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CIIAIiLOTTE, :ioii::i:;(r, 'ocTOBL:i 2,. hot. ; ; ! 1 ' 'AT HEARING ON AGAIN ..rrcn ..snows big travel. Z" Ltato Endeavors to Show That ravol Increased, Especially 011 't rains Out of Greensboro, Since 2ew Law Went Into Effect Testi mony of Witnesses Support This , lTeteht Itatos , Also Involved In f Hearing Afternoon Taken1 Cp by Argument For an Extension of Ttme ! I 'or Examination of Southern's 1 ISooks Aycoek , Speaks For State I Hooks Aj cock ' Sjeaka For State and Tliom For Road. 1 i . - - Observer- Bureau, ' ' I , The Halloman Building, 1 ! ;; Raleigh, Oct 1. ; . The hearing In; the Southern JRall ) way case was resumed to-Jay before Standing- Master; Montgomery. , .The examination developed a purpose to - show" that travel on the Southern Rali- way, particularly on trains running out of Greensboro," was; very' heavy and beyond the capacity of the grains (0 handle with comfort, and also that travel had Increased very much since the 1 1-4 cent rata law went Into ef fect. .'. The testimony, v of witnesses . thus far, has been In support of this theory. " " ; -,'.. ,' At the afternoon session V. C. H. ; Ireland,' a wholesale hardware dealer of Greensboro, testified as to dlscrlmlr . nation, in rreignts against jMortn Caro lina points In favor of points in other -6tates, giving a number of instances, tadge Montgomery intimated an opln- 1 ' Ion that the evdence was not germane . record.. t . . , Representatives of the State say ' they expect first Vic President An drews to be, put on the witness stand to-morrow;; also Business Manager George ;B. Crater, of, The .Raleigh Evening Times. : ,i:i4,f:i v-,t:v ' STATE AND : HIGH JRA'tE , r t ; 'Other witnesses that were examined were W. . C. - ' Bain, F. . .;. A. Brooks, Mr.1 Hunt,"v7, S;Diffee and k E. 'W. McNairy. The State's point . was, to prove high 'freight rates re- sponsible for the small volume of in v tra-State business and that these high ' rates drive people to buy from other , States from which rates are cheaper ln- V . A tfclo St0l ... .. H 1-,-. ; State business. A number of striking ' ' examples of this were shown. Evidence was introduced further to show that J the growth of enterprises along the ' Bouthern Railway la hampered by high rates and by inadequate transporta- tion facilities. including shortage of cars, . -' , j, The1 afternoon session ' was devoted to argument on motion of Justice' for ' the State to continue the hearing until the State can have an opportunity to , "sea the books of the Southern for a number of - years past ; There was a long and warm discussion Jn wtch . Justice and-' Aycock spoke for the State and Thorn for i the Southern aUwfcy,.,v'u.'vr " L-.ji Jj-1 Xw.AYCOCK'S CONTENTIONS..' JZ, : roocii said tnat oh tne uth a ay or -.- inarm, vittn tA, mt fMn dhmiI tnm ; Southern knew quite well it was going to fight the law; that it began right - then to get together material for that fight; that it and it alone had access to all records; that it alone i knew1 svhat waa the- cost of operation: and - Uuct of the road; that the State did , ' not know these (things and, oft course, depended t upon the records of thei railway to find them out; that there , Is vast "difference between looking in-: and those of a quasi-public corpora ;tlon like ea railway or any other com . mon carrier; .that the Southern had complete knowledge of everything and " knew whether ,the rato was confisca tory or not It was master of all , " figures.' yet it ' turns upon the State ,l . and asks why! it is not ready to , try the case now. The State wants to v 11 look at the books.: Th road tried ' to prevent any examination of ttiem but the spevial master hid said they w should . be; seen. , The Legislature (acted on reports made by the road. : : '"' Bald, the , railway is making. 10 pes - cent, at least Its business is increas Jng and so are its profits. The rail way began , by fighting the law and challenging the State and thus Invit ed' examination. The State , desires f ,to have, an examination made by its Aai u, i rt uu ai o , IU no 1 gODU BS those of. the railroad. ' -'There ought not to be haste about, this matter, Aycock concluded by asking when . were the defendants bound by ' the t tesUmony of plaintiff. They must find 1 out things for themselves, - - . ' t THOM RIDICU1.ES HASTE. A 1 Thom ridiculed what' Tie- termed - acucKt naaie," saying mat in July In Superior Court before Judge Long, . ' when he. Thom) desired time. Ay- 1 cock .considered a two hours delay . generous allowance -that Aycock had . put his whip arid spur to him in July. . i num saia ne nan naa the hardest 41me of his life since this' rate matter " came, up. , The special master reserves' his de- , cinion uniu to-morrow. - -" ' ' This evnnlnar TTnitA , etato. nf.. . nial Dockery served another i sub- case , on J. B. Martin, president of . iuv aiaxun Hosiery Min nere, and for irany -years .with the. Seaboard Air " LiteJ . f '.. . . ......, TS NEWSPAPER FOR LAtV. .e P. Maneum Turner, elfv ;tor d The Raleigh Evening . Times, wus to-dav admitted to practice law Jn Superior Court by Judge - Long: He recelvedfllcense recently.' He says lie wilt leave the paper this i month, take a ' few ' weeks' rest and . then be gin his practice at some , point in A charter is granted the ' Chetry vllle Bottling