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"t &la Copy 3 Cau 1 a Year, la Advance. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." VOL. XIX. PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908. NO. 8. 'I 2 'S- Sfc,St TA. R HEEL TO TICS Items Gathered From Ail fc" Ocean View Destroyed Wilmington Special. Thursday morning at 7.30 o'clock fire destroyed the Ocean View Hotel and several buildings in close proximity, includ ing the restaurant, bar, ten-pin-alleys, etc. "Lumina," the only big attrac tion pavillion, had a narrow escape from destruction, having caught sev eral times. The fire originated in a Greek restaurant. Guests of the Ocean View Hotel lost many of their personal effects. A bucket brigade of bathers and others fought the fire valiantly, .doing good work. The Wil mington fire company .arrived after t.e tire had been gotten under con trol. The Ocean View Hotel was lo cated on the extreme southern end of the beach at the terminus of the electric car line, and was the first built at that resort. Lumina, the pavilion hard by, was built by the railroad people. It is one of the handsomest and most attractively fitted up pavilions on the Atlantic coast, and its escape from destruc tion is u matter of much gratification. Library Presented. Roanoke Rapids, Special. There was a large assemblage of the citi zens of Roanoke Rapids at the public school house last week, the occasion being the presentation of a beauti ful and costly library to the town by Mr. John Armstrong Chanler. The bookswere useful and instructive and will be of great benefit to the people. He told them that he would increase the number of volumes by one hundred, annually. Mr. Chanler made a great speech and predicted that in the near future Roaoke Rap ids will grow to be a large city. He is greatly beloved by the people here hecause of his great sympathetic heart and the many charitable deeds done by him. . . . , Run Over by an Engine. Abbeville, Special. Ross Ander son, assistant trainmaster on the Asheville (V.vision and a member of the Asheville Fire Department met'a tragic death on the local yards of the , Southern by being run over by a Iweh. engine. There are two ver ' sions as to the fatal accident. One is that Mr. Anderson was attempting to cross the tracks and failed to see the engine or to realize that it was so close on him. Another is that he attempted to hoard the engine, mis sed the running board and was thrown beneath the wheels. He was killed instantly and terribly mangled. Navy Deserters Returned. Winston-Salem, Special. Police man Bryan received a telegram from a navy officer at Norfolk, Va., tV reel ing him to bring Thomas II. Martin ami Jesse A. Powell, who deserted from the Iowa several weeks ago, to that city at once. Martin and Powell were arrested last week, while bear-, ing a ride on- the train. They will "be taken to Noriolk. The two men with other prisoners came near es caping from jail. They had gotten out of their cell and were cutting a hole in the brick wall when their plans were discovered by a negro, -who notified the jailer. Drowned in Lumber River. Lumberton, Special. Foster Thomp son, colored., aged 5 years, was drowned in Lumber river six miles wc-it of Lumberton Tuesday after noon Avliile in bathing. His body was. found Thursday at 2 o'clock at the bottom "of the river, which was, at that spot, about -18 feet deep. A iVspsrate effort was made by a fellow bather to save him. Coroner Rancke was called to hold an inquest, but upon his arrival it was found un necessary. From Saloon to Drug Store. Tarboro, Special. J. M. Dixon one of the proprietors of the five saloons of town, has purchased the majority of the stock in the Edgecombe Drug Company, the deal having been com pleted last week. .The Edgecombe Drug Company was incorporated January 8, 1907. Dr, Dixon has pui-chased the stock of Jas. R. Gas kill, Drs. J. M. Baker, W. J. Thigpcn, and J. II. . Ilarrell. Drowned in Cape Fear. Wilmington, Special. Mack Bor deaux, 18 years old, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bordeaux, of this city, was drov.rrpd from the government dredge ' lk-reulos r.s ho was attempting to step abonul from a scow down the river below Pig Iland. -He was em ployed as a dee'e J-and on the dredge, and was well thought of by his :m pahtons. The-remains were brought to the home of -the -parents in tins fitv and the funeral-will le conduct ed" from the family: residence. lie loaves his paren and several sisters and brother" - 'S mm v Sections Tf the State Company Is .Bankrupt. Greensboro, Special. After hear ing argument of counsel in the Unit ed States Circuit Court Judge Boyd adjudged the Pomona Cotton Manu facturing Company a bankrupt and named as permanent receivers Messrs. F. H. Fries, of Winston-Salem ; J. C. Watkins, of Greensboro, and A. E. Moore, of Gastonia. Messrs. Fries and Watkins were named as tempo rary receivers on the 7th irst. Messrs. Fries and Moore were ap pointed receivers by Judge Fred Moore, in Mecklenburg Superior Court, on March 16th. The bank ruptcy