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"- ' 4Mrmi r Fdr-r-Ccokr I AT ' I l I V I I 'Ki- y AN AiAXv'. CANAL COHOITTEE BACK ; Cost C! E!3 Cltcb Will Approil - SENATOR OVECI.IAN'S VIEWS )i( -1 - AA'.'.'''' 'vl- A"A" ' A' A A " Innoal Cost Ct Halnteaaoce Heaiy:- 2,400 Men VU1 Ba Employed 1 Tt Operate Canal . - Observer. Bureau... 421 North Main Street. ji T Salisbury, Nov,; t. Senator Lee" fcV Overman , and ' hi private secretary, Mr. John P. Browjn, Arrived home today from a trip to Panama. They had been tone alnce October 14. .. A "; T 1 . Mr. Overman la a member of the wyvi wi, Virv)iruura rarammo. of the Senate which committee will lty, some of the most prominent busi- fee "called on duttntr the next session 1 ness men of the State, oonnectlonal I of -Congress to pass upon a 137,000,- I officers from all the South and vis- 000 appropriation to continue tho ' itors from many parts, all gathered ;,; work on the Panama Canal. As a . here In church.work, making states v member of this committee Mr. Over- vtMe a live city. This Is the fourth rnaA, Is very much Interested In the conference 8tatesville baa entertain- puuaing ox tne canal wmcn is spoken - of . by him as the : most stupendous work in the world's history. Slnoe the light In . Congress over the style of canal to build sea level or locks In whloh fight Mr. Overman ' took, an active part In favor of the sea ilevel style, he has ben asked : by tho President and others to visit the canal and see for himself that the look and dam system was the only feasible one. Since his visit Mr. Overman states he Is almost but not quite persuaded that tho right system nas been selected. " - The Senator talked moat interesU ' tngly to The Observer correspondent today about his trip and the work that Is being don on the canal. It having been announced by the president .of the canal commission that boats could probably be passing throngb ths eanal by July. 111. in stead or l16. it became neceaaary that representatives of oommitttees interested should visit the canal before !, Congress meets in order to be able to pass upon toll rates, appropria tions neoessary to continue the work. eto . This first party consisting; of twenty persons, Including wives of 'some "of the members, sallied on the 14th of October. The trip down was delightful and consumed a week. A week was spent on the isthmus dur ing which' time tho committee went tho length of the canal several times. On the return trip the party passed - through the tall-end of tho violent Wee, Indlaa storm but cam out unhurt. -A storm at sea was a new .- sensation tor Senator Overman but ho proved a good seaman and es--capod oven aeasickness. V -.In estimating cost of bulldtttg the two systems of 'eanal engineers were badly mistaken. They stated that 1170,000,000 would be required for look and dam and t:SO,000,000 for . sea, level system. It Is now estimated that tho oost of building will bo 114 0,000,000. when completed the annual cost of maintaining will bo $1,000,000 and 2.400 men wlU bo re quired. These Urge figures partly in fluenced Senator Overman In hi fight for the sea level system whloh could be operated for a small fraction of thin cost. There wore other reasons the eliminating of great hasards in time of war. necessity of fortifica tions and protection of tho dams. Senator Overman says no one can gat as Idea of the Immensity of the work from ' printed description or photographs. A visit Is necessary. Thero are 14,000 men at -work now, , representing thirty-four races of peo ' pie. There are three great divisions , tho Oatun dam under command of Cot Slbert of Alabama, the Culebra out under command of Col. Qalllard of South Carolina, and the Pacific di vision, under Col. Williamson. The first and second sanitary officers, Dr. ,3- Phillips and Dr. Perry, are North Carolinians. , The chief of sanitary work, and a man who Mr. Overman . thinks has done more for the health of tho world than any other living man, is Col. Gorgas, an army officer .