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. . 't'io Y.ar Govern- i ItItm to l'uir banks I.usd Vs ScrveJ oa " ' l Cmton U. S. Troops, . cf J. A. II. and Other 4 Ilsoort President to h iiare -Vice President ; President on Behalf of apol53, Ind., May SO. Presl Dosevelt to-day delivered the ,1 address hero at the unveil , monument to Gen. Henry W. Ha discussed railway prob il Incidentally paid a warm j Oliver Morton, the war Gov-; Indiana, , ' . " 3 conclusion of the address ident and Vice President ven to Grown Hill Cemetery,, .a President placed a wreath grave of former President i Harrison. ; He brought the f galanx leaves and lilies of ey from Washington. - The Wing the President left for. lyne, where he will P"s the i ls7car.; '.v ;, ! 'resident vtll speak to-morrow ng, Mloh. V1;-' -.'''! -esident arrived' at 10:48 a. I Canton, of, accompanied by 'esident Fairbanks, and was S the Fairbanks home, where i was served, after which he ' orted to the court house y United States troops, 13 's of the G. A. R. and other ' ions. The parade route of s was lined 1 with cheering The programme of exercises an invocation by Rev. D. R. ii address by Gov. J. Frank uslc by the Seventh Regl ,nd, the reading of a poem 1 to General Lawton by James b Riley, the Introduction of Uent by Governor Hanly and Roosevelt's address me I said: (. PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. Uon nn a reason I am pe lted that this year I speak rial Day in the State of In I here is no other class of ins to whom we owe so i to the veterans of the great 1 them it was given to per I one feat with which no t can be compared, for to was given to preserve the loreover. you men who wore blessed. beyond the victors ther-fltrar.iKOtS recent times, to your countrymen mors "material results of the more even than the achlev- trtumph itself. : Tou have uhtry SO genuinely reunueo. 'of us now, In whatever part hfon we live, haya a rigm & keenest nrlde. not only in and self-devotion of you, the en who wore the; blue, Dut he valor and self-devotion of Slant opponent who wore The hero whose monu-to-dajr unveil, by his life ular testimony to the com of the reunion.- . General a his youth fought gallantly vil war. Thirty-three years I fie again marched to war, against a foreign: roe, ana th distinguished ability and a a general officer, both in In the Philippines. When 'erved it was in an army nerala Included not only his old comrades in arms, of his old opponents also, ral -Wheeler and Gen- hugh Lee. Under him, both e commissioned officers ana nks, were many men whose .ad worn the blue serving hde with others . whose fa jSiWorn the gray; but all i now, : and nothing but 3,- all united in. their fealty jtipn to their common flag V ? common . country, and .vlnr ontv the arenarnna rlv- i his fellows as to who could s tne cause for which each f to lay down life itself., To awton it befell actually to his life; a tragedy, but one noble tragedies where our s above our, sorrow. For Hjthe fullness of time, serv un try with entire devotion I that every man may well UTB TQ INDIANA. J In the civil war furnished e than her share of brave It also fell to Indiana to le greatest of all the war who upheld the hands of Lincoln ; for when history awards the credit for what in the civil war, she will pvices or no other civilian, t those of Lincoln, ahead of es of Governor Morton. No i . who rendered such ser 'hj rendered worked "under jbie. disadvantages and no c. '. ft c -...5. IVny, l II 3 I 'X- t. i, s. c, t: i i ..: r of Newberry, IV r U traded mn-.io Trail, LY el to Faulty Practice. Special to The Observer. Clinton, S. C, May SO. Leon C. Armstrong, a young white man, 31 years of age,' claiming to be employed as labaratory man with Dr. A. C. Stricklin at Anderson, S. C, was ar rested here this afternoon In response to a telegram from the sheriff of Newberry county, stating that one woman, a Mrs. Perry, was dead and another, a Miss Rivers, et the point of death, resulting from the effects of his having extracted teeth from them to-day. . ?he newspaper man had an inter view with the young man, who stat ed that his arrest was the first inti mation he had of these disastrous re sults. He stated that flor two years he has been labaratory man for Dr. A. C. Stricklin at Anderson, S. C. Be fore this he was a machinist. That on account of his noor .health Dr. Stricklin allowed him to go out and extract teeth over the country and pay expenses for the benefit of his health. He went to New.bery Tuesday, ' but did no work until to-day, when he ex tracted two teeth for one woman and a whole set for another; that one wo man was In feeble health and he hesi tated about taking the teeth out, but she Insisted. , He. said that she had her head bandaged and seemed weak; that the anaesthetic used was that which has never proved disastrous in the many times