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1 WEATHER The News A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. ( Partly ctoudy today with rain in extreme east por tion; Monday fair. was-. VOL. IV. NO. 64 STATE EDITION. GKEENSBOKO, N. C.f SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1908 STATE EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS SOUTHERN MA L DUTY TO STAND Says That Lowering Tariff Would In No Way Help. Conserva- WANTS UMBER H tlnn of Forests. HARVESTER TRUST NO LONGER NEEDS TARIFF Declares t House Hearings That Its Business Will Not Be Affected By Abolition of Duty Upon its Product The South and Protection. Washington, D, C, Dee. lfl. The tim ber schedule was again under discussion fore the House ways and means com mittee for a short time today. H. H. Tift, of Tifton, Ga., who appeared at : tlia request of the committee, said the creation of forest reserves by the gov i lament had the effect of increasing the price of stumpage. Mb declared the gov ernment gets the highest prices for what i: cells. Mr. Tift asked that the lumber sched ule lie left undisturbed, saying the free en'ry of lumber' would not tend to con serve the American forests, and. that rlie consumers probably would get no ber.pflt in the way of reduced prices. He admitted that he would, be satisfied with the retention of the tariff in the low grades of lumber. Chairman. Payne asked Mr. Tift why the people of the south coma before the committee and ask for higher duties Mian the people from any other section and then voted. for-a low; tariff in the national election. 1'Taft got. 40,000 vortes in Georgia," remarked the witness. "Yes but he should have gotten a ma jority." ',..., . , : v f '(Continued on Pago Two.) GVIL SERVICE IES6UE WflKT 4,000 tEHSUS CLEFK WR SmEM Uroes That They Be Selected for Fitness Under Competitive Ex , aminotion System. WOULD EXTEN ) THE LIST; rittsburg, Pa., Dee. 18. The National Civil Service Reform League, holding its twenty-eighth annual convention here, in resolutions adopted late today de--ii.uicls that the 4,000 or more clerks to 1-r added to the census bureau for the pityoss of eompilinc the next eensiw br "eleetcil tor merit artd fitness for tli? work, as determined by eompetitivs eviuninstions," and protests against-tho proposed noncompetitive examination of applicants for such positions which President Tloosevelt. has described as "nothing but a cloak to hide the naked ness of the spoils system.' The resolution also urges the repeal of the law limiting the tenure of officers of subordinate nonpolitical policy and. the enactment of a law prohibiting the soliciting of political contributions from federal employes by any person or the asking of political services of any sort from any employe in the classified ser vice. It is alo recommended that the competitive service be extended to in clude assistant postmasters, employes in nonfree-delivery postoffices, all employes in the District of Columbia, all pension examining surgeon and all fourth-class postmasters not -included iri the recent otder, .so soon s . arnr-ipements can be made for such extension. Legislation enabling the President to apply to presidential postmasters, collec tors'' and other -higher officials' regula tions similiar to those adopted, for con suls in ths foreign aervice were advo . eated. ' . ..... ; Among 'those sleeted as . officers was Prewdent . F.dwin. .A. . Alderman, Univer ity qf Virginia,, .who was made one pf the Yiee-president. ... . . . .. " Sells Land it Auction. V E. yi, , Andrews, returned yesterday ' ternoon . from a trip, to Winston-Salem, Castopja. and Darlington, S..C., .where he nondncted. land sales , for the. Southern Fealty , and Auetion. Company,, of which he Is manager. .- -. : -. .Teach Typewriting and Stenography. Miia Lelia Mcintosh has been employ ed by the Gate City Business College as tenchef of typewriting and 'Btenography. This school has ordered new -desks, typewriter.