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V; i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE :f $3.00 'A YEAR. - ' - ---fU CHARLOTTE V FRIDAY-3I0RNIKO,, NOVEMBER 20, 1908. " ' - 'V ilt l"v ' '. PRICE FIVE CENTS. " TELLS HO W OJLTIiUSI GKEW liOCKEFEX.LER ENDS TESTIMONY ' . Head of Standard Oil Company Will J lave to Submit T-iJ!iy o " i;xanilmttion by inum . n-ciiogs, IIjw KiHittl A ' trtitt Attorney icu eral Jtor the Government ill Dl I . r...-e Ka ruination- Drought to I " ICat'lK-r Abrupt Clone Counsel For " Um Trust Lets It He Known That " John 1). Arclibold Will Relate Moth f the Truwt's History to the Court Mr. Rockefeller Gives Date and 1 -urea Acquaint Reporter With -New York, Nov. 1. Wb. the tell ing of th story of the first cor of year of the Industrial development of th Standard .Oil. Company-tn - testimony of John D. Rockefeller. . nrMlrian of th Oil combine. Ott dl ', ' ect examination in tha Federal suit to dissolve- to Standard s Company ' was brought to en unexpecteddo : thi afternoon. ' Tha . head of tha Standard told to-day of the processes and Cause of the company growm m tn the trust - agreement of 1883 and fter . IdenUfying tha partiea to that agreement, counsel .tor the de tense, announced that Mr. Rockefel ler had concluded c tola direct testl . cnony and requested an adjournment until tomorrowi ' ( - iTrlda will find Mr-Rockefeller on fhawHneaa stand under the sharp fire of the eross-ajcatnination of Frank B. ' Kellorg'r speciar Asaistani r ' sey General prosecutinr the ease for the government. . -rne cro-a"-nithtn br the aovernment will be ' generally confined 4o th period fron? 11(1 to li is -.except wnero-mo , mnn haa direct bearlni on develop- snenta in the company's affairs -in Its ; later period. Counsel tor tne Biana rd let It be known to-night that the " history of the company from tha trust - agreement of III wouia oe ioia v v the witness etana. ny jonn u. : hnM .nn nresidenV of tha company, who is conversant with the combine' , aevelopment.-. - V '- ' - ' .. :t ACQUISITIONS NECES3ART. Mr. Rockefeller's 'testimony to-day had to do principally with the ' acqul altioni of other reflntng companies together with transportation ran ' cerna and pipe Una systems Which ha rinlarad were necessitated by the natural growth of the Standard bual- nesa,- -fix- -. w.v.,.:-s: !,?;. iioon h resumlns' the sUnd to .v Mr. Rockefeller said that the Oil - business waa made en - harardous . proposition because of tha apprehend .'ion that tha aiiDDly of crude oil . would become exhausted. ;l He then recalled the organisation ,'",f Pro ducers Union in the 70' about the time of tha agitation of the South - improvement Company.;;. Thla led, he " said, to an association. f oi) refiners who were desirous of having a sup " pir f ruJ' oilwhich . waa not coa troueo-py jnteresis -mgooiuo w . h.m. He-said that in December, . 1871. the JProducors'. Union andVth ateflners- Association entered jntoan agreement to accurals high a price ' trt am niunibia." The acree- ' tnent dld.tiot last long, he said, be- cause the Producers violated It y . .mM wpiitlA ll undartha fixed '.. rice. '.fc''-1?- ! ' BEGAN RAMIFICATlONalN ;UH. Mr. Rockefeller aald bis attention - first was directed to lubricating oil about 1ST!. About 1878 tha Standard OH Company purchased tha American . Rubricating Oil Company, of Cleve land and tha Mica Axle Grease Com . yB7 with the Idea of further dlversl " yin the business and securing1 a lu- fcricatjng trade.-' it ' w.,v : . Gmplre h Transportation Company, which owned, rears, transported oil and other product ovef the Pennsyl- ' vanla .Railroad and engaged In the refining of oil. ; If wa understood that this company was controlled toy the Pennsylvania and other roads, fearing that a loss of their oil .trade would follow,, began cutting rates - feeavlly. s 'v - ..?'-':.-'""- ''-". "Our Interest stopped our ship - gnents over the Pennsylvania and used ether lines," he said. " "We objected to the Pennsylvania Railroad engag ing In th refining business. - They were shipping their own oil over their own lines and discriminating against ' aia. Other railroada agreed to stand , toy nt but there waa muoh bitterness . . . ti j -. - neiween . mo reuiruauB. . ALicrwarua v ' We purchased the Empire Transporta tion Company and Ita pipe lines." w . DENIES CROOKED METHODS. He denied that the rates obtained y him during the . period of : the standard Oil Company's war with the Pennsylvania Railroad were to crujh . and cripple the Empire Transporta- t ion Company aw that the. Standard ' Oil company might acquire It prop rty. . ' " y- 1 Mr. Rockefeller aald that when the Pennsylvania railroad stopped refln- Ing the railroad was stopped and an agreement entered Into between the roads whereby they obtained a per centage of the oil carrying trade. The war between the railroads to ob . tain the oil trad had been demoral izing to the oil business. Mr. Rockefeller's attention then wa called to aa agreement between Wil liam Rockefeller and Thomas Scott, president of the Pennsylvania Rail road, which had been approved by all the . ell-carrying railroads. . v FIRST RE BATING AGREEMENT. Ir. Rockefeller safd that the com rry guaranteed the- Pennsylvania x i railroad a certain number of barrels i f il a year and in . consideration ; the 'railroad company guaranteed to 7j7ay back 10 per cent-. of the rata on ''' ta oil shipped. . ; T . Mr. Rockcfellet - said that , th ftanilard began -acquiring pipe line "Interests In 1S73 and increased its ownership from time to time until 1877 whi.