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4 r 1 V- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : .$3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1907. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 ft CITY OFFICIAL- A THIEF CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIME. x. vV1ardy 1Iead of tha Sanltarif ; i'r i-uiment, Imprisoned at Green- v..liv 8. C. On Charse ol Assault With1 latent to KM and Ferelblo .. Robbery He Drugs x Woman and Pujls Diamond Kings Ioui Her Fingers Confesses to the Crime Tbo People VilI Say 'I Told You , So" The Man That Looked Well Hiid Walked Well But Proved a , CriminalA Most Interesting Case. W, R. Clardy, chief inspector of the sanitary department of the' city, Is a prisoner In the Greenville, S. C, jail. , He is charged with assault and bat tery with Intent to kill and forcible ' robbery from the person.: He has con fessedtp the crime and will foe tried. In seeking about for a man with handsome" face, straight apldier-like back and noble carriage the board of health of Charlotte found W, R m Clardy and made him chief of tne san itary police squad of the city. In hu Confederate-gray uniform Clardy was one of tile most dashing looking offi . cerr ever J turned - loose on ; the city, , ' . Those who selected him' believed, they . - had picked a trump card, for there was no end of comment: about lila splendid ' appearance and pleasant, " agreeable manners. His record was not investigated. ? Barring a sly, evasive eye,, ha (borei the Countenance of an , honest youth; But he is how a self- - N confessed criminal of the first, rank, If he escapes the courts of South Caro ' Una, without a sentence of ten or v twelve , years in the penitentiary1 he wftl do well.' ' . , '. THE STORY OF THE CRIME. . " " First Sergeant B. .S. Thackston, of the Greenville police force, arrived ' here last night, v He came to get ad ditlonal facts about his -prisoner. . Last night, in talking with . Chief Orr. of the Charlotte police depart ment, and Vint Observer man, - the South Carolina officer told the story of Clardy's crime. - r . - , . "On . the night ; of . the ":11th , of August," said Sargeant Thackston, "a ' young man went to the tenderloin sec tion of ouf city and called at the home of a woman of. questionable character fad knocked ea the door. The wo- - manmet him and told him to walk in. He said to herr 'This Is an old friend, have you forgotten him? The woman did not recall him, but told him that she was glad to see him all the same. .Having made his way in, lie chatted pleasantly and had a glass or two of ' beer the young man accompanied Ella Glbbs to her room. DRUGGED THE WOMAN ; . AND A5 ROBBED HER. -? - "Nothing more waa heard from Ella , - Glbbs until I o'clock the next morning when she staggered Into tho room of ' - the mistress' - of the house and an " nounced that4 she had been drugged andttobbed bf two very valuable dia j tnonda and that her companion of the "night before had disappeared. An ln ' i vestigatlon proved that the girl, had been choked and otherwise mistreat ed. One of her lingers, from which a ring had been taken was bruised and 'lacerated. An examination? of the room revealed the fact that the young Lotharo had escaped through a back " window,- made 4ila way round the ' bouse, and over the front fence to the "The stolen rings- were valued at about $450. , "We began to look Into the case, but had very little to go on except a ." description of the man. We searched in vain for a clue but could not get anything. Several people saw the man ' - after he arrived at the house. One - fellow, who had seen him, in the aft ernoon, took a drink of beer with him that night This fact led to his ar Jrest . CLARDY THE MAN WANTED. , "Sunday afternoon the young man - who drank the beer with the stranger, saw the handsome chap on the streets of Greenville, notified Ella Glbbs and - she gave the police officers tha tip. I " got ,the Clue anTshadowed the fellow. 1 At midnight I came tip on him, stand ing at the corner ol Washington and Academy streets: I did not Intend to ," arrest him then, but, to wait and see if I -could learn more, but I saw him give me a suspicious look, and I knew 'that; if I did not nan htm then he might get away. Hence I walked up and took hold of him and told him , thathe matched nhe, description of - a man that I was hunting. He gave his name as W. R. Clardy, of Char- . lotte, and pulled his badge of office. I took hold of his hand and turnsd it ', ao that I could see. a signet ring that I had been told that he wore. Seeing ' " this I t grabbed his gun pocket,: and fastened his revolver. I felt pretty certain that I had my man, but was not satisfied until I tpok hint to Ella Glbbs, who identified turn as tar tu she could see him. ' "' "lAt first Clardy denied everything, ' but after he learned what I had he made a full confession. , "He told of taking the rings and selling theAi to Frank ,K, Gardner, a - Charlotte jeweler. For the rings and a watch he got $240." "What will be the charge against hlinT" asked a reporter. "We shall try him for assault and . battery with intent to kill-and forcible . robbery irom the person," ' ' , ; The first news -of Clardy's arrest ' oame to The Observer, late yesterday afternoon,. The following telegramvwas , deceived from The Greenville News: ( f -"Sergeant Thackston' will arrive In - Charlotte to-night on No. lr. a (will ; see an optician wno nas two aiatnonas (pawned by a man named Clardy, who Is said : to be a sanitary