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r it . . 1" 1 f , . A 4i. i. 10;'P1''Io-i,,-.y . KI SttTIOH ni iowiRS vflfc " . . TRIPTION PRICE:, $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1909. PRIC FIVE CENTS. ?" " - ' ' " : : 1 - X KUYC0N YIQTED MONTHS OX BO.IS. vious "Soiled Dove" 1 V 5 ' Unlawful Rel4oos Etor Term ot EUd-LmU.t-Offer Ikte? ?Je l U Court", reeiub U. Have a Tm- Go" Issues Two Ub Kttor to 6cur -uu-oth t.pua cur Observer Bureau, I ,,,e Holleman Building. Raleigh, June 28. f nl.rt room gt Police Justice jammed to the limit to I and hrtJ were there to trial of the abandoned white 'Ld KUy. atel captured vount ad hrouf ht here laat 1. convicted on evi- She Of relatione -with WUllam i negro hacktnan. Jonee was aentenced for . on the roacV To-day the convicted or oeing ni wa give the eame een- iaoatk j woman 19 gh. produced no wltneseea In behalf She haa talked very the ..tation houee and told :JL ,iat Bhe had been, North -id noi stand the roughnese of p there, so came back to take Jt-hment. ae eh. knew .he f-a-ly to the workhouee. as ZJu- not worked on the road. : fa-hat n be picked up "other 'J women than hereelf have acted f th, inferior race as she haa Jjina th.s merter Is to be looked , p(.orie thought that a aide Qon would develop In this cane it Involving a promlhent Federal ifc as nresent with hie .ju. i... hut his name was not men- j p x j ; .vcrnor ajtwn nc istfornevs. H Ke 1) wTinan was sent to ja.il Jih( p-'t up the $500 bail re Cj Th s was put up In caeh. jl toman nave enevui unuer u nu 7jm that she has led a wicked life .jHht. as 13. She' bears the mark liipain and looks quite frail ''j uattraotiv. Jif LIBRA R V AT GRKBNSBOBO. !j charter is granted the Greens ?La IJhrary. incorporated, capl suck $so 0(o. E. J. Juetlce and aiber of other lawyers being atock Jm. The In-corporators are au Lktd t" erect a building. Install a jnry, offl es. etc., in it, following t liins of the office at Charlotte, ilk now said by W. B. Bachelor, V la indexing the State's land ma that it will require from three I In yea.r to complete this most Vflsary work. To-day It was found a In one caoe where in entry Of 'pi ws made in 1778 the grant to lot mad until 1798. The grant tea In this state is miserable, and jst are counties like Burke, for unc. which are simply plastered IB with grants. lMter iri.m Capt. Earl I. Brown, Iiitid States army. In charge of the jilad water vay canal near Beaufort, Kilt is expected the canal will b hMed early next Spring, 'although Aween diffloultles may cause the pletion to be delayed until some J In the summer, j TK0 PARDONS GRANTED, fimrnor Kitchin to-day pardoned fiirence Rrlnklej, who last October "seonvlrtpri in two cases of retail whifkev and sentenced In each to six months on the roads. The fmrnor says that in his opinion and at of the 'Attorney' General thes amices run concurrently, as there Ho provision in either judgment ne should be deferred until th iHon of the other.. If thla opln 3 cnrroct Brinkley's legal tenn Venice has expired and he should pnieased on habeaa corpus pro- CONDITION OF COTTON CB0K.SIBE TO IUTCH LEO.N LING NATIOXJaX GlNXmS REPORT. Tim Average Ooodittoo Up to Jane S4 Waa 75.4, tbe Conditio to SarOk CaroUn Being; 77 Tliero Uw Been an Abandonment of Acreage of 7 Per Cent Making tbo Total Acreage A Vtm Than iMut Year Th Acreage Atmudoned In North Carolina is 4 Per Oeto. Orope in , Tbia Ktate Graaay in Most Sections and From Two to Three Weeks Lte. Memphis. Tenn.. June it. The re port of the National Glnnera' Asso ciation gives the average condition of cotton up to June 34, as 7S.C. There. haa been an abandonment of acreage of 7 per cent. according to the report, making the total acreage 9.8 less than laat year. . Detailed reports by States: Alabama, condition 70: acreage abandoned 14 per cent.; crop very graasy In nearly all sections; plant small and from two to four ' weeks lte. , Arkansas, condition 76;" acreage abandoned 4 per cent; crop very good in west and north; very grassy and small elsewhere; boll weevil In 24 counties worse than last season, some of the ftelda befhg abandoned on account of them. Florida, condition 90;, very little loss in acreage; most sections good. Georgid, condition 7 9: acreage abandoned 5 per cent.; crop grassy; most sections not all chopped yet; plant generally small and from one to three weeks late; some complaints of lice and black rot. Louisiana, condition 56; acreage abandoned 13 percent; some sections J in very good shape but so many wee vils they are destroying all the squares aa fast as they form; much cotton being abandoned or planted In sage only on this account; many re port nothing will be made in their sections. 