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Ui; , J:ilrii0:i PlilCE: C3.00 A YEAR.. ClIAItLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5,. 1C07. PRICE IIVN C. 7 HIE TURN OF THE CRISIS DAY ONE OF DOIBT AXD RUMOR Tlutt It Tassed Without Adverse De velopment is Regarded as Kvidence ' XI mt the Worst J Probably Over I .ld to Be GIvnn Trust Companies Wbo Stfer ft Conservative Course In Future AsseM of Threatened , Concerns Show Them to Be Sol . vent Stock Market Responds to Buoyancy Tlw D?ffal Holiday To Day Will Afford Tune For Perfec tion of Further Plans. ; ',"..-, New York, Nov. 4. The buoyancy . of the' stock market to-day reflected the ultimate decision' of "large bank ' era to support the two ' institutions the Trust Company of America ; and l the Lincoln Trust Company which t have been subjected to the most se vere runs during the last tw6 weeks. The day was one of doubt and xon ; flictirjg rumors ' and the fact $ that It ; passed without adverse developments Is an evidence that the-worst of the situation la probably over, t At a. late hour this morning an 'agreement was -reached, largely through the Influence 'of Mr. Morgan, by which the . trust - companies will co-operate la -future ' for their mutual protection and the , directors will ;iend the assistance of their personal fortunes to meet im mediate necessities. The asset; of the ' two J threatened - companies were f carefully gone over by experts on Sat urday nd Sunday and both of ..them were found to be solvent with a con siderable surplus . after paying all claims and providing for the capital '. stock.1 .Under these circumstances it was thought advisable by the big men 4 to support ; them cordially If -they .would adhere to thoroughly , conser ' vative methods and direction . In - f u-..- ture. :-. r .aW .' A BAD SHOWING, v . '. ' ! The achievement of these results . to-day, with the steady upward move- 1 ment of the stock market (111 ;near the close is believed to mark the turn ' of the crisis. The loss of $30,000,000 In cash by the clearing house banks according to their Saturday statement ln spite o $80,000,000 which had been poured, Into their tills ; during " the week from the Treasury, was ex pected to. have a disturbing effect . It ' was a worse showing than i will toe possible again in Ihe face of . the Ijjeavy arrivals of gold. Gold engage r tnenta since the beginning of the pres cient movement now amount to $32,- T50,000, which would more than bridge the . loss In-' surplus reserve fHst 1 week " - .... ' The disturbances which are: sweep ing over the exchange -. market and , iarouslng eoncern In- foreign markets I were indicated to-day by the rise of ' foreign exchange In New York con- rm, fo tVit It In still eomine: this iway indicates the determination of New Tors ;: banners xo sircngiucu their position, even at a loss. Irrv-. V I crn .-nt- hllla -jwna vanned iv Vi Atmn4A for einhamre .to cover the arrivals of gold, vv nt-vt.n M (WW. M P.NT UNCHECKED. tfc-j ' 'Y . ' The-cottonllls are not yet fully Available because shipments are slow end the bills tnemseive are sucgeoiea ; o considerable scrutiny-before they - ata taken. 1 The fact - that the ' New York market bid sufficient premium "lor gold to absorb $400,000 from the r.n.ii msrlicl and to withdraw AH ad- ditlonal amount of $4.3,000 from the ' iBank of JSngiana. maicaiea inai nv Increase'-in the discount rate of the ' 'Bank of Ehgland made at a special ' , the New York market, from 5 1-8 to a pnt. was -. not 5 sufficient ': to check the gold movement. Hence ''arose much talk In London that the rate would be advanced 7, Per cent, f tfca, regular meetintf of the board of governors on Thursday. This will ' Ibe the highest rate attained for many 1 id,. w ith is 7KO.ono In ffOld , already, on tje way to New", York or . ( engaged ior enipmenw even, i nip . er rate at ? the- Bank of England would probably not injur materially - t'1 American credit It is still believed . Uhat the Bank of France would, aid tthe Bank of England by loans in sterling bills at Paris JJ the situation ' required it. . NATIONAL BANKS SOUND. - Hfrrorts from Washington .indicate ' ivia fho nutjnnul hunkunr .-. situation , ; throughout-the oountry is sound and that the enoru oine uompiroaer oi ithe currency to gei notes nio circu iiaUnn la mentfnir with rreat success. v The prioe of U.f S. bonds' was firmer , 'to-day than for some time, showing 'e-n increase in several classes of 1-2 " of 1 per cent and indicating that the , ibanks were in me marxei as pur ' ' 1 The toot -that to-morrow, V election 'siatr ' u' a. laarai holldav In New York fwlll afford time for further perfecting A plana for mutual support, which were '. well under, way to-day. - - . J 4 it : was stated to-dayMhat the ele- 1 ' falo have 8,600,000 bushels of grain s . nu mo Inndi :-. of : merchm.ndise 'and: many manufactured goods very largely, for export against which 1 draiSt for gold could be drawn, the moment It Is loaded on vessels that are waiting" at Atlantic ports for car- , ' troea The magnitude., or tnis accu v ntiiiaHnn of American Products Is in ' ' AiaitA tnr h tart that th rallwava flndthemselves unable to movent to . . the neaDoara. - noiwicnsianuinK , , ' enormous development of traffic fa .. Hiviet within th' last few years.. '-The New York Central lines have Increased the number-ci - their wco- ,vAtivM si nnr cent, within tne 1 last &w ve&n and the freight equipment vms been