Company, of Gaston . county, capital . stock 15,000. An- other is t -tha . Southern , Excelsior . Compiany, of Lexingto, ; whicih will , work tip timber Into excelsior, make other wood "products, etc. - oa-pltal lock 110,000. Dermont ShemweUand others being stocklioTders. The Con. ollduted Brick &. Tile Co.' changes , Its headquarters from Winston-Salem to Pine Hall, Stokes rounty. The ,:. Farmers' AlMawce': Exchange, of Bear Creek, Chatham county, increases i'js capital atwck to IlOlOOO.' Darlington Man Bnys Spartanburg f Fecial to The Observer. V ' - fipartanburg, ,; 8, Oct,'- tJ. Jl. Whlttlngton, of Barllnjrtpn, a nell. known dru-Ist of that dry, to-day purchaeKt the drag buslnejwof the I5eoke.r-Thomas Dnur Com pan v one of the larrft rtrtig honiws in fioartan - Ibur Mr. Whttttnirton hot takan ac tive cUS-rje vt the business. TO lEIII I'EDLlVLrOWER OiJJECT OF ATTOriXEYS GnXETLVL Strong Kefwjhitions, AYlileh Seek to Put a Stop to the Interference by. Federal With State Courts Adopted by the SU LimiIs Conven tion A Permanent Organization , of .Attorneys General i Effected Committee Appointed to Drart Scheme of Ami-Trust Legislation Ti)e Fnii Text of the Resolution, Which is to Be Sent to- All States. St , Louis, Mo.,-. Oct' 1. Action that may,, have far-reaching effect In anti-trust and corporation litigation and which cay bear, fruit In .almost every State, ywas taken by the con ventlon of Attorneys General" in its final session here' to-day. , A com mittee ; was appointed to draft a scheme, of anti-trust .legislation to be sent to all Attorneys General and as a climax the Attorneys V General adopted a ' resolution which is ex pected . to aid ln' removing a thorn in the, flesh of the State officers, the interference tfy Federal circuit courts with the operation oT State lawa , Permanent organization was also effected under . " the name of the "National Association of. Attorneys General of the United States," and a united front will be presented In legal actions brought ' by different States against the same corporation or trust . .- , ; r -.,.. TEXT OP RESOLUTION. ' , The resolution Is as follower ' . ' "Whereas, the efficient- administra tion as well, as the preservation of our dual system of government re quires that each, sovereignty be per mltted to exercise its function as d fined by the Federal constttutlon un hampered by the other; therefore, be it - -' " ' , ' Resolved by the convention of At torneys General of the several States here assembled, ' that ? we earnestly recommend Kto ,the favorable consider ation of the. President and the Con great of the United States the enact-, ment of a law providing that no cir cuit court of the United States or any Judge exercising .powers of each cir cuit courts, shall have' Jurisdiction I.i any case brought to restrain any offl-v cer of the State or any administrative board of a State from instituting in a State court, any suit or other, appro priate proceeding to enforce the laws of such State or to enforce any order, made by sich administrative board, but allowing tny person or 'corpoi'a. l!n ng in any such Action In a State court any right arising under the enti't:ion or ny .law i'L ihe trnMS'tai; io ? i si e. the del8iu 't the highest court: of auch State Tel viewed by the- Supreme Court of the United States as now provided by law. v"We also; recommed that suits In Federal eircutt courts by- persons in terested ltt corporations '.i to restrain such ; corporations from obeying ; the laws-of States in which they are doing business, . be .prphiblted.!Vii -' un recommenaauon -oi tne commit tee n .organisation the following: wereJ chosen as omceni-:r:;':i:.p f President, iH.. 6. Hadley, of V Mls sourl; vice' president Dana Malono, Massachusetts; u secretary-treasurer. William H Dickinson, Colorado. , CANT GET ENVELOPES. Morganton Business ; Men Have-to Wait Long Time on Uncle Sam For Special StUoncry Many Go .16 4 Jameown.;5ij'.J;.,'' .r-,v.'-"' SpecUl toThe Observer. ; -"r.V-: Morganton, Oct 1. Numerous cdm phtinta are being! made - by the busi ness men over the failure of the Post office Department to fill their , orders for special request stamped envelopes. It seems that the department has let the contract for the supplying of these envelopes to a printing concern at Dayton, O., and that firm has "bit off more than, it can chew." One Mor ganton 'firm has had in an order for a tnousana envelopes ror more than two months. This work was formerly done v at i Hartford; Conn.1 The largest crowd of Morganton people. J.lat has. attended the. James town Exposition at one time left here this morning. 1 Eleven - tickets were sold to the Xollowlng parties: Mrs. J. Walton, Mrs, Will McDonald and daughter, A- Mrs.