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IT. on- - mm v 's SUBSCRIPTION PEICE : $8.00" A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, C, TUESDAY MORNING,SEPTEMBER 8, 1908. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. 9 Ml. it- A. HE. BRYAN TO LABOR Jt'.lSS: . GAGOn - BIG , ; CEttERRAHQy i rrhiMM Turns' Labor Day Into rtav nd Ttou sands of La boring Men and Women Gather to Z. T.. t-.w .in'a AAAreaav Ite. V actlt uw icM- - i view the Parade From the Hotel IBUCOT7, iwreruii .... - -1 of tha Day With Smiles and Hand shake For His Many Admirers- Deliver Three gpeecnea, umoj a '-. Hi -Subject the Abuse of the Iu - - junction In Labor Disputes- Guest ;. of tbe xroquoia uso., Chicago,, Sept. 7.-Organlzed labor ' to-day faid trimite to wimam - Rrvan.v Although It wa Labor Day, It soon be cam manifest ' that tha worker had surrendered their privi ties and made It Bryan -Day. Within an hour after his arrival In the city, i tha namoeratlo candidate for Presl- dnt standing on the balcony of the Auditorium Hotel, receivea no vi its of thousand of toilers as they : marched by in tha- monster labor parade. The air' waa rent with cheers , mnA th enthusiasm was unbounded. Not infrequently tha workers halted before tha -presidential' canaiaaw. Anrrm their cans and srave three cheers for our nt President Many others mora familiarly address a him -mm -raw and William. J . nlrtiir ahnut -MWent UD ' When hj '' reached out his hands and caught a clgarmaker'a hlon badge wnicn- on f that body threw to him from tha - PATS TRIBUTE TO ILABOR. The pleasure which tha ovation af- forded Mr. Bryan was, wndlsrulsed. u. .miiA continually, bowed - and i clapped his hande. alwaya giving the - ? women In the parade an equal ahare 4 f applause. ' .. ,1- So Insistent for a apeech was tha crowd In front of tha hotel mat air, nrvM l1ld- ' . Tn th course of a brief address. r Jta paid tribute to labon and ealdi ha believed m me ooservanc -vi u Vnr Thl-t thaeausO he thoucht 'V all ' ought to strive to assist In dlrnlfylng ' In every possible way ine nonesi - ' ioon which our nation v properly ' null." ., . But hls was only one feature of thelslt of the Democratic canowaxe. irniinwinr tha oar ad a he was whisked away In an aute mobile to tha Iroquois Club in company wiui ana ty many labor leadera. There lancheon was served and he made a ' ah Art TiMih. . Tjnncheon concluded. s : Mr; Bryan was conducted to Forest ' ? Park, several miles away, wnere waa scheduled to deliver a Uibor Day address. There a multitude awaited his oominf. As he. Beared tne para, word waa passed around and he irot " thr avatlon as- he came In sight' So eager was the,' crowd to eatch a srllmpse of and to hear him that they tot ibeyond the control-of the police who were fairly swept off their feet Mr. Bryan hlmeelf had to ' make heaaway to tne r"u- " out any pralimlnarlea Prealdent John ' mupatrlck. of tne unicatro " tlon ef tAbor, introauceq wit. jry.., - Af the cheera he receiv ed, etood for several minutes at the f ' Cront of he pavlUen before he began ' Ma speech on the abuse of .the In ' , junction in labor - disputes. The .speech was practically duplicated at ' ' Brand's Park an hour afterwards, " i v... .v. . aiantrieal workers were "tiolding forth. ' 4 '' ' , . BBS AITS LABOR SPEECH. Mr. Chairman. Ladiea and Oeritle inen: - Labor Day Is a legal hoUdsy and It waa made so because the leg islators thought the wage-earners worthy to have a day specially aet s apart for the conalderatloa of themes ' that concern those who toll I ap ' ! preeiate the compliment paid me by he programme committee of thu clty In Inviting me to participate, in 'the ceremonies of this. day. and It . waa gladlyvcepted, Because Chicago Us the secoili city In the Union, and ' as a, labor centre it Is acarcely aeo : ond to any city In the world. ' : If it -were proper- to-speak-from ' a text I would select a passage from ' proverbs, for I know of no better one than that furnished by the words of Solomon when he declared that as ! a man "thinketh In hia heart, so Is ; toe. This Is Bible doctrine: it la i commen aense. and It la human e perlenee. " Ws think In our hearts - , as well as In our heads-Kut of the heart, "are the issues of life. It is ; a poor head that cannot And a plans--.. Jble reason, for doing what the heart t wants to do. I Begin my speecn wim ' with this proposition because I want impress it upon the mlnda of those -who listen to me, and upon those who read what I. Bay to you. The ' labor question Is more a. mora than an Intellectual one. . . ',' TOLSTOI'S DEFINITION. . Tolstoi, the great Ruselaa pfclloso . 5 pher, in defining the doctrine of .i "bread labor," gives as one of rthe reaaons in support of It that persdnal mntirt with manual- labor not; a "reeollectlon of former toll., but con i tlnued acquainiance wun it ia-oK-aary to keep one In sympathy with . '.those who work with their hands.- He contendiw-and la it not true? that " lack of sympathy, one with another. ' la at the root of most of the problems of society and government , The world is growing toward broth ' t erhood, and our nation is leading the - way. There Is more altruism in this country than anywhera else in the "world, and more to-day than there ever has been before. There Is mora 'recognition of the kinship that ex ' tstj between us, more thought about the questions which concern a com mon humanity than at any preceding ' time. The labor organisation la a tart nf thia e7ra.t movement of the- masses toward closer fellowship. It . has worked wonders In the past and Its work Is only commenced. The labor organisation helps those outside of it as Its members because the Increased wagea and improved conditions are shared , by non-union' men as well as by union men. ;. ORGANIZATION NOT PERFECT. ' - Do not understand me, to say that . a labor organisation Is perfect;- "the .king can do no wrong" can no more be spoken of a group than of individ uals. The labor organisation is com posed of men; Its affairs are control!