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VOLUME FIFTEEN
WILMINGTON," 17 C-; FRIDAY :FEBRUARYx 19, 1909 1
PRICE FIVE! CENTS
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THE ANHUHL MEETING
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Goes to Seilate;lppli6s
Lop Cade Fear
Morton Presents a Petition for Colored
people of Wilmington Complaining
cf a Certain Form of Insurance
Connor Has a Mileage Book- Biil far
lhe House Substitute for" Electro.
cution Measure to Come UpAnti
Trust Bills Will be Aired in the.
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SpeciaKto The Dispatch. 1 !
Raleigh, N. C, Feb.19In the House
today iMorton (by request) presented
. nntitinn from rprtain rolorprt ritii
zens of Wilmington, complaining of
liiid treatment in matters of certain
form of insurance. ' '
lix Governor Jarvis and Commander
in Chief, General Walker, of the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans, were .pre
routed to the House and. received an
ovation. .
t'ounor resurrected the mileage book
exchange for tickets, which was de
feated in the Senate'esterday, by an
oth'M' bill in the House."
The new bills introduced( forty in
liumber) included the following:
Hy Hayes, a resolution prohibiting
tbo introduction of more biHs after
Feliruary 2Gth. ', ,
Dy Connor, to relieve holders of
mileage books and . promote the con
venience of the traveling public : ... :
By IJarnes, providing that ginnevs
of cotton shall mark the true weight
on bales. . " ;
A message from the Governor was
read, recommending inspection of - the
now building for male patients at the
Central Hospital for insane at Raleigh,
before finaF acceptaTi'ie A pTibi "co'mT;
mittee reported bad plumhing and oth
er defects, which' the Governor is in-1
forified have since been improved and '
lut in proper shape, but asks; the leg
islature to be certain about that, be
fore accepting the work. :
After the calendar had., been reliev
ed of a large number of inconsequen
tial little "bills, the bill of. McDonald,:
of Moore, was taken up, designed to
allow through freight trains, ; arriving
in the State on Sunday .from South.
Carolina or Virginia, : (both of which
States have similar laws) to proceed
on their way on, Sundays, and a long
discuussion ensued. The majority of
the committee reported: the bill fav
orably, but a minority report against
it was also presented. When the main
question was ordered Speaker Graham
ruled "that the vote should first be put
on 'the report of the, minority. Morton,
Boughton, Connor and others of the
leaders In the House took issue with
the Speaker yon that ruling, but' they
did notjnsist on an appealfrom the
Speaker and he later 'reversed his ruling.-
A vote was then ordered on the
third reading: of the bill : and it was
adopted by a' vote of 63 to 44, and
was sent to the Senate for concur
rence ' ' " V
Colonel Morton's bill to regulate net
fishing, limiting character of nqts to
drift nets in lower. Cape Fear from
ii'.'mth of Black - river 12 miles' abovej . A 1 lengthy 'd
ilr.lin trtiin on,l :'fiin 0 1 TTovnai Invar'1 Vifi - TTnilS
Wilmington and from 'Castle Hayne
'idge, was next taken up and passed
the final reading. It takes effect Jan
"r 1st, 1910," and was. sent to the
y. nale. ' ; - ' ' ...
The Senate bill, increasing, the sal
nry of Assistant State Librarian, from
$C00 to $900, was passed over strong
)ilositiop, an. enrolled. Then came sidn.
j'nirninent. :;-Cc 't
A substitute bill - ,providing for ' elec
tioeution of criminals" at .the State
peiiH ntiary, was reported and ;Will:
liiohaijiy come up tomorrow r, ; ; :
In 'the Senate. i-":
; 1)1 J... STVtBaird, of - Buncembe,
; ?n.mber of the legislature exactly ;tifjty
J'ars.jigo, was i'lfepEff. to the ;6en;
at,'; by Britt and ' wa'orded " Che
li'ivi:(;gos of the flobV. J.- ' ;-r "
Aniong the bills reported in ihclSjen
a'" today was the substitute antftrnst
agreed on bv the committee in
'" Of - the TnfVhart-tf' "Rnb RfTrii
U(jn A bill
It was ordered printed , T
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the date set for ' consideration :. of i reading of the bill - went oyer till ; to
' subject (including Lociaf ls tin- morrow. ;?t$. ;
orably reported billY ilex Tues- ' Other1 bills passed were :; . H . , ;
the
wvorably reported bill)' Mext Tues
""J. February- 20d. ; - .-'V'-' :
Among the newf Senate bills were.t
!'y Gay, to amenA Section 367 of the
Rf'Vi.sa1 relating. 'Vfv aoHne ? Vv ; arA
5ainst executors and administr
P'J' Pharr. to lefinp thA roaiilpmwnf
Council, Junior , Order
U n ItedAm erfcan Mechanics Will be
Held Next Weekat'EIIzabeth' City:
Loca Councils Have Appointed Del,
egates to 'Attend the Convention.