-n t'icy ncre assembled into the Unitea l ipe Line. -The Stand ard also had the American Transfer . pipes. Ta said that ail the: pur chases to whlfh he referred were made ty the standard Oil Company,! f ' Ohio, f il l that the money was taken from its treasury. A tru?t Bsreemi-nt made in . 18S2 ffect in y th Ftiickhnlders of . the standard Cnnicwny of Ohio and Vilas, Kciih sp.l Cii. tier as trustees was put . in ev Attached to Jt were contracts r t .; with the Erie end Now Tork c-r.'.ral Railroad Com-. I an; a. EXPLAINS TOOL1X3 COXTRACT. : Mr. Rock-' '.'"r v 3 f Ing contrac.j i r t t i. il carrying l.f-t-'-n roads, fixincr rain c crude oil an 1 r :' for "(iratv.iji r.' l i tain mn" t f . n a pool- jU of r- - t ra.l- 1 an! i ! J.ion a f-.-r -r- I. '1 he ,- (' - Art : 3 I 1 I t .! r put tv t I ,CQXFJEBEN(DFS SECOND DAY -.-. EXDOW3IENT IX11 G. F. COIXEGE Ono-Half of Wliat I'.iniH!ns on Huo 4 clrtHl Tiiousniul lx!lar lund Pledg ed to iio lUlHca ttlililn Next Two .; xcars.MoinortuU to leud Iroach- , era and Tl. :r lv s Ki ; I Advof cato Krporta licft er It i'a Ever Had -Cliar'teror Oik? lT'acler WliO Ieft Ills Cli" r t : , Werks 'Apo itliout Jiotifji Presiding n, I.idcr Hot -Pasftpsi nivcrsafy Jlettlug of- Sunduy t huoV Last Mght Address by Ir. Chappelle. Special to The Observtr. : ; "J "V.'J , Ashevtlle, "Nov. 18. The. principal business transacted by the Western North Carolina Conference at U ses sion to-day was thej passing of a res olution by which ' the Conference pledged to raise v'tbln the next two years $7,800 of the $16,000 yet to be ralBedTln order to. secure, the ' an hundred thousand dollar- endowment fundi on Greensboro Female College, tha other 87,500 is to be raised by the North Carolina Conference, -y-: . ; . -"When thla endowment ' i secured Methodism will own and control the only college for women n the Church with o large an endowment, just as It own and controls the only college for rjien with so large an endowment, which is Trinity College. . The pledge which the Conference made.; to-day Was maae witn enthusiasm. -"The report of Rev. H. M. Blair, ed Jtor of The North Carolina Christian Advocate. shows the organ 'of the Conference to -have enjoyed the past year tne best year it haa had under the -present management. A resolu tion was offered recommending that this Conference : purchase the -ra malning one-third, interest In tha' pa per, it having already the other two- thirds as it property. Tftis- resoiu tion wa referred to the committee on book and periodicals for considera tion. ' , 'j . .- . The passage of the character, of P, D. Rridge wa delayed until he can b beard from as he left his pastoral charge six week ago without navlng consulted his presiding elder. , T M.' B. etoke wa elected to alder order after hi character waa passed. He Is now in the foreign, field a missionary. .,- - - E. M. Avett. J. & Hyatt, R. J. Park er, W, 5.W, . peel were elected dea cons.. ". Vi ':;''.:''' D. R. profitt J. H." Robinson and R. A. Tylor were continued In tha class of second year. , vi -'v-v' -- Memorial to dead preacher " were read as follows: I W.. Crawford, by Rev. D. Atkinsr-M. H. Hoyle ty h, K. Boyer; C. M. Anderson by MT: F. - fwomble, Memorial to preachers wive were read to Mr. J. G. W. Halidway tty R. M, Taylor; Mrs. J, Ed Thompson-by 8. B. Turrentins: Mr. A. M. ixng, Mr. MU.F...Moor by D. Atktn. BUNDAT .6CHOOI4 ANNIVERfJAKT. Rev.' M. A. Smith presided at the anniversary meeting of the Sunday school board, which wa held . to night, t Rev. H.' F. ChrelUberg read the report of the fiunday school ed itor. whlota report snowed wiat in in Church to-day there are more than 19.000 Sunday school and mora than a million and a quarter Sunday school scholars.1 sv. - r ;v- f;ff. The speaker at thia meeting - was Rer. E. B.' Chappell, who 1 Sunday school editor of the cnurcn, ana ns delivered an address of much earn estness on the Importance of ' ; the Christian training of children.-. He pleaded for the Church to lac tnis a her greatest problem and to give the children such training In , - the home and In the Sunday school that they will be saved to God and to the Church Instead of being allowed to drift away and Into sin. f H showed how important It l for tha Churoto to provide the proper aina ot equipmam and tha right kind of teacher lnh Sunday echool. He explained how natural It Is for a child to P religious and how .Important It 1 for- th Church to cultivate tha religion Ba- iBia DEAi, is coxsrrmrrEBi,. The)'': AmeHcan ' Tobacco Oompany Clone . Wttrt tno isuricy iwww Association For tho Crop of 10 and .lOT Deal Involve Nearly 80,000,000 pounds of Tobaorw and tha UesuU WW JB to Stop Nlght RWlug. - VV' 'V-VV'- -toulsvineiKy.'; Nov. 10.Th Wg iei hixtwean the American Tobacco Company and the Burley Tobacco So ciety for tne iua ana prv 1807 crops of tODacco wmcn ni hanrin fire for several week wa closed here late to-day. The price irruii Ait in the 'transaction, Bald tot e the largest of Its kind aver put through, is an average of 29 1-3 cents for the 10 crop and IT cent per pound for the 1807 product The deal involve nearly 80,009,900 pounds of tobacso held In the pool by the Burley Tobacco Society and an out lay of something Ilk $14,000,000 oa the part of the American ; Tobacco Company. , . .. - 1 . 