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::,J)l 1 SECTION' ONE-Pages; 1 to -1G-32' Pages. V-, V CHABLOTTE, N.- OBUNi)AY 11 1 :, k . WWW 1 .r- COTTON LEAK IL KILLED . W OUXD SUGMATIZK ' COXGRESS, .' ... - i . . By Vote of . 107 to .House Send to .Junk Heap Measure 31 a king It a ' Misdemeanor for Government - Kin ' ployes, JiH'liulliix Members of Con- : ares, to Itrreal Information Likely IO Affect Market Attacked by i Messrs. , McOall. ' Grosvenor 'ml ; f, longrpun Defense by Mr, Uuriceon f;N.,;AnU..M .- ?. y.r,-.-x;-A I ;;.' Washington,". May 11, By,a ,yot ot 10 1' to 07. the House to-day re , ." fused to pas the antl-graft" bill.-so '.':). called, dealing with cotton, leak and '. ' other matters of a confidential charac- ! ter. which,, ahould they become,' pub ; Ucly known, might have tendency to affect markets,, because the ooo- . fereea had recommended ' that Jnem ' ' bera of Conrreaa be- Included .within the acope of the bllU which .make f It a misdemeanor for advance tnfor matlon to be riven -out by any officer , ' or employe of the government that ;V" would tend to exert an Inttuence or - , ,a fleet the market value of any prdduot grown -whhin the" United- States 'or i affect the value of stocks and bonds. 'V, t The conferees of both 8tnate and House recommend that the penalty , v prescribed for officers of the govern- uienx who violate the code . created by the'uet should apply to members of Congress. . ' A IF, MEMBERS WERE CROOKED 1 ' Mr.' McCalL f -Massachusetts lead , . log the oppoidtlon against making 1 members of Congress amenable to the . penalties, of the measure, said the .clause or tjne bill sought to be Incor '; ' ported was an advertisement Ito.lha , world that the members were crook- ed. .He said .members of Congress ' were neither collectors nor the gusrd- lans of secret governmental statistics. J ' They are representatives and can have " no secrets from their constltutents. "If you are to enter opon this - field,", Mr- McCall said, "why.,' not . . .piake a-- compleet code? Why -not provide, that mnmbers shall be taken ' : Into the- police court and ' bo fined - 'when . they fall to., vote. . tmDiiaoned vwben they do not attend the sessions of the House, and that the' Speaker - when he plays the Csar shall - be flogged at the cart's tall In the. public aquarer.' , ' DEFENDED BT MR BURLESON. . ' 'Mr. Burleson, ef Texas, the author "of the blU' said that the measure was , aimed at the corrupt and venal pr iv tic of giving out Information of 'a confidential character which - might seriously affect markets or stocks. He 1 ' wanted member of Congress to be Included In the bill, not because he - believed they would - violate conn . dencee. but might be tempted orf some occasions to use the Information they - are possessed of for purposes of gain, "This bill degrades the high office V of. a member of Congress. ssld Mr. - Grosvenor, of Ohio, and, for one, he was against Its provisions.. . He ssld :v bis career as a legislator was exceed ingly abort and he would not place a - - lUftni upon those wbo come after him by Impugning their motives. V , WHAT , MIpHT. HAPjPEN.. . . f Mr. Gardner said thtt 'Ut summer the herring; fishermen of . Gloucester ,were hcvtng conulderSbU difllislty wun tne csnaaian authorities. Fish - ing sloops ..were being seised and It , . became aeeeeeary f or him to see -r the .. Secretary of State.- Ha came to .Washington, being In close communi , cation by-cable with his constituents ' fishing off Newfoundland. On that, learned much that was not generally known, and he caused the Informa tion to be made public. As a result. the price of herring fluctuated con .... stderably.- - - , .- Oils bill should psss. both the . eecreury or sute and myself would .be candidates for the pen." he said. . ; The conference report was rejected, ' . Jit) to 16. :' Mr. McCall then moved to lay the ; bill and amendments on the Uble and i the bill went to the junk heap yeas. ;JT;-nays, present, tl. . 1 "... i HOTJ51T8 PARSIMONY TO 'NAVY, r Disaster la Case of War Within Next ; few. scars Is Predicted by Admiral , 'MasonWlll Probably be Comucll- - ed to. Discontinue Target Practice. V & -Washington. May 19. "Should war break out-within the next few years , the eondition or the navy will be such ' aa la ImjI ta dluBtrr " SutSh la the statement made by Rear Admiral Mason, chief of the Bureau of Ordinance, Navy Department In a 4 statement to the Secretary of the Na . vy calling attention to the reduction - in the estimates of the Bureau of , . Ordinance made by the 'Department and the House committee -on naval '- H affalra Admiral Mason' shows that more than. 111.700,800 htm been cut ' out of the estimates, and he describes - - the condition of the bureau as "little , short of despesate"; for- the- coming ''year. lie says there Is not now and " will not be any reserve - amunltloa . i available for any of the Imporunt guns. It will be necessary probably,! , . . . io oiKvniiniw m'B" anu irew ships must. be sent Into commission ' without amunltlon or ordnance stores. ' - There will be no reserve guns, torpe V does or reserve mines on hand, and ? A ' range-finders and the money to buy them., are lacking."-. . -."- Negro Kills GeorgU Deputy and U vt j.'Blain. . v t, Valdosta, Oa.V May "m 1 1. Depuu Marshal Mack . Dees, .at' Lenox.' Oiu, v ' wss shot and klllsd this afternoou ; ,br negro,' whom .he1 was trying to r arrest. - The ' negro wss later killed . ."fby a Toe who were trying to catch '' , him. The ' negro . was a -.Uesperst .. H character and Is said to have killed . . two negroes, a man and woman, at - i X v Tlfton, several weeks. ago. U wits for v V that crime that the officer was try- ;'. lng , to. arrest him- w:;'ywVV,. 