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sH May be Rejected on Challenge
legal Insanity at Time OF Tragedy
to be Sole DefCnsc-Triai OpenCSi
With Little or No Ceremony
SlaCke0nS OF Public Interest E,i-
dent-AiI> Evelyn Thsss Again the
Center ut Interest.

New I"rL. January s.-At The close
of thTec COZ sessions which marked
this t.. .-~.' -aA OF the second trial
OF Hary u TEaw for the alleged
murivT ,E stanford Waite nine ten
,ativc .-IO.S had been selected ,uI
OF - t'-"srlcu examined by DistrIc:
Attorney Jerome and Martin W Lit
t!etou -, 40 ,:~-en-e All - .tit,
men Ia the jury box are subject u
pcrerII tory challenges OF which each
si-iA i.--s Itli-tA NlALX "A fha Ii<-
rCuIty 4AI-cEl-4cCe last year IN dis
charsirs Av, Jurors after they hal
taken ..- ntth Of service. /. WAS
agree t.rs tmn not TO administer
any oat1 urt.. loIh ii les :ua!y are
satisfied Nit-! t,- ,ull .af.r.
Lega. iEsan.t! ~ the time ot TIE
traCr iy is 10 hc the sole defense. This
was MAZE clear at the very outset
Of tie proceedings today when Mr
Littl,ton formally served notice thai
the former / "a OF not guilty Ha-
amen ieG ry the specification rrlI the
defendant wa~ insane when the horu-
iCIGe was committed. .Tnr"' court stS-
S4ol- Including an evening sitting
!rom II 10 O'Clock a., l. B.. E,.I
daily until the jury II completed.
The trial opened with lJt!, or n
ceremony and there was GIStlur- ".I-
Gcrcc OF a slaCkenIng az public inter
cS- Abundance L. tnt court room
was vigorously restricted ami all tar
-ong there were vacant h.pChes In the
curtalled quarters given Over to spec
tators. The only women allowed - be
present are the members Of the de
PENDANTS family and newspaper Wrl-
-crs Artists who were barred after
the irst few days Of the frsl trial
were all owed to sketch to the heart :
content
Mrs. EveIyn Thaw WIS again the
center of interest even To the eXclus-
ion Of the defendant himself She
was followed by throngs OF curious
persons as she entered and left the
court house She did not attend the
night sitting.
Every possible convenience Is 10 be
provided Tor the jurors who are TO be
locked up throughout the trial. Ihey
are to be quartered In one OF the
fashionable hotels on upper Broad
way and luncheon is to be served at
an expensive downtown restaurant.
The fury examinations dlG not de-
Iclop such a strong View OF unalter-
able opinion as was anticipated ami
many Of the talesmen We're "N-
cused on other grounds than base!
ul,Dn the reading of the extensive
reports Of the first trial
When the evening recess from To-
8 o'clock was ordered tn" hrc tcnta-
tive Jurors in the box were taken "uL
:, dIrn.I In charge of uniformed Of
Gcers of ile court Cornelius Ronn"r,
the last talcsman 'Ntnlin".. dec l}r"i
cnat he believed that "E""Eh''N ".I"
kiIir- Il person was moro "r Joss m
s@.e IL >sas "N. used by consent
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~:T:nv.L Guard }s~nCINTioN
Action TaIlcn at Nc"tin" ~ Raleigh.
Addressed by Governor Glenn.
Especial to Tho EI".e.ngor.

