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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
REGISTERS OWN WORDS.
He Tells of Shooting 1.-The Nigger,"
duplicating White. The Latter
Replies.
Especial to News and Observer }


Whiteville, N. c., Feb. 19.-The follow
ing copious extracts from label Registers
confession of the killing of Soles and
Staley, and in which he duplicates A. C.
White, who has again been arrested, will
give some idea of the cold-blooded delib-
GRAFTON with which the crime was planned
and executed:
I'VE left home in Whiteville Cross Ed
monson and me, to go down and rob old
man jim Staley. My father suggested it.
1t had been reported he had between $500
and $1,000. : We stayed in the
woods that night and all day Sunday.
We took some canned goods and crackers
with us. We found ten gallon keg of
corn whiskey in the woods where A. C.
Smith told me we could find it. Nv
father had talked with Smith about this
matter before, and he arranged with nv
father to meet US in the woods. Smith
came to us in the afternoon and we had
talk with him. He then went towards
Soles' house. Edmonson and me drank
whlskey all day. We wanted him to get
the niger down to the still away from
Mr.. Soles so we could rob him. We in
tended to hold him up and get his money.
or otherwise we would have shot him. of
course. Sometime in the afternoon Smith
at home. He said he could nor
get the niger away from the house and
for us to come up there We went up at
first dark Gross Edmonson Whistled and
the niger came to the door and I shot
him. He fell inside and the door closed.
was then on the outside, me and Cross
Edmonson. Then there was a gun fired
inside. and after that Cross Edmonson
went to a window and fired again. Then
saw A. C. Smith in the house with his
gun in his hand. Then Cross Edmonson
went to the back of the house and fired
another time. There was a bed inside and
he said he thought there was a man in
the bed, but there was nobody there
Then A. c. Smith came around the house
to me and said: We've got EN-
both.'' -
To the above White makes this reply
4 was not there the night of the kill
ing. | know where the still was. I didn't
tell them about the keg of corn whiskcy.
started from Bill Soles' the night OF
the murder and heard the report of the
guns. / went to Jesse Soles' house in the
evening to get 500 in silver from Jim
Soles to take to Bill Soles to get ex
changed in bills. | took the money back
to Staley some time before sun down.
and | stayed there about half an hour
and took a drink or two with him and
he gave me half pint, and then I came
away and went to Bill Soles'. l brought
to Staley the bills in sack had corn in
before. and when l entered Soles' house
where he was, threw the sack on the table
and said, There's the goods. am guilt
less of any knowledge whatever of the
crime"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20

paw ng the streets of High Point has been
let to c. Markly, of Roanoke, Va. The
best class of work is required aud Wo"l
will begin at an early date.
In the settlement between the Southern
Railroad and Messrs. Rogan and Wills
10th get 80 feet of the disputed ground
which leaves 10 feet for a driveway. The
railroad will use its part tor tracking
While on the other 80 feet the Wachovia
Lean and Trust Company will erect a
modern banking house. The disputed
property was donated to the railroal
cCmIany many years ago by Mr.. Fries
Of Salem, father of Mr.. F. H. Fries, pres
id Mt Wachoyia Loan and Trust Company
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
FAvORs TRADING STAMPS co.
Appeal From Judge Aliens Decision
to the Supreme Court.
(Special to News and Observer )

Especial to News and Observer
Winston-Salem, N. c., Feb. ia de-
cison was rendered by Judge w. r. AL
len here today which will interest the
legal profession generally. He decided
that the business of the Green Trading
Stamps Company, of New York, which
has just opened a store in this city, is not
gift enterprise in the meaning of city
ordinances and revenue acts imposing a
privilege tax thereon. The city authori-
ties had passed an ordinance requiring a
license tax of $50 on the Green Trading
Stamps Company, also $50 on each mer-
chant giving away their stamps. Counsel
for the city appealed to the Supreme
Court
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
JAPANESE PROTECTED CRUISER CHITOsE.