officer of Charlotte. Clardy is charged with rob-U blng and choking a woman in the ten derloin here. Clardy admits robbery." .CHIEF ORR ONTHE CASE.,. A reporter waa'sent at onceyto the police station where he called on Chief Orr and showed htm the telegram. "The news spread rapidly fsom depart ment to department and from citizen to citizens. There were hundreds of people saying, as did the old man when the cow swallowed the grind stone, "I told you so.": '"That is what the city gets of hiring an unknown;" As a matter of fact Mr. Clardy-was hired by the month and was on proba tion. The board of health elected him on trial. He was suspended early yes terday morning 'for neglect of duty and leaving the city without permis sion, this being done 'before any one here knew -of the sensational charges at Greenville. ' ' . Chief Or took up the case here Im ' mediately after getting the tip s and found that Clardy had offered the 'rings' W JartbaldI,5rung--&Dlxon: who did not -examine them, and sold them to Frank Gardner, on . North Tryon street. Mr. Gardner sold the! rings to two traveling men before Chief Orr arrived. He will recall them. A SIMPLE-MINDED FELLOW. . In addition to being a crook Clardy must have a simple mind. After com mitting such a serious crime in a city the alze of Greenville he went back there inside of a month to toe spotted and nabbed. To make his crime worse he. was courting a respectable young L woman in the South Carolina city. In applying for his position he did so on Y. M. C A. paper, which had some thing to do with his application 'being considered seriously. -After, search ing records for several hours v last flight the reporter on this case failed to identify - Clardy with ; any church, or Sunday school,-but: did ascertain that he belonged to .the ' . Business Men's League glee club. There is no end to the people who will shout from the house tops to-day, those familiar old words "I told you so." A chorus of voice will resound from hWHop to hilltop,. It Is safe to say that the next chief of the sanitary force will have to. have'a ipedlgree and a reputation for character.' Clardy had goed looks and talked well' The brasenry of the young fellow Is more than ordinary vr. m can ac count for. He went to Greenville soon after being elected to office and com mitted a foul crime, returned to this city, dinned hisTiretty new suit; boss ed around among the men under him, and then returned to the scene of his crime to be imprisoned. If Clardy ; rob bed the city Ihe fact has not been dis covered. An Investigation wlU.be made to-day.v.Sf.tv:: :'"S:::Fr Clardy Was a student at Clemson College, South-Carolina, and the 'A. & . M. .College,' North Carolina. He was well' known in football circles while a college , boy. . - NAVAL . DESERTER ARRESTED Grecnrtioro Officers Take Into Cuetody Two Young Men, One Being Wanted " At Norfolk Other May Be Also. Special to The Observer, v. QreenaboTo, 5 Sept t. Yesterday morning, In response to a 'phone mes sage from the Finish! ng Mill district a mile north of the city, stating that a couple of strangers were sleeplns under a jtree out there, two of the city policemen went out and arrested the unknown parties. ' Tle names of the young men were Mlchael Fox and Crawford "W'ajoner. Upon art ex amination of the records in the office Of the chlelf of police lb waa discover ed that Fox was a reserter from the United - State -Battleship- - Franklin, having left the ship at Norfolk on the 25th of July. When tjuestloned by the -officers about , the matter, Fox confessed that he was the man who had deserted, but said that Wagoner was not implicated in the trouble in the least The authorities at-Norfolk were wired of the arrest to-day and as soon as a message is received re questing that Fox. be sent to Norfolk ah officer will be sent with hlrrt. As indications point very clearly that Wagoner is also a deserter or is guilty of some crime, he will be. held until the .officers at. Norfolk -, and other cities are conferred with. " V Wagoner confessed that he too had run away from Norfolk. ' ' "' Fox,-whose home Is at the Finish ing Mill here, Is about 18 years old. He stated to-day that he. enlisted on the lOth'of July and deserted on the 20th of the same month as he became greatly dissatisfied with the work on the ship. He said that since his de sertion' from the ship he had been traveling with a show company and left it Saturday night at Winston to come 1 to "n.is home here at Greens boro. Wagoner atated that he too had been traveling with ; the same show. LIVED AT HIGH POINT Ed Edwards, Who Wfts Shot at Ashe- ville, Burled by tho Junior Order of the Manufacturing City. Special to The Observer. High Point, 8ept 8. Ed Edwards, who was killed by Henry Postelle, his cousin, in Asheville Saturday after noon, up to two years ago, made High Point his home. .His parents live here now and the remains were brought here yesterday afternoon. The funeral Occurred this morning. Edwards A belonged to Guilford Council No. 23. Jr. O. .U. A. M. of this city, and was burled with the honors of the order. As soon as the body reached the undertaking shop of J. W. Sechrest It was taken from the plain coffin and placed in a . handsome steel-gr,ey casket and shrounJed In a neat black suit, with the emblem of the Junior Order on - top of casket. Edwards carried 4250" in the insurance department of said order, which will cover all expense Incurred at Ashe vHle and here.; -; ; Saturday night about 8 o'clock . the message was received telling of his untimely end, and It waa late before a message in reply could be gotten oft. Edwards' fathers and brother came to the" undertaking es tablishment that night and were pros trated at the news. , From the tele gram and what was learned fron.the father it) was supposed that Edwards was killed by .electricity, as he was supposed to be working in that line, and the full truth was not known un til the morning papers arrived, : His death caused no little excite ment among his acquaintances here, and many of them were at the depot when the body arrived. TRAIN DERAILED 7 KILLED. V fc!.,.sf;t..s;t r"; V;.:.,i .:i .