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V ....- d -T i - VV r j -J I; 1 7 :-J t - r '. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 9,-1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 111 y II: - 11 . 1 i II I ! - . TWO BLOCKS SWEPT. AWAY 1 . ATLANTA'S DESTRUCTIVE '. HKB lira Which Started Early Yesterday j Morning Destroy Two Block In the I " Heart of Atlanta The Loss la Esti . - - . . mated at One Million rwllare Fire ': 'la Voder Control, But iHromen Con- . tlnoe to Flay Water Into Rased ' '. Buildings Terminal Hotel, One of ) n the Largest fn the City, Is Gutted by 1 the FlajneaGuest Were Given ' Warning and All Eflcaped Without . Injury By Quick Work Clerk In - ; - Foetofflco Station Save All MaH Canae of Fire 1 Unknown. '''- . Atlanta. Qv May I. On v million " and a quarter'! the loss conserve . tlvely eslmated to-night on (a firs . which . atarted at 1:10 o'clock , thl ' morning and which swept two hlocka i of Atlanta -business property. - . . To-night Jthe ' Are is under control 'with ruined buildings In the district .' : .-' bounded by Forsyth, Nelson, Madison and Hunter streets. ' Late to-day the - police and Are departments dynamited . what was left of the ragged wall. To- .,:' night half of AtlanU's flr flghtrog' ' lore is p laying water into a ooua . . rased structure. , - . How. the fire started Is a mystery, V- It waa discovered In'the building oc cupied by the Schlessinger-Meyer Company, bakery. From there It ran v Its way in all directions until it . struck th Terminal Hotel, one of the largest in the city, and gutted that During the early morning sours ev ery on in the Terminal Hotel and in numerous other smaller hotel in the district had warning. There was no loss of Ufa and no Injuries. . & M. INMAN HEAVT LOSER, . ' The Insurance en the property de stroyed is placed by insurance men at ' $760,000. ; f ' - ' . One of the heariest losers Is 8. M. Inman.'ot Atlanta, who owned the ... entire block bounded by. Forsyth, Mitchell and Nelson streets and Madi- son avenue, and in which were locat- . ed the Schlslnger-Meyer Company. Branch B of the city postofflce, the Liquid Carbonic Company, e-branoh . of Central Trust and. Banking com . oany. and many smaller concerns. ' ." ;- Th fire was dlacovered in the ele ' vator shaft of the Schlesalnger Build- Ing and Is supposed to have orlginat- ed from orossed wires running to the .'"".. motor which operated the elevator. '' By the time the firemen had arrived the flame had broken through the . roof of this building, and owing to - light water pressure It was impossible to check their progress. , In a short timehhls structure , was 'completely ' ' gutted and the fire was eating its way - through to Station B of the Alanta " postofpee, where malls receivea irom . th terminal station. Just, across the ' . ... square, are distributed. ' i ' , '. HOTELS BURNED.-- The employes of the postofflee,"howw t ever, by quick work managed to save - all the d not of the equip " - meat. Jumping acroas Mitchell 'street . the flames made short work of the . . Terminal Hotel" the Terminal Annex. ' ehttd-Cale and HoteL and Child's Annex, at which point the'- firemen " succeeded in checking- the onslaught on th north" side ef Mitchell street " Oa th south side, however, the flames continued to sweep everything in their path until Forsyth street was reacnea. rutting the buildings occupied by Mc Clure'e Ten-Cent Store, the branch tiank of the Central. Banking., and Trust Comnanv. the Paragon ' Bus. pender Company, Moon Shoe 8tore, and. the Liquid Carhpnio Company.1 The Schlesalnger Building extended liaif a block on Nelson street and from It the flames soon Jumped to nnmer ' " eua small storehouse on-. Forsyth street.: destroying the placea occupied by Alverson Bro..arocery Company. the Binder's Frame Manufacturing '' rompany. and the Walker Cooley Fur ' v nlture Company. A strong west wind (innad the flames and scattered burn- Ins embers over the whole - buslneas section of th city and threatening for ' ' a time to cause even greater losa - The firemen had many narrow es capes from falling walla out no in inrioa of a serious .. nature . are re- Th ruests from the1 hotels and rooming -houses in the burned section succeeded in saving most oi ineir ei fects. having been warned Jn tlmejio f remove their trunks, which were plied ,Vn the piaaa In, the front or xne ter - rrrlnal station, from which point their . ' owners and many eariy risers wsicn- ed the progress of the lire." ; ; ' v r - t JtJtTTLB GIRL IS OUTRAGED. ' yin rnknown White Man . Commits Ilelnonn Crime at Lawrley, S. C, and Mafc?a Good His Escape Vte ' tint But t Year of Age and Her Condition Is Very Serious. '; . . i- Observer Bureau, ..; . t ' t0 Bkyscrsper Building,- . .. Columbia. tVCs, May 8.T;- 'A epeclal to the Bureau from Lang- ley . says that that community, is in a state of Intense excitement over a criminal aasault thla afternoon upon ' year-old Lula May Leopard, a rom Inent farmer's daughter, living about "'two miles from Langley, by. an un known white man, who has made his ' ecape. - The surrounding country is , being scoured by heavily armed dti- rann. but though the search will llke r ly be kept up all night there seems : little hope of capturing the brute. The " little . girl was found In a badly ' wounded condition, and her condition to-night is critical, though she was able to tell, how fhe man finding her . out In the road near home enticed - her half a mile further and commit ted the horrible outrage upon her. Her description of'the criminal, how '- rver. did not lead to suspicion of any