1 . The tobacco which wa sold includ ed the largest part of the holding of the Burley Tobacco. Grower Associa tion, formed several years ago, which pooled its cr?ps in 1808' and 1107. There was r crop . raised by the members of In association In 1808, though a number ofr independents rained , crops - tn - central Kentucky under guard. The sale of th pooled crop. It is bplleved, will mark the -end of nliht riding In central and east ern Iventucky, as It is thought with these crops out of tha wav, practical ly all the growers -will rai.e tobacco next year. The sale has nothing to do with the crops in the- dark district or western portion of uCentuscky and northern Tenne?ee. - finers that the same rates for ship ment would be ellke on all lines," said Mr. Rockefeller. : iii3 health rr.crr.tiixT. An Interesting sidel.-ht cn'J'r. Rockefeller's presence st t hearing to-day was his chat wn.i tun report ers during the intr-rmi n about his health, lie :: ?: "When I was a your ? man, I u 1 t " v - u flay and nU'U, hut I r.r-v-r i ;.r- t t t I had a "stomach. Sou cn wol k Ion? hours if you are c.-.Vefi:l a:out what you eat. I was el way careful about what I put Into n y stomach,-an.l to day I htve cms:-" to re very gra'ff for it- I ever f t in r.'-: thin to-fiay, 8' a c-.--!.t cf r hiring to a i'Oli- cf a c.-.r v,hen I Was a hoy. I s one who wants ker 1 do the name. Then -h!'i men tr-t to he 79 yir cl i, I - s to V ' -i i (: r w ' i r ' r 1 r ! i r v I T '-. I r i t "y s ! 6 S! t.- J':- 'J A DAY'S GBLE SLOHOEWS TO HAVE A FERTILIZER; PLAJfT Dixie Fertilizer Company, lVIth Au tliorlwd Capital of 100,000," to : He Organized In DercmbeiwCanvaas - itor Y . M. C. A; Funds In Greens- : bor Pont nonrd For a While uit ,Ini!titutcd With View of Whuling Vp City .National ' Bank Afialra ' Fndowiucnt Fund of .O. F. C, Mow S-'.SOO-Jlllton Tobaorunlst' and : Catawba County Merchant Adjudged Voluntary Bankrupts , In Judge - .Boyd' Court. ; . . (".'-yy. .':'!;;. ' Observer Bureau, -. . y-. : ; The Bavlll Bulldlng.v ; '.;: ', , Orcensboro. Nov.. II.' A company to be known a the Dixie Guano i Cdropauy ; will , be , organised. here early" In , December v to. erect plant for the manufacture of fertiliser. The; company will -be chartered wtth an. authorized Capital of $100,000 but only 460,000 of stock will be sold for the present. . It I understood that Mr. K. Sternberger, president- of the Revolution Cotton Mills, who baa had long experience In the fertiliser busi ness, will be made president of the corporation. Mr. .Frank , C, Boyle, cashier of the Commercial' National Bank," wilt be the , .treasurer, v -A capable and experienced man now' en gaged in' the fertiliser manufacturing business will fill the office of secre-4 tar y. Tha company will manufacture a high grade of fertilizer suitable? to the staple crops in this, section of the. eountry. '.:;, j ..-(''-. v' Mrf WilllamD. MeAdoo l ' pre paring to erect ' at once a business block on the corner of East Washing ton and South Davie street to con tain eight mercantile" atorea,'." Prof.. W. CS; A.' Hamrhei,- of the faculty of the State Normal and In dustrial College, who Is in Atlanta at tending a meeting, of the . National Society ; for the Promotion of. In dustrial Education-, ', will' deliver ; an addreas before that body - to-morrow on "Industrial Education in the Pub lic Schools." y ': -.vy'- J; iVOLUNTART BANKRUPTS W. 1 Loftin. a - merchant of .Ca. tawba county, wa to-day adjudged by Judge Boyd a voluntary .bankrupt and the matter - wa referred- C. Erwin, referee - in bankruptcy., at Morganton. . HIS liabilities are IM00. with 1,0 of asseta ,..V r,,. . . Upon hi own motion, . 3X P. vWll liamson, a tobacconist of Milton, wa adjudged a - bankrupt this afternoon, th matter being referred to, Mr. G. 8. Ferguson. ' Jr., referea In Bank ruptcy ; In . thla city. Th liabllltlesJ are - scheduled at I8.J27.07. with as sets amounting to about 9S0. ' Mr. G. C. Huntington, of Charlotte. Interstate secretary of the Toung Men' Chrintian Association, spent last night and to-day in the city con ferring with a local committee that has under Consideration the . matter of establishing a X Jd.C AJUt. this, city.- .After going ,o.ver the. ground thoroughly, It- was decided Ut post pone tor a wry la, the canvass lor sud- scripuons to- tne. enterprise. ' inure la a strong, and growing sentiment here for a Y. M. C. A. and it 1 quite probable that ? - " ' ft t Ion will be perfected at n ...l uate. . , Mr. C. I Williams, receiver or tne City. National .Bank... ha s instituted everal suits in the United States Court tn connection wltir winding; up the affairs of tha bank, The uiu are broucht azalnst stockholders for failure .to pay. assessment levied or direction of the comptroller oi : tne Currency- and psrtles who owe the bank money o r es. f.-TM st oca- holders arain:- v i action are brought, iogeticr w c a-tha .amounts ued for, are: Prof. J. Alien' Holt, ;f Oak Ridge,' 11,(90;. rrer. , j.nenry Joyner. of WhHsett Institute, 400; W. S. Dlffee,-of thia city, 9. .The y-artle sued on notes are; Peter P. Yates, John P. Bcott, --W. B. Register, J. M.