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- n v r,, i "t I I 1 i- I f t I ' I I - x V TTSUBSCItirTIONIUGE CHARLOTTE,; iC CV SATURDAY MORNING, AUG UST 1, 1908. : PRICE FIVE CENTS. no ait.. , . . . ' - w MACK NAMES COMMITTEES UiXISQ FLANS FOR CAMPAIGN, XxmomHn ' Rational Chairman Ap- 4 point His Assistants, Preparatory to the Beginning mo i Work t h campaign Promi- nent Democrat trom jctot boo- tioa of the Country Are samed on the committee tor semoo-i- ' bor commit u Made K" v ,v; Clonal M rniberi W 111 Appoint V ' Kub-Commlttce For Eastern and - Km York Headquarter Alter - conference 1 Had With Connera, ; -." , the New York Leader. , . , .V "BuffalON. Tn July II. Norman E, Slack, chairman of the Democratic . national commute, to-day appointed committees to rv during the cam : calm. The members of the labor ' ' committee are .ail members of the national.' . He will announce next . week! the committees on finance, press and speakers. The appointment ot . a sub-committee tor Eastern and New York headauarters will be taken up upon the return of Chairman Mack "1 to Chicago In about a week. . . The ' committees named to-day are: . Executive committee: , Norman E. , Mack, chairman,, New tork; ; P. 1 TV Hall, vice chairman, Nebraska; Urey ' Woodson, Kentucky; Martin J. Wade, 'Iowa; Josephus Daniels, North Caro - Una: Thomas Targart Indiana: John f T. McGraw, -.West1 Virginia; George W. Green. Rhode Island: K. M. jonn ," eon, Texas; Clark i Howell, ' Qeorglar ?J T. E. Ryan,' Wisconsin r J. F. C. Tal ' bott. Maryland; John W. Tomllnson. Alabama; John E. osDorne, wyom- - 1 r . A . d v.m' P.nnavlul ni IT. V B. Lynch, Minnesota; Edwin O. Wood, ZV:. Michigan ; Nathan Cole, Jr., Calif or- nia; Robert Ewing,. .Louisiana; j Uarvey Garber Ohio. . V r. - ADVISOR COMMITTEE. ' Advisory committee: Darld- R. Francis, chairman, Missouri; J. O.. : ' . Johnson, secretary. Kansas; Alton B. ; Parker. New York; John Sharp Wit '(. llama, .MlsslMippl; Governor John A. - Johnson. . Minnesota; Senator c. A. ? Culberson, Texas; Senator John W. - Daniel. Virginia: Senator Isadora iRayner, Maryland; Governor George , .7 ' Chamberlain. Oregon: noe Bmiin, - Georgia; John E. Umb, Indiana; M. .'. ' E. iDgalls, Ohio; Joaiah Quincey, Mas aachueetts: George Earbart. New ; Tork: -Irving U Handy, Delaware; Archibald McNeil, Connecticut; James XMcGuire.'Mew xork; J. ii. o wn- . nest, Illinois; James E. Campbell, ; Ohio. ': , Lbor committee; Martin J. Wade, w cbafrman, Iowa; Roger C. Sullivan. Illinois; T. E. Ryan, Wisconsin; Rob ert S. Hudspeth. New Jersey; W. A. ' RothwelL Missouri; E. 8. Johnson, ' Bouth Dakota; Edwin A. Newman, District of Columbia. Campaign ' text book committee; ' John E. Lamb, chairman, Indiana; . Josephua Daniels, North Carolina; ; Richard E. Metcalfe. Nebraska.. v ' Mr. Mac It leaves Buffalo at 10:40 V to-night for New Tork, where he will confer with State Chairman - w. j. Conner and ether leaders and ar- : range tor opening natlonSl headgruar- i : . ters in New xora. BRYANT WORKIXG OX 6PEECJH. !Dmocrsvtlo Nominee See But Pew V- Visitors and Make Good Headway "- With His Speech of Aoceptanoe Protrramme of jfixercuee uas ueen s. Completed and the Affair Will Be ' Very Simple. :SV" ' ' ; Falrview, Lincoln, Neb.; July II. , To-day at Falrview was an unevenv- f ul one, only a small number of vlslt ' V or coming id the Bryan- home to pay their respects to the Democratic nomi nee for the presidency. . In conse ouence of the few interruptions, Mr. v Bryan made rapid headway with his . , speech of acceptance He ald that it would be completed on August 5th. The programme of exerclBes in con- nection with the notification on Au ' gust 12th was announced by Mayor W, F. Brown after it Had been ub ' tnltted to Mr Bryan for approval. With the exception of the speeches the affair will be non-partisan and simple., v Advice already received by . : the committee on' arrangements indl ;" ' cate that Mr, Bryan will face a vast audience Jn the Capitol ground when --i he Is formally advlaed of the action ef the Denver convention in placing ' . him in nomination. There will be no ' parade of marching clubs. Invitations - V , will be extended to all State and city I officer of Nebraska and adjoining v ' States, and to cltizsne generally te ; attend the -notification. The- pro-. . 4 gramme' will be ended -with a dinner ; to the notification committee at Fair- view, at 6:10 pj in. - v ' . A visitor asked Mr.' Bryan to-day what he thought of the proposition to adopt the tiger a a Democratic em ri" Mem instead of the donkey. "I want ;VK; first to see the mule that is coming - to me from Minnesota,'' said Mr. f Bryan laughingly, "before I discuss " any trade.'-- LEADERS IX , NEW - YORK. Beveral Member of National Com--i mlttee. Are on Hand For th 0n fPTenceWlth Chairman MacItTo Day. . . , ....... ; New York. July 81.- Several mem- " V bers of the Democratic national com- mlttee reached ' here to-day and will 'As confer with- Norman E-- Mack, -ths - Democratlo manager," when Jie - ar- . rives to-morrow to make v. arrange ,tnent . for the opening of -s Eastern ; L, (headquarters for Bryan and Kern. V Among those already at the Hoffman -T Mouse are Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, v and Secretary Urey : Woodson.