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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
of the Indianapolis Journal.

ItHCt OF INC IEuIdHdpOIIs JUuI HdI.
wv YORK, Feb. 1S.-Probably you
have not read Bernard Shaw's
play, 1.-THE Man of Destiny" Less
than three thousand of the books
containing it have been sold in all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21

America. Anyway you have not seen ii
acted. 1t consists of an hour of dialogue
between Napoleon Bonaparte and a girl
named merely as a lady" broken briefly
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Fedora" by Victorien Sardou, is Sc
lected by the German Theater Society for
It's play next Thursday evening at Eng
lish's Opera House. Fedora" is consid-
cred one of the finest OF romantic dramas.
Il is a French play. translated into Ger
man by Paul Lindau. In it the aristocratic
Russian society with all IFS porn G-l snl"n-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-29
(. PICNIC TO RAILROAD MEN.
A General Order of the Southern In
creasing salaries of Operators.
Especial to News and obscrver.)

Especial to News and Obscrver)
Salisbury, n. c., May 28.-The
Southern Railway shops at Spencer
were closed last night until next Tues
day morning, the occasion being the
eighth annual outing and picnic of the
employees of the Southern at this
place Today eighteen car loads of
excursionists from this city and Spen-
Ger, employees of the road, went to
Charlotte, returning late tonight.
The Salisbury Sun learns that gen.
eral order has been passed raising the
salary of all telegraph operators en-
ployed by the Southern and that a
large number of men will receive an
advance of about ten per cent The
raise was granted voluntarily and
without a demand on the part of the
operators.
The Democratic primaries, ordered
by the Democratic Executive commit
tee, were held throughout Rowan
county today Much interest was man
ifested at most of the precincts. The
temperance element of the county
threw their support TO dry Democrats.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-29
The Vote in Cabarrus.
SneciaI to News and Observer )

