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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

Twomey approached the dramatization of
Augusta j. Evans "St Elmo He saw
in the book story OF life in the south
told as only a southern writer could tell
1t. He perceived in the character of ST.
Elmo complex psychology that would
tax to the utmost his technical resource
and literary skill. Thoroughly imbued
with the vast possibilities of his hero
from a dramatic point of view, he has
carefully refrained from altering the
type as drawn by the author, and has
labored earnestly and with excellent re-
suits to reproduce exactly the character
as originally drawn 1t was impossible
to improve upon the work. Of the creator
of ST. Elmo, and his effort has been d.
rected toward reproduction and realiza-
ton of this most fascinating central
figure. A unique dramatic type which
gains in power through contrast with
others in the play.
IT is A difficult matter to reproduce
exactly in dramatic form the narrative
of a novel where the author, unhampered
by the Limitations of the stage, Is per-
mitted a diversity of scene and COM
plexity of detail denied the dramatist.
eBut Mr.. Twomey has succeeded In retain
ing all the central incidents without ma
terial change, while he has preeerved the
exact note of reality, the simplicity and
charm of the original.
The character Of st. Elmo offers rich
possibilities sand the chief aim Oh the
dramatist has been to preserve the charm
OF this man turned against the world
and himself by early disappointment.
He has drawn with loving and sympathet-
IL care a lifelike portrait of the authors
creation and surrounded him with the
leading characters of the book interpreted
with the same careful adherence to the
original type Even the atmosphere or
the south has been rigidly preserved and
Mr.. Twomey's 'St. Elmo" stands one OF
the most sympathetic and accurate real
zations of any popular novel, ana 81.
Elmo is popular in a greater and more
lasting sense than any of the six best
sellers of the current day. 1t is book
that has endured for years, finding favor
with each new generation of readers be-
cause est. Elmo" is something more than
merely novel. 1t is study or the peo-
pie of the south where romance relsned
untainted In the days before the ware
when Chattanooga was village ana be-
fore the influx of northern capital mad
entirely changed the complexion or the
country.
In selecting the cast for this play, Mr..
Twomey. under whose personal supervis-
ion the production has been made. exer-
cised the same care in engaging the vari-
Gus players as he used in reproducing
the types, with the result that author and
actor alike contribute to an accurate
preservation Of the atmosphere of the
book 1t is not the dramatization of
novel, II is the transfer of the person
ages from the page to the stage.
! Mr. Twomey's "St. Elmo will, be seen
at the jefferson theatre on Thursday
afternoon end night October 7. Mr..
Twomey will play the title role.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-12
Thanksgiving Linens

Thanksgiving Linens
wide all flax that shines like of satin
heavy quality Scotch make and of designs
such as spots and pansy.
Regular $780, sale, yard 1.2O
wide all pure linen damask made of fine golden
flax and is white in good of designs
Regular $1OO; sale yard $50
wde all linen table dama heavy quality
specially priced for this SALE of designs choose
from.
Regular 75c sale, yard
wide damask This is all linen which
for low end damak it will also bleach
in a short time.
Regular 75c SALE yard
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-12
Fancy Drawn Work

A Free Thanksgiving Turkey
to every man or woman
Read conditions above
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-12

Don't buy any turkeys this
Thanksgiving because the
Big Store will give
you one free
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-12

Exceptional sale OF
dressy hats before
Thanksgiving. Reg
ularly sold up to $40
and $12; Thanksgiv-
ing Sale $500
The height of the
season finds our mil
linery s a e roo m
splendidly supplied
with models of the
highest merit. Spe-
cial interest will be
conferred this week on
the excellence of our
five dollar semi-dress
hats, many of which
have been admired
and pronounced reas-
enable at $40 and
SIP.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF FURNITURE DEALERS
Adjourned Wednesday in Greensboro.
George C.. Royal Was Elected
Vice-PreSideRt.

Greensboro, N. c., August 1.-THE
fifth annual convention of the Retail
Furniture Dealers Association of
North Carolina, which has been in
session in the reception hall of the
Guilford Hotel here since yesterday
afternoon, adjourned this afternoon
with the election of officers and the
selection of High Point as the place
of next meeting. George S. Roy1an, of
Wilmington, was elected president,
and vice-presidents as follows: w. T.
Mccoy, Charlotte; George C. Royal,
Goldsboro; w. E. Brothers, Fayette-
vile, G. S. Tucker, Raleigh; r. o.
Dietz, Statesville; w. B. Summersett,
Salisbury, was elected secretary and
treasurer. There were between fifty
and seventy-tive delegates present,
and the convention was one of the
laost enjoyable and profitable ever
held.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF a..
ODD FELLOWS OF
Salisbury Selected AS Place for Mex
MeetiRg-Of Officers Elected.

