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7 2 ' ' i r ' ' ill 1 I XT' V ' - Jk It 1 2 V SUBSCRIPTION PRICE;; $8.00 A YEAR. ' CHARLOTTE, N: G.,' SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS. fii I n r. ' J J V . ::- f V-. im : .41 - j THE OILKIXG niPEBIUBBED itEsroi)S to every question. Icr Over live Hours John D, Rocke- feller Hears and AiiswTg. M liil .". leucine Fire of Cro-KxamUitlou Om-sliow Was Kver Prompt to -VtKM.t-r. Excel it. When He "Id Not After Thirty-Five 1'enre .RecaU'' I'liorrnous Karning rower w u ' Company Sharply Brought' Out Cleared $80,000,000 In-ItOt Says ' if Rebates ..Were Accepts! It. Wan Onlr Itmmxe They . Affected an ," LiuallwiUon. " . "" 1 New Tork, Nov, to. For over-five hours to-day John, J4" . Rockefeller, .witness lor th defense In the govera- rnent ault to dissolve th Standard Oil Company, faced an unceasing '.fir :of questions from th Federal counsel. Frank B. Kellogg, and when adjourn? Went waa taken until Monday .he waa atill, being' ; cross-examined on the clrge that th tiompany in its early days accepted . rebates to the xllsad antaga .of lta rival, '''i-: The enormoua earning power of the U combination was aharply brought out in to-daf'a bearing hen Mr. Kockef eller, i after . atatlog that the ' Standard hit Dald. divtdonda amount' Ids to 140.000.000 In 1007. aaid it had earned as much mora and that this was aaaea to tne companjrs aurpiu, '' which '-was stated by the government's counsel te be IS00.0O0.0uO. It, was further stated by Mr. Kellogg that the eempany within th last eight years has earned over half a billion aouars. - , The rapld-flra Interrogations of the .prosecutor Were always met with un- shaken ImpeTturablllty .ind readiness te answer, except when, as Mr. ocks feller explained, "it is quite ,lmpesl- ' , jls for ma to remember arter tntrty- Ave veara. I da not recall." .. Mr.;. Rockefeller 'waa questioned closely regarding rebates which the r Standard waa charged with receiving,1 . but wlt!h the exception of the agree - merit with the Pennsylvania Railroad 'which Mr. Rockefeller explained gave ' the Standard m rebate because It af fected an equalisation of oil ship merits. Mr. Rockefeller could not re rail any other rebates. . though, he ' thought It was , likely that he might - have hoard of It at the time, PROSPEROUS B1NCEJ . THS -i BB- - "Ton have been prosperous ' since the beginnlncf asked Mr. Kellogg. Of Mr. Rockefeller, when the latter returned his, testimony,, ;.;, , ."Yea.""'' ri v .. 'sf ;:!':'' Ho was asked about the trust agree . merit of lit! and whether tho trust .certificates did not show a value of . 170,000,000 and that the stocks held " vnder the agreement an actual value . of. $S5,710,3S. Mr. Rockefeller said lie belloyed those ngures were torreot. NET EARNINGS Up TO 1 006 1 "Tho, record siipwa that up to 1100 tn net earnings of the company were I5Bl,IZl,u4. What waa the tllvldsnd'lit 1991 r' "I should say about 40 per cent' "f That was about tM.000.OOOt" ' "That would be a million In favor f the poor old Standard," , aald -Mr. - Rockefeller. He added that thoVnt ' earnings for 1907 .wer approximately v 110,000,000. He assented to Mr. Kellogg'a flgures ; . - showlnsr that the' company ' . earned ' ' t4IO.000.000 from 1890 to 1001. Add Ing the earnings of HOT would, give ' . a total earnings of 1570,000,000. - Then where does the hazard of the i business come In 7" asked Mr. Kellogg. A. HAZARDOUS BUSINESS. i 'a the first place, since tho first refinery waa built, mora than v fifty years ago, w have been prepared at . any moment, day or night, to bear ' the fire alarm. . We are dealing with ' '" a' very explosive produot. Firea are ... constantly occurring,".. . .-.s "But your profits were abovo your !".' iflre losses, which have been Charged ' ' . to pront ana loss account.T , . Tea.' sir." ; ..' '-" t- ' Mr. Kellogg then asked Mr. Hocke- S eller. about the Standard Oil agree. ment with tha Pennsylvania Railroad . In 1177, in which the Pennsylvania , agreed to pay back 10 per cent of the freight rates which the Standard paid. .The wltnesa said this agreement il t lowed tho fate war ' between the Northern and the Southern lines and 1 that there was an agreement whereby he waa to equalize tho - amount of ''freight distributed between : tho ' dlfr "t-fersnt railroads. - V-1: " ;t. 1ARQB 8HIPPERS - FORMERLY . RKCEIVED CONSIDERATION. . Replying to a question whether the Standard Oil. Company was -the- only one to get the rebate-the wltnesa said v that, tho greater volume of business given by the Standard was given in - iart for the rebate and la those daya It waa the custom tor large shippers to receive consideration. . ;. . "Did -you know of the . i contract r rwhereby the Standard as to obtain to cenu a barrel in fcebate on out . aide shipments .... "1 may have known of It generally at the time. I bad nothing to do with the contract.". r t - The witness aald ho- could not re- - tall whether Mr. Cassatt had testified . that these rebates were paid to the American Transfer Company. . Mr. - Rockefeller said he. had no doubt that - the State . of Pennsylvania . brought . suit in 1870 to oust the United Pipe Line from the State on the ground that it was in conspiracy with the Pennsylvania Railroad . to - obtain preferential rates nd drawbacks. He could not recall that Mr. Cassatt tes tified that the Pennsylvania Railroad paid rebates to the Standard Oil Com pany, tho American Transfer " Com pany, and the United Pipe Line Com- .pany., ' , . . ... .. Mr. Kockefeller'e 'attention was call ed to the asrpement with the, South Improvement Company and tho rales ; irovldel therein for rebates on oil. -"Is It not a fact that to all other -. parties accoroln? to this agreement ., were to be charged the full gross , rates?