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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
NEGRo CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Supt Pollard Reelected Kilgo Delivers
important Lecture at Trinity
Especial to News and Observer. J

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, n. c., Jan. "a negro by the
name of James Bowman is in jail charged
with burning the barn of Mrs. Bette
Latta. some ten miles north of Durham.
He was bound over to court under a bond
of 5000, which he could not give. The
burning occurred last Monday night
DR.. Edwin Minis, of Trinity College,
left this morning for Nashville to at
tend a meeting of the hymn Book Com
mission of the Northern and Southern
Methodist church. The commission was
appointed for the purpose of adopting a
uniform hymn book for the two branches
of this great denomination. The board
is composed of ten members from each
church. On the Southern board there are
Bishop Hess, president Dir. Edwin Minis,
DR.. w F. Tillett, of Vanderbilt Univer
s.ity; Rev. G.. B. Winton, editor of the
Nashville Christian Advocate; President
Snider, of Wofford College, and others.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
That They in Turn May Teach
the Negro.
MEETING OF EDUCATORS
Drs. Hc!ysr and Alderman Deliver Addresses
Before the Armstrong Association at
Carnegie Hall en- Education
in the South.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Jan. "a meeting was held
tonight in Carnegie Hall on education
in the South under the auspices of the
Armstrong Association. NJ. X. Jessup,
president of the Chamber of Commerce
presided Governor Montague, of Virginia,
was among those on the platform.
Dr. Chas. w. Dabney, president of the
University of Tennessee, was the first
speaker. He deplored the lack of schools
in the rural districts OF the South anc
the poverty of the inhabitants of these
districts which compelled majority of
the children to seek work as soon they
were able to work. He quoted from the
census reports to show that in 1900 the
percentage of illiterates among them
over q years of age was in Virginia 125
in North Carolina 10, In South Carolina
1876, in Georgia III. in Alabama 14.2'
in Tennessee Ills and in I<entucy 15.5.
These conditions were due, he added to
the poverty of the people who are pro-
portionateiy liberal TO their means, as
much as the people of other States.
said DIR. Dabney, ''but we must educate
the white man first. We need not neg
lect the black, but the only way to per-
manent Improvement is to teach the
white man so that he may in his turn
teach the negro. Racial prejudice is m
born in us as in all human beings. Tnis
is not peculiar to the entire people OF the
South. The Greater has planted this
prejudice in the hearts OF the plain pee
rle as a means of keeping their blood
pure and it is to persist there until rea-
son and culture take their place as the
guardian of race integrity The only way,
therefore, to remove unreasonable race
feeling is to educate the negro. 80 long
as the white man sees any TanGer 10
his children or grandchildren FROM the
negro Just so long will he hate him and
do all he can to keep them apart. Edu-
cate the negro by all means. Make
him also an Independent, self-respectinS
citizen but educate the white man first.
President Charles d. McIver, of the
North Carolina Normal School for Wo-
men. told OF the advances made in re-
cent years in his State, and said he was
hopeful that the time would soon coma
when education would be within the
reach of every youth in the South, as it
is today in the North.
President Alderman of Tulane Univer-
sity. New Orleans, said:
This Southern problem, so-called, is
wrong at one end and crude at the other.
We have to deal with a backward set
in the resistless North Look at this
matter a little less fervidly? Get it
away from their emotions and into their
practical hearts and brains, they would
understand the conditions better. The
Southern white man wants to forget the
negro in the past and to think of him
only as an economic human problem that
must be considered in the future
President Alderman spoke in strong
CONNIE ndation of Hampton and Tuskegee,
and declared them experimental stations
Tor tie instruction of the whole civilized
world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
G0NE-BUT WH|THER2
What Was in That Letter 7 hat
Drove Mrs. Dunn From
Home?
Especial to News and Observer,

