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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
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fireman jumped just in time to save
themselves and the engine, going at
about 25 miles an hour, went plunging
into the cars.
1t spit right into these and demolish-
ed ten of them. AS it hit the caboose
there was a great crash, the engine
plowed into the wreckage, and then
twisting up it left the track, toppled and
went crashing down the embankment.
The ten cars that were broken to
pieces were loaded with cotton, various
articles Of merchandise and vegetables.
These were scattered all along the track
and down the embankment in a complete
mass of wreckage, the destruction of the
cars being about complete. 1t took until
nearly 10 o'clock Monday to repair dam
ages so as to allow trains to pass.
None of the railroad men on the train
that was struck were hurt and OF those
injured on the train doing the damage
Flagman Robert Bell had his mouth
mashed and lost number of teeth by
being thrown violently against car,
while Engineer Terrells injuries come
in bruises received from his fall when
he jumped.
The smash-up is said to have been
caused by the failure of the flagman on
the first train to get back of his train
in time to flag down the second train
which was running close behind the
first.
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COTTON RAISING IN AFRICA.
Years will Elapse Before Africa can Compete
Seriously With the South
AN the Associated Press.) J

Liverpool. Nov. 10.-Alfred Jones, presi
dent of the Liverpool Chamber of Com
merce, has just received reports regard
ing the cotton growing experiments in
West Africa. He said to a representa-
tive of the Associated Press:
1--WE sent out a hundred tons of Ameri-
can seed and divided it among all the
British West Coast colonies The re-
suits have been most satisfactory. The
crops matured in ninety days and in
quantity and quality were quite equal to
those fthe parent stock. Next season
we shall send Egyptian seed and We
hope for equally good results. The only
question is whether we can make the
natives work so as to put big plantations
on a commercial basis. The native
wages are four cents a day. But l am
personally afraid that a number OF years
will elapse before we can make the West
Coast of Africa serious competitor of the
American Southern States. If we could
transport the negro population of the
Southern States to the West Coast there
would not be any question of making
Great Britain Independent of the rest of
the world for raw cotton. But l have
had one experience with negro coloni-
zation, and l do not believe it is possible
to secure American negroes for the new
cotton belt. We are sending out Ameri-
cans to teach the natives cotton growing
and must wait and see how the expert
ment turns cut. The question of freight
does not yet enter into the problem
The railroads and steamships have
agreed to transport African cotton free. -
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COLLISION ON SOUTHERN.
Two Frsights Collide and Ten Cars are Demol-
ished, no Lives Lost.

An engine dashing into the rear cars
of a freight train caused big smash
up on the Southern Railway just this
side of Morrisville on Sunday evening.
Ten cars were broken into fragments
and a big locomotive was thrown down
fifty foot embankment into cornfield.
Engineer Sid Terrell and his fireman
jumped from the engine just in time to
save their lives. Flagman Robert Bell,
of Raleigh, was badly hurt and En-
gineer Terrell severely bruised. The
fireman escaped unhurt.
A local freight in charge of Conductor
Davis and Engineer Canoo left Raleigh
Sunday afternoon shortly before o'clock.
Reaching Morrisville the cars were left
on the main line while the engine went
forward to the watertank
Shortly after six another freight left
Raleigh in charge of Conductor Robert
Weaver and Engineer Sid Terrell. The
cars ahead near Morrisville were around
curve on an enbankment about fifty
feet high. AS the cars ahead
were seen the engineer and the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
SALOON MEN TO FIGHT IT.
An Ordinance Passed for Removing Screens,
etc From Saloons.
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Especial to News and Observer
Washington, N. c., Nov. 10.-At called
meeting of the city council the question
of removal of swinging doors, blinds and
stained glass windows in bar-rooms came
up. After nearly three-hours' session,
i'll which a lawyer, representing the bar
men, and the pastors of the Baptist and
Methodist churches were on the floor, the
ordinance was passed
Bar keepers say that a pool will be
formed to defray the expense of making
test case of this matter This case
will be interesting, in that it is the first
of it's kind to come up in the State. The
ordinance is effective January 1st and a
restraining injunction will probably be
resorted to to prevent its going into ef-
feet before court hearing.
The time for the second trial of James
Wilcox is drawing near. 1t is set for
trial for Pasquotank Superior court, which
convencs November 18th. There is lit
tie probability that the case will be
moved to any other town and your cor
respondent has reliable letters saying
that new evidence of rather startling
rature will be introduced.
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THE AUDUBON SOCIETY.
Big Negro Threatens to Knock de stufin' Outn
his Reflection in Mirror.
IspeciaI to the News and OBSERVER

