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: FOfl THE ElECnOH ;
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Negroes Complained tThat; They (Had
Been H eld-Up in: pecullar Manner
by White Man and AVoman Then
Woman Claimed ;to Have JBeeni As
saulted Sheriff Jailstne3r Whole
"Bunch" and Now Investigating. -
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. ' 3.-Harry
Calhoun and wife, strangers liere are
in jail charged with highway robber.
Two negroes claim that the man " and
woman held them up In the 'country,
twelve miles out, and" irobbed them,
threatening if they ; madeiy utcry
it would be given out that -they ; had
assaulted the woman'dth'aT&ey
would be lynched. The : Hegoe caine
to Montgomery and begged; the sheriff
for protection. Meanwhile Calhoun
announced that his wlf e "had 1 beeh as
saulted, and the community was . put
in an uproar. After careful jinVestiga
tion by the sheriff the man and his
wife were put in jaU andlhe negroes
also held for developmtoJ;
DON'T WANT THAW. ' '
Duchess County Want Him Sent. Back
to M atteawan. . '
Poughkeepsie, Sept. 3. Sheriff
Chanler, acting for the State prison
- commission, made application to the
Supreme Court today - to have Harry
K. Thaw removed from the Puchess
county jail and placed -in the IVIattea
wan insane asylum. Tbe hiSr
clares Thaw's presncd'Me.Mmet4l'.li
the jail discipline an1djptrat0 5law.
The jail is crowde'Hin.$aai4filf
cials say they h'a!nififOdattct
kke care of a mai tnat don't belong
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J Up Again. : , : f f
Holraysburg, Pal, Sept. 3 1Return
ing prosperity was heralded here today
by the announcement of the' resump
tion of operations . in Pennsylvania
lir- Railroad car shops. Those shops' were
closed down last winterl" .throwing
M seven hundred men out of emDlovment.
and the railroad yards were converted
I into space for twelve, thousand idle
height cars. The pars are now being
hurried to various parts on" the Penn
sylvania system for grain and coal
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TO BE OPEN AT NIGHT.
Public Library Will ExUndtt?Bene
fit and ? aew Rule Adapted.
It lias been decided to. keep, the Wil
mington Public Xibral-y:!oten': at night
until 9 "o'clock cbiam'encIngOctoer'
1st. This' cbmemcye
ment jthan anything else, and , should
the attendance stitithe;?ex
Pense; be not too great sSich will . be
come 'a tpermanency. t ; -
A new rule has also- been adopted
by the 'trustees relative to the - bor
rowing of books. Hereafter the li
brarian will not be allowed to select
books for borrowers who send simply
notes. Either a .list must be sent or
the borrower must come in "person.
TUESDAY THE TIMEi'
Date Settled Upon for the postponed
Next Tuesday night has heen , de
cided upon for. the' excursion" to be
gIven down the Cape Fear river : by
tQe Senior and JunloriEpworth
Leagues, of Trinity Methodist Church.
The time will indeed ; be propitious
then, because the ' moon' will bb mote
glorious, and. more features have been
added fnrt
Wilmington ill gov far
Fisher and aooard during - the' trip
will be presented a splendid "program
9 music ;and';recitations;rgMi
The tickets purchased for the post-
Poned excursion will, of course; bb
good for the outing Tuesday' night.
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To-Morrow Night yfyf
:Red, White and Blue dance. Don't
miss it. v ,! ; 1 ; : - f -.
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What's Cotton Doing Today. ;
New ' York Sent. 72liCotton opened
firmer at an advance of 6 to 7' points.
opening, September 8.48.1
8-61; December 8.52; Mar
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.Alf H:. Compared Wth Other
if&ZN iHM Oniy lIsine JciMr
Days, Last .MonthMvJMlliiKi!K
'some!aid
thiiee ? inched ; aboye the ; average: was
V4timdrjthe rainfall iguspof
soK the; othe?' piacesihe "state:
SeVeral places had that much rainfall
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August last -year , had a; rainfall: of
lO.it Ihch;-while' August 1 a
rainfallif ;i4.3J5 :ihches -that . is
th jgreatest : ! oh: record i here. . Last
nionfhV i local precipitation was, hovr-i
fevefthe redordof :;thiear:'f!'
