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VOL. IiXXXVIl KOJ 38,
WHiMIKGrTOK, N. C, SATURDAY MOENTNGr, NOVEMBER 5 1910.
WHOIB NUMBER 13,445.
DUEL SPEED RACE
Lelthan of Sea
TO FACE CHARGES.
BIGKETT CHARMS
gon Ready for Trial
A SEVERE STORM
111 MIDDLE STATES
One of the Worst November
Storms in Years in
Pennsylvama.
HIS HEARERS HERE
ON ATLANTA TRACK
Dawson Wins in Neck and
Neck Fight For Honors
With Ralph Mulford.
FINISH OF 200-MILE EVENT
Exciting Contest Watched With Great
Interest Marmon Car Takes the
Lead Events of Speedway
Yesterday.
Speedway, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4.
.loo Dawson's yellow Marmon car was
just 31-5 seconds ahead of Ralph Mul
t'ord's big white Lozier at the finish
of the 200-mlle automobile race here
today.
The duel between these two began
immediately after the one hundredth
mile. Dawson was then far behind
on account of a stop to change tires.
"Changing tires" is merely the tech
nical expresion for what happened to
Dawson. There was no exchange
about it for he stopped at the pits
with his right rear wheel entirely de
void of the semblance of a tire, and
the iron rim showering sparks as it
ground the track. The Lozier stop
ped soon afterward to make a real
exchange of tires, putting the cars
on even terms.
Bad luck flattened another of Daw
son's tires at the 140 mile and in the
very same lap it reduced one of the
Lozier tires to ribbons.
Thereafter Tuck kept out of the
game and a new element, Mulford's
daring replaced it. The' Marmon was
running the faster, but on the bad
turn of the track, where two drivers
have been killed, Mulford with full
speed on' would shoot ahead of Daw
son who always played the bad corner
safe. V
As they struck, the dangerous turn
for the last time, it was Dawson, wno
took it at highest speed, shooting into
.4 lead whichJbeJield ?to th finish.
Time two hours ,51 minutes 1173 sec
onds. : The winner took the Atlanta trophy
and $1,000 In cash. Mulford received
$500, Joe Horan, who finished third
in a Lozier received $200.
! The seven events in addition to the
long race were all at 10 to 20 miles
'(Btnnmafies: 10-mile stock chasis
class B., 161 to 230 inches won by
"F.A. Whitt (E. M. F.); Montague
Roberts, (Abbott-Detroit), second;
K. T. MoKinsley (Firestone-Colum
bus), third. Time 9.12.66.
Ten miles free for all, class D., won
by Bob Burman (Buiok); C. S. Brag
(Fiat 90), second; Hugh Harding
(Stoddard-Dayton), third. Time 9.23
o'J.
15-mile stock chassis, class B., 231
to H00 inches Won by Joe Dawson
(Marmon); Heinemann (Marmon),
second: Hughes, (F. A. L. car), thrid
Time 10.15.48.
20 class D., free for all Won by
Burman (Marquette-Buick) ; Bragg,
(Fiat 90), second; H. Harding, (Stod
dard-Dayton), third. Time 15.18.25
Ten mile ametuer, free for all
Won by W. J. Stoddard, (Fiat 60);
'Bob Heitmeyer, (Simplex), second;
Tack Rutherford. (Stearns), third.
Time 7.46.60.
14-mile stock chassis class B., 301
450 inches Won by Dawson, (Mar
nion), second; Charles Basle, (Pope
Hartford), third. Time 11.30.86.
Ten miles, free for all handicap
Farian), two minutes, second; Hugh
Harding, (Stoddard-Dayton), scratch,
third. Handicap, time 7.22.45.
200-miles stock chassis class B., 451
to 600 inches for city of Atlanta
trophy and $1,000 cash to winner
Won by Dawson, (Marmon); Mulford,
(Lozier), second; Horan, (Lozier),
third. Time hours, 51 minutes, 12
70.13 seconds.
FIRE AT SOUTHERN PINES.
