Barrow, J. II. Crutchfield. A. C, Vogler, C. H. Hen drlx. A. T. Pope, J. Barnes, J. h, Help, er Martin Petree, W. O. Crotts and W. Ogburn. .' . r . ' t : ., ! 1 . ' The cose against Hollowuy Bnd Man nings for sttlllng Intoxicating liquor to a minor, was dismissed. Toe minor 'n question It appears, went into the saloon and obtained a glass of beer, stating to the bar-keeper In (mower to an Inquiry as to his age, that ho was 22 years old. , John Fulp was convicted of disturb ing a school' entertainment ninl was fined $10 and the costs, Dan Smith was acquitted of t ho charge of retailing. .' John Hnlrslon was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon In two counts, but Judgment was suspended on payment of the costs. FAIRMOUNT, W. Vs., May 18. Rev. W. F. Kaufman, fifty years old and a minister, while Insane this morning, shot and killed his wife and cut her throat - After the fearful deed was done his sanity returned. He it now In Jail. TAKE STUMP FOR FATHER. Reported Mrs. Leavitt Will Canvass Several States If Bryan is Nomin ated. A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says In case William J. Bryan receives the Democratic nomination, his daugh ter Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, will take the stump In Colorado, Wyom ing and several other western states, and will campaign in her father's, in terest. ' This Information was given Oiit In Omaha yesterday by Major Dahlman, who has Just returned ' from Denver, where be has been with other Demo critic national committeemen com pleting arrangement": for :he conven tion. Mrs. Leavitt will confine her ef forts to women and will only stutnn those states whkh have woman suf frage laws. She is a forcefui and fluent speaker. Bulkeley Harps on Brownsville. WASHINGTON, May 18Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, today urged the Senate to act this session on the bill to re-enllst colored soldiers dis missed on account of the Brownsville affair. . Died With Friend Mother Wouldn't Wed CHICAGO, May 18. Walter "Knobel, twelve years, is dead, Henry Amanna, forty-three. Is dying, as a result or love for' the boy's mother. Amanna was a friend of Kuobel's father l:i Germany. Both families came to America where the elder Knobel died. Amanna lived with the family and was discouraged because Knobel's widow refused to wed him. He de cided to die. He was fond of Walter and persuaded blm to agree to die also. The boy, according to a state ment mode by Amanna, bared his breast and said: "Here my heart boats. I am not afraid to die." The man stabbed the boy and himself In the woods near Fort Sheridan. 60 V. SANDERSnVAUGURATED N6vv Chief Executive of Louis iana Formally Inducted Into Office. TO ARREST NIGHT-RIDERS. Troops Mobilized, It Is Reported, To Take 300 Captive. MAYSVILLE. Ky., May 16. Ken tucky militiamen who have been scout ing about Bracken county In small squads are mobilizing near here, and It is said that shortly fully 300 men will be arrested. The troops. It Is de clared, have, through spies, secured conclusive evidence against these men Implicating them In various outrages In Bracken county. These men, when arrested, will be distributed In the Jails at Lexington, Frankfort and Msysville. Trouble is expected when the ar rests begin. It Is know that night rider leaders have been purchasing guns, and ammunition In large quanti ties, expecting the arrests bat are sure to come. , BATON ROUGE, La.. May 18.-r-With ceremonies more brilliant and . elaborate than any ever before at tempted on such an occasion In this state, Jared Y. Sanders was today In- tauguiaiuu governor oi i)uisiana, suc ceeding Newton C. Blanchard. A great crowd gathered from all sec tions of the state for the gala event, and nearly every man and woman of prominence In Louisiana witnessed the inaugural exercises. The booming of cannon ushered In the red letter day. Before sunrise tho crowds begun to gather to do honor to the brilliant young Democrat who was about to begin his career as chief executive of the stale, and hourly the were crowded as never before, number Increased until tho streets The formal ceremonies began with the swearing in of the lieutenant gov ernor at noon. Then followed the march to the state house grounds, headed by Governor Blanchard and Chief Just Ice Breaux, followed by local and house ami senate Inaugural committees and officers of the two houses. The swearing in of Gover nor Sanders liy Chief Justice Breaux and the Inaugural address of the fo'rmer was followed by a grand parade, In which the state militia, veterans' organizations and civic bodies participated. The Inaugural address was followed by a grund parade, in which the state militia, veterans' ' organizations ' and civic bodies participated. An Inaugural hall and a pyro.technlcal display will be held tonight. ' Finish Canal In Pour Years. WASHINGTON. May 18. Secretary Taft announced today that the Pan ama' canal would be finished within three and half or four years. The sec retary left today for Nashville, Tenn., to speak before the Bar Association on Wednesday.
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