North Carolina Newspapers

- Dsboro ufews The Largest Guaranteed Local . . Circulation WEATHER Pnay lair GBEENSBOBO. N. O. TI1URSDAT, AFBIL 21. 1910 PHICEi FIVE CENTS Rush the Bricks and Break Other Records SOMETHING NEW LONG FELT WANT 'Indulge Id HflarlonsCcmmeDt Hark Twain Shows Less Bearst Springs Political Sen satioo In Novel Way. Editor Hempnlil Plesds Fcr Qesner Newspapers, ' ( Over Result zt Rochester. Strength Tban Tcesday. VOL. II. NO. 81. DEMOCRATIC JOY GROWINGWEAKER EEMINDED OF AN OLD "SAW Jjfeaker Tells Teem "Be fits Uaghs last Laughs Best" Republicans Are Rot Disconcerted. (By Th Associated Pre. Weefclngton, April 20 With mock eerionsneaa, Representative Ruckcr, of Missouri, a Democrat. aiue t aike a parliamentary inquiry aooa alter the House convened today. "Ha the Houe yet Beard that the Thirty-aeoMd district of Now York had aa election yeeterdayr' aeua Mr, Ruckcr. When the Democratic demonstration, precipitated by the uggetion that a Democrat bad been elected la nu tee vacancy oauaed by the death of a Re publican member had ceased. Speaker Uanaon wit, equal gravity, repuea: "Answering the parliamentary i quiry, the ofeair observe that one aide at la lion ana tbc gentleman irom MiMourt aeem to be enthueiaatie." Then rawing hi voioe the bpeaker added propeaticeJly : -He laufb heat who laugh Uat. It waa the the turn of the Repub lic, to laux'i and soolaud. and the Democrats good natoredly loisca la ue laughter. Not alne the preecat Oongreee began have the Democratic member been in eueh a Jubilant mood a they were to day ever the remit of the New York election. They gathered early am the floor and there waa everywhere a ipirit of felieitatlea. The KapuDilcaa leader declined to attach any particular igniti on t the defeat. Representative trends Barton Harriso (Democrat), of New York, believed that It marked the avertlirew of a regime nationwide in it extent. R preeeatntiv Underwood, the Deao eratie whip" deolared tht it waa a "di.tlnet repudiation of the Pnyac-Ald-1 rim tann law ana m aanunisirnuoa. , Repreeeniative OUie Jam eaid the Democrat would have a majority in the next Oonaroo. Reproaentative Herri , of Xebrsska, one of the "meurgent" leader, said: "It elm pi y an uprising of tne peo le egatnet machine rule and mean that it I people will eland for it no longer. COWLES IS FAVORITE Stanly Republicans Will Send Dele gation for Him. (Special to Daily Newt.) Albemarle, April 20. Jn response to a eall of Chairman W. B Mooee, the Re publican executive committee of Stanly oeunty met in the courthouse yester day for the purpose of napping out a line of campaign during the summer. A majority of the member of the com mittee we present. There having been no caill made for the meeting of the state convention it we decided to postpone the calling of the county convention until after eiich eall waa issued by toe tate chairman, in structing the oounty chairman to rail the rounty convention in ample time to meet and elect delegate to the state convention. Report made by the various member of the committee from the different pre cincts showed the party to be in ex cellent condition throughout the county, the concensus of opinion prevailing among the committee being that the Republicans will carry the county this tail by a greatly increased majority over that of two year ago, when the county went Repumicao by leee than 200 majority. Resolutions were passed commending the administration of Judge Adama as state chairman; endorsing the course of the Hon. diaries H. Oowles in Ounjrrees, and that of Dr. J. I. Campbell, aa mem ber of the last legislature from Stanly county. While there was no action taken by the committee relative to a renomina tion of Mr. Oowles for Congress from the Eighth district to succeed himself in the next Congress, itis pretty general ly understood that this county will send a delegation to the congressional! con vention favoring his renominstion with out a dissenting vote, as the Republicans of the county are Oowles men almost to the SCOTTISH RITE MASONS TO HOLD REUNION IN ASHEVIXLE (Special to Ilaiiv Xer Aaheviile, April 20 Asheville lodge of Perfection No. 1. Ancient and Ac rpted Sontti.h Rite