-v v.. tt : Three Cars of . Chenapeake & Ohio i Local Ovcrtnrns Seventeen Are In Jurcd Spreading Ralla Blamed. Charleston,. W. Va.- Sept. : 2. A Chesapeake & Ohio local ; passenger train, No, was derailed a mile be low, Kanawha Falls to-night and as a result seven are dead and I? Injured, . a coacn, tne combination express and mall car and the baggage cur .ov erturned, rolling toward the Kanaw ha river. " , f . - - Among the dead are Allen Loving, a Hlnton law atudent at West Virginia University, serving as express agent during the summer; C. S. Campbell, a telegraph operator. ' .- Spreading rails is supposed to have caused the accident. ' f v : .v n .. .n'n - ' ,v V; .;:. - Prpaoher Raya He Is Innocent Special W The Observer. t ' . Gastonia, Sept. 2, The Rev. J.JH. Arnold, at traveling evangelist, whose arrest and Imprisonment on the chalngang at Chester, & C, has been noted m The Observer, is in Gastonia, having come here last week. Mr. At hold says he is a much maligned man and thinks-the press has done him a great injustice. He was charged at Chester with cruelty to a young boy and fined ISO, in default of which he went to jail, Wednesday he ; waa re leased on condition that ' he leave Chester. - In a lengthy letter: to The Columbia (S. C.) State he presents his side of the case. He has employed counsel and may institute suit against inst 1 the town or cnester -TOf-" raise "im prisonment and arrest" He says is an innocent man. LAB0B DA V ATJAMESTOWK MR, HE.VRST JL1KES SPEECH Samuel Gompcrs, President of Amer : lean Ideration of Labor, Also De . livers An Address Thousands of Persons Attend Mr. Hearst Dls- cusses Ijabor, Its OpportunlUes and inroblems Declares Not Only Co - Operation But Organization Neces sary, in Labor as Well as capital, and Labor Unions Are Valuable to Community Distinguishes Between Honest and Corrupt Corporations. i Norfolk, Va7, ; ept. 2. William Randolph Hearst,- of ew York, and Samuel Gxwnpers, president of . the American Federation of Labor, were the-- principal ) speakers at to-day's great ' Labor! Day' celebration at the. Jamestown: Exposition. 5The;:i weather was clear, and thousands ' of, persons from all parts of tidewater Virginia at tended.' Following an address of welcome by President Tucker, of the Exposition Company, Mr. Hearst was introduced and given an ovation. Mr. Hearst said in part: . MR. HEARST'S ADDRESS ' '.My friends: Labor Day should rank with the Fourth of July as a characteristic American holiday, The Fourth" of "July Uommemorates -the means, by which .we, gained our inde pendence as a nation, and.Vabor Day commemorates the means by which we have made our nation the most powerful, ; the most progressive, the most prosperous of any in the world. Some nations have grown great by conquering their weaker neighbors. Others'hava grown rich by despoiling dependent colonies, but this nation has grown "to be the greatest and the richest of all through - the peaceful development of its own resources; by. the honost labor of its citizens. . In this country lftbor Is universal and is universally honored and ap preciated. Ia this country there Is no 'working class, but : every man worthy of the name Is a working man. In this country there is no class of men that work with their hands while another clasg worn with their brains. In America all men work with their brains, and when we say that Ameri can laborers-are the most efficient on earth, we dp not mean that their hands are different from those of oth er men, but that their minds are clearer, quicker and more effective than those of other men. In this country the mechanics work, thd. farmers work, the clerks .work, the : business men work, the profes sional men work, and even the mil lionaires work. We have no aristoc racy save that of Intellect and Indus try, and the proudest title .of our most successful mllionalre : is Captain of Industry." . . :; ' , j In a country where all men are working men there should be greater community ,of interest, better mutual understanding and sympathy. It is in behalf of this better understanding that I speak to-day. I have no pa tience with the prejudices which ex ist between alleged classes when the classes themselves do not really ex ist - , CAPITAL AND LABOR. There is no reason for hostility be tween employer and employe, between capitalist and wage-earner. Capital Is but the accumulation of wealth which employer and employe create together. Wages are but the division of prof Its. Both employer and employe are entitled to their- share of the profits, and as long as the division is just and equable there is no occasion for con flict. If the division is not just, it can always be made so by arbitration, and there is still no occasion for con flict. . Let us all regard one another as fellow working men and treat one an other with consideration and toler ance. Let us all labor harmoniously to create wealth in order that there may be the greatest possible amount to be justly divided. A condition " of class hatred such as has developed In Colorado is - a curse to this country. ' I hope that such a condition has been averted In San Franciscofrom which city I have jifst comebut much has been said in th East to misrepresent the union working men of San Francisco. To set them right, to do them' Justice, it Is only neces sary to- state the rxact facts with kindergarten simplicity. . . i EFFECT OF. 