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VOL XV. , COLUMBUS, POLK CJODNTT, C., THURSDAY, MARCH ;10, 1910. ) N0.43. Demand the Proof. tar heel chronicles I NORTH STATE NEWS ALIOS TELLS JURY FIRST DAY CLASHES Hews Notes Gathered From An aa THREE POLITIGIA IS SHOT Two Members of North Carolina Legislature Attacked. HE IS HOT GUILTY Items of State Interest; Gathered Parts of the Old North BUte. and Told in Briet ; ' Washington, D. C, Special. Proofs of Commander Peary's dis- covery of the North Pole caused a row in the subcommittee of the House Committee on Naval Affairs Satur- day Two members of the National Geegraphic Society appeared before X $1000 Never Took Bribe of PROMINENT MEN SHOT. N. 0. Teachers Assembly. Mild Troubles follow .Walkout in Philadelphia. CITY IS STIRRED THROUGHOUT. He Says The, officials of the North Carolina Representative, Kitchin;" r Senator Teachers Assembly are making ei- - Assailant Fired Because i His Letter " Was Not Answered Brother of Gov. Kitchin One of Wounded. the committee . with copies of Mr. Travis arid Officer Dunn Are .Wounded..: ': . ; tensiye - preparations for the great1 meeting of North. Carolina teachers Peary 's proofs to urge" the ; granting TRIAL AT ALBANY BRIBERY .I of - a. RllltflKlA rAnrnril yvo PnnrrMea in which is to be held at Ashe ville, June ',000 Men Have NowQuit the noted exnlorerXbut the commit. AL JJCCVOV VW 1-1- 7, 1910. This will be. the twenty- - Mr. E. E. Powell, Sr., a well-know- n Their Jobs, So Estimate the Labor Scotland Neck, N. C. State Sena- tor E. L. Travis and; Representative A. P." Kitchin, brother of Governor Witness, On! Stand All Day, Charac eeteuw bessioa ui mat vr- - i nt fi- - vV T v. tee declined to receive them in con- fidence, with the ultimate result that ganization; andalreidy preparations; Wonlard V stables on Main street', the committee has , made it', known W.vW. Kitchin and of Congressman terizes Conger Story as, Arte 7. Declares He Never . Saw Frank in Ills Life. , -'. liave pnrceeoea xar , enougn 10 iuw tti shot down in quick succession State it i a a Claude Kitchin, of the 'Second North. inai unless the reary proots art w.ucu,. iu v uc x wu. . wf I senator:-L.- Travis of Halifax, ereatest educational eratherincrs eve. I c. ; u -- : a : t Tr:i.v: Carolina District; and Deputy Sheriff forthcoming- - to the full satisfaction of the committee that ; every bill - in uw iuc uwic- - 111c icocucia "- - VV " rf I ' , a i ana uepuiy bnerur uunn . v the AnTan nn T, man 0t-0- 0. nf Leaders, Though it is Thought to be Less. x Philadelphia, Pa, Special. -- The general sympathetic strike, the su- preme and tinal effort of organized labor to win the fight of the trolley-me- n for recognition of their union, which began here two weeks ' ago, is now in full swing. v ; V Acting on the orders of ; the com- mittee of ten of the Central Labor troduced for. the ; purpose of reward- - State, and especially of the Vest- - Scotland Neck. the town by E. E. Powell, a merchant. ing the North - Pole discoverer, will . b era pan, are ing wuu im I a ya ltlrt Travis and Kitchin were seriously pigeonholed. r y . ; officials of the Assembly in; a way to gathered Mr. Powell asked Senator wounded and Dunn was expected to die. . -- :f:v:-; ..: ;r , ;'X snow inat tney mean to do their paru Travis something about not replying That the Assembly is doing its part to his letter. Mr. Kitchin, thinking Identified After 14 Years. Powell met the three men as they Pittsburg, Special. "This is th i eviaem irom tne names 01 some i rr pnrtTau 0 f unmny were walking along the street togeth "" t XXHIS UUb VI. of those who will take Dart in the dis-- ij l u: v:- - , ,1 er. He atinroached Senator Travis man who bound me "and my wife an j Albany, . g th'. stand In his own defense Senator Jotham P. Allds denied that-h- e demanded and received a bribe of $1 0 0 0 on April 23, 1901, to influence his action on the highwayj legislation. - More than that, he swore he never received any. money from any one at any time to.-- , influence his action on highway or bridge legislation, and in his denial he used the short and ugly word Vile.'T Emphatically as he could Senator Allds declared he never es w Frank Confger in his life. When the testi-moli- y of Senator Benn Conser regardi- ng! a visit 6f Senator Allds to bis . ana'rtments. where he agreed . to do Union, which is directing this de- monstration of the power of union, burned our feet until we told 'when cussions of the meeting. The program 1 1 t remonstrate with him when and asked him his reason, for not re- - iioa ' jjcil neHn pomnieien. iiul aircauy i n 11- - ; n i i i i t uvuiu&'W uuu.iM"" w labor workers in many trades ceas--1 we bad hidden our money.'J Jsaid V. xns.anuy sno,-ni- m aown na him Representative Kitchin tftInk, Rome of the leinmen and women ed work Saturdav as a protest """" yguci,Qw years old, - as m v, 1 111 luiek secession, shot down Sen- - ing tnat p0well was out of 'humor, picked Frank Donohue out , of : a ''lint I atnr "rau o on1 Mt. Ilnnn I -- i j 1.1. t A li' T against the refusal of the Philadel engaged in educational work in country have been engaged piiia Rapid Transit Company to ad The ball took effect in Mr. Kitch- - and tried to placate him. Powell in 's face, below the eve; glanced down 1 drew a pistol, shot Kitchin, and in ' ... 2 . m t -- J just the grievances of striking con- ductors and motormen or treat with Industrial Hold Meeting Tor toward the ear anl was later taken Quick succession urea, ou lravis auu of eight men at the Etna Policy Station. "It is 14 years, ago, but 3 shall never forget his face. I havn prayed that the guilty one would b captured, because those men were re sponsible for my wife 's death. '' Dunn. All three fell to the ground. Congress. out by physicians. Mr. Travis was the officers of the Amalgamated As- sociation of ; Street and - Electric Delegates elected by the f , forty struck in the mouth, having two or The shooting occurred in the busi- ness of the centre-o- f the town and threw the place into a fever of ex- citement. A number of men rushed schools of the county met in the three teeth knocked out, thei ball Railway Employes. auditorium of the Wood and Iron I splitting, one part being extracted In the Central part of the citv all he could to kill the highway legis- lation for $1000, was read to him by-Mart- in W. Littleton, his counsel; Sen- ator Allds half raised : himself from the witness Chair and. pointing his finger at the lawyer, said hoarsely: "Mr. Littleton, there are two lies, there. First,! the conversation never. Wants Roosevelt As Editor; New York, Special. W. J. Arkell