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. . i SUBSCRIPTION PRICEi $8.00 A YEAR CliARL ITE, K. C, THURSDAY liIORNING, APRIL 2, 1908. V. V. , ,PRICE FIVE CENTS. ::-. . v v"Xv.Ty :."L; " : w-'r. '.' , ' III ! V V vf " V 4 I I t X T A ! r x'i r 1 INDIANA FORFAIBBAKK . WILL ADOPT PLATFORM TO-DAY - Indiana Republicans J tee and Organ 's - Im ov Klectin Congressman Chaney Chairman, Thereby Clearing: the Wray For the Adoption of a Platform, Selection of Delegates mnd Nomination of State Ticket lairbanka the Idol of the Conven , tlon Mention of HU,Nam rtnra iMh fimt .. namonstratlon Sends Letter Outlining His View on Tariff J " Revision tbaages nwui " r After the Election..' .- . v ' IndianapoH v Ind., April . L Indiana Republicang -In" 8taU convention to day cleared the wy tor the adoption . nf a Dlatform. the election of -dele- ' ' a-atee At large, aad the nomination ofl ' tlon wu completed with OonfreeB 'imii Jmm Overatreet, of . IndianapolU - c temnrarr chairman. . andthe-ae- : lection' of Congressman 'John C Chaney, ot Sullivan, v a permanent ' chairman.' '. ".' . ' - Vice Preeldemt Charlos -W. F&Ir banks. In a letter read before the con- ' ventlon. to-day outlined hl Tiew on tariff revision, suggesting that eucn : t-hanxea aa mar be desirable , should be made after - the presidential lec tlon. hl fall and before the present Congreae adjourn next epring.; The Vice President' Tlewt were ln- . corporated m the platform which the committee on. resohitlona finished to- nlght, The platform also : eontaina a 'vlgbroua endorsement of :Vlca Preal- dent Vairbank aa Indlana'a choice "r f"uTh- r. ..".' st ruction to the national delegates te vote and work; tor his nomination ' 4 Chicago, ....;,!;...., , PLANKS -IK THE PLATFORM. xOther planks Include a demand. for - a' law against -child labor, written by Senator ,Beverldge, . recommendations for natlonai bureau of mines, for , aHowlng to defendants .notice and hearing before injunctions axe grant d, for national health -laws, currency reform, without naming any . public so as to provide for local option with -the county as a -unit, and for a more : sreneral primary . election law, and for an Inheritance tax law.". .The plat form also- endorses President ' Roose velt, waterways . T improvement, eonnomte l adtmlnlst ration of national affairs especially of the army and . ravyt and - prohfbltlnr corporations - from contributing to campaign funds. Mention of .President Roosevelt and Vice' President Fairbanks to-day brought forth - great - demonstrations. - The speech of .Governor Hanley, de- ntaadina a county unit local option r lank, was so intense and dramatlo that It carried the convention by" a storm of ' applause. Addresses were - else made to-day by Cojigrreesman ' Overatreet and Chaiwy. and by Ualt d etates--eeaakort XBeveridge aod Hemenway, - My "JDear '.. Vlx.' Overstreet t- V There . seems to be no dtvlsionr of opinion among Republicans with respect to the quesuons wnion are to os emooa led in the Hate platform except pos sibly with regard to the time' when " the tariff should be revised. I venture, therefore, to submit to s-ou. and through you.' to1 the com - mtttee on resolutions, briefly my views upon this subject. :- . , - The sentiment in favor .of a rvlr lon of the tariff has so far crys tallised as to make It reasonably cer tain that revision will be undertaken at W disUnt date. ' It Is morally eertain hat tooth of - the leading po litical parties will declare In favor of some form f Tevislon in their na tional platforma It has been fre- . quently suggested that revision should tie undertaken at a special session of Congress to be convened immediately after the inauguration of the next President A number of Republican PUte conventions have already made declaration ,to this effect ; ' REVISION CHECKS BDSINESS. " ' The time when revision should be made is second , only-In importance to- revision itself. It is obvious that there is a wrong and a right time to -attempt it If revision had been entered upon during the past few m6nths."tacalculabl6"rinjnry " would - have been inflicted upon the country. To have superimposed the uncertain ty and strain of revision upon the cute, nervous financial conditions - we have experienced would have ag gravated Immeasurably the distress. It is well understood that revision is attended with more or less businens disturbance. Pending tne conrlderatlon of new schedules, manufacturers, merchants and consumers will hesi tate. -They will make no contracts t ox the future beyond . their ; imme dlate necessities, for the reason that a change In duty msy affect the ba sis upon which their business is done. .'It is, therefore". Important : that the period of uncertainty, be reduced to " the minimum 1n ordeT'thattbuslness may speedily resume Its normal ac tivity and complete resumption will nor occur '-before the schedules .ere . definitely determined j . . .' FOLLY TO ATTEMPT REVISIONS a , . . .NOW. .: , ... ,7 Ws should close our .eye to the fart that there will be a determined effort by. the opposition to control the next House of RepMssa.atirsss. If It - should succeed, a Republican Senate and a Democratic House would - be charged with the tremendously im- jiortant subject ef revision. - The two branches of Congress would stand for , . diametrically opposite theories; the one for. a protective and the other for a revenue tariff. It is manifest in such an event that- the contest would be .protracted and the ultimate re- suit a compromise. - It is easy to conjecture whst effect thU would have upon .the .business of the country. Why subject the business of the coun try to a public hosard which we can readily avoid? , ; v ' W are in control of. the leglsla ' tire and executive branches and will, "of course, so continue until the close . of the present Confna. K would be manifest .felly to attempt revision " on the eve of a -presidential election. We can. however, revise such sched ules as may require revision imme diately following the coming national election and - before the tth of next March. If Congress were : conven- - ti In special session Immediately af ter -the election, - It; could probably complete the work of revision before the Inauguration of the next admJn- Istratl-M- We would be enabled by " this method not onty to guard sgalnst the contingency of a revision with a Democratic Houset out we would put an end to apprehension in the' busi ness world much nonr than would otherwise-be possible. So long as revis ion Is ondertermlned ret imminent it will be a powerful deterrent !n1n- ence in the resumption of our Indus trial activities. Uncertaintr will -ontJnu from the time the conven- lions resolve upon revision until rtvu Ion U an accomplished fact ( Even If It were certain that the Republl can ' sartr would . retain - control : of both branchea of Concrese, s we be lleve 1t will, with an assurance that revision would be effected after the 4th . of March, strictly according to tbe - principles of protection, uncer tainty and fcesitancy would prevail, nevertheless, until the new schedules were enacted Into iawij. Revision made immediately following the com ing election has this advantage, ana it is a distinct advantage, ovr revis ion after the incoming of the new ad ministration: It., will reduce the period of - disturbance - eome ., four months. This is a considerable gain at any time, but it Is especially im portant.' now." Business conditions admonish us to reduce the factors of doubt and uncertainty, t6 far as pos sible, and to bring tne forces or tne business world as speedily as practi cable to a condition of certainty and repose. ; , This is the part of wise and patriotic, statesmanship. - It is good politics and it is good business, also, LET C0NQRES3 ADJUST TARIFF. - Thene Is one potential fact which must not be obscured, -and it Is this: When revision occurs, it must ' be alone- nrotectlve lines. - Furthermore, revision must be made by those who are-firm in the protective faith, to the end - that adequate protection shall be given to American industry, American ' labor and. American capi tal. "The" principles of protection which have given such tremendous Impetus-to our trade and commerce, must ..be carried into. any:, revision which Is undertaken. We should bear in mind .the fact. also, that there are many of the schedules In the , present tariff law which do not require cbanre. They are only reasonably protective, and y.....'' fnr t. ' r; v.. a business for ten years has adjusted itself to them. - The schedules where changed conditions have rendered al teration advisable are not so. numer ous as to require as long . -consider atlon as was given to the preparation of the present Jaw. In short with regard to many of. the Items In the schedules, there Is no demand for any change. Congress can address Kseif to tne consideration and modl ncatlon of those which are the .sub ject of oriticlam "and which should be cnangea in ins interest of a sound economic ; demand, with reasonatMlj dispatch. it not wise to enter upon the work of whojesale demoli tion, nor is ft wise to make changes where .they, are not required by good business reasons or made necessary by some weit-ioundea public-demand. - . ,1.. , Very sincerely, yours,: ; CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, To Hon. Jesse Overstreet. Chairman Republican State Conven tion, Indianapolis. Ind. , MOTIOX Y3R BOND CTANTEgJ Judge Pritchard 'Allows Snpersedss t na in .inspcnssry Matter, ITovld od It is Equal to Claims of Com ptamants. , Sr-ecial to The .Observer. v ';: Aseville, April 1. Judgs Prltchard laie .iais aiurnoon notified counsel that the court would grant the-motion of counsel for the-defendants In tha South Carolina dispensary . mat ter for a supersedes bond to stay the order appointing receivers for the isoo.ooo trust fund, provided the de lenaants would give -bond In an amount equal to the sum claimed bv tha- complainants. - This is equal to a reiusai, inasmuch, as the defendants' counsel Saturday, when the matter was first -called up, suted that they were, unwilling to furnish ' such bond. The complainants have claims against the - dispensary winding-up commission to the amount of $250,000 or ISOO.OOO and the cqurt would have required bond In this sum It is understood that in the event the defendants still decline to make bond In such sum and It is the rea sonable presumption that they will- demand will be made at once by the receivers on the dispensary , commis sion for the trust fund of 1800.000, It la expected that the" commission will refuse to comply with the demand and In such an event contempt pro ceedlngs will: be in oraer. .T Bond Will Be Given. Columbia. 8. CL. April 1. The bond required in th order Issued by Judge Prltchard will probably be given by the dispensary commission. Mr. ; w. F. Stevenson, attorney for the r oom mission, said to-day that this would be probably one of the necessary steps in the appeal taken by tne commis sion and of course that body ' would abide by 'any decision by - the-' su preme Court of tne united states. SOUTHERN WILD NOT CUT. Mediators. Between Sonthern Railway . and - Their Employes Hesch t an Agreement Present Rosin Will : Be Continued t'ntll the First of Jury N v.., a . . - . . . . Washington. April 1 At 1 o'olock to-night Chairman .Martin A.