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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE; ,$8.00 A YEAR. . CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 4," 1908. r PRICE FIVE CENTS. youth slays nis father CUMBERLAND COUNTY TRAGEDY James Riddle, Engineer at Hope Mffla ! s.hnL and KUled by Ills Boa "At4 'Youth Claims ThatTto Acted to ' ' Self-Defense Father Bad Remon strated With the Yowl Man For ginoking Cigarettes, Hot W rdg En- sued ad the Shooting Followed. t The Young Jian laaen to J an at FayeUevlUe, wnere ne is Jneia Wlthont . Bail The Body of the Slain Man Taken to Jonesboro For C Interment Yesterday. Special Jo The Observer. , " Hope Mills, Aug. 3. An awful trag edy was enacted last night at Cot ton, a, mill village one mile from Hope MUla and seven miles from Fay' ettevllle. A father was shot down in the vigorous strength of lese than middle" age by his son. Just entering Into manhood. While James A., Riddle, engineer of Hope Mills, No. 4 waa conversing witW three friends in front of a livery ' stable at Cotton about o'clock Sun day afternoon his eon, Tom Riddle, aged 1, walked up into the crowd and proceeded to roll a cigarette, me father remonstrated with hls son on the evil of cigar ette ' smoking and told " him that he must quit the practice or that evil results would follow Tom, the son. wave a . very pert. answer. Rough words followed, when James Riddle, the father, raised a plank and threat coed his son with chastisement. Tom pulled his pistol and began firing on his father, one ball which caused death passing through the heart, another just above the heart, another through the ahoulder another through the arm. The fifth and last chamber missed Are. Dr. J. V. McGougan. coroner, was summoned from Fayettevllle. A cor oner's jury waa empaneled and ren dered a verdict that the death of James A. Riddle was due to a gun shot wound from Thomas Riddle. Riddle, the murderer, surrendered to Chief of Police W. A. McLean, of Hope Mills, at o'clock Sunday night McLean was Instructed by the- coroner's Jury to take no ball, whereupon the prisoner was conveyed to the county jail at Fayettevllle late Sunday night. James Riddle, the murdered man. -was well liked by the employers and employes In the mill where he worked all the tragedy has brought a gloom over the community. The remains left Hope Mills on to-day's midday train for Interment at Jonesboro, escorted to the station and to Jonesboro by a detachment of Woodmen of the World of which the deceased was an honored member. RIDDLE MAKES STATEMENT. Patricide, in Jail at Fayettevllle, Gives a Correspondent His Version of the Tragedy Says His Father Was Drank and Had Threatened to Kill the Whole Family Attacked Him With a Board. Fayettevllle, Aug. 3 .Tom Riddle, the young slayer of his father, was brought here this morning and lodg ed in Jail, where he made the follow ing statement to a reporter: I "I went home at a quarter, of 8 o'clock last night and found my moth er and two sisters, Nellie and Bessie, greatly excited. My mother told me my father was drunk again and had just beaten and choked her and had left the house a few minutes before eaylng that he was going to the sta ble, a livery stable, owned by Hec tor Porter and my father, at which I worked, and get a pistol, return and ' kill the whole family, and himself. Mother told me to run as fast as I could to the stable and get the pistol before father got there. When I got to the stable, father was sitting on a pile of lumber in front of the building and on ithe same pile of lum ber at some little distance VC sat my brother. Walter, aged 12 years, and Wesley Cain.Lon Lowrv and Tom Starling, all young men. . I went 'tip to Hector Porter's room on the second floor of the stable, got the pistol out of his bureau drawer and came down. As I passed, mat father, who was still sitting on thepile of lumber, told me to throw away the cigarette I had in my mouth and to ret a pipe and smoke it. I told him that a cigarette would do me no more harm than a pipe. He replied that lie did not want any more of my damn . aass and that he would mash my mouth. By this time I was between the pile of lumber and the fence, and tny father reached down and grabbed a large board. As he raised to strike me I was hemmed in and could not - Ket out of his reach and I drew the - pistol and fired, i I don't know how many times I flred. I was so excited and frightened. I ran away and went to Officer McLean's house and gave myself up." The board with which the father was attempting to strike his son la In possession of the sheriff. It Is an Inch and a half thick, eight Inches wide and three feet long. Riddle Jived In Fayettevllle for . more thad twelve years as engineer in the Lake-' view Cotton Mills. His body was brought through here to-day on the - "way to Jonesboro for burial. , GRAIN ELEVATORS BURNED. 