Building, at Wadesboro, Saturday tff later and the other part not yet lo-- to the aid of the wounded. Several organize the T Children's Industrial cated. The ball also made a cut in attempted to stop Powell, but he the first persons to feel the effect of the mandate were the users of pub a well-know- n publisher of Canajo Conerress of Anson Countv. Th u Mr. Travis' tonjnie. The hall -- which iorcea tnem cacK ai me pomi 01 lic hacks and taxicabs. Riders in pistol. . , , j harie, N. Y., who formerly owned 1 these vehicles, when the clocks struck :i t I weeklv rnaffarine in this nitv. arlmihl-A- jj . j t iLl-!i:- i- .liTL .i. ... vi. a After the shooting Powell5 walked tooki place, and 1 never went to pis , apartments." j ' '.X--'-'- miamgnt wtro pomeiy miormea Dy r . -- 7: ' , ' IV I UU.1W were uenvereu. "jftimue ociow me snomaer-oiaa- e ana tQ hig store and cot a shotgun and the drivers that it would be neces- - a tnat ne naa?aitempiea to ouy in. irom tne secretaries 01 tne uraaeo 1 imngea upward, out has not yet been 1 ammunition Then he went to his ocnooi etierment' Asoclauon .snyw 1 lucaiea. ; home, saying he would shoot any one sary to walk the remainder of the few "rK, ounana T ?.,. TJ Then the " ' Theodore Roosevelt for editor way. non-unio- n cabbies,' quite an interest ; in this work I Mr: Kitchin and Mr. Travis are who attempted to arrest him. throughout the county. Rooms halfe not hurt badlv but ereat fears are The Mayor of the village stationed fnen nr fear of ininrv. withdrew I and offered $2,000,000. They replies been fitted up in the building., for entertained concerning Mr. Dunn, that had they already refused $3,500, demonstration purposes, and this fea from the streets. ture attracted considerable attention. ! Negro Kills His Wife. In one room a well-equipp- ed modern Charged with killing his wife,! Min-kitch- m, with all the utensils, was fur-- n;e Harsrrave. colored. Geors-- iHar- - He contradicted tne story 01 jiiram G. Moe and Senator Benn Conger ab- - solutely and entirely. He related the, story of his movements on that last day -- of the session of 1901- - aridxput inlo the evidence statements of tba. two bank accounts he maintained, one at Norwich, his home, the other in a bank here. And he told abouti his employment by the Forest Pur- chasing Board as a title searcher, giv- ing a list of the sums he received for that service, j Senator Allds was on the stand under direct examination all day. de- spite a bad attack of bronchitis, which put him in bad shape physically. . The big marble chamber was filled to" the ton seat in the gallery. There guards around the .house and notified the Sheriff, Who -- lived seven miles from the town, of the shooting. The Sheriff arrived on the scene and Pow- ell announced that he had decided to surrender. He did so and was imme- diately taken to the county jail. The bullet, which struck Kitchin at close range, entered the face below the eye. It was taken out below the ear by surgeons. The ball which wounded Travis knocked out several teeth and split his tongue. Dunn was nished by a local hardware merchant,; grave has been arrested in Davidson The delegates representing j the COuhty: and lodged in Rowan jail in cuums ui me cuuniy wcie Kieu pi i Salisbury. The killing, which is tures, and taught mounting and I shoAvered in mvtfterv. oenrred in Ral- - Several union trades . remained at wrok, among them the printers, whose committee voted not to join the strike; although most of the job men were anxious to. join in the strike. Philadelphia will thus not be depriv- ed of its newspapers. - v More than the tie-u- p of business, the authorities fear the thronging of the thousands of idle people on the streets and the disorder that almost inevitably ensues. Since the trolley strike begun the greatest : distur- bances have occurred on the days 000. Later I may try again, but no; at $3,500,000. There is a small syn dicate of us who believe that it wouli be advantageous for the country tj have Mr. Roosevelt at. the head o a big' daily paper." Low Rate Messages. Chicago, Special. The night sei vice of the Western Union and Posta Telegraph companies, which is to b known as the night letter service, waj put: in actual operation on Monday March ?. The letter will be handle! under .the Usual regulations coverinj framing, and these mounted pictures isbur Saturdayn'ight and the wo-th- ey carried back to their homes to1man being shot to death with a shot hit below the left shoulder blade, the be used as models. V SUQf while at ,work in her kitchen. 1. The cause of the murder is unknown bullet ranging upward. Bobbers on Charlotte Streets. but - the officers; hold to the theory In broad daylight and on pne of ealonsy-on- - ihe-part-of-t- hns- - the principal streets" in Charlotte band. The nature of the letter over which learned. Powell refused to talk. Travis and Kitchin are among the most, prominent people of the State. Powell is a wealthy land owner and merchant. Congressman Kitchin and Governor Kitchin hurried to their brother's side. To Build Custom House. Messrs. John Rutz and W. H. Chandler, of New York, have bought were mere-wome- n than men,,,. Allds In his many" years of service has made hundreds of friends in Albany and all were present to' cheer hio -- through his examination. His frock coat, bou-tonnie- re, silk hat and moon face have been features of Albany society. His good nature, always on tap,' made him a welcome figure sin the topfeide of . life of this city; Therefore Albany In part turned out to welcome him and women sent flowers to . prove that sentiment beats logic a mile when tho human side appeals. It was a. friendly crowd in greater part that the Chenango Senator facad when he took the stand. The frown- -, ing Osborne and the alert Vaiv Wyck. ccnsel for Conger, were only remote shadows in a big group, for:all the the Rudisill gold mine in the south- western part of. Charlotte, v These gentlemen propose, building a . custom the transmission of messages and wil be received at any time of day up U midnight but will not, be put on th-wire- s until night and until after th dav business had been cleared. The charges for this night letter service will be 4,he standard dej rate for ten words for the transmit sion of 50 words or less, and one-fif- tl of this rate will be charired for eae" additional 10 words or less.. PHILADELPHIA'.. STRIKER SHOT. -- "wnen "worK was generally snspeuuea Sundays and Saturday afternoon. The greatest trouble Saturday was experienced by the police at Indepen- dence square, the very centre of the city, where despite the announce- ment by Mayor Reyburn that no