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VOL.ni. NO. 82
LAST EDITION.
GKEENSBOEO, N C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1908
LAST EDITION.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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HALE'S NAVAL
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9,955,427 BALES
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Minnesota Senator Has a Deposit
Guaranty Plan for the
National Banks.
SENATE GETS NUMBER
0FIN4?CIAL MEASURES
House HasHappy Scrap Over Quarters
in the New House Office Bu.'Ming, and
This Takes Up Most of the Day's Ses-
Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. The
Brownson affair was the chief topic of
discussion in .the Senate today. It was
brought up when Senator Hale explained
the navy personnel 'bill which was in
troduced by him.
The presentation of the bill led Sena
'"tor Tillman to ask whether members of
tho committee would have an opportun
ity to get facts in relation to the con
troversy over the Brownson affair.
The Senate passed a bill to protect
the harbor defenses and fortilcations of
the United States from malicious injury.
; Senator Frye explained that the bill
provides against violations of naval or
ders given for the purpose of protect
ing harbor defenses and fortifications
in same way that the same offenses in
the army Are punished.
Deposit Gauranty Plan.
An amendment to the Aldrich cur
rency bill was today introduced' by Sen
ator Nelson, of Minnesota. It provides
that one-third of all taxes to be paid by
national banking associations upon tli'o
average amounts of their notes in cir-
( Continued on' page Two.)
SHOW HI OF OVER
Two Hundred and Ninety-Five
Banks Figure In the An
nual Report.
TOTAL REPORTS $34,988,137
Ealiegh, N. C, Jan. 9. The resources
of state, private and savings banks in
North Carolina are shown by a report
of condition issued by the corporation
today to be $51,883,687.84, a gain of
$3,576,699 over the resources one year
ago when the aggregate was $48,307 ,48S.
There are now 295 banks figuring in this
report as compared with 251 at this
time last year.
The last report of the condition of na
tional banks issued by the government
showed $40,604,486 resources, so that the
grand total of banking resources, in the
t.tate, under state and national supervi
sion combined, is about $02,488,173.
In the statement just issued by the
corporation commission it is shown that
the deposits at this time aggregate $34,
958,137 as compared with $34,82,344 at
this time last year. The classes of de
posits at this time arc: Time deposits,
$4,611,203; subject to cheek, $27,209,287;
demand certificates, $3,047,047. The re
port at : this time last year showed:
Time depoists, $4,155,917; subject to
checks, $28,559,328; demand certificates,
$2,107,009. In view of the recent finan
cial stringency and general shrinkage of j
financial conditions the country over
the showing made in this report by the
North Carolina banking interests is
especially gratifying.
NEGROES ATTACK COUPLE
UNO ARE SHOT TO DEATH
HIT MAN WITH HATCHET AND CUT
WIFE'S THROAT SLAlN BY
'.::--'- MOB. :
Hawkinsville, Ga., Jan. 0. A murder
ous assault was made on Mr. and Airs.
Martin Livingston, at tlicir home at
Goldsboro, 1 in the upper part of tho
county, last night at nine o'clock by
two negro farm hands on the place.
Mr. Livingston was struck on the
head with a hatchet and his wife's throat
was cut. Both wcro dangerously hurt
and at last accounts wcro not expected
to live. The deed was committed, it
is suppose), for the purpose of robbery.
Sheriff Rogers started at . once for
the scene, but was notified that the ne
groes had been captured and shot to
death.
Yes, Advertising Does Pay.
Tillman Wants to Know Whether
It Will Produce Brownson
" Facts.
MAINE SENATOR SAYS
HE THINKS IT WILL
Declares That He Has Chosen This Me
thod of Action Which Involves the.
Consideration by the Senate Instead
of Submiting Bureau to Probe.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. The in
troduction by Senator Halo today of
his laval personnel bill proved the oc
casion for a somewhat general '.discus
sio . of the navy and resent occurrences
in connection with that branch of the
publio service.
The Maine senator entered unon n.
full explanation of its provisions to-
gctner witn Ins rensons for its adoption,
but before ho proceeded far he was
called upon by Mr. Tillman, a member
of the naval committee, to say whether
the consideration of the bill would
probably bring out the facts relating
to the controversy in the 'navy depart
ment. Mr. Tillman added that he had
considered the advisability cif offering a
resolution for such an investigation. .
