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Mf A Hon tarnr Vast stores of provision have bH 0f EionTllle nassed throush town - Wpocted. thftt J? placer ,whlc strongly fUftrd. ls& ready; for 4jft bountiful supply of apples, poUtoo Acttve prepurftUons" for what !' considered the Inevitable assault upoa the capital ar going, on within tli load is valued at $49. tTh Lord ha legation quarter, for It Is now con-. blessed these good people In abun oeded that tho Manohu dynasty will dano this year and they feel It their be -ousted. Foreigner, it Is jusse.ted. I duty to help th needy. , will be futtrv BtStd, but expert t .i, enc has taught that th temper of the people Is; not to be trusted when revolutionary movements are in prog ress . ''; HOPEFUL SION. . The fact thftt Tien Tsin did not fftll yesterday, as was expected, isvhope ,jftl sign, because it ' Indicate' that ) Whatever steps the revolutionaries are taking in the north, ftt least, they are proceeding along careful lines ana ceeoms aions carerui lines uiai,,.u4 . k. ,u. - ; are ftctlni' with -Oonslderauon and . . a. . . wm... uncertain quantity, but there ar still loyal regiments which are fighting for the dynasty. , ... , . . - A I Nanking, where tho revolution ists outnumber ths Imperialists live to one,- the latter still hold Purple mountain They ar strongly en trenched and ar said to have' abun dant supplies. ' ' " SITUATION CRITICAI A, wireless dspatch has, teea V re ceived from the American consul. Ed ward C Baker, who hasvarrlved'ftt Hankow from I -Chang. Ths consul rtates that th customs and other for- sign officials ft leaving Chung-King, in Sss-Chuea province, from which plaes he British consul sends reports Lpv MiuKvun im o wvai x ivnu between I-Chang and Chung-King is unsftf and there Is danger from rob bsrsyr . " ' . A.a American, who Is In close touch w1tli the, TlsB-Tsin rebeU, says thsy is dlvldM nto two, fcjtleijvTb-t!0-rvfttlve faction; ftroftbly will control and wait until ' there Is a - material V fores behind them before taking over the city. ' At' present only 1.600 polio within- the city support the rebels. ! CAUSES ANXIETY. Th attitude of foreigners Is caus-L ing anxiety ana aistrust ftmong the rebels. The" rebel leaders point out J. rt;.irW wmm.i : n.v.mment .t.i hrtnm U i.r. nr.. . trary td Che protocol, of It 10, and have objected . to General Chang bringing In troops."-Foreign railway ofllolals, they say, provide trains at th governments order, but not at General. Chang s. A threatening let- or, refeirlnc to such incident nnt . . . . . . . . - . . ' the consular body at Tlen-Tstn. Tho C.VL..D..V.A, . .n.. Pekhsg-Hanko Railway offloals like wise ar pro-Manchu. Th fact that General Wu Lu runout nasi, wniift remioram.nw Cf th nation's Executive. President have reached Peking, reports have Taft's special train arrived In Nash been received of numerous defections Tin, at Ml o'clock this afternoon of ths Manchu soldiers to ths rebel and he was met at th nnlon stature side. . The government troops ar aft by th reception' committee including -.--r. "" r " "uiiM ami t... k.k k hta slslnatlin, T'Sw ZZVt. hU arsasslnatlon ft few nights ago ( has caused th f elief In certain flnr- tors that ft reward had been offered TAT IT ' If im Jshries.sSf eft the ItAA , has been brought to the forbidden . rW aassftw -VS3 nxau city, but the story evidently has been Invented by rebels, who' .hope to prove the palace's complicity In the .Biurde, i svi-.taV. ' ; v GENERAL. CHANG. The Chinese government evidently street grocery, today filed a voluntary shares the belief of foreigners that petition In bankruptcy and were ad Genen Chang ShM-Tseii controls the, Indsed bankrupts, situation in north China, and it Is I The' case was referred to G. a using every possible means to rain his support. Genral cang, bw-! ever, is a man of .strong ponvlcUona ana oijiuue ainereni type rrom y ordinary officer, " Recently General Chang, in speak ing with a correspondent asked what foreigner'; thought Of the situation He raid bis men desired Peace, and asked; again: "Can peaceful means troops, particularly those from Lan be found to terminate ; this ; . rreat chau. from entertlno- the interdicted rouble? v Why dof. foreigner think J u jiiuyu m u.u aut vo.t r yam i uin maintain neace?" , t r. Then..; reverting; to" ;the Hankow , massacre and General Wu's assasaina . tlonf General Chang, ' expressed : ' dis trust of the government. ' " ,. General. Tuan.'with i.000 men of the Third Division, has reached Paoi 1 , TJlng-Fifc "The remainder of the di 1 - VUUp believed to be with General )t Chang. , t, ,,,'.., . ... TIEN TSIN STTXL LOYAL, " ' ' ' fteotnt.lMna4M Trav. : . Htjr '. r. Alkde sn. Attemne vn The ru nov. s. Notwlthstsad:- tha torelgars.',ftBA four 'more' aro on fot BOUDATawi.lwj.: Itig th avowed Intention of the rev their way there, according) to Beer. V D- & Coltrane made repdrt Mt the SLJ ?e"'ttf-''5? tn city .40; hary of th Navy Meyer, v Th supply Joommlsalon appointed by last confer day. and the findings In the British Jahin; .sB'i!