Srltrlown - person, -and . th.riminal i is . f'hs'y out of danger ofcaptuT M)J i HIS IUDQ. - ' . -V. f ; MX3TIOS TO KEJIOVE DENIED. ' piunrmon ' CommlwdonfTs Charged . a W ill) Malfeaeance to Be Tried in Au--! gnat Grand Jury Bring i'rrxrat , ment Against Board of Education, special to The .Observer. ,- . Clinton, May I. The case against the old board of commissioner, of Campon county came upsln the Su perior Court here to-day on -motion te remove it to another county. AiB darlts for 'and against removal were submitted and Judge Neal declined to move the rase, and It standa foi trial at the August term of court It developed to-day that the grand Jury at tola term had mads a pre :ntmnt axalcsLlhe boar of'eiuca tion of Sampson county. This pre sentment is said to relate to soma uc.l tlement had between the. board and ex-her1!T and Treasurer Aman. it U eupposed te have a politic! Inrplrs llon and to be a kind of offset to the Indictment ef the " eountr commis sioner, charged with -turning over he i r.t a tax books in Aman without hav- att'ement with him. ADDITIONAL PAY f OB AEMY BENEFITS IlETIRED OFFICERS. Conference IReport on Army Appro- prtatlon BiU 1 laken Fp and - Agreed to In the House 1 ho Bill Carries a Total Appropriatioa , of . 6,88J,240. the Frincinal Item 15e- . Ing .97,000,000 For Additional Fay , or Omcer and Fiillsted Men of tho Army An Increase of 13.283, J51 Over the- Amount Anticipated by the UouMe Increase o toe K. urea iien win Approximate, azou. 000. - ... HOUSB 8UMMARTV tr-i? T The officers ' and enllated men - of , the army yesterday won their fight tor increased pay . whea, the House.' of Kepresaolativea after a debate of two Jours agreed 1 to tils' conference r port en the army appropriation; bill. An approprlatiotf of $7,000,000 was : made for . the purpose,. $5,000,000 ' of which .will go ' to the enltste men.1 .Nine hundred and forty-two cfitcers en th retired lit will also benefit by . the Increase. t Under suspension of the rules bills were passed placing the Porto Rlcan regiment of Infantry on a ' permanent ' basis and authorising additional, aids to navigation in the light house (establishment., ... . The Houss yesterday passed the sun fdry civil spprepriauon bill, carrying a total of SlOf.066,30. - ; : - At l:l p. m. ths House recessed unUl, 11:10 o'clock to-dayt" 4 v .. Washington, ' Jtay , t.Th confer ence repect on the army appropria tion bill was taken up and; agreed to in the House to-day. ! In- the shape in which It was presented from the conference committee It carries- an aggregatt appropriation of . I95.JSJ, Zl. . Ths principal item or increase is I7.6oo.000 ' for addltonal pay for officers and enlisted men of the army, With th various change made in conference, the bill represents a total Increase of ll.ltl.ltl over the amount authorised ciy the House. . , , HAT OPPOSES INCREASE. ; Chairman "Hull explained that the total number of soldiers in the - re tired list was 4I, and that the in crease to them would approximate I200.000-. .. it was maae necessary by reason of the law that grants re tired officers. three-fourth the pay of officers of. similar grade on the active list.. .; . . . ' The proposed Increase la pay of of ficers was strenuously opposed by .Mr, Hay, of Virginia, who aald that Con gress almost every yearthad increas ed It by making additional allowances for commutation of quarters, tuei and lights He predicted - .that In five years the government would have to appropriate not less than 121,000,000 as the result of the increase,, as much, he said, as the whole Army, was cost Ing at th beginning of the Spanish war. ,. . v v. - v. The xarlous - expenses to which an officer is subjected by reason ""Of change In station were discussed at length, the welghNof the argument being that they should- be token into account 'when, .the question of pay la considered. . , . :.. ,' ; -, - . . , , TAWNET" CRITICISES BILL' Mr. Tawney, i of Minnesota, chair man of the committee on approprla tlons. . opposed the Increase. He criticised Mr. Hull for having, "con trary to h sentiment of the House,' agreed te the item of 91,000,000 -for maneuvres and .the Increased pay of officer. - He pleaded with the House not to agree to the conference report - Mr. Tawney declared that Congress should not provide for expenditure Of money not in the Treasury. - The report was further opposed or Messrs. Slayden, of Texss. and Fitx. gerald, of New Tork, and favored by Messrs. .Cockran and Sulxer, of New Tork; Landls, of . Indiana, and ' Par- err ot nvrwy. - Th report was sgreed to, lit to IS, which hasLthe effect of Bending the bill to the President - for signature. Of the 17,000,000 for. Increased pay, the enlisted men will receive approx imately $5,100,000. - ' WORK OF OOXFEREXCE. Attack Tpoti Polygamy, Report of Hinsionarv wora ana itequew oi Bishop Thoburn For Retirement the Chief Feature of the Metho dist General Conference. ,;, Baltimore, May I. An attack upon polygamy by a woman delegate, the reoort of the missionary work of the Church lo Southern .Asia and the re quest of Missionary Bishop J.. M. Thoburn for- retirement from active service were the chief features of to day's meetlnr of the Methodist Epis copal General Conference here- Bish op James w.Baanroro, or enangnai, China, delivered an eloquent address -on China.' - - : - .; -- A deleaate from the fajs west cre ated a -stir Just before adjournment by denouncing some nteratureawnicn had been distributed among the dele gates. - .. ".