1 Heat fat Holds Fire Companies Bsrarhw' mon' tn ablest that has and llames Destroy $700,000 Worth j Uvered here for many courts. .of Grain Fire Started From a Clg Chlcagor Aur. 8. Fire which - was mo hot that the firemen could not get nrep, tnn a block of it. and which made It necessary to play streams of : water on buildings three and four squares away, thl afternoon, destroy. d the Burlington elevators "K" and "F. the dock transfer warehouse of that road and either burned or ren dered useless 10 box care. The loss on the grain In the two elevators Is placed by Armour A Co.; who owned It. , at $700,900. The total loss is placed at 11.000.000. - f. : The Are started at 1 p. m.; In the - Burlington warehouse, supposedly from a cigarette In the drop near sev eral barrels containing chemicals. At the first explosion the ISO men em- . ployed In the warehouse and eleva tors fled and :' It Is believed all escaped. - ' : .- - Eighty firs)- engine companies and three lire tugs 1iad all they could do to confine the conflagration to its orig inal limita At I o'clock Fire Mar shal Horan declared ' that further fpread of the flames was not to be -feared. To-fght.howeverr several engines are pouring their streams tmtm the jtlowlnar wreckage. ' TAFT TALKS TO " PHONOGRAPH, Republican '" Nominee Follows Mr, ' Bryan and Talks Some For , the Phonograph People Will Speak, to Virginians at the Biff Rally August .sv Hot Springs.' Va- Aug. 8-Candl date Tart has consented to make sev eral short speeches into talking- ma chines Cor reproduction. As the pro cess of making a phonograph record Is somewhat different from making a campaign speech from the back of a car platform or from affront porch Mr. Taft to-day found Mrs. Taft laughing at him as he was doing a bit of rehearsing for the real records. Several experimental talks were made and reproduced with varying degrees of satisfaction. The speeches which a single , record . will hold average about three hundred words in length The topics to be disenssed for repetl tion in this way have not as yet been decided upon. As a sample of what the machine can do, the candidate was treated to the reproduction of a rec ord made by W. J. Bryan. Mr. Taft to-day fixed August 21st as the date for the ally of Virginia Republicans here. "He will make political address from the porch of the caib house adjacent to the hotel. The date was fixed at an interview with Representative Slemp and Sheriff Brown. With the Homestead comfortably filled with the legal fraternity of Vir ginia and their families, and with prevailing deaire to meet Judge Taft, his spare moments to-day were few. Mr. Taft's mall continues to increase, and each letter received his personal attention. A committee of the bar association, which begins Its ZOth annual meeting here to-morrow, was received this morning by Judge . and Mrs. Taft. While many of the members of the Virginia Bar differ with Judge Taft in politics, he found many personal acquaintances and friends in the dele tion and an Interchange of fellclta tlons took place. Mr. Taft was com plimented on his evidences of good health. Mr. Taft will address the association here, and he has been invited to as sist In the entertainment at the ban quet Thursday night. BRYAN'S SPEECH SHORT. Democratic Nominee Says His Speech or Acceptance Om tains Only 5,300 Words Pleased WHb the Steadily Growing Campaign, Fund. Falrview. Lincoln. Neb., Aug. $. The speech of acceptance of William J. Bryan will be short Mr. Bryan to-day aald that by actual count It contained 6,300 words. The Issues of the campaign will be discussed but not at great length. Mr. Bryan's views be ing reserved for more elaborate treat ment .in the several speeches he In tends to make. Although a schorchlna- sun beat down upon Lincoln, rendering it diffi cult to' find a comfortable soot any where, Mr. Bryan busied himself with vast accumulation of mall. Almost every communication addressed to him from different parts of the qoun- try Brings encouragement on the do litlcal outlook. Especially gratifying to atr. Bryan are the advices from uemocratlc newspapers reDortlnir steaauy growing contributions to the campaign fund. Labor Commissioners In Session. Detroit, Mich., Aug S. Vice Presi dent James B. Dohertv. of Richmond Va.. presided to-day ever the opening session or me annual convention of the association of labor commissioners in me aDsence of President C. P. Mc Neill, national commissioner of labor. ADout 30 lobar commissioners from various States are attending the con vention. In responding to th wi. coming address of Mayor Thompson Vice President Doherty said that the iuur cummissioners of the countrv ib me men wno are thinking out problems for the benefit of the toilers, not always appreciated nor understood by the ones for whom they are work ing. To-night the commissioners were entertained with a boat ride. Senator Cnlberson Will tww. Against Increase of Rates. Washington. Aui. i th. -- State commerce commission has re ceived a telegram from Senator Cul berson, of Texas, stating that he will he here on Thursday or Friday as a special representative of th. -r. railway commission to nrto.t against the enforcement of & pro posed increase of rates on shipped Into Texas. These lncrsasos by all roads entering the Stato w'il gcr Into effect against Texa common points on the 10th instant and against the Houston,' Galveston & Rio Grande crossing groups on Sep. tember 1st, unless the commission intervenes. Buncombe Court Convenes. Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, Aug. S. SuDerlor Court for the trial of criminal cases con vened here this morning with Judra Ward presiding. The court was prompt In getting down to business. Judge Ward 'a charge to the a-rand Jury waa clear-cut and forceful. The charge was' of no great lenzth. al though the court made plain che du ties of the grand Jurors and, left no room for doubt. Judge Ward sreat- Jy impressed the attendants on court this mornlnr. .no few declaring that the charge waa not only Interesting but among the ablest that has been Receiver For Big Electric and V Waterworks Company. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. $ James Anderson, ef Marietta, was to-dayftfnlted States Cotton Company at Cen appointed receiver for the - Georgia Manufacturing and Publie Service Company, a half million dollar cor poration which supplies the City of Marietta with electric light and wa ter. The appointment was made on an Involuntary petition in , bankruptcy-filed against the concern bv Atlanta creditors. The company, of which ; M. M. Sessions Is president, owns an electric light plant, water works system ant a paper mill. A hearing was set for August Ilth. Three Kilcd by Premature Explo .: , sioa. .., j.. . , Haselton. Ps., Aug. . I. -Two Americans and an Italian, all of this city, were In tently, killed by the premature explosion of a blast st the stone crushing plant of Charles Kehoe. on the outskirts el Haaet. ton to-dar. Thomas Kehoe.- a son of the contractor, was Injured about the bead. Contractor Kehoe said to-night that the death-Of 1 mew was purely accidental. Their bodies were blown some distance from the seen of the explosion. SEAMEX AND NEGROES MIX POLICE PREVENT LYNCHING Sailors From Training Station at NorV ' folk Fired Vpon by Negroes and a Serions Clsnh Follows Negroes Claim That the Seamen Were Rob 1 bing Tlielr-Farms and .That the fcftois Hire Flml to Tighten Tlieoi Off Sailors Charge That They Were Held I'p aim Robbed by the Nejrroew nral Authorities Come to the Rescue and the Negroes Are , (Hurried Away For Safe Keeping Sailers Threaten to Attack. Police . Station. . , Norfolk, Va., Aug. $. There was a serious clash between negroes and United States saflors In Berkley and South Norfolk last night, and but for the timely arrival of the civil author! ties who took charge of three negroes with whom the trouble originated and gave them police protection there might have been loss of life. It is Aid thnt thA .ailnn frnm tflA St. Helena naval training station a sfiort distance away had been taking corn from the farm land of the negroes One of the negroes fired upon the sail ors but said he did so only to frighten them oft. The seamen then drove the negroes with their families Into the house on the place and many shots, it Is said, sere fired into this. The police called upon the naval authori ties for aid and the negroes who were being attacked were finally gotten into the Berkley ward police station. THREATS OF LYNCHING. Several hundred sailors assembled ana the police hearing threats of lynching hastened the negroes in a special car from Berkley across tho river to the central police station -In this city, where they still remain. The sailors, assembling around the Berkley police station, openly threat ened attack, and the naval authorities had to again send aid to disperse and run the enlisted men back to their station. When officers arrived at the farm house where the negroes were being attacked by the sailors, there were 300 enlisted naval men endeavoring to find some way of getting hold of the ne groes. Many of these sailors had guns, ropes and missiles. The sailors threatened to burn the house with the negroes therein, but the officers de clared that If the negroes were burn ed, the officers too would be burned. The sailors charge that three of them had been held up and robbed by one of the negroes. WORK MIST BE OQJHPLETED. Governor Smith Says Investigation of t on vict SjsK-iii Hust Be Completed and Will Call an Extra Session of the Ijcglxlature if .Necessary Reply to Senator Brock. Atlanta. Oa., Aug. 3. "If the leais- lative committee now probing the convict lease system does not complete its laoors in time for a thorough and exhaustive report to be made at this session and acted upon before ad journment on August 12th. I will call tne Legislature In extra session to dis pose of the whole matter," said Gov ernor Smith to-day. The committee, which held two sessions to-day has a large numDer or witnesses to hear and the completion of Its work cannot be forecasted. The present lease system expires on April 1st next, and as the two branches of the Legislature are at loggerheads over the disposition to do made or the State's convicts, the outcome will probably depend upon me report or tlve Investigating com miuee. The chief witness at this aftirnoon'a session was A. IB. Coombs, superintend ent of the State farm since 1103. who made a statement In contradiction tn the evidence; submitted in criticism pf nis administration. ueorge Hurt made an additional