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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
HARBOROF BEAUFORT
Prospects For Early De-
veIOpment Brighten.
Chairman Burton OF the House, River
and Harbor Committee TO viSit
the State This
Week.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, n. c.. Nov. 26-The
prospect for early development Of
Beaufort Harbor appears very bright
indeed.
Two weeks ago. Senator Aldrich,
who is by far the most powerful mem
Der of the National Legislature, visited
Eastern North Carolina, and inspected
the harbor with a view to securing a
Federal appropriation for it's improve
ment.
During the coming week, the most
influential member of the House in
river and harbor LEGISLATION, will prob
ably make a visit to Beaufort. Mr..
Fred L. Merritt, of the A. q n. &.
Railroad to-day received a letter from
Congressman John H. Small of the
First North Carolina District, i'm which
he says:
81 have a telegram from Hon. T. E.
Burton, chairman of the committee on
rivers and harbors, stating that he
hopes to visit North Carolina the last
three days in next week. / have as
vet no letter from him. giving further
particulars. l assume that his itinerary
will be about as follows: Take steam
ar at Elizabeth City; go by water 10
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Twenty Thousand Dollars
the Sum Agreed On.
NOT IN FIRST DEGREE
Counsel Having Agreed That the Deed
Could Not Thus Be Described.
the Arrangements For Mr.. Muir
rays Release Were Quick
IY Effected.
(special to News and Observer.)


Durham, N. c.. Nov. CIV r.
Murray, who Yesterday was the prin-
cipal actor in a terrible tragedy in
which he shot to death his uncle, J.
s. Murray, was this afternoon released
from custody He gave the bond in
the sum of $1,000 for his appearance
at the next term of court.
This decision was reached without
decision from the coroner's jury.
Solicitor Brooks who was here direct
ing matters for the prosecution and
/, his associate, Judge w. 2. Bynum, or
Greensboro, employed by the relatives
of the deceased, reached an agreement
with the counsel for the defendant that
it was not a cast of murder in the first
degree and was bailable. The attor~
neys then agreed that a bond of twenty
thousand dollars would be sufficient.
This was rendered and was accepted,
being approved by both the coroner
and the mayor who has held the
prisoner on a warrant Issued a few
minutes after the tragedy of yesterday.
The bond was justified in the sum of
SCI 500, and the men who signed the
bond are easily worth more than ha1r
a million dollars.
Those who signed the bond and the
amount in which each one justified are
as follows: J. A. Mangum $4,000,
J. w. Smith $4,000. Geo. L. Lyon
$4,000, j. B. Warren $40, 900, II. J.
Lambe $4,000, w. M. Yearly $4,000,
w. J. Lougee $4,000, j. S. Mesley
$4,000, Samuel Jeramer $4,000 and j.
NJ. Reams $4,000.
The last session of the coroner's
jury was held at one o'clock and the
attorneys for the defendant and prose-
cution were in court. The solicitor
of al
as to the bond, the States represer-
tative stating that he had examined a
large number of witnesses and found
that the facts were such that the case
was bailable.
This was concurred in by the counsei
sci for the prisoner
Mr.. r. B. Boone stating
that the attorneys for the pris-
oner thought the bond was unusually
large but that they had agreed ana
were then ready to give the bond of
$4,000. This was practical awning
of the hearing of the coroner, admit
ting the fact that a homicide had
been committed, and allowing the en-
tire matter to go over to court.
A few minutes after the bond was
accepted w. r. Murray left the po-
lice station, where he had been in con-
finement since the killing yesterday
morning, was escorted to carriage
and drove away to his home. There
was very large corwd present and
he left the station and passed through
the crowd with some difficulty as
many were his friends and wished to
shake hands with him. There was no
demonstration whatever.
The action to-day has met the ap-
! prevail of the staunch friends of the
prisoner and of those who were
! friends to the murdered man.
This afternoon the funeral over the
remains of ]. S. Murray, the deceased,
was conducted from his home and the
! interment took place in the city GENE
! terry. Large numbers attended the
| funeral,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
PRESENT FLAG AND BIBLE.
Junior Order Hold Exercises at Pom
ona Graded choOl.
lspecial 10 News and Observer. }