- I co or numan mras, aoa numan oe fnga are hot perfact All that man ' touches is stained with man's Imper fections, and bis frailty can be traced through all hia works. But, fortu nately for the laboring' man, the judgment pronounced agarast hia mis takes must be tempered by the fact that those with whom the laboring man cnrn-if Into contact are also likely 'to erf- - When the employe deals with thf employer, he Is dealing with one of like passions with himself., Fach Is likely to be Insistent upon what he believes to be right and the opinion of each, as to what Is right is likely to be colored by sclflnb. In terest and affected by Incomplete In formation as to the facts. If the to the hemployer has sometimes employed bis position to . secure an - unfair .share of the Joint product. It Is the province ox me law to place limitations upon ooin, ana the security of our govern ment is found la the fact that both employer . and employe, in their calmer - momenta. will 'Join in the enactment - of laws which will ; restrain - them in - moments of temptation. : Some assume that iuur ja Mtwjess ana msi 10 kuh .am labor question permamentily we -need onw eniorce tbe law rigorously. , yield to none in insistence upon obe aience to the law. Law la neces sary in human society, and its en f orcement Is essential to peace and order,' but -we - must remedy abuses by law If we would Insure respect tor, ana obedience to. -law. , The Important lesson to be learn-v ea by the citizen In a' government like ours Is that the ballot Is both shield and sword It protects him from in jury ana enforces his rights. OUB NATURAL RIGHTS. The first thins- that ia needed for a oeuer understanding of labor ques tions tne recognition, of the equal ras-ais or an, ana, second, more inti mate acquaintance. .We have rights mat may be called natural- rights; they are inherent: we have them be cause we are human beings. The gov ernment did not - bestow them upon us the government cannot rightful ly witnaraw them from us. Wa all come into tha worm without our volition: the environment of - vouth largely determines the course Ofour uves, ana this environment la not of our choosing. Ws ve under th same moral obligations and are re sponsible to the same Supreme Be ing. WO have our' needs that must be supplied: we reauire food, cloth ing, shelter, companionship. Ws have our domestic 'ties, and the tenderness of these . ties is net . measured by wealth or position in society. . Man has used - petty distinctions to sep arata society, into different classes, but tnese distinctions are ' Insignificant wnen compared with the sreat si mi lariues tnat unite us in a common des tiny and Impel us toward a common end. ' On thii dav it is well to emohaslza the fact that we are linked together oy bonds which we could not break if w would, and shoold not weaken ii we ooma. . it ougnt to oe easy to learn this leason fa the United States. for. here, more than anywhere else. people feel their interdependence. We nave no law of primogeniture to aep arate the oldest son from his brothers and sisters: and we nave no-law of entail to prevent the alienation of an estate.- There is no aristocracy rest ing upon birth or klnrly favor: and if the people perform their clvio du ties, mere will be no plutocracy rul Ing in the nam of the dollar. Her the road to advancement la a publlo highway, and it la within our sower to- aeep u open to ail alike. Here. too. the jrovernment la within th control -of the people, and no depart ment of the service is out of the reach or the voter or beyond the Influence of publlo opinion.. - Under our con, stltutlon, some branches of the gov- ernment are more responsive than others to the public will, but our government can be controlled by. the people, from the organic law which we call the constitution to th stat ute ana the court's decree, -f : A long step toward the elevation or labor to its proper position In th nation's deliberations Is to be found in the establishment of a Deoart- ment of Labor, with a Cabinet officer at Its head- - The wage earners de- verve) this recognition, and too Execu tive la entitled to the assistance which auch an official could render him. I regard the inauguration of this reform as the opening of a new era in which those who toll will have a vote in the deliberations of th President's council chamber. LABOR'S HANDICAP. The labor organlzatnon has been seriously, handicapped by the fact that H has been- and I am not sure that It has not been done unwittingly yoked up with the industrial com binations knowns as trusts. Th proneness of trust defenders to use the labor organization aa an exr-ii for combinations in restraint of trade aroused th suspicion that they have been classed together for tne purpose of shielding - the combina tions of capital. Aa the result of eighteen years of anti-trust legisla tion, only, one man has been given a penal sentence for violating fthe Federal law on this subject knd that man waa a