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i - - - .. . t ' -' . . , ' ' v' ' ' - ' . - 1 ' - ' " ' .. . " 1 w y??3 , ' '.r" : r v ' ' --ry.' :.:''':J - i Cent lv v PIT Ik IRnT 1 TvT fnT, - " " .'S2Ss 'PlkPw J VOL. 18. NQ. 48 SCHOOL OPEN! IS He Unfinished State Of The New Schools Necessitates A Delay Of Two Weeks $100 000 OF BOND MONEY NEARLY GONE School Commissioners of City . Express Themselves Strongly on the Situa tion Between City and County Re garding Fines From the City- Court 1-Cost of Schools Per Pupil $1 Cownty Wanted Tuition at $5 -Old, South School Will Be Utilized Again. ' The Charlotte public schools l will not be opened until Monday, Septem ber 16 ;' The decision to postpone the open ing day was reached by the board of school commissioners last, night after it was demonstrated that to prepare the new buildings for the openirig on the regular date would be impossible. The motion to postpone till Septem ber 16 was made by Commissioner J,. Lee Phillips "and was unanimously odnnted. Commissioner Cates want ed it undestood that this cutting out of two weeks at the opening did not mean the school year would be two weeks shorter. He also wanted it un derstood that-the salaries of teachers would not begin until September 16. However, as there will-be two. weeks more of school in May this will not affect the total salary of any teacher. The commissioners have been in formed by the contractors that ' the work cannot be finished before the middle of September and one contrac tor informed the commissioners that he would not : think of "turning ..over, the huilding- he,., was ,cons,tructing;.to. the city school board under another montfteveri if school shd,he stem, ed in the samttdmtlufeworfe was incomolete and he iwettld "Jtof . . ,- turn over the. job in .such condition "to. the city. It was therefore apparent that the "only thing to do was to post pone the opening until September 16, which will be on a Monday. '' -'. 7 . - In the meantime, on motion . of Commissioner Alexander it was decid ed to hold a general jubilee and; joy making occasion in the Auditorium about September 12, when several noted State educators will be here and the completion of the city's new school system will be duly observed and made the subject of speeches, song and congratulation. As to Recorder's Ftees. The commissioners expressed them selves strongly last night on the ques tion of city court fees, etc., which for the present go for the most part rto the county. The question came up on a request from the county author ities that the city schools should charge pupils from outside' the. lim its only $5 per annum, instead of SlV, which is the actual cost to the city a year for eaci pupil enrolled r- in . the city schools. ?his figure is arrived at by adding the total salaries of teach ers and principals, about $56,000 and other costs and dividing by 5,000, the number of pupils, the figures for the past school year showing that the cost ior.each pupil was $18.10;. instead oi $17 per year. ' . . ' ".; , As to the court fees the commis sioners thought that the county held the v big end of the horn in that mat ter, geting the major portion of the revenues derived from the city court, "while the machine ry : of , the court, etc., was all supported by the city, tax payers. The board was' adverse to giving the county any -advantages in the matter of tuition. "If we pay $17 to educate a: child, from the city and allow a child from the county to come in for $5 a year, how will we explain this to the tax payers of Charlotte?" pointedly' in quired Mr. M. C. Mayer. ; . ' The debate continued through a good part of an hour after which the board voted that the rate for chil dren from the county would have to be the same as the cost for city children, $17 a year. , , Bond Money Nearly Gone. The financial status of the board showed that the $100,000 bond money has all been placed, with a surplus of about $2,000 unused. The board has Paid out from bond receipts about $66,662 and owes on new buildings 533,337, so that the proceeds of the bond sales amounting to slightly over 100,000 have been all but exhausted. The appropriation of $10,000 for the ld South school has been utilized, on other buildings and that school now appears to have been '.? left high and ry w?th n0 apparent source of help sight for some years-to; come, al though the building was strongly ahd universally condemned less than eight months ago by aldermen, cdmnjission era and other officials, as unsafe, un- 1 POSTPONED WEATHERl Fair'toniffht and GRAND JURY POINTS OUT NEED OF JAIL Mecklenburg Grand Jury Recom mendations To Court And County Commissioners , -The grand Jury of the present' crim inal term of Superior Court mada. its report to Judge Daniels yesterday af ternoon and was discharged. Tne re port came 'during the trial of a case and Judge Daniels ' probably did not make as many comments as he would otherwise have done! The grand jury hwas in session eleven working days and was kept constantly at work dur ing that time. 