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VOLUME FIFTEEN Hi ; WILMINGTON N. ;CVfilDAYf JdAY " 21, 1909; PRICE FIVE CENTS E IS SIM A mm Lo ngf el low Has -Hot; as Yet FoiDisliedJpnd Has Been Unable So Far to Raise Thel $3,000 Bond, But Stfl L Ha String Hopes jf DolngSo'-earch'Jhi Made for Record of., the Second Marriage Trial at August Term ' of the Superior Court. - Special to The Dispatch . - - Kinston, N. C, May- 21. -Up to a o-YIock this afternoon the counsel and friends of J. S. Longfellow,., charged with bigamy; -had; not?-succeeded in 'raising the $3,000 ; bond " placed upon Longfellow yesterday by Judge W. 11. AIUmi. when the Case was ; continued to the August terra of the Superior Court. Longfellow is still in jail.' It is stated that friends' have suc ceeded in getting together $1,500 of the bond money and- have strdffg hope.-? of raising the rest or inducing some one to go on the justified bond required. : . ' V. ' The State's counsel. are now making an earnest effort to .trace the. -record of the second marriage 'and will cer tainly do so if possible between now ami August. ; J l is. Longfellow .No. 1 left this iv.orning on hej- return to her .home in Wilmington. ' J MANY DETECTIVES Stood .-i!!3?-ftyable June 1st and Autois Jts Must Ante Up $2 or $4 According to the Sfare f Machine Must Ajso .'Reglttfcp Wth"thef;Cferk of the Su ieriorCotift:" Sp . f ' ' - - ' . The time is almost here for autohio-1 bilists ; .i ante-up the sDecialNw Hanovfer "county rdad .tax .levied, hvl I tut? iasi ifigislatur.- v Copies' of 'the ieueiyea t;tne court -house today Stye Interesting information as to the license tax part respi iciallyi The sheriff is Instructed ito collect 'the ax from autov owners and the tax' becomes pay- ttDje-j une 1st as do bther licenses. The tax has. to be paid ibefore the owners can Jyeglaer their machines ith the clerfe yothe?i Superior "Court, having lo show film the receipt for same, and the taw onakes it -imperative .for au-J t1 esisier. ... i ne tax - levied is to .go exclusively ; for , repairing the roads of the county and is to be held fry- the county treasurer, for vsuchr at purpose. 'The law levies a. tax of $2 for each runabout or other motor ve hicle of 16 :hpree power "or-under, and $ 4 for each touring car or other motor vehicle; of over lffvhorse power; V ; . : The tax" levy; of course, 'comes un der the -head of license laxes and works in con junction -with the Morton law which- regulates the conduct of automobiles and -which -latter law is Chapter -75:5 of- tlie Hew, laws. The county will hot levy a tax, as in other -eases, because this is really a special "county tax. . RECORDER'S COURT TODAY. SeveVaf Were Watch During Progress of Rogers Funeral. Now York, May 21 More than fifty detectives and 'plain clothes" polidje riien, besides dozens of uniformed 'offi cers guarded the church of the Mes siah today while the funeral service lor H. H. Rogers." was "being: held. Twenty-fiye detectives followed the body from' .the ' Rogers home to tlie i lmrch. ;Some ."w,erepacked into Car riages that lieht , ahead of thehearse, ( j tlieK rode Ijl fetrget Jcsltr -orjvaiki?d hdside' thfe' cortege. "'Over'rsixty thbus arul enrployes bf"the"Standard Oil stop ped work for, two hours; today while the funeral Nv as "being' held: ''vDrders to suspend for the funeral were sent by the Standard "intefests" tb '!partsJ. of the worli. ' j STILL IN THE ICE'S GRIP. . . ' ' ' " ... :' IVkngolian Firmly Held and More Pas sentjers Will Likely Walk Ashore Today. St. Johns, May :21. The . Mongolian js still in the" grip . 'of the ice . floes. Only a few passengers braved the walk over the ice to shore yesterday, but others are getting impatient and threaten to make the attempt to walk ashore. Today the steamer and the vast field of ice rise and fall with the sea's heavy swell, but the boat has withstood the grinding weight of the ice and is not leaking. On all sides of the ship, further than the eye can see, the ice field stretches. It. is be lieved to extend twenty-five miles from shore. . " Cases of. Interest - i " Continued.