used. He called bo see the lady several times before leaving and urged the family to call a physician but that they said she was used to having fainting spells and It would be all right," They .Anally consented to send for a physician, but that when he left he had not arrived. He had not in tended working Clinton, hut was en route for Whltmlre, S. C, where he had work to do. Owing to the fact that he delayed to see a local dentist, he missed his train; hence his arrest here. YY '. v He expresses a belief that the wo man's death is from another cause than anything he gave her. He talks fully and does not anticipate and great amount of trouble. . He says he has never been in prison before and is well known in Anderson, as he Is a native of that place and spent his life there. He has a family there. Deputy Sheriff Buford, of Newberry, arrived to-night and' will take him there to-morrow. A. a. j n Y AT liLiiYSBUIUi r i m MILLIONS OF LOCUSTS. Abroad In 'Davidson CountyMake Noise Like Steam Escaping From an Engine at High Tension. ,k Special to The Observer. .' Lexington, May , 30. The lS-year locust is abroad in Davidson county. Tour correspondent this week, made a trip to Denton, and while passing through what is - known as the flat swamp region In eastern Davidson county;- he found the forest to be literally, full of these files. They make a noise, like steam escaping from an engine at high tension, and unless a person knows the cause of the peculiar sound, it Is weird. Millions and millions of these locusts infest the tree-tops with buzzing wings, mak ing & long, unceasing, and not un musical note. The inhabitants of the flat swamp regions and at Denton say that the locusts have been out several days, and will continue for about a month. The people there .believe that the multitude of these flies portends bad crops and , disaster. They say that on their wings is to be seen the letter "P" and that the song they sdhg Is "Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh," with due appology, no doubt, to the plague visited Egypt of old. V. P. I'S. NEW PRESIDENT. 111! ttAIITA. t.4 I ' . 11 V 11 yVnCl UUU1U (ieved what he achieved last two 'years of the war, managed the State govern- ,ndiana solely on money ob- pieaging his own personal personal fortune; and yet one moment relaxed : in he cave to Lincoln and 1 Seward and Stanton ; In V to Grant and Sherman Ian and Thomas in the vas work - that only ' the man could have done, and . k. vitally necessary, for the e nation- to do. ...... , . n of the" generation which civil war had their sreat perform. They met them fnen should have met them, 'them, and we, their chil it by; their might deeds, ration can ever plead the js'of its predecessors as an 1 falling to perform Its own ir duties are those of peace f. war. Nevertheless they utmost Importance; of Im o ourselves, and of still iportance to the children tw years will take our (ne men and women of this flf we wish to show our , thy heirs of the men of ar, we must do our ta.Iv3 1 thorough nt'!--s with which Paul Barrlnger, M. D., L. L. Dn Pro fessor of Materia Medic and Phys iology at University of Virginia, Chosen to Suscceed Dr. McBryde. Roanoke, Va, May 30. At a meet ing of the board of visitors of Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute held to day at Blacksburg, Paul Barrlnger, M. D..-LL. D., professor of materia medlca and physiology at the Univer sity of Virginia, was elected to succeed Dr. J. -M. McBryde, as president of the institute. Dr. Barrlnger was the unanimous choice of the .board, all of whom were present at the meeting, and was unanimously recommended by the committee appointed to con sider men for the position. He ex- , pressly stated to this committee that ne woum noi consider tne question of accepting the office unless It came by such a vote, never having been In any sense a candidate, for the place. The newly elected president will as sume charge of his duty Sept. 1. . J. .T. Brown was re-elected rector of the board and H. M. Smith, P. F. St. Clair and E, G. Klzer were elected members of the executive committee for the next year. AUTO RUNS INTO HYDRANT. Car Driven by a Lady Was Put Out of Commission, But She Was Not . Hurt. . . ., ( Special to The Observer. . AsheYille, . May 30. While . gayly decorated automobiles wem anHn s-in r Into Hayward street from Patton ave nue tnis anernpon during the motor car para je a high power machine driven by a lady and cllnnlnc ntnn of a lively rate became unmanageable J t s , i i . . . nnu piungea mio a six-incn water hyd I rant The machine mounted th hvn. rant , with result , that the iron pipe broke at the ground and the motor car was ; subsequently brought tip against a telephone nole. whiia ,- a ' prreat stream of water spouted from .the broken .hydrant. The auto was put out or commission though fortu nately no one In the car