'Mississippi, condition 61; acreage abandoned 14 per cent; plant gener ally small; poor stands and grassy. Miasoual, condition 56; very little loss in acreage; crops late but good. North Carolina, condition 77; acre age abandoned 4 per cent; crops grassy in most sections and from 2 to 2 weeks late. ' Oklahoma, condition 90; acreage abandoned 1 per cent; reports from nearly all sections very good. South Carolina, condition 78; acre age abandoned 4 per cent; aome few sections report aood conditions but most of them report fields grassy and not all ohoped yet, plant small and from two to three weeks late. Tennessee, condition 77; acjeage abandoned 7 per cent.; plant small and graaay. Texas, condition 80; acreage aband oned t per cent; principally in the dry section where rains came too late; condition north and east Texas best In years but weevlla-are report ed more numerous than usual and this fine prospect may be changed In a,very short time. South Texas had plenty of rain, plant generally small and from four to' six weeks late. Weevlla reported in large numbers doing damage al ready. West Texas still very dry ex cept four counties, some places hav had no rain in six months. With plenty of rain this .tectlon will pro duce from 60 to 60 per cent, of a crop. SERIOUS CUTTING AFFRAY. CHUJP DKTEC S STATEMENT Inspector McOeffertj, of New York Detective B arena, Say Murderer of Klitie fUgd Will Certainly Be CtougbC; That Delay Duea Noi Alter That Fact But Merely Chafe Whole Country la a Rat-Trap With Every Exit Guarded PolM-e of -Other Cities Are Co-Operating With New York Force Ship, Which Will Arrive in Yokohama 'ou July 1, WIU Be Watched. New York, June 2$. Inspector MoCafferty, chief of the New York detective bureau, gave out to-night the first authentic statement on the murder of Elsie 8igel that has been mad by the police sine the dlscov erey of the girl's body on June 18 in a trunk In the bedroom of Leon Ling, an Americanised Chinaman, in an Eighth avenue chop suey restau rant "We shall catch 'he murderer," the inspector said. "Delay does not alter that, although it chatas uaThe whole s country is one vast rat-trap with every exit guarded. "The girl waa killed between 10 o'clock in the morning and noon t June 9 and we believe iLeon Ling is the man who did it with Chung Sing, his intimate, as a poearbla accomplice. We have Chung Sing. Prom his room In Eighth avenue. Leon Ling went straight to Washington and there sent the 'Don't, worry telegram sign ed 'ElsieS received on the night of the murder by the Sigel family. From Waahington he returned to New York and somewhere about midnight - or June 9 took the body In a trunk to Newark, arriving there about 9 a. m. on June 10. We don't know how he took it That leg of the Journey has not been accounted for. Unable to dispose of his trunk, Leon returned to New York with the body, on the afternoon or June 10, and left It in his room. From that moment we lose all trace Of him. So far as we know he had no other possible ac complice than Chung Sing. "No other murder that I can re member has attracted such wide in terest or such enthusiastic co-operation on the part of police of other I'ltlon All the forces of the country fare working aa one great machine. We have fifty men of our own in the cities of the East , "The only possible ship on which Leon could have left the country is due to arrive In Yokohama on July 3. She will be watched." All the Chinese laundries in the city, which are operated by four com panies In tbe name of individual man agers, received notices' to-day In Chinese warning employes that they must have nothing to do with white women beyond business over the counter, on pain of dismissal, ISRAEL W. DURHAM DEAD. y1 JTte Governor remits two months f sntenre of 80 months on the imposed upon Arthur Smith, of "Tth county, for larceny. His itt is wretched. The county torn Mnm beg for his pardon and he luster willing and able to take and provide for him the re ter f hij, days. jJrKtninit struck the new flag and WW of the public school at spr-ngg, this county, yester tM:mn the flag and etsff an t a large hole through the ,-. There hd been flag- at this school house last T LAYMEN'S MEETING. JjUie First Presbyterian church to- there w as a meeting of the der s and representative laymen-' of rious city churches, to take ac- Hoarding the great laymen's "J. inter-denominational, for Carolina, it was decided to th conference to be held here .'guarantee ths 1160 necessary tjenses. The data is set tor De r 2 to 5. but it is desired to 'this changed so as not to con- ith the Methodist Conference, invitation is conditioned upon eaange The following commit. we appointed: Executive com 2 Jlmps R. Yonng. T. H. Briggs, r? G. Brown, Albert Anderson. J"- Mann and N. B. Broughton; committee, Herbert Wi Jack- oJ" Prtnce, j0hn ,T. Pollen. -8mith. Carey J. Hunter, James 2 -"Ohnson and George Allen. Re 2. sho-wing the purpose of this ere made by Mr. Platte, one workers. . , :-v 7 trustees of the Stat Eastern 7 .school, at -Greenville,- met Vci,3l to open .the school Negro Slashes Throat of His Fellow Workei Locked Up to Await De velopments. Special to The Observer. Washington, NVC, June 28. Jerry Latham and Henry Moore, two ne groes employed on the dairy farm of Mr. W. D. Grimes several miles