The annual' meeting of the - State
Council of the 'junior Order, United
of American" Mechanics,' will be held
next week' at Jtflizabeth CityrvN. 'C,
and the sessipn is' expected to be one
of the''' most Successful In the history
of the organization.; The. convention
will start Tuesday and; will continue in
session; until Thursday eyening.v It is
expected that several hundred: dele?
gates from, the various ' r councils
throughout the State wll attend" the
convention '. . - ,
At recent meetings of thetyyo local
councils- delegates were appointed to
represent the organizations "at the an-nual'session.-
District Orsanlzer N. J.
Williams ' and Mr. B. Tt Hamilton
act as representatives from George
Washington . Council No.- XJ7, and
Messrs. Walter E. Yopp and E. C.
Woodbury ; from Jeff 'Davis Council
No. G3. i i
At The Bijou. ' '
The ! feature films" tt the " popular
Bijou theatre r today are called : "The
Musicians' Love Story," 'iA Dear' Old
Grandma," and a "Naturelakir Comes
to Grief." All arp interesting pictures
and will please the public.
POPULAR "PRICES NEXT , WEEK,
And Ladies ' Will be Admitted Free
Monday Night.
.: What is one of the best ; popular
price attractions on the road, the Ver
non Stock Company, - will open a
week's engagement N at the Academy
Monday night and. will present thc?i
Mark Swan's powerful play, "The Un
written Law." Theitsual free cour
tesy will 'be "extended the ladies for
this . performance and seats will - go
on sale tomorrow morning. ' , ' . ?
The Vernon Company carries a num
ber of sTfong-yaudeviile acts and its
repertoire" is "onerjf laffalFnev to
Wnmington.-save Cainille'? arid a bigU
revival of this celebrated play wii!
be given likely Wednesday night.
MR. J. E. SPRUNT,
03 Dlilon,' .S-C,"r Died. -at His Home
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A telegram was received early this
afternoon - by Dr. J. E3. Matthews,
whkh conveyed the distressing intel
ligence that Mr. J. E. Sprimt, a prom
inent bkizen of billon, S..C, died at
his home in that- town shortly, after
12 o'clock" today. Mr. Sprun't had
many friends in : this r eity wha will
hear with sincere sorrow of hisrleath.
The deceased was a .brother of Mrs.
Matthews; of this city. Dr. Matthews
will : probably go to Dillon to attend
the funeral of Mr. Sprunt
By Pharr,; to provide for mainten
ance .of a North Carolina room in the
Confederate Museum at- Richmond.
By Pharr1, .a jopt resolution concern
ing freight rates.
The architectural bill was made the
special order for nxt Wednesday, the
24th. - ; "
A large number of roll "call calendar
bill, of only local interest or inconse
quential in Iniportance, were-passed,
t A bill relating' to;ttie ; sale of mer
chandise in bulk, was passed. -
debate was precipitated
over ' tne House joint resoiuuun tu
meiriorialize Congress relative to . the
establishment of natipnal ; post - roads.
i A similar bill was killed by ' the Sen
ate . two., weeks "ago and the old. fight
was renewed against this House reso
lution. ; A dozen Senators'participated
in the long discussion, the opponents
accentuating their . objection to "Fed
eral paternalism." j. '.;';; i:''
' The feature ' of the debate, on tho
Government aid iir good.roaJs building
Vras, the patriotic-tribute ' of - Colonel
Paul B., Means a Confederate veter
an Ayith four bullet ihoies in his body)
to", the United: Stated Gavernment and
the national flag. ;:Blowj .Travis arid
others based their Oppositions on the
fac tfiat tie biirwas Introduced by ' a
Republican legislator aridey said it
inyplved a principle airisjthiciy he
uemocrauu iuu tuuiiuHu. .
i"'-A' roll call ! vote resulted ' in its pas
sage, by a vote ot as .to i?r, on secuuu
reading. ; An "' objection to the 'r- final
"V To f makq the passing .bf v worthless
checks and drafts prima facia evidence
of f raud: :!'?. lZzYJ??-&:?f-. ':t',K$C.