member of a labor organ ization rather than a -trust magnate. The laboring man Is Justified in bis demand that a distinction shall be drawn between the labor organisation and tne industrial . monopoly. .. , The trust and the labor organization cannot be described in the same lan guage. Th trust magnates have used their power to amass swollen fortunes,- while no one will say that the labor organisation Has as yet se cured for Its members mora . than their ahare of the profits arislur from their work. ' But there are funda mental differences. The trust Is a combination of dollars; th labor or ganlzatlon is aa association of human beings. In a trust a few men at tempt to control th product of oth ers; in a labor organization, the mem bers unite for the protection of that which Is their own. nameiy. their own labor, which, being necessary to their existence. Is a part of them. , The trust deals with desd matter; the labor organisation deals with life and with Intellectual and moraj . forces. No Impartial student of the subject will deny the right of the laboring man to exemption from the operation of the existing anti-trust law. If the labor organization needs to be regulated by law, let it be regu lated by a Jaw which deals with man as man, and not by a law that was aimed to prevent the cornering of a commodity or th forestalling of th market - .. - - f :-. FAVORS) REFORMS. V 1 shall not speak of th eight-hour day, or of th employer' liability act because both of the leading parties have - endorsed these reforms; the only question to be considered Is: which party can best trusted to secure these reforms? ' -1 need hard ly, .assure you that I am heartily in favor of both reforms. v There are two -questions, however. Intimately connected with the labor problem upon -which the Democratic and Republican parties do not agree, and I not only feel at liberty to dis cuss these, but" under the circum stances, li have no right to ignor them, one relates to the Issue of in Junctions, and the other to contempt cases arising under injunctions. The Republican conventUn did not deal candidly with the laboring man on the subject of the writ of Injunction. Secretary Taft has endeavored to amend his platform in this re pert and to make some promises,', which sre not supported by his platform, but his. promises offer nothing sub stantia! In the way of reform, end are-not binding on Republican en- (CoutiDUcd on Fag Eight.) MEETING ENDS IN BIOT "MABSEILLAISE,, STIRS CROWD Alexander Berkman and Other Wefl- imown Anarchists Make ' an At tempt to Break Into a. Meeting; of New York's Unemployed and Turn js into an Anarchistic Demon stra ti on Playing of th French national Air Starts " th 'Trouble and the Police Are Called to Quell the RiotMany Red Flags Are Displayed and the Speakers Are - J3iuer in Tbcir, Denunciations. New York, Sept ; 7. An attempt waa made to-day to turn a meeting of unemployed workingmen into an an archistic demonstration and for . half an b our the big meeting hall in Coop er Union, where the meeting took place, was the scene of wild excite ment - during which-, red flags were raised, the police denounced, and in cendiary speeches made. Alexander Berkman, the anarchist who some years ago , shot. Henry C.. Frick.v a steel company official, during . the Homestead strike in - Pennsylvania, was dragged from the hall by - the police and locked up. A young woman who gave her name as "Mary Smith." and who stood by Berkman, also was arrested, and Emma Goldman, recog nized leader of the "Reds' in this country, waa made to leave the hall. -. POLICE CALLED OUT. Not since the disturbing scenes fol lowing a meeting held In .Central Palace to celebrate the acquittal of William D. Haywood, accused of tbe murder of ex-Governor . Steunen burg, of Idaho, has the, anarchistic element raised such - a disturbance here. Only the stern measures adopt ed by the police prevented the meet ing from becoming an out-and-out anarchistic affair, although- th -tin-employed and Brotherhood Welfare Association, which planned the meet ing had no other intention than to present its claims that there are thousands of idle workmen her J. E. Eads How, of St. Louis, sometimes alluded to as the "Million aire Hobo." planned the demonstra tion. Ho and other omcers 01 tne unemDlovfed and Brotherhood Wel fare Association have for some time been makinir arrangements for a monster parade and meeting on La bor Day, but when the parade lorm- ed, there were less than 1,000 in line. . - The police say they recognized many anarchists In line, among them some who attended the meet ing in Union Square last spring when a bomb was thrown at the police, which killed a spectator' and fatally wounded the bomb-thrower himself. THE TROUBLE BEGINS. There were four big banners of canvas and many smaller flags and standards carried in the parade, bear ing such inscriptions as these: Twenty-five thousand -unemployed walk the streets of New York every night." "New York with all . Its glory has n wsy to take car of ..its unem ployed." " - We want Jobs or bread for our families." ' As the parade drew up In front of Cooper Union a well-dressed man stepped to the side of Mr. How and asked him to have the band play the "Marseillaise." Mr. Howe refer red the man to the leader, of the band. As the French national air was not on the programme, the man gave the band-leader a dollar to play It ' - - . - It was the playing of this air. Iden tified In past times with so much bloodshed, that started