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COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1907.
NO. 3.
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m5 of Interest from Many
Parts of the State
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ance Tcld in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Markets.
Our Slate at Jamestown.
leigh, Special. Commissioner
nnsrown reposition commission,
a SW. TT 1 .
l 1 .i 1 A. i." A. J. - J. i
jus i nai it requires constant aicen-
m to keep things on the move. The
anaemeni or iiie i ransuuriaLiuu ut;-
2. - -O j. a : .1
niiivifinf hoc rAAn L-minK' lOOl IP 1 11 i 1
s. oke of one ear oi' show eases for
ortii Carolina which have been loan-
U UUlUaUcu seven iiuio. j.ii-h, iu".
i i "i i i.: rpi...
e official decorators and carpenters
ave neen outrageously oenina wua
1 A 1 1 1 1 I i L
c an vi me vvui tv.. nu savs viiul
' the freights had been delivered
iihin ten days after arrival at the
1 t M A 1 A. 1 -.
inlatirai hnd been eomnleted bv the
ontraef time, practically all ot tne
ill ill "wCaA UlAUa CAUlUibO tYlSllLll
' i : lift lilt-1 II tH ! U' I I ; f V I
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ISO of the North Carolina
il 1 1 ' 1 " I .11
pttcn mius maKe exmuus ana nave
i - .a(ht m-A 4- .1 r Mari - y- P i - t- i
it in haying their department corn
reh nsive and it will illustrate all
aids of textile work done in the
late, si me of which will be a sur-
lo Mortal uaiuuuas ami iu in
a public. The furniture men
ave two exhibits and will show
ii ai a! a l
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Ml!
Ill
v, uvhU iv w ii h i i 1 1 rf ii a i' is rifiwiv i
r i. 'ifh i i . i i ill it M All I I ni ii i i:
f a istie furniture which will con
inc people that they need not send
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i Uraud Rapids or anywhere out of
rif niaie u irei ueauuiui ucsikus anu
Xl'f iittil WlllMUftilBLllll.
Thi North Carolina building at the
fan.!'-Lown Exposition is to be turned
vei' by the contractor May 25th. It
s rYnt known whether there will be
;u!v i-c!t!'i!iit's ot ueuication or nor.
ThV i.-uWin- complete and fnrmlinwV
,.,, u;., i;i- d;oo ooo
rooms have been furnished as
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n im "iwi rtAn tti M i I l n n nui' nr j o
int Ki nt iwnn ami lliuii iuuiii. Miff,
Greorffe Vanderbiit furnished the re-
ppp!:ui room throughout all the ar-
ti;- in it being the products of the
hi'i ; ;tal School, at Biltmore. She
lias al her own exuense had this room
paneled in oak. She takes a great
ilo:; of interest ill the whole affair and
Bo loom in any of the State buildings
wi!' he more attractive than this one.
One of the best known furniture man
ufaeturers in the State furnishes an
a. -
other room and it is hoped that other
nniivifaeturers will follow their ex
ample and furnish other rooms, as
it uives public spirit and at the same
time ilustrate in the handsomest fash
ion what is being done in the State
The North Carolina building will be
in charge of some specially appointed
persons or person all the time and
during North Carolina week, August
12fh to 17th, Governor and Mrs. Glenn
w ill be in entire control of it,, as the
!, mission will for that week turn
tiif b"ilding over to them. It is ex
pwted that on Thursday of that week,
Mien will be a general reception on a
verv lame scale, as that will be
uNorth Carolina Dav."
A. Large Bequest for Guilford College
h Point. N, C, Special. Mr. J
' ' x. one of the trustees of Gutl
' College, has received the encour
aews from Chicago that large
' " '. -"t has been left to said college
; ' ; the i'Wle B. Hill estate. Mi
" was related to James J. Hill, the
' ''.v magnate, and has relatives in
NT
'ii Carolina.
North State Notes.
splendid monument to Cleveland
11 lily's Confederate soldiers was
unveiled on May 10th. Col. Locke
! . was the brilliant orator of the
"'r.sion.
tate Veterinarian Butler, who
' ' to Polk county to investigate the
red case of glanders, finds it was
that disease but merely an abscess
(-t the tooth.
