North Carolina Newspapers

"V .1 r 11 rff it r h a i I g h Ci.t& Year, ia Advance. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Slngl Copy S Ceafc. VOL. X VIII. PLYMOUTH, N, C .FRIDAY; OCTOBER 25, 1907. NO. 22. r ftf fr y TAH .HEEL TOPICS All Qw-l VsVh.aai.tHr vmwivi a.ai a ' . i a a . l i l d- . a . a a j c i i r v Will Tour the State. Wilmington, Special. John A. ZJFox traveling director of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress -who has been here from Cincinnati -since Monday acquainting himself with the project for a 3U-xool ueptu j of water iron. Wilmington to the sea, left for an itinerary of the .State, speaking to the business men -of-, the principal cities on the ques tion of fITe government improvement -of waterways as a solution of the railway freight rate problem it be ing now generally recognized that the railroads base all interior rates on the water transportation facilities afforded at the ports. Mr. Fox was be guest of Copt. Earl I. Drown in -charge of the United States engi . neer's office, here for an inspection of the government improvements al ready existing in Wilmington, and spoke to a large delegation of South port business men receiving from them assurances of, their hearty sup port in the movement. Mr. Fox will speak at Asheville,- October 18th: Charlotte 21st; Salisbury 22d, High Point 23d, Greensboro 24th, Winston :25th, Raleigh 2Sth, Durham 29th, 3oldsboro 30th, Wilson 31st,Fayette--ville November 1st returning to Wil miington for a waterways convention . -which it is propsed to hold here the : ' 'fifth for the; purpose of receiving concerted action upon the part of North Carolina toward securing "the improvement. . . . -John Charles McNeill Ha3 ' Passed Away. Charlotte, Special. John Chas. Me INeill,, poet and raconteur, whose con tributions in verse and prose to the Charlotte Observer and one of the leading magazines have attracted na tional attention, died Thursday after noon at bis ancestral home in Scot land county, aged 33. He was a master of arts of Wake Forest col lege and for some time professor of "English in Mercer university. lie had published one volume of verse under the title "Songs, Merry and ' .Sad," and a second, " Under the Per--siramon Tree,'7 was in preparation. In 1905 President Roosevelt person ally presented him with the Patter- .sori memorial cup for the most gifted literary work of the year. He came of a distinguished line of Scotch an cestry. ' Killed by a Train. Greensboro, Special. Stephen Price a white Idd en route to this city -rom his home at Revolution fell from the Madison train some dis tance' from Greensboro. Whether the boy was killed by the fall or met leath under the Mount Airy train which came along a few minutes la- Mer and ran over the body is not known, but the body was horribly inangled. It was brought to this city -uiud prepared for burial and will be sent to Stoneville for interment. Clothes Caught Fire. Winston-Salem, Special. Miss !Mariah Stolz aged 65 an ivalid of several years was burned to death .near Bet hania station. She was sit ting in front of the fire place at the nome of a relative when her dress ignited. Her clothes and hair were ""burned off before asistance arrived. Tiler body was charred and she died -'in . fifteen minutes. Gen. Carr Reelected. Raleigh, Special. General Julian "65. Carr was reelected as the General "Commandery of the North Carolina Division of United Confederate Vet erans at a most enthusiastic meet ing of that organization held in the '"Senate chamber. Orphanage 03icer3 RCsijn. Satesviile, Special. Rev. R. W. 3oyd, who has been superintendent -of the institution since it was founde red eighteen years ago, and Rev. A. .Shorter Caldwell, ' financial agent, "tendered their resignations to the re agents of the Barium Orphans' Home at the mot ins: of the regents Friday, sand the resignations were accepted. "Indicted on Charges of Assault. Lcesburg, Special. Walter Cope land, of Ililsboro; Jefferson Hummer, of Bluemont; Mason ; Redman and . John Rhodes, of Hamilton, were each iindicted by the grand jury of Lou ioun county for felonious and ma fiieious assaults. Andrew Wooling- 1mm and Jackson Woolingham, both -,-f Hardesty, Paga county, were "iointly indicted for the murder of jRobert C. Carlisle, near Blueinor.t, on -June 24. They are, respectively, fa ther and son, and their plea is self defense. The trouble arose over a 'daughter of Andrew Woolingham, who was Carlisle's housekeeper. - - vw..v.w a,a a -a aava-a.a . i a a . a ft v . . . a . MocreEville New Bank. Mooresville, Special. The board of directors of the- Merchants' and Farmers' Bank met Tuesday night and Mr. A. W. Colson was elected as cashier, Mr. E. W. Brawley having been elected president at a previous meeting. The question of a location for the bank building was brought before the board and it was decided to purchase the corner lot belonging to Mr. J. C. McLean where the