OULUMBUS, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1903.
NO. 27.
OF TILL
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0f Case Win De i es-
! :timony of The
i Defense.
nzton, Oct. 3.-The Tillman trial
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liows some signs of being well un
flerffy- loua,u- . - . -
rf4the sute'3 case had been r"
seotea ecF. - " w
i-troduceiuui tuic """ ""
courc convenes again, u was aeciaea
ismorniDf to "J " " I
ayuuui
nt ten ociocK xuesuay morn-
Monday win oe saiu m .pu;
heDCe n - I ao
von that day. The jury , remains
in,.-
tntit't-anii are uuu pctiuiucu aj uuiu aujr
oumcauon witu wuriu.
ineyw i" , . 7 7
.ppmnwa sue nucnu v.uiKC ,
... Clnna tho cfufa c roca araincK I ..
orineui. w.uv..
Tilimau has been practically made out
they win nave ampio ume auu iuc ueai,
of .opportunity to reflect upon the hun-
dreJs of things brougnt out in me xes-
tiaiocy ajrainsp mm. as h, apuean, w l
w who b as closely watched the pro-
teedinpsof the court, noted the char
acter of ihe testimony and the charac
ter of the people giving this testimony
it will take some very powerful testi
mony on the part of the defense to con
vince any intelligent body of men that
the accused did not willfully and mali
ciously murder nis victim. Still the
defense has a rijjht in law and in justice
to show cause why he should not bang-,
and this they will have a chance todothe
coining week. It is generally thought
that the giving of the testimony of the
defense will be the most interesting
part of-the trial because the facts re-
gardins the killing as seen by the eye Sl
witnesses and the newspapers have al-
reatr oeeo Duonsneu ana. wrro Known
1 a t 1 t B
ilreadj, whereas vibat4Wbaff6rcd
in extenuation of the deed is a matter
only of the vaguest conjecture. The
nlea.it is understood will be self de
fense, and the accused through his bril
liant and thorough going counsel will
attempt to show that when he shot
down N. G. Gonzales oh the streets of
Columbia he thought his life was in
danger and that he shot to protect bis
life.
J Wiley onook will
Defend Whiskey Men.
Gninsboro. Oct. 5. The. reiu'ar Oo
tober terni oi the Federal Court cou veod
M10:oO this nuimiiv":. There ate 1H
criminal cases on the docket for trial
Most of these are against distilleries fot
infrin gement or fraud a2aint the govern'
ment Sevor;'.! iud:ctm3;rt3 are agains
itorekoepers and gauge: s for collusion
with ,owners of spirits defrauding thei
government. The most important cases
on the docket are two against the John L.
rasper Company, of Winston. These are
we attracting more? consideration than
usual just now, because of the' fact that Mi
T i-i. . .
. VMley bh(x,k, who has just left the
revenue service, has located in Winston
Lopmctice law and is the regularly retain
ed attornev for ft. rwr nrt.nv-i a
reDmrpriin
agementof thow n t.hi v t h'X:
r- wee iiHuuai oaiarv. xxib innu-
forward to with much interest. In addi-
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Hon tr, the regular criminal docket there
'e lis suits pntPrH nn H.w'o f HtctiiWii
mm NV VIA vwiiilil m t M. V u
Another Cr.zy Man
After the President.
Washington. Oct. 5. A desperate hand
ivua u encounter with an armed insane
man who was determined to see President
Whi;e House shortly before noon to-day.
lue liian. Who trava hia iiaino uo PotPT "Rl.
lOtt. :LlH Vliu lifima oo TSn.. .liT XtJnr
as overpowered by the officers oh duty at
White House entrance and c'arried to a
Pol - e van whir h hri h n MimrliAnMi He
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was piaced in the van in the custody of
two officers. Seemim? to realize that" he
cj
Iron J . . . -
furioes
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OWLY
uuci ariusi, XilllOlt oegatt B,iunw iuuuomvu . . . . t h--
utx - . Tt.li.:4...-,ua orttcd nf Charman Rollins
--"gfcio ftim nis captors to r noeny. u
wcw revolver from the right side pocket
01 his ticisnrs uA twA tWmhnni Of.