or on the street suffered injury. The automobile parade was a complete success and It Is probable that it will be made an an nual featyre. Crops Damaged by Hail storm in Rich mond. Special to The Observer. . Rockingham. May 30. Ontt a t,u i storm visited Richmond county Mon- aay. uonsiaera.tie damage 'was done io comm. unu corn m some sections of the county. The weather has been very unseasonable and tW crops are unpromising. ' FalH Bonrnfh Wicrls of Train. . Roanoke,' Va., May 30. Fredorfclc Cartri rht, a trivcllnsj reprwntt ' i Ilany T&tXi cf U.a Elate Represented at Usual Memorial Day Exercise at tiio IVatlonsl Cemetery Sons of cteruiis, Patriotic find Clvte Or piijilatJdJS, Local an! Visiting G. A. It. Posts Included in the Parade, Moln; lYom lubllc Square to Na tional Cemetery Exercises Held on . Spot Where President Lincoln De livered His Immortal Speech. Gettysburg, Pa., May 30. The usual memorial day exercises at the National Cemetery here where 4,000 soldiers are .burled, were held this afternoon, a large crowd being in attendance from many parts, of the State. Con gressman James A. Tawney, of Min nesota, was the orator of the day. The weather was fine. A parade, which included the Sons of Veterans, patriotic and civic or ganizations and the local and visiting G. A. R. posts, formed in the public square, and moved to the. National Cemetery. After the school children had strewn flowers on the graves of the dead, the exercises were held on the spot where President Lincoln de livered his immortal speech. Congressman Tawney, in his ad dress, said: MR. TAWNETTS ADDRESS. "The battle of Gettysburg, like those of Marston Moor and Runnemede and Bunker Hill, was fought to determine the proper bounds : of political and civil liberty. .It, was fought to settle a purely personal issue. There is but one great problem In "politics today and that Is the ad justment of the central p6wer of the State r nation to the local : self- government of the people. Has the Individual State the right and should it manage and control Its affairs without regard to other States in the union; or are we essentially one .oeo pie, bound in all we do as individual States to respect the Institutions and conserve the welfare of all. There has grown up In this country an intense national sentiment. We are Inclined to boast of our American citizenship before we even mention our State citizenship. National laws are scrupulously observed while State enactments are but little respected. In the early part of the nineteenth century there was fear and danger that the Union of States was as a rope of sand and would fall apart or rather that the States could not come together and forever 'remain to gether under one comprehensive system : of local self and national government Today there Is more reason to fear that the several States and the local self-government which they represent in our dual form of government will, for all practical pur poses, disappear from our .politics as distance entitles" in our system of government and, be swallowed np in one ; all-embracing new ' Federal power. The States today' not . only seem inclined to allow hut in 5 any instances are : anxious voluntarily to surrender to the Federal government the ) discharge of duties and - the exercise of powers and privileges reserved hy the constitution' to them, especially, when the exercises of , these powers and prlvl leges - , , involves , the . expend! ture or money. They are also to-day either soliciting or acquiescing in a Federal supervision over their domestic affairs to an extent that less than half a century ago . would have led to revolution had the Federal government attempted to force upon them such supervision. EXCEEDING THEIR FUNCTIONS. ' These undertakings which belong exclusively to the States or private Interests to do and to pay for, but which have been authorized by Congress and must be paid for from appropriations made from the Federal treasury, exceed the legitimate functions of the Federal gov ernment as .conceived . by . the founders of our political Institutions and as declared by them in the constitution of the United States. The BpeciaJ agent and inspection service through which Federal supervision and control over the domestic affairs of the people is exercised, shows an enormous Increase in the past ten years. The number of men employed In the service In 1907 is one 180 times greater than in. , 1896, and the cost has increased over 700 per cent in ten years. . This is the tendency of the times, the growth of which during the last decade can be comprehended only by a ' careful analysis of Federal legislation and the agggregate annual expenditure of the Federal government, If it is not checked, and the States continue to surrender to the Federal government the exercise of their reserved powers or fail to exercise them in harmony with