'V Several, recommenda tions are made, the most Important and interesting probably being that one urging the building; of a modern jail as soon as practicable. The report is. short and to .the point and : it is given in substance heret Report of Grand Jury. v ."We, the grand jurors of the county of Mecklenburg of the criminal term 'of the" Superior Court of the August term, 1912, beg leave to, submit the following report: . ' "We' have acted on all bills handed to us by the solicitor and have found 139 true bills and "6 not true bills. We have also made presentments of cases of .crime which .has come under our observation,'.: .;. . ' . . '": "We visited by committee the coun ty home." We found there -SO white inmates,: and 3 S colored-"'with two in sane white, and" six insane colored. There are no cases of serious sickness at- the county homeland the sanitary conditionals fairly -good. , .We recom mend that the- roof be1 repaired ' at once and " that the" plastering also be repaired. ' : The stock is found Lto be in good condition. . - ; . ' I Oounty: Convict Camps. "We ' visited by? committee i the Owens, county convict, camp and. found 28; colored .and two white prisoners. with one female colored prisoner. We, lr - nmio :mSkUhvr1n ito be vsod and t: the convicts Well ; fed and clothed. We heard no complaint from any of the convicts at this camp. . "We visited the . McLaughlin con vict camp by committee and found 25 colored, prisoners and three white. We find the stockades .worn out and rec ommend the building. of new portable stockade for this' camp' at once. "At the Little co.nvict camp, which we also visited bV committee we also found no complaint from Ihe-convicts of harsrl treatment. There were 20 colored convicts and two white with two female colored prisoners. . !( , 'This makes a total of over 80 pris oners working on the public roads 0f the county in the three convict camps. Recommend New Jail. "We visited the jail in a body, and found 49 prisoners confined there Among them were 46 colored, r: two white men and one white woman. We recommend that the - apartment, for white women be enlarged. We found the sanitary condition as good as could be expected in this'" structure. : "We recommend that a new jail in keeping ' with ' the present" progressive and modern ideas be built as soon as practicable. . , . ; "We , found - the county offices are being kept ' in' good condition we rec ommend that a window be put, in tthe criminal court room in' the rear' of "the south jury box. " - ' "JO JIN L. MILLER, JForemak." The" present grand , jury will serve the remainder of"; this year and will be in session at every criminal term of court until the first :0f the year. SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT ON IN METHODIST CONFERENCE NASHVILLE, , Tenn., Aug. - 24. Preparatory . to the -next, meeting of the General Conference of ? the Meth odist Episcopal Church,- ;: South 1 in 1914, those.; favoring, giving women equal rights and privileges 1 with the laymen in the ' church; are endeavor ing to have, all the annual .confer ences in., the meantime give ; consid eration to the question ofthe status of the "women in the- various church es of the' world. NaV present women cannot "sit "as delegates In. the 'confer ences of the' church: and have no vote in shaping 'the' policies of "the church. though'; friends of theV equal rights movement' urge ; they raise i annually hundreds of thousands of dollars for the church's activities.., ; "Annual "conferences ; in v this j section will meet during the 'coming autumn. sightly and unsuited for school . pur poses, a1 trap .and a" dangerous, struc tre etc." The building, however, will be utilized again for school ; purposes this fall wltpout any cnanges or inialteeung uiumuii. provements h'avingjbeen made beyond perhaps the puttingJ'on;of : a coat,' of whitewash" somewhere or the cleaning un of -the rooms and grounds. ' Sunday. REPUBLICANS ISSUE : CALL FOR MEETING . " , Chairman Being Bull -Moose, Other Republicans Unite In' Callinij Convention Owing to the failure of Mr.. Jake F. Newell, the former chairman 'of ' the Republican county executive commit tee, to issue a call for a : county con; : vention, five members of the executive : committee, the acting chairman and the acting secretary, have issuerd . the following call, pursuant .to the action of a recent conference: Owing to the failure : of Jake F. Newell, , chairman o the "Republican executive-" committee of Mecklenburg