the trouble. As soon the crowd had gathered at the hall, the band began to play the "Marseillaise," and in an instant nearly every one present Jumped to hs feet cheering and stamping, on the floor. Red flags appeared but the police quickly made the holders of these . put them away. KINO OF HOBOES" TALKS. Alexander Berkman and Emma Gold, man entered tha hall at thla Juncture and took seats near the platform. I)r. Ben Keitman. who calls him self '"Kings of the Hoboes." and who waa one of the first -speakers, an nounced that his speech had been written by Emma Goldman. This brought forth cheering. Doctor Rett man was .on tne programme for a speech on the "Cara of the Unem ployed," but it was not noticed that had anything to say On this sub ject Doctor Reitman urged the un emnlnvrrl tn rrn.u ttuhmltt ins- in In, he had Anything to say on this sub- bor. ' He denounced publlo instttu tlons and then said: - Listen! This is anarchy, but I tell you there should be fewer thousands expended - In the - maintenance- of churches and the police, and ' the money should be expended In caring ror th unemployed such as you, and not spent in keeping up such super stitions." . ; BERKMAN ARRESTED. I At that time Charles Oberwagef: a former president 01 th Central Federated Union, waa Introduced. He denounced the preceding speaker, de claring Doctor-Reitman had preach-' ea tn doctrine or. anarchy.- -. This caused an outburst ana during the excitement Berkman - sprang to ' hia feet and demanded to be allowed to take the platform to defend the an archistic . doctrines in which he " be lieves.. Policemen swarmed ' through the hall and ordered the disturbers to be quiet, while several bluecoafs surrounded - Berkman.- Emma. Gold man tried to reach his side but she waa stopped and told to leave the hall or sh would 'be arrested. She obeyed. Then tbe young woman who said her name was "Mary Smith." fought her way to Berkman's side nd urged him to take the nlatform. Berkman tried to do this and waa ar rested. The rowd closed In about the -policeman and for a moment it looked as though a- rescue might be attempted, but Berkman remained calm and said nothing to urge his followers on. Other policemen took wary emitn- into custody and the two were taken to a nolle station where they were. locked up. charged with disorderly conduct and inciting a riot , .- .- t- -i ' ' Savannah, Oa., Sept' 7. Labor Day In Savannah was marked by general observance. All -of the public Insti tutions were closed - for th entlro day and most of tha business houses mad the event a half holiday The chief feature of the day was a great parade of the labor forces of the city, under Grand Marshal C G. Wllkerson. Participating In the parade were ' the fir and police de partments and other branches of the municipal administration. - So long was the parade that in close forma tion, 48 minute were required for it to pass a given point The day waa concluded with a pic nic at Tybee Island, Athletic events and speech-making were features on th beach. . , ' . -. ' , ' The Day it Atlanta, Ce. . Atlanta, Ga.; Bept TA parade of cvril thousand laboring men la th morning followed bjr an open' '" air meeting at Grant Park In'ths after noon and the closing of all business nouses marked - tne observance of uaoor Day in Atlanta, . The meet ing at Grant Park was addressed by Governor Hoke Smith, Forest Adair ana others prominent in th city's business life. - . .;. M a Big , Union ! Picnic , at Mobile, Ala. Mobile, Ala Sept 7 Labor Day was observed in this city and vicinity to-day with a big union , picnic at Monroe Park, Shriners' Outing - at Point Clear and - numerous games ana sports. ideal weather prevailed ait day and wen into tne evening, Many prizes were contested for. -' . - Observed at High Point.. Spoc(al to Th Observer. . k High Point, -Sept. 7 Labor Day was generally . observed .here today. Th . banks, postofnee, depot and other business houses Closed their doors. ' , ; Netroe Celebrate at New' Orleans. " New Orleana. La.. Sept. 7. Labor Day was generally observed here as a half-holiday. Banns, the exchanges and a few large business houses closed all day and the negro unions gave a parade through the down-town streets. -THE WEST VIRGIXlA CASE. Chairman Hitchcock Will Take the Matter in Hand To-Morrow and Bndeavor to ' lulto the Warring; Factions Believes a , Settlement Can Be Effected. ' New York. - Sept. 7. The West Virginia governorship nomination which Is of so much concern to the Republican national committee be cause of the possible ill effect upon the national ticket if it is not settled so to unit the two Republican factions of the State, will be taken up by Chairman Hitchcock on Wednea day. He has not yet received the re port of the special committee which has been Investigating the case, but It will he laid before him to-morrow, The refusal of Judge Goft to accept the nomination if both Swisher and Scherr withdraw la not taken as off! clal by officials of the national com mittee and they still hope that som settlement of the controversy along that line may be effected. Th pur pose of such an arrangement Is not to compel the t-wgs faction to narmonic their differences but to bring about a suspension of hostilities until after the- residential election. It would mean postponement of the contest be tween the factions. It is not nopea that there can be an absolute adjust ment of differences at this time and members of the natlonar committee exDect that the fight for supremacy would