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VOL XIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1907.
NO. 11.
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NEWS
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Parts of the State
HNCR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
ripenings of More or Legs IiuporV
wce Told in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Market.
Thirty-Two New Dentista.
Winston- Salem. Special. Dr. J.
Jones, secretary of the North
irolina State isosra oi uental tLx-
linations has given out the list
Wa who nasscd the examination
fefore the board at Morehead City
week. Only tour out oi winy-
nniiAiints failed to pass.
Those successful were: Samuel E.
molas, Raleigh; K. O. Apple, Madi-n-R
G. Click, Eikin; F. D. Carl-
n, Statesvillej Edward Greene, La-
tt t nf: jji-i -n
Iranire; n. ij. .uauu, luiuuieiou; i.
L Apple. Madison; W. F. Clayton,
irli roinr: . r, Purvis, Hamilton;
G. Lee. C linton; P. U. Sinclair and
. H. Brown, Asheville: A. P. Reed.
It. Terzie ; D. S. Caldwell and B. D.
Jorl, Concord; S. H. McCall, Marion;
P. Baker, King's Mountain; N. L.
berstrect, Whitakers : A. S. Crom-
itle, Clarkton;' V . G. McAnnallv,
Kehniond, Va. ; A. M. Berrvhill,
Fharlotte; C. L. Martin'y Madison; 1.
. Huntley, Wadesboro ; R. G. Rog
s. Apex; A. K. Johnson, Durham;
LB. Folger, Mt. Airy; D. R. Phelps.
Scotland Neck; F. E. Hearn, Sylva;
V. King, O.iKvulc: Claude N.
inffbes, Cedar Grove; b. (J. rord. u.
Lewis.
Double Homicide in Wilson.
Wilson, Special. Thursday even-
ling about 9 o'clock on the estate of
iMrj. A. Lamms in Cross Roads town-
lsliip. occurred the homicide of two
I negroes, the"' wife of Raeford Dew and
Amos Dew, brother of Raeford. Foi
som time Raeford has known that
Jhis irffe and brother Amo3 have been
ncring illicit relations ami, though
Iwniucr them to desist and lead dif
ferent live?, these relations have con-
Itinned. The matter has been the
Issbject of several magistrate trials
the justices have advised them to
their meanness, and the man and
woman have promised faithfully to
rdo so. Sunday Raeford 's wife left
borne and so Raeford learned met his
Ibrother in the woods. Thursday dur
ing the day she returned somewhat
I tinder the influence of liquor and be
gan to cause trouble with the hands
Raeford told her he had found out
she and Amos had been to get her
and told her to eome back home and
behave herself. She spoke roughly
and left the house. Raeford stayed
at home until later in the night and
then taking hi double-barrelled gun
went to the house of a tenant named
Pace. He empted one load into Amos
and the other into his. wife, who were
in Paee's yard. Both have died as a
result of their wounds.
A Big College Tor Women.
Rfllpiirh- Kneeial. Mr. Beniamin
N. Duke, the millionaire philanthro-
pist of Durham, who had already giv
en large sums of money to educa
tional institutions of the State, es
pecial! v to Trinity College lias add
ed another donation. This is made
j to the North Carolina Conference of
i we Methodist Episcopal Church,
Wh. the gift being Louisburg Fe
male College, which is situated nt
Iiomsburg, in Franklin county. This
wttege was purchased a few years
aobv the late Mr. Washington Duke
unier of Mr. B. Is. Duke, wnen ri
?n about to be sold for debt. It
now presented by Mr. Ben Duke
w order that it may be maintained
w voung women on a footing with
Trinity College for voun men. This
?ift will add much to the educationr.l
advantages of the young- women of
Nrth Carolina.
Stephens City Gets Square.
Winchester, Special. The long-draMn-out
litigation concerning the
0wnership and occupancv of the pub
square at Stephens City, Freder
,( county, which Dr. Silas M. Stik-
recently had laid out in building
'ts. has been decided in the Circuit
cfrt when Judge T. W. Harrison
n,1ed that the corporation of Steph
js City was entitled to it for put
le purposes Lord Fairfax many
tens ago deeded it to Louis Stevens
7 ue in turn donated it to the
wn. .
