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'firs x " . - ' U fi 1 III 11 X . a Year, la AdTance. " FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Slaffe Copy 5 Ceatajf VOL. XVIIL PLYMOUTH, N, C.. FRIDAY MARCH 6, 19087" NO. 40.; " 'rm lLjlj . . ' ' L'j (t, 'asr heel Tojfcsr 2 ftems Gathered From All Sections of the State W .v Sensation at' Fayetteville. Fayetteville, Special. S. M. Grant 'a negro teacher in the State Colored Normal School, ..which is located in . this city, was dismissed from service -as a result - of his arrest f or carrying a concealed weapon. Grant was ar rested, a pistol having been found ' "on his person, and in the mayor's court was bound over to the coming criminal court. Being unable to fur nish bail, he Avas placed in jail. The directors of the normal school were .notified of the affair and after a careful investigation, including a statement from Grant himself, de cided that his dismissal was.neces : sary. , Hazers nave to Withdraw. Rajeigh, Social. The senior class of the Agricultural and Mechanical ( .College reports that two men have been required to withdraw from the college because they were implicated in the recent sensational hazing af fair, and two others are on probation pending the result of further inves tigation. They appeal to the peopie of the State that all have been done that could possibly be done in the matter, and express the belief that 'there is now a' sentiment among the students of the college that will make it impossible for the occurrence of any more severe or brutal hazing. ... Negro Killed Near Vilscn. Wilson, Special. Wednesday night about S o'clock, on II. II. Walston's farm, better known as the Lane place, . ', located, about seven miles from Wil son, Davis' Hagan was severely cut by Warren Ward. Both men were drink ing when the fight oocurred. Hagan died at 1 o'clock Thursday morning, after bleeding profusely for five JsL. hrnrs Tini li wpvu tipornps nliinif "i - V ..0... ........... fwr- ' years old. As soon as Ward did the cutting he skipped', going east from Saratoga. The sheriff and deputies left for Saratoga, but the negro could not be found in that vicinity and is still at large. Tragedy in Marshall. Asheville, Special. A telephone message from Marshall, Madison county, is to the effect that a tire at 2 o'clock Thursday morning in the cotton mill district at that place de stroyed a large double house and that a Miss Blazer,' 14 years of age, was burned to death. The girl was a member of one of the famalies occu pying the house. The other members of the two families occupying the house barely escaped with their lives. The girl's head, legs and arms were burned off. New Charters Granted. Raleigh, Special. The following new charters were granted Thursday: Cronley Brick Company, "Wilming ton. The capital is $10,000, with $25, A 000 authorized; G. T. Flynn, W. J. 4 Flynn, J. II. Hooper and others, in coroprators. Amendment to Independent Ice Company, Wilmington, increasing the capital from $100,000 to $200,000. The David Dewyn Company, Besse mer City, with a capital of $10,000; Robert Knuckley, of Bessemer City, and David and George Dewyn, of Charlotte, are the incorporators. No Interruption of Publication. Raleigh, Special. Tn the Superior Court, with the consent of all parties concerned the temporary receivership of The Evening Times was made per manent and Receiver Pace's bond in creased to $5,000. There Trill 'be no interruption in the regular publica tion of The Times pending the ad justment of the paper's financial ob ligations. A Generous Offer. Asheville, Special. George W. Vanderbilt has agreed to pay $1,000 additional tax on property in south Biltmore for public school purposes if the other property owners will tax themselves another thousand, .the amount being necessary to establish p high school with .three, teachers and a eight-months' term. ' The matter will be considered at a mass meeting and it is practically certain that tho tax will be voted. Ic is probable that . compulsory school attendance in BiItraore will also be voed. Jonesboro Mills Assign. .Raleigh, Special. The Clark Man ufacturing Company and the Eugenia Manufacturing Company, the only two cotton mills at Jonesboro, in Lee county, were placed in the hands of a receiver, ex-Judge A. W. Graham, of Oxford being named by Judge Biggs, now holding court in Raleigh, as the receiver. Tho mills were in charge of David Clark, the capital stock being $53,900 with 3,800 spindles and 101 looms. The financial depression