Masons, eill boldi a reunion nere .lune 1 and . tut previ us to the mating of the fanners of Oasis temple. It is upectcd that ab.t 30 men will fake th degrees from the fourth through the eighteenth. Oecidcal en Findlay. (Special to Daily Ner-s.i AsbeviUe, April 80. The joint golf committee of the board of tmde. Re tail Merchant' aaeociation nd A the vl lie Country club held a special meet mg Tee tarda y aatertmon when it wa decided to -ask A. H. Findlay, sneuager of tt .porting depart men! of John Wnmkers store, to come hero and leak th (osf sitaaUew over and ubtnit b feyort. SEEMS TO BE SLOWIT SINKING His Trouble Is Cardiac Astbmi with Angina Pectoris Last Report Said fas Resting Quietly. (By Tb Associated Pre,) Redding, Conn, Anil M.-r-Ta tradi tion of flainuel L. Clemen Mark Twain), thia afternoon waa perceptibly weaker than it was 24 hour ago. Dr. Robert B. Haleey, the attending physi cian, ia a statement aa to the patient' lilacs, said Mr. Clemen haa eardia asthma with angina pectoris. At time he suffers n great deal, but generally he rest comfortably and ia able to sleep at time. Aeording to Dr. Haleey, in the Uat II hour the weakness haa become marked, and Mr. Cleancn doe not reapond to treatment aa did before that. The patient ha show strength at time, and It may be that be will rally again. Ia a statement given out tonight by Dr. Haleey, he say hi patient M weaker than he waa when the afternoon bulletin was Issued. Tonight' state ment waa aa follows: "Mr. Clemen I weaker tonight tlmn he wa at the laat statement, bnt i resting perfectly quietly. JURY OUT IN GRAFT CASE Rleln, tne Confessed Brine Taker, Principal Witness Examined. Pittsburg, Pa., April M. The jury ii out tanlgbt considering the eaaea of tb second councilman placed on trial for bribery. Whan court adjourned no ver dict waa returned and if en ia reacbad during th night., it will he sealed and submitted to the court ra the morning. The ease ia that of Ubuneiimaa A. V. Simon, who pleaded not guilty when brought into court todav, despite pleas of illness. John T. Rleln, who "kicked out the prop" and "let Ue sky fall" in the bribery scandal, was the chief witneaa against Simon and hi testimony wa corroborated by former Councilman Char la Stewart and Dr. W. H. Weber, who haa admitted that he gave Klein (0,000 to distribute among eouncilmen. "P INK" FRANKLIN'S CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT! Washington, April SO. An alleged in- fingement of the rifyhts of negroes in j the south came before the ehipreme ; court of the United (Stetea, in an in dirett wsy today, when argirment of the t'tnk rrsnklm murder case wss ne- Franklin was convicted of the murder i of H. . Valentine, a constable, who was trying to arrest him, and sentenced to he hanged. He sppealed to the rupnme court According to Adams. Franklin shot the constable as he entered his house at night, without knowing that he was sn officer. He contended further that Franklin wa justified in resisting r- ; rest on a warrant isaued under an un fonwtitiitlonal Isw, such as he clarmed the .lirri culture I contract law" to he. The argument Will be continued tomor row. COTTON EXCHANGE MEMBER COMMENDS POOL INQUIRY Nwr York, April 20. Da-id H. MilUr, a nirinber of the Kuw York cotton x cVranpr and on? of tboae ttbpoenatd in tbc froTrninant'i inquiry into the ai ltved bull pool of raw cotton, iwued a ctAtemfnt tonipht commend ing tb gnr flrnmrnt'i action and dnring teat tb invtfttigatioai was inducvd by complaint of the beara. Hf alpa a bftolvca the New York cotton fixchanga from any official oonneotion with tbc matter. .Tamta Patten, of Ohicapo, denied flatly todHT that b waa asaoriated with any other interests in the cotton market and said th:it he propoard to eand by hia prvftent position In the market. 'I he federal pund jurr'n rtivtirntifrn into the allrged pool will be rpumd tomorrmr. REKBY REYNOLDS NAMED FCR REVENUE COLUCTCS I Washington. April 20. Among the nominations sent to the Senste by Pres ident Taft today was thai of Henry Reynold, to be collector of internal rev enue for th fifth district of North Car olina. Against Income Tax Amendment. (By The Associated Prew.) Albany. N. 1", April 20. The concur rent resolution committing the state in favor of the proposed income tax amendment to the federal constitution Wa defeated ia the assembly today by a rot of 7 to ti. Seventy-aix votes wei necessary te npprvv tn xeeasui. Tkarc were tea abeeatees. 