from this city, became involved In an alter cation late Saturday night which re nititri In a serious cutting scrape. In I the melee Latham drew a knife and cut a deep gash In Moore s tnroat. Just missing the Jugular vein. By standers separated them and "phoned for Sheriff Ricks, of this city, who arrested Latham and he Is now in the city Jail awaiting the outcome of Moore's injuries. Drs. E. M. Brown and J. G. Blount attended the wounded negro and it was necessary to take sixteen stitches in his throat. His condition Is se rious, but it is thought he will recover. out superintendent ot jojner - nave puouc cere- . Inauguration of Pres ,ht October. t. C. W. Wil 'tVl c tea next ranking officer school and the entire ' faculty ut the names were not made fe!nnor rrvvd to-day4 from rion ana to Ashevflle to ) a- attend the meeting of .the , Association committee. '!ll KeBB d Robert, Wlns . 1 "o attend. Adnp,, iferenc Report oa V- Oensn Bin. - TVcn Jon 2'Aner adopt tvTene' "Port on ths cen- lLHouw adjourned at H:J$ ksjy mtU Thursday. No oth Jl T? s,,Pt tne Introduction resolution was attempt- Powerful Political Leader In .Phila delphia Suddenly Passe Away With Heart Disease Undisputed Head or Republican Organization In Quak er City For Nine Years. Philadelphia, June 28. State Sen ate Israel W. Durham, one of the most powerful as well as most popu lar political leaders who ever held sway in Philadelphia died suddenly of heart disease in his summer home at Atlantic City this afternoon. Death came almost Immediately after he had eaten luncheon. He was seated at the table with his sister, Mrs. Philip H. Johnson. As he arose he pitched forward and fell into his sister's arma Death ensued almost immedi ately. Senator Durham was the undis puted head of the Republican organi sation In this city from 1696 to 1905. "Is" Durham, as he was familiarly known, was SS years old and rose to almost national political prominence from the ranks. He tried the trade rr bricklayer and served In politics as division worker, then ward leader, and next as city leader. Recently Mr. Durham purchased a large interest In the Philadelphia Na tional League baseball club. DROWNED IN YADKIN RIVER. Mr. Claude Iivlngood, of Davie Coun ty, Loses His life While in Bathing The Body Recovered. Special to The Observer. Spencer, June 28. Claude LivJn- good, aged 20 years, of Jerusalem, Davie county, was drowned In the Ysdkin river near that place Sunday at noon (while In bathing with a party of young friends. He was swim ming in 16 feet of water some dis tance from the bank, when he was noticed to throw up his hands and sink. His friends made every effort to save him, but.were powerless, and his body did not reappear until It was recovered from the bottom of the river several hours after the tragedy. ! The cause of the drowning is un-: known, but It Is presumed Mr. Livln good was seized with a cramp and lost his powers of locomotion. j ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE. Anderson, 8. C, Farmer Jailed on Charge of Attempted Criminal As sault L j Special to The Observer. ' , Anderson, S. C, June. 28. N. H. Sexton, a well-known white farmer, was committed, to - Jail without bond to-day on the charge ol an attempted criminal assault upon a, whits woman who had for several months' been his housekeeper. A little -more than a year ago Sexton was arrested on a similar charge, the complainant at that t'-ne being1 negro girt, but the case was thrown out by the grand Jury-- '' Alleged Members Black Hand - Band - twain uro v- V-'V; Toledo, C June JS.At the con clusion of the preliminary hearing here to-day Salvators and Sebastian Lima and salvatore Rrzeo, UirM mem ber of the alleged Black Hand band, recently arrested, were bound over to the Federal grand Jury-, .- - ; . The bond of Salvatore Lima was increased to 86,609 and. that of the others to 15.009 each. They will prob ably have to remain in the county JalL '"Sebastian, Lima - dramatically de nounced the action. , t - - Li Clilng Hsu Dead. Mexico City, June 28. Li Chung Hsu. charge d'affaires in the capital of Mexico, died to-day at the Chines legation here surrounded by his wife and four children. He had been suf fering for several days from an at tack of peritonitis, caused by inflam mation of the stomach. The body will lie in State here for 24 hours. when It will be sent to China. The dead charge d'affaires waa 42 years old. He was a nephew of Li Hung Chang, the Chines statesman, and a brother of Minister Le, now at the English court Severe Electrical Storm at Lando, S. C Special to Tbe Observer. Chester, S. C. June 28. There was a severe electrical storm at Lando Saturday afternoon that for awhile threatened to do great damage. The houses oooupled by Messrs. A.