Piney Woods Inn Completely Des-
troyed Loss Will Reach $30,000.
Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 4. Fire of an
unknown origin late today destroyed
Piney Woods Inn, at Southern Pines,
X. C. There were no guests in the
hotel, which was to have been opened
for the Winter on December 1st. The
loss was complete, reaching $30,000
and the insurance only partially cov
ers it. The Philadelphia1 National
league baseball team has made the
hostelry headquarters 'for a number
of seasons and already had contracts
for accommodations next Spring.
Washington, Nov. 4. President
Taft has cancelled the prder promul
gated by the Navy Department, detail
ing two speedy torpedo boat destroy
ers to follow the flight of Aviator Mc
Uirdy from the decks of the steamer
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria 50 miles
at sea to land, because he thought it
would be inconsistent with previous
Refusals to permit such use of naval
vessels.
Get Co-operative Building and Loan
stock today at Wright's Real Estate
office. This morning.
(let Co-operative Building and Loan
fy at WrIght's Real Estate
office. This morning. ,
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ZWO imtYS Or
worlds- -y
Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 4. A swarm of
touches to the steamship Olympic, the
launching of the new giant of the sea
of people. When the Olympic struck the water she weighed 27,000 tons.
The Olympic will carry a cfew of 860 men and has passenger room for 6,
000 people. The total tonnage of the Olympic i3 45,000 tons,' exceeding her
nearest rival by 13,0u0 tons. Her llength is 882 1-2 feet, or nearly a sixth
of a mile, exceeding her nearest xival by
$7,500,000 and will placed in passenger
New York and Liverpool.
AUTO ACCIDENT HEAR RAEFORD
Geo. B. McLeod and T. L. Johnson, of
Lumberton, Victims Train De
molished the Machine In
jury ; May be Fatal.--'
' V (Special" Star TTeregram.)
Lumberton, N. C, Nov. 4. A tele
gram received ' here from Raeford at
2:30 o'clock this afternoon conven
ing he distressing intelligence that
Mr. G. B. McLeod had been seriously
hurt and ' Mr. T. L. Johnson slightly
hurt as the result of the automobile,
in whfch they 'were riding, being
struck by a train near Raeford.
The car was torn to pieces, but
Mr. Iate, who was driving it, saved
himself by jumping. Mr. McLeod
was hurried to a hospital in Fayette-
ville as soon as possible, where later
reports indicate that his injuries are
not so serious as at first feared. The
injuries are internal. No bones were
broken and the physicians say it is
impossible to say yet to what extent
Mr. McLeod is injured, but they hope
he will be able to come here in a few
days. - Upon receipt of the report of
the accident Mrs. McLeod, accompa
nied by her brother-in-law, Mr. Sandy
McLeod and Mr. W. S. Cobb, left for
Fayetteville in an automobile. ' They
were followed later by Mr. H. M. Mc
Allister and other friends.
McLeod Resting Quietly,
fayetteville, N. C, Nov. 4. Geo. B.
McLeod, ex-sheriff of Robeson, and
chairman of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of that county, was
badly injured in an automobile acci
dent today near Raeford. The auto
collided at a crossing with a train on
the Aberdeen & Rockflsh Railwaj.
The other occupants, Tom Pate, chauf
feur, and T. L. Johnson, of Lumber
ton, were only slightly hurt. The auto
was completely wrecked, McLeod
was brought to Highsmith . Hospital,
this city, where he is now resting
quietly. 1 i
ATTEMPT TO KILL MRS GOULD.
Came to Lynchburg For Medical
Treatment and Told tne Story.
Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 4. Claiming
that three attempts have been made
during the past few monins to end
her life, Mrs. Katherine Clemmons
Gould, former wife of Howard "Gould
came here last night from her coun
try home, Blue Gap Farm, to receive
medical attention for what she sup
posed was poisoning. The physician
found no need to' treat Mrs.. Gould
and no evidence of poisoning.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 4. A , delega
tion consisting of United States Sena
tor Martin, Major J. C. Hemphill, ed
itor of the Times-Dispatch, J. G. Cor-
ley, Dr. Frissell, principal of the
Hampton Industrial School, and K. C.
