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VOL.IX. .... ; ? XQCTMBUNrC,, THUR)AYtDEOEMBER 3, 1903. , - . ; KOs7
Wild Run of Train Down
the Balsam Moun
tain. -
TWO MEII DIE AT THEIR POST
And Three Are injured Englr
neer Moore, of Asheyille, and
Brakeman Porter, of Way-
nesville, Die on Their Train
Others Jumped.'. -
Asheville.Nqv. 24. A wreck wbicb
brought death to two men . and injured
three others occurred west of Balsam
station on the Murphy branch Sunday
niffbt shortly auer u odocK. An iex-
tra freight train from Asheville Vt
beyond control when descending the
mountain grade and was soon speeding
at a fatal rate. Engineer I). Guy Moore
was killed, Brakeman Charles Porter
remained on the" train and; was also
killed. Conductor J. NJ.' Boon and
Flanman Guy Killian and Robert M.
Fortune 'jumped add were seriously
bruised.
The body of Engiuet r Moore was
brought in on the regular passenger
train which arrived here at . o'clock
yesterday afternoon, it was? accompa
nied by the brother of the deceased and
his aged father, Mr. W. L. Moore - of
this city. At the -'depot were, mem
bers of PisgaK and Asheville lodges,
Knights of Pytbifcs, and the burial comf
mittee of Pisgah lodge, of which 'Mr.
Moore was a member, T. A. Jones, C.
A. Web, W. W. Harwood, R. W. Betts,
B. F. Hall and J. P. Kerr. , The body
of brakeman Porter, was- lirbui; to
Way nesville, where his family live, yes
terday afternoon. ' - -
The accident was due to frost on the
-rails which caused the train to slip!
Balsam station is the highest railway
station east of the Rocky Mountains and
the grade westward is very steep.
Fireman Fortune, who is only 19 years
old stated yesterday that he noticed the
Autumn with if s whistling winds and frosty mornings tells us that winter is near. Th Eall Clothing question is now an all
important matter for consideration,-and we take grejit pleasure in Boy, or Parent, who will have
clothing to buy during the season, to call on us for the purpose of looking at, and examining the new (Jlothing, Hats, Furnish
ing Goods we are now showing. To show our new, 'styles affords usgreat satisfaction. ALL THINGS ARE READY COME
THE NEW3AC
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-vm ik. f-m. Li..:
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and Scotch Suitings are the favorite fabrics.
This way, young man, if you want a Suit
l iulucs inai s sinciiy
TO THE
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TT 7T. . t;at5 : The stvles aire better than you can have them made by the best dressmakers, and our
in anything you wear, except shoes and hats. The smoswo fair orice.to everv bne. and sellfor cash only.
train's speea was Dunusual and asked
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ir. .viooreu tne train was running
away. The latter said no but a few
moments later came towards the place
where the fireman was standing xn the
gaugwu.y as tuougn ne intended to
jump. . The fireman got down on the
siep. Mr. Moore said he had done all
be could and could not stop -r the ,train.
"I have 3one all that mortal r n a u
wid,JbenSineer ''jump and save your
life. Thn fi ro man than !iimrw1 ...
ing several somersaults when he struck
the ground. The train had attained
a terrific speed at this time. It reeled
around curves with such , force that a
load of piling, heavy timber used in
trestle foundations, broke dowm the
wooden:- uprights ?r. which held
them on the flat car-and were hurled
in the air.' It was one of these which
caused the engineer's death. It is sup
posed that he was knocked from his en
gine by an upright. His head was
mashed in so as to be utterly unrecog
nizable. Other members of the train
crew jumped and escaped without
serious injuries.
Engine Breaks Loose Prom Train.'
During the wild ride down the moun
tain, the engine broke loose from the
cars which left the x track and Were
pited in a mass of debris. :
rhe scene of the wreck shows thatJ
cue train naa run aoout a mile bfnr
any wreckage occurred and' from that
pi-tce to a point near the 38 mile post
there - were scattered timlur ua
pieces of car and freight. -In
the train of eight loaded cars was
a car loaded with steel beams for
bridge building and these battered the
cars in front. All the cars worn iirn
from the track and broken up.