- Pegram and VfJ Drummond Marrow. The matter r made' re turnable at the-term of United State ntatrirr fonrt to convene in Charlott on the second Monday in December. - Gen. Julian-8. Carr' contribution of 92,600 to th endowment fund of Greenoro . Female College, rlgs this found up to 981.600. When the fund - reaches 9160.000, th college will .receive ,9!5,oa from Andrew Carnegie, General Carr had previous ly given the college 91.000. this do nation, having been applied to what I kiown as the Lucy McGhe fond. The Arts and Handicraft Guild f Greensboro ha been- organized oy Prof. W. C. A. -Hammell. Mr. FV P. Marshall. Mlf Belle Bwalm. W Julia Ralnes,lfrs. F. P. Marshatl and Mrs "W. C. A. Hammell. The on e?or th. society l-to rtlmulat. in- HSZJ-l .AP7hf , frort of workers af in nn mrra mtiu viv -- IUUI tag v --' along these lines. A IX EARNEST ABOUT TARIFF. Prdnt-Flect Tsft pctnrtl Tt'M Fortlicoming ,xrV."r i " Made. In Good Hlv-IIs brag thy Confwence With K'PTT!,f,,t"',I! Burton, of Ohio, and t ur iaave Another With the Same Gentleman Satnrday. i ' Hot Springs. 5a. Nov.. 1-Th President-elect William H. J an .-.... ir a 1rorous . determination that the forthcoming revision of the tariff shall be thorough, made in good faith, and tn accoraancc wnu pledge of the party, is daily evidenced In the earnestness with which he talks of thi ubject with . hi political caller.- ' " ' '' j' ,'-' , - um- intffr?t roes to th extent or seeking detailed Information regard ing the personnel . ana .prope-uv organisation of the feixty-nrsi lob- grees. " ' . , :" - ' ' Th Importance of the whole mat ter Is that he Is giving the subject serious consideration, tfae determina tion of which miphi lead hint either to immediate atrrresstv constructive action or bring to him assurances that the natural order o events regarding the House organization will Include harmonious working understanding hftween the -White IIouHe and the Cir !tol. v Judre Taft to-day talked ; n Kerrenentatlve P.urton, of Ohio, for an hour and a ha!f. Ths an nounced dfifi'ii cf this - conference wer t::at the rraVershtp otiestlon ha 1 l t i f I f, that tariT revision ha! t"- n c.M'i!svl as well sa the work cf t ,o inor..'tw.ry -'.mmiion and many r- -r matters rf !!-,, alion as well as t . f c-f ! . material f-.r the next (': ho had a h i. t 1 t a conft-rt no t.-n Is an V I ' .- t. . I ! i f . - -9 Taft l: :-1 fi ti renrn Mr. ::ir ; f 'r the 1 t !.. r , r --nt ;rj " A -a--t I' a - 1 ' v , ; 1 ! If '1 n I r ' - 1 a . t iv'l F rv r. a -'-. ' f f ! c. t . - J. I - to c r f PABYESUrAMOXU A' ATIOiiS VOX UtELOWS POINTED TALK German Cbancdlor . Declare Ttt ,' ltla dxuury i Caa f Regain Its . Prfstlgo by the Increaaed Imperial IK-venues Xliat Are Neeensary The -- luipcror' Moods Closely Watdied by ills Houschokl aod Iransuducd V to Widening '-Circles OaUlde v JUa Houwelioid MeniboTS of Ilia Suite Entertain Iteacntment at the -Popular Outburst AgaiiiBt ' Kaiser and Show No Disposition t Bym , pathise with, or EAuaey It. ' yf - Berlin, , Nov.- 1. The Emperor's moods have always been an object.." of study trosa hour to hour by the member of bis official household, and they- have fceea ea re fully, almoat painfully watched, dur ing recent day a. -, Th result of these ob servations, with a partial report of - the Emperor's' oonversationa, . ' have;., een tranamHted ' to widening circle eutslde the ioourti-se that the upper bureaucracy and diplomatic official are tolerably. well Informed a to the (Kmperor Dsrsonal view n ths 'events which,' have been o greatly agitating the country. - Ths Em peror Is In oonstant contact with ' those who have kmr held posts at eeurt The prevailing reeling among the mem ber of the Emperor' ault is oa of rs sentment at the popular outburst against him and there la no disposltloa to sym pathise with It or excuse it..-- ' " PMnosWon Buelow will giv to the Reichstag his personal Seductions on au interview or Tuesday With the Emperor, when the House take up this subject. GERMAN::' PARylsa. In. his addreas before the Reichstag; to day on : the . new measure to Increase the Imperial revenues, the Chancellor aald that" be believed .the- existing unfriendly feeling- toward Germany oould b vr- eome.v Continuing on. the matter of for eign relatloBs he said that the parvenu was not loved anywhere and that 'Ger many, la spite of . her ancient bistory, occupied the poslUoa of a parvenu among Herr Mathias Ersberger, leader of .tn mora liberal section of the clerical party. discussing th..-Emperor's pledge, said: rThe deolaraOoB of th Emperor does not give guarantee, lor ith future; tne Branerer's desire; I to settle nothing. If there .bad been an latenljpa W mtroduc aa enactment making the ministers re sponsible to the . nation. It would , have been acceptable. 1 . f r;.;.lTO lUDICAt. VIKW. UlnHoh Ernst-Mueller.' the leader f the moderate radical faction, said: , Our '.paint of view 1 that the declara tion does not give y auarante tor tn aeajf tuture- that th so-ealled personal element la. polltios wltt 5-b suppresseo. We -have full confldenoe m mnc voa Rnlow but must, -notwithstanding tnat. demand the enactment of a law providing for responsible minister. T - ,, ; BaroK Oamp.-flar-.f.,th tre con' aesvaUvaa.. aaldi . J 1- ilW.r, itlafled With th solution Ot .. STY ,L . ' u 1- W -.rMJI.L ih ine cneie. , nuni m" lut few day la that the jsmperor m fmim will - not disease DOllUea so freely with nerson. who. svhUe;eoianng meno hin tar Oermanv. really only do us harm. because they- interpret --: tne jwroirera view, and JntanUons ta. their own way.' -' ' " - - 1 GOMPKHS' STAND -ENDORSED. ; Pblitkul t Activities of the) Head ' of ' by Special tjommiiiec, wm 1 O IUU Aotloj 111 Action jn-gru""s; -. . i e.A a rvunnanv In I miction iinvnnw . HatioD That IiUunctlon Be Dlsre- i srarded is Iefcatei Mitchell Doe. ; N o ant to uo to .