'FRISCO DISASTER. "V Ona year and a half ago the great er p'art of San Francisco was destroy ed Are and nearly all the dwellings of the wage-earners were burned. There were left but few dwellings to house a mighty population ' and rents more than doubled. , There was a crltlolsm of the raise in rents. Tha difficulty of transporting pro Visions throughout the ruined city was great, provisions increased ,. In price and the cost of living nearly ''doubled. There was no criticism; of that. Moreover, the ruined (city had to be rebuilt, and there was ten times the building that there ever had been be fore. Following, the universal law of supply and demand, the price of lumber went up, and ..there was .no criticism of that Furthermore, the price of brick went up and the price of concrete went up, and the price of Iron and steel went up, and there .was no cri ticism of that, although the steel mag nate did not live in San Francisco and was, net subject to the trying con ditions there. T But the- union laborer did live in San Francisco and waa subject to the trying conditions -there, an3 tha pries of his labor was also subject to the law of supply and demand. .. But when the price of his labor went up there was criticism and a mighty out cry against the unreasonable demands of the unions. ' My friends, the payment of, high wages to labor in San Frarxjisco was the one thing that saved the city. Those high -wages were spent liberally at the stores and the stores were prof itable. The profits of; the stores were deposited In the banks and tfte banks were prosperous. ' UDesplte the calamity, business boomed and , the city had aa great an era of prosperity as it has ever 'had In Its history. Those high wages attracted thousand to the city, which, otherwise, because of its ruined condition, would : have been unattractive. 1 . WEALTH'S PROPER, . ; DISTRIBU- , , TION. . Jf Jhose high wg had not heen paid, thousands'" would have been (Continual ea Page Eight) PALMETTO CAPITAL KEWS THE CILRLESTON-TRIESTE, LINE Commissioner Watson Talks In Regard to ItCities In Georgia and Ala bama Will Be Visited in Interest of ; Line -Labor Day Exercises Cause a M Suspension of Business Sonic of , the Attractions of the Day Case of ' Mrs. Ethel W. Blair, of Xorth Car Una, For Killing Her Husband to Be Tried This Week. Observer Bureau, , 1428 Main Street, Columbia, S. C, Sept 3. Commissioner Watson will visit At lanta, Mobile and Birmingham prob ably some time this week In .the inter est of . the new Immigrant line . be tween Trieste and Charleston, to con fer with the Governors ; of? Alabama and Georgia and the Commercial bo dies of the cities named in regard to the support It will be necessary tor alt this section of the South to give to the new line. Much valuable work has already' been done along this line by ex-Governor Heyward as president of the Southern Immigration Associa tion, and Commissioner Watson anti cipates no difficulty in his work. "The , new line will j necessitate the establishment of a big cotton exchange at Trieste," said Commissioner Wat son to-day, "for ,the handling of the raw cotton to the mills. Trieste is ac cessible to a large number of cotton mills-aUAustrla and Germany, and tbpse' of Austria . particularly are growing and Increasing in number. "The new line Is practically the same' distance aa the line to Bremen, but has some advantages that the Bremen .line does not onjoy. Our line will run straight across the Atlantic, touching Bermuda and Madeira, where we expect to develop Important pas senger husiness . With the popular health resorts. Striking Europe at Gib raltar we skirt the south of Spain and go straight up the Adriatic to Trieste. "Of course we cannot say just how often the boats will run. That will de pend on how rapidly the business de velops. If the .business warrants it, the company could -runa boat every 30 days. The first boat will be run In December, and fter that the boats will be run about every so to 90 days. I should say. The company will have ready for launching within six months two new 10.000-ton boats, which will be used in this service if they are re quired." .: ' : '. V ' ' . Tha Immigrants will be distributed through a bureau in Charleston, and handling and placing them after they reach that port wUl be one of the most delicate problems to be met In connection with the establishment of the new line. But the department has every reason to believe It will get the earnest, energetic co-operation pf oth er. Southern states that will insure success to this part of the undertak ing. - ' ' A;.'