- ' . . . . ' U "Probably r-. . "W'er j-ou a r!o.-kholder' rf the Eouth lmpmvf-i-t rompanyl" "I never rocivl th certiflcate as .far es I can re-. U-rt." "Tou spok j ? rc'ay of ' pool agreenint amor, p-vcral railmnds for diviuln? up ira::o end frelg-ht rates In 1ST4. the ratps from Cleve!nd t f -s '-jr1 w-er. ih same from r a a IV-rinKylvanla, to the seat'oax 1 . .- . , "Yes. "And the ni 'if the setird orawback of 22 ahlprw if tb r-- plre to the f' ' f a'trr-fl A b rr ' i - t. . "Te... ' " T"" nrn it' v?- t crtis oil to I to ray a si 1 ' -rel to the .n the asrr'-ofl r r-'inrj on -the i?" . tr ' --n r-TTi try YOUTffS HEART: CUT OUT MURDEIC AT DALLAS LAST NIGHT Arthur Jarreit muiigeo- Ills Pocket knife Into Hr(-t of Cria irl(r(rs, eath lieing Alnwwt Innlant kill ing Follows t urn Qiuirrel Brought " on br Rewarka .la iTCtt Hai Made L' About Grlgtrs Bout me xonng aien But 11 eara ot v AjrP 1X. ceased.. Cotton 1HI Operative and rdayer Son of Merchant Sheriff huford ticita Up From Sick , Bed nnd Soon Haa Jarrett in Prttwo. ; -By Bell Telephone to The Observer. vf Dallas. Nor. t0 CrU ' Qrlgga.'. IT years old. was" killed Jhere, to-night about t o'clock by Arthur. Jarrett, an other youths of about the same age. The . killing occurred In front of Green Brown's store and 'the weapon uMd by Jarrett was a pocketknlf e. Griggs being" but- through th heart and death being almost instantaneoua. K?As aobn as he had stabbed Grig ji Jarrett ran to 1hiafather' borne a short distance away, but'wlth' the aid of a' number of deputies Sheriff, Shu- ford soon had. the, bouse surrounded sjid Jarrett In custody. ;' Sheriff Sha ford , got np';f rom W bed, y having been sick for " aom tlma,'. nd by quick work had the boy slayer 1a jaU in a ahort ttmS33:-'i Jarrett -la .tho son of a tnefc,bant here, while- Griggs pePl , mill operaUveo 'beroAi--; It f la alleged that Jarrett had made -some slurring; 're marks about Orlggs,. which: tha latter resented t When they met to-night ; on the street, A'ausrrel Xollod," with tne result as given. No weapon ' was found on the dead oy body. ; v. The killing created much, excite meat, as Dallas la uauallr quiet asd orderly town. - , v- i .-;- , NO ONE SLATED FOB CAB WET, In Responso to a Question 1 td tho Probablo Attorney enerV lot His V. Cabinet, PreeldenV-Elect Oives i Out . . . w , nu. ThfrtAuJl-. rnnH HHCIH3iIl- HW ww. m - I! ar Promised Any PostUci IJenry , Gassaway Davta Pays Mr. Taft t ' CaU General - rauiur , hcddwu . Thanksctvtna' Dy.; .' r.. . v Hot Springs. Va., Nov. 1 9- A gen eral Mliacuaelon of affairs WlUi Sena tor Scott, of West Virginia, th morn ing, and a. visit from former Senator Gasea way, Davis, ot in same ov. mtha four vears ao waa th ' Demo- rai oundidai for Vice President, this fternoon, were tne oniy aemanus made to-Oay on the time ot tn re- WlrtWlWt.'ll.i..'l:f y-5A.;t .." "I wish yon would Just say that my Cabinet la net mad on or slated. No on baa been decided, upon for .any niac. in It and no. oilers oi any vao- Inet position have beennad to any one. Thia was th. response ql President-aleak. Taft -to tne, matemem from Mlnneapolla that Frank B." Ket nrr haA bean invited to beoome At torney General in the Taf t Cabinet- Anator Scott said that ll tne. puu ness men of the country, -large and mall could realise the qualities, de sires and determination of Presidents lent, TAft. there would. e no neaiia tinn whatever in the- upward .trend of l business. we arecyomg o ove Tnrint of T sreat advancement ana prosperity under ih administration of Judge Taft," ih Senator added. - ThankaamnsEJ-.Dar ner is going to be the -occasion of a general reunion of the Tift family. fThanksgiving dinner la to partaken of at the hornet of M. E. Ingalls. wnoa son is the Husband of a daughter-ef C P. Taft Th a P. Taft family will be here, likewise- Henry W. Taft and family, and Horace Taft ' as well as Robert. Helen and Charles, tha .three children f th President-elect.! asa Mrs..Taft . e v1 -Kb ; v-::; '? -.-r--' n -. WOMAN DISREGARDS THREAT." Courareona Mrs. Freunstor, of SprnV cor, Uses nstoi on Bnrjriar Braid MXVT' OTU, WIU . Dime. Blooo itobber HMcapea, uowever. Special to Th Observer. - ' Spencer, Nov. to. Tf yon make a noise I will kill You," were th words that greeted .Mrs. Maud Feamster in the darkness of ner- nome near East Spencet last night, when sh discov ered a -burglar, in her room. Imme diately a pistol shot rang out and the midnight robber fled, leavtnr trails of hi own blood behind, Mrs.. Feam ster bad fired upon him Jn the dark and , her aim had been - good. . A search waa at one mads", but th bur glar had mad good hi escape and there Is no- clue to his identity. The burglary was a most bold and daring one. - The intruder had crept close beside the bed of Mrs. Feamstftr, wno waa awaxenea, ana when sne moved he warned her-not to make a fuss under penalty of death. This did not- deter her, . however, " and bringing her revolver into -clay she fired -in tho direction of th noise by her bedside. Blood was found in the room and ''about the premises and it la hoped -that a-. wounded man .may be found in the neighborhood. - BALTDIORE TAR HEEL8 , DJXE. CSiarlr L. v Abernathy, of Bufort. DrtlTera Address Oftlcers Elected. Speclaf to The Observer. , . ' Baltimore, Md, Nov. 20. At Jh November dinned of the North Caro lina Society of Baltimore Mr. Charles r L. Abernathy, pf Beaufort. N. C,- de livered a. stirring address on North Carolina resources and progress. Dr. Charles G. Hill was to-nisrht elect ed president of the society; Prof. Robert H. Wright, vice president; Mr. John N. Parker, treasurer, and Mr. E. F. Nance, secretary. . The annua banquet will be held December 18th. . . 