The annual encampment of the Odd
Fellows of North Carolina held al
Salisbury adjourned Wednesday, after
most successful and ENJOYABLE
meeting.
Salisbury was selected as the place
of next meeting and the second Tues
day in August, 1910, named as the
date. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as~follows: Grand pa
triarch, Gilmore Ward Bryant, Dur
ham; grand high priest, w. C. Allen.
Waynesville; grand senior warden, r.
P. Clingman, Winston-Salem; grand
junior warden, w. D. Caster, Fayette-
Vile; grand scribe, R. H. Ramsey,
Charlotte; grand treasurer, Wesley
Williams, Elizabeth City; grand mar
shall, c. F. Lumsden, Raleigh; grand
inside sentinel, K. Kendall, Shelby;
grand outside guard, J. L. Spey, Coin
jock; grand representatives, William
L. Smith, Wilmington (two years., L..
w. Jeanmeret, Asheville Zone year,.
The gathering was attended by be-
tween sixty and sixty-four representa-
tives, who were handsomely enter
tanned by the Salisbury encampment
and the people of Rowans capital.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
Threw Stone at Ghost and Killed a
Woman.

Scranton, Pa, August 12-Miss
Bridget Nolan, an elderly woman
who lived in North Scranton, was
slain with a cobblestone at one o'clock
this morning by John F. Dean, a
neighbor. Dean is under arrest and
admits the killing. He declares that
the woman met death while playing
ghost.
To Chief of Police Day Dean said
that on account Of the warm weather
last night he didn't feel like going to
bed and sat outside a small store
which he owns. A woman dressed in
white came up, jabbed him in the
stomach with a broomstick and struck
him across the arm. He picked up a
stone and hit her. She fell and Dean
gave himself up to a policeman.
Miss Nolan owned the building oc-
cupied by Dean. She was clothed in
a nightgown only, and in this garb
had frightened Dean.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
DEATH OF MRS. BETTE PIKE.
Nell-knOwn and Most Estimable
Woman, Native of This County.

Woman, Native of This County.
From the Raleigh News and Obser-
yer OF Tuesday we copy the fol-
lowing, which will be read with real
sorrow by Argus readers in this city,
where Mrs. Pike at one time resided,
and throughout the county, she being
native of the Pikeville section:
Mrs. Bette Pike, aged forty-eight,
lied at $50 last night, after an illness
OF several months. She is survived
by four daughters, Mrs. E. B. Nelson,
Lillian, Cora and Lucille Pike-and
four grandchildren.
'The body will be carried today on
the 1890 train to Pikeville, the old
home. DR.. ]. G. Massee will conduct
the funeral at eleven o'clock at the
residence on 311 North East street.
Mrs. Pike was devout member of
the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Mr.. Nelson and the family are now
in this city accompanying the re-
mains, which will be borne to Pike
vile on the 9:55 train tonight, and the
interment will be made tomorrow
morning at ten o'clock, in the family
burying ground adjacent to that town.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
CHARGE OF MURDER
IN BUNTING CASE
Constable Watkins Indicted
By the Grand Jury
Wednesday
CASE CALLED NOVEMBER 4
True Bill Returned i'm Shooting Affair
of John Hill Bunting at Black
Mountain Early Friday Morning.
No Trial at Present.

Asheyille, N. c., August IF. c.
Watkins, constable of Black Mountain
was indicted today by the grand jury
of Buncombe Superior Court for muir
der arising out of the shooting by him
of John Hill Bunting, of Wilmington,
at the Gladstone Hotel in that place
early Friday morning when he at the
same time shot Paul C. Collins, of
Hillsboro, who with Bunting was al
legged to be engaged in creating a
disturbance in the house.
The bill was found on the evidence
of the two colored witnesses, Glenn
Jones and Burley Cowan, employees,
who went to the grand jury room from
the jail, in which they were placed
Monday night in order to insure their
presence here. The grand jury came
in a body with Indictment.
The case cannot be called until No
vember IA, it is said, because the
terms of court before that date are
for the trial of civil cases only. AS
two of the witnesses most important
to the defense, Mrs. Mary L. Wood
ruff and her daughter, live in SPRING
field, Mass, there has been some
speculation by outsiders about the
of the defense securing
their attendance at the trial
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
WOULD PREVENT ELECTION,
South Carolina Supreme Court to Hear
Application for Injunction Restrain
ing Prohibition Election.