- -' of Alabama. So you might My South ern men are building the canal. x Tho 4 chief director or president of the 'ianal oommlssion Is Col Goethals of Now Terk. Tho esprit dL corps of the canal force Is splendid. Mr. K Overman says, everyone soothing en thusiastic and determined to do all possible to have the oanal completed on tlme. The greatest problem is caused by the groat slides In Culebra cut whloh occur often, tho ground not only sliding In from tho top but crowding up from tho bottom of the cut. It Is hoped that whan water is turiied Into the out tlpse slides will ' cease. . The dam wo hear referred to so often Is no ordinary dam but ' is a mountain 110 feet high, ono ' and a half miles long and about a half milt wide t the base This makes a treat Inland ' lake twenty five miles long with a channel depth of ,,9rty-flv feet through whloh ves- , I iCvi"7 W- .' ;.;;, vessel entering from the Atlan 1 tio will sail seven miles on sea level, then- bo lifted eighty-five, feet to tho ' great Inland see, then sail twenty , seven miles to another lock, be let - down fifty feet ' to. another JUake I through this a few miles to another lock and let down thirty-five feet to J:, a sea level run-of nine .miles to the Pacific -40 '. miles , from , ocean to ocean, v? 'i?'.. pit: .V ' ' ' ." f , v- The committee traveled the length of tho canal several times, riding on tho Panama railroad with stops at - all important points. This railroad is being relocated -now; , ' ; But tho most wonderful thing at .all -la the sanitary measures of Br. . Oorgas. During- the French effort r building the ; canal three out of every, four men employed died fftm tome tropical disease. ; Dr. Oorgas demonstrated during service' in Cuba that yellow and malarial fever were ;' caused by the bite of female moa " aoltoeaWiK-iTVith. -thol'Use-of -. crude'roll' ami screens he has reduced the havoc , wrought by these pests until now tho death rate In the oanal Bono Is lower tha:-that. of, New (Torkv ,Vf;:.'.;'.v,. ' Tho canal .commission has all the employes comfortably housed and furnishes splendid food, serving ex y eellent meals fov.th better class Nf . v men at 30 cents and to those making lower wages a good -meal is furnished v - for 10 cents, v Bplendld hospitals are ' maintained and a hotel costing 4800. . ftoo Is being run by the government " good pttisg btdsi ' v 1 1 THE CONFERENCE OPENS Bishop Hoss PrestaOver Annual Ssessica At Statestflle -A.- A i- i THE ViORK ML UNDER WAY Or fiaolzatlos Perfected, Jnd Mucb Kou- ttoebsInmiacteMeri&Qfl ? By Bishop Uigo . va- Special to The Observer,-. s .--BtateevlUe. Nov. I The twntv econd slon of the Western North - v iua irniniu nvfiu Carolina rmifaniMi'.n...i - m o'clock thi. nin. .v.J Broad Street MetKodi cAur" ! annual gatherjnf of the Methodists of ,me western part of tho State, with a membership of 12,401, havins; a con stituency of about 400,000 Methodists, to the one outstanding- event of tho year. Many ministers of eminent aJMl- t ed. Bishop Wlghtman presided in 1868, Bishop Keener in 1883, and Bishop Wilson in 1814. Bishop E K. Hoss, .D., L.L.D., who presides over this conference, is in the noonday of his effectiveness and Intellectual alertness. At the Ecu menical Conference at Toronto last month, when world-wide Methodism assembled, no minister took a mora prominent part than Bishop Hoss, who in the early part of his ministry was a eltlsen of North Carolina, being pastor at Ashevllle. This is tho Bishop's first presidency over tho Western North Carolina conference, an no one of the whole college of bishops could receive a more cordial Rev. J. H. West, president of tho board of missions. walcome. There wlf7 be about six days of earnest and active conference work, and then "the event of events" will probably take tilaoe Monday night, when the appointments will bo read, stationing the ministers to their fields of labor for another year. With characteristic Methodist fer vency tho opening hymn of the con ference waa suns'. "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing My Uroat Redeem ers Praise." tne hymn that celebrated tho conversion of Charles Wesley, the greatest hymn writer of tho Christian Church. No body of men sing like the Methodist preachers. Tho bishop led the conference In earnest prayer, and the Scripture les son was read St. Luke 18 and the bishop spoke on this parable of tho proud Pharisee and humble publi can In- tho temple at prayer, drawing from It some most beautiful lessons. THE ORGANIZATION In the organisation of the confer ence Rev. W. L. Sherrill waa elected secretary, and the hours of sessions were fixed at 0:1$ a. m. and 11:8Q p. m. Tho following have died this year: Rev. 8. H. Helsabeck, Rev. T. H. Edwards, Rev. T, T. Salyer, Rev, W. O. Rudlsill, Rev. T. A. Boone and Mrs. M. V, Sherrill. the widow of Rev. Mi V. Sherrill. a Methodist min ister of snored memory. - All of these ministers were In the ripeness of age, except Mr. Rudlsill, who departed in the early morning of life. The bishop announced the trans fer of Rev. John L. Teague, from tho Tennessee Conference. Two minis ters have been stricken with paraly sis this year, Rev. IK, A. Binkley and Rev. A. mi-Wiley.. A- The spacious church waa filled at the opening hymn, the largest attend ance your correspondent has seen at the first session in an attendance of twenty-two years. One thousand min latere, laymen , and visitors are . ex pected to be present ithe. confer ence. :y:-,.v : Ai.