red front store now stands. The bank will move the wooden structure on the corner and will erect a handsome and commodious structure for their banking house. Enthusiastic Temperance Move on at Salisbury. Salisbury, Special The anti-saloon league's meting is pronounced by those attending it as the most en thusiastic temperance move yet pro jected in this town. The attendance was placed at two hundred and a roll call developed three hundred mem bers of the asbciation. The question of election was then taken up with the decision to hold it about the 1st of February. Big Transfer Sheds. Spencer, Special. Within a few days the Southern Railway Company will open a mammoth transfer shed, the largest in the world, at Spencer with five miles of trackage and other facilities for handling 500 cars of freight per day. The sheds, which are being removed from Salisbury to Spencer as a matter of economy to the Southern, will be in charge of Mr. Ed. Marsh, and Supt. J. W. Wassum, of the Spencer terminals. Christian Conference. Elon College, Special. Dr. J. O. Atkinson with Rev. J. W. Wellons, as co-pastor, has just been unanimously called to the pastorate of the local church in this place, for. the " next year. Dr. Atkinson was for several years a professor in Elon College, and is now editor of the Southern Christian Sun, the organ of the Southern , Christian Convention, whose editorial office is located at the college. Dr. Atkinson is easily one of the most able pulpit orators in the' South. Handsome Asheville Residence Near ly G0C3 Up in Flames. Asheville, Special. The handsome residence of Dr. Lambertson had a narrow escape from destruction by fire Friday morning about 1 o'clock. The residence is unoccupied for the lime being while the interior is be ing remodeled, and Friday workmen placed fires in the grates. Some live coals, it is presumed, rolled out on the floor and started the blaze. Realty Company Organised. Fayetteville, Special. The Fay etteville Insurance & Realty Co. has been organized, capital $100,000 with L. A. Williamson, T. G. McAllister and W. D. McNeill incorporators. Messrs. Williamson and McNeill are prominent manufacturers of the city, and Mr. McAllister is a leading busi ness man of Randolph county, who will make his home here. New Railroad Agent. Mt. Airy, Special. Mr. Claude Shejton, who has held a position with the Southern Railroad at Durham some time, has been apointed agent at this place. Mr. M. Ellis, the agent here, was forced to resign on account of ill health. Shelton is familiar with the work at this place. Derailment of Entire Train. Pensacola, Fla., Special. By the breaking of a flange on a wheel of the baggage car of the first section of five special trains bringing Florida troops to Pensacola for the encamp ment at the army fortifications, the entire train was. derailed about 140 miles east of Pensacola on the Louis viile & Nashville Railroad. No one was killed and on.3' a few of the men were injured. The track was torn up and the other trains had to be detcured. CHEATED HANGMAN The ITanklin County Rapist, ' Undr Sentence of Execution Wednesday, Relieves the Sheriff of the Unpleas ant Talcing of Life by Hangin Etfself in His Cell a Wire Being Used as the Instrument of Death. Louisburg, Special. Thomas Up church, the. negro rapist who was un der sentence to hang here next Wed nesday, hanged himself in his cell at the county jail some time Saturday night. He was found this morning suspended from the top of the steel cage by an old piece of wire such as is used iu baling hay. He had evidently fixed the wire around his neck and then jumped off his bunk. The wire was erabeded in the flesh of his neck out of sight, although the skin had not been cut. His eyes and tongue, fearfully swollen, bulged from his head, and when discovered the body was stiff and cold. The wire was just long enough to permit the ends of his toes to touch the floor and in his death agony the skin and llesh bad ben literally worn away 111 the effort to gain a footing. The body presented a horrible sight and with it a most sickening odor. It was taken down und laid out in a room in the front part of the jail, where it will be kept until the peoplo from the section of the county iu which he committed the awful crime may have the opportunity to view it and satisfy themselves that he is really dead. Now that Upchurch is dead, there are open expressions of pleasure that the sheriff has been spared a dis agreable job and that the town next Wednesday Avill be spared the pres ence of a morbid mob to gloat in the excitement of the hanging. Upchurch was carefully watched and everything that he could possibly use to injure himself with was removed from his cell, and it is a mystery how he pro cured the wire. The gallows on which he was to have been executed had been built and now stands in the jail enclosure. His relatives have not as yet signified their intention of claim ing the