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VOLUME FIFTEEN
I . WILMINGTON, N. X.,CMpNDAY,; JUNE 14, 1909. ' fc r ; :
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Looks Like It, WiljNot;, Reach Third-
Reading in thftejiateThis 'Week-i'
Income Tax, Yet to -Be "Discussed--Champ'
Clark Thiriks Jt WiiOnl
Be in-Conference 1 a Seklnsur
gent Republicans Think Differently
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Washington, P. June 14 Sena
tor Aldrich Ssaidt today! ftha&inb Wa
son to change his pinjohlhat the
tariff bill will; b& in conference " by
July 1st. Several -speeches are to be
made this ..week" and several- amettdi
.in eu l io ue onerett ana, the leaders
say it is out bi the-Question' to' exher
questionto expectHcousih of the bride,:was maid-bfrhonor
a v.ote. 011 the passage of, thb tariff bill
Saturday. The income tax amendment
is set for a' vote bn Friday of father
it comes up, then.. It' may be-debated
several days.. If t the . Finance Commit
tee amendments-have hot been dispos
ed of atthattime,. -however, the in
come tax will again go "over.
Champ Clark,, the minority -leader
of the House, who will be one of the
conferees pn the tariff bill, said today
that in his opinion the bill would "not
e in conference more than a week.
He said the Democrats ' coW hot
change the. bill and it would be a
waste of .time to attempt to hold thb
bill up. ; Republicans" in the House;
thougn, do not subscribe to the opinion
expressed by rthe minority leader. The
insurgent House Republicans ; predict
that the bill will be in conference at
lea?t.two weeks.
promi NENTi Citizen : dead. . '
Mr.
D; - ,C T Gorman of v Fayettevllle,
Soecial to The Drsnatch
. Fayettevllle,, N.a uniMh
B-C. GbrhamMied earjy' thisjiftibrniiig
after a lingering1 illness: JliiKdeath-is
greatly regretted by the- entire . com-i
iminity. Mr. Gorham was a Confed
erate soldier and for several years a
. leading member, of te Hay Street
Methodist Churc.c South. Alhe, ttnie
- ofhisf 6a1hhe;detes-edv6 mafi
ager of-fhGofhamT Boot and Music
Campany. He passed away in the Glth
year of his age.
GREAT RELIGIOUS PLAY.
Runs- Fie WeeRs With 5,000 Persons
In the Cast.
.London, June 14. The great- English-pageant,
with twenty scenes and
5,000 persons, portraying the proiji
gress . of, Christianity; in England,
reached a climax U day. vAa the play,
which has no riyai except the German
Passion Play draws to ' a close, the
crowds, have' become- dense, and . tho;
interest keen. - Many are here, from
the continent to . look onj the scene
The drama. ;opencd the tenth; . and
closes Thursdayi ' The scenes in the
play go back tea ! centuriesv and give
adequate education in the progress of
religion in - England. : ' "
STRIKE IN ST. PETERSBURG.
General vWaik-Out: On Trolley- Lfnes
and Stubborn Fight Expected. ;
'1 . St. Petersburg J ue ; 14. A general
strike of : the employes of. the trolley
lines in St. Petersburg began today.
The men, demanded increase pay; and
decreasedkoursi boia of which were
refused. Both.,sidea declare , the ..fight
is to a iaaish and a stubborn contest
is expected.
THE MORE CASE.
Appeal for
Bond Is -Belng Argued
. .Today.-; .v.- - --...;
New York, June i4.-rArgument was
begun today in the circuit court; by
Martin W. Littleton . for j.bondVror
Cliarle3 W: Morse It is - an - appeal
from the decision of the -lower jcpurt,
which refused bail. District Attorney
Stillson is representing - the govern
ment. Friends of Morse offer bail in
any amount up to $250,000. .1 "
EIGHT OF CREW MISSING.
Men Were" Out irr Small Boats . When
Heavy Sea SwepTThem 'Away.