- of '"-' Kentucky, s That Mr. Mack intends to wage an -energetic -campaign la in ; diva ted by the announcement to-day ot a strong advisory committee, made ijd of the Democratic leaders repre- .;' S sentlng all sections of the country un- Francis, -of Missouri, , The members named are all drawn from outside ot the national committee. . The execu- . tlve committee, which was announced to-day,v number twenty members, inore than twice the . usual sise. In addition there was a labor, commit tee named and through this body es pecial attention will be directed to ward reaching out for the vote of. the "laboring classes. Campaign arguments ot a special character will be printed in Sll necessary tongue for distribu tion 'by this comjnlttee. v"; ; , The chief headquartera of Mr. Mack will be in 'Chicago but he expects to -divide 4latlme so as to keep in close touch with the East . " Governor Johnaon Place Hinuelr In . c . Hand of CommlUee. : 8C Paul. Minn.. July l.-In a let ter to William j; Bryan -mailed to day, Governor, Johnson place his oratorical power at the dispoeal of the national Democratlo committee. He say he will be available about .September and will go where wanted. - The letter was in answer to one re ceived from. Mr. Bryan several days go calling attention to the fact that there was a desire In many State to hear the Governor. . FiOQD ; ABOUND KISSTON RAILROAD TRAFFIC C BLOCKED la Pour Day Klnston Has Bad Klne , - laches of Kainfall and Many Street 'of the Town Were Impassable Last . Nlgbtouthwert Creek Overflows Trestle of Norfolk A 6ontbern and A Train Cannot Pasa-p-Two Men -Are . ' . . . S , 111 a ' water nouns on iwi w m jwi TMuef la Sent Them OT Baft Kin .ton-Soaw HIU Trala Goea Oat Bat i ; 1 Not Able to Make Trip ana tan. ' not Get Bade to " Kinston Tele- phone and Telegrapb Wire Down. Special to The Observer. v , , . Klnston. July 1 1-The storm now raainv over eastern Carolina baa been accompanied by the greatest rainfall ever known In the history or Kington, nine inches being reported for the four day Just past. .'In the city, many streets are impassable for pedestriana, water being backed up in the gutters to a considerable depths The coun try stream are all swollen beyond any previous knowledge and the rural free delivery carriers were unable" to take out mail on two routes. The flood gate . ot both the Woodlngton ' and Kennedy Mills on Southwest creek are wide open and this stream is now im passable for trains on the Norfolk-& Southern road. . ' j. -Two men are reported waterbbund on the roof of thetaill building at Kennedy Mill, four miles from the city, and are unable to get away, ne lief has been sent to them by raft. no boat being; available. ; RAILROAD BRIDGE SUBMERGED When an extra train on the Nor folk A Southern this morning running east a few minutes ahead ofthe shoo fly reached. the trestle across South west creek. Just this side of Caswell, It found the trestle submerged for the distance of several hundred yards, under more than a foot of water. Capt, Dave Oglesby endeavored to get En glneer Sanford to run across, but-he refused. Then Captain Oglesby went back to the iron bridge across the Neuse and flagged the shoofly. En gineer Neal, bf the shoofly, went to Southwest creek and after examining the condition of the trestle agreed with Engineer Sanford and refused to at tempt to cross. The shoofly was back' ed to Klnston and the dispatcher In Newborn advised of conditions. ' He ordered Captain Oglesby to cross the trestle and report conditions. He went back, on an engine to the creek and waded across on the trestle. The stream was swift and full of floating logs and rubbish and It was with dlf Acuity that he made the trip. - He found the trestle rb have swayed about ten inches out .of line and came iback to report. He aays that snakes and lizsards were swimming about in the water In great number. . One moc casin became so obstreperous that he naa to kin it as he stood on the trestle in mid stream before he could proceed further. A wrecking train was sent up from Newbern' upon re ceipt of the report from Conductor Oglesby and the shoofly, the eastbeund freight and an extra passenger train all were ordered to wait In Klnston indefinitely. The westbound mall train wa stopped, at Dover. : TRAIN BOUND FAST- BY WATER. At 2 o'clock nothing had come from the wrecking crew. Because Of the swiftness of the current it was imooa. slble to transfer passengers from the mall to the shoofly and at 3 o'clock tne snoony was ordered to return to Goldsboro wMh malt" and nassenrera from Kinston. The train"from Snow Hill road got as far as the Briary and Pa o "top. un attempting to return io snow inn was round that the track, had washed out behind it and It was stalled between the devil and the. deep sea. Passengers were fer ried across the Briary and brought to the city in the railroad automobile. The Klnston-Carolinaf train did not gee iar irom the city before it bad to return, unable to proceed. Telephone wire are down all over the city and county and the telegraph com nan v re port trouble along its wires, . . Two Children Drowned in Canal. Norfolk. .Va.. Julv .i.i from Ropers. N. C. - reporta the drowning of an infant two months old and a child yearn olilt vr- hd Mrs. R. H. Swain, the party be- ..!tug!lt lVhe 'torm Ust nlht missing the bridge, drove into one ot the great canal below Lake Scupper- nong. The couple had been estranr,! lor some time vesterdav Me s.i Vi? a1' w,fe' "nd reoclliatJon DAMAGE IX BFriXRT COUNTY. Storm Hit Washington and Snrroand- ins; section verf Hard Bridg on New Railroad Waited Away Hh. tne; at a Htandstlli and Shlpninr Demoralised. 4 ., Special to The Observer.' . 