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r f t A aV. v 7 y V - v , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: 48.00 A YEAR.' . CHARLOTTE, K. C, SUNDAY' MORNING, MAY 24j 1908.- PRICE FIVE CENTS. irif.-i!-., i rv OUEFOBD BUS IKSTBUCT tight overt1 this resolution piwwMitiin of ' Convention Rather , Stormy and Only by Small Margin ' ' la Resolution For Instructed Delo ' mlnn tn Ienver Passed Squabble - Also Over Beating: of a nigh Point ' Delegate and aa to Who Should Cast " ' ' Home's Vote In State Convention 'Mitw Brandt Elected Permanent V V. .rrh.innan v.. 3. Jnfttine Slake At tack on Tammany While Advocating ' Bryan Resolutlon-.-The f; - County's vVote For AU Candidates. " . i,r . r V Observer Bureau. ' ; V ; The BevM Building. ' ' , w. i, ,r Greensboro. May 22.- - i'Th Guilford" county Democrtlo convention, ' for th selection of dele cites to the Judicial. - congressional and State conventions wa In session to-day for three hours and a half, and while the general result Is satisfactory ' the proceedings at times were maraea by stormy scenes and Intensity of -feel-' Ing.' i The biggest fight of the conven tion was over the adoption of a res ' elutkm InstrucOng the delegates to the State convention to vote for sending a delegation to the national convenlon r. - instructed1 for -.Bryan. After much ' fervid oratory on the ."Peerless Lead - er." - "fundamental principles" and - "the- cohorts -of nredatory - wealth.- - a ' - viva-voce vote Indicated that the res 1 elation had been adopted by an over Whelming majority. , When a roll-cal was ordered, however, If wai found that the majority was small, there be . : Ing 80.57 votes for the resolution and it.4t votes against It 1 The High Point Democrats, who ' hat a dull time, brought-along their - - usual differences and caused conslder- - able diversion In a fight over the prop- osltlon as to whether a gentleman who ? fell from grace few years ago and ' voted for Mr. 3. Elwood ; Cox, a Re publican, for -.' county commissioner s- should be thrown out of th eonven 4lon r-allowsd to tak his seat asm delegate. The friends of the apostate - won their fight. ', ' There was also' a fight', over who should go to Charlotte and cast. Oull : ford's two "votes for Horns for ev- i , s ernor. the contest growing out of the fact that two men claimed the honor of being ths original HOrne man In - -- this county. , County Chairman 'Brown called the . convention to.order at 11 oxioca- ana after . an Invocation by Rev. Melton ' Clark called on Mr. E. J. Justice to act J aa temporary chairman. In taklog-the " chair, Mr. Justice ady a speech of . - a half hour's length on , the great ls . sues confronting the voters , Of the country. . He rapped- the - Republl . can party sharply for Its- hypocrisy . -( In dealing with the negro question and . for the cowardly manner in which it . Is falling to meet squarely the great questions confronting the public to-J day. He congratulated the Democrat la party In North Carolina upon the high standard of the men who are be fore the party. candidate for ot- flee In the Stats and made a strong plea in favor of sending n instructed delegation to Denver.. . - r -. ' . ..' MaJ. Charles M. Stedman nominated for permanent chairman ' Mr. It J. Brandt, mayor of Greensboro, who was elected by a unanimous vote Mr. J.' Leslie Abbott was the unanimous choice of the convention for perma nent secretary. Mayor Brandt did not make a speech In taking the chair further than to thank the 'convention for .the honor conferred upon him. after which he- announced that the convention was "ready to transact the business for which It had been called. On motion the chairman appointed the .following committee to compile the vote cast In the precinct primaries - en- the Hth: J. Leslie Abbott. E. A. . Brown. W. B. Thomson, F. N. Taylor and Dr.' M. P. Fojt. The following were appointed members of a' com- - mlttes to recommend delegates to the : Judicial, congressional and-State con ventions 2 Weecott - Roberson, O. N. Richardson, D.. P. Stern, A.- Wayiand Cooke and -John J.-Wilson " ' r THE FIREWORKS BEGIN. Immediately-after these committees had been appointed. County Chairman ' ' Brown threw the first firebrand into .i ' the convention by-offering a resolution renewing the, allegiance ef the Gull- - ford Democrats to vvllllam J. Bryan . and binding the Guilford delegates to the State convention to vote for send Ing au instructed Bryan delegation to uenver. . :.; ; : , , ' After MaJ. Charles M. Stedman had . seconded the resolution, ex-Sheriff - Jordan was on bis feet to oppose any . such "cut-and-drled performance." 'saying he believed the Guilford Dem ocrats would send men to Charlotte nho wonld vot only for such dele gates as could he trusted to . do the . right thing at Denver. Mr, w. E." Har rlson endorsed ex-Sherlft Jordan's position,- saying the resolution had ne place In the convention. He was f ol- - lowed by ex-Judge R. C. Strudwlck. who was strongly of the opinion that ' the Guilford Democrats 'would com mit ey grievous error If they; failed to Instruct for Bryan.. . j , Mr. E. J. Justice made an Impas sioned appeal for the adoption of the resolution, saying It was both fair and wise to take the sentiment of the peo- . pie in such a manner. . He reviewed Bryan's career, comparing him to -the lowly Nasarene, and made fun of Gov- . ernor John Johnson's candidacy. He took a fall-out of the Tammany lead era referring In a sarcastic -manner to Charles F. Murphy, "Flngey Con tiers and Jake 6heehan. - The attack on Tammany brought to the floor Mr. George T. Leach, of High Point, who ' resented the . aJpersions east by Mf. Justice and reminded his hearers that the Tammany represen tatives in Congress" hooX always voted for the South and that te organiza tion did not know how to scratch a Democratic ticket . -. . ; Mr. R. r King, " who opposed the Bryan Instructions, pleaded that the convention take no action calculated . to stifle the free action of the Demo crats In Charlotte and Denver. Mr. W.