Boston, June 14. With eight of the
crew missing' the fishing schooner Ket
tle Franklin arrived in port, today,
after two days' fruitless se&vehStir the
men. The men yere -out intae.uofit!a
Thursday morning, -when , a heavy; sea
set in. The ; schooner -tried ' to . find
them, but could not.,,- f -
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New York, June 14. Cotton opened
firm, 5 to 11 .points higher, Opening,
.. 'i.82f:';Julv.' a(T.83; October,
:J(h84; December,' 10.8. - ;
: TO-N I G HT ' AT L U M I N A,
Dancing at Lumlna Tp-njght.
Miss BesaJeV Brady; the , Attractive
'Bride' of Mr. Clak Fisher,"1 of West
vVIrginla-pTbe Ce'rernony. Was Per-
? formed at the Church of ? the, Good
Shepherd-Reception - Tendered the
BrldaL Party Saturday Evening. ,
I A wedding 'of. much interest to
mends of, the contracting .couple in
this : State land in -Vireinia wa s VpTo.
I brated 'yesterday afternoon' at 6 o'clock
at the Church of the Good ,ShenhPrd
when Miss Bessie-Brady, thb attractive
qaugnter of Mrs. Sadie Brady, of Kflfi
kChurch streetwas uhiied in marriage
co.. Mr. Clair- Fisher, of West Virginia.
The. ring ceremony of ther Episcopal
Churelrwas used for the- sacred event v
wa me i Ke v. it w. Cox, rector of St.
Johng, Episcopal Church officiated; at
the! ceremony., j- ' :- ;-::j . fv
The bridal 5 march -was rendered hv
Miss. Helen ' Hopewell The bride en
tered the church leaning 09 the arm
of her uncle, Mr. R,r H; Brady, who
gaHer awayT The ? bride looked
harming-, to a degree in her wedding
dress of tan silk. . Miss Ella Bradv:
and - she ; was - ; becomin gly i attired - ln
vhite ailk , batiste. .The . bridesmaids
were Misses Beulah Berry and Edith
Bpady tittle Misses Nettie Ellis and
Dorothy Berry weTe the flower girls
and the . ribbon bearers were Jubio
Brady, and Ernest Thomas. The groom
was . attended as best man by his
friend, Mr. Ralph Eakins and Messrs.
Gordon Brittain and Mr. 'Ralph Ed
wards .were the ushers. v,".'
- After the ceremony was concluded
Mr. and, Mrs. Fisher were driven to
he union station, from whence they
departed oh their honeymoon tour. ,
Adelightful recepUbn was held Sat
urday evening in" holTbr of the bridal
party by .Miss Beulah Berry, at her
home, No. 486 Church street. s
v.; ..i -: ' - s ,
" ." M-
f ACCEPTS THE CALL. -
. . It-will be good news indeed to '4
4Vtie Members of . St- James'. Epls-
bpalChurch, ' audrothers of this
1 T.itv 'wlin hnvp tho' nTpn5iirr nf tf
T;uuwiu .aim, uiai ucv. - vy. it. -V
V1iiitbnt !Dv:D.VrofRbanqkfa
4 has . cptcffhbiV:tendereii
him of the ' rcctofship. . of. St. A
4 James. Rev. Dr. Milton was heje At
several weeks ago and made a 4
- flne impression on those -who 4i
thearljlm.. Haniiounced yes-
tcday i&to: tijehemrs of . hi;
chufch" in "Roanbfie, that he "had 4
I decided to accept the call from
Wilmington..
v Rev. Dr. Miltdh is an able di- .
-vine antL will make a worthy sue-
cessor to the beloved Rev.' R. W.
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LARE CROWD
Went to Fort Caswell .Yesterday to
Visit Soldier Boys.
The steamer Wilmington made two
trips .yesterday to South port and over
to Fort - Caswell wherfe the Coast Ar
tillery manouvers are npw m progress
It is. estimated thatV;severalxhundredi
Wilmin'gtoniahs wbut to the fort.