--Knapp and Dr. Charles P. Nelll,' the mediat ors, between tha Southern Rail way of ficials and their employes, reached an agreement by which the present wage scale on the Footnern nawway for all the- orraniaations concerned- will be continued until the flrst of next July. , The mediators found, the: employes lltnr at this time to accent a duction of wages because in their del partment the depression in earning ttower of the railway has not co ntln- usd to such an extent as to Justify a reducUon of wages, ,f V ' , The mediators, after r.sHili consid eration of all the- condons incident to the Inquiry, were pfjbplnlon .that the railway should not Insist en a re duction of wages at thV.tlme, The company, through its officiate, has ac-l : nontA this ludament " rThevwiattert- th ere fore, has gone over until the first of 'next July, with the understanding that If by that time the condition of the railway company shall not Im prove, the subject of negotiations shall be resumed with the Idea of reaching an agreement based sn the condi tions st that time. Three Tar Heels Grsrfuste' at Carlisle Indian ftcnooi."-. : v-v-: . fpeclal to The Observer. . .. Carlisle, Pena,. April I. Among the students who graduated ! to-day from the Carlisle Indian School are three ,from North Carolina. They are Martha Cornsllk, Elisabeth Wolf and Theodore Owl,--All are' members of the "Cherokee - tribe rrom Cherokee, gwaln County, N. C There were twenty-seven graduates In all, twelve of whom were girlar -w.H Miners' Wages Cut 10 Cents a Ton. Birmingham," Ala., April i. Effec tive to-day a ut of 10 cers a ton In tha scale paid n,:ner is made by the furnace companies of Alabama. All furnace comranios have operated on the open shop basis for the. past two vears The cut afreets sn miners. In Alabama except about 1,500 employed In union xciaev CLARK SCQBES BOI. APATfi NOT FIT TO HOLD JH-i OFFICE. Subject of Peonage Comes -Up In the House When .Reeolutitn Is CaOed ', Up Auklnpri or Invest atlon-of the Costs of Peonage Caw s Mr. Caul field Says Resolntlon is Intended as -n Unnecessary Attack on the De partment of Justice- la Iteply Mr. - Clark Denounces Attorney, tieneral ; Bonaparte or JHls Ignorance of toe Lave Oat of 3,400 Cases the Attorney General Only Appeared in . , 'inineen, ? :. - . . , t r,fA HOTJ88.SUMMART. "fft; f Debate on ' the agricultural appro : priatlon bill In the House yesterday. ' was devoid of the charges' and impu tations' which marked Its -considers-: tlon on Monday, and Tueadayv. More progress -was made with the 'measure - than en any previous day, autd ths In- t aicauons are tnat it.wiu nnauy get through to-morrow. To-days discus sion dwelt, on a proposition for an la created appropriation tor the farmers'' bulletins, which, however, wss refus ed, and the subject of inquiries into road building, etx. by the Depart , ment, the trend of opinion being that ..such work, should- be. encouraged-. i .The session , was -opened wiUv a bit ter attlck on Attorney General Bona , parte by Mr. Clark, of Florida, who denouiKJed Jlm as being no lawyer and. unnt to tioia nia orxtce. xne oo eaalon for the utterance was the re porting out of committee of-a resolu tion by Mr. Clark calling for a state ment of the expense connected with peonage investigations -snd prosecu tions. ; That the resolution was sim ply a further and unnecessary attack on the Attorney General by Mr. Clark was the declaration of Mr. Caulfleld. of , Missouri.: who led the oppositions H. I- - . . I H taklul - . At 4:46 p. m. the House sdjoumed. Washington, April . 1. The.- subject Of peonage In the southern States arose in the House of Representatives to-day when .Mr, , Caulfleld, . of Mis souri, from the committee on Judi ciary, called up the resolution of Mr, Clark, of Florida, requesting the At torney General to Inform the House as to the amount of money paid to detectives - in gathering - evidence .in peonage cases and -also - making .in quiry concerning 'the capacity in which Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos has been employed and the amount of money paid her. The resolution.- he declared, was intended as an unnec essary attack on the Department, of Justice for doing Its duty. "To think," he exclaimed, ''that human - liberty can cost too much that the Depart ment of Justice can te too vigilant on behalf of. human llbertyl" One would think.? he declared.- that - the denart- ment fwas going around like a rag ing Hon seeking whom it may devour Hweklng some innocent citizen of Florida to clap into Jail." The de partment -he said, had been exceed ingly conservative in Its actions. ' In deed!, it had done Its full duty, "and a righteous act" whewiw" response 'to a long list of complaints or peonage, the Investigations were 'made, ' Had the -" department done otherwise, than l am, -ae ma n wuuiu omva urrii derelict In its duty.i; r . r' -'T"" NOT STOLEN FROM DEMOCRATS. Mr. Caulfleld denied - that .peonage prosecutions injured the prosperity of a State. . "It is not the prosecutions." he said amid Applause, "but .the acts of the' men which make the prosecu tions necessary." ' : ' : , " The -Department of ' , Justice, Mr. Caulfleld said, was carrying out Re publican policies, "when It dignifies and emancipates labor," and he add ed, "that . Is one of the policies we did Hot steal from a Democratic plat form." , , ' Replying to