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VOL XIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907.
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Jamestown Exposition (Mow in
Full Blast
PRESIDENT PRESSES BUTTON
The President Introduced by Presi
dent Tucker, of the Exposition
Company, Who Declared That the
Executive's Name Would go Down
in History os the Greatest Advo
cate of the Great Event.
Norfolk, Va., Special President
Roosevelt, the diplomatic, naval and
military representative of 37 .of who
nations of the world and the Govern
ors of a score of States participated
in the opening execises of the James
town Ter-centennial Exposition.
While the exposition, which is to re
main open until November 30th next,
is still far from complete, the un
finished condition of buildings and
grounds was not allowed to interfere
in any way with the celebration of
the three hundredth anniversary of
the first English settlement in Ameri
ca. From the firing of a salute of
300 guns by the United States army,
through the picturesque beauty of the
review of the international fleet of
war vessels anchored in Hampton
Roads, through the ceremonies of
dedication at which the President
spoke and down to a late hour when
the chief executive repaired aboard
the naval yacht Sylph to spend the
night in the lower bay, the day was
crowded with notable incident.
Not the least impressive of the
day's events was the quick action of
the President1 in assuming command
of the situation in front of the crowd
ed grandstand from which he spoke
when a panic seized the surging
throng of spectators. Pressed against
the guard ropes by thousands of eag
er persons in the rear of the gather
ing who were forcing their way for
ward, the safotv of life and limb of
those who had the more favored posi
tions were endangered. President
Kosevelt had iust been introduced by
Ham- St. Georare Tucker, the head of
tlie Jamestown Expositon Company,
when the disorder and unrest in the
crowd reached its height and the cn il
crnards in front of Vie grandstand
seemed about to be swept from their
posts. With the agility oi a school
hoy, the President jumped upon the
table which had been placed in the
sneaker's balconv and waving: ins
arms cried out to the men of Vii
mia to live up to their traditions of
ialantry and cease the pushing and
'roYvdintr which Avas threatening: the
ives of the women and children in
:he asemblage, a throng which all but
olocked the big grass-covered plaza
tnown as Lee's Parade.
The ceremonies of dedication were
Diief. the features being the addresses
of President Tucker, of the Exposi
tion, and President Roosevelt. The
latter at the conclusion of his address,
pressed the gold button which formal
ly marked the opening: of the com
memorative enterprise. Then folio-
ed-an informal luncheon to the Pres
ident and 40 other guests in the audi
torium of administration building;.
The repast ended the President re
paired again to the grand stand from
which he reviewed a parade of Unit
ed States soldiers and sailors. Sea
men from the visiting fleets were ex
pected to take part in the parade, but
the difficulties of landing on the un
completed grounds prevented. The pa
rade was quickly over and a reception
by the President in the audiiiorium
brought the day's events at the fair
grounds to a dose.
The addresses of President Roose
velt and President Tucker of the
Jamestown Exposition Company were
both of a high order and were atten
tively listened to by an immense
crowd of people. The opening cere
monies were fully up to the highest
expectations of those in attendance.
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
President Roosevelt, bcina: intro
duced, delivered a strong and patriot
ic address to the immense throng
present. His speech was of too great
length to be given here in full. The
following, however, are some of his
most striking thoughts.
"At the outset I wish to say a word
f;f special greeting to the representa
tives of the foreign governments here
present. Tby have come to assist us
in celebrating what was in very truth
the birthday of this nation, for it
was here that the colonists first set
tled, whose incoming, whose growth
Jl"m their own loins and by the addi
tion of newcomers from abroad, was
make the people which 160 years
?ter assumed the solemn responsibili
;les and weighty duties of complete
dependence.
'Again, let me bid vou weleome.
1 ''Preventatives of our sister republics
this continent. In the larger as
pect, your interests and ours are iden
tical. Your problems and ours are ill
'a'ae part the same; and as we strive
SRttle them, I pledge you herewith
)n the part of this nation the heart-
lest friendship and good will."
