North Carolina Newspapers

1 I t PAGE 4;ilTUESDAT TmSASHEVILIJS GAZETTE. -MAT A20, Saxaet Norton. :i:.. .President anfl ' " " . Editor, v p.' ii. Chitting. . . .Business jtanager . Making it Hard to be : . ... Democrats. ; E VTDENCE that me . joSn TvairffcW'ln, th3S HuLLn U.V w ntAted to" as to wnai ptv they shU decree for the party to Follo Wished (by the aetionof the. CI Mill UV w 1 M Saturday mrn.VlknlKiiri?' fiOUniy JUIBI. ' nlKht in refusing o tmodify the - new x paW Primary to that J " - L oatl. hmding feature A tition ilffned by "M(r democrats twiw i ngueu . the elimi- L . . KfOA mWtm if the oath. Alter r hours' discussion that was nrtth sides, the at tames concwnittee - ted in favor of the proyision .reaudT ' ins that an-oath should be adnunlsteTed, 18 "to 11. Tp cnarimw? log of the,, action of the committee, '?he feeling against this feature of . ' the law is,very strong and widespread, aTd-it 4s "difficult to divine why it should -be insisted upon. Deanocrate of Sis bounty who went into prjmarle. and nominating conventions under the old rules which obtain elsewhere in the ' state and which obtained here until ; last year have been in the. habit of . Min9 the result and it cannot be r : conceived why, at this late day. it has ' become necessary to swear mem. . . . . ..... A very great many of them naturaiiy and iproperly resent it that ifliAff are now called upon to kiss the -Bihle or hold up their hands and swear, ' t ia toiHn? n secret to say that many - of them are not going to do it and that many who do twill do so under ' protest and In anger. True, the friends ' -of1 the oath may still fee -able to carry . , y.A,mtv thla vear tout its full demo- cratic vote may at some time (be needed in a congressional or state election and, it' seems hardly worth while to alienate , ' a large section of the party unneces--sartUy. Reckless rough-riding over mi i -nnrities. while answering temporary ' (purposes, is not always good (politics in ' the long run arbitrary political meth- ' ods often return to plague their inven - tors. The case in point is an instance get too strong. When It does, and be- rvfPpnsrtvplv and tu " -'arbitrarily, why, then, it mayr possibly ' ' get weaker than it was." : From the report of the committee ' aneeting, when the question of ithe ; oath was under discussion, we quote the f oUowing , as illustrating- the oppo sition to ithe requirement: Dr. Wilder : "This legalized primary is in the ;' interest v of a little clique, and the peo 'ple of Mecklenburg county will con- ' demn it. Why do you ay it is De cause of congested (population? Why don t you aamit tnai ine ipi-uumy i i- C tended, for use to you in Charlotte? How ' can fraud be committed when a tax re- ceipt will have to be shown before vot ' inff?. Of course there will be fraud so iiong as m.en,givt? umci wj. " of clothes to vote as they wish . You n can't make men stand in lino Put us on the same footing as the other demo " cratic counties in the state. This pri i, morv nuts L tr emlum on sauat ting 'democrats, and God forbid that any democrat should endorse it. Why, if Anraro Taplrsnn and James K. FOIK should meet it in the middle of the road they wouldn't know it was demo .."cracy." said that the democrats in the country ".would not stand by the primary, which hethought must be the new democracy ' that he had heard, so much talk about. J"We of the country won't stand y it," rrepeated Mr. Rossiek. "If you wnt us to .take part in the primary why fix it "so that we can come in, but we are ,not going to take that oath.' Mr. Mulwee, or sieeie jreeK, sara mai . three-fourths of his township would npt go Into the legalized primary. Mr. S. B. Smith of Morning Star, and men from Paw Creek and Long Creek also stated that their townships would not take the oath . ', ",Capt. Watts: There is certainly a ' dangerous dissension in democratic i .ranks.. Leave out the oath. As execu- tive committeemen we are doing all we .-.can to break up the democratic party tin' Mecklenburg county. As a good aemsocrat ana .because we are an aemo-1- crats I- object to the oath. We can have another primary. I want to be 'fair. and want to remove trouble from thtca 'na'rtv rants T nhlot Tint trw n - primary, but to the necessity of taking : an oath before voting. ,The oath-bound primary Is the cinch that 'Tillman has on the democratic -(party In south Carolina. It i" thf slickest device ever invented by shrewd politicianjs ttio secure the artv's oath bound acquiescense In whatever the machine leadership of -. the party chooses to force upon it. By means of thls device. Ben Tillman rules the pol ' Uics of South Oaroilna and' (whoever rebels; against Tillman and refuses -to - swear allegiance bo his schemes and .'hia Candidates' has no standing In the party. There is no democracy Hal the ' oath (bound primary except such "dem ocracy'.' as Bea Tillman " has evolved .' ' The scheme ds 'introduced in' this state " as , another move In the machine gov ernment of the democratic party in .North ' Carollina. Ev-Governor Russell has been inter viewed by the Raleigh Post and" sub stantiates some of the wors of Major - Wilson's charges against Clark, stating for Instance that Judge Clark not only . ;: Economy and Health are both served) by the use of , ; BILTMORB WHEAT-HEARTS . - t ' JThe Ideal Oereai Food. ' The prevailing prices of meat have no - terror to' thJose who have -.become ac quainted with this, pleasing1 and health ful food., w - : - ' ,j .) Not only "a breakfast food1, but'.'re tfreshtog and appetizing' -at' Jiurocheonv dinner and supper as well : J ; -Requires but . three; minutes cooking" and ' it's ready for eatingr -:z . j;"- - ; ; Try , It alt your table In 'place - oi Imeat cr ate.