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CHARLOTTE DAILY . OBSERVES, JUNE G0,-1CC3. equal tHtnily consideration of tliose Southern, representation "reduction who administer the laws; ana w tur ther pledge that all suoh persons or corporations violating the provisions cf the law shall be made to feel and uBer the full penalties for euch. vio lations. ' ' " We condemn tha practice ef pro fessional lobbying. v'V""- We denounce the vanilating and do-nothing poMcy of the last session .' of the Republican Congress. We de- clare that meet of the legislation en acted bv that body is cheap, tawdry, hypocritical makeshift. .. CURRENCY BO, CDENOUNCKD. ' We deneunee th Cannen-Vreeland-. Aldrich cummcy bill which was pass ed by ttr last session of Congress in . th Interest and at the dictation of a haadfil of great banks and spec ulators who oeupy offices on Wall Street. This iniquitous measure. - which further centralises in the haads of a few the issue of American money of the 'American people was shamelessly rushed through both houses of Congress, in its dying hours, under the lash of the Czar like meth ods of the Speaker and through the trickery of the Republican dictator of tha Senate. No mere shameless spec tacle has ever been presented to the American people than the method by which this hybrid and Inlaultous A measure was railroaded through Con gress. This bill turns over the Treas urer of the United States 'to the measure- .-; The passage of this bill through tha lower House of Congress was an act of cheap, hypocritical politics, designed to corral the negro vote in tha donbtful estates for their presidential nomine; - -We denounce the Republican party for its failure to enact during the last session of Congress a campaign pub licity bill; but the people of the country need not expect' such a meas ure to come f from a party , that thrives on . corruption V money and which could- not carry, on a cam paign or win a" national election with out corruption funds from favored in terests.'. - '". ': :; .::-' V - :.. We denounce, the present Infamous and trust-breeding tariff ...imposed upon' the ptspleby rthe- Republican party and renew our demand for Its Immediate 1 revision,' to ' the end that all unfair ' burdens .shall be removed, and especially those- upon the neces saries, of life, 'and those that enable the trusts to extort from the jpeeple unreasonable profits and. to sell their products .to consumers at . horn " at higher prices than is charged for the same goods to foreign consumers. , WILD EXTRAVAGANCE, , We denounce the Republican party for its wild extravagance during the last session of Congress. .. In ' the last five months the Republican Congress spent $1.20o.00h0SQ! of the people's proceed as if such powers were pos sessed by; it under tho constitution. . PROMISED'jtEFORMS NOT-GIVEN. '.Though promising reforms demand ed by. the people,, the Republicans In their national' convention, at the be-, hest of favored interest, voted'down every plank looking to preforms ; and relief of .the people, or for curbing the; powers of the-trusts. - That conven-1 tion, -controlled ,by.i Federal ; office-( holders, ..after inominating 'forliPrssi-' dent a life-long office-holder who was neverelected by the people.'to any of-1 fice, adopted a platform that on every' important measure, straddles, or gives! promise to. the esr only to; break, it " CONVENTION NOTES. Yesterday,- while the' vote'en - the flrjt . Pallet for Commissioner of ; Ag riculture was being added, ' Cicero Alexander,' a son ot Mr.. J. Mack -Alex-ander.vold an Evening Newsy to a gentleman twho gT lm dollar to change. The boy lost his man and went to Chairman Parsons : and indi cated his troubl. 'N '.- '-: " "Here U a:br In tijwble.. he can t find the man to whonyAe owes change for II," said Mr. Pfons;to the con vention. ":.-V .V "-'' - .- '.Take op ';. a collection!" , shouted some one. . J. . ' ' " ''.--' 7 . . jio .quicker .said than done. - The V-.V:. ''' yl::A'': .-.rr.si.ra nf th. v.w Turk utook ex- ! money, levying a tax of 111 per annum change lor a period of six years. It! on everr burdened Ux payer. We do ' ' , ;, t ' ; ' s.... . . ' . .. ; . : L ' ' ; , ; - r- '.fl . . . . - ' : '. : : i ,., -!.' , ...... : " "r 11 - - . .. ' : ? ':V, ! ; . . t - : -1 ., - . ' f - ( t.i 1:0 1LWDKN CLEM EXT, OK ROWAJf. t J. B. bllERRHJU OF CVB-iRRUS. '. ' i ' ' ' .v - v : I . ', . 