COULD NOT
FIND BODY
THK KHKKIFF AXI> POWK OF
HKA1U -HKItS Fl\l> XKUItO'K
shop: axo pilk ok ashkm.
Mobile, Ala., April 7.-—A si*eclai
to the Register from Bay Miunette
mays;
Sherlft Booth and his party of
searchers for the body of Walter
Clayton, the negro convict lynched
here Sunday night for an alleged
crlnilnl assault on Mrs. Joseph
Whhe, today returned from their
search and announced failure In
their quest. The aherifT said the
party found one of the negro's shoes
near a charred stump, the ash*s
around the stump being searched
for traces of bones, but none was
found. The searching -party trac«»*l
the lynchers to this stump, twelve
miles south of here, but lost the
■cent there and was unable to pick
It up again.
LIQUOR AN ISSUE
IN ILLINOIS
Chicago, April 7.—A determined
fight for and against the Sunday
opening In Chicago today. Voters
in other section of the. state will be
given an opportunity to decide be
tween the waxring factions of the
wets" and ‘‘drys *. leaders In the
movement for an oj>en Sunday are
jubilant and declare that Chicago
will today be ‘‘rescued from the
reign of hypocrisy.” The appear
ance of a ballot on the Sunday ques
tion In today’s election was brought
about by the United Societies, which
collected 13,050 feet of signatures,
representing the desires of nearly
170,000 voters to pass upon the
question. The petitions made a pile
nearly sevcji feet high and justify
the United Societies' workers in their
a successful termination of
their fight.
i/ocal option is the principal issue
to be decided by the spring elections
In over three-fourths of the 102 Il
linois counties. Springfield, the
state capital, has been the scene of a
hot campaign. The liquor dealers
of that city combined to give a "hor
rible example” by voluntarily clos
ing all saloons for a few days fn or
der to show the voters what the city
will resemble under the order of
things proposed by the Anti-Saloon
League workers. The “wets” are
hopeful that this practical llhistra
tion will bring about a revulsion of
sentiment which will send the
"drys” to overwhelming defeat in
the election.
Twelve hundred townships and
towns are taking part in today’s
gigantic contest between the forces
of “personal liberty” and the oppo
nents of the “rum demon.” Spiritod
BELMONT CAFE.
Datlj.
Full Course Dinners,
12 to 3 p. ni.
BOe J. F. Thompson, Mjp.
or 'hr ^ mqii
Anti-Saloon league \flr*ly
predicting that from 2,000 to 3.000
saloons will be wi]>ed out of exist
ence in the state today.
Today’s elections are being held
under the provisions of a township,
city and village, local option law
The last local option elections pre
viously held in the state took place
last November, when, out of 161
precincts in the southern i>art of the
state. 14 2 voted ••dry." This was
heralded as a great victory by the
Anti-Saloon League officials, and
they are hoperul of repeating the
victory on a larger scale today.
In this city, the stronghold of the1
liquor traffic in Illinois, one-hair of
, the area is "dry" territory, saloons
having beeai abolished from all the
principal residence districts.
HOLMES CONRAD
DOITS THE CASE
lAWYKItS IX TIIK VIlUllMA
WKHT VIlUalXlA Sl’lT HINA
ORKK.
Washington, Ajrll 7.—Because of
a difference of opinion with the at
torney general as to the terms of
decree which should be entered in
the case of Virginia vs. West Virgin
ia, involving the public debt of the
former, Attorney Holmes Conrad,
who represents the creditors of Vir
ginia in the case today in the su
preme court of the United States,
withdrew from the Joint presenta
tion of the matter with the attorney
general and Randolph Harrison was
substituted in his place. The dis
agreement reaches only the one
point and is not regarded as serious.
The argument or the case will be
reached at an early date.
MINING PLANS
ARE BOOMING
NEW COAL AND ONYX FINDS IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
Grafton. W. Va., April 7.—D. R
Peck, of Clarksburg, W. Va., and hi*
brother, Melville W. Peek, of 1PI1II
Ippl. W. Va.. have purchased a large
coal tract at Tyrconnel, W. Va., and
exi>ect to begin developments in the
near future.
Onyx has been discovered In West
Virginia and a company of capital
ists of Columbus, O., have secure I
control of about 12,000 acres of land
In McDowell, I^ogan and Mingo
counties and will install machinery
on the holdings. It is claimed there
is enough onyx to keep a large force
mining for fifty years.
