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7 ' , , - , . - , : A. ! 2 Cjer To-Bay '-j SBOWiitS 10 Pazes Ifl-D:y TTTQK PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR.' CHARLOTTE, N. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 36, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. a ., f i i K i i i i x m : r i i i - w i "v i fr"w w r-f f i i ti: i v t n i vw. itx v i i . i i i i ' r i v i - r i -v i-3r v ix i n w & v - : ' - -i ii ii i i 1 1 - ' .... ' HAS Bl'SV DAY I V . H19 , P1'' ,.vr Bureau. X,;:mn Building. .k.rter lt Winston-Salm' h1 , rate mat""'" ,-. feeing V- make an eliori 10 "- 10? !U liter! offer hM WT , ,eii1rci to m " hw h thai aw'" k8"''. ..., ,iis nere Ioryou,l Wet- K .. ,n the ise of John .rrr.ton v-ouniy wmv fV!ed grnnttd him. Gov P"Tn " .t distinctly on- hi t"1 w',n it must be kept k : , r'f this rule will cer-. JT1 .rt at once and maae M . ! i full sentence. ine k" u vmps for conditional V many ce they nd , It i- only in i"n" '. their Issue r.overnoc KJtchln , such pardons, as llet,1 ,-ienn but he Intends Ljnr. "' , ,. ,, icranta a eondl- f nvTr. .i"b Spivey. who J"-0?'' L, ,-onvlcted in Gull- W!" . , ,r. ii,ie trespass and 60unt c x months in tne wora ;,...rnor nays Spivey is Th- sentenced for isk- ;. ii in rpon the recom ffZV-.- of the municipal I'.nvurnor crants Ff' y0:1;- ., ...nrtiilnn that he .-, ,-onditlon IV7f;m ,r(. use of cigarettes. . .. . i,..l,Hvlor and is law- Pni ? . ' in pvrv sixty K' ,h'.dW twelve months Te" h 'r and satiny him w K - f!r . .'...rrf n.in nm-imD for MtlOnHl iun. .rrikc nn.i lield instruction at fcpiilenn. Moreneaa v.n, tt I'.Iar.irv. RHiasviue la if.a hinfni. Battery a ia tttti,. i'- --5; First Infantry, .rlot;i Hoii'.iui i.orps it, J u 1 v :t.A'iJst 2- A .-.N'in.Alt CASK. lnwrniT Kit- 1 1 : 1 1 iirtea in a i6u- ,i He romniulea ine m, i. of William Drlv M,,iit's roads to one w.i:- i invictedl last Sep inn He is not of sound year " It W ;)- MM'! VJ ki.Iik ed to Deiieve no treed tr-.m his first wife. He .i himself m a man wno prom- hlm ti ' .6' i lnm clear of hie HI e . He ". iked six monuu nu (inpiotr m''' nim a paper as- it him ii"- .is fiee from her. He re-rr.irn.-.!. The trial judge w u-rr.n.iitat ;nn. M lr.isii ! the Methodist Or- tint ii:' m t to-day. Congrest- Robn .V Cafe presiding. Rev. Is N .role re-elected superln: im Th biviwlng made by the Uasf !.! i.k the pat twelve iafc ic ext-emi'l. gratifying. The :,p "u. i l $ ', o no. and there la fxn; ha., n. There Is found to peat n-nl ': another dormitory Sev a :o ; in. Is are to be asked fie Btn of Kuriuay !5prlncs, this My, ;s hart'-retl. Capital stock, W Dr J A Sexten and others Hi .;- -rr.--r r-fu.es to pardon PrBran i .-nv.irted in McDowell fiio h'. a.?'. f highway rob- r1 f.rn. n. r. to nine years on wie in,.rr,, I n rdons Charlie I i on nt y, convicted : l.meny and sen-,-tr? on the roads. Vates was sen rs for stealing 12. iritles of Guilford ;ia.rdon and through a or .! 1 prt V, f.. .r Ci'::,nr H to f . .r - boa: d ,,f , rrnat, i viile annllratlon. ift ''he ri'i.-i r..T. The grounds are stsl'h 1 !-ol effects of further ; He has had chronla pardon is on con havior and remaln- ptRN n -RUSHERS BtEirr. fata , nr,t Day' Session J il Kan-re. Many Quea r? onsidcrelMr. Cald- I18: A!a Tn It Th. te, V p ''"-r! 9'on here. n - "jt;i, oi v-nariotte, Pft. !,! Th. Hi. - L .. -0:' !l,,Jk a wide ranee. bllou' y"'M,0!l!i considered were Iswih" "n pi0-V8rs do. nd how. W V 'P10! loyal to them. h ;"!e"ted-worklnB vry !he l'ljmP08inl room force J"st aavantage? K-t - a number of member pn-Jrr ' -"tabltoh a n rat-class Pkr ... i '". Uat,hington. with a ' men in charge, who r simultaneoua'pub- 1 ,' 1 neral South ifr.. ... ss new's nictureaand f ' B".ln8 mle by roera- "'"nution to secure a air . . I" f r rte of nostaare of -tK. ' d Pound? " . u -'2T neWfPapers generally Ej:- '";ut"rn pri nt di e.'. V ''"'fntage Is uiacouiinuea allowed ? iting f re- i"ittt.j. " cir U. 1 Previous rculatlon t to be aa large ' nrviA... ... 2? ' Ea Tmcrs enjoyed a i:3'1 to-nlgbt. Th. ISS Hr.l ....7" "U UU- -"'el Hlllman to-morrow BEMJOW PEOPEBTY PASSES THJE GATE dm KIOSEST DEAL. hkat Trade That Msvrka ttie Transfer of the; Host Valuable Holdings In the Heart of Greensboro' Bnslne District 'Consoiumated Yeeterdsv Afternoon Tins Property DtTided AmoDf - Various and Sundry Pur. cneoere Tne Property Brings at ATerage of $700 Per Front Foot and Mini ula tea Real Etrtate Ac Uilty Wlwt the Guilford Highway , Oonunisialon 'Has Done Grand Jury - Ifmila to Return a True BUI Against Yoaag Huber. Ob"-ver Bureau. The ryil Building, 9reemboro, June IS. Mr. E. J. Stafford, secretary of the Guilford county hlghtwny commlsaion ha.ft vnaAm rvnhlta a r. nftrt rovuvHncr In detail the commiaalon-a transactions for the IS months ending June 1. ! Durirg this period the cash receipts mounted to t7,5.15 and there wad expended -427.009.17, leaving a cash balance of S40.X4.78. Four ne.r i-iaicadamiaed roads were completed. The conrmiseion has spent during its existence, a period of about six year. S308.71.SS in building about elyhty f.e miles of highway. The money in hand will build about fifteen -miles more, giving the county over on ! hundred miles of macadamised road The county voted 1800,000 of good roads bonds in the spring of 1903, and when the proceeds from the sale at the bonds shall have been exhausted the highway commission will expire by limitation and the work of build ing good roads will be taken up by the county commissioners and con tinued without another bond Issue. The board of aldermen last night Wled four Vacancies on the pollco . ' 1 . 