1 the agreement were Fubcd!ary com panics of the Standard. "VV had an interest in wm but not in all." mil Mr. !: k.r'. Mer. "You tewti.-iel j st r '. .v to the stockholders of the n-inrl O.I Com pany frm 1?72 t" 1"9 (.. -'.ing In terests In stocks of oth-'r re''.:-, rum pr,ie. The eowrinr e-f Ch,u Trait and IL If. I-lO:s was a--i ;:red by you tn 1ST 4." "Yes. V. e bousht the c "r con cern with tre funiU of h r .reho! i rrs of the i-tandard Oil Co-rrariy er The capital s hares of the .'iitioij-.l. !r. Trntt an,t Mr. P.osrrs five ur the Pratt s'i'H-k and l.ttr be?ame f anners of the ?tan I fd." "1' 1 not f-r. F-J t 1 Mr. rTr r.-cive wilar;-- f r th. -.r wrk.?" -I t - . t - . -.- , t - ' ' : . .. H I ! t. i.. :l I, .! GRABGAJIE SAYS ' CLABK MLSSOURIAJr ON THE TARIFF1. V." Atf Hearing Brfore Vtlsys, and Meana Committee Representative Champ '..t'larlt fiends ror JLowcr Tariff o (Wood Mnteriftla Rrprreeutaave f Boutcll, of Illinois, 8 peak For Lwru rr Dealers , Wlio Wish . ProtortlviB 'Iwriff Free " Trade; For. Lumber , Would Tend to Prevent Devastatloti of American Tlruber , iMntia, Was : he Opinion Kx pressed by Mr. Clark. . Who. Later Declares Tliat Canada f Can - Do What She Pleases About Hcrlioreirts. , . i. . Washington, Nov.. to.' "A universal grab game' Is the appellation given the-, tariff, "by iRepreeentatlvo .Champ ciara, ot, Missouri, to-aay at the near' tng before the ways and mean com mitte on the tariff schedule for .wood and rwood manufactures. . The ai minrstratlon'a policy for th preserva tion 'of th forest figures largely in tbe argument to-day.' ,;";:; f Several lumbermen sald they want ed a protective' tariff on lumber be cause other - articles are protected by tbe present law, This called - forth the term ot - "grab!- from - Mr. .Clark, Representative Boutelt -of Illinois, as serted. In defense 'of re.- protective tarlfaV thajl.the government must se cure I3Q0. 000,000 in revenue and that. as a result, some Industries) must bo protected.. ". ,l " - vpc That . fre trade for lumber would tend to prevent th devastation of the American timber lands waa tne opin ion expressed by Mr; Clark,' who aald that it didn't matter It Canada', de vastated . her ', forests. Mr. f Bontell argued that th - American forests would have to supply1 th lumber for both countries If tbe Canadian forests re devastated, and; "".suggested ' that some broader, scheme than, tbe tariff should be adopted for reforesting in United State and Canada. "W (have already crossed tne vers of . a - timber ,. famine,,' ao ? se ver ' , that; :. 1U- ;-blight 4 'will A b felt In every -; hamlet : In - thd land "said Theodore M.. Knappen, of Minneapolis,' Mlnn4 at to-daya bearr ing. Tn flv years every sew mill In Minneapolis - will; b abandoned; , yet 'this industry In. It prime mployed E.000 "to '10.000 men ; In that ; city . lie spoke for a repeal of th duly on timber, saying that American labot had nothing to fear rrom ir wmw. a w. norerm. ef Minneapolis- Minn.; who appeared la favos of fre entry of lumber, said, ne aia there. was monopoly 1A h lumber ,, "what is that baa -caused tho mor mon advene In - th prlc , of tum h.rt. aatud RewresenUtiv Chsmp "Ther ar several reasons,' replle i Mr. Rogers' ''but th principal ,on is lo make mors mqney. . ' . MR. JOSEPH BRYAN DEAD.' ; - -. ..ii v . 'r " N J. Owner of Tlie' Richmond Timje-Dl"-r.etch and Oho of th Bos Xnowit -itiTons of Uio South Paasea Away at Homo -Near? Wtofamood-V Action and Keeoa-nta- i a One of the, Sonth'a 3reatet philanUiropiatAv s. 'L:.',.?. -"XL 1 Richmond. Va-.: Noy. to. Joseph 4ryan, owner or i iimw-w""" probably tha beat 'towai cltlxeu :, Richmond, and on of b. wU known men of the' South,-died at ihU-hdtn "Labunum.' just ,outsld tbU city, to-night. . .Mr.' Bryan .baa bf eB dan gerously' ill 'for avTJ, dayp with heart troubI. ;v r"l C i , V Mr. Bryan, waa It years of age and wad tbroughout hi llf- 'msi of o- tlon. VHo was known in thla city and eectloa as doer ji large things and ther ar many" large, enterprises in th South to-day, proaperip g jthroagbt bia ability and genius lor organisms; and conducting on ' bigh and busi ness' plane: Taking charg of ' ' the Richmond Locomativ WoVkh con duoted M successfully and : continued as managing drrector?Rer .taabeorp' tlon by th American Locwmotlv Work. ' He waa also a director Jn the Southern 'Railway-and at the .tXrot f the reorganisation of . th . Equitable. Life .Assurance -Society' waa aeleoted as one of the directors. - He ,tl also a director. In th Slosr)effleld Com pany and In the North Birmingham Land Company."