Special to the News and Observer)
Greensboro, N. c., Nov. 1O.-At
meeting of the Executive Committee of
the State Audubon Society here Satur-
day night, one hundred sustaining mem
bers, each carrying an annual fee of S5,
were received into the society. Miss
Selma Webb, of Shelby, was elected as
sistant secretary, and the following ad-
tional honorary vice-presidents were
elected: s. L. Patterson, Esq, Raleigh;
Prof. r. d. w. Connor, Wilmington;
Mayor A. H. Boyden, Salisbury; Mr.. J.
Van Lindley, Greensboro; Mrs. J. Lind
sey Patterson, Winston Salem. 1t was
decided to issue during the coming week
or as soon as possible, $4,000 leaflets,
$4,000 being an address to the people OF
the State explanatory of the purposes
and plans of the society, the others be-
ing an article prepared by the secretary
on the value of birds in agriculture.
Messrs. T. Gilbert Pearson and j, F.
Jordan, OF Greensboro; DR.. r. Fl. Lewis
and Mr.. w. H. Brimley, of Raleigh,
were appointed a committee to draft and
present to the coming Legislature new
laws relating to the proper protection
and preservation of birds of the State.
Messrs. Zeb Conyers and Eugene Sykes
have purchased the big drug business of
G. e. Holton, located on the northwest
corner of the McAdoo Hotel building.
On Friday night, Mrs. S. A. Howard
was very much alarmed to hear men
carrying on a boisterous conversation, as
she thought on her front piazza. Mr..
Howard went down, and just as he
reached the front door he saw Police
man Barnes enter and collar
hig negro man, who was stand
ing in front of large mirror.
Blacksdale had a few moments before
gone into a neighboring house, and the
police were 'phoned for. BY the time
that Officer Barnes arrived he was told
that the negro had gone to Mr.. Howard S
residence which accounted for the stimuli
taneous meeting of Mr.. Howard and the
officer. Blacksdale had found the door
unlocked, had walked in, and the con-
versation which Mrs. Howard heard was
between himself and his image in the
large mirror. Myers was insisting to.
the "other niger" that a Greensboro
nigger was no good compared to a Rich
mond darkcy and was emphasizing it by
sundry shakings of his fist, etc. He was
drunk and hidden by the mayor to
go and sin no more.
Col. Jno. N. Staples, ex-Judge w. P.
Bynum, and State Solicitor A. L.
Brooks left for Richmond last night to
argue the case of Fisher ct al. against
the Greensboro Water-works Company
in the United States Circuit Court.
Rev. DIR. Turrentine, at West Market
Street Methodist church preached a spe-
cial sermon, in the interest of the Young
Woman's Christian Association of the
State Normal and Industrial College and
the Greensboro Female College yester-
day.
Mr.. S. A Carr. who has been super
intendent of the First Presbyterian
Sunday-school for thirty-seven years,
resigned yesterday and Mr.. J. M. Hen
bricks was selected to succeed him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
GREAT YIELD OF CORN
Preliminary Estimate Shows
it far Above the Ten
Years Average.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington D. c., Nov. 1O.-The pre-
liminary estimate of the average yield
of corn per acre, as published in the
monthly report of the statistician of the
Department of Agriculture is 28.6 as COM
pared with an average yield of 1871 bush
els in 1901, 25.3 bushels in 1900, and 1899,
and ten-year average of 23.4 bush
els
The following table shows the prelim-
mary estimates of average yield per acre
in bushels, in 1902, for the Southern
States:
Missouri 800; Texas, ST; Georgia, 90;
Tennessee, 21.0; Kentucky 27.0; Alabama
S.4 North Carolina, 14.2; Arkansas, 20.9;
Mississippi, lis; Virginia, 21.6; South
Carolina. 1917.
1t is estimated that about 10 per cent
of the corn crop of 1901 was still in the
hands of farmers On Novembef /, 1902,
as compared with As per cent of the
crop Of 1900 in farmers hands on Novem-
Der 1, 1901. The preliminary estimate
of the yield per acre of potatoes is 95.4
bushels, against an average yield per
acre of 65.5 bushels in 1901.
OF the eleven principal sweet potato
producing States, six, including Georgia
and South Carolina, report average yields
per acre of sweet potatoes in excess of
their ten years averages, and five in
Guiding North Carolina and Alabama re-
port yields below such averages.
All af the ten principal tobacco States
except Pennsylvania report average yields
Ter acre OF tobacco is excess of their
year averages. The quality of the to-
bacco crop is fair.
The estimated production Of sugar
cane in percentages of full crop is as
follows:
North Carolina and Texas S5; Georgia,
81: Louisiana, 50; South Carolina, 76;
Florida, IS; Mississippi, II, and Alabama,
g.
The estimated average yield per acre
of rough rice in bushels is as follows:
Louisiana. 25.5; North Carolina, 81;
South Carolina, 1913; Georgia, $40; Flor
ida, 27.O;; Alabama, 25.2; Mississippi,
1914, and Texas, 450.
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I. c. Declares it's an Independent Line
(By the Associated Press.)