'Vs 'r: tcaksvlllo, Street Bonds SOld:1 "f, 4.: ?; Special ,to The'.ObserysfV.VV,; , ' : .Reldsvllle.' May II. The 110.000 ; : worth of Leaksvllls bonds, issued for - -.' street ; Improvements, have been sold, . and the purchase money , has .been . placed on deposit.' -Mr, C. B. Keeeee,. Y . . , of Martinsville, Va, ...... was the pur- , r chaser, Lesksvllle people will no longer wslk In mud, notwithstanding fi ; the - preference ot i their r country 1 v v v friends as expressed last Saturday. , Appointed rowrth-Class - rowunantrrs. V v . -Washington,.' Msy; l.The follow. ; i ;. lng . appolntmenu i of k fourth-class ' "' . postmasters were announced to-day: ' , North Carolina Dresden. Wiley p. J W ; Tln'! Kerr, Frederlrk F. Newton.. I' -J Virginia Klncald. Herman Dk Jen kins; Totaro,' Robert -E,' Davis. ' Ex-Gov. Montague Named Pan-Atner ...lean Delegate..1.'"'. ,,. Washington; May The Presi dent has appointed Andrew J. Monta gue, of Virginia, a, delegate to the third International " conference . of American States to be held at, Rio de Janeiro. - . ;,;. 'yJ-..U!. - FAIKBAKS5 AT ATLANTA 8PCKCII CAP ia, BtSY, HOVKS Strenuous Hound of Kiiiertainment Is Given tbe Vice President, and His ' . Wife-During . Mop-Over on Their Iteturn JrVoiu Dlnningliam to Wasli- Ingfun Usnqutt CloNlug Kvn, the j-XUta Prenklrnt DwcllliiR l'.ion tlie -Spirit of . He-United Country as "Hiown-by siwuIhIi War and.' San O frram Ust Calamity ami Cojupli 5 inentliur Atlanta's Growth. ; , . ' Atlanta. ,Ga May' 1-Vlce PresN dent and1 Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, on their return' from Birmingham to Washington;, spent It strenuous hours in the hands of their Atlanta friends to-day. From noon till midnight but little time, was allowed to escspe from a round -, of entertainment tendered by personal' gnd' ofndsl friends. Jr Ac companied 'by Mrs, Charles II. -Ack-v ert, a close' friend of Mrs, Fairbanks, the party arrived a few momenta be fore noon. ' To greet them were CoL Robert H. Lowry, an Intimate friend of the" Vice President, and .his host, during his Atlanta visit, and Major K. W. Halford;.also Major -Walts and Captain C O. Clarke as military aides detailed to attend . the .distinguished guest of the day. N- ;.. , ' . EVENTS OF BTRENUOUS DAY, The programme of entertainment Llncluded a luncheon to the Vice Pres ident, tendered by Co u Lowry at the Capital City 'Club,' where - a dosen guests were Invited to meet him; fol lowing this,' a reception to tbe Ohio Club.! There was an automobile drive ending at Fort Macpherson, where the vice presidential salute of. Is guns was tired and a review of the troops at tbe post .and a reception for tbe officers were, tendered, by Col. jonn T. Van Orsdale, commanding the 8ev enteenfh Infantry. . 'At - o'clock i public reception' waa- given- and more than a thousand persons greeted the Vice President. A banquet at - 8 o'clock, -attended by about 40 of the leading cltlxens of Atlanta, closed the oay-. . - . MRS. FAIRBANKS ENTERTAINED. Mrs. 'Fairbanks and Mrs. Ackert were entertained at luncheon by Mrs. Lowry, the Atlenta Woman'a Club tendered a reception, and later the Atlanta Daughters of the, American Revolution gave a reception at' the Piedmont Driving Club to tholr dis tinguished guests. A drive to various points of .Inter est and an Informal. dinner completed the dsy. No speeches were Indulged In dur ing the entire day until the banquet this evening. Concluding this event. where about .$J. leadtngj clt'.sens of Atlanta ana ueorgia gainerea to wel come the Vice President Informally, several addresses were delivered, in" eluding' the : principal one by John Temple Graves. Vice President Fair banks-replied at some length. . MR. FAIRBANKS' ADDRESS. In thanking the people of Atlanta for their cortuai welcome. Vice Presi dent Fairbanks said there wss some thing In the hospitality of the South which Is unsurpased anywhere. He expressed wonder et the transforma tion' that had occurred In r the t city ibee Ms" last visit twenty years' ago. "There Is an evidence of growth,- he said., ''of which the Atlanta 4 first saw was - merely - a prophecy. , She bag become one, of the. most Important gateways -between the North and the South. Sbe holds a position of ex ceptional strategic Importance In the world of commerce and trade. That she will . prove ..worthy of her 'oppor tunity, 'her past and present are com plete . assurance." ' The struggle of two-score. yes rs ago was spoken 'of by the Vice President and he' praised the. people for their prompt resumption of peace and ob literation . of the scars of war and then-said: ' JOINT HEIRS OF HEROISM. "We -realise that we are -'fellow-cltlsens of the great republic, undi vided in purpose and one in our de- Yotlon to. the same flag. We are proud tof -our country, . proud of. its Industrial . strength, proud of the splendid cttenshlp, -all eager -to pro mote Its. high, destiny.. While we are conscious of Its material strength, and .while we take pride In It. we value- more than all else the intellig ence, the high motsltty and the ex alted patriotism - of our countrymen. We are the Joint heirs of the heroism and the valor of our fathers. We respect those who fought where the conscience ' ledJ 1 The world regards those who peril all In the cause of duty as they sea it. - There never have been produced braver men than the' Americans who- -opposed each other ' on the historic fields of the South," ( f;.i ; r , , ' Speaking of ' the ready response from North and South to the call to arms In . the Spanish-American con test, he said: VThe . South Is entitled to great honor for her, part In ' that national exigency. ,1 shall never for get an evening I spent with President William McKlnley -a name which is a priceless heritage to us all. He loved the South and the South loved him. ' He Was then preparing to .meet the grave contest which waa near at hand. General Joe Wheeler" came to tender his sword- In- - his - country's cause. - He waa cordially received by the .Chief Executive, r who said J -'So you want,' to go to war, ..General Wheeler? , '- ! " . . ' A - ..