."'' Mr. Bryan "war recognised- as on of the South' greatest philanthrop ists. He was a native of Gloucester county, and at the outbreak of the civil war waa si student at the, Uni versity of - Vu-glnla.' As eoo'n: as ' na arrived at , sufficient ' are ' bis 'pa rent acquiesced in his request and he was' allowed to Join the Confed erate army; entering the command of Col. -John S. Mosby with which he served for the remaining period Of the war; . -':. ,. '.rv.-;-;:':; After the wr he va married to Mis Bell Stewart,' daughter of Mf7 John 6tewrt, of "Brook Hill. Hen rico county, Virginia. - DROWXED IN LOCWANA. 8. A. Skipper, Formerly of Whiter I lie. lias btate, Lose xi is jxr y pn?. ing Into- River. y,r. ' Special to Th Observer. ' - . ; New Orleans; La.. Nov.; j0 A, A. Skipper, boekkeiper for the Calcaslen Naval ' Stores Company," formerly of Whitevtlle, N. C, where' his relative now reside,'' met a tragic .death" lest night in the Calcasieu river, near Goose Ferry, eight miles north ot Lake Charles, Cva. His horse was also browned. He was on his way to Lake Charles at th time. Th ferry keepe heard some one cell during the nrjht, but golni; out could discover no or. It is presumed that Kkipper miwd the roJ and drove over tha high bank In the iarkm-w. His body win recovered thla afternoon. Hr. S-k'rp-r was id yers old and unmarTK-d. He was conjr.iered an ex perienced turpentine man. KemmVy's O-'iHal Vote. rrankT-rt, Kr, Nov. 19. Tha tabu Kt'.on of the c. r ;.il vote In tiie recent presidential ect:on In Keniury of e l counties except Jnhnwin, in which (he unor. .-isl f -urs are tise-1 to show tnt the comb. red Vote of all the tvk rtee;-t the . Democraue 1 ?4 'h tha X'fyan v-.ta 1 :(!,- 4. mk r t-'-T!i j-!j!.?7J rhrt of t-ii-r ! - r -r vrt In the P;a!. ' t "' "' ''r tv. Taft V-ta '. i l. t - .1 8.4 7 4. MY Of JkOUTIXE BUSINESS OONFERENCE : WORK ; DELATED. Methodist In 'Sewrion at Aslievllle a J Little Behind AVith Tliele Transne C tKna Owing to DeUy In Work of , Committees . Stodr of Attvocalo Not Now owned by Oonferenee to Be Pnrt'liaMd Re?. '- H. ffowl " t'rge .More Spirituality, But Bishop ;v Kay cainrcli Is Growing In Grtee V Board of- Ktlitcatlon... Anniversary 'Held Last NUrlit and President of , Emory and Henry Deliver Address. Special to Th. Observers. ': , iAshevllle. Nov: 30. Th third day's cession of thu annual meeting of the Western North Carolina,; Conference, being held tiir Central church here, was' devoted mostly , 'to routine mt tera .It is usually .tbe cas that by Friday the Conference is farther ad vanced in ,lh .transaction: of tta bttsi ness, bui thi.: year ther ; has been some delay.: due partly to th delay la th-work' of the committees of , ex amination, which has been unavoid able It I atill . xpected." bowvcr, that .the appointment will be , read soma time Monday, probably not until lb night "session; .' There 1 always a deep interest In the appointments, as tber ar often' many surprises . Only fifteen changes will be necessary this year on aecourir of the" four-year tim UmlV but tt Is not unusual for one required change by the time limit to cause' several changes In th other pastorates One district la left open by the tlm 'limitVulo, - and It la a Conference rumor that ... another ,'dla-. trlct, .on . f th . largeat, : , will : be vacant on account of th transfer to another Conference - of . the '- present presiding-' elder. ; ; t -Theicall of 'the twentieth question was resumed this ' morning and the character .j-oX th twenty-seven oreachera ' who-' sustain th superan nuated relation were parsed. r. .One o these, . Rev. J. B., Carpenter, . Whose bealth thai been restored, ask for work for th coming year..- Rev, T. T. Salysr. waa granted, the superannuate! relations to another conference. The characters of th six preachers who sustain i the superannuary relation were ' passed and they were1 granted the same relation- for . another- year. Tbe secretary read letter from Rev. H. L. Atkins and Rev. J. C Troy, two of th .-superannuated - members. : MQR1E SPIRITUAUTT NEEDED. Rv. F. II. Wood spoke to th Con ference and urged the .members to be more spiritual.. Ho aald many preach ers were trying to be too .literary, and that while the literary w.ta commend able in the preachers it should not be emphasised at the expense . of . thtf spiritual. . He .also said that ther Is too much formality in the Church' and exhorted against this, . Blahop 'Atkins stated that hO believed tho Church to be growing in grace all tba time, but that Db Wood sPiMnt.w: well tnkenj ;K. H. Robertson, and. J. F. 'ShuUon. local preacher .from, tho Morganton district., were elected .deacons, -.ana W. I. Hughes,' a local preacher from th t Franklin 'district, Was elected elder, .-T. E. Smiley and J. Miller, ministers In th Methodist Episcopal Church,, were- received .into, the Con ference..' j -.,'".; V. '.. ' 9-"f ',-. ' ''"'' I A' resolution waa adopted by which all undergraduates, whether .pursuing their, course. ot study in the; corres pondence school or under tne . direc tion, of, th committee of examina tion at Conference be required to meet said committee the .day before. Con ference. ; If. they fail to do this with out providential causa, their examl nation will , bwdelayed until. th year following. . . f;.. '-. u. .;. TO OWN - ADVOCATE ENTIRELtv ;A Th committee on books; and peri odicals: recommended the purchase of th remaining' one-third of th stock of Th North Carolina, Christian Ad vocate not owned by th Conference, and th recommendation wrvs adooted, J.