Qcer James C.ssell. The ofilr-Rr Grabbed
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his hand and wrenched the pistol from his
Pasp. Elliott.'i struggles wcr. fo fierce,
however, that the two officers in the camp-
quarters of tae van were unable to over,
comehin., Officer Cisseli then drew his
rev. ltfCr .u j nred tw , fcll)g tb at ract at
leni)n. Ci.i'f Ush.r.'lhOiiia Stone and
Officer Parker, of the White House force,
had assisted in carrying Elliott, to the
Yan, atttrccted by the shots, rushed back to
ve tide an i assisted i i overpowering
EMBEZZLEMENT
GETTING TO BE FASHION
PRITCHARD.
motion for Clem
ency. SdldS YOUIlg Hail Up for TflOJeaK.
Washington, Oct. - G.-Delegrade Craf-
tonj of RetdsviHe, N. C, waa Benl.ticedt
jude Fritchtrd today t two year' im-
pnsormei.t lor the embezzlement of mora
than $3,000 from Georgetown; University,
Despite the fact that the restitution of the
money had beu nude, ami that
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Pritchard refu?ed to let the v.,,, mn
go free. "Nothing pains me more than to
impbsj a sentence in this ca?e," Judge
free. 'Notlnni? nn1ni iti hinm kh-in tn
dcfeiKlant was Anaigued for sentence.
'."l8 people, wljom I know, are of the
an(Utat i9aH the mofe reMon
.
t!u.t he nad led a different life. This
crime of embezzlement is getting to be
ratne,. faAionible in the district, and I
intend t0 pUt a 8top to it f
Whilc the Univeraily has been reimbursed
refu3C tf) mate this court a collecting
agency." ' ,
Such was the deliverance made by Judge
Pritchard in imposing sentence after - an
appeal fur clemency was made by Dr.
George B. Kober, dean of the medical
faculty. Walter B. Plummer , a prominent I
North Carolinian, also interceded in be
half of the young man. Judge Pritchard
refused to be moved by these appeals,
though he let Crafton off light, for ha
could have sent him up for ten years.
Judge Pritchard's remarks are considered
significant in sight of the fact that he is to
trv Machen, and the other alleged poet-
office grafters on similar chanres. There
will be no appeal from the--decision. The
ntence will be served in Trenton, N. J.j
Crafton did not put up a fight in court,
entennjr the plea of i.nilty. He claimed to
xo naveiosi inc mony on pome, ixa. i
mng's race tracK last lau. ,
ri t .flr'n: w.aif a aac I
'Some of bis many democratic friends
up in Asheville are having run with I
Col. Lusk, the veteran republican war-
horse of the Jwest, by starting the ru-1
mor that he bad concluded to xo west,
vote the democratic ticket and grow up
with the country, and the thing got in
to the papers It is very, very difficult
tn roncpive which the colonel is more
distrusted with, the republican party as
nrtv run
or his old enemy, the demo
orMV. lie cons laers
the latter the
d 1, and the other makes him so mad
lie can't see straight, and he does not
mi" ,
hesitate to say. so. He nope, nowever,
that he won't iro west. - Though he may
not lump over into the democratic pas-1
If things or some folfes I
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nrn'T 1111 iifi.i.Ki . n. i . n j -la u m v w v w b
I-; Lr nnr rr rnft rninPR
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..nitomh in the dashboard. And no
.ii rnit rUmocrat would ob ect
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, f uR tlnitrh Post. i.
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'It is too good to be truethat story
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rvv vtryiiin "ieniDer ijusk cuu i
tpmnlates ioining the democratic party
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anrl moviniT to Oklahoma. Besides, ac
o-ik,' tha ,,nlnnel is too
i . J? .. fnnl
tj f :ppt.ainiV 11 Ho was K"v
' ,u t.h Tr.l hench
ygaara ami 1.1 J BlU uu vk r I
8 . . . .i . . . '
"nr? wnrk about half tne time, ne is
ana WOra UWUh ....
