I Considered together, two events that
Occurred Iffmulffiejpstyr; Jit widely
separated jpointa?nt th^r country on
flfrednegdajii ^xin^l^jlSStS, 'constitute
One of tha jftrotH^bifeoincidcnces ever
Recorded in American history?the death
fikf Edwin Booth, the great tragedian,
Srother of John Wilkes Booth, slayer
Sf Abraham Lincoln, and the collapse
Mf the nlri Fnrri thpfttfjr, tiie budding in
jghich John Wilke6 Booth shot Lincoln.
3dwin Booth passed away at the PlayQprs
club in New York at 1:46 o'clock
inn the morning of June 7, 1893, and on
jane afternoon of the following day at
Almost the very moment the burial service
was being said over his body the
!?d Ford theater in Washington coljkpsed,
killing 22 government em^nloyees
and wounding 68 qflPfaV Years
gjkofore his death Edwin said
gjp have declared that if it were possible
he would return to earth after
pia death and destroy the old Ford
rtlieater, around which clustered so
Many unhappy memories for him.
Commenting upon the coincidence, The
./Times printed on Wednesday, June
1893, the following editorial:
u "There is no greater argument in fa^jor
of the spiritualistic doctrine than the
burial of Edwin Itopth.,and the fall of
ford's theatre. 'rears * ago Edwin
Jlooth, in ap outburst of passion,
I' ade the romark- that if, after his
!&th, Buch a thing were possible, he
ould come jback and tear that old
irracks to the ground.
"At the time the statement was
ven publicity, the-spiritualists took
>ld of it end printed it everywhere
iroughout the country. The daily
ress laughed at the thing, and it was
on forgotten. Yesterday morning a
iritualist recalled the old saying of
Jjkooth'B and spoke of it in that conppction.
Booth had sworn to destroy
f|e building after his death. It was a
ace that made his entire life a nightare.
He never went to Washington,
o money could induce him to give a
;rformance in that city. If in his
pvels it was necessary to go through
rashington, he generally arranged to
!> at night, when he should be in bed
id asleep. If Washingtonians wanted
ty see Booth perform, they had to take
train and go to Baltimore. There
^Kas not (jnough in the treasury
^6 get the trtigediahYrt the capital.
Ik "Now the spiritualists are arguing
- ne question, Did Booth keep his word?
If the great tragedian's spirit reof
last
Thursday morning? - Did he cause that
ftwhlT knew thie
?teKaCtCr and nfs great heart refuse
to accept any such theory. It could
notCvViie possible that Edwin Booth
would cause the widespread distress
that this accident causes. Yet the
spiritualiBtrtaftply, 'Hofciade the threat
and it hai^a'mY true?
"At the ^tsej^ ilea^i i? seems a remarkable;Aq^hcldence.i^:Booth
stated
tl^tj afterTieath, he Wbuld tear that
DuUdttrg do^n, and almost at the very
moment .thktihe-burial service is being
read over hia- body - the building collapfea.
.* ^"With
the fall of the old building
and-the- death of.^ooth, the Lincoln
tragedy passes from' Kfe to eternity,
tftqth was the last-of his race. The
ttifefjtehas gone fprev^g- > It is singuink
What a tragic end moet
p?sbjpfv? came^who i connected with
the ' assassination' of 'the president.
Secr^r^'-^^Iwfdir committed suicide
by cutting his throat, and Corbett, the
ntan to whom was accredited the killing
of John Wilkes Booth, died in a
lunatic fcfcylum. These are but singular
instances; violent deaths have eome to
nearly every one having a direct hand
in the
"The world will mopnaa !>? ?? ?*?..
MtDVMDa l>IIC iliabVCI |
the spiritualists will take courage from
it;1 and all .manner'iof 'men will stop
to ask: ,
"Was it coincidence?"
WILSON REVIEWS NOBLE
,STUDS V0F THE CAPITAL
.Washington, April 12.?President
Wilson, 'from the east portico of the
wWiie hoilse,'? todayreviewed a long
pnradc of wopk ,#?ffptea and domestic
animals which wna a part of demonstrations
of "he kind to animals week"
being observed *f3ixt>f]|fY>out the country
under the auspices of humane societies.
Thousands of persons lined Pennsylvania
avenue and for an hour the
district l>ettvecn the rapitol and the
white house took on aspects of an
Inauguration Plump artillery
horsca from* iWsTWW, chubby Clydesdales
and lWcb?r?Afci' drawing trucks
of business* firms/.Avigs, pet foxes and
homing pigeons which had done duty
with the American army in France,
a11 boftrin? K?'
Id ftmmala In return
fur their service to mankind. At the
end of . the profession came the "horrilde
example,'., .'a , pglectcd horse, a
picture of dcfttjtirtipii, neglect and
despair,. reecuofl f?? the Washington
Animal .Itcseuc Tx*ajhic. "the demonstration
wia'a' iihdef'tnV'ansfiieea of the
IIiimhht"1->JtieA^e?ir Sot-letj.' '*
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TfehtfflfcfV "XiiVl 1"' 12.'-?A ppmx i mat el v ,
l.CdlO employes of (hq Pennsylvania rail- (
road system struck today at the Coal
amrt and Barracks yards here .and at the
West Morrisvillc, Pa., yards.
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STOLEN GEMS VALUED
AT HUNDRED THOUSAND
The value of the jewelry said to have
been stolen two weeks ago from Hamilton
Carhurtt at his bungalow, three
miles south of Fort Mill on the Catawba
river, is placed at $100,000 by a private
detective agency working on the
case. The stolen gems included diamonds,
rubies, sapphires and a pearl
necklace which were in a large-jewel
case in a cloeet in the bungalow. Jewelers
and pawnbrokers in cities over
the country have been notified to be on
the alert for the appearance of the stolen
gems, a complete description of
which has been furnished them. Included
in the stolen property were several
gold coins. Mr. Carhartt and his wife,
it is undersiood, had been at the bungalow
only a few days before the robbery,
they having spent the past winter in
Florida.