the Interests of their sister States, .then the Federal government as a denier resort, may be compelled to assume practical control over the States and the domestic affairs of their people. In that case, with the vast and varied local and national Interests of a 150,000,000 of people, how long would It be before the task and burden of government would : be so complex so stupendous that of its own weight our splendid system of government would, fall. This government would fall. ' ' 1 WEAKENING PEOPLES' RESPECT, j r This is greatly T weakening '77. the powers of the States and what is Infinitely worse is also weakening the' respect f the "people for the States authority. It is also causing the peo ple to ignore and forget all those wise considerations which led the founders of our government to provide for local self-government by expressly reserving to the 8tates all govern mental powers not expressly conferred by the constitution upon the Federal government. It has been , suggested that ' the reason for this practical change is our system of government Is to be sought in the imperialistic aggressiveness of the party at present in control of the national govern ment; but let us not deceive ourselves with shallow reflections. The real reason lies deeper than this. The tendency on the part of the States to surrender th exercise of powers and privileges belonging to them 'ami h willingness of the Federal government to assume such exercise and the burdens Incident hereto Is not peculiar to any political party nor to any section of our country, it exists in all parties and in every section of our fair land. MUDDYING THE WATER. : 'The true reason, for this 1anrorons tendency, or -why the'" pro;-lo : are willing 'to Met the national ewm-' f-"-"t perform ,"'1 t ,-,. f , -, , IT 1. 1 Com ;:'-r of iiiEiiEuiaj:; I y day ::fol:: , . at rjc:i:.io:;D. r f vc.nson and Mayor McCar thy X.cLxsine the Veterans to tha Mats ana lucnmonil, Both Beln.r l. - ivoJ with Enthusiastic Ap r'.iu e Old Soldiers Rise to Their i'ett and Greet General Lee with the Utmost - Enthusiasm Parade Incident to Unveiling of Statue to General Stewart a Brilliant Pageant Sons of Veterans and Southern Me morial Association Begin Sessions. Richmond, Va., May 30. With the lareest number of Confederate vet-J erans gatherea togetner. since tne war, and the vast horse snow building, in which the convention was held, beau tiful with flags and bunting and -portraits of the leaders of the Confeder acy, the tweuin annual reunion oi the Confederate veterans began here this morning under the most auspi cious conditions.' Kinee earlv morning a steady stream of veterans had been pouring into the building and when at 10 o'rloek. Gen. Stitn Jtsoinng. acuing temporarily for General fee, called the convention to order, almost every chair In the building was occupied and the benches arouna tne siaes oi the hall were filled with the surviv ing remnants of the glorious array of the Confederacy. General Boiling lntroaucea Kev. J. William Jones, chaplain general or the grand camp, who presented Rev. Dr. J. R. uravatt, oi tms cuyi um the latter offered the opening prayer. Governor Swanson, or v lrginja, nmiri the wildest enthusiasm, wel comed the veterans to the Old Do- tntninn . ' f MAvor McCarthy: . oi itienmona, welcomed the visitors -to the city whlcTi . 45 years asro they defended against the armies of Burnside, Pope, McClellan. Sheriaan ana urani. r. Hi. Mors-an. or tne local camp Sons of Veterans, added the welcome of those0 he represents to me wei comes, wnicn aireaay naa dbcu ex pressed, i " . ' Oeneral Bollinr Introduced the commander-in-chief of ; the Confed erate veterans. Gen. Stephen V. tee and the old soldiers rose to their feet and received him with the utmost en thuslasm. General Lee assumed the gavel of the presiding officer and de livered his anaual address. He said, among other things, that the coming of a Confederate veteran to Richmond was like the return of a long-absent child to its mother that Richmond Is to the Confederate what Calais was to that French ': Prince, who compelled to live In England, Raid: "When I die. vou will And en graved on my heart the one - word 'Calais.'" . At noon the first session of the re union adjourned for the veterans to take cart in the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Gen. J. E. B Staurt, erected by the cavalry asso ciation of the Army of Northern Vir ginia. ; '': : i '- ' , The parade? incident to , this cere mony started at p. m. and was a brilliant tareanL .The weather was beautiful,, rand the display was ..wit nessed hy a vast concourae, estimates to numner 76.uu 10 su,uuu. The people were packed along the whole course or the- paraae, a ais tance Of about two miles, on the side walks, on the norches and in the win dows of the buildings on -both sides of the street. .. . The whole