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A JOUR
President Roosevelt
Southern
FEATURES Of RECEPTIONS
The Visit of the Nation's Chief Mag
istrate to the State of North Caro
lina and the South an Event of
Great Significance.
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The coming of President Roosevelt
and party to North Carolina, his at
tendance at the State Fair, his as
sured cordial reception by the thous
ands of loyal citizens gathered at
the State 's Capital City to do honor
to his presence and the triumphant
jurney through the heart of the
State on his way to the far South,
marks an event in history long to be
remembered. The visits of our Pres
idents to this section have been all
too infrequent in the past, and the
announcement that Mr. Roosevelt had
determined to see this splendid sec
tion of our commoa country himself
and give our people an opportunity
of seeing and hearimr him. was hailed
everywhere with delight.
The time of his coming is peculiar
ly opportune. The crops -full and
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PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
bounteous have been harvested. The
people have both leisure and means
to take a great holiday. The State
Fair in itself is an event of great
iinK)rtance in the social and indus
trial life of the people of North Ca
rolina,. Gathered in the Capital City
of the State will be its , substantial
citizenship the men and women who
have done things to make for the
marvelous development of our splen
did resources.
The reception at Raleigh will be
such as befits the dignity and char
acter of Mr. Roosevelt as a man and
as a public official.
The several hundred school chil
dren of the city public schools will
perform a portion of the program in
the reception to be tendered President
Fall River Cloth Market Firm.
Fall River, Mass., Special. The
sales in the print cloth market for
the week will amount td about 200,
000 pieces. The tone of the market
continues vary firm. The demand for
goods has been active, but the mills
are only moderate sellers at ruling
figures. -
Fire in Chicago. .
Chicago, Special. Five firemen
were slightly injured and property
valued at $130,000 was "destroped by a
fire that demolished the' 'five-story
.brick building at 75 annd 77 Lake
street, occupied by Podrasink, Klap
perieh & Co., wholesale dealers in
paints and wall paped. The fire is
supposed to have started' from spon
taneous combustion and' several ex
plosions of oil . and varinsh occurred.
The five firemen were injured by fall
ing glass, and flying splinters caused
by the explosions.
SOOTH
and His Party Enjoy
Hospitality
Rooseveut upon his arrival in Raleigh
on the morning of October 19th.
These young people wil meet at the
Capitol Square at 8 o'clock Thurs
day morning of the Fair, arid form
in line. They will then be orderly ar
ranged on Morgan street between
Fayetteville and Wilmington streets,
and- on Wilmington street in the end
of the square. When the Presiden
tial procession passes they will sing
"Coralina" while the President, of
course, makes himself indelible in
their hearts by his profuse bows with
uncovered head.
Military Features.
Besides the two local companies
and the militia of surrounding owns,
there will come several commands
from a distance. In response to the
special invitation issued to the sol
diery of the State a few days ago,
the following companies have signi
fied their intention of coming :
The Sampson Light Infantry, Com
pany H, Section regiment, of Clinton ;
Capt. Cyrus M. Faircloth ; fifty strong
The Fayetteville Independent Light
Infantry, Company F, Second regi
ment; Capt. N. H. McGeachy.
The Lumber Bridge Light Infantry,
Company L, Second regiment ; Capt.
J. W. Hall.
At Durham, Greensboro, Lexington,
Concord and Charlotte, where short
stops Will be made, " tremendous
crowds will greet our Chief Magis-i
trate and listen to what he may have
to tell them.
The trip through the State will be
one grand triumphal march of the
nation's lading citizen, honored by
all, irrespective of party, because of
the dignity of his office and the grace
and fairness with which he has dis
charged his official duties..
At Charlotte a fifteen minute stop
is promised, when, the President will
be driven to Vance Park and the peo
ple will have an opportunity of both
seeing and hearing him. v
Killed in a Row.
Union, S. C, Special. In a row.
Friday afternoon near the forest, beyond-Buffalo,
Dave Smith instantly
killed Bur. Burrell by striking him
across the back of the neck with a
stick. Both are negroes, about 18
vears old. Magistrate- Howell held
an inquest at Buffalo. '
Refused to Be Treated.