Increased 7 per cent, at .Tn.ni1!tiir n( nvef 1140.000.000. ,rnTtr, iinp Vinve made - larsre v In creases, but their combined fAclltties are subjected to. severe strain in gei ' ting these accumulated products from he central West to the seaboard, i . ) Fearing Run on Bank Cashier Kills v' ' TruTi(vnifk. Alsl Nov.' 4. Jama R Boyd, cashier of the Hunuvllie Bank and Trust Company, committed sul v clde to-day.' . . '-' ' , Bovd killed himself, tn the ; dining room of his home, firing a - bullet through his brain,, He was " dead when his wife reached him. Friends y,il AaaA man Mif h haA vwnrrlnil greatly, fearing a run would be made ' on the bank and that there would not be enough money to meet demands. Ills books were found to be all right Boyd was president of the Huntsvllle city council. ; " ' , -Augusta Clearin ITonse to Issue Ccr t,s . tlflcatcs. a. Augusta, Ca. Nov., The clear 'Ing house association of AugURta, composed of nine banks, promulgated '- notice this afternoon of the issuance . to-morrow, of a milllon dollar In cer vtifiratos limited to July 1, 190S, on ..ccouixt of tho .monry stringency In cident to iw York's position. The STATE ELECTIONS 10-DAY MAXY DirORTAXT COXTESTa Xcxt to the Xew York r.uttle In Inter est Comes Ibe MiuUclpul l isht In Cleveland, Ohio, Where Barton, and Johnson Are the Principals Salt Ijake of Interest Because of the Mormon Question There Elections May Develop Some Indications of Possible Tendencies in XtUonal ll iUcs and They Will itie Closely Watched in the Capital City Mow the Situation Looks lsK the Various Fiekiis of Battle. C Washington; Nov.. 4. The elections which take place in 18 States to-mor row may develop some indication oi possible tendencies in ; the 'national campaign of next year. The fact that contests affecting the national Con gress are cromlsed in but a few, in stances has a somewhat deterring In fluence, but the more astute of the political forecasters expect to . flnd some signs which will be significant if not determinative. : g There ere 10 general State elections. The keenest Interest felt centers in the local combats In New York City, Cleveland,- San Francisco and -i- Salt Lake City. In New York the struggle between Tammany ' ana the Fusion ticket is regarded' as of vast signifi cance, and most of the wagers, few and email at best turn, upon he outcome;-in that contest. Next to the New York battle in popular interest comes the municipal contest in Cleveland,, 0i, Both i" Mr. Burton and Mr; Johnson are personal ly known here, the former j being a member" and the latter a former mem ber of the House of - Representatives, and the interest is personal as well political. Salt Lake receives atten tion because of the prominence of the Mormon question and San . Fraclsco on account of recent ccurreces in connec tion with the administration of the af fairs of that city. h'-'-''A'r-t In Massehusetts, Maryland,. Missis sippi, Rhode. Island, Kentucky and JCew Jersey,1 Governors will be chosen, and in all of them except New Jersey, full -State tickets. In Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania and Nebraska the elections will be for . inferior . State offices or for members of, the Legisla ture or county offices. In all cases the results win be care fully scanned here for signs of changes which may possibly bear upon the more important general -. conflict or 1908. - , ' - Outlook in Kentucky. . Loulsvtllo," Ky. INov 4. The night before election of ' State officers In Kentucky an4 ? & ? complete ticket "of city and county omcers ior juouievnie and Jefferson county, finds everything serene after one of the hardest fought campaigns in the memory of political leaders. The interest throughout the State is intense aad if the weather bu reau's forecast of fair 'weather gen erally throughout Kentucky proves correct an unusually heavy vote win be cast. . . Extraordinary precautions nave been taken to prevent a recurrence in Louisville of he frauds and violence which invalidated the municipal elec tion of 1 90S. w Not only . .has Sheriff Bullitt sworn in a large force of depu ties Vut political leaders have hired detectives from Cincinnati, Indiana polls, Chicago and St Louis to watuh the .Dolls for refteaters. . v ;i Both sides are claiming victory by majorities running -up Into the thous ands but unprejudiced Judges think the race for Governor and mayor of Louisville will be croser than for many years past 1 , t . - New. Conditions In Ohio. : & Cincinnati. O.. Nov, 4. Voters; in Ohio will to-morrow have the unusual experience of voting. at a fall elec tion for municipal officers .only, the first time such balloting has beenpos stbltl in the hlstorv of the State. Ac- kive campaigning was continued all over the State wp to late hour to night, ward meetings being m om in .nearly every city. -. The Issues have generally been those connected with local administration, such as enforce. ment of the liauor and Sundayvlaws, so partisan victories will scarcely be deserving of the name. Boas rule (Continued 'on Pago Four.) and taxation were to the front In Cln- certificates -,' are-secured ; by three times their value. . All checks will go through the clearing house, those for less than $5 to be paid In cash, all over that amount In Certificates. . Will Aid Grain BIcn. Washington, Nov.. E. After a con ference at the White House to-night between the President ; Secretary Cortelyou. Senator Nelson and - a committee of bankers