The engine, No. 1347, strange to say,
did not leave the track after it broke
loose from the train, but ran a mile
and a balf to a top grade, where it
stopped.
A wrecking train was taken out eurl
yesterday morning by Superintendent
ttaraseur and Trainmaster Simpson.
The track was found torn up but it was
repaired in, five hours. The body of
Brakeman Chas. Porter was found after
a considerable time buried under - the
wrecked. cars.
Engineer Moore was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Moore of this eity. He
leaves besides his parents, his sisters
Mrs. Plato Bostic, Mrs. Homer Fan
ning, Miss Fannie Moore and a younger
sister, besides two brothers, E. B.
Moore find Owen Moore.
Mr. Moore was a young man well
known and greatly liked here. He had
been engineer only eight months and
was a member of the B. L. F in which
he carried $1,500 life insurance. -
iMr Porter was the sou of Mr. S
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Yoking . y
Suits
The young man who insists
upon Fashion's latest whims,
v naturally comes to Fashion's
Headquarters for th(m ' As
you know, that me.ins he
comes here. -
As soon as he lands he puis
or a Suit, and the Suit gener
ally lands him at once. . '
The smartest and newest
double breasted Sack Suits are
he.-e, as well as the new, firm,
hih shqulder. narrow lapel,
"single breasted Sack Suit.
Worsteds, Fancy Cheviots
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Some
ci,.o
JliMVliJliXtv fiirfrfs:
Porter of Way nesville, and hid three
brothers, one of whom lives in Russell
ville, Ala., and the other two, J. Q. and
wraon sorter, live here.
' Would DU In CabooM.
Conductor Boone. wVfn ha haw thfl
train was beyond! control, made an effort
to reach the cabqose. his post of duty
ne ieu a own tnree times on the sway
ing cars before he reached it. -: He . de
clared to the crews that the - train was
going to be wrecked and if he was go-
ing 10 oe Kiuea ne intended to die in
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me caoooae. - . -,
. In Praternal Order.
Mr. Moore was a popular and devoted
memoer or tne k nitrhts or Hvthfas ha.
in? a memhfip of Plamh TsxAtra. Ke 99
j-uiaioage win meet at castle nan at
1:45 o'clock to meeting k the members
of - Asheville lodge and. all visiting
mi. i i i . R '
fTtnians are invited, rmm the indora
room the members wjll go in a body to
the First BatJthst ! church ta nav tV
last respects to the . memory of ; their
beloved brother, - -
, The funeral services of Mr. Moore
Will take nlace this afternnrm ttt t.h
First Baptist church at three o'clock.
The pall bearers and hearse will leave
the residence, 45 South' French Broad
avenue, about half
past'two i o'clock1.
uitizen.
CHOATE LUNCHEONS BRYAN.
Distinguished lEnglishmen to
Meet Bryan.
London, Nov; 25. Ambassador Cho-
cate gave a luncheon to William Jen
niogs Bryan today;. Among the dis
tinguished persons invited to. meet Mr.
Bryan were premier Balfour, the Earl
of Onslow, Charles T. Ritchie, Sir Rob
ert Griffen. Sir Gilbert Parker. Mor.
ton Frewen, Lord Denbigh, Lord Mount
Stephen and W. L. Courtney.
The luncheon was Informal and no
speeches were made. ' Mr. Bryan's pow
ers as a story teller quite delighted the
English guests. " Whether it was done
on purpose, or otherwise, there war a
touch of grim humor in the fact that
Mr. Choate placed Mr. Bryan between
Mr. Balfour And Mr. jRitchle, who had
not met since the cabinet split. ;
; Mr. Bryan has arranged to address a
meeting at the Mansion uouse, . oubiiD
where he will be the guest of the lord
mayor. No date j f or the meeting has
been deeidedpon---ii;;ir
SEND
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te cARDrtJe
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yon and what cloth ydu want -
All cloths, all colors, all styles, that deserve tivbe
here, are here! ; ' . . .1
Overcoats at $3.oo, $7.50, $15.00, apd away up to $30.00. ,
The weather is rather Overcoatish now-don't you think so ?