- Jervls ? Gordon, Misses Gertie Mioheaux. Anita Wal ton and Emma Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Huffman-; and Messrs. J. E. ffirwtn and F. P. Tate. Others-will go later.. -17 Morganton and - Burke county are certainly, doing their part by the Exposition, ' more than fifty people navtng already visited it ' FORAKER GEORGIA'S CHOICE. Republican State League Favors Ohio nounclng Disfranchisement liaws. "Atlanta, Ga., Oct. I. -At a largely nttAnnnn tnnn mAtlna unrlor th nn. miees of the Republican State League of Georgia here to-night,' to select candidates for .delegates ' at large qo the Republican .national convention. penator J. B. Forakei', of Ohio, waa put fprward as a presidential nomi nee, i The resolution adopted ' said: L"Tbe league -was for Foraker first, fi.nd . if he.' could, not ha nrrmlnnfflil then the league stood ror.any man who could defeat Roosevelt Tnft. or any man namea oy. Kooneveit Chairman T.' M.Blodgett In ad dressing the meeting, said . that the league will fight for a ilank In the national Republican convention de nouncing .'the infamous disfranchise ment Jaws ,of the Southern States and protecting the consWtu ilonal rights, of citizenship of the. ten millions of black peapli'or'Amenlca." "i. ',. :, ",.' ' The meeting was largely composed of colored people, i , -:s' '. : gov. comehs- fltimAtoi.' : rnlcw 1 Itiiflroa Ailopt Rate Priv vldiPd by th Recent Alabama - Teirlslatur Ho Will , Call Tliat Bod? In Extraordinary Session and x Do ThlnRS to Them, Birmingham, Ala., Oct ' 1. Gov! B. B. Comer to-day issued an ulti matum to certain railroads of Ala bama, which have eo far declined to put In" force the new rates provided by the recent Legislature. He says unless they fall into line by. October 7th: the Legislature will be called in to extra session to deal with thom. The Governor said: . . , "My statement of Augurt iUt re mains inJorre and the call friil be made about October 7th, unless the reduced rates are sooner madeV ef fective by the Louisville & Nash villi?," Chattanooga w.-IyuN and Tenttf.il of Georgia Railroads. r TRIAL OF liOWL'ANDS SLOY i:iGIIT WITNESSES YESTERDAY Bloro 11an a llundi-cd Are to Testiry uu the Two Sides or the. Case , Erhlenco Tended to SlOw Strang's ; Healtli Good, That Rowland and Blrs. . Strange Had Been Intimate and That She lad Oorte to the Doctor's Oflif e at Night EiiRtn. eer Mike Tishe Blost Important Witness of Day He Follow ed the Two Through th Streets Several Times, Wanting to Find Out if Reports He - Heard. Were -la-no Rowland v Vjsited ' Roundhouse Ofen. Observer Bureau, The Hollarrian Building .; '' - Raleigh, Oct. t. " In . the trial of Dr. Rowland and his wife for the murder by poison early IastvAprll of Engineer Strange, whose wife Mrs. Rowland .then waa, eight witnesses testified - to-day. The evidence wa, thatv Strange- was not afflicted with heart disease, the de fense combating the Idea .that medi cine given him by his wife made him sick;' , that Dr. , Rowland and Mn, Strange had been ' intimate before Strange's ' death; that she 'had, gone to hia office ' at night and that he had been seen In the neighborhood of - her,, house .after midnight . when Strange wa out of ' town. . ;., , ; jJ ; . '.Two 'witnesses,' James T.' Strange) of Indiana, brother of the dead man; and his ' Wife, testified to-day that Engineer Strange was a healthy man: that they never had heard of his having ., heart - disease and that on visits to them - his wife had given him brown tablets which made him sick. They detailed 'a conversation with Mrs. C, R. Strange, now, Mrs. Rowland, in which ' she spoke of perhaps going away-; with . a richer man and of her meeting for the first time. Dr. Rowland in the surf 'at Portsmouth, when he is said to have offered eto teach s her how to float. , Robert Reld,' of , Portsmouth," Va.i said he saw her nd Rowland bathing at- Ocean View, last ? year. 20 yards apart and hot conversing. : 'vi f ENGINEER, TKJHE'S TESTIMONt. Engineer Mike Tlghe, of the Sea board Air Line," said he knew Strange welU but knew: Mrs.., Strange v and Dr. Rowland" only by sight He saw Rowland, near the Strange i . house many times, sometimes, after, night and naw . him and Mrs.' .Strange to gether about 7 o'clock a night He followed y them through s various streets to Rowland's office, this being about three weeks before Strange's death. ? : He also eaw ; her : another night wearing a darK hat : and an automobile cloak and again followed her, watching . her carefully, "and " she again . went to . Rowland's "office. Tjghe was immediately behind her and when she wept up the" steps she turned to the Tight, where Rowlandjs offices were, This also j was a, few weeks before Strange's death. , She went to Rowland' office twice alone and once with Rowland, but 'the time she " went with Rowland they parted one block i f rom .-Ills '.' office. One night after the death of Strange he and some pther engineers .. saw Rowland pass, .-' followed ' him ' and aw" hhn 'enter-the. Strange houser One of the men in the party following-Rowland,; called to him to get off thai porch - and ' he'' got, oft, in a hurry. Strange was a , good man physically, and . healthy and never complained of sickness, but .on. one occasion spoke of having an opera tion performed - and waa told by Tighe it would be all right if ..he could ' take ether or chloroform, to which Strange replied that he thought he could take ether all right for if he had a heart trouble he did not know- it Thia v conversation 4 oc- curred . about ' month . before Strange's death. On cross-examination .the attorney for the defense asked Tighe why he did not testify about . the heart disease at the habeas tsorpus i 'hearinff,- to which Tighe replied he ldld,butr be- rore ne could ten it an, was stopped. being told to stand aside. He said that when he followed Mrs. "Strange there was no prostitution.' Oncev in Rlcnmoni -a party of - engineers were talking about the conduct of Strange's Wife . in Norfolk and - one remarked tnati' Strange should f be tbldt pf it One mada a alighting remark about her;rt ! Tighe said his reasons "for-following her at the times he . had re ferred to was his des(re to see if the reports about her were" really. tru& He did' not tell Engineer Strange - w'jat he saw, but did tell Engineer Steele, who was a Mason and a'marrled mej, '..'ENNIS WATCHED HER ALSO. C. fL. Eanls, Jn Seaboard , Air Ltne engineer, said he 'met Mrs. Strange one night on ' the street ? - Hef had heard she had been going . to Row land's office ' an J followed her. He 46a' her go up the steps to Rowland s On crosa-exammatlon Ennls' , said tne J3rotneraoa or Locomotive En- secutiofy At thft point Attorney Ar go,, for the State, J stated"- that ll tW. BroherhoodL. had paid counsel ror"th prosecution and had paid them 'very liberally. Enrds said In';-conclusion that he had spied on no woman save M rs, .Strange. ;'.. Fzpyi T. B. Pusey,! -roundhouse foreman, at Raleigh, of the Seaboard Air Line, said- his duties were to i ron put the engines and . see work was. done on them, ' the ' names v o' tae t. ; en gineers . being-' ? coeted ' ' ,'on :;?a bh-okboard - and a record kept, of !lllfr- !.'n' lose touch with all the de fgone out on runs.. Strange was strong and healthy; and at the time.,of his death. was doing extra passenger ser vice. v:;:Oig y;;. x:"''.V: His mileage ran along with that of other engineers Pusey. sever, heard him complain .of anything being the matter wlth his heart, but lie always responded, promptly to calls. PuSey said; Roland visited him 'on' several occasions at the' roundhouse and at tended him : for tonsllitls. - Rowland went to the roundhouse frequently early this ' year,, generally at night and was curious to know different things about, the roundhouse and the bulletin board and would ask when certain -engineers were going' out and inquired if Strange had gone out' Pusey remembered very clearly one night about 1 1 bVlock when Stran ge was to go out. Rewlnnd was there. Strange was - on" No. 84 i that night and Steele on No. 14, but at the union passenger station 84 ran around S4 and went ' north. This was the night 84 was wrecked st Pamlico Junction, two miles north of Raleigh. v LOOKED AT, BULLETIN BOARDS. Claude Jones, yard clerk at the Sea board, rotindhouwe testified , that he hid seen Rowland there several times at night betwen'10 and 11 o'clock. Once Rowland? went into the office and looked at Oe register and bulle tin board. ' - . . Alderman T.i IS. , Moors swore ,.Mxa. Strap k last January and February CAPT. FBAKLIN IS MAYOli WADSWORTH PRO TEM. ' MR. J. W. Charlotte Aider men Chose New May or at f jveial Meeting Yesterday Af terooVm Mr. Tompkins Was Not "a Candida teanil No Xamo Was Coiislihjired Other Tlian Captain . T. S. Franklin's Mr.: J. Wr. W'ads worth is Elected Mayor Pro Tern, by 1 Vote New .Mayor -Makes Brief Speech in Which He Thanks v tho Aldermen For the Honor and Pledges His Host Efforts For . tho " Good of the City. j ' Captain Thomas S.' Franklin, was by acclamation. elected majior of the City of Charlotte at the special meeting ,ot (he , board of aldermen yesterday af- teVn'Oon at 4 o'clock. At the - eame time 'Mr. James W. 1 Vadsworth, al- derman from Ward: I. was , effosen mayor pro tern to succeed Captain j) rans.un. i-ao evwn erection . of a w, dormitory a ; tew pected by those, who were, In close go, tha demand for Sc touc&r with the situation. . , commodation to growing , steadily xne announcement m , ywiv.ua, - na'nenof the expected election arous ed, intense interest in the result and at- the' 'appointed ttane, ' eve'ry alder- mt w r, r Morweii. 'al0nTh!ij?f T-'- often . aUcateA Jif Charlotte 5muni-1 eiptti 'uiu .mciU.lu :u..,v- fully appreciated the fact and appear ed i to -enjoy the ' " situation. - ji.ven thug3i among ; themselves the main contest waa : probably understood to " " r . -r " ' awe space. Tnere were over-' uu besides numerous spectators' and se ven ;appUcailtoifBr admlssioh.and ; Presl newspaper men, were on iohe fleld of . iwtn, . have been settled, nothing official had! y . 1 I ilmZ n . ,ttPntinn nriKla. because of the rule to accomnvo- r lA .enlre alo ppUcanta from'.AJaibama, dence on, one W their. fellow citlseTis was still in. store for them, , . --V d ' MR. DAVIS PRESIDES. ' , , ,To call to .order a meeting which waa to approve or disapprove r his receptive candidacy for the office of mayor was Dhe embarrassing task of the -mayor pro tern. After r stating the Meet of the gathering, however, he stated that he thought it more proper -under the circumstances tnat Mr. T. iJ. Davds should preside. : The latter took, the chair , and : declared the ; election of a successor to the lat anBvor. Mr. S. S McNinch. in or der.'. The ioll call ) had , previously found Aldermen Dunn, Griffln, cave, Framklln, " Haywood, Kirkpatrick, Klouse, Henderson, Hart, GirBbaldi, McDowell, Severs, SheloT, Scott, Smith, E. S. and C. A. WllKams, Davis and Wadsworth on hand. ; The floor was Mr.' James W. Wads- worth's. "In conversation with Mr, D. A. Tompkins this s morntng," 1 he said, "he stated, to me that. he wu in no sense a candidate for-the office of "mayor and could hot accent It, Since his name is thus eliminated,' I move that we nominate Capv, T. S. Franklin for mayor of Charlotte , by acclamation." i . ' T second the. nomination," came a dhorus of voices, Mt. W. W. 