Especial to The ET".s.n@or)
Pal.fan s. C JANUARY G.T
National Guard Association 9rT.'..
r. committee composed ~ 81
hrmrl'l. Lieutenant Co'ru"I ! N""
+. Netts. and Major g j.. '''"
call or the 1u.l"r.ti'= IF. ...
Citv and Of E,rIoIh a"'
railway tn Insist Hr ..r". '."' H.
tn" rorlracu r ~a~'''E '."- '"'i'A
Of camp site.
nropor W:..or supply. TUB hr.r. r.
etorchous. NJ camp Glenn WIN. q.
ventiOn ratified n" action ar 'n-..-
state national guard '5=o'.n;..a
gardinC federal operations am "'|ts.-
ments Of natioTal guard, - 'hat tl'
federal government can cav ON TINS
force 20 SER. for the fun rcwa.nins
period of it's enlistment tns''" ~
0nIv nine months. Another ar''.n-
ton adopted urges thn 1"Nm m.1' 81
fftv cents per each "rl.. n'. 'E-
Ceeding % drills per year.
Governor Glenn was invited to At
dress the convention 1rl dld 50
He declared the guarU TO hc ono 81
the most honorable and necessary o.
all ORGANIZATIONS and that il deserved
tho ,ear+;oet support of all good cit
izens He said there has never been
a proudcr time In his If" than that
when the North Carolina national
guard passed in review before MN
q. -hc jamestown exposition. \ res
0IrtiCn was adopted expressing graft
tri,1e to the governor for his words
and for his undertaking devotion -
the best interests 90 the gupari
All officers we've elected, Captain
Norwood hcirc president. captain
Barker secretary. ard at ll."o conN"n-
ton aIiOurDad
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Of Motive Powers OF
flee TO bc Removed 90 Rocky Mount.

II is announced from the 4. G. /.
headquarters i'm this city that on the
Goth Of January the c7n- Of the sup
crinteudcnt of Motive Power OF tho
First Division will be removed from
this CITY - ROCKY Mount and this
consequently means that quite "A num-
Der Of clerks. as well "a the rIperin-
tcrdcn'. will leave Wilmington 10 be-
come citizens of that town.
The superintendent Of Motive Power.
Mr. J. ) Chambers. will transfer his
office and Elects within the next few
days and the news Of the departure ot
the Young men and ladies who have
been a, work in that Office In this city
will 80 lea-l-d with c-ret by their
many friends in this city
In addition 70 Mr. Chambers the fol-
lowing are expected 10 be removed -
Rocky Mount: NJ. C. VI Butler
chief clerk: Mr. ". T Fulk time
keeper: Mr r. s Rodcs. tlme-keeper:
and Messrs. F. X kutledge. C. A.
Hobbs. J. VI Jcnett and T. C. Fast.
erling. and Misses D. Irene Hoffman
and Mary a. Battle.
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MARRIED N W-IS!EINGTDE
1lr, j. =. Caldwell. Editor Of The
Observer, and Miss Ad"ja.dr Ns..it,,
Williams Quietly Welded in 11ctro-
DOIitan Hotel

Washington, January 4.-Mr. Joseph
Pearson Caldwell, editor Of the Char
Iotte Observer, and Miss Adelaide
White Williams, were married in the
parIors Of the Metropolitan Hotel to-
day at noon. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Donald c. Mcleod,
pastor of First Presbyterian church,
Of Washington, in the presence Of sew
eral witnesses. Mr.. CALDWELL prior TO
his leaving Charlotte Thursday night.
wired Miss Williams to meet him in
Washington. The marriage was a very
quiet one. Mr.. and Mrs Caldwell
will arrive in Charlotte within q few
days and will make their home there.
1t has been reported that Mr.. CaId-
we'll and Miss Williams were married
in New York during 1900, and it is
known that she obtained a South Da-
kota divorce in 9O3.-SpeciaI to The
Charlotte Observer.
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What shall we do with our expires
idents?" inquired one solicitous citizen
'Ought we not to provide generous in
comes and secure positions for them?"
Perhaps" replied the other, but it
would be a serious blow to literature"
Washington Star.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-10