'A; suhimary of the precipitation and
othet" Weather conditions here for last
month makes the' f ollbwing interesting
precipitation -f Total .this month;
9.62SsnoiaJl;
onMhor
on; - the ground? aBend of month, none
: WindPreyaiUhg Indirection- sout
west ; 'V total moyemet, '54.41 miles ;
average hourly' y elpclty , 7.3 ; maximum
velocity : (for ; five minutes) - 30 miles
per hour,; frpni; the, east on the 18th.
:WeatoerNumbei; of ;dayclear,r ;
partly cloudy, 15 ; cloudy, 7 ; on which
-01 inch or niore of precipitation "occurred,-
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; Are You Going? "
To the I Re White id Blue Jiitce
tomorrow hlght- ; :
BIJOU'S OFFERING. ;
New Song and Pictures at This Thea-
The new Jllustf ated J song at' the Bi
jou today is "Make Believe," while the
pictures are entitled ; "The Masque
Ball" 5 and '-An v5 Improvised Statue
The latterrr -shows poor- country jay
going" ttfiKecit the
sights, and i not being schooled ln''the
abound in thai city he is easily- taken
in and made the butt of the crowd of
pi-acucai i jnKjprs wpjascojicnim
rAund. ihA -tavnan4 Jjaye. p,qf nd. of
fun at his expense: He is taken down
the tbomBrvn to,emusement
of the ipectatoSi they aeinxbbw
and salaam to the statues. -Finally
they -go to a part of the park,' and put
a sign on a pedestal offering five dol
lars an hour to any person who will
stand ' on the - pedestal - for two hours
without moving. . ; The country.- fellow
is induced to try it, and we See him
climb up and strike an attitude in an
endeavor to resemble ; as . nearly, as
possible the other statues in thev park.
He tries to remain still,; but the flies
and mosquitoes bother" him, and ? it: is
an impossibility for him to keep from
mpvlng; abouKTJhe,:ge
tepark tict
statueand jcallj,tie ppcewho tryetgls
remove him, but to no avail; for he Is
dfetermiri - to n- th rewards
they' get the' gardheTwlth: the "hose,
and;
see the fellow standing his "ground and
taking the tejdng ;jmh ? ir$ij ; deje
minatioh to remain injplace until ; the
alloted time expires. t When; the4ime
IS up he comes' downWff his perch,' and
is arrested for ! causing so much' ex
citement, and is led ' away while the
jokers look on highly amused. r j
Don't Miss It.
Red White ah BfUeipance at Lu-
,'mina romorruw jiiyuw
MESSRS. HOPKINS & DAY1S.
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New F i rm Sta rts joinflfs Career U nder
i Mdist FlatterlnflAuspices.f
The hew firm of 'Messrs'. .Hopkins &
Davis, ; successors to J. F. "Gartell &
Company, Incorporated, , is . already
well underwayy and In anbther ' column
n Tiia nisnatch today will be -found
an Attractive' 4
firm Velative to their fresh meat bust-
ness. While the nrm is .a. new oue
years of experience in;; the business
and are both clever gentiemen- -
FORAKE R :ON lTHE WAR, PATH.
Denies HeHas MadeUp With Horn
Toledo. Sepe B.The Times;- an in-
'Svfe , tii2
dependentorning Xpapei', - publishes
atf interviewth S
itm'ef denibslbso
and Taft havb become "friends, "or that
he" will stunii;fbrf th presidential nom-
A w'r; declares" he has been,, in-
.8.48 bid;; October suite d
2;":.Marchv8.47;;V-i;i;igaunuet
sn for Bene
Will be Instituted Immediately, Fol
flowing a Public 0hanlcsgly ing Mass
! Meeting y Held at Noon in ihe Apad,
m enr of ? MusicCommittee Appoints
. . et to Take Charge of . Contributions.
c ." Several Interesting
De-
. livered at the Meeting.
The public 3 mass" meeting arranged
several days ago, following a call .6
the -ministers of thej city to express
v,astUn effects , of tie recent floods
pup!sUpjv helftoday(iat
bycnyf ee :hundred persons. ; .