Fort Worth, Tex., Ex-Go v. James
S. Hogg is lying ill, at a hotel here of
dropsy. He was en, route to a health
resort when he had to stop. The
ex-governor, -who weighs over
300
pounds, has dropsy and his physicians
say unless he is. tapped at once he
cannot survive. He declines to be
tapped, saying if his time has come
he will e'o. but he ' is afraid of the
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needles perforating an intestine. So j
far his family arid friends have fail-
ed to move him.
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MURRAY GETS A RESPITE
Governor Glenn Makes Some Vigor
ous Remarks About the Courts.
Releigh, Special. W. R. "Murray
was granted a further reprieve until
October 26th Saturday by Governor
Glenn. A large delegation from Dur
ham, representing the defendant,
were present at the hearing before the
Governor which began directly after
the arrival of the 10 :30 train from
Durham and continued till after two
o'clock in the afternoon. The gover
nor will review the records in the case
and announce his decision on the 26th.
The petition for the absolute par
don of Murray, who was convicted of
manslaughter and sentenced to two
years on the county roads, was en
dorsed by the trial judge, R. B. Pee
bles, the jury, a brother of the de
ceased and thousands of citizens, of
Durham county. "
The attorneys for Murray were: R.
W. Winston, Frank L. Fuler, J. Craw
ford Biggs, J. S. Manning and R. B.
Boone, Jr. The friends of Murray,
who attended the hearing was: Dr. N.
M. Johnson, Col. J. Harper Erwin, J.
II. Barbee, Alderman W. J. Griswold,
T. J. Lambe, W. D. Bradsher, L. A.
Carr, J. A. Robinsin, Alphonsa Cobb,
S. F. New, C. C. Thomas, J. H. Cole
man, J. Ed. Stagg and James Mur
ray a brother to the deceased.
For the prosecution there were W.
W. Mason, an attorney of Durham,
and Col. T. M.'Argo. of Raleigh. Mrs.
J. S. Murray, widow of the man kill
ed, was also present.
During the argument, while Judge
Winston was speaking eloquently for
the defendant, Governor Glenn inter
runted him, and asked if the jury
were "too cowardly to find Murray,
guilty." The remark was provoked
by a statement from Judge Winston
to the effect that if Murray were com -pelled
to serve the sentence which had
been imposed upon him, being an in
nocent man, and having fought to
protect his life, being shot at three
times, it would be placing a premium
upon cowardice.
' I want to say here that 1 am tired
of the judges and juries oi tne state i
ctnd. ' their MniW'aml. - - Hit -
cases to me that
they themselves
should decide."
Five Thousand For an Arm.
Wilmington, Special. In the Su
perior Court the jury in the case of
Melvin Home against the Consolidat
ed Company returned a verdict
awarding $5,000 damages to the plain
tiff. Home was employed by the
company as an electric light trimmer
and lost an arm as the result of com
ing in contact with a live wire while
about his duties. The defendant ap
pealed the case to the Supreme Court.
Shelby Graded School Building Burn
ed. Shelbv. Special. The fire alarm
was sounded Friday night about 1:30
and the people of Shelby woke up to
find the graded school building on
fire. , It, being the most quiet hour of
the night, the building was about half
consumed by the flames before many
people could be gathered. The grad
ed school building was a very large
frame structure and burned with
great rapidity. The school has been
in session for about six weeks and
employed ten teachers with about
four hundred students.
Bond Issue of $50,000.
Wilmington, "Special. An addition
al bond issue of $50,000 for continu
ing and extending the permanent im
provement of the public roads of the
county was sold Saturday by the New
Hanover .board of commissioners to
Seasonsgood & Meyer, bankers and
brokers, of Cincinnati. The bonds
ran for 25 years, bear 4 per cent, in
terest, and were sold at par with ac
crued interest.
For Thirty Thousand Each.
Greensboro,' Special. Two suits,
claiming damages . of $30,000 each,
were filed in the Superior Court here
Saturday afternoon ' against the
Southern Railway by administrators
of- Leslb Garringer and Walter
Craven, the Wo young men killed by
a train here two weeks ago. Stedman.
Cooke & Strudwick -re plaintiffs at
torneys. - . f-'l:-
"Mutineers Transferred.
