SHUT OUT PLAY
Mayor of Raleigh Barred an Immoral
Drama from the Stage.
CLOSED UP THE HOUSE
I The Girl front Rector's" Was Too
Smutty for Public Exhibition au'l
Fifty Blue Touted Policemen Cleared
the Theatre and Barred the
Door to All Coiners.
Wednesday, after a conference
with ther City Attorney, Walter
Clark, Jr.. the Mayor of Raleigh, N.
C., issued the following order to the
chief of police.
My dear sir: Taking notice of the
general reputation for indecency and
immorality of the play known as
* The Girl from Hector's," as reported
in the public press, uud of the indecent
and immoral character of the
advertising of said play, I on February
15, gave notice to the manager
of the Academy of Music at
Raleigh and the manager of the
said play that 1 would not permit
the said play to be given here. As
mayor and chief executive of the
city of ltaliegh, 1 hereby order yon
as chief of police to station sullicicnt
policemen at the opera house known
as the Academy of Music so as to
prevent the performance of the play
known as "The Girl From Rector's,"
and 1 hereby authorize you to arrest
any one who attempts to pro
ct-ed with this preformance.
J. S. Wynne, Mayor.
All day most of the talk at Raleigh
was about the show and the
positive attitude of the mayor towards
it. The theater manager employed
three lawyer, among them exGovernor
Aycock.
The chief of police and a score or
patrolmen entered the Academy ..f
Music nearly an hour before tne
time set for the performance and before
the performers had arrived and
when there were only a handful of
people in the seats, cleared out
every body including the manager
and took posession. Chief Stall re
niaiued inside and a row of patrolmen
stood in front of the great folding
doors of the main entrance, wbicn
were closed. A crowd of several
(hundred quietly gathered, but therwas
no demonstration beyond clivers,
which were intended to ridicule the
* city authorities. Nearly the entire
crowd were young men. Four false
alarms of lire were turned In. In
quick succession. The patrol wagon
was kept near the theater so as to
be ready for use.
An attempt was made at Lilllngton
to induce Judge Oliver Allen to
grant an order restraining the mayor
and chief of police from interfering
with the performance, but the judge
declined. The trip to Lillington was
made by a ltaleigh attorney in an
automobile.
(For nearly two hours not a fewpeople
hung around the theater,
thinking something might turn up,
but nothing happened.
It is asserted that a suit for damages
against the mayor and the city
will grow out of the closing of the
house.
It was said that if the police had
waited until the curtain rose and
then stopped the show some one was
to rise and personally denounce the
mayor. This statement was heard
from several persons, but no one
would say who was to make the attack.
Only two arrests were made, one
of the theatre electricians by Chief
St ell at the side door and the other a
negro employe. The police left the
theatre at 10 o'clock.
SIIOltT IX HIS CASH.
Clerk of Robeson Court Accused of
n Shortage.
The report of the board of auditors
of the finances of Robeson county,
N. C., has just been completed and
contains some startling findings as
regards the clerk of the superior
court's office. The report shows that
Clerk VV. H. Humphrey owes the
county over $12,902.25, which indebtedness
is covered Id part only by
notes, mortgages, etc., made payable
to himself, the amount of cash on
hand being $1,566.15. The clerk
says he can explain the matter.
lb'iitli of Editor Ford.
Mr. Arthur P. Ford, for many
jears editor of the Aiken Recorder,
passed away lasi ween. air. rorn
was a native of Charleston, but had
lived In Aiken for several years. He
was an excellent gentleman nnd th?
g announcement of his death will carry
sadness to his many friends.
Rescued at Sea.
^ The Rritlsh schooner Silver Hen]
arrived at Mobile Wednesday report!
9 the rescue of J. P. Roberts, tht
f keeper of the Rebecca Shore ILch
house. Roberts was found driftlm
"in a small boat about twenty-tw<
miles from Sandy Key and was near
9 ly exhausted from exposure, want o
food and water. i
iku..
GAVE UP THEIR LIVES ^
IX AX EFFORT TO RESCUE SURVIVORS
FROM A WRECK.
Four Brave Sailors Drowned Before
Efforts Were Abandoned to Save
81 dp wrecked People.