-, -- The offending matter proved to be advertisement - of whiskey contained In a- pamphlet issued as a souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition and set ting f erth the life and resources of Maryland and the trade and Indus tries of Baltimore. The books were stamped with the compliment of a leading business man of this city who waa formerly a Methodist preacher. Among the resolution introduced to-day- and referred to: committees waa one by Rev. W. M. Batch, of the Nebraska Conference, ' asking - the bishops to aPDOlnt a commission of nine members to consider the relation of the Church to the social problem. Another resolution provided for the continuance'- of the Joint commission on federation for another quadren- um. - . ."" , .' " TOri3fVFJ3'TlATHt7BSOSSrXJ Committee Gee to Oorlnih, J. T.. to Invest Igate Paper Mill aod Kxanilne Operative. ' j ; -' Washington. May : Victor ' E. Bender, publisher of The Dally Non pareil. Council . I; luff a; Iowa, was the only. Witness examined to-day by the special committee fit the House that Is investigating the -wood pulp and crint DtDtr .Question. ' He ' testified that ten years ago he paid-$1.70 a hundred pounds for. paper delivered In Council Blu-ffs and that hi pres ent contract called for$2.(0. The committee Wt Washington to day for Corinth, N. T where they will Investigate the . Hudson - Paper Mill and also examine some of the operatives there. Word has been re ceived from the local labor union at that plAceplert ing co-orwratlon tothe committee In the investigation. - Negro Murderer Hanged. Lawrenceville. Va'May $. Henry Campbell, colored, waa hanrM here to-day for the murder of EHa Hud son, a negro woman, - last - January. John Hudson, half brother of the wo tnan. previously had been given a life sentence for the same crime, v EOOSEVELT IS COMMA!fDEB SERVES ; NOTICE ON SENATORS President Roosevelt Informs Senators That He 1 Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Will. Xo as - He ' Pleases Letters Are In Defense of Hi Course in Discharging the Ne ' gro Soldiers at Browns vtllo . and the Banishnient Of Colonel Stewart to an Abandoned ; Pont Letter Have Created Intense . Feeling, ia . .. the Senate and May Precipitate . Conference of . Republican Mem pers' May. Be Hade Puduc. , ; ' SENATE SUMMART. ''') v But little progress 'was made in the - Senate yesterday on the - agricultural -appropriation bill, the ' session being - devoted to. a discussion upon the prln- '- clple - of forest - reserves ; and the ad- , ministration of that servlca. - Senator. . Teller concluded, bta remarks In op position to a lump sum appropriation ' 'of $500,000 for the further development.1 f the forest: reserve, systems, Sen .ator Nelson, of Mlnneaota. aodtSen- ator DolUver. ot Iowa; Spoke, in . sup-"; ; port ot the reserve service. ... -.- Senator McCumber. chairman ef the . eommlttee on pensions, called the at tention ef the Senate to a deadlock 'among, the conference on , the pen-? ,slon .appropriaUon bill on -the Senate ; amendment requiring a continuance, ' ot the present system of having. th pension fund . disbursed through . IS - - pension agents located throughout the -country instead of ' through a single . agent In this city. Many Senators ex: pressed the desire that tha 'confer-:, ees should msUt en the Senate amend- " ment ' . A resolution waa Introduced by Sen- ' ator Burkett, of Nebraska, ; naming Mar 10th as "mothers' day" and sug- . gestlng that all Senators and toff tola!: vand employes of th Senate ; should wear a white flower In honor of their - mothers on that day. - " The Senate at : o'clock adjourned , until to-day- at' U o'clock for the, further consideration ef the, agricul tural bin. , ; ? ; , . .. , ; Washington. May I. -Three mem bers of Xho United EUtes Senate have received letters from President Roosevelt within the last v few a ays declaring his supremacy, as v com mander-in-chief, in an- matters re ferring to -the control of the army and navy. The letter hav created Intense feeling. In the Senate, and It Is not unlikely that they will pre cipitate a conference of .Republican membera The letters In every case are In, defense of hi course In dis charging without vhonor the negro soldiers he believed to bo guilty of shooUng up the Town .of . Browns ville, Tex., and his action la banish ing Cot William. F. Stewart to an abandoned. military post In a. desert section of Arisona. . -' ' . : ASSERTS HIS RIGHTS, . ,v Th third letter - came tcday- to Senator Stewart, of Vermont, A few days ago during the debate on the BrownsvllU trase " senator Btewan asked a question tndlcatlrtg that he had doubt as . to -the wisdom, of ex tending to the 'President ' the power of passing on -th Innocence on guUt of v.ex-oKiier applying - lor- re Instatement -in view of the fact that It appeared the president still be lieves " all of the negroes to have been guilty of complicity In the af fray; ' The Senator .received from the President .to-day a letter bearing on both the Colonel . Stewart and the Brownsville - cases. Attached to . the communication were letters to Sena- tor Rayner and ' . 