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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21
IN GREENSBORO
Judge Boyd Hears Unique Case in the
Federal Court.

Federal Court.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
GREENSBORO. N. c.. March 2o.-There
was an unusual proceeding before United
States Court Judge Boyd here to-day in
which North Carolinian, Virginia con-
stable and the Mount Airy and Eastern
Railroad figured. Some time ago when
this road was placed In the hands Of a
receiver, an injunction was also issued
forbidding any party from bringing suit
against tho corporation without first
obtaining permission OF the court. Asfar-
mer and business man. living near Mount
Airy. N. T.. Bowman. sold cross-ties to
one White, superintendent of construo-
ton, and there was a balance due Bow
man, as no claimed. Of s14.5S. He sued
the road before q magistrate. recovered
Judgment, and placed an execution In the
hands OF S. Il. c.. Boyd. q constable OF Pat
rick county. Va. Boyd served notice on
the officials that unless they paid the
sell It.
In consequence OF these proceedings.
the matter having been brought to Judge.
Boyd's attention, he issued a rule against
Bowman and Boyd to show cause why
they should not be attached for COON
tempt Of the order Of the court prohibits
Ing any suit without first obtaining per-
mission of the court.
The parties made their appearance.
represented by attorneys. and had the
hearing continued until the first Mon
day in April. in tho meantime giving
good stout appearance bond.
A vacant lot, 26x14S feet. on South Elm
street, was purchased this morning by
G. w. Jennings. for $500. lie VII at
once erect four-story brick building
thereon.
Mr.. II. B. Ogburn, for n long time head
salesman Of the firm Of Lessee Chisolm &
Strand, has accepted the position of man
ager OF the savings department. Of the
Southern Loan and Trust Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21

Every e fort Made to Insure the Protec-
ton and legal Trial ofithe Negro
Accused Of Double Crime in
Rockingham, County

nLB s}saSh1i. Il e. Mafc 1'sSs.sa
Aycock received q telegram this morn
ing from tho sheriff OF Rockingham
county asking that tho Iaeldsville mill
tary company be ordered. II subject to
hts command, to enable him to protect
q prisoner In imminent danger OF lynch
lug; that a, burglary and murder had been;
committed late last night ncnr Rcids-l
VILE, and venerable and highly cs-
fAecmed man had been killed and his
niece shot three times by tho burglar.
Tho telegram did not give the names OF
any parties to tho terrible affair. Tho
Governor promptly ordered the Rcids-i
Vile Rifles subject to the sheriff's COM
1nand, with Instructions to protect the
prisoner Mt all hazards, and gave notice
that special term of court will be or
dered ut once to try the prisoner.
Y It is impossible to ascertain MS yet
whether the trial OF Ernest Haywood
for the killing OF Ludlow Skinner will
come UP at the approaching term Of
Wake Court, March 23d, or not. The,
impression seems to prevail that there
will be continuance. However. there,
So great activity now among counsel for
both prosecution and defense. Counsel
on both sides are non-commttal as to
the probability of trial.
The Red Springs OIL and Fertilizer
Company, OF Red Springs. Robeson!
county was chartered to-day with fifty
or more stockholders to operate. a cot
ton seed oil mill and fertilizer factory.
John IF. 2cEachern & Son and W. P.
Williams are among the largest stock
holders.
A charter was issued to the Dcy- Heath
Miller Mercantile Company. Washington,
NJ C.. Capital stock, $4,000. ~ !. i
q Central Lodge, K. Of p. has announced
the committees In charge OF their pro-
posed street fair and merchants carni5
val. the various Committees having
thereon some OF the i most prominent
merchants and business men OF tho sdlty.
The fair ana carnival Is to be held during
the week OF May 18th.
Tho official cali has boon Issued for
the Democratic city election; primaries
to be held on Friday. March 9th; the
polls 10 be open from 6 a. Al. to Z r. NJ.
4 The contest for the Nlayoralty is waxing
especially interesting, with six candidates
q in the field. with prospects for a seventh
strong independent candidate In the per-
son 81 Mr.. Joseph Is. Poguc. his followers
tcr11iing themselves Reform c;nocra IS. Z
Some Of the other cana idates are a NJ:
Powell, present Mayor: J. Stone Wynnc,
w. =. Faison, and Peter Sales. 81 w ...l Il
Governor Aycock has accepted an ainvi-
station to deliver an educational address
at Mt. Olive April 18th. The occasion will
Z be tho campaign for a bond issue for
erecting new graded school buildings.
y The l3lst North Carolina Supreme Court
report came from the presses OF the
state printers to-day. and are ready for
delivery. y
The Secretary of State announces that
he has quantity. of printed copies y Of
the Watts whiskcy act, which will be. furf
nishcd to any citizen who requests them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21