.. There was a general suspension of business on account of Labor Day to day, practically all Main street stores being closed during the iirst half of the day, The parade, which started at 10 o'clock from the Capitol grounds for a march out to Hyatt Park, waa the longest and most creditable In the local history of unionism. Thirty two unions were represented and there werd a number of very pretty floats to be seen. ;' . An' out-of-thc-ordinary feature of the parade was the absence of all band music. It was announced that there being no unionized bands in the town the city federation of trades would worry along without music. The official programme of the exer cises of the day furnished an interest ing atudy of the "pull" organized labor has among the merchants. The geaerosity of the merchants and bus iness houses generally was eloquently set forth in 42 pages of advertise ments, through which one had to dive with energy, persistence and patience to pick out the parts set down as con stituting the programme. Iy- looked like a modern magazine with the "reading matter" left out. Arriving at the park the celebrants were addressed by MayoriOlbbes, Gov ernor Ainsel, Associate Editor Wells, of The Atlanta Journal of Labor, and by President E. D. Smith, of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association, Other features of the day were the Charleston-Columbia baseball games at 11 a..m. and 4: SO p. m matinees at the park' casino at 2 p. m., and 4 p. m., athletic contests at 4 p. m., bar becue at 2 p. m., gun club shoot at 5 p. m and wrestling match between professionals at 8:80 p. , t r;s Two Important murder cases of general Interest are to be tried at the criminal term of court which convenes here to-morrow. These are the cases against Mrs. Ethel W. Blair, the hand some , North Carolina woman who shot her husband to death in thelt home , on Marlon street; and against x-Coroner William S. Green for the murder of a negro hackman In a Main street fruit store. Mrs. Blair !s out on a bond of $2,000, but Mr." Green has twice been- refused bond. Col. George Johnstone, of Newberry, will preside. - I TRAIN STRIKES WAGON. Horse Is, Killed, But Driver Hag a Marvelous Escape. Ppeclal to The Otserver "Spartanburg, S. C, Sept. 2. The passenger train from Columbia - to Asheville - smashed Into the ' delivery wagon of Rowe & R6we at Converse street crossing to-dayt killing the horse, smashing the wagon and knocking Dean Dent, the driver, twenty feet into the air, landing on his feet In a vacant lot. Strange to relate, he was not Injured. Sunday Bather Drowned In Crock. Special to The Observer, Roanoke, 'aJ Sept. ' 2 Thomas E. Polnderter, . 21 years old employed in the recti fying department of the Casper WM Icey Distillery here, was drowned in a creak' near Roanoke Sunday evening while bathing with a pirty of friands. polndexter plunged Into a deep hole and never came up again. His body was recovered. II was from Shore, N. C, and the remains will bo tent to Donnoha, N, C, for Intirmcnr, - . Spartanburg to . Have norse - and Auto Show, ' Special to The pbserver, t Spartanburg. 8. C, Sept 2. The directors of the v Spartanburg Fair Association met to-day and decided to, hold a horse show, race meet and automobile show some time in No vembe. The work of preparing tracks and erecting necessary. build ings "Wilt begin ; at once, The di rector nf tha fair-intend te mak H one of the biggest events of tha kind ever held In upper South Carolina, PAKADE MABKEl) BY KI0T TWO MEN-ARE SHOT IN FRISCO Street Car Interferes and Breaks Into "Lino of Parade and Labor Union Paradcrs Are Made Angry Mob Follows . Car and Attacks It Motorman Opens Fire, Wounding One Man .Assailed Inspector ' Wounds Another With Pistol Labor Union Men Considered They Had Right of Way. , San Francisco, Sept 2. The" labor union parade to-day resulted In the shooting of two men by employes of the United Railroads.; The car men were attacked by the paradera and In self-defense opened fire. The trouble started at Ferry,'; where, It is stated, a Sutter street car broke through the line of parade, A mob ef labor union men followed the car and at the Junction' of Sutter street the members attacked the car. .The motorman, seeing that "nls Ufa was In danger, opened fire and ; wounded one of his assailants in the leg A block further up an Inspector was attacked by the mob.y He drew a pistol and -wounded a labor union man. The men who did the shoot ing were arrested. ; , The labor union men who were In the parade evidently , thought that tuey had the right of way over the streets of Ssn Francisco, for when the cars of the United Railroads at tempted to break through the pro ctssion there was trouble. What had been an orderly parade turned Into a riot. When the police Jumped in to quell the riot a number of them, a soon as they made arrests, -were set upon by i he labor union paradera ar.d mobbed. Ore policeman said after ward: - "It took 20 officers to make a single arrest", . . .... i n i i , . , ' CAPITAL CITY'S LABORS DAY. State Officials Speak at Fair Grounds and Enjoy Big Barbecue Fiddlers' Convention Draws I,argc Crowd Wake County Man Takes First Hon ors. , v- Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building. - Raleigh, Sept. 2. A thousand people went to the State fair grounds this afternoon to attend the Lsbor Day barbeoue, hear the speeches and see the baseball game. Mr. N. B. .Broughton introduced the speakers, State Treasurer B. R. Lacy first, and then Governor Glenn. Oth er State officials were present. Tho Governor, made a powerful pica for iWb TAni I temperance, saying mm Nprth Carolina speni sixteen hhihu dollars for liquors, while the expense of the government was only two and one-half millions, and of public edu cation two million- Ho declared against strikes and thanked tho la boring people for standing behind him in his rate fight. Several thousand people went to Di.iinn vai-ii tn.