1., Washington. Nr C Jnlv st'2.m..' West Indian storm that, ha - been raging along the Atlantic coast for the past several day has done more dam age In this city and Beaufort county than any storm that has visited this city in several years, Yesterday the storm reached . Its climax in i thia vicinity when the ' heavy torrential rains and high wiads caused Pamlico river to overflow it banks and do eon slderable damage to merchandise and other goods stored In warehouse alone ths river front: . Shipping, of course, la very much congested and the fishing ipdustry Is practically at a standstill. Report from the county state that' number of bridges haa been-washed away and crops damaged to a large extent. -A trestle on the Washington A . Vandemer Railroad near Aurora; was washed away and train over this road have been temporarily suspend ed. Several washouts have been re ported on the Norfolk A Southern also delaying tralna Almost all long distance telephone line leading to the city- are out of commission, - To-night things are in a better condition and the river is falling rapidly, Everything Again Normal at Wrlghts- Special to The Observer. ' y.. Wilmington, July ItAfter the se vere torm Thursday things are rap Idly becoming normal at Wrlghtsvllle Beach. : Electric cars were being oper ated over the trestle and along the entire beach front by it o'clock this morning and fully two-thirds of the guest of the hotels and boarding house returned to the resort thia afternoon. Tide are again normal and the beach 1 left la, a beautiful condition by the breakers, being a smooth as glass. The only damare It all was the destruction of the cottage on the extrme southern end of the water front, which was being tem porarily occupied by the family of Mr. A. A. Nathan since the burning of the Ocean View Hotel a few weeks ago. - ---- - - RAmGIOEW " ' " , ' 1 1 GOVERNOR GRANTS . PARDOXS Chief Eaecntive Yesterday Gave" Mb-- erty to Four Prisoner Who-Had . Applied For Pardon, While Seven ' Applicant Were Turned Down Tim (iovrrnor State Hi Reasons h For Giving the Pardons Interest- t mg cpmmvnt to Wliy One Was Refused A CaD. ' Issued : For a :-: Meeting of Deaf Mote Graduate ,:or wia School at Raleigh rami er Kitchen Snuuibed by a Falling Tree and Hi Wife Narrowly Es- t-apt-H ifeatii inqueet Over Mur ' ' Observer Bureau. " The Holleman Building. ; . Raleigh, July IL uovernor . Glenn pardons Robert wingate. convicted at the September, W05, term of Edgecombe court of as sault with Intent to commit rape.Nwd sentenced to five years in the State prison. Eince the trial of the case the punishment for this offense has been changed, at that time the minimum sentence being five years and the trial Judge giving the minimum punish ment. The Governor aaVs: "The prisoner ha been In Jail nearly", three years - and -the pardon la strongly recommended, and having aem doubts in my mina of bis Intent to commit the crime, I grant the nardon. - con- amonea upon ni indemnifying Edge combe of all costs and giving bond of 1290 to appear at the September term of Edgecombe court' every-two years and show he has been of good character, sober and industrious, the defendant not to be discharged until inese conditions are comDlled with." He also pardoned Sara White, con victed at the August - term. 1906. of Cabarrus court of larceny and sen tenced to three years. He ha already served two and has a good record as a prisoner. , The Governor aays: H 1 also .very young and upon recom mendmtlon of the solicitor and many gooa cmzensv in order to give the young man a chance. I grant the pardon. conditioned on his remaining of good behavior, sober and Industrious. Yet another pardon roes to Asbury tBatea, convicted at the.. November term, 1902, of Surry county ot larceny and sentenced to seven years in the State prison. The Governor aays: "The defendant is in bad health and has a good record as a prisoner, so upon recommendation of the trial Judge and many ot the best people In surry, on account of hi health and good behavior, I grant the pardon. conditioned on hU being sober and In dustrious and remaining of good be havior." A. L. Daley and H. D. Hamley were convicted In June, 1901, of Guilford Superior Court of conspiracy to de fraud Paul Garrett. Wilson Howard. of Norfolk, was sentenced to ten years in the State prison. On appeal to the Supreme Court it divided as to the legality of the sentence, two Judges holding the defendants were guilty oniy- or a misdemeanor,-if -anything, and could not be sentenced for longer term than two years. After the sentence was Imposed, Governor Aycock granted a pardon to Daley and later Hamley died In prison. Howard haa been Imprisoned in jail and the penitentiary nearly eight years, and Governor Glenn says: "While In prison he has had a good record, which entitles him to commutation. In ad dition the trial judge, on account of his age, good conduct and the fact that one of the co-defendants Is dead and the other pardoned, he ' heartily recommends pardon, in this the so licitor who tried the case also Joins and the private prosecutor,' Paul Gar rett, and his attorneys -likewise r ask that the pardon be granted and this is supported by strong letter and petitions from many leading cltlxcns of this and other States. Thia case haa bothered me very much. The con duct of the defendant waa very re ore hensiMe. Still he obtained' nothing from the prosecutor and .has suffered long and severely for hla crime. There fore, in -view of the strong recommen dation above set forth, his good con duct and his, advanced age, 70 years. I hereby grant the