-.i.V ..a. k. .tnoe to confer, with like commlsHoo concession of j proclamation to that 5 effect Tien Tsfn retnaina nniaf night and is stilt loyal to the feign ing dynasty. A French gunboat, how ever, 1n. anticipation of trouble. - has moved up the river . to aretect the Catholic mission. V ,1 , . General Chang Shoac Tsen.' , com manding Uhe Lanchau troops, ac- .(, A ' sa .. ... aaa. ... - v f m ""'"-i," wnemsr TeportS is march-4 , S "in tit the heftaVor th f iweniiein army . division on hla w.tr w( " vm.j rt m,. vnMk i...u.. a4.. to Peking. I ' Z I T ?lnggmeti at that place today and TJ1 fj rn - General .Crang-s kid vteltod ' the 1 the Officials fled, leaving th cltynnfa MJiS'AJW Tien TMn consular hsdMrV. J2 e possession of-the evolutionist; s4JJ3J'i!i November 8 and presented a rnmmu nulcatlon to the effect the r rsAn.Mt Chang Intended to take 1. tiT" it:L"'. " f,a.n? ntIC,p,tt-i Z . .5 """!"erv: wwum oe peaceful t but that Manchu resistanp : ieaa 10 nvni-ns:. ; iience n viahM -v.- consuls to take What precautions thev! terday of Yuan Shi-Kal a. Premier tton ' " - - deemed necessarv .General Chng . was received tonight 1 t ths Btftu - j A REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH. ' ,n(,S8aK ,5la " "ad 20.-. pftrtment 'w ,"1 C i-! The Southern Methodists are to 000 foopg whom he dplred to bring at Pefcing, The dispatch say It is b (ld a rhur.h i the Htv of JVashlnr wlthln the twenty-mile limit pre-crlb. I doubtful Whether Yan.Shl-Ka i will j ut iSd ed by the protorot . A . . , j accept the post icrlbed sent!-I .. - , . The eonrali have" considered the ment In Peking as panicky, .1 ' (Continued oa Pag Eight) - railways 5 c. oaily and Bunday dally -In Charlotte; 6o. Bunday T 1IXISTEM IX A , MESS. Someone Uim Ilix Xailie In Searching For WW ftud Trouble Follow. ' xAtlanta,-aa., Nov. S.Another per son, had used hjs ham In answering an advertisement ft few day ago and posing as "ft romantic young minister looking for a wife." according to the Rev, W.. A. Fertell, ft Methodist inln Ifter of OaffneyS. C.;; who called on Recorder Nash Broyles today, to learn if possible who had Imposed t upon blm. j' This scaihp's prance has got me Into a mess, said the minister. "The story baa created something of ft sen sation in my Stat,-, my congregation has become; Stirred up and I have been the target for all manner of guy Ing at the hands of my .friends. I can , assure you -1 Hare beet having ftjtvely Umi of It." - , . f: , ?i - The recorder did an he could to help the minister , by aivlng him ft. let ter explaining ihat he was not the ' man who advertised for a wife. the Pleasant Orovs Bantist churoh for the'ornhanftse at Thomasvllle. Thi ELABORATE BAXQUET GIVEN RESIDENT IN TENNESSEE Ur. Tftft Lcsivcs KftshvUle for Sow- Boe Where He ,WMI Today Address the Church Is rioh In great hymn, Studenu of the TJntvefstty of tbe but only forty or fifty of them ar eur ' South. - ' rently sung. He recommended to the NashvlU. Tenn.. Nov. I.-Ani ! t?!" J? fStr'rWT mZXZZ VT t - - w -vsr-t.w. , United States Senator Luke Lea, Gov ernor, Ben. W. Hooper and Judge J. M. Dickinson, former Secretary of War. A parade headed by the First Regi ment band and . composed of th Btate militia. Confederate veterans. ths Boy Scouts of America and seven automobiles containing the Presl- j dent's party, ths reception commit-! tses and guests marched from the, lauva in sne .... auaiiorium, wner President Taft mads a public speech before a crowded house. - Immediately after the speaking, i President Taft and his pars were es corted to ths Hermitage hotel, wfier one of the most elaborate banquets ever given la Nashville was held ift Judge J. M. Dickinson oreslded as tosstmsster and the fbUowlng toasts were responded to: "Our Nation.'