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of you who read this, mey hot know that we also sell Ladies', and Misses Tailor Made Suits,
fjiS: WraDs and Jackets, in fact, in oir Ladies Departmentyou can come and be fitted
Canes. Wraos and JacUets,in ract, m oir taaies uepanmeniyou can
HIS TROUBLES
He Has Plenty of Them
At Present to Think
; About.
SAID AN UIlFOnOIVABtE TIIIHO
Bassett Is A Good Man He Has
Merely Blundered Beyond Pardon-
Poor Chap-And, So, the Effect of
One Utterance. One Publi cation
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Spoils a Bright Futures-Poor Chap!
Somebody has said that it doesn't
make any difference to a man if his
friends stand by him when he is right;
he needs their backing when he is
wrong And this suggests the greatest
sorrow in the case of Prof. Bessetu His
friends can't support him. In heaping
abuse upon, this man the world has
failed to note the tragedy and pathos of
his case. He- is shoved back against
the wall, and no one pretends to defend
him. His friends look at him dismally
and shaked their heads. He is sroincr
to resign his position and, . probably,
jrill have to start life over again, and
there is no note of regret. This may be
right, for he said a useless thins: and
an unforgivable thing. This is not
written by a stranger to Prof. Bassett.
The writer lived under the same j roof
with him. saw him day after day at 'the
same college, and learned to admire
him very much! j. He had. unusual at
tainments, unusual strength. ' His life
was as open as the day and nobody 1 saw
anything in it to criticise. He had a
level head and made no blunders. . He
worked himself'' up from the bottom
swiftly, yet surely and understandingly;
He made no false steps. He said noth
ing not fraught with common sente, pr
kindness, or wisdom. His life was well
rounded; he knew nothing about im
pulse; and he "seemed to know his
fellow man. Uu to the time , he wrote
the fatal article on the nesrro ouestion
his entire career, his worjE and utter
asces,were of such nature Ss'to demand
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The good features of
our Overcoats proclaim
themselves.
There are a dozen .
kinds and styles. What's
your particular prefer-
ence long, ' short or
medium ? ; We have it-
You Mccke the
- Decision.
By the time we have
shown you what Over
cQat ,. styles are worn,
you will be able to de
cide which one becomes,;
QREETINQS
hnftfir than vou can havb them made bv the best dressmakers, and our
general commendation. He seemed safe
and secut e a human - thincr ; resting
confidently on the result of a lite-time's
systematic work. And then in an
hour or a day - he spoiled every thing.
The exact meaning of his words is no
matter now. - Public sentiment is crys
tallized and forever, in North Caro
lina Prof. Bassett will be looked upon
as the man who dared to say things
about negro equality thaUire a slap in
the face of a white man and who de
clared that, with ttie exception of Gen-
erai ooert uj. Liee, . Brooker. Wash
intrton is the greatest man that hna
been born in the South in a hundred
yearsv And, KO, the effect of one ut
terance, one publication, must serve to
wine out the mmpmhftranptt nf a nmur)
and honorable career, .which was build
ed on principle through many long and
weary ;years oi earnest, laitniul "toil.
Ihere is chance for moralizing, hnt
who wants to moralize over this affair?
At a elaoce one sees that the mimosa
of a erood life is wrecked bv twh spn.
tences, and, then, even in the reproach
1 m
inat comes, ne must aepiore the trage
dy that is1 so . manifest. The world is
hound in c on ft - man ftvprvhnr! v )a
hounding him and his friends' are silent
1 v m
ana . neipiess. n ne naa done any
othor conceivable?deed he would have
found some sort of defanca . fm hia
friends are numbered by the hundreds,
but with all his coolness, all hia lonrn.
insr and knowledo-e of men ha wa nnt
ame to rerrain irom sayine the words
tnat a uttie cnua would nave reckoned
as ruinous. But tbe pathos is there
ust the same. Bassett is a pood man.