Frankfort, KY, Nov. 10.-The Illinois
Central Railroad Company today filed
in the office of the Railroad Commission
it's answer to the complaint filed by tfE
commission with the Inter-Sta Com
merce Commission. some weeks ago, re-
garding the merger of Southern RAILROAD
lines. : or answer, the company makes
general denial of the charge that it's
stock and bonds have fallen into the
hands of j. p. Morgan & Co. as owner
or as trustee for the stock or bond
holders. They deny further that they
have entered into any contract with the
Illinois Central and lines controlled and
operated by it are independent and that
the charge that they are in coIlusion
with other lines is without foundation
and untrue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
Alabama Collector of interval
Revenue Removed.
]. H. BINGHAM Is THE MAN
He is Held Responsible in Part for the Exclusion
of Negroes From Participation in the
Alabama Republican Con-
vention.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, D. c., Nov. 10.-Julian II.
Bingham, Collector of Internal Revenue
for the District of Alabama, has been re-
moved from his office and Joseph o.
Thompson appointed to succeed him.
The change was made as a result of a
political condition which recently arose
in Alabama. Colorsd Republicans were
excluded from participation in the Repub-
lican State convention, and Collector
Bingham was held responsible, at least
in a measure, for their exclusion.
Postmaster General Payne visited the
White House and as he left the execu-
tive offices made public the following
statement defining the reasons for the
change:
THE change in the office of Collector
of Internal Revenue for the District of
Alabama, in no wise reflects upon the
integrity of Mr. Bingham. the incumbent
of the office. 1t is one of those things
which occasionally happens in politics
The position taken by the Republicans
of Alabama at their recent State con-
vention, as understood by the Republic
cans of the North, is looked upon as
p6TNeESlOH OI the IuuudulGuldI pi lHCipiCS
of the Republican party, and Mr.. Bing-
ham is, in a measure, held responsible
for that action; hence the change.
Neither the administration nor the
Republican party of the North will
stand for the exclusion of any section of
our people by reason of their race or
color, when in other respects, such per-
sons have complied with the laws and
are eligible under the law to full and
free participation in political action, and
are of a high standard of pesonal char
acter In other words, there are few
hundred colored men in Alabama who
come up to the requirements of the re-
Gently adopted State Constitution and are.
eligible for participation in political
affairs, and the action of the Republican
State convention referred to, in arbi-
trarily excluding them is not approved;
no more than such action would be ap-
proved if it were taken in Ohio or In
diana"
Mr. Thompson, the appointee, is a
brother of Representative Thompson, of
Alabama. He is a Republican, although
his brother represents Democratic dis
trict.
The President has appointed John S.
Webb postmaster at Tuskegee, Alabama,
vice Joseph o. Thompson, appointed col
lector of internal revenue of Alabama.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
HE IDENTIFIES MASON
Negro Says he Gave him
Murdered Woman's
Watches to Pawn.
(By the Associated Press.)

