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The News A paper fof 11 the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. . - WEATHER Partly cloudy today and Thursday with occasional showers in vest portion. VOL. m. NO. 257 STATE EDITION. GBEEtfSBOBO, N. CM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1908 STATE EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS YEARLY MEETING LO, POOR HORNETS DEFEATED AGAIN BY II1VIHCIGI.es ;3, SHIPPERS MAY Long Career in the Senate ai an End SENATOR ALLISON, OF IOWA. DIES AT OF BE HOMELESS; FIRE LOSS 53,000,000 E 10 CASE I E ED 00 FRIENDS WILL GINTOMOP.ROW AG S ROADS HISDOBUQU EHOM Pan ounders' Hall Is Ready for the Use of the i Assembly. C THIS IS THE 209TH ANNUAL MEETING Friends From Many States Will Come To Attend the Sessions Already They Have Begun to Arrive Partial Pro- gram..:'. Guilford College, N. C, Aug. 3.-rPre-pa rations are complete for the 209th annual ssesion of the North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends. Not with standing the earnest efforts of the col lege authorities, Founders' Hall, which is being almost entirely rebuilt will not be completed for the yearly meeting, as was hoped. The second and third floors are sufficiently completed, however, to be used; also the east end of the first floor, in which is the treasurer's of fice, will be completed. Arrangements have been made this year to serve lunch at a lunch counter to those who do not wish to engage permanent board at the college. This is a great convenience and will no doubt be taken advantage of by many. Here tofore many who could provide break fast and supper easily in the boys' club cottages, in which they were stay ing, found it difficult to provide noon meals. The lunch counter will bridge this difficulty. A larger number than ever before will probably be present this year. Many (Continued on Page Two.) CLASH BETWEEN NEGROES AND SAILORS FROM NAVAL STATION AT NORFOLK. VA. Jackles Fired Upon While Taking Corn From Land of the Blacks. LYNCHING BARELY AVERTED Norfolk, Va., Aug. 3. There was a serious clash between negroes and United StateB sailors in Berkeley and South Norfolk last night, and but far the timely arrival of the civil authori ties, who took charge of three negroes with whom the trouble originated and gave them police protection, there might have been loss of life. Five sailors from the St. Helena na val training station, a short distanco away, had been taking corn- from the farm land of the negroes. One of the negroes fired upon the sailors, but he did so only to frighten them off. The seamen then drove the negroes with their families into the house on the place and many shots, it is said, were fired into the house; The police called upon the naval authorities for aid, and the negroes who were being attacked were finally gotten into the Berkeley ward police station. Several hundred sailors assembled and the police, hearing threats of lynching, hastened the negroes in a special car from Berkeley across the river to the central police station in this city, where they atill remain. The sailors, assem bling around the Berkeley police sta tion, openly threatened attack, and the naval authorities had to again send aid to disperse and run the enlisted men back to their station. When officers ar rived at the farm house, where the ne croes were being attacked by the sail ors, there were 300 enlisted naval men endeavoring to find some way of getting cold of the negroes. Many ot tne sailors had gunsi ropes and missiles. The sailors threatened to burn the house with the negroes therein, but offi cers declared that if the negroes were burned, the officers, too, would be burned. The sailors charge that tHree of them had been tield up and robbed by one of the negroes. FELLOWES IN CHARGE OF NEW COTTON COMPANY Barbee A Co., eotton brokers of Ral thgh, who have established a branch of their business here, will have Ed. H. Fellowes, anexperienced cotton dealer, in charge. He is already on the grounds. A suite of offices in the Benbow Arcade baa been secured for the new firm. Barbee & Co. will have In their offices the private wire of Carpenter, Baggett & Co., of New York, a well-known firm of brokers of that city.; . South Carolina Bask Defunct Union, S, G, Aug. 4. The People's , Bank, of this city, closed Ita doors to day pending voluntary liquidation. In . statement issued, by the president, B. F. Arthur, general depression ia the rea son assigned for the action." It ia said ' that depositor are fully protected. By Score of 8 to 1 Patriots Take Second Game of the Series From Charlotte. THREE TEAMS IN HOT RACE FOR PENNANT Charlotte's Crack Pitchers Knocked Out of the Box In Rapid Succession Hatn meTsley Put Up Curves That Baffled Judgment and Agility of Hornets. That pennant pace is the chief item