4 . 4 " , ' : yy ' J . . . . f . ...... ... - - ( . ' - , S ' ;. 7 R. W. SCOTT, OP AIjAMAXCR- johx e. n ooDAit a, o wiiisox. AJfGLE SEXT TO PRIS05" AT LAST Convicted Foar Tears Ago of lx fraudinfr the Government of Ijarge Bum, T.' if. Angle Was Yesterday Carried to Atlanta to ' berve a .Year's Sentence His Trial One of ' the Most Notable In Federal Court ; Annals of Uio State. Observer Bureau. , The Bevill Building. . . Greensboro, June 21.' ' ' Judge Boyd convened a '' special term of United States .District. Court here to-day. the term having been ordered to make final disposition In the case against T. M. Angle, con victed of, violating the revenue law In connection with the operation of whiskey distilleries, and to near motions In other matters. . . Angle was convicted four years ago and sentenced to ay a fine of 11,009 and ' MMWum m, snif av fn tr. . Federal prison In Atlanta. Together with B. F. Sprinkle, and William Toung he was charged with violating the Internal - revenue laws In the operation of the Milton Liquor Con, pany and the Oak . Grove . Liquor Company, of Milton, and the Relds- After a trial lasting two weeks tho hree defendants were convicted and sentenced. Sprinkle being fined 16,000 ana sent to the penitentiary for two years and Young fined 11.000 and sentenced to jail for six months The case was carried to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the de cision of the lower court, but on a motion for a rehearing Young was granted a new trial, at which he was 8iu vuuvii-icu ino eniencea. Angle made a second motion for a: new trial, which was denied. whereupon 'ho appealed to the Su preme Court of the United States, which affirmed .the decision of the lower court. Through his attorneys h.: n.vt a r rtl t.fl - trm m writ ja tlorart, which was heard and denied. He then made a motion for a new. trial, which was denied a short time ago by the Circuit Court of Appeals. This afternoon District , Attoreny Holton prayed judgment , and Judge Boyd ordered that the original sen tence be enforced. : Angel was car- tied . to Atlanta to-night by Deputy of a year and a day. Thus ends one of the most notable trials ever held state. . 1 -. Young and Sprinkle have paid their tines and served their sen fences of imprisonment. . On a warrant sworn out by Deputy Insurance Commissioner Scott Adam Noble, colored, was- arrested and placed In Jail to-day, charged '. with arson In burning a house belonging to his wife about three months ago. He will be given a hearing before justice . ioiiino iu-murrvw, .' PATTERSON'S MAJORITY 10,000. CHARLES C. BIOOKE,' OF MECKLEXBURG.. ; The unsuccessful candidates fo r Commissioner of Agriculture. call on the chair and get him to an nounce his trouble. The crowd just responded to the. innocent honesty of the lad. it . was a . pretty inciaeni. Before leaving Charlotte Mr. Locke CraU. thanked Mr. Cameron Morrl son, his floor, manager in the conven tion' hall. for. the splendid fight he made..-v jt nn not generally, known that Mr. Morrison had , oeen etectea to thU responsible position but such was the ' case.. - ; -.-,.'.' MAJ. II. A. LO.MU.t, OF CHATHAM. The' unsuccessful candidates, for C ommlssloner of Labor sni Printing. meant a? gift to the enemies of the Republic ef the power to issue or retire one-half billion dollars, excit ing speculation .or rompelllng dias ter, according to whichever best suits ( their betting book. We condemn the Republican party whose policies and conduct 'produc ed ln4 1907 the' most acute and dis astrous panic in the history, of the United Sutes. The effect of its pol lcy has precipitated panic, blighted industry and trade with prolonged de pression, -closed factories, reduced work and wages, baited enterprises, and crippled American production. Under - this Republican panic suf fering has been, universal;' .soup houss have - been established and strikes have been cf almost dally oc currence The llepubllcan party has been In ton'..l t the nation 1 gov ernment in all of '.ts Branches for the past 11 years, and now in the midst of abundant crops and .boundless na tional resources it feaa brought about the most destructive panic In our his tory. We point to the fact that every panic vhich has occurred since the was precipitated 'while that party was In power. . ' , , ; '- '; r.PLTLICA.V PARTY SCORED, ,n condemn the RepuMicsn party f ' i-n r.Torts in the national Con t ' to revive the bitterness of the c i sr an.j renew sirain the bloodr- ;t isiu, by talking to the cam-1- . a pubiiciiy bill Cruropacker's not wonder, therefore, at the present deficit of I60.t00.000 In the' treasury, and the expected deficit of 1110,000. 