L,d t0 emjgrate to Oklahoma- and the
, -' . t Ka too loner a
m mm. W rm wmmm lir II' WW IIUliA W - W
journey for the colonel' News and
Pbserver -
PERSOHAL
Case Says tie PresldentrUay isk Tliat
Barclay s flameue uimaraifl.
Mrs. SWpp Will Then Be Appointed.
; Washington, Uct. 0.-A S
was at the White House yesiemay, c-
that the President has announceu w. xu
.. r Rh nn rs noil-
tention oi appuiuWuB .
master at Lincolnton, He gave me in-
formation that the PresHHW omj
Tn Tn,
in aomg
w"up .-.
to witnaraw cnuk - r -- -
this be wiU assure y .
tnminn mm iiiiwri. . uui
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man tuai no w i.u,
that is "one ot inose -
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come no m every state, wnere s
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all ntrties to stand a,id,; and permit htm
to have the say." The President is going
to take occasion to say that Rollins is , the
recognized authority on: all' matters per
t.i,,n7 to Federal patronage in North
(Carolina. The administration does not
; .. . At '- C D.llina Inaa. ntmn
iministtauon
that v-Riillma has been
want it to appear v vuuv r vrTZTr
turned down and sucn, is rea,4y , o,
case. ' JVirs. ompp vu0c
personally to the President.
wm anneaieu
Unmoved by
ANNUAL REUNION
OF CONFEDERATES
Portion of Gen. CarPs Or
ders Published -for;
Veterans Benefit i
Former Wearers of the Grey
are Urged to be On Band
at Raleigh on Ocfo- j
bef 21.
1
Veterans of Western North Carolina.
Comrades: I herewith giro you a
portion of Gen. Carr's General Order
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Nf - a 1 part of poster nt
UJ umeueraMj omciais 01 iaieign
d Wake county. They arflself-ex-
planatory. I thinkit well for all vet
tn ir.,. mU cQ
-.v.; UViu1UB w.u
ieign in the afternoon at 5:25.
preferring, however, can goj on train
at 3:40 in the afternoon, arrlvine in the
preierrine. however, can t?ofoi
The rates will be one fare the round
trip from any station. ; From lAsheville
i
$8.90. I beer every old soldiers who can
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do so, attend and will be glad to hear
reports from both camps and lindiduaL
ly, as to who can go. ! i
' J. M. RAY.
Brig. Gen Comdg. 4th Brig. If. C. Div.
C. C. V. . I
Confederate eterans' Reunion.
Only' delegates from the camps which
are reported by Adjutant General W
. Mickle as having! paid their dues
will be entitled to vote. I (
North Carolina's four living ex-Con
federate generals, Hoke, Ranson, Cox.
and Roberts have been invited and are
expected to attend this reunion and meet
once more the brave men whom they
so gallantly commanded in thje greatest
of modern wars. Gen. John !b- Gordon
has been invited to deliver his address
on 'The Last Days of the War,'? for
which an admission fee of fifty' cents
will be charged. J
Miss Marry Armistead
Jones, a
granddaughter of ..General
li. Q'B.
BranCK : iA aDnolnted division sponsor
ifft tuta raiinnn anH o..k Knio-aHA, .nrl
camp is requested to appoint ;a sponsor.
A full attendance is desired ana as
many as can are requesoeo w wear, uui
forms. This will be the last ppportuni-
ty that many will ever have to meet
their old comrades and "fight o'er their
battles" again.
By orders of
GEN. J. 81 CARR.
H A. LONDON,
Adit -Gen. and Chief of Staff.
The annual encampment Of the Con-
federate Vetei-ans of North Carolina
wm be held in the city of Raleigh dur-
ingthe fair week. Encampment be-
gins Tuesday evening. October 20th
and ends Thursday mornirig, October
22nd ! t R
Camp will be pitched fn Cameron
will be pitched in
field between city and fair grounds
Tents, straw for bedding, f ice water,
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huooi ana pattpa wi n iuraisnen ireH
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to Veterans. All other provUions, bed
clothes, etc.. will have to be furnished
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bv the Veterans' themselves, f
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On Wednesday the Veterans Will
march in a body to the fair grounds
. "in i f
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wnere mey win uo nuuuncu mco
charge.