Another Change.
Greensboro, Special. Another
Jnge is announced from the affice
J Marshal Millikan. Mr. Walter C.
wwt, a son of Prof. J. .?. Britr, late
gjfwate for Congress in the tenth
. tnct, has resigned as deputy mar-
anrl left for his home at As;ie-
mn m ll was appointed only a few
Ktlis ago. He is succeeded by Mr.
&- V Us'on, of Winston-Salem.
Sunday Pleasure Seekers Get
Into Serious Wreck
2 DEAD; 10 HURT, 1 JATALLY
Jfu Heavily Loaded With Passengers
Leaves Rails Just Ontside Clarks
burg, W. Va., Going Over Embank
ment Officials Cannot Explain
Cause of Accident.
Clarksburg, Special.-Heavily laden
with passengers who were enjoying an
outing, an open trolley car on the
Fairmont & Clarkesbuig Traction
Company's system jumped the track
on the Grasseli division, just outside
the city limits Sunday and crashed
over an embankment instantly killing
two, fatally injuring one and seriously
injuring nine others.
The dead:
Miss Grace Markerl, Clarksburg,
skull crushed.
W. T. Gray, engineer, Washington
Carbon Works, Clarksburg, head
crushed.
The injured : Miss Maggie M. Rob
inson, Fairmont, skull crushed, dying
at St. Mary's Hospital; Jack Fuller
ton, Clarksburg, leg broken and bruis
ed ; Superintendent Eakin of Grasseil
Chemical Works, Clarksburg, back
strained ; Mrs. Eakin leg crushed and
severely bruised; Mi's. Merchant, In
diana, shoulder and arm crushed; J.
A. Robinson, Fairmont, right arm
mangled; Floyd P. Martin, Clarksburg
cut and bruised; Mrs. Floyd B. Mar
tin, leg crushed, injured interally ;
Clayton Powell, Clarksburg, severely
bruised; George Jackson, colored,
scalp wound.
Hov the car left the track is a
mysteiy the traction company officials
cannot explain. It was running up
hill around a curve and going at a
moderate speed. After bounding
along the ties for a short distance
the car went over the embankment
and landed on its side, pinning the
j dead arid injured underneath. Mo
torman James and Conductor Fitzpat-
nck escaped with slight injuries.
Most of the injured were taken to
city hospitals and some to theii
homes. Several passengers besides
those whose names are given were
slightly hint.
.
Crushed Under Car.
Raleigh, N. C, Special. In a
wreck Sunday afternoon on the Sea
board Air Line, 2 1-2 miles this side
f Kittrell, Mrs. C. E. Harris, of
Aberdeen, was instantly killed, by
being crushed between the rear Pull
man car and the side of a low cut on
a curve. The train was 41, south
bound, and its speed was about 45
miles an hour. In tberear one of the
two Pullmans were Mrs. Harris, her
husband and 8-year-old daughter.
Suddenly Mr.JIarris heard a sort of
popping noise under the car and in
stantly the rear trucks left the rails
and the car turned over. Mrs. Harris
was thrown out of an open window.
She had grasped the hand of her lit
tle girl when the shock came. Conduc
tor Cain and the train crew and pas
sengers smashed windows in order to
eet some of the-passengers out. Mrs.
Harris head and body were mangled
in a horrible manner.
Fatal Street Car Accident.
Schenectady, N. Y., Special. One
hoy was killed, another was fatally
aurt and two others seriously injured
as the result of a street car accident
lure Sunday. The victims were mem
bers of a baseball team which played
beie in the afternoon.
Negotiating Deal For Navy.
Mexico City, Special. President
Cabrera, of Guatemala, is negotiating
for the purchase of a navy to meet
the anticipated attack of President
Zelaya, of Nicaragua. It was learn
ed from a high source, here that Ca
brera had recently secured $500,000
gold on a forced loan and that with
this sum he will purchase gunboats
The Nicaraguan fleet iff the Pacific
waters consists of three gunboats;
she also has three gunboafs on the At
lantic. Crowns With Niece.