number In lme and on the sidewalks is estimated at from 125,000 to 150,000. There are about 10,000 . actual veterans , in the city, Of sons of Veterans and other aux illary bodies, military and - bo on, there are about 20,000 and in addi tion to these, there are about 20,000 visitors drawn hither by the reunion ceremonies. . , - - At the head of the unveiling pa rade rode Governor Swanson and his staff. Then in a carriage came the sponsor in cniei oi tne united uon federate Veterans, with her maids of-honor, and next In line was the Seventieth Virginia Regiment. - Next came the" Richmond Light Infantry Blues battalion, resplendent In its new dress uniform, and after the blues, the carriages containing the spon-sor-m-chlef of the Sons of Veterans and her malds-of-honor followed by the marching Sons of Veterans, led b" ; Commander-in-Chief s Thomas S. Owens, of Alabama, and his staff. Then the Veterans, the divisions in dicating the States from which they hail, preceded by General' S. D. Lee, with his chief marshal and staffs. The first body of veterans was the cav alry association of Virginia and next came the Forest Cavalry Corps, under the leadership of Gen. II. A. Tyler, of 'Kentucky. After Forest's men In the line was the North Carolina bri gade, 3,500 strong, and after North Carolina the South Carolina division, cumbering 2,000 men. The West Virginia" divlson was one of the most complete in line and following this body came the Virgin ians, who made their usual fine show ing. A striking feature was a body of armed and uniformed veterans from Memphis, Tenn., who drilled accord ing to old-time tactics. FAMOUS RICHMOND HOWITZERS. Another striking feature was a turnout by the famous Richmond Howitzers In full dress uniform and with the up-to-date equipment' re cently provided for them by the Fed eral government. Tne closing fea ture of the parade was a procession of carriages in which were seated Daughters of the Confederacy, mem bers of the Laales' Memorial Asso ciation, . and noted warriors, who though enfeebled by years, were un willing to forego active partlclpatidn In the demonstration. ' . The States represented In the pa rade, other than those already men tloned; were Georgia, Florida, Missis sippi, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas,, Kentucky, Maryland, Louisiana, Tex as, Ohio, Oregon, Indian Territory and Oklahoma and the District of Columbia. At the monument the ceremonies were opened with prayer by the Rev. W. Q. Hullihan, of Staunton, who was a member of General Stuart's staff. Major A. R. Venable, anoth- c:;.mt..vl naur. Continued on" Page Eight.) approbation of his constltutents. Therefore needed legislation Is Dost poned because of the expense It in volves and the Federal government is appealed to wherever possible. I do not plead for State's rights, I plead f or the ' right of the Federal government to protect itself and Its treasury against the encroachments lof the States and private interests upon her powers, her duties and her revenues. Where will this tendency end; to what result think you does it naturally and inevitable lead; whither . are wo ,,, going In. . this centralization 'Of power and mutilat ion of lo") N 'f-rovTrnnwit, I lay no ! i ' 1 'i't r -j I Delivers Afrc ia Convention Hall Before 2,Cv People on the SuEject, ''Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny" President Tucker, of Exposition Coni5any, Speaks on "The Career of Patrick Henry" Dr. Fitzhush. of New York tireat Grandson of Patrick Henry, Intro duced and Given Hearty Greeting Original Stamp Act Resolutions Read by President Tucker. Norfolk," Va., May 30. The anni versary of the passage by the Virginia House of Burgesses on May 30, 1765, of Patrick Henrq's famous resolution against the British Stamp Act was celebrated as Patrick Henry Day at the Jamestown Exposition to-day with William Jennings Bryan as the cen tral figure in a speech delivered In the convention hall on the exposition grounds before 2,000 people on the subject, "Taxation Without Repre sentation Is Tyranny." The exercises were opened with tne singing of the "Star Spangled Ban ner, by a chorus of 350 school cnu dren, followed by an address by Pres ident Harry St. George Tucker, or the Exposition Company, on "The Ca reer of, Patrick Henry." j)Xiiowjnr tne reading oy rresiaeni Tucker of the original Stamp Act resolutions, Dr. Philip Aylett Fitz- hugh, of Mew York, great-grandson of Patrick Henry, ; was Introduced and given a hearty greeting by the audience which arose and cheered the venerable descendant or Henry. The singing of, "Yankee Doodle" by the chorus was followed by the singing of "Dixie" which brought forth great applause. Congressman Frank T. Lasslter, of the fourth Virginia dis trict. In introducing Mr. Bryan, re ferred to united states senator jonn W. Daniel, which was the signal for wild cheers for , the Virginia states man ' ' -Y.