-- . ; Dr. JL J. Lamar, , book agent?. Rev. J. Li Cunlngham,1 superintendent of correspondence school;..: Rev, Julius Magath. missionary to the Jews: Rev. A. D. Bulla, superintendent of Wes ley Adult Bible Classes, and Rev, O . S. Sexton, were Introduced to the con ference.' i-'yij' xAh&fr'i -.'A''-' The following ministers ftsk at this conference ' for - superannuation; A. A. WlleTi A; W. Jacobs, B. S. Aber-' A letter was read from Rev. H. L. Atkins, who has been ln ill health for a number of yeats. and who reside In Texas. He stated that he had not been able to preach this year, and rarely to attend church. " n HEROES OF MANX BATTLE-. . . , FIELDS. , , . roll of the superannuated preachers wm called. Thfee had dted B5 ' the year, inrougn many lung r years these men ot !XSl. forward the - work of . the Church. When tbo ntm of R ; ' years tnese men. vi ,w w Wheeler , was canea, ur. . ncrogs spoke of the work Father . Wheeler had dons for StatesvHle , Methodism, being Its first station ' preacher in 1871 Df. ; FH nood said this was' tho 82d time he .-.had, annu ally answered to tho roll call of the Continued. on Page Three.) ;'.'.::'.. , BALFOUR DROPS REINS -4 Leader 0! British Oppositlca Re: - tires From Battle : ;l IMPAIRED HEALTH ISr REASON H!j Opponents Claim However That Growlno Opposition To Him Is V Cause Of His Decision 'i V , London, Nov 8. The Ttxiontat Vntonm, party is to swap horses while croe- inf the home rule stream, Arthur - if nttA...m - MA.tin . tT V . wmaon s conrv.uve Opposition this afternoon announced to his constltuenia his retirement from the leadership of the opposi tion. Impaired health. Increasing age and the desirability of the leadership passing into younger hands, were the reasons Which he gave for this step in a speech whloh was marked by much feeling. But no one doubts that the Increasing attacks against him by the ambitious younger conservatives, particularly the tariff reformers, were the principal factor' in Inspiring his decision. - While a number of influential Un ionists and would-be leaders, notably Austen Chamberlain and 7. B. Smith, have been demanding hi retirement from the leadership, few believed Mr. Balfour would drop the helm In such an Important stage of the party's for- tunes. CAUSES SURPRISE. The announcement was a sharp surprise to all parties and made an er waT Mr Balfou. withdrawal known than reports were circulated that Lord Lansdowne, leader of the opposition in the House of Lords who l"e s wwmo cooin-j pany his colleague to tho background. But Lord Lanxiown. tani.d nial! of this tonight. Mr. Balfour will remain in the House of Commons, although he he so dfird Whll h. mier wa reconied as the leader of the whole party, the leadership will now Te divided, his successor sharing it with Lord Lansdowne. That auccessor doubtless win be the Rt Hon. Walter Hums Long, who re pre sent tho Strand. A caucus has been called for Mon day to choose a new leader. Mr. Long" commands the confidence of the older and younger elements of the party. t- ' KINO INFORMAL. ;;v " Mr. Balfour was received In audi ence this afternoon by the Klng-and informed His Majesty of his decis ion. ' Many conservatives contend that the question of his health was the only reason for Mr. Balfour's retire ment. , iltZ Z7Z TXit Vi 7 , , , . nr. -.-:-?rth Un'0BU,t ln regretting that the House of Commons debates will lose a great share of In terest when the figure, to whom fol lowers and opponents alike conceded intellectual prominence, la no longer in the forefront' of the battle. Dissatisfaction with Mr. Balfour a leader has long been growing among, tne tariff reformers, who crMMnA his apparent lack of convictions on that Issue, and gained great Impetus when he advised the House of Lords to swallow the veto bill BATTLEf IN MEXICO. Joee Gomes and 200 of His Adherent Are Reported Slain. Mexico, City, Nov. 8. A battle be tween Federals and rebels occurred yesterday at Juchltan, Oaxaca, accord ing to meager information obtained from official sources here today. Tho number of dead was placed at 200. The city Is cut off from rail and wire communication. A gentleman from Oaxaca carried a report that Jose Oomei, deposed Jefe politico and chief of the rebels, was captured and shot. "OSltRISM" GENERAL PRACTICE IN WHOLE INDUSTRAL WORLD Labor Representative Says It Is Im possible for Man