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! ! v r 6UBSCEIPTI0N .PRICE; ; $3.00 PER YEAR. ' '. CHARLOTTE, N. C.r THURSDAY HORNING, AUGUST 22, 190f. PRICE FIVE CENTS. f - IIABKED BY ELOQUENCE SHE PICNIC AT HUNTERSYELLE Five Thousand People at Great An nual ricnic and Tournament Senrttor Overman, the Orator of the Day, Makes Speech Brimful of Patriotism Mr. 1). A. Tompkins ' Speaks On the Advantages of a v rchant Marine Six Other . tV ikers Complete a List That v rTes Up Several Honrs Every body Has Great Time Eptclal to The Qbiery&r. Huntersvllle, Aug. 21.- Hunters Tills haa had big picnics before, but it is doubtful lf.lt ever heard more speeches' in the same space of time than It did to-day. There were ,,', exactly eight speeches delivered here , to-day between the hours of 11 a. ' m. and 6 p. m., and it the 5,060 pic nickers who were here didn't go home knowing more than they' did ' early this morning it wasn't the fault ' of the eight speakers." a.'.v.:1 .?.'.': :' The two first speakers were United States Senator V Lee S. Overman, ' Junior Senator from North Carolina, and Mr. D. A, Tompkins, f Char lotte. Senator Overman didn't at tempt to confine himself to any par ticular subject; as -he said himself, "I've ; been Scattering all" over the face of v the earth.'5 He made a speech suitable to the occasion, con , sistlng largely of patriotic remarks, Interlarded with a few Jokes.; How ever, ha put plenty of vigor Into what he said, as his .ruddy, . per spiring face and wilted Gladstone collar bore witness, ; . He spoke v an hour and a half. -MR.. TOMPKINS PRACTICAL! ' ' Mr. Tompkins speech was entirely practical. . , It lasted only twenty mlnutev but in this space of time he gave . utterance to plenty of good, ' sound sense: It , was on a subject , "which directly concerned the farmers and cotton planters (who were present " and they showed they were In terested by giving him undivided at ' tentl on. He came out strong for a subsidized merchant marine and r showed the farmers Just what the question - means to them ' here in ' Vague and far-off it may seem. - He showed them how an efficient mer chant marine will enable the planter ' to get 30 cents for his cotton instead .of 10 cents., - ' . . , It was a i big day 1 at Huntersvllle all around, .and hot and dusty, as ' all , big days seem to v be. - There hasn't been a good "season" In this section for some time and the dust J rolled over everything in clouds. The manifold attractions all had their Quota of i patrons; everybody v ate . heartily, Senator Overman '-himself, ' confessing that he put away " five adult pieces of strictly hand-made pie; the. knights Jousted in the tournament and covered themselves , with glory and dust; and as a climax to. the day the "Statesvllle" train happened to a painful accident up the road, somewhere . and several hundred, people; were trundled back into Charlotte last' night three1 hours late, tired,; and unhappy. CHARLOTTE: TEAM WINS. " Right here let it be mentioned, ' .too. that Charlotte's baseball team won a- game here to-day, 1 defeating Huntersvllle by a score of 10 to7 This ought to silence critics for a while. - It is to be regretted that in the . , tournament held in the afternoon "Ivanhoe," enshrined in many a ' - email boy's heart, came off second , best, being worsted by the "Nine teenth Century," with "Cowan's Ford" in close pursuit and "Oakdale" fol lowing Immediately behind. These ' mere the Vnom de plumes" respective ly of Mrs. H. Y. Galloway, W. A Nesblt, , James Blythe and Ernest ' .Wilson, in the order mentioned. - ' Following the two principal speak .. : ers came Mr. Hugh Long, of Gaston " . county, , who delivered an attractive address on the spirit of fraternity. . ' He was introduced by Prof. Edwin Lindo Brlgman, who- had the mls ' fortune, after Introducing the speaker In a. speech of considerable- elo quence, to turn and find his man not " present - " . The charge to the knights was I :f, ' gracefully delivered by Mr. F. Marlon Redd? of the Charlotte bar, who compared the Huntersvllle knights ; to the heroes of Tennyson and Scotfc ' ' ' SENATOR OVERMAN. ' . Senator Overman ; Was Introduced , by CoL' W. C. Maxwell. . The Sena ' tor paid a tribute to the gathering - before him and. to the county from which they came. He spoke of the value of such gatherings and how they made -firmer the ties that bound citizens of a community to " gethor.' He looked back Into - the history of North Carolina and pointed out the splendor of her;, record in (her dealings with her own "eople, with other States and with the Fed eral government. From the State the Senator : passed to the achiev ements of Hhe South with the handi cap placed ..upon it by-the war and of its greatness before that conflict. "The country as a whole fails to realise what a great part the South is now playing In America's -com-, merce," he said. "We annually send out 1700.000,000 worth of goods and . bring back $600,009,000 worth. This ,-r shows that If It were not for the great crop of the South which Is so , much in demand, the - balance of trade vfcould be In favor of foreign countries." He rejoiced' that all feeling of ; sectionalism has passed and that the 1 United States .to-day present a firm- ly united and closely bound ; front - - to" the world. . In short, the Senator " ' took up the harp of patriotism and smote on all the chords wlh might. , Passing thence to more detailed subjects, the Senator' spent a few moments on the matter of railroads, x - RAILROADS UNFAIR. V A "The railroads have not all