- adding -machines- and other eriuipment for the. schooj, which opens in the BeviU building January 5:" Promotion for Soothern Railway Man. Washington, D. C.,' Dee. 19. Leslie C. Ullrich, of fct, Louis, for - some year - .neted wMh th 5onthern Railway, lafierlr as chief cleric to Vice-President and General Manager Ackert, has. been y appointed assistant to"the gentral man- Itar, wltb offkt ia thiitjr. . JUDGE HELL DEAD AFTER MANY THS' ILLNESS Cancer of Kidneys and Liver Pro i nounced As Cause of Death of Jurist FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TODAY AT RALEIGH Judge , Pumell's Death Brings to a Close a Long and Honorable Career. As Jurist He Had Remarkable Suc cess, Being Reversed in Few Instances. Raleigh, N. C", Dee. 19. The Hon. Thomas R, Purnell, judge of the United States District and Circuit courts, East ern district, of North Carolina, died this morninsr at 7.30 o'clock at his home here. caged sixty-three years, after a protraet- ed illness of cancer of the kidneys and liver. He had been steadily failing for sev eral months, and his death was not un expected, although the report of his death, as it spread about the city, came as a shock and elicited expression of sincere regret from many friends. The funeral will be held from the Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) at 3.15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the inter ment to be in Oakwood cemetery. Judge r.irnell was born in Halifax county of prominent parentage, his fa ther having been a successful lawyer, and his mother a sister of Governor Dud ley. He was yet a school boy when the Civil war broke out, but volunteered, serving in the engineering corps. At the close of the war he pursued the study of law in Wilmington and began th. practice of his profession there. . In 1S60 he located in Winston as a ' : (Continued on -Page Three.) OIL TBUST PROTESTS HEAmST f HE FEDERAL APPEAL FDR REVIEW Declares That Writ Appealed From Supreme Court Is Not Justified. for LAW DOESN'T WARRANT IT Washington,' D. C, Dee. 10. The Standard Oil Company's brief iri the pro ceeding of the " United States against that company oh the charge of accepting j rebates from the Chicago and Alton j Railway Company, in which the United j States District Court for' the Northern j district of Illinois imposed a fine of $2,Z40,lH)0, .was, today nied. in. tne su preme Court'of the United States. The case comes before the court on a petition by the government for a writ of certiorari, bringing it up for review of the decision of the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh circuit, by which court the District Court's decision was reversed. The brief antagonizes the petition and this oppo sition is based principally on the ground that the law "does not authorize a re view by the Supreme Court on an appli cation of the government of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals in a criminal case by which a writ of error of the defendant is sustained and dis posed of by reversing the judgment and sentence of the trial court."' It is contended that in a case of this character, a writ of certiorari is equiva lent to a writ of error, and that "the policy of the law is against the review of a judgment in favor of the accused in a criminal ease at the instance of the government." Much of the brief is teehnical in char acter, but there are occasional passages which depart from that line. It is point- ' (Continued i a Page Two.) THINKS HE CIS RAISE THE CRUISER YfME JOHN . ARBUCKLE, WHO GOT HER OFF THE ROCKS, STILL PRO iksSES . CONFIDENCE. Washihfrton, D. C, Dec. 19. Certainty that the cruiser Yankee, which sank a second time off the Massachusetts coast after having been raised and was being towed to New Bedford, -Mass., can be again floated and delivered safely at the New York nary yard, according to con trast, is xpresed by John Arbuekle, who successfully floated her the first time after officers of the navy had given up tne Teasel. , . Mr. Arbuekle so telegraphed Secretary Xcwberry today as the result of a sur vey of tnt Yankee with divers. ill RALEIGH INVENTOR FATALLY SHOUTS AN. Y. Quarrel Over an A Debt of $650. lor Fi,V ig Electric V ,n Co. THRFo jKDRED people WITNESS THE AFFAIR Altercation Followed by Encountei Which Was Joined m by Cleik in the Office Crowd Unable to Get on Scene in Time to Prevent Shooting. New York., Dec. 19. Folowine an altercation over an alleged debt of $R50 BROKER inciirea in connection wj.n tne nnaneing AU is hurry and bwtlt and if Santa v l vibration company, or to do,, Jnot make the children im which he was treasurer Henry B. Suy- njenselv ,hllnnr there is no sign in big nam, a mining stoc nroKer, memoer o! 1:1 T Jcclr . V ft tj " 7 I T j " uio uwicu o;r Dionn street irjaay. rv John C. Lunsden, an inventor, Raleigh, NV C. Siiydam was prbahly JataTlv i,.A..nJ,l . T ...J.. ..1 3 iL.i. ,l. monlV ; i v j I and the elerks are kept busy andling money in question was due 111m. and'...