statement In reply to Senator Brock, who was formerly a member of the committee, and resigned In order to tesiiry m nis own behalf. Hurt sub mitted documentary evidence to hnw that Dr. Brock, while in the employ me iaie as a physician-was In sirumemai in securing a transfer of convicts from one camp to another wun a pront to somebody. Other witnesses heard tn-ria. w j- a- o. noimes and J. M. San ford, the latter testifying to the beat ing of a 15-year old boy on the bare back until he fainted. THREE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS. French Aeronaut Makes Three Sue. cesnu fiigras with His Aero planeKeeps Close to the Earth. New York, Aug. 3. Three sueeeaa. ful flights In his areoplane were made oy Henri carman, the aviator, at the Brighton Beach race course this af ternoon, beginning at 4:30 o'clock. Each was scralghtenod. On his first flight he covered about two-thirds of ine aistance at a neignt of never more than ( feet. The second flight waa a little longer and on the third he traversed the entire distance about 100 yards.- This last time the ma. chine was twenty feet above the ground. The weather was Ideal' for the exhibitions and the areoplane aklmmed along like a swallow. The spectators, who Included several local aeronauts, were most enthusiastic. A novel preliminary to the flights waa the loosing of about 2S toy balloons so that Farman might judge of the wind currents. To-morrow Farman hopes to be ca- able ' to display the aeroplane's pacity to turn around in the air. Rbotfe Island Mills Cat Wages. Providence, tt. 1.. Aug. . Notices were posted to-day at the mills of the tral Falls that, one week from to-day a reduction of wages will go into ef fect. The rate of reduction waa not mentioned but It Is understood by the operatives to be a 10 per cent, one, . Y The company employs $00 hands. finite Man Kills Xerrn. Lynehiburg, Va' Aug.- ! $- Near Concord, ten mile east of here last night Jack Lee, white, shot and In stantly killed Beverly CardweU, .col ored, and mortally wounded bis broth er Samuel. -who" died this -morning. The men. wMtea and lacks, were drinking hard cider and had a drunk en misunderstanding. Lee was arrest ed. -- :-.- , . - Steamrri Captain Died at Sea. ' ; Tamp. FJia..' Aog. $. The Ameri can steamer May. arrived - at port Tampa from New Tork, reportsthat Ua plain Ernest Tt eh shaw died on roy aga, of dysentery, and waa burled at sea THE RUTHERFORD TICKET, Democrats Ratify Work of Saturday's Primaries Con pressman . Craw ; ford Addresses the Convention. , Special to The Observer; ( Huthecfordton, Aug. J- The conn ty Democratic convention met "here to-day for the purpose of ratifying the work of the primary held Satur day. Mr. Carson L. Daily, of Ellen boro, was nominated for Representa tlve; J. D. Hull, for register Of deeds; J. Bunyan Bland, for coroner; B H. Bridges, for county superintendent of schools; J. P. Jones, Richard Ledbet ter and E. N. Waahburn, for commis sioners, and J. F. Flack. G. W. Long and Dr. G. E. Young for the board of education. There were uo nominations for sheriff and treasurer and a sec ond primary will be held next Satur day to decide this matter. . The second 'race for sheriff will be between C. M. Roberson and Ed Tan ner, and A. R. Yelton and 8. B. Har rlU for treasurer. After the convention waa over Hon. W. T. Crawford, the Democratic nom inee for Congress, addressed the large end enthusiastic crowd on the politi cal issues of the campaign. Mr. Craw ford is a popular favorite of Ruther- ford people and his able speech was well received. The best of feeling pre vailed. Montgomery DciiKx-ralH Name Ticket. Special to The Observer. Troy, Aug. 3. The most harmonious and enthusiastic Democratic conven tion ever held in Montgomery county to-day nominated R. T. Poole for Representative; ' J. R. McKcn-Jle for sheriff, end O. B. Deaton for reg ister of deeds. Congressman R . N. Page made a ringing Democratic speech and heartily commended the convention on Its selection of nomi nees. W. D. Allen was re-elected chair man. Call For Primary In Lenoir. Special to The Observer. Klnston. Aug. 3. The Democratic executive committee of Lenoir county me.t here lust Saturday evening and Is sued a call for a legalized primary for the nomination of county officers. The primary will be held under the law of 1907 on August 16th next. As a nomi nation is equal to an election, the candidates are now hard t work and politics is getting warm again. SEA TUG'S GOOD WORK. Tug Sea King Brings In Stranded Schooner and Returns For Two More. Wilmington, Aug. 3. The schooner Horace P. Shares, 392 tons, Oapfiin Flynn, New York to Fort Caswell, with a cargo of stone, was picked up on tho 2d off Cape Lookout by the Wilmington tug. Sea King, and towed Into Southport. leaking sligiitly, and rigging carried away. The Sea King immediately returned to Lookout and is reported having left there with two other vessels, another schooner and an unknown bark lJen with sugar, bound in for harbor at Southport. The Brunswick steamer Ocmulgee, Captain Webb, New York to Bruns wick, Ga., put In at Southport to-day with the schooner Charles K. Schull, Captain