- ':.v'... RULE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Mr. Bryan dealt on American rule n the Philippine Islands, declaring that we are making laws for the gov ernment of the Filipinos under which we would not live ourselves, and com pared the American ruie oi tne in Dlnos to the British rule of the Am erican colonies prior to the revolu tionary war. He said that while he had frequently said in tne xsortn tnai the black man was taxed in the South without representation he had like wise said that the white men of the South are themselves living under tne same laws which they made to arcect tne negro. He said of the two systems of tax ation direct and indirect, the direct plan is by far the safest. He favor ed strongly an income tax. - The speaker discussed Federal ownership of railroads, but said that after" all he wondered u more was not to be gained for the people by discussing and ngnting the corpora tions. : - '', . - Continuing, Mr. Bryan said - "What is the effect of our new rate laiv which was so hard to get? There tare two enects so far. one is its stop ped rebates; that is good, but what was the pecuniary effect?'- Why, the railroads kept the money they paid to the favored shippers, that is, the railroads got more money out . of this. What was the other effect? It stopped passes. What did that do? It gave to the railroads - the money that the fellows used to save that rode on passes. So far we have in creased the revenues of the road and that is- all that law has done thus far; and when the various States said Vv ell, now, we have given you this advantage by stopping rebates and passes we will reduce passenger rates and make you divide with the people.' and in some of the States they have reduced the passenger rates; the railroads in so m.e cases are so un grateful for what has been given them that, they go into the court to try to keep the people from having the benefit of the 2-cent rate law. REGULATION OF RAILROADS. "All over this land we have seen this struggle between the people and the corporations and we see.lt in this country to-day on- the railroad ques tion. In 1896 the Democratic plat form declared for railroad regulation, it did so in 1900; it did so in 1904, but, my friends, after 10 years of ef fort on our part, we had to wait un til a Republican President had to take the lead on the subject and then he had the tight of his life to get his bill through the Senate or House. At last, in order to make It a ftepubll can measure, the President was forc ed to compromise with the represen tatives of the railroads in the United States Senate. I think, my friends, if I am allowed to talk on taxation I ought not to forget the taxation this country is bearing to-day, because we do not regulate the como rations as we ough to regulate them. When i nnd a man wno is constantly talk ing against 'government ownership, of railroads I believe he is doing it from his own interests. Well, we have not reached that question, but we have reached the question of our railroad management and-I have some times felt tempted to suggest tnat tne man wno spends his time talking about- government ownership of railroads could better spend his time In protecting the masses from the greed of corpora tions of to-day." Mr. Bryan expressed his apprecia tion of the kind things that had been said about him in his introduction and said he was proud to be the son of a Virginian. , "I know there - Is no distinction," he said, "equal to being a son of Vir ginia, but a grandson comes next to Referring to Mr. Lasslter's rf r. ence to &enator Daniel for the presl ueutjr, iur. x-.ryan said:1 WITHOUT REGARD TO STATU? "1 don't know whether my good friend expected me to , use this occa sion to Join in the nomination of the candidate for President or not; I will say this, that I Join with him in the admiration he has expressed for Vir ginia's great son and statesman And I have said time and again that sec tion should not control the selections of our candidates. In fact, two years and a half ago, at St. Louis, I sec onded the nomination of a man frdm Missouri, an ex-Confederate soldier, ll.i'.X wUre they C:l::,t t.:, : r :u:r?? down here to vet;, v.: i s they elect you. 1 learned my l-e-mocracy from a father born la Vir ginia and it came also from ray mother whose grandfather came from Kentucky. And my only regret is that my children have one gener ation more of Democracy behind them than I have. "DIXIE" AS A NATIONAL AIR. "But I am not here to make a Dem ocratic speech. This is not a parti san occasion. I have ample oppor tunities, to talk Democracy and usu ally opportunities where the people need talking to more than you do. I am here to Join with you in the com memoration of Patrick Henry Day. "I enjoyed the singing of the North ern air and then the Southern air; I am glad