-E. Harrison ' offered "as a substitute that the vote on the reso lution be taken by precincts and that the rote be recorded and certified to . the State convention. His substitute , was voted down., and. by what appear ed to be a well-nigh unanimous vote, the resolution was adopted by a viva voce vote. i. .-'-.-. , When the result had been announc ed. Mr. R. R. KlRg demanded a roll- call and when this was had It wit found that the Bryan men had shout ed louder than they voted.' the vote standing (9.S7 for and Sl.it against the adoption of ths resolution, x Mr. ttClng aked that the delegates to the . State convention be Instructed to cant the vote on the proposition In propor tion to ths vote of the county convention,- but the convention refused to vagree with him. He then entered a pretest In behalf of the minority anl requested that the same be made matter of record. . HIGH POINTERS GET GAT. The convention was about to pro ceed - to the select! en. of . delegates when a motion was made to seat Mr. I F. M. Pickett, of High Point, who held the proxjof a delegate who was un able to he present. This motion est the High Point delegates by the ears, and . Immediately several gentlemen were on the floor demanding recogni tion. Mr. Robert Brockett, chairman of the executive committee In North High Point precinct, opposed the sett log of Mr. Pickett on the ground that he was not a loyal Democrat, since, several years ago. he had voted for one man : on the 'Republican - ticket. Dr. W. G. Bradshaw explained that Mr. Pickett's fall from grace was due to the fact that he had voted lor friend and-neighbor, Mr. J. Elwood Cox, who at on time was a candidate en the Republican ticket In this coun ty ior the office of county, commission er. . He cited the fact that. In all oth er matters. Mr. Pickett had been regular Democrat always, and he did not think the gntleman , should be cast into outer darkness for this one deflection from the faith: j3r. Bradshaw wa supported by Mr. Fred N. Tate and Mr. R. K. King, and when a vote was taken the gentleman who had voted for a Republican for county commissioner was seated by a vete that was- pracuoaiiyP unanimous. 3nKORrrT report filed. When the committee on the selec tion of delegates reported, MaJ. Wes- cott Roberson. of High Point, niea minority report, and in support of the same made a speech in support of th contention that High Point and the county precincts had been dlscrimi nated against In the selection of del egates to the 8tate convention. He offered, a a substitute to the report, a resolution' to the effect that O. Richardson, of . High 'Point, and ex Judge T. J. Bhaw. of Greensboro, be sent te the State convention aa a del egate and alternate, respectively, for Mr. Craig, o Mr. George T. Leach in slsted that High Point he given her full representation of the Horne dele gation, and this . precipitated a dis pute as to who Is the real Horne man ager In Guilford Before this mo mentous question was iettled. the con ventlon adopted-; the report ' of the committee, neglecting to vote on Ma jor Roberson's minority resolution. - The convention adopted a resolu tlon, offered by. Mr. Thomas 8. Bealt, instructing the delegates to the ludi clal convention to use every means In their power, to secure the nomination oi ir. b r. iioogoou, jr. ior solicitor, f DIVISION OF COUNTY'S VOTE. - Guilford's 1 rvotes In the . State convention will he cast as follows: For Governor KUchln, , 18.657: Craig, I.J00; 'Horne, 2.14S. For Lieutenant GovernorWood. For Secretary f State Grimes, 15.118: Roberts, S.I 82. . For Attorney General Oe ment. 1.751: Winborne,; 6.4SJ; Wood ard, 3.76s. For Superintendent of Publlo Instruction Joyner, .For 8tate Treasurer -Lacy, 14; Ashe, 5 'For State. Auditor Dixon, 11.121 Hackett, 5.S74. For Commlaeloner Of Agriculture Scott. S.28S; Graham, 4.829;Moore, N4.20J: Parker. 1.865; McRae, .212. . For Corporation Com mlssloner Aycocfc. 2.276; . London. 8. 9S2L Bagwell, ;722. For Com mis eloner of Labor, and Printing -Sher rlll. 2.291; Shlpman. f.866; Wilson, 2.165; Cobb. 1.222; Powers,' .444. -For Insurance Commissioner Young. ,i 2, The county's 58 votes In the con gresslonal convention win be divided between Solicitor' A. L. Brooks and Prof. J. 'Allen Holt in the following proportion: Srpoks, 27.41; Holt. 20.59. i DAVIDSON'S CONVENTION; Senator, Overman and Congressman Page Endorsed The Official Vote For ' Governor Vote Ir Other state Officers. , Special to The Observer. Lexington, May .. 22. The county convention new Here to-day for the purpose of naming delegates to the Htate. congressional and senatorial conventions was one of the largest neia in uavidnon county In some years. . Owing, to the warm fight in the gubernatorial race - there was much interest In the convention, and the fact' that this was Davidson's time to name the candidate for. the State Senate from this district made the convention one of especial in terest. . Everything passed off 'har moniously, but It cannot be said that the convention lacked : - enthusiasm, for there was ' plenty of It at all umes. - - , .