be deferred tor anoiner taie convention." FIFTH DEATH IV FAMILY. B. T.'Chandler Passes Away at the Watts Hospital In Durham tiio Fifth Member of the Family to Die in the Past Six Months, 8 pedal to The Observer. Durham. Sent. 7.T--B. T. Chandler. aged 4 years, died to-day at Watts Hosnttal where he went flv weeks ago for treatment for typhoid fever His death marks tne end or nve within six months. Beginning March 1 Oth. he lost a son,, and later an other son: July 23d his wife and an other son and to-day the head of the family went aa all the otnera went by fever. The malignancy or tne disease con founds medical men. -All were ex ceptionally well treated. Th disease has left untouched three sisters dui visited all the brothers. Two broth ers are now recovering. Mr. Chandler was a Person county man and the remains will be taken ther to-morrow morning for burial. BRYAN IGNORES HEARST. Say the New Yorker Is Not in the Rimnlna- and He Does ot . txsei Called Upon 'to Answer Him. Chicago, Sept. 7. William J.Bryan was asked to-night If hs had read the Labor Day speech of William R. Hearst. He replied that h had not but he understood that Mr. Hearst had made some criticism of him. "I am fighting Mr. Taft." aald Mr. Bryan. "Neither Mr. Taft or I will "be elected. If Mr. Hearst -will de- dare that he is endeavoring to help elect Mr. Taft and Mr. Taft will en dorse Mr. Hearnt as a representative et Republican Ideas and Mr. Hearst's methods of campaigning, I will an swer Mr. Hearst; otherwise T do not feel called upon to do so." ; Cahnrrus School Open, , fUnecial to The Observer. Concord. Sept 7. The private schools of Mr, W. W. Morris and Mrs. Sarah Virginia Erwln opened this morning un der very pleasing auspices, each school having matriculated Its limits. Superin tendent Jay D. Lents, of the graded school, announced to-day that the pub llo schools sre to open next Monday, September 14th. .' - . The- collegiate Institute and 'Mount Amoena Seminary at Mount Pleasant wlU open thla week, and from th way students are pouring Into the Village In dications sre that tha schools will hav an unusually large, attendance. At the Institute a military system la to be In augurated and thla feature alone will swell the numbers. Prof. 3. W. Camp bell, a graduate . of the Citadel of Charleston, will be commandant at the Institute and arrived this morning. Th small boy Is happy at the military Idea and th school Is promised a flourishing year,. 'V ' " ' .' . ;-.; ,' v Rojp Leads Officer -to Find a Big t-v.''v- Blind Tiger. v.f':;-..; Special to Th Observer. 1," Kin-ton. Sept 7. Policeman Dupre lo cated a blind tiger Sunday afternoon In the nous of Henry Wood, colored, in the alley back of the Whltaker Building, but (he operator had flown. Officer Dupre was coming back from dinner and ob serving a -commotion- ap the -alley turn ad In to see about it Neighbors complain d of a row in Wood's nous and he walked In to inveatlgat. He found Henry engaged In packing a pit at bottles of boos in his trunk. , The nous was liter ally covered ' with empty whiskey bot tles of every dtscriptloa, - Interrogated, Wood said the whiskey was ths property of a lodger of his named Rabbit but Brr Rabbit had escaped.' Th police are on th lookout for him and In the meantime are holding on t Henry. . ; " , Cherokee County Republican Candl- ..; . .. ' . dates, :- Special to Th Observer, v . : v Murphy, Sept' 7-Tha Cherokee county Republican convention to-day nominated th following ticket: For Representative. T. C McDonald; for . coroner, O. M. Evans; Jor sheriff, A. B. Dickey; . for reglater of deeds, A. L. Johnson; for treasurer. A, O- Deweese; for county commissioners," W. . M- Morrow, Theo Kllpatrtrk and H. O. Cosad. Th Demo crats will bold their county convention- In October. Second ebimary to-day TO NAME LATIMER'S SUCCESSOR. South Carolinians Will Choose To-Day - letwccn John Gary Evans and K. D. Smith For United States Senator . lilir Blunder . Made bv - Evans' Management in Issuing Tickets v teniaUonal ' ExDosura of Machine r 0olltlos in Charleston a Result of tne Senatorial Race Nearly a Fall Vote. Expected to Be Polled tn To- Day's Irtmary Commlagionrr Wat son think Flood Damage Will Be u renter xnan Waa Expected. ; v '' Observer Bureau. ' ' S00 gkyscraper Building, Columbia. 6. C. Sept 7 - Somebody connected with th man agement of John Gary Evans' candi dacy for the United States Senate mad a bad break In aendlng out tick ets ror tne balloting to-morrow bear ing the name of Mr. Evans on th ticket - in large black type. These were mailed out broadcast over the State. According to State Chairman Will Jonea these are Illegal ticket and cannot be counted If they ar placed in the ballot boxes, only tick eta furnished by the State and county executive committee being allowed unaer rule of th party. . General Jones is much worked up over the matter because If any of these ticket are voted they will hav to d tnrown out wnich win arrect not only Mr. Evans but th second races for Railroad Commissioner and State Superintendent of Education. In other words, with every vote cast for Mr. Evans in thla way the voter would lose hia ballot for his choice in the other two races, the six candidates for the three positions being voted for on toe sum ticket. . But the blunder has been discov ered in time probably to offset any unfortunate results. General Jonea to-day sent out the following telegram to all county chair men: v "Please Instruct managers to allow voters to use only