'WlHlam Alden Smith, the one to Mr. Rayner as erting chiefly- the President's right as - commander-in-chief to deal with an ' officer.1 In - such manner.: a he pleased, while the one to Mr. Smith was confined to the Brownsville af fair and reiterated the President's belief that he had dealt with the case i conditions aeraanaea. .. , The President went farther still In his letter to Senator Stewart ' He declared that .Senator Stewart from the question he asked. In the debate. appeared - to be r proceeding under a misapprehension of the duties of the President of the - United SUtes ' in connection with the army and navy. He quoted the law as he . understood It and denied that he was under any obligation- to give to the discharged negro soldiers or to Colonel Stewart any court of Inquiry. Several para graphs were devoted to a discussion of Colons V Stewart's - cane and the faults which have put him In .dis repute in - armyclrcles.v After this discussion ' the President .wrote that n every community there is found maudlin sympathy with murderers and the Thaw case In New Tork is cited by. him as an example. f ; WILL HOLD CAUCUS f ' None of the Senator who have received -,- letter - from - the Whit House have decided whether they Will ' make them public. All ' have been askell to do so. Senator Smith, of Michigan, declined on the ground that it would be improper, and Sena tor .Rayner la preparing to use the letter - in a speech which he will make-, to ' the Senate denouncing the action of the President in banishing Colonel Stewart to Fort Grant, Aria Senator Stewart showed to several of his colleagues the letter he re ceived, but thus far ha made no disposition of It : Several Senators said lordar tltff fie letters would have the effect of complicating the situation in regard fo legislation - in the Interest of the Innocent members of the battalion of negroes dis charged on account of, the Browns ville affray. ' There are two bills .be fore the Senate looking to that end. It Is generally believed that the Re publican Senators will hold a caucus for the discussion of the entire ques tion, including the President's letter; early next .week. .: CONVICTED OF ' MURDER. " " ' . Jury Recomntonds Merry In Caws of Benjamin McAbee, ' Who . allied John Fowler. V ; :. Special to The Observer. . ':. -. ; ; Greenville, - 8. C.. May - . Benjamin McAbee, a - young white man, - ''wag,-- convicted In th Court of - General Sessions ' to- ay of murder and Was recomaiend- ed to the mercy of the court He hot and killed John rowier. a roan who lived In the house with- him.- In March. He claimed that Fowler was Intimate with hie wife. ' McAbee's at torneys have given notice of a motion for a new trial. ' Eighth Alabama Fnmstrovted. ; Decatur. Ala., May. $. The anti- rlmlnltrtn .or JUrlilflin JTW .'.of hi Republican party of the eighth congressional district met In conven- on here to-dsy. peierates to the atlonat convention at Chicago were lected aa follows: J. W. Shelton, eottJboro, end H. V. Cashin (color- 1). of Decatur. Alternates: C. W. J ioore. O.. F. Florence and F. L. Mc Wiliiams, Athena The delegates go untni"tructd. - SPEAKERS ' ABE; ISYITED TOR STATE BANKERS' ; MEETING Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Alice and Congressman Crawford, Member of House Com . . mittee on Banking and Currency, to ; Address Tar Heel Money Render at . forehead City Buckeye Democrats - Believe That With Harmon Heading the Ticket They Can Carry Ohio 'This Tei" Alabama Will Have Big Primary Fight aa to Inst rue ion For . Bryan or Johnson For President. 'l-nt'n, E. C. BRTANT- v 't ', ' ; - Observer Bureau.' . ; : tA '. ' Congress Hall Hotel. - ' ' ' Washington. May; t Messrs., W A. ,Hunt, of Henderson, and W.tT.bld.f EHxabeth City,' both representing the North CaroUna Bankers' Association, are. her secur ing speakers for the annual meeting of the bankers to be held In Mofehead City In the early summerr-Represen tative Crawford, who Is a member of the House committee on banking and currency, and former Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury Milton E. Alles, now connected with one of the Waah Ington banks, - were invited and will accept 7T v 1 ' - . - The appointments of Wheeler Mar tin as district' collector and W. 3. Pearson, assay er ot the Charlotte mint will be reported in a day or two. 1 : - In the bill authorising aids to navi igation provision was made for. a lan tern post light at. a cost not to ex ceed $500. at the -mouth of Lower Broad creek. North . CaroUna. . Mr. H. M. Victor, of Charlotte,, was ner to-day. HOPE FOR OHIO. Th Democrat of Ohio believe that tney will carry the State this vaar with former United States Attorney Oeneral Harmon heading their ticket, It has oeen frequently said here that 4t Har mon Would run his nartv mlrht win. It has also been claimed that no other man would stand a ghost of a show ot oeinr elected. This seems stransra doctrine when the Democrat ot th country would not accept Harmon as a candidate for the presidency because i m i act mat lie De longed to ex President Cleveland's Cabinet Here we have the Democrats of ths nation saying, -.way, Pauline, you are tainted with the odor .of Cleveland." while the Ohioena-most'-of -whom are wild about Bryan, say. Tome on. Brother Harmon, you are the proper medicine for .Taft, Foraker. Dick and their al lies." This Is an Instance In which truth Is stranger than fiction. Harmon may carry Ohio. . There is serious trouble between the Repub lican faction in. the Buckeye State The Germans, something Ilk 100.000 of them, are mad with the 'Republi cans on account of some local liquor legislation, and , the negroes, about oo.uuo or mem. are at outs . with President Roosevelt and his man Taft , There Is hope, ... ' ; Representative Leake, ef New Jer ey.' Representative vLenehan, of Pennsylvania, 'and- Senator Smith, of Maryland, -all Jeadlnr 'Democrats In their respective States; ear that dele gates to Denver should be permitted to-pick the man after they go there and iook tne neid over. ; PRIMART FIGHT. IN LABAMA. The most interesting fight of alt the political contests - now on la' the one In Alabama, where the. people will vote for their choice for