- ! j. ' that an attempt was being made to do irauu mm 01 it. The shooting, which, 'ollowed a hand-to-hand encounter in which George A. Downs, a young clerk employed by Suy dam, joined, was witnessed from the street below by the three, hundred fel low curb brokers of the victim, none of whom could reach the office in time to prevent it. According to the story told by Suy dam to tha coroner and corroborated by Downs and the other occupants of the office at the time of the shooting, Lums den. noon whose stork in the viliratm- comoanv Suvdam obtained 1 mi lUi this morning to demand an equivalent f. 41. .! - : a t ' ltd bin. oivn.iv in tquem.iuil. n. was ex j (Continued on Page Two.) OF STEALING SILVER SAYS IS COUNT'S WIFE Declares That She Is a Victim of Another One of Those "Inter national Marriages." I HE KISSED HER AND Washington, D. C, Dec, 18. "I am the wif e of Count Brockenheinus von Lowenhielm, a Dane." This was the statement made in the i police court here today by Mrs. A. L. Rogers, an American, who was convict ed of stealing six silver forks while housekeeper at the home . of Ralph L. Gait, in this city, and sentenced to nine ty days in jail in default of $50 fine. Mr. nor tifi th.k k f.tt,.,. . , . . . tv ,. Wfla A llMvosaflll rtllinA man in n. ,.. ... ... ie.., wnere snr. was marrien in lou, and that she had sepa..u from her . h white berries, which are used in tha.anaT work, will sail from rliarleston, tinnal Window ;las Workers, inaugu j north for making "bird lime." . j5. c., on Monday, December on the rated to enforce l he adoption of the new husband. . Jt was anottwr one ot those interna- tional marriages," she said. "My hus-: band kissed me one morning, walked out of the door and I have never seen ; him' since." Senate Names Inaugural Committee, j Washington, D. C, Dec, 19. Senators Knox, Lodge and Bacan were today nam ed by the Senate to represent that body on the joint congressional committee on the inaugural ceremonies. Woman Dies at toi. Roanoke, Va.j Dee. ID. Mrs. Harriet Armstrong died st her home in this j eounty today, aged 101 years. She had ' lived all her life at the spot where she died. Up to a few days ago she was quite active. TWO DIE IN PISTOL DUEL ON WYTHEVILLE.VA, STREETS Chief of Police and Man He Sought to Arrest Have Fatal Fight Before Crowd of Men and Women. Roanoke, Y., Dee. 19. In a pistol duel on the main street of Wytheville, Va., this evening. Chief of Police Walter McClintock and E. A. Cregger were kill ed. McClintoek shot Cregger to death af ter he himself . had been mortally 'wounded, and the two bodies fell near each other in the thoroughfare.' Chief McClintock and Deputy Harry White had a warrant for the arrest of E. A. Cregger, and his brother, Dave Cregger, sworn out by a brother of the chief, charging them .with robbery. When the officers met the Creggers in front of the courthouse and told them they Y SHOPPING FOLKS Postolflce and Express Clerks Are Handling Thousands of Pack ages of Holiday Gifts. "UNMARKED PACKAGES" IN LARGE NUMBERS Volume of Trade Will Be 25 to 50 Per Cent. Larger Than Last Year Shop pers Here From nearby Towns Large Numbers. in There is no evidence of a panic on the streets of Greensboro these davs. n of M-jiv goods- For th,-p..t , evv j days the merchant havo rushert . from early morning till late at. night. At the postoffiee the rush is on, too. All the carriers, have heavier pouches the increased volume of mail matter. Thousands of packages will be sent out j and received at the Greensboro office j before the holiday . season' is passed, j Weighing these packages, in many cases ' I affixing the postage, assorting them for the different mail routes, in addition to handling a largely increased number of letters and papers, makes the elerks in the postoffiee sweat. Two additional carriers and one additional clerk has been put on to help handle the Christ mas mail, hut with this additional help the entire force is worteed overtime. There is a similar rush at the express 1 office. Thonsands of packages are han died there every day, and the wonder is 41, a 1. t ,1 than in ha4 Ijvat TK I i",' " nit ... " ' ,i..v ..