proceedings were instituted by C. L. Williams, receiver of the City National Bank; J. E. Latham & Co., cotton brokers of this city, and other creditors. Pending a sale of the property it is said the mill may be put in operation. It has been idle for the past six months. Had Physician to Both. Wilmington, Special. P. McNair, a leading wholesale grocer and river boat owner, and T. D. Love, secre tary and treasurer and genral mana ger of the Wilmington Iron Works, engaged in a personal difficulty over a business transaction on the wharf of the steamer Lyon here last week, as a result of which McNair struck Love over the Read with a chair and Love cut McNair in the lower left side, a superficial gash about three inches long. The passing of the lie is said to have precipitated the h'ouble between the men. Both were attended by a physician, but neither was seriously hurt. Children Are Poisoned. Wilmington, Special. Twenty-one children, members of a party from Grace M. E. church Sunday school on an excursion to Carolina Beach, twelve miles below Wilmington, be eameviolently ill while on their out ing, supposedly from eating ice cream purchased from a local dealer, the symptoms being largely of ptomaine poisoning. News reached the city by telephone of the poisoning and two physicians were sent to the beach as rapidly as possible oji a special trip of the steamer Southport. All the children suffered violent nausea but they are doing well. It is believed that no d;aths will result from the experience but several of the children had a very close call. Voting T.adv DisanDers. I Charlotte, Special. On Friday morning Miss Mattie Havis disap peared from the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. W. W. McDonald, who resides on North Brevard street. Miss Havis is a stenographer, and has been employed by the Charlotte Supply Company. Because of her leaving home without saying any thing to her people, and without any cause, her friends are much disturb ed and fear that her mind may be temporarily affected. Steam Bakery Chartered. Raleigh, Special. A charter was issued la.t week to the Washington Steam Bakery, Greensboro, with authorized capital of $50,000 and with $10,000 subscribed by George P. Suppes, Geo. W. Brandt and J. E. Brandt, Jr. North State Items. The Reidsville Paper Box Company is chartered with $23,000 capital by W. II. Toy, II. R. Scott and others. Another charter is to the Snider-Rai-ney Company, of Salisbury, eapitol $15,000, by A. H. Snider, L. A. Rai ney and others for wholesale grocery business. News comes to the State Superin tendent of Public Instruction that there arc 210 teachers from various western counties attending the sum mer school for teachers at Boone, Watauga count'. Sixteen counties are represented. Governor "Glenn offers $200 reward each for the murderers of J. M. Mor ris, killed so brutally in his home near Monroe Saturday night. There is believed to have been two of the burglars and the reward is $200 each. The plant and good will of The Raleigh Times, to have been sold to the highest bidder by Receiver Pace to satify about $15,000 indebtedness was not sold. Judge Neal making an order calling off the sale on the ground that creditors are now satis fied that the debts of the paper can now be liquidated in time by The Times Company, the receivership to he dissolved very soon now. This means that Mr. John C. Drewery will retain the con-trolling interest in tho paper and that Mr. J. V. Simms will continue as business manager and part otfner. TO RAISE FREIGHT RATES An Advance of From 4 to 10 Cents Per Hundred Pounds Over the Present Rates Decided Upon by the Executive Officers of the Railroad Systems Interested in the Meeting at Louisville. Louisville, Ky., Special. That freight rates should be advanced in the territory of the Southeast Freight Association and the Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association, which takes in all of the territory south of the Ohio river and east of the Mis sissippi river, was decided on at the meeting of the executive officers of all of the railroad systems interest ed, which closed Friday. The ad vance, it is saidn, will be from 4 to 10 cents a hundred pounds horizontally to correspond with the advance de cided on by the Southwestern Freight Association recently. The advance was decided on after considerable op position on the part of certain rail road executives who maintained that an advance of rates at the present time was impolitic, but this opposi tion was finally won over bv the argu ment that in order to meet the vari ous increased expense, an increase in rates was absolutely necessary. The clerical forces of the railroads in terested are quartered in Louisville temporarily working out the tariffs. It is considered probable that the tariffs will not be in shape for filing before August 1st, and in accordance with the requirements of the inter State commerce commission compell ing rates to be filled 30 days prior to becoming effective the new rates will not be in force until September 