Greensboro. n. g, Nov. &c.
Greensboro Council, No. 10, Jr. o. A.
]. o. II. A. M. held exercises last even
ing at the new groded school at Pom
oma, west of the. city, in connection
with the presentation to the school of
Bible and an American fog. AT 8
o'clock the members of the council
arrived and found large audience
already assembled. The program con-
sisted of a prayer by Rev. c.. A. G..
Thomas, of Edenton; a song, by
America" by the children of the
school; Introductory remarks by the
master of ceremonies, Capt. f. p. Hob
good, Jr.; presentation of Bible by
Rev. Mr.. Thomas; song, The Old
North State; presentation of flag by
Hon. O. y. Eaton, mayor of Winston;
remarks accepting Bible and flag by
Prof. e. j. Forney in behalf of the
school committeemen; song, THE Star
Spangled Banner; remarks by DR.. c.
DR.. McIver, and few beautiful words
of thanks and appreciation bby Miss
Wetmore, principal vi the school The
speeches were all of unusual merit
and excellence and the occasion was
most interesting and enjoyable.
A resolution was adopted at the
regular meeting of the Board of AL
dermen instructing the city clerk to
publish a notice that the next General
Assembly would be asked to amend
the city charter so as to increase the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
OUT FROM APR|SON
Governor Frees Javah
Long From Cell.
Jury and Hundreds of Citizens Plead
For Man Who is Only Tech
nicaIIy Guilty of Man
slaughter.

After being in prison for six months,
convicted of manslaughter on a COM
promise verdict a prisoner sentenced
for years has been given his freedom
by Governor Aycock who finds him
sufficiently punished.
1t was at the November term, 1908,
of Macon Superior Court that Javan
Long. young white man of Jackson
county, the case having been moved
to Macon by the State, being founo
guilty was sentenced to five years for
manslaughter by Judge Hoke.
The case had been twice tried. AT
the first trial the jury was unable 70
agree The second jury was out roI
several days, standing six for man
slaughter and six for acquittal. A
verdict was only reached upon agree
ment to recommend the prisoner to the
mercy of the court. Each member or
the jury urged Governor Aycock to
pardon the prisoner, and each states
that he did not anticipate that the
judge would sentence the prisoner to
more than the minimum period pre-
scrfbed by statue. this being four
months in Jail.
Governor Aycock in giving his rea-
sons for, the pardon says that the jury
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asked it, that the judge who tried the
case recommends "a Communication to
one year, that 700 voters of Jackson
county ask for a pardon and a stin
greater number of the citizens of Ma
con county join in the request. Con-
tinuing yesterday. in sneaking of the
case he said:
"The careful examination of the evil
dence, taken geographically, conv1n-
ces me that the prisoner was only
technically guilty at all. The deceased
had shot down the prisoners father
and had begun to shoot the prisoner
before he fired at all. If the prisoner
went to the store of the deceased for "a
wrong purpose, all the evidence shows
that he had desisted from his pur-
pose and was going away when his
father and the deceased got into a
fight which fight the prisoner only
entered at the last moment and from
absolute necessity. In my judgment
the prisoner has been sufficiently pun
iShed."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
AT GREENSBORO COLLEGE.
Work on the Building Pauses for
Funds-LOyal labor by Friends.
(sneoial to News and Observerl

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, N. c., Nov, 26.-The
number of boarding students in the
college is larger than for several years
with the promise of a still greater in
crease after the holidays.
Work on the building has been
stopped for lack of funds. The
library, office and soma additional bed
rooms are the most urgent needs
Mrs. Robertson visited the Western
North Carolina Conference at Char
otte last week, and will go to Hen
derson next week to the North Caro-
Ina Conference.
The Young Peoples Society Of West
Market Street gave an entertainment
in the form Of a "Chalk Talk on
Thursday night for the benefit of the
college. All the friends in Green's
boro are working legally, and their
enthusiasm encourages us, and
strengthens our faith to look for lar
ger things.
The Irving and Emerson Literary
Societies are working bravely 70 fur
nish their new halls. AS the old So
ciety halls were on the third floor,
everything belonging TO the societies
was destroyed by fire
Thanksgiving day Was a lapy one
for the girls. The express brought
boxes from home, and these III addi-
ton to the good things of the day,
served in the dining room, proved
more than satisfying to some of our
Number.
i 1t was pleasant innovation to have
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
THE REDSKINS HAVE 1T HOT.
Carlisle Defeats HoslIell by Score OF
Thirty Eight to Four.
(Rx the Associated Press. }