county, to call a meeting of the com mittee for the purpose of naming the time and ' place for our ; Republican county, convention, we, the undersign ed five members of the executive; com mittee, and .many other Republicans of . Mecklenburg county, hereby call a mass , convention to . be held .at Char lotte, N. . C.,- at the - court ;. house,; in said city, on , Saturday, : August 3 1, 1 912,, at 2 : 30 o'clock p; m., for the purpose of ; reorganizing the party in this county . electing a '-' county' chair man ' and . members of 2 the - executive committee to serve for - the next two years, . electing . delegates and - alter nates to the Stated convention which meets in the city of Charlotte, N. C, on; September 4, 1912, and for any further bupiriess that ,may come be fore . V ; : .... - ' : '" Only white voters of this county, who endorse the nomination of Wil liam Howard Taft for President, and James S. Sherman for Vice President, and pledge their loyal support to their re-election and declare their faith and belief in the principles of the Re publican" party as enunciated v in the platform adopted at: the Chicago con vention held June' 18,. 19 12, will be al lowed to participate.. . " '. ' Executive committee W. T. Hous ton, W: T.' Alexander,iR; w. Smith, G. Ct,. Junker Jl U Pope. N fAMfiS-M'0bNAi;D, -Acting Ch'm'rf fi'fES'MNALD;;:: - ; " Acting Chairman"; ' . ' D. P.- PAUL, .. ;,. ,- ; ! . "V i: ; ; . Acting" Secretary, ZIOX CITY RESTAURANT TO SERVE PORK AND OYSTERS ZION CITY,' Ills., Aug. 24. -William Glenn "Voiiva, overseer in Zion City, last night seized another op portunity to give expression to his wrath regarding the path in which his followers shall walk. This time the overseer did not scold his follow ers but forbade them patronizing a restaurant which' has been started in the town and whose keeper not only serves pork to his customers but announces that oysters will appear on the bill of fare- in. season. .These articles, of food among those forbidden by the late John Alexan der Dowie to be served within v the city's borders when he founded Zion City. . The man- who owns - the - res taurant hails from Antioch, Ills. ' "No son of satan from Antioch can come into Zion and disobey . the rules of-the institution without feeling the heavy hand of my wrath," said Voii va. "I promise you that the Lord will wreak a terrible vengeance upon him." ' ' DISCOVERS PLOT TO . KILL CONGRESSMAN :. : :V 'i rZ " "--r:. Would Slay Johnson oi Kentucky To Head dil. Proposed Legislation ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. An . al leged scheme to kill Representative Johnson of Kentucky , chairman ' of the House committee, on the District of Columbia, so as to head off cer tain proposed legislation has , been disclosed tor Mr. "Johnson and a sworn . statement f has put the Kent tucklan and his"friends on guard. "I know all about it," said Mr. Johnson , today, "but I'd rather nat say what interests . are back of the Idea." " " The affidavit of a-Washington roan, detailing .a , conversation he heard . on a street car, in which one . of those talking said "he 5 had been following Mr. Johnson for three nights to" kill him, is. locked up today ; in the; office of Speaker , Clark. - J - . '.'The i story is 'i absoutey truer 'said Mr." Johnson. - -. -. r "Who are the parties?" -he was asked..- ' , ' . ' "I don't care to' say now." v ; ' -" " - "What do you propose to do? '.' ''Nothing, unless -.there- is '.an . at temSt:'to rr)execute the - threat.', ;-1 haye all 'thefa!c'ts,7b.ut'I don't, want to "go ! ino Retails." : ; i-vy-; Mr; 'Johnson nasv Deen very a,ggres-sive---'iV his advocacy, f 'of legislation Heis said toS have .incurred , the en mityHf,;many .i3peopl,who Interpret his " views as'.hSsttSe "to" the ; interests ofthe city. I J ' . ' CHARLOTTE N. Q.t SAT! lY, AUGU8T 24, 1912. EXPRESS COLIP IS INDICT -WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The Ad ams and the American Express com panies, indicted on charges of .viola tions of the -Interstate - commerce acti must - face trial. :v There is - no escape through pleadings that "they are' not corporations or combinations i within the meaning of the law. This "in ef fect, was the decision of - Justice Ha zel' of Buffalo, In a decision today in the .case begun; by" the Interstate Commerce Commission against the two companies alleging overcharges and granting unlawful concessions. Very recently Judge Hollister, in the ' United States district court at Cincinnati, ordered a - similar indict ment against the Adams company quashed because, .; he held, the com pany, being . merely, a , stock associa tion .and not n corporation, could not be indicted. He held that it would be necessary for the Interstate Com merce , Commission to secure