More Than Forty to Get New Position. v . w Washington, Nov. 8. That a. man cannot get a new portion after he Is forty years old was asserted before the employers' liability and work man's comnenaatlon commission tit- day by Arthur E. Holder of the American Federation of Labor, He i had been speaking of the sat-1 lsfactory operation of the i Brit ish compensation act of 19 SO ; which recently he had Investigated, '.ueer Wetmore and a' bond to cover when a questton was asked as to Its the cost of survey posted by the land effect' on th employment of men of owners. The preliminary survey was advanced ag-e. ' -r made and Mr. Wetmore recommended In reply Mr, Holder said that re- I that - the d strict, . whirfh is 8 miles gardless of this law, there was a In length, be drained. November 7 marked ' discrimination against the ( was set as the day for the hearing aged not in Great . Britain alone but .and yesterday a majority of. the land throughout the Industrial world. owners In tho district appeared be- ' This condition waa not due, said fore the clerk of court and took part Mr. -Holder, to any legislation :Jut,' in the hearing. There was very lit was th result of economic conditions,; tie opposition to the movement and and cause of the determination to get after the arguments Clerk of Court the greatest posslblo product out of Widenhouse ordered that ' engineer the human bein employed by yoth- , proceed with the work and make ers. i i.:-..ta&:.'K-fiPlw aBd'-astlmate of ths- coafc'..'-' He .With reference to extent: of tjrlll again report, showing the cost the compensation ..for death r;;.lnJ,;fo each man to be benefitted, and Juries. Mr. Holder saltf he thought tho then th i work will likely be ordered utw should grant "all that the traf- completed. By the step yesterday It ft will beas." He declared no death means that the movement along Cold benefiu (Should be less than 8,000 - Water creek will be successful in v and that no- injury award less than ry way and actual work will prob- dollar a day.- regardless of the or- ably begin within a few weeks. There dl nary compensation of the Injured , ar three other districts In the ooun- emPloye. . t,.,- .' ' ' Robert J. Cary of the New Tork Cer itrW, j "S?1, who made an appeat for a' law, which would not- re- armater unwnita InanrancA than, now Is expended by the railroads of the country. , , i Qwanm vIjllthr of 'th, AtChlson; Topeka Santa Fe Railway advo- rnA nr ha enuntrv , " ' rated the extension of the terms of the proposed law to Industries other than .the railroads, contending that : such a course was possible under re-, i cent Supremo Court .decisions, ;, in this connection he declared the rail- roads, had been . made the object of so much legislative attack as to fen- der it difficult for them to pay neo- IiOXU DISPUTE IS ENDED. TruB'4tt of jllntolph-Miooii JSytstont uf College Make Coucwuslyn. ' . Danville, V, Nov. 8.Th lon and acrlmon'oua : controverey ,ver the question of Church control of the Randolph-Macon ay stem of achoola and college, made tip of Itve lnetltu tiont In this BUte, was settled today br the acceptance en the part of A committee of the Virginia Conference oflhe Methodist Eplecopal Chuch, South, Qf a resolution recently adopt edt by the trustees of the Randolph Macon system, providing for comer - lira annrova.1 f nnmlntMnni hv the board f tru-stees to till vacancies. in Its membership. The' resolution of the trustees provides that when a vacancy arises the board shall nom inate a man therefor, subject to the approval of the conference. If the conference refuses to ratify the nom ination, the board must nominate some one else. T ....... ,u ...witu oe from the All VWMl tun 1 1B .! WIVW Baltimore ' oonferenc that body shall have opportunity to, rainy ine nomination of a successor; if In the V:rrlnla conference, that conference .ha- the right of ratinca. Uon. LABOR MEN GATHER. Delegates to. Number of 400 Already in Atlanta. Atlanta. Oa., Nov. 8. An a fore runner of the national gathering of the American Federation of Labor celebration next Monday, the board of international allied printing trades held Us quarterly meeting here to day. One of the principal matters considered today was the strike t the Byrd printing plant In this city where a largo force has been out sev eral weeks. Tomorrow the metal trades depart ment and the labels trade department will hcrin thntr atrMnnAl meetlnn. These wU continue through Satur - j aav More than four hundred delegates have arrived oft , the scene. The la bor conventions are expected to bring more that 1,000 visitors to the city. SUES METHODIST