4 ews"W.. 3 :l'::,:.rii;-t: -; I . ' .1 ' 1 i ; v.- -'V i y-. v.- 1.1 '! w-3, V 1 L , J ",; -I : t .. " ' ; Jh -1 I I- V -SJ .-..:?- t a I Ml . 1 .. i.. -. t. T i. -m ,T1 iU -I 1 A- , . I r wit ii is rrrt i I '1 II 1.1 Iff I I ry M B m m m m 'i. jt m I I I L-i 1 Leader R. C. Hoed Always Hustling, j Capt. S. Clay William A Winner. Capt. A. B. Huh A Banner Toter. LOCAL WORKERS TLA A 3IG SURPRISE TOR Business Men's Committee. Co. raptin. Sub. Amt. I A. W. B. Merrimon . . 10 Jl.Vlin ' B. C. C. Mcl.ean . . . . 15 .WS.no ! U K. C. Boy lea 14 . 3H5.O0 ! V. S. flay Williams .. 11 SHS.OO K. F. P. llobgood .... 7 i'lOOoj K. A. B High 17 4(500 1 f'.. Orter IUton . ... II 45000, H. C. A. Hine 10 200 01. 'I. T. W. Alderman . . 4 160 00 IK. r. 5V. S'henrk ... CHlOO Totals 11" Cititent' Committee. Iiv. leader. Sub. I R. C. Hood 8 2. A. M. Milliksn .1. C. H. Ireland 4. M. W. fctcrne . ... H 5. C. M. Vsnstory ... 4 6. i. C. Pierce .' . . . 3 7. .?. J. Stone 4 . M. C. Stewart 10 . O. C Wyong a 10. T. A. Buster 12 Totala Ami. 'ti.ojooii ; 2l5.n01 l'W.OO 145.00 H.V00 ' tifiWM JUiS-VD I -TCI 4j .n DIRECTOR Previously Reported. Business Men'. Committee . . . Citirens' C'ontmitt.'e MiHc.'l).ne.i. Reported 55'i-.!nesday . 7.265 00' Total to date .tM.2rM.on So elated were the 200 diners when lie alu.ie repiiit was posted at heci- IFicmlly ck-ma 'hr campaign on Sat ur dsv was eri..ii-lv nsnsidered, s Isrge nnmber expressing the opinion that,iiunt made short talks advocating '. tnere wouin i nine trouble in wnirini; tte entire ti...0ti hy that time. Alter , due eonsideraiion. however, it wa. (agreed trst it would lie best to continue i ;tlic work- a. oneinally planned and s ; resolution to the effect that the ten i rta.v' " r.iuce.i to seven wa. wun drawn. ; The resolution to shorten the cam ' 140 011 pwtjrri was introduced by -trtmerai u 3 50 tn , J . Hraiidt. and waa inspired by a re .110.00' mark from Ihreotor M. C. Williams to 110.00 1 the effect thst "it looks like Green.bnro 1X15 .C0j will hare to raise Us mark to 100.0HO or ourt Saturdsv " "A hundred thou Had," relied a dose or more cntaasi- py Da WILLIANSm men entombed in ' astic voices, while from anouber quarter . .0.0t goodly a umber celled for a toung 15.eol.00l Womeo'a rhnstiaa assoeistion. The en . Io.n00.0o' fchuMaem of the body of workers at thia point wss great and most any prupoei - j lion -uld nave looked easy "Creen.boro never needs as much time as other plseec to do snything, therefore I make s motion that the ramnaien lw closeo: Matur.,ay mem, said "t.enml ,j Velle for eeeonds and -oii. auetion " R D. Douirla an, I T. A.i coiiervtim nd lsying down the fnets w0idn-t hurt if a little over g5,ooo wa raif -d. Others expreed their opinion, though the flnjl teult w ,iw withdrawal of the motion bv "Oerr,!" Br,ndt. "That simply mejin. ginu.ono. ' yelled somebody a. Mr. Brandt took bis seat, while from another part of the roojn came: "It mean, we will do what no other towne have duos i without any resolution. Tk. n.i..l iwmu in the intl'the Indian, in two out of three fall to- amount bad filled every worker with! unbounded eonMenca in the auccesa of I - j (Continued on Pag 2, Oolumn 4.1 I ENDORSED PRESIDENT TAFT Says Cnlet laglsrrate Is Carrjtaj Oat looserclt roUcjes u Re Be Ueres Tney Snould Be. (By The Aaceoiated Pre.) WaaJeinatea. April 0. William Ran dolph Hearst, funner aapirant for th Ueucoratio nacniaauon lor tae preci- dency, issued tonight a raniarkaMc statement near his awn aisraaturc in which he unqualifiedly i dorses Mr. Taft. Ia dot a he sis entice la severest henna the adauntctiktiea at President Kooeev.lt, and in so many word warn the Amcrioaa nation against a renewal of tb political dooat nattaa of tb former nrccideni, Mr. tiearx aauaa St in n mi nouce this afternoon. He spent n half hour with the Preeidsnt. Vpon having he said be had celled merely te pay Sis re- peeU t hlr. Taft, whom he said he ad mired. Later he issued hi endorsement of the Taft administration. 