-, ' In the recorder's court today cases against L. P, Pridgen,. charged with assault with a . Ueadl , weapon, and John McKoy, charged with an assault, were continued until tomorrow.- A case about Thos. Martin, Charged with auassault with a deadly weapon, was "also continued. - " f Maggie.' Roberts, charged with disor derly cpmluet,; was ordered' to paythe cbsts alTd' a' case" dgalhst Ida George charged with allowing stock to run at large, was .continued. .. A case against WnL' H. Jorddn, charged with selling whisjkey.t waa npl prossed. v., x . , IfltliK Ill IHI Union !ani fflmi-: vaySchools - ' J - ; Class of 69 at First Mentioned chool and 49 ;at r- the Second Institution G i ven Certificates of Promotion to the ' High School Graduation Exer - .clsesof "High i School-: Were Herd Last ISUght. i ' : ' With- the .'commencement exercises at UnibSr-and.iHjuienwayH ercisesoC the )High . School . at -the auauButy oi iviusici last' eymng,,',wie present sciiolasticerm of the i public school system oB the ItyV:reacheJ; a most successful and jprosperous con chision. As a result of the commence ment exercises; ' 49 pupils from Hemehr way and 69 pupils from. Union School will .beadmitted : to. the High School next year, "while the class graduated from the senior institution last night numbered -22.- J: N ; There has beenniuch interest mani festei in.-thorjclpsirig exercises of the schools during the past few days and large assemblages witnessed the . ex ercises at both' Union and Hemenway this morning. -, At. Hemenway School. - The exercises at Hemenway School followed the program at Union and many persons went .to .the school, wher the second exercises were ' held, after they had witnessed the program at Union School. The following program of interest wa& rendered at Hemenway: . .. Prayer--Rey. Mr. Cpx. . . ) Essay, "Our Wasteful Nation" Goldberg., , . Essay, '"fhe 4 Forests " "of America" - isrnest;uavanaugn BIDS mawm Mayor and -Aldermen Met at City Hall nd Passed on Bids for Furnishing CHy whh Yearly Supplies Con 'tracts AwardedSubject io Approval ! ofthe Board.. - Bids were opened at noon today at the . City Hall for furnishing the city Qf Wilmington with supplies during the com,ing" fiscal yaf. from June 1st to June . 1st. - .Mayor" MacRae, and Aldermen Hall, Bonitz. Pales. Yonn and Karr, representing different com-$-' mittees, were . present and handled 1 matters . (juickly., and like splendid old- timers. ..The sum total of the work as ;4he awarding of : contracts, sub jeet to approval of the (aldermen, to ihe., t ,Oi:rell , Liyery , Company,, The Morning Star, oger Moore's Sons & Co., Springer Coal Company B. A. Merritt and Consumers' .Ice Company. There was jonjy one proposal for fur- morning,and th public gi?aduatiott;ex-I:ufnins mQ Clty -with lights and: elec- Mntooo.: ni .!. rTnu n.L..'v . j trie Current, the hid hfiins' nrecontorl by the Tidewater Power Company, but the award was not made on account of the absence of Alderman Stone, .r-hair. jjman of the Light, Committee , Ho ever, tnis .Did-will,, no doubt, be ap proved. In this department" the" Tide-, waters-Power Company submitted sep-1 arate bids for the different-work to be performed and also made a new ibid,. the. latter as follows: "Will furnish and piace on posts -owned by the' city of Wilmington,. 