the- in dictment of individual stockholders in order. to maintain a case on court. . The1 commission, realizes that such a proceeding would be impracticable. Judge Hazel held; that the indict ments , brought at Buffalo were sound because in law the express companies are legal, entities and indictable v as such . under; the Interstate commerce act. The commission will press the case. . : ; , OLD CHURCH HAS ENJOYED JEKYLL -AND HIDE EXISTENCE. CHICAGO. Aug. 2 4. It developed before the tax reviewing board here yesterday that an old church has had a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" existence here for the ; last " seven years, and therefore the city has re ceived no taxes on the property. " To make ' matters worse, the place has ". been . used as a' dance hall and saloon during most; of the time. Each" year the .reviewers " have passed the property as exempt because of its de scription ,to them as "church prop erty."":; y :-" "" The truth was; learned when per sons living in neighborhood appeared before.fthe bpard;.and : complained of the place being'a'puisance. ' A Swed ish . singing." socily, which ihas had the le'aeas ordered by the' board to pay the seven -years back taxes. liSSlsltADYi TO ADJOURN TODAY Mardock May Block Plans By ; j Raising Question Of Lack Of Quorum WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. -Leaders of both houses went to the Capitol today prepared to fight out their pro gram for adjournment sine die late in the afternoon. Only one possible. obstacle stood in the way Represen tative Victor Murdock and his point of order, no quorum, 7 which forced the House to adjourn last night with out acting on the postofflce appropria tion -bill. Assurances-had been given, however, that Mr, Murdock would not press the point again. . ; There prob ably is not a quorum of either branch in the city and . If the point-were in sisted upon, adjournment today would be out of the question, i Mr. Murdock's fight against the conference report on the postal ap propriation ; 'bill, ; providing payment -of - not more than ,$35,(00 to the. St. Louis Terminal Association for car-, rymg mails across the ,Eads bridge, collapsed today, when the report was adpoted with only Mr. Murdock vot ing , against it. This the leaders said practically assured adjournment of Congress before night. Some of the Senate amendments to the general deficiency " bill - were ' disr agreed to by the House and the bill was - sent back for further adjust ment Representatives Cannon, -Fitz-! gerald . and Sisson were " named aa managers for the House. No - serious delay was expected. -v . PLEADS SAME JAG WHEN . ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS .1 : NYACK, N. T., Aug. 24. A novel point of law has been -raised here by Benjamin Bryant, a one-time law yer, who was arraigned before Jus tice Levison today charged with drunkenness," He had,, been' before the same;; court on Thursday on the same: charge - and released.- - : : "You are v charged ' with being drunk," said - the magistrate, when Bryant '. appeared the second time. "What have you to say?" "Your , honor," answered ;: Bryant, "this is the same :jag' and the con stitution says that-, no man . can- be placed Jn' jeopardy 'twice for the same offense." . . .. ' -"The point' Is well taken," said the judge "You. are 'discharged." v -' v ' - - ..... . Y's-K-f " ' ' - n '$100,000 to Children. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24. The will of . Willianf' G Fisher, music', pub lisher . and hymn writer, . who" died last "week, ''leaves an estate.' of over llOO.OOto his four children. STAIN OF CORRUPTION IS ON HIS FOREHEAD ' '" Z ' '-'' !':"- '.- "' . '''" : "'-- r; '""- . :' " ::' '''"' E. A. Van Valkenborg 1 brows Down The Gauntlet To Sen- " - ',!." ... ' T . . ..... ...... .(' ; aior Penrose PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 4. E. A. Van Valkenburg, editor of The North American, has issued' an open - letter to Senator Penrose, in .which he gives his version- of the prcsecution for bribery brought; against - him 16 years ago," which was referred . to by the Senator In his address to the Senate on Wednesday last. ( In the letter Mr. Van Valkenburg declares j that the prosecution was the result of a conspiracy and tells of efforts tb" get the case on trial. ."Confronted with the exposure "a trial would have inevitably caused of the crime and the corruption of your friends,' V the letter continued, "your State machine ordered' the abandon ment of the prcsecution, arid it was abandoned 1 of record. That was without my request , or . consent or even knowledge when it' was con summated.' The costs of - the case were paid by a henchman of your machine- a member of Congress. Stain of Sin on His Hands. "On