St. Louis, Mo-. Nov. 26.-After
three and a half minutes of play dur
ing which the Haskell Indians fairly
ran the Carlisle braves off their feet.
and p. Hauser HaskelPs right end,
kicked a field goal from the eighteen
yard line, the Vaunted speed of the
Western Indians spent itself against
the Drawn and muscle of the Eastern
Red mcn and the latters heavy
plunging backs tore through Has
kell's line almost at Will, folded the
opposing line back upon itself when
Hasckell had the ball and piled ur
a score of SO to 4 before the end OF
the second ha!f.
With ideal football weather and
many strong supporters of the gov
eminent Indian schools in the city,
besides the interest aroused in the
contest by non-partisan lovers of the
sport contributing to the success OF
ghe game, there were more than
$4,000 persons in the Worlds Fair
Stadium when Libby kicked off.
After the spectacular dash of the
Haskell team. the arIisle gridiror
warriors gained their true form and
plunged through the Haskell line,
gained many yards on end plays and
in every other way completely out
played the westerners.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
CARPENTER ELECTED CAPTAIN
He Succeeds Stewart as Leader of the
Football Eleven.
Especial to News and observer)


Chapel Hill, n. c., Nov. 26.-The
most enthusiastic mass meeting Of
students this session was held in Ger
rard Hall tonight at Z O'Clock. Cap
tain Stewart addressed the students
first. He expressed his profound
gratitude to the students for their
loyal support of the team this season.
(And we might add just here that MIR.
Stewart has made one OF the best cap
TOMS that Carolina has ever had and
is today the best football captain in
the SoutI.) He was greeted with fro
Guent cheers by the students. but the
greatest enthusiasm came when he
announced that the team held a meet
ing today and by unanimous vote
elected Mr.. c. Hunter Carpenter cap
tain of the team for 1905.
Mr. Carpenter came to us from Cliff
ton Forge, Va, and needs no intro
duction to the people of the South
and Middle East. He was a student
at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
for four or fi"e years and was their
star PLAYER during the whole period.
He was captain of the team in 1902.
For the last four years he has held an
enviable position on the All Southern
football team, being it's right half
back ana the star back Of the South.
Mr.. Carpenter will De in school dur
ing ali Of his and next year. He is
a fierce baseball player and does the
work we'll as pitcher or at third base.
For the next few days he will be Off
home on q vacation.
'fhe students are highly pleased
with Coach Z. X. Brown. who has
done such fine wor kin training the
team this season. He is undecided at
present what he will do. He has an
offer to coach baseball teams In the
South during the spring and summer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27

New Bern, then by rail from New
Bern to Morehead City; from More
head City by rail to Wilmington. =
stay at Wilmington would be made
long enough to inspect the harbor anu
Cape Fear River, and from there the
party will probably go to Fayetteville.
There will be three or four members
of the committee besides Mr.. Bur-
ton"
Mr.. Small has been notified that the
A. q n. c. Railroad will put a train
at the disposal of himself and Chair
man Burton, and every facility will
be given them to inspect the harDoI
at Beaufort, and to ascertain it's needs,
and it's possibilities as a shipping point.
1t is possible that the steamer may
go direct to Beaufort by boat instead
of New Bern. 1t is likely that on the
return trip, the party will go by way
Of Goldsboro en- route to Wilmington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
LEAVE TO SUE GRANTED.
The Decision of Judge WaddiII i'm Me..
ropOiitan V. Richmond Traction
Company.
(By the Associated Press.