Peckwlth. Philadelphia, lad en with coal, previously reported by wireless stranded and her crew res cued by steamer Kansas City. The schooner's foretopmast and flying jib boom were carried away and sails badly torn. WATER STILL RISIXG. Forty Families Driven From Holly Shelter by High Water and Suf fering Is Feared. Wilmington, Aug. 3. Within a ra dius of five miles at tho confluence of the Northeast, Shelter rivers and Shaken creek, six miles east of Bur gaw, In a fine farming settlement known as Holly Shelter, between thir ty and forty families have been driv en from their homes and thousands of dollars' damage to crops and live stock Is reported to have been wrought by high water, consequent upon freshets In those streams. The wa ter Is still rising and suffering is said to bo in sight unless present con ditions abate. Estimates of the damage ase as high as 3100,000. AM previous records of freshets have been broken. Agent Elder Transferred to Charles ton. Special to The Observer. Wilmington. Aug. 3. It Is announc ed from division offices here that W. F. Elder, formerly route agent with headquarters at Valdosta. Ga., be comes Southern Express agent at Charleston. 8. C, vice W. W. Allen, who is transferred to the more Im portant office at Greensboro. Mr. Allen has been with the company eight years at Charleston and Is regarded as one of the best agents In tho service. Greensboro Express Agent Will Go to New York. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Aug. 3. Mr. Andrew C. Williams, who came to Greensboro from Danville a year ago to become agent of the Southern Express Com pany In this city, will relinquish the duties of his position to-morrow and go to New York to consider a proposl tion he has received from a concern in that city. The resignation of Mr. WlllVam Was occasioned by the fact that he had been notified that he was to be transferred to Salisbury. He will he succeeded as agent here by Mr. W. W. Allen, st. present agent In Charleston. 8. C, but who resided In Greensboro, several years while routsf agent for the company. ATTACKI&. BY SAVAGE DOO. " v - V.- Master Charlie Stone, of Charlotte; , - fyriouMy Injured by Vlcton Ga nine at Concord Animal's Teeth Probably Penetrated Skull. Special to The Observer. . 4 ' . , Concord, Aug. $. Master Charles Marion Stone, the 4-year-old son of Mr.- and Mrs. C S. Stone, of Char lotte, sustained a serious scalp wound at ? o'clock this evening when at tacked by a collie dog. " ; The canine was enjoying his even Ins; meal when the child came upon him. The dog made a vicious lunge and plunged his teeth in the front pan of the child'g forehead.! prob ably i penetrating the , skulL '. Mrs. Stone and her two children are guests at: the home ef her parents. Capt, and ' Mrs. ; i.': M. , Alexander.. The wound- is not thought to be a faUI one. though H Ms of a serious and dangvroua nature. : . ' (V; , JEAiaUSrOTER'SMADTCT SHOOTS WOMAN HE LOVE& Enraged Berauw of her Repeated Re fusals to Marry Hhn, D. F. Tharpe, Prominent Young Man of Wilkes County, Mortally Wounds Mix Mary BalL Daughter of a lilgldy.Respert C1 Cltixcu of the Same County The Tragedy Create Great Excite ment In iIms Community Tharpe Is . Arrcfhed and Will Plead Insanity Attacked the Young Woman as She Wag Retnrning From Church With Her Brother. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Aug. 3. Because she had repeatedly refused to "marry him. D. F. Tharpe, a prominent young man-of Demmette, Wilkes county, sev en miles from Wllkesboro, fired upon and probably mortally wounded Miss Mary Ball, daughter of Mr. J. A. Ball, one of Surry county's most high ly respected citizens, last night about 9 o'clock, while the latter, with her brother, was returning from church services at Macedonia. The brother of Miss Ball heard ear ly in the evening that unless she mar ried Tharpe during the night he would kill her so he accompanied her to church. It was on the return from church that Tharpe fired upon the young lady, the bullet taking ef fect about an Inch above the heart. Tharpe fired the second time, but the young lady knocked the revolver from his hand. The young lady has been teaching school for some time and Is one of the most highly-respected young women of the neighborhood. It is understood that Tharpe will plead Insanity. The occurrence created considerable excitement throughout the entire community. The young man was placed under arrest soon after the shooting. He will bo represented at the prelimi nary hearing by Mr. J. F. Hendren, of Elkln. This Is the most atrocious crime that has been committed In this section of the State. Even the citizens of this city are enraged over the occurrence and many have ex pressed the desire to be one of the party to deal summary punishment to him. i ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF TRAGEDY Mlsa Ball Said to Have Been Shot on Hie Porcli of Her Home Llttio Hopo Entertained For Her Re covery. Special to The Observer. Elkln, Aug. 3. Miss Mary Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ball, of this place; has been teaching a Bummer school ac Mr. James Hoot's residence near Benham postolllce, six