A dispatch from Aniond, Chile,
says the Chilean cruiser Ministro and
five steamers on the Pacific Navigation
companys line aro racing south
iu the forlorn hope that they may
save the 88 persons who, when last
reported, were clinging to the stern
of the British steamer Lima as the
vessel was pounding herself to pieces
on n rppf tn tho fitnlfu nf \lncrr?I_
Ian.
Two hundred and Ave persons were
taken from the wreck by the Hritish
steamer liatumet and four of the
llatumets crew sacrificed their lives
before their captair commanded his
crew to cease their efforts. The liatumet
has arrived at Amand, Chile,
and her captain said:
When we sighted the wreck we
put out our small boats, which closely
approached the stern of the Lima,
where passengers and crew had gathered.
We made a connection between
the two vessels with 500 fathoms
of cable and were successful in
lowering 105 persons into our small
boats, and in getting them upon the
liatumet.
"Heavy seas made the work of
rescue perilous and finally the Lima's
end of the cable slipped from her
stern and became entangled in the
rocks. Without the aid of the cable
we could not reach the wreck. But
for this accident all would have In. en
rescued. In the increasing seas our
boats made futile efforts to reach the
wreck. The Lima threw out another
line, which our chief mate
made a daring attempt to pick up.
"The second connection was eventually
made, but the line, suddenly
tightening upset one of our small
boats and our chief mate, ship's carpenter,
the fourth engineer and a
Spanish steward was drowned. My.
l?oat rescued the others of the small
boat's crew.
"I signalled the captain of the
Lima that we had but one small
boat left and that as this was badly
strained we had better proceed to
Ancud for further assitance. We
were delayed off Ancud by a dense
fog."
FLAT liOAT SINKS.
In Roanoke Ilivor and Two Men Meet
n Watery Grave.
A dispatch from Scotland, Neck, N.
0., says there was a sad and distressing
accident Sunday at Hills
terry near Palmyra on the Roanoke
river, in which two persons were
drowned, a white man named Octavius
Hyman, son of Mr. E. Hyman of
that place, and a colored man named
Richard Whedbee of Portsmouth,
Va. Edward Boswell, who was ttkinfi
a drove of horses from Rocky I
Mount hack to Virginia, was transporting
them across Roanoke river
on a flat boat. He was accompanied
ly a ferryman, Frank Slaten, Whedbee
and Hyman. It is said that the
ferryman and the young white man
was somewhat under the Influence of
liquor, and by some irregular handling
the horses all gathered to one
corner of the flat, which caused it
to dip water and sink.
I,.\I'KKXS STABLES BURNED.
Sixteen Horses and Mules Perish in
Enrv Morniiiir Kirn.
The livery stables of Nichols, Rop?r'&
Roper, together with sixteen
nead of stock, the entire stock of
f? eti stuffs, buggies and harness, and
several adjoining and neighboring
buildings were completely destroyed
by fire Thursday morning about two
Vclock. The cause of the fire is
unknown, although it is stated that
its origin was in the rear of the
stable. ltefore the fire company
could reach the spot, which is about
200 yards from the city station the
stable was all aflame, and all effort
to release the horse and mules was
futile. The doors of the stable were
never opened.
Ill'ltliKI) FROM TRAIN.
The Wend Rody of n Young Rahy
Found by the Track.
Wednesday morning Coroner Peafork
of Thomasville, N. C., received
a telegram from Llnwood stating that
a dead baby had been found between
the two tracks half a mile below
Holtsburg toward Yadkin river. I)r.
! Peacock went to the scene and held
' } p inquest and the following was the
" finding of the jury:
"That the white male Infant had
been dropped or thrown from some
moving northbound train and that
t tald infant came to its death from
5 having been thrown or dropped from
the train and striking an extention
t cross-tie. That sa'd Infant was new?
ly born and had not been bathed or
3 dressed. That said Infant came tc
- its deaths at the hands of some unf
Known person, said person being or
J one of the early northbound trains."
V
A BUNCOE GAME
I
Republicans Getting Ready to Try to Fool
the People as to the
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES
Senator Stone Tulks Out lMuinly and .
