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VOL. IX. NO. 38. THE REUNION OPENS 'Confederate Veterans Gather At Birmingham, Alabama WITH VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE Eighteenth Annual E*union of Con* federate Veterans Opens in Bir mingham With the Largest Crowd in the History of the Organization. Birmingham, Ala., Special. The 'eighteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was opened in this city Tuesday at the Hippodrome, Birmingham's largest convention hall, with a record break ing attendance. The day's sessions •were devoted to organization and welcome addresses, the real business of the meeting coming up later, when a commander-in-chief to suceee'd the late General Stephen D. and the place for holding the noxt reunion will be chosen. In aulition to the first session of the,veterans' conven tion there were meetings of the Sons of Veterans, the Confederate Sur geons' Association, the Confederate Memorial Association and other or ganizations allied with the veterans. When the convention was eu*!ed to order by Major General George P. Harrison, the Hippodrome, which seats 5,000 persons, was crowded to overflowing artd many failed to gain admission. The weather was ex % tremely >*arm and many of the old veterans suffered much discomfort. A gloom was cast over the reunion by the recent (Yath of the com mander-in-chief, the late General Stephen D. Lee, who was to have pre sided over the meetings of the veter ans, and whose annual address had already been prepared. This address . was printed- aud .districted to the vrterans, but the reading or it" was postponed on account of the extreme heat. The convention p'-oper was opened with a praver by the chaplain gen eral, Rev. Dr. J. William Jones, which was followed by a children chorus of 200 voices. Mayor Ward, of Birmingham, then welcomed (he veterans in behalf of the city and Governor Comer for the State. Other welcoming addresses were made by Representatives of the local veterans association. General E. L. Russell, who was in vited by General Lee, to deliver an oration to the veterans, was the next speaker. He paid a high tribute to General Lee, describing him as he ap peared in battle and discussed the conditions leading up to the war. When the business session of v the veterans had been concluded, many of the veterans went to Capital Park, where band concerts were given and many old acquaintances were re newed. At the State fair grounds where the Hotel John B. Gordon which was opened for the free accommodation of veterans, is located, the visitors assembled to witness a grand tire works display. Among those whose names are mentioned for commander-in-chief are General Clement A. Eyans, of the Department of Tennessee; General Cabell, of Texas, and General Gordon of Memphis. Chattanooga, Atlanta and Hous ton. are the contestants for the next convention and ell are making hard « fights to secure the honor. The streets of the city are erowV ed with the veterans and their friends, it being estimated that no less than 25.000 strangers rtre in the city, about P,OOO of whom are old soldiers. " * Price of Steel to Be Out. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.—The steel • men have gone to a conference of steel and pig-iron men at the offlee of the United States Steel Corpora tion, New York, at which, SfconVng to Judge Gary, chairman of the exe cutive committee, prices of all steel save rails will be cat. > Kicg an! Zmpcrtr Mast. ReWl R_" Ceble.—Tlie meeting be tween King Edwerd and Emperor Nicholas occurred Tuesday with due formality. It was the first time that an English monarch has ever made an official visit in Russian waters. ' The British squadron escorting the yacht Victoria and Albert with King Edward on board, entered the bay of Revfll shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Toe customary sa lutes were fired, and after an ex change of formal visits the King fend the Emperor lunched on board the Russian Polar Star as the guests of ; the. Dowager Empress. THE ENTERPRISE. THE I*7 COTTON CROP Bulletin Prepared Under the Direc tion of tke Chief Statistician of the Department at WMhinfton Show* the Production of the Staple During the Put Year. Washington, Special.