pardon. . condition ed on his remaining sober. Industrious and of good behavior and forever leav ing the SUte of North Carolina.", PARDONS REFU8ED SEVEN AP PLICANTS. : ' Governor Glenn refuse pardon to T. Walker, of Guilford, serving two year for manslaughter; Turp Ham' rick, of Brunswick, serving a year for bigamy: Harley Hoffstettlcr, of Gas ton, serving six months for gambling; John Plowman, of Tadkin, serving two years for assault with deadly weapons; Wlfllam Fisher, of Carteret, serving six months for selling liquor; Robert Walch. ot Caldwell, serving three years for murder in second de gree; Avery uryson, , of Buncombe, serving four, months for larceny .and robbery. ' The Governor's comment as to the pardon application of Turp Hamrlck are Interesting. He say "The Judge ordered the clerk not to issue a capias for so many days, thus giving the de fendant an opportunity to leave the State, which he did. The defendant now asks a pardon and the trial judge to a certain extent recommends It, but in his letter, which I have, carefully considered, he uses this language: The defendant la a man of bad - moral character, a gambler and liquor seller. a man wno did little mora ana wa a nuisance.' " ' The Governor aays: '1 think his departure a happy riddance, and o will notdisturb tne sentence, preferring for hrm to remain abroad. DEAF . MUTES .CALLED TO MEET. A call la issued for a .meeting here August 20th , of . all graduates and former students of the Old school for deaf mutes which wa at. Raleigh in conjunction with that for -the blind from IMS to ISM. - Over one hundred will attend..' There are similar organ isations in ether States. - The school for deaf mute haa for fourteen year been at Morganton and it graduates and formerftudents Can also be in this organization. : ' ; , ; , .;. Democratlo Stat Chairman Eller and Nominee William W- nitchln ar rived this evening and had? a confer- enra with Governor Glenn. J . . The fctate charters the Balfour Pink Granite Company, with headquarters at Salisbury, authorised capital stock, $(0,000. : '.: ' w-. ' The negro murderer, 'Boots' Brown, captured in Norfolk early thl s month,: ha been fully Identi fied and will be put oh trial for bis life at the next - criminal term of court, for killing a woman' In the tenderloin district eight years ago. To-day- Coroner Separk held ah Inquest over the body ot Annie Wat son, the negro woman murdered in tie tenderloin district yesterday af ternoon by Simon Love joy, colored. It was found that the woman had left her house and gone across an alley te the home o-Delia Iloman and that Lovejoy went to the. letter's house and asked her to - give v him some dinutr. As Delia turned te pre "T arkf- tit ArnKlnatInn. tt ahntrn n nnfl sort of combination ' of shotgun and army. injiskeC .-.- ? ';:f.ar -TREE SMASHED KITCHEN. -A" man ' named Faulkner, who lives five miles In the country, waa to-day given some needed .help by hla neigh bors. - Yesterday just before - break fast time the storm blew a large oak on., his kitchen and one side . of the latter was smashed." Strange to say the stove-waa not' broken, while the dining table,- a heavy, one, was torn to pieces and all the crockery t nthe house smashed. His Wife was caught under the debris and how she escaped death seemed . a miracle. - Faulkner said that had the tree -fallen five minutes later, the --- entire family. which would have been at break fast, would vhave been killed. As it was his wife was, pinned down by great limb of the tree and a mas of timber. '..;-'.-.,;. : It has been hoped that arrange ments could be made for building large auditorium at the State Fair grounds in time for the fair in Oc tober, but Secretary. Pogue says this cannot be done this yea. The build ers of such structures say more time will be required, a considerable time la necessary In preparing plan for so large a structure. . The estimates ot coat range all the way frora 125, -000 to 176,000, on a basis of an audito rium seating 6,000 to 10,000 per sons. ' MR. BLOOMBERG ARRESTED. Former Secretary and Treasurer of Greeusboro Furniture Firm Chaged With . Having Misappropriated . Funds of the Company Somewhat or a sensation in Gate City Busi ness circle. Observer Bureau, The Bavlll BulMing, Greensboro, July 31. . Something akin to a sensation was sprung on the business community this morning, when Mr M. L. Bloom' berg, secretary, and treasurer of the Greensboro Tale Company, which went Into bankruptcy last week, was placed under arrest In arrest and 'ball proceedings. Mr. Bloomberg was ar rested upon his return from a visit to Norfolk, th warrant having been sworn out by Mr. C. M. Edwards, an expert accountant, who is engaged in. an examination of the affairs of the Greensboro Table Company. A bond of If.OOO was required of Mr. Bloom berg tor his appearance at the Au gust term of Guilford Superior Court. Mr. Bloomberg came to Greensboro from Richmond. Va, in 1904, becom ing secretary and treasurer of the Greensboro Table Company in June of that year. He was employed on a salary and a percentage of the profits the corporation might earn. It is said that the reports submitted by Mr. Bloomberg to the stockholder for the years 1904, 1905 and 1906 Indicated that the company was making money. The report he prepared of the busi ness of 1907 showed a loss of about 420,000 for th year. While the report for last year was being prepared, the directors engaged an expert accountant to make an ex amination of the affairs of the com pany, not suspecting