Warns the Country of the White- c
Washing Scheme Proposed by the ''
Friends of the Recently Adopted n
Tariff. r
t
In a recent speech in the Senate d
Senator Stone of Missouri, said as '
<1
H.I1 t'Yiimiilt* of npwsiiniipr rnmmnnt 4
, t
1 quote the following from the Washington
Post of February 3: ,1
"Frankly admitting the fear that h v
prolonged investigation of the in- a
creased cost of living by the Ways c
and Means Committee of the HouBe, a
or as provided for by any of th? ^
rival resolutions, might drag through ^
out the summer and work to the 0
disadvantage of the Republicans in c
the elections next fall, the Senate ,,
Finance Committee yesterday formulated
a programme for a quick, ^
sharp inquiry of the subject in all |
of its phases. Senator Lodge intro- t.
duced in the Senate a resolution pro- r
viding for the appointment of a com- ^
mittee of live Senators to do the c
work.
"So problem, it is said, has proven x
so embarrasing to the Republican a
party. When thu majority members ,
of the Finance Committee met yester- i
lay consideration was given to demands
from every section of the i,
country that something be done to 0
restore normal prices. Several Senators
declared the high prices would
be attributed directly to the tariff,
and unless something was done to
refute these charges the Republican *
party would be compelled to bear the
brunt of the attack."
This is from one of the most Intel
gently contucted newspapers in the d
country and a paper whose partial- w
ity for the administration Is well and s<
widely known. If it be true that the f
scheme is to exonerate the new tar S
iff law from blame well and cood. a
for I know of nothing that stands in 1
greater need of a deep-laid coating ?
of whitewash. Would it not be a v
misnomer to call such a thing an
"investigation?" Think of it, Mr. g
President, a plan projected and or- 7
ganized not for a broad and impar- ii
tial inquiry, but for the primary pur- t
pose of proving that the new tariff :
law is in no wise responsible for a
the untoward conditions which have 5:
stirred the people to demand both e
information and relief. If this in- i
vestigation is to he made by the men s
who framed it and forced this tariff 1
iniquity through Congress, will the r
investigation be worth the price the 1
I taxpayers must pay for it? i
I venture to conjecture that our 1
friends who are engineering this business
will find it difficult to hood- 1
wink a majority of the American i
people. They may succeed in doing 1
it, but they will find it a difficult 1
task. i
Mr. President, that a material and '
marked advance has been made in 1
the prices of the necessaries of life, <
not only in food stuffs, but in other
necessaries, since the Payne-Aldrich i
law was enacted is so manifest and
universally known as to he beyond
intelligent dispute. Whether this en
iKiiu i-iut'ui in curreni prices Is due
in any measure to the tariff may bo
the subject of dispute, hut the fact
of the rise in prices since the enact- <
ment of the law is beyond the realm
of disputation. I see it reported in
the press within the last few days
that Dr. II. \V. Wiley, of the Agricultural
Department, is accredited
with suggesting at a public hearing
before the District Commissioners
that the American hen 1b largely to
blame for the increase in the cost of
foodstuffs. Ho is reported as saying
that the American hen is being bred
for commercial purposes and taught
to lay smaller eggs and more of
them, lie seemed to think the hen
might be trained to lay smaller eggs,
but he doubted her capacity to materially
increase the supply. Yes.
Mr. President, the causes for the increase
in prices may be problematical,
but the fact is indisputable. No
flmiltt thorn nro ' HI-- T>k A
..... .....V nil mini .1 I1IVU UUCIU1
Wiley who stand ready to accuse
the American hen more vehemently
than the American tariff.
Again, Mr. President, the Senator
from Masschusetts In his speech explains
the rise of prices partly by
what he states to be the fact that the
demand for commodities has increased
without a corresponding increase
in production and partly by the^fact
that the world's cold supply had been
augmented beyond the needs of business
and the arts. Narrowing the
inquiry for the moment to the actual
point involved in what I am saying,
it certainly will not be contended
that any marked difference in demand
and supply for commodities in
general has occurred since the President
signed the new tarifT law on
. August 5, 1009, and therefore the
quick rise in^ prices since that dat?
> can not be attributed to that onus".