of interest these hot days. All day and all evening. until midnight it is the chief topic of conversation in stores, hotels, offices and ; on street corners.: Greens boro fandom has got the pennant bee and if we fail to win there will be gen eral disappointment. As will be observed by the standing of the clubs this morning there is just nine points latitude between the lowest and highest of three topmost clubs. By win ning two' games of a double-header with Anderson yesterday, Greensville jumped eleven points, while both Greensboro and Spartanburg went un five points each. Greensboro is still fire points behind Spartanburg and four points ahead of Greenville. In yesterday's game at Charlotte the "Patriots" knocked Charlotte's crack pitchers out of the game in short or der. : Even Drum, one of their best, was taken out before the end of the first in ning. Red f cam took his place only to be relieved by Hunter long before the end of the game. Hammersley put curves (Continued on Page Two.) PRESIDENT HAS DECISION Announcement That He Would " Premature Other Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 3 Whether the dismissal from the West Point Mili tary Academy of the eight cadets who had 'been found guilty of hazing is to be made permanent or the young men; reinstated through congressional action or executive clemency, is still unde termined. This attitude of the govern ment is set forth in an oificial statement issued today by President Roosevelt through Rudolph Foster, who is the act ing private secretary to the 1'resident in the absence of Secretary Loeb, now on his vacation. The President characterizes as er roneous contrary announcements made earlier by Secretary Loeb and Secretary of War Luke E. Wright. Today's state ment explains that the .President has not yet heard finally from the secretary of war as to the latter's recommendation in the matter, and the chief executive has reached no final decision. By Secre tary Loeb the President had been rep resented as approving the dismissal of the cadets. Subsequently, and follow ing a conference with the President, Secretary Wright told the newspaper men that a decision to reinstate the offending cadets had been reached, The statement issued by the President at Sagamore Hill today follows: "No action, however, has been taken by the President in the case of the ca dets, the statement that they were originally dismissed and they had been ordered kept, being equally erroneous. An appeal originally was made to the President to interfere. He declined to take any action or to interfere in any way until the secretary of war had ex pressed his opinion, the view of the de partment then being seemingly that the cadets should be , turned out, the secretary not having come to any final decision. The secretary then notified Y. W. C. A. WILL HAVE REST ROflNMN S. ELM PLACE WHERE WOMEN MAY REST AND, TAKE LUNCH DURING CENTENNIAL WEEK. The board of directors of the Young Women' Christian Association held a meeting yesterday afternoon at the resi dence of Mrs. George W. Whitsett. The question of. building a boarding home for young women was considered. It is thought that the home .will be built before very long. It was decided by the ladies to have a Y. W. C. A. day during the Centennial and on that day to have what they call a "tag" day. It was also agreed to keep, during the Centennial, a resting room in Klin street where ladies may stop and rest whenever they desire. Lunches will be servd at the rest room. J. S. Kuykendall, secretary of the chamber of commerce, attended yes terday's meting of the board and urged the importance . of building a boarding home for young women. Details of Damage 'j Cana dian Forest., Now j In. CITY Oi . cRNIE ALMOST ENTIRELY DESTROYED Supplies In Plenty on Hand, the Prin cipal Need Wow Being For Money Only Damage From Further Spread of Fire Reported As Over. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 4. The minister of the interior has received the following telegrams from reliable informants in Frank and Coleman, Alberta, in response to queries sent out asking for details of the extent of the disaster in the Kootenay Valley: "Coleman, Alta, August 3. "Replying to your. Kernie wiped out withe exception of about twenty-fiv houses. Most of the residents moved to Cranbrook. No accurate information as to fatalities. Some estimate loss of life at twenty-five. "The fire passed Hosmer with slight damage. Michel has been in danger since yesterday, but the town is still safe. Everything depnds on the wind for the next few hours. Have about 700 people from Michel housed here now. No im mediate danger this side of Crow's Nest." "rFank, Alta., Aug, 3. "Just returned from Fernie City, al most totally destroyed. One business house saved. Also the coal company's office and thirty-five