Columbia, S. c., August 1.-THE
Supreme Court of South Carolina will
meet tomorrow morning to hear the
application for an Injunction against
the Charleston county election COM
mlssiNners restraining them from
holding an election on the question
Of re-opening the dispensaries in that
county. The application in the name
of Thomas Jellico, Of Charleston, is
based on the assertion that tie liquor
law, which was enacted at the last
session of the legislature, is uncon-
stitutional. 1t is alleged that the law,
which provides for an election on the
liquor question in the counties now
having dispensaries, is invalid in that
Its subject is not set forth in the title
and that it is special legislation.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
THE SEABOARD TOUR.
Niagara Falls, Toronto,
Thousand Islands, Montreal, Quebec.
Down Lake George and ChampIain
and Four Days in New York City,
at Very Attractive Rates--Leayes
September PERSONALLY Conducted
by Mr.. c. III. GattiS.

The Seaboard announces their sec
Ond annual tour, personally conducted
by G. H. Gattis, district passenger
agent, chaperoned by Mrs. C. H. Cat
tis,. same being under their personal
supervision, through the North and
Canada, taking in all the principal and
most attractive resorts in the East,
leaving Raleigh September 1, via
Portsmouth, Norfolk, Old Point Com
fort, up the historic Potomac to Wash
ington, thence through Baltimore,
Philadelphia and the scenic Lehigh
valley to Niagara Falls, Toronto, TAX
ing in the Grand Toronto Exhibition,
through the Thousand Islands, down
the st. Lawrence river to Montreal
and Quebec, returning via Lake
George and Lake Champlain through
Saratoga and Albany to New York,
where four days will be spent.
The cost of the trip will include
railroad, steamship and Pullman
fares, transfers, hotel accommoda-
tions, side trips, ETC., as shown in
itinerary-in fact will include prac-
tically every necessary expense with
the exception of few meals en- route
and while in New York city, and is
made at the lowest possible amount
This route has been selected after
the most careful consideration, Civ
ing the best advantage for sight-see-
ing at most interesting points Suffi-
cient length of time will be spent at
all stop-over points for sightseeing
and all arrangements made for the
pleasure and comfort of the party.
c. H. Gattis, district passenger
agent, will devote his entire time to
the party and will look after all nee
essary details. etc., for the comfort
and pleasure of all, and this is as
sured as the Seaboard has had consid-
cradle experience in handling these
tours, as any one who has been with
them in the past will be glad to tell
you.
AlE. aaa MRS. Gattis Will be assisted
by Mr.. and Mrs. James Ker. Jr., of
Charlotte, N. c.
For itinerary of tour write at once
to the undersigned and those who de-
sire descriptive literature relative to
route over which party will travel
ETC., will be forwarded same upon re-
ceipt of request with % cents IN post
age to cover mailing of same
The party Ia fast filling up ant
! those desiring to join should max,
! reservation without delay.
G. FL. GATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
/ Raleigh. n. G.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
GOOD JOBS FOR MEN.
Needs PostOffice Clerks,
Carriers and Railway Mail Clerks.
Salary 5000 to $1,000.

Why don't you work for Uncle Sam
Eight thousand positions are to be
filled. The pay is large; the hours
short; you get a vacation, with pay,
every year, and 20 lay-offs at any
time.
The government wants men ager 18
years old, with only common, every
day education to take examinations in
this vicinity, on Nov. II. for positions
mentioned above, and the Government
Civil Service INSTRUCTORS, with their
expert knowledge OF the examination
aan prepare any man TO pass In q
few weeks.
Any reader of The Argus Wfle
wishes to work for Uncle Sam. can
get complete free information how to
prepare for the Civil gegYice examina-
tions, by writing the Government Ciyil
Service Instructors. Dept. 7s2, Roch-
ester, N. X.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
PRESCRIPTION BY w
Montague HOlbein Gives /
Six Miles of EngIisT

New Bedford, Mass. Al
medical prescription sent
tucket Shoals lightship 85,
to a hurry call for advit
less, brought about the
Capt. Frank s. Doane, tn
the light vessel, from a 81
today. CAPTAIN Doane's
were SO unusual THAI n
loss to select the me,
should meet the emergen
The wireless operator {.
ship came to his aid, and
naval torpedo station at !
scfiBea lhe eaptain,s eap ma
Immediately afterwards
sent embodying a pTesel
the medical officer at tn,
ton.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
JOHN G. RENCHER DEAD.
WeH-KnOwn Attorney Passes Away at
His Home in PittsbOrO,