- , -.'Tes- replied 'the' general,!' ,wltb great feeling. I followed by con science and once fought against the flag,- Mr. President and i I want - a chsnce to fight for it before I Hie.. "This wss a brave and patriotic ut terance. : It J voiced ' the . sentiment which filled the. heart of every true soldier who. served In the Southern army - more than a generation ago. General Wheeler sleeps well at Arl ington 'among the natron's" heroic dead, his memory revered by every lover of American liberty, v i , j. , . ; SAN.' FRANCISCO RELIEF. unity and the spirit of good neighbor hood which everywhere prevails, ne referred to the catastrophe at San Francisco which laid the city In ashes and left - more than ' three hundred thousand homeless. - "Waste i and want were on every hand." h said, "but "before earthquake and fire had completed their . horrible work and before the' terror-stricken cltlsens were aware of the magnitude of their disaster, their. countrymen everwhere, North and. South were, pouring Into Ban Francisco food, clothing, medicine and money to sustain them In their extremity. . . ' ..-. .- 'The appalHng -calamity has awak ened us to a fresh realisation that we are. after alt, a family of eighty millions, bound together In indissolu ble bonds of national fellowship. We msv at times differ with each other with respect to governmental policies, bet when the supreme moment comes. our unity asserts Itself "and our af fection for each other flames forth to the admiration of the world.' ; i ' The - vice presidential party . left for Washington at midnight. NEED, OiVMOBE MINISTERS CRT OP PRESBYTERIAN ClhmCM -"TV Scarcity or Ministerial Candidate ' m i Matter, i of . Virtual tonccru i Dr. ' Henry Ixuls Smith, Addressee Oen- era! -Assembly on Christian Eduoa "' tionfi portal Committee Appointed T on Arth-les ot. Agreement' -Heport ''or Conimlttee on Closer1 Relations ,; Itefcrred to Special Coniiniltee i-lght Session IH-votcd to Adtlxeeses .'on Sunday. School Work. ' - -.; Special to The Observsr.'-.1' '-' . : Oreen vOIe. S. C.s May' 1 . Barf lng the Interest In the case of Rev.-Wll-lUm Caldwell, if It should come" be fore the v Assembly for,' dlscusalon, there s no subject probably thar.will elicit the tntsrest thst.wlll be shown la the discussion .of tbe irause of edu' eaUon. .which jvlll , be, resumed Mon; day,' and that on the report of the special committee en the" articles "of agreement . It is very evident that these two subjects ars much in the: minds of the commissioners and that both will receive careful and. If need be. lengthy discussion. , No mention Is heard of final adjournment of the Assembly and some predict the . ses sion will continue more than another The Assembly convened' at t:IO o'clock this - morning end Rev. D.JM, Sweets, or Kentucky, conducted the devotional exercises. He read as the morntiig leiaon a part of the first and second chapters of the first epistle of John. ; ' V NEED OF MORE MINISTERS-; In his remarks Mr. Sweets spoke especially of the greet need of more candidates for the ministry. : He said that as he looked Into the feces of the members of the Assembly he felt that all realised that, above all else, the greet need of the Church Is more roung men to enter the ministry, and e requested Rev. S. M. Neel, D. D., to lead the Assembly In prayer for this need to be tnet. - . ' Moderator Hall took the chair at 10 o'clock and called the Assembly to order for the business of the day. The minutes of - yesterday's session were read by ReT. T.' M. Law, J. D., permanent clerk., and were approved. COMMITTEE ON ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. : The moderator announced that he Would, at this juncture, appoint the speclsl committee on articles of agreement which was ordered yes terday. He stated further that he would not Indicate who should act as chairman of the committee, but would appoint one commlnsloner from each Synod in tne unurcn to serve on me committee, and they would elect their chairman. The committee is as roi lows: Alabama, Rev. E. D. McDougal; Arkansas. General. B. W. Green; Florida, Rev. B. L. Baker; Georgia, Rev, T. H. Rice; Kentucky. Rey. D M. Sweets; Louisiana. Elder George Batalora; Missouri. Rev. H. M. Spen cer; North Carolina, Rev. A. J. ' Mc Kelwiy; South Carolina, Rev. J.- H. Thorn well; Tennessee, Rev. G. W. Bull; Texas. Revr O. O.' Jones; Vir ginia.' Rev. Eugene Daniel- ' .. All overtures before the Assembly with retereaoeta classr relation will be "referred to this special committee. MEMORIAL AGAINST-- CLOSER RELATIONS. . A memorial was read from H. C Moore, of Tuscaloosa Presbytery, recommending that the Assembly do not receive and adopt the articles of agreement. The memorial was re ferred to the special committee.' A memorial from the educational union of the Southern Presbyterian Church was read and was referred to the standing cpmmlttee on -Church and Christian education. . This .memorial urged the Church to great er activity in. the cause or education and deplored the fact that for several years there had been a falling off In the establishment of schools under the care of the Southern Presbyterian Church. The following reports were read' and referred to '-appropriate committees: The report ef the twen tieth century fund, of the Divinity School of Southwestern University and of the trustees of Durant College. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON . CLOSER RELATIONS. - : The Assembly committee on closer relations submitted the following re port: I "The committee on closer relations with the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches In the United States, ap pointed originally by the Mobile As sembly, was continued by the Assemb ly last year at Fort worth, and en larged by the addition of the follow ing names: ' Rev,; W..J. McKay, 0. D., Rev. w. Mcir, Alexander, uxfc. Hon. T. C. McRae, and Rev. J. X Plunket, D. D and was authorised to confer. with similar-committees of other Presbyterian and Reformed Churches with a view of perfecting a plan of co-operation and was Instruct ed to. give das consideration to all suggestions and criticism that might be offered by any of the church courts or by any of the officers and, members of one church. . 1 v. .. .., V "Th Is - com mlttee,- Mm the 1 4 th of March, 10, In the First Presbyterian church," Chsrlotte. N. C, met In con ference with the Reformed Presby terian Church,' (General 8ynod ) the Reformed Church . In America, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, -the United Pres byterian Church, : the Reformed Church -In the United States and the Associate Reformed - Church. After the days of conference, - articles of agreement were " adopted. -- After these articles had been ; adopted by the General , Conference,; they were approved by your committees by a vote of IS to S, and ordered to be sent to this Assembly with the recom mendation that they be adopted. -..We add that the chairman of the executive conference. Rev, J. Preston Searle. and the temporary ; secretary, ask from the constituent bodies,- ap proving the articles of agreement, authority to make such arrangements as may be necessary , for , convening the first meeting ef the council pro vided In the artlclea : , t , "O. B. STRICKLE R.w V , ..This .report was referred , to . -the special committee , on articles of amendment,. - v-'.:'V'f'.M '. , REPORTS Of STANDING COMMIT-("i,J.'V?-.:;'vME'l. ;':-''"! ',: ', A part, of the etsndlng committee on . home mlwlons wss read by the chairman,' Revs J. R. Howerton. This referred to some home mission terri tory In the Southwest of the South ern 'Presbyter's n -Church In -which the Northern v Presbyterian . Church has workers also. . .A m v . ,j ; Th report of the committee ' rec commtnded Ue Audi g of a telogram to the Oeneral Assembly of the North ern Prsbyterlsn Church, now In ses sion in Des Moines, Is,, requesting that some satisfactory arrangoment ue consummated between the- tw Churches as lo the work of each In the Southwest, so that ail friction be tween the two might be avoided. The . vv? f.-:;? , ' qr-j : ,vr,t. ' -R'j-$ Assembly ordered 'the sending of the telegram. t.v v.,',. :: ',' 'i', v,.,- ;,v EDUCATION r1' ' The report b the "'.'eon? mlttee "Voti Church and Chrtstlon education was submitted and read by Rev," T. ilf Rice, chairman. Among other' Un portent suggestldna made In the re port, -one was the recommendation that . the Assembly 'appoint a com mittee on education and a secretary of education whose duty should be t' devote his entire tlms rto the work of extending the Interests of Christina education throughout the Church. Dr. Rice spoke with enthusiasm on the point of the appointment of this sec retary, stating that the standing-committee had In mind a man who could be secured for this place, and that he was a man In every way fitted for. the place. There were calls for the name of th men,-but Dr. Rice etaN ed that he. could not yet make that public..'''. '.', t'-' ':'-;' "y . PRESIDENT SMfTH SPEAKS.. ' . " 'Dr. IC L.v Smith,- president .of Da vidson College, addressed the Assem bly In the interest of Christian edu cation, and gave . many striking . fig urea In support of his arguments. He deplored the great falling off dur lng recent - years In the' number of young men studying for- the ministry and claimed -that a larger and more substsntlal support of the .Church school would remedy this falling off to a large degree. He cited the fact thaC In the entire Southrn Presbyterian- Church laat year, there wer only 121 candidates for the ministry, fewer by lit than 12 yeurs ago. Ho stated farther that. In the Southern Presbyterlon Church, there ere bu 1.55T preachers, while there are 3, 121 churches. leaving 7 2 J) churches without pastors. Dr. timith announc ed that thla was his first uttendsnce upon a General Assembly, but that fact did not lessen the cnthUHtasm with which he-spoke. PERSONAL' PRIVILEGE. Rev.-W. S. Red rose to a point of personal privilege and his request was granted. He' stated that he gave a young gentleman on the staff of The Greenville Dslly News a clipping from a Fort Worth .paper concerning the Lease of Dr,. William Caldwell, but that when; the article appesred in The News.ef yestsrdsy morning un der the head. "Caldwell Will Quote Law." It had; been so changed thst some might thing- It wss given to Tho News by Dr. Caldwell or his counml, wheress they knew nothing whatever about It. He stated further that he hoped no' member of the Assembly would become prejudiced sgalnst Dr. Caldwell on account of the publication of this article. ' - The complaint' of Dr. Caldwell aralnst the Synod of Texas, and the complaint of the First Presbyterian church of Fort . "Worth agalnm the Synod of Texas, and the Fort Worth Presbytery have "been referred to the Judicial committee,, as haa the com plaint of Rev. .8, 8. Laws, D. D., against the 8ynod of Virginia. DEFENDS - PRESBTTER1AN SCHOOLS. Rev. J. P. ' RorJertson, - of