Stearns, secretary to the State Board
of Public Instruction, will leave here
tomorrow for Washington to invite
President Taft to make an address
before the Virginia Educational Con
ference to be held in this city Novem
ber 22nd to 25th. ,
Get Co-operative Building, and Loan
stock today at Wright's Real Estate
office. This morning.
Get Co-operative Building andJLoan
stock today at Wright's Real Estate
office. This morning. "
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THE OLYMPIC
workmen are adding the finishing
largest vessel in the world. The
was witnessed by tens of thousands
nearly 100 feet. The vessel cost
service during the winter between
ROOSEVELT SPEAKING IN IOWA
Campaigning Over the State in Be
half of the Republican Ticket
Cordially . Received First
Speech at Davenport.
rDea Moines, Towa, Nov. 4. Through
snow, sleet, rain and biting cold, aeo
dore Roosevelt campaigned over Io
wa today In behalf of the Republican
ticket. His reception was distinctly
cordial. People pattered through the
slush in crowds to see him and hear
him speak. They cheered him with
as much enthusiasm as could be mus
tered on such a day.
Colonel Roosevelt heard last month
that he was being criticised in this
State by persons who believed that
he espoused one set of doctrines in
the West and another in the East, but
he found hearty welcome awaiting
him. In his speech here tonight he
endorsed Governor Carroll and the'
State ticket and put in a good word
for Senator Cummins. ' He did not at
tempt to go into local politics, but
confined himself largely to appeals
for spport of the general principles
which he said the Republican party
as a whole represented. This even
ing be addressed several thousand
members of the Iowa State Teachers'
Association on education and good
citizenship before speaking at the
campaign rally.
Colonel Roosevelt mace his first
speech of the day in Davenport.
The reception of Colonel Roosevelt
at Des Moines was the most striking
of the day. In spite of the unfavor
able conditions the downtown streets
were lined with crowds which cheered
constantly. Colonel Roosevelt was
taken at once to the University
Church of Christ, where he spoke to
more than 2,000 high school pupils
After tonight's meeting he went td
his car to start on the homeward tripC
He is due in Chicago in the morning
and will be met there by representa
ives of the Ohio Republican State
Committee, wno will take him across
Ohio in a special car. He will speaK
at Toledo and Cleveland.
UNCLE SAM MAY INTERFERE.
Marines May Stop the Revolution on
Now in Honduras.
Washington, Nov. 4 In the event,
of a hostile attack on foreigners at
Ampala. Honduras, it is not antici
pated here tnafthe United States gun
boat Princeton will find it necessary
to shell the town. Instead, Command
re Hayes probably will send marines
ashore to take JoseValladares, the
revolutionary leader, " Into custody
which act, it is believed would end
the revolution. The gunboat York
town is due at Ampala tomorrow to
relieve the Princeton.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4. Within a few
weeks of liberty after serving more
than four years of a five year sen
tence in the Federal prison here,
Henry H. Davis, of Kentucky, was
killed yesterday when he fell from a
scaffold around the new admimstra
tion building at the prison, a distance
of 47 feet. Davis was cdnvicted of
counterfeiting. His relatives, it is
said, ore now living in Oklahoma. V
Get Co-operative Building and Loan
stock today at Wright's Real Estate
office.' This morning. . ; V
TOOK FOUR; HOURS
BUTLER TO REPLY
t
i
New Moses ofj Republican
Party Made His Much
Advertised Speech.
PEB50MTUSIHSE
D corates Daniels, 5fmmcns and Over
man With Honorstle tadge of His
Disfavor. Repudiated Bonds
and " Prettijjrew's.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov: 4. From 1:30
to 5 : 30 o'clock this afternoon, ex
United Stated Senator Marion Butler
-i
talked to a crowd that filled the opera
house, aiscussing briefly some politi
cal issues in this State and then
answering charges " ade against him.
