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folk mm. Three Cents the Copy. IND ENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. COT 3, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1907. NO. 46. II MIDNIGHT Ui Columbia, S. C, Merchant Is Killed on His Way Home BLOODY DEED NEAR SHANDON C. B. Green, Suburban Merchant, Waylaid ' and Killed Saturday Night. Columbia, S. C, Special. Charlie 6. Green, a suburban merchant, was waylaid and killed, and his assail nut, Edgar Marshall, son of P. G. Marshall, was also killed in Shandon in sight of Green 'sJ home. Their dead bodies were not found for sev eral hours. So far as eyewitnesses are con cerned, the tragedy is a mystery and oniy circumstances tell the tale. Green, with his clerk, left his store near Epworth Orphanage about 11:30, and they walked two blocks together, when Green turned down block he was accosted and the posi tion of the bodies and other circum stances h dteate that Marshall at tacked him with a heavy slu.? shot that Green fired at Marshall at close ra?ige and that Green was himself fired upon either by Marshall or a confederate of Marshall. Three shots penetrating Green's body, and two of them were fired as he was falling to his kr.e.s. Before being wounded he had doubtless given Marshall his death wound, the ball entering the right chest, and two others making flesh wounds on the face. Missed at 2 O'Clcock. "When Mr. Green had not come home by 2 o'clock Mrs. Green arous ed a neighbor and a search was made. The two men were found in the street, lying with their feet together as they had fallen. Green's pistol, with four chambers fired, a 32 calibre Smith & Wesson, was at his right hand. At Marshall's right was a 38-calibre Smith & Wesson, which had not been fired, and near his left hand was a 41 -calibre Colt's, of which five chambers had been fired. Under Marshall's body was found the regulation highwayfcnan 's slung shot, and his face was covered by a black cloth mask, while a woolen comforter enveloped his throat to complete the disguise. , The young man was unknown in Shandon and was not identified for several hours until his father was sent for and recognized in the would-be robber hi3 young son. J. Alexander Dowio Dead. Chicago, Special. John Alexand er Dowie died at 7.45 Saturday morn ing at Shiloh House, Zion City. There were present with him when he died only Judge D. N. Barnes and two personal attendants. It had been Dowie 's custom, summer and winter, to hold religious services every Sun day afternoon in the parlor of Shiloh House. About 350 of his original followers remained faithful and at tended these services. Dowie always were his apostolic robes and made a characteristic address. Five weeks aso these meetings ceased, and Dowie appeared no longer in public. Three Killed in a Boat. Sargent, Ky., Special. Thacker Rice and Speed and Elijah Bailey, brothers, were killed in a desparate fight in a boat crossing the Ken tucky river, 20 miles below here. With them was John Ellsmore. A dispute arose between Ellsmore and Kite, whereupon the Bailey brothers took sides with Rice. Ellsmore, with out warning, struck Rice on the head with an oar, and then a fight with pistols and knives followed. Ellsmore, himeslf badly wounded, finally reach ed shore with his companions, but they died soon after. Stock Specialist an Embezzler. Scranton, Pa., Special J. T. Havi land, of 20 Broadway, New York, who says he is a stock specialist, was arrested here on a charge of embez zlement. He is accused of embez zling $22000, trusted to him by Scran ton people for investment. He waived a hearing and was placed un der the care of two constables for a hearing. President to Attend Opening. Washington, Special. It is prob able that President Roosevelt will make the trip to Jamestown to attend the opening of the exposition there on April 26 on the exposition yacht Mayflower or on the Dolphin. In that event he will leave Washington on the afternoon of April 25 and steam down the Potomac and Chesa peake Bay, reaching Jamestown in the morning. President Tucker, of wt- expositin company, was at the White House to consult with the of ficials about the arrangements for the trip. ; - DOES NOT APPLY TO HAWAII Recent Decision of Attorney General Under Law Prohibiting State Pay ing Passage of Foreigners Has Al ready Caused Considerable Agita tion on Island. Washington, Special. It was au thontively stated Friday that the re cent opinion of the Attorney General in which he held that it is unlaw ful under the recently enacted im migration law for a State to pay the passage of intending immigrants or to assist immigration except by . ad vertisement will not apply to the Is land and Hawaii. In that country the decision has already caused consider able agitation under the auspices of the Territorial Immigration Society immigrants are being brought to the island from Europe and the Azores to take the place of Japanese labor ers on the sugar plantations. This has been sanctioned by the United States government and a ship load of immigrants recently brought from the Azores islands have proved very satisfactory. A conference was held Friday at the Department of Commerce and Labor the President by Attorney General on the