Especial to News and Observer.)
Concord, n. c., May 28.-The Ca
barrus Democratic convention today,
presided over by w. r. Odell, was
large. Every precinct was represent
ed. OF seventy-seven votes Stedman
got thirty-four and a fraction; Tur-
ner twenty-five and a fraction; Glenn
nineteen and a fraction.
For associate justice Brown receiv-
ed seventy seven, Hoke seventy three
and a fraction, Justice three and a
fraction.
For Congress Hackett received sew
enty-one and a fraction, Bower three
and a fraction, Newland two and a
fraction.
For Corporation Commissioner,
Rogers got forty-nine and fraction
Alexander twenty-seven and a frac-
ton. All the present State officers
were endorsed. The delegates were
uninstructed for Lieutenant Governor
l.. T. Hartsell was reelected chair
man of the county committee ana
elected TO the central committee.
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with reluctance and only did so after
subpoena had been issued for him
and served on him commanding his
appearance at Lumberton, N. c., on
May Goth, 1904.
Affidavit of e. W. Kerr.
North Carolina-Sampson County.
Il. w. Kerr, being duly sworn, says
that he has been a practicing attor-
ney in Sampson county for thlrty-two
years; that he was present in court
during the February term, 1903, of
sampson Superior court and noticed
Judge Il. Il PEBBLES during the entire
term in his treatment of members of
the bar, jurors, suitors and witnesses
and can say truthfully that he has
never before seen such harsh and dis
respectful treatment by any judge to-
wards all parties in the court. The
jurors, witnesses, suitors and many CT
the lawyers seemed to be in moral
fear of Judge PEBBLES.
This affiant was told by jurors VINO
served under Judge PEBBLES that they
had decided cases as they did Dring-
ing in verdicts deciding cases one way
when they would have decided differ
entity but for tneif fear OF Judge Pee
bles.
That during a great part OF said
term of court it was perfectly appar-
ent that Judge PEBBLES was under The
influence of whiskey; that affiant is
informed and believes that some
nights during said term of court
Judge PEBBLES became intoxicated.
That on Thursday evening of the
second week of said term of court
Judge PEBBLES asked the jurors then
engaged in the trial of a case to De
in court on the next morning carrier
than usual, and for those living some
distance from town not to go home,
but spend the night with some friend,
near town; that affiant is informed
and believes that on account o. JuGee
PEBBLES request those jurors living
some distance from the court house
did stop with friends near the court
house; that at that time the court was
trying a case in which one Odum
had some interest; that Odum e.sked
one of the jurors, E. S. Herring, to
go home with him and spend the
night; that said Herring went home
with said Odum and spent The nicht
at the house of Odum. Next morning
after the jury had returned their ver-
dict, which was quite contrary to tie
charge given the jury by the court
e. S. Herring being spokesman foT
the jury. Judge PEBBLES immediately
ordered the said e. S. Herring TO jail
for thirty days, because the said Her
ring he stated had been guilty of
contempt, because he spent the night
with Odum one of the defendants in
the case. He ordered Herring to jail
without allowing him or his friends
the privilege of making any eXplana-
ton or statement of Herring's con-
duct, although Mr.. Herring is one of
the most upright and honorable men
in the county. This affiant asked his
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-29
THE MEN SENTENCED
One is Ex-State Senator Kerr, Another
C. F. Carroll, Both Of Whom in
Their Affidavits Charged the Judge
With Drunkenness.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Lumberton, n. c., May 28.-E. w.
Kerr, a lawyer of Clinton, N. c.. and
C. F. Carroll, of Duplin county, were
this afternoon fined $3.50 each and
sentenced to thirty days in Robson
county Jail by Judge Robert B. Pee
bles for direct contempt of court, al
legged to have been committed in their
affidavits in the contempt proceedings,
charging Judge PEBBLES with drunken-
ness.
The affidavits of Messrs. Carr and
Carroll againsc> whom. this action Is
taken are as follows:
Affidavit of C. II. Carroll.
C. f. Carroll, being duly sworn,
deposes and says:
That affiant is a resident of Du-
pin county. having been born and
reared therein, and is of the age forty
three.
That while Judge PEBBLES was hold
ing court in the county of New Han
over, in the spring term of 1908, as
afhant now recalls and during that
particular term, when it was reported
in the newspapers that Judge PEBBLES
account of rheumatism, affiant, who
was a guest of the Orion hotel, saw
Judge PEBBLES at supper one night,
and, in the opinion of aftiant, he was
very much intoxicated.
That his gross intoXicatiOn, as in
Dictated by his appearance and man
ner, drew to him the attention of 9TH
er guests in the hotel, all of whom
appeared greatly shocked, that one
occupying his exalted position should
so expose himself and bring reproach
upon his high and honorable office.
That affiant left Wilmington the
next morning, going North, as did
Judge PEBBLES, and again saw him;
that on this occasion also Judge Pee
bles gave every indication of intoxi-
cation.
That affiant is personally acquaint-
ed with Judge PEBBLES, has been with
him on different occasions, and from
the fact that he had seen him and
talked with him when he, Judge Pee
bles, was not under the influence of in
toxicants, is confident that on the two
occasions referred to Tin sections 2,
and ~, Judge PEBBLES was intoxica-
ted
That affiant makes this statement
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Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News ana Circulation

ly mad man who considers himself
outraged.
1t is not to be thought that he will
recede IN inch from his position.
Messrs. Kerr and Carroll
will no doubt at once sue out
writ of habeas corpus. The fine ana
sentence imposed is the limit of the
law When | left Lumberton excited
men were hurrying to the court house.
at Maxton the news had outrun the
train and there, too, the people We're
bitterly angry. Legal technicalities
are at discount.
They Charge BuIIdozing.
People are saying that, the judge is
to BULLDOGS those who
would give evidence to support the
lawyers. Those who have
been watching the proceedings most
closely have been watching, in truth,
for a sensation, but it came most un-
expectedly. The way in which to-
days hearing was transferred from a
dry match of legal fencing to a strug-
gle with the passions of the arena was
dramatically startling. Mr.. Kerr is
said to be very prominent and highly
lawyer of Clinton; no one
that / have found seems to know Mr..
Carroll A reading of the detailed ac-
count of the proceedings and the
recollection OF Judge PEBBLES warning
to the bar Sill show the deliberate
and saverse manner in which he laid
the foundations of todays denounce-
ment
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The Lumberton Primaries.
Snecial to News and Observer. )

Especial to News and Observer.)
Lumberton, N. c., May 2S.-Lum-
berton township primary met today
and elected delegates to the county
convention which meets June End.
The strength of the candidates in the
gubernatorial race was taken as fol-
lows:
Glenn, eleven fifty-eight hundreds;
Stedman. seventy one hundredths;
Turner, fifty-three hundredths; David
son, eighteen hqndredths.
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The Convention in PamIico.