Pittsboro, August 11.-Mr. John G.
Rencher, one of Chatham's best known
citizens, died today at eleven O'Clock
after having suffered patiently for two
years with disease he knew to be in
durable. Mr.. Rencher was in his sew
entieth year and had lived most of his
life in Pittsboro. On account of fail
ing health he retired from the active
practice of law several years ago and
since that time had seldom been seen
on the streets.
Mr.. Rencher was endowed with rare
intellectual attachments and was one
of the most entertaining and pleasing
conversationalists the writer has ever
known. He was the only surviving
son of the late Abraham Rencher, who
represented this district in Congress
from 1929 to 1910. and who was ap-
pointed minister to Portugal under
President Tyler and governor of New
Mexico under President BIehapap.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
HELD ON THE CHARGE OF
PASSING RAISED MONEY
A Bungling Attempt to Pass One
Dollar Bill Raised to Five.

John Thornton, Will Ray and
George Knight, colored, are being held
by Commissioner Franc Ives on the
charge of raising one-dollar bill to
five dollars, until the United States
agent completes an Investigation into
the affair.
Thornton alleges that he borrowed
the bill from Ray and gave it to
Knight, who attempted to pass it at
the store of Mr.. Frank Barnes.
The bill had two corners torn and
on one corner was a SIS pasted over
the 81. It was easily detected
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
ED TO SWIM CHANNEL.
ne HOlbein Tries to Cross Eng
ish Channel, But Fails.

r, Eng, August 12.-Montague
/, the swimmer, had to give up
oday after he had made an all
attempt to swim across the
Channel. Holbein was with
niles of the English coast when
out and had to be lifted into
1g tugboat. He was complete
lusted, but after restoratives
Iministered he freshened up.
sin started from the French
nder favorable circumstances.
as the fifth time he essayed to
the record of Captain Webb,
Tam the channel in 1875. Mon
vas in the water all night, but
Oppy waves and wind played
with his strength.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
So States Judge Spencer B.
Adams in Wash
ilgten.
REPUBLICAN PATRONAGE.
Looking After the Interests of His
Party by Trying to Secure All of
the Census SuperyisOrships for His
Republican Friends.
Washington Herald.

Washington Herald.
/ Judge Spencer B. Adams, of Green's
boro, N. c., chairman of the State
republican committee, came up to
washington yesterday to see that the
location OF North Carolina was not
forgotten on the political map. He
registered at the Shoreham, saw some
people, among them Postmaster-Gen-
eral Hitchcock, and when seen last
night seemed pretty well pleased with
things in general.
Ihlngs are looking fine politically.
Inc Democrats are losing ground
steadily, and the Republicans are COM
ing ahead to the same tune We have
lIb,0O0 voters down there now and
more are joining the ranks every year.
Ihere are lots of descendants of the
ante-bellum Wings down in that coun-
try, and they incline naturally to Re-
publican principles.
North Carolina is now frankly in
the list of doubtful states, and on the
strength of that l see in the papers
the Republicans are going to get all
the patronage in the census director
appointments. Those appointments
will probably be made in the near fu-
ture. The solid South has been
broken. We expect to elect Repuh-
lican governor at the next election,
Representative John M. Morehead, of
the Fifth district, and others are
prominently mentioned for the place.
In the last Congressional election.
three Republicans were sent to the
House of Representatives from North
Carolina, two from Tennessee, one
from Virginia, and three from Ken
lucky. In the vote on the conference
report these Southern Republicans
held the balance of power in the
House. No, sir, l believe the South
IS coming to see that it is unwise for
the North to milk the COW and the
South to feed it. They want some of
the milk
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
Anna SchuInaker Met Un-
kneWn Man at the
Cemetery.
" CALL NE At NUMBER !"
New Developments in Murder Case
May Help the Police to Solve This
Bloody Mystery-BOdy Was Found
Buried in Cemetery.