— Bulletin 95, which has just been issued by the bureau of the ceusus, consists of a report on the production of eotton in 1907, prepared under the super vision of Mr. William M. Stewart, chief statistian for manufactures, by Mr. Daniel C. Roper, expert chief of division. The report is presented in four divisions: (1) Annual eotton production in the United States, as returned by ginners and delinters, distributed hy States from 1899 to 1907 and by counties from 1903 to 1907, with statistics as to annual pro duction compiled from trustworthy sources for previous years, beginning with 1790; (2) world's cotton produc tion in 1907, by countries; (3) the growing, harvesting, and handling of cotton, with illustrations; and (4) ftatistics as to the manufacture of sottonseed products. During the ginning season of 1907- 1908, as for the two previous seasons, ten preliminary statements of eotton sinned to specified dates were issued. The present report gives the aggre zafe figures for the whole cotton crop, and covers the ninth consecu tive year for which statistics of cot- Eon ginned have been collected and published by the bureau of the cen sus. Production 11,375,461 Bales. The finally revised figures for the crop of 1!)07, expressed in aquivalent 500-pounl bales and including lint ers, show a total production of 11,- 375,461 bales. This represents a fall ing off from 1906 of 2,220,037 bales, ar 13.3 per cent., and is 2,304,495 bales less than the crop of 1904, the largest on, record; while it falls short af the average production of the last six years by 345,914 bales. Of the total production in 3W7, 4,769,609 bales, or 42 per cent, came from the territory west of the Mis sissippi river, while the States east of the Mississippi contributed 0,605,- 852 bales, of 58 per cent. This is in marked contrast with 1906, when 53.2 per cent of the crop came from west of the Mississppi and 46.8 per cent, from the States east of it; in 1905, however, the eorresponing per centages were 41.6 and 58.4, respect ively. These varintions are caused very largely by the fluctations in the sue of the crop in the States west of the Mississippi, as the difference between the largest an dthe smallest crop in the Eastern States during the last three years was but 298,970 bales. Texas Shows a Falling Off of 44.9 Per Oent. The State reporting the largest cot ton crop in 1907, as well as in every other year since the inauguration of the ginning reports, was Texas, with a total of 2,360,478 bales. This rep resents an enormous decrease from 1906, however, amounting to 1,921,- 346 bales, or 44.9 per cent. As a re sult of this decrease Texas produced only 20.8 per cent of the total for the country, as compared with 31.5 per cent in 1906 and with 24. 9 per cent, which represents the proportion con tributed by it to the aggregate pro duction of the last six years. Other States showing large de creases are Louisiana and Arkansas, which reported losses of about one third and one-fifth, respectively, as compared with 1906. The new State of Oklahoma reported 882,984 bales, a loss of about 4 per cent, which, however, was so insignificant as com pared with the losses shown by othei States that Oklahoma actually ad vanced from seventh place to sixth in the quantity of cotton produced. Telographic Briefs. President Roosevelt told Governor Glenij that under no circumstances woufd lie be again run for President. Secretary of War Taft is a member of the Unitarian Church. Lieut.-Col. Harry F. Hodges was appointed Panama Canal Commis sioner to succeed Commissioner Jack son Smith. A fortune teller, Zcno Miller, if said to have disapp?ared from Bris tol with hundreds of dollars of jew elry intrusted to him jy residents. Fire, apparently stated to conceal a burglary, caused $35,000 damage at Norfolk. Lewi& Wingate, of Grayson county has been arrested charged with caus ing the death of his 12-year-old eon. Dr. Lyon Q. Tvlor, of Williams burg. son of President Join Tftw, is suggested for the Democratic nomi nation for Vice-President. The Republican National Commit tee deeided the contests involving th( 24 votes of Alabama and Arkansas is favor of Taft. * —• WILLIAMSTON. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, >9OB REPUBLICAN BELIEFS Principles Enunciated By the Republican Platform THE ADMINISTRATION ENDORSED Republican Platform Which Will B» Adopted by the National Coxves* tion Has Been Completed With the Exception of a Few Details. Washington, Special.— That the platform which will be adopted at the Chicago convention and on which the Republican party will stand during the next campaign has been complet ed with the exception of a few de tails, which will be left for the com mittee on resolutions to insert, is the opinion of many who are in the con fidence of the Republican leaders. The work has been done by Hon. Wade Ellis, Attorney General of Ohio, the draftsman of the recent Ohio State platform; Senator Hop kins, Who will be the chairman of the committee on resolutions; Senator Long, of Kansas, and a few others, including the President and Secretary Taft, who hove been freely consulted. The policies of President Roosevelt will be endorsed unequivocally, and this endorsement will be the central idea of the document. These policies* it will be declared, are quite in con trast with the policies of the Dem ocratic party, which promises nothing food that can be assured of accom plishment. The Republican party's record as the party of protection and sound money, as the party of prog ress and good principles, as the party that gave freedom to Cuba and lifted the yoke from the necks of the peo ple of the Philippines and Porto Rico, will be held up for admiration and made the