rroI erty, valued at $125 900 was saved
last year and purchased from the private
stockholders, received pledges enough to
pay for the property and the first notes
lave been cancelled. The second note is
now due and she desires the following
notice to be made public
The second payment purchase money
for Greensboro Female College is now
due Please send your check to Miss
Mamie Lee Smith, secretary at once.
The college being burned only means 4
suspension for awhile
The members of the faculty, of which
there are thirteen, ale OF course Out
Of employment and none of them have
yet made arrangements for work, except
Miss Porter. who will next Monday open
an art studio in the rooms OF the Young
Women's Christian Assoca ton building.
The origin of the fire is still a mystery,
ard MANY believe it was incendiary. IT
is said that when one the faculty went
in the part of the building on fire, a
t:ck door was found open, which is al
ways kept shut.
Extraordinary precautions had been
taken against fire, ever since the Normal
College fire The use of candles We're
forbidden and no lamps were used No
heaters at all were used. the heat com
ing by steam from the boilers located
in a different section from where the
fire started. Especially has the vigilence
bccn observed since the mysterious
breaking out of fire in che college two
weeks ago.
Very great sympathy is felt for the
members Of the faculty and for the pres
ident, who besides being out of employ
mont lost nearly all of their effects in
trying to save that of the students. There
is movement now on foot for some form
of practice appreciative by citizens of the
citS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
SHOT IN THE BODY
Twice the Pistol of Me-
liver Flashed Flame.
Charles Hall Now Lies With a Bullet
in His Abdomen and William
Mclver is Fugitive
From Justice.
Especial to News and Observer

Greensboro, N. c., Feb. 19-In an alter.
eaton at the Southern Express Company's
orice here this evening Charles Hall, an
employee OF Armour Packing Company
was shot in the abdomen by William Nc
1ver The wound is in the center of
abdomen, the bullet taking a downward
course, and physicians have been unable
tc locate it yet. Halls condition is seri-
ous.
McIver who is an employee of the Ex-
pless company, it is said began the quar-
rel which grew out of some disagree
nent In regard to express matters yes
tel day. In the encounter which followed
Mclver fired point blank at Hail. who
f9ll back and then came forward, when
McIver fired again, the bullet this time
missing Hall and burying itself in an
express package. McIver then rushed ont
of the office, running down the railroad
track.
Officers are searching for him but so
far without result.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
NEW BANK At DUNN
Its Energetic Business
Men Not Dismayed En-
ter New Banking Life.

State Senator H. l.. Goodwin was in the
city yesterday, his mission here being 70
obtain a charter for the Dunn BANKING
Comapny. Since the two banks there have
tailed the business men telt it necessary
to establish another
we are not demoralized at Dunn -
said Mr. Goodwin yesterday ''and the
town and county are in a satisfactory
and prosperous condition. The banks tnac
failed were owned by individuals, but this
is not the case in the bank chartered
tcday We have organized this to meet
IN actual demand, and it will be con
Quoted along the safest ana most conservr
tive lines
The business of all that section is
incre asing and the outlook is for an cx.
cellent business for the bank. We begl1.
il with a capital stock of $25, 900 which
W. consider the necessary amount at
present but our charter provides that we
can increase this to 100000 which wlll
be done when business demands it,
The new bank for Dunn viii do a com
mercia1 and savings banks business. The
stockholders are Messrs. j. j. Wade r..
r. G. Taylor, d. Barnes, J. H. Balance,
J. G. Layton, NJ. l.. Wade, Newberry
Brothers and Cowell NJ. Fleishman H. l.
Goodwin, w. S. Jackson, ]. w. Gooch, V.
L. Stephens, w. H. Royal, Sully Cooper,
J. c. Clifford and E. F. Young, ell of
Dunn; c. Hales, r. G. Briggs and d. S.
Boykn, of Wilson, and John D. Dawes,
of Elm City
The people of Dunn are plucky and ener-
getic set and they are not dismayed in
the face of the closing up of their two
banks in rapid succession. showing this
by their action in at once starting the
Dunn Banking Company. That every sue
cess will meet it is the hope of all the
friends of that energetic, enterprising and
progressive town.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Mr.. ]. c. Davis Dead.

Mr. j. c. Davis died suddenly at his
home at Beaufort, N. c., on Thursday
night He was sixtyseven years old. and
heart failure was the cause of death.
A telegram yesterday was received by
Mr.. J. A. Duncan notifying him, rela-
tives and friends of the death of Mr..
Davis. His daughter, Miss Ella Davis,
accompanied by Mrs. b. l.. cry, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. c. Duncan, Miss Elizabeth Dun
can and Mr.. John A. Duncan, left for
Beaufort yesterday morning at half-past
ten o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Half a Million Rushing Up in Flame.

New York, Feb. 19.-The main building
of the large paint manufacturing plant
OF the F. w. Devoe and G.. T. Reynolds
Company, on Johns street, Brooklyn. is
burning fercely. The plant will be totally
destroyed and the loss is expected to be
not less than $500, 900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Robbery of Postoffice.