"Finally, let me say a special word
of greeting to those representatives of
the Asiatic nations who make up that
newest East which is yet the most
ancient East, the East' of time im
memorial. In particular, let me ex
press a word of hearty welcome to
the representatives of the mighty Is
land empire of Japan ; that empire,
which, in learning from the West, has
shown that it had so much, so very
much, to teach the West in return.
"To all of you here gathered I ex
press my thanks for your coming, and
I extend to you my earnest wishes
for the welfare of your several na
tions."
"We have met today to celebrate
the opening of the exposition which
itself commemorates the first per
manent settlement of men of our
stock in Virginia, the first beginning
of what has since become this miuhtv
republic. Three hundred years ago a
handful of English adventurers, who
had crossed the ocean in what we
should now call cockle-boats, as clum
sy as they were frail, landed in the
great wooded wilderness, the Indian-
Bitten by Mad Dog.
Springfield, Special Pete Duncan,
of the Tenth District of this coun'y,
was attacked and severely bitten by
a mad dog last week. The dog at
tacked Duncan and bit Iiim on the
arms and legs, until Charley Reynolds
came to his rescue bv killing the dog
with a chair. Young Duncan is the
son of Frank Duncan, a prominent
farmer of this county, and he was
brought to the city for treatment.
Kills Supposed Highwayman.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. E. K.
Body, a switchman for the St. Louis
& San Francisco Railroad, shot and
killed a well-dressed white man,
about 20 years of age. Bodey is in
jail. Recently two murders and sev
eral robberies have occurred in the
railroad yards and Bodev said he was
about to be held up when he fired.
The body was identified later as that
of W. A. Kennedy, a moulder. He
was on his way to work when he was
killed.
Held Tor Action cf Grand Jury With
out Bail.
Danville, Va., Special. Tom Walk-
er, Joo liaugn, usear iseatneny anu
Jno. B. Talbott 4 white bovs charq-ed
with the murder of Ellen Elliott, a
negro woman, who was beat and cut
to death on the outskirts of the city
last Saturday night were given a pre
liminary hearing in the mayor s court
and held for action by the grand jury.
Application for bail was refused.
Two-Cent Passenger Rate.
Richmond, Va., Special. The State
corporation commission has handed
down a decision in the rate cases by
which after July 1, passenger rates
on trunk lines are reduced to two
cents per mile, on their feeders ro
2 1-2 cents, on certain minor roads
they will be three and on one or two
lines 3 1-2 cents. On freight a uni
form schedule is established thereby
making a slight reduction.
Brothers Meet Tragic Death.
Asheville, Special. A message
from Hot Springs, Madison county,
told of the tragic death there Friday
morning of Jack and "Yuck'' Stines.
The Stines were run over and 'killed
by train No. 101, while on the tracks
within the yard at Hot Springs. The
victims of the morning's accident
were residents cf Hot Springs, and
were well known both at that pljaee
vid in Madison county.
Brothers Meet Tragic Death.
Asheville, Special. A
message
from Hot Springs, Madison county,
told of the tragic death there Friday
morning of Jack and "Yuck" Stines.
The Stines were run over and killed
by train No. 101, while on the tracks
within the yard at Hot Springs. The
victims of the morning's accident
were residents of Hot Springs, and
were well known both at that plac
and in Madiso'n county.
Sucide in Warren.
McMinnville, Special. Joe Wo
mack, about 22 years of age, commit
ted suicide at an early hour Friday
morning at the home of his uncle,
Abner Womack, two miles outh of
town. He shot inmseii in tne neaa
and diel instantly. No eanse e
known for the act. He was in Mc
Minnville the day before, and nothing
out of the ordinary was noticed in
his demeanor.
A London firm of electroplate mak
ers has in its service eighteen men
and women who have been working
for It from fifty-six to sixty year3.