Bpeoial revival services begin at Ram
lsdolphss Street Baptist Church SUNDAY
aSaroh 22d; preachtng every night An N
week ~ Rev. 8. ~ ,Fs gsIs!aI
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Corporation Commission, etc, and there
arc no committee rooms at all, legisla-
tive committees 1,nving to meet In throo
buildings. 1t Is proposed to have two
wings at the north and south ends Of tho
present Capitol, each wing to be tho size
tof tho present building. When tho Cap
'ltoli was built. IT was declared to bcs the
finest public structure In the United
States. and the Biographies Of that period
IN stat cd. 7s5 ll5Rssg 155t ~
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DIR. BAKER
IS B:'|AILED.
Preliminary Hearing at Tar
boro Held Yesterday.
EYE WITNESSES HEARD
Ante. Mortem Statement Of Or. Bass
and Testimony Of Or. Baker-No
Evidence OF. Murder in the First
pegree-BalIed at $4,000.
fspeclal to The Times. ispa tch 3

(speclai to The Times-D ispatch.)
A RALEIGH, NJ. c., March 20.-Tl1e pre-
lininary trial OF Or. ]. NJ. Baker for
killing Dr.. II. n. Bass was heard this
morning at Tarboro before Judge George
II. Brown. Dr. Baker had previously
given ball for his appearance Monday,
but warrant issued by Judge Brown,
made returnable Friday, gave him the
choice between coming home and being i'm
prisoned until the hearing, or remaining
away until then and surrendering him
self, which latter was done. He returned
from Norfolk and spent last night with
country friends and came in this morn
ing Search was made for him at his res
idence last night.
After the warrant was read and Witness
es sworn, the Judge ordered q recess I'M
til Donnel Gillian, one of the attorneys
for the defense, could arrive at 1880 on
q special train from Goldsboro, where he
missed connection with the regular train.
The hearing was resumed by the State
T. L. Dancey, who was pres
ent and saw the beginning and end. This
is his statement III brief: i6
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NORTH cARoLlNA's CAPITOL,
The Commission Thinks Si,ooo,ooosIs
Needed for Extensions. fM 81
lspec!al Is The Times. pispstth.!

Especial to The Times. pispsstch.!
x RALEIGH, NJ c., March 20.-At the
late session of the Legislature commits
Sion composed OF overnor Aycock. Chief
Justice Clark, Senator Norris, and Repre-
sentatives Graham and Drewry was ar
pointed to look into tho matter OF en-
iarglng the Capitol and report to, the
next Legislature Chief Justice Clark
says the extension is greatly needed. ans
will cost about 100000. The corner
stone OF the Capitol was laid In 1888. the
granite used in construction all coming
from q quarry owned by the tate, which
is one mile from the building. Stone
has been steadily taken from the quarry
ever since, md the quality Is now better
than that OF the stone used In the Capt.
toll.
The commission will soon meet Tho
building now in use Is far too cramped
for present needs, and Is not able to con-
tain the Supreme Court and Its library,
The State Library, the Attorney-Ge erai,
Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21
Special s erylces.

Loxlngton-Mr. Hurt, Cha than
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WrightsviIIe Selected.

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
GREENSBORO N. c.. March 20.-The
Executive Committee Of the State Press
Association in session here to-day se-
lected Wrightsville as the next place OF
Il y.
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<<He Won't Ole

OF consumption is g remark often n'ads
of a leshy man. The remark espresso
the popular recognition Of the fact that
the sign of consumption Il emaCtattout
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
ABOLITION OF MIDDLE-AGEy
1t Seems to Have stepped backward
and Marched Alongside
of Youth.