Mr. -Caulfleld. -Mr, Clark denounced Attorney General Bonaparte.. "He. does not know the law,"" he charged, "undone, is un worthy of. his high place at the head of the Department or Justice." He Droduced - court records tending to show that In 'the last Ave. years "the name of Attorney General Bonaparte does not appear ss counsel for -any body In any case In the - Supreme Court of the United States.', Mr. Clark, said further that for 10 years previous to entering the Cabinet Mr. Bonaparte had , appeared, only thir teen times out of S.400 cases In the Maryland 42ourt of Appeals; 4n three of those esses he was a party to the suit "and.in one of them the ques tion at Issue was 75 cents for repairs to a' spigot in one of his houses he had rented to a poor woman belong ing to the laboring class," . NOT FIT TO BE ATTORNEY-GEN- ' , , ; - ' ERAL. r- ' ' vvr:-.;.',,.: i,This man." he exclaimed, f'ls not fit to be AttorneyGenerai because of hjs trnorance of the law, and he is not fit, to hold his office because. of his admission that he Is-furthering a conspiracy - to Invoke ". the . criminal law to warn people against "danger ous communities-' "-r - - -' -. - I say to this man Bonaparte; I say. to this man Russ-11. his Assist ant Attorney Oeneral; I say to the fe male assistant and all the horde that follow-in the wake of Bonaparte," he said, "come down with the immigra tion commission and let the .facts be brought out and the truth be known. We beg it. we are ready for It." -He would be content he said, with the fact that his former resolution - for an Investigation had been adopted and the present resolution could. Us on the table If It was desired. -On the vote being taken the'reso- lution ' was tabled and the Incident ; was closed,:;;--. v.: r.."i;"-'""'"w JEFF DAVIS FINED 125. " : Police Jndge Imposes Fine r Z on Arkansas eenator r nis mr In Street ITght Helm Fined SIO. 14ttle- Rork. 'ATfc Aprlt L United states Senator Jeff Davis was lined g in police court to-day for disturb ing tho peace. - The fine was adminis tered for the Senator's faction In get ting a pistol and appearing on .the street yesterdsjr afternoon where he had been attacked and beaten a few minutes ?- beforai.br Thomas Helm, deputy prosecuting attorney. It Is al leged Davis tlourJarjed tee revolver and -made threats of taking a shot st his late antagonist who had vanish ed. Helm was fined 919 for assault Despondent Kpartanbwea; Woman commits BUKK-. .J Special to The Observer. Spartanburg. April 1 Mrs. LTllls Sharpe, wife of J. D. Sharps, a green grocer, committed suicide this after noon by shooting herself In the chest with a 1 1 -calibre pistU. Despond ency Is said to have been the cause of the tragedy. She walked Into her room and seising her husband's pis tol placed 'It to her. breast and fired ens died almost instantiyr. . , - 'i HbrSE iON - AGRICULTCJtEr', Jlr. MrHenry Wants an Increne In the Number of farmers Bulletins - 'urnl-;lcd Members For Distrlbu- - tlon Among Their OMistitueats Mr. WUllsms' Road BOl Laid Aside. f Washington, April .. 1. The , insuffi ciency of the number of farmers', bul letins furnished members of Congress for distribution amohgtHhelr-constltu-ents was the Subject.. of .much discus slon in, the House of Representatives to-day during tlje consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill . with the View to enlarging this work. Mr. McKertry. of Pennsylvania,. offered an amendment, to add 130.000 to the ap propriation f for publications of the fdocument ''Mr. , Williams,, of Missis sippi, strotagiy supported' the amend ment, while Messrs. ScoU,: of Kansas, and Mann, of Illinois, : opposed the amendment which was lost - -..The provision for an experiment ' sta tion on the Island of Guam went out inuv4JkiituH - jnuitJ"'uuM Illinois.-' " -y: - Considerable discussion occurred on the paragraph relating to inquiries of the Agricultural Department in refer-' ence to ajstems of road management Mr. Wttliaims. of Mississippi, spoke In snsrwva as V la Kilt 4m A I sirl kr a mtn cs the several States the surplus of -the Treasury, up to K,000,000 . for road constructl HebeUeved that--irdayh" declsredthat-thw Houi't mss better use for such a surplus could be made. "...;.' :-,v :y-,. . , ; Mr. Payne,, of New ;Tork,-' asserted tbst the only purpose of the Williams bill was to bribe voters but he-said tney were not to be deceived, -his plan Is palernallstlc." Mr. - Payne charged,', and he said Mr. Williams simply trying to get his' hand In; the Treasurir , and have the national government do what the State govern menu ought .to. be proud to do.-. Do you . think It Is any . more In IquitousL Mr. Williams , lnquired'to bribe, the farmers of the country than to' 'bribe- the -mantifa1;turers or the bankerer' --' . '- -' -- ':-- No, I do hot." Mr. Payne respond ed. He produced general . laughter when he added: . . ' ' ' And I hope the ' gentleman will Join me and not bribe, anybody,' With' sopor' finding the bill was laid aside and the House -adjourned. FRANKLIN TAYLOR TESTIFIES. Says. He Heard Representative LIHey jiaae riaiement xnac m Event lie Got .Adverse Decision He .Would Tell All He Knows About the Mat ter of Submarine Boats. ' : Washington, April I. Franklin A Taylor.of7Watertury,-Conn..