Fill Pi CAUSES DEMH
Great Pier in Baltimore Harbor
Tumbles In
THREE DEAD AND 16 MISSING
General Superintendent Edson, of
Baltimore Rridcre Comnanv.
Among the injured, Being Caught j
im.ii wmi. wnri-n,nn v-
While Warning
Pier.
Baltimore, Special. A section of
the new pier being erected at the im
migration station at Locust Point,
South Baltimore, for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad for the use of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany, collapsed Saturday, carrying
down between 20 and 25 men of whom
three are known to be dead, 16 miss
ing and 15 injured, most of them la
borers. Among the last named is W.
N. Edson, general superintendent of
Ihe Baltimore Bridge Companyt
which had charge of the steel cbn
struction. He was caught while
warning the workmen off the pier.
The de&d so far as known are :
Howard L. Eilender, Baltimore,
Engineer.
Tony Wolf, Baltimore.
Robert Sweetman, Woodberry.
Eilender lost his life trying to save
the men on the outer end of the pier.
Superintendent Edson, who was in
jured in the performance of the same
vessel, was not seriously hurt.
All the ictims were employes of
the Baltimore Bridge Company. This
was a two-story building 1,000 feet
long and its estimated cost was $400
000.' About 480 feet of A sank.
Warning of the disaster was heard
several days ago when the piles to
ward the end of the pier began set
tling and vigorous efforts were being
made to save the struct u 3.
Saturday shortly before the disas
ter occurred the piles began settling
in such an alarming manner that or
ders to leave the place were circulat
ed among the fifty odd workmen and
it is due to this fact that the casual
ties were not greater. Those caught
were on the end of the pier on the
roof.
The falling of, the pier into the
1. - i. "I 1 1 -
water created a Tremendous wave in
the harbor and led many persons io
oeueve mere naot oeen an eartnquake.
At Speddens ship vard. directly
across the harbor from Locust Point,
the water suddenly dropped eight
feet, throwing two men overboard
from a marine railway. They were
rescued with difficulty.
Two Die in 4X)-Foot Plunge.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. Two men
were killed an 100 passengers had
a thrilling escape from a like fate in
a wreck Sunday of a passenger train
on the Wabash Railroad when the
engine and one coach left the track
half a mile west of Bridgeville sta
tion, near here, and plr-nged into the
Chartiers creek, 40 feet below. Scores
of people missed death or injury
through a circumstance which is now
regarded as -providental.
The dead :
Marion Boyd, engineman, of Rook
Station.
Frank Mclsaacs, fireman of Bar
berton, O.
Former Gov. Bullock Dead.
Buffalo, N. Y., Special A des
patch to The News from Albion says
Rufus B. Bullock, former Governor
of Georgia, died Saturday at the fam
ily homestead at Albion, where he
had resided since the death of his
wife two years ago. He was 73 years
of age and leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Leonard Kendall, of Glenn Ridge, N.
J., and two sons Freeman Bullock, of
Omaha, and V. V. Bullock, of At
lanta. The .cause of death was loco
motor ataxia.
Harrisonburg Homes Burned.
Harrisburg, Special. Fire here
Thursday afternoon destroyed two
residences on Depot Hill, resulting in
a loss of over $5,000. The fire start
ed from a spark from a traction en
gine, which ignited the roof of a
house owned by theheirs of Gusta
vius Gay. The second house burned
was owned by Xewis Poynes.
Child Labor Bill Passed.
Tallahassee, Fla., Special. The
Senate passed the child labor bill by
a majority of two and the measure
is now to go before the House.
Sentiment against child labor nas
been carefully nurtured in Florida by
the labor unions, for in no city ex
cept Tampa is child labor employed
( to any degree. A strong lobby has
worked against the measure on the
ground that it would legalize the ldie
ness of the negro youth, wmcu is
profitably employed in the fish and
oyster factories along- the coast. It
is likely that the measure will pass
the House.
