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i ' - Three Cents the Copy. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XIII. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 16, 1908. NO. 50. NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS I The News of Old North State Gathered and Put f in Condensed Form. Jiwyifiiosi Boston Suffers Heaviest Loss Since San Francisco 1 1 S. S. Convention Closes. Burlington, Special. The twenty frh annual convention of the North arolina Sunday School Association ime to a close here Thursday night. lni next convention will be held in 'oneord April next. This is by far he most successful convention ever - A - M f. ore work was accomplished, more nthusiasin was shown than the most ptimistic had expected. Since the penin? of the convention Tuesday he work has moved without a hitch. int of numbers this meeting has broken all records. So many people were turned away that it was found . i- 1 . . . 1 . 1 f rcrt maaf lvioj nim nfCvSSal tU U.'H mice uicEiiuga BUU" nltaneously. These were held in the opera house, the Christian and Pres- i i bvtenau enurenes. The niuetn session was opened with devotional services conducted by Rev. Eli Reeee, of Greensboro. Rev. B. W. SpiUniE.il, of Kinston, then de livered another ot his interesting ad dresses on "Studies of Jesus as a Teacher and Questioner." This is the second address of Mr. Spillman along this line. Mr. W. C. Pearce followed with. "The Sunday School Teacher." This was conducted in the style of a round table. Dr. W. L. Potent, president of Wake Forest College, then addressed the conven tion on "Children." He made one of the most elaborate speeches of the convention. President George T. Winston, of the A. & M. College, Raleigh, follow ed with an address on "Temper ance." Dr. Winston spoke for an hour. He covered the subject from beginning to end. He quoted his ex1 piriences and observations along the line of temperance. Dr. Winston made a strong speech. At the close of his speech Rev. G. T. Adams, of Durham, conducted the silent hour, after which the convention adjourned until 3 o'clock. The afternoon session was opened with devotional service, after which Rev. B. W. Spillman again addressed the convention. He spoke for an hour, his subject being "The Boy Problem." He went deep into the question and gave the parents present his ideas of how a boy should be trained. The election of officers for the en suing year followed. Many nomina tions were put before the convention. Maj. J. J. Bernard in his nomination of Rev. C. Brown Cox, of Burlington, for president said that Mr. Cox was the livest wire in North Carolina to day. Mr. Cox was made president. Rev. Byron Clark, of Salisbury, vice president, and J. W. Case, of Greens boro, treasurer. The secretary is yet to be elected. Conferences on va rious subjects were then held. , At the closing session of the con vention at night it was again neces sary to open two churches for the accommodation of those who could noi press into the convention hall. The principal address was by Dr. James A. B. Scherer, president of Newberry College, South Carolina, in his highly entertaining and instruc tive "Sidelights of the Orient." Af ter recounting many incidents of his boyhood days spent in and around Burlington, the speaker entered upon his subject, holding the undivided at tention of his vast audience more than an hour. The selection of a secretary, de d until this session, was taken -ud and disposed of in the re-election of Miss Maude Reid, of Raleigh. The convention then adjourned to meet in Concord next year. To Erect Tnbercnlar Ward. Morganton, Special. The beard of directors of the State Hospital met here last week. Present; J. P. Cald well, president; and Directors J. A. McMinn, A. A. Shuford, I. I. Davis, A. E. Tate, James K. Norfleet and C. H. Armfield. The plans for a tuber cular ward for female patients were examined and approved. This ward is to consist of a wooden building of one story, 22x47 feet, to be erected at the end of the south wing of the main building. It is to accomodate twenty-five female patients and is not to exceed $2,500 in cost. Work will begin on it at a very early date. In formation was given the board by the superintendent in regard to the nurses' building authorized last week by the State Hospital Commission. This building is to be erected on the front