1 I A, . M . I v . iorce oy line election oi messrs. i. r. iHeley, D. F. Causey, C. P Bennett and D. E. Hepter, the last two being new members of the force. Former Sergeant Patterson and Officer Hobia failed of re-election. . A BRAVE NEAR-BEER DKALER. It is learned that one of the local near-beer dealers has decided to ipay the license tax of $500 Imposed on the business 'by the aldermen, and In this event lt is probable that the county cotnmdaeleners will take a hand In the matter and impose a I county tax. Owing to the vigilance and activity of the police force bhe illicit sale of whiskey has been reduced to a mini mum. There are few. If any, "Joints" in the city, the llojuor that is acid be-irg- peddled by walking blind tigers. Charles F. Huber, the young musi cian who was arrested here seyeral weeacs ago on a warrant sworn out by his wif charging him with living Illegally wiUi a young woman to tahom he claimed to be married, and who 1 facing a similar charge in Pe tersburg. Va.. "rlR escape a trial In Greensboro, the grand Jury having failed to return a true, bill. When he waa arrested Huber spent several days In Jail until he coujd furnish bond, relatives and friends putting up S100 for him. After being released by the grand Jury yesterday afternoon Huber collected the bond money and left town last night. Two of hi friends here who furnished S50 of the bond will endeavor to have him ar rested for amlbezzlement. PASSING OF THE BENBOW, Mr. James F. Jordan, who last week closed an option he held on the Benbow Hotel real estate and other valuable property owned by Mr. Charles D. Benbow on the west side of South Elm street, this afternoon niade the last trade that marks the passing of the ownership of SliE.00 of th beet property in the heart of the business district of the city. This is the biggest real estate deal ever made In Greensboro at one time and haa given a decided Impetus t realty transactions here. The North Caro lina Public Service Company takes th West Sycamore and South Elm, street corner of the five-story section of bhe Benbow Hotel, iwlth a frontesre of 25 feet on South Elm street. The remaining 4 5 feet of the five-story section of the building roes to ev Judg Spencer B. Adam end Mr. W. R. Land. Mrs. Virginia L. Harrison ibuvs the property occupied bv Wills' book store and 5r. J. B. Harrison srets the store occupied ( by A. D. Jones ft Co. The adjoining property on the south, occupied by Kendall St Fisher and Wharton Bros., with a frontage of 48 feet. Is purchased by Mr. J. T. Pruden. Th store of Ellla Stone ft Co.. with a frontage of S3 feet. Is purchased by Mr. D, C. Wad del). Jr., of Aehevllle. The tola! purchase price Is about US5000. or over $700 per front foot. EX-Sher!ff Jordan announced this af ternoon that the remainder of the "Berrbow property on that side of the street, with a frontage of 80 feet, had been withdrawn from the market for the present. 'In compliance with the terms of the sale, the Benbow Hotel was closed to-night and the property formally transferred to the new owners. It I understood that the North Carolina Public Servlc Company will utlllz its portion of the property for of fices and display room. Th clojring of the Benbow la an erent of more than ordinary interest in Greensboro. The original hotel of that nam was opened by the late Dr. D. W. C. Benbow, father of Mr. Charles D. Benbow. nearly forty year ago. the first guest to register being the late Senator Zebulon B. Vance. Mr. Charte D. Benbow grew up In the hoteJ bo j In ess, and upon the Ceath of his father became proprietor of th new Benbow Hotel. Fine Bone Sold to Cover HI Board Bill. Special to Th Observer. - LeLxington. June 1 5. Selling a horse for board Is an unusual scene that has been witnessed in Lexing ton; at the courthouse door. "White, a German -coach stallion, bought for S3.400 by a local stock company more than a year ago. Ui the animal. Re cently he knocked out an eye In his tall at th livery stable. Tne uvery grew tired of feeding him without remuneration, and so advertled and old him to the highest bidder, who was Mr. W. E. Holt. Jr.. but K I not certain yet that Mr.. Holt will claim hi horse, because there maybe a law nvcr ft. It is doubtful 1f a horse can be made t pay hi board under the law. aa board-beating whit folk and negro., are. The stock company, it I learned. Is out