After; the regula,rtt)rcram of thanks
consisliQ, -ongs, J prayers and ad
dresses .had been .concluded, .a ; collec
tion was takfcn for the benefit of ; the
sufferers ttf the strickeh territory; and
arrangements were made through yXh?
appointment of a committee o four
gentlemen," for an active canvass to
accuinuiate a fund for the benefit of
the sufferers. ' This general committee
will appoint sub-committees, and itsia
hoped to have the entire city; covered
in a- systematic manner within- the
next two days, so that an offering com
inensurate with the accustomed spiril
of generosity of this city can be se
cured 'c'fbr:'lminediat9 : deUye'ryitphe
sufferers in the''fl,eiscts1jre
persciVl;f
wreck(,ltheir; cropstnddr
peratlve dutytof everyhkritable' in-
cline.d,51pers6ji Tto cassist '.lnthe'r
measures proposed' ; yuiii
& jhAiatfenTna; 4vb
-The fthieefhg-- today fwiaa" presided
over, by "ReVAl D:'Mcdltlr'fe,pator ti
St' Andrew's 'Ptesbyleria Chuteh;i by
request of the"v other ministefcWhb
conceived 'the7idea: ofliavingh
thanksgiving gathering for the proper
return of thanks to bur Heaven Father
for his mercy in" sparing Wilmington
while so many otheF points ere vis
ited by' distress and devastation. Rev.
Dr.: McClure and the following minis
ters: Rev. C. P. Whitiock, J. A. Erwin,
J. M. Wells, T. A. Smoot, T. P. Noe,
W: L; Rexford, K. D Holmes,: j. T
Johnson, Fred D. Hale, G. A. Martin,
G. S. Bearden, Adjutant James Yates,
of the Salvation Army, and. Rev. J. P
King, of ; Jackson ville,: FlL, sat on the
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jt-arg Congregation: Present
; At f noon enlfli ineette started,
thews were aboui 300 ladies and gen
the rfequest of the mlnistersi a number
5f me ? busfnes9hbhisesvi in.i the; dowfr
Tdi4rtctffIdsedi for the . Jiotiif in
whfehenneetmgywa heldahdr the
Sdanfeeoti business meli and their
enMoWat7lhe?athe
gratifying5 indeed.1; ; -'XM'
-Wf'Ofclject of the Meetlng
Rev. Dr. McClure: inx 'opening the
meeting stated the object for which it
had been called, .and' he reviewed in
brief detail the awful results that.have
come t6-this sebtlon ' from the recen
floods which have prevailed.' Dr.- Mc
Clure stated r that the ministers had
deemed an expression- of : thanks by
citizens of - WilmingtonT due because
they' were spared the awful ;eff ects of
the floods, and therefore the meeting
had been called.
. Rev. J J A. Erwin,. pastor, of the
. Christian Church, was called upon for
the opening prayeri and he offered an
appropriate ..exhortation, expressing in
j of theentiro; assemblage - because of
i ine iaci. uiai. ine nooas.jiaa uut causcu
the dire calamity? in. Wilmington they
naa m otner points m inis secuou. ;
lStTh?'Nat 'onai 5hSIfi'?
JhJibn
bfheewas ti&ungs by the con
gregation, the music being led by Mr.
I- a. a. women, wun mrs
fr Th 1 nSrrl -PRnlm War "then read bv
Rey.V Thos. P.: Noe, . pastlof thi
Church ; of the Good' - Shepherd,, after
which : the 1 second - prayer , of ' thanks
giving was offered- by -Rev! ; Fred D.
Hale, "pastor of. the First ;; Baptis
Church:,:' - ;,T'. ''-I.