Personal attack? r - -itor Daniels
of the News and Observer, and Sena
tor Simmons, were tho most scathing
this caustic speaker cpind make, and
were probably never equalled in a
North Carolina campaign. "Lying
cowardly scoundrels," were among the
mildest characterization of these men.
He explained .aat he had cnallengea
either or both to meet him today.
Getting down to bnd matters he pro
nounced the charge0 against him as
willful lies, explaining that the Souta
Dakota bonds were aa honest debt.
He had considered it no improper act
to become counsel tor the collection
of these bonds two weeks before his
term as United States Senator ex-
pirea. As to tne advertisement in tne
New York Post, and other papers, for
repudiated bonds, ne said tne adver
tisement was gotten up by other coun
sel and when ue saw that bonds had
been gotten together through this ad
veriisement, he refused to have" any
thing to do with them.
He read a letter he wrote Judge Co-
ler & Co., New Tors, advising them
of. having nothing to do with them,
saying: "If an attempt is made to
collect these bonds, i not only will
not be employed,: but I would oppose
such efforts." He reaa a telegram from
ex-Senator Pettigrew, stating tnat he
had. been shown b ge ojer j&
Co.. this letter of "MarloS Butler, dated
January, 1906, in which he refused to
have anything to do with the collec
tion of any Southern State bonds that
were not honest and for which the
State aid not receive Dar value. He
pictured prominent Democrats of the
oeriod inspiring and profiting by tne
fraudulent bonds, held up a copy oi
so-called "suppressed report of a later
bond investigating committee" and
said the' reading of it would strike
consternation to the hearts of; mem
bers of many prominent Democratic
families in the State. Since the is
sue had been so viciously pressed by
Democratic campaigners he proposed
to see to it this column is reprinted
and circulated in North. Carolina.
Tnen Butler opened up on Editor
Josephus Daniels, and Senator bim
mons with personal ridicule. He gave
Senator Overman denunciation for at
tacks on him, 1 declared ne hated to
drag the dead into the connict. but
there were reasons why overman
would not meet him. One was the
entanglement of kinspeople in repu
diated bond frauds. They were press
ing this bond fight on him now and if
it is kept up "there would De sucn
a rattline of dry bones in graveyards
of various prominent families as would
spread consternation among tnem in
deed. He closea wim a recitation of
the vast amount of work he says he
still does for North Carolina at Wash
ington without charge.
GAVE BLOOD TO BROTHER.
Man Savagely Bitten by Hog Had. His
Leg Amputated.
Richmond. Va.. Nov. 4. George F
Robertson, of Chase City, Va., in the
Memorial Hospital here today, gave
about a pint of. his blood to save the
life of his brother, li. w. KODerison,
who was having one of his legs ampu
tated. The latter was savagely bitten
by a hog a few days ago and his
physicians saw that the amputation
alone would save urn.
The patient Is now believed to l)e
on the road to recovery,
OUTLINE.
Joe Dawson, in a Marmon car, won
the 200-mile race on the Atlanta
Speedway yesterday. Several other
drivers made good time and it was
a neck and neck race to the finish
John A. Dix, Democratic candidate
for governor of New York, was in an
auto accident yesterday, but escaped
uninjured On account of the se
vere weather wires in all directions
in the North were blown down yester
day and Washington communicated
only intermittenly with the outside
world- It is bqlieved that marines
from the United States gunboat
Princeton will be sent ashore if neces
sary to stop the revolution in Hondur
as New York markets: Money on
call strong, 4 to 4 3-4 per cent, ruling
rate and closing bid 4 1-4, offered at
4 1-2; Hour dull; wheat spot steady,
No. 2, 94 7-8 and 94 5-8 fob afloat,
No. 1, nortnern Duluth, 1.11 1-8 i. o. D.
afloat; corn spot steady, No. 2, 57 3-4
elevator, domestic basis to arrive and
58 1-4 fob afloat; oats, spot steady;
rosin easy, turpentine quiet; spot cot
ton closed 10 ' points , advance, mid
dling ' uplands 14.65, middling gulf
14.90.1 i v
WASHINGTON HAS TROUBLE
Wire Communication Badly Crippled.