grounds, to be of brick ,two stories, and to accommodate seventy- five nurses ,thus relieving the female department of the Hospital by so much and giving room to as many pa tients as there will be nurses who will vacate. The cost of the building will be $20,675. The report of the superintendent, Dr. John McCamp- bell, showed that at the beginning of the present quarter there were present 1,123 patients; that the demand for room for both men and women pa tients persists; that the health of the inmates of the house is good. TWO LIVES KNOWN TO BE LOST Fire Which Originated From Spon taneous Combustion in Rear of Boston Blacking Company's Works Devastates More Than One Square Mile of the Manufacturing, Busi ness and Tenement District oi Chelsea. II COURT South Carolina Will Probably Refuse to Give Heaoy Bond REQUIRED BY JUDGE PRITCHARD Aggressive For Orphanage. Winston-Salem, Speeial. The peo pie of Winston-Salem are more de termined than ever to have the or phanage which will be established by the Western North Carolina Confer ence of the Methodist church. The selection of the site for the institu tion, will be at a meeting of the direc ors in Charlotte next Tuesday and it is very likely that the bid made by Winston-Salem will be accepted. The Methodists have secured subscrip tions to, the amount of $10,000 among Centenary's membership and it is be lieved that $5,000 more can be secur ed from the citizens generally. A meeting of the committee from the board, Mr. A. H. Eller chairman, was held. The 'committee was organized and the members were given a list of parties to see between now and Saturday afternoon, 'when another meeting will be held to canvass the result of the efforts. The amount the members of the committee receive will be added to the amount sub scribed by the Methodists and the fotal will be Winston-Galem 's bid. A member of the committee stated that he felt sure that the bid would be as much as $15,000, as the people of the citv would not let such an institution go by for the lack of $5,000. It i believed that a $15,000 bid will secure this institution for the Twin City. The committee went to work at once and hopes to meet with a prompt and liberal response from the citizens of the city. , Boston, Special. FireJS! more than one square mile of the manufacturing, business and tene ment district of Chelsea Sunday en tailing a loss estimated at fully $11),- 000,0u0. The fire started at 10:40 a. m. near tne rioston .Blacking Com pany's works on West Third street, near the Everett City line, and crossed the city, a distance of one mile and a quarter to Marginal, op posite the east Boston shore. So far as can be learned there was one fa tality. Half a hundred persons were injured. Among the buildings burned were 13 churches, Frost Hospital, Chil dren's Hospital, City HalL Fitz Pub lic Library, five school houses, a doz en or more factories and about 300, tenements and dwellings. The residential section of the city where the wealthier class reside, es caped the flames. In the retail section, through which the fire passed, were 200 busi ness blocks which were destroyed. The United States Marine Buildings were not damaged. Fire Under Control. The Chelsea fire was practically under, control at 9 o'clock Sunday night. The women are known to be dead as a result of the fire. Neither body has been identified. The fire originated in the rear of the Boston Blacking Company's works on West Third street, near the eastern division of the Boston & Maine Railroad and in close proxim ity to the Everett City line. A terri fic gale from the northwest, which at times had a velocity of 60 miles an hour, carried burning shingles, embers and myriads of sparks to a score of wooden buildings, most of them of cheap wooden construction The fire started almost in the ex treme southwest section of the city and cut a path to the end of Mave rick street at the extreme southeast ern nd of the city, which borders on Chelsea creek. This point is about one mile and a quarter from the point where the conflagration began. The f ames swept through the heart of the retail business section, which was about midway between the two ex treme limits reached by the fire. Exact Cause Not Known. Would-Be Robbers Jailed. Elizabeth City, Special Two white men entered the store of W. N. Long at Peopin, Perquimans county, Tues day evening with intent to rob. 