- , " Resolutions f were adODted en dorsing Senator Lee S." Overman and Congressman Page, the delegates to the congressional convention ' being instructed: to vote ior-- page, and In ther General Assembly for Over man ior tne-senate. The official vote for Governor wai as follows: - .; Craig, ; 7.40,"( Kflchln, 6.24; Horne, 1.26. The following candidates were instructed lor unani mously: J. Bryan Grimes. Secretary oi etate; james r. joyner. Superln tendent of Education; Hayden - Cle ment, Attorney General; . James R. Young, Insurance Commissioner;' W. P. Wood, Lieutenant Governor. The vote of the county was divided evenly oeiween tapu a. A. Asne and'B. R. Lacy for Treasurer, each - receiving 7, Corporation Commissioner, H. A. London, 10.62;, B.. F. Aycock, 8.28. SUte Treasurer, Dr. B. F.. Dixon, -12: Hackett, . 1. - Labor Commissioner. - J Sherrlll. 1; Ehlpman, 6. and Powers, 12: Commissioner of - Agriculture. .' (! uranam, s.o; cott, ,8.25: Parker, .25. ' - . - , - - G. F. . Hanklns was nominated on the fourth ballot for the State Sen ate. Other candidates were A. F. Sams, of Thomasvllle, and 8. E. Wil liams, of . Lexington.. . . - - - - Craig Carries Catawba. '-- i Special to Ths Observer, '. , y -: , fc . Hickory, May 23. Unofficial re turns Indicate that Craig has carried Catawba. The vote as estimated Is:' Craig, 5.7$r Kite hi n, 2.75; Horne, 130 . ; . '-.r7 v. rs. - - - A Later Report From Catawba, i Special to The Observer. v' - ' vewton. May 23 Catawba gives the following votes- for the guberna torial candidates: Craig. 6: KitchmJ 2.20; Horne, 1.5. . Charles C. Moore, for Commission er of Agriculture, receives 180 voteii Major W. A. Graham, t; Major Lon don, for Corporation Commissioner,' 40; C B. Aycock. 77. C. C Hoore Carries Hickory. Special to The Observer. ; Hickory. May 22. Charles Cotton Moore carries Hicqory practically solid. - : ; ' , Craig .Leads In Pender. Spectal to The Observer. . t ',; , , "VVMImlngton. May -23v With two precincts riot heard -from and Caswell township,- which voted ' solidly for V CEAIG'S LEA1) INCREASES HE LED IN YESTERDAY'S VOTINO The Seven Coun tie. Includlnr Davie. . Which Have Held rrtmarics Since the Last Report, Increase the Lead or ue Yoong Man From the West. - and All -of .These Counties Are in Aeutral TerrUorT Mr. Cralz'i V Frlendir-Well Pleaeed With the Re sults, Uelievinr That He W1U Con. J On no to Maintain His Lead Fire or tiie Seven Resnlta Based on Es timates, the Most Careful .Possible to-Obtain Last Night. Which are . - ueiievea to He Approximately Cor- - Six counties held primaries yester day n of them In neutral territory. Those voting represent 44 convention votes, Including , Davie county, , which held, its primary Thursday, and of these Mr. Craig received 21.81; Sir. Kitchln,' 15.91. and Mr. Horne, 6.72 Mr. Craig's lead this mortrlng ' 1.42, while at the same period last weeklt was 6.04; a gain of over five votea r , V :'::r ;--";?! ' - Of the votes given' from the seven new counties Included In the tabulat ed statement five are estimates, but they are from the county chairmen and based on careful estimates, which are approximately: correct. Lincoln eountyv which- was scheduled .to hold primaries yesterday, did not -pass upon the gubernatorial candidates and It Is understood that that coun ty's delegates to the State eonventlon will go unlnstructed. c' ; . . Thus far 5 counties have voted. In eluding Rowan and .Hertford, whose delegates were unlnstructed, and 0 counties remain to be heard from. Mr. Craig's friends are Jubilant over yes terday's results, feeling assured that their candidate will keep up the pace he baa maintained from . the start. with a possible Interruption next Saturday when the rest of the- Fifth district counties will be heard from The Interruption, however,', will be only temporary. - fr' t rv - ' Kltcn- Countles ' 1 Vote Craig In ' Horne Alexander ..... .8 4.60. ..... .W Ashe 5.07 8.87 .56 ' Buncombe 23 23 " .... Burke . .. .45i 46n , .01 Clay .. ... .. ' 2 I Gtuham... ..... -"2 '2'1 .... Iredell 14 12.50 1.25 .25 McDowell -'.-. -! -.' Macon .... . 6 6 ' ., Mitchell ......L 8 8 - .... Polk .. .. .. ,8 8' : I'll Randolph '.. ... -16 , 8.61' .8.57 2.82 Stanly .......... 7 8 -. 1 . Swain ... ...... ). 2 8 ' .Washington . . .9 1.9 .30 2S Watauga 6 Wilkes ........ t l.8 2.16 .86 Tneey.. ; 7 . 7 .; , .... Johnston .. ... 17 "V. Beaufort .. 12 4.72 4.41 Halifax 17 ' .24 14.04 .... Warren ,.' .. .. "8 1.44 5.78 .41 Harnett 8 .79 .4 1.81 Montgomery , - 4 4.20 ; 1 .45 . .25 . - Moore ...i.. -7 8.4- 1-90 1.64 Richmond .. ... 4 2.77 ..1.27, 14 Cleveland-...-. 15 15,., Cherokee " 4 4 - Rutherford -.i .. 11 12--...... .... Haywood ...... 11. 10.78 .23 .... Jackson ...'-.'.. '7 ' f- ; Alamance ... .. 18 1 11.25 .75 Durham .. v. .. , U -.91- 7.31 2.S8 Person .4 - 4 - .... Lenoir" .'..-. 1.43 T.80 l.M Chatham 10 1.10 4.40 4.50 Caldwell...... 8 '4.50 1.80 .... Oranvlllel..-.1. : n-j.12 lo. . Orange ' 4 .80 4. CO .90 Caborrus ... ... 10 .4.50 2 2.50 Henderson .. .. . 4 4 - , ...1 .... Transylvania- ... ,4 4 ' ' t . ... , . . . i Davidson .. ... 14 7.29 8.20 1.41 Wayne .. ..... 14 ' 8.4S 8.44 2.18 Northampton .. 10 2.42 4. SO ."( Rdgeoambe it 1 - --, 9.50 ,.50 Oreene .. ... ... , T- - .4 I .(A Guilford.. .. 19 8.80 13.55 2.15 N. Hanover ... .9 .72 1.44 4.