.' Senator Luke Leas "Stat of Tennessee." Governor Hoob- err.. ."Nashville HosV-Hil! MeAlllster and response by President Taft ' Major James D. Richardson, sov ereign grand commander Of th Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rites Masons; presented to Presi dent Taft a gold plats souvenir of ths laying of the cornerstoni of th Ma- sonic Temple in Washington. D. C. Tne President's special train left after the banquet for Sewanee, Tenn., where he will address the student of e th University of the South Friday morning. Vlrgin'a Firm Get Contract. Special to Tbe Observer. Rook , Hill, S.C. Nov. . Mr. C. K, Chrletsberg of this city represent Ing the Roanoke Bridge Company of Dn.Ttnk. V. uyi.li... ..It I company had been awarded two contracts for Iron hridares bv county commissioners of York counT ty. on ovr Fishing creek 80 feet7 ttet long. The TspChU feitur Tie that ,h bridses will be double track """g ?n the -ountv ofhe JJfiPg &JZ - . -" . ( I va w f w va sssj uvui I VI a w m, tna' Imm4 lABiUna VA.1.4IU to Llncotnton, N. C. , i. . Grecasboro Firm Bankrupt' Special to Th Observer. Greensboro, Nov. . Lynch Broth. erv proprietors af a West Market Fersruson. Jr.. referee. The liabilities are .given -at $1,678. and assets at $1.$0. r After exempUons and costs oi ftammisn-auon, tner wui d iku for creditors, most of whom are Greensboro : dealers. VtoeroVa i renusaf that tba laano a nroclamatloa forbtdsinv additlXtrai ares, within Seven miles of Tien Tsin. nave repuea to tne viaeroy .mat such a proclamation was a matter f or , ference raised for missions last :,yr ths diplomatic body; but expressed the . ?0,70B.8Sv ' r ' - opinion that It was not deslrabl that I Bishop - Kllgo paid ft high but. de further troops should en'er the " In-(served compliment to the laymen-of terdtcted area. , This attltud of th th Western North Carolina .ContOr consuls was communicated to Gten-ience, ?He said ho conference has a ers.1 Chang a we ' .1 PROTECT AMERICAN INTB3vE8TS. r- ' ,v " 'i r ; i fifteen Teeels in Chinese Waters and, - ? - ..'.More on the Way. - , " Washington, Nov. .Ther are flf-1 teen American vessels now in Chines waters looking after the welfare V of Shanghai tomorrow and the monitor MonteW, cruiser Saratogft and gun- boat. Qiitros ars en route for Chines i waters from th .philtplnes, . ,J " r.. rt.. h.. ..M.,t. t-.ina1gans of th wol-eoferencea ? Tha under the command of Rear Admiral Murdock, commander-in-chief of K th Asiatic fleet 1 -Admiral Murdock In his report of th capture of the Important port of; :.n.uV re.rl t L"IZV , CAZnl """"7 4 and the consulate. ; ijojinrniwooH i ie - eiBtiiuii : jvw . CHARLOTTE, HETJI G tJlSTS 7Q RK II ARD 'A .Ccslcrenwf Disposes CltKaiiy -W f Elatters Of .Impcrtanca :r 'r TIp8: Kot; lips Coibk Wee' leports - TvcIts Apply for Admlsslcn-Te vDaalnati TfO; Districts r ; Bpeclal to The Observer.,. Btatesvllle, Nov. 9. Despite tho in clement' weather,' the attendance at conference . lnoreases. Bishop Hps with his morning address makes (he opening' -sessions of the conference - nin,y intrsung. Th hosp)taoi i6f,f. Vir. J?1!???? highly. Interesting. The hospitable :Ln'p mid?..Tne Teat sermon of f"00'. u? resteraay conunues to bo th talk of th clty.i . v-i In th opening services today hymn No. was sung, "Let all on earth their voices, raise to sin th great Jeho vah's pralsa" Prof. Julius Magath on-erea tne prayer. He is ft oonvertea i t. m,M,onary of th Mth- ( odlst church to the Jews, He Invoked , grac upon all peoples snd nation .1 making mention of ths Jews, sine Christ, according to ths flssh, was a son of Abraham. Th bishop said iww m i Tl0 Wustrau theM great hymns. 4 "Hnmsi nrssvrivsi Miri - tnsi Minnn 6on preachers," said - the bishop. "are as short on hymns a sermons." BISHOP'S MORNING TALK. ' Matthew 7th chapter was ' read: "Judge not that ye be not Judged." This do not mean that w are not to put an estimate on men; this In the natur , of things Is necessary. Nor does It prohibit a condemnatory es timate; this Is sometimes a duty, it does not mean that w ax not to make an estimate snd form an opln ion of the motives of . men, though this Is most difficult and with- utmost car to be exercised, -Nor does rt for- bid us to give expressloa '.to : .well- Rev. H. K. Boyef, missionary see 'retary of the Methodist couferenoe. - 'iSSJJtSl cnucai, lauii-nnqjnf conoonoue apini. ?"p01n1 a Zlf ". to Christian law, unaruy in Know what some ,1ns are. Gambling drunkenness, lying, etc.. are sins. But Bom to realise that harsh speech ! I .had rather be a drankard vuauii mtuaoiu su om VT O - v. J every day. d my life, die and o to the Judgment than to be a slanderer of. my brethren," said the bishop. There are two