tickets furnished by Stat chairman and county chair man. Kuie 4. "WILIE JONES, ' "8tate Chairman." He also sent the following to th six candidates affected, Messrs. Evans, Smith, Swearlngen, Cansler and Caughman: "My Information la illegal ticketa peering nam of jonrt uary uvans in large type being circulated. They were not issued with my knowledge. are unofficial and cannot be counted If voted. .. See Rule. "WILIE JONES. "Chairman." FULL VOTE EXPECTED. It is likely that almost full vote wiir be polled the second primary to-morrow, as not only have the frlenda of the six candidates for the three positions on the State ticket succeeded In stirring up much gen eral Interest over the State in the outcome of . those contests, but In al most -every county there Is num er of second races necessary to mi local offices. The race for United States Senator 1 particularly a heated one, - t - ,4 . . MACHINE POLITICS EXPOSED. An Interesting feature of the. sena torial race will possibly be a sensa tional . exposure or rotten . machine politics in Charleston. The machine, controlled bv a handful of men there, has for years been conducting most outrageous frauds botn in tne matter of stuffing- the ballot boxes and in swindling counts or tne votes afterward, accord I nr to number of Charleston men In touch with tne Charleston situation and whose word is not to be doubted. In this con nectlori tales are constantly being brought to the upcountry by reput able Charleston men that the city- la permeated with graft ita policy de partment beta bribed by th gam blers and blind tiger people. A dol lar is aald to be tne standard price for a vote dow nthere and in this way Vat tors and other transient people are carried to th noils in large num bers by heelers, w no vote mem, in droves under names already appear ing on th rolls. , , Th poll lists sre Dublished a Short time before the elections and In this way the heelers all ret full lists. And these crowds carried about by the heelers go from poll to poll and vote under tn direc tion of the heelers, being marched up and given th name of citizens In each case. Som iim these cttlxens com along later and ar met with tn statement on the part or tn managers that they have already voted. Ther hav bean hlnta ef this sort of thing in th Charleston papers, aa well as in other dally paper of th Stat, and th Indication ar that ther I shortly to be some sensational muckraklnr over tn conditions mere. The information brought to Co lumbla ia that the machine will turn the Charleston vote to Evans ' as against Smith, on th ground that Evans Is an upcountry man in tne hop that whan Rhett or soma other Charleston man la again In th race for United State senator or some other. Stat position, what is known as th "Gary oligarchy" can b de pended upon to turn the upcountry vote for th low-country man. ' Al though Evans will be bitterly fought in Charleston in spue or tn ma chine on account of his action while he was Governor, just after Tillman left tha nnvernor'a chair. In nutlln Charleston under metropolitan police control on th ground that this waa necessary to eniorc tn dispensary law ther. ; DAMAGE ' LIKELY 'TO BE EVEN MORE THAN. WAS EXPECTED. Commissioner Watson said to-day that from response he has received from tb circular letter of inquiry for facts he aent out broadcast over th Stat a few day ago, supplement ed by personal interviews, be 1 sat isfied th damage to crops, lands. railroads and bridge will total far mote than has been expected. It will not surprise him - if th total ap proaches, if it doe not exceed, th 2S.eoo.000 mark. . in his judgment th damage . will average a million dollars ' to - th several counties af fected through the Stat from th North Carolina line on the west t the Georgetown coast oa the east' It will be several days yet be for th replies to his Inquiry will b in In sufficient number for him to ap proximate th total damage with any degree of satisfaction and accuracy. but th way they ax coming in in dicate very heavy losses all along th lln. . -' -v - - Th county treasurer of . Oconee county estimates the property ks in hi county st $100,000, th damage to croos 1100.000. the damage from washing of farm lands at $IJ.0. He reports no loss or nr. Cot LeKoy springs estimates tn railroad damage in Lancaster county at I2S.000. th damage to dirt roads and foot bridges at I2M09, th in jury to crops at half a million, th damag to farm lands at tlOO.OOO and loss frorn forced suspension of business at a 11.090. Secretary John Woods of . the Greenville board of trade, says It Will require a personal trip over th coun ty to get at a satlafactory estimate of th damage. ' v. . -" Mr. Lewis W. Parker reports losses of wages from forced shutting down of mills under hi management: Apa lache, 300; Olympla and Granby each ti,00. Capital City $750.T Vice President Lee, of the South ern Power Company,. says his concern suffered' practically, no damage- to plant already in operation, but that the company waa damaged to th extent of 175,000 at ita Rocky Creek station in Fairfield county. State Weather Director Bauer ,haa received a large number of reporta, but so far has not had time to even scan them for an -. estimate. He starts out to-day for a personal In spection trip over the damaged ter ritory., going first to Camden. - THE RESULT IS GUILFORD. Estimate as to Democratic Nomina , tlons Substantially Correct Con vent ton Saturday Will Have to De cide Contest For Treasarcrshlp Ex-Governor Ay cook