Ihn Bethel a notorious negro was
and killed while attempting to
" from the convict camp of
kVi 1 county near Wake Forest. He
': sentenced to four years for lar
He escaped from jail some
s ago, leading several other pris-
4 insurance Commissioner Youngmles
1 . 00 life insurance-company doing
u lIJess in North Carolina shall issue
sPecia or board contracts or sell
s t0ck in connection with its pol-
.s" "'is is to prevent rebating and
tended to place all citizens. of the
e. uPonthe same basis as far as
insurance contracts are concern-
TAR HEEL CfKP BULLETIN
Condition of North Carolina Crops
for the Past Week as Given Out by
the Department Conditions for
Week Ending Monday, May 6.
The weather was very favorable
during the past week in most re
spects. The temperature was slight
ly above normal, and the rainfall was
also somewhat above normal but was
unevenly distributed. Tuesday and
Wednesday were fair.
On Thursday and Friday heavy
rains fell in the eastern half of the
State and moderate rains in the west
ern half. These rains were in gener
al beneficial, but some correspondents
report too much rain, the effect be
ing to delay farming operations.
Some hail -fell but no damage result
ed. The remainder of the week was
fair.
The temperature was highest on the
first two days of the week, and the
highest temperature reported was 90
deerees on May 1st in Lenoir County,
du-ring the remainder of the week,
the temperature was moderate except
on Friday when the lowest tempera
ture was generally reported. A. H.
Thissen, Section Director.
Greensboro Female College Com
mencement. Greensboro, Special. Folowing is
the programme of the exercises of the
commencement of the Greensboro Fe
male College :
Sunday evening, May 19. Sermon
before Y. W. C. A., bv the Rev. W.
A. Lambeth.
Monday evening. May 20. Recital
by expression students.
Tuesday, May 21, at 11 a. m. Bac
calaureate sermon by the Rev. W. J.
Young, D. D., Richmond, Va.
Tuesday, 4 p. m. Alumnae even
ing.
Tuesday, 8 p. m. Piano recital.
ttttder the auspices of the alumnae
ss;- t;itun. bv Claude Roberson.
u euti-sday morning, May 22, at
9 :30 o V ?.!;. Graduating exercises ;
reading o! :hescs; conferring certifi-
iratesy ipl4Ttf. Bibles, etc.
Literary address at 11 a. m., bv Dr.
C Alphonso iMnith, university ot
North Carolina.
Wednesday, S:30 p. m. Annual
concert.
A most cordial invitation is ox-
tended to the public, especially former
students, to attend these exercises.
Officers Seize 50-Gallen Still.
Fayetteville, Special. Saturday
night Sheriff Watson with Deputy
Sheriff Culbreth seized one of the big
gest " moonshiner oututs ever cap
tured in this county, composing a 50-g-ahon
stiil and t,LS JO g-Ji'ub of beer,
situated at ,he liead of an immense
aii berry s.vv.ri in lit ii.lert p.ut
ot Rockhsh township. The blocka-
ders were evident I3 resting at home,
but every thing was ready for the
night work of turning: beer into
whiskey.
Fatally Stabbed.
Wilmington, Special Sunday night
in the northern part of the city Geoi
wr 1 ar- 1 itt ii
ge 5rown and itooer: yaiker, an
adopted son of Maj. Andrew Walker,
an officer of the colored troops in
the Spanish-Americrt war from this
State, became involved in a difficiulfcv
with the result that Walker stabbed
Brown to death, a long knife having
penetrated the breast between the
ribs in the region of the heart. JJrewn
ran a block and fell dead in the streot
Walker, who is but 15 years of age,
made his esea?. Brown was 19. The
coroner held an inquest at the city
hall and fixed the responsibility of
the killing on Walker
North State Items.
A charter has been granted the In
vestment Company of Wilmington.
Hugh McRae being the principal
stockholder, the capital stock being
$200,000.
Corporation Commissioner Roger:
has gone to investigate complaints
made by persons at several points on
the line of the Transylvania Railway,
between Toxaway and Hendersonville.