'While one of the men engraered the proprie tor in conversation the other struck him a terrible blow on the hesd with a black iack. inflictins an usiv wound. I The victim's screams frightened his assailants aAvay, at the same time at tracting a number of neighbors to the scene, who formed a posse and went in pursuit of the would-be murderers. The two men were captured at Hert ford later and placed in jail. In a magistrates court they were bound over to the Superior court in default of $500 bond each they were placed in jail. Pet Dog Saves Family. Durham, Special. A small pot dog saved the lives of a family an early morning fire Thursday. house was on fire practically all . when the little dog went to the of his master and bv barking him and he woke his family, room was filled with blinding ke at the time. Nine Cars of Lettuce. Wilmington, Special. The lettuce -"-a. son is swinging along in this sec- "n and has resulted most profitably far. Saturday morning nine re lator cars loaded with lettuce went forward to the Philadelphia market the shipments being made from Wrightsboro, Delgado, Gordon, Wilmington' and other, points in this section. During the past fortnight forty refrigerator cars have gone for ward, not to mention the thousands of baskets that have been sent by ex press. It is expected that the ship ments will be unusually heavy the present week. Greenville Tobacco Sales. Greenville, Special. Secretary C. W. Harvey, of the Tobacco Board of Trade, reports the sales of leaf .tobac co on the Greenville market for the month of March at 126,204 pounds, the price being $9.14 per hundred. The total for the season are 11,089. 020 pounds at an average for the crop of $10.45. Hard Yarn Spinners. Charlotte, Special.. Secretary Crews, of the Southern Hard Yarn Spinners Association, has called a special meeting of 'the association on April 17th, to consider the condition of the market and take such action as may be deemed expedient. The ma jority of the mills of the South are represented in this organization and invitations have been sent to all out side hard yarn spinners to attend the meeting. A number of the mills have been curtailing production for some time and some step looking towards shutting down the mills for a period is contemplated. , Order of Jndge Pritchard Granting Supersedeas on Certain Conditions in the Dispensary Matter Served Friday on Commission and At torney General, Bnt Conditions Will' Not Be Complied With Col lateral in Hands of State Treasurer Who Is In Mississippi and Not in Possession of Commission Attor ney General Lyon Back From Washington, Where He Called on Chief Justice Fuller and Discussed Case. Wholesale Prices Quoted In New York MILK. The MilV Exchange mice for standard quality is 3c. per quart. HOTTER. Creamery Western , extra. $ 30 '4 (3$ Firsts 28 (5) Seconds 24 (Si. 31 29', 27 the marshes bor- ivision tracks of Railroad in the The fire started on dering the eastern d the Boston & Maine rear of the Boston! Blacking Com pany's works, where employes were at work drying out rags. The com pany's works are situated at the end of West Third street, half a mile rorthwest of the heart of the city. A series of long, low wooden build ings comprised the works, stored for the most part with old rags and pa per. The exact cause of the fire is not known, but it is supposed that spontaneous combustion among the rags was responsible. A high Avind, blowing at 45 miles an hour from the northwest drove the flames from the rag heaps direct ly upon the wooden buildings of the Boston Blacking Company. The buildings were soon a mass of flames and as surrounding property consisted largely of Avooden building's used for storage of rags, the fire de partment realized thafc a serious fire was threatened, and a general alarm was sounded. Realizing that the city was appar ently doomed if the flames could not be stopped at Everett avenue. Fire Chief H. A. Spencer summoned help from Boston and all the surrounding cities and towns. Four alarms were rung in on the Boston circuit and all the available apparatus was sent across the harbor. Early in theaf ternoon aid had arrived from Ever ett, Lynn, Haverhill. Wakefield, Sa lem, Maiden, Cambridge, Winthrop and Revere. Shipment of Chadbourn Berries Be gins. Wilmington, N. C.f Special. Re quisition was made for seven refria: erator cars for strawberry shipments from the