-iav tn hear the an- I nual contest of North Carolina fid dlers. It was the annual convention. William J. Andrews presided. Several performers were accompanied by tha banlo plaved by the master hand of R. C. Wilson, and there were great demonstrations of applause. Arnold Parrlsh, of this county, won the di ploma and first money. His reper toire wn extensive, embr-aelnt "Mon (... nH Tip Coon," "Gercre Book er." "OlfrGrev Ho." -'Won't You Come Out of The Wilderness." "Yal ler Gil," "Solller Boy." "Arkansax Traveler," "MlHSlPslppi Sawver.' "Leather Bre-hes." and "Devil's Pream." J. W. flai'l won second plaoe. These must defend their di plomas next Labor Day. CELEBRATION FALLS THROUGH The Crowd Ahont All 10 ImlU-ate Labor Onv t .Saltwbnrr Tb Tmir- pcv of the" KAIehts Pw!l" Off. John RoWnwm Comlnar Ont First. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Sept. 2,-The celebration here to-day has not been equal to tho jtc'bs notices. There was a crowd litre that did not seen to recollect Just what it t;ani3 for. The feature of the day was the failure, of rain, for Laboc Day can nearly always srnr up a shower to shake the hopes of the people who live here. ' Just what has been ths fault of ths gathering -no on seems to know. The monsgers entered Into the day with their whole souls and did their best to irlve what was promised In tho advertising. There wre no beautiful and gorgeous fleeoratlons. -; the. floats were hardly in evidence, the speeches were happily not forthcomlnir. It was simply th quietest, most unpretentious affair that anybody ever saw pulied eft here. There were some boys rel races this incrnlng on Fulton street -that wero in teresting and this afternoon at the park tho tournament on horseback wos a live lv affair. At the end of-the race proper, ICnlght Jim Krldnr and Knight John Robinson tied for the honor of crowning the ciueen ef th tournament and on the last run with inch ririKW, Mr. Robinson riti with two of the tiny things on his lanes and Mr. Krlder took one. These races were spirited and ridden by splen did horsemen. Mr. Walter McCanless won the third prl. To-night there was the coronation ball 1 at tha park at 9 o'clock and the speech of presentation was made by W. T. Bost Mr. Moblnaoa crowned his Httls 4-year-old daughter snd Mr. Krider gave his trophy to the first maid of honor. Miss Hallle Julian. The celebration has ; not lacked the crowd, but it appears that the citizens of the town have not taken their accus tomed Interest In the matter. It was announced Inst week that all business houses would be at a standstill, all the banks nd th postofflre would close. The bank and pf'Stoffles were Out of communion, but the stores stood wblq open and the merchants paid but small heed to the big day, i ; - But it has been a well-behaved crowd; there has been ptamlcally no drunken ress; and, barring the excess ef people, there has been nothing showing Salis bury out of th ordinary. The day has been vary like a beautiful Presbyterian Sabbath. ;-' . FARMER'S TERRIBLE DEATII. He Jnmps From Moving Train at , Blanche and His Head Is Crushed and Keck Ilrokcn. Special to The Observe!. t)anville, Va., Sept 2. W. A. Holt, aged about 2 f years, and a young farmer of Blanch, N. CV met a ter rible death at that place at an early hour this morning by Jumping from a Southern Railway) passenger train, which . waa .running at about 25 or SO miles an hour. Holt, with a son of William Gillespie, also of Blanche, was In the city yesterday and ' last night left on the eastbound train for his home, - buying a ticket for Blanche,- He did not learn ' until after he got on the train that It did not stop at Blanche and upon reach ing the station made a jump. Gil lespie intended to follow him, but having a grip decided later not to take the risk. Tha lody of Holt wit lauaund..oa,.iha.i1racJL -ills head . waa crushed . and hta ; neck broken. ,. ' WINSTON'S URST CELEB R.VTION. Representatives of Labor Unions Far ade, Picnic and lytsten to Spt?eches Mayor Eaton'o Talk Very Practi cal and Sensible The Other Spcak ers. : Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Sept. 2. For the first time in thehistory of the city La bor Day was celebrated here to-day in an elaborate' style. There was a pret ty general suspension of business. At 8 o'clock this morning; the representa tives of the various unions of t'm city met at the city ball and formed the line of precession. The procession mov ed promptly at 8:30 o'clock, goins up Fourth street, thence down Liberty to Third, thence down Third to Main street.The procession then went down Main street to Salem creek, where the participants boarded special street cars, whlch were In waiting, and went to Nissen" Park, where the exercises were held. - V ,-; The speaking began at 11 o'clock, the first address being made by Mr. F. WV Cook, a, member of the Wmston Salem branch of the Granite Cutter's International Union, who made one of of the best and most interesting speeches of the day. He was followed by Mayor O. B. Eaton, of Winston, a man of State wide reputation aa an orator. This reputation. was well sustained to-day. Mr. Eaton spoke on the "Benefits and Purposes of Organised Labor," He uried the laborinr men of the Twin City to get down to something prac ticable, to own their own homes and stop wasting money frm month to month and year to year by paying burdensome rents. He advised them to secure homes through the building and loan associations if they all not have the ready cash with whlcn to buy them. He characterize , this as praotical organized work. In conclu