-84 1 . ,., i ,.t... . . Davie .i . .. ....15 2.54 2.41 ,03 Pamlico i.iL.. 4 1.75 1.60 .75 Hyde .. ..... .' 5 2 2 1 - Duplin ....... 10 5 4 1 Pender ... .. ... 4 2.75 1.75. 1.60 Lee ' 4 1.25 1.75 1 Catawba .. .... 10 4 .1.60 1.60 Totals 4. ..... . 44 21,81 U.91 4.7s' Grand totals.. 484 1234.58 (175. U 72.81 1 Herttordr5Tunlnstructedr- Kowan. 17; unlnntructed. Eatlmated. , Craig. - not Included In the figures. Pender county voted Jn the primaries to-aay:v -craig, 1.94; Kitchln. 1.25; Horne, 1.24. tThe vote was . very light and the missing precincts will not materially affect the net result. The convention will be neld Thursday. A Partial Return From Pender. ' '' Special to The Observer. ' - ; - : ' Burgaw, May 28-Wlth three nre- clncts not heard from Pender county gives the following vote for the gub ernatorial, candidates: Craig, 1.94; Kitchln, 1.25; Horne, 1.25. ' Official Vote of Davie, . - Special to The Observer. ' , ' Mocksville'May 22. Davie's vote In State convention Is: Craig. 2.66: Kitchln. J.41; Horne, .02. , , v Craig Leads In Pamlico, ; Ipeclal to The Observer. - , Newbern.- Mar 22. Pamlico . gives Kitchln, 1.60; Craig, 1.75; Horne, .75. Another Reiiort From Pamlico. Special, to The Observer. " '! ' . ' Alliance. . May 22 Pamlico's vote for Governor Is: Craig, 1.40; Kitchln, Horn, Ab.t.r '. ..!",. Wake Primaries June 4 th. Special td The Observer. . Raleigh, May 2 J. Wake Democrat ic primaries Will be held Saturday, une 6 th; convention, 12th. r -.; " ; Craig Leads In Duplin. Special to The Observer. v. , Warsaw. May 22. Returns ' from Duplin -county primary- Incomplete, how this estimated vote: craig, i; Kitchln, 4; Horne, 1. y:. ,., : Wayne Democratic Convention. - Special to The Observer. 1 Goldsboro. May 21. The Democrat ic convention met here to-day and elected delegates to the State conven tion. The- vote wast - Kitchln 8.4 4 i Craig 2.41; Horne 2.12. Kitchln has delegates. Craig 2 and Horne 2. Res olutions- were, unanimously adopted endorsing W. J. Bryan for President and the course of Congressman Charles R. Thomas. Benjamin F. Aycock was n domed for -Corporation Commission er and T. B. Parker, for Commission er of Agriculture. The delegates were Instructed to present to the State con vention the name of Charles B. Ay-f -Continued ea Page Seven). COXGRESS NEiETNG AX END ADJOCRXMENT .NEXT THURSDAY Senate and House Arc Proceeding inttTf a -Diversity of Opinion on Final ' Adjournment For Several ; DtgaS,enator Have Been Working to Procure an Adjournment Either Yesterday or To-Morrow, But the , Hoase eLadera Contend That the Public Bualness Has Kot Sofflelnetly Aavancea to J ratify an Adjourn ment at so Early a Date Kpeaker ment at bo uu-ly a iate Speaker - Cannon says It is Impossible to v Complete Bouness Before . Tbors- i day. i- ' - . - -'' v- - - .. .!'.., - SENATE SUMMARY. ' When the , Senate . met yesterday there was a general understanding that -nothing could be done to delay the final adjournment ot Congress and that no legislation would ' be enacted beyond completing ' consideration ' ot the great supply bills. - The 'net result ef the. days session was the adoption of the conference agreement on . the omnibus publlo buildings bill and the : approval of a partial agreement on the postofflca; appropriation bill, .the Items la the- latter measure relating to weighing the malls and ocean mall -subsidy being sent back' to conference. - Various - questions were discussed during the day. ' Senator Teller re- . viewed court decisions on the ltmlta- tionr of Federal power under the con stitution and referred to a report that - the President-had - stated In a, letter that he would Vete certain legislation If passed by the Congress. as an evi dence of unwarranted ' encroachment upon the powers of the States. Mr. . Teller . was followed ' by Mr. Bacon, who declared, that the Presi dent's statement In . his message of March 26th, that he would vete any bill not guarding the right of the government to' charge ' for power "os navigable streams la connection with legislation . respecting water-power privileges, wis a '(gross breach ef the privilege ef the Senate." He said he would - have .introduced a resolution providing that this matter be consid ered jy the committee on privileges snd elections, but being a member ot the minority he. feared his act would have been regarded as partisan. Mf. Owen, ef Oklahoma, spoke en his- Joint resolution providing that an -amendment to the constitution for the election of Senators by the people be submitted to the States for ratifica tion, and contended, that, the legisla tures of 27 States having voted In fa vor of that reform, the Senators from those States should support hm reso lution. He moved a vote on 1he pas sage of the measure, but a motion to send it to the committee on privileges snd elections was carried by a vote of 83 to 30. - Ineffectual efforts were made by Mr. Beveridge to pass the omnibus Terri tories bill, and by Mr. Newlands to secure consideration of his resolution creating an ' Inland waterways , com mission. ' ,,' - ' ' At 6:80 p. m. Just before the close ef the day's session, Mr. ' Hale enounced sn agreement made In executive, see sloa to take recess until 8 p. m. with the understanding that the night ses sion would be devoted exclusively to considering ' conference reiorts and wh- measures as could be taken up ' by unanimous consent. Mr. Hale had ,prevlousir stated his belief that Con gress eouia aajoum ny z o ciock Mon day' afternoon. ' ,. ' ' At 10:30 the Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday morning. HOUSE SUMMARY. For the second time within 24 hours the House last night following a dis cussion' of two hours, rejected the mall subsidy provision for ocean steamships.