Quantity and Quality rarely ever
go together. Hero’s the exception.
Elliott's Emulsified Liniment con
tains half pint of an emulsion of
Spirits Turpentine. Origanum. Kero
sene Oil, Ether and Ammonia, and
sells for only 25c a bottle. Ouar
anteed or money hack. The White
Pharmacy.
EASTER OPENING
PARIS AND NEW YORK PATTKRN HATS
DRY OOODS AND NOTIONS
TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
APRIL THE 8EVKNTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH
10 pot r#*nt. dl*ro«nt on all Op^nln* Hat* for thre*
dajrr. only
no ( Aitra
E. S. PEDIGO
325 AND 327 PRINCETON AVE
BI.T'EFfCLl) WEST VIRGINIA
KILLS YOUNG GIRL
AND THEN SELF
\Y.\K MAItltll D >|\\ WITH KKV*
KK.1L « llll.DID N—II \l> AIK
MITTKD Ills INI ATI ATION TO
HIS IVIKK.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 7. -Jealous
over a 17-year-old girl, Samuel ll.
Gardner, aged 5t», a prominent civil
engineer, residing at McKee's Hocks,
a suburb of this city, yesterday shot
the young woman. Miss Dorothy
Yost, through the heart, causing in
stant death and then lired a bullet
into his mouth, dying three hours
later in a hospital without having
regained consciousness.
Gardner, who was a married man
with several grown children, lived
next door to Mrs. Hradney, the girl's
! mother. Doth Gardner's and Miss
| Yost’s families are prominent and
Ifcve up to the time of the shooting
! yesterday, been on the host of terms.
1 .as t evening Miss Yost, aceom
i panied by a young man friend, at
i tended services ut the Presbyterian
! t'hurch. where Miss Yost was a
member of the choir.
Itcenic liiiragcd.
It is said when Gardner heard of
this he became greatly enraged. He!
arose in excellent spirits yesterday1
! morning, however, according to his
wife, ate his breakfast and alter
; kissing her left the house and went
I to a hardware store nearby. Here
he purchased n revolver. Informing
the clerk that ho was going to tlx
“some burglars." After leaving the
store Gardner met the young man
who escorted Miss Yost to church
Sunday night and shaking Ills (1st
at him said, "I’m going to get even
with you." Gardner made Ids way
pn3t his own home and entered the
Hradney residence. Miss Yost was
on the second floor and Gardner
went fo her there. What passed be
tween them there will probably
never be known.
The next instant a number of per- ]
sons. .Deluding Mrs. Hradney and
Mrs. Gardner, wore attracted by two
shots. Hushing into the. house they
found Miss Yost dead and Gardner
| dying.
I Mr#. Gardner said today that two
weeks ago her husband con feared to
her that he was Infatuated with tin
young girl. The girl's mother, how
ever, says that Gardner's infatua
tion lias been of long standing.
Gardner was borough englneet
but lost his post to in about a month
ago when the administration
changed.
DIED ST BRISTOL
< AI T. W. I’. WII.UAMH, WTIVK
OF PltlVOlJ WII-MAM, VICTIM
OF PXKl MOM A.
r
Hrlgtol, Va., A|»riI 7. Cnpt. W. F. j
j Williams, Cfi yearn old, a native of
Prince William county, Virginia
died here tonight of pneumonia. lie
j was captain of Company A, Fourth
j Virginia regiment of Confederates
| For many years he was prominently
j connected with the railroads here, j
Two sons and three daughters i
survive. Mis only surviving sinter,
! Mr*. Somerville, resides at Manan
I nas.
mm
SEES THE KING
HAH a Ml\(i ( OM’RIII \( K WITH
HIM AT TIIK VI MUNAI .
Itom>», April 7. The duke of the
Abru7/I arrived here and wont lo
• he quirinal. where ho rnx jrrootod ;
warmly by ihe royal family and bad
a lonx onferonee with tho kin*.
All fio paper* hero published the
j pleiun of MlM IClklns.