Charlotte, n. c., Jan. 9.-Mrs. J. A.
Dunn, wife of ex-Constable Dunn, of this
city, is strangely missing. Though every
nook and conner in Charlotte has been
thoroughly searched, no trace of her
whereabouts has been revealed.
Mrs. Dunn left home early yesterday
afternoon. The negro servant states that
the postman brought her two letters She
sat on the front steps to read them and
when she had finished began to cry. Then
she sent the servant to another part OF
the house on some mission. When she
returned Mrs. Dunn was gone and that
was the last seen of her.
Mr.. Dunn was Miss Stigner, of Rock
inghan. and is we'll connected. She left
three little ones at home. 1t is believed
she is temporarily insane.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
IwENTY.THREE INDICTED.
Operators of Slot Machines Hit hard by the
New Hanover Grand Jury.
special to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington. N. c., Jan. 9.-The grand
jury upon the close of New Hanover Su-
perior Court this afternoon returned true
bills of indictment against twenty-three
operators of slot machines in the city.
Judge PEBBLES ordered that the machine
owners be arrested and required to give
bond in the sum of 5000 for their appear
ance at the March term of court. He
also ordered that the sheriff say to each
defendant arrested that if it shall appear
that after arrest he has continued to I'M
lawfully operate slot machine and such
defendant is convicted his conduct will
be considered a defiance OF the law and
he will be punished accordingly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
PARLOR-CAR SERVICE

The Seaboard Air Line Railway has
iraugurated Parlor-Car service tri-weck-
" between Washington and Hamlet on
trains Nos 81 and Sc, which pass Raj
eigl. southbound at e55 p. M, north
bound. i so a. m.
Parlor Car operated south on Mon
DAYS. Wednesdays and Friday-nor.h
tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Seats in this car are 25c. to Southern
Pines. so. to Hamlet. so to Henderson,
75c. to Richmond and S1.O0 TO Washing
ton, d. c.
The Buffet in, this car is we'll equipped
and excellent meals will he served at
moderate prices.
C. II. GATTIS, C. P. and T. A.,
Raleigh, n. c.
II. S. IEARD. T. P. A,
Raleigh, n. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

A special train arrived in Raleigh yes
terday afternoon over the Southern rail-
road from Greensboro, having on board
a party of Texas newspaper men. The
train was chartered in Greensboro by
Mr.. Clyde f. King, the Texas oil king.
and arrived in Raleigh in time to take
the Southbound Seaboard train.
The party occupied the handsome pal
ace car "Hazelmore. They have been
making a tour of several States as the
guest of Mr.. King.
Mr.. King is native of Alamance
county, and before he ''strucl1 it rich" in
Texas. he was employed on a leading
Boston paper. He received his first
newspaper training in Charlotte.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
WIFE BLAzED, HUSBAND sLiPr.
rhe Corpse Found Sitting Bold Upright
Looks Like Suicide.
(By the Associated Press.)

Meridian, Miss, Jan. AT a late hour
last night a blaze was discovered in the
home of w. D. Boyd, city policeman,
by persons passing, and an entrance was
made. In the dining room the dead body
of Mrs. Boyd was found upright in a
chair, the clothing completely burned
away and the body severely scorched. In
another room the husband was found
asleep in bed. Mrs, Boyd had been in
i'll health for some time. An inquest
will be held.
A few hours before the discovery of
the, body Mrs Boyd entrusted her ten
year old daughter to a friend with in
structions as to its upbringing should
anything happen to her (Mrs. Boyd dur
ing the night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
Funeral of Mr.. POI ter.