BISHOP ON CHARGE OF LIBELLING controversy Hetwecn Mrs. Crrio ,. . Cope "nd Bishop Moore Reaches Court In Shape of Action For Dam ngea. Topeka, Kan.. Nov. 8. Tho con- troversy between Bishop David H. Moore of Cincinnati of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mrs. Carrie E. Cope of Topeka growing out of the 1 formation bv Mrs. Codo of an auxl- 1 Uary yf the national branch of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist -Episcopal Church reached a crista when suit for J60,- 000 damages against the bishop was filed by Mrs. Cope late today, The suit follows recent charges made against .Bishop Moore to' ihe conference of Mshops by Mrs. Copev alleging that Bishop Moore had libel ed her in a letter on the subjeat of a bequest of f 10,000 left to tho Wo men's Home Missionary Soolety by Mrs. Fannie Murray of Atchison county, Kansas. The letter to which Mrs. Cope ob jected was addressed to an official of Iety- "was dated AWUne, Kan., 1 March 18, ltll. and read In art: i -i, i. uvidav nrt Mm. ron um not appeared. i think you'll never see a cent of the bequest and a dangerous precedent will be es tablished unless you energetically sus tain the Kansas Conference In 'push ing the matter to a legal conclu- alon. "What complicates the situation is the fact that Mrs. Cope holds official relations to your society la appointed to some function of your society. Thus She is enabled to pose as an official. "Mr. Jackson, while seeming to net for her, has set on the heirs to bring suit. for the property. Tou are jug gled, tricked and beaten. "Sincerely yours, "DAVID H. MOORE. ' Mrs. Fannie Murray of Atchison' county several years ago made n be quest of property valued about $20, 000 making out a deed to H. M. Jackson, an Atchison county attorney. Upon her death the deed provided thiit half of the property should go to the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and the other half was to go to the' ' Women s Home Missionary Society of Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church." There was no such society J as tne latter, iater Mrs. cope ana others ere said to have incorporated a 'society named in accordance with the terms of Mrs. Murray's bequest and Mr. Jackson is said to have pntd this society $4,600 of the tlO.ftuO permanent fund. CABARRUS DRAINAGE WOHK. Big Cold water Creek pbttrict is I Formally Decide. I Upon. Special to The Observer. Concord, Nov. 8. The Bis Cold Water drainage district waa formally decided upon before the- clerk of court yesterday.. This district was mapped out some time aa-o bv En- ty that are making progress in their efforts to be drained. essary ' operating expenses . and fair dividends, and ho said he saw no 'rmm whv h law ahnnld not mww other : Indnatrlea aa well, -i I. - Mr. Lathrnn advocatail the . elac- live , rather than the compulsory plan, saytng that such an Important experiment as the proposed lawcon- templates should be . entered v upon i cautiously. He dedarea tnat a large majority of the roads prefer the elecr jtlve avstem, leaving alt concerned free to appeal to the old common taw method if. desired.' v GUItN, LOOT ANQ KILL Hcrrltla Cruelties Practiced Jn :! HALF UUUON ABE DESTITUTE 1 . i ,,; iS,J, J J : ni Flames-Damage To Property Is Estimated It 50,030,030 Hankow. Nov t. The city Of Han kow has been destroyed by fire over two-thirds of 1U extent. ' The lowest estimate of the loss is $ 50.000 Jv0. Four hundred thousand' people Vie destitute. Hundred.vof half -burned bodies lie among the ruins. Many of them are. the bodies of women and children. , , . The customs house. ' the jpostoffice and tho American missions have been spared. The city has , been looted, the Imperialists taking a hand in the pillage. Imperialist officers tried to check this work and executed a num ber of the soldiers. Refugees were deprived of their loot on entering the British concession, cartloads of val uable furs, silks and jewelry being seised. NEW FIRES STARTED. On Friday afternoon the consuls appealed to the Imperialists to cease burning- the town. A proclamation, which was . issued immediately, de ! clared that the rebels were reeponsl these be checked. The following day new fires started In various quar- tera The David Hill Memorial School for the Blind, connected with the, Weslevan mission.- has been looted. h, t.iii all the miMton property in Wu-Chang, which la held a oy m rwvoiuvonaneavjiM on pro- tooted. ' On November 8 there was consid erable gunnery practice, beginning! before daylight. The Imperialist bat-1 tery 'behind Hankow moved to the southwest in belated fulfilment of, the promise to shift-the line of fire from tho concessions. . This battery and another stationed on the plains; engaged ln a heavy duel with Han- ' Tang hill.