Half a century ago a man of IS was
regarded almost elderly and a woman
of the same age la expected to have
bong since cut herself adrift from all
ties binding her to her youth and to
assume the appearance and deport-
ment of a staid, exemplary matron.
All this has changed in a particularly
nent features is a seeming contradic-
ton, says the Spectator. If the three
year-old child of to-day is as knowing
as was the siX-year-old child of half
q century ago, and the ten-year-old
boy of to-day is in many respects quite
as much a man as was his grandfather
at Is, one might naturally expect that
in due graduation the modern middle
aged man should be old beyond his
years. But such is not the case.
Middle age, so far from hurrying on
into senility, so far even from stand
ing still, would seem actually to have
stepped backward and marched along
side of youth. There is a jauntiness, a
buoyancy, a. elasticity about the mid
die age of to-day at which our fathers
would have shaken their heads as un-
seemly. The gulf which once sepa-
rated the middle-aged parent from his
children has been filled up. The ur-
tain which shrouded the middle-aged
maj generally from the eyes of youth
and which caused him to be regarded
with respect, if not in awe. has been
lifted, and in obedience to the same
influences which have made the
schoolmaster the friend of the school
boy and the regimental officer almost
the comrade of his men, the middle
aged man of to-day is nsver so happy
as when working with or playing upon
an equality with, and actually in com
petition with, youth.
AS with men so it is with ONE
Social statisticians tell us that the
age at which women are considered
most eligible for marriage bls been
very notably advanced of late years,
and we know that the lament of many
a matchmaking m is that the
most dreaded rivals of her darling are
not to be found SO much among the
girls of her W age as among women
who not many years ago would have
been relegated to the ranks of hopeless
old maidehhood. The fact that the
middle+aged lady of to-day is much
younger in manner and tastes is, of
course, not the only reason for this,
but it is among the most potent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
II RUSSIAN SPRING.
Breaking Up of the Ice i'm Rivers We'll
coined with Rejoicing by
Z the People.

To write about a Russian spring is to
riginal inhabitants turn in their graves
with establishment, says the London
Globe. For in former times it wasreck-
oned in that country that there were
only three seasonS-summer, autumn
and winter. Nevertheless, squeezed in
between the last of these and the month
of May there is a period which, for want
of a better name, may be designated
spring. 1t is not, however, very easy,
even for an experienced observer of ma
ture, to say when it begins and when it
ends. For first there is much snow, a
bitter wind and glorious sunshine, till
finally only a few fragments of winters
mantle lie here and there half hidden in
hollows that face to the north. On the
banks of the Neva the citizens of st.
Petersburg gather annually to watch
the breaking up of the ice. but on the
great rivers that flow southwark 1t often
happens that this process is accOmpa-
MED by nothing noteworthy; a channel
forms up the middle of the stream and
the ice floats down it with more or less
hindrance toward the sea. The rock,
the lark, the swallow return, and, ac-
cording to a Russian saying. bring back
the heat; willows display their silken
buds; the sportsman comes with his
gun to visit the wild duck among the
reeds, and high aloft hundreds of geese
may be deserted winging their way to
the lonely tundra.
Perhaps it is for the change produced
by the melting of the snow and the
breaking up of the ice that Easter is
celebrated with such transport by the
Russian people. There is a fullness of
pleasure that it is not difficult to under
stand in seeing once again after so many
months the flowing river, the green
plain, the forests of birch or pine strip
ped of their robe of snow. On the first
of May the inhabitants of Moscow go
to the woods and bring back from them
shoots of the fresh green. like the dove
released from the ark after the deluge.
Even the discarding of furs seems to
suggest a new era of untrammeled free
dom and activity. But goloshes must be
worn to the bitter end, for the amount of
mud is extraordinary. Though the
snow may have vanished, though it may
not have rained for weeks, though the
sun shines magnificent day after day in
a cloudless heaven, the mud continues to
increase. 1t oozes, of course, from the
unfreezing earth. and renders roads i'm
passable to carriages for a time that
seems incredible.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03

tricity of one degraded demagogue.
Marquis de Rochefort has an enor-
nous following which buys many thou
sand copies of his paper, the Intransi-
geant, simply and solely to gloat over
his foul epithets. And at least half the
press of the country mimics his meth
DDS of controversy. Clericals are load
ed with such synonyms as thurifers,
Jesuits, scarlatinas, red tails, confess
sional-box bugs, vestry rats and boudi-
cusard, a parody Of the word drefusard.
Jews enjoy the epithets fiat foot, hook
nosed, usurers, youpins, youtres, dust
bins, snatch-farthings, ~scavengers, car
rotiers (skin-fints), carrion, scum of
the ghetto and others which do not bear
repetition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
UNWRITTEN FICTION.
The Peacefu1ness of GuIIiver's Slum.
Der MARRIED by the Court
Jester OF Liliput.