all the money paid on .the purchase, there belnsr so revenue, and there are still tfutstandlng notes. What th end win be Uuunror. , , ., ASK 'CLEARANCE PAPEBS AVnOOKK AND THE DISPATCH. New York Agents of Steamer and Tug Yacht. Detained For Alleged Violation of Neutrality Law. Ad " ntit Ttiat Veaseto Are Bound Direct For Maracaibo, Venexuela. But It la Denied That They Have Any Con. nection With Any Filibuster Col lector of Customs and Special Gov ernment Agents A Lake Thorough Examination of Both Vessels and Find Nothing Aboard But Coal and Mater -May Get Clearance Paper. Norfolk Va.. June IS. The steam er NantVcoke and the tug-yacht Dis patch, tha former detainej at Frank lin. Va.. and the latter at Norfolk, for alleged violation of the neutrality laws in connection with a supposed Contraband expadltftThyfor Venssualan revolutionists, are, or admission made here to-day by their New Tork agents, bound direct for Maracalbo, Venesuela, but it Is denied that the vessels have any connection with any filibustering project. Ira M. Levy, of New Tork. repre senting the New Tork firm of Kates & Co., exporters, has filed ap plication with Collector of Customs Floyd Hughes at Norfolk for clear- ance papers for both the Nanticoke and the Dispatch. The destination of each is given in these papers as Mara, calbo and Capt. Jamas Tidmarsh, commanding the Nanticoke, says he expects to have his clearance paper fto that he can sail to-morrow. Mr. Levy stated that Collector of Cus toms Hughes has forwarded to Wash, ington a report that a careful investi gation has failed to develop anything suspicious against either the Nanti coke or the Dispatch and that local cu8tom offlcer8 naVe advised him that .he Wltv wolli,, h. i. h oviook this afternoon - for th issuance of clearance paper for both boata Collector fit Custom Hughes and special government agent have made a inorougn examination oi ootn me Nanticoke and the Dispatch but found nothing aln.-ird of either but coal, water and provisions. The, cus toms agent late yesterday broke all closed compartments of the Nantt coke but found nothing contraband, The revenue cutter Pamlico came up the Elackwater river last night end anchored close by the Nanticoke, Her officers to-day re-inspected the uspecieo steamer. i nry win rue a report also, but even this shews the Nanticoke to be free of contraband. The two boat may. In the opinion of local custom official, still be de tained here pending th completion of an investigation, which the govern ment is supposed to be making re garding the consignee of th Nanti coke and Dispatch at Maracalbo. Agent Levy says that the Nanticoke and the Dispatch have been purchas ed and are consigned to T. Arriena, a merchant of th Venezuelan capital, and that the two boat are to be used for commercial purposes in Venexuela. He said that under th new regime of Preeldent Com ex, con fidence has been restored -and Vene zuelans believe there Is great com mercial future for their metropolis. The Nanticoke and Dispatch, ac cording to Agent Levy and direct re ports to-day from J. A. Pretlow, the Kanticoke's agent at Franklin are to be. used in the coffee trade at Mara calbo. It Is denied from Franklin to day that Mauser rifles shipped from New York via St, Louts have arrivea in piano cases. Captain Tidmarsh has a crew of IT, all foreigners and of five different na tionalities. They came , from New York. Capt Horace H. Weeks, of Camden, N. J., is -in command of the Dis patch. a SALISBURY NEWS OF A DAY. Royal Arcanum planning- Big Picnic Well -Known lawyer to Locate lu Mexico Party of Northerners In spects the Granite at Faith Items of More or Less Interest. Observer Bureau. 4 21 NOrth Main Street, Salisbury, June 15. Thiiraday, July 1, Salisbury Coun cil No. 272, Royal Arcanum, will have a basket picnic at St. John's Mill on the Yadkin river. The mem bers, their families and Invited guests will reach the picnic grounda In conveyances furnished by the lodge. A basket dinner, refreshments, games and several short talks will be the features of the day. Up until sever sl years ago these outings were held annually by the Salisbury Areanums and were greatly enjoyed by a large number of people. Mr. G. W. Garland, of the Salis bury bar. Is arranging to locate In New Mexico, where he will practice his profession. He is now in the West looking after the preliminaries to tak ing up his residence there. Mr. Gar land came to Salisbury from Lexing ton six years ago. He wfll return here, however, to look after some le gal matters st the August term of Rowan Superior Court before taking final leave of North Carolina. The funeral of Mr. Walter Doby, who met death on the railroad yester day morning before day, waa held from the residence this morning and the burial was In Chestnut Hill Ceme tery. The circumstances connected with his untimely death are still un known and may forever remain a mystery. Mr. H. Lee Lazenby who looked af ter the construction of the Southern's handsome new