Wednesday last you arose in the United States -Senate to explain the record evidence of your? rela tions with the ' Standard Oil Com pany You took the money of that corporation and in return you p!aced yourself at' its , disposal in -your . offi cial action.: Under the cover of a claim cf personal privilege you ; ad dressed) your colleagues in an at tempted , explanation of your un questioned guilt. You availed your self of the opportunity to make an assault j on me by making a false statement respecting the . abandoned criminal charge of 16 years ago that your friends bought a convicted per jurer to institute. -"Your falsified version was a mere subterfuge to divert the' attention of the public from your proven senato rial crimes. The stain of corruption money lis on your hands: .the mark -4 of corporate bribery, is on your fore head, and your attempt to cllvert tne finger .of scorn and ' accusation from you- by; a slanider of me -will be un successful. . . Briber .and Oorruptionist. " "You have more to answer to the nation for than the.,- Standard Oil bribes - that passed into , your '; hands. TheifoundatnyourpoUti loaaraission- io ; me oeuaic . vo w black with - moral and 'legal guilt -as Lorimef s. if an authorized tribunal of the ; Senate will hear the testi mony, The North American will pro duce the evidence that ycu are a" briber ;and a corruptionist and that you hold your seat by support bought with . money. If you are a man an ordinary man with red blood in your veins -you , will ask the Senate to investigate this direct, and 'unequivo cal charge." i ,' ; ... : i , , :.'. .' -' : EOOSEVELT HAS NOTHING TO SAY OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 24. Colonet. Roosevelt had nothing to add today in his statement of last night in which he said he did not believe John D. -Archbold's testimony bef ore the Senate investigating committee was true and in which he charged Mr. Archbold with a , "wicked assault on a dead man" in connection with Mr. Archbold's testimony concerning an alleged conversation with the late Cornelius N. Bliss. Nor would Colo nel Roosevelt discuss the possibility of his testifying before the Senate committee. SENATE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR PERKINS Plans Being Laid Today For Pur suing Investigation of Gam jpalgn Contributions WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Spurred on by the testimony of . John D. Archbold, alleging that the Standard Oil Company contributed $100,000" to the Republisan national .- .committee in 194, with the knowledge and con sent of Colonel Roosevelt, the Senate committee .investigating campaign funds, met early tcday to plan for pursuing 'its investigation. Senator Luke Lea, a Democratic member, ; hurrying - back from the West, arrived today and went into executive session . with - his colleagues to frame a course of action. It was expected the committee would decide uponl the dates of further hearings, the places at, which they should ' be held I and what .witnesses - must be : called. . ' - . . ' :-. -. ; It is -practically? decided i that George W. Perkins will testify- Tues day, but whether he will come to Washington or- whether the commit- tee will - go to New xork, wnere it would be convenient to )iear ,othersFn 'and COmpared them .with the whose names were -mentioned, in Mr. Archbold's . sensational ;' testimony, probably., will: be determined today, i Some of the Senators want to re call; George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican - national commit tee :hV 1904. ;He tcid the Senate re cently that, neither the Standard Oil Company nor anyone associated ; with it; contributed to the? Republican fund that - year. ; ' Mr. Archbold yesterday said; the Standard pil Company's was known to both Mr. Cortelyou and Colonel rc osevelt. :The possibilities of calling Colonel Roosevelt still are LOCKE CRAIG OPENS STATE CAMPAIGN .':.;A''i--::'.";'-;'.'. - y -'a -;;:.r-r Democratic Candidate For Gover nor Addresses Enthusiastic Multitude At Laurinburg , V BI T. W. CHAMBLISS. 4 . LAURINBURG, Aug. 24. The opening of the Democratic campaign yesterday afternoon surpassed in point of attendance the expectations of the members of " the county, com mitee. The court house was uncom fortably full. Every space was util ized ' for chairs and the aisles and lobby were crowded. ! The opening address of the cam paign of 1912 was certainly the most appropriate. - Hon. Locke ; Craig, . the orator of the mountains, was .at his best,; and for two hours his. audience was closely attentive as he urged their co-operation 'in "keeping North Carolina for North Carolinians. Chairman E. H. Gibson called j the meeting to order and asked Attorney G. H. Russell of LaurinburgNto intro duce the next Governor.; ) The words spoken by. Mr. Russell were timely and well chosen and -when he pre sented Mr. Craig," the audience cheer ed, and. cheered until the services of the band were necessary to quiet them. : -. ': ;:: ':-.;'.:' '."" :. ;';v".r- , ' Recalls Meeting of 1898. In opening "his address, Mr. Craig said: ; ; -"'-.;. ' : ' ". ;".'