. Secondly, while the argument of the
i Senator respecting the effect on
' prices of the increased supply of'
TURNED TO STONE
IODY OF MAN BURIED THREE
i
YEARS AGO PETRIFIED
Ifmainfi of S. T. Blaskey, of Georgetown,
When Taken Up, \Vu? Found
to be a Solid Mus.
A special to The State says an
scldent which aroused considerable
urlosity in Georgetown came to
ght Wednesday afternoon when the
pmuln? of ^ T nio ... ~ Jl
x/t K/. * . I? 4U.-I ac> were UIH*
:Herred from his grave in Elmwood
emetary, where he was buried morn
han three years ago. It was the
esire of relatives of the deceased
hat his body be removed and ? ?
iterred in another spot of the cemtery.
Arrangements were made for the
isenterment Wednesday evening
. lien several of the friends and r^ltives
of the deceased went to th'
emetery for the purpose. When an
.ttempt was made to raise the caset
from the grave it was found that
he combined strength of several m?n
ould not raise it. and others were
ailed to aid in removing the cas:et
from the grave.
When the casket was taken from
he grave and opened it was found
hat the body of Mr. Rlaskey had
ompletely petrified. It was fully
ecognizable with the exception that
lis face had turned rather dark. Evn
the burial clothes appeared intact.
Mr. Itlaskey lived here several
ears and was engnged in tailoring
nd was of foreign nationality. The
iody was of solid stone and still had
he resemblance of Mr. Itlaskev. The
'< trification of the body is attributed
iy many to stratification of th?
arth where the grave was.
F1KM) CHASED AND CAUGHT.
,ntcml a Lady's Itoom and was Han ^
Down With Hloodhonnds.
Honry fiivens, a black fie id. Tuesay
night entered the bed room of a
hite lady at the Healing Spring
ettlemenf nea?* Blackville, but w-?s
tightened away when she screamed,
upervisor Jack Morris was notified,
nd at once went on the trail with
'oodhounds. The negro was tracVI
"ome. caitght and taken to Bunell,
where he confesed.
The white woman whom the nero
atacked was sleeping in her home
'uesday night with the light burntig.
Her husband was away at the
ime. The negro entered the room
n his bare feet, blew out the light
nd Beized the sleeping woman's arm.
^he awoke at once, and thinking
onto of her family had been taken
11, called each by name. Her two
ister, who were in another room,
leard her calls, and hastened to her
oom. At their coming the negro
led, brushing against one of them
n the doorway and nearly knocking
ler down.
By his tracts it was found that he
"ad left his shoes behind the barn
II the rear of the house, and after
eaving the house bad stormed in mo
them on again before resuming his
flight. The hounds traced him
hrongh a wood, and followed ths
tracts to his house, where he was
captured.
After being carried to Barnwell he
confessed his crime. So quietly did
Supervisor Morris work that not till
next morning that news of the attempted
assnult become generally
known in Blaekville. By that time
the negro had been safely lodged in
jail at Barnwell, and there was no
excitement.
Tug Given I'p.
An atmosphere of gloom pervaded
the navy department at Washington
Tuesday when the messages received
failed to disclose any word regarding
the whereabouts of the missing navy
tug Nina and the 32 men aboard.
gold in recent years may be well
founded, it can not he contended
that that cause h is operated to any
appreciable extent on the increase
of prices which immediately followed
uj?on the enactment of the new law.
The Senator from Massachusetts
made this statement: i
"Gold is the standard by which
other commodities are measured. If
gold grows scarcer and dearer, a'l
other commodities fall in price. If
on the other hand, gold increases
more rapidly than the demand of business
and the arts requires, it will
become cheap and more plentiful, and
the prices of all the other commodities
which it measures will rise."
I feel sure, Mr. President, that the
Sonator from Massachusetts must
have extracted that quotation from
aome speech made hy Mr. Bryan or
some other Democrat during the
memorable campaign of 1896. That
campaign was anterior to th> new
discoveries?enormous discoveries ?
of gold since made in our Western
States, in Alaska, Africa, Australia,
and elsewhere, and at that time thj
estimated per capita clrculat'on of
the country was !ar below thn: of the
present. The actual amount of mon ey
then supposed to he in the country
was little more than one-half of
what it is supposed to he at th's
time, even if the whole of our poasi|
hie clreulatlon at that period had
been available.