The Greensboro High School Ath
a. 1 I 'l"lll.l
letic Association has decided mat no
member of the tiiffh school baseball
or football teams will be allowed to
play until he has signed a pledge
stating that he will not under any cir-
cumstances take a drink of whiskey
while he is away on a tri to play or
while the team is together for prac
tice,
State Veterinarian Butler has gone
to Tryon to investigate the cause of
glanders existing there. It is a very
dangerous and deadly disease, and is
communicated to human beings. It
is the first case reported in North
Carolina in almost a year. This
State is remarkably free from it.
COURT 111 1 111
Court Decides That Druggists
Must Not "Black-List"
OLD PRACTICES AT AN END
Decree of United States District.
Court Pereptually Enjoins it From
Continuing Operations.
Indianapolis, Ind., Special. The so
called "drug trust" Avas perpetually
enjoined from continuing its opera
tions by the entering of a decree in
the United States Circuit Court for
the district of Indiana on the com
plaint of the United States govern
ment filed by Joseph B. Kealing,
United States district attorney.
The defendants, 92 in number, who
are the members, officers, directors,
agents and attorneys of the Nation
al Association ot Ketail Druggists,
with the National Wholesale Drug
gists' Association, tri-partite proprie
tors "black list manufacturers,"
"direct contract proprietors,"
f ll'lwtl AOfl 1 1 i(nt'l,nif iMiOUVltlf AVC!
and Charles C. Bombaugh, are pre-
petually enjoined from combining
and conspiring to restrain trade in
drugs, fix prices by agreement, black
list retailers who cut prices, or to re
fuse to sell to any retailer on equal
terms. All publication of black lists
is forbidden and all contracts and
agreements covered by the charges
and declared void.
The direct contract- serial number
plan is prohibited as well as the secur
ing of the adoption of schedules for
the sale of drugs.
Charles G. Bombaugh was charged
.i rt a j " i a
in the bill or complaint wun being
engaged in printing and circulating
lists called black lists, which contain
ed the narries of druggists throughout
the country who sold proprietary ar
ticles and medicines at prices less
than those which the alleged combina
tion ordered.
As charged, he mailed a list each
month to every retail and wholesale
druggist in the United States who be
longed to the association, of those ac-
ivilii-u l' inv.. UJOwi.iiiiv-ii. vi. w.v
eased of cnttinp priT.d V
suit of this, these " aggressive cut
ters" as they were called, Could not
buy goods.
It was further charged that those
accused bf cutting prices on proprie
tary medicines, were unable to pur
chase any kind of drugs from the
members of the several asociations.
All such practices are perpetually en
joined.
HEIR TO SPANISH THRONE.
Young Queen Gives Birth to a Son
and There is Great Public Rejoic
ing. Madrid, By Cable. The neAvs that
the direct male succession to the
throne of Spain had been assured by
the birth Friday of a son to Queen
Victoria sent a thrill of rejoicing
throughout the country and at night
the happy event is being celebrated
from one end of the land to another.
Mother and child are both doing well.
The hurried departure of royal mes
sengers form the palace at 10 o'clock
to summon the courtiers and the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps gave the
first indicatiof that the birth was im-
minent
The usual gathering outside j
the Palace court yard was soon swel-
led by immense throngs of the excit-
ed populace, who watched the con
tinued stream of brilliantly uniformed
personages driving up to the royal
residence and tried to identity the in
dividuals. When the event was finally
announced there ws great public de
monstration of iov. Congratulations
were later received from all. parts of
the world.
Lynchburg Box Factory Burned.
Lynchburg, Special. The box fac
tory belonging to R. E. Mitchell, in
the East End, was destroyed by lire
entailing a loss aggregating about $5;
000, with $2,600 insurance on- stock,
building and equipment. It is be
lieved that spontaneous combustion
caused the fire. Three nearby dweil-
inffS ignited, but the firemen saved
them.
Entire Train Leaves Rails.
Chicago, Special. One woman was
killed, and three score other persons
injured in a wreck on the Chici-
go, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at
the crossing of that line with Hamlin
avenue in the southwestern part of
the city. The woman whose life was
lost was Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of
Thomas Miller, formerly traffic man
ager of the Burlington road. Fully
40 passengers were injured, but in j
so slight a manner that they did not
report their injuries to the police.