- The Wu-Cbang fort? used; powder occasionally and Joined In! the defence of Han-Tang. I A few hundred of the revolutionists, are still In Hankow. Riflemen on op-! Toslte rides of the Han river fought all day Saturday and there has been;, similar fighting today, but teadlly de-j -creasing In volume. There Is hVKh Open . revolutionary isik among t the Imperialists, HORBIBLE ' CRUELTIES. Foreigners who have not been giv en the opportunity f witnessing the engafrements except at a distance are hearing horrifying stories or brutal ity. The Imperialist have hanged men and, failing to strangle them, tortured them to death by prodding them with bayonets or crushing them to death with stones. not be told. Red Cross bearers have been killed or wounded. Soldiers on '0' i." "!i t aro in ' JK , ., i.. a .t.i. rionituro and McchaulcAna, Halelglj, wounded enemas l"c"!and president of the Presbyterian wounaeo enemies ...... Historical Society, who was master of A thousand revolutionary soldiers , , t from Hu-Nan reached Wu-Chang vt:" .frnoon ' " ' yesterday. Consular reports from I"0 nrternoon. I-Chang say refugees from Chung-'the conductor, la-not ashamed of like King. In fir.ft-Chuan province, are j classification. Assistant to the Cap bound thither. Secret societies. It Is tain and equally efficient In handling reported, are gaining control In Sse- the crowd considering his limited op Chuan. The mobs at Klu-Klang are , portunlties as a railroad functionary violent. j was Mr. John B. Ross, chairman of ' The revolutionaries commandeered the committee on entertainment, a British tug -vhtch wan proceeding Third in order of official dignity was up river, with two lighters of cosj. jMr. Jchn Pharr who was steadily on It was suspected that the coal waband to see that things moved in destined for Admiral Sah's fleet. A Precise order. There were about 225 British srunbost made a demand for Passengers otoupying five coaches the captured boats, which were af-; forwards restored to the revolution ists. Two thousand trained soldiers have arrived from the Poyang district. Klang-Sl. A night or two ago. theorUB"lJr misunderstanding as to fnrt unk n TmnoHiit itnhn.t the circumstances under which tho which waa seeklns- to naaa down the river, accompanied by torpedoboats. The latter escaped. COL X P, GRACE I EAOS RACE FOR CHARLESTON HlYORUTtesa T . ganised Presbyterian Historical 8o- Has a Plurality on Face of Returns clety whose Interestlrfg program But Many 'oies Were Challenged could only be carried through by the r and Con fet In Likely. v j synod's visiting- the old : historic Special to The Observer. N church. " ""' ' '" '' A- Charleston. PC, Nov. 8. With At the requester this organise - majority over nis two opponents, T. T. Hyde and K, W. Hughes, of 85 votes on the fano of the returns from;clal train and a rate of II for the the municipal t primary. CoL J. P, Grace- will apparently be the nomi nee for mayor. The result of the election, however, cannot be definite ly known- as yet- as it la possible the Hyde force wl enter protest. These, If made, will come before tho execu tive committee, which meets Friday to consider protests and 'declare the result. . l - . A large number of votes,-amounting to several hundred, have been Challenged, though it hv not known whether or net these challenges will be backed, up with formal protests. Tne general reeling tonight seems to be that Grace wilt ha tha . mayor." The Oracs ticket " for city ' council wti nominated except in four nrtances. The vote of 6.848 is tbe largest ever polled In Charleston and the day and - night of the primary i1f.ro.:.ma..rjHtU, by . scene of wild .:a citement. When at an early hour this mornl ing it became known that Grace was in the lead s mob of .some 400 men, cheering for .Grsee. smashed the doors of The New and Courier build ing and the main offices of. the Con soiiaateo naiiway . lighting Co and made a noiry demonstration la1: tMiii it.. .ku,u - . i who had been an aetlv " m .unrnr jtnaiL., 1 j l. t,' worker , for Major Hyde. FWfty-Fow Tear of Marr'ed tfe winsion-naiem, rsov. R and a few days ago Mrs. Brown cele brated her seventy-eighth ; birthday. Many friends and relatives throuah three generations,! to the number of vea, "7 K.n 'm.? T. ' T Z vlu Rev, Dr. Yf 4; w. , Pharr; the t!?d I i-5vr- Is th venerable ' pastor A'emerltua.