sion ho pleaded with them to be con servative and act wlse'y In all it a tt era. "If you have wrongs to right, go about It in a spirit of conservatism,' he said. The mayor was frequently ap plauded by thew orklngmenr nearly all of whom know him personally and know him to be a man Who practices, as near as possible, what he preachee. The other speakers were Mr. F. E. Hyra, of the machinists' union; M-. J. W. Bailey, of Durham, of th carpeo ters' and Joiners' union; Robert Cartor of the bricklayers' union. Dinner was served at 1 o'clock and was partaken of by about 1.000 peo ple. In the afternopn an oM-fanhloned dance was Indulged in by those in clined to "trip the light fanUstic toe." The celebrators remained at th1? park until 6 o'clock when they boarded special cars for the city. Tha cars stopped at the corner of Ma'a and Third streets, In front of The Journal office, and the (representative rf the union left the cars and formed a pre cession. Headed by Chief Marshal F. W. Cook and the Wlnshm Concert Band they paraded the principal streeU of the city after which . thoy went to the carnival grounds, where they disbanded. 11L1XD TIGERS IN WET TOWN. Winston Has Them as Well a Dur ham. Greensboro nnd Cliarlotte Exhibiting for a Firemen's Bene fit City Schools Open. Special to The Observer. Winton-Salem, Sept, 2. Notwith standing the fact that Winston-Salem ia "wet" there are, apparently, as many blind tigers here as there are in towns where there ia prohibition. The police, on an average, run in a blind tiger even' week. Sunday Chief of Police Thoma and another officer In making their regular rounds of the city, visited a supposedly vacant house near Belo's pond, and found 146 beet bottles, some of which were filled, and three Jugs; one of which contained a small quantity of whiskey. The house had not been rented to any ono and tho operators of the blind tiger forced the door to gain entrance to deposit their Intoxicants. Early this morning three negroes, one woman and two men, were arrest ed on the chargo of operating the blind tiger. They were tried In the recorders court at 9 o'clock, the woman, Edith Johnson, being fined $100; Bob Jarrett. one of the men de fendants, vas sentenced to six months on the county roads, but took an ap peal to the Superior Court. The case against Billy Hairston, the third of the defendants, was held open until to-morrow. The Johnny J. Jones Shows Expo sition arrived in the city last evening on a special train and are exhibiting here this week under the auspices of the Winston Cornet Band, v The indi cations are that the carnival will be well patronised. The city graded schools opened this morning with a large attmlance In each school.. The (beat session In the history of tho Winston graded school system is looked f or The Salem pub 110 schools also opened this morning with a large attendance. . : V . T.ie board of county commissioners met this morning, but adjourned im mediately to meet again to-morrow. Adjournment waa taken on account of this being Labor Day, "To-morrow tho road commissioners will meet with the county fathers. Wednesday tha coun ty commissioners will turn tha new tax books over to the sheriff. - ADAMS MADE SUPREME Republican Confer on State Cliolr man Authority to Recommend An IKrfnteea For Postmastcrshlps Ex- ; ecutlve Committee Meets at Greens boro. ( - ' , i , Special to The Observer. Greensboro,! Sept. t. During the whole of to-day the lobby of the Ben bow Hotel has been thronged with prominent members of the Republican party of North Carolina ,here for the purpose of attending a regular meet ing of the executive committee of the party and a meeting of stockholders of the Dally industrial Newg.--:-The meeting was held lata this ef ternoon In the parlor rooms of the Benbow Hotel. ? The most important move made by the committee was the one giving into the hands of ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams the authority ef recommending Incumbents for all the vacant postofflcea in the State, such recommendations to be the next step to appointment. The remainder of the committee meeting was taken up discussing matters of minor Impor tance relative to the party. . A ma Jorlty of the members of the commit tee answered the roll call. . ,. Rural Carriers Meet, -V Spartanburg, S. " Cr Sept. I. the annual mealing . of, the Rural Mall Carriers Association convened to-day and officers for the ensuing year elect ed. The meeting was attended by a large" number of carriers from the county, R. G. Durham was elected nresldenL T. D. Avance vice nresldent. and B. Bryant secretary and Ueasuo er. , TAKING FLEET TO PACIFIC WASHINGTON 3IUCII INTERESTED . The Acting Secretory of tlie Navy Gives Positive Assurance That the Ships WW Go la December Ho (Business. Principles to Be Observed in Buying the Coal or Chartering : Colliers For the Expedition Home Industries to Be PaCroidzed Regard less of Their High Prices Because of the Administration's Tariff Po licy. Observer Bureau, 1417 Q Street, N. W., ' Washington, Sept. 1. . Wonderful interest la manifested in ; these parts In the contemplated move- ment of the Adriatic fleet to Pacific waters which the Navy Department announces will be done some time be tween December 1st and 15th There are still some skeptic hereabouts who express the opinion that, the fleet will not go to the Pacifio and that the ad ministration has never-intended "that t it should go, The Acting Secretary oX the Navy, Mr. Newberry, Is one of the ' many both In Navy Department and in the