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT HlVt
Southern's Executive Delivers Ad
dress Before Number of Represen
tative Business Men Under Aus
pices of Mobile Commercial Club
Mobile, Ala., Special. Presidenl
W. W. Findley, pi the Southetr
Railway delivered lan address before
a large number of representative busi
ness men under tlie' auspices of the
Moble Commercial,. Club. He was
introduced by Vi President E. L
by Vide
Russell, of the Mfbile & Ohio Rail
rOad. President Hnlay said in part:
"The commerce of the United
States with the Lajt in-American coun
tries is now growing more rapid
than that with an other part of the
world and the completion of tii
Panama canal wif give a great im
petus to the development of all th
countries south ofsthe Rio Grande.
if
"There are onlyftwo ways of reaci
mg markets rail and water. Neith
er is sufficient ahlhe. Water trans
portation is not adequate for interioi
commerce, ncr bygitseif for coaswisc
or for foreign conmerce. Rail trans
portation must stilp at the shores ol
the sea.
"It would be jut as logical for the
people to array themselves against
water transportation or to undertake
to hamper and cripple it as it is for
them to array themselves against rail
roads and to favoi success which will
hamper and enppjle them.
"I think it is Apparent that any
public policy toward the railroads
which limits theirf power "to increase
their facilities anM their carrying ca
pacity to keep pale with, or to even
anticipate the acpve production cf
the Southern people, is destructive of
the best interests-rafthe vital inter
ests of the peopfp themselves.
"It is unnecessary to point out TO
intelligent busines men that the pow
er of railroads iii increase their fa
cilities is dependent upon their earn
ia capacity and qheir eredit or thai
their credit is dependent upon sus-
tained earning capacity. The roads"
cannot expect to !j earn enough from
their current operations to provide
Lemselves with he facilities abso-
lutelv essential infthe interest of our
I people.. The moiafy must be borrow
"1 cto not belief e. tnat, witn a ran
knowledge of thef facts and with a
full appreciation of the destructive
consequences to th railroads, to tleir
revenues, and to iptheir capacity ro
serve the public, Heither the Govern
or the Legislature' would have favor
ed the legislation in question and
when the true faet? are known, I have
supreme confidence that the course
ofthis company ai3 of other Alabama
carriers will be ufpeld bv the conser
vative and by the je:isc of justice and
ndit." I
Young Etes Buried.
Charlottesville, JSpecial. The fun
eral of Theodore pstes. who was shot
to death bv former Judge W. C. Lov
ing in a boxcar M. Oak Ridare, Mon
day afternoon. Ujpk place from the
home of his father, Sheriff M. K.
Estes, in the vilpage of Lovingston.
It was conducted spy the pastor of the
Lovingston Methodist church, Rev.
H. F. B. Martin. J The burial services
were in charge o Lovingston Lodge.
No. 265. of the Irfdependent Order of
Odd Fellows, of vfiich the young man
was a member.
j
fir
Drugging Stdry Questioned.
At "Rrst the dragging story was ac
cepted without Question, but now
there are persons? who hold that the
only drug used in accomplishing Miss
Loving's doWnial;; was whiskey. Hie
Estes and those if in sympathy with
them deny that tfjere was an assault,
and point to youjag Estes' behaviour
after his return ts inconsiste1 t wit
any other view. He himself ptoenred
the physician for$he younsr lady, and
the next day werfjt about his business
with entire unedhcern. General re
gret is expressed! that Judge Loving
did not allow yong Estes an oppor
tunity to explain and some say that
he shot too soonjf Criticism has been
made of the snjallness of the bail
bond. The easel bids fair to excite
as much interest In this section C4 the
Strother-Bywater tragedy.
Salaries of Rural Carriers.