-.to i,D if ;fv"ary, . Denver, CoL, Nov.' If. Th astir session ofith American Federation of Labor , convention to-day ;.' given ovr to consideration f - th , report of th eommttte t presidenr re port. Th eotlon caused prolonged debate and a, vote wa reaehsd oa only one. that referring toVniUgatlon harrs -dng . labor." Tha report , of the coumiltte recommehdlng that in inttnna be. disregarded wa defeat- t bi. nil calL 11.179 to 1.170 'and modification Of tne, report, awoj tha tins or, GumDerr .. report;;, was adoned. - '-v.:' 5-1 The action Of nresiaent uomifon told, in hi report, in regara the Buck Stove and Rang Company njunction was unanimously endorsed by a rising vote..- ',, .. -v V . " There waa no discussion of the committee's report until th subhead litigation narrassing , oor waa reached. --- ";' ' s -; : '": On thla ubjeet the committee de clared that when a Judge issued an injunction in labor; disputes It la the duty of organised labor -to disobey and go- to Jail, and advised that the funds of tha organization b Bofutfd to defend such suit, , James Dun can, first vice president of the feder ation, opposed th recommendation. He aald th anion men are law abid ing citizen ana snouid proceed . liKi any other dtliens- to defend .them seives at all hazard a ;u - :- John Mitchell, . offered aa amend ment to th .commute report say-- -within a few day th court will declae whether our president, secre tary and myself ahaii go to Jail. I oo not want to go to Jali, but 1 snail accept that judgment ana 1 shall pay no tine." - -- v - ' - -'; , .A The amendment follow: : '. ' f "Whenever the court Issue n In junction to regulat. our personal re lations wa' declare, we will exercise ail' the right and privilege guar anteed by th- constitution and laws of our country, and Insist that it is our duty to aefend ourselves at all hazards and recommend that Such be our action.' taking, whatever results may follow." - ... The amendment were adopted by a vote of H.171 to 1.S70. The next section oc the president report re ferred to the political action Of Mr. Gompers and '. the executive council during the late presidential campaign. The committee la It report endorsed their actions..- '.: So at hern Irulustrial Flatatlon IJcpki Of Atlanta) Meeting. Atlanta, Gsl, Nov. If. Of signifi cance to th entire South Is the sec ond annual convention o fths natton l jixiety for the promotion of In dustrial education, which bet-an here t -n.ht with a banquet In ths Hotel I , dmont, . , . - Industrial education for the South, more factories, more skilled labor snd l i consoq ience, more wraith prod.io- ( 1, was tha keynote of many of the r... ti upeeches. A feature of the c,rv.. .! Is the industrial trade 'ction. It ens. :,i;:is cf '-,i - ns of to- ' si t a .' ' . 1 ' , i : :.- i !'-.'; a- - ' or many s In . rn- i r '.' i - . 1 v i KO'MOEli ARBESTS :MAD S3imr& RELATIVES TAKE HAND Father and Brother of Murdered Mara . In Raleigh Conferring With Officer Body May Be DUiuterred -' and fi' Stoma h Analysed Cotton Crop of ; ; Mat Estimated at 600,000 Bales v Resolution Passed bf Negro Aor VmaJ School on Death of Captain J nckett Supreme) Court Opinions . Filed Tlii.,Vock Agricultural De ', partniont Issue First i Booklet Charter Granted Hardware Coin- , pany. , . . -' - ,y ' i,- ' 'Observer Bureau, .' Th Uolleman Building, - ,"",-.. Raleigh, Nov. 19. To-day th father, and brother cf the murdered E. W. Smith spent sev eral hours here-with? pordner Sepaj-k and Chief of "PoUc ' Mulling at the State stone , fluarrywher j Smith's body, waa'v ound i- iThey ' expressed themselves asyConfldent that he was muraereav- nisurotner yv. . emun, of Cincinnati. I the general sales manager of the Whit Oak Coal Com pan,y,' for which the -murdered man traveled. , in the, partyv was J. - w. Prince, of West Virginia,:. Smith' cousin., ! Smith's body, which ' was embalmed here, buried at Rich mond ' and no - analysis of the con. tent ef the. stomach haa yet been made, but hi father and., brother, said it would be made,. it necessary. No. further arrest were made to-day, - CROP ESTIMATED AT 900.000. : Commissioner - of AgrlcJiture Wll- llsjm A.,. Graham,- at the request - of the Association of Commissioner "of the; Southern State," to-day esti mated from report to him the North Carolina .cotton crop, putting It at (00.000 hale, a decrease of 1 per cent .from last year's crop. This year's acreage la larger than last year.- c .',;v'jL iii-ii,: insurance commissioner xoung, Who attended,'" the; ;, conventiors of mayor ' at - Charlotte, ' has returned and declare his confidence that it will be of great , benefit. ' He speaks in unbounded term of 1 Charlotte's entertainment of the mayors and the other visitor.'-1.-'!? r - '"'' 'Stat Superintendent Joyner v has received resolutions of, regret at the death of Capt. John Duckett, adopted by ; the -State negro c normal -' school faculty at Winston.