at the time that anything was wrong. It appears that the accountant discovered that the funds of the company had been mis appropriated to the extent of several thousand dollars. In addition it Is alleged that much of the material and labor that went into a handsome resi dence erected by Mr. Bloomberg was furnished by the Greensboro Table Company, and that at least a part of the furniture that went Into the completed residence came from the same source, no charge having been made on the books of the company for any of the material, labor or fur niture. Following the bankruptcy proceed ings against the Greensboro Table Company last week, Mr. Bloomberg resigned as secretary and treasurer of the Furniture Distributing Com pany, which was conducted by him self and others Interested In the bankrupt concern. JIITOHCOCK TURNS A deaf ear. Declines to Take Any Part In the State Campaign In New York AIo Refuse to Talk For president Roosevelt and Mr. Taft. New York. July 11. If the Repub lican political leaders of New York, State, who conferred " to-day with Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican national committee, hop ed to draw from the Taft manager an expression of opinion as to the wisdom ; of re-nominating uovernor uugncs for a second term or of turning htm down, they were keenly disappointed. Practically the, entire day was spent by Mr. Hitchcock in listening to State leaders expound their views on the governorship question but he told them all that it wa not a part ot, hi duties to pick candidates for State 1 tickets. He declared that he would i not consent to take any part in pure ly State campaigns so long as no party disaster threatened. -'v- Not only did Mr. Hitchcock concet. hi own preference In regard to the governorship but he successfully elud ed every effort on tne part or the callers: to learn whether President Roosevelt and Judge Taft were In fa vor of the re-nomlnatlon ot- Hughes. venr-imie was learnea 01 in ais- cussion about the governorship, but that the conference will not result in clarifying the situation to any great extent I conceded. ; REV. J. H. HARMS ELECTED. Trustee of Newberry College Choose an. Alumnus of the Insulation to Succeed Dr. Scherer President. " Observer Bureau,- v- I ; '00 Skyscraper Building, " ' .Columbia, B. Cn July H'. The trustee' of Newberry College assembled here to-day and elected to the presidency Rev. J. H. Harms, for merly of Savannah. Ga., now the pas ter of a Lutheran church In Harriet burg, pa. , Mr. Harms Is a graduate of Newberry College, In 1193. He is oniy year 01 age ana nas in reputation of a very learned man. It Is pot known a yetwhethr or not Mr. Harm will accept the offer, but every effdrt will be made to get him to return to hi alma mater a Its head. The board first passed a reso lution asking Dr. Scherer, who was present, to remain at Newberry. , hut he declined and will proceed to Throop-lnstltuter at-Pasadena, ' Cal, where he will receive a much larger salarv as president than he haa been getting and where he will have' a much larger neia in wnicn to wora. The board formally accepted Dr. Scherer' resignation to take effect October 1st. . . ; Bishop Candler Arrive at New York. New York. Julv 11. Th RL Rev. William A. Candler, bishop ef the Methodist Episcopal church - South, was a passenger on the Lusltanla, which arrived here to-day. - A f ' " : NOT UXDEBj HEARST'S CONTROL. New York- Editor Takes Exception to " Mr. Watson' Styling lite InUepend r ents a One-Man Party Mr. Hearst i Went Into th.e Committee Room on Equal Term1 With Other Deie k gates and Did Not Lift HI Hand ' to Dictate a Plank of the Platform . The Convention Free From Boaa " lm Eulogize the Populists, De--: t-larlng Tliat Their Hope in In the f Independence Party and Beyonnd the Failing Fortunes of Mr.AVat- . New York, July 31. In a- signed statement handed to the Associate J Press to-night, John Temple Grave, candidate of the Independence party for the vice presidency, makes reply to- a recent utterance of Thomas E. Watson. In which the presidential can didate of the Populist party described the Independence party as owned and controlled by William , Hearst. In the course of bis expression which was published here yesterday, Mr. Watson said: ; fin. my Judgment a political party owned and controlled by one man, no matter how rich and good and great, can never amount o much In Ameri can politics. The ao-called ilndepcn dence party Is a copyrighted affair, financed and steered by Mr. Hearst. Its so-called leaders are his editors and employea Almost without ex ception those who are prominent In the movement are inpon the Hearst pay roll. "In a country lfk ours, where the sense of individual freedom is so strong the people will never consent to compromise their on liberty of ac tion by becoming members of a per sonally conducted and privately owned political organisation. ADOPTED POPULIST PLATFORM. "The Democratic party'changes it creed every four,years, but the Inde pendence party ha already changed its creed twice during this year. When it met in Indianapolis some month ago It was In favor of a ship subslly and the Wall Street system of finance. In Chicago it adopted practically every one of the plank which have so long been the platform of the PopulUt party. If populist principles are cor rect there would eeem to be no good reason why the Populist national ticket should not receive the votes of those who believe In populism." To the foregoing, Mr. Graves tukes exception in the following