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y - - . -, . - '- 1 , t, ,--.- '. - I; SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 A YE All. CHARLOTTE, N. ; 0., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1908.'. ; PRICE ITCE CENTS. BBYAN ISSUES SJATEMFXT PRESIDENT'S PRAISE OF , TAFT Recdies to Letter Written by Presi- a Roosevelt to wnna aoiirs. . of Helena. Mont., M umuneamiioa of Taft Says Roosevelt wuia not Have Done Xcm, Dot the Letter ' May Tie' ODjectea to as irrelevant, ' Immaterial and Not the Best Evi i denee Tart's Platform Weak and ' Vncertain aad No Definite Coll ie elusion as to What He lit and s For - Can Be Drawn from iliA tuer aoces. . Baltimore, Sept, 14. Replying to President Roosevelt's letter to Conrad Xohrs,' of Helena, Mont, commending Mr. Taft, which was made -public to-day, William J. Bryan to-day Issued the following statement: ' "It 'wag expected, of course, that Prealdent Roosevelt ,. would support Mr. Taft He could hardly do less, i in view of the fact that he aelected him aa the administration candidate - and supported him with all the m tfluence that the administration could bring to bear. The President's letter, however, may be objected to as Irr. I.Uant (mmttlrial anil flOt the best evidence. If Mr. Taft were dead. - ft would ba intereatina- to know from Mr. Roosevelt what he knew oi Air. Taft's opinions and work, but as Mr. Tmt la allva an1 ahlA to HDCtk lOT himself. It is hardly . necessary tor Mr. Roosevelt to tell us what Mr. Taft will do. PLATFORM. UNSATISFACTORY "Mr. Taft la running; upon a plat farm which was so unsatisfactory that he had to amend it In several lm portent particulars, and Vt even as amended it gives the public no warmTh of the contest, but the popu dsflnlte 'Idea aa to what Mr. Taft larity of Mr. Gardner throughout the stands tor. Mr. Taft also has made State, in the cities aa well aa in the some speeches and promises to make some more. The ones he haa already maoe nave not tnrown any jigm on the political situation but It Is to be honed that he will yet conclude to define his position with sufficient clearness to enable the public to know what he stands for. It la not sufficient for the President to say that Mr. Taft la a friend of tabor, That is a subject upon which the laboring man is entitled to an opinion, and Mr. Taft's friendship Is 'to be determined not by the Presi dent's endorsement but by the meas ures which Mr. Taft advocatea . Mr. Taft believes that the labor organise tlon ahould come under the operation of the anti-trust law, thus dealing with the men who belong to the labor organisations as if they were mer chandise, for the anti-trust law deato with the monopoly of the prospects ... . of labor. "Mr. Taft ia opposed to trial by Jury in cases of Indirect contempt, thus denying to the laboring man a sale guard which la guaranteed te every man tried in a criminal court, Mr, Taft does not agree with the laboring man In regard to the use et the In- 1nnet7TMn- labor diepotea. No words of -praise from the President can chinn Mr. Taft's attitude on this question, or make that attitude more acceptable to the wage earners. ura oncmnu m ran thimpf .ft WAAawa eej wm QUESTION. . "Mr. Taft's position on the trust question is not changed by the Presi dent's endorsement . The President himself has not succeeded In putting any trust magnates in the pent- tentiary and only a few of the trusts have. been disturbed.. If Mr. Taft la dV more successful than the Presi ' dent in his attacks on the trusts, he will not satisfy the expectations of the public. There are more trusts in the country to-day than there were when Mr. Roosevelt was Inaugu rated, and Mr. Taft favors a weaken ing rather than a strengthening of the anti-trust law. for he haa advo cated an amendment that will limit the - operation of the law to . un reasonable restraint of trade. "On the tariff question Mr. Taft has failed to express 1 himself with clearness. The Republican platform does not use the word 'reduction.' It only promises gevlslon, and Mr. Taft haa construed -that to mean that some schedules will be lowered and some raised but there is no intima tion that the average will be lower or higher than it Is now. NO REFORM RECORD OF HIS - . . OWN. N . . "And so in regard to all the ques tions which are at Issue. Mr. Taft must make his position known. He cannot rely upon the President's en dorsement. An endorsement ' en note is not necessary If the maker of the note la good, and the endorse ment Is only good when suit can be prought against the endorser to en force It. If Mr. Taft-had a reform record, of his own he would not Heed to be endorsed by the President, and the President's endorsement la of no value unless the President will agree to stay In Washington- and see that Mr. Taft makes good. We ought to . have some definite' statement as to What the public la to expect from Mr. Taft. No such definite statement ap pears in the platform, and no definite conclusion can be drawn from Mr. Taft's speeches, and It does not an- , swer the purpose for the President to aaytnat ne reels -sure that Mr; Taft will de what ia right or what -Is Just, for there is a wide difference oi opinion as to what Is right and as to what is Just. Plain, simple .. sentences from Mr. Taft would be wor,th more than the eulogy that the resiaeni pronounces." . s -TAFT. ANSWERS FOR HIMSELF.' Dictetce Formal -Reply to Statement' or Bryansays That He Has Ie- dared Himself on-AU the Issues of the Campaign and if Bryan Has I : miieo: to Understand Them He Can f doc Make Himself Clear DiacuMr r Bryan's Portion on the Question of , me campaign. Cincinnati. O- Sept 14. William H. Taft-demoted himself . to-day ; princl- J , v pally to political compositions. He ( wrote an answer to Mr. Bryan's com ment of President Roosevelt's letter, after which he spent the latter part of the day in the preparation of the - two speeches he Is to make to-morrow the first to a delegation from Green field, Ind.; the otherto the Methodist negro preachers, et . Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. When Mr. Taft was first shown what Mr. Bryan had said, the sponta neous answer was short and terse; -.then Mr. Taft dictated a formal re ply, as follows: . ; . ( i , - MR. TAFT'S 'STATEMENT. - ' "In my notification speech, and la ther speeches made since. I attempt' ed to make clear my position on all the Issues of the campaign. If Mr. Bryan has been unable to understand them. I cannot mak them clear. I stand on my record In office and what I have said. Mr. Bryan should de vote a little .time to his own record, from which he seems to be struggling te separate himself, with all the adroitness acquired in a twelve years' tiunt for an issue on. which he can te elected President The readiness MAINE GOES REPUBLICAN PLURALITY GREATLY REDUCED Bert M. Femald, Republican, Chosen Governor Over' Obadlab Gardner. Democrat Republicans Elect Four V Congressmen and State - Auditor The Republican Plurality Cut to r Leas-Than 10.000 For the : First Time In a Presidential Year For -More Than a Quarter of a Century ', Republicans - on - the Defensive Throughout the Campaign. ' Portland. Me.. Sept 14. Although the Repy'dlicana came off victorious la the State election to-day, Bert If. Fernald, of Portland, being "chosen Governor over r Obadlah Gardner, .of Rockland, the Democrats had tha.1 .atI,act,on ofc Kelng , the norma, Republican plurality; cut to less than 10,000 votes for the first time In presidential year for more than. quarter of a century. ' All four Republican candidates for Congress wera elected and' for State Auditor Charles P. Hatch, of August, Kepubiiean, defeated his opponent. At 10:30 returns for Governor .from all of the cities and 400 towns and Potations out of 409 gave: "" w Ve-J . Gardner (Dem.) 01. 614. game places In 1904 gave; , Cobb (Rep.) 70,882. Davla (Dem.) 46.71J. This showa a Republican loss of per cent, and a Democratic gain of 32 per cent. On this basis the Re publican plurality In the State was estimated at about 8.000 The result, which was much closer than any of the Republican leaders I had anticipated, showed not only the uttlA rural districts, where his fame as the head of the- State grange i proved a great vote gainer. The Republicans were on the de- I fenstve throue-hout tha nmnilrti seeking to hold the State by the usual plurality by answering the various Democratle arguments, which were mainly for resubmission of the pro hlbitory .law. taxation of the wild lands and reform in administrative methods. But little was said of na tional Issues, although the Republl- cans, through outside speakers sougnt at various points to bring such subjects to the attention of the people. Chairman Mack Gratified Over Result. Rochester. N.'Y.. Sent. 14. The re turns from the Maine election were received by the Democratic leaders ere -.nlht ,wlth much gratification. I I a H ft n a 1 Phalrmi, Ibfatl, ..M- National Chairman Mack said "The reports that I had received from Maine were very encouraging and these led, roe to anticipate the large gains made bv the Democrats. Maine has always been regarded as a niae-oouna Republican State, and the returns from there to-night Indl fai,.,mo. f,earif.,than MJthing I can fay that the sentiment of the people to. thoroughly aroused for the cause If Democracy. What has happened JJ Maine clearly forecasts what wiU th outcome in other States at the coming election, and to-night I am more confident than ever that Mr. Bryan win be elected. with which Mr. Bryan in successive presidential campaigns passes from one paramount issue to another shows that the chief consideration which has affected his selection of an Issue has been Its possibility in attracting votes. He presents the remarkable spectacle or one who has been seek ing the presidency for twelve years witnout success and without official responsibility, and without the oppor tunity to test the various propositions which ne has advocated for reforms, va -a as ma saeji erauv uvutvu strata what a colossal failure he would have made in each instance, had he neon permitted to carry his proposals In the policies of the country. CUBE COINAGE OF SILVER. Be does not now say whether he is still In favor -of the free coinage of silver. He does not now answer the question 'whether. If he were President and an exigency should arise In which he would be called upon to exercise his discretion affirmatively to maintain- the parity, between gold and silver, he would exercise that discretion. He haa - not , permitted himself to discuss in this campaign the issue of antl-imperlalism, which was -the paramount issue in 1900, as he declared, and In respect to tne policy of the Republican party has been vindicated by the event