Washington, Special. Postmaster
General Meyer has approved the de
tailed adjustment of salaries of rural
free delivery capers, as submitted
by Assistant Postmaster General De
Graw, and the liew schedule which
will become effective July 1 next will
make a graded Increase in the cotq
pensation of cafriers of from to
25 per cent., basjbd upon the numbei
of miles traversed by carriers as
i i- 3 ii nnrn .t
shown by the records of the Depart-
"dent.
u
Items of Interest From Many
Parts of the State
NHNOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings of More or Lets Import
ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Markets.
Peace Institute Kept Within the
Presbyterian Church.
Goldsboro, Special The Presby
tery of Albemarle, in session here,
idopted the articles of agreement by
vote of nearly, three to one. The
Presbytery was addressed by Gover
nor Glenn and Hon. J. R. Young, of
Raleigh, on the matter of the Pres
jytery's endorsing the purchase of
Peace Institute by a committee of the
First Cburcn, Kaleigh. The enter
orise was approved by the Presbytery
ind warmly commended, to the min
sters and churches within its bounds.
TM 1 A AAA mi
me price paid was Jto,uuu. Tne in
stitution is thus kept wjthin the Pres
byterian church.
Four Men Are Swept Over Cape Fear
River Falls.
Raleigh, Special. Swept over the
falls, four men were drowned in Cape
bear River at Buckhorn Falls, Chat
lam county, thirty miles from Raleigh
The dead Hans Thorson, of St. Paul,
Minn., general foreman of a construc-
iion company erecting a power planT;
b. B. Brady, of Moncure, assistant
foreman, and two negro laborers
The men were eomiiis: down the river
tn a naphtha launch which was caught
in the current and carried over 'he
falls. The bodies have not yet been
recovered. Thorson was to have been
married here Sunday, and his finance
Miss Thelma Lmdgren, was to have
eft St. Paul to join him in Raleigh.
A Horrible Find.
Wilson, Special. Between Wilson
and Tarboro a porter on the Coast
Line train observed a package behind
a stove. Picking, same up and notic
ing the bad order, the porter threw
same cut of the window without ex
amination. A man on the country
road picked up the package and on
unwrapping it discovered a dead In
fant negro baby, presumably placed
m the train at Wilmington.
Gibscnville's First Bank.
Gibsonville, Special. The Bank "Of
Gibsonville has just been opened, the
mily bank here, with W. H. Meudcn
hall. president, and John W. Boring,
cashier. The capital stock is $10,000
and the directors are: W. H. Menden
hall, F. M. Smith. J. L. Whitsell, W.
C. Nichols, Dr. G. E. Jordan. Dr. H.
P. Bowman, S. L. Murray, John W.
Boring and W. R. Cobb.
Hertford Hurt by Cyclone.
Elizabeth City, Special. A cyclone
struck Hertford las week doing con
siderable damage to buiiings, etc. A
number of houses were unroofed and
several outbuildings were clestroyed
When the cyclone crosed the river it
produced a water spouce 30 or 40 feet
high. No loss of human lives was
sustained.
Negro Fatally Crushed.
Spencer, Special. Walter Mass
fTT
colored, was seriously and perhaps fa
tally mashed between two freight cars
on the Spencer yards. He attempted
to pass between two cars standing
about four feet apart and was caught
by a shifter jamming the cars togeth
er. Massey was cauarht about the
middle of the body and mashed almost
into pulp.
New Bank For Asheville.
Asheville, Special. Another nat
ional bank will be organized and
opened for business in Asheville. The
capital stock is to be $300,000. J. JI.
Carter and others have forwarded to
Washinton application for a charter
to organize a national bank. The
new bank will be known as the "Am
erican National Bank," with head
quarters in Asheville.
North State Notes.
A charter has been granted Alex
ander & Co., Charlotte, capital stock
$100,000; F. D. Alexander and others
stockholders.
The conference between the text
book agents and State Superintend
ent Joyner resulted in excellent ir
rangements for more depositories and
better locations. A list of these will
be made public in a few days.