caused the application for a receiver ship. Tragedy Prevented. Concord, Special. A tragedy ab most equalling that at Fayettevilbi Sunday, was prevented by the cool ness, of our Chief of Police Booker, when one Johnson, usually a quiet citizen, tanked up on the "red-eye" and defied arrest. He had the chief covered until Policeman Sides came on the scene, when his attention was drawn to him. The chief took ad vantage, and before Johnson knew what he was about he was on the wa,y to the guard house. Burns May Prove Fatal. Gastonia, Special. Mrs. Rhodr Mauney, aged 35, wife of William Mauney, an employe of the Gastonia Manufacturing Company, was so bad ly burned that she will probably die Mrs. Mauney was doing some washing in the yard at her home at the old mill and her dress caught frbm the fire under the washpot. Just one year ago their 4-year-old son met death in a similar manner. Debtors Idle, Couldn't Pay. Tarboro, Special. Execution was served on M. P. Williams, a grocer of this city, judgment having been ob tained by R. B. Peters Grocery Com pany for $198.86. The store is closed while the inventory is being taken. Mr. Williams says the cause of his embarrassment was poor collections of debts due by those who are idle ,on account of being thrown' out of work Girl Commits Suicide. Kinston, Special. Miss Nellie Fields, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fields, committed suicide about 10 o'clock by shooting herself with a pistol at their home on Peyton avenue. Several weeks ago tho young girl contracted the grip and had an unusually severe attack having been confined to her bed ever "since. For several days she bad been despondent and depressed, but no one suspected that she was contem plating self-destruction. "Working Up Water Power. Greenville, Special. A promoter whose name is so far withheld, is id the city working up the organization of a power company which is to bo capitalized at $5,000,000 and whose intention is to furnish power for the mills" of Greenville and vicinity. The ones promoting the enterprise have talked with mill men and a well known mill architect. Nothing defi nite haa been given out. Surveys for Consideration of Inland Waterways. Beaufort, Special Mr. Alfred She ney, of Kinston, is here, where he has his headquarters while engaged in- surveying and preparing maps, etc., of the waters in this section to bo used by the government in the con sideration of the proposed inland waterway. Greenville Bonds are Sold. Greenville, Special. The city of Greenville disposed of $18,000 in re funding school bonds at 103. The en tire issue was taken by Thackston & Son, brokers of this city. The pre mium paid for the issue was $525. The Thackston bid was nearly $200 above the next highest offer, made by a Cincinnati firm. Several bond bro kers were here when the bids were opened. The bonds bear 5 per cent interest and nnlev the present mi satisfactory conditions of the market the sale is considered very advanta geous to the city. COST OF CONTROVERSY What the Railway Rate Dispute Cost the State Interesting Figures From the Books of the State Audi tor. Raleigh Special ' to The Charlotte Chronicle: An examination of the State Auditor's books reveals the fol lowing figures of expense in connec tion with the cost of the controversy between the State and Rairoad com panies in the railway rate litigation. Total litigation expense to State $13,829. Paid to lawyers: F. A. Woodard .$3,938 E. J. Justice 3,750 I. E. Shepperd... 1,301 Ayock & Daniels 3,150 Winston & Bryant 1,517 Merriman & Merriman 835 3. G. Ryan 250 Other items: Stenographer and auditing ser-f vices 3,0SG United States Court costs 753 Attorney General and assistant 36 Printing 185 The cost of the extra session of the Legislature is yet to be added, which will fully double the amount, bring ing up the total expense to tho State to $38,000 or more, into which the I f 17,500 the railways offered and the Governor accepted is to be thrown and this will bring the actual ex penses to tho State to less than 23,000. Friday's Charters. Raleigh, Special. Among the new barters issued Friday is one for the Buckstone Lodge Association. Manchester, Cumberland county, with a capital of $50,000. The incorpora tors are J. II. Alexander, of Eliza beth, New Jersey; Henry D. Spears, New York; W. Strother Jones, Red Bank, N. J.; James F. Jordan, Greensboro. The Bradshaw Electric Company, Charlotte, amends its charter, chang ing its name to "The Ideal Electric Company." The Hamilton Drug Company, ol