so 'that tranquillity and a good government evlst in the Philippine islands, and even the independently' prefer Re publican victory to Mr. Bryan's prom- ises. GAVE BOND ' TO1 KEEP THE . PEACE. "He now says that he favors the rigid regualtion of the railroads. in 1890 he expressed the view tnat tne railroads could jest be regulated , be cause the railroads , would own tne regulators appointed by law, and therefore ht waa in favor of govern ment ownership. We hear nothing from him on this subject Instead by describing his platform not only aa an announcement of principle, but a protection against uncomfort able Issues, he has attempted to give "bond te keep the peace with respect to government ownersnip, wnica , oy Its mere announcement snows its iacg of the vote-catching . , quality, He Professes to have been - the father, and now to be the heir of the Roose velt policies, and yet in no campaign of three In which he has taken part two of which - he led, did he make them the paramount Issues. , Indeed, in the Parker, campaign no toog oc casion-to charge Mr. Roosevelt With militarism and with being completely subject to the Influence of corpora tions, only -to see him -win the great est peace triumnh of the world, and secure such aa effective stamping out of corporate abuses as to elicit tael admiration of the entire, country. A HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD LABOR. "Mr? Bryan ' professes to be the great friend of labor, and yet ha was one of the chief supporters in the pas sage of the Gorman-Wilson bill that made labor helpless for four years. He then proposed as a remedy for the JI.'.UL.J.'-j.hl.. . . i uuuicn iu witica uwr "was ioiu ex posed, the issuing of a SO-cent dol lar, which would .have cut In half such wages as there were, and would hare led to tne hardest kind of strug gle on labor's part to restore its wages to Its proper equivalent under the gold standard. The country has been most fortunate that the fallacy of Mr. Bryan's railroad proposition has been exposed without the cost of patting them into actual governmental praotice and It will be fortunate in deed If the danger of four years de pression, to which it would be ex posed in case or Mr nryan's election, may be averted, and If by Republican success in November, and subsequent prosperity and tty a cimcning of the Roosevelt policies, he may again be shown to be a prophet - without honor." - i. - WILL SPEAK TIIBEE TIMES KERN TO APPEAR AT ASHETUXE A ire Presidential ' Nominee " Makes -Two Dates in North Carolina la Addition to - That s, at Wlnstou Selem Congressman Oilie aVuncs M ill Make an Address' at Raleigh Charter Granted Southern Auto mobile Company, of. Charlotte auditor Dixon Speaks at KenansrUle Raleigh High School Open, fu New $3u,000 BaUdlng w capital cases on Wake Docket A Day's News From the State . ... , . Observer Bureau, - ' The Kolleman Building, v Raleigh? Sept, 14, 'National Democratic Committee man Josephns Daniels arrived this afternoon after a six-weeks' absence on special committee work,. He aay that when Vice Presidential Nominee Kern promised to speak at Winston Salem, he urged him to speak at other places in the State, notably Ashevllie. He wired Mr.- Daniels to-night - he would speak at Ashevllie October 6th, and some othfr point In piedmont North Carolina the th. Congress man Oilie James, of Kentucky, a star speaker at the ' Denver convention, wires he will speak at Raleigh. Mr. Daniels will urge him to speak at other North Carolina points. Messrs. Henry Watterson and Josephus Daniels are almost ready to announce the full editorial advisory commit tee. Its members in North Carolina are: W. H. Bernard. Wllmlngtoni J. P. Caldwell and W. C. Dowd, Char lotte, and Josephus Daniels. Mr. Wat terson is chairman. The Union Flee Insurance Com pany, of Philadelphia, haa applied for permission to enter this State to do business. A charter Is granted the Southern Automobile Company, of Charlotte, the capital stock being 826,000, and John w. Zimmerman being the prin cipal stockholder. State Auditor Dixon spoke at Kenansvllie to-day. Ha continues to be in very great request as a speaker. This afternoon the Sunday school of the Baptist Tabernacle "enjoyed Its annual outing, riding on all the street railway lines in the city and then going to Pullen . Park, where there were all sorts of amusement. v To-day before the Corporation Com mission there was a hearing, in the matter of an overhead crossing of a railway at Durham and another, re gardlng freight rates on the Transyl vania branch of the Southern Rail way from Hendersonville to Toxaway. SCHOOL IN NEW BUILDING The high school Opened to-day in its new building, which cost 880,000 complete, and over ZOO pupils were in their seats. City Superintendent of Schools Francis M. Harper was great ly pleased at ths opening. Mr. P. C, Enniss made a gift of a State flag to the school and this was hoisted. Tha house-warming will probably be held Friday night Many parents of chll dren were present to-day and plenty of enthusiasm and Interest were showa. "New uniforms for the band of the Third Regiment have been -received from the War Department-these be ing drab olive for winter service. At the criminal term of the - Su perior Court, which begins next week, there are two capital cases. One Is against Simon Lovejoy, colored, who blew' out the brains of his