Wilmington, SpeciabAn order
was received here from the depart
ment at Washington, instructing that
the three negro mutineers from the
schooner Harry A. Bex-wind be trans
ferred from the Southport to the New'
Hanover jail. Shackles were tele
graphed for, from Raleigh, and the
prisoners will be brought here We'
neday- The schooner was towea into
rt hJere and undergc temporary
I . rtor, nrnad "
repairs so as sue can proce.u.
NORTH STATE NEWS
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
The cotton market steady,
Low middling.. .. ..
Strict low middling . .
Middling. ... ......
Strict middling.... .
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Good middling.. .. .
General Cotton Market.
''Atlnta, steady. . ..
.. ..9
.. ..10
.. ..10
...... 958
......9
Galveston, steady ..
New Orleans, firm. .
Mobile, normal ....
Savannah, quiet....
w.u.reouii, mm ,py2
Norfolk, firm.. .. .. . . 9
Baltimore, nominal. . .. .. .."..10
New York, quiet.. .. .. .. ...10.25
Boston, quiet. . . . . . ....... . .10.25
Philadelphia, steady .10.50
Houston, steady . . .. .. .......9
Augusta, steady,.. .. .. .... 9 13-16
Memphis, steady. . .. .. . . . .10y8
St. Lous, steady. ; .lQYg
Cincinnati.. . .
Louisville, firm". 10
Shot by Hunter.
Tarboro, Special. Mr. S. T. Cher
ry, one of the most prominent men in
the county, Avas accidentally killed on
his plantation near Rocky Mountain
late Wednesday afternoon. The cir
cumstances which caused his death are
singular. Mr. Cherry had gone out
into the woods and secreted himself
for the purpose pf finding out who, he
thought, was hunting unlawfully on
his land. Derapsey Weaver, a tenant,
was doing the hunting. Seeing a small
portion of his victim's form moving:
behind the bushes he mistook Mr.
Cherry for a squirrel and shot and in
stantly killed him.
Mutual Investment Company.
Salisbury, Special. With an autho
rized capital of $100,000, the Mutual
"Investment Company has been organ
ized here for the purpose of buying,
holding and developing real estate
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in and around this city. Whitehead
Kluttz, C. B. Jordan and Dr. R. V.
Brawley and other leading Salisbury
men are behind the new corporation,
which begins business with prospects.
The plan i& a new one and contem
plates a systematic savings on the
part of the shareholders, who are the
younger business and professional
men in the community.
, Couldn't Hold Court.
Wilkesboro, Special.- A two week's
term of court for the trial of civil
cases only convened with his honor,
Judge 0. H. Allen, presiding. The
calendar was called and it was ascer
tained that so many of the attorneys
plaintiffs, defendants and wittnesses
were in attendance at the Federal
court at Greensboro that the court
would not be held and the grand jury
was dicharged without trying a single
case.
Mitchell County's First Bank.
Asheville, Special. A gentleman
here from Bakersville, Mitchell county
tels of the organization of a new bank
at Bakersville. The bank was organi
zed by Col. Isaac H. Bailey, of the
place. Mr. Bailey was elected presi
dent and a charter will shortly be
secured. The bank will be known as
the Bank of Bakersville. It is the
first banking: institution that has been
organiged in the county of Mitchell.
Negro Killed by Cave-In.
Wadesboro, , Special An embank
ment, ten feet high, at, Mr. W. T.
Brasington's brick yard, caved in
Wednesday while hands were digging
clay, and so injured one man, a negro,
Ed. Hammond, that he died in a few
hours. '
Items of State News.
Fire damaged the Eagle Furniture
Co. at High Point to the amount of
$25,000 on Wednesday night.
A special from Salisbury says: Mr.
Joe McDaniel, 84 years oi age, came
to Salisbury to obtain license -to mar
ry Miss Lou Dawson, who is just elev
en years his junior, 73. Both parties
to the marriagre are inmates of the
county poor house.
State Treasurer Lacy says that on
the 15th of December, he will be call
ed on to pay $275,000 on pension war
rants; December 1, $40,000, the
monthlv orjeratins: expenses of the
State administration; January 1, $75,-
009 interest on the bonded debt and
$40,000 current expenses for the
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month; and about the middle of Jan
uary $200,000 of public s school war
rants, under the - act giving aid to
schools for keeping them open at least
four months . in the year: This ; will
make about $750,000 to be put out in
that period.