miles west of Elkin. Yesterday a young man named Freeland Sharp desired to accompany her to church. but she declined, having a previous engagement with his brother. Jle then took Miss Ethel Hoots to church. On returning homo Sharp and Miss Hoots arrived some time before tho couple. When the elder brother and Miss Ball arrived, Free land Sharp waa on the porch and as Miss Ball stepped on the porch he drew a pistol and fired at her, but she struck the pistol down and the ball entered the floor. Hhe endeav ored to get out of his way when he fired the second shot, the ball strik ing the left breast and passed through the lung and out at tne bark. Mes sages were Immediately "phoned here for aid. Dra. Ring and Reece went at once, also her father, mother and sisters. All Is being done for the young lady that can be, but at this writing very little hope is entertained for her recovery. Miss Hall Is a young- lady of high standard and un sullied character, and nothln has happened In this comm-.i.ilty that has so wrought up the feelings of fur DeoDle as this. Sharp wan hurried away to Jail at Wllkesb3.-o early this mornln- to await the result o? his rash act. OREENSBORO RECOVER PfO. Evidence Not Lacking to Show That the Gate City Is in a Healthy Con dition So Far as Business is Oon ccmed Extract From Chamber of Commerce Report. Observer Bureau. The Bevill Building, Greensboro, Aug. 3. Evidence Is not lacking to show that Greensboro Is rscoverlng from the effects of the "rich man's panic" that came upon the country last fall. While pleading not guilty to any thing akin to a "boom," the business of the town Is in a healthy condition and moving along In a very encour aging manner. Several new enter prises have been established here re cently and the building operations for thla season of the year are up to the average. The. records in iho office of the secretary of the chamber' of com merce show that the capital invested In new buildings and real estate In side the corporate limits for the month of July aggregated 1347.740. this being an Increase of $2.5S for the month of June. -The above fig ures do not take Into account it new residences contracted for during the past month at an average cost of ll.88. ' In closing his report for the past month, the secretary of the chamber of commerce aays: ."Greensboro now has better passenger and freight train service than has been enjoyed In sev. eral years, the freight deliveries be ing made more promptly, and the passenger schedules being all that could be desired by the many shop per who rely upon Greensboro as a trading centre. Visitors can come to or leave Greensboro In the early morning, at noon, iuriror the after noon, la the evening or near mid night over almost any of the - six line of railway leading out of the city." ' -- : : BMppen Given Tew Days to File ..'., ', ; Complaints. ;K . Washington. Aug. $. Nothing fur ther wss heart by the . Inter-Stabs commerce, commission to-day tn rela tion to the controversy over fretrlit rates in the Southeastern terrtiu. Shippers In thit section nav ben tJ?l'LHJl!!l8J''l)'-ll-J which to file a complaint against a proposed Increase of rates and Hm expected their complaint will ho here la a few days. , : . RATES ORDERED CHANGED, Intcr-Stale Commerce Commission PtiMl Unreasonable Charges , tn Some or the Rates on Fruits and Vegetables and Orders Them Chuiiged Carload Rates to East ern Points Icrt Unsettled. WasMnstojuAuK. aJr-In an opinion rendered by Commissioner Prouty, the Inter-State commerce commission to-day found the all-rail rate on or anges and pineapples from points In Florida to the Florida base points are not unreasonable, but the car load rates on such articles from the base points to the Northeastern cities are unreasonable. Certain maxima rates were established and ordered to be put In force by September IS th next. The rail and water rates on these commodities between such points were not found unreasonable and the commission decided to es tablish carload rates by rail and wa ter. The commission held that the rates on oranges from the Florida base points to territory north of the Ohio river ought not to be higher on the averase than from California to said destination points; but said that the establishment of a blanket rate to that territory is not justified. The present rail and water rates on vegetables from Florida base points to the Northeastern cities were found to b excessive. and lower maxima rates were established and ordered to be put In force. Whether lower carload rates should bo estab lished upon vegetables to Eastern markets was left unsettled. The present any-qii;vntlty all-rail rates upon vegetables are reasonable, ex cepting to Fo.iton and the vegetables rate from Florida to points north of the Ohio river were found reason able. The commission decided that the minimum carloads weight established for the transportation of straw berries from Starke and Lawtey. Fla., to New York City and to other points at present taking the New York rate, should be reduced from 200 crates a, car to 175 crates a car. and the rate should not exceed 11.80 per crate. In cluding refrigeration. The