Wednesday evening the
adies' Me
mnrlal association. Dauchters Of the
nAnr.aM.n TariUs a nTi.15fl.rv i ( 'nrn
Lf T.. O'R Branch catDD. and the? ladies
vAiuicuiavj -v . .-. r-
u- ti..u ...ill
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i generally oi me wvj w ioi8u
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give the Veterans a complementary din-
I ner. '!
J.J. J.llOMAb,
President Wake county Confederate
Veterans' Association,
A. B. STRONACH.I
Commander L. OB. Branch Camp,
516 N. C. V.
t
iTwo Ladies Apply,
Pnth Wfl h t Sfl m ft llfflrfi
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i.i,.vtiiA Oct. 5 Another phase has
. . . . a(1 iEtJere8UlCOatest
ftt LiuColn-
r o ri-.wJU fnr thp an-
wn. UC1 18 " 1V H"- " r
. t nt womea to Ithe office, and
v . . jnreoUmed that Mrs.
RPe88f ul in the event Mr.
I Hliirtn
BmPP
Barclay is not retained, it nevertheless
. 4 ' . ' - h.'.lninni-i n'mnnir
that there Rn. other Spirants among
.. . -p w w-rH : i ; onVimtt
4h. i.nipa. .VI in. Alt. ii . iu v dw -
wi.?t havlrc advanced the point
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- . A . ... .dow of the! late CaptJ3. W.
i tiu& ui , - o -
. . - - half the pen-
;fT
. .. uui.. -. A .mmI
e nn tfAPITM DT Sini CUl U " . iv
I bill has everxbeen passed iin her behalf,
4t I nrired. Mrs. Ward is not
nr! W two delicate children to
support. It was stated this morniog that
f-mr
;m;h B aUl!i1d giv Mrs. Ward's
na"m. - 1, . nn oa h,
inBllcatU n cartful considei atiotj,
as ' her
-w, lther Mother, w re acUv
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Republicans.
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SALISBURY'S FIGHT ; CK - LIQUOR
BIG EXPERIENCE MEETING HELD.
SleMra P. B. Fetzer and D. JB. Caltraae,
of Cncrd, and V. G. Bradahaw. f
j High Point, Make Addresses Sena
tor Orcrman and Bepreentatire
Klnttm to Accompany Was. 11.
Hearst's Party on an Observa
tion Tonr of the Territor-.
Us A Small Fire.
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opcuiai io me wuseiver.
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Salisbury, Oct. 4. There was an agent
at the "experience meeting" in the taber-
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t,5a ft fhQ onon,-..- a
At . , T .
the batisbury Anti-Saloon League, and
short talks on the practical workings of
prohibition in Concord atid High Point, by
Messrs. P.' B. Fetzer a id D. B. Coltrane.
nf thA fnrmpr nlono anrl W Ci Bradshftw
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oi me lauer, i epi esemaa ve uusima men
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with fiequent dtm lustrations of interest
and occasional apph.use.
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MUIV 1 VVI VS WVsMWWAVt JVI W - J U Us
teen or twet.ty yjars ao wa carried the
town for prohibition, and siiut out the bar
rooms, but tar-iootntj coniiuutd ?ba i ler-
ated just outside the corporate li.ui h, which
was, of course, damaging to the prohibition
cause. Two years later there was another
election, promoted by the whisay interest,
and bar-rooms were reinstated. After two
years more the prohibitionists secured au-
other election and were victorious after a
hard contest. Since that time Concord has
been dry. One argument used against pro
hibition was that it would uffect business
unfavorably. 1 wish to say emphatically
that prohibition has helped business in
Concord, and that we have far more capi
tal invested in manufacturing than would
have been the case with bar-rooms. As to
the old argument that prohibition dos not
prohibit, but rather increases diiukin?. i!
am sure that this is not true as to Concord.