body and the disposition of it is now unknown. Electricity for Thomasville. Thomasville, Special. On Satur day the board of aldermen of this town at a full meeting granted Mr. B. F. W. Bryant, of Boston, Mass., a franchise for furnishing electric lights and power for the town. The time limit of the franchise is 30 years, and a contract was made for him to light the town for 10 years. The franchise will be turned over to a company being known as the Thom asville Light & Power Company, com posed partly of citizens of this place and with some Northern capital. The company proposes to erect a modern plant at a cost of $20,000, and it is agreed to furnish the town with 24, hour service. The rate agreed upon are very low. The plant will be copt pleted by the first of the year, the exact location has not been determin ed upon, but will be in the incorpora ed limits" and more than likely on the belt line. This enterprise will be a. great help to small industries, to obtain power chcapl3r. Escape From Guilford Jail. Greensboro Special. Saturday night three negroes escaped from the county jail here. They sawed the way out, first cutting the bars of their cell and then those in the win dow, jumping to the ground. The escape was discovered shortly after wards, as the jailor had received some intimation that something crooked was going on, but he heard of it too late to prevent the escape of the pris oners. One of the men was await ing trial for assault with a deadly weapon. Another was awaiting trial for larceny and the other was await ing an appeal from the Supreme Court, ho having been sentenced to two years for cruelty to animals. The officers expect to soon have them behind the bars again. Returned Testament Found 43 Years Ago. Winloii-Salcm, Spec hi. A 1 Ply mouth. 43 years ago, Mr. William Sprinkle, of Vienna township, this county, found a testament belonging to Ambrose L. Hcndee. who enlisted in the Civil war at Cuba, Alleghany county, N. Y., in Company F, Eighty fifth Regiment, New York Volunteers. Mr. Sprinkle kept the testament until Saturday, when he mailed it to Mr. Hcndee at Martinsville, O. The name and address of the owner of the tes tament is written in the book. It is also stamped in the back of the testa ment. A short time ago Mr. Sprinkle opened a correspondence with some one in New York State and learned that Mr. Ilendce was residing in Mar tinsville. Mr. Sprinkle is over 80 years old and is one of the country's best known citizens. VILL BREAK TRUST Big Seizure of Tobacco While in Transit OTHER SEIZURES WILL FOLLOW Custom Authorities at Norfolk At tach Shipment of Leaf Tobacco and Cigarettes From Durham and Con signed to British-American Tobac co Company, Great Britain. Norfolk, Va., Special. A shipment of leaf tobacco and cigarettes said to be valued at $7,000, from Durham, N. C., consigned to the British-American Tobacco Company, of Great Bri tain, has been attached bjr the gov ernment here and is now being held by the customs authorities. The ac tion was brought following a confer ence here last week between Collector of Customs Hughes, United States District Attorney L. L. Lewis, and a representative from the Department of Justice at Washington. Washington, Special. The Depart ment of Justice has issued the fol lowing statement concerning the to boeco seizure at Norfolk Monday: "The collector of customs at Nor folk, Va., under direction of the Se retary of the Treasury at the instance o the Attorney General, and in con junction with the United States at torney for the eastern district of Vir ginia, has seized 175 cases contain ing 8,750,000 cigarettes, valued at $7, 272.50, which Avere in transit from factories of the British-American To bacco Company, Limited, located in Petersburg, Va., and Durham, N. C, to New York and foreign countries. Forfeited to Government. "This seizure was made under Sec tion G of the Sherman anti-trust law, which reads as follows : " 'Any property owned under any contract or by any combination, or pursuant to any conspiracy (and be ing the subject thereof) mentioned in Section 1 of this act, and being in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the for feiture, seizure and condemnation of property imported into the United State contrary to law.' "The information on the seizure will be filed Tuesday at Richmond and will state the cause of seizure to be that the property was owned under a contract entered into in 1901 by two American tobacco companies, that is to say, the American Tobacco company, with three great English concerns, namely, the Imperial To baceo company, of Great Britain and Ireland, Limited; Ogdens, Limited, and the British-American Tobacco company and the American Cigar company, Limited, in which contracts it was agreed substantially that the American and English companies should not compete with one another in the territories given to each. In this contract the corporation named in effect