- L. Nunnery and Thomas Robertson and families were struck, ana for a time it seemed would be destroyed by fire. but neighbors and 'occupants by prompt and effective work managed to extinguish the flames. Mr. Nun nery, who was seated on a bed, was struck on the leg by the lightning and his leg from the knee down seml- paralysed from tne snecK. e re covered In a few hours, however, and is now as well as ever. V Dead on Wilmington Lady Drops v street Special to The Observer. Wilmington. Jun 28. This com munity was shocked .to-night to hear of the sudden death of one of the city's most esteemed citizens. Mrs. Loss! DeRosset Myers, widow of Capt. Charles D. Myers, fell dead on the street. Mrs. Myers was tbe daughter or the late Dr. Armond J. DeRoaset, of this city, and she was well known throughout the country. Many con nections and relative liv in Con necticut and New ork. Bale of Cotton Bring 9425. ."Houston, Tex-, Jun 28. "Before the war" price were, received on the fioof oft the cotton exchange to-day. when ths first hale ot this season's cotton sojd at auction at-!42S. The bale cam .from Mercedes. Hidalgo county, and weighed 368 pounds. The first bale last. year arrived on June 24). W- ' ' - Train Ran la Open Switch. 'Mansfield. O.. June 28. A. H. Cook, of Akron. O.. was seriously Injured and a dozen passenger wer badly bruised, when Erie passenger train No tv New -York to Chicago., ran Into en open switch t Sterling, near her, this afternoon. . , 4 . BAGGING ON THE FREE LIST AMMONIA ' ALSO iv.T$ THROUGH. Senate Committee, Tjough Leader AMrtch, Withdraws All Opposition and Cotton Bagging and Ammonia, Used In Making Fertilisers, Go on the Lis of Duty-Free. Article Means a Saving of Millions to the Fanners of the South-w-rsili Assures J. Elwood Co of a For. eign Appointment "Available'' and "Non-Aval la We" Iron Ore Motor ing and Good Roads. BY H. E. C BRYANT. Observer Bureau. , Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, June 28. - s Senator Simmons expected to hav mad an elaborate speech to-daL In favor of putting cotton tagging on th free list and cam to the Senate thoroughly prepared, but did not hav to apeak as Senator Aldrich, for the committee, announced there ' would he so fight mad on th amend ment to remove this duty. Cotton bagging was plaoed on th free list Senators Money, of Mississippi, and Simmons, both of whom are members of .th finance committee, hav been very active and influential with th committee and th Senate In bringing about thla result On Saturday, In the absence of 8n ator Smith, of South Carolina, who was leading th fight for fro am monia, used In making fertilisers. Senator 8Immons was sVctd to open th debate, bat whan he arose to offer his amendment and make hi speech, the committee, through Mr. Aldrich. wlthdrw all opposition and th amendment was adopted, putting ammonia on th free list It Is esti mated that free ammonia will effect a saving of 60 cents a ton to th users of fertilisers, whll fr bag ging will sav to th cotton grower of th South mors than a million dol lars a year. Both Senators Simmon and Overman have been very active for both propositions. Senator 81mmons made a speech In th Senate Saturday giving the his tory of the movement among manu facturer In this country in selling their products cheaper1 abroad than In this country. With considerable la bor he had collated th evidence of various manufacturers, given under oath in most Instance befor commis sions and committees of Congress, admitting that this was habitually don. His speech contains much valuable information. Tn company with Senator Dixon, of Montana, J. Elwood Cox. of HUth Point called at the White House to day. The President ha assured Mr. Cox of a foreign appointment. Representative H, L. Godwin re turned to the city to-day after spend ing several weeks In his district H does not seem to be worried about th prospects ot a contest. IRON ORES. 1 la giving th figur' to th iron or far this country, as presented by Senator Simmons, I mad several er rors. Th facts were set forth dur ing Senator Bailey's remarks on raw material. Th total amount of Iron or in this country is: Available, 4,788,160,000 tons. Not available 76,116,070,000 ton Total 79.904,220,000 tons. Amount of ore controlled by the United 8tates Steel Corporation (the Steel trust): Available 1.717,889.000 tons. Not available 604,846.000 Jens. Total 2.322,424,000 tons. Therefore, th United States Steel Corporation owns about 28 1-2 per cent of the available and less than I per cent of non-available and available ore. The foregoing state ment la given by the company and the following is from the report of C. W. Hayes, chief geologist of the United States geological survey. The total supply of Iron ore Is di vided Into two classes "available" and "not available." "Available." This class includes those ores which can be worked at a profit under the conditions at pres ent existing In the iron and steel Industry In the United States. "Not available." Thla class includes a 1 wtilth nrtnlt It vutrtrAjf f a profit under existing conditions In tne iron ana steel inausvT. There has been some controversy In the State as to the figures used in this connection. What is printed here Is from the recorda , WILL