- L ' Hickman,, who waa. admitted on trial ar the- last sension ' of Con ferenc.-1 was discontinued - at his own request; there, being- nothing against Him. e-r. y,-'1" i.-:v --.. Eleven young men admitted on trial last year war advanced to th class of the econd vear. Nine young min isters were recommended for aiders orders and will be ordained this year. . Th board of education .submitted a report recommending the grouping of the Conference schools and tn re arrangement of . the distribution of appropriation. ' ;-" ' .. - " - .. Rev.-- S. M. God bey spok in Mnall of The Christian Advocate published at Nashville, J. R. Stewart In th In terest of the superannuated fund and A: B. Saleeby represented th Baraca movement of th Conference . EDUCATIONS THE THEME LAST Th anniversary of ; th Board - of Education waa held' to-night and a larae audience filled the church for the purpose of bearing th speakers of the occasion. V Rev. E. L: Bln, of Charlotte, , who Is president of tho board., presided. Th llrsl. iptakr was Mra T. J.- Copeiaad. who made an appeal to the Conference In behalf of Brevard Industrial institute, located at Brevarav-- i-.-iw v.-'- Sh was followed by Rev. R. G. Waterhouse, i Bv v D.,7 president - of .mory and Henry College.- Dr. Water house cam to this Conference session by special invitation of th president of the board and as th representa tive of th General Board or Educa tion of the Church. ,' Hia address was a able and interesting one, and in- eluded a history of education In the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and showed what a splendid growth end development this Important phase ot the work of tbe Church has enjoyed. Th central thought of his theme was th. need for Christ In all education. Referring' to th educa tion ot th negro Dr. Waterhous aald the solution or mis prooiem. just as the - solution of every problem. Is -.und in the nereis of the plrit of t Christ as found in - the Gospel of the ion of God. He Insisted that no true tlitought is to be planted in the mind and heart that does not give a rorthy conception of God. He em phasised in closing the power of tho home In all th worjc of education. sni maintained that education. Just ss every othr good work, must get a holi rrn the home before it can jMtcreed. He was heard - with the c!rtwst interest snd the bltorlcal. lineal and helpful address captured h entire CoiJ-rence. nv. J. C. Woolen, rf rtairham. r- - row rerr-arks at the close or; tr ad irep. T- .offw iftoon 5ve TfVTien's lr t r ! ro 1 .1 . . i i -.t U. r- - - -r r f t's 1 ...i: I ef ;. . . i t.'. if' BIG CELEBRATION HEII) BP ARTANBCRG MAKES MERRY Brilliant ' Gatherlns; of Railroad and Industrial Men to Celebrate Kn .. irnnoe of New Railroad Into That . Mty Brilliant : Addreea Made - by I editor Edmonds, of Manufact arers' i ReorctMagnlncent ?v Banquet Is 8read at Spartan Inn Tosutta He . sonded to by President of. Houtli - - em and C C. O. Roada. (4over '. nor Annei and Other Public Meet . ' ing la ineatre, , c v ' , , v Special to The Observer, " '."' ', Spartanburg, a C.. No; tb.-Th banquet to-night at the 8partan Inn by the chamber of commerce and citizens celebrating th entrance of the Carolina, Cllnchfleld Ohio road Into Spartanburg waa a most brilliant occasion. . being, attended by railway president' and high officials of three great systems and representative me Of th , South. '1 In addition to tha visiting guest ther were present th leading business and professional me of tha city, and with good fellowship and feelings they all sat down to the board and rejoiced In the happiness and prosperity of th 6outh. . f HIGH OFFICJALs PRESENT, "y Realising the great benefits that ar certain to follow the: opening up of th ,C, C O. road; tha'. chamber of commerc decided to give a public feast in celebraUon of th event. For weeks- It planned. and sent out imi tations to men wno are at .th bead of the great railway system In the action and men prominent in national and v bualnesa affairs, X which wa responded to by. President G. w L. Carter. Vic . President and General Manager J. M. Caple and J. N. Pow- u. oi ,tno Carolina, CUncnfield unio. aad aeveral members ef th ! board .of directors; President Flnley, General Traffic and . Passenger .Agent Hardwlck, , General Counsel Fairfax , Harrison, Mv V. Richards and others of the Southern Railway; Governor Ansel, Richard H. Kdmonds, of Bal- u more r it, Tompkins,' of Charlotte, w jana otner influential cltisens whose reputation are countrv-wlde. Th banquet was preceded by pub lic' meeting iri the Harris Theatre, wher several splendid addresses were mad. The auditorium waspacked tolu utmost capacity with jen and women and the enthusiasm 'Wui great, ' W. EJ.- Burnett, nresldent of rham. ber of commerce, made th address of weicwne ana incidentally told of the developments of Spartanburg and the was fallowed ; by . Mr. , isamonaa, editor of The Mannfae.tur rs .Record, who spoke on the indus trial progress ,of th South , as f ol lows , . - MR. fcDMONDS ADDRESS. " ' gathered bbr to celebrate the building , of a new railroad,, and you do well, v As th launching of a -great-ship is always a festive occasion on which to five vole to th feelina that another unit baa been added to wmmnv mmwmmim aiiiii-niaKe- for ctt ex pansion t the world's commerce, -so the building of a new 'railroad should b. celebrated as. an occasion of -3oyj for,: jh railroad la an expression w - . :; nurann arrvancemenf, ..