Mr. Hale replied: "I have been asked
a great many times, in view of recent
transactions in the navy . department,
whether I did not propose introducing a
resolution of investigation. The sub
ject is undoubtedly worthy of the di
rect attention of " Consires's. but after
looking the matter over as carefully as
(Continued on page Six.)
HIS MESSAGE TO THE
G E N EHALASSEMBLY
Says Document Will Deal Almost
Exclusively With the Railroad
Rate Situation.
PUTTING CAPITOL IN ORDER
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 8. Governor
Glenn was engaged today with the
preparation of his message"- to the
general assembly to be presented
when it convenes in evtrannliimrv o.
sion .Tantiarv 21. Also a a to it nrnhahli
leimr nic governor sum u. win deal almost
exclusively with the railroad rate situ
ation. However, some other matters will
be touched upon. There will be a refer
ence at least indirectly to the status of
the prohibition campaign, probably leav
ing the legislature without direct re
commendations as to whether it shall un
dertake the passage of a state prohibi
tion bill at this time or not. The gov
ernor would not indicate anything like
an outline of the general trend of his
message, which will only be made public
when read to the assembled legislators.
The governor wishes it understood that
the oflieers elected for the regular ses
sion of the assembly last January will
be expected to attend and perform their
respective duties at this session, their
former election holriintr trnnd for thn sn.
cial session. The law only requires the
governor ro punnsn tne proclamation for
the extra session without special' per
sonal notico to the individual members
and officers, but he Says he is taking
(Continued on page Two.) '
CUBAN EMBEZZLER
HELDjTTAMPA, FLA.
MAN WANTED IN HAVANA DE
TAINED FOR EXTRADITION 1
PAPERS.
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 0. On advices from
the Cuban minister at Washington
through Cuban Consul Ybor, the police
today arrested Alflno Barrett, nlias Jose
Perez, a native of Italy, but long resi
dent of Argentina, who arrived from
Havana on the steamer Olivette last
night
Barrett is wantedy for embezzlement
of $l,l)0Oin Havana. He first denied his
identity, but his papers showed that
he is the man wanted. He had a draft
for $7110 from the banking-house of
Bance & Co., Havana, on Thalman, Lnn
dcnlutrg & Co. -lie was held for extradition.
FUNDjuiJURT
Bonds to the Extent ol $400,000
Lost to Former Army
Olflcer.
SAID TO BE HIS SHARE
OF GREENE-GAYNOR GRAFT
Case Just Decided In Chicago Before
Judge Kohlsaat Was a Merger of All
the Suits In Various Parts of the
Country.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 9. Judge Kohlsaat,
in the United States Circuit Court, ren
dered a decision this afternoon in favor
of the government in the suit against
Capt. Oberlin 31. Carter, former United
States army engineer, charged with hav
ing defrauded the federal government to
the extent of $700,000, through con
spiracy with contractors Greene and
(.aynof.
The court ruled that Carter was wit
entitled to the $400,000 in unregistered
railroad bonds, and other securities
traced by the government to safety de
posit vaults and banks in various parls
of the country. Under, the" decision the
government will retain these securities
and the famous case, which resulted in
the conviction of Captain Carter, and
of Greene and Gaynor, and the imposing
of penitentiary sentences, is brought to
a close...
i Funds of Captain Carter, which the
government claims were proceeds of
Carter's collusion with Greene and tiny
nor, are tied up by suits pending ,u the
lederal courts of Jew lork, ,ow Jer
sey, AVost Virginia, Georgia and Illi
nois. By agreement all of these suits
were consolidated before Judge. Kohlsaat
in the United States Circuit Court in
Chicago about a year ago. It is the
claim of Carter that the funds m ques
tion were given him by his tather-in-law,-the
late .Robert F. Wescott, of
New York. -
The case grew out of the construction
of certain river and harbor improve
ments on the coast of Georgia. The gov
ernment prosecutors contended that the
army officer and the contractors de
frauded the government in the sum of
$2,225,000, and that one-third of this
amount, or about $750,000, went to Cap-1
tain Carter. Special Assistant to the'
United States Attorney-General Marion I
lirwin was assigned to the prosecution I
of the cases, and after several years'
work, $400,000 invested by Carter in
various states was traced and seized- 1
The hearing beforo Judge Kohlsaat ex
tended over several weeks and scores of
witnesses were examined. Judge Kohl
saat, in his opinion, said:
"It must be borne in mind thnt the
transaction in this suit covered a period
from December, 1S91, to 1S117, during
which, years a number of contracts were
let, and that even though Carter was
not in actual conspiracy with the con
tractors, yet if he knew of the vast
profits and the prices allowed them on
the earlier work, it. was his dutv to in
vestigate thoroughly the situation and
see to it that the government thercaf-
4ai nsi mnvA i tin n i..n a f!u . I :
..v. mu iiu utwiv Liiau itm nun JlSl.