The New York and Florida Special.
of the Atlantic Coast Line, one OF the
most comfortable, luxurious and mod
ernly appointed trains operated in the
entire country, left New York city yes
terday afternoon at 2:10 O'Clock on us
frs, trip OF the present season and The
company's officials in this city we're
nc.ihnd later in The day that every
reservation in the entire train, except
one upper berth, had been taken Gor
the trip.
In the expectation of doing the larg-
est business n it's history the size OF
the train has been increased while in
it's beauty Of furnishings, comfort aud
convenience of arrangements, and
safety precautions, the train could not
be surpassed, every car having been
the result of special study and effOr~
to reach the highest perfection in ev
cry detail.
The New York and Florida Specia:
progiding every possible comfort is
run six days of every week during the
season, one train leaving New York
daily for the south, while another
starts from ST Augustine each day for
it's long trip to the cold north.
For many reasons the A. G. l.. Off
cials believe that this season is to be
the best in the history Of the Florida
Special, and they have prepared splen-
didIy to handle the business that is
offered. The train this year will be
made up of one baggage and dynamo
car; one dining car; three 12-sectiOn
single drawing room cars; one TO-
section double drawing room car; one
Estate room double, drawing room car
and one 8-state room observation car,
and it will be electric-lighted through
out
The compartment state-roOm cars
have handsomely furnished cOmpart-
ments each complete in itself, with ev-
cry convenience of toilet appointments
These rooms are richly upholstered
and artistically and handsomely dec
GRATED. The drawing room sleeping
cars are Of Pullman's latest pattern,
being luxuriously and richly furnish
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THAW At THE BAR PATRONAGE SYSTEM
Congress ReConvcncs After Holiday
RsCc~s-Both Houses Adjourn Ar
ter Short Session I'm Respect TO the
Memory OF thc Late senator NAL
lory-Bill> rn Various Subjects In
irt.,lut rd iva tllc House.

irD,IUt ell iva tltc House.
Washington. Jan. C.-CongreSs re-
convened today afte: the holiday re-
,,ss. t4t sola houses adjourned un-
I'll tomorrow aneh the brief sessions
cut OF respec, 10 the memory or the
late senator Mallory o. FloTiday. The
senate was in Session o:r;. tuG; min
ute and the house ;o- half an hour.
II meSsa-- TO "a, house today the
president urged tha; H. preparing for
the work Of taking the next census,
he four thousand or more additional
employees needed - appointed only
alter comp, tive examination lndcr
he rules of the civil service commits.
sion and strongly denounced the pat
roIage system " making the appoint
rsonts saying that the civil service
commission was fully capable of So
curing most efficient force.
The non-compctitivc examinations
L e IN sec .@G the orce at Washing
u,on o, the last Two ccususcs. the
p-esid,u, said. served only as cloaA
T., hide the aakedness or the spoils
system.
Such cNam.aIriuns. ne declared were
useless As checks upon patronage ap-
! pO.ntments. they prevent" he said
the most competent from being ap-
pointed and they afford no check up
or political appointments"
The president said 1t is idle To say
| that such nominations are fair, for
the unfairness and favoritism come
in the choosing OF the men who shall
be allowed TO try them"
The president declared that the great
majority OF the clerical employees OF
the last two Censuses We're far below
the average ability and that statistics
show that only about nifty per cent
of the applicants who were employed
in the last two Censuses were able 20
pass the competitive examinations un-
der the civil service rules.
The taint OF the "spoils system"
h" said, " viii not merely hamper and
clay economical anG efficient taking
f the census but will impair the be-
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FOR NTRCININ TO ACT
Rcason for Delay in Convcnlng the
EcgislaturC-Warr for ExecrI-

ton.
Raleigh. n. c., Juruary CIT IS
understood that the delay in COnVen-
ing the legislature is 70 give the Vir-
gtnia corporation the opportunity at
its meeting January 10th to fix pas
scngcr ratc at two and One~half cents
and mileage books two cents. Other
states have fXc1 this rate.
Secretary Rrunar of the Agricultu
raj Department. has had a relapse,
had severe chill followed hT high fe~
yer.
Governor Glenn issued warrants
for execution at Durham of Major
Guthrie, colOred, who strangled his
wife, and at Marion Of Robert Nc
DoWell. who murdered J. l.. Miller,
baggage master or a train. February
goth, being the date Of both execu-
tions.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-10

After all. the currency reform plan
PROPOSED by Hanna-Fries commission
some years ago has not been improv
cd upon and would b. all right for
adoption now-Charlotte Observer
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Doesn't begging make you asham-
ed?"
Sure. If you knew how stingy some
men were you would be ashamed of be-
ing human. - Philadelphia Ledger
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FLORIDA SPECIAL |ASk FOR ELECTION

(hen Train Left New York Yester-
day Every Reservation, Except One
lCppCr Berth, Was Occupicd-Com-
pany Officials Prepared to do the
f Biggest Business Ever Accomplish
r. cd-Train Is Modernly Appointed
and Luxuriously Furnished.
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Say, when il comes t. the rcratch.
wooleH underwear Is .bere.-Montgor1-
cry Advertiser
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William is getting up a li,erary

Hickory is The only kind that will
ever bring him TO his sense" said the
old man.-Atlanta Constitution.
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JOHN WILLIAMS
AND THE =. A l..