M.VFKW, OF < HAItf.F.M YOIXI,
The funeral of Charles K. Young,
one of ihe young men drowned in
the br dffa collapse at Hock laaf
week, took place yesterday at In
dlan All I la. In Summers county, nnd
♦ he Interment was niade fhere. Sun
day afternoon the remains were ta
ken through the eify accompanied liy
Mr. afld Mrs, .1. W. Young, ihe par
ents of the young man; W. F. Mor-j
ley. grandfather; Mr. and Mr*. It
I a Clay tor, .1 O. Young. .1. B. Thorn
and Mia>- Minnie Young. Charles
Young was 18 years old. The col
lapse of the bridge was witnessed
hy his father and !♦ was the father
who iierslsted in the srarrh for the'
bodies until he personally found that
: (*f his son.
ANTHRACITE
MINERS ARE
JELL PAID
FltHKFS SHOW THAT KXFF.ltT
>1 IN Fits AY KKACiH *4.44 |»KK
HAY.
Pittsburg, l*a.. April 7 4—Figures
have Just been compiled from the
pay rolls of some of the anthracite
mining companies showing earnings
of capable contract milters since the
November panic. These figures in
dicate that the anthracite workers
have fared better during the busi
ness depression than almost nil oth
er labor classes.
At one of the largn collieries in
the middle field the net earnings of
Rixty efficient miners were fomput
od. Tho table shows that each one
or the sixty earned on the average
$M1 for each working day. Sev
eral earned more than $110 a month
for tho three months considered.
NOVEL SIGNALLING
. DEVICE
LIGHTS MWIIM LATHD IlY KKY
IU)\l||» SIMILAR TO TVPK
AVKITKIL
Washington, April 7.— First Lieu
tenant Fred A. Ramsey, marine
corps, on duty at the Puget Sound
barracks, lias applied for n patent
on a night signaling device to la*
used on board ship or by. land par
ti*s. The device Is calculated lo
take the place of the present sys
teni of night signaling by torches
and by searchlights. Lieut. Ramsey
declares Hint his device is more re
liable, will he effective at a greater
distance and will work faster than
the present systems. His apparatus
consists of two powerful lights, one
red and the other white. The sig
naling is done by changing the posi
tloti and combination of these lights.
Ibis is managed from a keyboard
similar to that on a typewriter, so
Unit all the operator has to do to
llasli any letter of the alphabet Is t.o
prewi the proper key. Tin* entire
apparatus weighs little and enn
easily be carried about on land.
SALOONS WIN
AT WEST POINT
\Vi:r TH’KIJT is \'|(TOI(IOl'H IX
' si*ntm;i# MN'iii option
Kl-Kt riox.
W‘*Ht Point. Vn., April 7.—The
lo< al opt Mu election here yesterday
resulted |„ a victory for the wets,
Hr, to 4X.
A total of 137 votes were east.
Three wore thrown out. There were
(,"]y 1*» eligible voter* in the town.
Mio battle waged fast and furious
all day long.
At cun rise the ehuroh hells called
the women to prayer, the services
conMnuring all during the day. The
ealldren of the town, with white
ribbons fluttering and banner* wav
ing and Binging battle Bongs. ,)arad
e,] <hf H'reita and stood near the!
poll*. Never ha* there been ;t flereer
or more elonely contested election In
NV'ai Point.
''h- wet* unhesitatingly agreed
Hiat Mo dry* were morally in the
nght. hut the question of revenue
« mu,,rr "r caused many to
\ofe for I he saloons.
CHURCH DIGNITARY
SHEWS TO PNEUMONIA
Bonnoko, Va , April 7. heath
n«im..f| hr. .r. K. Armstrong, who
"an taken suddenly III af the home
of hr. W. H. Neighbors, of this rlfy,
florlng the session of the Baltimore
conference Of the Methodist Kplseo
l>al Church Houth. which convened
tiore two weeks ago. at 12:45 o'clock
yesterday.
Mr. Armstrong for fifty-two con
reeutlve years has been ele-ted see
fetary of the Baltimore eonferene.
Me was one of the most distin
guished men of the church and was
a resident of Lynchburg.
Ho suddenly and severely was he
stricken here that he was unable to!
r-turn to his home before the end
fame. Ho passed peacefully away,
relatives being at hi* bed*lde *t tho
tlmo.
no SHOOTS
DEPOT) DEAD
liKPVTY HH Kit IKK MOOllKKIKLD
HIIOT AM> INSTANTLY KILLED
KY DKHPKRADO.