VOTED IT DOWN
Slate Senate Tables Resolution Calling for
Resignation of
THE ASYLUM OFFICIALS
Vote Reached lutte Thursday Afternoon
and Resulted in Decisive Yietory
for the Friends of Dr. Bahcock
and the Hoard of Regent of
the State Hospital for the Insane.
The Senate of South Carolina by a
vote of 27 to 9 has tabled the resolution
calling for the resignation
of I)r. James \V. Balicock, superintendent
of the State Hospital for the
Insane, and the board of regents.
The vote came late Thursday after
noon, after the matter had been dis
cussed pro and con for nearly three
legislative days.
By the Senate's action Dr. Babcock
and the members of the board
of regents are vindicated from the
charges of mismanagement brough
upon the lloor of the Senate by thost
yho favored the resolution. It wij
an unconscious battle between th
Kindness and humaneness of the
Hospital and the crying needs of that
institution on the one hand against
the conditions as pictured by the
legislative committee supporting an
indictment against those oflicials
touching methods in vogue at th?
Asylum on the other hand.
That Dr. Babcock had given his
whole soul to the work of the unfortunates
of this State, that he had
made noble sacrifices in behalf of
the inmates of the Asylum, that on
many occasions the needs of the
institution had been pointed out by
him and by others were contentious
that had their weight in the Senate.
If the whole matter could be summed
up in one sentence as explaining
the majority of the Senate's
L>|iniiiMi 11 wuuki read:
"We are as much to blame as any
one for the conditions at the Asy
lam; then why blame Dr. Babcock
and the regents?"
Of course, there was strong argument
supporting the contention ol
the majority of the legislative committee.
and the Senators favoring
rhe resolution that the officials were
responsible for certain matters.
Senator Clifton made a statement
for the judiciary committee. He
said the committee did not consider
that the superintendent or the board
of regents had the administrative or
executive ability to handle the in
stitution along business-like lines;
that the committee hail no intention
of bringing into the discussion the
personal character of the superintendent
or the board of regents.
"I would not say anything to reflect
on their worth and character,
but they were not of sufficient business
ability to carry on the work.
This is best shown hv the conditions
existing. We feel that the gentlenmn
now in charge would themselves a
favor to not have charge of any plan
we might now institute."
Senator Weston moved that the
icsolution be laid on the table. The
vote resulted;
Yeas?Appelt, Bass, fllack. Carpenter,
Crosson, Earle. Forrest, Griffin,
Hamrick, Hardin Harvey, Hough,
Johnson, Johnstone, Laney, Lide, McGown,
McKeithan, Montgomery. Walkt-r,
Muckenfuss,, Rainsford, Rogers,
Spivey, Summers, Weston, Wharton
? 27.
Nays?Rates,. Chrlstensen, Clifton,
Graydon, Kelley, Slnkler, Townsend.
Walter, Williams?9.
Pairs?Carlisle with Stewart voting
nay and yea, respectively; Mauldin
with Sullivan, ditto.
CLOTII Pr.DM.KK (JILLS MANY
Anderson Tailors Annoyed l?y Cle\rr
Swindler
Anderson tailors have been mm I
tormented during the past f -w la>?hecause
of the operations of a sli.lt
swindler, who has been peddling suit
patterns through the county. His
game is one of the slickest that has
come to light in some time, an I has
no doubt, resulted in bringing much
coin into his pockets. The swindler
carries a big assortment of cotton
ades and other cheap fabrics, worth
up to SO cents or $1 per yard. He
approaches the unsuspecting person;
offers the goods for sale, charging
$1 to $2 per yard, and putting forth
the argument that a tailor in An
derson is making up the clothes al
$:t.7r? per suit ? with exit a pair I
trousers. The scheme has worked
well. There have been a number ol
those who have been taken in, conn
to the city, bringing the goods anr
calling on the tailor, whose nam*
was given them by the swindler. Ir
each case the game has, of course
proven almost a total loss to tin
man taken in.
Arrested on Serious Charge.
At Lancaster Henry Ttrooks, a ne
gro carpenter was arrested and lodg
ed In jail Sunday afternoon on th
charge of criminally assaulting
small colored girl about 10 years o
age.