Even negligence tinder such circumstances j
wouiu nave amounted, to iraud- It
therefore tarter was cognizant of the
fact that the contractors were reaping
abnormal profit from the 1S92 work and
that Wescott was interested in that pro-
nt anu was turning it over to iiim un-1
der any kind of cover, or his share of I
said profit, he was false to his trust
and should be held liable to make good j
to the government all the fruits of his!
lrauilulent act.
"Without passing directly iipon the
question as to whether CnrteV had actual
knowledge of and connived at this raid !
upon the government, the facts brought!
out are such that he must, ns a eon- ;
elusion of law,, he -held changeable with !
knowledge of what was being done in
the premises. This fact alone makes it
(Continued on page Two.)
ALL PASS-TOTISG
SOME FEW THAT ESCAPED FIRST
. ORDER OF COMMISSION
NOW C0RALLED.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9. The state rail
road commission today issued an or
der amending its anti-pass regulations,
providing that no public service corpora
tion shall furnish its services free in
this stale. ,
The original order included all rail
roads and street railways. That is
made today adds to this list all tele
graph, telephone, electric light, power,
gas, baggage and cab companies and cot
ton com presses. The only exception to
the order is in cases of charity, where
special application must bo made to the
commission.
Ask the Man
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SAYS TRUST DROVE THE
TGBPGGO JOBBERS OUTDF
BUSINESS II NEW YORr
Number Has Decreased From 175
to Scarcely 20 Since Advent
of Metropolitan.
HIS EVIDENCE CONFIRMfcD
New Wk, Tan 0- If IliUmin u 1 ll 1,1 " 1 ' " Mo1"1 ' Al,ot,1,r
the If lli.I.mn Coinpun, tolnuo," ""' 1"m,I,ul W1" I'P0,t to",l'"'v
jcbbc.s, tst,.d at todajs h.anng of UnR , ann(limcill t1llt
tho ..governments suit against the Iic ,ld court on Saturday if liec
Ameriean Tobacco ( oinpany, that the cssarv to eomplvte the mry. At thu
number ot tobacco obbers m .ev York
city had decreased1 irom 175 to scarce! v
20 since the advent of the Metropolitan
'tobacco Lompanv, n jobbing subsidiary
of the defendant company assumed to
this (erntorv. 1 1 is . business had ma
leriallv declined during the past dec
ade, he listened, and h'S independent
competitors' had correspondingly suf
fered, many being driven from the trade
altogether.
Lawyer Parker, for the defense, asked
Mr. llillnian to produce the books of
his concern that the amount of busi
ness during the past .'few. years might
lie shown. .'Mr. Ilillman declined to
aeuii esee. after being told by the referee
that it wan. not mandatory. Lawyer
Nieiill. also of counsel for the defense,
t!en declared that if Mr. Ilillman did
not produce the books he would issue a
subpoena for theni. Mr. Ilillman asked
time to consult with his own counsel.
David II. Seluilte, head of a .corpora
tion which -conducts' n chain of retail
cigar stove in Xew Yovk 'city; also
stated that the number of jobbers had
lessened .greatly since the formation of
the Metropolitan Company.
Mr. Schiilte 'further testified that bis
own profiis had drooped from 30 to 1.3
per cent, after the United Cigars Stores
Company, an ally of the American To
bacco Company, entered the field. ITe
said the policv of this company was to
get control of the retail trade and that
it had already forced ninny small dealers
to close their shops. .