AID GOOD ROADS MOVE MENT. President W. W. Flnley, of the Southern Railway, In addressing the meeting of automoblllsts, assembled at ths Nsw Wlllard, last week, to meet end greet Scouts Pelts and Co hen, of The New York Herald and The Atlanta Journal, said, among other things: 'This run win lead to an Increased interest in the use of automobiles throughout the South, and every owner of an automobile Is an ac tive advocate of good, roads. He is Interested In good rosds as adding to ths' plessure of motoring. But this. In my opinion,, is secondary to tbe economic Importance of good roads to th farmer. If the farmer is to be prosperous, all the products ot his farm not needed for home consump tion must be carried to market. What ever their final destination may be. they must move primarily over the country highway to th shipping point or to a nearby consuming cen tre. The condition of this highway controls the sis"' of the load that can be carried on tt and affects ma terially the profits of th farmer and value of his farm. This was strik ingly illustrated by sn account which I read recently of a farmer in North Carolina who was hauling wood to a neighboring town. A splendidly improved macadam road ran for several miles out .of this, town, while th rest of the way was an ordinary dirt road. The farmer would haul tke N largest load possible over th dirt road until he came to the ma cadam road. There he would throw the wood off by the side of the road and go back for another load. Re turning with,, the second load,' h would pile th first on on top of It and drive en to town, hauling Just twice as much on the macadam road as he could haul, with the same wagon and the same team, on th Olrt road. , , WHAT THEY MEAN TO FARMER. "Although th primary interest of the farmer in good roads is" commer cial they hav a highly Important social aspect for him as well as for the owner of the automobile. ' They broaden his rangr of vision and bring him Into closer touch with the world at large. They .facilitate th rural (re delivery, bringing him hi letter promptly and placing on hi MR. A.L. R0YSTER DROWNED esasjsMs-SBi SAD ACCIDENT AT COLUMBIA Mr. Arthur L. Roystwr, a Former Chl aen ol Oxford, Lose HU Life While Out Svlmnilng and Boating With a Party of Friend on the Columbia Caual Had Crossed the Canal and Was WiUitn a Few Feet of His Boat When He Went Down Called For Help, But His Companions Thought He Was pranking JV as Prominent In Railroad and Club. Circle Body Not Yet Recovered. Observer Bureau, 280 Berkeley Building. Columbia, 8. C. June 28. Mr. Arthur L. Royster, chief clerk for Superintendent H. A. Williams, of th Southern, and on of th most cap able and promising young railroad men In this section, mat a traglo and extremely sad death whll eut swim ming and boating In th Columbia; ca nal about 10 o'clock this morning by drowning. His body has not yet been recovered. Mr. Royster cam her about four years ago to Mt. Williams, as his pri vate secretary, succeeding Mr. W. Frank Harper, who was with him to day on the canal, as chief clerk. He was not Quit to years old and un married. His home is at Oxford, N. C, where he leaves a father and mother and several brothers and sisters. His brother, Tom Royster, who holds a clerkship in Superintendent Williams' Office, left her about two weeks ago for a stay at home. Mr. Royster wss a popular clubman and was very popular throughout the city generally, being ot auiet and re tiring disposition and of many manly characteristic. His fellow-workmen at the union station, from heads of de partments on down to ths youngest clerks, ars grieved and shocked over his death to-day. as If they had lost a brother, for Mr. Royster was most popular with those closest to him. Mr. Williams, himself, was out of town- to day, but practically everybody else In tbe office left work at once on learning ot th dreadful tragedy and hutrled to the canal in th hop of being of some assistance in recovering Mr. Royster's body. A special train was rushed to the seen, but was brought back right away, in order to assist at this end tn th preparations for dragging the. ca nal. WENT DOWN WITHIN FEW FEET OF BOAT. Th drowning occurred ever a mil up th canal from the aervais street end, almost to th look With Mr. Royster were Mr. Harper and Night Clerk Hannah at the Columbia Hotel, which, all three men make headquar ters, They were using small row boats. They had left a boat on the northern bank of the canal tied in tbs bushes, and Mr. Royster, who was an excel lent Swimmer, waa swimming to It to bring it to the Congaree side, leaving Messrs. Harper and Hannah on the lower or Congaree bank. Within a few strokes of the-boet his companions saw htm alnk, then rise and cry out and sink a second time. At first they thought he was pranking with them, but It required only a few moments to convince them that they were los ing their friend forever. Running for the boats on , their side they hurried to the spot where Mr. Royster was last seen, but