paramour in east Raleigh, made a desperate at tempt to escape and was run down and captured by a posse of negroes. having been found In the" city stone quarry In the water up to his neck. The other man to be tried la Dan Smith, a negro with several aliases. who Is from the Morrisvllle section of this county and who shot and kill ed a man near Wakefield in the seat era part of the county. Smith, it is said, waa for years a moonshiner and is wanted for several offenses. A letter to-day from Rector Milton A, Barber, of Christ church, who ts at Hot Springs, N. O, says he is now Improving quite rapidly. His trouble is Inflammatory rheumatism. The State, school for the blind opens this week and will have more pupils than ever before. Its colored department In the eastern part of the city, where deaf mutes are also taught, has been enlarged by the ad ditlon of a third story to the main bulldlna to accommodate fifty mora students., PLANNED TO "SHOOT UP" TOWN. Eleven Negroes Arrested In South Carolina as inanrrertloniiels. Grow ; ing Out of Race Friction Flood x"Mayea Delivery of Kiries and eavea tne Town of Ntnety-Slx. Columbia. 8. C, Sept 14. Eleyen negroes "arrested at Nlnety-srx, B. C-, are. in Jail at Greenwood to-day on the charge of insurrection, growing out of race friction. An intercepted letter revealed the fact that a band of negroes had been 'planning secret ly at iJlnety-SIx td 'shoot up" .ths town on Sunday night, September th, but that the floods which caused the annulment, of all freight trains had delayed the delivery of rifles to ths negroes. . Sheriff McQillan asserts that the evidence against the negroes ia conclusive." There has been much friction between the races since the general election race riot near Ninety Six ten years ago, when many negroes were killed.: V v"v Two years ago It was rumored that negroes were obtaining guns to sse in an attack on white citizens, bat the merchant who It was found sold the guns furnished ths names of those who 'bought them,, and all the guns were'collected.::- -t;-: -r- Four , weeks age Joseph Tolbert, a white Republican, was run - out of Ninety-Six at a local election,' and It Is said that In the Intercepted letter the negroes mentioned as marked men four of those most active against Tolbert. . " ' J - ? '-' -.- -: ' . ' , Colonel Stewart Win Not Take the 90 Must Hide. - 4os Angeles, Cel., Sept. 14. A des patch from Fort Huachuca, Arls, says Colonel Stewart who has been prac tically in exile at Fort Grant will not take the 90 mile ride as ordered by the War Department 'He has' been i ordered back to Fort Grant without taking the teat aad Will leave Fort Huachuca to-day. FOTJXD HAT.WORV BIT DR. RUSIW Was Hanging In the Hallway of the v ltoetlu Home, But Memuers, - of Family Do Not Know How it Got There Two Additional Detectives . at Work on the Case Movements of Charles Davis on Night of the boooung I raced oy roiiee. , . Omaha, N,sb, Bept 14 Detectives to-day round the hat worn by Freder ick Rustin the night he was shot It was fonnd hanging In the hallway of tne itustln home. It is a flat puaDie straw, with a turned down peak- How the hat got on the hook at the Rustin home ne person there could say. 1 "I cannot tell how the hat got there." said Mrs. Rustin. "I had no time to think of such a thing the night my husband was shot He wore several different hats, and cannot' tell now whether or not that is the one he wore the night of the shooting." . It was -suggested to her that the maid might have hung the hat -on the nail where It was found, but Mrs. Rustin stated that the maid had not seen the hat and had not known It was there. There was nothing to in dicate that it had not hung where it waa found since the shooting, and no person at the Rustin homo knew of It being touched since that time. Mrs. Abbie Rice, who is still held at the police station, identified the hat as the one word by Dr.Rustln when she left him three' hours before the shooting. She. was sure there could be no mistake. It has been turned over Jo the county attorney. No bul let hole was found in it. ,aa.- Two additional detectives have Wn placed at work on the case. Charles E. Davis, now under arrest charged with murder, is still at the home of Luther KounUe. hia nephew, and is said to be recovering partially from the shock Incident to the shooting and Inquest and hla own Illness fol lowing his attempt at suicide. A new tack was akn 4y the au thorities this morning, when tne county attorney took charge of the in vestigation. The search for the pistol witn which the shooting was done con tinues. The mysterious man who was seen by Dr. J. p. Lord staggering down tho- atrewt .frnm the Rustin home aa Dr. Lord was hurrying to the house shortiv after Rustin was shot, was also seen by F. J. Stack, driver of the ambulance which responded to mo call to take Rustin to the hospltak Stack gave this Information to-day to the county attorney. Wheh seen by Stack, the man naa reached Twenty-eighth and Fornam streets, three quarters of a mile near er town than when seen by Dr. Lord. Dr. Lord's description fitted Charles E. Davis. Stack has nevjr seen Davis but his description fits that of Davis. He says the man he saw waa dressed In dark clothing. , This man has now been traced from near the Rustin house all the way down town, having been seen at there different polhts on the -renter THREE KILLED; : THIRTY ' HURT. Passenger Train On Tasoo MIbsIs alprNTTalley Railroad Jumps the Track, the Chair Car and One Coarh Falling Over Embankment, Killing Three Persons snd Injuring 0. Memphis, Tenn., Sept 14. Passen ger train No. 314, on the Taioo A Mississippi - Valley Railroad, was badly wrecked near Clarksdale, Miss., this afternoon. Three persons were killed and about thirty Injured:. . The dead: VIRGIE GRAHAM., wife of Hon. T. A. Graham, of Glendora, Miss. UNIDENTIFIED Gl'RL, 15 years, ticket reading to Memphis. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. Seriously injured: John H. Perkins, of Memphis; Conductor E. E. Sharp; Miss Annie Lubkin: Miss Katherine McLean, of Lexington. Miss.: Miss A. J. Jack more, of Mattson, Miss.; Miss Hattle West Johnson, of Greenwood, Miss, The train was running at a high rate of speed when at Dunham, a small station near Clarksdaie, u jumped tne track. The chair car and one of the passenger coaches, both filled with people turned over am embankment and were badly smashed. - The wrecked train, left Jackson, Miss., at t: 16 this morning and was due at Clarksdale at 1:20 p. m. Advantages of Shenandoah Valley For . Remount Depots. "Washington, Sept. 14. Ths ad vantages of the Shenandoah valley of Virginia as a location for one of the - proposed remount depots under consideration by the quartermaster general of the army Is set out in a recent report from Capt F. B. Hen- neasy, of the Third Field Artillery. The officer was Impressed also with the great number of well-bred horses te be found in' thst country. The supply of luxuriant bluegrass, the of ficer says, Is practically unlimited. affording excellent pasturage facilities for a large number of animals. This Is the country, he adds, from which Mosbys guerrillas and Jeb Stuart's cavalry secured many of ths horses with which they did such wonderful long distance riding during ths civil war. .The descendants of these hardy horses are numerous. Spectacular Attempt at Murder . and ... , , BUK MIC. ' Memphis. Tenn- Sept 14. A spec tacular attempt at murder and suicide occurred at the crowded corner of Monroe and Third streets at o clock to-night when Mose Cook, 41 years old. an , Insurance clerk, shot three bullets Into his wife and attempted to kill himself. With the revolver In his mouth and repeatedly polling the trigger, his life waa saved only by the fact that all of the cartridges had been exploded. The man coolly started to reload the weapon when a bystander seised a club and . felled him to the pavement The woman was taken to the hospital, where she lies in a precarious condition. The tragedy ' was ; witnessed by hundreds of people. .- , -1 :. t' ' a . - i Governor Smith's Father Dead, - Atlanta,' Ga Sept 14. H. H- Smith. father of Governor- Hoke - Smith, of Georgia.-and one of the best-known educators In the South, died 'at bis home la this elty tedsy.- : Me' was 'a native of New Hampshire and had lived in various California cities, -la Baltimore snd parts of North Caro lina. - Mr. Smith came to Atlanta about fifteen years ago. He was 88 years, old. ' ; .- - : Decision Ezpected To-Day,, V Richmond.' Ve.. Sept 14 It Is ex pected that the decision- In the South Carolina dispensary cases will be de livered In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals here to-morrow,- - SMALL AND MEEKISSSPEAK JOINT DISCUSSION IN CAMDEN. CoL Isaac Meekjns Asks For a "Division ef Time and Congressman Small Cheerfully Grants It Meeklns :, Speaks First and Makes a Fiiw Oratorical Effort He. Belittles Mr. Small's Course in Congress For the Last Ten Tears, But the Latter, in a Dignified Manner, Ably Answer. All Arguments Set Forth by His ' Opponent About Three Hundred Camden Citizens of Both Parties h J (Hear the Discussion. Special to The Observer. Elizabeth City,- Sept 14. Congress man John H., Small and Col. L M. Meeklns, Republican nominee for Congress, from this district held a Joint discussion at Camden court house to-day. Democratic Candidate for the Senate Godwin was absent and Meeklns askeA for a division of time with Mr. Small, which was cheerfully granted. Mr. Meeklns spoke first and made a fine oratorical effort con fining most of his talk to belittling Mr. Small's course in Congress for the last ten years. He said Mr. Small had not fulfilled promises made the district and had encouraged an In crease of salaries and extravagances. Touching' pn national politics he said the Republican party had been the salvation ef the country. Tariff waa necessary for protection of industries, etc. He lauded Roosevelt's policies and compared Taft to Washington. Lincoln and Roosevelt. He also poked fun at Bryan and said the Democratic party waa In bad straits to run the same man three successive times with two defeats to hla credit He said further thst the Democratic party was Inconsistent. If free silver was right in 1898 and 1900, It was right to-day. Mr. small replied In a very dig nified manner and ably answered all of his opponent's argument. He showed the tariff up In Its true light. as well as the, general policies of tho Republican party. He said the tariff was an. Insidious tax. He also paid his rpspects to State Republican rule. showing It up in a terrible light in 1868 and 1898. He gave a history or the life of Rryan, saying he was as clean In public as In private life. He said the Democratic platform was strong