FIFTY MORE WOr'kMEN
LOSE JOBS AT PENSAC0LA
Peiisacoia, 1'Ia.. Jan. tt Fifty more
skilled workmen lost their positions to
night when there was iir.t'ior reduction'
in the forces nt the Peiisacoia navy
yard, making the second to occur within
the past ten days, and letting out nearly
one hundred men who drew large sal
aries. ; -
The reduction today was in the de
partment of construction and repair and
the men let, out are iron and ship work
ers. The lack of work nt the yard is
assigned for the big reduction.
Who Advertises in the Daily Industrial News. He Knows
ONE MORE SWORN JUROR
ADDED TO THE THAW
PANEL, MAKING SEVEN
One Intelligent Person Adds Zest to the Day's Proceedings by
Declaring That He Had Never Hitherto Heard
of the Thaw Case.
New Aoik. Jan. P. Ono new juror
was added to the 11am- K. Thaw, -trial
panel todav. making seven in ull selected
i roiii the-lour hundred .-talesmen Bum
nioned since the hei-'inmng of tue see-
lime ot the luiiclieou recess todav the
.i was tilled with six permanent and
MX tempor.irv urois, uui, peiein)uuv
ehalleiiges swent all of the provisional
men nwav. .lust before tue ivlourn
nicnt, 'however1, at six o clock, when to
divs venire bad been exhausted, five
temporary .pirors hud again been se
lected ..to fill the back row vacancies.
I;ut once more the arbitrary challenges
v. eie .brought into place ami. all but, one
of. .the men on probation were allowed
tn'.'lfo.' 1
The sole survivor of the day, who took
ls -place as trial juror So 7, was
W illiam F; Doolittle, chief clerk in the
.auditing department of the Xew York
Ccniial railway. At the close of to
day's work the prosecution 'had -em
I loyed fourteen of the thirty challenges
allowed by law and the defense bad ex
pended nineteen. The court can, in il?
discretion, increase tho number of chal
lenges allowed either fide, and last year
at the first trial Justice Fitzgerald did
iMJ, .' ' '' 1
Never Heard of Case,
Patrick McCue, a hat manufacturer,
furnishrd the only bit of color to the
proceedings today by declaring that he
had never heard of the case, consequent
ly ho had no disqualifying opinions and
was placed on the temporary side of
the trial panel only to be excused per
emptorily later on.
Young Mrs. Thaw had to make her way
through a crowd of several bundled per
sons gathered outsido tho criminal
court's building when she came down
town for the morning session. Several
policemen had to be called to clear a
passage through the throng.
...Tim sixth talesman reached at the
morning session passed a successful ex
amination for temporary juror. He was
Krauk Manning, an insurance, man, who
had formed no opinion in the case.
Harry C. Adams, the secretary of a
carpet, company, quickly pasjed 'muster
for the prosecution. When questioned
by Mr.. Littleton, he said ho bad known
Stanford White for many years in a
business way. Neither nt the time of
the tragedy nor since, he declared, how
ever, had he entertuined any feeling or
prejudice in the case. Mr. Littleton used
his twelfth peremptory challenge against
him and ho was excused.
Hie next talesman up was accepted
by both sides after a brief examination.
He was Charles Thurston, a bookkeeper,
who declared that he had no fixed opin
ion from what he read of the previous
trial. John Do Hart, an architect, said
he had known Stanford White and that
while serving on the jury would prob
ably embarrass him in 'his profession,
it would not embarrass him physically.
As to an opinion in the matter of guilt
or innocence, Mr. De Hurt said he had
one which varied from time to time. As
a juror, he declared, he would make up
his verdict according to the manner in
which the witnesses impressed him. He
was accepted, thus filling the box.
1; was decided at 12.30 o'clock to take
the luncheon recess before requiring the
altorneys to proceed with their chal
lenges. As soon as court convened for
the afternoon session, this entire tem
porary side of the trial panel was swept
clear. District Attorney Jerome inter
posed challenges against McAdie,
Manning and Thurston. Mr. Littleton
peremptorily' excused Mettzo, Davison
an t De Hart. The latter served on the
jury, that convicted Albert T. Patrick.
"'Lincoln A. Stuart, a bank teller, the
second man called for examination after
recess, attained to the rank of tempor-
(Continued on page Two.)
ONE SAVED OF
BOAT'S
Sole Survivor Found on Oyster Reef, His Clothes Almost Torn
From Body and Fearfully Battered.