the Dem ocratic presidential candidate in pri maries to be held on the 18th. The majority rules and Johnson and Bry an are In the running. -' At the very last moment the Johnson men put the name of Governor Johnson on the ticket "and began a vigorous campaign In his behalf. ' A club of more than $00 voter has been organised with Mr. A. G. Smith, of Birmingham, aa the president -Ex-Lieutenant 'Gov ernor R. M. Cunningham, , Mr. O. Kyle, Mr. Frank 9. . MoOdy and Mr. A. G.. Smith are in the race for dele-gates-at-large . agafhst four ' Bryan men. In a circular, letter Issued to the voters -ef the State the Johnson men say:' "The announced Intention of the Republican party to force, a reduction of the representation of the Southern State at the next Congress, the urgent necessity that Alabama shall be- left in position - -to demand the share of appropriations for her Internal and waterway .improvements justified by their extent and the prob ability tnat anotner disastrous dereat will jeopardise the existence of the Democratic party In the nation, dis close a crisis which must be courag eously met by the rank and fUe of party. There Is no orfe m the United States 'who comes nearer .uniting all Democratic faction than any leader produced In a half century and who can, at tha same time, overwhelm any candidate that may be brought -forward by the Republicans, bound to gether- as they are by the .'cohesive power or puDiio plunders than oov-. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota.- '. an Idol of the people of tho Northwest" The letter continues, . urging tne nomination of Johnson as the most available -man and arguing that the nomination or Bryan has Deen mad Imoosslble by the hostility of Demo crat In New Tork. New Jersey.' Con necticut -Massachusetts Delaware, Rhode Island and Maine and the In evitable, opposition' In the West. r. ii ..... ORPHANAGE SITE SELECTED. Is Where New Methodist orphanage Will Be Built Special, to The Observer. x . . - Winston-Salem,. May , 8. The or phanage committee of th Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church met her this arter noon to select a 'site for the institu firm and to outline plana for the erec tion .of .the buildings at the earnest possible moment Tne ueorge r. Dwlre farm, Just west of the city, con taining ICS acres, was accepted over the Mickey and R. J. Reynolds farm a which were also considered. Th price agreed upon Is $19 an acre. The tract Of land Is a beautiful one' and the selection Is considered a good one. The main building will cost between $11,000 and $25,000. This and the u. perlntendent's home will . be erected first and then other building will be put up later. - . : Th member of the special com mittee here to-day 'were Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwller.'of Greensboro., ex-offlclo chairman; 8, .'L. Rogers, of Franklin; J. A. .Glenn, of Charlotte;. Walter Thompson, of. Concord. ; . ' "-Taft" Will Koe-Vtslt Pewsaroln, Pensacola, Fla., May $. A cable from Secretary of War Taft- from Colon to - Mayor Goodman, of this city. In reply to an Invitation for him to return to tne- states via Penss- eola ststes thst as his presence - in Washington Is needed at once he will tah th shortest route. - landing at Charleston, 8. C about May-2Ja. MAIKFS DEAD r HONORED SHAFT TJN VEILED AT SALISBURY - - . . . r v Beautiful. Monument of Gray Granite i Dedicaited to the Heroes Who Gave ' I p Tbeir Llvea For the Union in y Salisbury Prison Imprewdve Exer- V dae In the National '' Cetnetery K, JtepreMenUtlves. of the Pino Tree State Given a Cordial Welcome and Hospitably Entertained by .. Salla- V bary's) People Only One Discordant .: tote -Details of an Intereeting irogramme and a Description of ne Monument Sidelights on . Notable Occasion. . .-f -SpechU to Th Observer. V-"!;v' , Sallabury.- May I. With elaborate ceremony, marked by a dtgnitjr and solemnity befitting the occasion, the State of Maine, through, her official representatives, to-day , unveiled in the National Cemetery her a stately anart to uts memory or tne 203 sot. diers who died In Salisbury prlm during the civil war. ' Throughout he exercises there was a tender note of sympathy for the hexotc dead who lie in the trenches otthls beautiful city of the dead, and every speaker voiced In words In spired by deep-founded patriotism tribute aa eloquent aa if It had been delivered upon those who fell in the thickest of tha fray; .That they-had sacrificed - their - lives in - prison - was out the fortune of war, and their sac rifice was as glorious, for. "The fittest 'place' where man eaalle ia wner be die for man. -'Full flv thousand : people, most of them men and women who had been true to the Confederacy, looked upon the exercises and entered Into toe spirit of a momentous occasion ap plauding earnestly and sincerely this trioute or a great State to tne men wno oiea that the Union might live. Crowded into the speakers' stand were the men and women who had traveled so far to do. honor to tnelr countrymen; flecking, the hillsides In every direction. . as far a th eye could reach, were ym pathetic thous ands, who Joined heart ' and soul in thla tribute to tha brave; who realised tnat ; , No more shall the war cry sever . or tne winding river be red;" And "over' yonder. " hard by th trenche stood the "thin gray line,' wttn tear-oimmed eyea -It was a cen never to be. forgot ten by those privileged to witness it Never was thl hallowed spot more beautiful, with It carpet of green. shaded by the sorrowful willows, dot ted with It thousands or heaa-stones, mute tribute to those wrapped In eternal slumber, for here on fame's eternal camping ground . Their silent tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.' PARADE TO THE CEMETERT . .The formal ceremonies of the day began with the parade to the National Cemetery, which formed In front of th Empire Hotel and under .com mand of Adjutant General T. R. Rob ertaon, proceeded through the prlncl pal streets or tne city ana tnence to tne cemetery. , The pared was head ed-by: the Forest Hill Band and tha Rowan ; Rifle, and then came a de tachment of Confederate veterans on foot and the ladle and' gentlemen of tne Maine party ana tne speakers or tne day in carriaget ( The visitors and the State officials occupied seats In the 'band stand and when the exerelses began at t o'clock there was not standing room aa far aa the eye could see - from this post ot vantage.