to Be Present and Make a Speech. ' ; Observer Bureau. ' ' The Bevlll Building, Greensboro. Sept 7. " Later returns from th Democratic primaries held in this county Satur day show that th estimate of the re sult sent out Saturday night was sub stantially correct Mr. T. J. Murphy, of the Greensboro bar, defeated Mr. J. C. Kennett of Pleasant Garden, for the Leglslatue by a good majori ty, and the Indications are that Rev. A. G. Klrkman, the encumbent of th office, ha defeated Mr. W. H. Rankin for register of deeda by a small ma jority. The official returns from two or three outlying precincts may pos sibly change this result The vote between Messrs. J. W. McNalry and G. H. MoKlnney, for county treasurer, Is so close that the nomination will be made by th convention. The candi dacy of Mr. A. Weatherly, who re ceived a small vote, kept either of the other candidate from receiving a majority. Ther was one contest for a posi tion on th board of county commis sioners, Mr. W. C. - Tucker having been opposed for renomlnatlon by Mr. O. F. Fentress. Both gentlemen re side In the same township, Fentress, and Mr. Tucker has been renominat ed by a good majority.- There will be one new member of th board in th person of Dr. W. G. Bradshsw, of High Point, who succeeds Mr. W. G. Ragedale, of Jamestown. Mr. Rags- dale declining to stand for a renoml natlon. The race between Meaar. Murphy and Kennett rival candldatea for tho Legislature, waa abort but Interesting. Mr. Murphy having announced his candidacy Just a week prior to th primaries. Borne of the supporters of Mr. - Kennett Insinuated that Mr, Murphy's : candidacy " wa actuat ed by ' slnster ' and ulterior mo tives and charged openly that the op position to Mr. Kennett sprang from his connection with th muchtalked of school board Investigation, Mr. Kennett is a member of the county board of education and by virtue of hia office is one of th plaintiffs In th suit Instituted against Mr. John . J. Nelson, former clerk of th Superior Court for the recovery of over II 0 000 alleged to-be due the school hoard, over" half of th amount asked for being penalties. 1 Col. John A. Barrlnger, who was nominated for . the Stat Sen ate without opposition,- serv ed In that body IS year ago and was a Democratic elector in ono of the Cleveland campaigns. Dr. J. R. GordonTwho will serve with Mr. Murohv In the House of Representa tives, has been renominated for his third term. He la th author Of th bill placing the officer of the county on a salary oasis, tor wnicn aei.ne was roundly abused by a few people and praised by many other. The county convention will be held Sat or dav. and th fact that ex-Oov ernor Ayeock la to b present and make a soeech on a Democrats or- ligation to support hi party's nomi nees la expected to draw a , large crowd.: Thar ia som talk ef an effort being mad to hav th convention to declare against mors than two term for any dfficer of ths county.- If auch a reso lution should be Introduced, it will encounter considerable oppoaition, but It might pass, for ther la consid erable entlment In th county favor hi to such action. Itocklnfham Repobllcana Name Ticket. ; Steclnt t The Observer. Wentworth,' Sept ' 7. Th Repub licans of Rockingham county held their convention her to-day. It was the largest and most harmonious Republican convention ever nio in this county. Th temporary organi sation consisted of.Jema Held, of Wentworth, chairman and William L Pannlel, of Mayodan, secretary. Thr were no contest and a ringing plat form wa adopted. Gilliam Grlsson. of Spray, was elected permanent chairman. Th following ticket w nominated! For tha Senate: ex-Sherift William Br' Wray; for th House, J. R. Prle and J. w. nincnum; for sheriff, Gus Clark; for reenter of deeds. Jess P. Holland. Five rep resentative citizens wer - nominated for commissioners.' - Th ticket la be ing complimented on all sides. Another Ttrport. ; w, . Special Tbe (.jaenrer. ', Reldevllle. Sept. 7.-Th Rocking- hry Republicans to-day nominated W. B. Wray for th Senate and Elder Fllnchum ana jonn price tor roe lower house. H. A. Clark and J. T. Hollsnd wr nsmed for sheriff and register of deeds, respectively. 1 h board of commissioners baa two formes' Democrats. Th commis sioners ar J. H. Glenn, A. L. French. Ed Bisk. Walter Ounn. J. M. Jonea It was a case of th "outs" walloping th "in." th Federal office-holder not having things their own way aa uauaU' - :'' Democratic Xomlnee In Macon, Special to The Observer. ; " Franklin, Sept 7. The Macon coun ty Democratic convention met here Saturday for th parpoa of nominat or endllatei for th various county ortlcea. The ticket is as follows: For Representative, J. Frank . Ray for register of deeds. D. W. Blaine; for sheriff, Alex Moore; for coroner, F- L. Slier: for surveyor. A.. T. Eiler: :for commissioners, u. h. ixurymple, j H. Dalton and O. P. White. Measrs. Crawford and Blckett speak here next Saturday and Mr. Kltchia on the fo:- lowing Monday. LEADERS ? IX CONFEEEXCE BRYAN MAY TOUR FA WEST. Sfevnben of the Democratic Xatloanl , Committee and Leaders of the Par ty Are Gathered at Chicago For a . Conference To-Day With the Va-''-t Moss Committees Bryan and Kern , Will Be in Attendance and the plan ; of the Campaign Will Be Gone Over Effort Will Be Made to Hare ttr. Bryan Tour tie Western States Clark Howell Brings Encouraging ; News Front the South. Chicago,, Sept, 1r Members of th Democratic national committee who ar gathering here for conferences to morrow met Informally