-.- The good people of South-Carolina were "Wis in their: day and, feneration" when more than three-quarters of a tnuLury ago tpey named tn first lo comotlv ever pullt In th United States for a Southern road.', and bv som aald to be th first ever built for an American , road, J he "Best Friend."; They sought in thla way to express their reallaatlon ; of; th fact that tha railroad marked the mightiest step of th ages in th development of trad , ; And Industry, v in .the bringing ijt of ;fthe 4, people . of all sections and ; all naUons '.;lnto closer relationship,, and . taus In th advancement of civilisation, . In those early days the wise men of this State r rasped. Just as clearly as you do o.o day the Importance of a railroad which should unite the South Atlantic- seaboard with the West. With prophetic, vision they aw the ; tim when the products of . the West mint seek a foreign .outlet.: They realized the necessity .for, tha development of the mineral resource of ' th 'South and th Upbuilding ot manufactures. They stray with; an energy worthy of this great commonwealth to secure the building of a Jin from Charleston through .this region-:, and. a crone th mountains to i th ; great Western Empire, , then an s: almost ; unde veloped . wilderneea. f jTh. ' tSk waa too. great or th capital of that day. From-time to tim renewed ef forts. were mads - by . the . people of South Carolina,. aa well a by men of other States, to accomplish th building oi a tow grade iin. across in moun tains that the coast and th marv'el ously rich West might be united. The line whose' building you ar to-night celebrating is but th fulfillment of the plana of those who more than half a century ago struggled, but struggled in vain, against overwhelming odds to accomplish. - The fulfillment, of their work 1 but another Illustration of th fact that aH of the development of the-South of recent yeara is only the oarrylng out of enterprises pro jected by th mighty men of th old South. .TJre were Indeed "giants in those days,' and measured by th con ditions under which-' they labored, measured by the Infancy of the world In, transportation, financial and Indus trial development, the work of the Old South was planned on a broader seal than anything that the people of the South of this generation have yet been abl 1 do. . .'.. - - . '.-. . DISTRIBUTIONS THE PROBLEM. Somi twelve or fifteen years ago Sen ator Gorman, looking far ahead of that day, saw that production was fast out stripping transportation. Th great problem," aald Senator Gorman,- "be fore the .'American people is on of distribution." Even then It was pos sible to see that we had reached point where. In normal times we could produce iarjnore man we eouia x- peditlously and profitably distribute. A. short while ago, before there had been any alowing down in th wheels of .industry, every railroad in th country was burdened beyond It ability to transport the freight offer ed. Tour cotton mills found It al most imposslbls to secure the rsw ma terial, for their spindles, or .'the coal with which to run their furnace flrea, and equally difficult, to deliver their finished goods. That time will soon be here again. Deeplt th Inactivity of the lat twelve months, production is already fart treacling upon the bels of transportation. W have' reached a tiolnt - where ' Senator Gorman s (thought may be expressed by saying, thst the rrest problem before our C"iir.try U that of raila'ays, rivers and , ; ' t-Cc n-inued en Tags 1 ; ,t ) MANY DIE IN EXPLOSION FIFTEEN DEAD; TEN MISSING AbnoMt Entire Block of Gold Street, i. Brooklyn, Tom Front Doorway to Doorway by Monster Gas Rxfrioirioa j Dirt and Rock, and Tangle ot timbm, Cover Entombed Bodies ' Gas Main fiprtog a Leak, anil- a .i rtpark Comes in contact With II Geysers ot Water aad Tongues of Hsine " Shooi Jiortre-Wosld-Ik - Rescuer Drawn Into Deatb Hole. Now Tork, Nov,' ' tO-Twenty-flve person ara believed to bav lost their Uvea in an explosion of gas which tore a great section of Gold street, Brooklyn,- i to-day. It - la definitely- known that fifteen persona were burled vnder tbe hundreds of .ton of earth and timber that wer thrown into th air by the explosion, and ten mora per sona ar reported as missing. - The exact number ot dead cannot b de termined ' until to-morrow for those working to , recover the ' entombed bodies must dig, through fifty feet of dirt, rock and a tangle ot pipe and tlmberA -. " : - '' i- ?l The explosion- occurred In a' fifty foot excavation that bad been made In Gold street between Tork -' and Front street, wher a water main waa being laid. ,Tb gas main recent ly sprung e leak in a manner un known, spark cam In contact with esc ping - gaa to-day. , ' Immediately there wa a terrifio explosion that lift ed th surface of th street for half a block in both dlnectlona and hurled dirt, paving stone and debris Into th air, . rr'.v .';'. v.: -.''-v-;. EARTH AND DEBRIS , BURIES A ) ,. ... i '; "SCORE. ';. 