Our population is four times what it was
when we had bar-rooms, yet there is hard
ly one man found druuk on the streets,
where four were then. I can't recall when
I have seen a drunken man ou one of our
principal ' streets. - A - -:' great amount oi
liquor is said to be consumed in Concord,
but it must be well scattered to produce so
little apparent effect. During tfvj firsi
lour or nve years otjpron tuition it was
hard to break up illicit Belling, but 'this
no longer so, owing to tue stieiigthof pub
lic sentiment. For the last ten years there
has been no chance whatever of the re-iu-
statement or oar-rooms, every one is so
well satisfied with the present state of af
fairs. I venture to say that if you get pro
hibition in Snlisbury and the friends of the
cause see that the liw is properly enforced
that in less tbaa five ye.u s there will be no
cuance wnaiever or ine re-aamission oi
open bars. As to loss la taxes it is uune-
cessarj for me to speak, because people
opposed to the saloons will not cease to op-
pose them on tins account, frommuon
has had a most excellent effect upon young
men in Concord and drinkmg is no longer
customary among mem. u ine people ot
Salisbury will keep tue bars closed for five
I irAMM itra ti will rovor novo thorn - tt rain - ill
t vaia rvu vtai uvwa v uviu w&cuu
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oausDurv.
Mr. u. a. uourane, oi oncora, was tne
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nexi speaB-er. x speaa, saiu mr. oi
trune, xrom au- cpmcuce ux xoycara.
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My suDjeci snau De, -xoes me aosence oi
I tiara tp11v hurt hns!n9s?'' Whnn'T wiiit
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to Concord in 1888 there was no bank
there. There are now two banks, with as-
ets amounting to over $bUU,UUu. 1 speak
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i particularly of the banking business, be-
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I cause I am best acquainted with it.
As toi
I the : mannfacturiue industrv. T will state
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ih. In lOSa lh.n ni nnan)nn mill
that m it
resenting
an investment of $130,000. With-
in the fifteen years that have elapsed since i
thai tfme $1,500,000 h'as been ' invested in
cotton milling and the surpluses bring the
present total of two and a quarter millions.
Little or noue'of this capital would have
come if Uonc rd had had oars. 1 he as
sessment of property for taxation in 1903
was $2,132,611, as akainst ab nit $40j,GOO
fifteen years before an ; increase of more'
than $ 100,000 a year and at ttente of 500
per cent. Real estate has increasi d several
time over in value. We have spent $30,-
003 in graded school buildiags
We have
2,H6 children of school age in Concord and
we are prepared to give every one of them a
. , '1 A -
J?ooa eaucauon wiuiom, one cexu ot wnis
key tax. : The railroad freight receipts at
Concord are said to average 1,200 a day.
Albemarle has been rewarded for having
adopted prohibition by the investment of
aaopieu promuiuuu uy U,Q luym ux
- 1 three-Quarters 01 a minion aonars m cotton 1
i
i n t 11 j i r-i i i x t
mius. an wc uewu yuusuru.u xur oans-
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Ury to cease io oe a point or supply ior
whisky. As. it is we had only 46 arrests
t for drunkenness from Annl 1st to UCto
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ber 1st. Help us.
Air. vv. v. isra.isnaw, or mgn i-oint:
was the last speaker. He said, in part.