passenger station here in behalf ef Architect Frank P. Mil burn, has been secured as an asso ciate to Mr. F. R. Simmons, who Is her in the interest of-the George W. Ashley Company, who are to erect the government building. The concert to be given by the Daughters of the Confederacy' and which was previously postponed will take place rn Meroney theatre Fri day evening, beginning at 8: SO o'clock. A party of Northerner have been t Faith this week Inspecting the granite in that section, preparatory to passing upon it for us In the erec tion of a fine building to the North. Newbern has placed a. big order for Rowan granite to be used for street curbing purposes. Mr. T. B. Parker, director of th Farmers Institute being held under the direction of the mat agricultural department sends words that Rowan win get three Institue. one each to be held at Salisbury. Mount Ulla and China Grove. He also stated that In many places there will be an insti tute tor women and urge that th wives of farmers attend these, do notice of the tint and plac ef the women Institutes to T made later. KATHERISE GOULD'S PAST wrrxEssEs lay bakk hkr life Wife of Howard Gould Ha Trying Day In Her Suit for Separation From Her Husband and Her Fare is Hushed With Shame Former Employes of Castle Gould Tell of Her HabU Called Husband YO Utile Hound," According to One V ltae Statement 1 Made That She Drank Several Bottle of Brandy WUh Other Liquor tu Two Week and Was Often Intoxicated Csed Language Cnflt to Print. New fork.. June 15. Torn with nger and extreme humiliation, al ters ately flushing with shame, sob bing or clenchlg her hands in ex asperation. Ka Uterine Ciemmons Gould sat through a trying ordeal In the Supreme Court to-day at th con tinuation of her suit for separation against Howard Gould. Mr. Gould's attorney sought to bring out that Mrs. Gould's habits were such that her husband was jus tified in leaving her. In the event of proving this, the defense hope to undermine the charge f abandon ment, the only phase of the plain, tiff rase, which has yet withstood the attacks of opposing counsel. Jus tice Dowling having ruled out the char pes of cruelty and non-support yesterday Howard Gould will take the stand to-morrow. Mrs. Gould, having naively told yesterday what It required of a wo man of fashion In the matter of dress t Palm Beach and elsewhere, wit nesses for the defense recietd to-day the Indulgence of the same woman of fashion in the matter of alcoholic stimulants and told further, while th heaVlly veiled Mrs. Gould burled her burning face in her hands, of certain remarks and conversations not exactly In keeping with $S00 gown and the palatial Castle Gould on Long Island. It was during this testimony con cerning some of the alleged violent and profane language, some of It as related too strong to be printed with propriety, that Mrs. Gould wept most. Yet. - she recovered herself quickly, and at times coached her lawyer, re freshing hie mind on certain Incidents with suggestions and reminders. LITTLE HOLTS D- Speclftc statements that Mrs. Gould had been Intoxicated on various ou casions. that she celled Howard Gould "you little hound" one night; that once ahe was apparently so under the influence of llauor a to stagser gainst th banister at Castle Gould; Carolina in 18t$ to keep the party tht her r.M brought Mquors to her (from being turned over to Butler. He room. Including sometimes two cock- ' certainly remembers Mr. Bryan's let tails before breakfast, were among -ters to many Democrats throughout the statement brought out. aa em- I the State urging a coalition with But--4oyes f the Gould estate related ' lr and the populists. If we had then their experience with their former mistress. Mrs. Gould's lawyer, Clarence J. Shearo. injected Into the case the rather novel argument that, admit ting even that his client had been Intoxicated, this should have strengthened rather than huve weak ened the ties between wife and hus band, t "It has been held." he said, "thst If a husband drank, he needed the love and company of his wife mof than If he were sober. Is not this ! equally true in the case of the wife?" Whether or not, tit for managing a household, it was a rather erratic administration that Mrs. Gould con- Jk .. t 1. i1 a.,M a ,ii.kf1ii i fv ducted at Castle Gould, according to most of the testimony. Verbal clash es with the manager of the great estate, heated arguments at the hen coop with carpenters, one of whom testified that "she couldn't walk straight." at the time, a period when she remained In her room for two weeks, consuming during that time seven bottles of brandy with other liquors these Incidents and others were sworn to on the stand. Also. there was an account by h formeri steward of an exciting night, when he said-she wanted the house locked although Howard Gould was out oh the front lawn. This was the night that Mrs. Gould Is said to have called her husbsnd "a little hound," a term which she spplled to him, as