that we have double-standard music. Judging from the pulse of this audience, however, I would say that It was 16 to 1 In favor of Dixie. . My friends, we like 'Dixie up North. I am going to reveal a secret to you. ' The reason we were In a hurry to conclude the war was not because It was a costly war, but be cause we wanted to get 'Dixie' as a national air and not let you have it all to yourselves." ' THE ARGUMENT TO-DAY. Case of Mr. E . D . Latta Against the Catawba Power Company Will Probably Not Go to Jury Before Saturday The Evidence All in. Special' to The Observer.1 . Gastonla, May SO. In the case of E. D. Latta vs. the Catawba Electric Power Company, wyuch is being tried before Judge Geo. W. Ward, in the Gaston Superior Court at jjauas mis week, both sides concluded their evi dence this afternoon and court ad journed until to-morrow, when argu ment in the case will be begun. Both sides are represented by an array of the best lawyers In the State and it is ex nor ted that the argument will last all day to-morrow and will probably not be nnisnea until batur- day.-- :"i'l ",'.' 'Y The case involves the water rignts at Mountain Island. The case, has been nendlnr for several, years and is now. being tried ror me nrst time. jvir. Latta la reoresented bv Messrs. C. W. Tlllett and W. B. Rodman, oi Charlotte, and Mr. O. F. . Mason, of Dallas. The Catawba Power Com pany Is represented by ex-Judgb Frank Osborne, of New York, Messrs. W. C. Maxwell and J. W. Keerans, of Charlotte. Yesterday -Judge Os borne made a motion to tnrow tne case out of court and It came very near going. TALK OF A COTTON FACTORY. Stated on Good Authority That a Number of Outside Capitalists Wish to Start Sucb an Enterprise In Washington Special to The Observer. Y. Washington; N. C, May 30. There is a movement on foot among a large number of citizens' to establish a cot ton factory in thla city , at an early date. At present no especial plans as yet have been formulated, but is stat ed on good authority that a number of outside capitalists are very anxious to establish such an enterprise in this city, and ' If Washington citizens will raise half the required amount of capi tal they will put up the remainder and then the factory could be .built imme diately. It is also rumored that if the plans are materialized that several attractive sites will be offered for the location of the building. It Is to be sincerely hoped that such a movement will meet with success,' because this town needs manufacturing industries very badly and, with the location that gratulatlons. this town enjoys, the low freight rates and the railroad facilities, no town in the State Is better suited for such in dustrles. : . Y ; Y '.' H:x . t C ..: , Coiat, I-:.c'.Y,. . NstY:.;M Dec;; in a Very Q t : GranteJ tie and Trust Coir.; for Graduates cf and MecLarJ. : 1 mencement ExcrY for the Blind la I States District A : Leaves for His II Observer E The Hollaman 1 ' . ' Rale!.; The Bickett comm!?Y charge of all the lnsan meet June 6 at the Wc .1 at Morganton. This 13 at of Superintendent Murphy, stltution, who has invited the superintendent of the X. pital at Staunton to be pi t commission will specially c Dr. Murphy and with Dr. I Is regarded, as an eminent It will consider matters at to all the hospitals, new bu pairs and any othe nretY present buildings and also -ings for : the epileptics", v to be colonized at Raleigh. vision" 13 to be made for 40 j. enable nvany more insane t ed In the present hospitals. - The Federal Court here day, the . defendants bein moonshiners. Of these thov convictions, Including pleas Only two were given sent en penitentiary. A ; couplo others go to Jail. Many v. but the largest fines were $200. The most Interest: was the trial of Deputy 1 Downing and Stancill on t of murder. This Is the thi case ever tried in the Fedei here, as the records show. there was no sort of chant vlctlon, as it was a case of killed. As a prominent lav remarked to-day, a moonsi the class with an outlaw a ways ready to kill you if y get him first. Y National Decoration Day oorved here in a very quiet There was no parade ar. dresses were delivered at t tery. There are only abov doaen Grand Army of the men now residing here. So ago there were a number, t all have died. Y A fhortpr la vranfa ih nanoa Valley Bank and Tn pany, of Black Mountain, I county, to do a commerc saving business, the amount tal stock being $10,000. F. ' noamer auu uiuers are vm holders. , vuuin nun uaa eit tax districts and Is putting I ber of rural libraries. The ment of the country schoc county has been very mark past two or three years. The fact that Jacob , 1 Davie county, who graduat , honor yesterday at the Ag and Mechanical College, ma his four years' term more than the cost of his tuitio etc., has brought to him r He was a TO SUPPRESS SMUGGLING. Proclamation Issued by President