-to-day- testlfled befort the special House com mittee In veetl (fating the charges against the Electric Boat Company that he had . heard Representative George L. Lilley," the ' author - - of - the charges. make the statement In the Waterbury Ciub. a ; week . ago . last Baturday' that 7 : it wsa dults likely he would get an adverse de cision from the onmmittee. and in that event he would tell all he knew about the whole; matter of submarine; boats on the floor of the House, In addition to Mr.. Taylor, the mit- SMsees to-day were EH hoi '.B. Frost, vice . president of the - Electric Boat Company; Maurice Barrett -secretary- treasurer of the t Electric ' Boat Com pany, end . Charles Ferry: ef the Bridgeport Brass works. They all denied any Knowledge or 'undue influence be ing .used on members of Congress to secure legislation ""favorable to , the ciectno Boat company,-although Mr. Taylor and .Mr. .Ferry 'admitted thnt they had asked Mr. Lilley to vote for the approprtatloq aa they thought It would -help r. their ' business should tnese boats : be- authorised. - The- n vesUgation win he continued to-mor row. -. '.!-. . ' : . CHARGES ARE DLSMISSFJ). , f After ' Hearing Report of Inspectors uie Attorney tieneral Dismisses trie Case Against Postmaster Wsrren, Charged With Using the Postofflce "For Political Purposes. Washrna-trtn.-la.prll 1 Th'n fharti I against Postmaster E. A. Warren, of Bristol, Twm., of using the postofflce for political purposes, and Intoxica tion, has been dismissed by the Post master General, following the- report received from the inspectors who in vestigated the charges. The csss of postmaster Warren was one of sev eral which prompted the action of. the civil service-commisnon in sending a letter to the President -to the effect that any men violating the rules re garding political sctiVTty, while In the public service, is liable to punishment by removal. Attention was called to this letter in a Postofflce Department order printed, together wfth the let ter. In the postal bulletin Issued yes terday. The President sent copies of the letter of the commission to the heads of all the government depart- msnts. - . . . : ",. -HEARINGS ON ALP RICH BILL." Beginning Next' Wednesday and Con tinning. W one Week tne House Committee Will Give. Hearings on the Aldrich Curreney BUL - 1 -. Washington, April I By a majority vote the House committee , en bank ing and currency to-day agreed to give hearings on the Atdrlcu ourrency bill, beginning April -tlx and continu ing dally for one treek. v- : j T Ths sentiment of the committee, as developed - in brief discussion In executive session practically waa unan imous against' A favorable srepor of the bill In the form In which It was passed bt the Serrate.: - There, was no appreciable opposition to the proposal to give hearings on the measure, but not all of the members were willing to give a whole week to such hear ings.' ' ' ':. " .-' V ':.'...'..: - The bill introduced - by Mr. Dalsell, of Pennsylvania,- to punish the circu lation , of ' defamatory statements against national, banks was referred ta a sub-commtttee tor fconslderatlou and .report., u , : ? High Water Along Norfolk West 1 " '. . ' ern.' ' ". ; Roanoke. Va., April 1. Considera ble trouble, with high water Is being experienced by the Norfolk A- West ern Railway west ef BtueflelJ., The Elkhom river Is high and has wash ed out the road bed in places. Other streams are badly swollen and are dolcg- much damage. Slides are also reported. The company has a large force of men at work repairing the breaks snd clearing the track a The high water has been caused by the melting snow and frost In the rnoun Ulna. ' ' " ' .. OVERMAN KEEPS W0BKING :K.fc.'' ,V - ' i i - .- . AFTER REFTJND OF COTTON TAX -:-" v " '' ' ' 1 '. -' ' ' North J Carolina Senator Determined ". That . Unconstitutional Taxes Col lected After, the War In the South J Shall Be Paid Back Mr. Simmons . Introduces BUI to Provide For Ca nal Survey From Boston- to WU- nilngton -Congressman ' Small " to SpeaJk at Savannah, Ga., To-Mor-row- Kveulng on the Subject "Be 'hind Hatteras" eipeeeli Made by Congressman Godwin on Reclama : tkm of Swamp Lands of Eastern North Carolina. BY H. E.'jC: BRYANT. . ' , . " Observer Bureau.' , : , V Congress Hall Hotel, v" ' ' Washington,- April 1." ' This afternoon In the 'Senaterwhen some. one introduced a bill to pay back to the. West eight million Ool- - man .offered an amendment vhlcn (provides for fifteen million -ooliftct-d in unconstitutional cotton taxes in the South In ' the yesrs-18M-70. N6rth Carolina's share or the" fifteen millions would - be two and-a. ha'f nJnf'2n. Mr:. Overman believes that viiTj ,j3umu ' win grt unv r nn . jiitFtur -iJfr-.- y',- H wlH keop htmmArinf In- Introducing hls'simmdmcnt to- entitled to alt that he aiked snd Congress vhould refund it. . SIMMONS': CANAL DILL. . ;' ' By;, reqtfest of Mr. Jsm-- 'Chad bourn, tiresldent nf the North Oaro Una -Rivers and -w 'Harbors i Society. Senator Simmons to-day Introduced a bill similar to the House bill by J. Hampton Moore. -of Pennsylvania, to provide Tor uoo.ooo to make survey for, a - It-foot - canal from Boston to Wilmington. Th Moors bill- provides for a. can l -to Beaufort, but the Simmons bill call- for Wilmington Mr. Hsyne Davis, president of the North Carolina Peace Sclety, and a party of Tar Heels will b - prs sented to President Roosevelt by senator overman to-morrow, Senator Simmons will take for the subject of his- speech - at the New York Democratic dinner 'The White SMALL TO SPEAK, AT SAVANNAH Representative Small has accepted an urgent -Invitation to attend .the banquet of the board of trad! of Sa vannah Friday evening. This Is the tf enty-flfth anniversary of this com mercial organisation, snd - every : ef fort mill be made to make It a not able' occasion. There are to be three guests from Washington, who were make.speechea These