Caused Wreck Near Scranton.
Snow in Maryland and other
Places.
Washington, November 4. The Na
tional capital communicctel intermit
tently with the outside world today.
Wires in all directions were blown
down by a' severe storm, accompanied
by rain and snow which struck the
city last night.
No direct wire communication be
tween here, and the north could be
had, while conditions in other direc
tions were almost as bad, although a
limited outlet and inlet for news was
had by way of the West.
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 4. The storm
which struck this section of the State
last night developed into almost a
blizzard. It was .responsible for a
collision of a Delaware and Hudson
coal train and an Erie freight near
est Forest City. Henry Gratton, of
Carbondale conductor of the coal
train was killed and two trainmen
were badly injured.
In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Nov 4.- he northeast
gale, which came in from the ocean
yesterday, developed during the night
into one of the worst November
storms in years. In the mountain
districts of Pennsyhnnia snow felt -to
the deptn of -twelve inches and in
some places drifted badly. Railroad
and trolley service in these sections'
is impeded. The storm was accompa
nied by a high wind, which played
havoc with telegrapn and telephone
wires.
Part of ihe Anthracite coal region
is snow-bound. At iJelano one of the
highest points in the region, and at
Frackville, more -than a foot of snow
fell and drifted : in places to three
feet. . -
L..-Trelley- service WflCa jnaintained. with
difficulty and the Pennsylvania rail
road was obliged to use the tracks of
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company because of a heavy
drift
Business of all kinds in Schuylkill
county was practical. at a standstill,
the storm having caught the region
entirely unawares.
Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, WI1-
liamsport an dother points west of
niladelphia are cut on from all wire
communication.
Snow in Maryland.
Baltimore, Nov. 4. Last night's
storm which played such havoc at the
aviation field, caused serious interrup
tion to telegraph ana telephone ser
vice. The long distance telephone
companies report no communication
in any direction.
This afternoon the storm showed
signs of abatement a-thought a mix
ture of snow and rain was still falling
and a strong northeast wind was
blowing. The snowfall, which was the
first of the winter, was general
throughout Maryland.
New York Suffers.
New York. Nov. 4. A storm of
mid-winter intens y. which came
booming up the Atlantic coast, last
night, bringing with it sharp gales and
heavy falls of snow ana rain, left to
day a broad trail of broken wire com
munication along the seaboard, leie-
graph companies were beset with dif
ficulty in all directions. Tne storm
was apparently severest between Bal
timore and Washington, all wires be
ing down between tnose cities.
Pennsylvania suffered from a soggy,
clineine snow, and wires across tae
State were either down or worked only
intermittently. Early communication
with Chicago was obtained by way of
Boston, thence to me west.
Communication wit- eastern points
was anected by the snow storm which
hroueht down the snow-coated wires.
New York state felt the storm and
wires worked poorly.
Broken wire communications att'ect
ed some of the railroads and trains
from distant points were in some
cases far behind their schedules.
Five steamships due at quarantine
this mornine are still unreported at
9:50. Tne steamers are evidently de
tained by the high tales and moun
tainous seas.
Storm Hits Norfolk.
Norfolk. Va.. Nov. . Norfolk was
nraotically cut off from telegraphic
communication with the outside world
for several hours tooay on account oi
tne terrific northwester tnat has been
sweenig the Virginia coast ior tne
nast 24 hours.
Wire to the North and West went
down early today and it was not until
tonight that communication was re
stored west of v.ashington.
Washington, Nov. 4. Retirement
with pay for old government clerks
is recommended to the Secretary of
the; Treasury by M. O. Chance, audi
tor of the Postofllce Department, in
his annual report today. He declares
an unusually large proportion " of the
employes of his office have passed
their usefulness and that the average
of efficiency among tnem is below the
standard.