testified, after he had come to her room to see what the matter was, confusion having been spread through the great castle by the ringing of bells In Mrs. Gould's room and the burglar alarm system. While most of the testimony was against Mrs. Gould, one witness spoke in her favor. He Is Charles H. Danis. of Glencove, I T., who testified tliat In 1902 and 1903 he did considerable work en th? Gould estate and saw Mrs. Gould frequently. He had never seen her intoxicated, he said, but at times knew she had been drinking because he "could smell her breath." Before the resumption of the case to-day a letter from Mrs. Charlotte Nlcoll Weston, sister of Delancey Nlcoll, Mr. Gould's attorney was given out denying that Mrs. Gould had ever given her a drees. Mrs. Weston said she had never seen Mrs. Gould. When the letter wa thown to Mrs. Gould she sail: "I did not give the gown to her personally, hut sho was one of the anrr.s who received a box of gown thet f sent to one of the theatres." MR. CALDWELL MADE AX LL.D. Trustees of Erskine College Confer Degree, on the Editor of The Ob server Proe-irtem Moffau With draw HJs Resfcraatlon. and Every body Gets a Raise in Salary. Special to The Observer. Greenwood, 6. C, June 15. The trustees of Erskine Collefe held a meeting here this afternoon and lt wl be good news to the friends of the college everywhere to know that Dr. 31 S. MofTatt withdrew his' resigna tion, which It had been reported he would prssent. The trustees raised the salaries of the president and pro fessors. The honorary decree of T.y. T was conferred on Mr. J. P. Caldwell, ed itor of The Charlotte Observer. Fourteen members of the board were here, including- Hon.. J. J. Darl ington, of Washington, and Dr. 'Mill er, of Cameron, Ala. Acquitted of Killing; Preacher. Roanoke, Va. June 16. Deputy Sheriff W. N. Morria who on Sunday Shot and killed Rv. John W, Phillips In Tazewell county, was last evening given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Dillon at Pocahontas and ac quitted.. Morris was trying to serve a- warrant on the preacher, when th latter drew a, revolver and attempted to shoot the officer. Morris fired first. ADAMS 2s0T A STOCKHOLDER IS THE GREENSBORO -YEWS? Story Reache Washington to the Ef fer That the Judge Doe Not Own a Cent's Worth of Stock la the Re juvenated Enterprise . Tl rough liis Name Floats Frotn the Masthead a Vice President, The Chairman ' Does Not Like the Idea of the Cee of Hi Name Senator Simmon Again Don Hi War Paint and Goes For the Editor of The Ral rlfh New and Observer -Replies to Cliarges Against Him lite Basi of ttlucli Was Bryan and His Free Silver Idea. BY H. E. C. BRYANT. Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel. Washington, Jane IS. to the effect that Judge A atory spencer B Adams, chairman of the executive committee or his party, does net own a cent in the new Greens boro News which is to print lis first issue the 27th has reached here. The letterheads which the company Is ending out bear his name as vice president, but. If he owns no stock he cannot hold an office. Some of the friend of Judge Adams are awaiting with considerable Interest the devel- i epment of things so that they may know whether or not to become inter ested In the paper. It Is even said that the chairman does not rllsh the .Idea of hi name being used s It la MR. SIMMONS' STATEMENT. In reply to strictures recently ema nating from The Raleigh Newa and Observer Senator Simmons to-day gv out the following statement; "No one knows better than the editor of The News and Observer to what I alluded, and what I did not allude to, when I spoke of Democrats having to repudiate some of the preachments of Mr. Bryan. He knows that I did not allude to the free coinage of silver, which th Democrats did not repudiate but ad vocated before Mr. Bryan's time and fully endorsed in all the c&mpaUrns in which it waa an issue. When the editor of The News and Observer pre tendslto think that I alluded to silver Wmst me. he simply adopts the tac- tics of a special pleader, who, when driven to the wall, sets up a man of straw and assaults it as if It were a living thing. "Mr. Daniels haa not forgotten what the Democrats had to do In North J""'""' Mr- orn. supplemented by the earnest entreaties of Mr. Dan iels, and had accepted Butler's propo sition of fusion, despite his record of having put 1,000 negroes into office, there could have been no attack made on that outrageous record; there could have been no white supremacy campaign, no constitu tional amendment, and none or the other great measures which that amendment has made It possible tor us to accomplish for the welfare and glory of North Carolina. "Had we not then repudiated Mr. Bryan's attempt to control the action of our party in hi supposed interest as a candidate for the presidency, But,er wouM nave Dscome tne nn' . a power of our party and would prob ably to-day be In the saddle In North Carolina. PEOPLE WILL NOT FORGET. "itr. Daniels has not forgotten