'Hay. wood apparently desemti credit for th second. - The motion was put nd a volley 1 of i aye nsafsWd . It : unani rrboualy.. A round of applause follow, ed, after which Mayor Franklin made a brief speech. ' m" ' - "j MAYOR FRANKLIN SPEAKS. jrl..U hardly necessary far:nt,.$ tell you that I appreciate such an honor as this which I have Just red ceivea at your uanoa." ne saaa. "But what T appreciate (ar more, is ihe confidence which yjou with whom I have been Associated to the past have shown In me. I have naught but the teet,of feelings toward all of you and if you will but give rnie your co-op eration, as I feel you will, the-people will be glad In 'the end ' that,, the Business Men's'-League won. We must not form a clique, we must cast aside all ipetty differences and work only' for that which makes for the solid and substantial upbuilding of the whole city. I am sure that we have nbne but the best, of men on this board and that we will make of the administration a success, ,, As' the npplause; dledawtty and it was announced that -the 'office -of mayor pro teni, wMyacant, : Alder man Brevard McDowell nominated Col. Thomas LeRoy - Kirkpatrick. Mr.' Hrt nominated ; Mr, James ,W, waosveprt n. a vote ny naiiot ..-, was then taken. At the close of .the first tiallot which was the only one neces san, the vote stood, wadswortftf 10 and Kirkpatrick a, Mir; ' WaSsworth was then decVired- elected. On 'mo tion of Mr. KJrkpatirtck, the election was mrade unanimous. THE iNEW MAYOR. -; ;-' - It was-the 'current belief that , the rare had narrowed down to Messrs. Tompkins and Franklin and asjsoon as it was known that the former was not a; candidate, the" electdoa "of Cap" taJn Franklin was almost a foregone conclusion. The new mayor is one of Lt'harlotte's most .prominent business -men;''...' Jt vice president ; of . the American Trust Company and secre tary of the LlddU Company He s a ,man of the ihighest character and standing ' and possesses an ability : to manage business affairs which prom ises well for the success of his ad ministration, i Hs hns served' the city for years as alderman and w, there- pattments ot the municipal v govern ment.! .He v has exfefl rmayor more than once In Oie past VHe goes lau office with the hearty good-will of all Chartotteans and will hvs their sup pnrt . in "a is work fori th e upbuild Ing of the olty. - -' " , i;?: tv.STh ' election ; ofi i Mayor ' Franklin makes avvacancy on the : ;. aldermanlc board from: Ward 2. ' This will pre s,um'!bly be filted at tfi regular meet ing next' Mindny; nighU--::c i '.'"a.': Telrgra pliers' ; Strike rHtawin ' -New York, Oct4 1. Tha general-offices of the Western Union Telegraph Convpany; )were td-day advised ta--"-'iet!n held In ..Toron-' to, on Sunday, the few operators .re maining on strike there declared he strike a failure in Canada and agreed to apply for reinstatement" - ' "" 1 ; went to his store many times at night,, Ilt siM "Wrt . 9411 An K 1 rti si.Uni a I 1 p 1 1 rj u wf jiwi', m v v t alio si vvi scrt'VLQ Telephone and talked ia a very low voice but he heard her says "He has gone," then again t r 'Ha Jias come," and ; yet again: "About I . o'clock." His curiosity was aroused van! r , he foutwl No- ' 88 was Rowland's, tele phone. ; : This ; was: corroborated by the telephone foreman, v -'-.rt - At this point court adjourned till to-morrow. The State has S3 wit ntjises nnd the tJ -f'tio snys it hit PALMETTO 0AriTAL NVS.!DlAZ COHDIAL TO il, JilKLOKUK'S WLLCu'lKl WIXTIIKOP NEEDS WllE KOOM Tho Legislature Will Be Akel I"or a New Dormitory Mr. Will Will Will Speak at Columbia the 8th Commissioner Watson Discovers Nesro Relieved to Be 132 Years , Olil Rtpresontatlve Stllwcll , Not Candidate For Railroad Commis sionerGovernor Ansel Refuses to jGrant Nine Pardon Petitions Su perintendent Surprised at Tclo . graph Conditions at CJliarleston. . . Observer Bureau, ' ' A K22, Maln Street' " - Columbia, S. C Oct 1. .' The WTdnthrop College trustees will ask the next Legislature for a' new dormitory with capacity tar accommo date., 150 (more glrte,. the estimated nam .V,n1T I n tr iAfniy 1 fiQ . Wjnthrop, dxublejLai capacity, by the n.ore majtent each year,; , (Vxine.coiiee nasjusi loegun iia ia.ii session, with. 426 dormitory pupils on tho soils, " which fills up very avail able apace. - There were over J00 ese Were' qualified to enter.' he toU1 nrollment ovep 500 tht be. . PW' 1 00 fln nirn from Rock Hill and vicinity. The ; college this year had to' turn away a Jftrger num ber of applicants from othre V; tSates, particularly North Carolina and Geor- placlng " the'dat S0" Caarolina girl first There Florida,; Texas, Ohio, New Jersey and as far west as California and as far North as Canada. iU:.':, , Secretary Thomas E. Will, of r the American Forestry , Association,;' will address the people of Columbia, on the subject, of forest reserves on the evening of the 8th. The lecture was arranged for to-day by the Colum bla chamber of, commerce .through Commissioner Watson. Mr. Will ; Is expected to speak at & number of other - points in ' the, State on bis present trip. South Carolina, on ae count of its great water-power de velopments and Its opportunities for further development along this line, is greatlv interested in the ' subject Mr. Will will discuss, i , Governor Ansel and others will give him every assistance and encourage mm in every,, way - possible. .. ';:'' w ' PARDON" BOARD MEETS TO-DAY The fall meeting of the pardon board wilL.be . held to-morrow, when it will be .asked by the Governor to pass upon a . number of Important continued - cases. - These are life term cases i George Hayes. Orange. btirg, - for - murder; Charles Zlsette, Bamberg, murder: Walter Allep, Greenville, muraer; William Lewis, Chester, , rape. ANOTHER OLDEST MAN. , , ; Commissioner Watson has dls covered - In . the. person . of Alfred Smith,' a negro living near Kllllan Station., this county, what he be lieves to be the oldest living . per son in the, South, and has made a nhntoaxfl.nh' of th old man to ShOw to immigrants . how , contfnued diving in this climate preserves health ana strength-j; Before putting out the re markable story of smith and nis oia age the Commissioner is having as sistants to - authenticate ma state ments.' - - . ' According to Smith's - statements, he is about 183 years old. He ..re members when Columbia - ..was- a forest, and recalls .bow -it was voted the capital of the State, which was 115 years ago. Hs says he" lived with his third wjfe, who died a few years ago. 92 years, and that he has reared seven families. He has one daughter still living in this county. He was shove road duty age before the trtt broke out. , ' '-? Representative J G. Still well, of Abbeville county, who has been em ployed by the railroad legislative In. vestige ting committee as an -expert, was, here to-day, and in cotiversa tion m'ith your correspondent most emphatically denied that he was a ay several newspapers have reported and as a large num lief 01 politicians have , believed. t , ' . ; 1 FOR AN EXPERT. , It seems likely from .recent com' ments made by both members of the committee and - of the commis sion that the committee will recom mend in its report to the Legis lature next spring that the com mission be provided with both an at torney and a railroad expert the railroad commission endorsing- this recommendation. ?r This expert, ' ltls contended, should be elected not by popular vote, but- shoufd be - ap pointed by , the Governor ; on'.f? the recommendation of the Legislature, nj should the attorney.' It has long Been 5 contended that th; law should set soma standard of safety, oad it Is argued that it will tske an exp-t to see that the roads carry .out those specifications. ;- 1 - . , ' t - NINE PARDONS REFUSED.' Governor Ansel yesterday passed upon nine pardon - petSUons, refusing all, , Some of these v petitions have been - on his desk for many "weeks, and. the day's output represents sev eral months of painstaking work in wading, through testimony and plow ing through a mass of other pApers, Ths most mortant petmon ne as before hlm juct how Is that of Robert Jonos, who has served nearly quar ter of a century on a life sentence foriM the murder of ihe Pressloys in Edge field,' nd.r. whom -very. Governor in that period has refused clemency. All the papers In hs diss are notltha commhwlon t'Mr. John T.i Loon yet In, and action is deferred on that rd, ths broker. Jl Dllton says account V';. I that hls Informbtkm is that tlto busl- An . Outof-the-ordinary case ptuwed , upon was that of Robert Gunneils, the son .of a Greenville policeman, - who was convicted in September, l0S,; of criminally assaulting a negro girl, an 1 given 11 years tor tne offense. - Gun nehJ had been oft a protracted drunki'S Prftsldent D B. '' Johnson, of Win- at the time, Among the ipsrdon pa pexs Js a letter from Dr. UiA-ls Fur- man, who recommends pardon on ihe ground that Gunnelhi Is an epileptic ind ihiid h m the Stats Hospital for ths insane. - - ;, Ai.iiht-r p.ttioner was John Green. Vi ttVTKKtcy, wnu iun nt-rveu iv ytum oi a ( wim i inui no cnj, ped another -negro; In the; head whh;ranged througrh ;Dlvi8i"it Passenger a broadajte as the two walkwl alo!,' agent Rv W Hunt of Charleston, who a countryroad ; tjuaftlins; over 'lu has consented to carry the speclaV, dl cenUt The other man was wulKjng rect to the grounds. The girliit win 4n front of Green, also with an a! come down from Rock Hill'early.'tn on Ws shoulder. Green Was sentence, the morning and leave for (home that ed to hang August 10, 1888, but thls,cvining. Thursday will be the ' cla' was commuted to life Imprisonment1 of the Clwtison-A. & M. footlxill by Governor RlthardHon. , -1 T. D. Mlt-hctt and IL B. ewrat, gi v.'t MEETING -A VNIQlE DISTIXCTIO: Thee Scrctary or State the First American Cabinet OUieer to lie ltweived by President Dla Mr. ' Root Presented by the ixreisn Minister and Receives Words of . Kindly Greeting From the Mexi can Cabinet Officers Crowds in , the Streets Cheer Him as He bpeeds to the Palace in an Auto-' ' mobile Banquet Tendered lUm In . tho Etcnlng. ',.