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 10.-George Lee
pawned the watches taken from Clara. A
Morton and Agnes McPhee, who were
murdered in Waverley and Somerville
last month, was taken to court today
After a conference between the State
officers and Judge Charles Almy, Perry
was ordered held as a witness against
Mason. His bail was fixed at 81 900. 1t
is understood that the decision of the
police to hold Perry as a witness instead
of arranging him as an accessory, was
due chiefly. to the fact that as wit
ness Perry can not only give testimony
against Mason, but can be forced to tell
of his own movements and every rela-
tion he has had with others during the
time the assaults have been committed
in Cambridge, Somerville and other
suburbs.
Perry has positively identified Mason
as the man who gave him the watches of
the murdered women to pawn. Mason
says he never saw the negro before.
Under an arrangement made by Judge
Almy and he police, both Mason and
Perry will appear in court tomorrow.
1t is believed so complicated has the
case become, that both the commonwealth
and the defense will ask for another
continuance in order that they may have
time for continued investigation.
The Cambridge police are now strongly
of the opinion that there is another ne
gro who knows something of the whole
case, particularly about the watches. He
is older than Perry and is blacker. Tho
man whom the police are hunting has
been missing since the arrest of Alan G.
Mason.
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SMITH FOR SPEAKER
Gates Presents its Able and
Experienced Legislator.
Easily one Of the First Lawyers in the East Mr.
Smith is an Honest and Conservative
Legislator.

To the Editor:-Inasmuch as the time
is drawing near for another General AS
sembly to convene in North Carolina, it
is advisable if not important that the
thinking men for the next sixty days
should be in touch with those who are
to make the laws under which we are to
live and be governed. The people are
looking forward to the course of this
Legislature with more than ordinary in
terest.
In any legislative body in which one
political party is largely in the ascen-
dency, it is sometimes necessary to guard
against ultraism. Now is the time 10
make conservatism the watchword. The
interests of the people are always safe,
when in the hands of able, honest and
conservative men. The main object OF
this communication is to announce to the
public that the friends of Hon. L. L.
Smith, of Gates county, will urge his
election to the Speakership of the House
of Representatives. We consider Mr..
Smith pre- eminently qualified for the
position.
He is an able parliamentarian, and
is always cool-headed and conservative.
He has rendered long, faithful and able
service to his party and his State. He
was an able leader in the Legislatures OF
1896 and 1901, and his record while there
is an open epistle to the people of North
Carolina.
Mr.. Smith has for years been regard
ed as one of the ablest and most ag-
gressive Democrats in the East. He is
an able and incorruptible lawyer, man
of spotless character and the best type
of the Christian gentleman.
w. T. CROSS
Chairman Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Gates County.
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his name was mentioned, he laughed

his name was mentioned, he laughed
aloud
Ex-Governor Black touched lightly on
the testimony given by Mrs. Stephenson
and argued that extraordinary as it APP
peared, and fantastic as Mr.. Osborne may
call it, everything she said, was within
the bounds of possibility. He reminded
the jury that it was in reply to the prose-
cution and not to any questions from the
defense that Mrs. Stephenson partly
identified Cornish as the man she saw In
the postoffice. Returning to Cornish, Mr..
Black said:
Cornish took that dirty little bottle
home, but when did he take it home
when he got it. He waited until he had
arranged for five men to identify it in
case of need. You are asked to notice
that Cornish was willing to let his
friend King take dose of the stuff. OF
course he was, but when he offered it
to King. the poison was not in the bromo
bottle. Prof. Withaus told you the poison
was only at the top of the bottle and
had not permeated the other stuff below
Cornish got 1T home just in time. He
knew Mrs. Adams was subject to head
aches and twelve hours after the bromo
reached the fiat, Mrs. Adams had taken
it. She was gone There was nothing
now to stand in the way of that unlimi-
ted passion which burns cities and de-
stroys empires"
Mr.. Black argued from the testimony
of the chemical experts who analyzed
the contents of the glass from which
Mrs. Adams drank, that Cornish lied
when he said he drank "good swallow
of the mixture, and quoted from Prof.
Continued on Second Page.l
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TIE NEGRO SUFFRAGE CASE.
Jurisdiction Principal Point in This Matter
Sent to Supreme Court From Alabama.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, D. c., Nov 1O--The Uni
ted States Supreme Court today granted
a motion for an early hearing in the case
of Jackson W. Giles VS.. the Board of
Registration of Montgomery, Ala, involv-
ing the question whether the suffrage
provisions of the new constitution of the
State of Alabama is repugnant to the
nth and 18th amendments to the Consti
tuition of the United States. Giles, who
is a negro, and resides in Montgomery
county, alleged that the board refused to
register him and 5000 others of their race
on account their color while certificates
we're issued to all white men who made
application This, he says, was done to
prevent the members of his race exer-
c4sing the right of franchise in the re-
cent election. The question of jurisdic-
tion is the principal point involved in
the case and there will be no oral argu-
ment, the case being presented on printed
briefs
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Funeral of Mr.. George Worth
Especial to News and observer.)