Creating 60-Foot . Reservation Along EntireV Northern Border of Mexico. ; ; . , : Y. v ' ', Washington, May 80. The Presi dent has issued a proclamation creat ing a reservation 60 feet in wiatn along the entire northern border of Mexico, including the State of Califor nia and the Territories of Arizona And New Mexico. The purpose of the res ervation Is declared in the president ial proclamation to be the expression of smuggling across the International line. Private entries in the line of the projected reservation and . such portions of it as are needed for roads are reserved from the operation of the order. Since Ithe abolition of the old "Zeona Libre" or free zone between Mexico and the United States It has been found Increasingly difficult to prevent smuggling across the boundary, hence the presidential proclamation. TO AID THE EXPOSITION. Former Seaboard President Barr Ac cedes to the Request of the Board of Governors. Norfolk, Va., May 80. James M. Barr, former president of the Sea board Air Line Railway, has acceded to the request of the board of gover nors of the Jamestown Exposition Company to lend his aid in the man agement of the exposition. Mr. Barr will direct the affairs of the tercen tennial without compensation. - As to how long he will hold the reins is not certain, this being left with him. He j declared the court to to i n iij ivuuuii. un yuitHi imuuva. !.. j j IcmpwanCB and JHOTS . worker all during the term mg the vacation time. Tl tes of the college are in mand in all sorts of employr one of them left yestc Florida to work on the e Line engineer corps, he McNairy, of Guilford com.; ALL THE COLLEGES CI The colleges here have t for the term, and the great the students have gone he few remaining at the Asrie Mechanical College to ' dairy and the farm d ...... tlon. The commencement exer State School for the i::; progress. Nearly all th home to spend the vacation, them are taken home by f: ome kind people in the a sort of specialty of tht- after these unfortunate chi: city schools closed last we the matter of these there v number of improvements c vacation and two bulldir- completed, which will ace-; nearly 700 pupils. The State Is represented Richmond Confederate re. the following officials: Stat Dixon, Secretary of State C Librarian Sherrlll. ; Among i Raleigh men who went to union Is Col. A. B. Anr during the war was in t Cavalry. ' United States District At; ry Skinner left for his hom -vllle to-day, after having t prosecuted many cases I t t Court He said immc r leaving tht the fines i imposed considerably i the cost of the term of t' simultaneously with the conduct of the affair of the exposition company. Mr. Barr has not yet had a formal conference with the board of gov ernors as to details, but this will oc cur in the very near future. ' SEABOARD TAKES INITIAL STEP, Expresses Willingness to Stop Trains Daring Unveiling of Davis Statue if Other Roads Will Join. Y Norfolk, Va., May 80. At the office of President Garrett, of the Seaboard Air Line Railway to-day, It was stated that the Seaboard has officially : an nounced Its willingness to comply with the request oT Gen. Stephen D. Lee. when Virginia voted for a New York j commanding the Confederate veter man. And 1 have Insisted that the i ns of the South, that all trains on time has come when the Democracy of the Union should take in the whole Union, and that its selection should be made without regard tJ the State in which a man Uvea. "I appreciate the fact that a ma jority of our electoral votes come from the South; but I don't want the people of the South to forget that a majority of our Democratic votes come ,from . the. .North,,,,'. We.have wwe 'Democrat . in . the North than you have in the South and you must nt be too harsh with an if we have Pl 1' V ' 'rtttnai Of "fl.'tVl- r southern roads be stopped for five minutes at 2 p. m. June 3d, the birth day anniversary of Jefferson Davis, "State and South C: ana me nour or -tne unveuing of the i to-aay. Five bisho lshed moonshiners, whilo courts are powerless in t' He said State Solicitor i; had told him he could r t dlctment of moonshiners J trlct COMMENCESIENT AT Commencement Sermon Rratton Five i::.!r; Trustees Elect Exccii : A New Rector to te ( lege to he InlarjcJ. Observer I The Hollamn Ra: The commencement Mary's Female Cone?? erty of the Episcopal Davis monument at Richmond nrn. vldlng other roads wll Jioln in and comply , with General Lee's request Found Guilty on Circumstantial Evi ' " donee. ': - ' '. . r ""UucharianT'Ca., May Sol After tie liberating all night, the Jury in th case .of lien Adam., vhY n. 1 t r l T''" ' '. . t'i j- ' Nelson,' of Georg'i; Issfppi; i Cheshire, Stange, of east t' of Asherille. i Richard MI. Is son. V.'. P; or al 1 i e-,'--:
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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