dem--onstrati- on could be held on that historic ground, a crowd estimated at 25,000" persons gathered to par- ticipate in or watch the demonstrat- ions of organized labor; , mill in connection with the mine Leaders Call For a Strike of All La- bor Organizations. which will openlup a market for low negroes held up and assaulted a white woman and child and robbed them of their pocket books, containing sums of money last Saturday. These bold robberies came as the climax to " a long series of hold-up- s in which women have been invariably the vic- tims. On" the boulevard in Dolworth, an aged women was knocked down and severely hurt, the negro escap- ing with the woman's pocketbook. On the , main street of the city a child was knocked down and robbed of a purse. The police chased the former criminal with bloodhounds and auto- mobiles and made two arrests. Great crowds foowed each prisoner to the station, but no violence was attempt- ed, although for a time great "excite grade ores in .Mecklenburg and j ad- joining countiesl j ' Policemen, mounted and afoot, Philadelphia, r Pa. A call for a general strike upon the part of all organized Jabor in Philadelphia took effect at midnight. The order was prepared in formal shape, following the failure of the final attemptto arbi- trate, the differences between the The Rudisill mine has quite a jhis-tor- y and a mint record of over $1,-000,0- 00. 1 v v ': The high grad ores will be shipped to the smelters in New Jersey. Asks Fifteen Million. Hew Orleans, Special. Plans t hold an expoiution in New Oreans t were there by the score1 with strict orders to keep the crowd moving. This was accomplished v and it is due to the patience, carefulness and steadiness of the police that no se- rious outbreak occurred. A statement issued by the- - labor These ores assay. as high as $190 per commemorate the completion of th ton. Panama Canal were acted on Frida ment prevailed. by an exceutive committee. It wa decided that a : commit! ee headed br atmosphere was for Allds from . the flowers to the pretty" wo men and their escoits. T The accused Senator did well as a witness. He answered with the quick- ness of a schoolboy. His usual good nature was with him for almost every: minute of the time. Smiles ran ovei-hi- s face with regularity. His eyes; laughed in thai old way that, .made him so popjlar years ago when every- body called him, "Joe." mM- - leaders says : " Let the Philadelphia Governor Sanders of Louisiana ant Rapid Transit company reinstate all I Mavor Rehnnan. of New Orleans Need More Superior Courts. Prominent men-o- f North Carolina contend there is ciying demand for employes now, on strike to their old should be at once sent to Washing Sonthernf Asks Relief. A delegation df Southern Railway officials, including Col. W. B. Rod- man,, counsel ; VR. W. Miller, assist- ant to the first ' vice-preside- nt ; and A. H. Westfall, superintendent; Greensboro, has J called on. the Cor- poration Commission ih Raleigli and Philadelphia Traction Company and its striking carmen. ' , William Drexler," forty-tw- o years old, was fatally injured by a police- man who shot at a crowd that had congregated in Frankford avenue, in the northeast section of the city. Sev- eral cars had been stoned 'by the crowd along this street, and the police guarding them fired a volley in the air. One of the bullets, . however, struck Drexler in the. stomach. ' Crowds also attacked cars in the down-tow- n and northwestern sections of the city. . ; , Over 100,000 are involved in the movement. - . positions and let the company then ton to seek Federal aid. .Fifteen mil courts sufficient to transact the bus lion dollars will be required, the com mittee estimated. iness of our citizens. There have been different experiments tried, to MURDERER ITRACKED DOWN: appoint one arbitrator, and we one, these two to be disinterested parties. Let the two thus selected choose a third person and both parties to the dispute submit all questions to the board, the decision of the ; majority to be final and binding,'' j This includes recognition of the Divorce is Absolute. New York. Special. The final de meet this demand,; and yet it has not been met and the people are still suf- fering from congested court dockets. New York Man,! Identified, Tells AVliy He Killed Wife. i cree granting an absolute divorte t 'Mrs. Ave Willing Astor, from Cc The ' right of ' ' speedy trial is al most denied. ' " The county court, with three jus John Jacob Astor, has been, signed b; STO(5lv BROKER MUST PA1". union, one l.bf the issues between the Justice rsaac, Ji -- Mills, - m the &u tices presiding, was tried in many preme Court at White Plains. Th filed a petition asking that the South- ern be exemptedj in certain particu- lars from the operations of the elec- tric headlight statute passed by the past legislature (requiring that all main line engines be so equipped 25 per cent each year until all are equip-pe-d. " :: ;; , .;. ;';.' : !, ." , BiK Damage to Vessel. A board of survey has examined the Norwegi an steamer Herman ' We-d- el Jarlsbersr, which was damaged in the Seaboard fire in Wilmington Sun transit company, and its striking em ployes. . - .. ' , ' counties. The court was found un decree earries an agreement by whic'. Col. Astor pays his . former wif The general strike which went into effect at midnight, has taken away satisfactory, and therefore abolish ed. . ...... - , ." .'. $300,000 a year income and $10,000, 000 in cash or securities in a lum: from their jobs according: to' the esti mate of the labor leaders, between Crimioaf courts were established; districts made5 and criminal court judges elected to preside over these sum. 5o,000 and" 70,000 men. The police- men say the number only reached . Ninety-Tw- o Crushed by Snow. Winnepeg, ; Mich., Special. At 5 courts. -- The criminal court met with constitutional difficulties, as well . as other objections, and were exchanged about 30,000. o'clock Saturday night Canadiaj day ' night, and decided to recommend that the vessel go to some Northern port , and ; receiver permanent repairs. The damage' to the vessel is between $15,000 and $20,000. No matter which is true, . there, have been ominous looking bands of idle ones passing throueh the Mobile, Ala.-i-Jnli- ns yenner, alias', Alexander Klein, was. positively iden-.