Texes. spoke in defense of Presbyterian edu cational Interests, and objected to the comparisons .mad with - other . de nominations ss to this subject, re ferring te -tha -raCW -doubt, that In his address Dr. Smith had stated that the Presbyterian Church eras far behind the Methodist and Baptist Churches In this respect. Mr., Rob ertson said he preferred that his Church be not run down aa the "yel low dog" In the case, but that sha be likened to the hound and be pet ted and encouraged to greater activ ity. The time for adjournment hav ing arrived. Mr. Robertson closed his address. SUBJECT LEFT OPEN. On motion the Assembly voted to take recess until to-night, when s Special order will be observed, and leave the discussion of th report of the cdmmlttse on Church, and Chris tian education open until Monday morning, when It will' bo reaumed. The Assembly sdjourned at 1 o'clock. The Assembly met .to-night to con sider the Interests of the .-Sunday schools. Three address were de livered, one by Rev. William Megpn sonon "Hundsy School Ideals." ens by Rev. K. E. L. Porter on "The Correlation of Sun dsy Schools," end one'. by Rev, A. O. Brown on. "The Sunday 'School Values" Many of the pulpits .will be filled to-morrow by vtslttng i ministers. Largs mass meetings In the Interest of the young peoples' work will be held to morrow afternoon and night. . y. "SPAETH IS GUILTV OF, THKtT.!' Charge Made In Wording; of Requi sition for Alleged Robher of lore. f t Paneh-Hells C1rru-alalter to be .'Submitted to Governor In Brief a,1 Special to The Observer,; ,'; Columbus, O., May If. As a result of the conference between, the attor neys for both sides with I B. Hock, secretary to Governor ' Pattlson. the extradition case of W. M. Spaeth! wanted at Tsrboro, N. C, for' robbing th ,Forepaugh-Bells Brothers- Circus of 110.000. ' Will not b argued be fore th Governor; but will be sub mitted In briefs. Th papers In sup-, port of the application are to be In the hands of Secretary Hock by. next Wednesday., The attorneys - for the prisoner are to have until Friday to fll their brief. If th -Stat, wishes to reply It will then have an oppor tunity: to do sor.U. not Secretary Hock will lay the papers before -the Governor at once. It "is likely that the Governor will past. upon, the Jat ter next. Saturday.. .Th requlslon pa pers hsve been changed to say out right, "Spaeth ia guilty or the theft," Instead of 'aOnt'yya,,l J as A : last lvMmatit If Spaeth RequlslUon I flranted, Ihv fewlanCe Attorneys .Will Bring . Action to Determine Gov. Paulson's ' Af ratal Competenoy.k ; ... ( .t. Cincinnati, .Ohio, i May ll-Th mental competency of the Governor of Ohio, "John H. " Pattleoh, III -In Christ' Hospital., thla city,' with an ailment the nature of which his phy slctans refuse, to . disclose, but which haa prevenUd hla giving th slightest attention since Inauguration dsy to th gubernatorial work and which. It U strongly hinted, ha affected his brain, may determine whether Wil liam T. - Spaeth returns to Tarboro. N. C. te answer. th charge ef rob bing the Forepaugh-Helle .: Brothers' circus. ' His attorneys arranged , In Columbus to-day to file briefs against the requisition , aemsnq with l-ewi IS. , Houck. the' Governor's private secretary next. Wednesday. - The mat ter then, presumably, ' Is - to go to Pattlson. ResllyA It Is - believed., he attaches his signature Houck sug- guests. If he honors th requisition, then epseth's attorneys will ..bring set Ion to determine the Governor's ability, to Judicially .act , in th premise.;-... v, ;.;'; ". ' " 1 TO HOiNOB AYEUY El)lT0BS CLUbT?:';'PLV?II31.: COMMERCIAL Banquet Laxt Night Tendered Editor v ot "Idle Comnieiils," Mir. J. W, Hal ley Being the Only Absentee After f Dinner Kpeerhes by . Dr. - Edwin Minis, Dr, Alpttonao , Kinlth, ami ; Rev. Plato Iurhau-Knil)lanlxlng Dlffcreut PolntM, tlie Speakers Agree X In IValse of Ir. Avery ami HI 1 Work and or the Spirit of It Pro- . niotera to Put It In Permanent rorui Notesof the Speeches. .''Last night. Ore. Alphooso Smith, professor of English at the University and' Edwin Mtms. profoseor of Eng lish at Trinity ' College, . and Rev. Plato Durham, of this "city, wer f uests of th Commercial Club at a dinner given thern SHedltoiT of the late I. E. Avery's fdle Comments." Mr. J. P. Caldwell, another ot the editors, was present a a member .of tbe club, and Mr. J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, also one of the editors, could not attend. ' Speeches were made by th: three guests of honor. . Dr. Edwin Minis wild tlutt, of the work done- by him luxt yciir, nothing had afforded hint so much pleasure as his part In the selection and pre paration for. the press or the writings which Mr Avery lull behind him. He had read a greet many times the material- which makes the book and now constantly refers to it und Its merit has grown upon him. But there were two points which he un crtook -to presa In particular: That it was the maralng ot un epoch of Southern life when The Chsrlotte Observer distinguished thu iruallty . such a. man aa Avery and guve him a chance;' and that a new aplrit was dis covered her In th determination of th promoters of the book, the four men, Messrs. George Steplienx, Chase Brenlser. W. H. Twlty. and D. A. Tompkins, who said, "We will not let this man's work -die, but will put It into suitable and permanent form." He spoke with enthusiasm of thu beauty of the book, as a book, and ot Its reception by the public. Dr. Mime deplored, the familiar-outcry in our section, especially from the colleges, against "the commercial spirit." That Hplrlt is what we need to cultivate, tor we must have a busU of wealth for our literature and art; and the publication of the Avery book and Its exploitation illustrates the need in a case where It was met. Dr. Alphonso Smith told sn Inci dent to the effect that at a meeting of the editors in a hotel, after they had worked, over the material all day, piling what they had agreed on for the book, what they were un decided about, and what they had agreed to reject In separate places, they sdjourned for supper, and came back to the room to find It swept clean of th sorted clippings. The matron went white when they told her, and for half an hour they thought -the material was destroyed. At last'.