refrigeration charges on fruits and vegetables from Florida to Northern markets were not found to be excessive. This decision was rendered In the cso of the Florida Fruit & Vege table Shippers' Protective Association against the Atlantic Coast Line. NEW YORK MANAGER NAMED. Chairman llltrhrtx-k Appoints, VW-tor li. Mhmoii Manager of the Republi can Headquarters In New York Will Mho Appoint a Vice Chair man For the, Chicago Ofllro Re fuses to Discuss Situation In New York. New York, Au J The management ol the New York headquarters of the Re publican national committee. In the ab sence of Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock, will be In the hands of Victor L. Mason, of Passaic, N. J., who waa appointed to day as assistant secretary ol the com mittee. Mr. Hitchcock Intends to direct the work In all parts of the country, but will name a vice chairman later who will be In charge at Chicago when Mr. Hitch cock is not there. The headquarters ol Secretary Elmsr Dover also will be In Chicago. It was late to-day when Chairman Hitchcock returned from his Sunday night excursion Into New Jersey, which was taken mainly for the purpose of call ing on Cornelius N. Bliss, former treas urer of the committee, at his home at Hcabrla-ht. Because of the wreck of a freight train at Rahway, N. J., the na tional chairman was unable to get to Sea bright and the conference with Mr. Bliss has been postponed. Instead of going to Seabrlsht Mr. Hitchcock went to Atlantic City where he conferred with H. Coleman DuPont, member of the committee from Delaware. Mr. DuPont Is a member of the executive committee, which Is advis ory to the chairman and has been urged to take charge of the speakara' bureau. This Is regarded as one of the most im portant positions In the- campaign and an announcement of an appointment may be expected within a- few days. Col. W. R. Andrews, chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican State commit tee, met Mr. Hitchcock at Philadelphia and conferred with him regarding the situation In the Keystone Htato. This State will furnish a number of speakers who will discuss the Issues with a view of reaching the labor vote. When Mr. Hitchcock returned here he conferred with William L. Ward, the member of the committee from New Tork, but the national chairman declined to be drawn into an expression of opinion concerning the nomination that should be mmiim for the a-overoorshlp of this Stats. The general Impression la that the Fed eral administration wouio. oe opposwj w turning down of Governor Hughea tor a second term and that Mr. Hitchcock holds the same view. ou ne n if to discuss the question. ITINERARY OF THE FLEET. pacific Fleet Will Leave San Francisco August Stlh For a Cruise to Samoa and Will Return December 4tl Tagct Practice at MagxUlena Bay. n-..hin.tAn Aua-. . The Itinerary of the Pacific fleet from San Francisco to Samoa and return was announced to-day. The vessels constituting the fleet are: . vimi 4ivtim- West Vlralnla. Colo rado. Maryland and Pennsylvania. Second division: . Tennessee. Cali fornia. Washington and South Dakota. tnrnedn boat flotilla: TTUXtUH. Hull.' Whipple, Hopkins. Second torpedo- boat noiiua: ferry, Preble. Stewart. " ' . Torpedo supply ship Solace. Colliers Justin, to Honolulu only. Th. At m-ltt leave Man Franrtaeo . I,u - " - i,.,,t 4th. and arrive at Honolulu. September 2d: leave Honolulu 8ep, tember loin, ana amve rago in Samo, September 20th, leave Pago r n fl.nf.mK,r 47tH and arrive at Honolulu October ithfy leave Honolu lu. OCtooer inn, ina rn i c n Diego. October 38th: leave San Diego October 30th fend arrive at Magdalena Bay, November 1st; leave aiagaaiena Hi. November 10th and arrive at Ban Francisco December 4th. - While at Pago Pago two armored cruisers and two destroyers will visit Apia tor two dsys. The four vessels t.4nitil in 'make this , visit will ha designated by the commander-in-chief , Tin vrt Omw'm OTV.. qpoa Km i . , a, i "ft" .,v,. 4 II vt date of departure are flxed, but, the 4.t f arrival may varv imirilliir tn Una. easA-nr difficulty -with-which- ttfs destroyers are towed. During the so Jurn of the fleet at Magdalen Bay, the vessels will engage In target prac tice tuu ?H?t UlAflVWTII., 4 - STATE CAMPAIGN BEGLNS THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC RALLY. ' Messrs. W. , W. ; Kitchln and A- I Brook Speak at Went worth. In Rockingham County A Procession , of Men and Women on Horses and In Boggles Although the Day Wss Hot tne Crowd) Was Large A load of Glrlrf Who Did Clever Stunts Mr. Brooks- Talks of the Denver Convention and Its Work . He ftilnks Bryan W1U Win Mr. Kitchln Tells Of Democracy In the Slate The People, Rale Leaders Control Affairs of Republicans Ijibor Man Asks Questions. Special by ataff Correspondent. , Reldsville, Aug. I. The Democratlo campaign was launched at Went-, worth, the county seat of Rocking , ham, to-day, with a horseback and floral procession, speeches by the Hon. W. W. Kitchln and Solicitor A- L. Brooks, candidate for Governor and Representative in Congress from the . fifth district, respectively. . Although the weather was extremely disagree