THE GREAT MECKLENBURG FAIR
This Event Will Be One of the Great
est in the History of County
.Fairs.
Charlotte, Special. The Mecklen
burg Fair, which will be held October
24th fo 27th, inclusive, promises to be
one of the best events of its kind
ever held in the State. Each year
this fair has been extended in its
scope and improved in interest and
attractiveness until the outlook for
the coming fair promises that it will
far eclipse all previous ones. Mr4
W. S. Orr, the manager and secretary
of the Fair Association has been hard
at work getting everything in shape
for the opening and his announcement
that all things point to a splendid
success this year carries with it the
convincing weight of experience.
The exhibits are nearly- complete,
and will1 include the choicest collec
tions of everything petaining to agri
culture, mechanics art, science and
invention.
The racing will this year be the'
best ever seen on a North Carolina
track, the entries including some of
the fastest horses in the country.
The midway will be a grand free at
traction, clean and high-toned, such
as will please, amuse and entertain
without shocking the most sensative.
All railroads leading into the city
will give greatly reduced rates, and
from present appearances the crowds
in attendance will , be tremendous.
And all who come will go away feel
ing that they have been richly re
paid for their time and money spent
in seeing this excellent fair.
GATTIS VS. KILGO.
Argument for Fourth Time in Su
preme Court.
Raleigh, Special. The case of Gat
tis vs. Kilgo was argued in the Su
preme court last week for the fourth
time. Besides the attorneys interest
ed there were few present during the
argument which consumed, the entire
time of the court. There were only
four justices on the bench. Chief Jus
tice Clark, by reason of his connec
tion with the Kilgo-Clark controversy
out of which the suit" arose, not sit
ting. . ' '
TLo public is familiar with the
grounds on which the suit is based
and with its history. At a special
term cf Wake county court last June
Judge Moore non-suited the plaintiff
Gattis on the ground that under the
last decision of the Supreme court the
plaintiff had not shown any malice
in the publication of the matter com
plained of. The plaintiff t contends
that although the occasion of the hear
ing of the charges against Dr. Kilgo
before the Board of Trustees of Trin
ity College was a qualified privilege,
the wide publication and the employ
ment of the newspapers to give publi
city to the speech of Dr. Kilgo against
Mr. Gattis constituted malice. There
were also questions affecting the right
of the plaintiff to introduce testimony
Nhowing material damages which" he
has suffered by reason of the alleged
libel.
There were present at the hearing
for the plaintiff Messrs. Graham and
Devin, A. A. Hicks, C. B. Watson and
Tom M. .Argo; for the defendants
Duke and Kilgo, Messrs. Robert "Vin
ston, T. T. Hicks, ex-Governor Ay
cock for the defendants.
A Prayer Hushed.
Greenville, Special. Wednesday
night Ernest Dixon, aged twenty-jbne
son of J. C. Dixon, of ' this county,
died at Whitsett Institute, where he
was attending school. The, remains
reached here on Theursday evening 's
train and were taken out to Mr. Dix
on's home in Chicbn township. Mr.
Dixon sent for Rev. Q. A. Burroughs,
a minister of . the Free Will Baptist
church, to conduct the funeral ser
vice. In the middle of the service,
while Mr.'. Burroughs was kneeling
in prayer and was about to close his
supplication, he was stricken helpless
and speechless. He was removed to
a bed and died an hour later.
Wants Heavy Damages. .
Greensboro, Special. Two suits for
$30,000 each have been . instituted in
Guilford Superior court against the
North Carolina Railroad company by
S. " W. Gerringer, administrator of
Leslie H. Garringer and C. B; Graves,
administrator of Walter A. Craven,
on account of the death of the two
yo'jng men who were killed by a
shifting engine an the yards in the
western part of this city two weeks
ago. Sftedman & Cooke and ex-Judge
R. C. Sfrudwick represent the plain
tiffs. The summons have been rerred
and are returnable at the , October,
term.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Premier Balfour Is not like his por
traits. .
The Countess of Jersey is described
as being a clever, cultivated woman.
Plus X. has finally succumbed and
has had a telephone put in the Vatican.
President Diaz is not so wealthy as
accredited. His fortune is short of a
million.