126 or more of , the improved Welsbach street Gas Lamps, and will furnish all material used in lightning, all labor to : light And out the lamps, and al: labor to keep the lamps in good re pair, and will keep the lamp lighted, from dark, until daylight eaeh ad every night at $26 per lamp "per year Posts to be furnished by city and re gain the property of . the, city. - The location of the said, gas lamps are to be' named by the city of Wilmington. If the locations are to be, different from the present, locations of the gas kmps the costs of placing the posts aia.to be paid by the city. The Tide-ate-rj Powe.r Gompanywill at its own fcpl proviairir tneiiposts - are, lev. C&ted along the lines of the mains. vivvivvvvvvvtvvvvviivviVvivvvvv $ , Make a Safe .Hit, by opening an Account $. yviui iu-uay. mu win oe. giacuy wei- - s commas a Depositor v , ' T Commercial Accounts. Savings Accounts. . ' I THOS. E. COOPER, Cashier, f I mi mimm national banil Front Street, Next to Ortori Hotel. v WILMINGTON, N. C. STATE WENT OF JiaLLj.-; iTfie-Wiimingtsin Savings a April 28th, 1909. (Condensed from Reporto North Carolina Corporation Commission.) i: ASSETS LIABILITIES. Loans and Discounts. .. ;;?1,444,644.05 Capital 100,000.00 irst Mortgage Bondss ... 80,963.27 Undivided Profits, less ex- .42,500.00 penses-and. taxes paid.. 134,539.65' . l.OCr-Deposits 1,521,615.02 1- 33,070.86 x Real Estate..;... Furniture andFixtures. . . Invested . Trust Funds . . . . Cash on, .hand and due from Banks. . . . . ....... $1,756-,154.67 , $1,756,154.67, ' . I, C. E. Taylor. :Jr., Cashier of The Wilmington Savings and Trus- Co.. ' do solemnly swear that the atreve statement ii true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. , c. E. TAYLOR, Cashier. . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of April 1909. . S'- ': ' C. S.' GRAINGER, Notary PublU - ; Correct Attest: J. V. Grainger, J. W. Yates, N. B. Rankin, Directors. - DSATH- OF NHIS " BRQTHEflL. '.l sav - KJ wtcHrtJdftti; Jecmc cucr,ent , tor tcnargingor Mr; A. J Saunders Passed. Away in Toronto, Canada. H;j Friehas'vin . -thls'i-city.: ot r.-' H.G. Saunders will hear "with sadness of the death of his youngh. brother j Mr. A. J. Saunders-and will : deeply sym pathize 'with, him in his great, hour ot bereavement. " ; , The news of the deatliiof his brjatli ef'whV live'din Toronto, Canada was conveyed to him by wire this morning The deceased will probably, be remem bered by manyhere, as he lived' ih Wilmington for. several years. He was,thirty-tro years of age and leaves a wife and several childreii to mourn their loss. . - , Song; ;f he Voice 5 bf' ie 'WM: Sff6 "6StS 1 COn' Ilubenstein Essay, "The Growth "of i.'EdutloJn iuu u va u.ium . U u i i in; vr imauia. taect- them lAvith the Kas mains .l!po1Eh4eYblaU, applying to' existing uftlfns te!sif6lIows: -.: 'i 4 'Electric current : for chargingstor? j TERRIBLE CRIME, H , Mother Cuts the Throats of Three Chiidren Then Her Own. ' East Hampton, Conn.,.May 21 Mrs. Louis, Carston cut the throats of her 3ery ;i Presentation of Class Gift Kenneth' Otten . andt'Haael 'llowle. lu: ''"' V Presentation of Diplomas Mr.:BiHjiH The Hemen way's Record 90S-i90y If Mr. W- Underhili, Principal :of "jtfie School; .Mr. J:' A. Taylor", Chairman pf.Scndol Committee." "h" , ,'" lass Song. i. benediction Rev. Mr, dmoot. -ThelGraduates of Hemenway School iiumbered in the. class today wrere as f pi lows: George Gauzer Avant ; Eliza beth Steele. Bearden; . Patsy Isabella Barnes; Lida. Roberta Beery, Mary Lille Bousliee, Ernest Denning Cava naugh, James Valno Creasy, Edna f Charles Craft, Kate Woolvin Clem- mons, Norman Edward Davis, Leila Leavitt. Ellis, Rachel Grafflin, Isaac tfjlSper jreariOf .sizepbatQryinojt increased ; and conditions .cenjain un- ; VJeqric current for, th,e.. inean.des cen, lights. for the fire; engine houses, for the .market house and city hall, al the' rate" of 8 cents,, per thoTisand watts." . . x "All gas in public buildings at $1.45 per thousand cubic feet. ( v "To furnish and maintain in good order 133 or more arc lamps, as now located to be burned on moonlight schedule, each lamp to be supplied with 450 watts-of electrical energy at a price per lamp per year of $62.50. "Will furnish and maintain in goodi order 89 or more, one hundred watt Tugnston street lamps, as are now usedrf in the city of Wilmington, and as now IHMMUMHimHllMMtlHHIMMIM Thais All. For the Very Best iimtm.t iiiii..i..i.........,.........................i....