kinds of evil speech th malicious and the thoughtless. A. woman gosslpdr Is bad enough, but a man gossiper Is "the limit," to us an exnression of the street The con scious liar says all men are liars. Who says every man has his price? It la the man in the market Who sneers at ths pure and the good? It. is the - ,t i. . A an evti heart to condemn in others what Is 'most flagrant in themselves. "Brethren, be strict with yourself and c-entle with others.' A CONFERENCE RICH IN .MIS- - " ----. SIONARIE8. ' i Bishop Hoss stated that the West ern North Carolina Conference was rich inl missionaries: 8. A. Stowart is In Japan, J. R. Moose, M. B. Stokes an w n rm m hastdea i. tlv helpers in many neids. This con- nobler band of men, business men. Christian men. Who cive their , time and means to the work of their Church. From all noble professions and walks of life busy laymen are In I attendance - upon . the . conference, oqttftlljs Interested wlth the ministers Mn alt th workj&f th Chawh;(.f;;; idwa AUVWAXiuo w ij jata vutXr ftrorn, th North Carolina Conference aaa ft.K aft. ' a..MllJa A OTa, VkT ,.1. . jronsoiiaauon or xne wort?i Win Advwjate and Th Mfnitattd12Ht n12J" ?i commlsston met In Omnaboro 'ast 1 February and the report Is that ine. Jtlms Is not Hp for the consolidation. Venf,7,?r fJAL1 Rev - ..;H. - - Mi.BUUr4hoili.ln'adltOr - r.d $720 given to the worn-out preachers. Judge N. L.1 Eure was .elected for five years to succeed h'm- . i 7 0 0.; FRIDAY MQRNINGt NOVEMBER", 1911.' ! COTTON CASES ARGUED 11 Supreme :Cocrtprtefl TorRole 0atalDi 1 Corner" ' 't Lj 'jof-vy,-; ' ... i f. FIGHTING HIE BULL CLIQUE GoTenment Solicitor Dodges Questions Asked tlboat Comblnatlofts to A ' ' Bear Prices . Washington, Nov I. for the first tint ths government today asked th. fiuprems Court" of the United States ! to .proclaim M the law of the Und . 1. at running ft corner- on th stock change la ft violation of tbe 6hr-4Th man ftntl-trust ftct. Th point cam up In th oral ar gument of solicitor Qenerai LiShmann In support of th indictment of James X. Patten, Eugene O. Scalos, Frank B. Hayne and William P.' Brown, on eharges of conspiracy on January 1, 1910. to "run a corner of cotton" on th Maw Vftrtr (Mitton rin' V.m- sential counts in the indictment had Synod was reached ttt late afternoon. bMn aiaid rroneou by the Unit- A concert by the musical faculty of d gtatss elrouit court for southern th Presbyterian College for Women N York and the government was11 night proved a delightful enter- arguing for ft reversal. Ex-Senator John C. Spoener argued for an af firmance. ASKS POINTED QUESTION. Once or . twice In the argument Chief Justice wan asked If the gov nes8 is progressing smoothly. Th ernment . considered that a combine'- j members of the synod constantly tlon to force down ths price of , the 'prove themselves familiar with par commodity would be In violation p' ! Uamentary law and bear themselves the taw ft well as a combination to with ease and courtesy In all the de put the prices up, as charged in the liberations of tne body, present ' Indictment. Mr. Lehmann The concert complimentary to the said he was not familiar enough with synod was so distracting In Its ef the market to reply. The Chief Jus- foots that U came very near prevent tic also failed to get a eonclre an- tag- the proposed night session. An swer to his query about the legality Invitation at the close pfthe must of planters combining for higher .c1 President Caldwell to th DriCM assembled churchmen to follow him Mr.' Lehmann In attacking the and hl lapn,n troupe of young holamgf t" circuit court rfferr h,ft" ke'f t it .. .r th.i nn r.r.n, the reception halls iand parlors of the competition In Interstate commerce was charged la the indictment He urged that tha Sherman anti-trust law waa aot directed against restraint of 'competition, but, against restraint f trad. He added that even If. if bad been aimed ftt restraint ef com petition that the competition caused ty ..an announced price of cotton mn.fii. r.ta-' in..,....,, r would be temporary and abnormal, a thing which the law aimed to prevent RIGHT TO BUT, The solicitor general admitted th right of a man, far-sighted enough to see that a commodity was likely , to rise In prlee, ta g'lntovths tnftrket and buy to th extent of his ability. In this case, he added, the defendants had sought t raise the price arbi trarily by Unking their purpose- to gether to buy ell the cotton for fu ture delivery that would be offered. Chief Justice White asked