Montgomery, Ala, Feb. Authorization
received here from Postmaster Il. c. Full
Ter, of Centreville, says the postoffce
there was burglarized last night. The
sale was robbed of $500.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Loads n N@rGh @ar@ma Daily Fapeps Nevs

II O'Clock this morning as it did the pre-
ceding day, and during that time it was
viewed by $4,000 people: Several thous-
and still stood in line when the doors
were closed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Boiler House Burned.
Especial to News and Observer. J

North Wilkesboro, N. c., Feb. 1S.-The
boiler mouse at the sash. blind and door
factory was burned about nine o'clock last
night. The lumber yard with about half
million feet of lumber being close tc it
on one side and the dry kiln and factory
building on the other side, were saved by
heroic efforts. The fire was accidental.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Thirteen Killed by Explosion.
(B the Associated Press.)

Ogden, Utah, Feb. ia special to the
Examiner, says carload Of dynamite ex-
ploded near Hogup. one the OgdenLuein
cutoff, this afternoon, killing fifteen and
injuring thirty workmen. The victims,
it is said. are mostly Greeks
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Morgan's Bondsmen Must Pay.
(Snecial to News and Obs

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wilson, Feb. l9.-Judge Moore to-
day ruled that sureties on Lawrence Nor
gan's bond must pay the full amount of
the same-s6.000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
Killed in Raid on Pool Room.
(By the Associated Press.l

10Y UIIG iSSUCdIIU FTtSS.J
st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 19.-It is Just re-
ported that in raid on a pool room at
Madison, Ills, made this afternoon, six
teen persons We're shot. two fatally.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-20
High Point Industrial News.

Especial to News and Observer)
High Point, Feb. 19.-The contract for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-17
NINE ON THE KING PHILIP
St. Mary's Land Company Credlted
With Plans to Open One.

HOUGHTON, MICH.-Local rumor credits St.
Mary's Mineral Land company with 81, seriously
planning to open mine on the King fh1l1p PROD
erty near the Winona. Drill boriDgs have given
encouraging results on this tract, and 1T Wouid
not be surprising If the company decided 10
mt down at least AN exploring shaft or two
The three stamps at the Mohawk are treatmg
about 1900 tons of rock daily. The rock Is
somewhat more refractory than that from the
Wolverine mine and carries less copper. but
metal is being made cheaply and in large quantl-
ties and the Mohawk may declare dividend to-
ward the close Of the year. ,
: The Osceola mill is crushing about $40 tons OF
rock stamp day. For several years the
Osceola has led the mines of the district IN
stamping capacity to the head, due partly to the
nature Of the rock crushed, which is softer than
the average, and partly to superior mill practice
Barring accidents, the mineral product OF the
Atlantic for the first six months OF l9O4 VIII
be the largest ever secured.
Since the end of the strike last FEBRUARY,
the Quincy has maintained an exceptionally even
production of about 1120 tons Of mineral
monthly. The mineral, however, is dressed down
much lower in copper than formerly, as Is the
case at nearly every mill In the district the
introduction of patent concentrators ape
other milling devices making it possible t
secure much of the very fine copper formerly
escaping In tie taiIings.
The Michigan mine is securing good returns
from Its stamp rock and Is also producing
large quantities Of mass and barrel copper
While Its affairs are no longer surrounded b!
the glamor Of the boom days of old, the prop
erty is actually in better condition than eve
l. before. +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-17
ELEVEN FROM MINNESOTA
Commencement Week for Luther Col
lege at DecOrah.