(....1f r S 'V.. '--' -i'. ; ' ..XS5lr 4- ''... US FHCTS FOmHE BUSWESS PUBLIC 'V- velo its; bsisi hjSTeT'-8t.0ppa Jf . , Its -Capital, Surplus and Shareholders, pliability, , are, 4 larger , than all 5 ; ; otherj Wilinington Banks combined.- (,r:: -. I Its.-ppsits are more than double the combined deposits of . all X ; 0theF Commercial Banks here. ' - ' . : . . .tits'. customers .have the advantage of its safety, service . and une- quailed' facilities. ", r . , . . . . r J - 1 'slv S ? '' -i - sonMailSoEiiaBWsisaSi OF WILMINGTON. Goldberg, Bessie Foy Harris, Isidore V" " ""6. i Horowitz 'Wnl lilav Howie. Ellen ! located' t0 be burned moonlight Horowitz, Hazel May Howie, Ellen fiAgnes Hayden Vernie Ellen John ston, Bertha Clara Krahnke, August Krahnke, Mollie Loewenstein, Mirjam three "children then her own at the HicEachern, Reta Morse, Mary Lena n.irston home near here today. Two llurray. Fowler Morrison, Frank children are dead and the other and mother are dying. l" PRESIDENT TAFT Presided -rat Whi)e House Cabinet - Meeting Today. - ; Washington May 2 President Taft arrived at the-' White House at il: 10 o'clock from his Petersburg and Char lotte trip. The cabinet meeting 'is : to he held today as usual. ,. The PreSideht has abandoned the trip to . kampton Institute tpmorow because of the re cent indisposition of Mrs. Taft. .;; : - . ' - - . '- National Conference , , . Washington, May 21 The National Conference on city planning, the call for which was issued byiss' Jane Adams, Senator Burton, the president elect of Harvard and other prominent men began today. The municipal ex hibit is a feature of the conference.' Forty cities, eight "states, and foreign countries, are represented In jthe -exhibit. ; ,:; Sv.-r- NO MACHINES .FOR THEM, Newspapers in JougK Luck in Swit . , . , V . ', zerland-i - K' Geneva, Switzerland, May 21 No. newspaper in, Geneva waa published today owing to the strike ot composi tors. The men resent' the installation of - linotype . machines. .-Violence is threatened and several arrests have been made. --' --'-,. schedule at a price of $25 per lampJ per annum." : , - , ,. . :. ,; u : As. to the installation of new arc lamps it agrees to do so free of ,ai cost to the city if the location is with-. SieWamo.Berntee Moo,;. "Benja-; JWg Quotations on -Staples. ; Chicago, May 21 Wheat- opened firm. Light offerings until prices were up to 1.16 for July. Opening "wheat May. 1.20: corn. May, 73 3-8; .oats, May, 59 1-2; pork;1 September, 18.50. Cotton Report New York. May 21 .Cotton opened easier at decline 6f-l io: .2 1 points Laree trade. Onenink, May, 11.40 t)id; July, 11.17 bid; September, 10.00 'bid; October, 10.82. - , c . ': Notice. - ":-:-,i;: I am in the ;eity organizing "a Tent of The Knights of the r Maccabees" and wonlrt be pleased to moot all 'who are already members and any -wishing to . lcomeJBuch: j-iiCali ombrddress mae; oave. Southern -HoteL ..-jH.:v!iIaeUan; A -TAR HEEL SPEAKER And Peace Confererice Adopted Its , .Platform Todays Lake Mohonk, May 21, President TTfthhs. of Guilford College, was one of the speakers : at 'the Peace Confer ence today. ; A platform was aaopieci calling for a limitation and gradual reduction Of thenar manrentr of tie Na tions;' : :r ! :T:---r:- ''... ' Stocks Today. New: York, May 21The stock mar ket showed strength today,, with brisk demand in -all important issues. The most ' prominent: feature was steel common, Union PacificSouthern Pa cific, Reading and St.", Paul made sub stantial gains. :, . .'