th so licitor srenera !f he was not talking about "futures" such as are popu larly regarded as unenforclbl - con tracts because no delivery was ever, Intended. Mf. Lehmann replied that; he was arguing that the .contracts which the defendants were charged with con-piling to make were enfor-J ciuie uwuer ine rules oi ine exenange and the law, and were to be distin guished from ths "bucket shop" con tracts which were unenforclble. NO RESTRAINT CHARGED, Mr. Spdoner. in reply, declared ihat ie?J tl ,.h-rS J " LJLatf b; whose arrangements for todays ses traC rZ B.1 TZ!?Luf ,on were bMed th supposition l?J ?s' .VS. ?T sJftaotal, he, said, that the ynod-s horns mission report had devotod himself almost exclusive-1. nd the popular meeting In Its 10 ly to showing that the defendants had tercet would be carried through last a monopoly. Not a word about mo- night Unable to resist the polished uopoly, asserted he, was to be found doctor's Invitation the ecclesiastics In the Indictment Hs declared the young and old followed him and bis defendants were not .charged with fair attendants pell-meU. It waft ever having a bale of cotton, and so only after heroic effort that the rush they could not have a monopoly of ; was stopped and the motion to cotton. By contracting to buy "fu-j carry over the night's order of ex tures," he caldj the defendants might excises till tcday was killed, ktllsd hav made lt possible for the men who did have the cotton to Increase the price, but surely the defendants were not to be charged with this In orease. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. "The defendants," he argued, "were charged with conspiring to buv cot ton futures, nothing else. These nur-1 chases were tot compel a demand bv the sellers of the contracts for cotsir3rttv,,, $$.?: Kings Mountain,, ton for future delivery. '$H; Mecklenburg. $1,101$ Orange, "This demand was to cause ft- rise Mil; Wilmington, " $1.S1$, nd la In prices of co'ton on the New York dlviduals, $1,488. making a total of cotton exchange. That, rise was to'11'110 to this Cftus. The ladles" cause a rise of price la otherMBftr,fltl,Y' thto.'ftmoBU$t0S. kes. That rb. in othr markets fflSm.r& ur. 10 P" oaceesiva prices. ;.iti. . witmntnn ...ujiA stored VoX ? CV,may ahav aPPoronmnto: Horn, mion ?Pv. J !X f. co"on' Sonie work aont the presbytrls them--t.. C!r.hI? been frtT' Mlves is done to he following ex--5lV a I-rwC!,,a!',a0f tentf 81 mission fields, 115-orgsnls-connection ftotwaeii what the defend- .churches, 101 mission s points.; a ants ar alleged to , have done and miuin ,Mi innnii 11 .nuut 10 1th result ! Is too fah 'v Th sequenc or oausauoa is reminiscent of ths nursery Jlngl about th hnnu h pain,'" .. .., , ; ; '. ; t - -The argument will be concluded to- morrow. ;-. !:-;'.f'-;.9----,i-i,-Ml f BmilT flN;EmtWB);f Phtty WhoAttempt m tyn Rescue wnwn;uiit My lifts, v.- : ' FUBXUtaWney.' Penn. - Vn. S i Eight miners ar beVeved to have ben; night that the attendance of mem k (Had In th A drain-1 -shaft of the bers and others on th ; services of Rochester and Pittsburg Coal !. iron the sanctuary t about 78 pel cent Co,lns;1ocfttedjroui i:mfiesiron)Cttfwhat; It ought JO ba for morn here, as a result of an explosion at $ ing congregation and fifty. pr cent o'clock -this morning; . Fifty miners, - for th evening servleea-5- j , who entered the shaft hours after tha i About 18 per' cent of 'the families Accident In an attempt to frct, a'berv 'fsJBllWolhllV-'rv,n-Vs rescue, were drlen out by gaa t Some . About 87 r '. cent f .observe th of them beeonflng unconscious wer Sftbbath Q properly. One Ipreabyteryi cftrrlad to the surfacs by comrades, s ; however, admits the Increasing pat- Th work of rescu was abandon-1 ronag of Sunday trains . and papers ed until tonight when th min rescue n that many peopis ' use the day car of the United States bureau of for driving In carriages and eutomo mines ift expected to reach here from ;..' This , report Is well-founded Pittsburg. AH the missing miners ftr,"' probably of n Wider application. foreigners. - Battered by' Adverse Wind. ' Gulfport Mies., Nov. 9. The two masted schooner v Merchant -' arrived her today after being battered and tossed about the gulf, for sevenwen J!!? days by adverse ; winds. ftfUVlSJOn wer exhausted days before port Tki RMHA KuMrtM ,.,n. wood Is "tlll'on the sands. It will tk uayavva V S ' ' SS ft UV"U very high tld to float her. THE SYNOD'S THIRD DAY jf2cit Rcatlcfi lEdsd is w Clesriil ircin ? talendap RALEIGH GETS