residences, all lum ber mills, Canadian Pacific Railway sta- (Conttnued on Page Two.) . MADE NO AS TO CADETS Pardon Hazers, He Declares, is Reports in Error. T the President that instead of making any report he would like to discuss the matter with the President in person. He accordingly came and the discus sion was held, but no final decision was reached, the secretary" stating that he was not able to make a final and definite recommendation as to all the cases and preferred to make none as regards any until he could do it as regards all. The President has not yet heard finally from the secretary and therefore, of course, he came to no final decision. "This is the first announcement that the President has made in the matter at all, and he has never at any time come to any. decision one way or the other excepting to state that 'he would probably follow the views of the de partment" t President Right, Says Wright. Washington, D. C, Aug. 3. When seen tonight as to the statement given out at the executive offices in Oyster Bay today to the effect that the Presi dent had come to no decision in regard to the dismissal of the eight West Point cadets charged with hazing, Secretary of War Luke E.. Wright, said : "Whatever the President does is right. I do not wish to discuss the mat ter further." Brought to County for Burial. The Rev. I. W. Bowman, a former resident of Gibsonvilie, died Sunday night at the home of his son at Murphy. The body was brought to Greensboro last night and will be taken to Pleasant Union church, near Liberty, today for burial. The Rev. T. J. Ogburn will con duct the funeral services. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MEET NAMES MEMBERS OF COUNTY BOARD AND TRANSACTS OTHER BUSINESS. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 4. The state board of elections, in session today, fixed the size of the state and congres sional ballots and elected as county boards the names submitted by the va rious counties. The size of the state ticket this year will be 3 1-2 Inches by 8, and the electoral ticket will be the same; the congressional ticket will be 8 1-2 by 2. Those present at the meeting were Wilson O. Lamb, chairman; R. T. Clay well, secretary, R. L. Smith, A. B. Free man and Clarence Call. ; , steals j.oco Taft Campaign Buttons. F,vrville. Tnd., Aug. 4. -A robber bat stolen from a store here 5,000 Taft Ictuupaigu button. Judge Speer's Injunction Likely to Defeat Purpose at Which It Was Aimed. NO CASE BECAUSE THE RATES ARE NOT HIGHER Railroads Have All Informed Interstate Commerce Commission That They Will Comply With Terms of the Court's Order and Not Make Increase. Washington, D. C, Aug. 4. A legal technicality has risen in connection with the proposed inquiry by the interstate commerce commission into the reason ableness in railroad freight rates in Georgia, Judge Emery 8 peer, of the southern district of that state, having enjoined several roads against the en forcement of increased rates announced to take effect on August 1. All the railroads concerned have informed the commission they will obey the injunc tion of the court so that when the case comes up for hearing, if Judge Speer takes no further action, the shippers of Georgia will have no case of increased rates to complain of, but will only be en abled to allege that the roads proposed to increase the rates and were prevented from doing so by the court. On the other hand it is asserted that so far as the commission is concerned, the tariff of the roads, providing for an increase of the rates, being on file, they have actually been increased with out regard to fhe injunction issued by Judge Speer against their enforcement. In 1903, when Judge Speer enjoined the roads against increasing rates the Tift Lumber case, he subse quently withdrew the injunction so that the rates were in lorce when the inquiry by the commission was begun. "Whether or not that course will be taken in the pending case is a question that is interesting some of the attorneys concerned in the case. VIRGINIA FARMERS HOLD FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Richmond, Va.; Aug. 4. The fifth an nual convention of the State Farmers' Institute began here today, with six hundred farmers in attendance. The meetings are held in the Jefferson hotel. President Sandy presided. Governor Swanson made a speech in which he discussed schools and good roads and the promotion of agriculture. Mayor McCarthy also welcomed the farmers, and John Jackson, editor of the Southern Planter, replied. The reading of papers by Commissioner Koiner, of the agricultural department, and Dr. Barringer, followed. Henry Stuart spoke on the advantages of state fairs as a promoter of agricul ture, v ARRESTEO FOR SPEEDING IN AN IMMOBILE MADE TRIP FROM SALISBURY TO SPENCER IN FOUR MINUTES. GIVE BOND. Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 4. N. B. Odell, of Cleveland, O., and G. H. Alexander, of Asheville, were held up by officers here today for fast driving in an auto mobile, having made the trip from Spen cer to Salisbury, a distance of two miles, in four minutes. Several ladies were in the touring car at the time. After arranging bond, the party left for Char lotte. LOUISIANA OFFICIAL HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT REGISTER OF CONVEYANCES OF ORLEANS PARISH INDICTED BY GRAND JURY. New Orleans, La., Aug. 4. L. V. Guillotte, register of conveyances of Orleans parish, was indicted by the grand jury here for embezzlement. It is alleged that there have been irregu larities In Guillotta's accounts covering a period of several years, but only one tyem of $54 is mentioned in the indict ment. An expert accountant is now going over the books. Guillotte had only recently announced his candidacy on the regular Democratic ticket for the judgeship for the first city court. Along with the indictment the grand jury submitted a severe criticism of the publie bookkeeping system of the city. I II II '"I II it JM II HI ii u i ii n i ..i, WILLIAM CONNECTING BULL CITY Fifth Partial Estimate Furnished the Commissioners and Is Paid. SPECIAL TAX ELECTION SOON Durham . N. C, Aug. 4. Todn y the fifth partial engineer's estimate on the. building of the Roxboro road from here to Person countv. was submitted to the 'board of county commissioners. This es timate showed that during the month of July Contractor Peters did work amounting to $7,100.78. Under the con tract ttie commissioners held back 10 per cent, of this to be paid upon the com pletion of the work and acceptance of the job as a whole. The remainder was ordered paid to the contractor. This work, not including bridges and the cost of the county's engineer, will cost up wards of $60,000. Already . more than $30,000 has been paid to Mr. Peters, this showing that the work of building a road that will be mqje than twenty miles macadamized is more than half completed. On application of the county board of education, commissioners today call ed a special tax election to be held in a portion of Patterson township. The district included in t'his special request) for more taxes is to be tacked on the Lakewood Park school district and the application to the board of education snowed more than half of the tax pay ers and voters to be in favor of the proposed change. It is certain that on September 9 the special tax proposition will carry. This afternoon fhe county commis sioners drew the jury for a two-week term of Civil Court to be held in Sep tember. TIFT ATTENDS THE BAR LARGEST FIRST DAY CROWD IN HISTORY OF VIRGINIA ORGANIATION. r Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 4. -With the largest first day attendance in its his tory the Virginia State Bar Associa tion today began its twentieth annual session here. The features were fhe speeches of President Wyndham R. Meredith, of Richmond, on federal control of inter state , commerce, that of Armisted C. Gordon, of Staunton, on legal founda tions of socialism, delivered at the even ing session and the presence of Judge WV H. Taft, Republican presidential candidate. There were 124 registered members of the Virginia bar present, and this num ber probably will be greatly increased before Thursday night, which is to bring the meeting to a close.. Judge Taft is to address the association Thursday on the "Law'a Delay." Aft 1j B. ALLISON. TEN THOUSAND PYTHIANS PARADE THE STREETS Of BOSTON JNJIILA ARRAY Resplendent In Uniforms and Led by Bands Playing Martial Airs. ANOTHER BIG PAGEANT TODAY Boston, Mass., Aug. 4. Ten thousand members of the Uniformed Knights of Pythias, resplendent in their uniforms and led by bands playing martial airs, this afternoon marched through the streets of Boston. ' The parade was a splendid spectacle. As the line moved into the downtown business section, banners were flung from almost every office building, while many . places were decked in Pythian colors. All along the line of march the knights were greeted with cheers and handelapping. At the grandstands in Postoffice Square and Boston Common the demonstration was especially . pro nounced. The parade was composed of twenty five brigades of Pythians from every section of the country, as well as from Canada. Major-General Stobbart, of In diana, was at the head of the procession. At the stand on the Common the pro cession was reviewed by Lieut -Governor Draper, members of the governors 's staff ana Mayor ueorge A. Hubbard, of lios ton. Capt. George Beglotc, commander of Troop 3 Ilu.ars, of St. Joseph, Mo., was lint a participant, in the parade thia afternoon. He fell from his horse at Camp l.yon before the brigades left for the parade and was severely injured. Ho had wung