in spite of the most de termined effort they could get no trace of him. One than rushed to the nearest telephone and 'phoned to have some doctors hurried to the scene in automobiles. In a few minutes Dra Du Rose. Black. Boyd and Taylor were on the grounds along with about fifty oth ers, but nothing could be don except set men to watch at stated points down th canal. It was suggested that the canal at ones be drained, but Coroner Walker, one of the first men on the grounds, remembered a special provision of law forbidding drawing off this water for a longer time than three hours. This may be don a little later. If It Is deemed advisable. la the meantime wlr netting 1 being set across the canal below th point wher th drowning occurred and ths interven-ina- nortion of the canal is being in dustriously dragged with nets. Second In Family to Drown. Special to The Observer. Oxford. June' 28. -A telegram this afternoon announced the sad death of Arthur Lee Royster by drowning In a canal at Columbia, a C, to-day at noon. Th young man is the oldest son of Mr. and Mra Luclan Royster, of Oxford, and brother to Miss .Mabel Royster. a member of Peace Institute faculty. He was a most estimable vAunf man and was employed as chief clerk in the office of the Southern Rallwayv superintendent at coiumoia. Ma waa about 26 years old. This is the econd death In this family by drown ing, a daughter. Vise Etnei Koyster, havtng lost her life In attempting to cross a stream near Oxford several year ago. , SENATE CONCLUDES TASK 1ITTSB URG CAR STRIKE COMPLETES TARIFF SCHEDULES. t.hiA tth iweekty newspaper from the nearby town and the dally from the nearest city. Good roads mean that the farmer's cniwren can o mora resrular In school attendance and can receive to a greater degree the advantages of education. Tney mean that heV and th members of his family can enjoy to a greater de gree the, society of their neighbors and friends. They mean the brlng inc closer together of th town and country. ..with advantages on botbJ i . rr- w.a a . V. 1u4nlfi tAMth.l er of widely separated sections or the country Into . closer social . and commercial relations, as Is Illustrated by the proposed run of touring car between New York: and Atlanta next fall, which. I think, we may safely predict will b followed by many tours of the same kind In both direc tions. "When Mr. Pelt returns to New York he will hav to report that he found "some very bad' rosds In the Boa th-but he will also be aW o re port that he found some very excel lent roads fully up to th standard ot nyuung to wmcn n is accustomed st home. Further' than this, he hi found an awakened -and constantly Increasing appreciation of th import ane of good; road and a determi nation : en th part of 'many South ern : communities to Improve their highway as -rspidiv a the resources i at thlr comand will permit". .. Deete on the- Corporation and Income Tax tjsosUona Will Begin Soon After the. Senate Convene This .Morning General nd Final Clean ing Vp of Pmseed Over Provttaons of the Tariff Bill "Jolton nagging is Placed on Freo List But Duty hi Ketamcd on Cotton . Tki Hard Fight Wa Made to Put lie on tree LfceWKste ou Steel' f Urr Value UuclMUgeuV Washington. 'June 18. After 76 days ot almost continuous debate, tht J Striate at 8:46 p. m. concluded us dis cussion of th schedules of th Payne- Aldrich tariff bill. Five minutes af terwards th Senate adjourned for th day to permit th alight preparation possible In so short a time for th de bate on th corporation and Income tax queations, which will begin soon after the Senate convenes to-morrow morning at 10 e' clock. The early adjournment afforded th tired Senators a llttl much heeded relaxation from long hour lit th overheated Senate chamber. Many of them embraced th opportunity to go to Fort Meyer for th purpose of witnessing th airship test and oth ers attended the baseball gam at American League Park. Senator Aid- rich was among those who went to Fort Meyer; He ha been greatly In. terested tn th flights mad by th Wright brothers and very much de sired to see their machine In action. Those who wnt to Fort Meyer wr disappointed, however, for owing to an unfavorable wind no flight was at tempted to-day by th Wrights. Mr. Aldrich told some of his friends that he would take a few days oft duty for a water trip of some kind If It develops that the discussion of ths income tax Is likely to be an ex tended one. In this event Senator Flint will take charge of th bill and Senator Root, who aided Attorney General Wickersham 1 drafting the corporation tax amendment, will take charge of that measure. There has been some discussion Of postponing the income tax and the corporation tax amendment until the next regu lar session but this suggestion ha not met with favor. Senate leaders taka the position that a movement of this character would embarrass President Taft. It Js now expected that only on vote will intervene between the as sembling of the Senate to-morrow and the taking