language: "I ask the courtesy of the Associat ed Press to express my regret that tlio Honorable Thomas E. Watson nhould have rushed so awlftly into hostile criticism of the Independence party; with which o large a number of the Populist are In active sympathy, and which In simple consistency he should be glad to endorse. "It Is, to say the least, ungracious In Mr. Watson to speak of the Inde pendents a a one-man -party. He Har made of the Populists far mre a one-man party than the Independents have ever bean or will ever be. Ho has been as many times the defeated candidate of the populists as Mr. Bry an haa ibeen of the Democrats. He seems to 'be by the official records the one man In It as absolute aa Roose velt, as dictatorial as Bryan and asj unsuccessful as the last. FREE FROM BOSSISM ' "He describes its tenets, dictates Its policies In things personal and other wise, and is Invariably named as its candidate. "There has not 4eeh In fifty years a convention freer from the boas and the steam roller than the one Just adlourned. Mr. Hearst waa 3,000 miles across the aca during all the preliminaries that led up to it. He reached the convention twenty-four hours before its opening. Ho did not Uft his hand to dictate a plank In Its platform or to name the least of It candidates. He went down Into Its committee room on equal terms, and no more than equal terms. He wrangled for thirty-six hours over the p Vat form, winning some ot the things he advocated and losing others, and accepting success or defeat with equal temper, like the genuine independent that he la ' "No fair and truthful man can deny to the Independence convention tne merit of a freedom worthy or it name. . "And It waa aa representative aa it wa free, Of the 700 deiogates pres ent from all sections, from every State and from all race Caucasian, Afri can and Indian em,ong a'l these there were not a dozen men directly or indirectly connected with the Hearst newspapers. PRAISES POPULIST PARTY. 'I am perfectly wire that" Mr. Wat son in his eager, criticism speaks for himself, and not for the popuiista There Is no discounting the character and purpose of that great old party. There . wa never an honester and : political organization In Ainerl- tsa. They bettered the entire tone of the apolitical era -in which cthey flourished. No stronger effort wa ever made In it history to reform the old Democratlo party within the ranks than the populists made, if they failed, then there is not a shadow ol encoaragement . for any other or ganisation to try. . w "But the brave old Populist nave shown their arrow now and should fall in with new friends under a now and larger name, mcy nave gone down under Mr. Watson's leadership in successive .3 r jretdentiai year. steadily , losing , their number , but never their integrity. ' 1 .. j-. "In the last national campaign they boiled about 114.009 vote. , "The Independence - party polled twice that nunrber in the City, of New York alone.- , - .. ',- . 3 "Th hope of th Populist I In th Independence ?arty and beyond, the diminishing tew who ding to the fall ing f ortun-of Mr.y iWa'son, tho. ma jority of these brave and honest men are falling lato line behind this young militant and soon-to-be triumphant party ot lh people. , (Signed) r: "JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. - West Virginia Democrats Adjourn. Charleston, W.'Va July 31 After completing its ticket by naming E. H. Morton, of - Webster ' county, for Attorney General, and choosing How ard Llewellwn Swisher, of Monongalia, and Bruce McDonald, of Logan, for presidential elector, the Democratic State convention adjourned sine die at 5 o'clock this morning. Just before adjournment, a resolution wa adopt ed providing In future that the mem ber of the national committee be cho sen by the convention' which elects de legates-at-larg and not by the del egate a In the past. Th present national committeeman, John T. Mc Grew, seconded the resolution, which then wm adopted ananlmously. MR. C0X:LLACOT?1T HE GIVES OUT AX INTERVIEW. Prominent High Point Manufacturer uito is Being; Talked of aa Repuo lican Nominee For Governor Give It to Be Understood TltfU If - the ; Nomina I ion is Tendered Win In the .: Proper Manner He Will Accept It .- The Ulldcbrand Matter Explain ed Being Urged Dally to fttand For Nomination Uia Party , Must Appeal to Him on Higher Lines Tiutu Money Will Not Announce Himself Bnt Leaves Everything With III Friends. Special to The Observer;, ' ' High Point, July 31 Mr. J. Elwood Cox, who i being urged by many to become the Republican nominee for Oovernor, arrived home to-day and submitted to the following Interview this afternoon: ."Have you read Mr. Dockery letter in The News and Observer thia morn ing. Mr. Cox?" "Oh, yes. I read It." " "What do you think of It?" . "If all right Mr. Dockery writes very well and no ooubt thinks he is giving me good advice. You know advice is the cheapest thing on the market to-day. Mr. Dockery Is com plimentary to me, I think. He should not forget, however, that I am not a candidate nor even 'Ait:' aspirant I want no office under the sun." "What do you think ot what he says about Mr. Hlldebrand?" "The information he gives about Mr. Hlldebrand Is news to me. The little trouble with Mr. Hlldebrand over which some people are disposed to make such a big mountain was quickly settled when once understood. Mr. Hlldebrand approached me about a conditional subscription I had made to The Industrial News at a time when I had several lawyers and others waiting In my office attending to a matter of great Importance, finan cially, to the community, and I did not have time to hear him. When he learned these conditions he expressed regret at having written the letter, and that waa the end 'of the matter. We are satisfied and every one else ought to be." " vnu oInr to 'stand for the nomination. Mr. Cox?" ' "I have never said that I would." 