The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-03
lH CLANSMAN
PROVED POPULAR !.
Bought All Tickets for
Djxon's Play III Just Half
An Hotlr.
aA COTTON PICKER INVENTED.
A Successful Machine is Invent
Cd An Interesting Legal
Case.
fsnec,a, IA The TImes-Eispatch.)

v Especial to The Tlmcs-Eispatch.)
81 M IRA LEIGH N. c., October THE sale
II or seats for the Cnnsmnn, the sensil-
tiunnl drama by Tom Dixon, Jr to
jf13n presented here Tuesday Afternoon ana
W night began this morning at O'Clock,
81 mid within half an hour all mad been
sold. No such sales have over been
h known here for n theatrical performance
u before.
NJ sThe answer of Claude M. Bernard, ex-
"A Dhted sta ties attorney, To the complaint
H at II. c. Howell In the suit brought by
n Howell for the ruin Of his daughter, Bcr-
Z lila Howell, Is filed and consists OF gen
81 c,.al denial of I'LL the charges. The suit is
N for 10000, and Is niphase of the sehsa-
sItional affair that eliminated in the snooit-
4 sng Of John Dockery. Deputy United
& States Marshal by Policeman l. W.
Rogers. The Rogers girl and the lioWell
J Eirl were together with Bernard ana
Dcckc1y in the escapado out OF which
3 the trouble grew. ~
IN A COTTON PICKER.
5s The new cotton picking machine pro-
II ,,,oted by Colonel Jerome Hill and just
" successfully tested has been booked ior
i8exl1ibition at the State FAN october lotn
TO 2lst. Its utility is to be demonstrated
al in a cotton field adjacent to the ialr--
81 grounds.
n The work of extending the Raleigh
n street car line out by tho Union Depot
III rs Glenwood, the new suburban residence
IA section southwest of the city, Is no"
~ well advanced SO much so that the me
III ,srill tproba bly, be in operation by me
ii State Fair. Certainly the connection VIII
n he made with the Union Station, 50 that
~ l]:trains will be met BY the street cars.
l$#t}9 Associate Justice IIoke, Of the supreme
y Court heard the habeas corpus case vi
fs1ryin w. ManHum, of Granville county,
"a this morning and ordered the release OIL
Il the prisoner. 1t appeared that NialE u''''
"A along with other witnesses. was sum
u nnoncd before Magistrate Thomas .. lh!-
s 1or#on subpocnas merely alleging cerlalh
IN criminal offenses in the trial OF Wticl
NJ tleys were wanted as witnesses "ithou.
81 81 ft,pecifying that the crimes to be tried
+ were selling liquor and gaming. me pro,
Ceeding being under sectlol's Loo ai'u i-'i
4 or the Code.
VII DECLINED TO ANSWER.
When N1angum was put on the stand ne
i'll declined to answer questions on the
~ : round that the subpoenas should nave
3F contained specific criminal charges
against certain persons. For refusal 10
answer questions, the Justice ad1udsea
Il, NIanpllm in contempt of court ana llheu
Eg11lm $780, committing him to the CUSTODY
8f5o5 the sheriff until the fine and costs
X ,y,re paid. Al the hearing this morning.
Judge Hoke held that inasmuch as the
magistrate purpor:ed to be proceeding
under sections 1888 and 1884 OF the CODE,
the process was void because ~ was
moi Issued under the conditions OF tn'.
section He ntimated. however ma.
IL the process had alleged a Vlolatioh "
/, ,,i,,xr n nd
5tilg ~ intoXicants the witness would nave
" X hnen compelled to answer under the spe-
v c,nl statutes regulating procedure In the
35sss5 prosecution for these offenscs.
t5 Briefs In behalf of the State were 1lieo
II IN b, S. Roystcr and III. NJ. Shaw OF
a Oxford, and Major a. w Graham, OF
VI Oxford. appeared in behalf of Mangun.