Hrlatol, Vn., April 7.—'Deputy
Sheriff James Moorefield, about 4{»
years old. was shot and Instantly
killed by n negro desperado at a
railroad camp near Speer's Kerry in
Seott county. Virginia, Sunday
moi niiiK
The negro was wanted in \V«»*t
Virginia on u murder charge and
there was a reward of $300 Tor his
arrest. Deputy Sheriff Moorelleld
and two or three other men mir*
rounded the shanty whore they had
located this negro and a companion
and were In the net of plaelng the
two m groea under arrest, whefi the
negro desperado from Went Virginia
pulled a Tevolver and began ot fire.
Mr. Moorefield was shot through the
heart and fell dead In Ids tracks.
The n<gro fired several other shots,
hut nobody else was Injured. lie
then grabbed a double-barreled shot
gun and defying the crowd made his
escape Into the mountains. The ne
gro who was with hint was arrest
ed and held.
Sheriff Hrnadwator was hooii noti
fied of the shooting and organised
a posse, with the hope of capturing
the bad negro. The nogro. whose
name t« John Grice, was capflired
by the sheriff's posse last night.
Grice anil Ills associates. Jim Smith
mid Ed Holt, were given a hearing
at Gate City and held to the, grand
Jury. It Is said that the rewards
offered for Grlco may aggregate a
thousand dollars.
NURSES JR
IIIlili roil COUPS OK M USI'.S
KWOHAIU.V UKI'OItTlOO llV
IKH'NP, COMMITTKK.
Washington, Aprll 7.-—The. hill to
establish and organize a corps of i
trained woman nurses for the navy]
has been ordered favorably reported
by the house committee on naval af
fairs. It authorizes the surgeon
general to appoint one su|>crliiteiid
ent of nurses, and as many chief
nurses, nurses and reserve nurses
as may be needed. The superin
tendent and all nurseH, according to
the. hill, must ho graduates of hos
pital training school for nurses hav
ing n course of Instruction not less
than two years. These nurses are
to he eligible for duty at naval hos
pitals and ambulance ships, and for
such special duty as may be deemed
necessary by the surgeon generrfl.
MANIHTKK A N. K. WII.Ii l»KYKf/’
0|» VAST TIMItKIl TRACTS.
Chicago, April 7 -Surveyors for
the Manistee & Northeastern are
staking out the proposed extension
of that company’s line across Michi
gan to Alpena. It Is understood that
preliminary operation* will he w< II
in hand by early summer. The dls- i
taricn from Manistee to Alpena Is
about 150 miles In a straight line. |
The river branch of 'he Manistee fy
Northeastern extends for about one*
third of the distance now. Such a
line of rnilroad would give to AI-;
pena direct connection with Chica
go and would also develop hundreds
of thousands of acres of timber
lands, besides putting Manistee in
touch with much of a >rthorn Mich
igan.
WOMEN’S CLUBS
ARE ACTIVE
--
IIAVB MKtfTIIKII HVORAIIliK
ACTION IV HOI Till IfV I.MilH
VATVRKM.
Richmond. Va., April 7.— Wom
an'* club* In the southern state*
have been active during the present
legislative season In securing the
pansago of hills which they have
advocated. The Virginia State Fed
eration of Woman’s Clubs, which I*
only six months old, ha* boon work*
ing for u state library commiaslon.
The Mississippi federation has been
bending its energies Tor better In*
d net rial and child labor laws. In
south Carolina the club women have
had three hills Introduced, one pro
' tiling for a state library commla
slon, another for the Introduction of
klndoi gartcn schools as n regular
part or the educational system, and
the third providing for a stato in
dustrial school.
SOCIALIST LIBRARY
l XIYEItSITY or WlSt'OYSIX HK>
rritl'S YAMAIU.lv' IHIM.KI’.
TlOX.
MaiTison, AVI*.. April 7. The* Uni
versity ot Wisconsin has Just re
col veil the etxenslvo library of rare
German socialistic literature collect
ed by Hermann Schuller, editor of
the New York Volks Zeltung. The
collection was fclven by William
English Walling, or N w York, and
a tin tuber of other men who are In
terested In the work of the Ameri
can Bureau or Industrial Research,
which has Its headquarter* In Madl
son. The Schuller collection Is said
to contain works or Gorman Social
ist authors which are not to he
found even In the party archives of
the' German social democracy In
Berlin.