DEBORAH, IOWA.-The commencement ex-
ercises of Luther college were BEGUN Sunday
forenoon, when Rev. 30: ;Nordby OF Lee, u,
preached the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
evening President and Mrs. Preus rendered a
reception to the senior and Junior classes, Wis
iting alumni and friends Of the college. Grad
uating exercises of the preparatory department
Were held Tuesday afternoon in the college au-
dftorium Professor Henry Solum of Willmar
seminary, Minnesota, speaking on Choosing a
Vocation Two of the graduates gave recita-
tions, one in Norwegian and one in German, and
L. S. Kloster Of Huxley, Iowa, delivered the
valedictory. Twenty -one graduated from this de-
partment. 49, 49,.
Professor J. P Hjort of Minneapolis and an
octet of ladies from the seminary in Red Wing
appeared in concert Tuesday evening to IN
usually large audience. So.
The graduating exercises of the collegiate de-
partment took place Wednesday forenoon. Rev.
| G.. Peterson, from Benson, Mimi, delivered the
! valedictory. The Glee club sang a song en-
! titled Luther College," composed for the oc-
casion by an old aumnus, and the college band
played an Overture on Luther's Hymn" Fol
] lowing the gradua ties: Herman r. Baalson,
Christian E. Bale, Theo. B. Brusegaard, I. Dor
son, Helmer Halvorson, Thora1f Hoff Carl H. R.
| Hovde, Lauritz P. Lund, Christian Moldstad
! Walter Nelson Peter G. Paulson, Alfred G. Pc
derson, John Wilhelm Peterson. Carl Jonah Quill
T. D. Thompson, o. Tonning c. G. Vangen, T.
/ o. Vollum Of these eleven are from Mime
sofa, four from Iowa, three from Wisconsin, one
/ from North Dakota and one from Washington
In the afternoon the alumni association elected
4 officers, and in the evening a banquet was ell
: joyed in the auditorium by alumni, their fam
: lilies and friends.
Dr. Gjerset has been prevailed upon to with
draw his resignation and will remain at the col
!, lege. The students adopted unanimously a reso
+ luton asking Professor Hansen to remain, an.
Rev. Dr. Koren, the president Of the synod
has written Professor Hansen, asking him t
reconsider and Withdraw his resignation. It i
poSsible he will do so. IN. zastEEss p
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-17
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-17
MUCH LUMBER
LEAVES PORT
HEAVY SHIPMENTS FROM DU-
LUTH AND TWO HARBORS.
Latter Point Is Forwarding More
Stock Than in Any Previous Year
Sales Are Dull, However, Tho Lum-
bermen Report More Active Inquiry
Than for Some Time.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, June 17.-Lumber ship
ments are very heavy. both from Duluth
and Two Harbors At the latter point
more lumber has been sent forward than
in any previous year for the same length
of time. Here single commission nrms
have shipped more than IS, 600 feet al
ready. One firm has had twenty-seVen
boats at the docks. The steamer Myron
and two barges loaded 100000 feet be-
tween Saturday morning and Monday
night with no work Sunday. They
were all at one dock, and the record is
a. good one. Five ships have left Two
Harbors this week with lumber, and there
is at least one vessel at the Northern
Pacific docks all the time loading Cloquet
stock.
The new planning: mill of the Virginia
Lumber company has been completed and
Is about ready for full opera ton. 1t is
a very complete plant, and will add much
to the number of men working about
the company's buildings. James G.
Ketcham, formerly of the Tower Lumber
company, and recently manager here fol
the American Lumber company, has be-
come sales manager of the Virginia Lum'
Der company, with offices at Duluth, sant
has already entered upon his duties.
Logging business Of Alger, Smith & CO
has been cut to summer schedule, ant
about sixty cars day is the average
product.
There is nothing in the rumor that thu
business Of the w. T. Bailer Lumber com
pariy has been sold to the Weyerhaeuse
interests. ..-
There have been few sales of lumbe
this week. one lot of about 1000, 900 fee
off the st. Louis docks; another of abou
the same amount from the Red Cliff, AM
several others. Lumbermen report a NOR
active inquiry than for some time, an
they expect to make some additional sale
this week. But business is dull as I
rule, and lumber Is not selling as freel
as hoped for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-17
- Inside Inn'' Advantages.
why the Only Hotel in the Worlds
Fair Enclosure Promises to Be
Popular Hostelry.
COMFORT AT MODEST PRICES.

There is one large hotel on the
grounds of the Worlds Fat at St.
Louis called 1.-THE Inside Inn" 1t has
a capacity Of accommodating with
is located near the southeastern cor
ner of the grounds and convenient
to two Of the entrances. In its i'm
mediate vicinity are many of the beau
ttiful buildings erected by the states
and territories.
The Inside Inn Is empowered in
natural forest trees. 1t is in fact a bit
"a big bit-of suburban enterprise
set in the edge of a great city. From
the doors and windows Of the Inside
Inn one Is not compelled to look upon
sun-baked stone streets, sweltering
alleys and dead walls. On the con-
trary, the guest has an outlook upon a
sprimeval forest in which appear here
and there the inviting outlines Of new
houses built without qualms as to cost
and embellished with all the artistic
adornments that architecture can sup
ply. Looking farther, the guest may
behold the graceful towers and the
stately domes of the most wonderful
CITY on earth-the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.
IN short, the guest at the inside Inn
will be practically summer resorter,
away from the din and clamor and
dust and heat of the busy city, and yet
near enough to the worlds Fair
glories to behold some of them from
his window and to reach any or them
in a few minutes. If perchance he
Rlall become aweary of the wondrous
wealth of things to see and hear, for
the time being he may HE him back
to the Inside Inn, where in his own
apartments or in the scozy lounging-
rooms or parlors Of the Inn nIt,l ne may may
for 4 return to the heart Of the
Worlds Fair refreshed and revivified
The guests at the Inside Inn will be
the only visitors who can see thu
worlds Fair from their own from
door, 50 to speak; for at the Inn the.
will be at home, and while viewing an!
nart Of the great Exposition they will
have the satisfaction Of knowing tina
a short walk or a brief ride on tn
Intramural cars will take them home
/, without going outside the grounds.