Chadbourn section, and twenty cars are asked to be iced for Monday. The first berries appeared on this market Saturday and sold readily at 25 cents a quart. The shipments to the North have not yet been sufficient to establish a market for the North Carolina fruit. The coming week the moVements is ex pected to reach 75 or 100 cars dailv. Columbia, S. C., Special. Attor ney General Lyon returned from Washington, where he has been for several days, accompanied by Mr. D. Wi Sountree, of Atlanta, of counsel for the dispensary commission. Mr. Lyon stated very emphatically that the dispatches sent out from Wash ingto to the effect that he had made a motion before Chief Justice Fuller in the dispensary matter were erro neous, btlng utterly! without founda tion ami unauthoizexl by him. He said that as a matter of fact he and Mr. Rountree had called on Chief Justice Fuller and had talked with him in regard to the procedure which could be adopted to! get the case up speedily before the highest tribunal in the land, but that he had made no motion at all. The case, it appears, has some unusual features, and there is little precedent for getting the mat ter before the Supreme Court with out going through the usual formali ties of appeal. If a motion were made before the Chief Justice, it would be a motion for an ordjer to show cause why a supersedeas I should not be granted, but it has not been decided to take this step. The order of Judge Pritchard, granting a , supersedeas on conditions was not served until Friday when it was received through the mail by Chairman Murray and the other mem bers of the commission as well as by Attorney General Lyon, from the of fice of the clerk of jthe Federal Court in Charleston. The order is dated April 8th and requires compliance within five days from date of order, the members of the commission have now only three days to arrange their personal affairs so as to take an en forced absence from business, for a longer or shorter period. The commission will not give the heavy bond required by Judge Pritch ard and will not surrender the collat eral which he requires to be surren dered, so that the commission will be in contempt in refusing to obey the order to deposit the collateral with the Federal Court. As a matter of fact, the collateral is not in the pos session of the commission, but is with the State Treasurer, and has been in his possession for a long time, even before the books and records of the dispensary were placed in the Treas urer's vaults, so that the commission can make answer that the collateral is not in its possession at all, and it cannot comply with the primary and most important condition of Judge Pritchard 's order. Of course, if Judge Pritchard can get hold of the collateral, he has the case in nis hands absolutely and, of course, the State is not going to surrender the collateral. Judge Pritchard may serve an or der on State Treasurer Jennings, but it happens that Captain Jennings is in Mississippi and not at this time in the jurisdiction of Judge Pritchard 's court. He is having a pleasant visit out there and is 'doubtless not in any hurry to return, unless he is request ed to come home by Governor Ansel. The Governor will not, however, ask the Treasurer to couie back to give up the collateral, and he will not in struct any one to give it up, because the State is going to keep its hands on the collaterals.. These collaterals were deposited as security for the de posits of the dispensary money with the various banks of the State, and the banks will not pay out the money their securities back. State dairy, good to choice. Factory, seconds to firsts.. 19& 21 BEANS. Marrow, choice 2 12 2 15. Medium, choice 2 20 (3, 2 25 Red kidney, choice 1 85 (3) 1 90 Pea 2 35 (3) 2 37 Yellow eye . (5 2 10 White kidney 2 30 2 35 Black turtle soup 1 70 (3). 1 75 Lima, CaJ 3 30 , CHEESE. State, full cream o.(3), 16 Mu isa 15 FX ikims. common 3 (Si 4 i a 2 Full skims ; EGGS. Jersey Fancy 1(3, State Good to choice .... 