- These say he had don great worlt for negroes and that they greatly admired .him, Hi last letter was to Principal O'Keliy, ot this school, outlining -plan . for it betterment and saying' he could pos sible get national and. State-flags for it- lcaus negroes a wen as Whites should be taught patriotism and love the flag, of the nation, and that of the 8tate. s- .;, i X . ,;- SUPREME COURTS OPJNIONS. :'' Tha flnnMma Cntrr VMtrda.v filed th fotowlng opinions: . Wade N v. . Contracting - Company. from-. Carteret, no error i Smith - va Moore, from tsew Hanover, no-error; Rosenthal v. Ooldsborot from Wayne, reversed: Myatt vs. Myall, from Wake, affirmed; Rushing v. -S. A,-U Rail way; from Anson, partial new trial in plaintiff appeal., in ; defendant ap peal, no error:' Condor, vav Becrest, irora, union, no crrori, nraatrwa. Snyder. Company vs." Polk, frem Union, "ti error; State 'vs. 'Stratford, from Union, no errorf fitate va Shine, from Union, no- . error; 'Davie va, Stephenson, from Union; no J error; Kuker vs. Snow, from Durham, new trial; Hwll - va. - Railroad,; from Per son,--affirmed; Haywood, .va -Trust Company, : from Alamance, affirmed ; BaUey vs. Railroad,; from " Guilford, reversed; Inman vs. - Railroad, from Guilford, reversed: t Cox vs. Ballroad, from Randolph, trial; 'Beck v. Railway, - from ' Rowan, .reversed; Cromerj; va Self, from - Forsyth, af firmed; Sprinkle vs. Spalnhour, from orsytn, amrmea;. Meadow vs. jtaii wayn from McDowell, affirmed; Ven sble vs. " School Committee, from Surry,., affirmed; -.Beeson vs. Smith, from Randolph, new trial; Plckley vs. Board1 of Education,' from 'Davie, af firmed;' Thompson, vs. Railroad, from Randolph,, reversed; Brown vs. . Nor folk &' Western Railroad, from For syth, per curiam,, affirmed; Brown vs. southern Railway, from ua video n, per cerlam, afflrmed.- . It ta learned that there will be either new' dormitory at 8. t Mary Female School here or that the present one will he enlarged. x - .;,'.-...-:- ";, The Citlseos' Bank' building I to be remodeled and. made vary- attractive In deed. -.- "v .';;.;-,V.,vi;; '.'-. '.'-.' A charter 1 granted tn Shaper and White Hardware Company, Elisabeth City, 93.000 capital tock. ' . .- - r Th State Agricultural Department to day lasued IU first booklet, containing a list of the North Carolina farme for sale . tn tha tidewater section, , the law requiring such publication. The booklet la handsomely illustrate, otnere , win follow containing lints ef lands for sale in the coastal plain, the middle section, the piedmont section and th mountain region. ,, . v:t --; yy.-yy. -v -y -j.'.-.i MXCTXESS GETS ONE YEAR., Kaval ' Musician Who Deserted the ServK-e to wcxl fcenator uorman a Daughter la -ntencr to lorta- mouiti Naval T-iiwm tuiqua Ilea Put Vp by His Cuunsci. . ; Washington, Nov. 19. Having been adjudged guilty of desertion from the aavy, by a court martial at Philadel phia. Secretary Mete ail to-cay ap proved the sentence in the case of Charlea J. Hartlove. musician, first class (alia C. J. Magness). who left tha service in order to marry - the daughter of the late SenatocXUlhur P. Gorman, of Maryland. The punishment to be meted out to the young man I Imprisonment for one year at the naval prison. Forts mouth. N. H.. at the end ef which he Is to be dishonorably discharged; he a to perform police duties during his confinement and to forfeit all pay except a small sum - for necessary rlaori expenses. By good behavior Magnesa may reduce hi actual sen tence to eight months.- .. - v ., The plea put up by Magnesr. coun sel was that S!af?newr "was In a state of mind that might he called delirium of anticipation of his honeymoon." . CAPT. GALLOWAY - NOT DEAD. Rport of III Demle iMut Saturday l.rroneoBS as .. thance of , Re covery. ,t ..'--.-'',-. - Fpecial-te The Observer. - r Klnston. 'Nov. ' 1. It waa learned here this afterndon that the reported death of Capt, Swift Galloway at Fnow Hill. In Greene county, last Friday. st 1 p. m. wra a mistake, Cap- ta'n Gal'.Dway a'.i:i l-tirj alive this fTOJOMSOK lOSHSAUiTABM OK WCE ALL,EIGUT FROM PALACE BACK TO COTTAGE v - -. . ' '. 4 - "-'K. - "y Mayor of Cleveland -' For 'Year Credited With poseeerfng ' Large Vnrtanc ' Announce That He -Haa fc JUwt Everything and WIU Be Com- Klled to -Move Into Smaller-and iw FxDeualve Quarters Hi For-. '" tune Wrecked by , His Devetten to - Uie Agairs of HI Dead -' Brother, -Albert Entered Mayor' OfTlc Rich and Retire Poor, Which Me, V Consider' Horth Much to Him : . ExDects to Be a, Candidate For - Mayor Again When Thi Terra Ex- - ptrf,.t-;-..-r-l'i.'r fv4 v Cleveland.' Oir Nov.-1 .Mayor Tem L, Johnson,- who for years has-been accredited v with possessing a very large fortune, to-day announced that he had lest everything and would be compelled to rive ' up ' his beautiful home on Euclid avaaueand move lato smaller and -less expensive" quarters. The mayor also stated that he . would give up , hi automobile, and other luxuries, as he could no longer, afford to . keep them. - HI vfortune wa wracked, the mayor .deCla.ed., by .his (.devotion; to affairs of the estate of hi dead brother, Albert who was heavily interested In ..traction .proper tie In the East t; U'i t-i:-y .t - After Albert' death a question was put up to him . whether ' he should resign his office as mayor and . take up the management of Albert's estate. - "I decided that I would not I had entered the fight in thi city . With certain , ideals before me. I wanted to fight privilege and special Interest and IJiad already decided to give up working for, dOllara So I concluded to stay right here and do , what I could to help my , brother's children! at, long distance. PREFERRED IIAPPINES& ATV"hy did I choose th -course! dldT ; IU tU you. -I wanted happi ness and nothing else when I closed tip my business affair and took ' np Civle sttvtty..v!r!'e-r-i.y:tiv. ''And rv been happy, too. - "I'm going to happy-'yet, ; too. W my have to go hack to a eot tase. hut that' the-way. we tarted. and we can . look , upon life. Just as Joyfully there aawe dld in the big house n Euclid avenue. . - TTiev tell me my , enemies are planning : to bring financial trouble upon ma. -I'v ben expecting .It. , My enemies are capaoie o that.