Glastoibury, Conn., Special. In on
attempt to rescue Iris neice, Miss
Jennie Baxter, of Hartford, from
drowning in the Connecticut river
Carl Eunck went down to death with
her off Crows Point, Wrights Island.
Both hfld eome down the river in a
power 'boat with 10 others in the
morning. Miss Baxter was IS years
ld and her uncle 30 years of age.
News of Interest Gathered From All
Parts of the Country Paragraphs
of Here or Loss Importance
What tne World 'a Doing.
The battle of King's Mountain
was reproduced at Bristol, Jufy 4.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortel
you suggested at a conference with
Al i T- ,
me jamestown Hixposmon governois
that a director-general be appointed.
The schooners Scotia and Harry
W. Haynes "put f into Norfolk badly
damaged by a severe storm which
almost stmt them to the bottom.
The contract for the construction
of the Buckanuon and Northern rail
road from Morgantown, W. Va., to
the Pennsplvania line was awarded
to the Brady Construction Company,
of Parkersburg.
John D. Rockefeller accepted ser
vice of the subpoena with which' de
puty marshals have been hunting
him, but may not have to go to Cica
go for trial after all.
The prosecution in the Haywood
case gave notice of the intention to
move to strike out parts of the testi
mony for the defense.
A reward of $2,500 was offered for
Chester B. Runyan, paying teller of
-the Windsor Trust Company, charged
with stealing $96,000,317.
President Amandor, of Panama,
arrived in New York while Secre
tary Taft was trvins: to settle the
Columbia debt trouble.
Alleeing an attempted assault on
his daughter, Edward Sweitzer
hi ought 1 rank Sterner into York and
had him locked up.
San Francisco Japanese say their
countrymet' who appealed for fair
ness were wrong about schools.
Joseph Micenbeimer, who killed
Mrs. Martha Drewry in Lynchburg
and then shot himself, was roughly
bandied when caught by a posse.
Reverend and Mrs. John Whit
worth who were parties in a suit for
their children after a divorce, were
remarried in Roanoke.
John D. Rockefeller is said to be
at Pittsfield, Mass., with a search
light and a big dog guarding him
from subpeona servers.
A movement is on foot for the o
tablishment of a department of fine
arts as a part of the National Gov
ernment. Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minne
sota, is said to be Henry Watter
son's "dark hcrse', for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination.
Bishop Henry M. Turner, senior
Bishop of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, attacked the
country and the United States flag
in a sermon.
The Long Island sound steam r
Puritan was in collision .with a
schooner and rescued four A persons
from the sailing vessel.
All the plants of the United States
Steel Corporation, it is said, are to
be equipped with gas engines, the
gas to be drawn from the furnaces.
A' long distance telephone message
says the town of Whitville, Tenn., u
threatened with destruction by fire
which is burning fiercely with little
hope of controlling.
The Colhoun building, home of the
Condor Training School, near Huntrf
ville, Ala., was burned Tuesday.
Prof. J. E. Condor, principal and
several students narrowly escaped.
The building cost originally $50,000.
wl Upon the .petition of creditors the
Lindsay Chair Companv, of High
Point, N. C, was by Judge Boyd, ad
judged bankrupt. Mr. Carl A. Cline,
of High Point, acting secretary and
treasurer of the company, was ap
pointed temporary receiver.
Abbe Felix Klein, the noted French,
churchman, is on his way to the
United States.
In the Haywood trial on Tuesday,
the witness for the defence com
pletely riddled the testimony of Har
ry Orchard.
Subpeoneas were issued in Chicago
for John D. Rockefeller and other
Standard Oil men.
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., admitted
that he had gone into- partnership
with Peckham, but says he understood
they were ,tb dal in mining shares.
An attempt was made in the Hey
wood trial to prove counterplotting
by the mine owners.