this repudiation of Mr. Bryan's 'preach ment' and advice by the North Caro lina Democracy. He will never for get lt. Nor will the people, with those long memories, of whom he Unm.t1m wriiai rnrirsi it "When Mr. Bryan returned from his trip around the world the Demo- crats gave him a royal welcome at Madison Square Garden. In New City. A political situation had grown up here which filled the heart of every Democrat with hope. Mr. Bry an met that welcome with an aggres sive declaration for government own ership of Interstate railroads, and in stantly Democratic hop vanished and a thick pall settled over the party throughout th country. The Democ racy of the country, especially of the South, was not alow In letting Mr. Bryan know that it would have non of thia doctrine. Th repudiation was complete and unmistakable. It wes so emphatic that even the obdurate will of Mr. Bryan yielded and he promised to withhold further preach--! ment. and to hold bis unwelcome views on this subject in obeysnce. 'It is idle to try to hid, this incident, ot to conceal the fact We had to repudi ate this deeadent doctrine of Popu lism to save the party from annihila tion. "Again who has forgotten Mr. Bry an's pro-announcement for the initia tive aud referendum, and the refusal of our party to be led to the advocacy of those measures. "The people af North Carolina know that I did not favor Mr. Bryan's nomination In 1908, though I gav him a loyal support after he was nominated.-One of th reasons, among others, which Influenced me In tak ing this position was the fact that Mr. Bryan's position on the subject ef government ownership, etc., wis such a committal to the HamUtonlan the ory of centralization that, with him aa a candidate, we could not take ad vantage of the great issue that Roosevelt's and Root's demand for Increased powers for the Federal government at the expense of the powers of the States raised. My fears were Justified, and we had to remain silent on that great Issue which many Democratic leaders thought the most hopeful one open to us. RIGHT TO CRITICISE. "I have not desired, and do not de sire, to criticise Mr. Bryan, but unless he has become a demigod, I have th earn right to criticise him that he has to crltioiee me, and it is the right of the people to decide between us. "H attacked my vote on lumber because of a declaration in the na tional platform. I -replied that he was estopped from criticising my vote because he had voted against the re peal of the 10 per cent, tax on the issue of State banks in the face of a declaration for Its repeal in the na tional platform. H excuses, his vote by saying the declaration was againxt his Judgment and the opinions and Interest of his constltuenta I can and do say th same thing with ref erence to lumber. In addition, I say it waa not and could not have been Intended that lumber be put on th free list unless th tariff en other MBS, CLEVELAND ON STAND! . j TESTIFIES IX FORGER v CASE i Widow of Former president Declares implauiuaUy TUet tl Signature to poUUcal Artkle, sold by Brough von Brandenburg to The New York Times, Purporting to Have Been Written by Funuer President Cleve land. Was Not Tttat of Her Husband Points Out Difference Between the Signature and the Genu In Cleveland Signature as it Ap pear on Several Checks Sunday Auditor of The Time on the Stand Nw Tork. June 16, Mrs Frances FoUom Cleveland appeared laDublio to-day for th first Urns since her husband's death to testify for the prosecution In th case of Broughton Brandenburg, a magasin writer, who Is charged with aellng Th New York Times a political article purpotiog to have been written by former Presi dent Orover Cleveland." Mra Cleveland was dressed in dep mourning but was self-possessed, though pal, while on th stand. She declared emphatically that the signs ture -to th article in question was not that or her husbsnd. Also, she point ed out the differences between th sig nature and th genuine Cleveland sig nature, as it appeared oa several ohecks which war handed to her. Th former President wrote with a very unsteady hand during th later years of hi Ufa th witness said, whereas th nam signed to the BranJenburg article was wrlttsn in a comparatively bold, legible hand, more Ilk that of Mr. Cleveland during hi younger day In th What House. When Mrs. Cleveland entered th court room, Justice Fltsgerald. As sistant Dtstriot Attorney Nott, and the other court officials arose and bowed low aa a mark of respect. A large crowd gathered to hear the testimony of the former ' first lady of th land." MRS. CLEVELAND'S TE8TIMONT. Mrs. Cleveland told about meeting John 0. Carlisle snd F. N. Hastln$s, an executor of her husband' estate, In this city, and discussing the article, which appeared in The New Tork Times, August $0, 1908. over Mr. Cleveland's sgnature. "Did you hear Mr. Hastings say that the signature waa genuine?" ask ed Samuel BeH Thomas, counael for the defendant. "No," answered Mrs. ClevelanJ, "I didn't hear him say one way or the other at the time." "Did you authorize him to say It was genuine?" asked the lawyer. . "No, i did not," said the witness emphatically. "Did you send a telegram to The New York Times in regard to this ar ticle?" asked Mr. Thomas. The witness said she did and ahe produced the telegram. Mrs. Cleveland aaid she authorised Mr. Hastings to writ The Times and say that they questioned th authen ticity of the signature to the article. Mr. Cleveland said she had received a letter and only one from Mr. Bran dr nburg, lu regard to the. article, early In August. 