dealt -fairly with the people in the past,' ' ' he said. "The people have had three ' great complaints against them, these being stock watering, discrimination jand rebate giving. It is the second of these which our peopje have most cause to complain of. It is wrong for a railroad to build up one com munity and hinder another, and the railroads must learn that a stop will Jiave to be put to such ' practices. The railroads most be Controlled, . but that doesn't mean we want - government ownership. Government ownership is a stride toward pa ternalism, -,. finally leading to social ' Ism. It takes away what you have ' end gives it to the government. It destroys personal Incentive and am bltlon. lv gives the individual noth tng to work and hope for." ; - The Senator then took up and tS? , ; . ftlained. the need for the creation of the Appalachian Park. He told tit his efforts to get Congress to do Something about it H told of his bill for the appropriation of $10,. - 000,000 to this purpose, how it passed the Benate, but was prevented from passing the House by Ppeaker Can-rmi.-" ifr explained "how a' second tf- i (Continued On Page Four.) OUSTED MAYOR KILLS HIMSELF. " ' Paul C. Barth, of IxuisvUlfs Ends Life in Prhato Oflico of Utloa Llmo Company, of W'lili-h He Was Gen era! Managcr-Ho Welcomed Presi dent Roosevelt to Louisville Two Years Ago. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 21. Paul C. Barth, for a year and a half Mayor of Louisville, and ousted recently by th decision of the Court of Appeals, shot and killed himself-to-day. Mr. Barth ended his life in hla private office at the headquarters of the Utica Lime Company, ( of which he was general manager. : The shot was heard by his business associates, who rushed -into the room -to find Mr. Barth ""unctm sclous on the floor, with a bullet hole In- his head. 1 He never recovered con? sciousne&s and died about 1 o'clock. Mr. Barth Was a man of means and was president ot the noard of alder men for several years.- It . was Mr, Barth who' welcomed . to - Louisville President - Roosevelt when on. his Southwestern tour two years ago. The cause of the suicide is unknown. . Since-the ousting of Mr. Barth's ad ministration by mandate of the Court of Appeals two months ago, the acta of the officials during r his term have been subjected to severe scrutiny , by the officials who came in with Mayor Bingham, appointed t by Governor Beckham. . Nothing was , found that reflected any' discredit on Mr. Barth personally, but the methods of con ducting some of . the city Institutions have .been under r lire both in official reports and 'in the press. Mr. Barth was very Sensitive to criticism and his friends at times remarked that the condition of affairs seemed to gall him. However, he gave no evidence that he was lit any danger to fcrak down, phy sically or mentally, and since the ous ter, had been conducting his business affairs as usual.- Mr. Barth was 49 years old- and he was a widower and leaves three young sons." MORE RACE TROUBLE FEARED, Fifteen Additional . Militiamen DIs : patched to Onancock and Tasley AeiiTO Editor . Yet in Jail at Nor- ' : folk and Does Not Want td Leave vor tn Jfrescnt. iv-'cViyvi-Norfolk, Va,. Aug. 21. Under tele graphic order received early to-day from Colonel Nottingham, command ing a detachment of 15 additional militiamen from the seventy-first Vir ginia Regiment was assembled hur riedly 'and dispatched to Onancock ana Tasley, on the eastern shore of Virginia, to Join t.ie troops aaready on the scene of the race troubles there. The assembling of increasing crowds tat the negro agricultural fair in progress at Tasley this week was assigned by persons arriving from the eastern shore to-day as the cause of tn can lor tne additional troops. The status of the negro editor, Us sel, who surrendered to Oe military authorities at Onancock, and after asking protection was brought to -the, Norfolk jail yesterday, Is peculiar. He is in jail under a commitment of Co4- tonel Nottingham toy authority of the uoverner wnicn says he must e neid until .ordered released by one or the oiner or inese omciais. uommon wealth's Attorney Tllton said to-day that Uzzel la in jail charged with no crime; that he is simply being held at his own request for safe (keeping and could Jeave the jail at his pleas ure.;" At the jail It was said Uzzel does not want to leave and is glad to be there for the present Uzzed's attor ney says there will be no move in the case (for the time being. . PRESIDENT AND PARTY AT HOME Mayflower Arrives at Oyster Bay From Provlncetown Five Hours Late Ow ing to Heavy Fog During Entire Trip President is Heartily Cheered by Jackles. '- v Oyster, Bay, N. T., Aug. 2 1. The naval yacht Mayflower with President Roosevelt and party on board drop ped anchor in Oyster Bay at 5 o'clock this afternoon. It required five hours longer to make the return from Provlncetown, Mass., than was an ticipated owing to the heavy fog which prevailed during the entire trip. Oyster Bay was reached during a heavy shower. The torpedo boats Worden and Hopkins escorted the Mayflower on the return voyage. The Mayflower made no Btops ' on the trip from Provlncetown, but pro ceeded at a low rate of speed on ac count of the fog. The small islands at the north, entrance to Long Island Sound were avoided toy setting the course south of Block Island andhen up through Block Island Sound. When, the Mayflower came to an chor in Oyster Bay the heavy -rain which had been falling for some time suddenly stopped and the President left the ship immediately, the