'iNo on can talk with tb President without appreciating and rcepectuig hit earnestnee and aiecartty," th" tta- meat proceed, "rersonauy, i believe also in hie efficiency, lie aa been on year in eince aad ht ha osrteiijy as npUcaed more In Mat on year usaa Rooeeveit did in hut am year. "It la hardly fair t com par Tnft's year with Mcoaeealta aaven, a vet I am not sure that eve with that the comparison might not be te Taft'l advantage. Taft' snethod arc aot those of Roosevelt, but ttaca Taft wlU prob ably not conclude hi term with a panic. "On tbc whol It aeem i ma met a quiet, earnest gentletnaa wb cams inta olilea when the country wa la the magh f adversity, and, altar on year la omc haa placed tbc sown try on tae high road of prosperity, 1 quit a val uable a President a a more showy and partaeular perse who fernae) the coua arr ia th heigh 4 mancsity and eaft It la th death f edveraitT . sir. Hecrst admiU that be dee aot charaw Mr. Roosevelt diraotlr with re sponaibility for th peale of 107, nor doe a undsrtaas give air. jar ins entire credit far tb resterabioa of pro perlty. ,11 dcolare, however, tbat the administration which is prodnsing more dividend for business men aad finding work for the nnemploved snould not be too merply criticised lor certain miaor fault of orates Km or commission. "Taft is carrying out Roosevelt' pol icies in the one way tbat they ought lo be carried out. That ia to say, he it doing the thing that Rooeev.lt should have done, but did not do. "Taft is making Ike H weevelt railroad net complete and effective. The Roose velt railroad rate act has always been an utter furce and everybody who know anything about the subject knew when it was passed (hst it wss a farce and i would be a failure. It might hare been meant to be a failure. ! Vr. Hearst as v. thst Preident Taft ' is trying fo stiffen into an active force the ".pineles railroad bill or tne Rooaevelt administration. He gives Mr. Tsft credit for the pmeecution of crim inal trusts and for throwing hit powsr f ul influence behind m.ny needed laws, among them the corporation tai hill, I lie overcapitalisation, hill, a bill providing for postal eavings banks, the parceU pint m'-aaure ard the income tai bill. "All the masures are good," he con tinue.. ".me of theae the Roosevelt j administration wilfully omitted, others it fairly neglected, in some It diacuseed, but never accomplished. i "If the people wsnt more of achieve mr-nt than Taft is giving, then they must turn to another perty, for I do not believ that there is another In the Republican party who will do more or aa much. "Most certainly if th peopls want the tariff modified, they must turn to an other party, for the tariff will never lie modified by It benonciaries. And its beneftciariea eontvol the Republican par ty." Mr. Hearst erases his statement with the declaration that the Amerieaa peo ple need look for no tariff reform. MINE NtAK BIKMINIilUM (By The Associated Press.) Barmingham, Al., April 20. Between jg and 40 men are en torn tied in the Muljra mine of the Birmingham Coal , and Iron company, as the re.jlt of an explosion whu-h occurred at 9 o'clock ! toniirlit snd their fate ia not known. TV - explosion s oi sucn force tast the i mo.iLh of the abaft. The cars in the mouth of the shait were o bsdly sprung by the explosion that they ran not be used. The haft not on fire and air being pumped ' into the mine. The cause of the explosion hss not Wn determined. Mulya is located vuo.it aix rcilea nortwest of Enaley. uf Turner Defeated Hackenschmidt. tharlotte, April 20. Joe Turner, Washington, better know n ai. Youiif! ; ll, k..ehmlt defeateH White Horse. !" th. fdemy of music in rsc time, and in one ot tne most ccien tide diaplaya of the sport witnessed on il Bat. ' a local ADDRESSED TALE L'NIYIESITT I oat newspaper lakers and leaders Need Is Bread Tolerance of Opto- loi aad Jpeech, Said Speaker. (By The AaeorJatrd Press.) ' , New Haven, Cw.a., April JU.hUJ. J. 0. HemphiU, edilcr of tb Kxksumd Tiaiec-Uupatch, mad a plea for elsaaer journallam and cleaner newspapers la aa sd dress at Yale University tonight. H was