190$. She could not remem ber of ever talking with the dfhd ant over the telephone In regard to the matter. "Did you read the statement Itself when it appeared In The Times?" asked Mr. Thomas. "Oh. yes; I read It very carefully," Mrs. Cleveland replied. Mr. Nott relatej the incidents lead ing up to the publication of th let ter. He said that the State would show that Brandenburg waited until Mr. Cleveland died, before he attempted to sell the article purporting to have been slgnej by Mr. Cleveland. RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION. On re-direct examination Mr. Nott asked the witnes If she had author ized Mr. Hastings to write The New York Time and say that the signature on the disputed article was genuine. She said she had not. Mrs. Cleveland was then excused. C. M. Lincoln, Sunday editor of The New York Times, testified that he had received the "Orover Cleveland" ar ticle from Brandenburg about a week before It was published, August SO, 1908 Brandenburg had seen, him and talked with him about the article a few days before that. Brandenburg, the witness said, told him it waa one of three Mr. Cleveland had promised to write early In the year, bearing upon the campaign, but that sickness had prevented Mr. ClevelanJ from writing more than t'n on article. y DEMAND AN INVESTIGATIOX. Japanese Strikers Want Japanese Ciovernineiit to Max Intej-aational Incident Out of Setsure of Papers In Japanese Newspaper Offlve In Honolulu. Honolulu, June 16. Strong efforts are being made by th Japanese strikers to get th Japanese govern ment to make an International Inci dent of the forcible entry into the office of a local Japanese newspaper and the seizure of papers by the sheriff last Friday. Strike leaders ap pealed to Ambassador Takahir at Washington by cable tq-day and de manded an Immediate Investigation. The four editors of a Japanese newspaper and several others of the seventeen Japanese, arrostd last Sat urday and yesterday on Indictments growing out of the strike of sugar plantation laborers, were released on ball to-day snd their preliminary hearings set to begin on June 18. The situation remained virtually unchanged to-day. SOUTH CAROLINA BANKERS. Annual Convention Will Convene To Nlght at Wrightsvillc Beach Out line of the Programme. Special to The Observer. Wilmington. June 1 5i- Visitors are already arriving for the annual con vention of the South Carolina Bankers Association which wfll convene to morrow night at the Seashore Hotel. Wrightsvllle Beach. It is a great dis appointment that Hon. Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States, will not be present and address th convention on Fridays on account of illness In his family. Auditor Andrews, of the Treasury Department. Is ex pected la "his stead. Mog of the bankers will arrive on a special train from Columbia to-mor row evening at 7 o'clock. Thursday win oe spent on an outing at Fort C-ut. well and, on board the revenue cutter Seminole. Friday will b devOfteJ largely to - business sessions. C " X, Evans. C C Grainger snd C. E. Tay lor form th commit, of arrange ments from th Wilmington clearing nouse- association, host of th convea tloa. . ... ; ; . ' NINETY-SIX XEWi DOCTORS' ' PASS THE STATE MEDICA1 BOARD i One of the Successful 'Applicant la a Woman From Texas- rise Ajhe- vllie Negro Woman Falls Down oit I-: am i na Uoii (Seven of the Success ful Ones Are Xea,i'oei Branch Oaige, or Salisbury, Leads the CUf. While Raleigh Man It Close Second Chauiotte Boast os Only One of trte New Stack, of Phy-dcUns Only Twenty-Four Fall in an Fnosually Large Cla- Tle Names . and PoMtofficea of the SuoceesftU v Young Men. Special lu The Observer. . , i , , . ' Aihsvtiie. June 16. Th Bute-., board of medical examiners completed its work this afternoon sad aunoune-i ed the successful applicants for licans ' to practlc medicine In North Car)-', Una. Out of a total of 110 plW cants 96 passed. Including seven "a-1 -groe. On of the successful apjiil- cants was a woman from Texas. Tha, negro woman from Aehevllle failed. Branch Craig, of Salisbury, lsd-th -class with a grade of 96 8-7; Herbert ' Benberry Haywood, Jr., of Raleigh,'' ws a close second, with a mark of IS s-7, while Hubert Oudgr," ' of ' " Ashevllle, was third, w-fth IS 6-7. ' ", The successful applicants war; William Alexander Johnson, Raids- v villa; Vernon Lyles Andrews, Mount t Gllead; Joseph Collier Ray. Raleigh; David Russell Dixon. Rocky Mount' . Fred a. sigmon, spencer; Thomas W. , Long, Gwrysburg; N. D. Morton. Jr.,' Bullock; O. E. Underwoe. Ernest; Julian R. Sutton. Elk Park; J., Frank Crawford, Davidson College; C. M.. Lents, Albemarle; H. P. Harris,, . Wake Forest; Charles R. RusU . Granite Falls; Thomas J. . Tudor, 1 Mount Gllead; K. C. Moor. Wilson; G. D. Moose, Mount Pleasant;' Ed ward H. Register, Jr.. Georgetown, 8. C; J. C. Knlghi, Clarksvlll, Os,, ' E. B. Alford, Greensboro; R. .tW,' , Crawford, Rocky Mount; R. A.