Rochester, N. Y, August, 12-Anna
Catherine Schumacher, the girl of sew
enteen years who was overcome and
murdered in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Saturday, met man there that day,
whether by appointment or not is not
known yet.
Bits of a torn letter found near the
abandoned pun4p house in the ceme-
terry where Miss Schumacher was kill
ed, when pieced together today read:
Call me at number-Lsonard."
Careful search is being made for
other bits of the letter. If they be
found they may be the missing links
in the chain connecting the man in
black clothes who was seen with Miss
Schumacher in the cemetery, and the
spade with which her murdered dug
her shallow grave and left against a
tree nearby. Bloody finger marks are
on the handle of the spade which, all
the known indicate, came from a sta
BILE at ST. Bernard's Catholic Semi
nary adjacent to the underbrush lot
theory most persistently followed is
that a man who knew where the
spade was got it from its usual place
to bury his victim.
Joseph McSherry, employed at ST.
Bernard's Seminary, tells the police
that he used the spade last Friday to
mix middlings for pigs feed: hat the
spade was missed Saturday. McSher-
ry, it's is said, went to hospital Sat
urday morning to be treated for ivy
poisoning
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14

Upon complaint of two of the vic
tins, officers Howland and Dupree
Wednesday morning arrested Ben and
Lennie Ormond, two young white men
of Pitt county, on the charge of pass
ing counterfeit money in Kinston
Tuesday night J. C. Chestnut, white
who runs a store near the Central
warehouse and ], w. Whitfield, col
ored merchant near the Imperial fac
tory, were the possessors of the spu-
rious coins this morning and from
the description given the officers the
two Ormond boys were arrested and
taken before United States Commits
sioner A. J. Loftin and given hear
ing.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14

The cotton gin and sawmil1 belong
ing to Mr.. Fred Wolfenden, OF Choco-
winity township, about three miles
from Washington, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday afternoon. The fire
started in the rear of the gin house
md when first discovered had made
considerable headway. Every effort
was made by the citizens to extinguish
the blaze but without effect, and the
total plant was entirely DESTROYED. The
plant was valued at between two and
three thousand dollars, with no in
surance.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
Elephants ON Rampage Scare Inbabi-
tants.

Clay Center, Kan, August RI or
/. two hours today the people of ms
town were terrorized by eleven Fls=
plants which escaped from a show
and stampeded through the streets.
The trouble started when a small dog
bit the leg of one of the elephants.
The beast at once began to trumpet,
.and, breaking from it's keeper, ran
away. Ten others followed Before
the animals were captured Snowman
was seriously hurt.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
X. THAW RETURNED
TO THE INSANE ASYLUM

e Plains, N. Y, August 12.-
K. Thaw was today adjudged
by Justice Mills in a decision
down in the Supreme Court
'dered to be sent back 70 the
wan state asylum for the GRIM
sane Immediately.
order of Justice Mills was
over to the Westchester coun-
norities by the clerk of the SUI
court, and Thaw himself, in
/ at White Plains, was informed
decision, Arrangements were
to take him back to Matteawan
.ow.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
NEARBY NEWS BRIEFLY
TOLD.

Mr. Paul r. Capelle, the clever
cashier of the First National Bank OF
Rocky Mount, has rendered his resig-
nation to the board of directors of this
institution, the same to become effec-
tive about the first of the coming
month, about which time Mr.. Capelle
will leave for Chapel Hill, where he
will enter the law class of the State
University. Mr.. Capelle's plans in
clude a two years course in the law
department there
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
MAYOR HIGGINS ACCEPTS
OPERA HOUSE MANAGEMENT
VIII Be in Charge of Local Play
House, Which Has Been Leased
by s. A. SchlOss.

Mayor. John R. Higgins mas accepted
the local Management of the Messenger
Opera House for the coming season,
and has booked a minstrel show for
Tuesday night, August "a.
Mr.. S. A. Sch1oss, of Wilmington,
who has leased the opera house, is
making a number of improvements
on the interior of the building and
preparing for the opening of the sea-
son.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
Strikers Win First Round.

sburg, Pa, August 1.-THE
liz employees of the Pressed Steel
ompany, at McKees Rocks, won
st round ia the legal battle to-
when Judge James r. MacFar-
granted a rule on the Pressed
Car Company to show cause on
fore August 18 why arbitrators
| not be appointed.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
MIR. DORTCH UNCONSCIOUS
SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
His Condition Is Critical States Re-
port From Raleigh.

Mr.. Isaac F. Dortch has been un-
conscious since midnight and his con-
dition is considered serious from re-
ports received here today from Raj
eigh, where he was taken some time
ego.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Dortch and
Miss Corinne Dortch went to Raleigh
this afternoon.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-14
Home From Fishing

Misses Dora and F1orel
way, Messrs. C. J. Best, j
ular mail carrier on rol
Hugh Thompson, of the
Bank, have returned from
joyable sojourn at Morehe;
Beaufort, being Joined at
place by the Misses Du
party crossed the bar OF
trip and had splendid luck
Carraway landing a mack
ing twenty-five pounds.