-.v. a ..." j express company nss recent ly moven i its office into a new building erected ' specially for the work. They have more! room and betur facilities, but the j Christmas rush this year is giving' the! express bfys all the ; work;. they want.. ' All kinds of uhnstmas presents are han dled by the express company, from dia monds and jewelry up to suits of furni ture. Prdbably the largest number of packages of one variety are what is Known as "the unmarked.M It is sus pected that tHise "unmarked packages" contain eertain goods calculated to in- MERCHANTS WIT CHRISTMAS ?,:"rXf0,Z..,ofn EM'tary Xcwberry today advised President-! whom they are addressed, All classes These "unmarked pack-j ages," come to the morally stunted and ! to the pure in heart, to men and to nut uc unuuv. iiicdo uumaiAru unciv- women, to negroes as well as to white people. i Hundreds of shoppers were here yes- I FFTiteraay, Buying suppn ior ennstmas. U1I I . I 1L. 1 .... .'Acuijr ui viiriu cmuc nirin bun iuibi srv; tions of the . county, while a great many more came from nearby towns Reidsville, Burlington, Oaham, Haw River, High Point, Themasville, Lexing ton, ivernersvine ann erser towns wnose i i . i m i p X T,1!. 8 jTT , all of them were running behind sehed biA,us nup ciununi aiiu DrBNT ule time. College students were going home for the holidays, while other peo ple werev en route to visit friends and relatives.- Those people from 'the eountry, who sell holly, eedar, mistletoe and other evergreens for Christmas decorations, .were on the streets, peddling'lout their . . 1 ' P stocks. There were many nice bunches ot mistletoe, some of jt being full of yfRterday to talk to a newspaper man, " but from a few of them a News repre- sentative rot statements that thu Christmas 'trade this year is so far 25 !to 50 per cent, better than it was last ! year. This is probably due to the fact that business conditions this year ar. more favorable than mey were year ago. -. ; ;. :. '" .- ' '.; ; .- ' ; '. Maj. S. J. C. Moore Is Dead. Winchester, Ya., Dee. 19. Maj. Samuel J. C. Moore, formerly judge of the Clarke count v court, died at his home at Berryville oday, aged eighty four years. Major -foore served with distinction in the C'mifederate armr as an officer on" Hen. Stonewall Jackson s staff. He was with Jackson at Man-j assas. had a warrant for their arrest, E. A. Cregger drew his revolver and began .tir ing on McClintock. The officer returned the fire and as the shooting became gen eral it was witnessed by a large number of men and women on the sidewalks. It is said -Deputy White did not fire his revolver, but it is said Dave Cregger ! is believed to have taken part . In the shooting. McClintoek's body his Ave, and possibly seven wounds. E. A. ger's body has one wound. - White succeeded in arresting Cregger and landed him in jail. Creg- Dave E. A. Cregger, up to a short while ago, eon ducted a livery business. McClintock had been chief of police three months. Both dead men leave families. A n ' Widow Is ! TO CONVEY TAFT ;She With the Montana Will Ac j company President-Elect ! to Panama. Washington, D. C, Dee. 1ft. Scere-! 'elect Ta ft that the armored cruisers j North Carolina and Montana will be i piaeKl at his disposal when 3 Jn4 hjs partV) is to be c Mr. Taft' composed : w I N : w Xw 1 4 r . 