are or commerce snd Labor; .Represents 1 1 ve J. Hampton Moore, of, Phlladel phla, the president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways ' Association, snd Mr. Small. "Behind Hatteras" Is the subject upon which Mr. Small has been invited to talk. He stated to me that he dlmted W rsv WasHlngUn at this time, but that ths function would be very 1argeljttended and arroraeo an excellent opportunity to promote the movement for waterways. J snd. Incidentally, but not- the i least In Importance, of again directing at tenlion to the Importance of the most important -waterway, that from .JStor- foik to Beaufort" Inlet, Savannah has come to be one of the slve cities along the Atlantic bctrd, - . RECLAMATION OF SWAMP LAND. T Representative Godw in made, - one day last week a very comprehensive speech In the House upon "The Reclamation of the Swamp Lands of isortn taroitna. His speech Is an exhaustive discussion on the subject. The reclamation of the swamp lands, he said, Is the antithesis of the Ir rigation of arid lands; and the gov ernment having succeeded with ths Irrigation In the Western States, ths fsrmers of the Eastern. States are de manding drainage . - legislation. He calls attention to the fact that the Secretary of the Department of Agri culture, .In his last report says that farm drainage Is a question of .na tional Interest and Importance. Ths area of swamp lands in North Csro- Una Is glven st 6.000 square . miles. and the portions that have been re claimed have greater powers of pro duction and endurance than the rich lands of Illinois. . Among other things he said: - . "The swamp land of North ' Caro Una Is nearly as great In area aa the little klngdorn of Saxony, which has nearly 6,000,000 people.!. The swamps of this State, If drained, could easily sustain a largerpopulation than the entire State has' at present. ;"They would he capable, of. growing a vast variety or products. -me rice produced In mr district Is superior to any other grown In the United States. Its superiority Is so well known snd so generally conceded that thT)lanti era in South Carolina and Georgia have for generations been buying it for seed. - . .- : - - lItis not generatty: known.-ut it Is a fact 4hat. looked at In one way. North Carolina, Is the second cotton producing State In , the Union. Of course ths majority of .1 ths cotton growing States produces more cotton than North Carolina, but this State produce more on each acre than any other, except Oklahoma, and the pro ductiveness Is rspldly . ' increasing. Tears ago North Carolina was far down ths list, not only In number, of bales grown, but also In product an acre: but she hss been moving ' for ward so rapidly that In the latter re spect she is now next to the . top.' North Carolina is pns off the three States that produce more than half a bale of. Cotton to the acre. These hands, besides producing an enormous yield, of the common vsriety, would be suitable for the sea Island cotton, which is worth about twice as much as upland cotton a pounds :- , , ; v SPLENDID TRUCKING BELT. ' "But the chief value of the drained lands In my State, and especially In my. district would be as ths market garden for- the large cities' of the North -Atlantic seaboard. The pro duct. If moved by express, could leave the- nearest market towns st sunset snd be ready for the break fast table in Washington or Baltimore the 'next morning, and could .reach Philadelphia and New York by noon. The fringe ef country down the At lantic coast is peculiarly adapted to trucking, not only because of its fer tility of soli, but also because of its climate, and Its ' proximity to the greet markets. In this part of the country Isothermal, lines do not run east and west but northeast and southwest Eastern North Carolina Is wsrmer then northern Georgia or Alabama. It has about the same tem perature as middle Georgia or baraa, ' Its garden products are ready for the market at about:-, the 'same time as those, of middle Georgia and Alabama and are not more, than half as .fa-, from them '. in - distance - or time. . On this account; mark.et gar dening has already become an Import ant Industry in this section, and wjh the addition of 2.500,000 acres of the most' fertile - land .in America, or the part of.lt that .could be properly-devoted to vegetables. It could supply the large cities with vegetables earlier than the sections farther north, . and at less ' cost of transportation than the-sections farther South. "I want to call the attention ' of the House to tho class of cltlxens I represent My district Is peopled - by representatives of sturdy races, whose struggles fori liberty 1 and "freedom date .back to a period before the Wes tern world had. a place -In ths dreams of men. .' It la people by men and wo men from the countries of - Europe, who, 'oppressed in their own ' lands, long looked forward to American de velopment that they might for them selves and-children, enjoy- that-fmr- dom and that liberty ' or which they had heard, and; dreamed." J CLEMSON STTDENTS ON. A LARK. As an April Fool Joke Several Hun . dred Cadets 'Absent- Themselves 1 mm the. College, In Face of Dl r rect Order. ..and Expulsion Will iJieTlelrPnnl8hment. - - v . - '.