- Previously similar action was taken with respect to the Senate amendment to the postofflce appro priation ' bill reducing the number of days upon which weighings of mall are to be conducted,' with the result that the postofflce bill for the' third time was sent back to' oonference, all other features ot the bill being agreed to by unanimous consent. Altogether the day was a busy on. ' The -conference reports on the omni bus penaloa claims bill .and on the -, fortifications appropriation bill were agreed to; the resolution providing for ' a remission on the part of the Chinese indemnity growing out, of the Boxer -' troubles of 1900, was adopted, as was -also a resolution increasing the pay of . over a hundred of the House employes , and officials; the conference report on 7 the bill enlarging homestead entries ' In the arid regions, from 140 to. 810 acres wss rejected, thereby Anally rds- . f eating the , bill; and ths report su- . thorlxlng an extension of time for the ' construction of a dam across the BAlney river In Minnesota was passed ' over-the President's veto. - - , - v - At 9:20 the House took a recess until 11 o'clock Monday morning. . - . ' ---... .- - - ' - ; .. -: .Washington,', May 125. The Senate and the. House ore proceeding under a diversity of opinion on the ques tion of final adjournment. . For the past three or four days Senator have bean exerting pressure to procure an adjournment etthen to-day or next Monday, but the House leaders hay Suite as persistently 'contended that the public business was not sufficient ly far advanced to Justify a decision to ' Quite at so early, a date.' .' ' Aa late as 4 o'clock this afternoon Senator. Hale confidently announced on the floor of the Senate that ah adjournment next Monday at 2 o'clock was quite feasible but this - opinion had scarcely gone forth when Speaker Cannon made known h la view that It would be impossible to complete the business ef the session before next Thursday, and when the House took a recess to-night until Monday morn- ng at 11 o'clock,-with a number of important conference reports Pending. Senators, including Mr. 'Hale, - were compelled to acknowledge that ' it would be impossible to complete the session's business . on .fonday. ' The House still has to act upon th con ference agreements on the sundry civil Dill, the general aenciency Dili, the army bill, the pension bill and the publlo buildings bill, to sa- nothing of xjther measures of - Importance which Involves no appropriation. - . The Senate ia much, farther advanc. d, and practically has nothing to do except to act upon the sundry civil and the general deficiency bills. There has come to be some little - feeling between the two houses, but It Is not of sufficient Intensity to create any serious complication, . . , Conferee on Military Academy Bill ' ' .igree. . Washington. May II A complete greement of the conferees on th mlUtary-academy apporprtatlon bill was lsid before the . Senate to-night na wss aooptea, - - ASSEMBLY'S i THIRD DAY MILD SEXSATIOX AT OXE SESSION". The Word "Damn" in Rev." Dr. How erton's Opening Sermon Bring on Considerable Discussion and it Is to Be Stricken Out In the Printed ;,- Copy Negro Kvangetlzatlon Again , Given a lromlnent Part In the De ' liberations Programme Is Arrang ed For tlie Quadri -Centennial of tlie ' Birth of "John Calvin Visit to Made by Members of Assembly to -Guilford Battle Ground Yewter- : day's Sessions In Detail. . . By Associated Press. : ; i . Greensboro, May 22. Negro evan gelisation was again a theme of . dis cussion at to-day's sessions of th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church. - Many of the delegates participated In the debate. The subject occupied most of .: the morning session. Among those ad dressing the Assembly' wer Rev. Dr. AT B. Curry, of Tennessee, chairman of ths committee: - W. A. Clark, ef Columbia. 8. C. and Rev. C. B.' Scott, of Mississippi, the last named being a negro minister and a com missioner -to the Assembly. The As sembly Anally adopted the committee recommendations, approving , the In terest In the .evangelisation of the negro and coming conferences be tween white and negro ministers and establishing Sunday schools for the negroes under the direction of white teachers, etc , ' - Recommendations -of - committee on revised - proof texts of doctrinal standards were adopted. The As sembly la to appoint a committee to take charge of th work of editing documents selected with the view of making them of the most Interest to future generations. A resolution presented by Rev. Dr. A. F. Campbell ' was adopted ap proving law against child labor and calling upon Christian parent to obey these Jaws. The Interests of th Indian school a Durant, Ok la., were presented by President Hotchkln, of the school, and proposition made by clttsens of Durant looking to more building and better equipment were referred to. the commute fn home missions. Th ad Interim committee on the celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of John Calvin made a report, recommending that th day be celebrated by the Assembly at its next session. May, 1909. The com mittee recommended also that a memorial to John Calvin be erected at Montreat, In a building to cost 826,000 and to serve the purpose of the . summer associations and the school it Is hoped to erect there. "'""It was stated that a subscription of 10 cents per capita within the Church would raise the needed amount PROGRAMME FOR CALVIN CELE- , BRAT I ON. The Assembly : adopts th follow ing programme of exercise for the celebration of ' the Calvin quadri rentennlal during the session of the General Assembly of 1909, the hours for ths addresses to be fixed by that Assembly: 1 "Calvin, the Man and His Times," the Rev. Charles D'Aublgne. France. 