from St. Paul hand Minneapolis, Secretary Cortelyou said that measures' Tor the -relief of the grain men of the Northwest were talked over, and it' was authori tatively announced that the Secretary had agreed to extend helD aad to do everything else possible to expedite the -movement of grain. Just what he 'purposes to do he would not state. ... - Senator Tillman's Views. Kansas City, Mo.. Nov;' 4 In an Interview here to-night United States Senator Benjamin - R. Tillman, , of South Carolina, said: - - ."The effort to call an extraordinary session 'of Congress for currency re form is being ' made to , give the country a currency-reform such as the banking .Interests .wish,-,. What we need ia not currency reform as the hanks want 'it, but enforcement of the laws we now have against wild cat banking and the punishment of those who .have broken them.7 Birmingham Bonkers Want. Extra Session. V , Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 4- The Birmingham hankers Interviewed to day are divided on the advisability of an extra session of Congress at this time to deal with the banking situa tion.". However, a majority bellev that fcy convening J3ongress earlier than December t reform legislation could be enacted that . would . prove beneficial., :: r. Wants to IsaaelCcrtlflcatea. - Barnesvllle, Gai, Nov. 4President R. F. Duckworth, of the Georgia Far mers7 Union, to-day addressed -.a let ter to the Secretary, of the Treasury asking for the authority to issu cer tificates to the amount of $100,000,000 to be guaranteed by $200,000,000 worth of cotton to aid the Southern farmers In carrying out their holding move ment " ri ?;."..,; r. 'w, t Only $2S a Day to Each Depositor at '-- Wilson. Special to TheObsenrer-v-.s ;';i'--J- Wilson,-Nov. 4. On account of In ability to obtain currency from North ern "correspondents the four local banks, beginning to-day will allow the withdrawal of aly $2S dally to each depositor. '- The plan 1s generally sat isrctory and only icmporarr.'" ""'"" AN OLD II0BBYAE0UT GOE PAXIC WTJH TARIFF LEFT ALOXE The Present . Flnnclal Stringency About to silence the Cry That the Tariff is the Cause of All Our Pros perity. Business Activity and Confi dence Representatlvs Burleson Has Some I'ery striking Things to Say About Roosevelt and Ills Present Conduct Believes Ua is Working For a Third Term Navy Depart ment Says President's Aid May AVcas; Cords on Ills Right Side. j Observer Bureau. . , , .13 Post Building, : Washington, Nov.. 4. i That Theodore Roosevelt caused all the present revulsion, of the people of this country against the evils of fren zied 'finance and grinding monopolies' and. that a high protective tariff re gardless Of any possible Inequalities In it Is the cause of all our prosperity, are , about the u only, " really ; certain things left us In these uncertain times. Alas, while there la no prob ability of Bhaking confidence in the nrsi or tnese certainties, the other Is upon the verge of a sudden and ruin ous . collansa. t - When ; Renublican sutesmen hear a speech against the tariff jar Congress, one such as, ; for Instance, John Sharp Williams makes every time he tret & rhanee- fn which he denounces in the most powerful ana effective manner, showing ; with unanswerable ; logic the unjustness, the unbusinesslike, the wholly inexcusable- burden.,:fc upon. S; the t people wrought by the present tariff . regula tions these statesmen j- merely rise wua smjies on their faces and . with a wave of the hand say that the coun try is prosperous, that any tampering with the tariff would cause a nanic and that the ' only way to prevent a panic ana Keep tne confidence of the people In the business institutions of the country Is to let the tariff alone. That is ; all the answer , they ; make. bub now tnat the people have lost confidence in the management of our business institutions, or a large num ber of them; now that there has ac tually been a panic In , New York wnen the -people thought -: the , t very bottom was going to drop out of all securities and their money would be lost, and at a time when there is no thought by the dominant party of a revision of the tariff, and ; certainly no iaea in the minds of anybody 'In power to cut down the .tariff rates to a revenue 'basis; why, what Is going to Decome 01 the continual cry that it is tariff tinkering which causes pan Ics. and that the .tariff is the ; thing which causes business activity v and vuuuucuuc ' nirng who go over on Capitol Hill . and. watch the sparring between the -"giants off debate," v as they are called, and those who watch the Republican standpatters ward off the heavy blows of the tariff reform ers with this sledge hammer of pros perlty and confidence, wonder how ft is going to be when It begins next month. MR. BURLESON REMARKS. Many-striking things have been said respecting the present .conduct or-f resident Koosevelt ana his atti tude toward the country and toward himself , but few have been as well put and none more forcefully, than the remarks Representative Burleson, of Texas, -made in an interview he gave out here on the eve of his, de parture ror panama a rew days ago. He started out with the statement that there Is no 4ioubt m his mind that Mr. Roosevelt Is not only -willing to accept the nomination of the Re publican convention next year but that he is bending all his energies to get the nomination. v The most strik ing . part, of Mr, Burleson's remarks, though, were