Richmond, Va, Nov 26-Judge
Waddill, of the United States District
Court, to-day decided in favor of the
plaintiff in the petition of the Metro
politan Trust Com~any, of New York,
against the Richmond Traction Com
pany, the Richmond Passenger and
Power Company, the Virginia. Passen-
ger and Power Company, NE5ssrs.
Northup and Wickham, their receivers.
the Central Trust Company the Mer-
chants Trust Company and the Bow
ling Green T~ust Company.
The Metropolitan Trust Company
sought permission of the court to sue
the receivers, and this is granted In
the decision, although the judge limits
the leave to sue to the jurisdiction pre-
sided over by him and in which all of
the litigation over the street railway
and other properties concerned has
been brought.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
IDIOT HANGS HINrsELF.
Lexington Can Now Boast OF Some
Handsome Pavements.
Special to News and Observ

/ ISDeCldl TO news ana OBSERVER
Lexington, N. c., Nov 26.-About l
o'clock today Jailer Lindsay, who had
heen down town on some business, re-
turned to the Jail ard found in al out
house in the Jail ward used for meat
smokehouse. the lifeless body of one
of his prisoners. Coy aCmeron, an
idiot, Suspended by a rope about two
fet long attached to one of the meat
books.
Cameron who had always been
perfectly harmless and never before
had attempted to harm himself nor
anyone else He was allowed the sun,
if the yard, which is enclosed with Il
high fence, and it seems, had wander
ed into the smokehouse, climbed on a
/ barrel, put the rope around his neck
and jumped off. The smoke house is
near the main building and kitchen,
the Jail yard being small, but no one
had missed aCmeron, who had been
in the habit of going about the yard
at will. Betsy aCmeron, this man
mother, is also an inmate of the jail,
and she, too, is an idiot. The mother
and osn are from the lower end of
Davidson county and both were sent
to Jail about six months ago.
Lexington can now boast of having
some of the incest and best paxements
OF any town or city in the state. Bottl
sides of Main street and one slde OF
depot street Cor Second AVenue) nave
now lirst-class granolithic p1vements
aud the good work continues. Mr. \.
Fl. Hall, construction superintendent
of the Southern Hallway company,
was here yesterday taking measure
nfents etc. and we have reason to
hope that the depot ward viii be ma
cadamized, and that there Will be
good. nice, clean walkways leading to-
and from the ticket office. Lexington
will then have a depot yard to be
proud of and passe--Grs alighting here
will not get stuck in the mud, as has
been the case heretofore.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27
FROM HIGH POINT.
Lady Injured-News from Ed
Burns-MetaIlic Bed Company.

Especial to News and Observer
High Point n c., Nov. 26.-Mrs. j.
f. Hoffman sustained painful injuries
yesterday by falling over an obbstruc-
ton on South Main street.
Word received here from New York
city says that Ed. Burns (who was
shot in the face by George Could is
getting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected. The treatment has not ad-
vanced for enough to ascertain def
nitely about the sight of the injured
\eye. 1t will take several weeks to
make the test.
ut is with a great deal Of pleasure
that>the people of High Point and es-
peciaIly those of that denomination,
learn that the next session of t5e
Methodist Protestant conference will
be held az this place.
High Point Metallic Bed Company,
which was only recently destroyed by
fire will start to work Monday morn
ing on a small scale pending the COM
pIetion of its buildings. The family
building is about completed and the
mammoth main building is going up
rapidly and
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bond issue in order to provide money
for the erection of a high scho\l
building costing in the neighborhood
of $4,000. The matter was present
ed to the board bby Messrs. G. H. Ire
land and G.. S. Sergeant, representing
the city school board, who explained
that the need for such a building is
imperative, as the present school ca
pacity is very much overtaxed, several
of the grades being divided this year
bby some of the childrln Ning in the
morning and others in the afternoon.
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Daily Papers amid GHpeWa0m