opinion recently sub mitted to Bonaparte on the South Carolina immigration case. It is not so clear, however, in the view of the officials of the Department of Comerce and Labor, that the Attor ney General's opinion sustains the opinion of the Department that the immigrants landed at Charleston, S. C, last November are legally in this country. It is so clear, however, that, under the law, other immigrants whose passage to this country is paid by either States or individuals acting for States, may be landed in America before July 1 next, when the provision of the new immigration law goes into effect. Operatives to Be Deported. Greensboro, Special. A message was received here from Attorney General Bonaparte to whom Judge Boyd and Marshall Milliken appeal ed for advice as to what disposition should be made of the English people who have been kept in custody for ntearly four months in order that they might appear as witnesses in the case against the Charlotte mill men, which ended so abruptly Thursday evening. The Attorney General directed that all of the aliens who desired to remain in this country shall be allowed that privilege and that arrangements will be made to deport those who wish to return to England. Several will return to England, but the greater number pre fer to remain in America. Marshall Milliken will leave as soon as pos sible for Baltimore with those who want to return any they will be placed in the care of the immigra tion officials there. There are 26 of the English people here. Others are at work in mills and several have previously returned to England. Gets $25,000 For a Guess. St. Louis, Special After two years of litigation a decision was ren dered Friday by Judge McElhinnery, in the Circuit Court at Clayton, awarding to M. Logan Guthrie, of Fulton; Mo., the prize of $25,000 in a contest to the person who entered the nearest guess to the total num ber of paid admissions to the Wold's fair. Guthrie guessed 12,804,616, which was announced as the exact number of admissions. Several oth er claimants appeared and pavment of the prize was help up, pending settlement of the different claims Guthrie instituted suit in 1905. Fin ally the other claimants dismissed their claims and the court awarded the money to Guthrie. Fires Bullet Into Brain. Cleveland, 0., Special. Repulsed by tne woman with wnom he was madly in love, Henry De Burt, a prominent contractor, fired a bullet into his head while standing in the doorway of the woman's home, 1416 Prospect avenue, one of Cleveland 's fashionable residence streets Friday afternoon. De Burt was removed to hospial in a dying condition. Marvin Child Kidnapped. Dover, Del., Specials After a seach, in which the fields, hay stacks and long grass were raked over, with the faint hope of discovering" the body of Horace Marvin, the 4-year old child of Dr. Marvin, who dis appeared Monday last from the Mar vin farm near the Deleware bay shores, no clues were discovered which would in any way lead to the where abouts of the child. There is now no longer any doubt in the minds of the family or State detectives that the child was kidnapped and every move by the authorities will be on that theory. TAR HEEL LAWMAKERS What Our State Lawmakers are Do ing Raleigh. I As the past week drew near to its close both branches of the Legis lature seemed to realize how short the remainder of the session was, and dispatched business with a rush. Thursday was a strenuous day in thr senate, and a multiplicity of bills, of general and some of great importance to the people and the interests of the state, were passed. The compulsory education bill was voted into law, after the adoption of amendments which left the question of voting compulsory attendance upon the schools which the school district or township as the unit in stead of the county, as the original bill provided. The High school bill also passed the senate, carrying with it a modest appropriation for- the establishment of the Eastern Carolina Training School, to be located in the Eastern town which offers the best induce ments. Uuder this bilf the County Board of Education may appropriate a sum for the maintenance of a high school, and does not make it compul sory, so that only those counties which are ready for the advance movement will take advantage of tho act. The Buxton-Preston immigration bill passed the senate and carries with it an annual appropriation of $10,000 for five years, half of this amount to come from the state treas ury, the remainder to be taken from the state department of agriculture. The bill creates an immigration bu reau, whose ejforts to secure immi grants shall be jimited to the Unitad States, Canada and nations of Celtic or Teutonic origin, except in the in stance of a tew Eastern counties, which will be permitted to secure im migrants from Northern Italy. The usual excitement which at tends the senate debates on vital is sues was observed during the dis cussion of Mr. Reid's substitute anti trust bill, and the lobbies and gal leries were not disappointed if they expected to hear something inter esting and hot. v The Revenue Bill. Consideration of the revenue bill was resumed. Mr. weob proposed an amendment to section 13 which struck out the last paragraph