Oxford, is also chartered. MAIN BUILDING BURNED. $4,000 Fire Loss Sustained By Indus trial Uaion Training School at Southern Pines. Raleigh, N. C, Special. The main building of the Industrial Union Training School and Orphan age was destroyed by fire early this morning, the total loss amounting to about $4,000. The building, pipe or gan, furniture, etc., were a total loss. This school is for the industrial training of colored youth and is un der the supervision of Rev. J. M. Henderson, president. The institu tion had the endorsement of Grover Cleveland and other eminent men. News and Observer, Raleigh, N. C. The Building of the Southbound. Winston-Salem, Special - The building of the Southbound Railroad from Winston-Salem to Wadosboro is now being agitated all along the line. The people look upon it as a "good thing" for every section through which it would pass. It is reported that Lane Bros., railroad contractors, who double-tracked for the Southern, are now engaged in preparing a bid for construction work on the South bound. Looking Into Immigration. Raleigh, Special. A cents of the United States Immigration Commis sion from Washington, Messrs. Kel lett, Ball and Bacon, are "in Tinleigh on official business. While in S'orlh Carolina they will also visit Wilming ton, Charlotte, Winston, Fayetteville and some other points. They say they find out people favor a restricted im migration, limited to desirable classes. Bond Secured For Men Charged With Murder. Chester. Special. Messrs. S. E. MeFadden and A. L. Gaston, attor neys for W. G. Dye and Henry Gib son, two of the young men chargea with killing Reuben Douglas, colored, a few days ago near Riehburg while attempting to arrest one1 of his sons, appeared before Judge R. C. Watts at Winnsboro and secured bond for theii clients in the sum of $500 each, the motion not being resisted by the soli citor. The bond was readily funnell ed, and the young men are again at, libertv. ' I ANARCHISTS ACTIVE Chief of Chicago Po!rcc Wzz a Close Cell FINALLY SHOOTS HIS ASSAILANT In Desperate Encounter With Un known Anarchist Chief of Felice Shippy, of Chicago, With Rare Courage, Eill3 Ei3 Would"Bc As sassin. Chicago, Special. Chief of Po lice George M. Shippy, bis son, Har ry, and his driver, James Foley, were wounded by an anarchist who at tempted to assassinate the police of ficial in the hall of the latter's resi dence, 31 Lincoln Court, shortly af ter 9 o'clock Monday morning. The desperate struggle, in which Mrs. Shippy and her daughter, Georgiotta, joined, was terminted when the chief drew his own revolver and kill ed his asailant. Attempts to identi fy the dead man have thus far result ed in failure. The attack is believed to have beer, the result of a conspiracy to harm officials who have been active in sup pressing manifestations of anarchy in this community. Other city ofti cials are said to have been threaten ed and a police spy who recognized the corpse of the man who invaded Shippy 's home as that of a person who regularly attended anarchists' meeting's, asserted that the. man was chosen by lot to do away Aith not only the chief of police but Mayor E. R. Busse as well. The ramifica tions of the plot are said to extend to other cities and to be closely con nected with the killing of Rev. Leo Ileinrichs, a Roman Catholic priest, who was shot down at the altar of his church in Denver. Harry Shippy was shot through the breast twice and was probably fatally wounded. His father was stabbed in tho arm, while Foley re ceived a bullet in the wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked by tho desperado, but her hurts are slight. Following the attack, squads of po lice were sent into the Italian and Ghetto quarters of the city. -Places known as headquarters of secret so cieties suspected of anarchistic ten dencies were raided and a score or more arrests were made. 