According to the Yorkville Enquirer,
three negroes are under arrest on suspicion
of being impHcutod in the robbery.
They are Rosa Williams and
Marshall and Sam Gettys. One theory
is that the jewelry was taken by
Marshall Gettys from the^ closet in
which it had been placed and passed
by him through a window to Rosa Williams
and she in turn hid it in a truck
driven by Sam Gettys, but it was admitted
Monday that the evidence on
which the three negroes are being held I
is not as strong as it might be.
MILAN STRAW HATS ARE
IN VOGUE THIS SPRING
New York, April 13.?Hats of milan
<traw, in the natural shade, are coming
!mek into vogue for sports wear, according
to the bulletin of the Retail
Millinery Association of America. One
of the leading wholesale houses here ie
ilso developing these hats for tailored
wear. In some of the new models the
natural material is combined with navy
blue. Of these and some of the other
hats in the line the bulletin says:
"Smart faille ribbon ends make a
lasbingn front trim on a model with a
tiny rolled brim. A tab- of straw attached
to the brim front covers the
~t al. * - *
miui ui viie ih?w, wnu'ii gives a rather
musual effect. A little tam with a
Mushroom crown, the fullness of the
rown being toward the back, has a
iinall scalloped ruffle of taffeta hanging
over the edge of the narrow brim.
An outline of white embroidered floss
,'ives a pretty finishing touch to this
little ruffle. Simplicity and smart lines
arried these hats beyond the ordinary
class.
"Still more attractive, however, is a
blocked off-the-face shape of milan
faced with navy taffeta. A 'fancy* of
burnt goose, attached under the brim
it the side, sticks out at an unusual
.ingle and supplies the trimming. A
urther touch of brightness is added by
the use of considerable embroidery in
white silk floss on the navy facing.
"A spun-glass straw, known as
risette,' is used with considerable success
by the concern in question on small
models. Sometimes two shades of the"
material ure blended and interwoven
into braids or basketry designs. In one
ase a striking effect in black and wliite
s developed in an extreme off-the-face
l>rim made of soft white 'frisette,* and
a crown of black cclopliane laid in narrow
stripes on a white background.
Mailine is always used to protect
frisette,' and it is stitched down in
regular rows, so that it will hold its
|K>sition."
SINN FEIN PRISONERS ARE
SHOWN MEASURE OF CLEMENCY
London, April 14.?T6e Irish executive
has issued eerta fna[ orders relating
to the Sinn Fein prisoners held at Mt.
Foy, granting them concessions in the
nnture of ameliorative treatment, Andrew
Bonar Law, government sj)okesman
in the house, told the house of commons
today.
Arguing against the custom of allowing
the raising of hogs in incorporated
towns in North Carolina, an exchange
from that State has the following to
say on the subject: "Granting that the
individual would suffer, it is better that
he Buffer than that all his neighbors
suffer that he may escape. Some
iamines may have a surplus of scraps
that they can not dispose of. Better
bury the scraps than to establish a
public peat to dispose of them. We
hope the day will come when no hog
will be allowed to live in any North
Carolina town. He is a country animal
and not suited to the back yard of
a house with a hundred feet to root in.
If an ordinance were passed at once,
people who have bought pigs could
dispose of them before they eat their
heads off and also before they begin
to spread malaria among the families
who have hogs.
. DEMOCRATIC CLUBS TO MEET.
To the Democratic Clubs of York
County:
The Democratic Chibs of York County
are hereby called to meet on Saturday.
April 24, for reorganization, the
election of a president and secretary,
the election of a member of the County
Executive Committe and the election of
delegates to the County Convention.
Each club is entitled to one delegate to
the couuty convention for each 26 votes
cast in the 1918 Democratic primary.
J. H. MARION.
Chairman York County Democratic Executive
Committee.
J. H. SAYE,
Secretary.
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and professional men find the
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and knows how to use it. Sei
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proval before the job is put to
pleased with it any changes
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CITY TREASUR
For Quarter Ending
RJECEUI
Prorvrtu T?r /iqio i?\
J w??v?^ levy;
Sanitary Tax Collections
Street Tax collections from 1919 levy, ?
" " " 1920 levy,
License Tax collected
Cemetery lota sold,
Collections from Police fines,
Street work (culvert sold)
Election expenses (proportion paid registr
Fire Insurance Premium. (Proportion paid
Tout Receipts for quarter,
DISBURSE!
Property Tax (correcting error in Decern!
Sanitary Department?Driver's pay, disin
Care of Prisoners
Street work .
Election expenses
Sundry Bills (drayage)
Interest (Street coupons and discount)
Salary Cemetery Keeper for January,
Police Salaries...
Postage and Printing
Lights (December, January and February
Printing
Waterworks,
Rents (Masonic hall and Clerk's office)
Salaries v. -
Parks and wells
Legal Services
Health Department
Fire Department
Charity -
Total payments
Excess of disbursements over receipts,
Cash on hand January 1, 1920
Borrowed from First National Bank..
Cash on hand March 31,
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so that if yon are not
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TIMES guarantees to save
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March 31t 1920.
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by County) 18 85
11,087 30 i
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fectant, mule feed, upkeep, 776 85 1
191 06
* 526 66 i
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3 50
476 48 ,
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$1,894.52
1,634.00
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$2,134.00
$ 239.48
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