1;.',?. ' ), i When.th smoke and dust cleared away it .waa seen, that tha street bad been, opened front doorstep to ds?r step over an area of. nearly a block. The loosened earth and t debris v bad fallen Into th excavation burying the scor of laborers Who war at wct when the accident happened..- Great tongue of flam shot out of erevtces in 'the street, . and besld geysers -, of water leaped Into the air from a water main that bad. been shattered by tha explosion. .Two - bodies- wore sticking out of th wreckage. . J . Gold street was crowded with acnoot children' when th explosion occurred, snd ithat scores of children were, not killed or iniured waa remarkable. A woman and tore children wer al most opposite th excavation when the earth crumbled usder. their feet and theyv were swept down Into th hoi under ton of wreckage. Two other children wer on tha opposite aid of tha street-when the Street caved in. and' thev V. lost ; their Uvea t Samuel Trout, foreman of the gang of labor erjs who wer laying th water main. waa near th woman ana tnre cnu- dren who lost their Uvea He rushed forward a he felt th street tremble, In an ndeavor to save them, but ho. too. ; waa drawn lnt tn oeatn noie. His body waa th nrst to oe recovereu Temtt hail -been roasted to a cinder. FOUR: v BKMARKABLH EBUAft-a Onlv four men working in tn ex cavation escaped and their escape was remarkable. - They wer pigging near the onnniriof sr-fOur Toot swr a tha fore of th explosion blew tham tn ih .ntrarwe er it. -artnur eiranu waa burled farthest and be pulled the other thremen after Mm , Water from'th MOKen main oegan to pour Into th aewer ana ne tour men. Jn danger of being drowned, started' to run toward th river where there waa aa outlet to th sewer, w Th explosion snooa nouses w block around. ; Thousand ot persons wer attracted J th seen.' , PARENTS ARB FRANTIC. Vwnmon. llvlna' In th neighborhood whoa children had" been on the street when the gaa maiawew up rusnea the scene and ran aooui in tlon vrringlng their hands and calling i ..k.h mtia onea In many - in stances they found their children al ter brief -ewaroh' lut numwr t yvm and airls bad been'-Uken Into a school nearoy ano tneir fr.ntta hr tbe time tney ware iuu. o-ho .a .r and water su pply f wer ... i ,.rr ahnrtlr after the explosion, . . ina firemen waa' then put ! .w. A-n for. Oodles but the task was neceasarlly alow because of the nature of th wrecaaa w. to b removed... .I- . - v;l.;tX:i-f. : TO IMPItOVB TRAPS SCHOOLS. .k- inwana or Ua Dlarnssion at OH. ia J . . . inn- . akMiventiSMk Ot " ' ' i imnrovement of Indastrlal Educa- - .inAnmwntii Hvsteina AdTO- it MieA. tilri WiOuUi Slot S. J"r .Trade Schooia too Mnoamant. of trad SChOOlS WS Ul A towiiv's dlscuasion of' th eonvention of -tn rauaii ouTT tot h Promotion of Industrial Edu cation, A paper-preparedby Ev P. BuUard, of Briagepor,,vwiuK ,Boo.1rnlelv 14.000.000 School children enrolled in public schoobra least 11,000,000 will iev schw tween th fifth and sixth, ff . . Think what this means industrtal i.,i maana that every year million of American boy and girls ar turn ed out into a wocia m n " petVUoa utterly wftt to comp. lw a world of splendid JOPP"0"?? without th twining of intellectual power to - nabla . them ? " VftAtag MWSI vyyurf'"- ;v4 . lm at t-omodv for the ' case nr. Bultaxd ad 3a4e carefully -devlaed .nn.rtli.. iva-Mnl' which should give th young of UmMed meana an oppor- j tunUy to learn a tradav , :V'l-'iZ M. W. lAlexander; w L.ynn. "- said that large manufaoturera ahould hav school rooms m "-.r .vw .. .L amatl manufacturer wrho cVuid not afford thia, ahould aid their employe to atuay m puu -V . rsi.ia ahould not be permitted to enter trade schools until ths expira tho llml of compulsory school sge." said Mia Florence Marshall, of Boston xni prwiBm, would tend to reUev aom of th Kaj o(To-t HMit bom life which en. sue from too much -trad work by girl. :.; . ' ' ' -. : : rCotatn and Crew of Laeoma Landed ' . , a v. aa T- - Poruana, nininu. - i. Ttritlsh steamer Euston. from Mobile. at NewDort News, for Bremen, ar rive 1 her to-day ana unued - tne raptnln and crew ct th schooner La coma which was abandoned water- losg-ed en November Sth, in latitude IS, lonc'tnd 03. The si..; i int; records do Bat give any, records of the schooner Lacoma above mentioned. - . . , . 1 . Fnr'ne r.uriee Two, -Tucumbi;, Ala., Nor. JO.- Albert Sohmurk. firem-in, and Georpe Rob erts, flaemen were burled tin ! r aa engine of th Fouthern Ri'wsy r?r Tu.-"-uInhia to-il iv, bolh t',r !---! i when foun.l The ene'ne run-r'.-- l''.t ; i it tj-: ; f-v-r. GOOD BEABOX f OB NO EOND C, ' PV miiXejts USDEKIS MANY. Hearing Inetitnted by Fort Mill Ar.t, r'- to Havo American Surety Compuiy's lAtvnae Revoked , Vlmiitwtes the t'ampany, Wtikli Showw by Court ' Record Ttut" Miller Wa- Not a Safe Person to ' Rood ColnmbU , Hoarding House Keeper Had Oper ' a ted a Thief, From ArtlHes lf v Behind When Site Left For Part '. Unknori Body of eiouth C'rolin- tan Killed In Florida Brought Horn , L,'MV'!. Observer Bureau, ,4 ' ' ltJO Berkeley Budding. t -; , Columbia 8- C Nov. 20. The bearing before Insurance Com mlaeioner McMaater this afternoon in tba 'ton'Jnarle- :T P.' '-Miller against' thv American Surety Com pany to hav the commlseloner re vok the '' oompany's license - to do business In.thia Stat on the groun.U that It canceHd ; his bond s agent for. the Southern , at Fort Mill last February because of testimony Mtu r gave against the surety company In a case at Laurens several years es-o, turned out a stiff and energetic boom erang for Miller and, the -complete vindication of the surety company. Miller made no attempt to . vindicate himself or wx plain any of the vartou serious charge against him. putting up no evidenc. His attorney ww taken by surpris aad could do noth ing for him. At th conclusion of the hearing Mr.'McMaatsr promptly ren dered his decision in writing v-.