While the visitors were interested in
inspecting the quarters of the various
companies it goes without" saying that
the Wilmington L,i.ht. Infantry boyJ
were the cynosure jf. all eyes (to use
a trLte expression) and that the local
military lad 3 - were regarded as the
special atraction at the manouvors.
It is '.expected .jthat the exercises
will come to an end on Wednesday
morning and ' the..-State troops will
reach - the city on thex return trip to
their homes early that afternoon.
In Justice Bornemann's Court.
-Into thi3 -Temple of Justice- was
haled a couple of offenders against the
law this morning. One of the '.mortals
wiis 'Mn Smith. colorbd. and he had
bwornall sorts" of vengeance upon
Dora Armstrong, also r a dusky one.
So 'Dora;iwahted;; hlmplaced under a
peace; warrant .and ; after hearing the
evidence, the f court r granted what she
wanted 'and John Smith had to give a
$',(' bond to keep the peace for two
months. The other offender was Wil
lie Murray who flapped the face of
na .wifp . The trouble. 'so far as the
r.lari went, wasf patched up ;ahd judg -
ment was suspended upon payment or j
costs However, the' husband ana wire
said, .they, would hereafter live apart,
but peacefully so. , - - : r . ..
Seashore Hotel Concert.
The' concert -at the Seashore Hotel
yesterday morning,, by the .Nixon or-che-Mtrra
wasrofan exceptionally en
joyable nature 'and the , music was
heard not only by guests of the popu
lar hostelry but- by scores of , beach
residents Tho.orchetra sustained its
welt earned reputatiQi:;and the . selec
tions rendered were both appropriate
and pledging. -Not , the lea5t4 enjoyable
feature )f the .prbgrarn-was a'cello
sold byUss nHsrahd? a vocal solo by
I Mrs. Helen Nixon Taylor. - "
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TO-NiGHT AT'LUMINA. ,
-Dancing at Lumlna T-night'
Final nflfinisin'n - a f -Rffi
:mw. Mi rniv
Prcparattona Comrnertce ; ImmedJatefy
i'fdr'';th
' "gcl.ist -and ; His" Army of; Workers--
Will Hold Meetings for One Month
and Giant v Tabernacle May Be
Built.
It was'-finally : and enthusiastically
decided upon i today to obtain the' set-
vices- of Rev. - Ri AT. Torrey 'the great;,
est of all evangelists, for 'this city
hext year." i At a meeng of the Minis
ters Association a week ago it - was
announced rby a " -special committee
that ?RbT Mr Torrey!aTid -helpers, all
of the Moody Bible Institute, could be
obtained 1 tb'- conduct meetings in Wil
hi'ihgtonrither next February or next
Marchr !i So 'a-conXeirehce of the miif
isters and prbjnihent iaynien of the
cityUVkas called J for oday' tb consider
the inipbrtatit matter.' Tm'e meeting
wa,sheld at lioon today and Rev. A. D.
McClurc-, D. D., was called to the
chair, The news that Evangelist Tor
rey could come to Wilmington was
gladly received and if was enthusias
tically decided to accept the fare op
portunity afforded ' and to get the
evangelist and his workers to come
next March. The ommittee of min
isters vho had conducted the corres
pondence, this coniMritce "consisting
of Rcvd T. A. Smoot, Geo. S. Bearden
and A; D. McClure, was requested to
act iirther in tho mattcf and carry
out the decision of the meeting and,
with' two, laymen, to attend to all im
mediate preliminary, , . arrangements
and call in time a big meejiiisiu the
tali,' so that nariKrraagfents-iniay
be started and all necessary', commit:
tecs named.
;.
;a0bjic6 fecbghized ;thafr some 'giant
assembly place' would have to be'us6d!
d, the"- Pearson nieetings"a'Ving beeh
held there, but there is 'f ear1 'that even
thaf pkice will not ' acTcbmmdate the
people Tor the Torrey meetings, which
wifl'last for 'all of March. Winston
Salem, is to .'soon have -the celebrated
evangelist and a special tabernacle i
now being eercted there for the meet:
ings and at a cost of $",000. A special
tabernacle may be Miilt here. :
Evangelist Torrey is the head of his
field of work in the world and carries
a large corps of helpers. Wilmington
has never had meetings like the Tor
rey meetings will -prove "to be.