.:'". ': "This occasion .is illumined by the 12th of May, 1898. It is the harbing er of sacred memories and stirring thoughts. ' Many heads ; have grown gray and faces have been furrowed by the years, but new" forms of youth and beauty have come. ; Some that were strong and valiant then are not here now. It was the living voice of Aycock then that sounded the trum pet call, ' It was then that you deliv ered to him, the young " Knight of Democracy, - the baton of the ,field marshal of the new crusade. . . " 'But the stately -ships go on. j;. To their haven under the hill,. - ; And oh for :the touch of a vanished hand. :'. ''- '; ivHJ Seed of Redemption. "In ,that day of humiliation and ruin there came to the Scotchmen of the Cape Fear section In the travail of their suffering and darkness, the courage and the faith for the re demption of North Carolina. v "I ; shall ever be grateful' to you that I was privileged with the great Aycockf to make some utterances of the thought that was swelling and glowing in the heart of our State, and that glowed and burned until it burst forth into unquenchable fire." The audience was perfectly familiar with the story of former- Republi can rule in North Carolina and when Mr. Craig was introduced and when after a few sentences of appreciation he entered upon nis speech, every eye was watching him and every word found a place in a waiting mind. Mr. Craig made a delightfully attractive address. He handled the record of . the Republican " party with perfect ease. He told the story of the oppression of the people through the practice of special, privileges ror the few and denounced the protec tive tariff as a robbery. He insisted that the Democratic party represent ed the' best interests of the people and stood for the policy of equal jus tice to all ,the people. " ; He told his audience that the suc cess of Democracy was certain and that '-; no thinking man would for a single moment entertain a thought of the election of the other candidates and in no uncertain tone he explained the difference .between the so-called progressiveness of Colonel Roosevelt and' the true t progressiveness of the Democratic party. He .called atten tion to the ,- record of Mr. Roosevelt during his seven years; as President and proved that the record showed him to be the ; frietid of the trusts and not the .friend of the people. Matter of Environment. Mr. Craig made a very pretty point when he said that the intellectual and moral status of any people was determined largely by their environ ment. He said that in making the statement he' refers o .the average man. The Creator gives every man a chance and nations or governments have not the right to take away that chance. Following up . this state ment he suggested the fact that the Republican policy was in favor of giv ing the chance.to a favored few rath er than to the larger majority.' Talking of the tar'.ff, Mr. Craig brought down the house-when he re marked that' it was true' that there was .very little cotton - in ' the dresses of. - our women today and that the Southern man was in favor of making dresses longer anj larger and wider." "Are we going to have .Teddy for - a Caesar?" He said Roosevelt's party' was a one-man par ty and if he were to die it would go to bit&. and you could, not ; find It. If we are to have' a Caesar, then - give us a . Caesar worthy . of the . robes of American , glory- t He then referred to the Caesar of Rome, Cromwell of Plngland. and" the little Corporal of Rooseve' of America, witn nis teetn and his big. stick,. ; ' . - '"Very . Impressively he- called . on all Republicans to, turn as patriotic cit izens from , the discarded theories, of the Republican "party and -with love for the - old home. State, ral'y ; around the Democratic banner and make it unanimous. t ; ..