.." . mine Franklin MoVris, " Gaynell Nixon, Louise -Margaret Niestlie, Kenneth eschau Otten, Arnold Bard en Page, Carl Augustus Powers," Katie Bunn Pridgen,: Ida 'Vashti PIgford; John William Per dew; William Nabh "Penny Marcelle Sybille Smith, Berta Pauline Stanlaud, May Towson Twining, Edna Norman Twining, Maggie May Thomp-i son, Sallie Louise Taylor, Inez Tur ley, Lottie May Thorpe, Pauline Wil liams, Hazel 'Hampton Winstead, Archie Guthrie Warren, Jr., and Jor dan Marion Woolard. -- free if within 400 feet; of any of its lines. . . . . r t , For Building Material. The Chadbourn Sdeh, Door andfi Lumber Company submitted the only bid for .furnishing, lumber and the Car-1 olina Cut Stone Company the only .bi for furnishing ' granite curbing. ,( The former was rejected, , the committee deciding to buy on the open -market when lumber . is needed, and the latter was left open. - Roger Moore's Sons & Co. and W. B. Thorpe & Co. submitted long, de tailed bids for supplying terra-. cotta CARQLIE 1 am ici 01 Bf OF WILMINGTON, N. C. :- -M,S. WILLARD, - - - Secretary. ASK VOUR AGENT, TO PLACE YOUR FIRE IN8URANCE -V. POLICY JN THIS CO MP ANY. Losses promptly adjusted. PAID BY CHECK ON CITY BANK. ?PA!D IMMEDIATELY UPON SIGNING OF. PROOFS OF LOSS. Total Losses paid, $165,817.50 . Thu nlflss 'erlft : to' the school Consist edof two very handsome and expensive j Pipe, and the former was awarded the fH.oC t.orni nations nf the fripA 'of"! bidi' This firm was also awarded the r IT SlWiSft the Parthenon. The gifts, were un veiled after, presentation and the ex quisite nature of tfieir beauty excited' the universal admiration of all pres entl The friezes were accepted on be half of the school by M,r. Sam Bear, Jr., a member of the school committee. Addresses reviewing the work of the school during the past year "were made by Mr. Blair, Mr. J. A. Taylor and Mr. Wihgate Underhili. . In his i talk,; Mr. "Blair -emphasized the- tact t-; 2t COMMENT. Tliei rapid i owOth ariaucessf ul careervOt .1 ne rtjuyio nit,o is a matter of general comment.. The deposits of this bank have reached the handsome ,sum fotOheMiUion and Two .Hundred ; . Thousand Dollar.s. There must be a' reason for-this rapid increase. Ask yourself, and open an account with a growing bank. All depositsmade :iiowwfnbear4nterest & rbm June "lsL J ; - . , 2t v in the" city but thatschildren who fin ish "the county schools also have the privilege of entering the High School, As an "instance, he cited the fact that five " boys fron the Middle Sound School wonld enter; the High School next year, and that they Will come to the . city ,' every morning on their bi cycles. - . ,v 3 . ; -v .. ' At Union (School. - . The v closing, exercises . at Union School thiamprningx at which a class t- . - . . - - . .- .1 01 63 gins ana Doys were grauuaitju from the institution, were of most, in teresting nature." There were present, exclusive of the teachers and -pupils (Continued on Fifth Page.) bid for supplying brick, lime and cement and the bids of the two firms were as follows: . Thorpe & Co. Lime, $1 per barrel," either at warehouse or; delivered ; cement,- $1.85 per barrel at warehouse and $1.90 per barrel delivered, Roger Moore's Sons & Co. Lime, 95 cents per barrel at warehouse and 98 cents delivered; tement, $1.60 per barrel, either v at warehouse or deliv ered. --.;- - v .. .. '. ' -- 5 - For ?Coal and Wood. Ferris' Smoked Tongues and Break- fast Bacdh. If you Want the best of everything to eat order v ROYAL SCARLET Brand. . that the High School is open not only to graduates of the ' grammar schools j Two 'bids 'were "snbtnitted for fur- f nishing the city with coal, these bid? coming from B. A. ...Merritt and the Springer Coal Company and the .latter was -awarded the contract.- Mr. Mer-r ritt nresented the only bid for supply-; ing the city with wood and his bid was;f approved, j The two bids follow; The Springer Coal Co. Best quality per ton; -Jellico lump coal, suitable for j fire engine, at $5.25 per ton hlghl grade bituminous steam coal at $4.00r per ton. , - ' - " -" ! " I B. ' A. Merritt Anthracite coal, all sizes, $6.75 .per ton; Tennesee luihp, (Continued on Third Pageo " - flow- lames i-1 9 v-iC A ! 4 Deputy State Com. C t "V 1 -
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