17 (3 Western Firsts 15fS Duck eggs 22 (Si Goose eggs 65 ranrrs and bf.hries fuesh. Apnles King, per bbl 3 00 Greening, per bbl 1 i0 Cranberries, C. Cod, per bbl. 10 00 Jersey, per bbl 10 00 Strawberries, per qt 10 LIVE POULTRY. Fowls, per lb "Roosters, per lb Turkeys, per lb Ducks, per lb Geese, per lb Pigeons, per pair DRESSED POULTr. Turkeys, per lb Broilers. Phila., per lb...... Stumping Campaign. Planned in Niagara-Orleans District Full of Figbt Hnghes Decides on Elec tion of Senator to Succeed Fran chot and Add a Vote 19 18 15 28 75 (a) 4 00 (3) 4 50 (212 m m2 oo 16 Cocks, per lb.., Ducks, per lb. . Geese, per lb. . . Hay. prime, per 100 lb.... Nos. 3 to 1, per 100 lb Clover mixed, per 100 lb. without getting and Jealous Husband Shoots Wife Suicides. New York, Special Without warn ing and apparent motive Albert Heis er, a baker, suddenly drew a revolver at the dinner table, fire1 two shots at his young bride and then killed himself by sendinjgji Bullet through his brain at their home on Lexington ayenue. Mrs. Heiser who was twice wounded in the bddy, is not expected to recover. She told the police that her husband had been jealous of her but could not say why he had at tempted to take her life. UOPS. State. 1907 Medium, 1907 Pacific Coast. 1907, choice. . Choice, 1906 VEGETABLES. Tomatoes, per carrier .. 1 00 Long Island, per bbl 2 50 Sweets, per basket to Tomatoes, per carrier .. 1 00 n.gg plant, per bos 2 w Squash, per box 1 ou Peas, per basket 1 00 .Peppers, per carrier 1 ') Lettuce, per basket 50 Cabbages, per bbl 75 String beans, per basket... 1 50 Onions, white, per crate... 75 Yellow, per bag 1 50 Red. per bag... 1 50 Carrots, per 100 bunches. . . 1 00 .beets, per 100 bunches 1 SO Turnips, per bbl 1 00 Okra, per carrier 1 00 Cucumbers, per basket 2 25 Parsley, per basket 50 Leeks, per 100 bunches 2 00 Shallots, per 100 bunches.. 2 00 Celery, per case 1 00 Watercress, per 100 bunches 1 50 Spinach,, per bbl 50 Kale, per bbl 50 Oyster plants, 100 bunches. 1 00 Horseradish, per bbl 3 00 Brussels sprouts, per qt. . . . 5 Parsnips, per bbl Radishes, per basket 50 Asparagus, per doz. bunches 1 25 GRAIN. ETC. Flour Winter patents 4 60 13 9 (3 12 8 (3), 15 (8), 15 (3). 8 23 tar 12 (31 17 35 (3). 40 12 (3) UVZ 3 11 8 (3) 10 5 0) 8 25 3 75 V. (a) 97 75 (3) 95 70 (3 85 69 70 12 (3t 13 5 fa) 8 7 (3) 8 3 5 Wheat.) No. 2 red No. 1' Northern Duluth. Corn, No. 2 No. 2 white Oats, mixed Rye. No. 2 Western Lard, city 2 25 (a) 2 75 (3), 2 50 (3 2 50 (S 4 00 . 2 00 0. 2 25 (S) 2 50 (a) 2 25 ($ 1 25 (3s 5 00 (S) 1 50 m 2 50 (2) 2 50 (S 2 00 (a) 3 00 i 1 12 (2! 4 00 (a) 3 25 (a) 1 25 (5 ,3 00 (3) 3 00 (5 3 oo (a 2 00 (a) 95 (a) 63 (3) 5 00 (3) 4 00 (d 20 (3) 75 (a- P5 3 00 3), 4 no (a) 5 85 LITE STCCK. Beeves, city dressed .... Calves, city dressed Country dressed . Sheep, per 100 lb 4 00 Lambs, per 100 lb. . . . . . .. 8 00 Hogs, live, per 100 lb 5 40 Country dressed, per lb.. 6 (3) 97v (3) 1 10 09 m 75U m mi (3) 55 (3), E2 9 10 (a) JVi ml 12 7 10 Albany, T.-r-Governor Hughes took up the gauntlet of battle thrown down by the Senate when his race track bills failed to secure the const! tutional majority of votes, and con inced his opponents that his declara tion that "the light is just begun was no idle boast. In a message to the Legislature the Governor repeat ed his demand that the constitutional inhibition against race track gamb ling be reinforced by suitable legisla tion. He included in his message a fur' ther demand that other legislation recc .r 4d by him be pressed upon withou aeiay. That the Governor is full of fight and intends to exert the full power of his office to run off the dead heat, which gave the race track people a temporary advantage, was indicated by the peremptory tone of his mes sage to the Legislature. This docu ment created consternation among the supporters of the race tracks, who did. not anticipate so speedy an ac ceptance of their challenge. Even while they were counting the cost to the race track promoters of prevent ing the passage of the racing bills the Governor was preparing for his, move" of reprisal. Developments here indicate "ihat Governor Hughes' fight to aave passed the anti-race-track gambling legislation may broaden in scope un til it includes a stumping campaign: in the Niagara-Orleans district on the gambling issue, a direct battle with the Senate on the question whether a successor to the late Sena tor Franchot may be seated or not, and perhaps appeals to the courts, which may reopen most of the points in controversy in the fight over the constitutionality of the reapportion ment act of 1906, thrown ont by the Court of Appeals last year. Apparently the racing forces intend firstof all to try to prevent a special election for a successor to Senator Franchot. If