-t ther waa "no evtdenoe to support t ,- complaint of the said C. P. Miller, but that ther waa good and sufficient rea sons why the American Surety Com pany should bav declined to re-n. 'i n his bond, ThereXOr th rale 1 diawnissed."".:;;" '. .-:''- riV BAD 'RECORD. SHOWN. -' Th surety company Introduced evi dence to show a long chain of mis deeds on the part of Miller, who i-i the son Of a prominent banker t ( riorenc ana nigniy cunnw.ti-t through th SUte; beginning with hi seduction of A girl of . res-peciai .-i parentage in. .Charleston seveni..'it years ago under promise of m-Hrri:: - . deaertlng his Wife and a child ..--r an alleged milttary marrtaxe and re fusing to contribute to thuir suri-'"'- To support thla records from th i: prem txurt carrying, aa tne t-- i- mony In the Ca3e wer lntrJdi)vi-i. PoatoiTio inspectors' reports also introduced to show that M)il r, while id the service forged a com misson and wa dlralsd. It r also charged thjit he padded his i rolls and falsified his bank recur-: while working for the railroad i Laurens. : Tbe surety company, it w- claimed,, nevjr actually bonded I . ler, merely Issuing hint temporfirr protection and, Immediately cuu - , loose from, him on Investigation ot bl tecord.' ' , . ." HAD OTHER PEOPLE'S PROP- . - EtlTXV - '- ' The Columbia police are lookir ? for the daughter of the iAJkn count v Jaller to put ' her in the Richmon 1 Jail for various -and sundry inu. ra tions and liberties she is accused of taking with other people's protwrt . Her nam Is Mra William T. iioOu lough and she wa proprietor ur to last Saturday night, when th police says she left for part, unknown, rf a-boarding nous at . no AsswmM.v street, thw-property. of Mr. K. A. AH- wordmn. -The polio in sesirching her place last Saturday fir asset to eat.a fy a rent claim for 121. found in a trunk-several articles of silver and other things bearing Wright's 11-4-1 labels. Hhe wss employed at wrignis about six months ago as head of the pastry - department., .other artu-i, found by th police indicate that sh might have been employed at orw time by various winter resort hotels at Aiken and around Augusta." - About a. month aro an actress who aays ah stopped at Mrs. McCuUough's place, complained to the police of los ing about 100 worth of Jewelry the-re. Th pollc say they recovered the Jewelry from Mrs. McCiuiougn, but for aom reason she was not prose cuted on this transaction. Mrs. McCuUough is said to be a very handsome woman, but appears t-o, hav played ' In very bard luck the past severaj . months. Mr. James B. Austin, a member of a prominent Laarena family, died suddenly ther last , night of heart trouble la nis stn year. J1 leave a widow and four children. Mr. Aus tin was for six years county dipeaur at Laurena. ' The funeral of Mr. n. o. Rawl, who waa ahot to death at his lumber cam i near JacksonvllU, Fla., a few days ago by his clerk, Mr. T. S. Glover, an Aikea county young man, was hrll at Mr. Rawl old homo at Lextnrtn yesterday, a large attendance ben present It I said that for several day beforo th shouting Mr. Kawl had been getting after young Grovr for negilgenc.. and at th -final meet ing the he waa passed, Rawl rushing after Olovee for a fist fight, a" d the tatter-retreating to a room and com ma-out witn - a. revolver, wnicn ne fired point blame into Mr. Rawl'a face. Peraonal Betting - Legal, Say N'e. : . - i 1 York bupreiue Conrb , 'New Tork. Nov. J0- That person al, or what has been termed "individ ual" betting is legal at tne rate tracks in this State was tho oplnktn of the judges of the appellate division of the Supreme Court, made puun- to-day In. a decision - in th case brought by Assistant District Attor ney EKIer. of Kings county, to de termine th application ot the Agner- Hart bill on this point. - Th decief n ia in favor of th . Brooklyn Jockey Club. 1 Th proceedings- which re sulted In the decision rendered to-day was a test case. Melville Col.in Was arrested for accepting evwae-r at Gravesend race track. Jun lii, vt this year, and held for trial. Col lins brought habeas corpus proceed ings before the special term of tii Supreme Court and hi release wis ordered.: In the -decision t--day the action of tha special tr 1 upheld in all particular. Blase on Chattahoochee Extlnfrii! ' - by Flooding. Norfolk. Va.. Nov. 19. The f : of the forward hold of the e'- - Chattahoochee, boun-1 from ? to BoMon, which arrived bore j - dav afternoon with a nre n nor c of cotton is bellevcN to hve ( jruUhtd the b!je and trie n -vi., i b now beinr pumnod o,iL 1 he ' Uihoochee lis wi!h h-r rr-- -mud of Lamivrts rvit:t f ' ee.o iy be extrK-aJ-! at 1 i She refused a.4.s;'nco - oomJucted te work of the fire unaid-d. - ThesH,,rf',-'", 1 " ' ' , hf - :' -.,:k
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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