delivering th first lecture ander thc Bromley foundation, provided for by Mrs. Adelaide K. Bromley, la memory of her husband, Iaaae hi. Braanlcy, Yale 53. Ths cubject of his eture a "Th Public aad the PreM." The press ia these abundant' time, said Major Hemphill, "speaking general ly, ia ia the buaincca for the snooey there . ia in It, It la the mart potent fore ia naping aad directing tbc thought aad senilis sat of the ooantry, tt i yet a beggar at the doer of patraaage. littl or no independence i actually pee eeeaed by th Journalist wb preach independence. It must be said, however, te the credit r discredit, a you sis as, f the public, thct It reflerta largely the character of the aewepaper by which it i served. "The yellow streak run net lea through tb press than through the peo. pic The a hams of the area la that it haa catered to the worst tendencies of a corrupt aad malodorous age. It mis sion tight to be the cWvatioa of tb public) Instead It adverstiae It degra datieeij fairly ihricking against any re strioticn upon it liberty, it convert It liberty lata Urea. "Broadly (peaking, the most senea tional and Irresponsible newspaper make th most money, and there haa bee acted for year th gradual degra datioa of th Amerieaa proa to th American level. Bom of th e leanest and moat self-respecting newspapers are published da New Kaglad but.aveu her tb tendency award a lower eon caption of iowrnali.nl can net have es caped the observation af those who are interested la the dvlopmcA of civilisation. "The ideal newspaper doe not exist f it is doubtfal that It ever will Tb newspapers of today, like tb churches, represent thia or that view of polltlcai 3ueettoas thl or that Industry or ia ividual, or section they poaaessc tha enthusiasm of advocates, nicy lack tb wisdom of tha Judgs. "There ic no profession aa electing, none requiring so extensive aad acati rat knowledge of history and philoso phy and political economy, none calling for so great patience of opposition, sucn clearness and - firmness of Judgment, such courage of conviction and such . oareful regard for the right of other. That Is wny, in my opinio, th new. pener should be, in fact, the judre and jury and not the swift witness or th paid munsellor in the rase on trial be fore the people. "There ia not sa old man or a young; man In this somen oe wbo ess rr known the iecues Involved in a politi cal campaign to htve been Isrily we. sented by the opposition press. That newspaper is unworthy, which, for per sonal profit or political gain for iteelf or its party, misrepresent, the petition of c profession or polities! rivsl) that follows any particular oonrae because it 'popular; that joins In the defama tion of any man heauae there is some thing to be made out of it. either In th wav of Increased circulation or ad ventitious importance. 'What both newspaper maker anrl newspaper, readers most need. If they would rrarB tne best settlement of tha question in which they are interested, is aot party spirit or sectional fervor, but brood tolerance of opinion ami speech ." 0EN.0.S. FRENCH DEAD las Oldest Living Confederate Gen eral and West Point Graduate. Floral. Ala., April 20. Gen. G. S. French, the oldest living Confederata general, died here today, aged M years. Tie will be buried at Pcnsaoola, next Thursday. Mobile, Ala., April 20 -Geo. (I 5. : rrencn, wuo men at norm is, jvia, wa 1 the oldest living graduate of Wee Point in tie ( onfrderate servics. He wat born in Cloueeter, V in MM snd grsdiuiUd Irmn West PoilSl ia 1S43 sn.i eent to Tela. lie sei-n-d under Mexican war and wa eonnde.1 at the battle of Buems ; Vista. Keturninr to New Jersey he waa prernted with tword by that ttate. He w. a m ier general in the Civil war. Went Over Embankment. Minntun taavru, April 20. Clarence Call, who was here today, reported that In, acr'tmpanied hy Thonma Finley, Frank llendren and f harlea Beeson, started t- Tsylorsville vesterdav more- irg to attend th funeral of the Hon. It. it. Linney, out in going ovsr tne mountain the machine in which they Were riding turned over, rolling down a high embankbent. Fortunately not one of ta occupants waa hurt. Tae u. caia belonged ta Mr. Bsscon.