1 1 NORTH CAROLINA xt month' ' engl-nMW' g t0 Panamai lenpe of fieorge F. Slosson for a "match ""heTwo cruisers sre twenty-two-knot 'involving the championship of the world boats and capable of making the trip las 18.1 balk .line billiards. Sutton, the from Charleston or. Sayannah to Lolon ; r J . Tk. f . u. r... in four davs. The use of the fast cruis- ... ..ill n.U. VTr Toft fa malra tlin tripleaving about January 25, in time i to return to Washington at the time the : lectoral college meets. : The North Carolina, . which is com-j manded bv Capt. William A. Marshall, ! and the Montana, commanded bv Capt. ' Alfred Reynolds.- sre now At OrfOlk ' and will be fully prepared for the trip. COMMITTEE SAILS FOR PANAMA DECEMEBER 8 Washington, D. C, Dec. lfl.--Thc four- teen members of the House eommir'e Inn Wrt.t nA foreiirn rommer.'e. who !,. ,, " ranama to investiffate' the ' i,aVes .Vew York December 2fl. The , members will go to Charleston by .''rail.'! Thev will reach Colon on. lanurirv 1. '. and' will pehd four or five davs on the i j,thmus. .The arrangoments for their i but thev I ;Tt urn have not been made will leave in time to be back in Wash- j ington on .Tanuarj' 14. HOUSE PASSES ONE ! . , BILL AND ADJOURNS ' V ashington. D. C; Dec. 10. After passing a bill granting to the Southern ! with the agreement, 'reached before the Pacific Railroad Company , a right of adjournment' last Tlmisiia.v. Several way .across the Fort Mason militsry. mcsages on rnirov ieyislatioii were re reservation in : California, the House of eeived frunihe President and bill nnd Representatives today -on motion ot .Mr. Payne (New York) adjourned at. 12.14 'p. m. until Monday, January 4, 1009. : U. S. gOVERHMENT MAY TE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE C0NSID ERING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CANAL DETRACTORS. Washington, D. C, Dee. 18. After today's cabinet meeting and a subse quent conference with the President, Attorney-General Bonaparte said the de partment of justice still had under con sideration the question of prosecuting those persons whom the President con sidered guilty of criminal . libel in con nection with publications regarding the Panama canal purchase. Again to Testify : Copyright, 1908, Iby George Grantham Bain. ' MRS. WILLIA M E. ANNIS. EXPERTS WILL Sutton and Slosson to Compete : for ; Championship on January 26. New 'York Dec. 10. -Indications of ar. active season among the professional billiard players arc not, "wanting, today furnishing three, important development in connection ' with the. 'coming reason. Op0rcn Sutton has accented the clial- champion, has selected New York citv 1 - for the match,: and the game will be P'rfd Tuesday .Tanuary- -J6. lonn. ,n.'.'?,'!,s"n 'l"re f.ai-.len concert hall, Hoppo has posted a $1.0.10 for - fp,t accompanying his challenge 01 ''"rS! r'1!'?11,, a , at eii wr 1S J W;.1S,2 balk line billiard. M'l' liitii i in iiut'i'- ..i 4, iruilin no s ni inn in-inrn oa k i n traiiif. with not morn than six entrants, to be held in the citv on March 22 next. ;SIX FACTORIES YIELD j . TO GLASS WORKERS i ' . " - . . lovelaml. U.. lire. 1!!. At the close of 1 lie lir.-t day of 1jie strike of the Ns- President Faulkner announced that six pln' "d signed. These factories include the American Window."iIass, Company,1 of ' Pittsburg;' 'he Patter-on Window titoss Company, of Cameron. W. Va and plants at Fre- 'Ionia. Knn. : Kane. Pa.: Shinglehii'e.' Pa., and Eldredge, Pa. Senate Transacts Routine. Wa?hing! on. D. "C. :.Pc. in. A brief session ot the Senate '.toilar was de- voted to routine biisiness in 'nccordianee j other', measure wen' introduced. At i 12.50 .o'clock' the Senate adioiirned until I. January 4. 1009. liTE T;Ff TO ADDRESS LEGISLATURE TALK AROUND RALEIGH OF HAV ING GOVERNOR AND LEGISLA TURE INVITE PRESIDENT. Raleigh, X. C. Dec. 10 -Much discus sion is heard the past few days of the idea of an invitation being sent from fJovernor-clect Kitchin, retiring (rovernor Glenn, and the members of the legisla ture, to President-eleetvWilliain H. Taft, for him to come to Raleigh from Au gusta, where he is to spend the winter, and deliver an address before the mem bers of the general assembly. Prominent Democrats in and out of Releigh' believe nonpolitical lines could be observed in such a visit so that much benefit would accrue to the legislature and the state at large. ft BILLIARDS KNOX HIS ONLY CABINET CHOICE DECLARES