'You are still being urged In regard to it. are you not?" "Every day. I received two letters this morniag: one of them was from as good a Democrat as there Is In North Carolina" "Dockery says they are after your money." "Oh, yes, I know that. Well. I have no more to say," answered Mr. for. Thus Mr. Cox . Abruptly ended the Interview with a smile. If any of th politicians have any designs on Mr. Cox's money they had as well let up. There Is hardly a politician smart enough to untie his money bags. It bis party wants him, Mr, Cox Infers they must appeaLto him oil higher ilnes. "The Observer "correspondent Infers from a talk with Mr. Cox that he does not Intend to announce him self at all, but leave his friends, whom he Is in touch with,. to do this at Char lotte. He will accept the nomination If It is tendered In the right way. CONSULS ARE INNOCENT. ; Reports From-Honduras Uphold Con tentlon of Consuls to That Country Did Not Advise the Surrender of the Town a Cliarged by Honduras. Washington, July 81. An unpleasant situation has developed between the United States and Honduras growing out of the action Of President Davlla cancelling the exequators of the foreign consuls at Ceiba, Honduras, because of their alleged friendliness to the revolutionists' . cause. These officer Include American Consul Drew Llnard and Vice Consul Reynolds, and the vice consuls ot France' and Nor way. Reports which have reached the State Department uphold the conten tion of the consuls that they have not been guilty of any breach of pro priety; that they did not advise the surrender of the town when demanded by the revolutionists, as charged by Honduras, but simply communicated the demand to the commandant The incident has caused consider able annoyance to this government, which ever since th revolution In Unniiiirii onmmenred haa exerted Its best effort to prevent any breach of neutraUty In Central America which might prove adverse to the Interest of President Daviia government. Acting Secretary Bacon had a call tn.Hav from Benor Usrarte. the Hon- dursn minister, who presented to Mr. Baron some Information he had re ceived from Foreign Minister Faltos glvlng'the Hondura aide or tne eon- i,Av.mv Mr. Ft a eon will take un tne matter again next week. He had jn- tended to start on an omcm mission to Porto Rleo to-morrow, but this and other State Department 'question de manding his attention make It neees-1 sary for him to delay his departure. 1 RAILROAD FILES DEMURRER. . j New York, New Haven A Hartford Road Denies That "Unified Manage ment" In ta Restraint of Trade- Road Are Not 'Parallel, But Ope rate In Distinct Field. ' t Boston, July 3t A demurrer . a sweeping a legal ' phraseology could make It and offering objection both to the form and s 6 beta nee ot the petition. was the answer filed to-day in th United State Circuit Court here- by the New York,-New Haven A Hart ford Railroad Company as 'defendant In ths action brought agalnsrit by the United States government. As filed, th demurrer. I In three part a but the main contention in each part of the demurrer, and all three" part ar prac tically 'v identical In man specifi cations, 1 that th petition I uncer tain in It statement r concerning alleged violation of the Inter-State commerce aet ThU uncertainty : 1 alleged to be shown In that while the netltlon declare 'that holding Of the stork of the Boston A Maine Railroad bv the New Haven road and the pos sibility of "unified management" is a restraint Of trade In general and of Inter-State commerce in particular. It falls to show to what extent there exist competition between tne re- nentlve railroad systems and to wnat extent a "unified or co-operative man agement of these . systems . would create advantage to the public- and an encoursgement and Increase to in ter-State, trade. 7 ; . y; - It 1 pointed out in in kw Haven road and th Boston A Maine road are in the main not parallel, a fh Detttion aver, but are system and networke Of railroad operating in distinct field, and that they compete wita on another only at a few sta tion, at the most important of which "equally or more effective com petition exist by th Boston A Albany Railroad or by water. - , OFFICERS WAIM ACQUITTED . ;- . - -". .. -, PLEA OF SELF-DEFENSE UPHELD Special Policeman . 8. I. Swam,' of . Salem. Who Shot and Killed Negro r Ho Wa Trying to Arreet, Set Free . by Forsyth Jury Yesterday Grand Jury Finds That City Has Nog Paid the County Money Due It Justices " , of the Peace Ako Derelict of Their Duty City i Treasurer Make a . statement ; In 1 Explanation, Saying the County Owed the City New . Quarter of Eagle Thrown Open to Public Last Evening Y M. C. A. Building Completed. .. . Special to The ' Observer.:-;,-'.) Winston-Salem,' July 31, In Supe rior court this'evenlftg Special Officer . 