cus tomary salute of 24 guns being fired as the launch left the side, when, 20 minutes later, the President .left the launch at the dock he was given a hearty ' cheer by the jackles on the launch. , 5 OHIO DEMOCRATS WORKING. They Hope to Land the State In the Next Presidential Election Believ ed Thnt Secretary Taft Warned Ills Managers of Democratic "Danger" While in Columbus. , Special to The Observer. Columbus, Ohio., Aug. 21. Though lor obvious reasons, nothing was giv en out about' it, it la .believed that Secretary Taft, while in this city, dis cussed with . his managers the "dan ger" of Ohio going Democratic because of the Sj bitterness which has . been aroused in the Republican' ranks by the Taft-Foraker ; controversy. That Republican success in the State is en dangered by the fight has become well recognized and this phase of the 'sit uation will ho doubt be borne in mind by. those who will look after the interests of Mr. Taft during the three months he will be in the far East; i ;" Among Republicans who place- par ty success above the success of any Individual, the state of, affairs in Ohio Is anything but pleasing, and- while the outlook for peace Is far from en couraging, they Insist that the warring elements should get together; at any cost, in the meantime the Democrats are active and party leaders appear confident of being able to deliver Ohio to the Democrats In the next presl dential election, v . ' Georgia Railroad Commissioner Sus pended By, Governor Smith. Atlanta, ; Ga., Aug. 21 .Governor Hoke Smith to-day isue4 an, order to take effect immediately suspend ing froms office Railroad :i Commis sioner Joseph M. Brown ; and, ap pointing in his place S. G. McLch dole. The order gives no reason for the suspension but cites simply the section of the code , which confers rm- th-Oovrnor tb-.autlurily . to suspend a commissioner who fails to mee the demands of the office, , TBA1ME3I ARE ARRESTED CI L RG ED WITH MAXSltVUGHTER Dispatchers Ketehum and Parvln, Condurtor Oakley and Engineer Rippcy Must Answer for Auburn Wreck, 'In -Which Criminal Negli gence Is Alleged The Accused Men tilve Bond for Triao at the Septein ler Tcnn of Wake Superior Court Harrison Appeal Docekted-in the Hiipreme Court News Notes Of the " . State Capital. ---.. . N . ' .-. -- Observer Bureau, " - , The Hollaman Buil ling, 1 ' 'Jtaleigh, Aug. 21. ;. Chief Train Dispatcher B. P. Ket ehum, of the Durham division of the Southern Railway, . and Train Dis patcher Victor Parvln wete arrested td-day on warrants charging man slaughter, the coroner's Jury1 having found them guilty of gross negligence and carelessness in the matter of head-on collision of a freight and pas senger train near Auburn on August 8th when three men were killed. - ' .- The men waived- examination and were bound over 2o September term of court. Ketchum's bond toeing il, 000 and parvins soo. warranxs nave been Issued for the arrest of Engineer W. W. Rlppey and Conductor C M. Oakley, of the passenger train who admitted having forgotten their orders to meet the freight train. The magis trate says he will grant ball to them in f 10.000 each when they appear be fore him. sThey are expected to, p pear to-morrow. . f'-'i.-ak '. GIVE THEMSELVES UP. Passenger Engineer W. W. Rlp pey and Conductor Oakley, of the Southern, came here and gave them selves up to Justice Separk. He had Issued warrants ' for .them, charging manslaughter for criminal careless ness In causing the collision at Au burn, ten miles ' from Raleigh. -Am gust 6th, which caused three deaths. Bonds of ! a thousand dollars ? were given in each case. AH the men waived examination. ; Their ' cases may be tried at the September term of Superior Court here. ;. -f To-day an appeal was docketed in the Supreme Court in the notable capital case of Joshua Harrison, con victed of abduction and death of year-old Kenneth Beasley, in Cur rituck county, the case , having been removed to Pasquotank county on account tf alleged prejudice against Harrison. The case will, be argued here next Tuesday., The attorneys named are not yet entered, but in the court plan there was a large ar ray of counsel on both sides. Harri son is a brother-in-law of former Governor Thomas J. JarvhJ. Charters are granted the Bank of Grover, Cleveland county, . capital stock $10,000; the Universal Wire Box Company, Durham, $100,000, C. O. Ullman, of Chicago, and others stockholders; Eagle Rock , Manu facturing Company, at place of that name, this county, $25,000; Carolina Amusement Company, Bryson City, trmipCTatc a skating , r).nkgtcx$ 10,- 000, ,r V V-'i'ET DEAF MUTE SCHOOL. ' V" , Among to-day's vlsitort was Pres ident E. McK. Goodwin, of the State School for Deaf Mutes at Morganton. He says everything is in iperlect s.iape for the beginning of -next session, Soptember 4th. During the test ses sion there were 233 pupils but the pext term will begin with 850, There is now a compulsory law which goes into effect September 1st and under its provisions the parents or guaraians of every, deaf mute child must send It for five years to this school, at some point Detween the ages oi . 