The funeral services over the remains
of the late w. - Porter were held yes
terday afternoon from the residence of
his grandson, Mr.. Fabius p Brown.
The funeral was conducted under the
auspices of the Hiram Lodge of Masons.
The following prominent Masons acted
as pail bearers: Messrs c.. B. Edwards,
R. II. Bradley, ]. c. Birdsong w. W.
Parish, A. e. Glenn, A. II. Green. The
remains were inferred in beautiful oak
wood "
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as Executor of che
estate of Augustus Carter, deceased. OF
Wake county, notice is hereby given to
all parties indebted to the estate to come
forward and make payment. and all per-
sons having claims against the estate
are hereby notified to present them for
payment on or before November oath.
1903, or this notice will be plead in bar
of their recovery.
JNo. w. CARTER, Executor.
November %. 1902.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
WILCOX IN NEW QUARTERS
He is Taken to Fertford and Placed in the
Jail There
(By the Associated Press

W -hN0ONI1tVCO OssE''7
Elizabeth City, N. c., Jan. 9.-James
E. Wilcox, lies in a strange cell tonight
He was carried to Hartford, the scene
of his new trial today. His removal was
guarded carefully. The authorities car
ried him in a closed carriage to the out
skirts of the city and several hours clap
sed before the removal became known to
the reporters.
This will be the second trial of Will
cox, he having been convicted at the
first trial of the murder of Miss Nellie
Mropscy, a young woman of whom ne
called one night and of whom no trace
was found from the time she was last
seen with young Wilcox until her dead
body was found in the river near her
home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
ARM BROKEN.
Master Pink Ennis, Jr., Injured While Play
ing at School,

Master P C. Ennis, Jr., happened to
very serious accident yesterday, while
playing with his schoolmates in the
yard at the Murphy Graded school. He
was running and fell, and his playmates,
who were in hot pursuit fell upon him.
When they got up they found that his
arm was broken at the elbow. Dr..
Rogers dressed the arm. Master Pink
was reported as resting well last night
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF TRADE.
The Secretary Sends Out Letters Urging AZ
nointment of Executive Committeeman.
Especial to News and Observer

Greensboro. N. c.. Jan. 9.-Mr. J. S.
Hunter, secretary of the Associated
Boards of Trade of North Carolina. is
sending today circular letters to com
mercial bodies in the state urging them
to appoint an executive committee and
to further cooperate in the movement
against freight discrimination. Inc
meeting will be held in Raleigh next
time. January goth being the date.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

Knox, general freight agent of the Nash
Vile and Chattanooga Railroad and E.
A. Neil general freight agent of the
Southern railway
Tie Argument in the. case J.. 10 be
heard in Washington at a date to be
fixed by the commission.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
TelegraphiC Briefs.

At Mazatlan, Mexico thirty seven
people are in the lazarettos and six
deaths occurred yesterday; one entire
family having died of the plague.
At Adrian, Mich, w. b. Chic, aged As,
of Toledo, Ohio, shot and killed his wife.
Elizabeth, aged 35. and then himself The
two had met by appointment after a quar-
rel and separation.
special grand jury will meet in Chi
cago today to investigate the alleged
conspiracy between certain coal operators,
railroads and coal dealers to increase
the prices of coal on the Chicago mar
ket.
The Southern Railway passenger train
No. "a was wrecked yesterday by run
ming into an open switch at Mcintosh,
Ga. The engine was smashed and the
mail car and passenger coaches crushed
to splinters, but no lives were lost.
Two passenger trains on the st. Louis
division of the Big Four collided four
miles west of Moro, Illinois. and one
mile east of Bethelto. They met head
on. Both engines are lying on their
sides, one man is missing and one is
known 10 be badly hurt
Ambassador Won Holleben was not re-
called from Washington. Hearing that
his government was not wholly satisfied
with his work and feeling i'll and Ge-
pressed, he cabled for a long leave of alb
sence, which was Immediately granted
He will not return to Washington. Baron
Speck Won Sternburg's temporary assign
ment as charge d'affaires of Germany at
Washington. will be followed after an
interval oy his appointment as ambassa-
dor.
At Philadelphia last night DIR. l. +.
Flick, president of the Free Hospital
for poor consumptives, announced that
Henry Phipps, of New York, formerly a
partner of Andrew Carnegie, had con-
tributed $500, goo for the establishment of
an institution there for the treatment
and study of consumption. While Mr..
Phipps' original contribution is $780,
600 the endowment plan will increase
the fund to about 81 10000
The Colorado Legislature completed it's
organization and the House Committee
on Elections and Privileges will at once
proceed to hear the evidence in the num-
erous contests upon the result of which
hangs the election of United States Sen
ator. Mr.. Wolcott has announced that
he will stay in the contest for the sena-
torship to the end. but he mas expressed
the belief that the deal between his Re-
publican opponents and the Democrats
means the reelection of Senator Henry
NJ Teller.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
SPECIAL RATES VIA s. A. L.
II. S. I.EARD. T. P. A,
Raleigh, n. c.