- Hon. -Thomas G. Libby, State councillor, " acted as master of ceremonies and., following a. prayer ny mod. w. acott LiDDy, introduced Secretary of State J. Bryan Grime, who waa present as th personal rep resentative ef Governor. Glenn.. . Secretary Grimes apologised for the absence of the Governor, stating that important engagements kept him away. ' Then. In rather, an unusual address of considerable length he ex tended the greetings of the State of North Carolina to the visitors from the Pine Tree 8tate.- - To be candid Mr. Grimes' remarks sounded the on ly discordant note of an occasion, that though naturally delicate, vet be It said to ths credit of those who had Ao do with It was har monious throughout. He dwelt up on the part North Carolina played in the civil war. contrasted with Invid ious comparison military orisons North and 'South, and laid unpleas ant, emphasis upon subject that it were better .not to revive. - s In happy-contrast was tha resoonse on-behalf, of -the State of Maine by Hen, Thurston 8. Burns, of West brook, Me., and thl felicitous strain, spoken with an earnestness and en thusiasm that betrayed the sincerity underlying It was re-echoed and em phasised by Mayor Boyden. In extend ing a welcome to the City of Salisbury and in the response by Hon, Leroy F. Pike, of Cdrnlsh. Me, Mayor Boyden never made a happier speech In hisi me ana it wss applauded to the echo. He voiced the welcome of all Salis bury when he aald: MATOR BOTDEtf'g REMARKS. ' I extend to you most cordial rt. ing and offer you, ladies and gentle men, the fullest freedom of this city. It were a mockery ef virtuous achieve, ment for either you or I to orofess forgetfulness of the past. - To you, as to me, tne memory or tne dead upon our respective sides Is something to oe cherished ana honored. You could not nor could I maintain our self.re- epect If after the passing of year we "' " or iunr oj a uevico oi word to make apology for antipodal sentiments, on of which' appeals to you, the other to myself aqd all others who wore the grey. i But the. season of heated blood. I rejoice, has passed, and you can come to th city of which I, a Confederate veteran, am chief executive with a certainty that -my comrades .and my self give you earnest, hearty welcome. - We have psssed through many transition since that age when we bore arm against each other. En vironment has left Its Impress, reason and a better .understanding, social and economic conditions have an con tributed to the equivalent of an up heaval that has enlarged Our vision. We are having to engag our, heart and hands with present-day problems, I fVajwtiaTB tiavar yai V lnr f hak a!1 .oiflrl though never forsaking the old and Imperishable Ideal and aa these bonds of Interest become more num erous, aa we learn from - the larger perspective that something Is required of us beyond our own immediate do main we come to that fuller and complete understanding as clttsens and of the common republic. , It I a patriotic people for which I sprg k." -Their 1 ereeara rnado-4 Isteryi for the original thirteen Statea it gave -soldiers' -and'' statesmen: they provided succor In wsys without num ber for the soldiery of the revolution; they responded when the -call waa made in 111!, and at 1' time hav they and their anrwered the voice (Continued on Fag Eight). diocesan: meeting; exds TO CONI-ENE IN R.LEIGH AGAIN Woman's' Anxniary-Win EsUbneh a - Churt-h With Money Katsea xsx . Year For Mbwioas Junior Order to (Keep m Mill School Open' For a ' Month Mr. Kerr Issues Statement -Van to Gubernatorial Vote Countle 'i That Hold. - Primaries: j. To-Day . . Cruiser North Carolina . Ha Gone Into Commislon Rrcur-rrtatloo of . SUver Service . Caa Hardly Be at Cape Lookout Sawmills .. Running ' ; Again News of State Capttat .. ' : .. . Observer Bureau, ? . . The Holleman Building. ;, i i. Raleigh, Mty l., i To-day 'the ninety-second annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina held in the Church of the Good Shepherd here came to an end. There was a busi ness session this morning and the spe cial order, following thla, was the re port of the Woman's Auxiliary, which waa read by, Rev. Mr.. Berkley. - At noon there was a prsyer for mlssional ina evening: i service was larseiy un voted to addresses on the work of the Woman's Auxiliary, the speakers be ing Rev: Robert Bruce Owens, Thad eus A. Cheatham and Francis M. Os borne. Each evening during the ses sion there have been special services at St Ambrose colored church, and the -eermoiy there this evening was preached by Rev. Henry D. DeLaney. This church, by tha way. has a school, and a very well organixed.klndergart en department. ,4 f The convention meets here again next year at Christ - church. Mr. Charles E. - Johnson waa re-eleded treasurer of the convention. Woman's Auxiliary last year asked for $1.0E0, which it decided to give to a new mis sion, St. Gabriel's, at Selma. The sal ary of Blahop Cheshire was Increased $500. Rev. I. McK. Plttlnger, Julian Ingle and A. B. Hunter and Messrs. Richard H. Battle and Richard H. Lewis were elected standing commit tee. Rector Barber, of Christ church, read the report of the Mate of the Church.'