V To "facilitate i registration yrt: I con
Tvio Sfinatfi adiourned at 2 o clocK
Of the State
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Want a Maximum Rate fixed-tir Place
of ,'tHc ' Twov Cent Fare arfd -Present
Evidence' to' ShoW That .theyfHave;
:Losi "Money Desire v Corporation
Commission, to , Go Into, the Matter.
in DeUU.
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Richmond, Va , Feb, 19. The XfcrQo
ration Commission, is hearing fVargu
VV.AMJ. 1 " ' l - ' m .
uiui uy counsel lor-raiiroaas-ior, pre
scribing ,a. maximum rate for carriers
of state ; in lieu" of the two ceirt rate.
The companies are fortified with sta
tistics to show that during the-r exist
ence of the two cent rate thetfi .have
lost money. The roads want tlie commission-
to go Jnto the , case infif detail
and fix an d promulgate ; av ratO -vhich
wil 1 give carriers a reasonable etutn
for their operations. .sj::; V: 11.9
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4 -Great News from Washington,
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telegram was received -in s Wil- 4
mingtonthis afternoon about -4 4
4 o'clock: ' ' ' "' '"
i Washington, TX C, "Febi
Mr. James- H. Chadbourn, "Presi-9
4 dent N. C. Waterways AssOia-1
tion, Wilmington, N. C, -.,4-
River and HarborBiH report- !
ed todays by House Committee - 4
on Rivers and Harbors. It pro-14
vldcs for, survey of lower Cape S
Fear ; at and' below Wilmington,!
j 3 with vlev to--pbtaining, suitable
depth ahd width. Also for Nortlfe
easjancljt fc.; jCape ari .fjoiP
s two and a half miles with view
of obtaining" twenty feet. Also
for Inland Waterway south from 4
i Beaufort to and beyond Wilmlng-
ton. ' II." L. GODWIN,
r Member Congress.
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, FINE' RECITAL TONIGHT. ,
The Conradi Event Will be of Delight-
ful Nature.
-The Kpworth .League announces
that tickets will he on sale at the door
for the violin recital to be given at
Grace Church Iecture room this eve
ning by Mr. Arthur Conradi, assisted
kpv-rt
jets v
bv Mr. Austin Conradi. nianist. The
erXo'rmance will begin promptly at
s:&.oVclocic and you are requested to
be in j'our seats at that time. No
one will be allowed to enter or leave
the room during the rendition of a
number. .The doors will be opened be
tween numbers if ydu happen to be
Tate. There are no reserved seats,
and no standing room, will be sold. .
; INTER-STATE CONTEST .
Of Young Men's Christian Association
Continues With Uiabated I nterest.
The inter-state membership contest
being waged by the Young Men's
Christian Association continues with
unabated interest and ; iheTi different
associations are working '-' enthusias
tically to win the prize. The contest
will close Monday night of nexl week
and tne reports from the organizations
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as received today are " as - follows :
Charlotte, "525; Charleston.,', i10;. Co;
iumbia, 309 Augusta,- 240; Thomas
ville, 148; Wilmington, ; 208. - :i , ;
Mr. Black,' the Evangelist, Coming.
Rev. William Black will be in the
city tomorrow, arid Mr. Andrew 5 Burr;
of Canada, is here now. ; He. is the
singer who accompanies . Rev. Mr
Black and will be at the Service to
night at Immanuel ' Presbyterian
Church. . Dr. A. D. ' McClure - will
preach. There will be a'song service
at 7 : 45 o'clock. Col. Walker Taylor
made a splendid address last night
on "Church Loyalty" and his effort
was much appreciated. ' :';',;'" ) '-;5i r;
'Storm Warning Message.
y Washington,; D. C, Feb. 19. South
Vest storm warning 10 a. 4n.J Jupiter
jacksoriynie;;1Savanriah Charlestpn;
Wilmingion7 MorehWd" City, Washing-
f ton, . Columbia, -Edentonr Elizabeth
City, , Norfolk," Newport - News, Fort
Monroe. . Disturbance oyer" liwer
Ohio Valley moving .east 'northeast.
Brisic to high ' south to west winds
this afternoon add ; tonight.
Of Slumberiand Was. a Great -Success.
All Members of the Cast Acquitted
Themselves ri ;peasing Manner
Second 'Performance This Evening,
With .Matinee Tomorrow.
Tne firspresentatlon of "Slumber
land" given at the Academv of MusU
hjtst i night . proved ; to . be 3 av thoroughl
success and -an audience -which, taxed
the seating capacity: of the house ;was
thoroughly delighted Iwith the work
of - the hundreds composing the" cast.