8 ana i& years. Mr. Goodwin says there are at least 150 children in the State who have never been inside euoh a school. Some of .these are .beyond age. The new law will be enforced and will be very valuable Indeed. ' The train dispatchers and train men, if our in number, of the Southern Railway, who are charged toy the cor oner's jury here; with toeing the cause of tihe fatal wreck at Auburn will have a hearing 1n a day or tworit Is expected. The warrants have gone to Goldsboro. Greensboro, and Burling ton for them. The principal figure among them all is the veteran en gineer, William W. Rlppey. By the way he is a man of very considerable means, having made good in, vest ments. He has always -been regarded as a model engineer and for nearly a third or a century (has Been a noted man in that line on the run between here and Greensboro. He and . the others have lawyers and his1 attorney, Thomas M. Argo, of Raleigh, was present at the inquest held by the coroner in the courthouse here last Monday. , ; , ' ' i The Supreme Court which meets next Monday, to examine applicants for licenses as attorneys will be faced by the usual large number .of aspir ants and there will be at least 60 coming from three law schools and from various private tutorsr - ; ' TO VOTEON BONDS. In September the people here are to vote on the Issue of $100,000 of (bonds for a new city , hall land audi torium building and for another mar ket. It is -understood the. site of the proposed market is to 1e west of the present one, with an entrance from three streets. The site was held by an option, the figure toeing $10,000. There are really two sites thus held these being a block apart ' The ques tion of greatest interest: from any person is that of the auditorium.: The one ipropoed toy the aldermen at this election is to be on the site of toe pres ent market and irity hall and it Is said it will accommodate 2,250 peo ple. ; The Raleigh Auditorium ? Com pany which recently sold to Charlotte persons the Aademy of ? Musle and aojoining ianis ror aaout v $36,000 has $10,000 in funds available for an auditorium. , . i- ;v GOVERNOR GLENN RETURN& ; Governor Glenn came back to North Carolina today from New York City ana epuKa n waiiHce, uupnn county, To-morwwr he will arrive here, lis goes to Wadesiboro this week. lie will have a large number, of engagements to spea. na. na mm compelled to decline this year a great tnanv Invi tations to apeak both. Jn and out of tne state.. A charter.'" Is granted the Yadkin Valley Fair Association at Salisbury, capital stock $25,000, M. L. Jackson and others being the stockholders. State SuperlntenJent Joyner, left to-day tor tne east to make two speeches m Pamlico county; one at McssrckY tne outer at Goose Creek He goes to Klnston fUturday for a conierence aoout eaucationai matters. NEW HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. To-day. tho State Superintended! of Public- Instruction announced the name of those who have been Issued bertlnVates as teachers In the new ru ral high schools. These have qualified themselves : as principals of , such schools. One of the particular requlr mants for- the. latter, position , Is ths knowledge of Latin and Greek. The list follows: C. B. Alexander, Matth- EDDY SUIT 13 WITHDRAWN XEXT FRIENDS' ASK DISMISSAL Jinny Reasons - Advanced "or Ac tion, Princliwl One BJng Un profitableness of Immediate Re sult of Decision In Favorof ' Next - Friends Upon Exact Issue As Now Framed Counsel For Mrs. ,Eddy Presents Motion to Have Hearing Proceed to Determine Competency of Defendant Court Declares . He .Would Not lie Justified hi Going Forward With Hearing Without Order ; From Judge Chamberlain. Concord. N. H,, Aug. 21. The famous - suit In v equity brought on March 1st last by George W Glover, son of Mra Mary Baker G. Eddy, and others, as "next1 friends," against Calvin S. Fi-e, and others,; to secure an accounting of the proaerty of the aged founder and head of the Chrl tlan Science Church, came to an ab rupt end to-day. ' Immediately; after the opening. of court Jin the con tinued bearing regarding Mrs. Eddy's competency before Judge Edgat Aldrich and his co-masters, William E. Chandler,; senior counsel forr ths next friends, announced that counsel for the next "friends had filed with the clerk of the court a motion for the dismissal of the suit He said that there were many reasons for this action,' but the principal one was "the unprofitableness of any Im mediate result of a decision in favor upon the exact issue as now framed, compared with the burdens and dis advantages 'to be endured by us, both before and after such a decision." . In announcing the dismissal ot the suit, Mr. Chandler said: ALMOST WHOLLY ALTRUISTIC. "The suit has been almost wholly altruistic In its" nature and not a single ; dollar of the large ' fortune whose existence Is disclosed or which might be enlarged in consequence of this suit, can become at this time the property of the' next friends. There are also reasons, sentimental in tnelr character, overcoming the strong de sire of the next friends to prove the facts and vindicate tne reasons upon which., the suit has been based which, however, is now. hereby dis missed." Mr. Streeter, counsel for Mrs. Eddy,", in her behalf, at once pre sented a motion that the masters proceed . with the hearing and de termine her competency to manage her business affairs. Mr. Streeter reviewed the Institu tion and progress of the accounting suit, which he characterized as pri marily an assault by a great news paper upon a great rellgion-r-a re ligion which its founder had designed to promote after her death by the use of a large part of her fortune, .MOVE TO CONTEST WILL. , "Not one word of testimony has been introduced," said Mr. Streeter, ..".to show that ohe dollar of her money' haV-eW. DBt'H-teilw atedV The charge. of her Wlncompe- tency has , completely collapsed. It la now stated In the press that the next friends -will abandon - this suit for the" purpose or awattmg