-' rand ,Ch iiJl a.M H Bv.,R, WCulbertaon,AriA4 onvnunurra nna nine pcreon(, viSiteq the aged and hsppy -couple, DAY AT CENTER CHURCH The Synod Jakes Trip Through Drenching Rain S- . FINE TABLET IS UNVEILED Today's Program Ao Important fine Wttti Concert Planned For Tonigbt Ubiquitous yesterday was the Pres byterian Synod of North Carolina Undaunted by a drenching rain which knew no cessation from morn ing until midnight, by not a single feature did the divines and r&llng elders abridge the day's ambitious program, which called for their pres ence at four different points on the map. Convening for an early morn ing sen ion In -. the Second Presbyte rian church. Journeying later to the tablet unveiling at Center church in Iredell county, paying a visit in the afternoon to the Orphans' Home at Barium Springs, and Davidson Col lege, the members of Synod returned to Charlotte early last evening fresh enough In spirit to hold an enthusi astic session last night. Fifteen minutes later than sched ule time, vis: at 10:48 tho special triB mrln Ihe synod or tht part " venturing out in tne race or a jIny day pulled out of the Southern ?Von forJ Il0UI?i Mou, iP1" BPn "! Davidson College. Tho en.1.nM oxcepted, it was a pretty 01,a'y PresDyterian affair. The pas- sengers were of the faith almost to man and Capt. Claude Morrison, 7 1 A 11, W- A- Withers, ol tfa faculty wh?n t,rfln ran out of Charlotte and at Davidson some 15 or SO more came aboard. It may not be amiss to state here that there seems to havs been un- .excursion had been arranged. Many had supposed yesterday that it was a free trip, a gift by the Presby terians of Charlotte to Us guest the Synod of North Carolina, but this was never the idea. The trip to Pntr church nrlmflr'lv and than . tlon the commRtes of arrangements secured from the Southern this spe- round trip. Every delegate to synod wsa expected to provide for his own expenses ln exactly the same way as he did for his ticket to Charlotte as a delegate to synod. This trip to Center was to be a part of synod's official program.. Charlotte hospital ities were not expected to extend be yond the limits of the city itself. TQ CENTER OHURCH, , 1 An hour's run brought the excur sionists to the 83th mile-post a few hundred yards north of the ;. Mount Mourns station. - From this , country road crossing to old Center Is about one-eighth of a mile. ; The heavy shower of ram falling at this time rnn69 the trip' over thev nowii muddy highway not tho pleasantest possible but tne party waa:'ttt,.'.,ana.'j.iiumor, A number of bugg'es and carriage were In waiting for the ladles of the party; and for the older. and more dis tinguished members of the ssrnod. f . ; A few moments later and the crowd Was assembled within.' the . walls of the 1 old historic .chorch,- a, ' buildln comparatively new f In . structure but old In the? occupancy 'of It present Site, r,, S'ji v. h I 5 xwV"; f'lff j On the pulpit rostrum' were:. Prof. W, A. Withers of Raleigh. - president V"B aie gn, preswent in iiiRturioiti society, in sec . ... . . .... i . : r m s jbb.b w 1 .air. " lie atnni nr. as. a is sia.i ." n. .is ihi trm Pherson or Raleigh:' R. D. Clark of l,Statsvlll. 'A. i M. Scales of, Greens jhoro. Rev;,' Dr If. C. Hill of Max- lon.i, w, u, i, i;raig or Keius- opened with the long meter doxo- logy 1 sung with such -.volume and heartlnesexby the entire congregation a to evidence that prases to the ....... ' --- , (Continued on Page Eight.) COURT MVESli.:.: TotaaoTre'ji's titzzi C:;:.": " In SviaS ECwrocts A LON(iDECmlSISSi;ZD Few Gt Tte Suggested Caassss 'itzis Oy Attorneys Qereral Ire TV f :;r iBwrporated New York, Nov. 8. The Utiga-Uon which the deral government beyan four and half years ago- to break up the American Tobacco Company as a monopoly In- restraint ofvtrale sp j proached the Stage- of completion to ! day by Judicial acceptance, with a few , I modifications, of the much-dleauu)! - , plan which the Tobacco oompany it- . I self drew up for dissolution, of - tho j combine In accordance with a man- -I date of the United States Supremo , j Court. , The decision of approval was filed - ' i by Judge La com be of the . United - States circuit court shortly after stork- - market hours this afternoon and sup plementary opinion were filed by . : Judges Coxe and Noyes concurring generally with. Judge La com be. No one of the Judges regarded tho plan as perfect, but all deolared that I the Ideal was beyond attainment and v . that as a practical, substantial com. pllance with the law. the plan, as . i slightly modified, appeared the best ! atulnable. Each Judge asserted his -. ' belief that the plan Is honest, and that there is no question of the good , faith of Its authors. - ?