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till WEATHER Rain today and Wednes day; fresh east winds be. coming variable. The News A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. IV. NO. 65 STAT EDITION. GBEENSBOEO, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1908 STATE EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS MM v J J Ax A T 4 I 4 REUBEN BARBEE FREE AFTER TRIAL ITJ MAYOR 5G0URT Man Suspected of Killing Engineer Holt Proves an Alibi and Is Released. POLICE HAVE NO CLUE NOW AS TO MURDERER After Hearing That Consumed the En tire Afternoon, Barbee Succeeded in Establishing an Alibi Weak Points in ' the Cue of Both Sides. : Durham, N. C, Dee. 11. The ease of Reuben Barbee earn' up today and con sumed all of the afternoon, the trial being befow the mayor. The ease began at 1.20 o'eloek and it was nearly dark when the adjournment was taken. Barbee stood eharged with the murder .ef Engineer J. A. Holt at the eoal ehute an the early morning of December 8. His relianee was to prove an alibi and the state thought that a complete ease had Keen established that would send the de fendant over to the higher court. Barbee relied entirely upon an alibi. He swore that he waa at heme all of that night. It was hoped by the state that the story ef ttia defense eould be broken down. There were several weak plaeea in he armor of both aides. Tonight, after lengthy tearing. Mayor Graham discharged Reuben Barbee of the charge of killing Engineer Holt. Th evidence was net sufficient to hold in the face of the alibi that the defendant established. This leave the Holt mur der as dark as it was the moment after it waa reported to the officers on the morning he was killed. There is now . a slue. ' WILL TELL THE ENTIRE STI Defense Will Thus Seek to Show His Responsibility for His Own Death. THE JURY IS COMPLETED Lexington, Ky., Dec 21. The jury which is to try Beach Hargia at Irvine, en the charge of murdering his .father, Judge James Hargis, was completed soon after eourt convened today. All the jurors are farmers. ' It ia stated that the defense will intro duce witnesses to lay bare the whole life ef Judga James Hargis, grving the whole f his alleged connection with Breathitt county feuds and assassinations. The de fense hpes it can prove by these wit nesses that Judge Hargia was responsi ble for bis own death. Hearing of testimony began in the afternoon James P. Brephy, clerk in the Hargis, store, swore that Beaeh Har gis Shot his father, Judge Hargis, five tinea, that young Hargis shot father Wore the father grappled with him, aid that two shots were fired while fa ther and son lay on the floor. Former State Senator Alex. Hargia ar rived at Irvine today and is sitting at the prosecution's table, this being, the prosecution states, with a view of asking for certain information during the trial. Giva Annual Reception The Huntiey-Stoekton-Hill Company kept . "open house" yesterday afternoon t.etheir friends and customers, the occa sion being their' annual Christmas re ception. There was musie and refresh went, and a handsome Jiieee of furni tyre was siren to. Mrs, F. H, Niehnlson, who held the loeky eoupon. BOY BOXEB IS HELD FOB OPPONENTS DEATH COKOjNER HOLDS ; WQTJXS OVER -' ' yoUTHrUl TOGIUST IK PRTLA' ' PWWalphia, P., -Dec. M.lenjamin Bamljt 'TH today eommitted by tho carenex eharged with ea using. the death f James - Currei, aged eighteen years, during bexlag bwrt at the Broadway Athleti'e. Cflub in the 'er section of the City m Friday laati i Tka boys,' who weir oicta, appeared t an amateur matinee. . Vurren eoMapsed in the second round after a blow oa the w.'aad died before he could be taken te the hospital. '"' fjnarterly Canfarttea Tonight CTha first quarterly aonfereoea of the Wert Market Ptreei ehureh will be held tonight at 7.M 'efeak. t . lill VICTIM OF NIGHT RIDERS TELLS HER STORY One of the Two Said to Have Been Whipped Testifies Against Band. STATE PRACTICALLY CONPLETES CASE Story ef Member of the Gang Who Turned State's Evidence Furnishes1 No Little Excitement in the Trial of j Beelfoot Lake Crowd at Union City. Union City, Tenn., Dee. 21. The state I practically completed its ease todav agamst the eight alleged night riders on tnal for the murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin, when it drew from Frank Fehrlnger, a member of the band, who turned state's evidence, a detailed state- ment of the Rankin affair and a score or more other outrages. It also called to the atanl Mrs. Emma Thurman John- son, one