NEXTKIEETING Share iDt J. Eudowment ;, forSarino C;Sprloks Orpnaoane Pledaed Del- : eoates Eooy Concert At Collegif v P Plunarinr'aarlv intn 4h mldat of. si Llf..r lag resolutely by Us guns until ft lt hour last night, the Presbyterian A . . . M ' V 1 . J ft M tnln, 4ay Jt bugl6-t of th- , oledains of 111.000 toward de- sired endowment of $10,000 for th Orphans' Horn at Barium Springs claims primacy among th doings of th initial session. Renoru abound ing in significant facts and olear-out addresses presenting forcefully the claims of different causes contributed to th Interest of th well-attended gatherings. -, A decision In favor of Rallh as the nlaae fnr . the next taiamentr Ths Interest of - ths denomination in particular Is shown by the pres ence of 'Chftrtotteaas, with always a sprinkling of ladles. Under the lead ership of Moderator Mlnter the bust' college narrowly missed wrecking tne Plans f ths - steering committee Rev. H. G. Hill, T. D of Maxton, p resident of the board of regents of tne Barium springs wpnan's Home M ,Htor Synod. 'nowever by practically a ui..n.. voi ! .. . ll v a vvvj vi mj hvuivwi uuiiiv sit slons was read by Superintendent Shields and was heard with great In terest It was pronounced by speak ers later In the evening as the finest report ever presented. The financial te.tement shows that Albemarle presbytery gave $1, Albemarle presbytery gave SI, 131; Ashevllle, I4S: Concord, fl.SVt: churches organised. $1 ! Sunday schools organiied, ' I.1 81 professions nt falfh 1?K addlttona tn chnrehea. $18,898 given to th paatoral ' sup port,- $19,888 given to other causes The amount? spent j by presbyterief was $18,870 and the: amount, foe con gregatlonal mission 9U.t14:M-: PIETY . REDUCED TO FIGURES. ! ? : :Th' committee 'v 6a the sddress to ths . churches on ths stats of re- lle - ln In th. evnod rennrted laat than to any one, section of the State, About $0 per cent of our home are careful1 about trftimng th chil dren In the Scriptures and .catechisms of the Church, while 75 per cent of the Sabbath - schools observe this trZntni T of tnft vouthTi ThT. inn. -Z V? ithat thohom Is relegating this? Im nnrtinl Aaiv tu J n.,f.K j-k Wh ht ieacher nooi leaciior, ana is in . line. with the decline of the family altar. (Contlnasd en' Pag Thrss.v SUBSCRIPTION PUWViW AV' WILL SHOW FlXfi rOULTRY, Handsome - Dirds . Win Compete Prises ftt Ashevllle. -Special to The Observer. Ashevllle. Nov. There will b an all-members meeting of th Ashevllle Poultry and Pet Stock Association to night, when flnai action win be Uken on the reports of the various commit tees that hav been preparing ft pre mium list for the show- which la to be given soon. " .Much of th matter has already been prepared and th list will be Issued from th press be fore very long. . ; v v-s.:- , Information fcas been reoelved that the Stat .White' Leghorn Association win offer a cup. ; Other cups win b has already been announced that ths National Partridge Wyandott Club will offer a cup. : Other cups wll be offered by the Industrious Hen, the Reliable Poultry Journal and th Poultry culture. ' Manx of tbe show 1n ths South are xpctd to send birds to this show. It is believed, that the Show will be ft success. - ' , Jnnlor Mechanics Meet. Special to The Observer. ; Lenoir. Nov. . The, jr. O. U. A. M. at this pace held an open meet ing in the hall In th Dula building , Tuesday night. This was made nece 1 eary by the Ore the same afternoon destroying their hall and regalia. A ' short address was made by Mr. D. R. Shields, formerly of .Salisbury, on th good work being don by this order. Following ths address refreshments were served followed by smoker. WIDELY DIVERGING VIEWS ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION Counsel of. the Santa Fe Thinks In suranoe Scheme Would Bankrupt Roads Othor Rslhraads . aad Men Favor Project. Washington, Nov. 9. -.Bankruptcy for some railroads and a deteriora tion in th service of. other was prophesied today before the .employ ers' liability and workmen's compen sation commission by Gardiner Lathrop, who took a gloomy view of the proposed protective legislation. Mr. Lathrop, who is counsel for the Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe Rail road, expressed grave doubt as to the probabilty of obtaining authority from the Interstate Commerce Com mission to make Increases tn rates which, j he said, would b Itnperstlve to meet the cost cf the proposed In surance. Mr. Moon of th commission wss Inclined to b reassuring. He ex pressed th opinion that th om nils- sun (.ou.j give sucn expression as would fore th Interstate Commerce Commission to tak Into account the -.