orabject of much praiife, and* the voting public will be asked to continue to patronize the political craft that has carried il across so many streams. Specifically speaking, more attention has bfeen given by the platform makers to the tariff than to any other subject. There will be an unequivoval declaration for re vision; but the disposition is to leave the working out of detail to the in •renuity of Congress. The action of the two houses of Congress instruct- ing the committees which will deal w.tb the tariff, the Senate committee i>r linanee and the House committee on ways and means to make especial investigation of the. situation, will af ford excuse for this course, as the results of these inquiries will he unavailable the convention, while they will supposedly furnish Congress with a basis for action. The declaration will take the shape of a pledge to so equalize the duties as to give the consumer the benefit of the most favorable prices consist ent with the protection of domestic industry and home labor. be I emphatically stated that there 1 must be no innovation that will permit American labor to come into cothpe tition with foreign labor, and accord ingly it will be specified that in alt cases the duty must be equal to the difference between the American and the European cost of production, in I eluding a reasonable profit to the American producer. The principle ol protection will be endorsed in general terms, and there may be a declara tion to a maximum and a minimum tariff as the one best calculated to in •ure the promotion of American in terests under varying condition. A clause declaring against the utiliza tion of the tariff for promotion of monopoly is also among the proba bilities. Next to the tariff the financial plank has received most careful at tention. Congress and tha adminis tration will be congratulated upor the passage of the Aldricb-Vreelam bill as in the interest of sound fln»ne and as calculated to protect the busi ness world against possible panics ir tbe near future and at the same time provide for the permanent improve ment of our currency system through the recommendations which it is an ticipated will be made by the commis sion appointed under the new law- Reference wil be made to the finan cial disturbance of last fall, anr while the seriousness of that emit will be recognized, the claim will b. made fibat the Republican party wa> found able to meet the situation anc the counry will be informed that bj its prompt action the business work was saved from long drawn out finan eial depression and industrial inac tivity. The administration will be com mendied for its railroad stan3, als on labor, and the rights of ill citi Ettas, of race or elor. HOKE SMITH BEATEN Georgia Voters Fail to Endorse Present Governor CLOSE OF A BITTER CAMPAIGN The Primary Brings to an End One of the Hottest Political Campaigns in Cta> r fia's History. Atlanta, Ga., Special.—All returns up to midnight indicate the election ef Joseph M. Brown as Governor of Georgia in the general Democratic primary held Thursday by a majority of about 15,000. The Constitution estimates that Brown has won by from 13,000 to 25,000 The Brown managers claim the majority is larger. Governor Smith's campaign man agers decline to make a statement, and the Governor himself says that he cannot comment on the primary. The campaign was the hottest in the history of Georgia. In all the eleven congressional districts indica tions are that the present Democratic Congressmen^will be the only doubt being in the fifth where James L. Mayson may contest the election with Congressman Living stone There was no contest over the United States senatorship, S. C. Clay being the popular choice. The primary result* mean election in Georgia, the other parties in the State making no contest. With both Governors Hoke Smith and Joseph M. Brown claiming vic tory in the Georgia State primary the count is coming in slowly. The Brown manugers claim the nomination Wihch is equivalent to eleeiion by from 25,000 to 40,000 James ii. Smith political manager for Bfown, gave The Associated Press the following statement: '>We fought a clean ttgbt and won. The reasons for the victory are so pronounced that they would hardly admit of discussion. /The attitude of the administration toward invested capital is perhaps the paramount is sue. It was uot an issue between m'-n but what they represented. The day's election shows that the prevail ing opinion among the people is that Mr. Btown's election would go far toward restoring confidence. Governor Smith's managers, how ever, do not concede Brown's election and declare that a full vote will be necessary to determine the result. A Heavy Vote Polled. One of the heaviest votes in the his tory of Georgia was cast, meft stand ing in line for hours in the larger cities like Atlanta waiting for a chance to mark their ballots. In the interest of the Governorship all others were practically lost sight of. The congressional