- V tified here as August Petersen, who,-murder- ed his wife, Sophie Johansen in, a West Ninety-eig- ht street tene- - ment house in New York City, on. February 7 'last and concealed; the body under the floor of the place. The; identification was made bya brother ' of the murdered woman. . ; Petersen, after the identification,:; broke down and confessed to the kill- - ing and expressed a willingness to re- - ' turn to New York without requisition X papers. I ' . . , "J killed my; wife," said Petersen "because r found her '"locked in the room with another man, A,bout dark I returned home and knocked at th front door. j After making me wait for some time the door was unlocked v and my wife, asked me; what was the ; , trouble. The man west out of tbe front door. - ; , ' "I found in empty whisky bottle j and a bottle with some baer In it; We quarreled and 1' picked, un'. a gas , lighter and struck her' on thejside ot the head. The blow kilted her- - in- - stantly. 1 buried the body ;under the : Verdict of $17,515 For Philadelphia AVoman Who Took a "Tip." New York City. The suit of Mrs. Emma D. Andrews against. Alfred W. Chandler, a stock broker, which has been going on for a week in the United States Circuit Court, ended in a verdict for $17,515 in her favor. Mrs. Andrewsi who is the wife of Dr. Thomas Hollingsworth Andrews, of Philadelphia, sued Chandler for 58 0,000 , she i claimed to have lost through investments made on. Chan- dler's advice.l X : . ; :.s After the verdict Robert Coleman, juror No. 6Xtold Judge Hazel that while he concurred in the finding he desired publicly to criticise one of his associates. This Judge Hazel refused to permit. ! ... It is understood that Coleman de- sired to say that. his fellow-juryma- n was a stock broker and had , failetj to make known that fact.' Pacific officials announced that 9 had met death and14 injured wer in the hospitals as a result of th for Superior Courts. - ' - Recorders' Courts have been estab- lished in, three counties in the State, viz : Union, Nash and Edgecombe counties. streets in almost every section of the city ever since : morning. It didnt take much to stir them into avalanche at Rogers Pass. To Welcome Roosevelt. action, and before long the Rapid Transit people deemed it wise not to New York, Special. Eminent mei run very many cars of various political faiths and. reli, ' Robbers1 Loot Store. At Mooresville" the drug store of Geo!. C. Goodnfan & Co. was entered and from it. many articles of value taken. V After . a careful examination of the stock it; was .discovered that many; pieces of jewelry were missed. Fountain pens of Waterman and Par ions1 leaders m the financial am Shoots School Girl. 1 No Increase in Sale of Tags. There has been no large increase over last year so far. in the sale of tags for fertilizer,- - but .the increase in the sales of tags for eotton seed meal and .feed has been great. ' The farmers are now- - busy hauling ; ferti- lizer and those in the eastern part business world, and professional meifc 150 in all have been named O - Isew York, Special. Because, he Was being teased by a number of school children Jan on Vamosky a Jailor, fired into a crowd in front 'of Mavor Gavnor as a committee to d honor to ex-rresid- ent roosieven. 01 ker makes had been taken: and watch LYycHERS SEIZE AnCTIM. of the State will begin to plant corn his return in June from his bmitinj a JW'shop and 15-year-- Nita Pincer ' chains, a ring ' and other valuables n ;,i ifriM. The committee i in a few days. icn 10 the pavement with a bullet in were stolen. headed by . Cornelius Vanderbilt: uer left side. That is if iioney n ioiiru amies i, as 1 . , Unloaded Gun Puts Eye Out. When' the mother, Mrs. II. T. Bolt, Ar Warned to Leave Ky. Town. T .1 A A 1 1 . M Mt4 , i Job Not So Easy, ;: -- , Washington, Special; Presiden- - exinnrtr. ir, cn:.i a Week's Respite Tor Spivey. Gov. Kintchin has granted a , re- spite of one week to l Henryj y who was to- - have Been hanged Friday morning. The respite was granted at Uurl Negro From AVindovr of Court Room in Dallas, Texas. ,DaIIa3, Texas.A mob, led by an old negro, burst into the court room, in which Allen Brooks;an aged negro, charged with criminally assaulting a two-year-oldw- ehild, was about to be sentenced: Brooks was seized and tossed through aeeond-stor- y win- dow, breaking his jieck His : body mes- - f pfeked up a- - twenty-tw-o flobert rifle j sarp f tm , i- -r I Tft vmade his first anniversary J Washington, t D. C Thirty-fou- r X dollars and eIghty-s?to- n cents is the per capita circulation f money in the . - ... . ya 1 .If X L. ft 'uiu futevuie says wnues ami 1 t . " : . . negroes iu sDeech at a dinner. 01 vne Thursday and pointing it at her son. said: ul believe I'll Club of -- the Youn, Saturdav 'ih. renlt of an Four-Hoiir-a-D- ay the request "of council ; in ordey t bat j ury 'Department :" The department iii 1 reaching- - this 4 attempt by a negro "to murder Mar they - may argue before, the supreme., j f fc r . V" . ;r"- - was 1 ragged -- through' the-stree- ts by calcinaunk estimates the population : 9 W ITnlol Rtr.tea . HQ SSS flftft 't tried Spivey . and ; uc,1Ci ". " men, who hanged it in an arch, high Court ' judge.: wha ion Leti!,. a. prominent lawver.- - ' Men 's Christian Associauon uuuaj The President frankly, told, his 1, audi tors! that-- ' being ;a. President' was n ' ' " easy job. - , ' -- - - ' that caused her fo pull the trigger.') ove tte heads of the crowds ' ost.ers have, been ' distributed all: With if all, hardly a word was spo However the gun was loaded and it get -- his endorsement v for . a-- i cpmn:uta-tio- n of sentence. ; The gtrvenior said, he rrould v commute the sentence if and announces th' amount of money' y in circulation on March,! as $3,134.-- T 093250, which; if . equally divided. I would give every man. woman and ff child in the country 3.S7." There fired, tbe ball striking the little fel- low in the left esOP. inflicting a woirad tmn warnuiS the negroes to leav ' hen' flie negroes are reported to anv?.frring to resist the whites if f.Ql JP1 s made to force them to Ask Morse's Pardon.: the presiding judge at tho trial would ken, not a shot was fired.1 Above the dull rarirniurirgs of the mob could be heard f h.3 aged negro's trenjbjing prayers for mercy. 'i. After BrooSs'was hanged Dallas for neatly three houri was In the hands of the ricters., , i that " necessitated t lie removalcf the Dallas, Texas-- , Special. Petition! join in the recommending, that course is in circulation to-d- ay 149,315,244 more than there was a jear ago. : oZl T !own8- - Pikeville is the eye. Medial attention was called signed her( are' beings . numerously oc- - ,w " lhe former feud battles be Spivey killed his wife's father -- ia shl)ry after the Wi-ident- . : whic Bladen" county last year.- - ..v" tarred' at, the residence of Mrs.' to pardoi Eolt. Uons the McCy Hatfield fa( asking . President ;Taft r ; 'Charles W. Morse. j.