1st. Indianapolis, Ind., Special. It was stated by prominent shippers that the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers' Association will resist with persist ency any attempt by the railroads to increase freight rates in central freight association territory. The fact that a tariff schedule represent ing increased rates in the Southwest ern Freight Association territory has been filed, together with reliable information-to the effect that the offi cers of the Central Freight Associa tion are now in session in Chicago seeking rates, will hasten to fruition such plans as have been put on foot for a conference of representatives of shippers' associations of practi cally all States of the Union. This conference which likely will be held in Indianapolis, will take up the question of the proposed increase in rates all over the United States and will adopt plans for fighting the move ment of the railroads. Guiseppa Alia Hanged. Canyon City, Col. Special. Calling down maledictions on the Roman Catholic priesthood and shouting iu Italian: "Long Live Italy. Long Live the Protestants," Guiseppe Alia who murdered Father .Leo Ileinrichs, at the altar of St. Elizabeth's church, Denver, was carried to the death trap and paid the extreme penalty of his crime by hanging. Guiseppe Alia's ci4me, the murder of Father Leo Ileinrichs, of the Order of Franciscan Monks, at the altar rail in St. Eliza beth's church in Denver while the priest was administering the sacrament- of the Eucharist, struck horror to the heart of every person in Den ver and aAvakened anxiety through out the Catholic world lest it should prove the beginning of a general plan of priest-murder. Mr. Kern Welcomed Home. Indianapolis, Ind., Special. The non-partisan reception given John W. Kern, the newly nominated Dcmoei-at- ic candidate for Vice President of the United States, held in the court house yard on the candidate's ar rival home from Denver, was a3 hearty and generous and spontaneous as the citizens of Indianapolis, re gardless of politics could make it. Fully 5,000 persons gathered in Del aware street and in the court house yard, and gave Mr. Kern a hearty welcome and 'Cheered him enthusiasti cally. The candidate addressed the crowd for about 20 minutes, follow ing bis presentation by Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice President ot the United States. Four years ago Mr. Kern presented Mr. Fairbanks to. a big non-partisan gathering under similar circumstances. Guilty of Killing His Own Sister. Jacksonville, Special. Otis D. Smith, formerly of Atlanta, was convicted of killing his sister, Cora Belle Smith. The virdict was mur der in the first degree without recom mendation. The dead girl, it is stated, was at one time employed in a store in Atlanta. Her brother came to Atlanta to take her homo and while in that city had a diffi culty with a young man, knocking him down at Broad and Marietta streets, which caused auite a sensa tion at the time, as will be recalled. Later Smith carried his sister to Florida. PROHIBmpNJlCKET National Convention Gathered in Columbus, Ohio PLATFORM BRIEF BUT POINTED Illinois and Ohio Furnish the Candi dates' of the Prohibition Party for President and Vice-President Re-spectively-Both Nominations Made Unanimous. Columbus, O., Special. For Presi dent, Eugene W. Chafin, of Chicago; for Vice President, Aaron S. Wat kin, of Ada, O. This ticket was nom inated by the Prohibitionist national convention and both nominations were made unanimous. The full endorse ment of the convention was not, how ever, given to Mr. Chafin nntil after three ballots had been taken. Eugene W. Chafin, who leads the Prohibition party this year is an at torney. He is a native of Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and for several years practiced law there. He was at one time candidate for Governor of Wisconsin on the prohibition ticket, and was this year placed for the running of the same position in Illinois by the the prohibitionists of that State. The Platform. It is as follows: "The Prohibition party of the Uni ted States, assembled in convention at Columbus, Ohio, July 15-10, 1903. expressing gratitude to Almighty God for the victories of our principles in the past, for encouragement at pres ent and. for confidence of early and triumphant success in the future, makes the following declaration of principles and pledge their enact ment into law, when placed in power. "1. The submission by Congress to the several States of an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale , importation, exportation or transportation of alco holic liquors for' beverage purposes. "2. The immediate prohibition of the liquor traffic for' beverage pur poses in the District of Columbia, in the territories and all places over which the national government has jurisdiction, the repeal of the internal revenue tax on alcoholic liquors and the prohibition of the interstate traf fic therein. "3. The election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. "4. Equitable graduated income and inheritance