districts, the hot test fight was in the fifth, where Con gressman L. F. Livingstone was op posed by James L. Mayson. Returns indicate Livingstone's re-election though Mayson's friends say they will insist on an official count. In the first district indications point to the re-election of Congressman Ed wurdSa in the second to the re-elec tion of J. M. Griugs, in the third to the re-election of E. B.» Lewis, the t'Mirtb to congressman Anderson, the tilth to L. F. Livingstone, the sixth ' i congressman C. L. Bartlett, the -'•venth to congressman Gordon Lee, the eigth to Congressman W. M. Howard, the ninth to Congressman T. M. Bell, the tenth to Congressman llardwick, and the eleventh tplCon- K-ssmen William G. Brantly. United States Senator Clay, who as also a candidate in the primary, ad no opposition. MAJ. DREYFUS SHOT. During the Canonization of Emilc Zola in the pantheon Louis Gregori, a Military Writer of Note, Draws a Pistol and Shoots Maj. Alfred Dreyfus In tbo Arm. Paris, By Cable. —Just at the close of the ceremonies attending the nionitation ft Kmile in the Pantheon, wftVn dm. T r rpswTent of France, the Premier and a host of ministers of State were taking their departure, Louis Anthene Greg ori, a military writer of note, drew a revolver and fired two shots point blank at Maj. Alfred Dreyfus, fox whose liberty ZOI3 fought and won. I Men distinguished walks of life filled the pantheon, and when the ihots rang out there was in tense excitement in fear that the President had been assassinated, bat even the attempt upon life of Major Dreyfus created a profound l impression. Soldiers speedily sur rounded Gregori and he was taken to jail, bruised and bleeding vitb bis clothes almost torn from his back. COMMISSION NAMED President Appoints Boards On Conservation of Resources AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN PLANNED President, Acting on a Suggestion Made by the Governors' Conference Appoints a National Conservation Commission. Washington, Special.—ln acccrtl anee with the suggestion made by tho Governors at their conference at the White House in May, the President has appointed a national conservation commission to consider and advise him on quetions relating to the con servation of the natural resources of the country, and to co-operate with similar bodies which may be desig nated by the several States. The per sonnel of the committee is as follows: Waters Theodore E. Burton, Ohio, chairman; Senators William D. Allison, Iowa; Francis O. NewlanAi, Nevada; William Warner, Missouri; and John H. Bankhead, Alabama; W. ,T. McGee, bureau of soils, secre tary; F. H. Newell, reclamation ser vice; Gifford Pinchot, forst service; Herbert Knox Smith, bureau of cor porations; Representatives Joseph E. Rausdell, Louisiana; Prof. George F. Swain, Institute of Technology, Mas sachusetts; the chief engineers United States army. Forests—Senators Reed Smoot, Utah, chairman; Albert J. Beveridge, Indiana, and Charles A. Culberson, of Texas; Representatives Charles F. Scott, of Kansas, and Champ Clark, Missouri; J. B. White, Missouri; Prof. Henry S. Graves, Yale Forest School, Connecticut; William Irvine, Wisconsin; ex-Governor Newton C. Blanehard, Louisiana; Charles L. Pack, New Jersey; Gustav Schawb, national council of commerce, New York; Overton W. Price, forest ser viee, SBP.rat.ary-, ~jt Lands and Minerals. Lands—Senators Knute Nelson, Minnesota, chairman, and Francis E. Warren, Wyoming; Representative John Sh»rp Williams, of Mississippi; Swager Sherley, Kentucky, aiu'o Her bert Parsons, New York ; ex-Governor N. B. Broward, Florida; James J. Hill of Minnesota; ex-Governor George C. Pardee, California; Charles McDonald American Society of Civil Engineers, New York; Murdo MaeKenzie. Colo rado; Prank C. Gundy Colorado; George W. Woodruff, Interior Depart ment, secretary. Minerals Representative John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, Senators Jeseph M. Dixon, Montana} Frank P. Flint, California, and Lee S. Overman, of North Carolina; Rep resentatives Philo Hall, South De kota, and James L. Slayden, of Texos; Andrew Carnegie, of New York; Prof. Charles R. Van Hise, Wisconsin; John Mitchell, of Illinois; John Hays Ham mond, of Massachusetts; Dr. Irving Fisher, Yale University, Connecticut; Joseph A. Holmes, geological survey; se.rttary. Exeeeutive Committee Gilford Pinebot, chairman; Representative Theodorse E. Burton, Senators Reed Smotf anrt Knute Nelson, Represen tative John Dalzell, W. J. McGee. Overton W. Price, Q. W. Woodruff, Joseph A. Holmes. Judge D. M. Furches Dead. Statesville, N.i C., Speciul—Hon. David M. Furches died Sunday night at 12:2.') at his home on Walnut St. The news of his death was a shock to the community, for while it was known that he was uot strong, but few of his friends knew that he was ill. Judge Furches was a lawyer of ability and was chief-justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court under fusion rule. He was a native of Davie county. New Battleships Will Be Named Florida and Utah. Washington, Special. Secretary Metcalf has announced that the two new battleships authorized at the Inst session of. Congress would be named Florida and Utah, respectively. He said that th* next battleship author-, i jy.ed would hear the name of Wyom - ing. ,—. Spring Wheat Acreage. Washington, Special.