-..; ;'..:;-" ; Mexico City. Oct' L With all the members of the 'Mexican Cabinet present , President Dlas reecived Secretary Root at 11 o'clock this morning in the hatf of Ambassadors In the national ; palace. . " , '. The meeting; between ' the two statesmen was most cordial. Mr. Root, who was presented to Presi dent " Dlas by Ignacio Marlscal, the foreign" minister, said he was de lighted to meet the man who had made i Mexico ,r one of the foremost Latin-American countries and he hoped for a continuance of the good results arising to-day from the cor dial relations between sthe United State's and Mexico., President Dia. in reply, said Mr. Root's ' sealous work for a better understanding be tween - the United States and Latin America was well known? and ap preciated V- and-1 ; h-4 welcomed - the Secretary in the name of the Mexi can nation..,; Mr. RooV was then 'pre sented to each member of the Cabi net who all spoke words of greeting and good -wilt ij&h:-:- Mr. Root went from Chapultepec to the national palace In an; auto mobile. He was accompanied. ' by David E. Thompson, the American ambassador The crowds In the street cheered him as he sped by.- To-day was the, first time an American cabinet officer has been received by President !asln Mexico. - - This evening there was a banquet at ' the , national palace, the guests including the ministers of State, the city officials ! and members of the diplomatic corps. President Dlas offered ; a ' toast and Mr. Root re. plied. ? After .the banquet there was a special performance by an-Italian opera company at the . . Arbeu Theatre, v ' , ( SIR THOMAS DISAPPOINTED. irjiproKses Regivt That the New York Yacht Club Refused' Ills Challenge - Indites Lengthy Letter, to Royal Irish Yacht Clufc Dublin. Oct. 1. Sir Thomas LI?' ton again has expressed his deep re gret at the refusal of the New York Yacht Club to -accept his challenge to a race for the America's cap, and In a lengthy letter to the Royal Irish Yacht Club he sots forth his reasons in detail. The committee of the clut met to-hts-ht. , 'l have already competed three times under the conditions of the deed of lft with the modifications arrange ed under the mutual agreement clause." writes Sir Thomas, "and my personal experience of the contests Is such that I consider that the handi cap of having, to design vessel of "the typo ' which has been gradually developed during the recent years and which shall be of sufficiently llgfft construction, yet capable of being taken with safety on its own bottom across the Atlantic, entirely precludes the possibility of competing on equal terms with a vessel wnicn is noium waitivi tn. mk this ocean voyage. "I recognise that the members fot this club are well within their rights In deciding as they have done, yet I am sorry that they have not been able, under the mutual agreement clause, to meet me on my wish to have a race under their own universal ruM, which, in my opinion, encourages a very wholesome and desirable type of yacht --. - . ' . "ln-oiBw at their attitude, however, there Is nothing left but to abandon the Idpa of a contest tor, the present, although I am always prepared, under ntimiiv satisfactory conditions, to arrange . a race," -'- . , - (Woman Injured In New York Fire, - New York. Oct. 1. One woman was seriously Injured and the lives of several hundred other persons were eftdana-ered bv the fire wnicn guttea three upper floors of the six-story tenement house in East Third street thia morning. - - " - en 3 months -in the Lexington Jail tot gambling, asked that they be given the option of paying . a line, but this was refused. ; Mltche-ll was a defense witness in the TlUm.au murder trial. . He has been ' before the court as defendant several times since. . , - . The other v petitions -marked "par don refused" are those of: : J. B. Amaker, Orangeburg, 2 years for conspiracy: John and Neeloy Pa terson, Anderson, II months from last May for keeping a baw(houw; Alohso Darrow, Darlington. 10 years from June, 1900, for' manslaughter; StlJ$sMoore, Oconee, 14 years from June, 1805, for carnally knowing a girl under 14 years vt age; Mack Tlmmons. Lee county, ISO or 80 days for petty, larceny; Jonas Henderson, Spartanburg, ll monens .irom tne spring-term of last year' court for assault and ba:tery. SURPRISED AT CONDITIONS, . ' in a -letler to' the'; railroad commission Superintendent :i; Dillon, ot , , the Western Union, who stationed at . Jacksonvlllo, Fla., expresses great wurprlsa that such conditions should prevail In Charleston as ar complained of o hs has for sotne time been handled entirely sntlafaetory - to patrons in Charleston, and he-'Ji Inks there muet b : soma mistake on the part of Mr. Leonard. J He promises to . invosttgate ths matt r mors closely. v trop- College, o4 here yesterday to srUct srtwee at the fair grounds for a college exhibit fof th fair. It is Mr, Johnson's intention to bring 400 Wltf- throp Jaswies to the! fair on a special train to spend Thursday of fair week Jon' the srounds. . The matter-of r&ll- roua wire noa nm n unaiiy aflin-f- mmen, w mis w muwuv 10 w-r-i g.-m, and ths big day generally of fair. ' r. i debt's fci'ixcii .ov. : ; Town City Ihits on CuIa Attire s- 1 (.He the Chief Executive a Cor el ',.1 Reception 'I he Pres-ius iit I.'iM.-ii'-ses 1-eiieral Control of t'or I (-rations, the Navy, jool t'i(!.