and should receive the Support of. all .good men. He predicted the election of Bryanr In November. About 300 people were present, rep resentatlves of both parties. WILKES CONVENTION HELD. Democrata Nominate Flnley and Prof fit For Legislature Addrrvw by Son ator Overmas. - Special to The Observer. North Wilkesboro, Sept. 14. The Democrats of Wilkes held the most enthusiastic convention of years to day and T. B. Finley and R. L. Promt were nominated for the Legislature. Resolutions were passed declaring unanimously in. favor of the separa tlon of the county offices of sheriff and treasurer. A bill In the last Legislature establishing these offices was defeated by tne KepuDiican om- clal, W. W. Barber and a few lobby ists. Senator Overman addressed the convention, making a powerful speech and being cheered throughout. Tne (senator was in nne inm ana aner dwelllna- on the history of the found ing of the United States government with great eloquence, ne iook up tne subject of centralisation of govern ment. "What are the signs of ths times T - The answer is centralisation of government and wealth, as was the case with the Roman government Im mediately before It fell. The ques tion seemr to be, Shall this be a gov ernment by the people or a govern ment for and by the office-holders T H nald a hla-h tribute to Bryan and ridiculed the Republican slogan of prosperity. He took up the tariff and State matters. : - Much conrratulatlon and enthusias tic hand-shaking "was tendered the earnest Senator after his speech in the court house. His speech has dons a great deal of good here. RAL-LY AT KINO'S MOUNTAIN. Gaston and Cleveland Democrats . Gather In Large Numbers to Hear Messrs. Kitcnin ana u. r. Aycoca Mr. A. A. Whitener Also Speaks. Special te The Observer! Gestosis, Sept 14. One of the big gest Democratic rallies ever held In this section took place at King's Mountain to-day, about three thous and being In attendance from Gaston and Cleveland -counties. The main feature was the address by Hon. W w: Kltchln, this being his only ap pointment to speak In . these two counties during the campaign. He sooke two hours and held marked at tention throughout He devoted his Urns largely to national issues, die Aisslnr the most vital of them In i logical and convincing manner. Men who have heard Mr. Kltchln many times say that It was tha best political speech they ever heard him make and It Is certain that he did -the Demo cratic cause good In the way of gain lag votes. . t - Mr. B. F. Aycock also made an ex cellent speech and was heard with in terest and pleasurs. ' The rally was not- a i Joint discussion,, but the Re publicans accepted an offer to divide time and sent Mr. A. A. Whitener to represent their cause. His speech was largely made up ot denunciations ot the Democratic party and the men who compose it' His effort was not In the sams class with thst of Messrs. Kltchln-and Aycock. though ,qults a number of Republican - supporters were present to cheer him. The Cherryvllle Republican Club was out in almost full forced , ' . Second Primary Necessary tn Robeeon. Special to .The Observer. V -. Lumberton, Sept 1 4. The official count of the Democratle primary held last Thursday reveals the fact that only-one Representative was nomi nated and a second primary haa been ordered for-Thursday, the 14th. Messrs. W. J. - McLeod and- John- E. Carlyle -having, received . the highest number -of .votes, tne coniesr win oe between them and friends of both are already at work in earnest, preparing Big Welcome to Kltchln. Special t (The Observer. ? Lumberton. Sept 14. An enthu siastic meeting of Democrats was arid In the ppers house to-night for tue nurnose of formulating plans for the entertainment of Hon. W. W. Kltchln. who speaks here the Zth. Robeson proposes to give him ths greatest ovation he will receive during the campaign. - . W. J. BRYAN IN MARYLAND ADDRESSES DELIVERED TWO Spoke Last Night in Baltimore to an Audience Estimated at 85,000 : People Given ft - Great . Ovation - Crowd Displayed Impatience Over the Preliminaries He jxpiainei " that in some of 4he -Cities of the East the Democratic Party Was at a Disadvantage, Being Subject to Mlhrepretientatlon as to Its Policies Nothing In the Platform Tliat Need Alarm Any Legitimate in terest. ' Baltimore. Md., 8ept 14. William J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for President to-day for a second time claimed the attention of the voters of Maryland. He spoke twice, the first time, at Annapolis, where ho discussed the issues of the campaign, and to night in this city in the fifth regiment armory., before an audience, which. It is conservatively estimated, exceeded 25,000 people. Mr. Bryan received an ovation. The crowd cheered vo ciferously and displayed impatience over the preliminaries, which Included an address of Introduction by Govern or Crothers, who attacked President Rooaevert and charged him with be ing the most extravagant executive the country ever has known, THE TARTY AT DISADVANTAGE IN THE EAST. When Mr. Bryan stepped to tho front pandemonium reigned. ' The crowd rose en masse, cheered and waved flags, the band the while play ing "Dixie." Mr. Bryan devoted most ef his time to a discussion of the same issues that he has presented elsewhere, but he added a little local color by explaining that In some of the cities of the East the Democratic