600 at the end of the ixt fiscal year.: The Republloan billion dollar Congress of IStO produced s Demo cratic victory In 1812; the Republican billion dollar session of the present Congress means the triumphant elec tion of a Democratic President In the coming election. , .;. - We condemn the Republican ad ministration, for turning over millions of dollars of. the public money to its pet bank in New York City, which thereby depleted the public treasury to such an extent that it became nec essary for the Republican administra tion to issue bonds and borrow money to meet the -dally obligations of the Federal government. . , We condemn the Republican party for its .failure In the last Congress to enact a law forbidding one inferior judge to suspend the operation of a State law without notice or hearing. We declare our inflexible opposition to the methods of expanding Federal power at the expense of the Just pow ers of the State, and w especially de nounce tho bold . and revolutionary threat that the omission of the Sutes to pass laws spon .subjects within their constitutional powers, may be treated as a surrender of these pow ers into the hands of the Federal gov. eminent, which may then lawfully The v nsuccesufpl candid ates for; Attorney, Gener to the hope, and completed Its work by nominating, to the tune of "March ing Through Georgia," a candidate for Vice President who has led, in throt tling every reform measure offered In the laat session of Congress, Including a bill' to meet the pressing n-jed of the preservation of our national resources, opening waterways and preventing the, destruction of our forests. ' .' Wo have faith lnv tho patriotism of our people, and tn the ultimate devel opment of the natural resources' of the State, and we call upon alt North Carolinians to unite in a common ef fort to restore prosperity, to re-establish confidence, to forget factional dif ferences and to cultivate peace anJ good will among men. , I money .began to fly upon the stage In five,' ten.' 15' and 60-cent ploces,- and dollars. The. boy' caught .tlrr his hands at first-but he soon had to take his hat. -At the end of two. minutes he had 1 15' in change and was the happiest boy In the land. I - . "I move that we make him a page In the'next Legislature," said a dele gate. ' - - . -. - . "I second , th motion, said anoth er. - . -The motion wan-put and carried. Nothing , of this s-rt ever happened in a convention before,. Although tired and sleepy tho Demcorata got up and walked to th stag and chip ped In. ' , ... The boy.wks tn distress. He had taken his customer's money and could not locate him to .give . over' the change. ' Some en ua-gtd that b Master Cowles Bristol., a soh of Mr. and Mrs. U B. Bristol,' of States ville, and a; grandson of . Mrv L. - A. Bristol. ' of- Morganton, and Col. H. C. Cowls,' of 8tatsvme.,.two well known Republicans, was yesterday elected chairman ot the re&tW delegation.- In a piping voice he- called the .votj.T.,i- .