navy Itself among the officers . who was for a time skeptical about tt, but now the , Acting Secretary to willing to pay up his bets and allow himself to be .numbered among the believers. At least, he himself has been giving orders for preparations In detail. And Mr. Newberry will not let anybody else doubt K, if lie can help it. A few days ago he Sent for one of the newspaper correspondents ' who had written that there was- not enough money available for the fleet to make the trip without a special appropriation by Congress and jravs ou a statement to the effect that there was money available left over ,: from the appropriation of the last session. The fact that he took this pains la looked upon as evidence that .he,- perhaps at the Instigation of the -, President, does not want anybody saying . that the fleet Is really going and the skeptics are not all dead yet. ' BUYINO THE COAX " ' -Some Interesting things are mani fested In the discussions of this mat-" ter, which would not ha so manifest otherwise. One of these, and an ex ceedingly important one, too, is tha fact that the officials of the Navy De partment never Cor one moment con- -sider the proposition of buying that coal to be used, the, greatest Item of expense in connection with the ex- -peditlon, or of chartering the colliers necessary for the coaling, from the one who offers it cheapest. In other words, no business principle is to be enjoyed at all. The Acting Assistant Secretary says that in purchasing this ' coal and in chartering colliers ao oth er bidders will be considered except Americans, it makes no difference what price the American owners of coal or of colliers charge, the govern ment will pay it, even though it could get the same coal and the same col- Her service from loreign concerns at from three to four dollars a ton cheaper thereby saving several iun- ' dred thousand dollars on this Pacific ' expedition. The navy -officials do not make any boast about this;- they do not make the announcement in any braggudocla way; they Just simply de clare that that is the purpose without the slightest change of expresslpn as if it were a matter of course that the Americans must be allowed to hold up the people. What else are the people for but to give Jjuslness to a few dealers of coal and the few own ers of colliers? The British colliers can be had for from three to five dol lars a ton; while the American col liers, their owners knowing that the government will pay, charge from seven to eight dollars for the Identi cal service. NO AMERICAN COLLIERS. There will not be enough Ameri can colliers available for this purpose, so the navy officials declare that they will have to forego the great expres sion of patriotism In permitting a few -collier concerns to hold up the gov- , ernment and allow a few detested foreigners to come snd charge a rea sonable and just price for this service. This, they declare, is th .protection policy, and it Is what brings prosper- -lty. The people cannot possibly prosper by saving this three or four hundred thousand dollars. The on . ly way they can . . prosper Is ;to . take oat of their pockets the filthy luchre which they have put there by hard licks and give it to soma half ... dozen Wall Street took owners Ilk ', J. pierpont Morgan an da few oth ers, which wise and beneficent pa triotic Americans will keep the peo- '' pie prosperous. fit course, thera are a few about Washington wh smile at this lnnoceat way the gov- ernment offiolals allow themselves to be duped by the grafters, but It has been going on so long that nobody takes the trouble to seriously protest. The Navy Department officials would - probably not. see the . point anyway. Of course, they must be allowed to graft Are they not Americans and . the others foreigners? . ' AMENDMENT FAILED. An effort was made In the last' Con- gress to get an amendment into tha;. naval appropriation bill. when tha item of the Philippine Islands cama . up, to require the navy officials t . purchase the coal, from tha lowest bidders. It may seem quite remark able that this should not be as a mat ter Of course. Just as any sensible per son anywhere m the world would oX But. - so far from that, - the . around ment did not even pass the House, being voted down by an overwhelm ing majority. However absurd, v it ,was actually declared after attention had been called to it that the United States government should permit It self to be mulched In the boldest fash- -ion of a hundred thousand dollars, or thereabouts, for Philippine coal alone, provided only that the mulchers wero Americans; or rather that ttiey call -themselves Americans, for the name p after all Is the principal thing. Pa triotism, you know. And so In making the arrangements for transportatlng that fleet to tha Paclflo the same principle Is to be used. - - ", 2JACII McGIIEE. - LABOR DAY AT CILVRLESTON A Parade by the Colored Unions anV Plonks by the White Unions Mark the Day. Charleston. S. C, Sept '2 Labor Day was observed In Charleston ,by a general suspension of; business, a parade by ths colored unions and a picnic by the whits unions under the auspices: of the trad and labor federation The parade wt creditable; and was viewed by a crowd On the streets. ' The plcnle was larsl.r attended. Mayor Rhett mads an adiros In whleb he , told tha unions , ef wm complaints hoard and urged ' thtm t keen ths ..nrgaiusatlons what thev t ... claimed to be, and make tiu'in le ; and not enemies of capital and iua
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