- however. It was " discovered, but Jumbled' together. The body of Or. Smith's remarks related to Mr. Avery as an . Interpreter of small thlnrs. of the comings and goings on the streets, flowers, and common-ob jects. This, he said. Is what the mas ters did and what make literature. The coloring of thee everyday events and sights with his own personality, his individual Interpretation. Is what renders his work unique and gives It Its charm. He . concurred In what Dr. Mime had said as touching the ervlce or Th Observer In promoting literature along with Ita record of the news from dsy to day. ' Mr. Plato Durham spoke ss a nr sons! friend of . Mr. Avery. 'There was not a vsil between us," he said; I knew him perfectly, and with his desth there went out or my little life its grestest inspiration. And. as a friend who knew him and his am bitions, I take this occasion to say thst every line In thst book Is a fed drop of blood from the men's heart." He spoke ef the lack In the South of men wit,h the gift and. deelre to ex press Its peculiar life, and said that to do this was Avery's ambition. "Idle Comments" realises this ambi tion in no small measure. Of the character of his friend he spoke with great feeling- of his fineness, his in stinct for chivalry Inherited through a long Southern ancestry, of his great human sympsthy, and of the strug gle within himself of good against evil. . . It Is needless to say of these speak ers, so well known wherever this re port will be read, that they made th occasion on of dignity and thought fulness, esid from the pleasure which they gave the members of the club. Each or them expressed his Joy In Just such an opportunity to speak his mind of the book, of the laudable spirit which made It, of the author as a msn and. a writer. . . Mr. J. L. Chambers, president of the club, scted as toaatmsster and did the honors with grace. CADETS HONOIl PROF. Bl'RKKTT Students of A. A- M. College lrcMnl Dr. C. W. Ilwrkoit, Retiring Profes . or of Agriculture, With Handsome Token of EMtceui News Notes of State Capital. Observer Bureau, 111 South Dawson Street, , ' Raleigh. May 19. i A charter la granted the Aehevlll Automobile A Transit Co., which Is given power to Operat automobiles or other vehicles over th public roads In Buncombe .and. elsewhere, and transport passengers and freight, to have the right of passage over any public road. D. Q.' Norland and sever al other Ashevllle business men being (he stockholder. ; . f The State charters th W. O. Jar rell Machln Co., Charlotte, capital stock I ) (.009. - .. . The North Carolina Academy or Bclenc , to-ds elected ' Collier Cobb, of Chapel Hill. prldnt; J. C. Lake, of Wake Forest, vice president; "T, L. Stephens, of -West Raleigh, seer. isry-treasurr - Franklin .Sherman, W, C. Coker' end John F, Lavneau, executive committee.. , - Th agricultural students at the Ag ricultural A Mechanical College last evening,' through Cadet 0.-W. Foster, presented to th retiring; head of that department. Dr. Charles W. Burkett, a very large , and handsome loving cup. . Prof. Burkett goes to a college Jn th NorthwestJoflUaht chair of agriculture. , ' - .-, . .. - $ v Th hearing In regard to the' dam age don bfthe Rsletgh A Psmlloo Sound Railway to th Olenwood prop erty here continue and there art some rather lively scenes, particular ly between' the lawyers en the two sides, v Th estimates of the damage done now range all ' th way ,' from nothing at alt to 111,109. One or the lawyers in' to-day's hearing asked If part , or th property ut off by th railway would not be uaable for hous. es for negroes, to which a Iswyer on th other side retorted thst this could be don and th row of houaa named In honor of th suggesting attorney. BANK OFFICIAL A SUICIDE TRACED V AT NEWPORT K NEWS Presklent Tucker, of tlie Savings Bank of Newport News, After lulormtng . Cashier or Shortage, . lms Bullet , Through His Head as Chief of Po- lice Was Entering Hla Bachelor Apartments With . Warrant -Hlwrt-ae Not Ixv4a Than f lO.OOO and Msy Reach 910,000, But Will he Covered ' by Lire Insurance for $30,000. Norfolk, Va " May ; I.-r-lrm Tucker, president of the Savings Bank of Newport News, Ya' committed sul cldo Id his room over the bank In Newport News to-day just at Chief of Police Reynolds, of that city, opened hla door to arrest him upon a war rant charging him with defaulting in the sum of 119,000 Tucker , heurd Chief Reynolds ask the negro porter on the outside as to. th location of his room, and standing In front of a mirror, put a bullet through his right temple ss the door was thrown open. The doors of the savings - bank have been closed pending an Investiga tion, which In now being made by the board of directors. On report Is to the effect that the shortage -may amount to $20,009, but the directors stste t hut the exact amount of the defalcation has not yet been deter mined. The KrM suspicion that Tucker was a defaulter wss received this morn ing In a. note written by the suicide himself. This note wss found shortly after the doors ot the bank were opened to-day. It having been placed