Idaho Miners Arraigned on the
Charge of Murder
HAYWOOD CASE ! :GAN FIRST
Defense Motion For Bill of Particu
lars Overruled, Judge Declaring It
Came Too Late Moyer, Pettibone
and Orchard, Charged Jointly With
Haywood for Murder of Former
Governor Stuenenberg, Will Be
Tried as Circumstances Dictate.
Boise, Idaho, Special. By overrul
ing the motion of thi defense for a
bill of particulars setting forth what
-slt!?,:
former Governor Frank Stuenenberg,
I 1 1 -l , vn-v I , . 4- il" .J'j. MS i K I ... j . i. I
Judge Fremont Woodj of the District
4.2 i -r: .
Judge Wood held that the request
Df Haywood's counsel for a more ex-
phcit statement of- the charges
against the prisoners it an early stage
of the proceedings, jln cases where
oiiis or particulars are auowaoie,
Judge Wood, who is to preside over
the trials of the aeciised miners, de-
clared the motions fe ' made before
the indictments are Meadede' to and
before the cases are t for trial.
Haywood i the wmt 'of four men
accused of complicity in the
mnder of Stueneneberg, to be
tried. The othersJvMoyer, Petti
bone and Orchard, the last cf
whom is said to havl made a confes
sion, wirP be tried as circumstances
dictate, following the conclusion of
the proceedings against Haywood.
The prisoner his counsel and the
J attorneys especially retained to hand
le the case and plead the cause of the
accusing State, are ready for the long
ordeal in court. The first, and one of
the greatest, tasks of court, is to pro-
cure a jury and that will be com-
menced Thursday morning as soon as
Sheriff Hedgin has intoned the formal
cry. opening the conU-
The victim of the-Caldwell assas-
sinalion, long a coipicious figure ia
J . . ' o - T O
ijl, Jl thf State, wa.
possibly known to jiundreos ot citi-
zens ot Adair comity, and personal
alignment and paitasanship on the
labor question in wfiieh the prisoner
m -m i t n. X U n -a
and his co-deiendanfs were lor a Jong
time active leader! is general, so
that it is a difficult" task to find men
free from the disqualifications that
ii r ii ii l i. ii--
uuni mem ior me ipgn amy ui jurur.
Many men who -know the comment
well, and who add? to their calcula
tion the farther handicap of appre
hension of future violence for revenge
take the extreme vijpw that it will be
impossible to ret H lury, but the
weight of opinion m against this ex
treme conclusion. V
One of the counsel for the prisoners
says
"The broader thap Scone of the case
offered by the Stajte, the better we
:fhall be satisfied. 7
Nearly 40 correspondents for press
associstions and nevspapers have
come here to report the case, and
special wire arrangements have been
made for the transmission of the des
patches.
Killed by JMve Wire.
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Greensboro, N. (S Special. Ernest
Keech, of this city", was killed at
1 . . m w a
Lhattanooga, xenim by coming in
contact with a livefwire while at work
on top of a telephone pole. News was
received here by Ms mother, who re
sides on Walker avenue. The body
will arrive in the cfty Thursday after-
soon and will bell taken to the old
home at Tarboro for interment. Tlu
young man was 20 years of age and
was well known Mere. He was em
ployed by the East Tennessee Tele
phone Company, f Chattanooga.
Anchored Because of Fog.
New York, Spejcial. The steamer
Baltic, which sailed Friday in re
ported aground of Sandy Hook. The
fog is very heavy n that vicinity and
the only possible communication with
the steamer is ; by wireless. The
White Star line people report that
the Baltic is no aground but has
anchored because pi the dense fog.
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Explosion Causes 18 Deaths.
Johannesburg, 'Brans vaal, By Cable.
An explosion occurred at the Mod-der-Fontein
gold fiine. Three whites
and 15 natives were killed.
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Drownd in $ub of Water.
Spencer, N. C.,f Special. A 1-year
old child of Jolnf Botts, an employe
of the Southern Railway Company at
Spencer, was drowned m a tub of
water at the home near Spencer
Thursday afternoon. While about her
household duties the mother left the
child playing in tjjie yard. Returning
a few minutes later she found it
dead in the tub.
uuun uj. .uair cuiuuv, eiearea ine th-g gtate where he has a wife and wno were reiurmng nome irom uie
way for the trial of William D. Hay- gix children He had been working annual meeting of the Imperial Coun
wood, .secretary of ti Western Fed- tip firp wtM of the Ancient Arabic Order of
Ii ill BY QUIT lilt
Murder Maniac Works Havoc
in Boarding House
AN INDISCRIMINATE BUTCHER
A San Francisco Carpenter, Suddenly
Becoming Unbalanced Goes Through
Boarding House Dealing Death
Right and Left With a Double
Barrelled Shotgun.