of the two Wimen said to hav been whipped by the band, and hid her tell her story. The startling testimony of Frank Fehringer, who eonfeed, accusing who eonfeed, accusing th- talk over with the eminent mining en 1 of being actual participants Igmeer, including political conditions and der of Captain Rankin, giv- j appointments. The two have been exactness of detail, am7i friend since their college days, when men on trial 01 ia the murder en with an the tteonle whe thronccd t.h wiiirtrriw Then as Mrs. Johnson's name was called Mr. Hammond was emphatic in saying a murmur of Satisfaction arose. Shai was not a eandidte for either the cab walked rapidly to the stand and remov- j inct. the diplomatic corps, or any other ed her veil reluetantlv. on the judge's : position under the n-w administration, instructions, that she might be heard by If he had any ambition whatever, ne the jurr. leaid. it would be to head a department. Mrs. Johnson had married Joe John- son, a man thirty yesrs older than she, (Continued on Page Two.) GOOD WORK DONE IN TIIID PTITl T II Wl I 11 IA, I H131 U In I L I till nil U "1 PROTECTION OF FISH North Carolina Only Common, wealth Where Success Has Re sulted in Shad Cultivation. CONDITIONS ARE ALARMING Washington, D. C, Dee. 21. "The MAal aLAvl Aiiat ArtA 1 1- inn nnuf Mnmtirififf . .... . , , . i specincallv that thern is no foundation the American nshmc industry is uif' , ty,m . failure of the states to afford adequate protection to migratory fishes in state and interstate waters." This is the serious note of warning sounded by George M. Bowers, United States fish commissioner, in his annual report made publie today. Mr. Bowers states that the fishes most in need of consideration are the shad, the stiped base, aad the sturgeon, on te Atlantic coast, and the salmon in the Pacific states. The disappearance of . the sturreen Vt.yf.t Z w ZZa .!V:h"'- Th'-v '""'heU. at the Bon Air ' " ? nd hotel, where thev are to take their indifference may in a single generation , At t(lnj ht th vr tha destroy' a valuable fishery. ..North Car- t of CountrT fMtb. ;Tnd Tftft ohna stands it as the only state among i( Ml , jtt)f VMf(1 hi, ,f for(. H(( all the states in i which the bureau en-! MIin Iv rpflw t0 tH1 what his wore gages in the eu ivation of shad, where . jSi but th hUmf to tht glln(l the general decline of this fishery has j p.e,, on ' which he has never before been arrested. "The immediate effect of sensible pro tective measures in this state," says the commissioner, "shows the results that may be expected from similar legisla tion from the various important streams like the Potomac, the Susquehanna and the Delaware, in which the shad has been persistently -destroyed year after year without any regard for the fu ture." ..' t ' i NEGRO DESPERADO SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICER SEWSATIONAt SHOOTWG OCCURS IH CHURCH STREET AT NORFOLK IK A CROWD. L . .Norfolk, .Va., Dee. 19. In a sensational fight ia Church street tonight that caused i intense excitement among hundreds of Christmas shoppers thronging the thor-i oughfare, an unknown negro desperado was' shot and killed by Patrolman Buck White, and Aeting Sergeant Marshall. ' When arrested for fighting, the negro cut Patrolman White baek of the ear, held eitiiens at bay who attempted to irevent hia escape, slashed C. H. Chand ed, who grabbed him, and dashed away. ' Aeting Sergeant Marshall arrived on the scene and he and Buek White opened fire with pistols, killing the negro in TAFT HOLDS A C RE NCE WITH J. H. J' ' Discusses With ' of Republi can Clurrjns for That r conization. HAMM3ND NOT AFTER CABINET JOB, HE SAYS Wish Father to the Thought in the Case of Many Cabinet Rumors Taft Can't Play Golf on Sand Greens Yet, But Will Soon Get Used to Them. Aueusta, Ga., Dee. 21. Presidcnt-elc.-t willium H, Tuft conferred todav with : T n Hsys Hammond, president of the ; ' ' 7 ' , ' ... ... i National League of Kepublican Clubs, ; and received suggestions which will be (given senous consultation respecting new fields of future usefulness for that i organization. I Mr. Hammond, who arrived here today ' with Mrs. Hsmmond and two of their I sons for sn extended stay, Mr. Trft said, 'was invited by him to come. He added ! there were many things he wanted to th-italk over with the eminent mining en thev were classmates. ol pumic wonts. -in ma i-veni wren m- nsrtment should be established. In the organization of such a department he believes his engineering experience would be valuable