--'- Observer Bureau. ' - ; 1412 Main Street Columbia, B. "C, April 1. - Serious trouble . Is On -vat Clemson as a result ,-of over four ; hundred students absenting themselves from the school to-day aa an- April fool Joke, in ths- face .of direct ordera to the . contrary. Yesterday the com mandant, getting- wind, of such -intention on the part -of the students, posted a bulletin to the effect that If the students Intended playing April fool Jokes the college authori ties hoped their idea of fun 'would not carry them to the limit of sb sentlng themselves from , the col lege which would be visited , by se vere punishment. : To-day the commandant reported to an extra meeting ef the board of visitors that over .four hundred had disregarded this warning He iuas Instructed to prefer specific charges against all the students he has di rect evidence against at a meeting to be held to-morrow... . Tie says he has the nsmes of 125 with direct'.' specific evidence, and., the board of vlsjtors hss promised to punish with ex pulsion all who absented themselves. Part of the four hundred returned to the premises to-day, but there are still msny absentees. ' On the eve of last .commencement there was similar trouble at Clemson when a large body of the cadets en gaged in a shirt-tall parade and dis obeyed orders of Commandsnt Clsy, of Kentucky, who resigned when the college authorities refused to with hold diplomas from the mutinous graduates. There was a probability of the War Department declining to send another army officer to Clem son, but a delegation went to Wash ingtoa and smoothed matters over and' secured Mr.'. Minus, a '-native South Carolinian, as commandant INDICTMENT IS QUASHED. Motion of Defense In Fulton Slander Case Granted and Plaintiff Takes - Appeal Nine New Corporations In -One Month Furniture , Concerns Consolidate. . Observer Bureau, The Bevlll Building, Greensboro, April 1, In the Superior Court this after noon Judge Webb granted the mo tion of -the defense to quash the bill of Indictment against Winston ' Ful ton, charged with slandering his wife. The argument for - the motion was based on a Supreme Court decision to the effect thst a man cannot. In law, slander his wife. The State gave notice of an appesi and the 'defend ant renewed ha bond of 11.000 for his appearance at tne December term of Superliy- Court. According to statistic compiled: by the secretary of the - chamber of commerce, . during - the month' of March nine" corporations ' were char tered" to do business In Greensboro. Within the past month people hsve moved to Greensboro from Virginia, West- Virginia. ; Delaware, Florida. Georgia, New York and New Jersey. Permits for the erection of 17 new residences within the city limits were ssueq in siarcn Mr. W. B. McGregor, who recently moved to' Greensboro, purchasing. the business of the Benefleld Furniture Company, to-day consolidated that business -with t h e'- H un t ley-Stoc k ton- HHP Company- and oecame manager of the latter concern. , - Mr. H. C. Huntley continues as president of the company. An undertaking depart ment Is to be added to the. business. Mr. C,"C Taylor, agency manager of .ths Security Life and ' Annuity Company, -has - been elected a trustee of t he company lo. ucce d M r, Lee H. Battle, resigned. FOR INLAND WATERWAYS. Senator Slmmnns Introduces Joint - Resolution Appropriating 1 1,000, 0O0 For Survey of Waterway From : RoMon to , Wilmington. . v - Wsahlngtoo. April t Senator Sim mons to-day Introduced a Joint reso lotloa directing a survey of a continu ous waterway by the routs 'deemed most available from Boston to Wil mington, N. C by way of Long Island Sound; and the approaches ..to '-, New Tork City to Rarltan bay, theace across New - jersey.lo ths . Delaware and through Delaware and Maryland to the Chesapeake - bay; thence through Virginia and Nortlt . Carolina. by the sound and Cape Fear river U Wilmington. '"This survey 'is to be for a waterway os minimum depth of 1C feet. ' For these purposes tlOO.090 is appropriated bt the resolution which was referred lo the committee on commerce. . ,; ' Mnntana Exceeds Requirement. Rockland. Me April 1. Facln ad verse conditions to-day in the way ef high winds ana heavy seas, tha ar mored cruiser Montana exceeded her contract requirement by a slender margin' on the Rockland trial course. Her fastest mile.- which was made with the tlds In her favor, was at ths rate, of 12. St knots an hour, but the avsrsgs of her, five runs at top speed waa I2.01t,- -f.v-r-;'.-.x .-. - . . Belt line Ready For Traffic Monday. Roanoke, Va April L The Nor folk Western Railway Company to day officially announced that the Lynchburg Belt Line and connecting railway extending from Concord. Va-. west to Forest Va., -will be opened for traffic next Monday. . . - -. SUPfiEilE COUET 0PI.NI0.NS i' - . --. ' ;. .'. IMPORTANT' CASES ARE DECID1 1) The ! Act Making the Brlngtn? Into Burke-County by Any One of More (Tban a Half -Gallon of Irfouor I'n- - ( constitutional, Justk-es Clark an I . . Hoke Dissenting Announcement H -, Made - of . Important Cliaores in Seaboard IScItCdnle Past - tiran t Master Cox Inspects Masonic Tent . pie and is Pleased - With the Pro---gress Licenses Issued to t.lSO In surance AgeiUs President Wlnjjton - Want More corn Specials. - ' V Observer Boneau. '. 'r ' . I - The Hoileman Building, s ' ' , v Raleigh, April I. .The following Supreme Cpurt or' Ions were filed to-day: . r Winslow u"i Hardwood Comr ffrom Perquimans, new trial; . vs. Railroad, from Pitt, action o missed; Haynor Manufacturing C-v .