Mrs. Eddy's death and then contesting her Will. Mrs. Eddy has a legal right to a finding of her .competency upon the case as it now stands or upon such further evidence as she may introduce." . Mr. Streeter demanded from the masters a finding to that effect. Judge Aldrich said the Issue sub mitted to them was purely a property question, , He continued: 4The t next friends having with drawn from this hearing and an nounced that they will withdraw the suit from the Superior Court, there is nothing left for us to hear and we don't think we should be Justi fied in going forward with an ex parte hearing. HIGHER COURT MUST SAY. "We shall make a report to Judge Chamberlain containing all the' evi dence and the happenings of to-day. In case we are in error In respect to the effect of next friends withdrawal, Judge Chamberlain can direct us to resume the hearing. "Without such order we -do not think we should be Justified In going forward with this hearing." J- Mr. Streeter noted an exception this ruling. . . . EXPLOSION IN POWDER MILL, One Man Is Killed and Another Badly '-'' '' 7vr:-''. ' Burned. - :c. , .4 Racine, Wis., Aug. 21. In an ex plosion In the coning mill of the Laflln & Rand powder mill, at Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha county this morning, Norman Phillips, of West Virginia, 35 years old, was killed, v and Walter Harien and John Nolan fatally burn ed. .The cause of the explosion ta not known The damage to the buildings is slight. ' This is the same mill that exploded several months ago, killing nine men and injuring othera ws; Fred Archer, Chapel Hill; B. W. Allen, Frankllnton;. W, H. Albright, Llbertyr W. F. Allen, Southern Pines; W. J. Beale, Pendleton; W. T. R. Bell, Rutherfordton; N, B. Clayton, Chapel Hill; ' Miss- Laura V. Cox, Wlntervllle; Frank Culbreatir; Fayettevllle; Mark B. Clegg, Crouse; J. E. crutchfleld, Lilllngton; Miss Emma Culbreath, Clinton; E. P. Dixon, Liberty; George C. Davidson, Fayettevllle J. M. Down um. Gastonla; J. E. B, Davis, Pine Leyeh J. B. Everett, Robersonville; H. w. Barley, Aulander; B. Lv Ellis, Clinton; W. R. Freeman, Dobson ; Q. M' Guthrie, Englehardti M S. Giles, FonU Flora; R. a Holton, Atlantic; L L. Hargrave, Lumber Bridge; Jack son Hamilton, Marohvilte; George W. Holmes, Henderson; John L.- Harris, Lenoir; , Holland Holton, Durham ; , I R. Hoffman, Lowell; Miss Pearl John son, Pittsboro; T. H. King, LaGranger Alexander H, Koonce, Koper; Miss mvm a, Mien, 1 nrwuro; , ;-jlv lilies, WllUamstcm; fl. Gf Lindsay; Dallas; Miss Eleanor D. Mundy, Barbours- ville; E. L. MIddleton, Cary; M. F. Mocanness, cnapei hjiij H. C. Mar shal, Bryson City; Harllee McCall. Florence; " K. H. Jrtclntyre, Holly springs; Charles jc. Mccanness, Trin ity: Miss Ada D. Mlchell, Lexliwrton! Miss Clara M. , Pgg. - Madison; 1 Miss Mary H. Phelps, Scotland Neck; Lu thar B. Pendergrass, Durham; Miss Susan B. Kenny. Raleigh; EM. Raw line, Raleigh; William Robinson. Wil mmgton; H, E. RIggs, Dobson; A, C Rherrlll, Stanlej A. B. Btaley, Pitts boro; Preston Stamps. Parkton; J. 1 Slngletary. Bndenboro; M. Shepard, Orrum; E. o. tsettiemyre, , Granite Falls; W. B. Shlnn, Granite Quarry; B. I. Cary, Warsaw; James Temple ton,' CaryJ W. W Woodhouse, White oak; A. V. Wposeley, Pleasant Garden; L. L. White, Jamestown: O. B..Wet mooreWoodlaf ;. E.,,lb. .JVagoner, Whitehead; A. f . Whlzennunt, Hick ory. , RAILROADS FOUND GUILTY POSTED 3IISLEVDING BULLETINS South Carolina Corporation Commis- siou Severely Comlemns tne Atlan tic Coast. Line and the C. N. & L. for Keeping Three-Score Passengers Up AU Night In Columbia Union Station ahe Law in the Case Cited Supreme Court Decision Fight on in Laurens for Supremacy in the Control of a Cotton MM Revival v of tho Bitter Strife of Two Voars - Ago. ; 1 Observer Bureau, l ,..J 1209 Main Street, i ; . . Columbia, S. C, Aug. 21. The railroad commission to-day formulated and reduced to .wrjting it,s findings and : conclusions In the matter of . the Coast Line and C.VN. & L. roads violating the law on the night of August 6th and morningf of August 7th, when 59 passengers were kept up all night at the union station here by the C. N. A 1 road con stantly posting up Its train as only 20 minutes lata with the result that the Coast Line's train which connects with the C. N ' & L.'s train from the upoountry wa, annulled. I : The report of the commission, which is-rade to the coming Legis lature, discovers after several hours' testimony-taking 'that both roads violated the law, for which the re port severely condemns them. The commission is to have a consultation with the attorney General with a view to taking steps against the two roads In. the courts. The roads throughout the State have been vlo latlng this law ever since it was enacted, and the outcome of this case win be watched with Interest by the traveling public'' generally. The statute provides a penalty of $1,000 on any road violating a rule of the commission. - It remains to be seen whether the commission will push the fight for repovery of this penalty In order to demonstrate " Its determi nation to see that the ' roads observe the law , generally in good faith. LAW 'ON THE CASE. Section 2170 provides: "Whenever any passenger train on any railroad In this State shall be more than onet half of one hour behind Its schedule time it shall be the duty of such railroad company to keep posted along Its line, when a telegraph operator la on duty at such stations, the tlrtie such train is behind Its schedule, arid shall change such bul letin every half hour until such train arrives, stating