2 "Calvin's Contribution to the Reformation." the Rev. R. C. Reed. D. D.; alternate, ' the , Rev. W, C. Grafton, D. D. 8 "Calvin, the Theologian." the Rev. Abraham Kuyper, D. D., Hol land. '-.',. ! 4 "Calvin's Attitude Towards and Exercises of the Scriptures," the Rev. j james orr. u.' u.. ecotiana 6 "Calvin's Contribution to Church Polity," the Rev. T. C Johnson, D. D. alternate, kth Rev,' Robert Price. D. D. "Calvin's Doctrine" "of Infant Salvation," the Rev. R. A. Webb, D. D.; alternate, the Rev. W. L. Llngle, X." D. ' - ' --' . - , 7 "The Relation of Calvin .and Calvinism to Missions," the Rev, 8. L. Morris, D. D.; alternate, the Rev. W. M. Anderson, D. D. 8 "Calvin's Contribution to Edu cational Progress," Dr. Edwin Alder- man; alternate, ur,- j- ranjt p. ven- able. - 9 "Calvin's Influence on the Po litical Development of the "World." Hon. -Frank T.. Glasgow; . alternate, Hon. w. s. Fleming. , 10 "How Far Has Original Cal vinism-Been Modified, by Time." the Rev. s. A. King, D. D.; alternate, the Rev. Harris E. Kirk, D. D. 11 "Present Day Attitude Te- wards CaMnhtm, Its-Cause-and"-It significance " the Rev. Benjamin B. Warfleld, ,D. D.i alternate, the Rev. William I lose Marquees, D. D. 12 "How Mar the Prlnclnles of caivmism Be Rendered Most Ef fective Uiider Modern ConditlonsT" the Rev. A. M. Eraser, D. D.: alter nate, the Rev. D. Clay Lilly, D. D, Special to The Observer. " ' " . ' Greensboro, 'May 22. Th Gen. ral , Assembly met in the ses sion of th third day of Its meet ing at 9:10 o'clock and Rev. J. H. Taylor. D. D., of Washington, D.C conducted the devotional exercise. After the reading of yesterday's min utes in matter or unfinished busi ness was taken up for consideration. Th report of th standing commu te waa th first item considered and the recommendations of the report wer considered seriatim. THE WORD "PAMN" GIVES TROU- -' . ' BUS. . - Th first discussion of this meeting of th Assembly took place In con nection with the consideration of this report One recommendation of th report waa that the sermon of Rev. J. R. Howerton. D. D., on "The duty of the white man of th South to th Negro," which he delivered at th opening sesalon, be published In full In connection with the report of the 4 executive committee on colored evan gelization. Rev. It. 0. Eggleston, IX D of Richmond, opposed th publi cation of the sermon In this connec tion unless the word "damned" as used In m quotation la the sermon be stricken out; he claimed that th pub lication ot in i word in tnis connec tion .would smack of :n use of pro fanity, and was therefore objection able. He said that he wanted the Assembly t stand not' only for purity of life and action, but for purity of speech as well. Other commission ers agreed with Dr. Eggleston In this objection. ' . - -' ; - Dr. Howerton asked the privtleg to quote at this time, the -passage in which Is the objectionable word. He stated that st one time he was In con versation with several men on a Pull man ear when th conversation turn ed td the subject of th abolition of war. On of the men present was an engineer and he expressed himself s follows on this subject: "Ther Is one more war I want to see. and that I a war between th races. I wsnt to see a wsr that will last until every damned nlgr'r. man and women, Id and young, m trterminated and aft er that Is done, I don't care lather 1 never another war. ' . Sneaklnar to this auestlon Dr. How erton said that he waa opposed to trlking out the word. ' Rev. n. jr. Campbell, D. D.. and other agreed with Dr. Howerton, expressing the be lief that no hurtful influence could result from th publication of th ser mon as a whole. A motion was made to strike out the objectionable word and the motion carried. Before leav- Inr lh, iiumhW room. in. a good- humored vein. Dr. Howerton asked the question how the-Assembly would get around the pubUcatlon of ' the word to which objection wa made when publishing the minutes ox to dsv session of the Assembly. The 'other recommendationat th report were adopted without discus sion and the report wa then adopt ed as a whole LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO VOTE. It was announced that In attend ance at the Assembly there wer twen ty-five or more commissioner whoa presence wa needed at the polls , in different towns of North Carolina on Tuesday next, and on motion leave of absence for Monday and Tuesday was granted to all of these In order that they might reach their homes to vote for prohibition in th state election. The work of education among the in dlans was discussed by several mem' hers of the Assembly and this work which the Church I doing In Oklaho ma wa highly commended. The report of the committee touch- ling the quesUon . of child labor was adopted. At the session of th Assembly held year, ago a committee wa appoint ed to prepare-a programme and. out line what other plans It might