worsted, they have de clared that they will fight to prevent his being seated, and that fight will reopen all the question over the pow ers and rights of the de facto Senate or any one of its members. Into such a battrethe entire Senate must be drawn, and in that case the atti tude of the Republican organization, or even of individual Republican lead ers, several of whom have showed their antagonism toward the Gov ernor, must prove of the utmost im portance. The general situation here is as suming a tenseness and bitterness which serve better than anything else to illustrate the absolute desperation of the racing interests. Governor Hughes: refusal to consider himself beaten and his prompt and vigoroua measures to continue the fight have convinced them that now it will be a battle to the death, and that they, instead of the Governor, will be on the defensive. Some indication ot this is given by the flood of lettera souring in on those Senators who voted against the anti-gambling legis lation. All the fight now will centre around the special election in the Niagara-Orleans district. Governor Hughes issued a proclamation for this election, to be held on May 12. At that time, without question, a special session of the Legislature will have convened, and the newly elected Sen ator will be prepared to take his seat. (S) 6 50 8 50 (a 6 70 9 OLD MAX, LOVE-MAD, KILLS GIRL OUTLOOK FOR HARVESTS. Wheat, Cotton, Corn and Minor Crops Have Excellent Starts. New York City. The outlook for 1908 is for continuance of abundance and continuance of demand. The winter wheat crop escaped early threats and is reasonably certain to be up to the average of recent years. Conditions of soil and weather for spring sowing are more than good; spring wheat, cotton, corn and the minor crops start out under excellent auspices. The marketing o.f 1907 crops is virtually completed and has been a source of great wealth to the American farmer. Prices have been maintained at highly remunerative levels, resulting in large accretion of individual and communal wealth. However disturbed may have been the financial eantres of the country, not one thing has happened to impair the prosperity or the productive cr consumptive power of the agricul tural community. As often main tained, agricultural prosperity is the basis the absolute foundation of national prosperity; while it exists and expands no serious damage can come from the temporary temps3ts of the sphere of finance. Decline in Apiary Industry. Canadian Government returns show that the number of hives of bees in Ontario ha3 decreased from 216,734 in 1900 to 166,811 in 1907, and the value from $1,139,559 to $885,196. Of the thirty-three sam ples in the Kingsion district all were found genuine. In most of the other districts a percentage was found to be adulterated with sugar, cane syrup and corn syrup. Thrice Married and 59, He Jealous of Youth. Was Pittsburg. Dorothy Yost, a beau tiful sixteen-year-old singer in the choir of the First Presbyterian Church, of McKee's Rocks, a suburb of this city, was shot and killed by Samuel L. Gardner, aged fifty-nine, a leading citizen and prominent church worker. Gardner then shot himself through the mouth, his body falling over the dead girl. He died two hours later. It was one of the most remarkable tragedies in the history of Western Pennsylvania. The girl, who was also known as "Dolly" Eradney, lived with her mother and stepfather, Will iam Eradney. Gardner, who has been the borough engineer for eight yeara and a leader irT politics, was a ven erable looking, white-haired man, liv ing next door with hi third wife. Two years ago he became wildly enamoured of the beantiful little girl to short skirts. He was jealous of her youthful sweetheart. POLICE HELD FOR ROBBERY, No Bail For Four Alleged Bluccoat Burglars in Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Policemen John W. Straub, John Kelly, Clement M. Luckenhill and AR. Sithens, charged with robbing business places and civilians; Harry Rothenberger, aged nineteen years, and W. A. Frost, a plumber, to whose place of business the alleged stolen goods were re moved iu a pushcart and divided' were held without bail for trial. Two of the policemen have con fessed complicity in the robberies, and goods of almost every descrip tion alleged to have been stolen were recovered from the homes ol the four patrolmen. -