-' pany -ts. Davis,, from Nash, error;-' Corlnthlan Lodge vs. Smith A Baker, from Edgecombe,. nor error r God--win vs.: Erwin Cotton Mills. from Harnett.' in plaintiff's appeals Judg- , ment' affirmed, in defendant's appeal error; Whitfield va A. C. L. Railroad, from Wayne, error: . Rutherford va Ray, from Cumberland, , no error:' Organ Company va ..Snyder, - from, Cumberland,, no , error; Gulledga vs. . SAV -L. Railway, from Ansoru re versed: Phillips vs. Little, from -Ao-on,a fflrmed;fltate v AjWiUianis. from Burke, no error; Johnson vs. Eversole Lumber Company; front Swain, petition l re-hear allowed; Shaw vs. Msvknlght,- from Moors, fer curiam, affirmed. LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ; J Vjlllarr. from Burke count!', the Supreme Court holds that the statute making It a. misdemeanor for any one to bring Into that "county over' half a gallon of whiskey or brandy Is unconstitutional. Chief Justlco Clark filed a dissenting opinion snd Justice Hoke concurred with him. -' i The Supreme Court decides in the case of Edl.tor King, of Greenville, who, sold his editorial columns to the Norfolk A Southern Railway and who sued It for the contract price, that' the transaction Is void because con-; trary to public policy and based on Improper consideration, and thst there Is a distinct difference between advertising snd editorial. Chief Jus-' line Clark delivered the opinion. ' v '," "5 President Winston, of the A. A M.. ;' College, li so pleased at' the extra- , . ordinary success of. the corn special over the line of the Norfolk A South- - - . em Railway that h desires to send ;f out more In other sections to cover: other .crops, and also dairying. Passenger AgenterH. Gattta an: t. nounces important changes In the Seaboard AJr Line schedules effective April 12th. Trsln 41. now leaving herefor Chsrlotte at :2 -will leave- ' m 4:10' p. m.. srrlving at Charlotte -?'.. at 11:2S. Train 40,whlch new.-"', leaves Charlotte t 4 a. m. will leave at 4:30 end arrive at Raleigh at 11:10. . '-., . t The Insurance Commissioner hss Is- ' .. sued licenses to 10 sgsnts, era bra d Ing ail there are In the State. V - me citisens eanic, or Eiit park, in . Mitchell roTrntyrTiT chartered . wKh , lio.ooo capital. : - . 1 . Past 'Grand . Ma str-of Masons W.'. R. Cox- to-day Inspected the Mason lo ... Temple and is pleased with the pro- ( gress. , Work Is being done on .the t top floor. ''-. -s v. The receivers and creditor-of th North Carolina Lumber Company,, of .... i ; Halifax county, object to the decision' ' of Standing; faster Walter Montgdm- . ery that its outsIflo"lng . bonds of " I1S0.00O are valid. The Metropoll- . tan Trust Ompsny, of New York. Is . the bondholder. ' . MR. FIXLEY'S LETTER. ' . . Governor Glenn has received a let- f ter from Mr. Flnkey. president of the Southern Railway, In reply to his let-' ter of the 17th of Msrch. In hi ;; letter the Governor protested sgalnst the new regulation? as to mileage books by the Southern " and - other '.,'. large roads.- - Mr. Flnleyeays he feel sure the Governor er reflection, : will ratify the proposed regulation - aa not . objectionable to or In any way Involved In the passenger rate adjust- ' ment for the trial period of a year, , recently agreed, to by the Governor and Mr. Flnley. The latter says the Governor dealt with Mr. Flnley only ,' n-xardin .rates and not regarding . these rexulatlons. whicrf shows that the company Is conducting Its busl- - L ness under the rates proposed. and ' , the negotiations did not Involve an-, " offer on the part of the Governor to prescribe rules for the regulation or . ths business of the Southern or-.of . any other road. He says . the- rule Is being adopted - for . no nrbitrniry ' reason tout to properly regulate the com pany 'il business and-sareguard Its ... . revenuesv It 4s not an untried rule. .. . . for the Southern Railway adopted It with lines in the West, and it is used over the grester part of the country. . Mrl Flntey says he does not wwh to inconvenience the traveling publio and if the new regulation does do so after a fair trial he will wlUtagly take. up the matter with the patrons In a . liberal and friendly spiriw He sa.vs - other Southern States do not object, to tnin reguistion ana one recom-. mends It, '.'-; 'GLENN MAKES REPLI. . G Over n or Glenn replies that 'Fln- ley's letter is a great dise.ppointmetit aad will give much trouble and arouse great -, bitterness ' amongst , rail-- ways and that be was urged by the traveling public, especially the com mercial travelers, to protest as ne aid. and he also studied Mhe matter care- ' fully. ' -He renews his declaration that If the Legislature had . known ' such a regulation would' be prescrib ed It would have enacted a very dif ferent rate law. He once more ask ". Mr. Flnley to carry out tbe spirit aa swell a the letter, of their contract and agreement. He says he is as Oovernor helpless, te compel Mr. Fin- V ley to rescind this regulation. . : TENTH DISTRICT APPEALS. V " - - The Supreme Court, will call ap peals from the teeth district next - Tuesday as follows: : King vs. Southern Railway Com- , pany. Lanier vs. Helllg (continued ). . Etchlson vs. McGulre. Kyles vs. Southern Railway Company. Mills vs.. -Lumber Company. TUswey vs. Owen. ' Refining Company vs. Croiw, Devel opment Company vs. Southern RaU wsy Company Thompson vs. .H. A, L. . Rallwsy Company ftransferred from seventh district). Sash and Bllnl Company va S. A. L. Railway Cim- , pany (transferred from eighth dis trlcl). - -.fy 'Grand Mastsr C V" sons, to-morrow 1 ot the Carolina Maxton. Severs. Clala will go frovi ' the Ma-' ,rrirston - e st - ' i- Washinxt n. .A - . 1 Commute on pu't grounds to-day or N r for new bui't'tM-' ;-t Uii.ooo: A' 't:.: u and Miami, IU, Si: 1 : ; 1 '.--1 r ; rf ' '. , .: J ! r -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 2, 1908, edition 1
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