party was at a disadvantage, because it not only lacked the means of getting Democratic policies before the voters, but waa subject to misrepresenta tion as to such policies. Ho stated with emphasis that there waa nothing In the Democratic platform that need alarm any legitimate Interest, i Among other things ne said: "The Democratic platform differs from the Republican platform In that! our party distinctly declares what It. opposes and what It favors. When you read the Democratic platform you know exactly what to expect, for the two candidates are pledged to the platform. You not only know what the plaform Includes but you know that It excludes everything ebic. The Republican platform is ambig uous and uncertain. Wiien you get througrt reading It you are In thai dark aa to what the President will do." Mr. Taft, he eald, had already amended his platform In several par ticulars, g)ut no one knew what other amendments he might add before the election, and what additions he might make to It after the election. When anyone came to construe the Republl can platform, he said, a guessing contest was entered zato. and no one could tell whoso guess was nearest the truth. President Roosevelt, he declared, was elected upon a similar platform. CONSTANT CONFLICT. "And as his platform promised nothing In particular, he felt at lib erty .'to recommend number of things Republican leaders object ed to. The result was, he said, a constant conflict between the execu tive and Congress. Speaking of the policy Of the Dem ocratic party, Mr. Bryan said that Democrats believed . that popular questions should be submitted te tne public and that the decision Of the public was binding on officials. "As the Republicans do not present specific propositions," he asserted, "a Republican victory could not be con strued as a declaration, in favor of any particular reform or against any existing abuse." He said that Mary land by right was a Democratic State, and that no Democrat could find in the Denver platform an ex cuse for voting the Republican ticket "But" he said, "Republicans who recognise the abuses that have grown up under Republican rule can find a reason for Joining with ths Democrats to restore the government to Its own foundations, -for the Democratic sen timent in the country Is far larger than any party, and the Democratic sentiment demands that the laws shall be made in the Interests of the whole people and that the govern ment shall be administered In such a way that the rights of all shall be protected and that special privileges shall be no longer granted to the few.' MR. KERN'S ITINERARY. Vice' Presidential Candidate Will Speak in Asbeville, Greensboro and Winston-Salem Small Campaign Contributions Pouring Into Na tional Headquarters. Chicago, Sept. 14. Governor Has kell, of Oklahoma, treasurer of the Democratic national committee. stated to-day that miscellaneous con tributions to the , campaign fund ranging from $1 to 1100 were being received at the rate of 88.000 a day. exclusive of funds gathered by the finance committee. . Vice Presidential Candidate Kern spent the whole day at the national headquarters dis cussing details of his itinerary. He left to-night for Indianapolis. Mr.. Kerns, itinerary was an nounced to-day as follows: Chlcsgo, Jefferson Club - banquet September 17th: EvansvlIIe, Ind., September 18th; Maryland and West Virginia. September Ml th-J 4 th. at points to be axed by the central com-J mittees of those States: - Msnsfleld. O., st format opening of the Demo cratic campaign In Ohio, -September 38th; points In northern Ohio, Sep tember 88th and Ith: Saginaw, Mich., September 30th; Birmingham, Ala., October Id: Macon, Ga., Oc tober 3d; Asitevuie, N. C, October th; Greensboro, N. C. October fth; Winston-Salem, N. C October 7th: Roanoke. Va.. October 7th: Finn- castle, W, Vs.. October ith: Hunting ton, W. Vs.. and other points to be named beginning October loth.- October 8lh bus been left open to permit Mr. Kern to visit his sister near Roanoke, Va. It was In. Roan oke that Mr. Kern's parents lived before .they migrated West snd he will spend aa much time aa possible mere. Unable to Locate Hasband.' ' Detroit Mich., Sept 14. The local police have received several telegraph message sixneu --aira. l. w. Boone.t Roanoke, Va.. asking about the con dition of Mr. Boone, the woman's husband, who, the telegram explains, waa reported to have been etabUed in Detroit. Nra. Boone's information waa received from - in-troit bv tola grama signed C, R. Wilson. The De troit police 'have bn unatl to locate either Boone of Wilson. MB. S. L PATTERSON PASSES END CAME YESTERDAY SIORNIXG After an ninees of Several Years Mr. Samuel L, Patterson,' State Commit " sione. of Agriculture, Dies' at His Home In Caldwell Connty Was a .Descendant of Several Prominent I "ami lies Had Been a Member of the Legiedatare Several Times and Mas Twice Commissioner of Agri culture Waa Man of Fine Intel ligence and Commanded the Love or His Fellow-Cltlzena -Funeral To ay. .,, -- Special to The Observer. . Lenoir, Sept 14. Mr. Samuel I r Patterson, Commissioner of , Agricul ture of North Carolina,, died i this morning at his home Palmyra,' In the Yadkin Valley. He is survived by ' wife and a host of relatives and ad- i. m inS inenae wno have attested; their sincere friendship by their deep ' concern during -' his Illness. In his death this community, as well as the State, sustains a great loss. " He was identified with every movement for the betterment of the public.; H waa a man of high character and ideals, which he carried Into his pub lic life where he was talthful in the performance of every trust He had len in railing health for several years but was able 1o attend to the duties of his office. The funeral services will be con ducted at 4 o'clock to-morrow by Rev. John g. Moody, of Hickory, pas- ; tor of this parish, where Mr. Patter son was a faithful vestryman for sev eral years. He was a son of Gn. and Mrs. S. I Patterson and was born at Palmyra,' the family home, March 8th. 1850. ,ic mail it-ii .