"1 represent a. town which has never
had a bar-room. We have the anti-jug
law and whiskev cannot be shinned
law and whiskey cannot be shipped
either by freight or express. Our city
rid of any nuisances and forms of vice and
N
poverty, which are the concomitants of
oars, x snow oi no neau pi a great
a great cor
poration who grew up in a town having
saloons. I would be afraid to bring up
boys in any whiskey townl I came to tell
you that it is, not necessary to have bars.
uur puDiic utilities are as good as yours
and our taxes are no higher. Our laboring
men and mechanics do not squander their
earnings in drink, but ; invest in building
and loan associations, and come to own
their own homes. 1 can also assure that
prohibition does not effect business nn
favorablv. The rail rnad freio-ht rpint
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at High Point run up to $36,000 a month
n or in r l n
ttUU wc "ave oaor ketones contmuauy
busy. Ihere are no .idlers in the town
and everybody is satisfied with prohibition
We have had onl ; one' local ' tio elec
tion and that was gotteu up by the whis-
i ey interest fifteen years ago. The result
wa9 80 decisive that never' since hfis there
".. -""'"PVuew lUe issue.-
jjcucia-eapicssiug rtgiei at inuuiiliy 10
be present and declaring that prohibition
uau uccd sussessiui in us wordings in
their respective towes, were also read by
-pipiessor j. v . iiu.fi oi btatesviiie, ans
Messrs. J. vv. uannon, j. P Allison and
Cox, of High Point.
Miss Ruth Bryan
a Bride,
Lincoln, Neb.; Oct. 3. Ruth Baird
Bryan, daughter of yVilliam J. Bryan,
became the wife of William Homer Lea
vjtt, an artist, of j Newport, R. I., this
evening at Fairview, the country home
of the brides parents. : V
The wedding proved to be a joyous
occasion. .Many pi the brides former
schoolmates from Wesleyari University
of Nebraska were present. The scene
jvas one of life and beauty. Rev. Dr.
Huntington chancellor of the Univer-
city, nerformed the ceremony. The
bride vtas unattended. She was attired
in a travelling grown of brown seibe
line with hat to match., The bride and
bridegroom, left after the ceremony on
a wedding tour through the South.
Suit Against f.lr- Har-
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ris To Be
Frora tbe following story taken from
the La Porte, Ind., Herald, it would
seem that the last chapter had been
written in the Harris-Boy eson affair, so
fir as the general public is concerned:
'Norman Boyeson, son of the late
ane Stewart Boyeson, whose death at
Asheville, N. C ,;as a result of insults
and indignities suffered at the hands of
Dr. Morgan of Augusta, Ga., and Land-
lord Harris of the-:
White Stone Lithia
Springs at Spartanburg, S. C, is still
fresh in the minds of the people, is a
guest of John H. i W ilk.
; The announcement was authorized
today that all proceedings relative to
the sad t affair would be dropped, the
sons of the deceased Indiana literary
mnmo n urtri mnsiKlan ha.oinr rn n ocl to
to incur the notOrjety that the pushing
of the cases against the landlord and
the doctor would occasion. J it will oe :
recalled that Mrs. Boyeson started
a ou,oou aamage suit in tne
a. mr n. AAA . .
ieuerai court at unarieston, a snort-
ly before her death, and of course her
passing away would necessitate the fil-
ing of a new complaint, in which the
sons would be the plaintiffs but after
consulting friends and attorneys it has
been thought bet to drop the matter.
They feel, as do all , who are conversant
wit h the facts, that there would be no
tronble obtaining substantial damages
from the southern landlord and the
Georgia doctor but the gain would not
repay them for the notoriety and
trouble they would have. They feel
also that their mothers name has been
fully vindicated through the newspa
pers and by right minded people and so
the pushing of .the damage suits will
not be necessary."
How Bsvr Rooms In
crease City Tocxes.
The Marion News shows that the towns
navinff saloons have a higher tax rate than
town8 lhat have no saloons. Here are the
figures it gives, first of the towns having
.in.
Tnnrno ' ' . TV Ttft&O.
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Lexintrton $0.55
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Thomasville. 75.