'As I opened the door," said Chief Shippy later, "the man raised his hat and I allowed him to step into the hallway. ' He handed me an enve lope. I glanced at it and then the thought struck me that the man was up to some wrong. He looked like an anarchist. I grabbed his arms and called to my wife who was in another room. When she ran into the hallway 3 said: 'Mother, see if this man has a revolver,' She felt in one of his pockets and said that ho had. "I tried to hold him with one hand and draw my revolver with the other, but he jerked away and fell against the door. I caught him again and while we were struggling my son, wdio was upstairs, started to my aid. He was only a few steps from the bottom of the stairs, when the man freed one hand, drew him revolver and fired two shots at Harry. Then Foley, who had been summoned by my daughter, stepped into the hali and the man shot him. Tho anarch ist kicked my wife to one side and by this time I had got my own re volver, and both Foley and I opened fire. At my first shot, which struck him in the head, he fell. But fired three more, one into his bead and two into his body. Two of Foley's shots also struck the assassin." Clothiers in Session. Ne York, Special Clothing deal ers from the Atlantic to the Pacific are in attendance at the national con vention of the National Association of Clothiers, which opened a two days'' session in New York. The ses sion will be devoted mainly to a dis-, cussion of trade topics. Steamer Runs Aground. New York, Special. The steamer Soamo of the New York and Porto Rico line, inward bound from San Juan with a hundred and one passen gers aboard, went ashore on the Long Island coast between Lone Hill and Fire Island life-saving stations. She was twenty mile out of her course when she struck during a thick fog overhanging the harbor. Life-savers are standing by with apparatus ;in ease of need." She carried a crew of fifty. . I BISHOP DUNCAND!ES One of the Ablest Preachers of His Church WAS BISHOP FOR MANY YEARS Died at His Home in Spartanburg Monday Morning All the Mem bers of His Family Were at His Bedside When the End Came. Spartanburg, S. C., Special. Bish op AY. W. Duncan, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died here Monday morning at 9 :55 o 'clock. The funeral services will be held in Cen tral Methodist church, this city, on Wednesday. The hour for the funer al has not been fixed. Bishop Duncan has been hovering between life and death for severel days and it was only by, the use of stimulants that his life was prolonged as long as it was. His death, while a great blow to the mem bers of his family and the Methodist church, was not unexpected. He had been in bad health for more than a year. Twelve months ago he suffered from an abscess on the back of his neck and his life was despaired of at that time. He recovered from the attack, but was never restored to health. About three weeks ago be was taken seriously ill and grew steadily weaker until his death. All the members of his family were at the deathbed. Bishop Duncan was born at Randolph-Macon, Va., December 30th, 183fl, being the third son of Prof. David Duncan. He received his early education at Randolph-Macon, which was completed at offord College, where he graduated in 1S53. After being converted he studied for the ministry and upon being admitted was appointee to Eliabeth City, N. C, which at that time belonged to the Virginia Conference. Chaplain in Southern Army. During the Confederate war he was chaplain in the Confederate army. From the time he entered the minis try he proved a hard and zealous worker and filled a number of im portant charges. For a number of years he occupied the chair of mental and moral philosophy at Wofford and was also financial agent of that institution. The degree of doetor of divinity was conferred upon him by Central College, Missouri, and Emory College, Georgia. In the years 1878 82 and of SO he was a member of General Conference and in 18S1 he represented his Church at the Ecumenical Conference held in Lon don, England. The funeral services will be con ducted in Central Methodist church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity College, Durham, N. C, as sisted by well-known Methodist min isters. Dr. Kilgo is in New York but will reach Spartanburg in time. The funeral will be one of the largest ever held in the city, as many minis ters from various places will be present. Bishop Duncan was chairman of the' board of trustees of Wofford College and the college in respect to his memory suspended exercises un til Thursday morning. All the stu dents will -attend the funeral in a body. Bishop Duncan is survived by his wife (who was Miss Medora Rice), one brother and three children. His children are Thomas C. Duncan, of Union; Mrs. A. G. Rembert and Mrs. Warren Dupie of this city. Can't Find Hidden Fortune. Monmouth, 111., Special. Unsuc cessful attempts have been made to uncover the $100,000 in gold believed to have been buried near the home of the late Benjamin Scull, an eccen tric citizen of this county. Scull lost the power of speech before his death and was unable to tell where his for tune was hidden. Priest Guarded by Detectives. Chicago, Special. Plain clothes detectives and 'uniformed policemen both guarded a number of the Catho lic priests in this city to and from their churches on Sunday by request. During the services officers were sta tioned on each side of the altar in the Bohemian and Italian quarters of Chicago. Trouble grouing out of the assassination of the Denver priest, and the subsequent denunciation -of anti-clericals' were, feared. No ar rests were made. ROADS TO CO MPI) Agree to Arfop! the Nsne-licr System Without Delay CLAIM IT WILL WORK WSp - . ..