Soon after his arrival in Liliput, Gull
liver, tired and hungry, stretched him
self out upon the ground and fell asleep,
relates the New York Sun.
While he was asleep the Liliputians
discovered his presence. After a short
consultation hundreds of them swarmed
upon him and securely bound him with
miniature ropes.
They were overjoyed at having thus
captured a giant so many times their
combined size. Several of the more
enthusiastic of them, unable to contain
themselves, broke into a delirious
thimble-thimble 0e., Liliputian for can-
CAM upon his waistcoat.
Hey, stop that this minute!" yelled
the court jester of Liliput from below.
Don't you know any better than to
jump around that way on an empty
stomach" .
But his warning was unnecessary, for
just then something caused CULVER to
groan in his sleep, and the frightened
jewellers scrambled to the ground for
safety.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
GOOD FIGURES OF SAVAGES.
Why Women of UnciviIized Races Are
Erect and Graceful in
Carriage.

GAS a rule" observed a widely
travelled man the other day, Savage
women have much better figures than
civilized women"
81 don't believe it," said his friend,
"but admitting it to be true for the
sake of argument, what is the rea-
son?'
There + many The
women of savage and barbarian races
don't YEA stays, to start with. That
is an enormous gain, since it allows
their bodies to develop naturally.
Then, the savage woman goes bare
footed from infancy. She has n 20
high-heeled shoes to distort her feet
and throw her whole body off it's
proper poise. She always has plenty
of vigorous outdoor exercise, and her
clothes-if she wears any, which she
usually doesn't-are designed for
ease, not for elegance.
"But the principal cause of her
good figure is her habit of carrying
heavy weights on her head from
earliest childhood. A negress on the
west coast of Africa or in the West
Indies will think nothing of carry
ing nearly a hundredweight on her
head for a mile or more. That is
why her figure is like that of a Venus
de Milo, until it is spoiled towards
middle age by hard work and priva-
ton.
"White women who live in the trop-
les often make their daughters prac-
tice carrying jars of water and other
heavy weights on their heads simply
in order to give them a good figure.
Lady Broome, Lady Blake, Lady Mus
grave, Lady birmingham and many
other wives of British colonial gov
ernors have done this, with the result
that their daughters to-day rank
among the most graceful girls in
English society"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
IMPORTANCE OF FISHING.
A Justice who Thought 1T Came Be-
fore Everything Else, Even
Marriage.

"Fishing?" said the justice, tipping
back iudiciously. "Well, it's more i'm
portant than anything else, sometimes,
if not all the time. But there's some
folks who don't seem to understand
that. Now, not long ago / had a young
fellow and a girl up before me. They'd
been engaged, but had a falling out,
and l guess the fellow was going to
leave the girl because she changed her
mind. l knew the pickerel were biting
out here in the mill pond, and it was
time to be out, so 1 heard the case fast
as 1 could, fined the young fellow, sent
'em all out, and went fishing. In less'n
m hour I heard someone h%ollerin', and
saw a fellow motioning yer on the
bank. 1t was the town marshal. I
didn't pay any attention to him, for
I didn't want to be disturbed. but bime-
by he motioned so hard / started over
towards him, and just as / did I got
a bite, and hooked a big pickerel. At
last / heard what the town marshal
wanted. 'Say!' says he, them folks
wants to git married.
"'Well, why don't they. then?'
says /.
"'But they want you to do it, says
he. Wouldn't that cramp you? Here
I'd just fined him, and now l was busy.
"'There amt no hurry about that
said 1. I thought maybe she'd change
hermindagain. All this time that pick
erel was just chargin' round, and | had
all I could do to keep him out of the
weeds.
"'They can't wait!' hollers the town
marshal. That made me mad.
Couldn't wait! Here I'd just fined the
man! You go on back an tell 'em
they got to wait!' says I, to the town
marshal. Pm busy, and ] allow it's
a sight more important for me to
get this pickerel 'nAit is for them to
! get married So I went right on and
played my fish, and at.last l got him
| in the boat. He was aPeauty. Then
went on in and married. 'em, but moi
. before, want to tell youA Some folks
are just naturally unreasSaable."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
MOVING BY CASH CARRIER.
st. Louis HARDWARE Merchant Use
Novel Method to Transfer Goods
to New Store. 4