therein the timr which such train Is behind and the hour it is expected "to arrive. Pro vided, That such bulletin shall 1 '. j be required to be posted at any 1 -tlon until half an hour before the . i quired schedule time at which sue train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin Is required to be kept. . "Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section snaii ior- d pay the sum of $20 for eacn and every such refusal or neglect, said sum to be sued for by the per son aggrieved in the county in which such refusal or neglect occurs, half of which sum shall be turned over to the county treasurer for ordinary county purposes and the other half retained by the person so aggrieved." In reference to Commissioner Sul livan's report to the commission that on the afternoon of August 14th the Blue Ridge road, which is a part of the Southern, provided only a hox car for the ten-mile run between Bel ton and Anderson in place of Its regular passenger train making Im portant connection, the commission adopted this resolution: "Resolved, That a copy of the re port of Commissioner Sullivan, in reference to certain violations of law by the Blue Ridge Railroad Com pany, be furnished A. B. Andrews, president of said railroad, and that he be given, until the 3d day of Sep tember, .1907, to submit to this commission lit writing such explana tion or evidence relative to this re port as he may deem proper." SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. The Supreme Court to-day handed down a decision, 'In the case of Mrs. Julia Kennedy, of Greenville, against the town council of thnt city for damages for personal Injury she sustained in falling Into a sewer ditch in front of her residence. The appeal was from a non-suit granted in the second trial 'of the case and many interesting law points are raised. The esse has exerted much Interest In Greenville and elsewhere. Mrs. Kennedy is the wife of ex-Chief of Police Kennedy, of Greenville, has served a number of years as organist In Christ church there and is one of the best known women in the up country and has many friends there and throughout the State. , FIGHT ON. IN LAURENS. Another fight Is on In Laurens county between . majority and mi nority stockholders for supremacy in the control of - a cotton mill. Two years ago a bitter strife was waged, with the .Federal and State courts taking a hand, between the Northern majority . and local minority . stock holders of the Laurens Cotton Mills, the Northern directors, aided by local men having voted Mr, Lucas out as president because he refused to let them handle the output of the mill on a 4 per cent commission basis, when .other mills, among them the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Com pany, in the same county, were dis posing of their output on a 2 per cent, basis. This fight is not yet ended. Now the Northern stock holders and directors of the - Ware Shoals concern, according to a state ment issued to minority stockholders by President N. II. Dial, have re duced his salary and so limited his authority as to : make htm a mere 'figure head. He calls for a meeting of minority stockholders to adopt a course for remedy. He suggests that the majority stockholders are In-, tcrested in other - mills which make bags and sell the product of the Ware Shoals Mills to themselves and are operating It in a manner inimical to the minority. He stys ne and his friends have made a proposition to the majority to buy or sell In the hope of saving the minority from total loss. PRINCE WIL1IELM A BOARD. ' Social Functions Begin To-Day ; and Continue Through Saturday. . : Norfolk, Va , Aug. 21-Prince WH helm, of Sweden, sent to represent hit grandfather. King Oscar, on a visit to America - incident to the Jamestown Exposition, having concluded his stay here, has gone aboard the Swedish cruiser Flygia to Newport, R. I., where social functions hava been rrangedj for the Princes entertainment begin ning to-morrow and concluding Satur day., night with a r'urn dinner and ball to be given by the Prince aboard the Fylgla In Narragonsett bay. DETTMERING TRIES SUICIDE. Bridegroom of 81 Attempts to Leave This Vale of Tears by Hanging But Is Cut Down in Time Relatives Want Him Sent to an Asylum His Story and Theirs do Not Agree. Siwlal to The Ob.wvor. Greensboro, Aug. 21. There was another -chaster of the Dattmering marriage episode enacted " here - this morning when the people of the city were startled to hear that Frederick Dettmering, a German, eighty years of age, who has lived In the city for many years, had attempted to take his own life. As stated in this cor respondence yesterday, Mr. Dettmer ing'a bride; of two weeks, formerly Mrs. Minnie Walters, deserted him on Tuesday. ; This and the publicity the desertion was given, weighed heavily upon the mind of the old fellow and caused the despondency that evidently exists in his mind. ; 5 v Joe Walker, the negro sexton of the First Presbyterian church, was busy at his work on the grounds of the church wnd when he looked Into the old graveyard, at the rear of th church and saw the ghastly sight ot a human form hanging by a rope from a cedar tree. The spectacle almost unnerved the negro, but collecting his wits ho fushed to the place where the body hung. He found Mr. Dettmer ing there and the latter being unable to choke to death in the short length of, time he had hoped, was making frantlo efforts to cut hla throat with an old case knife. ; The negro realised that he must act promptly if he was to save the life of the man. He