The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-30
MAYOR SUSTAINED
Two Policemen Dropped
from the Force.
B.rry's Case Seeming to be One Of
Too Much Corn, He is Dis.
charged. Nicholson will
Recover.
Recover,
Especial to News and Observer

ficers in that they ate ice cream in
the house of a lewd woman last Sun
day.
The officers stated frankly that they
were on a visit of inspection of houses
in that vicinity of the city where vio-
lations of the law are apt to occur
on Sundays unless the police are about,
and in performance of their regular
duties in visiting the house, and talking
with the woman, as they were leav-
ing ice cream which had been ordered
before they went to the house arrived
and upon invitation of the woman they
ate a saucer. They said it did no.
occur to them that they were doing
wrong, that they deeply regreued tee
indiscretion and asked to be rein
stated Chief of Police Nicely stated
that they were in the line of duty in
visiting the houses and Immediately
upon coming up town told OF having
had treat of ice cream without ap-
parent idea that the same was i'm
proper, that they were excellent Off
GERS, and he did not believe they in
tended to do wrong In partaking With
questionable characters of this social
recognition. Mayor Murphy was alb
sent and Alderman Wysong presided
leaving five aldermen. A resolution
endorsing the action of the mayor in
suspending the officers was unani-
mously adopted, but a resolution rep
the officers but reinstating
them upon the expiration of thirty
days failed to pass, as the vote was
three for and two against when Mayor
Pro Tenn Wysong cast negative vote,
causing a tie. Alderman Harrison
questioned the right of the mayor
pro tenn to vote except To break a
tie, but City Attorney Scales said there
was no doubt of the right and cited a
case where John r. Webster as Speak
er of the House of Representatives did
this Mayor Wysong then said he
would not vote twice, and as mis- first
vote had made it a tie he would leave
it to the acting mayer to vote on it.
After some discussion it was agreed
that the matter stand in-statu-quo un-
til this morning at eleven o'clock when
it would be considered when Mayor
Murphy could be present. Public
opinion is largely in favor of r@ili-
stating the officers, after doing pen
ance, and approves the suspension by
the mayor.
This morning thes E was a full meet
ing, Mayor Murphy being present but
O'Dell had changed his
opinion during the night, and offered
a resolution to the effect that the Off
GERS be permanently suspended. this
being adopted by a vote of four to
two.
Among other matters considered by
the board was the approval OF the con
tract calling for eleven hundred dol
lars for fitting up the old market
house on Davie street for school rur-
poses, where three hundred addition
al children can be taught ander the
graded school system. The work of
adapting the building to this purpose
will begin Monday.
Don't Monkey With Electricity.
Yesterday at twelve O'Clock just us
the last clod was being placed over
the grave of Uncle Bob Sloan. a
large limb of an immense elm tree
over-hhnging the sidewalk fronting
his yard, crashed and fell, breaking
down the fence and the evergreens
in it's track. Exa mination of the limb
showed that while it was twelve inches
in diameter at the trunk, there was
only a fourth of an inch of live wood
on one of it's edges. The entire wood
had been burned, little by little by an
electric wire which touched ii, and
kept eating or burning it's way
through Believers in the occult, are
relating how "Uncle Bob while living
loved his trees and how jealousy he
tried to guard them from electric wire
perils while living, and they are say
ing that the falling of this immense
limb, eaten away little by little by
the electric fire. just as the last clod
fell on the old mans coffin was some
thing more than accidental.
Speaking of the piercing force of a
live wire, a member of the Snow
Lumber Company, of High Point,
stated that an electric wire in that es-
a hill cl1 ,1oo nj h,.nl of a 30
and the end of it struck wrought iron
boiler pipe going through it like a
shot, the escaping Kissing and binding
steam giving immediate warning of
the impending explosion If not dis
aster. Another gentleman told of a
young man in High Point who had
cold feet, and adopted the unique
habit of putting lighted electric bulb
under the cover to make his feet
The bed clothes caught
fire the first night, awaking him from
a sound sleep, and enabling him to es-
cape being burned UP with the house,
The county commissioners had
settlement with the sheriff of Guilforl
this week, which made such q fire
showing for Sheriff Jordan and his
excellent office deputy, Jones' and the
deputy collectors, they passed resolu-
tons of commentator. Not only
were the taxes collected closer than
ever before, but the insolvent list.
rebates, ETC., amounted to but $4,000.
The total amount of taxes accounted
for by the sheriff amounted to $780,,
868.01, divided as follows: for county
and road purposes, $52,376.72; sched-
ules B and c, $5,413.49; for schools,
$33,303.97; liquor license, $3.50; UNI
listed taxes collected, $2,023.83.
The last item is significant because
it shows that at cost of less than
500 to the county employing an ex
pert to ferret out tag dodgers, over
81 600 has been realized in one year
and property which will YIELD tax in
future is permanently on the tax
books.
Bob Berry Released.
Three days staying in jail here
awaiting investigation into his sanity
resulted i'm the discharge of Bob Ber-
~ the High Point Burning Bush re-
ligious enthusiast, who, in. a frenzy
of religious excitement cut his throat
with a razor last Tuesday. 1t turned
out that Berry's frenzy had been
caused by High Point blind tiger IL
quor instead of Burning Bush re-
ligion, and when he got thoroughly
soakd with Greensboro's austere dry
ness, his usual hard common sense
allowed tO de-