deem needful for the Calvin qnadri-centen-nlal celebration The. report of , that committee iwas submitted to-day by Rev. R. F. Oompbell,. a member of the committee. The programme suggcut ed I elaborate and the speakers In clude many prominent men, both at home and abroad. The ceieorauon will he held In 1909. John Calvin having been horn'-July 10th, 150V In France. On of th speakers named on the programme' 1 a Frenchman. Speaking with reference to th cen tennial. Dr. Campbell said ther see tru ed to be an opinion existing In the minds of some people that Calvtntsm was on the' decline, but that he did not belong to that class, and further that he felt that th quadrl-centennlal celebration would convince all doubt er on this subject that If Calvinism ever had been on the decline It had certainly revived and Jaken on new life. . The report of the commltte. ws adopted and on motion, th committee aa appointed a year ago waa retained for another year. A motion wii passed requesting Rev, W. W. Moore, D. D., the.modere.tor, to preach before th Assembly at 11 o'clock Monday morning. The special order to be brought . before th As sembly at the clos of Dr. Moore's sermon will be the e lection of the p,,ce for tn holding of the Assembly or next year. , SPECIAL ORDERS FIXED. . Other special orders for the con stderatlon of the following Interests were fixed, namely: Monday after noon, systematlo beneficence; Monday night,' foreign missions; , Tuesday morning, the Assembly' horn and school; Tuesday' afternoon, publics- tlons, Sabbath school and young peo pie's societies; Tuesday nrht, home missions; Wednesday night, th Sab bath and family religion; Thursday night, ministerial education and relief. . The delegates who wer appointed at the Assembly of 1907 to th Nation al Federation of Churches and Chris tian Workers, were read as follows; Rev. J. H. Howerton, D. D., Rev. Harris E. Kirk, D. D., Rev. A. J. McKelway, D- D., Rev. J. W. Wal den, D. D.f Rev. T. M. Hunter, D. D., Rev. J. B. Hutton, D. D., Rev. W. R. Dobyns. D. D.. Rev. A. B. Curry, D. D.. Rev. Edward Muller. D. D.; Hon. Martin Ansel. Mr. Samuel M. In- man, Hon. R. T. Simpson,' President E. R. Long and Mr. J. Farley. . These delegate were continued. . A communication of. greetings from the uenerai Assemoiy ot ins uimnrwnu Presbyterian ' Church, now In session at Corslcana, Tex., was read, and s;reet!ngs from this ., Assembly wer sent to that body. . - i. When the hour-for recess arrived, 1:20 p. m., the Assembly adjourned until 9:10 Monday morning. ' BATTLE GROUND VISITED. The Assembly had a thoroughly en joyable time at Guilford Battle Ground this afternoon.' Addresses were made by Mr. J. M. Morehead, of this city; Judge F. B. Hutton, of Virginia, and CoL B. H. Young, of Kentucky. More than f 100 wa subscribed to the fund for th erection f a monument over th grave of Rev. David Caldwell, who preached at the. battle ground for many year before, during and after th revolution. H died In 1224 at th ag of 100. - v ' To-night Instead of holding a ses sion th time was given to committees. all of which have much business to com befor them before they can prepare their report to submit to th Assembly, . ' . To-morrow commissioners of the Assembly will occupy most of the pul pit In the city, both morning and ev ening. Dr. Moore wilt . preach tfte commencement sermon at Guilford College .t the morning hour and at night he win preach In West. Market Street Methodist church. . (There are many visitors In the city to attend th Assembly, both' ralnls- ten and laymen. A FLOOD OF OVERTURES. Overtures were ' received from, the presbyteries of Brown wood and Su wane requesting that a change be made In Section t of Chapter 10 of the Confession ot Faith so a to make the meaning of th section, which refers ta the election of those who die In Infancy, perfectly clear to all Presbyterian and to those' of all de nominations. An overture from the Synod of Alabama on this same sub ject recommended that two qxplana tory foot note b appended to this section. . , Many other overture were rea'd, the following bel.ig those which seem ingly might be ivgarded as of most Importance: ' An overture from th Synod of 1 South .Carolina requesting the appointment of an ad. interim committee on the action of. th As sembly held last year la Birmingham In adopting th Article of Agreement, An overture from th Presbytery of Mocklenburg questioning a to wheth er th General Assembly had the right to adopt th Article of Agree ment when they rd been referred to the presbyteries for action. ' Another overtur from Mecklenburg 1 (Continued on Page-Seven.) YOUNG .XEG0 A KAPIST TRIES TO ASSAtrivr LITTLE GIRL. The ft-Vear-OId Daughter ot a Colom bia Grocer the Victim of a 12-Vear-Old Negro Boy, Who ConfeKses to the Crime When He is Caught No loleoee Feared by Offldals Order - as to Marklns; of Ezpres Packsee : tioes Into Kffect A Prominent Man Drinks Cocm-CoU Spiked With Chloroform. Instead of Whisker One Defendant In Batch of Blind Tiger Injunction May Give Trouble , Observer Bureau ' . 