-)', . Record of Re ublicans. -.. Mr. Craig very plainly reminded the audience of the record of the Re publican party in North Carolina ,and J' after going over the dark days when PRIOE ONE CENT f On Trains K Grata OF CHARLOTTE Happenings 01 The City Sketch In Briel As Seen By The Chronicle Reporters THINGS INTERESTING TO. ALL PEOPLE IN THE City Hendriv Palmer, o citv fireman slipped and fell -while dismountini ' from a fire trucR and palnfuly sprain- ea nis, anKie. , He is able to : be' oui with the use of a stick. ' - Patterson & Glascock have I sold i lot in Myers park' to Mr. C I: Burk holder, one near the entrance at Eliz abeth college to Mr. J. E. Davis an another close (by to Mr.: Torrence E nemoy.. : . " - , Rev. Dr. J. L. Caldwell, presiden! of the Presbyterian College, wll) preach atthe morning BeryiCe at Trin- ity Methodist church tomorrow morn ing at 11 o'clock. ; There will be nr night service. ; .;-, Workmen are busy placing thi large vault door of the new Commep. clal . National Bank ; structure ' insld the building. It is one of the largest and heaviest In the State, weighihf 25 tons. ' ., :'- " ' .;' Complaints have been made ,U the pqlice department by the husband of Madam Eldon, who operates 'a fortune- telling establishment, that som person or persons are. going around the city claiming. to be the" Madane Eldon and are . operating upon hei reputation. ' , v ' ' . ' "''". " The building of the "cement , curt in Dilworth by Contractor J.rW. Haai is making fine headway,-the awo bou levards having been completed and the paving now being under way on Worthington avenue, after which itvi expected that the same style of curb will: be laid by the city on Cleveland, Kingston and Park avenues. ; . , 1 ,. Mr. James Harris left this morn ing for Blowing Rock on ' his motor cycle. This is the first time the trij to' this., resort; has, been ' attempted - on . a -motorcycle.' At Hickory- he -wililbe joined by .Messrs. J. O. . Walker and Jo. ' Wadsworth,'. who left f or iBlowinl , Roefc in the latters.car yesteTday af ternoon. ' "" . ,.; ,:;' There are 308 automobiles In thi city of Charlotte at present, if the citj tax-books are to be taken as. author ity. This is" 3 5 more than there wer last year. . The ; general impression . w,as that a greater number of auto- ' mobiles, were in the city than the 308 returned and in fact there are prob ably many that have not yet been re--turned. .-.-' ,:( . -. : BAIL MONEY USED AS CAMPAIGN FUND - ':..." - , '. EUREKA, Cal.-, Aug. 24. United States Marshal Henry I Ford of thi district of northern California be came today the ' central figure, of an '. investigation which the Department of Justice has conducted here to see if bail money was used two years ago as a congressional campaign fund. Special Examiner Masterson of the department : will leave tomorrow for ; San Francisco to present his findings -to authorities there. Marshal Ford, in a formal state--ment, says that $1,300 ball money received in 1910 from 13 men charged with selling liquor to . Indians the a ease which Examiner Masterson has. been probing was 'returned -to them in April, 1910; that .these men were ; due to be tried in July on ' other charges; that, as they had no lawyer, he accepted, a retaining fee of $100 each from them, with the proviso., that if the cases were not tried, ' the money should go into the congres sional campaign fund of State Supe- ror Court Judge John , -I Childs. of , Del Norte county. The cases, he 'as serts, were nolle pressed and' thl3 money, which was not ball money at all, went into the "Chllds' fund. ' "I' have nothing to conceal, he Concludes. 5 . - ' , ""''"'" . ''' ' domination, he called on the Republi cans to announce if they would be willing-to go back to that condition. He; explained that the Republicans knew that the State would remain Fafolr -Democratic, and consequently they remain in the "Republican ranks, but that if they , thought the State would again return to the conditions ; of the years prior to 1898 they would ; leave thcparty. :- . ; The speaker urged the Democrats to remember their State, to remember the accomplishments under . Demo cratic rule. When h mentioned the name of Aycock the audience went fairly wild: He paid a tribute to the late Governor and referred to him as the man who gave the boy that was down, a chance. Then he plead for the same policy. The Democratic party.; stood for the man' who ...was down and - its policy was to lift him J v up. . - :- '..'. ... '-- . ;; - - ': " ' Briefly referring to his own candi dacy, he promised to consecrate his talents, his time and his life. to the people of the Old North State. , He touched upon the , value pf good roads, ' of public education and .the industrial development ' of the State, and in concluding, urged the devel- , opment of the agricultural interests of the State, ..remarking that 80 per cent of the people of North Carolina were agriculturists, v -v-S ' : Following Mr; Craig, 'Congressman Page spoke briefly; and following the line of address '.adopted by Mr. Craig presented the . Democratic party and Democratic policy as - the party and policy for the people. W. I Par sons, the nominee for. the State Sen ate, was also introduced and made a few remarks- TODAYS NEWS 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 24, 1912, edition 1
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