THE RECORDER'S COURT.
x ,
Twelve -Dusky Gamblers Landed at
One Haul Number of Drunks Were
: Also Upr n '
: One of the moSt unique cases yet
investigated from the point of view
of the number oV defendants under a
single warrant was tried today in the
Recorder's Court. This case was
against twelve negroes," all of whom
I were charged with indulging in that
fascinating form of gambling (to the
hevrage ' Ethiopian at least) 'which re
joices in the name of "skin-cards."
The x defendants were as follows:
Walter Guion, :Charlio Robinson,
Thomas Guiori, William Spencer, John
Mitchell; Jobe McKoy, ! Bud Wade,
Bert Green, Thomas Williams, Jas.
Kelly, and Simon Brown.
; These gamblers were'orraled early
Sunday mbf ning in- a house near! the,
corner of Tenth and Castle v streets:
.Information about the" game ! was as
certained by Officer Brinkley and yith
the 'assistance of several other officers,
all the followers of the Goddess, oi
Chance were apprehended. ; . , ,
. !The,. .twelve..- defendants .linedriip .In'
front of .the Recorder and they looked
more like a jury- than a "crowd of de
fendants. The squad admitted their
guilt and all begged the mercy of the
court. The officers of the. county were
considerably enriched when the Re
corder imposed a fine of $10 and the
1 costs upori' each of the prisoners
7
William Galloway and John Gilmore,
charged with larceny, were released
as no . f. evidence coma pe secuTea
against them. - ..
"These i-'-two deferfdahts were arrested
it the r corner ; of , Front and . Prineess
Streets Saturday night; charged with
stealing a diamond ring and a sum of
money from the residence of Mr. M.
B. Kempe,- ' ' ' '
H A case . against Henry Mintz . and
Deems-Capps, charged cwith an affray,
was continued' until 'tomorrow.
John Browndisorderly conduct, and,
Joe Brunington, drunk and down, were
bach1- required to pay" :the - costs, .
- Jordan. Mclver, charged fwith being
drnnkj was 'given .a suspended sen
tence bf r thirty '-dajV. - " - " '
V Thos. .: Mulford and E. F.- Brooks,
drunk, were;-Required to pay a " fine x of
$5 and the costs. .
The matter of a place f oy the Torrey
mfeetinsss;discussi
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. Market Streets "There Was a Large
Congregation Present r Collection
Tiaken r for. the Benefit of Needy Sun
. daV Schools! " -
VTei annual Children's, Dayexerctses
ot,we Sunday, School of Trinity Meth
odist 'Church were" held last night in
the church auditorium at the mm or nf
WntfV'aiid Market treets'. The Drettv
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psurcn was ..niled to . overflowing withi
;;v;.w6 cfcAuuu ywuicn. assemotea j.to
participate in the service and - many
:were compelled " to return to their
homes on account of their inability to
'secure .seats. . - vf -
TnQ program as carried out by - the
Qhildren of. .the. Sunday School was
ost, interesting indeed ; The exer
cises cosnisted of songs, readings and
.recitations,, and the different numbers
were rendered by individuals and by
groups of the children. The little 'folks
thoroughly delihteti the congregation
witi .;the finished.; manner; . in . which
they ; acquittedvthemselvbs; , The chil
dren were trained for the exercises by
Mrs. J. H. Beery and Mrs. E. F. John-
I son, .as -well as by other ladies of .the
J Sunday School., . . - ; . -
h During the evenlng : &; short ' address
was delivered, by Rev. Wi L.. Rexford
pastor .of the church. He spoke upon
a- subiect- apprbpriate .to ithe occasion
and jhis- remarks were instructive and
helpfuK .. . : . v ,
' Just before, the benediction was pro
nounced a collection was taken, the
proceeds from which will be devoted
to poor -Sunday Schools not able to
secure their own .sacred literature.
u . At the Bijou. . ,
- The feature film at the popular
Bijou theatre today is called "Miss
'Faust." This is a most entertaining
motion picture and it will please the
patrons, of 'the theatre. - "
A SWELL ORCHESTRA.