TAFT Has Made No Progress In Select ing Members of His Official Family As Yet. JiO OFFER PENDING NOW TO ANY ONE President-Elect at Augusta Puts an End to Rumors in Regard to Various Portfolios Will Discuss All Names With Knox First. Augusta, Gal, Dec. 19. Directed as an answer to the numerous newspaper cab inet suggestions which have been made recently in many quarters, President elect Taft said tonight that he had made no progress whatever in making up bis cabinet aside from the Kno.t announce ment. " Admitting that nearly all of the names that have been suggested in the paper have also been suggested to him, and that in nearly air instances he tliou-'i' well of the men, he insisted that he hud reached no determination, nor was there pending any offer of any position to any one. Since his arrival here Mr. Taft said be had been free from active nego tiation regarding his cabinet, aside from the telegram he received yesterday from Senator Knox. In this connection he added that he had made no engagements for conferences on that or other sub jects.: Judge Taft has not as yet written Senator Knox of his desire to see him here, nor has he heard from the senator other than the acceptance telepram. Hv made it plain yesterday that he should consult his secretary of state thoroughly, fiefore going further into tho oa-hinet-making business. Judge Taft indulged in golf today, and with Mrs. Taft and the boys was a. member of a box party given in his honor by Mr. and 5lrs. Thomas, at a local Theater here- tonight. ' an - ' noTiiiced appenranep of the President elect ot th" theater resulted in makinsr the occasion one for an elaborate1 so. ial demonstration as veil as of popular in-.1 terest on tho part of Augustans, Tho President-elect has consented to (Continued on Page Two.) DETAILS OF MURDER OF CAPTAIN RANKIN TQLD BYJViT N ESS E S Witnesses of the Reelfoot Lake Tragedy Tell of the Fatal Shooting. ONE MAN IS IDENTIFIED t'nionCity, Tenn., Dec. 18. At the end of the first day's testimony in tho night rider trial, the stale had -made material progress.'. It had introduced testimony covering the details of the mutdeT of (apt. Quenlin Rankin and also had suc ceeded in presenting testimony support ing ftn identification -of .two of thp pris oners as members of the hiasked band. The courtroom was packed to suffoca tion. The prisoners, unkempt, scowling and silent, paid little --attention to tho proceedings. Only once today did thev betray any emotion, (hie witness, whu had been sworn into the band against, his will, as he alleged, testified that tin only part of the oath he remembered was tliat part which provided that they, would kill him if he revealed anything. At this n sardonic grin spread over llio features of more than one of tho eight, prisoners. .- - - O. 'D. '-.Powell, husband of the only woiiian .witness, yet to be called, was an in poi taut ; factor in the state's behalf today. Powell said he was dnagged from his bed the night of the Rankin murder and forced to accompany the band to tho Walnut. Log hotel, from which Rankin and Taylor were taken. Powell recog nized Frank Fehringer as the man who opened Rankin's valise and took out and read a letter. .He identified Garrett Johnson as the leader, and ''Buny" Ran som as the man in the white mask, the only one who was disguised. Fehringer lms confessed and will be used by the stale as a witness. When the riders took Rankin and Taylor from the hotel into the woods, they took Powell tt long, too. He. heard them questioning the two men as to their title to the land "in the Reelfoot district. Xenr the spot where Rankin wns murdered, tbey halted Powell until the murder was done. Then they asked him if he recognized any of them, and when he said no, they told him to tell Ward, the hotel proprietor, to come down for the bodies of his guests. . Powell was arrested by the soldiers, and testified before the coroner that he failed to recognize the riders; that he did so because he feared for his life. He was present when the body of Captain Rankin, wrapped in a sheet, was carried (Continued on Page Two.) '(-- I:' BID TKTm
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