.' but. thl ia very incomplete, many parishes having failed to send in reporta Those made show pros perity, however. ... -........ . William . Watts, of. Auburn, this county, made an antl-prohlbltion speech at th -court house to-day. The Junior Order United American Mechanic decides to keen tha Pilot Mills public school .. open . another month. WILL SEND CONTESTING ' DELE- OATION. , , - It Is predicted that there will be a large delegation present at tha Repub lican convention called to meet May ltth. The convention -will name four delegates-at-large. A well Informed Republican said to-day that there will be some surprise when these dele gates ar named. The new movement is well backed and managed. Many believe that whoever wins at Chicago they cannot afford to turn down the contending delegation which will be ent. byt .that. each, aid will b given nan a vote eacn.' Tne negro nave a strong ground for contest and som fun 1 ahead. The congressional con ventlon of the fourth district Is called to meet on the 12th at 10 o'clock to send a contesting delegation te Co tea go. ,i ' -.v..; , ;''. V- -:.:t STATEMENT FROM MR KERR. J. P. Kerr, Stat manager for Mr. Locke Craig In hi candidacy for th nomination for Governor, to-day gave out tne rouowing statement: . - , In tny statement given out en Fri day, April 24th. I said that I thought that the primaries to be held th f ol lowing day would place Mr. Craig vote around the 100 majority. The re turns from the primaries on the 25th Placed Mr. Craig' vote In the neigh borhood or 110. , On Friday, May 1st. I stated that the primaries to be held on Msy Sd . would place Mr. Craig's vote around the 170 mark. The pri maries neid Saturday, the 2d, devel oped the far t that Mr. Craig had about 171 votes. To-morrow primaries will be held In seven counties and a county convention In one county, as follows Primaries In Cabarrua Caldwell, Hen derson, Chatham, Orange, Granville and Tadkln. In Rowan county the convention will be held.- These coun ties have a total vote fn th State con ventlon of 7$. It will be-noted that two of these! counties. - Orange . and Granville, are In Mr. Kltchln's district One of the counties, Henderson, Is In Mr. Craig's district Mr, Kltchln will probably receive from six to eight vote more from-' to-morrow's prima ries than Mr. Craig, and when th re turn are In Mr. Craig vote may not , v - - - "-.- ' w ........ . . At the commencement exercises of Shaw University, colored, here there wer 110 graduate, representing ten State and four of tha Island In the West Indlea Insurance Commissioner Tounr Is nrormed or the conviction of an In cendiary named Earnhardt. In Rowan connty, for burning a barn. - The rayetteviue Auditorium Com. pany Is authorised to . increase Its capital stock to $40,009. State Veterinarian - Talt Butler Is back from Mecklenburg county, where he Investigated two cases of glar-ders In horses - and had - both animals killed. , H says there Is more of thl disease In North Caro lina this spring than - ever before. hut luckily the cases are Isolated and hence are controlled very well. . The sawmill between RsJeleh and Fayetteville. in fact In the Fayette- vllj section embracing. a radius J pom on ran'i, aiw avxmost an -. in operation. - These are email mllla but the fact that they are - going shows thst times afe brightening. CRUISER GOES INTO COMMIS- - V, . .- SION. . : ; The cruiser North CaroUna went Into commission at o'clock yester day afternoon at thoNorfoUtrraavy ards and or a total crew of 14 over $09 were on board. The flag waa raised and the band played, the star spangled Banner," ordera were read and Capt W. A. Marshall as sumed command. - Then the - flag was . dropped to half mast as a tribute to the memory, of the late Rear Admiral George E. Balch. re- tired,- who recently died at Raleigh sa.t mm. K & klM4f and who wa the oldest rear admiral. CoL Charles E. Johnson, chief of staff -of Oovernor Glenn, wa present and dined with Captain -Marshall and Lieutenants Brown and, Blue, and all hands drank' the health of the Old North State and Governor .' Glenn. Colonel Johnson Ik formed your cor respondent that Captain Marshall and the other officer say It will be tsapractica bto. In . have the present. tion . of the "' sliver service to the cruiser made at Cape , Iookout on account of -retting Into the harbor, i because it will be not only rough but dangerous. Therefore, they think that Norfolk is the place for the cere, mony, and Colonel Johnson says, he fully concurs In thl view. Deputy Insurance Commissi oner' WAS DEOWNED IX GEORGIA B. METERS LOSES HIS LIFE. While U, Swimming Yesterday In a fcke Near Macon. Ga., Wlnston f , Salem Man Goe Down and, Tbouphj ; a Friend Nearly Loses His Life u the Attempt, Cannot Be Rescued ' Wa Traveling Keprrr?ntaUve of the It J.. Hcynokle Tobacco Com- : panyy and Had Charge of an Im portant Territory Remain on Way , ' - to Tills State and "Will Be Interred in Yadkin County Deceased Was a Young Man. -T r, , Special to The'Obeerverr ,':-v5;: I, Winston-Salem. May J. Mr. Lath er B. Meyers, division salesman tor the R." J, 1 Reynolds -Tobacco Com pany, .with headquarters at Macon, t Gav waa drowned in a lake near Ma- : '. con to-day, while he and three other - were in swimming. 