SAILORS' RIGHTS
I'KKMIHHION \\l|,|, |tR flVVP.X TO
WK\H riVlUAN <’M»THKH
TVHKX OFF IH’TV,
Washington, April 7. ivi-.u
in I nil W. T. Harwell, commandant
of tin*. Puget Hound navy yard, Ih of
the opinion that the department will
soon do away with tile rule forbid
ding sailors to wear civilian clothe*1
while on shore. Rear Admiral Har
well ways that at first the depart
ment waa strongly opposed to
Changing the order forbidding anil
or.s to wear civilian clothe* on shore
hut that the matter (■ now under
consideration, and that the revoca
tion of the rule ‘will likely follow
He holds that many good men are
disconraged from entering the navv
because of the fact that the man In
uniform Is nnt permitted to go into
the heifer theaters, hotels and other
places where the. average man wear
ing civilian dress Ih permitted.
IWTBUMENT AT i \i,i,s MIIM
I lw* funeral of Karl, the youtid
non of Mr. and Mr*. .1. II. Keister,
who died on Saturday at lloanoke
of »|>I iia I meningitis, wne held yes
terday. The burial was In the fam
ily lot at Kalla Mill*. Rev. I). R
Mo.-h went with the funeral party
and conducted the religious services
Mr. and Mr*. Keister formerly ma le
their home In this elty. Among
those who attended the funeral were
Hov. O. It. Moss, Mr. and Mr*. R. R
Ferguson, Mrs. A. A. Kranelsco. Mr
and Mrs II. I,urns, Mr. and Mr*. I).
W. Tabor and Mr. and Mr*. .1. If.
Bolster.
REVIVAL AT THE
BAPTISTCHtIRCH
IXVHK.IMKH IN INTKHKST AND
MCt'll (JOOI) WOHK |H BKINti
A('i'OMFLlHHKI>—THRKB PIUV
KKKS FAITH IN CHHI8T.
» ~ ■ 1 '
! •
The revival continues with re
newed interest at the Flirtt Baptist
’ hur« h. Dr. Martin preached a ser
mon of great power last night on
the text. *,l*re|>aro to Moot Thy
God." lie showed the need of such
preparation because all are sinners
before God; that, such preparation
oan accomplished through faith
and obedience to Jesus Christ; that
preparedness to meet God gave Joy
and peace and cast out fear, and
>l»»t whether prepared or unpre
pared we must meet God. This
preparation Is accomplished by
prayer, by study of the Blblo, by
’’Ivlng the gospel life and by tolling
the gospel to others.
At the close of the sermon three
professed rnlth In Christ and many
H'ke.l an Interest In the prayers of
chrlst laiiM.
A me, ting wn8 held this afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock and a song service
will he conducted this evening at
,: !(>, followed by a sermon by Dr.
Marlin. Tito house was packed last
h'kM and proved conclusively that
our Baptist brethren need to finish
at once their new house of worship
ir they would nccommodate the peo
ple who want to attend their ser
vices.
°'ir people »t*-e d B V d with Dr.
CATHOLIC MIMKlON.
-
l'h«y*u *j*H of layfe-evening's lec
ture at ihu CMholIf Church was on,
"I* On* liellgldu. n« Good an Anoth
1 1 ’ II was handled in a masterly
manner. Many hnd cotnn to hoar
It ivnd went away well y leased. The
<1 Mention box Is beginning to prove
an In I r -e* ting featufo of the gor
viciM. The singling, too, deserves
commendation.
the subject for this evenlug'H lec
ture will ho “The Church and the
Bible.”
m:\TII OF MIIS. ItOIXYHOX.
Mik. Jennie ItollyHon died at her
lioiik* In Koanoko Sunday aged 4f>
yeuru. Interment was at Falrvlaw
cemetery. Mrs. Ilollyson was a ala
ter of Mra. S. I,. Hullengoe, of thla
city, who was at her bodalde when
the end cam©. Mra. Ilollyaon had
leiii a sufferer with cancer for a
long time and her dcnth was not
unexpected.
Thla \H the season of listlcsHness,
headaches and spring disorder* Hot
llstci H Rocky Mountain Tea is a
dire preventative. Makes you strong
and vigorous. 35 cents. Tea or Tab
lets. 1 ho White Pharmacy.
Spring opening lodny at K. 8.
Pedigo's. _ 4-7.2t
TRY ONE ON
r c4*rmtHTi*on 1|
uijmu»o » wooc^
We want to show
you that we have
the best patterns
and best fi tt i n g
Suits made
$ 15.00
to
$-0.00
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