divided up the world among them, so far as the tobacco business was concerned. The information also contains counts charging that the to bacco was owned by a 'combination in restraint of trade' and 'pur.viant to a conspiracy in restraint of trade,' which is a mere variation of the lan guage of the charge stating the causes of forfeiture. "This is a proceeding in rem, that is to say, against the property itself, and not against the individuals. . If the owners of the property want to make defense, they must come into court and claim the property, and file their written pleadings, denying the charges set out in the informa tion, and show that the unlawful combination in restraint of trade charged in the information does not in fact exist. ' "This is the first time that pro ceedings have been taken to enforce ( this section of the Sherman law." If the administration follows u its reizuros of tobacco owned by trusts as if goc-; from state to." state or as it is lisfr-d f )r foreign shipment as the l.-'v leo'iiic-'. tocre is good rea-on to b'-iiove that rorr.tMn'' wiU rcr.lly be done to the trusl'j after all. Preparing fcr V7. C. T. U. Convention Columbus, Spcriai. Rather elabor ate preparations are being made for the State convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which will be held in this city Octcber 23 to 25. The list of delegates is a lonr one and shows that every section of the State will be well represented. Tt will be in a may a juilee conven tion, celebrating lie triumph of the temperance forces in Georgia in en acting temperance legislation. The work of assigning delegates to vari ous homo3 in the city is now in progress. TRAINING SCHOOL BOARDS The Trustees of the Stonewall Jack son Manual Training and Indus trial School Effect Organization. Concord, Special The organization of the board of trustees of the Stone wall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School is complete with the following officers and standing committees, all of whom serve for two years: Chairman, J. P. Cook, Concord; vice chairman, J. H. Tuck er, Asheville secretary, Dr. H. A. Royster, Raleigh; treasurer, Caesar Cone, Greensboro. Committe on superintendent : J. F. Cook, Concord; Caesar Cone, Greens boro, and J. J. Blair, Wilmington. Acting and auditing committee v J. P. Cook, ex-offieio chairman, Con cord;; Caesar Cone, Greensboro; J. H. Tucker, Asheville; II. A. Royster, Raleigh, and Mrs. Cole, Statesville. Visiting committee: Mrs. Burgwyn Weldon; Miss Shaw, Rockingham) Mrs. Reynolds, Winston-Salem. Committee on schools; J. J. Blair, Wilmington; Mrs. Faison, Charlotte; Miss Shaw, Rockingham. Committee on finance : Caesar Cone, Mrs. Faison, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Burgwyn, and Mrs. Cooper, of Hen derson. Committee on industries: J. II. Tucker, Dr. Royster, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. "Coble, of Statesville, And Mrs. Erwin, of Morganton. Committee on buildings : Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Burgwyn, Mrs. Rey nolds, Mrs. Faison and Mrs. Erwin. Committe on rules: Miss Shaw, Mrs. Erwin and Mrs. Coble. By resolution of the board, at its meeting in Greensboro on the 8 th, the selection of the superintendent and the fixing of his salary is left with the committee on superintendent with full power to act. It is understood that this committee is now receiving a number of applications and is con sidering them along with others who have been suggested as suitable per sons for this most important position. It may be a month or more before this committee concludes its delibera tions and makes an announcement of its selection. To Personally Inspect Sites. The numerous propositions for the location of the institution were refer red to the acting and auditing com mittee with full power to act. This committee will have the benefit of a personal investigation into the sites and plans of several institutions of the kind before coming to any final decision as to location. In addition to this, it is understood that this com mittee or a representation of thi. committee will personally visit all the sites offered for the location, in order that the committee may be in posses sion of all necessary information re garding merits of the several proposi tions. It is further announced that this committee will take up the mat ter for final disposition within the next three weeks. The work before the trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training Sclipol is a big one, but all the mem bers of the board are enthusiastic on the subject and nothing will dampen their , earnestness. They quite natur aly expect the hearty sympathy and help of the good and benevolent peo ple of the State to aid in getting f is institution started off on a healthy and substantial basis. It is a work that should, and does appeal to the great heart of the State, and it is not a broad prophecy to expect many able men and