'v ' , It seem from the advices received here to-night that Mr. Meyers went . with a party of friends on a - plcnlo . expedition near Macon this morning. About noon he and, Mr. Robert Wll - Ungham and two othera whose name were not secured, decided to go In swimming Jn a amall lake, near the , pfcnio ground a - Soon k after going -into the water, Mr. Meyers compiainsd. of the wster being too cold and said he must get out at the sam time moving toward th bank. Mr. W11- ; Ungham .looked up and noticed that Mr. Meyers had son under the water. ' He hastened to the rescue of hi friend, but wa too- late to be of anr " service.' In attempting to rescue his friend Mr, WUIinghant came near los- v ing his own life and for some time It was feared that he. would not re cover. L- . A search for the body of Mr. Meyer ' was begun Immediately and In about two hours It waa brought to the sur face. 'It was turned over to an un-' dertaker and prepared for burial. A telegram from Macon to-night .' stated thst Mr. Wlllingham. Mr. John H. Meyers and the private secretary of -' the deceased left Macon to-night tor Winston-Salem with' the remains and would arrive here to-morrow after noon. The remains will be kept In the city to-morrow night at the home of ' Mr. J. N. Davis, on Spring street Bun day' morning they will be earrled through the country to Eno church. Tadkln county, where the lntermeat will take place In the afternoon The! funeral aervlcea will be held at 1:$0 o'clock, conducted "by Rev. H. A. -Brown, of thl city. , . . . - The deceaaed was II years old and ' ss a son of Rev. T. C Meyers, who, lives at Tadklnvllle. Besides hi par ents the deceased Is survived by three brothers: Mr. E. W. Meyers, who U ' with Taylor Bros.; Mr. W. T. Meyer. -who holds a position with the Rey. ' nolda company, and Mr. John H. Meyers, who work for Reynold in the territory which waa In charge ef tho deceased and one slater, Mra M. . WMackle, wife of the postmaater at ... Tadklnvine: . Mr. Meyer, cam .ta Wtnaton-Salera when, he was 1 years , old and secured a position with A. B. Oorrell 4b Son, warehousemen. Later he went to Raleigh and worked with Cary J. Hunter ft Bro., life Insurance agents. About nine years ago he re- turned hare and secured a . position , with the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany and three year later was placed - ., In charge of one of the largest and most Important ales divisions of the . company, having headquarter at Ma-. con. Ga. HI territory Included ; a . large- portkn-0f -Georglampet Of :;l Florid a m11 portion of Alabama and a portion of South Carolina.. ; ; . A telegram was received by- the R., , j Reynolds Company to-night- from the wholesale grocer of Macon . ex pressing their sympathy of the un- timely death of Mr. Meyer. . GUILFORD DOCTORS DINED.; Banquet Enlivened With Manf -! Wiur Merchants Condemn Street Carnlvala ----'- J- . A . . ? Observer Bureau. ? v The.- BcviU Building, s" , Greensboro. May V At th regular meeting of the board -V of alderment this afternoon consider able time mi consumed In discussing a proposition to revoke a permit pre viously granted for a street carnival ... to b held here the Utter part of th present month. The matter wa post poned awaiting the report ot a special committee appointed by Mayor Brandt. to investigate and maxe a recommen dation. ' ; ' " . -Mr. P. fl. Walton, superintendent of the Danville division of the Southern Railway, returned this afternoon from Chicago,' where he attended-a meet lnr of railroad men to consider the. question of changing the method of ; dispatching tralna No definite action :. was taken.- - ... . .'" , ' , I- Mr. J. 8. Manning, of Durham, who la managing- Congressman , w. w. Kltchln's gubernatorial campaign, was in Greensboro thl afternoon and spoke- hopefully v of - the prospects of his candidate. - Tne memoers m. tne uoiuora tuun tv Medical Society were tho ruests ef the Greensboro Academy of Medicine' st a delightful banquet at Hotel Clegg. last night r Dr. H. H. Dodson serv ed as tosstmaater and toasts were re- sponded to as follows: "The Doctor, and the Clergy." Rev. Father Vincent: . "The -Baby.". Dr. W. J. Richardson; The Doctor In Full Dress.' Dr. H T- Bahnson. of Winston-Salem; The Doctor' Wife." Dr. Anna Gov, of the , Stat Normal and Industrial College; 'Fads and Fancies of the Doctor,' Dr. Charles Roberson: "The Doctor as?' a Witness. Judge W. P. Bvnum, Jr.: , The Doctor's Doctor." Dr. D. A. Stan- ton. of High Point: "Professional Op timism. Dr.- C. W. Moeetey: " Prac tice Alor.g'the Highway and Hedges," ; Dr. C. 8. Gilmer. All the taikawere good, and several of them were bright s and witty.. For lntance. Dr. Bahn son. In discussing "The Doctor In Full Dress," said a physician has no more uso for a full dress suit than Gover nor 'Glenn has -for a residence. - The Greensboro Retail Merchants' Association has adopted - resolutions condemning street carnivals, holding, that such attractions are Injurious to ' trade and hurtful to th community . In -general. The association bas al so' put the ban on a number ot. ad vertising schemes. - - The Democratic Judicial convention for the ninth district will be held In Durham on June 8th. The only b" lues will be the nomination of a successor to Foiioltor Firooks. Scott Is back at hla desk after hav. (abort the b!1pt.h1 lnur!nv s in i Mill -and Bequest, to ji:i at burr. ll na'-j thy i- i fession. nut that .e.!t ! . other with being a r.vl rC i water, using oaths t -.--r Charg. . 1
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