these: "Mr. Roosevelt has been' sedulous ly teaching the country to believe that its integrity and honor depend upon the prosecution and consummation of his policies. i Of course, the tnought ful and intelligent few are not at all desirous of such an upshot, but the unthinking, multitudes are lashed to enthusiasm by the prospect of con tinued uproar and excitement" . They don't know what his policies are, but they suppose in a vague way that sooner or later the corporations. frusta, banks, railroads and financial l organizations, generally are to be ob literated and that the shouters will be made rich and happy In conse quence. Having nothing to lose them selves, they are all In favor of the carnival So If Mr. Booseveit - can maintain popular prejudice and pas sion at their present stage of violence, next summer will find the people fair ly howling for him. The fact that his policies' are mere blatant pretence, meaning nothing, does not count The fact - that he contents himself with denunciation of 'swollen fortunes' and Impudent outcry- by wholesale Is lost upon the v public mind. . Thus .far, while steadily cultivating the Idea that the nation's hope lies tn the real isation of his policies, he has vtnen tloned but one person to whom they can safely be entrusted. The Hon. William Howard Taf t has been pro claimed as his chosen successor and legatee. None other will be consider ed for a moment And j-sn any chance Taft may have had he. Roose velt has studiously and artistically eliminated. He has converted Taft Into a firebrand within the c Party, made him the equivalent of a faction fight ? revealed him as an agent of demoralization and defeat Under his skillful and. deliberate manipula tion Taft has dwindled to the propor tions of a petty henchman, a mere echoj the timid, pitiable Jacques Strop to his swaggering, reysterlnr Macarle. Roosevelt knows that the Repubii cans do not take discredited feudists for their- leaders In national canf- paigns and he has seen to It that Taft Is reduced to tnai toriorn complex, ion." ; ' In like manfier Mr. Burleson dls coursed at length, and he expressed most fitly and artistically the opinion held by- large and steadily growing number, of those about Washington, who are addicted to watching r the ways of T. R.. '-r"-.-;-. GOLD CORD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. An order of far-reaching Import has been issued by the Navy Depart ment to the reneral effect that Ad mlral Sims, aid to the President., may wear a gold cord on his right side in stead of on his left at heretofore that Is. -provided the cord Is made properly. It musC consist of two sin gle plait and two loops. Such an ar rangement 1 called an "aigniHette." It may) be worn, on the' left shoulder by the chief of etaff. all personal aids on the staff of an officer of nag ranx and naval attaches. . But Admlr! Sims may wear his -on the right Ida The alor of the President as Ad miral Sims rides by his side thus st tired with a gold cord1 on his rlht side, will be noticeably Incressed. But this Is but a tenth part of the ml fmportanre of the new regulation. It U tu errect'npon ,8n.3!ctr.,T',AtirTi!i. WniT HOUSE COFEEECE OX THE FIXAXCTAL SITrATIOX Steel Trust Magnates and Secretary Root Closeted With the President and All Decline to Make Statements at Its Close -From . Authoritative Sources It is Learned That the Chief Executive Is Endeavoring to Get a Line on the Best Financial Legislation to Be Recommended to Congress All the Cabinet Officials Giving the Situation Much Study. Washington, Nov. ' , 4. President Roosevelt conferred for nearly two hours to-day with Secretary Boot E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors ' of' the United' States , Steel Corporation, and Henry C. FrlckValso of that corporation. 'The only state ment obtainable at the White House was to the effect that the conference dealt solely with -the financial situa tion. - It was said that the President contemplates making no direct state ment at this time. ,. - ' From an authoritative source, how ever, it waa learned that ,.the Presi dent Is consulting with the individual members of .. bis Cabinet, who have had: speciil experience In large finan cial Questions - respecting the legisla tion to be recommended to Congress at its' approaching session relating to currency reform." Of course, the Sec retarget the Treasury "has taken the leading part In these conferences, but it is t also ;' true ; that " the: President ' is not . declining advice" from any . other promising quarter, and he has spent many; hours recently In discussing this Important . subject these confer ences taking place at night as weir as in th day time, and in fact at any opportune moment. ' y SOME 'SNAGS AHEAD. ' The discussion, so- far has served to bring about the conviction that it will be difficult to get - any beneficial .leg islation of this character through Congress quickly. - This was one- of the reasons why the President did not agree with the great Interests whicn recently . appealed to him to call an extra session of Congress immediately to deal with the finances of the coun try. v Notwithstanding the present great stress to which the existing na tional, bank svstem as well as .the correlative trust companies are being subjected by, the currency stringency, 11 is rearea that some time must elapse before the divers views enter tained by many persons bankers. merchants, law givers, and college