taxes. "5. The establishment of postal saving bank and the guaranty of de posits in banks. "G. The regulation of all corpora tions doing an interstate commerce business. "7. The creation of a permanent tariff commission. "8. The strict enforcement of law instead of official tolerance and prac tical license of the social evil which prevails in many of our cities with fhe unspeakable traffic in girls. "9. Uniform marriage and divorce laws. "10. An equitable and constituti onal "employers' liability act. "11. Court review of postoifice de partment decisions. "12. The prohibition of child labor in mines, workshops and factories. "13. Legislation basing suffrage only upon intelligence and ability to read and write the English language. "14. The preservation of the mine ral and forest resources of the country and the improvement of. the highways and waterways. "Believing in the righteousness of our cause and in the final triumph of our principles and convinced of the unwillingness of the Republican and Democratic parties to deal with these issues, we invite to full party fellow ship all citizens who are with us agreed. ' ' Yellow Fever in Cuba. Havana, Cuba, By Cable. As a result of an attack by Spanish miners on the men sent to break the spread of yellow fever at Daiquiri Mayor Fauntleroy, commanding the army medical service, has redoubled his force. If further trouble i3 en countered the medical forces will be reinforced by troops. Explosion in Coal Mine. Pottsville. Pa.. Soecial. Seven mine workers were killed and ten others iniured bv a terrific explosion of gas in the Williamstown colliery of the Summit Jiranch Mining com pany, in the lower part of the anthra cite coal fields. The mine was wrecked and set on fire. The dead are: John Reilly, -Arthur Hawk, Charles Rickert, John Whittles, An thony Frelas, James Bowman, Mich ael Stakum. The explosion occurred in No. 1 shaft of the colliery and is believed to have been caused bv one of the men lifting the gauze of his safety lamp. TAFT ATTENDS COURT OPENING The Republican Presidential Nominee Assists in the Dedication of a New Court House and in the Opening of Court at Germantown, Va., a Short Distance From Hot Springs, Where He Is Spending the Summer. Hot Springs, Va., Special. Judge William H. Taft assisted in the open ing of court and in the dedication of a. court house at Germantown, Va., fiye miles from Hot Springs. The subject of his speech, was the admin istration of justice by the courts. He was greeted by a large assemblage of sojourners at neighboring resorts and country folk, many of whom traveled far to see and hear him. He was given a cordial welcome. The strength of the judiciary, he declared, was based on the fact that it rested upon the principle that the people share in the responsibility for the work of the courts, in the form of duty on juries and in other capa cities. Criticism of Courts. He justified proper criticism of the eourts by the people because by uch criticisms "those who administer jus tice shall feel that they are undei the critical eye of men and women entitled to have justice of the people administered without fear or favor." H could not come into the atmos phere of the court, he said, without a feeling of deep regret that he had ever left the bench. He concluded l'"--remarks by eongi-atulating Bath county upon the fact that in it the two great political parties are nearly equally divided, which, he said, was a guarantee against evils in the admin istration of the government. Judge Taft was frequently inter rupted by applause. Mrs. Taft accom panied her husband to the court house .which was reached after a drive over splendid mountain roads. Missing Young Woman Returns. Charlotte, N. C, Special. Miss Mattie Havis, who disappeared from her home and place of employment here on last Friday without letting anyone know her destination or the cause of her leaving, was located in Columbia, S. C, Monday night, and was brought back to Charlotte. Tem porary mental aberration seems to have been her trouble. Tennessee Populists Adopt Platform. Nashville, Tenn., Special. The State convention of the People's Party, which met here, adopted a platform of the national party made at St. Louis and pledges support to the nominees, favors the enactment bv Congress of the Hepburn-Dolliver bill or a similar men sure prohibiting the importation of liquor into terri tory where its sale has been prohib ited and demands legislation against bucketshops. Wholesale Grocers Adjorn. Asheville,, Special. The Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association clos ed its three days' convention in this city Thursday afternoon with the election of the following officers: President, J. Van Hoose, Birming ham. Ala.; First Vice-President, H. A. Forsceimcr, Mobile, Ala.; Second Vice President. W. B. Mallorv, Mem phis, Tenn.; Treasurer, S. W. Lee, Birmingham. Ala,; Secrotaiy, Hoberl Moore Birmingham, Ala. Another Cil Can Explosion. Winston-Salem, Special..