his horse at the head of the Hw.zars when the horse reared and threw him. , Internal in juries are feared. (Continued on Page Two.) SAILOR ON BATTLESHIP MAN MISSING SINCE JULY 31. FLEET NOW NEARING AUCKLAND. Svaua, Fiji Islands, Aug. 4. The United States Atlantic fleet at eight oWock this evening was in latitude 25.14 south, longitude 170.50 west, 1,017 miles distant from Auckland, The weather is cooler and the sea moder te. Albert E.,Heisle, a seaman of the bat tleship Wisconsin, has been missing from that vessel sine July 31. He was last seen at seven o'clock in the morning of that day. The testimony given before a board of investigation which inquired into the seaman's absence, showed that he had been suffering from meloncholia since June 28. Tt is believed the man committed suicide by jumping overboard. Aged Statesman Had Been Uncon scious Since Last Saturday Afternoon. NEWS OF SERIOUS ILLNESS KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC Had Been in Congress Since 1863, When He Entered the House Had Been a Senator Since 1870 Long, Prominent as Party Leader. Dubuque, la., Aug. 4. United States Senator W. B. Allison died at his home in this city this afternoon. The imme diate cause of his death was heart fail ureThe end came as a result of a seri ous sinking spell, due to a prostatio en largement, complicated with kidney dis eases and during a period of uncon sciousness which had lasted since Sat urday afternoon. 1 Two weeks ago the Renator loft hi home in the city to escape the heat. He went to the home of Mrs. Fannie Strout, a friend of the family, living on the Asbury road, a few miles from town. For a few days his condition seemed to improve, but he later began to grow worse. Medical advisers urged that an operation be performed. Saturday morning the senator was brought back home. Soon afterward he relapsed into a condition of semicon sciousness. Except for brief periods of partial recovery he remained in thia condition until death came this after noon. News of the serious illness of the aged senator was kept from the publia as much as possible, until bis death came as a surprise to thousands of friends residing in this city; Only the more intimate friends of the family were aware of his critical condition. No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made. Willinm Rnvd Alliann wa ' Wn af Perry, O., March 2, 1829; was educated ai Aiiegneny wnege, iennR.vlvania, and at the. Western Reserve College, Ohio, studied law and practiced in Ohio until he removed to Iowa in 1857. He served on the staff of the governor of Iowa and aided in organizing volunteers in the beginning of the war. Mr. Allison was elected representative to the Thirty eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and For- j a i. -t ... 1 i.y-ursi congresses, ana was eiectett to the United States Senate to succeed (Continued on Page Two.) HOKE SMITH MAY CALL SPECIAL SESSION TO TAKE Will Take Action If Legislature Falls to Complete Its Labors in Time. MORE WITNESSES ARE HEARD Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3. "If the legisla tive committee now probing the convict lease system does not complete its la bors in time for a thorough and exhaus tive report to be made to this session and acted upon before adjournment on August 12, I will call the legislature in extra session to dispose of the whole matter," said Governor Smith today. The committee, which held two ses sions today, still has a large number of witnesses to hear and the completion of its work cannot be forecasted. The present lease system expires on April 1 next, and aa the two branches of the legislature are a loggerheads over the disposition to be made of the state' convicts, the outcome will probably de pend upon the report of the investiga tion committee. The chief witness at this afternoon's session was A. B. Coombs, superintend ent of the state farm since 1003, who made a statement in contradiction to the evidence submitted in criticism of hia administration. Georg Hurt made an additional state ment in reply to Senator Brock, who was formerly a member ot the commit tee and resigned in order to testify in his own behalf. Hurt submitted docu mentary evidence to show that Mr. Brock, while in the employ of the state as a physician, was instrumental in se curing a transfer of convicts from one camp to another, with a profit to some body. Other witnesses heard today were Dr. J. B, 8. Hilmes and J. M. Sanford, the latter testifying to the beating of a fifteen-year-old boy on the bare back un til ha fainted. Mrs. Robertson to Return Tomorrow, Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson, president of Greensboro Female College, who ha been spending a good part of the sum mer in Massachusetts, 1 expected koine tomorrow.
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