professors can be fused Into one practtceable and effective measure of relief. ! . s - ... ' . It may be stated that such study as the President and his constitutional advisers have been able to give to the multitude of. projected currency bills nas ieit them under the -conviction that after all none of them Is more promising, or stands a better, opportunity,- o securing the : approval of Congress,: than the particular mean are referred to by the President Jri his last message to Congress In deal ing with this subject. - This was" the plan commonly ascribed , to Secretary Shaw, which the President stated had in its essential features, been approv ed by many prominent bankers and business men. Thex President's de scription of the measure was brief, but comprehensive, for he said: . . , PRESIDENT'S PLAN. According to this plan, national banks should be nermitted to issue a specified proportion of their capital in notes of a given kind, the issue to be taxed at so high a rate as to drive the notes back when not wanted in legitimate trade. This plan . would not permit the Issue of currency to give banks additional profits, but to meet the emergency presented by times of stringency," " It Is possible that in the four weeks Intervening before assembling of the Sixtieth Congress, the President may conclude to adopt some other plan, or to ampnry ana work out' the de tails of this means of obtaining an elastic currency, but If he remains of his present turn of mind It is bellev ed that he will feel obliged to recur to the qrlgtnawand simple Siaw plan. ACQUIRED BY STEEL TRUST. Giant Corporation Purchases the Ten' nessee cool. Iron and Railroad Com- ' pany The Deal, It is Said, Will Re lieve the Financial stringency. New York, Nov. i 4. The United States Steel Corporation has secured a controlling Interest In the Tennes- e Coal Iron and Railroad Company. The deal was ; concluded to-day and Is traceable to the conference held at the home of J. Pierpont Morgan Sat urday and yesterday. It Is under stood: that the price paid Is a little above $85 - a share. The holdings of a pool controlling some 70 per cent of the stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, were trans ferred in the sale. .- . This sale cannot fall to do much to relieve the present financial stringency as terge amounts of the stock of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company are ' held as collateral for loans by the local banks. The tak ing up of these loans by the new own ers of the stock will add materially to the cash resources of the financial In stitutions. ' - Texas Mob Hangs a Negro, Cameron, Tex., Nov. 4. Following his indictment to-day by the grand Jury on a charge of attempted crlmi nal assault Alex ' Johnson, a negro, was taken from the Jail nere by mob of 500 men and hanged to a tree In the court house yard. The officers and influential citlsens plead-, ed with the mob to allow the law to take Its tourse, but their efforts were without effect and the doors of the Jail building were battered down and the negro secured and lyncnea. The town is quiet to-night The Governor ordered out the militia but not in time to nave the negro. lettes will contribute so much to the lustre of the forthcoming receptions and dinner parties of the wasnmgton "season" that all 'assieiy- w on high tension of excitement and Impa tience for the "season" to open, so thev ean see. the officers arrayed In their new dress. But Admiral Sims win be the only man who can wear this arrangement on hie right shoul der. His dinner Invitations will like ly call for' the employment of an ad dltlonal social secretary. GOVtEXOH AT WAXIIAW TWO ADDRESSES MADE BY IHM "The Young'Man Ab8alomH the Sub ject of Ills Discourse in tlie siorn ing and tlie Evils That Surround the Young Women and Men of the State Are Discussed Collisions Be tween Capital and Labor Will Soon Ruin Us, Ho Declares Tho Home the Salvation of the Country A X'ew Friends Told. That a Special Session of' the Iieglslature Is Very Probable as a Consequence of the Conference at Atlanta. Special to Tho Observer. . v . Monroe, Nof. 4. overnor Glenn, fresh from the -rate conference at Atlanta, made two addresses at. the Methodist church In Waxhaw yester day. ,peaklng m.orning and evening to . audiences that filled the audience room of the church, and people were standing . In the corridor; His sub ject at the morning service was "The. Young Man' Absalom." ,. and1 taking the eighteenth chapter of Second Samuel as the - prologue of his ad dress' he discussed the evils5 that sur round the young Snen and women of to-day: , - . - If I - had - consulted . avd wishes," began the Governor, "I would greatly rather have eea at home to- aay, taking a much-needed rest My wprk and labors during the last few weeks have been very arduous. Some times I feel, strong as I am, that It would be absolutely necessary for me to stop my Sundav work so as to be .better : able to carry on the work - tne people have placed upon me. When I took the position of Gover nor of North Carolina, there was add ed tp' my oath that I would do every thing In my power, while 1 am Gov ernor, to help the people education ally and morally, and this I will do. so help me Godr The reason why I have taken upon myself this: Sunday work Is because of that oath, that I would help the people morally," s Keiernng to the etory of the death of Absalom and David's "mourning for his son, the Governor said that fathers and mothers In North Caro lina artd all over the -United - States to-day are asklnar the Question that David asked;' J'How goes It with my eonT How goes it with my daugh ter r ---.v, .