He has mrel v hlundfirad hAvnnri nar.
don poor chap. His experience really
makes .one wonder if any man, however
great, is ever safe from the speech that
may spell utter damnation in the pub-
ic mina. i;nanoiteuoserver.
Bassett Resigns..
Raleigh N," C, Nov. 19. Prof. Bas-
ett, occupying the chair of English at
Trlnty College, at Durham, has ten
dered his resignation and the Trustees
will act on it Tuesday night. Prof.
Bassett's resignation is due to the fierce
criticism of. the dress on his article in
The Atlantic Quarterly on the negro
question in which he stated that Book
er Washington Li the greatest man ex
cept General Lee, born in the Souih
in a hundred years. : College ' patrons
were threatening to withdraw pupils
and Methodist churches were -demand
ing .IBassettdlsmfssal
My-
I Ihopxims I tsiH
- i Boy5 I I, DA
; pleased as well as the parents
v We have Boy's Suits that will satisfy all hands
and promote contentment in the family circle, -
r. i Our handsome Short Pant Suits for Boys from 5
to 16 years, in two or three piece styles, Will r ,
FILL THE BILL EXACTLY
: Sl.OO, $2.00 or ; $4.00 are some of . the
prices. The Suits are - handsome and. Have style
enough to please both the boy tind his motheras well
aslthat substantial wear his father will insist upon
havings . - '
: j Bring the boys here for all rqund clothes satis
faction. " " - - " ; r '."'i t
THE WHITE CASE CONTINUED
Principal Witness for Dofenca
Is Seriously I1L
Salsibury, Nov. 25-TThe White case
will not be tried at this term of court;
Tbe affidavit, in support of a motion"
for a continuance, submitted by the de
fence.this morning, recited thaf a ma
terial witness, Miss Annie White, niece
of .the two defendans, and whose alleged
seduction by-Russell Sherrill was the '
cause, it is said, of the tragedy, is now . .
in a hospital in Lynchburg, Va., in
a very delicate'state, and coald not be -
present as a witness for the defense.
It was proposed to prove, by her. that
her uncles had no intention of" killing
young bherill , when they went to h is -home,
and that the conversation of one
of them with her, on the night prior to
the homicide, after their arrival at
Mount Ulla from Concord, in response,
to an appealing letter from her mother, -indicated
only the intention of peace
ably persuading Sherrill to marry her '
They Will Marry, AnyhoT7.
A drl in this town, says a Missouri
paper, had a proposal of marriage Sat;
urday night and -asked a week to con
sider it. She then organized herslf
into an - investigating committee and
commenced takincr testimonv frnm th
married women of her acquaintance
The first one she visited used to be a -belle
and the most admired girl in the
town oeiore ne was married nix years
ago. Tbe cross examination brought
out the fact that she had three child-"
ren, did all her own work, u eluding
wasbine- and ironino-. and had not hn
down town for six weeks, and that her
husband had' given her two dollars
since ,they were married. . Another
woman whom she visited quit teaching
school to raarrv "the hat dsomaRt anil
best dressed man in town," and she is
now supporting- him. A third didn't :
dare say her soil was her own when
her husband wjas. around, though phe
used to write some lovelv prr&ir hn
sbe wa in school on the 'Emanclpa-;
t.inn nf Wnmsn.'' tunrt th fniirt.Vi ornmun v
she visited. was divorced., Aftpr sum.
-mlng up the evidence she. went home -anoXwrote
the young man- She willbe-
marnea nexo wees., i c , -
That
Soy's .
Clothes;
I i m J
The clothes question for the
growing Boy is a perplexing
V proposition at best. ' ?
Parents, who have raised an .
assortment of boys, know all
- about it. The boy must be
r
Vua
if
ness &ndwe think you will a.0n WitK iis. that it is the best way.
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,11 'ww t tUtit it is the best way i t . ;
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