-vi is mar j oeoKimn, ot Salem, April 17th, 1K73. He was educated at Wilson School, Alamance' county: Plnley High School. Lenoir. and at the Universities of North Car olina and Virginia. He was chairman of the board of commissioners of iniuweii county irom iibs m in. ne was elected a merrtDer or tno -House of Representatives in 1880. elected State Senator in 183 and served as Commissioner of Agricul ture from 1893 to 1887. Ha - was again elected to the Legislature in ' 1900 and Commissioner or Agricul ture tn 1905. which office he held to the time of his death. Samuel Legerwood Patterson was the son of Hamuel Finley Patterson, through whom he wsa connected with, th Patterson and Finley families, who bore a prominent part in the his tory of this country during ths past ' two centuries. On the mother's side he descended from the Joneses and Lennlrs, families both prominent and honored. He married In the seven- . ties Miss Mary Senseman. of Salem, the' loving companion whose life has been to him a constant benediction. One child, a daughter, was born to them. The birth of the daughter, who was so Joyfully welcomed, occur red on the same night and In the same home in which her grandfather died. The hope that the new life given them .would long be spared to bless the home from which the ven erable ancestor had Just been taken was not realised and the daughter drooped and died In her first year. - Mr. Patterson was highly respectd and beloved by those who knew him best. ' His ' neighbors always bore willing testimony to his worth and at the polls they voted for him with practical unanimity. He was the per sonification of kindness and charity and none was turned away from his door with empty hands. He will be greatly missed now that he will go In and out before us no more. SENTENCED TO HANG. Henry Harvey, of Roanoke, Va Most Pay the Law's Penalty For Killing -Hugh Price at Kocktngliam Other . Caws IMnpoecd of. . ' "V : Special to The Observer. Rockingham, Sept 14. At' the term of Superior Court for Richmond county Just adjourned Henry Har- -vey was convicted of murder In th first degree and sentenced by Judge B- F. Long to be hanged October 3 2d. Harvey is from Roanoke, Va . and killed Hugh Price. Both were at work on the sewerage for the town. Harvey murdered Price In eold blood. The parties had had seme ' difficulty at their work en Saturday afternoon prior to the killing on Sun day morning.. Harvey secured a pis tol, went to where Price waa board ing on Sunday morning," burst In the . door and fired upon Price-while he was eating his breakfast, shooting him fatally. Then he turned hia gun upon the others at the table, who suc ceeded in escaping. Harvey giving, chase. He then returned to. Price, who was already In a dying condition, and reloaded his pistol.' shooting him several times through the head, death) following immediately. - The trouble) waa ths outgrowth of a gambling af fair.. " - In the case of State against Cary Quick. E. B. Quick, Lander Quick and Love Knight charged with - killing Jule Combs, the notorious Stats line blind tiger keeper, the three - last named defendants were acquitted and Cary Quick convicted of manslaughter . and sentenced to the State prison for four years. He appealed. - The case of th State va H. F. Griffin, the Hamlet policeman charged with killing Sandy Gilchrist while at-, tempting to make aa arrest was con tinued, ' . t -v ... - WOUNDED TWO; KILLED SELF. Enraged Negro Shoots His Wife aad - Her Mot iter : and Then .Fatally - Shoots Himself. : Special to Th Observer. ..vlr ; LaurlnbUrg. Sept 14. Enraged be cause -his wife, with whom he had failed to live -peaceably for several years, would not go back home with him, Henry Moore, colored, shot both her and his mother-in-law about t o'clock . this morning, inflicting ugly though not serious .wounds en each. Then thinking he had killed them he walked off a shart distance and. put ting his pistol to his throat took hi own life. His wife is shot through both hands aad the right ear, the lat ter shot striking the skull and glanc ing off. The elder woman was shot In the mouUv the ball coming out at the lower Jaw. Coast Line Detective Snoots Unknown - . White Man. Special to The Observer. ' Fayetev!lle. Sept 14. An nnkn- , white man was shot by l-t-v.. -fH arborough, of the , Atlantic O1" Line, last night about 10 o clock. T -man. who was found by the d?;wt . -emerging from an empty box ti the A. C L. yards, w as fleeinr shot In both l's. He waa hu carried to a hospital, whfre -found that his wounds wer rlous. The stranger states f from Charleston, 8. 'C, 1 ' t r reveal Ms name. He i-s a : good aiirn'',
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