Especial Ia News and Observer.)
Winston, D. G., May 2S.-A tele-
gram Just received from S. w. Ferre-
hea, o. PSuT.lQo spUnfy. states that H.
the Democratic convention today the
delegates were instructed to vote
solidly for Glenn for Governor.
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PRIMARY at Mount Airy.

Especial to News and Observer)
MI Airv n. c., May 28.-At the
primary held here this afternoon for
this township. the vote in the county
convention will be for Glenn II, Sted-
man s. and Turner l.
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The Convention in Burke.

(Special to News and Observer)
Morganton. N. c., May 2S-Out of
the delegation selected by the Burke
county convention today Glenn gets
six and Turner four votes in the State
convention. Hoke will get nine votes
for associate justice. There We're no
Instructions.
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The Primaries in Surry.

Especial TO News and Observer.)
Elkin, n. c., May 2S.-Indications
point to the fact that Surry county
primaries have instructed almost
for Glenn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-29
The Vote in Orange.

Especial to News and Observer
Hillsboro, n. c., May 2S.-Precincts
heard from in Orange county indicate
that Glenn will have seven and one
half votes, Stedman two and one-half
in the State convention.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-29
IT'S THOMAS D MEARES

An Appeal Taken at Once to the U. S.
Circuit Court Of AppeaIs---S. G. Ryan
as Special Master Will Hear Eyid-
enCe---InjunctiOn Will Not Prevent
Stockholders From Meeting and De-
termining Lease Question, and if
Court Approves Lease, viii vaCate
ReCeiVership---Mrs. Tucker and
Dempsey Wood Joined Defendant
and Asked For Continuance in Or
der to Effect Lease.
Once there was judge sitting in
trial of a case. He heard at length,
with the utmost attention and pa
tience, the complete argument of the
plaintiff and when the lawyers at last
ceased and closed their case he start
ed to render his Judgment with the
utmost confidence. OF course the law
yers on the other side, aghast at such
snap judgment arose as one man and
protested that he should hear their
side of the case. At last the Judge,
with some misgivihgs, however, agreed
to hear the other side. He listened to
a long argument then with an air of
long-suffering patience and a perpleX-
Ii 9s.l1Ss f14
grew into a look OF dismay. Finally
the last lawyer took his seat and the
judge slowly looked around the court
room and said: Gentlemen, if you
had permitted me to announce judg-
ment some time ago, when l wished
to, l could have done SO, but now
you've mixed me all up!"
Judge Purnell was not like that
judge. His mind was made up when
he came into court, apparently, and
he appointed a receiver for the At
lantic and North Carolina Railroad
Company at least temporarily, until
the final judgment in this hearing,
which he continued before Mr.. S. G.
Ryan, of this city as special master,
to hear the evidence an / report be-
fore July 18th.
In the meantime Mr.. Thomas ID.
Meares. of Wilmington, is appointed
receiver, to take charge at ONCE, and
the restraining order is continued.
This, the judge said, will not prevent
the stockholders from meeting and de-
termining the question of accepting Il
lease proposition. OF course, he said
the court could not lease the road but
if the stockholders should decide to
to the court, and if the court approves
it, the receivership will be vacated.
This wasestated by the court because
yesterday morning Mrs. f. p Tucker
and Mr.. Dempsey Wood, private
stockholders represented by Judge T.
i. Womack, joined in the suit with the
defendant railroad for the purpose of
praying a continuance of this hear
ing in order that the stockholders
might meet and vote to lease the road.
Judge Womack will now use every en-
deaYor to bring about a stockholders
meeting as soon as possible.
Counsel for the A. and n. G. appeal
ed the case to the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals at once The hear
ing yesterday was over a little after
five % clock, and before seven the APP
peal. bond had been given, the cita-
ton by the other side completed and
the hearing of the appeal set for June
28th at Richmond. That is said to
Continued on Thirteenth Page.)
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How Beaufort Votes.

Washington, N. e, May 2$.-Three-
some &c Of the precincts were unin-
Structed.
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nunIin said to be Solid.

Faison n. c., May 2S.-DupIin
connt,, is practically solid for Glenn.
Major stedman got less than a hun
dred votes in the primaries today.
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TOPAY AFINE OF $3.50 EACH
The Sudden Explosion Of This Legal Mine Makes
the People Gasp.

with reluctance and only did so after
subpoena had been issued for him
and served on him commanding his
appearance at Lumberton, N. c., on
May 10th, 1904.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
PARAMOUNT NEWS.