-K-'Y'- ':-.:'r'i ; ELECTRICITY ' REfTLACES I STEAM. Current From Catawba River Turned on Yewtrrday at V CliHia Grove. Rollr Mills Start Up To-3IorroW. ; 8peclal to The Observer-. ? h v , i; China Grove. June JOiThe change from steam to electric power has been effected at the plant of the Patterson Manufacturing Company, and to-day for th first time the entire plant was operated- by electrto power furnished by the Southern Power .Company. The town oldermeh have signed, a ten-' year contract with, the sam: company for street ligi)tsvand as soon as, me necessary wiring can' be . one; this town will, have ah all-right light ser vice, .which at first, will consist. of eight large arc lights. . This obntract makes jowor available for smaller mapufac turlnr enterprises at a cheap rat and it is believed will be th '-means of locating a number hvre. Lights will olso be furnished for residence " and stores to those who want. them". The' China Grove '-Roller -Mills will start up July '1st. after "having .been shut down .for sixty . days.',''; during which time a' large elevator :haa been erected and an entirely new : set - of mills Installed, . increasing j the daily output to 110 barrels. This .increase will enable them to. take car ot their fast-growing , patronage " and : vsupiy the. dernand.Tfromnearby.towns j for their fibur. - - . . - . ; ' Th Ford-Johnson .Company, lessor of the -Rowan. Chair.- Factory.' have closed down the plant Indefinitely, on account ."of lack f orders. . About thirty, hands were thrown out-oLem-ployment. : ,'. Crop prospects around China Grov are very flattering.. and if not disaster occur from this on on of th largest crops fit several years will bo made. ' - . Dr. 3. E. lYoung, of Forest City,- a director of tha Patterson-Young Man ufacturing Company," . visited his son, Mr. C. J. Young, laat week. Mr A. M; Hannah. China Grov"s popular trav eling, salesman, left on his ' trip to western North Carolina to-day.? 4v southslde , school building. The lot for the' new , church has been pur chased and the contract for the ,bulld Ing- will . be- awarded in th near future. '':, , :!....,; : ANOTHER N COTTON - MILL. tn New Baptise ' Church Organised Spartan city. Special to The Observer.. . " - Spartanburg. 8. C, June S. At k meeting of Baptists held In the South side School Building yesterday after noon a new Baptist church was or ganised. . The new churchy starts; off with 115 members, 10S being from the Green Street church and five scatter ing. Dr. W. T. Derleux, of Greenville, secretary of the mission board, was present and presided at tho meeting. For th present th members of - the A $200,000 Plant to Be Bnllt at Wefl- , ford, S. C, Lewis . W," Parker Brtngr President. , ,.;...'. '": Spet-lal to The Observer. - Spartanburg, a C. .June 21. -Spar tanburg county Is to have another-cot- ton mill; The company win oe capi talized at $200,000, most of which has alroadv hosn auhsprlbed. - Tha rtromO- ters of-the' new mill are: Lewis Wf Parker,, of Greenville," who is ..presi dent of --several large mills' In this State; - Mr. .'Fleltmann,. a capitalist of New Yorkr.and St. .'John. Courtney, who has been connected .with the Newry' Cotton "Mill fpr' a1 number of years.'''. .".' K' t" The mill will be located in tn town of - WelirortJ, a - small ' station on the main llnp. of the . Southern; road be tween. Spartanburg , and - Greenville, The promoters' of the mill will meet In "Weuford . Tuesday . afternoon, for the-purpose of selecting the site and perfecting- the organisation. It la un derstood that: workvon the mill build. ing will oommenco at an early date The - men who are- at the head of the enterprise are men of large busi ness affairs.; ; Mr. Parker has been at the .head of several large South Car Una cotton mills for., several years, and Mr,' Courtney .has gained : much experience - by- reason of -hir long con nection with the Newry MU1. . y Mr, Fleltmann 1 . a ;New. t. Yok .v selling agent and has large Interests in a number . of cotton mills in , this sec tion.". ' ; . ....- .v, -".,. , Raised Stamp Coupons From $10to v,.,.' $190. . By Associated Press. - Greensboro, June 29.- T. M. Angle, who was convicted four years ago fklong with B. F. Sprinkle and Wil liam Young for defrauding the. gov ernment out of about, $100,000 taxes, was sent to the Atlanta penitentiary to-night. They conducted rectifying establishments and raised $10 stamp coupons to $190, buying the stamp in other States. The execution ' of Angle's sentence was delayed by ap peals. ': '-. h- v ',' : :.---:.. f Bltdiop Potter Seriously ill. -' , . Cooperstown, ; N. Y., June 19. Bishop Henry C. Potter, v of, New York. Is regarded by his physicians as being in a dangerous state or health. - The bishop has been ill for some time witn stomacn ana liver trouble. - Dr. J. Ev Janevrln, one of his physicians. Issued the following bulletin to-night: "Bishop .Potter has been ' ' pros trated from the hot weather the past few. days and Is in a very critical condition." ' ' ;.