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VOL XV. , COLUMBUS, POLK CJODNTT, C., THURSDAY, MARCH ;10, 1910.) N0.43.

Demand the Proof. tar heel chronicles INORTH STATE NEWS ALIOS TELLS JURYFIRST DAY CLASHES

Hews Notes Gathered From Anaa

THREE POLITIGIA IS SHOT

Two Members of North Carolina

Legislature Attacked.

HE IS HOT GUILTYItems of State Interest; GatheredParts of the Old North BUte. and Told in Briet ; '

Washington, D. C, Special.Proofs of Commander Peary's dis-covery of the North Pole caused arow in the subcommittee of the HouseCommittee on Naval Affairs Satur-day Two members of the NationalGeegraphic Society appeared before

X $1000Never Took Bribe ofPROMINENT MEN SHOT.N. 0. Teachers Assembly.

Mild Troubles follow .Walkout

in Philadelphia.

CITY IS STIRRED THROUGHOUT.

He SaysThe, officials of the North Carolina Representative, Kitchin;" r SenatorTeachers Assembly are making ei--Assailant Fired Because i His Letter" Was Not Answered Brother of

Gov. Kitchin One of Wounded.the committee . with copies of Mr. Travis arid Officer Dunn Are.Wounded..: ': .

;

tensiye - preparations for the great1meeting of North. Carolina teachersPeary 's proofs to urge" the ; granting TRIAL AT ALBANYBRIBERY

. I of - a. RllltflKlA rAnrnril yvo PnnrrMea in which is to be held at Asheville, June',000 Men Have NowQuit the noted exnlorerXbut the commit.AL JJCCVOV VW 1-1- 7, 1910. This will be. the twenty- - Mr. E. E. Powell, Sr., a well-know- nTheir Jobs, So Estimate the LaborScotland Neck, N. C. State Sena-

tor E. L. Travis and; RepresentativeA. P." Kitchin, brother of Governor

Witness, On! Stand All Day, Characeeteuw bessioa ui mat vr-- i nt fi- - vV T v.tee declined to receive them in con-fidence, with the ultimate result that ganization; andalreidy preparations; Wonlard V stables on Main street',the committee has , made it', known W.vW. Kitchin and of Congressman

terizes Conger Story as, Arte 7.

Declares He Never . Saw Frankin Ills Life. , -'.

liave pnrceeoea xar , enougn 10 iuw tti shot down in quick succession Stateit i a a Claude Kitchin, of the 'Second North.inai unless the reary proots art w.ucu,. iu v uc x wu. . wf I senator:-L.- Travis of Halifax,ereatest educational eratherincrs eve. I c. ;u -- : a : t Tr:i.v: Carolina District; and Deputy Sheriffforthcoming- - to the full satisfactionof the committee that ; every bill - in uw iuc uwic- - 111c icocucia "- - VV " rf I ' , ai ana uepuiy bnerur uunn . v

the AnTan nn T, man 0t-0- 0. nf

Leaders, Though it is Thought to beLess. x

Philadelphia, Pa, Special. --Thegeneral sympathetic strike, the su-

preme and tinal effort of organizedlabor to win the fight of the trolley-me- n

for recognition of their union,which began here two weeks ' ago, isnow in full swing. v

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Acting on the orders of ; the com-mittee of ten of the Central Labor

troduced for. the ; purpose of reward- - State, and especially of the Vest- - Scotland Neck. the town by E. E. Powell, a merchant.ing the North - Pole discoverer, will . b era pan, are ing wuu im I a ya ltlrt Travis and Kitchin were seriouslypigeonholed. r y . ; officials of the Assembly in; a way to gathered Mr. Powell asked Senator wounded and Dunn was expected todie. . -- :f:v:-; ..: ;r , ;'Xsnow inat tney mean to do their paru Travis something about not replying

That the Assembly is doing its part to his letter. Mr. Kitchin, thinkingIdentified After 14 Years. Powell met the three men as theyPittsburg, Special. "This is th i eviaem irom tne names 01 some i rr pnrtTau 0 f unmny were walking along the street togeth" " t XXHIS UUb VI.of those who will take Dart in the dis--ij l u: v:- -

, ,1 er. He atinroached Senator Travisman who bound me "and my wife an

j Albany, . g th'. standIn his own defense Senator JothamP. Allds denied that-h- e demanded andreceived a bribe of $ 1 0 0 0 on April23, 1901, to influence his action onthe highwayj legislation. - More thanthat, he swore he never received any.money from any one at any time to.-- ,

influence his action on highway orbridge legislation, and in his denialhe used the short and ugly word Vile.'T

Emphatically as he could SenatorAllds declared he never es w FrankConfger in his life. When the testi-moli- y

of Senator Benn Conser regardi-

ng! a visit 6f Senator Allds to bis .

ana'rtments. where he agreed . to do

Union, which is directing this de-

monstration of the power of union, burned our feet until we told 'when cussions of the meeting. The program 1 1 t remonstrate with him when and asked him his reason, for not re--iioa ' jjcil neHn pomnieien. iiul aircauy i n 11- - ; n i i i i t uvuiu&'W uuu.iM"" wlabor workers in many trades ceas--1 we bad hidden our money.'J Jsaid

V. xns.anuy sno,-ni- m aown na him Representative Kitchin tftInk,Rome of the leinmen and womened work Saturdav as a protest """" yguci,Qw years old, - as mv, 1 111 luiek secession, shot down Sen-- ing tnat p0well was out of 'humor,picked Frank Donohue out , of : a ''lint I atnr "rau o on1 Mt. Ilnnn I -- i j 1.1. t A li' Tagainst the refusal of the Philadel engaged in educational work in

country have been engagedpiiia Rapid Transit Company to ad The ball took effect in Mr. Kitch- - and tried to placate him. Powellin 's face, below the eve; glanced down 1 drew a pistol, shot Kitchin, and in

' ... 2 . m t --Jjust the grievances of striking con-

ductors and motormen or treat with IndustrialHold Meeting Tor toward the ear anl was later taken Quick succession urea, ou lravis auu

of eight men at the Etna PolicyStation. "It is 14 years, ago, but 3

shall never forget his face. I havnprayed that the guilty one would bcaptured, because those men were responsible for my wife 's death. ' '

Dunn. All three fell to the ground.Congress. out by physicians. Mr. Travis wasthe officers of the Amalgamated As-sociation of ; Street and - Electric Delegates elected by the f , forty struck in the mouth, having two or The shooting occurred in the busi-

ness of the centre-o- f the town andthrew the place into a fever of ex-

citement. A number of men rushedschools of the county met in the three teeth knocked out, thei ballRailway Employes.auditorium of the Wood and Iron I splitting, one part being extractedIn the Central part of the citv

all he could to kill the highway legis-

lation for $1000, was read to him by-Mart- in

W. Littleton, his counsel; Sen-

ator Allds half raised : himself fromthe witness Chair and. pointing hisfinger at the lawyer, said hoarsely:

"Mr. Littleton, there are two lies,there. First,! the conversation never.