Lord Carew, the English nobleman,
is a farmer of renown, and owns a
herd of Jerseys of rare strain.
Swift MacNeill, who is regarded at
the champion questioner of the British
House of "Commons, is a barrister by
profession.
King Edward has revived croquet in
England, it is said. This ladylikte game
has .suffered a decline until the recent
rpyal boost.
King Charles of Portugal has the
reputation of being the stoutest mon
arch alive. He weighs 500 pounds, yet
is wonderfully active. ;
Recently Sir William Crooks lectured
twice at KImberley, South Africa, on
the making of artificial diamonds. The
lectures cost $3000, for they Included
elaborate experiments.
Simon Guggenheim, worth $15,000,
000, and one of the wealthiest men in
the State of Colorado, at one time con
ducted a little shop for the sale of
embroideries and laces in Philadelphia.
It is announced at Washington that
former President Grover Cleveland will
be one of the five representatives of
the United States to attend the second
peace conference called at The Hague
by the C2ar.
Dr. Amotette Beech er. a cousin of
Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet
Beecher Stowe, and well known as a
lecturer, teacher and physician, is liv
ing in Santa Barbara, Cal., at the age
of eighty-three. . -
THE LABOR WORLD.
A training school for carpenters has
been started by the Reading Carpen-"
ters' Union. - i - -
These are the days when no really
skilled laborer in New York. Is seeking
a job. , In fact, there's more work' in
town for such men than they can do. .
The Pattern Makers' League of Notth
America, in session at Pittsburg, Pa.,
raised the assessment of the members
from twenty-five to fifty cents' a week.
Among the propositions defeated at
the recent convention of the Interna
tional Typographical Union was a reso
lution declaring against the, National
Guard. - " '.
A v general' strike in the electrical
works at Berlin was ordered; many
employes of the power companies
joined the movement, and the street
car seryice was hampered.
Sympathetic strikes in Chicago prob
ably will be more prevalent In the near .
future through an alliance between the -
teamsters and the railway freight .
handlers. The name of the new fed
eration is. the Shipping Trades Alli
ance. Six thousand union carpenters in
Boston and its vicinity have had their
wages advanced twenty-eight cents a
day. The change becomes operative
under a decision of Judge George L.
Wentworth, of the Municipal 2ourt,
as arbitrator, given about a month ago.
The , Master Carpenters' . Association
has agreed to accept the Judge's de
cision. The Putiloff Iron Works, which have
continued as the principal source of ...
industrial disorders in St. Petersburg
since the beginning of the movement
started by Father Gapon, were finally'
closed, after a two weeks' warning to
that effect. A small crowd of work
men and agitators attempted ,to make
a demonstration, and a bomb was'
thrown, which failed to explode. The
manifestants were dispersed by Cos
sacks. -
The Hanslet Engine Company, a
Leeds firm, Thle achieved a record, by
building a locomotive In: twenty-one
days.
COFFEE NEURALGIA -
tea-res When Tcfn Quit and Use Potnm.
A lady who -unconsciously drifted
Into nervous prostration brought on by
coffee, says:
i have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and used It regularly, three times -a
da 3 v i
"A year or two ago I became subject
to uarvous neuralgia, attacks of ner
voiis headache and general nervous
prostration which not only incapacitat
ed ni2 for doing my . housework, but ,
frequently made it necessary for me to
remain in a dark room for two or three ,
days nt a time.
"I employed several good doctors, one
after the other, but none of them was
able Jo gir me permanent relief.
"E-sht months ago a friend Suggest
ed that perhaps coffee was the cause of
my troubles and that I try Postuin
Food Coffee and give up the old kind.
I am jr'.ad I took her advice, for my i
health, has been entirely restored. . I . r
have no more neuralgia, nor have I had j
one sol ary headache In all these eight
months. No more of my days are
wasted In solitary confinement in. a
dark n m. I do all my own work-with
ease. Vhe flesh that I lost during the
years my nervous prostration has -'come
lick to me during these months,-,
and I am once more a happy, healthy -woman.
. I enclose a. list of names of ..
friends who can vouch for the troth .
of the statement Name given by
Postum Cky Battle Creek, Mich.' . - T
There's a reason; ,
. Ten days' trial leaving off coffee anoV .
using Postum Is suflcfent All grocers