-:". 'And, "when they hear, that that daughter 'or son had gone astray. they, too like King David, exclaim, 'Would to God I had died for thee this dayf ; v v . . THE COMMON EVILS. , , One by ono he took ud the sub jects of gambling, Sabbath breaking, tne reading of hurtful literature, drinking, and profanity as common evils, and then said he would go a step runner and speak to .his hear ers as North' Carolinians and cltlsens or tne , united , States. ; "There are things going on in this Union 7 and State, to-day that are full of danger and will bring ruin If not stooned. The frequent-collisions between capi tal ana isoor, unless cnecked, will bring ruin and desolation to this country--capital using gathlng. guns because labor, recuses to do tu will; labor, on the other hand, doInK vio lence and outrage to accomplish' its ends. Men and women are at each others throats because of this strug gle between capital and labor, while they ought to be helping each other." The Governor declared that anoth er great danfrer of the dav In the power that gets Into the hands of. a powerful few. in great corpora tions acquiring the power to enable them to- crush the State or the na tion. "Suppose two men, Morgan and Rockefeller, had withdrawn their money Instead of putting it Into the banks last? week. They would have been able to cripple the Industries of the whole country. LIVING TOO FAST. , ' "Another thing we are doing: ' We are living too fast. The desire of the, poor to imitate their more pros perous neighbors, to be 'In the swim,' often leads to that which brings dis grace and Infamy. w. "How are we going to helpi save our ydung men and women? Com mence at the home, there's the foun dation of It all. Mothers and fath ers,. I put it to you. It depends on how,' the y ; are reared In the home; If they rare brought up right when they getv old they will not depart from It Stay in your homes. Make It the place of kindliness, of truth. of honesty, t ; Boys nd girls reared In ; such an ? atmosphere cannot but turn out men and women of charac ter." - - He spoke about the duty of. teach ers, In the public schools to surround the pupils with an atmosphere of morality saying that the molding of character Is, after alt, the most es sential part of education. "Then. the Sunday schools: you mothers and fathers ought to have your boys and girls In the Sunday school every Sunday. - And the best way to get them l to go with them. The women are far better in this re spect than ithe r men. 011 - fathers that think" you know something about the Bible, but don't find it con venient to go to Sunday school iwlth your children, just try going there and you'll find how much you can learn about the Bible that you never knew before. Ton cannot learn tpo much about God. about love, about hnmantty. ";:"v ;T':'?v "The royal prescription for all our evils Is, 'As ye would that men should do unto you. da ye even so to them.' If we would love ' our neighbors as ourselves. North Carolina would be come the grandest State in the Union Indeed."- ....... At the close of the address. Rev. Mr. Mann, pastor of the Waxhaw M. E. 'church, announced that the Gov ernor had consented - to . help the church raise $400 to pay off Us debt The Oovernor called upon the con gregation to subscribe quickly as the hour was late and everybody must be as hungry as he was. - The $400 were duly raised.-.:: ''" , ' The Governor's address at night was on the subject of . prohibition, and his remarks were the same as he has made several times before on this subject, favoring State prohibl- UtTi!PtAT, AKSSION PROBABLE. Governor Glenn stated to- a few gentlemen who had cauea upon him to pay their respects Sunday morn ing, that It was very probable a spe cial session of the Legislature would soon be called as a consequence of the Governor's conference -with the other Governors at Atlanta. In com ing to an agreement with the rail road compromise on me rate ques tion. It would be necessary, he said, for the Legislature to meet and act coon some of tne matters m . mat connection. - Cni!IE RECALLS I) ARK AGES ghil's coxprnox IS CRITICAL. A Visit to the Fields' Home Shows That the Worst ol the Treatment of the 4-Year-Old Girl Has Not Been Told For Three Weeks the Brutality Was Carried On CVot an Inch on the Entire Body But That Has Been Bruised or Scratched Slw Bcirs Physicians Not to Touch Her ''Mamma, Don't Let the Dogs Get Me," She Dellrionsly Cries A Third Party Slay Be Arrested as Partlceps Crimlnls. , Special to 'The Observer. High Point Nov.. 4. The half has not ibeen told In regard' to the awful treatment accqrded the little 4-year-pld daughter of Mr. and (Mrs. T. C. Field, of this place, by the 1 parties at Thomasville. ' For three -weeks Shoaf jknd his wife tortured beyond description this . bright-eyed Innocent little : girl, who now lies on a bed at the humble home of her parents, a mass of sores' and a physical -wreck from the Inhuman treatment receiv ed. . ' ' - " 1 Articles have been written about It but unless one sees with his own eyes no pen or language.. can depict the awfulness of the crime a crime that makes 1 one shudder and : clinch his ilsts as he looks upon the poor little emaciated body and thinks of the .wretches 1n human form who