- --- -, .. ' -' saaea nurien vp.n the roads Alfred P.vThom, enera'.'ounsl of the Southrn Ran way, advocated th proposed legislation ar.d sti.i u com pulsory rather .nan cu elective law. Mr. La t hup t,e Beiiamln D. Wsr fleld of tbe Loulsvl' ft Naifcvilte road fa.orod the ejsove iystm. , ; DAUGHTERS DENOUNCE BOOK. 1 .' Oohdema Use of . Elson History la Schools of the' South. Richmond, V... Nov. 9, Denounc ing th Elson history its prejudicial to the South and abounding in mis representations, the United Daugh-. ters of the Confederacy, in conven tion today, unanimously adopted a . la Wftft resolution conaemning its use Southern schools and colleges, it characterized aa "too wilful, wicked and slanderous to go unchallenged by the Daughters." Another resolution was adopted calling upon the United States gov ernment to substltuts ths term "war between the States' for "civil war and "war of the rebellion" In sll official references to the struggle of th sixties... ' f-y.-H".., Ths other feature , of th second ? f meeting wss the report submit ted by former Secretary of the Navy, Hillary A. Herbert of Washington, p. O, chairman of ths committee la charge of th rct!oa of a monu ment In Arlington national cemetery to the Confederate dead. He report ed thait $88,000 had already been col lected by the Daughters for this ob ject and that $18,000 more was seed d for Its completion. This must be raised within the next eighteen months by which time th monument will be ready for delivery.. Th art ist, sir Moses Eseklel, has written tn tt.e , MmmUtA ..(.ii.. . w. work was well under wny and submit, j .considering the extreme unfavor ted proposals of the memorial in its'fo'eners of th weather the fair has unfinished stat which th convention pen wonderful success, ' Unusually oeciarea was unusually beautiful and appropriate. - Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart' widow ef the famous Confederste cavalry teadesfl was eanea to the stage this morning and was ftcoorded an ovation. . v TUB OF WATER SATES LIFE, t,,i:;, ?;.; -WL'i t , v, f Miss Addle Kclger of King Has Nar row Escape From Burning. Special to Th Observer., . '. i , Ring. Nov. . Farmers ars behind With their wheat sowing In this sectloa ' Miss Addle Kelger cam near being burned to death her yesterday. 6h passed near the lire which was built around a wash pot and her dress be came Ignited, burning her ' aklrt - and atocklnga off. She Jumped Into a tub of water sitting sear and put out tbs names. . : Her burns, . while not serious, ar very painful, , - , Mr. A. E," Ferguson of iWaahtnalm. la spending some ' time bare in Interest of nis neaiin. Dr. Oscar R. TKlg will locate her fo the practice of his profession. ,' ., , , (Work , On the V. T. Grabs Company's new factory Is being ' pushed to comple tion. It Is expected te have , It. com plete by th first ef th year. , The Farmers'. Union has tour carloads of brick . her and wilt : commence work on their store building next week. The building will be Sx0 feet' and 1 two storles high. Th new company will od erat under th ftrat nam ef Stokes Sup ply company. . Mr, R. F. Reynolds passed through here this morning, He Is moving ht paper. The Saturday News, and Job plant from Dobson to .Walnut Cove. ' . Slartln Jf. Dempury Dead. ' " New York, Nov. 9 Martin J. Dempsey, traffic manager of the Uni ted Fruit, Company, and well-known In the fruit trade, died here tonight after ft short lllnesa IE' B,t 5 da!Ir " p lfey earilwr I7u. week dailr 1 i jKEOniTO'ir:: v' Cr2It3 ,Tc.r.j f TDE PRESIDENT TALT3 F." Tne Teispleb C3 CXTtssscsij r;: AllURUhLUe, raiCcl . And Pco - Hodgenvflle. Ky Nov. i . In a drinllng rain 10.00ft prsons, from ftll , secuons of th nation, today as -semblsd at ths Lincoln farm near her to takft part la th dedication of th granite temple which anshrlnes th cabin In wn,ch Abraham Lincoln ' was born 101 yaftrs ago.. - The skies cleared, however, shortly before pres ident Taft was Introduced a th prin cipal apeaker'of the day. Spec is 1 trains from Louisville, New York snd other cities brought large crowds to pay their tribute to the memory of the war-tim ' President-" Former Goveraor Joseph, W., Folk tC Missouri, president ' of me i Lincoln Farm AssoctaUon, prealdSd and Intro duced President Taft,. who spoke for the nation; Governor. Augustus Will son of Kentucky, who spoka for Lin coln's naUve SUte; General, John c. Black, former . commander-tn-ehlf of the Grand Army of the Rs public, who spoke for the soldier of the North. ana iinnarai Inhn -r . r ntl.n..