snatched the knife from the hand of Mr. Dettmering and with this Joe cut the cot A about the neck of the man who was then almost choked to death. Mr. Dettmering was not unconscious, however, and he soon began complaining that' the ne gro had stopped him in his effort to reach heaven. The cord had left its mark -upon his neck and there were four or five gashes upon his neck where the knife had struck. The wounds bled profusely. '. ' The sexton gave the alarm and ft daughter of Mr. Dettmering notified the police station. ' When Sergeant Barnes, of the police force, reached the place, Mr, Dettmering ' did not seem to be suffering much and he was carried to the police station. All the way up town the man who had been thwarted In his attempt to take his life abused the negro and said he could not understand why he wanted to bother him. Mr. Dettmering said that his trou ble began with his marriage to Mrs. "'alters August 6; that his children Jecttd to the marriage and would not treat him kindly; that he had no oney and had offered to leave home If his chlldrea would give him $700 for his life time right In the (property and right to live there, but they had refused his offer.' He declared that he married his wife because he loved her and she loved him, but their fam ilies are dissatisfied. Ho said that the report that his wife had left him Is untrue and that she has gone to Wlns-ton-Salcm on a visit and not for the purpose of leaving him for all time, . The police are of the opinion that Mr. Dettmering did not Intend to take his life but meraly wanted to frighten his relatives. The latter are anxious that he should be placed In an asylum, as they declare his mind is unsound and that they fear he will yet make a successrui attempt to take his life. There is little doubt that his wife has left .him for good, her sons having persuaded her to do so. Mr. Dettmer ing is 81, his wife 41 years of ago. A COUNTER SUIT THREATENED. ! American Federation of Labor May Institute Action Against Manufac turers' Association Charging Conspi racy Evident Tliat the Association Is Devising Means For Injury of Or ganized labor, Suys Gompcrs. Washington, Aug. 21. Following a meeting of the executive council, of the American Federation of Labor to day President Gompers said that most probably the federation would bring a counter suit against tho National Manufacturers' Association',' charging that body with conspiracy. , He stated that the association recently met In New York with the object of devising means for the Injury of organized la bor and that It has been made evident that there is to be a concerted effort against that interest. Gompers charged that the recent injunction proceedings against boy cotts and publication of unfair lists were Instigated by the Manufacturers Association, which, he said, recently decided to ratse $1,500,000 to crush organised labor. Mr. Gompers added: "The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor decided to day that tho case to be met In the courts shall take on the broadest scope, We know we are within our le gal rights and we propose to exercise them regardless of personal conse quences. .- - "So far as I am concerned, I wish to state this: whenjlt comes to a choice between surrendering my rights as a free American citizen or violating the Injunction of the courts, 1 do not hesitate to say that I shall exercise my rights, as between the two," The executive council to-day pledg ed Its members to use their utmost endeavors to bring about an agree ment between- the carpenters and the wood-workers, who have been In a dispute for some time over the ques tion of Jurisdiction. An "order was agreed upon requir ing unions In New York to become attached to the central organization of that city.- After proceeding to Norfolk, Va. to-night the council will make prepar ation for the general meeting of the federation in thai city, ' . ' CLEVELAND MUCH nROVED. Expected at finniriicr Home In Tsm . worth J W ore Week Closes. WhetflelJ, N. II, Aug. 21. Ex President Grover Cleveland, who has been iH during most of the summer at his 3iome in Princeton, N. J., is ex peKtedat hi summer home In Tarn worth before the week closes. He has so far recovered,' It is stated, that he is now able to travel.: Mrs. Cleve land and the children will be here with Ihlm, and, it Mr, . Cleveland's healtn; permits, the whota family will remain until late in the season. Chicago May Iand the Democratic Na tional Convention. -Special to The Observer. . Chicago, III., Aug. 21. The visit of Chairman Thomas Taggart of the Democratic national committee to this city and following his inspection of the facilities offered for the entertain ment of the next Democratic convenJ tlon, the claim is made that -Chicago wil certainly land the big gathering. After1 his conference with Chairman Taggart, national committeeman Ro ger c-,. Sullivan seemed absolutely con fident that the convention would come here,1 . , - , FORAKEfl GOES FOR TAFT THE TWO DIFFER VERY WIDELY. Objection to Conferring Raic-Maliins Iower Vpon Inter-State Conmii.