-!i- , Make Frequent Departures' 1-Vom Ilt4 Man uscrlitt Negroes J1eent Him With a Gold-lieaded Cane . In1dont Touches the Chie f Execu tive I inlwrks on a Steamer lie foro Fvir a : Trip IKnvn tio lUver . to St. Louis, W here . lie Sneaks To-Day. Keokuk,i 'Iowa, Oct. t 1. Keokuk put on gala attire to receive the President of the United States when he arrived here at o'clock to-day. The city was '- assisted in Its re ception of the. Chief Magistrate by -: a notable gathering of distinguished men, including - the Governors ot of both houses of Congress and the , Inland waterways domiatsaion. The occasion of ; the President's Coming waa the movement for a deep waterway down the Missis sippi river to the Guy and this city was selected , as the point of em barkation for his voyage down the river to Memphis, where hs arrives Friday. He made - a noteworthy speech to thousands of auditors. The reception to the President was excellent spirits. He embarked on the .steamer Mississippi a few min utes before noon. The boat Is scheduled to reach St. Louis at 8:45 a. m. to-morrow, . He ; was ac-. Oklahoma, and Eeth Bullock, of. the' Black ' Hills. wv . .. DEPARTS FROM MANUSCRIPT. - As at Canton.Vthe President did i.ot deliver his speech here Just as ha had prepared it and given It tt the press. . He did not omit any feature, but frequently turned from his manuscript to interact extemporane ous remarks for emphasis and elabo ration. ' t - Before beginning he Insisted t. that the ropes be let down so as to ad mit enough persons, to fill a number of vacant seats and when a man and woman appeared carrying children ne directed tnat - tny ne , . given . .-.',.0'.,. Again as on yesterday 'his theme was the similar treatment for the poor and rich, tand again he -found occasion to point ls . story with -familiar colloquialisms. "Isn't ' this good doctrine ?' .he asked sfter stating his proposition, ' addressing the Grand Army " group In front of him, and when he received a shout of as sent, he added that ho was always willing to help a map who stumbles and falls, but not, to carry the man who "lies -down." "It does him ho good and It Is too much for me," he added. PRAISE FOR AMERICANS., . ' That the American, . -people Can "Whip the world," he . conceded, ; but contended that they would have a hard time doing t if not prepared. K . wnulrt hrnvx - hnth - men and women 'do well some work that was worth doing and he announced his contempt for the woman who would shirk her duty as a wife and mother. - Considerable rain fell during' ths speech, but the President did not al low it to interfere. After. he had concluded he was presented wtthr a gold-headed cane by the negroes of Keokuk. The presentation "speech was made by . a negro plasterer, : who assured the president that the negro popula tion of Keokuk has every, confidence in his administration and in his de termination to treat the black race with fairness. ' The incident seemed to touch the President He grasped tho speaker's hand and held i tightly while - he made reply, saying that he accepted the present with great pleasure and adding that in dealing with ths black man, as In dealing .with ths whits., h fnllawAd what he believed to be the only sane principle, that of treating every man according to his merits a an individual, regardless of face.- ' i , ' v . , ;; Ths President said, in part: , THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. tMea and Women of. Jowa; I am glad . .indeed to :' see you and to speak to you in this thriving city of ?our great and prosperous State, I be-', love with atl my heart in the people . ot Iowa, for 1 think that you are good, typical Americans, and . that among you there has been developed -to a, very high degree that body of characteristics whtoh we like to, regard During the last few years we of the , United- States have been forced to consider very seriously certain coo- . nomie problem. We have made a be Bflnnlno- In the attempt to deal with ths relations of the national govern mentthat l. with ths relations of ths people of ths country to thai huge and wealthy corporations, con trolled for the most part by a few very rich men. which are engaged la interstate business especially the great railway corporations. You know my views on this matter. Yon know that I believe that the national gov ernment In the" interests of the peo pie, should auume much" the same supervision and control over the man agement of the inter-State common carriers that H now exercLses over the national banks. Tou know fur thermore that I believe that this su pervision and control should be exer cised, lh a spirit of rljtid fairness to ward th corporations, exacting Justl J from them on behalf of the people but giving them Justice in return. v . .'. t , ". OBEDIENCE TO LAW. , One way of extrcUiIng such control li through the laws of the land Ours la a government of liberty, but it is a government of that orderly llber:y which cvmes by and through the hon est enforcement of and obedience to the law. At Intervals d-irlng .the laH. 9W months the appeul'h.t.' len made to me not to enforce tho law' against Certain1 -wrongdoers of jrreat wealth boon use tn d would Interfere wuh the--business probity of the conn- try,": Under the effectst of that kind . f fright which-; when uni-i.-;-,tiy acute we call pa nli, this appeal hn l--n made to me even by men who- er- dlnarlly behave as vdeccnt t . .kt..k V, - -- , . . , ..ivnnWft iiii, Vte-.v . tv,. prom Induce t' the sr.Uonent .f tain man of groat weaitn.t.- r that the so-called. JUmnef U "was due entirely to the t tention of President Ytnov! Inh - th -large ..moneyed i bad tranigresseil the' l-i---. adndt that thU Ins h -, cause of any bu-iu''- i tr -had; but it Is i it--" . s 4.. contr'.".ory V -. .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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