- WILL ASK FOR REVIEW. - A. i The features of the opinions are" that the dissolution should be. con summated without delay; that the re-, quest of Attorney General Wickereham -;or the reservation by the govern- , ment of right to apply for further cr other relief within a period of five years 4t the plan did not result In r hsrmony with the law. Is declared not. " to be within the authority of the court to grant; that the court doe , enjoin for a period of three years the twenty nine individual defendants in the suit--" from acquiring any additional hold ings ln the companies Into which tho ' trust Is Split, and that the appllca-' tlon made hy Independents for dlrso- -lution of the United Cigar .Stores -Company lay outside the authority of r the court, but that this did itot pre clude any independent action later , against the cigar Stores Company a an Individual corporation. ... , The announcement of the court's action was followed almost immcdi- A ately by the declaration of counsel for several of the opposing independ ent tobacco interests that an attempt ' undoubtedly would be made to h.ive the decision reviewed by the United -States Supreme Court. DRAWS A MORAL Judge Noyes drew a general notul' from the case. .In conclusion he said: -, "The extent ip which It has been . necessary to tear apart this 1 com bination and force it into new forms , with the attendant burden; ought t demonstrate that the Federal anti trust statute Is a drastic statute- whj.-h' -i accomplishes effective result whu-W to : long as it stand on. the statute honks v must be obeyed, and which cannot ie disobeyed without Incurring . , ut reaching penaltlea And, on the'.nhfr hand, , the Successful reconstruction of this organisation should teach (hat the effect of enforcing this Statute ; " against Industrial combinations I not to destroy but to re-create in accord- ance with the condition which , the Congress has declared shall - exist , among the people of the United 8tateL" - REQUEST DENIED. In commenting upon the request of ' : Attorney General Wlckersham for the reservation to the government 'of the right to apply to the court at any time within' five years for further or eiher relief. Judge LaScombe says: "But neither in the Supreme Court' ' mandate nor its opinion is there any warrant for the conclusion: that tht? court Is to proscribe the temporin-v terms of the modus vfvendl with -tl , power to reassemble ourselves .or our rurvlvors and successor and modify those terms, while In the In terim by purchase or exchanges of -these bonds upwards of one hundred million dollars' worth of . property , shall have changed hand Irrevocably. The only function assigned to v 1 to consider an proposed plan which -rerponsible parties engage to carry out and approve Or reject it." In tho event of rejection the only altema- ttve being injunction, receivership and sale. Ths time 1 limit fixed in -the mandate, six months and possi bly two more.-precludes any -' other construction of it term"." 1 ' rrtWT OF discussion. Judge Lsombe says that while tho plan for dlsttnlegratlon Is correctly described as J the proposed plan of the American Tobacco Company, since that - corporation and the other de- fendants dfer to carry. It out, it should be remembered 'that In lt present form the plan 1 the fruit of much . discussion during the .opening hearings. 'He say, also that the ob jection of Attorney General Wlcker fham were followed by modifications of the plan, rome of Its most drastto provisions' being inserted In order to meet or avoid .Ms criticism. He says also that provision should be- made in carrying out the clan tor keeping intact the books and record of tho American Tobacco Company. Jt pres ent.' constituents and branches. that they will be available and sub ject to. examination to the ame tent a at- present In svits for ac countlnf and ether, existing litiga tions.? A ,'"' A - . v Justice Laco.nbe aUosi considered the objection hich . the Attornty General- made t? tho plan of the com pany to retain In Its treasury about $104,000,000) In addition to worklnar -capital to,rpa -outstanding bond when ' they manured. i r: MET CRITICISMS. ' ' ," Th Attorney Oenrar. objection were on the ground that the pop. -Hon of so much'surnlus capital t.-? fraught wlh possibilities of evil . Judge 'Lacomh'v pointed out thst s recent conferences the" defer)' have, met the criticism by a pre-- 1 to buy "up ball of the - : out f - ' bonds, and cancel thenv at a ? In excess of their present value, t Insuring a willing furrrr ,'r cf t Continued on rS ti A t
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