--v"..-, . ,. REMOVAL IS DENIED. Justice- - Dowllng Denies Application For Thaw's Removal From Mattea- - tvaj-notqrftal. i. l: '! .,-i t ',':'. New-York, June 29. Justice Dow ling to-day denied the application of Harryr K. Thaw, to be removed', from th Mattewan State 'Asylum for th criminal Insane to some other Institu tion. ;.The decision says: - - , "If after: sufficient observation It is foand proper' to remove him to some other .institution the State authorities can so act." -: -:.',,,.. .;::;''- Justice Dowling's4 decision further declares -that Thaw ia a dangerously insane person "who Is not to be pun Ished. but to be kept under the proper restraint -that he may Injure - neither himself , nor any one else,- and says that the affidavits set forth absolutely no reason why. the:", change desired should be made. '.- -.nr ; Justice Dow ling's -order Is not ope tative for the present at least, as Thaw Is now in custody under the-orders of Justice Mills by ' reason of - the writ of habeas corpus on which he was taken ', to .court In 1 Whit Plains to day. . ." ' - ) . . . - ' Rhinoceros Blood a Cure-.ML London Standard.' ' The blood of the rhinoceros Is very highly esteemed i byv. Burmese - and Chinese, as a medicine for all kinds of ailments. . Whenever a party of hunters are successful in shooting a rhinoceros they are less numerous than they used to be the native beaters carefully draw off the bWd and bring it to Rangoon stored in hollow bamboos. The precious liquid Is worth Its new church will hold services In th weight in silver. Returns .From Tennessee Primaries Indicate Patterson's Kleotlon by m Majority of About 10,000 Gaiucs "Defeated by Over One Thousand Votes. . .- Nashville, Tenn., June !9. In complete returns received from th primaries held throughout the 8tate Saturday indicate that Governor Pat terson has defeated former Senator Carmack for the' gubernatorial nomi nation by a majority ranging be-' tween seven and ten thousand. Un official returns, show that John Wesley Gaines has been defeated by Joseph W. Byrnes for the sixth dis trict congressional nomination by a B. D. Bell and D. L, Lansden for' Supreme Court Justice Is close and It .will require the official count to decide the winner. Late figures In the race for rail road commissioner indicate that Frank Avant has been ' elected. . - The Democratic State convention will be held In Nashville July 14th. Does This Suit You? Engltsh-McLarty Co., the . enter prising Druggists of, Charlotte, are having such a large run on "HJNDI PQ," the new Kidney Cure .and Nerve Tonic, and ' hear it so highly praised that they now offer to guar antee it In every case to cure all forms of Kidney Troubles and Nervous Disorders. They pay for it if it does not give you entire satisfaction. If you use it. It is their risk, not yours. ' A - 50-cent dox sent py mall under positive guarantee. ' l - -' : FOR SALE IrSOO-Acre Farm In the Famous Wolf pit Section oi icnmona county. On Monday. July 13th, 1908, at II o'clock m. at.th Court House door in Rockingham. I, will sell at public outcry my farm in Wolf Pit - Township, known as the "Wetmor -Place,'" supposed to contain 1,300 acres, more or less. ' Terms 8 per cent, cash, 10 per cenL - December 1st. 1908, balance In five equal instalments.. There were plows run on. this place last year anM Zl bales oi cotton raisea. situated on "tiooa toa ' leading front Rockingham , to Cheraw, 11- miles from Rockingham, II . miles from Cheraw and, 8 miles from Kollocks. Rockingham. N, C. June. 18, 1J08. H. C. WALL. Agent. BANDY A MYERS. '' Consulting Engineers. - . Water Supply and Purification'. Sewerage, Sewerage Disposal,- Roads, Streets, Pavements. . Watei Power. Hydro-Electric Plants, Irrigation. Drainsge, Reinforced Concrete. . 8ur- veys, Estimates, Pians and Specific-- tlona Construcson Superintended. Complete, Plants designed and con Main Office. 178-77 Arcade Building. ; urecHSDoro, nonn urounaw -, Branch Office. Laoriabiirx, North Carollnsv
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