Gossip About His Efforts to- Regain
Control-TIe Fingers in the Pic.
Reported That the Goulds and the
Wabash Interests arc backing vii
liamS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
Iowa Lodge. No. l. HOnOred.

Frank Hadden, editor of the Dodge
vile n-Republic,- attended the re-
cent meeting of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows. Here is what he says
in regard to the election of Alfred
Penhallegon as deputy grand master:
sat the session of the grand lodge
OF Odd Fellows held at Marinette last
week Brother Alfred Penhallegon of
Iowa lodge No. l, Mineral Point, was
elected to the position of deputy
grand master, the next highest Office
but one in the grand lodge.
brother Penhallegon has been a
regular attendant at the sessions of
this BODY for several years and has
been steadily advanced "up the lad
der" His election to this position is
source of qualification to every
lodge in this section, and is fitting
recognition of the excellent services
which he has rendered to the cause of
Odd Fellowship. Next year we
expect to see him advanced to the
Office of grand master, a position
which he is especially qualified to fill
with honor to himself and the grand
lodge of the state.'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
AN ASPHALT ROAD.

New Jersey to Experiment With Mix
lure of That Product With Dirt.
The New Jersey state department OF
highways is to construct in Mercer
county an experimental mile of new
automobile road, the plans for which
State Road Supervisor Robert A. Nee
ker recently obtained in Kansas City.
Mr.. Meeker says the new method Of
construction is simple and cheap that
it is self healing when broken and
therefore practically indeStructibIe, that
it improves with age, that IT Is mud
less, nOiSeless and almost duStless and
that it is not slippery even when coated
with ice.
In the building of the road the Origi-
nal soil is finely pulveriZed, and then
into this there is worked a mixture of
hot asphalt, the whole mass being firm
ly rolled in the finishing Breaks are
quickly repaired by traffic, the weight
of wheels cementing them together.
The base yields slightly to heavy traf
fic and then regains it's original shape
1t is equally good for horses and auto
mobiles.
If the experiment proves a success, 1t
Is likely that the result will be a radi-
cal change in the road building meth
DDS of the state Of New Jersey with
the substitution of asphalt for the mac
adam process now used.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

How to Use the King Drag and Have
an Ideal Road.

In Missouri the roads are really bad,
and Improvement by the King road
drag has been taken up systematically.
The following suggestions are from a
bulletin by the Missouri board of agri-
culture:
Don't drive too fast.
Don't walk. Get on the drag and ride.
Don't wait for your neighbOrs to take
hold. They may be waiting on you.
Don't wait for the big grader to
come and shape up your road. All
you can do first will help to make the
work of the grader permanent.
Don't try to drag with one piece; use
two. One will scoop out the hollows
in the road and deepen them. When
two are used the one keeps the other
up, and soon the hOllOws will have
filed and become level like the balance
of the road.
Don't wait for good roads until the
city folks begin to talk about mac
adam at public expense. This will cost
from $1,000 to $4,000 a mile, and for
country purposes, where there is no
heavy hauling. it is no better than, not
as easily maintained as, Il road proper
ly made with the drag. Five dollars
mile with a proper use of the road
drag will keep the ordinary country
road that is properly drained, graded
and bridged or culverted in first class
condition nine months in the year and
make it a fairly decent road the other
three months. But this cannot be done
in one year or two. The longer the
drag is used intelligently the better
the road will become until finally it
is oval and smooth and hard and elias
tic This is the ideal road, and moth
ing but road properly made with the
drag or ali asphalt road meets all these
requirements
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
GRAVEL ROADMAKING,
How the Material Should Be Ap-
piled and Selected.
UNDERTAKING. IMPORTANT.
with Proper Grading, Crave Rightly
Used Will Make Most Excellent
Highways-The Advantage of Flat
Roadway.