The county of Lee, making the
9Sth North Carolina county, was vot
ed on and carried in an electing,
there being about 50 votes in op
position. Sanford will be the councy
seat.
Steel-rail manufacturers and rail'
toad men discussed the problem of a
iafer steel rail.
An insanity plea is expected to
figure in the defense of Karl Hru,
who is to be tried this month on the
charge of murdering his mother-m'
lafrr
Independence Day is Fittingly
and Generally Observed
SOME NOTABLE UTTERANCES
New York Governor and Princeton
President Address Thousands at
Joint Independence Day Celebra
. tion and First Annual Reunion of
Lineal Descendants of Singers of
Declaration of Independence.
Norfolk, Va., Special. Governor
Hughes, of New Yorlc, and Wood row
Wihson, president of 'Princeton Uni
versity, were the orafors of the day
at the joint Independence Day cele
bration and first annual reunioij, of
the lineal descendant of the signers
of the Declaration dl Independence
July 4th. The reuhipjn was held un
der the auspices of ie Thomas Jef
ferson Memorial Association, of
which former Secretary of the Navy
Hilary A. Herbert, is-the acting pve
ident. w
"One really responsible man in
jail," he said, "one! real originator
of the schemes aid transactions
'which are contrary j the public in-
terst legally lodged ii the pen, would
be worth more than thousand cor
porations mulcted indues, if the re
form is to be genuine! "
What this country ijaeeds, Mr. Wil
son set forth, is not government own
ership of railroads, &tc, but laws
that will attack andj) punish presi
dents and general mfenaseis of rail
roads, for evasions alid violations of
the statutes. Stock tnanulipators he
oalls "sheer thefts ' and says they
should be punished a such. Failure
to do so, in his mindl ri ' ' like o er
looking highway robberies.'
' Every corporation," the eduea
tetr stated, ",rs peKsonally directed
either by some one dominant person
or by some group of persons. Some
body in particular is responsible for
ordering or sanctioning every illegal
act committed by itl agents or of
ficers; but neither blur law of per
sonal damage nor oir criminal law
has sought to seek the responsible
persons out and hotel them individu
ally accountable foil the acts com
plained of. We hae never attempt
ed such statutes. W. indict corpora
tions themselves, Snji them guilty of
illegal practices, fine-them and leave
the individuals who Idevise and exe
cute the illegal acts free to discover
new evasions."
Such acts could be passed and
should be if we are o better our in
dustrial conditions, jMr. Wilson be
lieves. Unless something of this na
ture is done and done quicly, he fears
Socialism will result.:
It is just as absurd, he said, to in
dict or dissolve corporations for of
fenses against the public as it would
be to arrest and confiscate automo
biles because their owners killed pe
destrians, k
Former Governor" lioberts, of Con
necticut, vice president of the Jeff
erson Memorial Association frm
that State, presided following en
opening invocation hy Rev. W. M.
V-ines, of Norfolk, and an. introduc
tion by Lieutenant Governor, Ellisou,
of Virginia. A brief- address by ex
Governor Roberts yas followed by
the reading by Wm.; (Shields McKean,
of New Jersey, founder and secretary
of the memorial association, of the
list of vice presidents representing
the 13 original States- and named by
the respective Governors of these
States.
Georgia Aiding the Negro.
cdfiith' thepu BGcd sw'u vbgjjqj
Montclair, N. J., pecial.- Former
Governor W. J. Nortjjien, of Georgia,
was the orator at the Fourth of Julv
celebration here, speaking to a large
audience on the relation of the races
in the South. M
. "It is a great mistake." he said,
"to believe that thele is no kind of
harmony between thel better elements
of the races in Georgia and at the
South. Quite the contrary' is true."
"The good class df negroes is in
telligent, progressive'" and resorcef ul.
Its religion is not a sliam. Its educa
tion has not spoiled ,jit and its devo
tion to duty is not inspired by the
loaves and fishes.' Its ideals are good,
"It will be best fr all parties if
wholesome and elevating. If all
American negroes wee of this class,
there would be no 'nlgro problem.'