( Get Co-operative Building and Loan
stock today at Wright's Real Estate
office. This morning. . v
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Chicago Attorney Against Whom
Charges of Bribery are Preferred,
According to a dispatch received
last night.
iliTe
State's Attorney Wayman's Petition
to Investigate Conspiracy Charges
Granted Indictment Returned
Against Erbstein.
Chicago, Nov. 4. On petition of
State's Attorney Wayman, Judge Kan
avanaugh late today appointed former
Judge John Barton Payne, as a special
State's attorney to investigate the
charges of conspiracy made by Mr.
Wayman against Attorney Charles tn.
Erbstein and others. The action is
the result of steps taken by Erbstein
to have the Chicago Bar Association
begin disbarment proceedings against
Mr. Wayman for alleged jury brib
ing.
Immediately following his appoint
ment of former Judge Payne, Judge
Kavanaugh issued an order directing
Attorney Fogle, of toe Chicago Bar
Association,. to .turn over to the grand
jury the', iamdavit maxing charges oi
bribery against Mr. Wayman, which
Erbstein had filed with the associa
tion'. ? Judge Kavaftaugti "also entered
an order directing a certain witness
to tea the grand jury the name of
the juror aneged by Erbstein to have
been bribed.
Within two hours after Judge Kava
naugh had issued his orders in con
nection with the special inquiry the
grand jury returned indictments
against Erbstein, McBride and others,
charging conspiracy to do an illegal
act. Three unidentified men were
also specified in the John Doe indict
ments returned by the grand jury, in
connection with tne Erbstein case and
the allegeu conspiracy to injure Mr.
Wayman.
It is expected by attachees of the
criminal court that the October grand
jury, which still is in session, will
make the investigation under direction
of Mr. Payne. Subpoenas have already
been issued for several witnesses.
Mr. Wayman says he wants the in
quiry taken up immediately because
he believes the charges should be
considered by a legal body before dis
barment proceedings are taken up by
the -bar association.
SHOT DAUGHTER AND SELF.
Pitiful Tragedy at Scranton, Pa,
-Wo-
man's Desperate Deed.
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 4. Mrs. Har
riet Tv Turner, 40 years old, shot her
17-years-old daughter, Margerie, last
niht and also sent a bullet into her
own breast, inflicting what physicians
believe to be a fatal wound. The
tragedy was discovered by a milk
man today, who found Mrs. Turner
buried in 15 inches of snow on her
tront porch. Her head was resting
on a pillow.
Mrs. Turner's husband, William,
and her son, Willard, are in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania hospital fc
Philadelphia. The husband is in a
critical condition from asthma and
the son is being treated for blindness
in one eye. -
The authorities believe that worry
over her family troubles temporarily
deranged Mrs. Turner's mind.
A 11-year-old son was not harmed
Mrs. Turner told the doctors that she
loved the boy too much to take him
along with her into death, but she
thought the daughter would have too
many troubles in life and decided to
shoot her.
DIES OF FOOTBALL INJURY.
Member of Senior Class of Roanoke
College the Victim.
ttoanoke, Va., Nov. 4. James vv.
Mock, a1 member of the senior class
at Roanoke College, died today as a
result of injuries received a week ago
while playing football in a practice
game on the college field. He was
20 years old and a native of Damas
cus, Ga.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. ' 4. Percy S. Ste
phen?pn and Henry W, Anderson, spe
cial masters by appointment of Fed'
eral Judge Waddill will tomorrow in
Portsmouth make sale of the proper
ties and franchises of the Albemarle
& Chesapeake Canal Company to sat
isfy a $500,000 first mortgage given
In January, 1879, to the Central Trust
Company, of New York.
Attorney General of North
Carolina Makes Great
Speech for Democracy.
AT COURT HOUSE LAST NIGHT
Pleasing and Eloquent Presentation
of Issues of Campaign Distin
guished Visitor Entertain- (
ed While in City.