---j . Nev; Order of Affairs Will Mean tl Employment of Thousands of A; ditional Operators, the Closing c a Targe Number of Small Station and General Inconvenience to tl Traveling and Shipping Public Washington, Special. America' railways have made arrangements t; comply with the provisions of th "nine-hour law." The operation o the law will mean the employmeni by railroad companies of severa'. thousand additional operators anc the closing of a large number ol small stations on the 4th of Marchi The discontinuance of railway ser vice at many points, it is realized,; will induce at least temporary. incon venience to the traveling and. ship' ping public, but, in order to ' reduce operating expenses which now seems necessary, the operating officials -of, the railways believe that this i the! only way they possible can meet the ' situation with which they are eoa-'j fronted. y Astonishing Statements. ' ..' i During the hearing of applications for an extension of the nine-hour law 1 by the inter-State commerce commia sion some astonishing statements were made by the operating officials of important railways. A good many ' lines, owing to a reduction in their revenues, and to their inability , to 1 command the cash necessary to meet ; their pay rolls, have been forced, during the past four months, almost j to the point of asking for receivers. In the opinion of railway officials ex pressed at the hearing under oath I and in private conversation this con- J dition does not seem to have been due to the enforcement of legislative ; laws or to the incapacity of railway ' management. Most of the railroad officials attribute the difficulty to the unfortunate banking' situation whieit developed last September. The rail ways did not feel the stringency in . money until about the 1st of Novem ber. In fact, the month of October was one of the best in the history of the business tl American railroading. One railway official ventured the statement that iu the country to-day " there were 300,000 idle freight cars, and one line which he instanced was declared to be hauling empty cars backward and forward because it had not yard room or sidings to ac commodate them. Note of Confidence. Not a single official of a single railway line who appeared before the commission, however, expressed tha belief that the present industrial de pression would be lasting. In tho testimony of nearly every witness be fore the commision there was a note of confidence because all of .them practically believed that the string ency in the money market ' from which the country has suffered is not due to fundamental causes. They point out that the crops last year were good; that prices were excel- ent; that industrial enterprises throughout the country were flour ishing. It was merely the inability to command - ready cash and the hoarding of money by panie-strieken individuals which produced so sud denly the remarkable depression from which all have suffered. They practically uniformly express confi dence that the return of ; prosperity will be almost as sudden as was the coming of adversity and in their ar- ' guments as to the enforcement of the nine-hosr law they pointed out to the' commission that such' a return of- prosperity might seriously embarrass ' them in complying with the law, be- couse it would render it difficult to command the services .. of competent operators in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of prosperous condi tions. Falls Through Trestle and is Drown.4 ed. . " : ' Gaffney, S. C, Special'. Cooner insett was notified i hat t negro -had been drowned Saturday night iirRuf- ; falo creek, about four miles north of '- Gaffney. Accompanied by Dr.! J. N. Nesbitt, the county physician, he' re paired to the scene and learned that diile - two drunken n?groes were . rossing the trestle over Buffalo creek a large and deep stream) one of hem fell through.
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