We have heard of many novel use
to which the overhead carrier systen
has been put, but probably the most in
genious of them all is that of a st. Loui
hardware merchant, who moved Thu
greatest part of his stock from one store|
to another, which was located on. thd
other side of the street, almost directly
opposite, relates the Scientific Amer
lcan.
A steel cable one and one-half inches
thick and tested for 600 pounds, was
thrown across the street from the win1
dow of one establishment to the other, a
span of 81 feet. On this there was
strung a steel box and as the goods were
taken from the shelves in one establish
ment they were placed in boxes and
marked.
These were loaded into the cage. Grav{
Ity carried the load across the street,
and the box was brought back by the
aid of a hand w~indlass.
The steel box made a round trip ever
minute, and the daily average was sol
per day. The average load was 300
pounds.
In this manner all the shelf goods werx
handled, and the operation was pen
formed without the slightest confusion
the goods practically going direct fron
the place in the old store to their per
manent location in the new establish
ment,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
Politicians and Children.

When Senator Arthur Pue German
was at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York, just before sailing for Europe re-
Gently, a newspaper man, presuming
upon his long acquaintance, pressed the
political sphinx insistently for an in
terview. Can't do it, my boy" replied
the senator. Politicians, yor know,
are ike children" How so?" "They
should be seen, not heard" And the
senator resumed his promenade up and
donw the hotel corridor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03

The successful launching of the big
dry dock at the yards of the Raritan
Dry Dock Company on Saturday is an
incident in the progress of Perth
Amboy which, in the great strides we
are now making, is apt to be passed
by with but slight consideration,
while, in reality, it is a step that puts
this city in the very front ranks as a
maritime center, and, in one sense, it
means as much to the city as the
establishment here OF a large factory.
Such a dock as was launched Satur-
day was never dreamed of a few years
ago when one or two marine railways
were all there was along the sound.
1t was but1a short time ago that the
Perth Amboy DRY Dock Company
built their largest dock and were
scoffed at by some who thought they
would never have use for it. This
dock today will accommodate the
largest crafts now in these waters, but
with a still larger dock, still larger
vessels may be expected.
The bay and sound, having always
been here, people are inclined to over-
look their importance, but it was the
water front that has made Perth Am
boy what it is and it is it's develop
ment that will make the city of the
future. 1t is Perth Ambny's most
valuable asset and it is a possession
of which the city can never be de-
prived.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03
Three fVfts college Stu

AuICc IVAtS SOlISSt stun
expelled Recently for tcuttingschaF@
more than fhe law allowed.
Dartmouth colleges growth has
compelled enlargement of its chapel.
Religion has a chance at Dartmouth.
Out of 46s permanent lecturers at
the Berlin university, 10 belong to the
medical faculty.
The authorities of the Berlin swim
ming baths are giving free tickets to
the scholars of the municipal schools.
The Assembly Herald, the mission
airy periodical of the Presbyterian
churches, came within $271 of paying
its expenses last year.
The honorary degree of LII. d., re-
Gently conferred on James Mcneil
Whistler, the painter, by the Univer-
sity of Glasgow, is the second honor
which this distinguished and resolute
artist has received from Scotland, as
the Royal Scottish academy elected
him an honorary member a few
months ago. These are his only official
British honors, although he has lived
in London at least half of his life.
Fol centuries cock-fighting was en-
couraged in English schools; Fitz-
stephen in the twelfth century men
tions it as an amusement of London
ers and that yearly at S~hrovetide the
boys of every school brought cocks to
their schoolmasters and all the fore
noon was spent in school witnessing
these birds fight. AS late as 1890 the
income of the schoolmaster of Apple
cross in Ros-shire was drawn partial
ly from cock-fight dues. Down to 1915,
at least, there was an annual exhibit
ton of cock-fighting at the Manches-
ter grammar school.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03

are considered and doubtless each
succeeding race will be still more
successful. The first race was a be-
ginning. 1t showed what sport can
be had on the water in this vicinity
and it is only by holding such races
that defects in the system a be
learned. The committee in charge
did we'll and deserve great praise for
the manner in which the affair was
conducted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-03

She was a demure little woman with
a baby. AS the open car was crowded,
she did not put the little one, who was
old enough to sit up, on the seat beside
her. She carried it on her lap and made
room for a fierce-looking big man with
a bad cigar and a newspaper. The child
kicked it's tiny legs in delight at the
strange things it saw while riding along
the Bowery, and it's shoes rubbed
against the mans trousers.
Perhaps, madam" he exclaimed,
you imagine that this is
your private carriage?"
"Oh, no | don't" was the prompt re-
ply. IF it was you wouldn't be riding
in it."
He shut hn-M " T;uoaa