Wants Roosevelt As Editor;New York, Special. W. J. Arkell

Building, at Wadesboro, Saturday tff later and the other part not yet lo-- to the aid of the wounded. Severalorganize the T Children's Industrial cated. The ball also made a cut in attempted to stop Powell, but he

the first persons to feel the effect ofthe mandate were the users of pub

a well-know- n publisher of Canajo Conerress of Anson Countv. Th u Mr. Travis' tonjnie. The hall --which iorcea tnem cacK ai me pomi 01lic hacks and taxicabs. Riders in pistol. . , , jharie, N. Y., who formerly owned 1these vehicles, when the clocks struck:i t I weeklv rnaffarine in this nitv. arlmihl-A- jj . j t iLl-!i:- i- .liTL .i.... vi. a After the shooting Powell5 walked tooki place, and 1 never went to pis ,

apartments." j ' '.X--'-'-miamgnt wtro pomeiy miormea Dy r .--7: ' , ' IV I UU.1W were uenvereu. "jftimue ociow me snomaer-oiaa- e ana tQ hig store and cot a shotgun and

the drivers that it would be neces-- a tnat ne naa?aitempiea to ouy in. irom tne secretaries 01 tne uraaeo 1 imngea upward, out has not yet been 1 ammunition Then he went to hisocnooi etierment' Asoclauon .snyw 1 lucaiea. ; home, saying he would shoot any onesary to walk the remainder of the few "rK, ounana T ?.,. TJ

Then the " ' Theodore Roosevelt for editorway. non-unio- n cabbies,' quite an interest ; in this work I Mr: Kitchin and Mr. Travis are who attempted to arrest him.throughout the county. Rooms halfe not hurt badlv but ereat fears are The Mayor of the village stationed

fnen nr fear of ininrv. withdrew I and offered $2,000,000. They replies been fitted up in the building., for entertained concerning Mr. Dunn,that hadthey already refused $3,500, demonstration purposes, and this feafrom the streets.

ture attracted considerable attention. ! Negro Kills His Wife.In one room a well-equipp- ed modern Charged with killing his wife,! Min-kitch- m,

with all the utensils, was fur-- n;e Harsrrave. colored. Geors-- iHar--

He contradicted tne story 01 jiiramG. Moe and Senator Benn Conger ab--solutely and entirely. He related the,story of his movements on that lastday -- of the session of 1901- - aridxputinlo the evidence statements of tba.two bank accounts he maintained,one at Norwich, his home, the otherin a bank here. And he told aboutihis employment by the Forest Pur-chasing Board as a title searcher, giv-

ing a list of the sums he received forthat service, j

Senator Allds was on the standunder direct examination all day. de-

spite a bad attack of bronchitis, whichput him in bad shape physically. .

The big marble chamber was filledto" the ton seat in the gallery. There

guards around the .house and notifiedthe Sheriff, Who --lived seven milesfrom the town, of the shooting. TheSheriff arrived on the scene and Pow-ell announced that he had decided tosurrender. He did so and was imme-diately taken to the county jail.

The bullet, which struck Kitchinat close range, entered the face belowthe eye. It was taken out below theear by surgeons. The ball whichwounded Travis knocked out severalteeth and split his tongue. Dunn was

nished by a local hardware merchant,; grave has been arrested in DavidsonThe delegates representing j the COuhty: and lodged in Rowan jail incuums ui me cuuniy wcie Kieu pi i Salisbury. The killing, which is

tures, and taught mounting and I shoAvered in mvtfterv. oenrred in Ral- -

Several union trades . remained atwrok, among them the printers, whosecommittee voted not to join thestrike; although most of the job menwere anxious to. join in the strike.Philadelphia will thus not be depriv-ed of its newspapers. - v

More than the tie-u- p of business,the authorities fear the thronging ofthe thousands of idle people on thestreets and the disorder that almostinevitably ensues. Since the trolleystrike begun the greatest : distur-bances have occurred on the days

000. Later I may try again, but no;at $3,500,000. There is a small syndicate of us who believe that it woulibe advantageous for the country tjhave Mr. Roosevelt at. the head oa big' daily paper."

Low Rate Messages.Chicago, Special. The night sei

vice of the Western Union and PostaTelegraph companies, which is to bknown as the night letter service, wajput: in actual operation on MondayMarch ?. The letter will be handle!under .the Usual regulations coverinj

framing, and these mounted pictures isbur Saturdayn'ight and the wo-th-ey

carried back to their homes to1man being shot to death with a shothit below the left shoulder blade, thebe used as models. V SUQf while at ,work in her kitchen.

1. The cause of the murder is unknown bullet ranging upward.Bobbers on Charlotte Streets. but - the officers; hold to the theory

In broad daylight and on pne of ealonsy-on- - ihe-part-of-t- hns--the principal streets" in Charlotte band.

The nature of the letter over which

learned. Powell refused to talk.Travis and Kitchin are among the

most, prominent people of the State.Powell is a wealthy land owner andmerchant. Congressman Kitchin andGovernor Kitchin hurried to theirbrother's side.

To Build Custom House.Messrs. John Rutz and W. H.

Chandler, of New York, have bought

were mere-wome- n than men,,,. AlldsIn his many" years of service has madehundreds of friends in Albany and allwere present to' cheer hio -- throughhis examination. His frock coat, bou-tonnie- re,

silk hat and moon face havebeen features of Albany society. Hisgood nature, always on tap,' made hima welcome figure sin the topfeide of .

life of this city; Therefore Albany Inpart turned out to welcome him andwomen sent flowers to . prove thatsentiment beats logic a mile when thohuman side appeals.

It was a. friendly crowd in greaterpart that the Chenango Senator facadwhen he took the stand. The frown- -,

ing Osborne and the alert Vaiv Wyck.ccnsel for Conger, were only remoteshadows in a big group, for:all the

the Rudisill gold mine in the south-western part of. Charlotte, v Thesegentlemen propose, building a . custom

the transmission of messages and wilbe received at any time of day up U

midnight but will not, be put on th-wire- s

until night and until after thdav business had been cleared.

The charges for this night letterservice will be 4,he standard dejrate for ten words for the transmitsion of 50 words or less, and one-fif- tl

of this rate will be charired for eae"additional 10 words or less..

PHILADELPHIA'.. STRIKER SHOT.