San Francisco, Special. Walter
Charlie Davis, a carpenter in a fit of
insanity shot and killed six per-
80ns at 414 Pierre street in this city
Davis and his victims all reside with
ducted ay boardiuu. hous'e. Davis
C7 a
home wflg m Fai.mville, near Visalya,
nm. wifVi Q A rill-
W(1.ll!irrfiiiP,1 "swPn. Davis, who
sl t in the same' room with young
n R h d w E BeKYX rose
sbortlv after 5 o'clock and shot his
L ;oom mate After killing Bush
A Beard. Davis took a box of shells
from a shelf and talked down the
i,i,vflv wHavp hp met Mrs. Lillie
Crothers a boarder, who had heard
tbe first'two shots and had come to
her doorway to find out what was
the remaining shell, shot Mrs. Or-
zon Bush. M. E. Vinton, a govern--
ment surveyor who had recently come
here from New York, was killed as
he lav in bed.
Orzon Bush, Sr., heard the shooting
and rushed up stairs where he was
v.-ii iinoto, v,..t
Bush made a desperate fidit for his
life His body was fOUnd as it had
alten at the head of the stairs.
Seventeen-year-old Annie Bush
came runni ' into the hallway and
met Davis. He turned the gun upon
the ffirl, aiming at her head. The girl
fOUnd voice to say, " Please don't
kill me." and the shot drop-
per from Davis hands.
i can't do it," he said. "You
I X Vail V WV IU IR CKI1U. i UU
a good girl. Besides, you Mk
l gfce mv own child, and I would see
xer face if j killed vou."
U hen the policemen came to arrest
1 , 'un j i ,
ms he fought like a demon and a
r)av
I
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riot call was turned m Seven offi-
cers responded m an automobile. Two
officers engaged Davis in conversa
tion while the others got behind him
and pinoned his arms. He was then
removed to the detention hospital.
Exposition Secures Loan.
Washington, Special. Secretary
Cortelyou and Assistant Secretary the air and fell directly on the de
Edwards of the Treasury Department molished locomotive. Nearly every
held a conference with officials of the person in the dining car was instant-
Jamestown Exposition Company,
President Tucker, Chairman Johnson
and Mr. Elyson of the board of gov-
ernors of the exposition being pres-
ent. Details of the proposed loan of
$400,000 by the company were sub-
mitted4and approved. This fund will
enable the company to pay off all out-
standing obligations and leave a bal-
ance sufficient for proper operating
expenses.
Unearthed Land Frauds.
Seattle, Wash., Special. Six secret
service operatives ars working in
western Washington unearthing a
series of land frauds that are declar
ed to be more astounding in their far
reaching character than the discov
eries made in Oregon or California.
A secret service operative in the con
fidence of President Roosevelt has
just been sent to the coast to take
charge of the work and assemble the
evidence that has been accumulated
for presentation to special officers of
the Department of Justice.
Tot False Imprisonment.
Chattauooga, Special. Capt. J. F.
Shipp, Sheriff of this county, is de
fendant in a damage suit brought for
$2,500 on ac-'iunt of false imprison
ment of Mrs. Bertha Brown, a high
ly respectable resident of Hill City
two of the Sheriff's deputies are
charged with personal responsibility
for the false arrest, and the Sheriif
is held to be accountable for their
acts.
Robbers Hold Up
Butte, .Mont, Special.
Train.
The north
coast limited, east bound train No. 22
on the Northern Pacific Railway, was
held up by two masked men near
Welch's Spur, a siding 18 miles east
of Butte at 2:15' Tuesday morning.
Engineer James Clow was shot and
killed and Fireman James Sullivan
was shot through the arm. Without
making an attempt to blow up the ex
press ear, as was evidently intended,
the robbers jumped from the engine
and ran down the mountain side, dis
appearing in a gulch several hundred
yards from the track.