Fidelity Us will have a social meeting
tonight at the home of Mrs. Charles Pol
lard. on Twentieth Street.
A Shadow party" will be given tonight
in the home Of Mrs. Wade. on the Pike
Mrs. John Morrison has returned to her
homo IN HanoVer county after a pleas
ant visit to Mrs. l. B. Morrison. on
Twenty-second Street.
Thieves entered the back yard of Mr..
J. S. Mifflcton few days ago in the day.
weeks washing from the lines.
Mr.. Archer Allen has taken the resi-
dence at the corner . OF Twenty-thlrd
street Ct 5 and the Avenue and has moved
Grayson Mahaner. of West Virginia, Is
VISITING, his mother, Mrs. Bailey, on Chel-
Miss Niaude Elicit. of Goochland county,
is visiting her sister. Mrs. ]. j. Cardin.
Rev. j. S. Hunter. OF the Methodist
Church. conducted services at Chelsea
ELL Chapel last night
of the Fairmount Hive Tuesday evening
the State commander, Miss Eta NJ Eng
land, and the State deputy were present
lady commander and Mrs. Caddle Good
lift as Lieutenant commander. The fol-
lowing We're elected, guides: No Mrs.
son, Mrs Kate Putze. Mrs. Ella Dowell,
No, Mrs. Bette GauIdng. Mrs. Ida
s stus and mrs Mrs shi neia Good arf mrs aa
Miss Carrie Field. Of Hanover county.
Is visiting Mrs. j. E, Gordon. on Twenty
first Street.
Jack Denny had the Misfortune to sever
the index finger on his right. hand at the
first joint while in the discharge of his
duties at the Hasker- Marcuse manufao-
HOLMES, Of boswell, Hanover county
were the guests of their aunt. Mrs, w.
G MT ThoW e. e. T 5aw days ana ng0 son. Eddie
Thomas. visited Mr.. and Mrs John III
fany In Washington last week
James cardn. who has bee been visiting rs
tu 1s ss te his home at Provdence Forge
A delightful social YVES given, Monday
evening, in the homo OF Mr., and MIS-. ., !,
p Gordon In honor OF Miss carrie ,haso fl sho
called were Misses Wilmer Hughes. Girls
sic keck. Annie Hall. Enla HUGHES. Miss
Douglas, Miss W9ody, Miss Wnksr Sds ana M
Charlie Hall, George Atkins. Marable Pat;
terson, Percy Harris. Captain Elllton and
Mr., Higgins Refreshments were served
ua Hhes home soa SVe 81 Mr. and Mrs. p ".
day party a few evenings ago, the occn-
T1n being taG n me danghtary IF
We're INDUCED in By the little folks until
the merry little party were invlted anto
ments were served, The charming little
and useful presents. which attested the
love OF her many playmateS Those
present were Misses Lena Allen; Ruby
Pryde. Mabel Harmon, Annie Taylor
Alma Taylor. Corris Johnson, Violet ~
Ter, blanche Johnson. Annie Tyler,
Malwinnie l3attigne; Hazel Tyler, Ere edo
Battisne Lille Schnellenburs, Katie
schnellenburg, ATase Crowder. Masters
Russell johnson. Gnssie, Schnellenb4rg,
Charlie Battigne, EllWood Harmon, Her
Der and Bryant Malone. The chaperones
We're Mr., and Mrs, =. ". Crowley. Miss
Ella Baker. Mrs. Allen, Mrs, Bryde. Mrs
". y. Grubbs and Mr. Thomas drupps.l
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S.ULLMAN'S son.
Downtown Stores, 1s2o-1s22 East Main
Street. Uptown Store, 5oe East Mar
shall street.
I 'Phoncs at our %wo Stores.
1T will not return to Garth except