to the eovernment in or ganising a branch of service having for its purpose me. conservation 01 m mi ural resources and ., their administra tion.'' .' Writes to Senator Knox. Mr. Taft said tonieht he had written Senator Knox, inviting him to come to Augusta within the next two or three weeks it he eoum, at wnien time a ean- inet conference would be held. In this connection, Mr. Taft said he believed he was beginning to see where so many cahmet rumors came from. The pub lishing of a name with the information that its possessor was being "seriously considered" for the eabinet. he found, has followed the suggestion of that name to him by some one interested in the person. He added that he still be lieved it would take more than the sug- build the "abinet. No actual develop ments, he asserted, had been made re- cently, and there was nothing t be add ed to the public information on the sub- lecc ni inis iimf. ,iir. lair nun niai-ra State Chairman Walter S. Dicker, of Missouri, is to be a:vi-itor to Judge Taft in the near 'future. That Mr. Dickey will have something to say of the qualifications if Judge Charles Nagle, of .St. Louis. fo a cabinet posi tion, is predicted. Judge' Taft epoke to nipht in the highest terms of the legal ability of Mr. Nagle. who was in charge of the national hMdipiarters at Chicago, as national committeeman in the ab sence of Chairman Hitchcock. Move to Terrett Cottage. The Taft fimily today moved to the ' ' f Jtr played. He has promised himself that he will devote a little extra time in the afternoon io "putting" until he has mas tered the art. Many invitations ar coming to Mr. Ttift to visit points in Georgia and the south. He said today that he would be unable to accept them and Should prob ably thereby he compelled to refuse to go anywhre except to keep his Atlanta engagement. FREQilENT FIRES IN , s. c, SEVERAL GINNERIES, STORES AND OTHER BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED. Laurens, S. C, Dee. 21. Destructive fires are becoming frequent in Laurens county,- especially among the ginneries, three having been destroyed within the last few days. Early Saturday morning the ginnery at Waterloo, together with two stores, waa burned. Saturday night another at Rabunla; a few days ago 'one at Cross Hill, and several days ago two stores at Grayoourt were destroyed by fire, all at night. - The aggregate losses are heavy. There is nothintr but speculation as to the or igin ef tlTes Ares. 1 1 r Prisoner in Murder Case and Interested Women w fyy y y. i C M ( T. JEIWKNS HAINS. MRS. PETER C. HAINS, Sr. 11.892,115 BALES COTTflft EH TO DECEMBER 13, SrSfiDVE RNMENT These Figures Compare With 9. 284.070 for the Same Pe riod Last Year. 27.269 ACTIVE GINNERIES Wsshington, Dec. 21. A total of 11, 892,118 running hales of cotton ginned from the growth of lftOS to Deeember 13, .against 9,284,070 at the same date of last year and 27,269 active ginneries against 27,l.'il in 190", were announced by the census bureau in its report today. The figures count round bales as half bales and exclude linters. The bales ginned to December . IS ag gregated 11.112.799 in 1906 and 9,927, 876 in 190. The total 1907 crop, was 11,057,822, of which 84 per cent. w,as ginned to' December IS.' crop of 1906, 12,983,201. of which 85.6 per .cent, gin ned to December IS, and crop of 1905, 10,495.105 or 88.6 per cent, by Decem ber 13. The report includes 215,029 round bales for 100K, 167.204 for 1907. and 243.096 tor 191)6. Sea Island bales included an aggregate of 80.187 ,by states, as follows: Florida, 81,072; '.Ceogria, 87,956; South Carolina, 11.950. The corrected stsiities of the quanti ty of cotton ginned thi season to De cember 1, are 11,008.861 bales. The report of cotton ginned to December IS last and the number of active ginneries respectively bv states follow: Alabama, 1.263.700 bales and 3,497 ginneries. Arkansas 86.701 and 2 102. Florida 04.131 and 255. Georgia 1.869,346 and 4.449. Kansas, Kentucky and Xew Mexico 1, 500 and 5. Louisiana, 434.741 snd 1.6.81. Mississippi 1,440,0)2 and 3,454. Missouri 50,3fi6 and 77. Xorth Carolina 615,191 and 2,724. -. Oklahoma 495,252 and 979. South Carolina 1.130.882 and 3,207. Tennessee 302.577 and 639. Texas 3,365.989 and 4.133. Virginia 11,767 and 11' RUNAWAY NEGRO BROUGHT : BACK HERE FOR TRIAL Taylor Thompson, a negro charged with obtaining money under ialse. pre tense, wss brought back from Richmond yesterday ' by Policeman Causey and plaefd in jail' to await trial at the next term of Criminal Court. Chief