-. One may expect nothing else frem anaclal - Drlvllege. ' . JjCt tnem make any sort of attack upon ma that they choose. , I'll never give up and they'll alway find th at th front ; NOT A COWARD. r ! . -"tf . 1 had been- a caw I'd It I had run awy from thi fight for th peo- M nt nivlanil I could nave saveu my fortune and built -It up. But: I had- choseh my course. 1 haven't been laboring as mayor with the ex pectatlon of being rewarded by the gratitude 'ot tne-peopie, y une cannoi eount on that It's pleasure in doing work that I - Ilk that has kept me In the fight I have never made, a singi penny out Dt the street railway since I be came mayor.. I don't feel discouraged I'm- a free man, , and that means a great deal -.to me. , Don t you sup pose It will be worth something to me to have my friends realise that I entered the -mayor omce rich and left it poor T i "I'm going. to keep on Just as I've started. I'm going to be a candidate for mayor again when ' thla term ta over," f - TRACTION' COMPANY EMBAR- i "..' , , RASSED. ' i .The MunlclDal 'Traction Comnany. Of which Mayor Johnson was treas urer, passed , into the hand of re celvers In the Federal Court aeveral day ago, - Following thla cam the transfer to two local banks of ' the Depositor Saving 'end Trust Com pany, of which the mavor waa nreai. dent It is said , this action was pre cipitated by th threats of Mr. John son' individual creditor to file suit to obtain payment en note endorsed by. the 'mayor. :., i- ,ss-v.:.;.': t It IS aald Mr. 'Johnson haa Twintl lost approximate! 1400 ono tn ... necuoa witn ni interest at Lorain, O, REPORT OX INSURANCE. , :.--- ,. . ... ., ... First b South Carolina Commliwloner tt. ; . wm Be intereatln. ' Observer Burean. 11S0 Berkeley Building, Columbia. S. C, Nov. 11 In hi forthcoming first annual re port to tne legislature Mr. McMas ter,: th new. State- Insurance Com missioner, will have some Interesting and encouraging remarks to make concerning .domestic: mutual insur ance, doing- a fire business, showing the remarkable saving to policy-hold era 'on both city an country prop' erty these concern .- chartered under tha "mutual protective association act" hav vjiad over "old lin" In surance. ' They "tell a story of hon esty and fraternity that entirely over shadows ths failures of the few which have, attempted to cover the ; whole State." . Mr. McMaster mentions one Charleston company, , the .Carolina Mutual, which Is 97 years old. ; has 9190,000 In cash and Inveetmenta It weathered ihe great Charleston' fire of lill, through the loyalty ef its member meeting all Its heavy losses then, h which- hav, been fully saved back te them in reduced insurance since. ' He also mention favorably th Hibernian Mutual, the Germanla Mutual and the Merchants Mutual, all , Charleston " companies ' confining themselves to Charleston City proper ty. - These Charleston companies, the report' says, "have been the means of saving, I bellev without exagger ation,' hundreds of thousands of dol lars to the cltlsens of Charleston.' '- Mr. Mc Master's comments are most encouraging to the movement that has started in the South to do the South s Insurance business i at home at lesa cost to policy-holders and keeping-all the money at liome. . ; . "Flghtlne Rob" Evans to Become a -. Builder of Railroads. , - ; - Lo Angeles, CaU, Nov. U. "Fighting Bob" Evan Is to become a builder ot railroada and a developer of harbor waterways. This became known to-day when It was announced that he had been chosen chairman ot the directorate of -the Loa Angeles Harbor Company, which is buildins a -railway,, system from San; Pedro harbor to points in fout hern .Cali fornia ' Officials of the harbor com pany stated to-day that - Admiral Kvsns Is expected to assume bis duties before April st, - . - - , Nov York Tost Republican Ctun- paltt Fuiid I.ra'liCil 91,5a0,000. New York. Nov. 19. A csmpalp-n fur. i of It.". '0 ft'') contrif.iit.M to ta n ' " ir.'. I r n-nn o:v.'tt irr t-ie r- r t naif t'.:-t wfl b ,l.v v,:...