Not. a very large, but a most repre
sentative audience of his fellow citl.
zens of New Hanover county, last
night in the Court House in this city,
listened for two hours to a most elo
quent, witty and thoroughly effective
address by Attorney General Thos.'
W. Bickett, of North Carolina, on the
issues of the present campaign, the
speaker charming his hearers at one
moment with an intermittent flight
of eloquence and convulsing them
with laughter in another with his
scintillating wit and rare good hu
mor. Even "Congressman" Iredell
Meares' pet bird dog, "Teddy," who
had wandered into the court room,
couldn't resist the inimitable Bickett
and once when the speaker was lean
ing far over the judge's bench from
which he spoke and was popping his
finger and gesticulating vigorously
while sending home some good, sound
Democratic point, "Teddy" arose mag
nificently to the occasion by putting
both paws up on the stand and wag
ging his tail briskly, in spite of the
fact that it was not "His Master's
Voice." The incident brought down,
the house.
Mr. Bickett's was indeed , a great,
speech and infused more real enthu
siasm in the campaign than has yet
been manifest. The Court House was
well filled In spite of the rather un
seasonable weather and when the
speaker came in with nis host, the
Houvk Joan J- .. Bellamy Jie;'- wasr greeti
ed most cordially toy his audience. 1
Chairman Marsden Bellamy, of the
County Dejmocratic Executive Com
mittee, called the meeting to order
and presented Hon. John D. Bellamy.i
who responded in a vigorous speecn
in which he contrasted the origin and
records of the two great parties in the
Nation, extolled the righteous princi
ples of Democracy and Introduced the
distinguished- guest as one of the ab
lest champions of this doctrine; an
able lawyer, a lofty patriot, an upright
citizen, the ablest of the young De-(
mocracy of North Carolina.
Mr. Bickett keenly appreciated the
exceeding kind words of his friends
in presenting him, the representative
audience which greeted him and the
flattering manner in which the news
papers had seen fit to herald his com
ing. The temptation was great, he
said, to let it rest right there, to plead
guilty to what they had said and pre
serve an eloquent silence. He then
told the story of the Englishman who
came to this country In search of the
brainiest lawyer, was directed to Al
bert J. Beveridge, whom he was told
would admit all that had been said
about him. The speaker excused his .
impairment of voice by "rough usage" -having
been campaigning for a month
in the mountains, but his audience
at the conclusion of the speech were
not in a frame of mind to tolerate an'
apology.
As a representative of Democracy
he was glad to bring good tidings of '
the campaign in this the "finally
brethren" stage of the game. He had
been, over most of the State and eve
rywhere the signs were encouraging.
He had spoken in the Fifth district
and he. was sure that the people of
New Hanover would hear with- exceed
ing great pleasure that the election
of Hon. Chas. Manly Stedman Is an
absolute certainty. He will carry all
but Surry, Stokes and Forsyth, which
will give Republican majorities,
which were quoted, but .his majority
in the other counties will neutralize
these figures with Guilford and Gran
ville to give him on the whole 1.200 to
1,500 majority. These assurances
were received with enthusiastic ap
plause by Maj. Stedman's many
friends here.
In the eighth district everything In
dicates the election of Doughton over
uowies, tne lormer making a remanc
able campaign both on the stump and
in the "bush." The tenth district the
speaker admitted, was close with no
money to bet on either side. Grant
and Gudger are running neck and
neck.
"But it is everywhere a Democratic
year," Mr; Bickett said. "The truth
is 'a great politcal revival is in pro
gress not confined to our own land,
but extending to the ends of the
earth. The divine right of Kings is
being battered down before the divin
er rights of men. In our own land
the hour of ninety and nine ha
struck. Monopoly is waging a losing
fight The dollar is giving way to the
man. The mills of the Gods are'
grinding exceedingly slow but they
are grinding exceedingly fine those
who, have stiffened their necks to the
appeals of the people."
The speaker said he was fond oC
tracing human races : .and develop-
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