—The cron re porting board of the bureau of sta-> tistics of the Department of Agricul ture has issued a bulletin estimating the area sown in spring wheat to b' 3.7 per cent more than the area sown last year indicating a total area of aboat .17,710,000 acres, of f»31,00f more than sown last year. The con dition of spring wheat on June Is' was 95.0 ner cent of a normal, as com pared with 93.2, the June Ist averag of the past 10 years. _ Tllfi condition 1 of winter wheat on June Ist was Sfi.f 1 per cent of a normal, as compared ■ with 81.0, the June Ist average v 91.00 a Year in Advance DEATH ON CRUISBt * . Explosion on the 'Tennessee!! Kills Several Persons SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INJURS Accident on the United States Oral" ■er Tenne«eee Rearlte in tko Deetk of Foot and the Injury of Tat Others—The Cruiser Was JwM Entwine Ban Pedro Harbor. Los Angeles, Special.—Fonr mmm were killed and 10 injured on bwi the armored cruiser Tennessee at sea at 11 o'clock Friday when a boiler tube broke, hurling fragments off iron abont the engine room and SB ing it with scalding steam. The aa oident happened an hoar after tbs cruiser left Santa Barbara on bow way with six other vessels of the Ps ciflc fleet, to Los Angeles ports. Only the most fragmentary news of tbs disaster had been received tip to 7 o'clock in the evening as the cruises had not arrived at San Pedro. Wbat meagre details had been learnedl were gleaned from official wireless telegraphy despatches, transmitted from the squadron to the wirebss station at Han Francisco. Tbe crui ser was steaming at full speed whm the explosion occurred. The force of the explosion was ter rible and many of the injured weie fatally hurt, it is believed. Ordota were flashed to Dr. W. A. Wei do*, local marine surgeon at San Pedro, directing him to prepare for the cav ing of the injured sailors. Aeeorft ing to the wireless despatches no of ficers were injured. TTie damage to the ship is not known at this ti—, but it is likely that the boiler run— of ths ship have suffered seriously. The Tennessee is Admiral Sebree's flagship, commanding the second di vision of the Pacifle fleet. The oth ers accompanying the Tennessee ars the California, Washington, West Virginia. Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland, comprising the first die*-? sion commanded by Admiral Dayton. The Tennessee arrived and anch ored inside the breakwater about ♦wo miles from the water frost shortly after 7 o'clock. Los Angeles, Cal., Special.—A i»- J port has just reached this eity firms San Pedro of an explosion on ths United States cruiser Tennessee. The Tennessee is coming into Son Pedro harbor. A boiler tube on crniser Tes nesHce blew up, killing four and in juring many others. The cruiser has just entered San Pedro harbor sndt the details are not vet available. The Tennessee sailed from Ba* Francisco on May 17th, and sines then has been cruising in soothes® California waters, touching Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San THegou The latest information is that fans men were killed and ten injured. Ths injured will be brought to a hospi tal in this eity. The Tennessee is still about 37 miles outside San Ps dro. The cruiser loft Santa Barbara for I/or Angeles port Friday morning; Dead and Injured. Following ITF n list of dead' and in jured received' by the local wireless station : V .. „ Dead : Oeorge Wood, water tender. Earl Boggs, fireman, second elans. Adolph Rheingold, machinist help er, second class. George Merk, fireman, first class. Probablv fatally injured: F- S. Field, fireman, second class. E. N. Exantes, fireman, first class. E. J. Burns, coal passer. W. F. Burns, coal passer. J. J. Carroll, fireman, second class. T. P. Parsons, fireman, seeond class, slightly injured. Killed fn Baseball Game. LaFayette, Oa., Special.—Willis Watson, aged 10, was instantly kill ed in a ball game here Friday. While engaged in a game with a number of his friends N bat slipped from tbe hands of one of the hoys who was at tempting to hit the ball and struck young Watson over the heart, enus- Ifig'llnstant deaTE * - " Texas Crops Badly Damaged. Vernon, Tex., Special.—Damage to growing vegatation and to property in excess of half million dollars, it is estimated, has rosulted from storms of wind, hail and rain which havs been over this vicinity for the paat several days and which cnlminataft in a wind storm of great early Thursday. Along the sevcMl roads entering this place washouts are numerous. In Vernon a number of the larger buildings were pet* tially wrecked and some smaller structures demolished.