at the Thanksgiving dinner members
of the classes of AS, 81, and SIS.
These "cld college girls" represented
the first college the girls of last year,
the second. and the new girls, the cell
Iege Of today. Thus the line of sue
cession is kept unbroken through the
calamities Of changing years, and al.
though in different buildings, it is the
same Greensboro Female College, and.
please God, it will continue it's glorious
work and bles generations yet un-
BORN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 26.-J. H. DicF>
son. mechanic of Charlotte. n. c..
was found lead in his bed at Stag Io-
tel this morning. An open gas steve
told the story of his death. He had
aeen drinking last night and engaged
The room shortly before midnight A
coroner's jury rendered a verdict OF
accidental death.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27

fee, Sir Mortimer nurand. the British
Ambassador, Mrs. Durdnd, Miss Dur
and. and Mis- Taft Seated in the other
boxes were Secretaries and members
of various foreign embassies.
Grand Pageant.
The scene which previous to the
game had been inspiring was turned
INTO 4 grand pageant after the bat
tie. The army lads, preceded by THEN
band and followed by thousands OF
persons. circled the field time and
again, while the navy band was busily
engaged rendering 'The Army and
Navy Forever At the close the army
lads formed a huge circle. extending
from one side of the gridiron to the
ether, with q flag guardian ir the cen
ter and made a grand rush for the
emblem which all are taught TO honor.
1t was the elimination of a great game
and a brilliant social event
The teams lined up as follows
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Meeting Executive COMMITTEE
Press Association.

There will be a meeting of the exc
cutive committee of the North Carolina
Press Association at Salisbury on the
2nd day of December. at II o'clock
8. m. for the purpose of considering
the advisability of holding mid-win-
ter meeting in Atlanta about January
20, 1905.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27

1t doesn't do any good to draw on
your imagination when you have no
bank account to draw on.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-27

The bum actor is sometimes egged
on to do his worst.
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Good intentions never come with a
guarantee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-01-14
They Have Had Enough.
Atlantic Messenger.


The Cass County Fair Association
held their annual meeting Saturday
afternoon at the Office of the secretary.
After giving the matter thorough in
vestigation it was decided best to sell
the grounds and buildings of the So
ciety and turn the proceeds over to the
stockholders. That they found this &C
ton necessary is to be regretted. 1t
is true that the association has not
been making any money out of its an
nual fairs for some years and it is al
SO true that is the history of many OF
the associations over the state. That
it need not be is demonstrated every
fall and could the right kind of man
agement be induced to take hold of il
there is little doubt but what a county
fair might be made to pay. Many OF
the farmers are disappointed at the
outcome of the meeting and so are
many of the merchants. There is con.
siderable sentiment in favor of affect.
ing new organization and giving the
fair another trial. This paper hopes
that it may be done for it has full
faith in the proposition as being q
good thing for the town and county.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-01-14
M arried.

Tuesday evening, Jan. 18th, at eight
O'Clock, Ned Curtis and Miss Augusta
Volkman were married at the home of
Godfrey Schroeder west of Audubon.
Rev. - Mccormick of the Christian
church performed the ceremony in the
presence of large number of friends
and relatives of the contracting
parties. The groom is son of Mr..
and Mrs. S. r. Curtis, of this city,
and is worthy and respected young
man. For several years he has been
engaged in the jewelry business in W..
H. O'Connell's store. The bride is a
step-daughter of Godfrey Schroeder
and is young. lady well qualified to
make the surroundings of home pleas
ant. The REPUBLICAN joins their
many friends in congratulations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-01-14
Assessors Meeting.

The assessors of Audubon county
met at the Auditors Office last Thurs
day for general discussion and to
arrive at an understanding of their
duties. They fixed the following val
uations as being fair: Colts, i year
old, $40; years $50; horses, $50; stall
lions, commercial valne; mules and
asses over year old commercial val
ne; heifers year old, $l2; = years old,
$16; COWS, 800; feeding cottie Sc per
pound: steers / year old, Sl6; 2 years
old, $50; bulls, commercial value;
sheep over 6 months, s.; swine over
months, 50; new buildings erected in
1903, cost of material Ralph Hawks,
assessor for Extra township, outside
has resigned.