women of the State at the proper time to respond liberally to the development of the plans of the trustees. j ATTEMPTED HEINOUS CRIME. Claude Rigsbee 13 Wanted by Of ficers For an Attempt at Rape cn Mrs. Calvin Page, of Morrisville Attacked Her as She Was Walking Along Road About Night. Durham, Special. Officers here are diligently on the outlook for the man Riggsbee, who is wanted for attempt ed criminal asault near Morrisville Thursday night. The meager parti culars of this incident reached here from Raleigh Saturday afternoon, but the main facts were learned late and it was also learned that no arrest of the fugitive had been made. The news was that one High or Hugh Riggsbee was the man wanted for an attempt at criminal assault upon Mr. Calvin Page. Later a message raid that Claude Riggsbee was the one wanted, and that the officers all over this section were asked to look for him, as it was thought certain that he is now in this part of the country. The particulars of the at tempted criminal assault show that it was a vicious attempt at a terrible crime. Mrs. Page was walking along the road about nicrlit when nhe was attacked by Riggsbee, and the brute, as reported here, made an effort to drag her into the bushes nearby. Getting loose from the man, ?he run screaming, and this frightened the asasilant and h escaped. She recog nized him as Claude Rijrgsbee, how ever. ( 1 Late fflete In "Brief MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST ' Millions more will be required build wider locks for the Panai canal, and this is likely to reoi the entire canal question. j I . IT.. .,.1. - , J .UWU' are regarded as aimed directly President Roosevelt's most vrinera points. rVinirmnn IT. R. New e.iUs tb publican National Committee to MS in Washington December 6. I The New York Clearing H committee made a determined aff m5 ichwli cles. ' President Roosevelt has eom his hunt and was received Mood. in Vicksburg on his way bade Washington. Great preparations have been ecu pleted for the aerial contests in t Louis, beginning Monday. - 1 Ti' . n " " i . f V C Mrs. wong i5un tue, sisier ox jjm Howard Gould, complained to the S Francisco chief of police that she m being dogged by Gould detectives E. H. Sothern, the aetor, lajttri Ins hand during the prodoetwaa "Hamlet" in Cleveland, Ohio. Thirty-live hundred men have hti laid off m the Pittsburg district. The Disciples of Christ reporM their collections of last year to h been $8,260,305 The Brooklyn Navy Yard is wox! ing nigth and day to complete rcpoif on the battleships which are to j to the Pacific. P. A. B. Wildener is said to has? parted company with Thomas F. Kjf as the result of the Interboroagll Metropolitan scandal. A violent earthquake was reeorde on the seismographs at WashigteJ Albany and elsewhere but it w probably a submarine disturbance. The death list in fchft "EVwiiaml (Ind.) powder mil dis t aster - namhes! 3S. Charles H. Dickey, of aBlitimor! iu an address to the National Gi Institute, presented the doty of pu!.' lie-service corporations to the petf pie- : Admiral Evans wil command tEf fleet on its voyage to the Pacifie, Buf some other commander will' sacceel him before tis return. ' J The Interstate Commerce CommisJ sion concluded its hearing on the bo3 form bill of lading. t The local option fight in Delawarl has become very hot. j Six members of one family werl suffocated by smoke in Gloversvillcl N. Y., their home having caught rt It is rumored that Mrs. Cornelil Vanderbilt, whose daughter is to -wecf Count Szechenlyi of Hungary m also marry a foreign nobleman. mi rt ine sponsors 01 American ira ships are to form an organization. Gen. Webb Syck, a Civil War vet! eran is believed to have killed hit! third wife a young woman vrffit whom he had just returned from d bridal trip and committed suicide near Pikeville, Ky. I A number of coal operators e;. West Virginia will go to Charlestoi this week and consult with Governor Dawson regarding the shortage ef la bor, and means of relief will be su gested and discussed. ' Charles E. Hanson, who sued th? Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com- pany for $5,000 for personal injuries.! lost his case before the Federal Conci in Martinsburg. The House of Deputies of -the EpLsi copal Convention, spent the enlirt day in a discussion of problem. the Btegr Col. Richard Ladnelet Maury died m Richmond. Justice William J. Gaynor rMivft ed an eloquent address at Brookiye Day exercises at the Jamestown position. A professor at Western Thoologka-! Seminary has figured out wbea the flood and other Old Testament events occurred. The Bishop of London preached ta Wall street. There were further declines ia stocks, but Wail street assure! , more hopeful attitude. The president succeeded in tiriiu a bear. Governor Hughes declared that La wa-- net reeking the. "V. x wcnty-1 our mo if 1 ii. . 1 -i (. '-nelz: iy me air.fgia. Three pe;' injured On dozen f Ton "ii t :