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Swift Running Excursion Spe
cial Totally Demolished
MANY MORE INJURED WILL DIE
Special Train Carried 145 Shriners
and Friends Returning From Los
Angeles Locomotive Struck De
fective Switch While Running 50
1 Miles an Hour, Turning Somer
sault. Santa Barbara, Cal., Special. Tir-
tv-one dead and a spnre tninred rim-
Drise the casulties o the wreek fct
Honda Satnrdav of the TsrnfliHa sn,
train of New York and Pennsyl-
i i n j i r xl i
ia of the Mvetlc Shrine,
the Nobles of the Mystic Shriners al
Los Angeles.
The train carrying 145 Shriners
and friends from Ismailia Temple,
Buffalo; Rajah Temple, Reading, Pa.,
and neighboring cities was rushing
northward at 50 miles and hour on the
Southern Pacific coast line when the
locomotive struck a defective switch
at the sand-swept sea coast siding of
Honda near the waters of the Pacific
T' m fi ra"rfa t
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The locomotive turned a sumersault
m? the yielding - sands. The cars
swirled through the air and landed
on the fiery mass of wrecked steel.
The coaches were crushed to debris,
and took fire. The flames were soon
extinguished by uninjured persons
from the rear coaches. As Honda
ls isolated it was not till late Sunday
""U1.u ,. u
eoueetea. ine bodies ot victims
now he m ,SaGnta TBa.rba. alld.ft2!ir
more are at San Luls 0blsP- S 10
uTea ,many or w,nom are emmy
hurt, and some of whom may die, are
in two sanitariums at San Luis Obis
po. The wreck occurred at 2:35 o'clock
one hour and 45 minutes after the
party had left Santa Barbara, where
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I Jg1..-? t
seeing. Tne statement that the train
was making a terrifie speed when if
f , . . , .
out y the tact that it covered the Gl
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Uavu WJ- ajl VV1VVU lldl IV J 1 UIU 1 HUlUl
Barbara to H(mda m m
The loeomotive in leayi th lg
tore up the track, twisting the huge
steel rails into fish hooks. The bag
gage car half buried itself in the sand
on the right side of the locomotive. It
was smashed almost to kindliny wood-
The dinine car. in which Were 32
persons eating luncheon, leaped into
I ly killed. Scores were scalded bv
steam escaping from disconnected
pipes. The rear coaches rushed on the
first wreckage, jamming it on those
who might otherwise have escaped.
Several pinioned in the debris were
roasted alive.
Engineer Frank Champlain was
pitched with the cab 25 feet beyond
the engine. He got up nd ran a mile,
l ?lllrt n a
seemng netp oeiore ne discovered that
his arm was broken and that he was
severely scalded. Only two of the
nine men of the dining car crew are
numbered among the dead. The re
mainder, though cooped up in the nar
row kitchen and pantry, sustained
only cuts and bruises.
A last call for luncheon had just
sounded a few minutes before the
disaster.
Embezzler Surrenders.
Charlotte, N. C, Special. The ex
pected happened Saturday morning
when Mr. Franc H. Jones, the default
ing assistant cashier of the Charlotte
National Bank, suddenly appeared c.
the city and voluntarily surrendred
himself into the custody of the Unit
ed States officers to answer the charge
preferred against him. that of embez
zlement. Mr. Jones arrived on South
ern passenger train No. 44, which
came in a few minutes before 6
o'clock . He was accompanied by his
wife and his attorney. Mr. C. D,. Ben
nett. A preliminarv hearing: was"
given him Saturday night, and he was
released on a bond of $10,000.
$380,000 Improvement Bonds.
Richmond, Va., Special. The Rich
mond, Fredericksburg & Potomae
Railroad Company sold $3S0.0C0 of
3 1-2 per cent 40 year gold bonds to
the Richmond-Washington Company
to provide funds for the Richmond,
Frederisksbunr & Potomac portion of
the cost of double tracking the belt
line around Richmond, and to buy
new rolling stock. The Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac will pur
rhwsm immediately 100 ijew stee1 rv-al
cars and 200 new steel underframe
box cars. On July 1 next the per
diem hire of freight cars will be in
creased from 25 cents to 50 cents.
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