able a large and representative crowd' assembled In the grpve in the rear of the high school house to hear the . speakers. County Chairman Ivle in troduced Mr. Brooks, who told of his , impressions at Denver, and Mr. Kitch- . in closed the programme by discuss- ' Ing State and national Issues. The people of the county did them selves credit in making such a good showing on such a warm day. Among -those who marched from Reidsvllle, Leakesvllle. Spray and other points In Roclrrhgham were numbers of well dressed women and children. The vehicles and horses In many Instances were decorated for the occasion. Tho speech made by Mr. Kitchln was not Intended to be his keynote, address He will wait until after the Republican State convention to de clarehlmrlf fully and formally. "SIGNS OF A CAMPAIGN. V - I came to Reldsville last night and rested until morning Soon after sunrise to-day a band the Loess Band, of Danville, Va., dropped off of a train and struck up a lively tune Just to let the natives know that they were on the ground. This was taa first audible sign of en approaching campaign that had come my way. I knew from the lick of the musicians that the stumpers were on their rounds. "Hurrah for Kitchln!" shouted a small boy In the street as the bend ' moved off to get breakfast or some thing else. It was not long after this that signa bea-an to multiply. Hoye riding bare- , back. mules through the town told a story. In many yards buggies were being covered with bunting and flags. There waa life everywhere. Reldsville and the neighboring villages were to have a holiday and demonstrate that they . loved Mr. Kitchln and the Democrat ic party. HEADS OF DEMOCRACY. Mr. A. D. Ivle Is chairman and Mr.. J. A. Scales, secretary of the organized" Democracy of Rockingham, county. They are loyal. Industrious Democrats of the most progressive sort. Nt a thing that would have helped to make the day a auccess ' had been left undone by them. They were assisted by the following local committees from: Bethlehem: J. 3. Thomas, 3. R. Moore, J. 3. Ratliffe. . Hogan: T. B. Wilson. W. W. Sharp, James V. Price. Iron Works: Jack Saunders. Wil liam Camming, ,T. W. Hopkins. Leaksvllle; C. P. Wall, Sid Fuqua. J, W. Ivle. , Maytleld: W. Q. Dlx, R. H. Pruitt, f. A. Farrsli. Martins: C P. Young, M. L. Case. II. A. Marshall. Mayodan: D. A. Ricks, F. B. Kemp. W. N. Poole. Madison: O. W. Martin, R. P, Webster, H. N. Ulnford. New Bethel: W. I. Witty, R. L. , McCollum, J. T. Price. Oregon: J. C. Faucett, A. L. Pal- mer. R. T. Estes. Reldsville. No. 1: J. M. Harris, Rob- ert Harris, Jr.. It. M. Clark. Reldsville. No. 2: T. S. Reld, J. W. Dameron. 8. A. Hubbard. Reldsville. No. 3: P. W. Glldewelt. Francis Womack, M. F. Plnnlx. Reldsville, No. 4: Q. E. Barber, J. H. Pipkin. W. 8. Somen Ruffln. C. It. Wharton. J. J. Wor- -shan. J. It. Williams. Stonevllle: J. M. Sharp, Jr.. R. T. Stone, R. S. Gibson. Rocky Springs: C. H. Dalton. A. F. Neai. W. M. Knight. Thompaonvllie: J. R. Garrett, G. T. Davis. J. H. Combs. Wentworth: T. A. Mitchell. J. A. Scales. James T. Smith. Price: J. W. Price. J. Allen Price. Jason Barnes. Mr. H. L. Hubbard, as chief mar shal, and Miss Bessie Lambeth, as sistant, led the Reldsville procession Mr. R. M. Mclver and Mr. A. . C. Phelps that from leaksvllle. " The ' two parties met at the county poor house, a mile this side of Wentworth. and marched. Two bands the Dan- -vllle and LeaksvUle aggregations furnished stirring music. In the, car riages were the following-named: W. W. Kitchln, Mayor R. S. Montgom ery. Mr. P. D. Watt and Mr. 8. C. Penn, in the first, and Mr. A. L. Frooks. Mr. Andrew Joyner, , Mr." John R. Webster and Mr. J. T. Oli ver, the second. y . . The most attractive turnout In line was a wagon full of pretty girla. Who sang cstchy senga and gave musical yells. It was: "Rah. Rah. for Carolina.- or "Rah. Rah, Rah. for Klch-; in. Everybody had a good word for the mrry lasses, Mrs. E. F. Hall, president of a local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, digni fied the occasion with her' presence. THE PROCESSION ARRIVES. The procession reached the court house square at 11:80 o'clock and broke, for dinner, some going to the ' grove' with their baskets and other ' to the hotel.- For two hours all feast ed and rested. - Wentworth waa In holiday mood. The streets were 8!Va with people -some waiting for something to turn . up and others doing their neighbors out of small", coin. Traders soap and medicine venders, fruit and mel on ' seller were on hand, crying their wares. Judge W B. 1 Council convened ; court and - was charging the grand Jury when the music of the approach ing bands drifted In at the windows and caused a stampede for the open. Being a wise man.. Judg Council adjourned for the day and will re sume to-morrow raornln. . The1 crowd at Wentworth wss guessed at by many. I shall not r't an estimate oa it but tell what in well-known Rockingham leaders r t f4fc Mr r-Sea ten, - secretary of t county committee, declared that -000 would covpr the audience at tv grandstand. Mr. P. D. Watt th t (Continued on Tae r oir. t
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