Annual Convention North Carolina AS
ISOLATION of City superintendent and
Principals of Schools, Raleigh, Jan. 22ad
to oath
The Seaboard Air Line Railway mas
announced round trip tickets to Ralclgh
based on tariff No. 2, which is about
/ 1-3 fars for the round trip. Tcket"
sold Jan. 21st, 22nd and 23rd, limited
until Jan. 9th, 1903.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
The Shippers Hearing Concluded.
(By the Associated Press.)

Charlotte. n. c.. Jan. 9.-The hearing
of the Charlotte Shippers Association
before the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, was concluded in this city today
Mr.. McGovern, chairman of the Southern
Classification Committee, who was on
the witness stand yesterday, concluded
his testimony. He was followed by .. r.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
Oppose Bill to Retire Hobson.
lBv the Associated Press.l

(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 9.-The Naval Affairs
Committee of the House today decided
by a vote of to not to report the bill
authorizing the transfer of Naval Con-
structor R. P. Hobson to the retired
list.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
SPECIAL RATES VIA S. A. l..

$25. 80 to New Orleans, La.
$3.50 to Mobile. Ala.
So. 95 to Pensacola, Fla.
Account Mardi Gras celebrations
February Is to "a. 1903. Tickets on
sale February II to 90 inclusive,
final limit February 2Sth. On pay
inent CT fee of so certs tickets VIII
be extended until March oath.
$3.50 to New Orleans. Id. and return.
account American Medical Asso-
citation May to s. Tickets on
sale May /, 2. 8 and a. final limit
ten days from date of sale. On
payment Of fee of so cents tickets
can be extended until May Goth.
$50 to Charlotte, n. c. and return. &c
count Sixth Annual Exhibition
Charlotte Poultry Associate
January 18th to 18th. Tickets on
sale January II, II, IL and 18th.
Final limit January 18th
For further Information apply to.
Raleigh. N. C.
c. H. GATTIS. C. P. and T. A.,
H. S. LIZARD. T. p. A.
Raleigh, n. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
FIRE PUTS SEVENTY MEN OUT.
Caroline Chemical Companys Plant in Rich
mond Burned
CBv the Associated Press.)

Richmond, Va, Jan. 9.-Fire at an
carly hour this morning swept away two
thirds of the manufacturing plant of the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
here, only the acid building remaining.
1t is said that there will be no inter-
ruption of the business of the company
~ reason of the fire, and that the loss
is fully covered by insurance.
About seventy men are temporarily
thrown out of employment by the ire.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

Red Mems Bazaar, Raleigh, Jan. 1924.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
sell round trip tickets to Raleigh from
all points in North Carolina at rates
based on tariff No. 2. which is ABOUT
1-3 fare for the round trip, tickets
to, be sold Jan. goth to 22nd inclusive,
with final limit Jan. oath, 1903
For further information apply to,
c. II. GATTIS, G. P. and I. A.,
Raleigh, N. c.
H. 5. Lizard, T. Z. A,
Paleigh n. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
Meeting of Grand Lodge of Masons, Raj

Meeting of Grand Lodge OF Ma6onS, HdI-
eigh, N. c., January 1916, 1908
The Seaboard Air Line Railway VIII
sell round trip ticket to Raleigh, n. Z.
based on tariff No. 2, which is about
lib fares for the round trip, from all
points in North Carolina, including Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Suffolk, Va. TICK
cts will be sold from Jan. 18th to 10Th
inclusive, with final limit Jan. 18TH.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