-ii)ii Ilns Not Yet Been Answered by Taft Oliio Shippers Not Benefitted, lint Injured by Hepburn Law liafR of Secretary That Elfdns Iem-, Im perially In Matter of Abolishing Im prisonment, Was Railroad Measure, is Without Excuse or Justification or New "Rebellion la North Carolina and Alabama. - ' Georgetown, O., Aug. 21. In his first address -. after the . Columbus speech of Secretary of War Taft, Unit ed States Senator Foraker, before the chattauqu'a, assemoiy here to-day, dis cussed his fellow townsman's opin ions, from which he differed in many particulars. In the . course of his speech Mr. Foraker said: ' "All the provisions of the IWpburn rate bill , specifically mentioned by Secretary Taft la his commendation of that measure, excepf the rate-making provisions, wer incorporated Into that bill by the Senate, most of them with my active assistance, and some of them upon my own motion. "The bill, had it been put through the Senate as it was put through the Hous3 and the Senate committee, un der orders to allow no amendments whatever, would have been without any redeeming features whatever, ex cept such as the friends of that prop-, osltlon may claim to find In the pro vision conferring the rate-making flower on the lntr-State commerce commission. "It was to that proposition I was unalterably opposed. OBJECTION NOT ANSWERED. -"The objection to conferring Una rate-making power upon the inter Sfate commerce commission Is not. In my opinion, answer:d by Secretary Taft. "He makes no answer to the sug gestion that the three powers of gov ernment, the executive, ttf legislative and the judicial, are all conferred on the commission, ' and that this com mingling of these powers is unpre cedented and "in violation of botfh the spirit and the letter of the constitu tion. "I have contended that so far as I have yet been Informed there has been no Iow.t range rates since the -Hep burn rate law was passed whereby the shippers of Ohio have 'been bene fitted, except only sucfli as would have been made, In all probability, if the Hepburn law had never been pass ed. On the contrary, since the Hep burn rate law was -passed the major ity or these rates nave oeen advanced. "Inasmuch as the Secretary enter tain the view he expresses as to the difficulty of convictions in suoh cases and inasmuch as the inter-State com merce commissioners, for precisely the same reason given by the part of the Elklns law, the charge of the Sec retary made by Implication at least, that the Elklns law, especially In the matter of abolishing imprisonment, was a railroad measure, is without the siigntest excuse or justincamon; AO body has ever elalmed that the 'Elklns law was perfect. But while he seeks to disparage the Elklns law, yet he ad mits that all prosecutions down until this time have bei?n under It, because these prosecutions were for offences committed prior to the Hepburn rate law, and hs then says that 'criminal prosecutions will continue to be under the Elklns law but as amended by the new rate bill,' now no amend ment of the Elklns law by th pro visions of the Hepburn rate law baa been Invoked in any of these proceed ings." TARIFF REVISION VIEWS, . V ; Senator Foraker spok of his recent public requests that Secretary Taft give a bill of particulars as to his tar iff revision views and declaring the Columbus speech not sufficiently "lu minous on this point," continued: ' "One who was able a y:-ar ago to declare himself unqualifiedly In favor of an immediate revision at that time should toe abl.s now to give some spe cifications as to what then prompted him to make such a declaration. But, Instead, we are told that he merely as sumes that the cost of production in this country has so far diminished since the Dlngley law was passed that the duties now In force are higher than necessary to cover the difference In the cost of labor here and abroad. Assuming for the sake of argument that he Is correct 1n his contention that the difference, in labor," and that difference alone, should fix the duty, he seems to overlook ths fact that the duties fixed by the Dlngley law were. In the Judgment of the Congress that enacted that statute, no higher when tlKy were fixed than was necessary to cover that differential, ana tnat tne duties then fixed, if that rule Is to govern, cannot be high enough now, for it 4s common knowledge that the cost of all kinds of labor has In the meanwhile advanced from 25 to 50 per cent. In this country without any corresponding advance In foreign countries. PF)PUE SHOULD ' BE HEARD. "What I contend for is, that before anv such revision la entered upon, the people shall be heard on the suby-ct. and I have already suggested that such a step should not be taken unsil after we have a chance to consult them In the presidential campaign of next year." Senator Foraker called on the Sec retary to say what In his opinion the Chief Executive "should do about the defiant nullification of the war amend ments to the constitution Involved In such statutes as that passed In, Geor gia only a few days ago. He is prop erly In favor of doing all In our power for the eight millions of brown people in the philll points ' who S were until recently entire strangers and open ene mies. But how about the ten million black people in Amwtea, none of whom aver drew a - disloyal breath, who are openly and defiantly beintr denied their constitutional rights of cltlscnship. Is there no power to pre vnt such" an offense against human rights and such an overthrow of our organic: lawT ' A RtAP CLOSE HOME. . "But I would know also what tho views of an aspirant to the presidency may know about the new rebellion that had broken out tn some of the Southern States, notably-North Caro lina and Alabama, In the form of otin defiance' of the authority of the Unit ed States courts. la this spirit to bo checked and retrained, or is It ta bo allowed to feed upon -itself and tw strong "to point erttienidr o--lnstltutlons?"
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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