that 1t will not return to earth except
slowly
"Ali bodies attract each other directly
proportional 10 the volume OF their
masses, and lnvcrsely proportional TO
their distance apart"
This Is the law OF gravitation as
bllthely spun off by Mr.. wilkins in his
talk last night, and he is O scientist. as
well as an inventor. fully understanding
the power Of nature to drag him to
mother earth. lie knows also by this law
that the higher he goes the easier the
ascension.
attract. and repel each other to a
high degree. and all these facts, are
as a, b. c's to the inventor, and he
has employed them all to the fullest ex-
tent In his endeayor to spurn the earth.
When his ideas arc fully developed, and
& the machine complete, he expects to re-
main up above the earth any period OF
time he desires. OF course, II this Is
accomplished, the art of flying will only
be q matter Of fixed mechanical devices
already we'll introduced.
Many people wondered last Saturday
evening at dusk when an immense but
light steel cage was hauled through the
length OF Main Street to Mr.. Wilkins 8
home in the West End. Tho late hour
was selected to avoid publicity, but many
hundreds saw the strange structure and
niarvelctl.
THE CAR COMPLETED.
\ The finishing touches were put on the
aria1 car yesterday. and its balacing de-
vices. gas receivers and rudder are all
in place. Mr.. Wilkinss experiments here
tofore have been made with inanfmate
weights in the machine. To-day he Will
show his faith by his works and ascend
in the new arial car himself. taking
flight at II o clock at the old baseball
grounds Tho aerial car or airshp, Is call
ell the white wings, and covered, as 1t
IL. by white asbestos sheeting, in every
part the name seems highly appropri-
ate. Ono thought only troubles the in
ventor. He knows he will go up; and
believes he will stay up sufficiently long
TO demonstrate the wonder Of his dis
covery; but how high he will go, he Is
unable to say.
He has not much fear on this score;
however, as he can control his car by
tho very force, which. by the aid Of as
bestos and hydrogen gas and certain
scientific laws, no has gone to so much
trouble to overcome.
He will only have to open slide under
the car, breaking the line of the mega
tive covering and exposing the iron bot
tom. when the natural attraction Will
assume full sway on the limited space
g. posed. i!nmedia tely steadyins the ma
chine and bringing it back TO earth
Mr.. Wilkins is naturally nervous over
the outcome and laughingy said at part
Inc with the reporter last night:
II trust shall not need the ambu-
lance
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EXPERIMENT TO-DAY
Will Soar Into the All. at the Old.
Baseball Grounds at ~
O'clock III View Of MI.

Ar jonathan wilkins tho English In
xentor who since his .wclve months So
iortn in Richmond has solved n number
OF mechanical problems for larBe manu-
fncturcrs muck to their financial gam,
Ia perhaps now on the eve Of the greatest
or all his discoveries.
If his discovery is what he believes y
10 be. his experiments may develop me
greatest scientific revelation Of modern
timcs--no less than the overcoming, W
pnrk at least, or the attraction OF graVl-
tation.
People living in the vicinity of NO.
1900 Mcrlwcther Street-ohe OF thc
now streets In Lee Ward-haHe
from time to time during win
ter seen an umbrelln-shaped object
shoot into the air twenty. thirty. or
maybe forty feet rapidly at The begin
ming OF the flight. then slowly and slower
until .nomentarily poised IN the ar ~
would gently sink to the earth again
The inverted umbrella. for such 1t was
was covered With thin asbestos cloth,
weighted at the bottom with shot so as
to keep the handle erect In the air.
THE GREAT TEST TODAY.
These we're Mr.. Wilkins's experiments
leading up to much larger and more
crucial one to be made al II O'Clock to-
day on the open space adjoining the
Main street car bnrn, the site Of the old
baseball park. In short, Mr. wilkins
expects soon TO soar above the earth IN n
very peculiar contrivancc which he has
made. is y
He will make no effort to fly. That may,
come later. But he will leave the earth
by his own cxcrtlons, remain In the air
longer than any man has ever done be-
fore without the aid OF a balloon, and
descend again TO the ground without IN
Jury to himself This is what he expects
to do. 1t remains to be seen II no VIII
accomplish 1t.
ne The invention, If such It can be called,
is incomplete; indeed. Mr.. wilkins regards
It as being only in the first stages
His experiments for months have been
in secrct and confined 10 large clubhouse
In the yard and to the yard Itself. -ns
was the case with the umbrella throwing
referred TO above. 81
The matter has now reached n stage.
Is however when 1t becomes necessary to
Z. have SO much larger operations that con-
ccalrent Is no longer practicable: indeed,
II is not necessary. because by five
caveats already filed in the Patent Office
nj Washington. Mr.. wilkins has the main
points of his invention protected.
While the experiment he will make
to-day will In no sense be a public cx-
hbltion no attempt will be made TO