- M Kentucky! who spoka for tha soldiers of the South, bene tor W K. Borah of Idaho dellvsreA an sddress a "Lincoln, th Man' i , ; Clarence J. h, Maokfty. treasurer of the Lincoln Farm Association, spoke of the work which had been ftoconi pltshed by this organisation, .t, w . , MTs 'i aa. ' i-. Ja ev aa .a. '.' m' " 'jW sy iuw ajia vi uvn toe) oaliJ (s f; n w and the lowly," said Mr. Mackay. f "It has come from ft gift of $18, 900 from on and from many thousands ilk th good woman who sent m 80 cents the two miners, who from their Alas kan dlggngs sent ma $10 In gold dust. Tha association has raised a total of about $888,000. Th memorial la nald fn and an MnemMt . tin AAA . set aside for maintenance. There 1 , little els to say It is a simple, di rect tribute of s grateful people to the memory of ft great American. The success of this enterprise hs been due chiefly to the gensroos and pa- trlntln tnnnAH a dIuH' t rm.. - j., ... i , . . WH . H made the Lincoln Farm Associa tion possible. One tb plan of the .aaucieuun wr lormniaioa tne peo ple of th nation promptly ' did the rest. It has been democracy's tribute to c -great demoorc ..',.' ' With the close of ha anra.n.ta..' A- day ftt Rodgenvill President Taft and his party oontlnued on their trip to ., AS. ., VM' 1 President's tear will be brought to a elos in Washfngtoa Sunday morning. THOUSAND CitTLDKSSf jPARAPIL Oatavrba Coeaty Street, tnslr : tvei a ,VV ' aOasaami: attwsaTSarjBfta Special to The Observer. . -. Hickory. Nov. t-A i VrtAirhlnc speech by Lock Craig of Ashevllle was tn principal zeftture of th Ca Uwb county street fairl today. j.ir. Craig was Introduced b Mr. B. B. Blackwslder in as . appropriate speech, and b spok for on hour en . tt. mMm a a. I " . - v.. muv.viuii. Air.: Cr1 WM t his best and hi speech w 'WtWy nJod. - Notwlthtndin a neavy a own pour or rain la tb eariy pftrt of the day a. large erowd was present The Academy of Music was crowded to th rear, many people Standing during the ftddrsss. . The speech followed a street na- rads of ths school children of the county, which was an Infpiring spec tacle, u The parade formed , at tha gradad rohool at 10:80 and marched to the Academy ef Music, led by the Hickory, brass band.; In ftll more than 1,000 children were in th parade. Th first prhw, ft chapel organ, was won by district No, 18 for th largest per eent of Its school census In the parade, having, 1 4.0 4 Pr cent Bec ond prise, a teacher's desk, was won by district No. 14. which' had s.9 per cent of Its school census. All the schools mads rsrasrkable showing considering th eondttioa v of , the weather. In th baby contest at the Hotel Huffry the first prisa was won by W. J. Shuford's baby, second by Mrs. Russell's at nranlta large crowds have attended both yes- leroay ana loaey, - JGvery. train enter ing th city v, unloads big crowds of peopl.. Word of highest Praise for th sxhibltft ar heard on every hand. v: rRGES CO-OPERATIO?. IVeMdcBt of Norfolk and Western Ke . Jieves la This There Is Salvation. ' Pittsburgh ; Nov. 1 9. Taking the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth verses of the Gospel ef SSt Mark as a topic. If a kingdom be divided against it self, that kingdom cannot fttand; and If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand," I. -fe John-' son, president of 1 the Norfolk & Western Railroad In an address t fore the Traffic Club of Plttaburp, to night urged co-operation betw e i shipper and transportation agent 1 1 showed tha necessity for the creatioa of a proper public sentiment before railroads can prosper end the shi r " " be given the servjcjBecesary for l advancement. " " M " - ;-; ' "It Is incumbent upon all to t calmly and clearly. he said, throw aside prejudice and r selfishness and work together candor, harmony and fair deaHr t the common good." " The occsslon was the dinner t t t Trafflo Club, an organization of i n road men and manufacturers, v. ! annual meetings are attended by h of the most prominent railroad i In the country.- ,ii.iii,:VS'-K''V wO'.'iA ' .1 m .-1 m ' ""' 1 ' ' " ' " Will Investlfrato Kcaiplr- ! Cincinnati. O., Nov. 9. r't National Baseball -."Corimr obtained evidence r. u . charge that ticket scalj mn v . alent during the recent i ri ball series in New 'ork ' detphia was tndloated to commission denmtely Cu au an InvesUgation- Sl