-' Vaughn, Vaughn; W. B. Chaplin, Pltlsboro; B. B. Lloyd. Chapel Hill; W. a. Whitfield (colored) Stokes; . P. W. Miles. Milton; R. G. Rosssr. Broadway; J. M. McMillan, Star; J. N. H1U, Murphy: W. C. Morrow, An- . , drewg; C. A. Shore. Raleigh; T. P.' Crouch, Taylorfvllle; NT B. Adamsv -: ? Murphy; Bessie Violet Pustt, Dallas, Tex.; H. B. Haywood, Raleigh; C ' F. Bhafer, Beonesvllls; W. f. Col,' ' Rockingham; Thomas O. Coppedge, ' Castallla; WIHsm C. Tat. Saginaw; - -Julian C. Davis. Clyd; C C. Ah-.-, sher, Oblds; Fred B. Spencer. Swan, Quarte; L. C. Swindell, Kingston;, Reuben M. Turtle, King; B. C. ' , Johnson, Ingold; Claudius T. Pool. Ellerbe; Benjamin E. Early. A. Thurston, Tsylorsvlll; O. H. Crom. Burgaw; James J. Withers Davidson ' College; L V. Duhlsp, Ansonvlll; ' John M. Masess, Rookt-ighalxt; Fey ;.' Roberson, Chapel Hill; John'- M. v Thompson, Graham; Julius B. Surles, -Dunn; W. H. BrtdJy, Washington; J. D. Barnes, ( colorjd) 'Portsmouth, Vs.; M . W. Ball, iAgrange; John Thomas Buff, Caaer; C. 8. Barker, Trenton; Jam A. Tlnsley, (colored) Henderson; James L. Morefleld. Gull- . ford College; 8. H. Tokeley, Thorn asvllle; Robert S. McElwee. States- -vllle; O. B. Roes, Charlotte; J. , T. Howard, Kinston; Edgar M. Long, Hamilton; Ben F. Royal, Mbrehead City; Hugh W. McCain, Waxhaw; J. E. Dowdy, Winston-flalem; Benjamin-''' F. Cliff. Aehevllle; James A. Battle, Wilson; John T. Wortham. (colored i Raleigh; W. P. Carter, (colored Reldovllle: Win lam J. H. Booker, (col ored " Oxford; Harold H. Caub! , Salisbury; D. Humphrey, Lamberton; ' James W- Vernon. Bushy Fork; O. ' Shellem. Raleigh: C. V. Orr, judson: J. D. Westherly, KrnesrvlU; B..W. Page, Teachers; E. F. Long, Tobac, covllle; M. 8. Gilliam, (colored! j Rocky Mount; Fred Whartos Rankin, t Mocretvllle; Arthur Edward Rigsb,. Durham: J. M. Buckner, Democrat :'i : Branch Oralge, Salisbury; EdwardT! " Gordon, (colored) Raleigh; A. W, .' ( Choate. Spurts; Hubert Gudgar. Ah4 " vllle; W. F. Coleman, (colored) Ral;v elgh: William A. fttrowd. Chapel Hlll-V, M. Thiokman. Hudson: Walter Le Swindell. Kinston: Charles B, Eagles.' Saratoga; Chsrles S. Farmer. Elm " City; P. B, Kllllan. lUyesvUl. Wilmington Van v sfce m Bungling ' Attempt t suicide. : . ' Special to The Observer. - . Wilmington. June IS. Milton Brsckenrldge. a well-known; young man, formerly a bank clerk IS ' this ; city untfl he lost his position on Sc- -count of dissipation, mad a buhgtlna . attempt st suicide by shooting himself , In the mouth on North Fourth street early this afternoon. After -shooting -himself he became frightened . and urged those about him to hurry alt U the summon for a physician ao!' cautioned th policeman who disarm- sj him of his piatol to mind how, he . handled the weapon for fear lt would, go off while pointed In his direction. He was hurried to th hospital wbera it Is stated the wound is not fatal, tha ball having lodged In th roof Of the mouth. ' r . . Teacher Convene at Morehead.' Special to Th Observer. . ' ". ' Morehesd City. Jtine IS. In 'the presence of a large audience th twen ty-sixth annual meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly was be gun this evening at 10 o'clock 'at the Atlantic Hotel assembly room. Dr. -D. H. Hill, of ths A. and M. College, made the opening Address of the mt tng and Introduced Governor W, W. . KJtchln. Th Governor did not make; a speech but he mad a talk that de-. lighted his audience. He told some good; Jokes and then a number of bouquets. He said - he hid nothing; new or startlln to offer along etfnca- ' tlonal lines; His remarks were brief ... and humorous snd they made a hit , with th audience. . - David-son Wheat Crop Damaged. Special to Th Observer. 1 . :, ',' Lexington, June 15. -Toe David son wheat . crop. exceedingly - goodk this year, has been damaged, by wet weather, ; and unless there Is . dry weather from nqw on. there far no ' telling how much damage will". be done. Sprouted wheat has already sprouted in the. dreams of the far- -' faayrs. only one-fourth of the crop has been cut, and the fields -every- where are dead ripe. Corn, and cot ton are also in bad shap because of the continued rain. Th tobacco-croti In the northern portion of !h'couu ty, wher they produce quite a -gooi ' deal of the weed, is reported as fairly mni ' far. The eropj Is Very l&rg this year. , .-" - .V-v .. ' . . ' - v y-''' (Continued on Pag Four). - ' ..' '.I.
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