The amount of capital stock of the
.Waccamaw Lumber Company dissolv-
fed recently was $1,000,000. The corn-
pany .g to eary m
I nres of timber.
IS
TARHEEL CROP BULLETIN
Conditions for the Past Week as Re
ported by the Department.
The weather and Crop Bureau of
he Department of Agriculture issues
the following bulletin of conditions
for the week ending Monday, April
22nd. '
The cold weather of the week end
ing April 15th continued all the past
week. The temperature for the state
averaged about 7 degrees below nor
mal. The highest was 76 degrees on
the 20th in New Hanover cunty, and
the lowest was 30 degrees on the 18th.
in Lincoln county and on the 20th i
Buncombe county. It was impossible-
in the issue of April 16th to report
fully on the weather of the 15th. Re
ports now show that that day was ex
ceptionally cold all over the State,
and it was perhaps the coldest day
on record for that date. Killing frost
were general all over the State ex
cept along the immediate coast, and
the damage has been very great. Ice
formed in many localities, and some
correspondents report ice 1-2 ineh ia
thickness in plaees. The temperature
rose from the 15th but it turned cool
again in the latter part. Partly
cloudy conditions generally prevailed.
Thunderstorms were general on the
18th and 19th, and hail fall rfcr tho
week was reported in Cherokee county
doing some damage. The rain fall
for the week was somewhat below
normal except in the western coun
ties. A. H. Thiessen, Section Direa
tor. IMPROVEMENT ON THE GIN.
Two Charlotte Men Invent a Device
That May Revolutionise the Gin
ning Business There will he a
Saving of Cost in Production and
Time.
Charlotte, Special. Messrs. T. M.
Webb and T. J. Davis have invented
an improvement upon the present
cotton gin that premises to revolution
ize the system. The improvement
has been tested and found to be a
success. Tne simple utile toucn given
by these Charlotte gentlemen saves
mi l i 1 " :
one-third of the cost and half the
time in ginning a bale of cotton. In
other words, if the invention could be
dded to every gin in the country -the
cost of ginning a 13,000,000 bale, crop
would be reduced from $26,000,000 io
$17,333,334. The old saying that
"necessity is the mother of inven
tion" is literally true in this case.
The power bill of the ginnery of the
Elba Manufacturing Company was so
great that President Davis kept after
Mr. Webb to reduce it. Mr. Webb
saw that he could not do this with
the present gins, so he set his inven
tive mind to work on the gin with
the results recorded in the foregoing
paragraphs, and by the elercination oi'
friction MessrsWebb and Davis have
invented a device that will give a
longer staple, reduce the time one
half and cut the cost one-third. Ex
pert gin men have seen the gin tried
and they declare that it is the best,
and only material change made in
saw gin since it was invented. The
power cost now is about 30 cents a
bale, but the Webb-Davis patent will
reduce that 10 cents, and the bale can
be ginned in half the time. The aver
age 80 saw gins turned out a bale of
cotton in an hour and a quarter. The
Webb-Davis gin will cut that time
in two. These facts have been demon
strated time and time again at the
Elba plant on the corner of East
Seventh street.
Bloody Blind Tiger.
Hamlet, Special. Love Knight, a
Croatan, shot and killed John Davis,
colored, on the State line six miles
south of here early Thursday morning
The killing, it is said, was the out
growth of a quarrel begun in a blind
tiger Davis was instantly killed.
Knight fled and has not yet been cap
tured. This is the sixth murder near
place within 12 months.
Bond Issue Carries.
High Point, Special.In the elec
tion here for bonds to the amount of
$125,000, the measure carried by 9
good majority, less than twenty-five
votes being cast against it. Seventy
five thousand of the amount is for
city improvements and fifty thousand
for the Randolph and Cumberland
railroad. It required 305 votes to
carry, the election, and by three
o 'clock the necessary unmber had been
secured. .... .