"Slumberland." will , be repeated this
evening, . ad at -a matinee tomorrow
afternoon. ' The curtaifi will . i-fse '4.1
8 p. m. 'tonight arid those who "expect
to attend are asked to "be irithelr
places .before the" hoUr set for the be
ginning. of the attraction. ritLmatinee
the performance will commence at - 3
o'clock. ' - .-
Each and every orie of the35a per
sons in the cast lastevening acquitted
himself or herself in, most creditable
manner. The entire performance went
through without a def ect'' ' and; ' one
would have thought the performers
professionals so : well did they carry,
out the various parts assigned them.
While everyone did exceptionally well,
one of "the bright 'stars of the eve
ning was Mr. George Horinet, Jr., as
"Professor- Napoleon." Mr. Honnet
filled the part in a manner which was j
perfection itself arid his interpretation i
of the comedy in connection with the
character was excellent to a degree;
The principals In the cast all received
well merited applause for their5 fine
work froni the.' thoroughly delighted
audience. Those" to whom were as-'
signed the pripcipal parts were Miss
Alice Borden, 'Miss Hattie flTayior,
Miss Janie Dtfdley, Miss Louise: Wise,
Miss JSmerson, Misfc Rosalie JBurbank, 1
Mf. apd "Mrs. Cameron MacRae, Mrs.
Annie XDeRosset Harriss, Mrs. Rus-rk
sell Bellamy, Miss Sadie Booker, Mr.
H.ilLiBates, Mr; Jos. Fenley;. Mr. ' H.
E.;3oodwin, Messrs. W. I. Gore, Wil
liam i . Watters, Frank Hoi Io way - andj
Oscar Peck. . . .
ftvaripus. musicar numbers- were;;
all pretty and tuneful -and were well
rendered. The dancing groups acquits
ted' themselves in praiseworthy man-;
ner and were the recipients of many
complimentary remarks.' - The other;
members of the cast were as follows :
Automobile' Girls and Boys Misses
I Lauriston Hardin, Nellie Savage, Amo-
ret Lord, Helen Strange, Marguerite
Walker, Julia Worth,, Isabel Small
bones, s Virginia Bailey ; JMessrs." John
Murchison, ;. Meares . Harriss,: Mark
Croswell, Rob James, Richard Meares,
Tom Meares, Willi? Smith -and Jas'-H,
Dushan, Jr. ; - ,' ' J'
Senior Girls .and Gentlemen Miss
Kate vMyers, in charge; Jeanette
Frank, Goldie Stein,. Mamie Nathan, 1
Isabel Williams, Beck rLoye Johnson,
Sue Catlett, Miss Larkins ; Messrs.
Fred Poisson,, Harry, Savage, M. B.
Wilson, J. Q. Myers, G. C. Levi, W. I.
Gore, W., M. Wiggins and M. W. bur
ner. . .. . .. -
' Sailor Girls Misses Braddie Tur
rentine, Francis Bailey, Julia Albright".
Ruth Bridgers, Ray Love, Ernestine
Bridgers,. Ethel 'Skipper, .Willie South-
erland, Marcella Smith, Vida Dick
inson, Essie Harrison; iiazei :J?ieei
Elizabeth Gardner, Ida: Fleet, Mary
Lorenzo Rose Lorenzo and MabeJ
Craft. 1 ' " :.: -:..'i-v;:'
Football Boys Joel .Merriman, B
Hart McKdy, , Kenneth Parsley, ; Ho
race C. Cooper, Eaw. u. Asne, iiarry
M. Tiencken, frving Corbett,;. R. VV.
Cantwell;- Fred C. Robertson, H. C.
Rorison;,J. F. Smith and L. J Stein. -r
Witches Misses. Helen- Weill,
Edith Clark, Jeane ; LeFrage, ; Ray
Love, -Marcella Smith;- Ethel Skipper,
lElizabeth ; J3eery, ; Anna Cavauaugh,
-. . . . 4-r..-; s . -T.