on the desk of Cashier n. Carter Per kins. Tucker admitted that he was short In his accounts and said If any attempt was msde to arrest him he would commit suicide. Immediately the directors of-ifri bank were called together and a Jiurrled examination resulted in the isnuance of the war cant. It was ausvected that Tucker had left Newport News and the po lice of Norfolk and other neighboring cities were asked to look out for him. Chief Reynolds then went to make an Investigation of Tucker's bachelor apartments over the savings bank, where the tragedy occurred. An ex amination or a safety deposit box In the snvlngs bank revealed the fact that Tucker's life waa insured for 230.000, which will cover alt of his alleged defalcation. . The Savings Bsnk of Newport News was largely patronised by the labor ing class of Newport News. President Tucker was about 40 years of age. He waa i son of former Mayor John 8. Tucker, of Norfolk, now s retired Iswyer of Washington, D. C. Mr. Tucker wss formerly city edi tor of The (old) Norfolk Virginian and was postmaster of Newport News under the Cleveland administration.' CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE Mack MacRae, a Negco. Alknred Slay rr of Dolph Wall, of Albemarle, Ar rested In KaliHbury Jnnlor Order Memorial Day. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, May" 1 Sheriff 8. R. Green, of Stanly, waa bere this morn ing raturalag to Albemarle with Made MacRae, a colored man wanted in Stanly on charge of killing Delph Wall In Albemarle, about-v year age. Ma ta haa been at large sine and not until recently was anything heard from him. He decided to come back without requisition papers and was no trouble at all. He will be tried . In JWy. To-morrow In memorial day with the Salisbury councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechan ics. Decoration or the dead members In the Chestnut Hill and Lutheran Cemeteries will take place In the af ternoon, the first exercise being held st the Lutheran Cemetery, where E. C. Gregory will make the address. Leaving there, the procession will go to ChfHtnut Hill. whr John M. Julian will speak, followed by Rev. J. A. J. Farrlngton. After the dec oration nf these graves. Whitehead Klutts will mske the address vr the grsves. ... . VAXDERBIIT LOSES BY 1-1 RE. Woodxawlng Plant on Biltmore Es tate Burned Mr. VaiMlcrbllt Per Noually Hupertntcndetl Work ot 1'lrvmen. ' Special to The Observer. Anhevllle, Msy II. Fire this sfter noon did about 22,600 damage to the woodsswlng plant of George W. Vsn derbllt located between Ashevllle and Hlltmore. The fire originated In the woodsswlng sheds and destroyed the buildings and machinery in addition io 100,000 feet of Inferior lumber. . The Ashevllle fire 'de partment was called on . for help and two hose reels and more thsn 2.000 feet of hose were sent to the Seen. A stream of water was brought from . the nearest hydrant, nesrly half a mile away, and all the hose furnished was used In. bringing the one stream. Mr. Vanderbllt was on th scene shortly after the fire broke out and personally directed the efforts of the volunteer firemen In sav ing lumber and some nearby- dwell ings. These efforts of th firemen were successful In that th blase was sxtlngulshed before th dwelling caught. Mr. Vanderbllt carried no Insurance on the plant.. TO REVISE BAPTISM - RITUAL. fticthotllHt f lencral Conference; Adopts, In Half-IICBrted fashion, Resolu tloa to Appoint Committee to . Eliminate! Alleged Calvanletle Doc . uine Will -Adjourn To-Morrow,- Birmingham. AI.. Way . It is now practically assured that the Oeneral Con ference ' or the Methodist Episcopal Church,' South, will take final adjourn- meet Monday, end tns prooomty is that nnlv a mornlns session will be. held en thst day.. Many of the delegates left for their homes to-oay ana oiners are great ly wearied by the Ion grind. v. 'I ne I en i u r v i i -., m nm w wru th decision to appoint a committee look ing to a revlsion-of the ritual for Infant hnptlam Which will recommend to the Oesersl Conference ef WO, and the de bate this Slier noon on in reeoiuiion, which wss flnslly adopted In half-hearted fashion. The debet en the reeolutlon to wvlaa the brtntlum en the around that H contains Calvlnlstle doefrtn and thst It Implies "doctrinal onptismai regenera tion." was spirited sua . for a time it Iroked ss though th preeent Conference would tak up th worx or revision. A resolution was also adopted, protest- lng sgalnst ths us ef- any property owned or leased by th United States rovernment for tne shi . ei siconouo iquors as a"beversge...., . ;. , , i ' - i . ,-' ,' Held on aiarg of .Murder. Special ' to Th Obmr. ;'.'', V . Smlthfleld MaV 12, -iullus Hud son,, who killed Holly Hudaon Thuia day morning, ha been placed la Jail on a warrant charging him with murder. Juatlc Connor instituted habeas corpus proceedings yeiteruxy, th ess being mad returnable be fore Judge - Council at Lilllngtvn Tuesday. f .-" ,' ,''" .Af' 0 VEBHAy '8 BILL FA VOBEU TO E ATE.V TRAdS IN ORIENT Senator ' ' O verm n's Ainendmeut to . Appropriatlou Bill Dcidgneil to 8e , '. cure tJxtension of Trade With Ort- . ent Rrported Favorably' by Com- , inlttce-Amoiint Scale:! ion g&e. OOO to 930,000 lilackbnrn to Get Further Recognition In Matter of ApMiiituteiits .Mr. Simmon ,Fa-.. vors tica-Lrvel Canal eipet-urktloa ; Regarding Republican State Con vent ion. ;-.-'. rv.'.1-'' ';' " BV W. A. HILBKBRAND -eV " - . . 