- tl J -t rf i -Sbut.r ?' --1st ' :- DUTY ; r MEANS RUIN. President of the Rice Trust Telia the , itouse way and Mean committee " That the Destruction of the Kice L Induatry m This Country Would Re, salt If a Xiower Doty Than tlto f Preweiit Tariff Provides Wa Ftsert Represeatatlvo Pou, of Aortii Carolina, - Puts some . Pertinent --, QaesUona Texan WsnU the Duty ? on Brewer' a JUc . Increased S Most of Ui Nutrition I Taken X Front Kice to Make it JrteaslA2 to UieKye, ' : , - , Washlsgton. Nov.ilOi-t-Rlce was on of the principal article discuss ed at to-day's 'hearing before . thu House ways and means committee 'on . the tariff schedule covering agrlcul-. tural product and provision t - - Stating that the destruction of the' rice Industry In this country wouU result from a lower duty than Is pro vided by the present tariff, - Locke Breaux, president of the- Rice Asso ciation of 'America, presented argu-' meats to show th necessity for main talnlng the present duty. . Where twenty yeasjs ago wer cat-' tie range and" open prairie ' lands," said Mr. Breaux. "a wild and unde veloped territory; 1 to-day a section1 of farm, cities : and ' ' manufacturing enterprise,, all of which have eome about through the development of th rice Industry. There Is an aggre gate Investment' due entirely to rice ot 9200,000,000. W contend that an industry so vast us this and - con tributing so ' largely to the material welfare. In a broad sens, applying to all sections of the country, that to' ask the American agriculturist an t American iaoor.wno nana ie rice to put their industry on a basis whera they will have to compete with ths rice of Aslatio countries. I to Invite ' and bring about annihilation of the Industry,'? '-: 'l;?- , . .; Representative Boutell.ssked If the people ef Louisiana were not In favor of a protective tariff. ; - "Commercially, but not politically." replied; Mr. Breaux. -' although ' on further questioning he admitted that the farmer hav favored protection for-years. :': - v;"'- --' - Representative Pou of North Caro lina, another State raising some rice, wanted to know If.- the -Louisiana grower do not endeavor to shut out competition In' pries. '. Mr. Breaux de nied thla, , W, P. McFaddin. of Beaumont, Tex., said that he wanted the duty on brewers' rice Increased one-quarter of a cent a pound..- He represented th Texas "Millers' viewpoint he sai i. That three-fourth of the nutrition is taken from th rlc to make It plead ing to the American eye, I. one of th? assertions he made. , - . .. y MRS. E.1ST31AN VINDICATED. In Case Brought Against Her hv , fk-liols McBee Latter Is Taxed Willi ,; Conta, jfvtiirt Ixxlurliij the l"rose - cution Slalii louu... ' Ashevllls Nov. II. Baker Everett Edwurds and . Mrs. Edwards, former ly Mrs. Sophia V Harrieon-Eaatman, were completely vindicated to-day ac Fletchers on a "charge of . violating Section -981 of the North Carolina code Some six weeks before their mar riage here Tuesday. Th warrant was sworn out by EchoT!r-McBee, son of Capt V. E. McBee, nd vigorously prosecuted. - - - f - . ... Both Mr.' and Mrs. Edwards went on the stand In their own behalf and nlade splendid Impression. - McBee testified that' early in October whilo he was at Buck Shoals Edwards and Mrs. - Eastman occupied the same room at night, on two of three occasions.,-- The negro maid testified that She took coffee to Mrs, Eastman every nornlng and at time found Edward Ifier,;- The court refused to believo cither McBee or the negro maid and hot only acquitted Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward but declared the prosecution frivolous and malicious and taxed Echol McBee with the cost There had been some talk that Mr. and Mrs. Edwards would retaliate ant cause the arrest of McBee tor fal- arrest, but It Is eid that the matter will b dropped. ' . ILiD RACE WITH" FIRE. Ocean Liner, With a Cargo of Cotton, ; Rushes Into Norfolk iu Dlstref. , Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1 Refusing all assistance, despite a raging fire in her forward hold, the steamer Chat! i hoochee, , of the Oeean,. Steamphin Company, ptjlng between Savanna H, and Boston made this port short) after noon and Captain Rowtett im mediately beached hl charge on th Lambert'-Point flats Just below th.) city. -He report that the fire was discovered Off the Carolina coapt. an 1 It proving stubborn . he Immediately mad for thi port ' Wrecking tiui met the steamer but aid was refund. Th crew this afternoon flooded th ' forwasVi compartment with water an ! It la believed the Are la now under control. The extent of the damage Is not known. " The Chattahoochee left Savannah on ; Monday with a cargo of i.o .) bale of cotton. ; ; v f John A. , Roarxlman A Co- . Stock llroker. Assign. . PhlUdelphia, Nov. 1. The firm of John A. Board man tt Co., stock hrok er. made an assignment to-day to Lincoln L. Eyre, who has taken charge of the company' affairs. The Crm bad many customers hut the in dividual transactions were as a rule on a small scale. ,. I am not In a position to tell about the financial status of the company at the present time," sold Mr. Eyre. "I believe nineteen offices are include I in the assignment, among them be ing the New York, Albany and Palti more offices. . J wired all of them an nouncing the assignment and request ed ' the managers to close at oncts The books of the difTjrent offices wi I be sent here for settlement - I wi.l collect all outstanding asiets and 1-s-tribute themequally among the cred.c- LOWER 1 ,v"' ,s -' ,;' Another Lahor' Conference st - - . White Uottse. . ' Washlnsrton, Nov. IS An bor conference was hfld at fie- ' House to-day when T. J. I' ' retary of the st-am shov. : dredzemens uni'-n ia'11 t President. Mr. P.-'.m as a r the Tuesday r '-'''t "-i" -He Is In- favor of t ; - authorizing a ' ' r' Investipate pro, 1 - outs and pivo f.o f- "s l- i as sj-cp.i v j.i t !.;n artT-v-l " " to ;i ' : t v- " i " srp.nnn, Vi'-t i y' t.ip -v, how- t'.t t;-.ere I no ti-u-.-e for hi
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