could perpetrate such 4 crime against Innocent and helpless girlhood then words are Inadequate, to 'give : the matter' Justice to portray :- In the true sense the awfulness of It all. It would . make a strong heart melt and tears come to ' the eye to think that in a land, of civilization such a thing could happen. The work of a craxy wan never! ; For three weeks this torture has? f one 7 on i and the man has been at his work as euper intendent of a factory In Thomas ville, overseeing a hundred or more hands and getting the work out with a vim. Crazy, and do this one minute torturing the little girl and the next hard at work at the fac tory, and this going on for weeks. Impossible! A dope tend or a drunk en man sometimes does crimes while under the influence of these drugs, but there Is an awakening in a day or two and the common' Instinct causes him to provide some way whereby his victim ' may - receive medical "attention or 'be cared for. But what about this case? A little sufferer lying for weeks with bruises all over her body, which had become big sores and upon which gangrene had formed a .broken arm, mashed toes and a sore on the head at least four .inches In - diameter, ; with the t poisonous gangrene eating . to the none! impossible that it was - the work of a crasy man In the, 'true sense of the woroi ureat uoa, eouia anything be worse than the tortures inflicted upon a helpless being by the Shoafs? And hear their reason 1 because the little girl 'littered the floor and wasri't clean.", May .God Almighty spare these eyes from ever witnessing such a sight as on yester day morning when through the Invi tation of Dr. J. T. Burrus your cor- 1 respondent went to the humble home i of the Field in the southern part' of the city to watch Dr. Burrus and Dr. ' Duncan , dress the wounds and to look uoon the awful mutilation of the child's body with his own eyes. City Attorney w. Rsan also accom panied us. Arriving at the home, a targe crowd was found gathered there and there were serious threats being made by the mad crowd. The old gray-haired father was nearby, as was 1 also the old grandmother, and they were toowed In grief; and one could see the old war-time fire kindle In the breast of the old Confederate grandfather as he thought of the awfulness of such a crime being per petrated on his. little granddaughter whom the ilttia cud cauea ior in rational momenta "Grandfather," lisped, the lltle girl. "What I" It dart- lngr' and tne 01a - man .nowea in grief and tears. THE SCENE IN THE LITTLE ROOM. A. crowd was in the little room as we entered-7ympathetlo . neigh- Dors and relatives wno naa come 19 do all In their power In the hour of such a calamity. The furnishing were not of the best and the room was not the warmest but the latnet Is a thrifty man and does all he can for his family. ut . wnat -t matters these things In such an hour? hu man grief makes the world akin and lovln hands and kind neighbors kvere doing all In their power ; to make things conuormoie ana - ease tne pain as mucn as possioie. no mother snatched the picture of her little girt from the mantel and look ed Ions and affectionately at it a bright-eyed little girl, plump f and with log flowing nair ine picture of her who left to visit the hoafs about; a mont,h ago. Then the mother looks at the bed and notes the emaciated form, the bruised body of this little girl, and hugging the picture dose to her heart breaks out tn oba.'-'-":r" .rr,-, "Mamma, don't , let the dogs get me," was the tlrst word we heard from the llpa of the little girl A living portrayal of the beatings and noMlng she had undergone the past weeks at the Shoafs. Her little' ner vous body was repeatedly Jerking as If expecting the next lash and was laboring under the delusion that dogs were after her, due to the frightful experience 'through whMi she had recently passed. ' v , HER SUFFERING INTENSE. ' When the doctors touched her bed, she screamed, sometimes speaking rational and at other times talking Irrational. Geptly ; the big-hearted physicians lifted the body from: the bed and commenced to unwind the mass of bandages, and as each band age was unrolled a ghastly sight met the" eye. The Utrae one roiiea in pain and begged "Mamma" to make the doctor a away and not hurt her. Ths mother cooed - to her daughter and tn affectionate terms told her that the doctors were trying t make her well and that they would 'soon be done. With the trembling right arm. the patient grabbed a pair of srtaaorg from one of the doctors and began catting a piece1 of paper.; This seem ed to ease her mina ana me aoc ,wlCpnt!uud,on Ta Cln). INVESTIGATION COL..'. .... THE LABOR BUREAU IS t:i ' .. XothbiR at All is Rein? Given Dy coiuniisMoncr Xeiil lice u ' the Investigation ofciilld I" t it tlie United States) Forty t,. ; Agents at Work In Dir.cient' .l tlons Some ' Koutlicrn Ihti'.. ' iNot riesaed With What Ifi I.-' Done, Believing the InveMlRatJoji 1, ' For tlie Purpose of Discrertitir Them In Favor ot Xew Fnglaiul Ttie Bureau Says It la HewDi? to the Line and Letting the Clilps Fall as They May. . Observer Bureau, 1J Post Building, "Washington. Nov. 4. 