- While! starting a lire in ; f:Uny by use of kerosene oil, the fwelve-ycar-old daughter of William Owens, of this city, was frightfully burned as a result of the oil can exploding. The girl is in -the hsopital and her con dition is serious: Ilrr life v.-as saved by timely arrival of neighbors who smothered out the air.es by.tniJ ue of quilts. No Clue Yet in Drew Case. Trov, N. Y., Special. Developments Sundry in Teal Tond murder mys tery, although they cleared up one of the uncertainties of Hazel Drew s whereabouts on the day before she niAt her death, furnished little of material value to establish the identi ty of the girl's slayer. Ahere she innt. the nidit of July 01 h, the day on which she said she was going to New York, is a question the authori ties are unable to answer. Jealousy Responsible for Georgia Tragedy. Atlanta, Ga., Special. L. P. CoxT a roof repairer, was shot" and instant ly killed bv O. K. But land, a railroad fireman of West Point Ga., in the rear of a moving u'utnre theatre on Whitehall street'. Cox was to have been married next Monday, and it i? said that the killing grew out of his jealousy of Jol'h W. Rutland, a broth er nf 6. E. Rutland, end with whom I he bad quarrcleu a few hours earliet Rutland surrendered. MENACED BY k MOB Kidnapper of Young Child Has Mighty Close Call SPIRITED AWAY BY OFFICERS Wretch Steals Child From Camp Meeting and Spirits Her Away, in a Bugsy Hundreds Join in Search For Man and Girl, But They Ara Not Apprehended Unill Nightfall. Glassboro, N. J., Special. Charles Hemphill, a young man whose home is in Clayton, near here, narrowly Es caped being lynched by. excited resi dents of this vicinity , w ho' had been wrought to the point of fury becauso Hemphill had knidnapped 'Cora Gar. ton, a 7-year-old child whose homi is in Miliville, N. J. Only a quieS action of the police authorities ii secretly removing Hemphill to th Wodd berry jail, it is believed, saved his life. Hemphill on Thursday last joined I Holiness camp meeting here and-; be came, it is said, infatuated with th child. Satin r-av he-hired a team an4 going to. the home of Rev. Mr. Jarrell Avhere the child was visiting, offered to drive the clergyman to the camp meeting. The offer wasaceepted and after leaving the minister, at th camp Hemphill returned to the jar rell home and told Mrs. Jarrell that he had been sent for Cora. . Helen Higgins, aged eight, years, was at play with Cora at the time and. Mrs. Jarrell not suspecting anything wrong bundled the two children into, the carriage. A half hour later Helen came running back almost, exhausted and told the pastor's wife that after riding about a mile Hemphill slapped her face, put her out of the carriage and drove off with Cora. . Quebec Waits for Prince Quebec, Special. The quaint old city' is in a flutter of anticipation, over the arrival of his royal high ness, the Prince of -Wales, who will sail into the harbor next Wednesday aboard the new British battleship, the Indomitable, to inaugurate; the 300th anniversary of the founding of Quebec by the French navigator Champlain. The coming of the fu ture King of England is a significent event in which all Canada is deeply interested, for aside from the pegean try of a royal visit it is a notable ex pression of the strong bonds now ex isting between the Imperial . govern ment and its American colony. Great masses of troops are being assembled here to do honor to the future mon arch, and to take part in the Cham plain exercises. The harbor already presents a stirring naval spectacle, with the British battleships Exmouth, Albermarle, Russell and Duncan and the cruisers Venus and Arogant, the French battleships Leon Gambetta and Admiral Aubre, which will be joined by the United States battle ship New Hampshire and later by the Prince of Wales squdron, the Indomi table, Minitaur and other hips the whole presenting an assemblage of the. latest Dreadnaught types of three foremost naval powers. ' ' Police Abandon Search for Pittsburg Woman. Atlantic City, N. J., Special. The local police department has given up its search for Mrs. Beyers, the weal thy Pittsburg woman who was re ported missing on Saturday. It was stated Sunday that Mrs. Morgan, her companion, intimated that Mrs. Bey ers is stopping at a beach front hotel and that the latter has requested that her whereabouts be kept secret. Ohioan Dead at the Ago of 100. Wellsville, O., Special. Alexander G. Wells, Wellvillea oldest resident, and the son of the founder of the city, died sudlenly- from x the in firmaries of old age, his 100th birth day anniversary having been celebrat ed June 3d last. Mr. Wells came from a lon-lived family, hi?, grandfather having died at the age of 103, while his father lived nearly 100 years. Lightning Kills One and Injuries An other. Macon, Ga., Special. An electrical storm suddenly broke over Bullards, 17 miles from here Sunday afternoon and a bolt of lightning killed young Dan Han-ell, eon of Frank Ilarrell, and fatally injured a negro, besides, shocking many others. Young Ilar rell with others had assembled to play a game of base ball when the bolt fell among them without warning-