and inserting after the word "dollars" in line 4 of the section the words, 11 uuui nao iuut vAuvyoa. l iiv amendment would do away with the income question blank, which the corporation commission has, during the years 1905-'06 sent to tax payers and restores the revenue act to what it was in 1903. The amendment was adopted. Mr. Webb also offered an amendment to section 55, to re-enact section 55 of the revenue act of 1905, on "state banks, private 'bankers," etc., the committee having recommended the adoption of that section. The amend ment was lost by a vote of 15 to 19. Mr. Buxton's amendment to sections 58, 70, 71, 79, 80, 81 and 82, adding thereto the words: "Provided noth ing herein shall prevent any city or town from requiring license tax not to exceed $25. annually," was adopt ed. The amendment of Mr. Turner to section 75, adding thereto a provis ion merchants or dealers who sell eye-glasses the same as itinerant oc culists was lost. The amendment of Mr. Webb to section 83 to strike out the word "banks" in line 27 of that section was lost. Mr. Odell called the previous ques tion, and the motion prevailed. The revenue bill was then put on its third reading as amended and carried. The Machinery Act. The machinery act, to provide for the assessment of property and the collection of taxes, was taken up on its final reading, amendments to sec tion 91 and 92 were given by Mr. Webb striking out in the house amendment all relating to New Han over and Cabarrus county, relating to sheriff's collecting taxes and re ceiving 5 per cent taxes, the house amendment allowing the sheriffs of those counties to receive one hundred per cent or more than the sheriffs of other counties receive for collecting excess taxes. The amendment was adopted. Mr. Webb offered an amendment to section 92 by striking out subsec tion 3 and inserting "the commis sions .allowed by law." The amend ment was adopted. Mr. Bellamy offered an amendment to section 91 allowing the sheriff of New Hanover county to receive 5 per cent on all county and special taxes and the amendment was adopted. Mr. Odell moved the previous ques tion, and the bill then passed its final reading. f! n rr ration Commission 'r Powers The bill to enlarge the powers of the North Carolina corporation com mission, being a substitute to the house and senate bills, was passed jn its second and third readings and ,aa gent to the house for concur rence in the senate substitute. Compulsory Education. The compulsory education bill, to provide for four months' school, was considered on its third reading with the Webb amendment. Mr. Aycock said with the Webb amendment there should be no ex emptions of counties from the bill, as the amendment provided for a vote of the precinct or township, on the question of compulsory education. Mr. Hicks amendment, Which kill ed section 3 this providing that boards of education in townships where 60 per cent of the children of school age are not attending school, ana wnere ao per cent ot the enroll- i i r w . . . . ' I ed scholars do not attend, mav order compulsory education, had already There vns n -niso rn rl.o I J " 6 J i.. xi I uuif aim it wus ju-reierreu io me i oommittee on education, which will report a substitute to provide for an election ship only, and report the substi- Kill i jiiotiucui ui uoiiiijtiuy , i au lUie Uul, I - . I j m a o r n n . . Other Matters. The bill to protect the strawberry growing industry, by providing a tax of one cent a bushel on strawberries, to pay for an officer to inspect the fruit and look after cars, was op posed by Mr. Williams, of Duplin. He said the bill was gotten up by the truckers' association, which did not represent one-third of the strawberry growers. : The object of the bill was to make a Democratic legislature endorse a tax by this association on which a Republican congress had declared was unlawful. Mr. Laughinghouse advocates the bill, declaring that the Truckers' As sociation was a Ged-send to the farm ers and truckers in Eastern North Carolina. Had it not been for this association the truckers would have lost $300,000 by failure of the rail roads to furnish cars year before last. Mr. McCracken, of Columbus, strongly urged the passage of the bill and Dr. McNeill, of Cumberland, stat ed that unless the bill became a law, he feared the strawberry industry would be killed. Mr. Morton explained the bill, say- t was badly needed, and was ab ely necessary for a continuance of the strawbery growing industry. Mr. Williams, further opposing the bill, stated its only object was to give offices to men who had been put out of business and had lost their jobs by the passage of the Hepburn bill Not one strawberry grower in fifteen had anything to do with the Truck ers' Association, and this association was preparing to tax every grower to keep some of their promoters in ' office. The following counties were ex cepted from the law: Pender, Scot land, Wayne, Robeson and Duplin and so amended the bill passed its final reding To increase the pay of clerks and employes of the house by , allowing them mileage, and the pages ten cents a day in addition to their salary To establish the Stonewall Jackson Training school. (This is an appro priation of $7,500 for the substitute institution for a reformatory. It pass ed by an unanimous vote.) The bill to take Surry county from the Eighth congressional district and attach it to the Fifth district, came up. Manning, of Durham, Royster, of Granville, of the fifth district, and Harshaw, of the eighth district, op posed the bill Mr. Doughton favored the bill, stating it was a plain proposition as to whether the eighth district should have the probability of a Republican member of congress two years bonce. He said he did not blame Mr. Har shaw for opposing the bill for he knew that if a clean, honorable man like him was the next candidate for congress, he stood a first class chance of being congressman himself. Mr. Hankins, of Davidson, and Mr. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, favored the bill, declaring it was necessary for tne election or a Democratic con gressman in the eighth district, and would not endanger Democratic sue cess in the fifth district The bill passed its second reading by a vote of 62 to 41. Objection being made to its third reading, a motion to suspend the rules was adopted and the biH passed its final reading. The bill regulating the investment of the reserve fund of musrance com panies doing business in North Caro- lina, being reported unfavorably by the committee, Mr. Lockhart, its au thor, brought it up on a minority re port. After Mr. Lockhart had spoken a few minutes in support of the bill, he agreed to have further considera tion postponed- and the bill was made a special order A inint relntion that the ireneral advocate, notes the New Haven Reg r! J!5011111011 V" e & ral fcter of that theory of education for sembly adjourned at 12 o 'clock Mon- m 1J r assembly adjourned dav. provoked much discussion. Mr. Justice, from the floor, called atten WW which had not b'een passed. He sasd that unless the sen ate moved faster than it was doing, and this house passed a resolution to adjourn Monday, the probability was that members would go home "dis credited by not having fulfilled their nledpS frt th( nnrtv onA n 4-Vio tvo- - v "v w hw I pie. Mr. Blount, and other members spoke on the same line, declaring that it was the duty of the members to stay here a month longer if it should be necessary to carry out Democratic pledges, or to enact laws necessary tor tne good oi the state. Mr. Clifford, the introducer of the resolution, withdrew it. Decision Against McClellan. New York, Special. By a unani mous vote the appellate division of rno Snnrama .-. X1 . J 1 - l I . u" fIluaJ aeciuea against Mayor lieonre McClellan. in his legal fight to prevent the quo 1 ., . v... i, i the votes ill the New Vnrlr Pit,, I KM n 10AT. Til ii I VJ- rw xucjlc was auueu to tne I decision a recommendation that the I questions involved he passed up to the I I Arrested Pnr w,,rdT I Arrested ror Murder. St. Louis, Special. Harry Muer- I ty-t. ok . aj .j. i I jx, was aiiesieu ai UlS home n naay in connection with the mysterious murder of Mrs. Kate Quernheim, whose dead body, shot, I cut ana oruisea, was round in her home. The police state that the ar rest of Mauermeyer is not regarded as. solving the mystery, but he is be ing held pending investigation o statements he made following the discovery of the dead. Should Pay Share of Taxation. New Haven, Conn., Special. A demand that public service corpora-. tions should pay their just 6hare ol the burdens of taxation in municipal ities was made by former Mayor J. M. Head, of Nashville, Tenn., m an address at Woolsey Hall as guest of Yale University and before the As sociated Civics Societies. He spoke after the general subject of "Civic Betterment." President Hadley of i ale presided. Raisuli's Escape Confirmed. Tangier, By Cable. The news that Raisuli once again has escaped his pursuers in confirmed. Kaid Mehalla, the representative of the minister of war, has dislodsred the Bed-Iarous tribesmen from their positions and driven them a considerable distance. He burned seven villages, killed 20 of the tribesmeil and took a numberxof prisoners. Raisuli, however, succeeded I IIS Hi escaped betore the engagement and took refuge at Tazirout. 0? NEWSY GLEANINGS. Horse meat sales in Paris have doubled in eight years. Great Britain will spend $152,000,- 000 on her navy this year. Canada's strict Sunday law was put into force in most of the provinces. Sir Francis Plunkett, former Brit ish Ambassador at Vienna, is dead. General Stoessel is accused of trea son in having surrendered Port Ar thur. The monks of St. Bernard, in the Alps, are soon to appear as automo- bilists. Laxity of French judges is result ing in -great increase of crime in the country; A special cable from London -tells of the anger in Coventry over a vari ety actress' imitation of LadyGodiva's feat. The members of the commercial clubs visiting Panama have appointed committees to make a thorough study of canal conditions. Japan will place in London, Paris and New York $115,000,000 in five per cent, bonds, to retire $110,000,- 000 of six per cents. Mail advices from China say that reactionary influences are in control, and that an agitation has been begun to boycott American and Japanese goods. The first number of the raised- character magazine for the blind. which will cost its