Lumina's. Big and Splendid Band; Dis:
COUr.c.(s ripiinhtfiil Mucin s?.,-..
k -The ; r Suaaay concerts , ; at-i Luihina
yesterday were iordsby; hundreds of
bepplond; the two i musicales - WerW
Jrhbuncbd aljy ' brillianti, :h4 i&
swellest that has ever, .beenat Lumihai
an Jeachj piejnberHjsMan -artist. . The
program ,4 yeser.da,y afternoon . was - a
truly delightf uV; one , and each ; number
brought . forth t vigorous applause; esper
cially Arthur , Pryor's catchy. "Babes;:
Parade." ..The night concert was alsa
of charming char.actelr , and the big
feature was a cello solo by Mr, Cone
and also a flute . and clarinet duet
As has been uefore noted, the - or-
chestra two afternoons each week will
present a concert instead of the 4isualj
dance music and one of these delight
ful events is to be given tomorrow
afternoon.
TO CAROLINA TOMORROW.
Sunday School ,of lmman,uef Presby
terian Church Will Enjoy an Outing.
The Sunday School of JmmanueL
Presbyterian Churjch will have a big
time at Carolina. Beach tomorrow. .. It
will be the occasion of its yearly ex
cursion. tov this delightful seashore
and of course, a large, refreshing anF
othefwise enjoyable time is anticipat
ed. The children of the Sunday School
will go down on the"9 o'clock boat from
the city.
New -Mail Carriers. - ;
As a result of the efforts Of Post
master T. B. Wallace, the rlocal staff
of mail earners has been , increased
by the addition gof ; three extra meni;
These carriers are-Messrs. C. W. Hol
lowbu'sh, f X A. Fettel and E R.v Hall.
Mr. Hollo wbush- will distribute the I
mail at Wrights ville Beach during the
summer and at the close of the season,
he will be given a city route. '.":
Georjge Belisary Dead. 3 .
A letter received . today by Zanthos
Bros.,, from Athens,-;Ga contained in
formation of the death pf George Belis
ary, who died - at the Hote LaFrancej-
in Athens on May 28th. The deceased,
formerly lived in; this city "and -was
well. known -among the Greekpopulaf
tion' of. Wilmington. - ' -
The "dudge" . Greatly Tickled.
Among those who .visited the ".boys
, . F . c aswell yesterchiy. particularly
j seo the maneuvers of the Tar Heel
soldiery,' was "Judge" G. W.' Borne:
mann, and today His Honor is gleefully
bubbling over, about the good time ; he
had- He says, he .was simply dee-
lighted- with the royaU treatment t ac-
j cordeds. him and with everything he
saw. . He " is abso singing loud the
praises' of the j regulars at -the - Fort;
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and; -with "ae judicial .squint, he adds
'.'And theKorder is simply perfect." ; .
-V TQ-N,GHT :AT, LUMJNA.
Dancing at -Cumina., To-night. ,
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? A ride ' to the Pier , on the steamer
Wilmington at - 5:15 p. nt. will cure
that tirffd feeling. : Fare 15 cents for
round trip. , tf
f!s5a Held. Last Night at Trinity
'Methodist Church,-Corn.erl Ninth and
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The difference between, a RICH MAN and a POOR MAN usually
is that one-knew how '.to save and the other did not. No matter?: ;
how much you earn, you -will never, be wealthy and Independent -
If you- spend all you make.
help you.
ilmlngton Savings
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jfW. NORWOOD, President
C. E. TAYLOR,
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THIR FtAFJ K" TTrj a boon clnra Its
velopment of this City and Section.
growing,
Its Capital,4 Surplus and Shareholders liability are larger than, all
other Wilmington . Banker combined.
Its deposits, are more than double
other .Commercial Banks here. -
Its customers-have the advantage
quailed j fac,Uit.ie3.
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