PATENTs-PRoTECT YOUR IDEAS.
No allowance. no fee. Consultation
free. Established 1854. Milo B. Stew
ems & Co.. 817 14th street. Washington,
D. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

AT Mazatlan, Mexico, thirty seven
people are in the lazarettos and six
deaths occurred yesterday; one entire
family having died of the plague.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

A special grand jury will meet in Chi
cago today to investigate the alleged
conspiracy between certain coal operators,
railroads and coal dealers to increase
the prices of coal on the Chicago mar
ket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
A Mining Prospector's Bones.
he San Francisco Examine

FROM the san francisco Examiner,
After thirty-seven years Of mystery the
strange disappearance of Abner Lee, the
notorious old prospector who discovered the
famous Lee silver mine, seventy miles
northeast of San Bernardino. Cal, has at
last been solved. Lee was the most IA
nous prospector Of his time In 1855 he
located those claims known as the Lee
mines. which subsequently brought a for
tune of $2.OOOOO0 to Gov. r. W. Waterman
Of California. Soon after discovering these
rich silver properties he disappeared into
the desert and was never seen again. A
great deal Of excitement was occasiOned by
Lees withdrawal from the world, and it
was suggested more than once that he had
been foully done away with by unscrupu-
lous persons who wished to gain possession
Of his property. Others thought the Pluto
Indians. who Their raded the desert had
killed him and burned the remains.
Now the riddle has been solved and the
skeleton Of old Abner Lee. the bones Of his
burros. his wash pan" and an old mining
pick bearing his name on the handle have
been found In the Devils Playground by
Jim" Moran. a desert freighter plying be-
tween Fenner, on the Santa Fe road and
Resting Spring brance at the head of
Death valley. The shifting sands which
covered Lee have given back their dead.
bones of the prospector have been given
decent burial on the crystalline shores of
Soca lake. According to Lees story at the
time (and this was subsequently VERIFIED
there were vast lodges of surface ore in
sight of precisely the same quality as the
ore which from time to time he brought in
on his burros. He was very Secretive about
the location of his mine, and those whom
he took into his confidence were under
strict pledge to reveal nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
The Winter Vacation.
From the Boston Transcript.


Those who, like to prognosticate in a
cheerful line are saying that the winter
vacation will In not so many years come
to be an institution as universally recog-
nized as is the recreatfve period set down
on the calendar as seasonabIe any time
between the first of June and the last of
September. or course. winter tripping is
yet confined to comparatively small class.
but that Is perfectly natural; time was
when summer wanderings were INDUCED in
by but small proportion Of the population
while now, as every one knows there ia
hardly one who does not through his own
thrift or because of the generosity of an
other. have his little fortnight of freedom
from hot-weather cares. Through these
same agencies then, our cheerful phil
osopher is prophesying there will by-and-by
materialize for pretty nearly all the mid
winter opportunity to loaf and invite the
soul with as pronounced and beneficial eff
feet upon the communities that cherish II
as is due to the breathing places taken in
summer.
Very slowly will 1t come about that lodges
in southern pines and cottages on beaches
at the south become as much a regular
thing with owners of modest purses as are
similar retreats at the north, but that such
state of things Is on the way it seems
the most inveterate pessimist must admit
In his sober moments The southern states
are sure to become "popular'' as winter
vacation states, even as Maine and New
Hampshire are SO reckoned in the summer
and early fall months. And just as soon
as 1t gets limited about that we are on the
eve Of this new heaven and a new earth
the railroads and the steamboats, will come
to the front with their vacation rates"
and that will be their part toward bringing
1t to pass. 1t is the day Of the Limited"
with them now. but they only wait a tip
to enlarge on popular excursion asis,'
similar to that which prevails in summer.