"It will be best for all prties if
the white man, strong and dominant,
will look seriously find sympatheti
cally at the weaker and the depen
dent race, and seei him, " just as
he is, intelligently mt about aiding
him
"This is just what we have begu.i
to do in Georgia upn a plan based
entirely upon our focal conditions,
as, in my judgement all other people
must be allowed to do.
General MacLean is Captured
and Held For Ransom
ALL ENGLAND FEELS OUTRAGED
Kaisuli Will Hold Him Prisoner Un
til the Sultan Grants His Demands
and Those for the General's Par
den Action of British Authorities
Awaited With Much Anxiety as
Affair May Entail Gravest Conse
quences. Tangier, By Cable. Caid Gen. Sir
Harry Maclean, commander of th
Sultan's body guard and next to the
Sultan, the most influential man iv
Mortocco, has been captured by Rai
suli, the bandit chief. Raisuli has
ajiounced that he will hold the gen
eral prisoner until the Sultan grams
the terms which he, Raisuli, demands
for his own pardon and Maclean's re
lease. General Maclean is now at Elkmes,
in the heart of a wild mountain dis
trict, three days' march from Tan
gier. He is being well treated and
has been allowed to Avrite to the Brit
ish minister and send for his bag
gage. . The capture of the gensral was
planned carefully. He went out ti
the rendezvous with Raisuli against
the advice of his companions
The incident is being discussed
with deep interest in diplomatic cir
cles here, and the action of the Brit
ish authorities awaited with eonsid
erable anxietv. as 4t is recojfnized
that the affair may ential the gravest
consequences.
For some time past General Mac
lean, acting in behalf of the Sultan,
had been, trying to persuade , Raisuli
alnTlhe bamrrtader apparently haff
showed symptoms of willingness to
meet the wislies of the Moroccan au
thorities, with the result that Gen
eral Maclean was entrusted with the
task of taking some presents from tho
Sultan to Raisuli, in the hope of
finally persuading him to come :o
terms. These gifts consisted of hous
es and tents, and to escort them to
his stronghold Raisuli sent 15 of iiis
banditti to the general to act as a
body-guard. Accompanied by these
men General Maclean journeyed t
wards Rouina, where he was to moet
Raisuli. But on arriving there the
General was informed that he Avas a
prisoner. v
Raisuli says he will hold General
Macean until he is granted the fol
lowing terms for his surrender :
"First the reconstruction of his
house at Zinat.
Secand the payment of an indem
nity of 100,000 douros, (about $200,
000. (
Third his reappointment as Gov
ernor of Tangier and 'of Fahs and his
appointment as commandant of po
lice. Trolly Cars Meet Head-On.
Washington, Special. A mistake
in signals resulted in a head-on col
lision in Alexandria county (Virgin
ia) court bouse three and one half
miles from Washington on the single
track line of the Washington, Ar
lington & Falls Church Trolley Rail
way between a passenger car- crowd
ed with government employes and
jtwo flat cars loaded with steel rails
and pushed by a motor, G. T. War
rington, a Bailstou, Va., storekeeper,
who was a passenger, died at a hos
pital here and 32 other persons were
in iured, many of them seriously, and
one of the Motormen, William Mock,
muy tuu.
Troops Go On War Path.
Norfolk, Va., Special. Five hun
dred soldiers, members of the Second
South Carolina and First Kentucky
regiments in camp at the Jamestown
Exposition grounds, became riotous,
threw off all discipline, imitated con
cessionaries and took charge of
shows on the war path, and when
the Powhatan Guards interfered, a
riot followed, several being injured.
Suit Against City of Frisco.
San Franeisco, Special. Suit
against the city and county of San
Francisco was filed in the Superior
Court for the recovery of $2,575 for
damages said to have been sustained
by the proprietor of the Horse Shoe
Restaurant and a Japanses bath
house at Eight and Folsom streets on
May 23, when a row caused by an at
tack by labor union men on two non-
nninn TVW.11 wllrt WPVfl 1'flHllir ill fchft
UliWll ' " - - -' i
restaurant, resulting in the fronts of
the two places uaing smasneu ov
stones and clubs. The suit was j
brought in the the name of J. Timo ,
proprietor of the bath house.