Gas'tonia.. 1 05
1 mu rw i rwi q
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I Waynesville 1.00
HendersonvUle..i......... ....... 1.15
The rates in tue towns having saloons
are as follows:
Towns. Tax Rate,
in Asheville $1.30
is I lrham r.:.. ... 1.34
Raleigh. 2 40
Becomes
Withdrawn
THE RACE QUESTIOIL
MORGAN SAYS b AN ISSUE-
"This isa white Man s Country"
He Declares and the Demo
crats Should Take a Bold
Stand Upon the Xegro Prob
lem, v. ' '"-'' - '-'
Springfield, Mo., Oct. 3. Uuiu-d States
Senator John T. Moign tt Aiat)ama is
here visiting relatives. He gave out an
interview to Jay o . the -political situ; ti u, ,
on which he expressed a bold position ouj
the negro question He said he woul . like -to
see put into thj next Qiiimal D mo
cratie platforai the si ro.ig-st possible
declaration thit n.is is a whit-- n an's
couutry, and that the Dim cmts i.av(.
never bt lie Vi d that ii e ueio shou share
in the adminitrath n of govt-in.n nt.
On the question f -" leadership of the
Democrats, he said, 'Wiih .a souud? aud
conservative platform that would unite the
Democrats, the question of leadership
would be veiy simple. There are at Uast
5u0 De.u. c ts in the couutry who have
the qualifications of a good president.
Most of them excel President Roosevelt in
those qualities of ca racier that belong to
the steady and reliable statesman."
A Political Manifesto.
We notice that the United btates Attor
ney at Greensboro has given to the Char
lotte Observer an interview from which
one must infer that he is quite quick to
pronounce the, Watts law a failure. The
law went into effect July 1, only tbreo
montas ago, and his evidence that it had
failed is the number of calls he has to en
force the lawl For shame! The calls up- ".
on him to euforce .the law are calls to
do nis sworn and paid for duty: He Can
not acquit himself by saying that the State .
and county authorities are doing nothing.
There is plenty otfoom for all of them
and plenty of demand. The attorney him- -self
says that he has 'a barrel full of coin
plaints mtde to him" by anti aioon league
people and others. .
While convicting the couvty auth i tties
"whw&veaUljilef 1 time id 'maner
ready for this work, the attorney convicts
himself; for his machinery has tx en b t ,p
for years. 5 It au officer can nut e force the'
law, let him resig ,'. It in more. likely that
tit is weak tliau it is tnat the la is vvt ak,
is it not? Many a man h i conct al U his -lisinclination
io do his duly by leiuper
h ce measures by saying ihai pub ic tcnii
nent will not support tne la a
Candidly, the District Alt .n.ey'n inter-'
v ew-reads more like an utt-rnnce for. to-
litical effect than an honot slat ment. In
tha same paper, by the w a , it is ani.oun -
ced that the Watts Act w:.l e the inane in
the next campaign. ' The po iti. al party
that raises a hm d against ihe lemni'ift ji a
sentiment now in North Carolina will mt
know i;s name after the . election. Bibli
cal Recorder.
' uioc m ixaicigu JdUUdl y
3t, 1904.
DlSDenSaiT tO be Established
I . -. " j
c inctanH
After January firt, 1904, the 21 saloons
iu Kaleigh will cease to . exist and a dis-
pensary will take their place.
Out of alotal registered vote of 1,687,
j oyer 200 of whom were disqualified by fall-
I ure to pay poll tax,' 1,138 votes were cast
aud these voters decided this question yes-
tcrday by a majority. of 184, the . vote be-
tog 677 for dispensaries and 483 against
dispensaries.
j There is not a distillery in Exleigh now
I and there can be none after January. 1st,
1904. Only 186 votes were cast yesterday.
in favor of distilleries to 751, against a ma
jority of 565.
Finance of. The State
In Excellent Condition.
Raleigh, Oct 3.The State officials
are much pleased at the financial out
look, and say that besides meeting all
current expenses,, nearly $70,000 of debts
over and above those provided by the
bond issue, have all been paid, that it
appears there will be at least $40,000 on
the right side of the ledger. -
Brayan Goes
to.Europe.
New, York, Qct,.6. William. Jennings
oryan amyea nere today from Unio, where
he has been making politicjl speeches. He
ucuicu vuai, lb came 10 iena a helping
S A LOGONS
hand to Tammany. : Mr. Bryan is here to 1
settle up the Bennett estate He said , be
would leave for Europe about the end of
the week. ' "