209 Skyscraper Building. - j Columbia. S. C May II. ' Anthony ' Robinson, a - 12-year-old negro, attempted t criminally assault th f -year-old daughter of Mr. J. H. Sandlferi a Gervals street grocer, at his home on Lady street this after noon. " The child had ' been playing tn the yard and Mrs. Sahdifer. alarm ed by her screams, rushed out .to find her In an outhouse in' the -grasp of the negro. As be ran she threw a brick at him. hlttln him on th head. Th police wer promptly notified and soon had Robinson arrested, who made a full confession, telling a story that is unprintable. On account of Mrs. Sandlfer1 promptly coming to the rescue, the child waa not Injured. -though she Is badly frightened and la suffering from the shock. Th pciic do not fear any attempt at violence. , The father ha vlsiUd the negro st the Jail and is taking the matter a calmly a could be expected of him.. He wants th law to tak it course. . A stranger giving his name as -C C. Powell, i of Columbus county, N. C, wa before Recorder ' Stanley to day for attempting to hold no a hack. The occupant of the hack' notified a passing policeman, who found Powell loitering at th corner of Lumber and Park street, in which neighborhood half, a , dotea- holdup have occurred recently. Powell told th recorder he was merely summoning-the hack because he had got lost In' the great city. The case was dismissed. MARKING OF PACKAGES BEQIXS. At last a long-sufferlnr publlo Is to get at least partial relief from th systematic stealing that has been go ing on throughout the etate and per- : haps throughout neighboring States at the hand of employe of the South ern Express Company In collecting twice on shipments of all kinds. In a communication received by the rail road commission to-day Superintend ent Marvin, of the company, encloses a copy of an order, that has Jnst been put Into effect following the action of th commission demanding tnat tnia ce done. - , , , - Hereafter all business originating and ending In the State must bear a label showing; whether prepaid or col lect, the amount, -weight and date. Of course the commission Is powerless to so regulate the, Inter-State ship ments, but it seems likely that, this system will stop the grafting, for 'a nme si icssi. it ne oeen xouna Impractical to have th order apply to . shipments of "fish, . oysters, , lee. tropical or domestic fruits, -vegetables pr vegetable plants" and these classes or snipments nave been excepted.: . Governor Ansel today offered a re ward In an alleged ; incendlarv fir case ths t Is a bit out, of th ordi nary. Samuel Batten, a special con stable who has been doing som ef fective work in. driving the tigers out of Wedgefield and vicinity, lost hi only means of support, hla blacksmith shop, by fire, which the citlsens of the place are convinced ' wa set by some of the tigers. They have sub scribed 1125 as a reward for the de tection of the firebrands and th Gov ernor to-day added $75 to the amount.'. The only defendant In the recent - batch of Injunctions against alleged tigers In Charleston to make direct answer to th charges so far Is Mr. Wilbur, of Meeting street, who ha aent up a general denial. This may necessitate this case being 'sent to a special master to take testimony. -but the Attorney General's offlce -regards this move as Intended, merely to cause delay and entail extra' work. He has no fear of the outcome of the move. ' ' .'""I," r-'":---- GOT CHLORdFORM FOR LIQUOR. - A prominent Eastover man, Mr. "' Ross Scott McKenale, narrowly es caped death from an overdose of chla- , roform which h took yesterday , af ternoon at a jscnool picnic there mix ed Into a bottle of coca-cola. Dr. W. W. Ray, who was present at the pic nic, had some wniskey along with som medicine stack in M hmgy. and Mr. McKentle was among those Invited by th doctor to go and get a drink of whiskey. Instead of the , whiskey Mr. JicKenil got hold of chloroform In a beer bottle, and shortly after drinking coca-cola spik ed with th stuff he becem violently ill and went Into a state of coma. which Dr. - Ray . assisted by another physician had great dieicultv In arousing him from; Mr. McKentle, is said to be out of danger to-day. ANOTHER HOLDUP. . ' i Still another holdup by a - white highwayman occurred to-night at the eorner of Dlvln and Gat streets, th victim this time being Mr. William Stanley, a well-known young man about town, wha -was relieved ot 83 In cash and m gold watch.. The police hav no clue. -, " Another Georgia Orator hi' the State. Special to The Observer, v Wilmington. May 52. William D. Upshaw, one of the .loted Georgia prohibition advocates, reached here on a train to-night from Lillington. Harnett county, and addressed one of the largest audlenoes of the campaign in , the Academy of Muslo to-ntght. He delivered some telling blow In the Interest ot th cause, kept the large audience applauding all the while, snd left everybody- In ' good fcuftor. He leaves on an early morning fraln for Lumbercon.. where, he speaks ni-mor-row; at I lowland at night ind at Itul lgh Monoay night, clojin a vtg'r campaign. . - - . Greek Steamer- Grounded. , , JacVsonvlU. Fla..- May 58. A spe cial from Key West says: .A'messAg- from Jupiter states that th Greek steamer Cj cladu. boun t from New Orleans to Genoa loade.1 with cotton and grain, foundered o:T the Bahama island May 12th. The re tain and 15 of the crew reached Na--sau In a small boat. A boat with to : passenger and six of the crew is st 1 missing. - v -'.-.--. -." ' . ' . TraTclers Convention Adjourn. Roanoke. ViU May 22. Th .-v-teenth annual convention of tvf A glnla division of the Traveler- i -tlv Association which met . ---terday. adjourned to-d3- to i year at Martlnsir.e. D. L- " ham. ef South Bo.on, was president: John C. limn, r' monJ, first vice prel ! nt. . Jones, of B!acktone, geousi 1 -idenU
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