' Col. -walker ,;;Taylpr, represenunc;
uiaieo lor Uenem ot
escapajlmingto . f rom Uhe de
drowned v ny tne -appalling npqs quw
ing the astfewdayssbt it fith
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fnIYemberlection-AU ?Elecl
a?Jm ytricers Must.; be Named by ah
IICominoyTO
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The County ; Boatd of Election will
theralbmb
vuyy oirorgamangrajiat'maMng all
arrangements for the 5 eeneral election
o7;be held' l November. f Tlie board
to? composed of ftMessrsWbbaWell
ium,; William Strtithers,: Jr.', ahd W. a
?nch; They will, meet and after -or-
ganlzatidn,1. which will mainly- consist
in; the election of a chairman and a
sretarywill 1discussfhe7 cbmingl
election which . Is of more than brdi
haryv importance ' on account : of it be!
a national' election this year. The
board will then ntae all ' registrars,
poll-holders and judges of election to
ve at the November election, will
make arrangements" : about; securing
the polling places, giving pm ticesl
sary legal notice arid Btarffnig;ttt reg
istration: ? i . : :r-f;i5'-llwi
.The law calls for the iiamingpf all
eiecuon officers - by the first l
ec
Red, White and Blue.
HEAVY BOND
Was Placed Upon E. B. Vann Follow
ing a Charge of False Pretence'
E. B. .Vann; a young man who came
to Wilmington some months ago, was
tried today. 'in ! Justice Bornemann's
court upon a warrant sworn out by
Mr. H. "M. Wade, of Charlotte, man
ager of the Cochran Show Case Com
pany, of that city, upon the charge of
securing money under false pretence.
Vann, pleaa'gulty. to the charge pre-
bond fir llsum' oiod insure; his
appeaancat the next term of the
Sdperi K$:&otiri, he was sent 4 to Tjait
Thh!rsitiiwkiatoces surrbundingl3 this
JMurnate iaiSt partiMlarly
sx.: ana mucn sympaxny was ien ror
e'Tdefendant:Atttertrial - this morn-
Ingn r j Vahn has communicated with
hiairidlatives rJonlihgFJ.aad
1C fhbstim,pf mopeyye? is. charged
with- $curinfl;ts. mad ,good there is a
ptobajbUtyiotha.tj thei'fprosecutioh:?will
be ? withdrawn. iw.niiti ' Vsr'ii'to' :'v ' , v-1 .4
f 'Wmtfiiti. weeks ago i Vann was
employed. -as . salesman" by the show
case company. It is alleged that he
secured his commissions upon Worth
less orders sent to the company,' in
some instances having given the name
of persons not in existence. Inquiry
by the company developed the facts
in the case, and the arrest of Vann
followed yesterday afternoon by
Deputy Piver.
Canoe Race Labor Day
Canoe Races at the Beach Labor
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iLEPER GETSA PENSION n6nxi
Government Will Allow iEarlyn$?2iPenit
1. isMinfi . .MontficfaT'iJ.16 iaetpq'
Bpet:al?toltli'--JCharlcte0scfff?d o
Washington, sDj Cui Septembjesr ij2fm-
John' R;r Early,! the lepers williirecejTer
a pension of $72a mbnth;fori tbl
ability incurred while a soldier jln hf
army, according to the statement
day of the Commissioner of Petisions.
The pension will begin as soon as'the
legal difficulty whibh surrounds thb
payment of the money can be .solved.
These difficulties are due to the fact
that the man i cannot, because-of his
segregation! spend the money; himself,
and the judge a4 vocate-general of the
army has been asked to solve the problem.-
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4The case is. unique in the annals ot
the army;; If Early: were a drunkard
or insane or a: minor, we could -have i
guardian for? hisrestate appointed, but
he is none, of these.'l 1 1'
If nas , been, suggested that he be
placed - inr a ; house 'sin Jhe vicinity r Qf ? a
soldiers' home so that he inight ech?
nically be Cpnsidered an' inmate of ithat
institution. 'The officials of
could
ers and; the money- be .paidoveT to his
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tt? 'Caho:Races':f-:i;..
hfiwi Arfansfed for
-.uauuo av '- mi v - w , 4.1
Labor Day, at Wrightsville Beafch, .and
a number of entries have already been
madetchbbattw
men and the course will ; be; f ront ;
starting, point bnv thbbeach, through
the surf," out 'tbl sea, varound 'an1. an
chored buoy,- andY then ' back -to th
starting , pin The first -prize will be
b golci , medals, and the second prize
will be two silver medals, all of which
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W. B. COOPER, President.
THOS. E. COORER, Cashier.
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