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THEY COME HIGH
FXI'EXSE OF INVESTIGATING IjU
NATIC ASYLUM.
According to the Ileport Filed With
the Generul Assembly It Cost Just
$d,U10.20.
Following is the statement of expenses
of the commission which iu\estigated
affairs at the State Hospital
for the Insane:
Per diem and mileage of committee
members:
N. Christensen $ 463.60
P. L.. Hardin 158.00
Geo. II. Hates 126.40
Geo. W. Dick 286.70
J. P. Carey 287.75
\V. C. Harrison 541..75
Olin Sawyer 262.65
$2,126.45
Expenses and per diem Dr.
F. H. Wines $ 95.65
Committee miscellaneous expenses:
Telephones and telograms..$ 20.09
Stationery 2.05
Stamps 6.07
Use of hotel room for committee
work 21.75
Stenographer?report, correspondence
and affidavits 51.25
Express 2.68
Copy of Act 1.00
$ 104.89
1 he State Company:
Letter heads and envelopes 8.00
Subpoena tickets and writs 7.50
Checks and warrants 11.50
Circular letters and blanks 15.25
Proofs and corrections... 7.39
To 19 etchings and halftones. 192.32
Mr. Hlanchard, 11 plates.... 61.50
Mr. Howie, six plates 9.00
Messrs. Gadsen & Shand?
architects 400.00
Mr. J. F. Grady, marshal. . . . 72.90
Mr. A. D. McFadden, stenographer,
taking and transcribing
testimony and minutes
4 02.15
Witnesses 60.60
Interest on loan from Columbia
Savings Dank and
Trust Company 6.54
Miscellaneous 37.62
$3,619.26
Amount appropriated 3,000.00
Balance $ 619.26
Senator Neils Christensen is chairman
and Dr. G<k). W. Dick is secretray
of ihe committee.
Dl'KL FOUGHT IN STREET.
Cieorgetow n Man Fatally Wounds Ills
llrotlior-in-Lnw.
In n pistol duel on the streets of
Georgetown Thursday G. O. Keigler
shot and fatally wounded his brother-in-law,
Walter Vining. Roth men
a.re well connected, and the shooting
created a sensation. It is stated
that the men had been on had terms
for a long time and that they met
in Gay's store and quarrelled. It is
a lso stated that Keigler accosted
Vining and struck him with ai walking
cane, whereupon Vining drew his
pistol and began firing ait close
range. His bullets went wild and
Keigler drew his pistol and began
shooting. One bullet took effect in
\ ining's neck. Keigler surrendered ..
to the proper authorities and is he'd
pending the termination of Vining's
Injury.
GIVES FIVE THOI'SAXn
I.ady Donates That Sum to Carlisle
.Memorial ait WoofTord.
The Spartanburg Journal says t'o
fund that is being raised for the Car1
s!e Memorial Hall of W .ford College
is growing in leaps and ho mds.
| iho latest donation to 'his fun 1 be.
rig $r?.000 which was Riven l>y a lady
of Anderson county. In offering her
eift slio wrote Dr. H. N. Syn'ler. tlie
nrcsident of the .dirge, as fobows:
"I am glad to bo able to make this
donation, and I consent to make it
public only through the hope . f 'i spiring
others to uivo of their means
to your public institution."
I?r. Snyder when askt.i 'o tho
ramc of the Anderson lady vi 1 ho
was not prepared at present to make
public the name of the lady, though
announcement will he made at an
early date. The gift h s;.id is being
d< voted to the fund that is being
raised for tho purpose of er<c'ing
a lirtll to the memory of Dr. Jau. II.
Carlisle.
The fund of the Carlisb Memorial
t It all started several months *go by
r F. \j. Archer, a friend and graduate
i of Wofford College, who gave $10,
r j ooo.
i Thirteen l>rowned.
From Knoshima, II. C., the steam1
er Sueveric Tuesday brought news of
the drowning of thirteen students,
? whose boat, while r- turning from an
outing, was capsized by heavy *ens.
The drowned students wer?, most of
them, sons of naval officers. One of
w the students, clinging to an oar,
- reached the beach, but died on the
e sand after being landed.
a
f Self-made or never-made is natures
inexorable law.