--"wnen "worK was generally snspeuueaSundays and Saturday afternoon.The greatest trouble Saturday was

experienced by the police at Indepen-dence square, the very centre of thecity, where despite the announce-ment by Mayor Reyburn that no dem--onstrati- on

could be held on thathistoric ground, a crowd estimatedat 25,000" persons gathered to par-ticipate in or watch the demonstrat-ions of organized labor; ,

mill in connection with the mine Leaders Call For a Strike of All La-

bor Organizations.which will openlup a market for low

negroes held up and assaulted a whitewoman and child and robbed them oftheir pocket books, containing sumsof money last Saturday. These boldrobberies came as the climax to " along series of hold-up- s in whichwomen have been invariably the vic-tims. On" the boulevard in Dolworth,an aged women was knocked downand severely hurt, the negro escap-ing with the woman's pocketbook. Onthe , main street of the city a childwas knocked down and robbed of apurse. The police chased the formercriminal with bloodhounds and auto-mobiles and made two arrests. Greatcrowds foowed each prisoner to thestation, but no violence was attempt-ed, although for a time great "excite

grade ores in .Mecklenburg and j ad-

joining countiesl j 'Policemen, mounted and afoot,

Philadelphia, r Pa. A call for ageneral strike upon the part of allorganized Jabor in Philadelphia tookeffect at midnight. The order wasprepared in formal shape, followingthe failure of the final attemptto arbi-trate, the differences between the

The Rudisill mine has quite a jhis-tor- y

and a mint record of over $1,-000,0- 00.

1 v v ':The high grad ores will be shipped

to the smelters in New Jersey.

Asks Fifteen Million.Hew Orleans, Special. Plans t

hold an expoiution in New Oreans t

were there by the score1 with strictorders to keep the crowd moving.

This was accomplished v and it isdue to the patience, carefulness andsteadiness of the police that no se-

rious outbreak occurred.A statement issued by the- - labor

These ores assay. as high as $190 percommemorate the completion of thton.Panama Canal were acted on Frida

ment prevailed.by an exceutive committee. It wadecided that a : commit! ee headed br

atmosphere was for Allds from . theflowers to the pretty" wo men and theirescoits. T

The accused Senator did well as awitness. He answered with the quick-ness of a schoolboy. His usual goodnature was with him for almost every:minute of the time. Smiles ran ovei-hi-s

face with regularity. His eyes;laughed in thai old way that, .madehim so popjlar years ago when every-body called him, "Joe." mM-

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leaders says : " Let the Philadelphia Governor Sanders of Louisiana antRapid Transit company reinstate all I Mavor Rehnnan. of New Orleans

Need More Superior Courts.Prominent men-o- f North Carolina

contend there is ciying demand foremployes now, on strike to their old should be at once sent to Washing

Sonthernf Asks Relief.A delegation df Southern Railway

officials, including Col. W. B. Rod-man,, counsel ; VR. W. Miller, assist-ant to the first ' vice-preside- nt ; andA. H. Westfall, superintendent;Greensboro, has J called on. the Cor-poration Commission ih Raleigli and

Philadelphia Traction Company andits striking carmen. '

, William Drexler," forty-tw- o yearsold, was fatally injured by a police-man who shot at a crowd that hadcongregated in Frankford avenue, inthe northeast section of the city. Sev-eral cars had been stoned 'by thecrowd along this street, and the policeguarding them fired a volley in theair. One of the bullets, . however,struck Drexler in the. stomach.' Crowds also attacked cars in thedown-tow- n and northwestern sectionsof the city. . ; ,

Over 100,000 are involved in themovement. - .

positions and let the company then ton to seek Federal aid. .Fifteen milcourts sufficient to transact the buslion dollars will be required, the com

mittee estimated. iness of our citizens. There havebeen different experiments tried, to MURDERER ITRACKED DOWN:

appoint one arbitrator, and we one,these two to be disinterested parties.Let the two thus selected choose athird person and both parties to thedispute submit all questions to theboard, the decision of the ; majorityto be final and binding,'' j

This includes recognition of the

Divorce is Absolute.New York. Special. The final de

meet this demand,; and yet it has notbeen met and the people are still suf-fering from congested court dockets.

New York Man,! Identified, Tells AVliy

He Killed Wife. icree granting an absolute divorte t'Mrs. Ave Willing Astor, from Cc The ' right of ' ' speedy trial is al

most denied. '" The county court, with three jus

John Jacob Astor, has been, signed b; STO(5lv BROKER MUST PA1".union, one l.bf the issues between the Justice rsaac, Ji -- Mills, - m the &utices presiding, was tried in manypreme Court at White Plains. Th

filed a petition asking that the South-ern be exemptedj in certain particu-lars from the operations of the elec-

tric headlight statute passed by thepast legislature (requiring that allmain line engines be so equipped 25per cent each year until all are equip-pe-d.

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BiK Damage to Vessel.A board of survey has examined

the Norwegi an steamer Herman ' We-d- el

Jarlsbersr, which was damaged inthe Seaboard fire in Wilmington Sun

transit company, and its striking employes. .

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counties. The court was found undecree earries an agreement by whic'.Col. Astor pays his . former wifThe general strike which went into

effect at midnight, has taken awaysatisfactory, and therefore abolished. . ...... - , ." .'.$300,000 a year income and $10,000,

000 in cash or securities in a lum:from their jobs according: to' the estimate of the labor leaders, between

Crimioaf courts were established;districts made5 and criminal courtjudges elected to preside over these

sum.5o,000 and" 70,000 men. The police-men say the number only reached . Ninety-Tw- o Crushed by Snow.

Winnepeg, ; Mich., Special. At5

courts. -- The criminal court met withconstitutional difficulties, as well . asother objections, and were exchanged

about 30,000.

o'clock Saturday night Canadiajday ' night, and decided to recommendthat the vessel go to some Northernport , and ; receiver permanent repairs.The damage' to the vessel is between$15,000 and $20,000.

No matter which is true, . there,have been ominous looking bandsof idle ones passing throueh the

Mobile, Ala.-i-Jnli- ns yenner, alias',Alexander Klein, was. positively iden-.- V

tified here as August Petersen, who,-murder- ed

his wife, Sophie Johansenin, a West Ninety-eig- ht street tene- -ment house in New York City, on.February 7 'last and concealed; thebody under the floor of the place. The;identification was made bya brother

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of the murdered woman. . ;

Petersen, after the identification,:;broke down and confessed to the kill--ing and expressed a willingness to re-- '

turn to New York without requisition Xpapers. I '

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"J killed my; wife," said Petersen"because r found her '"locked in theroom with another man, A,bout darkI returned home and knocked at thfront door. j After making me waitfor some time the door was unlocked vand my wife, asked me; what was the ; ,

trouble. The man west out of tbefront door. - ; ,

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"I found in empty whisky bottle jand a bottle with some baer In it;We quarreled and 1' picked, un'. a gas ,

lighter and struck her' on thejside otthe head. The blow kilted her- - in--stantly. 1 buried the body ;under the :

Verdict of $17,515 For PhiladelphiaAVoman Who Took a "Tip."