of Police Keeley learning of Thompson's where abouts last week, promptly had requi sition papers forwarded to the proper authorities, whicn resulted in Thompson being brought back here yesterday. New Head to Insurance Company. New York, Dec. 21. E. E. Ritten house, insurance commissioner of Colo rado, waa today elected president of the Provident Saving Lifip Assnranre So ciety, of New York, succeeding Arthur G. Banham, of Louisville, Ky, MRS. CLAUDIA HAINS. THAW CANNOT BE TAKEN TOPlTTSBOBCOECUflES THE GDUBTJIF APPEALS Case May Yet Be Taken to the Supreme Court for Set tlement. LOWER COURT IS AFFIRMED Philsde','-hia, Pa., Dec. 21. Harry K. Thaw,, "the; slayer of Stanford White. and now confined in the state hospital .for the criminal insane at Mitteawan, I N. Y cannot be taken to Pittsburg to testify in -.bankruptcy proceedings, ac- cording to a decision handed down today by the Hired States Court of Appeal 1 in this eity.. Whether -the case will be Oaken -t the United States Supreme ; Court. is aot known heie. The derision sllirms the action 'ken by Judge Young, of the T'nited States for the Western Di-triet of Pennsyl vania, whe quashed a writ of habeas corpus compelling Robert B. Lamb, sup erintendent of the Matteawan asylum, to turn Thaw ever to a United States marshal tor the prisoner's appearance at Pittsburg. The writ was .allowed by ludge Arohhold, of the United (States court for the Middle District of Penn sylvania sitting at Srranton. who was looking after the business in .Indge Young's court while the latter was in Europe last summer. The bankruptcy proceedings were he- gun on August 7, wnen rnw nied ii petition ..f voluntair lunkruptcr in the- Tflps Taft, and that he has no thoupht United States eourt at. Pittsburg. sndiof "-? manner interfering - in the fire days lster he was declared a bank- onntest. .- mpt.jiogjr O'Mam, of Pittshuig. being -W." u" v'T" ZT '' appointed receiver. Subsequently Horace DMth Yesterday Morning. . Bain, s hotel keeper of Ponghkeensie; Mrs. C. E. bright died at, her resi-N.- Y.,; wh-V had filed a claim for n.2fi , denee , 335 rorrf-U street, yesterday for board, secured an order from trie ; m'ornins;. The interment will be nt Ruf referee in bankruptcy to have Thsw sp-1 fin today. Slie was thirty-one years of pear before his creditors in rittsburir i ag and leaves a widewer and one child. and submit, to sn examination. Thaw at this 'time wss confined in the Dutchess county jail, awaiting the out come of habeas corpus proceedings he fore a New York Supreme Court justice for his release from the asylum. - v The matter of Thaw's appearance in Pittsburg W.SS opposed by the 5tate of New York and was taken to the Ap pellate Court on October 21 and argued en IJeeemhe l and Z. Asa Bird Gardiner, of New York, ar tued the ease on behalf of the State of New. York. Gardiner maintained that Thaw waa insane and dangerous to the puhlic safety, and that bankruptcy pro ceedings takan by 'him we're nuil and void because of his mental condition. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS ANNULLED FOR PASSENGERS , All local freight trains will be annulled , here today on a charge of obtaining be on Friday and Saturday of this week and tween $8,000 and $9,000 by false pre en the same days next week. This is tenses from the First National Bank, done in order to facilitate the passenger ; Nashville. traffic which usually comes with Christ-1 Bond has been here since Deeember, nyis and New Year's days. This annul- staying at the best betels under the ment of freight trains will also have a name of "J. L. .Tones." When arreated (Treat tendency ta lessen any chances of be said he would go buck without wait- accidents on account of collisions or de- railrnents and will result in less delay sad warry t those who trasel at that tine. iUot CcPiur Na ROOSEVELT DENIES THE T BETWEEN HI AND TAFT No Friction. As Reported. Over the Ohio Senatorial Situation. i , He Declares. HAS NO CHOICE. HE SAYS I Cincinnati,' O., Dee. 9. In what is j declareH to be an authorized statement, j the Times Star today,! in a Washington dispatch, quotes President Roosevelt as denying the published report that he had a disagrement. with' President-elect Taft. and that he -'was opposed to Charles IV Taft's candidacy for the C'nited States Senate, favoring that of Congressman T. E. Burton." The Presi- dew is said to have authorired the use of his denial. He is quoted as saying: '"The story is, false from beginning to end. 1 have had no disagreement with Judge