'i Observer ' Bureaa. - , '; HIT G Street, N. ' Wv' - Washington. ,;May -19. The aproprlatlona committee of the Senate, of which Senator ; Allison 1 chairman, has panned favorably upon, , the amendment to the general appro- prlstlon bill Introduced by Senator" Overman designed to . secure' the" ap- polntment of agents to Javestlgat ' trade ' conditions abroad. . Particular ' attention will be given by these agents to cotton trade in the Orient. When: the Southern Cotton Association met ' here recently the suggestion was made that 180,000 should hd appropriated for this purpose, but Judging from', the committee report' whtch wag.pre-r pared under the direction of Senator Cullom. only 220,000 will be allowed.' Incidentally there will be some good picking under this amendment of the ; North Carolina Senator, The agenbi will receive 110 a day and expense " and will have an opportunity to travel -the world over. However, th poll-' ttclans won't figure much in this deal. ' The agent will be appotned under the Department of Commerce and Labor and th men will be selected with ' a view to their especlsl fitness for ; he very Important work in hand. Th 7 ornc will seek the man. BLACKBURN TO GET 7TJRTHER RECOGNITION. , s A report cam from the Postoffic .' Department to-dey to the effect that ,' Congressman Blackburn will very soon secure some further recognition by the administration. This Is to th ' effect that the commission of Post- f ' master Rsmsay. of Salisbury, has aU ready been signed by th President ; and thst the papers will be transmit ted to the Senate the first of th ' ' week. This nomlnslon. together wtth others, wss held up by the Depart ment officials of their own motion long before the trial M the Congress-. , man. Department officials do not an- , . parent ly subscribe to th established V. principle of law that innocence is to be assumed until guilt Is proven. , SIMMONS FAVORS SEA-LEVEL CA- ' NAU ' 8enator Simmons has concluded, af- " ter careful atudy or the aubject. to loin his colleagues or the commit tee In reporting In favor of a sea-' 1 11 level canst.. Like many ethers, Sena- ' lor Simmons waa at first inclined to . .favor a lock canal, but numerous ex- perts now rear that earthquakes would ' prove fatal to a canal built on this . system. The president glso looked with fsvor upon th lock system but ts coming around to th other point ' or view. It now appear that the , committee will be unanimously in f a vor or th sea level project. V TO REGULATE APPOINTMENT OF KKCEl VERS. ' ' , . Represents tlve W. W. Kltchln ha Introduced a bill designed to regulate , the appointment ot receiver ly th -courts. Mr. Kltchln says that th neces- ' slty for some such legislation was sug- ,' gested after the trouble -over th ap- polntment or a receiver for th North Carolina Railroad, and th Democrat- . : Ic State platform contain some ref erence to the subject. Th bill pro vldes: (. ,!'fV : "That no circuit- Judge, district - i Judge, or Justice of the Supreme Court of the United State shsll appoint a " receiver for any - corporation -in-' any-"-- -suit or proceeding until ten day after ''. service on the adverse party of portles ' of a copy of the cotnplelnt. declara tion., petition, or affidavit on which the application lor receiver la based . . and or a notice to show caus why a . receiver should not bs appointed for ths property and assets ot said eorpo- ; -rstlon. which notice shall nam a dsy for th hearing of th application; which day shall not be later than 19 day from th dst of th notice, J! . SPECULATION REGARDING 8TATB ! .' . .CONVENTION. :, v l . ' Republican are frequently ' heard te speculate on th probable develop , ments of the next Stat convention. ! Most everyone Is confident that it will prove one of th liveliest affairs of 1 th kind every held In th 8tat4 . Wonder ha been expressed whether Field Marshal Butler will favor the gathering with hla presence, and If so, whether. hi voir will be raised. In behalf of the i "organisation" peor , fle. Of course personalities . entered : nto this, performance very ( largely, but the-result of the chance meeting '' : between Judg Pritchard and Con, graman - Blackburn show some thlhg of tbe "feeling'' that obtain ; .- -between th factions. There la a re- v port to the effect that Thomas See horn, whd was during th week ap. pointed postmaster of Lenoir, wrote to , Chairman Rollins that - be did not , wish his endorsement, and that If h could not procure the . appointment With th backing of Mr. Blackburn. . and his . endorsement alone, he , did not want the. Job. - , V ' . w -" ' There la an undercurrent or talk to the- effect that the , Butler-Rollln crow d, realising that a majority ot the Republicans of the 8tate. favor. th , recognition of Congressman. Blsck- burn as chairman, have com tor- wsrd as suspiciously active peacs ad ', vocate. Those who have connection ' with that element of the terty are ssylng there should be a change all '"" around and-that Blackburn and the other i crowd as weir should efface ' themselves for th ssk of harmony. Soma have suggested the possibility that : Chairman Rollins will retire when the commute .meet-the last . or this month, and that some man will be given th chairmanship, who ha:, fewer enemle. end who might have chanc to retain the chairmanship In a contest with the supporers of Mr. Utaukburn When th convntloneomrs long. Burnt such move aa thla woul 1 not aurprls anyone, but the Black burn. people declar that no move of this kind will move longer than the meeting of the Stat convention. , Ther W eald to , be some . douM Whether the oranltlon crowd c . i longer control the org snlsitKn t; i Is, whether. depe the numb, r Federal ofU-e holders, whether t Butlrr-UolUn combination cn a majority their wy when the mlttee meets on the Ih l There hsve been a nvr- - sllsnmcnts-since the i met. .,. v :'''.'., , iV- .'i fV y ' :'' i ' li'
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