New York City. The suit of Mrs.Emma D. Andrews against. AlfredW. Chandler, a stock broker, whichhas been going on for a week in theUnited States Circuit Court, ended ina verdict for $17,515 in her favor.

Mrs. Andrewsi who is the wife ofDr. Thomas Hollingsworth Andrews,of Philadelphia, sued Chandler for58 0,000 , she i claimed to have lostthrough investments made on. Chan-dler's advice.l X :

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; :.sAfter the verdict Robert Coleman,

juror No. 6Xtold Judge Hazel thatwhile he concurred in the finding hedesired publicly to criticise one of hisassociates. This Judge Hazel refusedto permit. ! ...

It is understood that Coleman de-sired to say that. his fellow-juryma- n

was a stock broker and had , failetjto make known that fact.'

Pacific officials announced that 9

had met death and14 injured werin the hospitals as a result of th

for Superior Courts. - '

- Recorders' Courts have been estab-lished in, three counties in the State,viz : Union, Nash and Edgecombecounties.

streets in almost every section ofthe city ever since : morning. Itdidnt take much to stir them into avalanche at Rogers Pass.

To Welcome Roosevelt.action, and before long the RapidTransit people deemed it wise not to

New York, Special. Eminent meirun very many carsof various political faiths and. reli,

' Robbers1 Loot Store.At Mooresville" the drug store of

Geo!. C. Goodnfan & Co. was enteredand from it. many articles of valuetaken. V After . a careful examinationof the stock it; was .discovered thatmany; pieces of jewelry were missed.Fountain pens of Waterman and Par

ions1 leaders m the financial amShoots School Girl.1

No Increase in Sale of Tags.There has been no large increase

over last year so far. in the sale oftags for fertilizer,- - but .the increasein the sales of tags for eotton seedmeal and .feed has been great. ' Thefarmers are now- - busy hauling ; ferti-lizer and those in the eastern part

business world, and professional meifc

150 in all have been named O

- Isew York, Special. Because, heWas being teased by a number ofschool children Jan on Vamosky aJailor, fired into a crowd in front 'of

Mavor Gavnor as a committee to d

honor to ex-rresid- ent roosieven. 01ker makes had been taken: and watch LYycHERS SEIZE AnCTIM.of the State will begin to plant cornhis return in June from his bmitinj

aJW'shop and 15-year-- Nita Pincer ' chains, a ring ' and other valuablesn ;,i ifriM. The committee i in a few days.icn 10 the pavement with a bullet in were stolen.headed by . Cornelius Vanderbilt:uer left side.

That is if iioney n ioiiru amies i, as1 .,Unloaded Gun Puts Eye Out.

When' the mother, Mrs. II. T. Bolt,Ar Warned to Leave Ky. Town.

T.1 A A 1 1 . M Mt4 , i

Job Not So Easy, ;: -- ,

Washington, Special; Presiden- -

exinnrtr. ir, cn:.i a

Week's Respite Tor Spivey.

Gov. Kintchin has granted a , re-

spite of one week to l Henryj ywho was to-- have Been hanged Fridaymorning. The respite was granted at

Uurl Negro From AVindovr of CourtRoom in Dallas, Texas.

,DaIIa3, Texas.A mob, led by anold negro, burst into the court room,in which Allen Brooks;an aged negro,charged with criminally assaulting atwo-year-oldw- ehild, was about tobe sentenced: Brooks was seized andtossed through aeeond-stor- y win-dow, breaking his jieck His : body

mes--f pfeked up a-- twenty-tw-o flobert rifle jsarp f tm , i- -r I Tft vmade his first anniversary

J Washington, t D. C Thirty-fou- r Xdollars and eIghty-s?to- n cents is theper capita circulation f money in the

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'uiu futevuie says wnues ami 1 t ." : . .

negroes iu sDeech at a dinner. 01 vne Thursday and pointing it at herson. said: ul believe I'llClub of -- the Youn,Saturdav 'ih. renlt of an Four-Hoiir-a-D- ay the request "of council ; in ordey t bat j ury 'Department

:" The department iii 1 reaching- - this 4attempt by a negro "to murder Mar they - may argue before, the supreme., j ffc

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was 1 ragged --through' the-stree- ts bycalcinaunk estimates the population :

9 W ITnlol Rtr.tea .HQ SSS flftft 'ttried Spivey . and ; uc,1Ci ". " men, who hanged it in an arch, highCourt ' judge.: whaion Leti!,. a. prominent lawver.- - 'Men 's Christian Associauon uuuajThe President frankly, told, his1, audi

tors! that--' being ;a. President' was n' ' "easy job. - , '

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that caused her fo pull the trigger.') ove tte heads of the crowds' ost.ers have, been ' distributed all:With if all, hardly a word was spoHowever the gun was loaded and it

get -- his endorsement v for . a-- i cpmn:uta-tio- n

of sentence. ; The gtrvenior said,

he rrould v commute the sentence if

and announces th' amount of money' yin circulation on March,! as $3,134.-- T

093250, which; if . equally divided. Iwould give every man. woman and ffchild in the country 3.S7." There

fired, tbe ball striking the little fel-

low in the left esOP. inflicting a woirad

tmn warnuiS the negroes toleav 'hen' flie negroes are reported toanv?.frring to resist the whites iff.Ql JP1 s made to force them to

Ask Morse's Pardon.: the presiding judge at tho trial would

ken, not a shot was fired.1 Above thedull rarirniurirgs of the mob could beheard f h.3 aged negro's trenjbjingprayers for mercy. 'i. After BrooSs'washanged Dallas for neatly three houriwas In the hands of the ricters., ,

i that " necessitated t lie removalcf theDallas, Texas--, Special. Petition!join in the recommending, that course is in circulation to-d- ay 149,315,244

more than there was a jear ago. :oZl T !own8- - Pikeville is the eye. Medial attention was calledsigned her(are' beings . numerously oc- -,w

" lhe former feud battles be Spivey killed his wife's father -- ia shl)ry after the Wi-ident- . : whicBladen" county last year.- - ..v" tarred' at, the residence of Mrs.'to pardoi

Eolt.Uonsthe McCy Hatfield fa( asking . President ;Taft

r ; 'Charles W. Morse. j.