Taft. 1 have not been taking and shall not lake, any part in the Ohio senatorial contest. " Washington. D. C, Dec. 19. President Roosevelt today stated that there was no truth in a printed story thst he has had a. disagreement'. with President-elect Taft about the candidacy of the latter's brother. Charles P. Taft. for the senator ship from Ohio. The President stated that the subject- of the aenatorship nerer lias been even remotely mentioned in conversation between himself and WORE VEST PACDEO SENIOR GLASS GIVEN WITH MO IN BILLS DINNEUT BENDOW ONTARIO :X POLICE PINCH MAN CHARGED WITH BILLING BANKS OF $9,000. Hamilton. Ont., Dec. 19. Weiring a rest that was padded with $30 and $100 bills to the value of over $6,000, B. B. Bond, of Nashville. Tenn.. was arrested ing for extradition proeeedings but en advice of i'is lawyer decided to wait till Monday. He will then decide whether to fight extradition. All NIS' WIDOW TELLS OF KILLING OF Nearly Faints at End of Her Tes timony. Which Lasts Nearly? 1 Three Hours. MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST THORNTON J. HAINS Witnesses Declare That He Beckoned to His Brother, the Captain, This Sustain ing the State's Charge That He Aided in the Crime. " New York, Dec. 21. The trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains reached a cli max of dramatic intensity today, when Mrs. Helen E. Annis, widow of Villim E. Annis, in a deliberate recital lasting for nearly three hours, pictured the kill ing of her husband, as h: eat at the tiller of his boat, by Capt. Peter C Hains, Jr. Mrs. Annis nearly fainted a few min utes before her examination was con cluded. She dropped in her chair, but quickly recovered after drinking a pjlass of water and smelling a vial of salts. It was a hard day for the defense and counsel for Hains was exhausted from the arduous cross-examination which was directed toward the State's wit nesses in an effort to shake their testi mony. Thornton Hains lost much of the easy nonchalance that has characterized his manner in previous sessions. When led from the court this evening by two deputy sheriffs the prisoner ippeared de jected and careworn. - Garbed in a black cloth suit and wear ing a wide, flaring hat that cas: a shadow over the upper jiart of her face, Mrs. An nis nikde an impressive figure on the wit ness stand ss she told in quietness ber story of August 15 at the P.aysidc e!it Club. Several new points of evidence addfd dramatic interest to the trial. When Annis' boat came alongside the Host, the widow testified, Thornton Jfnira beckoned to his brother and led tlw: way down the rumvay. '-The shout iiii followed within a few'minures. Insists On Her Story. Lawyer Mrlntyre sought to dis credit the "beckoning episode," which the state asserts proves that the author induced the army captain to commit i:ho crime, and k.'pt Mrs. Annis on this point under cross-examination for nearly half an hour. Hains' counsel dsvelopcd that Mrs. Annis l ad not told District Attor nty Darrin that the defendant hud nock- onod to his brother until last wck. (Continued on Page Five.) SEVEN GOUNGILMEN IN PITTSBURG ARRESTED ON CHARGE HIDE TAKING Members of the Finance Commit tee of Select and Common Council Held. OTHERS ARE IMPLICATED Pittsburg,.. Pa., Dec. 21. Seven mem hers of the finance committee of com mon and select councils, of this city were arrested today on charges of .re ceiving bribes and' bribery,-and the al leffed eorrnntioti of othar mpmlun n f - council in the passage of various kinds ni ie:?is anon nurinp- rne nisr. tu-o vmr The charges were prefferred by tho Civic Voters' League of this city. ' The men were released on bonds rang ing from $15,000 to $30,000. Wedding Came With Holidays. ' Marrinee licenses are being issued more frequently as the holidays ap proach. The register of deeds issued seven Saturday and five todav. GUILFORD COLLEGE STUDENTS GUESTS OF C. D. BENB0W SUN DAY AFTERNOON. The senior class of Guilford College, accompanied by P-of. Clement Meredith, were guests of C. D. Benbow at the Ben bow hotel Sunday afternoon. They ar rived at noon in two large sightseeing automobiles, takinar dinner with Mr. Benbow, after which they departed for the college. The senior class this year is com posed of twenty-one members, twelve young men and nine young women. Mr. Benbow has been closely associated with the affairs of the college for a number of years, and is one of the institution's best friends, as evidenced by the inter est he takes in the student body. HUSBAND