at th hotet late to-day and talked of th outlook for th Democratic cause. To-mor row th whole committee will meet an dtalk over campaign plana with Mr. Bryan and Mr. ? Kern. There will also b meeting of the advisory and finance committees. , During th day. Chairman Mack talked with each member of the committee on th sit uation in hi state. Effort are be ing made to have Mr. Bryan made a lone- awing through the far Western States during October,. and Jt Is not unlikely that he may consent to make th tour. Clark Howell, national committeeman from Georgia, arriv ed her to-day. and held a conference with Mr. Bryan and Chairman Mack. Conditions In the South war discuss ed. Mr. Howell said: T - - '. THE SOUTH SAFE. , "This talk of Mr. Taft cirryinjr Georgia and other Southern 8tatea la nonsense. Mr. -Bryan is Just as popular n th South aa he ever wa and he will not only get the electoral votes of the Southern States, but h will Mrtalm Ik. n r. it 1 a. mm w.ll - ... ..-wa.. . i, c f,u,i., , v . a mm ...... In that section, and with majorities as large as In former years. "Our State election takes place October 7th, which la a month In ad vance of th presidential election. Mr. Brown, our nominee for Governor. will have all of 100,000 majority. Al though John, Temple Graves, who is one of th candldatea ' for - the vice prealdency on th ticket of th Inde pendence party la a Georgian, I do not believe that be will noil more than 4,00(1 votes In th Stat. Taft' vote will b leas than 4S.004 and th combined opposition to th Democratic party in Georgia will not hav mor than 75.000 votes." W. L. Finney, State chairman of Ohio, called at headquarters to-day and arranged with Chairman Mack to make a lively campaign In Ohio. Not only will Bryan and Kern make speeches In Ohio, but th national rnmmlttiii mrltl arranjra inslln Ami mm for Judge Alton B. Parker, Congress man Champ Clark and other speakers of prominence. .... HAD STOLEN MANY TtXprGS. Negro Held at Kinscon For Burglary Found to Have Operated Exten sively. . Special to The Observer. Kinston. Sept 7, In working en th ease against Charles Harris, colored, who waa arrested last week . for . burglary. Polio Officer Dupre got la some good detective work and loeated other proper ty stolen by Harris. Among the arti cle pawned by Harris was a gold watch, but Captain - Dupre could locate no on who had lost a watch and Harris claim ed to hav bought It In Norfolk. ' Several day ago aa Item appeared ia the local paper telllnpr of the larceny of a watch and two rings from th residence of Mr. John E. Crow, ot Golds boro. - Captain Dupree went to work and finally located two lings sold by Harris to Mr. Me Gowan, a Jeweler of this city. He then notified Mr. Crow at Ooldsboro, who came In yesterday and positively Identi fied both watch and rings, having ob tained the Jeweler's private mark, which was In the Jewelry. These things were stolen from the residence ot Mr. Crow In Ooldsboro Saturday night Angust. 29th. Harris record grows worse the further1 It Is Investigated. He claims to hav an accomplice, whose nam h knew not Harris la now confined In Jail with out ball foe burslary. - PHYSICIAN NEARLY DROWNED. Dr. Frank O. Roevr ' Ha Thrllrtng ; rinnmrs in roraing coja water CVeek, Special to'Th Observer. Concord. Sept 7. Dr. ; Frank O. Roger had quite a thrilling expe-' rlence yesterday afternoon when at. tempting to cross Cold Water creek. As I well known, th bridge in every direction out of the city ar out of commission and whan ha Amy m . big horse into th creek along th old ford the hors began to sink, whii th buggy beg nfloatlnr down tha nra.ni. 1st. jiogerB cut tn Harness and let th hors fight hi way out a best It could, while he stuck to the boggy began uoatlnr down the. hold on a willow tree in th stream. where he remained until rescued bv Mr. William Faggart who live near. by. Mr. Faggart felled a tree, di recting It course BO that Dr. Rnrera could make hi way from tha on. an which he waa lodged to shallow wa ter. in ouggy passed on - down stream, carrying with It a medicina c and several other article of mora or. lea value. . , - .-. Clemaon Cadet Wia Be Itelmltted by Signing Agreement -. Special to The Observer. v . Clemaon College, a C. Sect 7 Everything la In readiness at Clemsnn College for th session of.ltos.aa. which commence Wednesday morn ing. Crowd ot th cadets bT i ready arrived on tha campus and by I o'clock Wednesday mor than 76a students will b housed In the several dormitories. :-.:-.. "W kept account of th number f appllcatlons for admission until tn number exceeded 1.100 and then w quit counting." said Prealden MJI to-day. "I hav advised 715 boys to report for duty. . Th capacity of th college i a few mor than 760. Wa expect some to fall on their examina tions, and this win reduce the enroll ment to th capacity of th collefte. It th number fall below we will u?e our waiting list and th boys accord ing to their date of application wi:: 1 asked to report at the college. Concerning the April Fool -ea- pade, of the S0( dismissed cadets w hav received phllctlona from about 125 for readmission. If the llmi.v;- ed cadet la hi application show t that t la penitent and that h heartily sorry for' his action on .v: Foofa Day, the discipline comwM? has been disposed to reajmit t provlJed he has signed the prefer, agreement" Tbe Cape IYr IV: .I'i'-i. Special to The Observer. Fayetteville. F--pt. T.-T1 river here h f-tn mn. after its rapi t n-- y-t nistit. It r- ; 1 t: 1 of a feet i :