Even where gravel employed has
been applied in road construction in
Maryland owing to its method of appli-
cation the roads do not always main
tain their form as they should in wet
weather This fault is not usually due
to the material employed SO much as to
an entire lack of proper grading and
understanding. Merely to throw some
gravel over Il wet or Spongy place
without raising the level Of the road
bed or making any provision for the
drawing off of the water can never
make a road which will not cut through
and become muddy whenever the frost
comes out of the ground. The water
sinks through the gravel covering into
the clayey foundation and renders the
latter yielding to the everything road,
which pushes the wheels through the
gravel into the clay or if the covering
is thin causes the clay to be pushed up
between the pebbles.
With proper attention toward grad
ing, undertaking and the shaping Of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

maCadam surface where the travel over
any particular thOroughfare would
warrant such an improvement. The
crown or transverse slope of Il road
should only be sufficient to carry the
surface water to the cutters. On dirt
roads where rutS are easily formed
the slope needs to be more than ON
macadamiZed surface, but never suffi-
cient to cause inconvenience to travel.
One inch to the foot or seven and a
half inches on a fifteen foot road will
be found about right. \ good macadam
road does not ordinarily need so much
crown, depending on the grades. On
grades up to and including four feet
per hundred One-half inch to the foot
is sufficient; from four to and includ-
ing six feet per hundred three-quarters
of an inch should be allowed. \ trans
verse slope of more than one inch per
foot gives too much list to a wagon
when at one side. The advantage of as
fiat a road as possible is the lessening
Of the tendency for the travel to keep
to the center of the road and the con-
sequent avoidance of the formation of
ruts and a horse path.
There are many counties in Mary
land where gravel of excellent quality
is abundant and where at the same
time there is very little stone that is
fit for road construction. The gravel,
however, properly applied will make
most excellent roads, far superior to
any earth road. and, while not possess
ing the wearing qualities of hard, bro
ken stone, will answer sufficiently well
for those country roads that have com
paratively light traffic. On roads hav-
ing very heavy traffic it will be found
in the long run to be cheaper even at
a very much greater first cost to use a
macadam construction owing to the
rapid wearing of the gravel road under
such circumstances and the conse-
quently large expense for maintenance.
A good gravel can always be told
when inspected, as it stands in place
in the pit. Whenever it Is hard and
compact in the bank and requires the
use of the pick to loosen it, it will form
q hard and compact road. Gravel
which contains a small amount of fer
ruginous clay and has angular, rough
fragments ees s ssttone.1s the .best.thatrcan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

be obtained. Gravel mixed with sand
or composed of smooth, rounded frag-
ments of stone does not compact and
form a hard, smooth road surface and
is of little use except for general fill
ing To get the best results from gravel
which IS formed of various sized frag-
ments it should be screened, all pieces
two inches i'll size being thrown TO one
side There are found in many places
gravel deposits which contain few
fragments over two inches. Such gray
ell does not need to be screened. but
could be spread upon the road directly
from the pit unless too sandy.
The two inch gravel is spread upon
the roadbed TO such a depth that when
rolled it will have thickness of three
10 four inches. Over this first course
Is spread the second course, composed
of the smaller gravel with fragments
one inch or less IN size. The second
course is treated similarly to the first.
The rolling is continued until any de-
preSSiOnS cease to be formed. When
ever depreSsions are noticed during the
rolling materials should immediately
be spread upon such places and the
rolling continued until the surface is
brought up to true grade. The gravel
should not be dry when rolled. If fur
nished dry, it may be sprinkled or the
rolling put off until after a rain. The
top course should be about three inches
thick after rolling.
Usually Il gravel road does not be
come firm and hard until after con-
siderable time, during which it needs
constant attention. Each year, how
ever, the roadbed becomes firmer and
ultimately nearly as solid as macadam.