'From a large : number of letters coming to the Bureau of Labor and from sentiments expressed In other quarters . here and In different parts of the countryy-h appears that the investigation into the onrlltlnnfi sur. roundlns woman 'and iiM Is.Ka re cently begun by. the Bureau of Za bor in accordance with the act ap- propnaun, H50.O00 passed at .the last Session Of Contrrm ! Mn,l considerable interest, not to say ex- ciiemeni, at various points where the Afi-enta of thA ihiintii h.. .mm, to. ing their Investigations. The sutxjsct of child labor has been so much the none of contention 1 particularly In snit in lnhof dtimntaJ tVa tt- Its a m. . . r . ." . . uvto .. been expected that these agents could make an Investigation at the various' cotton mills and other Industrial In stitutions -where children ' are . em Ployed without ; experiencing : soma difficulties, or at least not' whout thAlw hrftMAn.K' .hftlna. mdltt t'Mlw. Ject of excitement In the community. am . wnatever excitemenc is . created and whatever ta aaJil nr Asn alttiMi by manufacturers or labor orgaatsa tlons, the investigation will tie made of the Bureau of Labor do wat they BO.V thev al-a STOlna--A An jknit iras-nai as this Is, It is about all Dr. NelU, tne commissioner of Labor, will say about it NOTHING BEING GrVTENOWT. At present there are forty special agents of the Bureau of Labor (work ing in different parts of the country, but Dr. NelU will give eat no infor mation as to where they ere or as to what they are' doing. Be has an swered numbers of letters inquiring as to the names of agents in certain communities, and as to whether this or that man or woman represents, the ' bureau, by saying that every agent of the bureau has his or her creden tials and Is Instructed to show them to all officers ot mills or others en titled to know, who may ask. tEach agent Is specifically Instructed not to misrepresent himself In any way, but when asked by any person concerned to state frankly who he Is and what he is doing, but to say no more. .Any agent who divulges any of the infor mation he gets to any other than to the officers of the bureau will soon find himself out of a Job, - "Absolute ly nothing Is to be given out about the work of the Itrvefrtigators." says the commissioner, "until the Investi gation Is completed. It Is to be thor ougtv comprehensive and complete so far as we can make It, embracing every Industry: and every section; of the country.. The Investigation 1 open and above board and every agent has his credentials, so that It Is easy Mnurti fn thnan (nMtl.,1 iA Itnnor In any community to find out who are' working In that community. But at the same time, while open and above board, tho Investigation is, for ob vious reasons, being conducted in as quiet a manner as possible. it is our earnest desire, If possible, that noth ing whatever be published about It until the report Is rnatrer fiOMB RESENTMENT IN THTB y SOUTH. l It Is learned from an outside source that some presentment la being felt In certain localities In the South where some of these investigators have been at work, for the reason that Southern cotton mills have been picked out as the ones specially to be investigated. It Is true that most of those engaged in the investigation of cotton mills are principally In the Southern 'States and, owing to the extreme sensitiveness of the Southern people Interested in the cotton mills because of gross misrepresentations of conditions by various newspaper writers and agents strongly suspected of being In the employ of New Eng land manufacturers, the idea has been freely expressed that the United States government 1 trying through this investigation to discredit South ern mills In the interest of New Eng land manufacturers and New England labor organlsatlona The long exist ent Jealousy between, the two sec tions In Industrial matters has as sumed an acute condition with re spect to the employment of cotton mill labor, and whenever an investi gator of any kind comes into one of the cotton mm villages or the South he Is at once Suspected of be ing there for the purpose of misrep resenting the conditions either to drive labor away, or to bring about legislation which would ' cripple the Southern mills In the interest of the New England manufacturers who have not of late been able to com pete with the South. , The Bureau of Labor has taken mucn paim to avoid all appearance of evil In this respect, and Is determined if possible to keep out Mf all complications. - "All we intend to do,M says he Commissioner Of Labor, "la to get the facts, and It must of co urse be of ; equal Uncon cern to us who these facts please and Who they displease. We cannot take Into 18 account, for instance, whether our report wilt please the manufac turers' association or the labor un ions, And every agent of this bu reau la Instructed to simply see all and report accurately what he sees, without bias, and without attempt to U ret W vuuvivaiviio If more Investigators are operating In the South at present than are In New England, It Just happens that way, Dr. NeiH says. This Investiga tion will continue all throufeh next spring and summer, and the whole country 1U be covered. On account of the climate the Investigators can d better work at thl season of the year In the South than they can In New England, where they t-an sr nt summer, -i ;:.2ACH M'GilEU. Governor Glenn t Bo Orator on 1U. ; Norfolk. Va.. Nov. 4. Govorn . t Glenn, of .North Carolina, has aove.rt- ed an Invitation-10 ne.inn oMinr ii the Raleigh Day cektiratlon at th; Jamestrta'n Exposition tho list w--rk ! ' November. The exi.t d.i:if h d I; fixed by the Governor. -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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