up of those questions of Internal taxation. Senator Till man has pending an amendment, pro viding for a tax of 10 cent a pound on tea, and tt Is believed that this provision will not lead t further de bate. 1 No intimation ha been gtven of other amendments, and' th discussion probably will be shifted Immediately from the tariff to th Internal . rev--enue, and It Is understood that the opening speech will be road by Sen ator cummins, of Iowa, iia support of an Income tax amendment a a part of the tariff bill In contradistinction to the movement for corporation tax and an Independent resolution looking to the Imposition of an Income tax through the Instrumentality of a con stitutional amendment. The finance committee's Income tax constitutional provision was present ed to-day, and as th corporation tax amendment was Introduced some days ago, both are now before the Senate in regular order, BAGGING ON FREE LIST. To-day's proceedings consisted of a general and final cleaning up of the passed over provisions In both th dutiable and free lists of the tariff bill. Cotton bagging and cotton ties, and Incidentally binding twins, occu pied much of the Senate s time. Early in the day Senator MoLaurin moved to place bagging on the free list, and contrary to the general expectation the motion Drevalled. Th Southern Senators were, however, not so fortu nate with cotton ties, which they alsu dTesired to nave mace free or duty. Senator Culberson proposed th change in ties. He came within sevn votes of winning, the vote standing 31 to 88. The duty on structural iron and steel, valued at mors than 9-10 of a cent a pound was Incresssd from 8-1 to 4-10 of a cent per pound, being aa addition to the House rate of 1-10 of a cent. The rat on steel of a lower value was left unchanged. On sine in pigs there was also an addi tion of 1-2 a cent a pound over the House rate of one cent Ineffectual efforts were mad to have school books and salt placed on the free list and Egyptian cotton on the dutiable list Sen ator Bacon, who offered' th amendment for a duty on cotton, sstd that the same rate placed on wool cotton would produce a revenue of 89.000.O0O a year. He proposed 4 cents a pound. Senator Tillman also declared, that by th adoption of his 10-cent rate on tea another $8,000, 000 could be added to th treasury receipts. FIGHT FOR FREE TIES. Southern Senator to-day fought to put cotton ties on th free list. Th present duty ia 1-2 a cent a pound, while tbe pending bill fixes the duty at 1-10 of a eent a pound. Mr. Cul berson offered th amendment, de claring that 99 per cent of th bene fit of the duty on cotton ties Is rasped by tbe steel trust. . Senator Aldrich replied that these ties should be mad in th South. After' a prolonged debate concern ing th terms on which the cotton Dlanter sell Jii product ths Culber son amendment was defeated 11 to 38. The Republican who voted with the Democrats for th amendment were Beverldge, Bristow, Brown, Clapp. Crawford, Cummins,, Dupont, John son, LaFollette and Nelson. ' In the course of a plea for fre ties, Mr., Smith, of South Carolina, charged that th South had been dis criminated against in this matter. In closing he said: "Th time will com when we will come into our own apd we will ' remember our friends." . . PLEADS FOR TARIFF ON TEA. An earnest speech in favor of . a tariff on tea to protect , the South Carolina tea Industry was made to-day by Senator Tillman, who declared that there was in -his proposition for a duty of ten cents a pound oh this product 19.000,000 ot revenue and 81. 206 protection. . . y - Addressing himself to Mr. 'Aldrich as the embodiment of ; th ; United States . Sonata, Mr. Tillman was in terrupted by the Rhode Island Sena tor .'who suggested that, there were some things that ceased to be Jokes. "He is th 8-mat of th United State and he knows it replied Mr. Tillman, Mr. Aldrich mad' no further reply. ,' i -- Senator" Smith.' of Mlchiaan. said Ihe had- been greatly surprised to find that South Carolina is raising1 fifteen MUCH RIOTING ON SECOND DAY, Conference .Between. Major And tl Striking Motonneit and Conductor-i ' Come to Naught, According to an i Annouttcemeut ,,of the Mayor ' There Are Sign of Bloody Result. Although No One Has Been Injure! Ye Two County Detective ; Have-Narrow Escapo From ; Mob ; Viol once. Only tb;Tlmely Arrival of the) Folic Saving Then Strlkfc Rreakcrs Are Said to Be Arriving .. ' From Other CtUea, , ' , - v' Pittsburg. Jun 28. Twlv hour of parley -between Mdyor Mage and th striking motormen and conductor -ended after s o'clock; to-night - la i.aught. As expressed by th mayor, th situation remain unchanged. ". Th Wo-day-old strik -: already , bears sign ot bloody result. Riot have broken out In mar then one car bam during the-, day- At two , places, shots -wer fired between of- , ficr of th city and county and whst -ore alleged Xi hav been union sympa- ,; thlters. . To data no ; on has beea wounded. ' " ' t , Two county detectives missed death ' by a narrow