Young Wife Burns Her Hus
band to Death
WANTED TO MARRY OLD LOVER
An 18-Year-Old Scranton Woman in
County Jail Charged With Inhu
man Crime Police Say the Wo
man Has Confessed The Lover
Also in Jail Charged With Having
Been Accessory to the Crime.
Scranton, Pa., Special. Mrs. Kin-
dra Howrsto, aged 18 years, of Dun
more, is in the county jail, charged
with having burned her husband to
death that she might be free to mar
ry her former lover, Ignaz Hutro,
who is also in jail, charged with be- j
ing an acessory. The police say
that Mrs. Howrsto has confessed. ,
All the parties are Lithunians. Ac
cording to the story told the police
by Mrs. Howrsto she and Hutro were
lovers before she married Howrsto in
the old country two years ago. Hu
tro proceeded them to this country.
When they came here they settled
near where Hutro was living in the
Nay Aug section of Dunmorc bor
ough. Hutro renewed his attentions
to Mrs. Howrsto and frequently was
at their honae. According to her con
fession ITutro came to the Howrsto
home on Monday and suggested that
she do away with her husband so
that they could be married. Following
Hutro 's suggestion the v.om?.n got
her husband drunk and when he was
stupified in bed she went to the
room with the kerosene lamp. She
poured the oil from the lamp on the
bed and then she says the lamp drop-
ted on t.h hoA. setHnir it nfirp At.
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' the sight of her husband roasting
-WUinmn-fcW fWiad-
she became horror-stricken and rush
ed from the house crying "fire."
Neighbors extinguished the flames,,
and had Howrsto sent to a hospital,
where he died without regaining con
sciousness. Hutro denied all knowl
edge of the crime. Both are being
held, pending an investigation of the
woman's story.
Where is Rockefeller? j.
New York, Special. While Mar
shal Henkel and his deputies are
seeking everywhere for John D.
Rockefeller they were equally zeal
ous in their efforts to serve William
Rockefeler, a brother of John D.
Rockefeller, with a subpeonea, re
quiring he presence before Judge
Landis in Chicago July 6. Marshal
Henkel relates that William Rocke
feller is as difficult to serve as his
brother. A report has it that Wil
liam Rockefeller is in Rome; and re
port has him sojourning in the south
of France, while another states he is
in the Adirondacks. Marshal Hen
kel says he is convinced that John
D. Rockefeller is not in the jurisdic
tion of the district but he is not so
certain about William Rockefeller.
One Killed; Ose Wounded.'
Newbern, N. C, Special. A nerce
thunderstorm occurred two miles
from here Tuesday. Four men who
were working in a field sought shelt
er from the storm in a housed Light
ning struck the house and killed ope
of the number, James AvcretLoiid
severely wounded his son. XeRoy
Dixon and a son were stunned by the
shock and were unconscious for more
than an hour. Their horse was kill
ed. The house was burned. Tele
phone and telegraph wires have been
1 yrecked.
The Earthquake Not Located.
London, By Cable. No news has
been received in London that would
locate the earthquake recorded Tues
day by the observatory at Laibach,
Austria, says the oscillations began
at 2:22 Tuesday afternoon and last
ed for 2 hours and 18 minutes. The
distance of the disturbance is esti
mated at 6:300 miles from Laibach.
South Carolina Farmer Ki? Negro
Tenant.
Columbia, S. C, Special. E. T.
Cbappell, a farmer residing near
Edgefield, shot and killed an old ne
gro named George Griffin, a tenant,
on his place about 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning. At 9 o'clock Tuesday night
counsel for Chappell appeared here
before Judge Dantzler and secured
bail for bis client in the smm of
$1,000. It is said the killing grew ouc
of a dispute over a labr contract,
the negro making sn effort to hit
Chappell with a rock.
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