Especial to News and Observer.)
Asheboro, N. c., Nov. 10.-The funeral
of Mr. George Worth was conducted
from the Presbyterian church today at 3
o'clock, by Rev. George Atkinson, of
Charlotte.
A large crowd was present. The floral
designs were perhaps, the most beauti-
ful and the most numerous ever seen
here on similar occasion.
Mr.. Worth was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas G. Worth, and grandson of the
lamented DR.. J. M. Worth He was just
growing into manhood and had bright
prospects for a useful life.
The citizens of Asheboro will always
have tender memories of the life of the
good young man.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
LIVES AND DIES A MYSTERY.
The Passing Away of W. e. Chivers at Dur
ham, Damage Caused by Trolley Slipping
Especial to News and Obseryer)

Especial to News and observer
Durham, n. c., Nov. 10.-W. e. Chiyers,
the painter and decorator, a man who
was certainly an artist died at the
Watts Hospital Sunday afternoon at
o'clock, his death being caused by heart
trouble. He died within few minutes
after he reached the hospital.
The man died as he had lived-alone
and mystery. great many of our
people knew him as Chivers. the painter
but no more His most intimate friends,
if those who knew him best can be term
cd intimate friends knew practically
nothing about him, although he lived in
this section for eight years or more.
Neither did he leave a scratch of pen
or people are or whence he came. There
is story-or rather vague rumor-that
he was born in Philadelphia and later
lived in Massachusetts, that he has a
wife from whom he had parted and a son
about q years of age, but no one knows
of these facts.
Sunday afternoon the slipping of a
trolley on one of the street cars on Main
street caused considerable damage Sew
eral fire boxes and fire gongs were burn
ed out and thirty five Interstate tele-
phones were put out Of service for some
time by the burning out Of fuses
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DEBATES WITH PRINCETON.
Arrangements Being Made for the University
to Meet This College.
(Special to News and Observer.)

TDUVCTdT
Chapel Hill, N. c., Nov. 10.-lt is re-
ported from an authentic source that
negotiations are now under way between
the University of North Carolina and
Princeton University looking forward to
the perfection of arrangements whereby
a series of debates may be held At this
early date it is impossible to ascertain
when and where these debates will occur.
Judging, however, from the celebrity of
the two institutions, it is more than
certain that New Jersey, for the next
two years, will be offered the opportunity
of hearing true North Carolina logic and
elouuence.
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Resent Moody's Charge.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Asheville, n. c., Nov. 10.-A letter to
the Citizen from Rutherford says there
were positively no frauds in the election
there, and people resent the charge to
that effect made by Moody.
The official majority for Cathey Demo
orat, Senator in Thirty eighth district,
is 1896.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-11
spain's Cabinet Offers designations.
IN the Associated Press

W 'AAC ~AooO~t'ItQ L SoS'J
Madrid, Nov. 10.-Premier Sagasta to-
day rendered to King Alfonso the resig-
nation of the entire Cabinet. The King
will decide tomorrow whether he will
accept the Ministers designations. The
Cortes will be informed of the crisis to-
day and will suspend its sittings until
it is solved Should the King accord a
continuance of his confidence in Premier
Sagasta, the ministry will be modified
and probably the Ministers of War,
Marine and Justice will be sacrificed.