margin Jn th afternoon. when a crowd around th Rankla, street ear barns set upon fourteea strike-breakers. Th officers attempt ed to pacify th fighting men. Th ,. crowd devoted their attention to the officers and aftr beating them un-.. mercifully dragged them to a high ' ; bridge over a ravin near the - car barns and threatened to throw them.:' ever the rail it they refused t prom-r lie to keep eut ot th elasl' between, the strike-breakers and the friend -of the strikers. Th timely arrival of , . "the police saved th officers from -probable death. ' v s " ' Rioting reached th down-town section early In th afternoon, X crowd around I th Herron H1U . car barn placed obstructions on th car.,: tracks in th snap of piles Of lum ber when it was rumored that cars : would be taken ,from the berns by non-union crews. The polio di ; persed th hooting and hltalng moh and removed th timbers, from, th 1 , track. .''.':,. Repcrts of activity on the part of ths union pickets also filtered Into ths police station all during th day. All the police force of Greater -Pittsburg, numbering over t,00o men, are constantly An duty, augmented by -special deputies worn In last, night and to-day by th sheriff Of . All- ' , gheny county. v.... ':,: Not a cur was In operation to-day with th exception of United State mall special. -?. -, - Strikebreakers ar said to h ar- ,' riving from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and New York. Th men ar to be housed In th. barn of th car company. . -:..,M'Jri ,''v. ' ' . iiUtW'j&tr Pittsburg, Job 2.-A. settlement , was effected at a hastily colled ooA ference of upton mn and ear com- pany official at a lat hoar to-night at Mayor Mag' flic, Th ear will ht put In operation at o'clock. 46- , morrow morning. , AT TUB NATION'S CAPITAL. The Most Important Happening of ft Day Brletly Summarlxed. Washington, Jun 18 Th most Important happenings in th national capital to-day were as follows;, . Th senat concluded Its discussion of ths schedules of th tariff bill and " is now ready, to take up th corpora tion and Income tax questions. Sana tor Aldrich introduced a resolution- proposing an amendment to th con stitution allowing congress to collect . the taxes on income from whatever source derived and without appor tionment among th several States.-- An increase in th duty on struc-, tural Iron and steel .valued at tnor than 91 of a nt per pound was. mad by the Senate, the lncreas be ing from 8-10 to 4-10 of a cent per pound. Cotton bagging waspuvced on the fr .list ;.r ,Y;'?; I Ineffectual, efforts' war mad to place cotton, ties, school books, bind ing twin and salt on th fre list and Egyptian cotton on th dutiable list' , a- . , .:- ,' ..-:);',' . Both house adopted the conference report on the census bill. , "What, I whiskey?" was discussed : tn th , Cabinet room of the White House, President Taft listening to i-; torney for rectifying distilleries and blenders; who oppose th recent de cision of Solicitor General TBowers as to what should b labeled "Imitation whiskey.", ' The hearing will be con tinued to-morrow. , - ' DR. C. A. ALEXANDER IN BOStb.V Charlotte Dentist Attend Alumni Day, at to Harvard Dental School, . Special to, The Observer. ' lt 'k Boston, 'Mass,, June If For th last time tn the old building, the Har vard Dental School observed alumni day to-day. Next year th gathering will be at the. medical school. Among those who gathered for th celebration wa Dr. Charles. A. Alexander,' of Charlott. He is the, special guest of Dr. W. E: Boardman, secretary of th alumni. There wer nine clinic U-day, . one of which was conducted by Dr. ; Alexander, " whose subject' was 'gold tooth filling with; new ideas' that hav developed in tmswork.- ,: .This afternoon t.he guest were given a pleasure trip and to-night the den tists held their' annual meeting at Young Hotel. V-,vVfa5?-.' " . V - . -4 ! Ii,, ) ii. ,r Governor Brown DrUitai ' IYom a : :. . y QourQ. t , Atlanta.' aaAv,Jun 28. Governor Joseph Brown, who was, inaugurated last Saturday with unusual simplicity, to-day brought to the, '"Capitol a . tountry gourd "'"With a " long handle. ! He Installed this primitive drinking device at a water cot ler In the recep tion roorrt 'ot the Capitol building - ; Ceylon In ,1876 iThia discovery; he said, .caused' hlmto be" very friendly, toward any suggestion looking to the protection, of that industry: ..Senator Heyburn .added that he had., used SoutVCaroltaa tea.tor six or seven years,' preferring, it for its superior flavor. He agreed with Senatoe Till man that the area over which te could be raised was from South Caro lina to the Mississippi river, wherever the rainfall w a sufficient The amendment was offered late in the day nd Mr. Tillman sstd he pre ferred having - a. vote taken on Tnenrfnent - to-morrow ' with i times mor tea thktr tp th Island of. Senate present . . v 11 is i r
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 29, 1909, edition 1
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