Annie Li. s Mercer, Jiissie Jtiarns, , j u-
liette' Xlbright, Vida Dickinson, Gene
vieve " Dushan, Eva Parmele, ,Ruth :
Bridgers, Frances He(lrick,Dorothy
Nash and Mary,:TaylorV. ;
? ; rian jo i GirlMisses .Sadie Booker,
Mabel t Craft, ' Helen WeilL Agnes
Haydenhurberore,: thHopklnsj
Lv.eiie , Skinner, Eldise Jackson, Lps
iie Wilson Emily WestbfbokGlady
Taylor,' May " .Wilson, Ed ith. Clark,
EdriaTMyers, Edith Pritchard Dorothy
Nash, Cynthia .Hedrick andx Fpujones
Lamb. ' ' - - t M
T Little X)ld Men Jack C. - Thompson;
t3eo;c Sloan JrJ Frederick M. : Hull,
Henry Schlss,' R. UC.- DeRosset, Jr.,
Edward "Bowderi, . Latham . HarrissJ
Wiilirfm A! French, Jr, Hamilton Har
riss, Tont: B. Farmer, William Bremer,
Ralphs H. ilsbn, Sam C.JWoolvin,
TJewellvn 'C. Frerich. Jas. F. Woolvin,
Jr.,':Mark,Nobte, Goodwin Davis, Wil
liam B. 'Penny, Edwin -Johnson, ; wn
Iiam bmer : Jr.,"Harryuer, JJar
ay jacoDS, Aima, ouiiiu woiu-,jui-tkv:
Geo!1 N: Harriss WroIntire i
gchbpl bys Julian Morton, " Louis
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February
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E Loans and . discounts . . $1,315,632.05
Bonds- owned ........ .- ;7,131.94
t . ?eaI. ? Estate ; ; 45,000.00
furniture & FiYtirrpi 'inn
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Invested, Trust Assets. 33,070.86
Cash. on hand and In , ' - ,
; BankB. , ?7 . . . T-. . ' 291,412:21
$lt692",248.06
J. W5 NORWOOD, President.
H. -WALTERS Vice President.
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: ; - , ; -STATEMENT
TOelMurcHison
Of Wiirolngton, N. CT, at the close
.' -RESOURCES. ' :
Loans and Discounts. V.$2,689,583.60
N. C' State Mother bonds, 289,568.15
U. S. Bonds . (at par)
.' 550,000.00
Bank Buildings.
. - 55.000;00
Cash ; . .
.1,089,735.97.
$4,673,887.72
H. C. McQUEEN, President. r
J. V. GRAINGER, Vice President.
INSURANCE
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AGENTS:
CLATTON-GILES & SON;
WALKER TAYLOR, C
. J. .VanB METTS, v , . : . .
J. H. BOATWRIGHT I SON,
IL F.WILDER,
CHAMPIGNONS,
ETitsr-pois,
Waricot r "
BAR-LE-DUC,
SMITHFIELD HAMS,
THE BEST OLIVE
Prmne 108-109 'Xt
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RESOURCES. ' ' " LUBIWT1ES.:. 'V ' i'
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Lbansadlscountsi214,564.02
k)yer- Drafts;vV; '2&34
TLS.Borids v & : Prern .'. 103,534.38
Redbnjp tion'" Fund i . . . 4,400.00
furniture ;&'3Pixtures-; -,955.49
CASH 127,136.69
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$455,218.92
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W. B. COO P E R, President
,THOS. E. COOPER, Cashier.
5tb, 1909,
" - LIABILITIES
Capital :;..;.:.. Jr. t ioo.utftum !
- ' Earned SurpIus(Net) '128,031.69 1 1 '
Deposits i;464,2l6.37 . 1 1
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45. E. TAYLOR, Jr. Cashier! ; ;
J. L. WILLIAMS, Ass'tr Cashier. W
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CONDITION ; ; v .
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of Business February 5th, '190p.
LIABILITIES
Capital ' . . . .'. . . . . . . . . . ." .$
Surplus & net profits. . . .
550,000.00
315,156.38 : ,
550,ooo.odo.
160,000.00 '
3,158,731.34
Circulation
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Bond Account. . . . .
Deposits
7 . $4,673,887,72:
J. v W. ' YATES, -Vice President.' ; :
S. GRAINGER, Cashier. .
You wantthe TANPARD; POLICY;
You want the Surest Insuraioce : t
COMPANY POLICY;-
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C. L. DICKINSON,
smith &; LfRb, y; . V .
A. W. PATE COMPJY, 4 ;
WIL. REALTY AND, INS. CO.
D. R. FOSTER & CO.
2 ;p. .-i ''-.'
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mushroom Catsup, '
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7OF "WILMINGTON, ; 'Q.r : ;
Capital Stocks.. 1100,000.05
Profits-het : . . . . . . .7. 3,572.55
Clrcnlauonv" . v; , ....... .100,000.00
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