8. L. Swalm. of Salem, was' acquitted , of the charge of murder of Charles Phelps, colored,- on the morning of . June 14th. . The verdict was return-- -ed at 3:56 o'clock, after the Jury had been out for two hours. - The verdict .' did not come a a surprise, although5 there was some apprehension, among ' : the friends of the def endanf .that he ' would be convicted. When the ver- diet was received some one started to applaud the Jury, but this wa quick- ly nipped In the bud by Judge Jones, who stated that if he hard any more . such conduct and could locate the parties they would be given a berth, In Jail. Policeman Swalm admitted1 killing the negro but claimed self-; defense. The contention or the' prosecution was that the negro did not have a plstor and made no at tempt to do harm t the officer. The grand Jury made its report and' v adjourned this afternoon. Among . , other things the Jury said: "A committee ot three visited the' different offices of the court house . to ascertain whether the fine and forfeitures had properly been turned . In by the Justices of the peace. We found that the city treasurer had not paid Into the county treasury any: funds since January 7th. 1907. We also learned from the county super intendent of public instruction that : by comparison of the books en the first day of May the city treasurer, was due to pay Into the county, treasury the sum of 35,000 or more. We find that some ot the magistrate are very derelict in their returns; for Instance, one Justice made 13 returns showing no amount of fines collected. We are unanimously of the opinion . that this county should be provided with either a finance committee or county auditor and we most earnestly ' recommend that this be done." The city treasurer was seen by your correspondent this evening and wa asked for a statement regarding the failure to pay to the county money that belonged to It. He stated that the money had not been paid for the rea son that the county owed th city and that the board of aldermen had stop- . ped payments until an adjustment of tne matter could be nau. Th con-.: tentlon of the city Is that it pays, two-thirds of the taxes from w.ileh the -school fund is made up and that in making its apportionments th county board of education has aot treated the city fairly. -The city claims . that the board ha not paid over one-halt the cHy-1 entitled to accord ing to what is given per capita . In ' other parts of the county. He said that the board ot education' owed the city 14,000 on last year apportion ment and this was not paid until a' few days ago. The board of educa tion at Its next meeting will probably : take up th matter and give the Cliy of Winston Its per capita school tax which has already been demanded by the board of aldermen In a resolution -passed a few weeks ago. When the : county makes settlement the city will be ready, aald the treasurer. The elegant new quarters of the . local aerie of the Fraternal Order ot Eagles were thrown open for the in- pection of the public from to 10 o'clock to-night, during which time hundreds called, and were taken through the building, . which 1 lo- . rated on the corner of Main aad Fourth streets, the second floor of the , Brown-Rogers Hardware - Company, y building being used. Owing to the ' fact that the semi-weekly band con cert was held on the square to-night " there waa a large crowd ot people . down town and many ot these visited , the. Eagle quarters. ' A barbecue and brunswlck stew for the benefit of the Wlnston-Salent Athletic Association was glyeaat Nissan Park last night and wa at tended by three hundred ladle and -gentlemen. : The event waa delight-. ' ful throughout- . - '- In th mayor's court this morning , -John H. Holmes, superintendent of , the Winston fir department.' and Paul Wemmack, who haa been taking up ticket at the ball park. were r" tried on the charge of an affray. The fight wa the result ef Wommack' refusal to let Holmes in the ball grounds until the chief of police tat- . ed that Holme was a sworn officer. Holmes was fined 36 and taxed with .. the costs, while judgment wa -pended upon the payment of the costs as to Wommaek. Th ? new Young Men's Christian Association Building, rorner of Fourth, and Cherry streets, has been com pleted end will be opened to tha pub-, -r lie for Inspection In a few day. It Is a handsome structure and meet a long-felt need. ..' '. , THREE NEW COLLIERS.' , . ' Navy Department Turn Down Tend er of Three Collier aad Aaka For ', Three More. -, v'..:. : " V Washington, July 31. Tender of fhre collier have been invited by tha v Navy Department from the various ; . shipbuilding companle ot the conn- ' try. The tender mad In June were 7: unsatisfactory to the department, not only In price, but In speed, capacity and equipment ,! A speed of twelve ... knot an hour and a dead weight car rying capacity of 7.306 ton will be required. The - machinery must be located In ne after part Of .the ves- ; " sets, o that the coaling af ship at sea msy-be-roade easier, - The tender will be opened Septem ber 1st 'when bid for the ten . new , torpedo - boat destroyers also are to be opened. T Xh'thS case of the "cot-" Hers tha government assume no con" irartuat obligations, but says subetan- ttally to the shipbuilder, that they may offer the three collier to th government in twelve month and It they are satisfactory they will be ac- eepted. : 1 . . . .; . , - Admiral Swinburne Take Charge of .-: PadUe Fleet, Mare Island Navy Tsrd, Oat.. J 31. Rear iAdmiral W. T. Swlr.b succeed Rear Admiral hmci Dayton as commahder-tn-clilef rf Paclflo coast fleet to-diy. The c1- ln command took place ahoarl - fla?h'p West Virginia an 1 tended bv the uua cerr- mlral Pas-ton. accompan 1 1 - ' al'le. IJputervant John C. I ' left fjr Washmston tr .
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