Cedar Keys, Fla., Jan. 9. The only
survivor of tho five men i who were
washed to sea on the ill-fated houseboat
Tuesday morning was brought here to
day, having been found on an oyster
reef by tugboat.
After being battered about for a time
by the storm tho boat went to pieces.
This survivor and one other man man
aged to keep allont on part of the wreck
age, but while helplessly drifting in the
gulf, one man died from exhaustion. The
rescued man was in a pitiable condition
when rescued, his clothing being torn
from his body end lie was almost dead
from exhaustion.
Tho crew of a Greek sponging
Figures for Last Year's Crop at
the Same, Time Were
11.741.039.
GINNERIES IN OPERATION
FOR 1908 ARE 27,276
Statistics Show Number of Bales Ginned
To January i In the Various States
and the Number of Active Ginner-
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''.'Washington, D. C, Jan. 0. The cen
sus bureau today issued a report show
ing that the number of bales of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1007 to Jan
uary 1, M08, was 9,955,427, as compared
with 11,741.03!) last year, and 9,725,
120 for l!)0(i. This counts round bales
as half bales.
The number of round bales included
is 179.3IU for 1908; 255,560 for 1907,
and '.283,581 for 1900. Sea Island in
cluded is 73.028 bales for 1908, and 54,
275 for l!i07, and 98,942 for 1906. The
number of active ginneries for 1008 was
27,270. The distribution of the Sea Is
land cotton for 190S by states is: Flor
ida 25,214; Georgia, 37129; South Caro
lina, 11,285.
There were ginned 9,2S4,070 bales to
December 13 last. The number of bales
ginned to January 1 in . the various
states, and the number of active gin
nerie i follow: '.
Alabama 1,030,721 bales and 3,43(1
ginneries; Arkansas 027,725 bales und
2,093 ginneries; 1'lorida 50,13(5 bales and
244 ginneries; Georgia 1,725,273 bales
and 4,531 ginneries; . Kentucky 1,32!)
bales and two ginneries; Louisiana 502.
477 bales and 1,835 ginneries; Missis
sippi 1,228,444 bales and 3,495 ginner
ies; Missouri 20,044 bales and 73 gin
neries; New Mexico 93 bales and two
ginneries; Worth Carolina 505,479 bales
and 2,702 ginneries; Oklahoma 745,7915
bales and UW- aueiesi-itiutli Caroli
1,003,090 bales" and 3,107 ginneries;
Tennessee zzd,4uu Dales and oou gin
neries;, Texas 2,092,735 bales and 3,90S
ginneries; Virginia 7,040 bales and DD
ginneries.
: Negro Convicted cf Murder.
Spartanburg, S. C.'Jan. 9. Will Fos
ter, negro, was convicted of murder hero
today and will be sentenced tomorrow:
He was tried for the killing of John
Young. Y'onng was attacked at night
on the public highway and was beaten
to death and robbed.
T OF APPEALS
IN EXTORTION CASES
Judgment of Lower Court Set
Aside No Crime In Com
pelling Fees.
BRIBERY CASES UP NEXT
San Francisco, Ca Jan. 9. Tho Dis
trict Court of Appeals handed down a
decision today setting aside the judg
ment in the case of Former Mayor Eu
gene K. Sclimitz, convicted of extortion
in the French restaurant case. Abe
Ruef also benefits by tho ruling of the
upper, court, for, according to its decis
ion, he pleaded guilty to an act that was
no ofl'enso against the laws of tho
state. '
According to the appellato judges, tho
(Continued on page Two.)
HOUSE
GREW OF FIVE
schooner, which went ashore on a reef
near the Secwaneo river, was brought
here today by a -'fishing; 'schooner, one
member of the crew having his leg
broken.
HACKENSCHMIDX AND
G0TCH WILL WRESTLE.
'---Baltimore, Md., Jan. 9. -Frank A.
Gotch, champion wrestler of the United
States, said today that ho had received
a telegram indicating that George Hack-..'
enschmidt had consented to meet him.
The dispatch was an inquiry as to
whether a date for a match between
April 1 and May 1, would suit.
Gotch said that it would, and that
either Chit-ago or Kansas City would be
chosen as the sceno of the contest.
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