promoter, Mrs. William Ziegler, $70,000 a year, has been issued. Although Wall Street financiers were not satisfied with the Aldrlch bill, signed by the President, they admitted that it was at least a begin ning toward obtaining ultimate elas ticity in our currency. France is reported willing to sup port a discussion of limitation of ar mament at The Hague. President Luther, of Trinity college, Is perhaps the foremost advocate of the pubic trade school in the State of Connecticut, not necessarily De cause he is in a position, as a mem ber of the State Senate to make his views felt more. He is an enthusiastic a large class among the children of the factory districts, and from pa triotic motives. Ho believes that through the trade schools the tendency to vicious idleness and street "gang ing," to invent an expression, can best be met and resisted. PERKINS RESTORES FUNDS II.... f. i n;..- r m n r new I QUI LITB KcUBIVcd JUia Contributed Through Financier. Company Reimbursed For 1004 Re publican Campaign Gift Money and Interest Returned. New York City. George W. Per kins has returned to the New York Life, with interest, the $48,500 which he contributed to the Republican Na- tlnnal fo mnot am f mm!HA 1 1 ft A J on behalf of the company, which later 0ttt of hIs own poclwt, would ua mnnpv to tno nnm-nantr'a o.. .t - . . - a jnwn ago. Mr. Perkins sent the following let- er dated March 6, to President Orr, tt ln 18.-4' relue8t of the o,uvu us a payment on oe- nalf of the New York Llfe Insurance Company to the Republican Nationat with th linnprotanrfW HM, n vuuiumww. i um in is president that I should be reim bursed by the company. Subsequent ment was made without any thought ly 1 was so reimbursed. The nav- I on tne part of the president or my self of personal advantage, but sole ly in the belief that it was for the best and broadest Interests of tho policy holders, both at home and abroad. In dismissing the criminal proceedings instituted against me for accepting the reimbursement, the courts have intimated that the pay ment and, therefore, the reimburse ment was not for a proper corporate purpose. I therefore return to the company the amount of money paid by it to me, inclosing herewith my check for $54,019.19, to cover prin cipal and interest." According to the Fowler investi gating committee's report of Febru ary 14, 1906, the New York Life con tributed $50,000 in 1896. $50,000 in 1900 and $48,702.50 in 1904, Treas urer Gibbs, who is now dead, having made the first two payments. These contributions the Fowler report char acterized as "illegal and recoverable at law." The Perkins contribution, accord ing to this report, was entered on the company.', books merely as "J48, 70.2.60" and "By order of the Presi dent," the Fowler committee finding no account of the manner of its ex- penditure, except in the Armstrong testimony of Mr. Perkins and ex- President McCall. i HARED1AN AS AN EXAMPLE. Colonel Hepburn Says He is a Living Justification For Radical Laws. Washington, D. C. Colonel Hep burn, Chairman of the House Com mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, talked about E. H. Harri man. "I believe that Mr. Harriman is the living justification of all the rail road legislation that we have en acted," he said, "and all that we have attempted to enact, and that by his own admissions we should have passed laws much more drastic than we did pass. If I understand the testimony of Mr. Harriman and his associates, it is possible, under our present financial system, for one man to increase the indebtedness ot railroad corporation by $92,000,000 without adding to it one cent's worth of visible property. If it is not high time that such a condition of affairs should be ended, it seems to me that no evil under the sun should be cor rected." "Mr. Harriman announced that he was sightseeing," remarked one of Colonel Hepburn's friends. "Well, perhaps he was," admitted Colonel Hepburn, '"but I think the" public saw the greatest sights this trip." REAL "RAFFLES" LAWYER'S SON Lake Forest College Student Robs and Makes Confession. Chicago. Richard O. Hoops, a stu dent of psychology in the Lake For est College and a reader of "Raffles,' became a victim of auto-suggestion and turned burglar. He has con fessed to robbing the home of H. C. Chatfield-Taylor of $5000 in jewels, and is believed to be the person who recently robbed the home of Robert McGann of $10,000. Hoops is a son of Ira C. Hoops, a prominent lawyer of Kokomo, Ind., and is twenty years old. ENCAMPMENT AT SARATOGA, Next Gathering of the G. A. R. to Be Held at Famous Resort. Zanesville, Ohio. Saratoga has been definitely decided upon for the National . encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic this year. The Executive Committee, to which was referred the question of confirm ing the action of ' the Minneapolis meeting last fall, or changing the place of meeting to Atlantic City, made its report of the vote taken, which has resulted in favor of Sara toga. New State Adopts 2-Cent Fare Ides. A two-cent fare provision was mads a part of the constitution of the new State of Oklahoma. ' ' Safe Blowers Get $4000. The safe in the Farmers' Savings Bank at Mason ville, Iowa, was blown open. The robbers took $4000.