-;;; X'O wrote the original typewritten,-; "Show Cause'! notice. which . was corrected .with'? Interlineation in his own- ibandf writing,' but that he never- heard of the law under which 1th- Wilsons were re moved until ft was cited $o him by Jus tice dark. This settles -it. Clark will head - the democratic ticket next No vember. i "uaeaey lies the head Ithat wears a crown," .would seem ho apply to young Alfonso xui.' ;m f: t A letter from President Roosevelt upon "The Bible," furnished an inter esting feature of the thirteenth anni versary exercises of the Epworth League of Strawtoridge Methodist Epis copal church V'of Baltimore. Among other things President Roosevelt wrote: "Every, thinking man, when he thinkfirealizes what a very large num ber: opeotplej tend to forget that the teacnmgs oi tne mme are so mter-w-oyen and entwined with our whole civic arid social life thafctvit would b3 literally I do not mean figuratively. mean literally impossible for 'us to fig ure to ourselves whatt that:,, life wovld be if these teachings.. ,wera? removed. We 'would lose almlost "all the'sfandards by Which we now , judge both public and private morals; all the standards toward which we. withniore or- less resolution, strive " to -raise ' ourselves. Almost every man who has, -by hislife work, added to the, sum- of'. hutoan achievement of which the race is proud, of which our people, are proud, almost every man has .based his life work largely upon the teachings of the Bible. Sometimes it has been done unconsci ously, more often consciously, . and among the very greatest men a dispro portionately large .number have been diligent and close students of the Bible at, first hand." What President Rose velt. finds personally in the- Bible is epitonidzed in ' his" closing sentences: "The Bible does not teach us to shirk difficulties, but to .overcome them. That is - a lesson that each one of us who has children is bound to honor to teach these children, if he or she ex pects to see them become fitted to play the part of man and women. In our world. If we read the Bible aright we read a ibook Which teaches us to go forth and do the work of the Lord; to do the work of the Lord in the world as we find it; to try to make things better in this world, even if only a little better, because we have lived in .it. LThat kind of work can be done only by tne men who is neither a weakling nor a coward, by the -man who, in the fullest sense of the word, is a true Christian like Great Heart. Bunyan's hero. We plead for a closer and wider and deeper study of the Bible, so that our people may be in fact as well as in theory doers of the word and not hear ers only.'." The Greensboro Record, a democratic newspaper, gives the facts about the Greensboro public building bill, anent the discussion raised by the effort of certain democratic newspapers to at tribute all credit for this measure to Senator summons. The Record says: "It is imaicn to be regretted that there is any controversy In regard to the in fluence, (which has secured the amend ment in the senate to the house appro priation bill, providing,' for ajni; enlarge ment of the public building in Oeens boro. We cannot think that our sena tors from this state have instigated this unseemly contention. When Greensboro failed In the huse commit tee our peope turned to Senator Pritch ard and asked him to secure the ao propriation for us, and in response he introduced in the senate the bill appro priating $75,000 for the Greensboro building. He followed up his bill and conferred with Senat6r Fairbanks, chainman of the senate committee on public buildings and grounds, and with other members of the committee, and had the promise from theto that the WE should1 be reported tflavorably and Incorporated as a senate amendment to the house bill. The delegation from Greensboro to Washington headed by Judge Boyd, to present the conditions here and urge the appropriation to en large our building so as to provide a place for the Federal court, also con ferred'with Senator Fairbanks in regard to-the smiatJter, and he expressed himself very favorably to theimi. This was ithe situation when Senator Pritchard left Washington to attend Asheville . court. During his absence the house-bill was taken up by the senate committee. Senator Simmons Is a member of the latter committee, audi ibeing present he supported the Greensboro proposi-a White xxodooooocoo Now occupying the minds . of many, for 'tis only a short time till graduation and commencement exercises, when everyone wants to appear her best. If you want to oe sure oi tnese inree SfyFeV'-'Beauiy.f Goodness, you will see our immense line of white goods and trimmings. v Paris Muslins 68 inches .wide, very sheer 60, 60; 75, 90c and 41.00 J?er yard, T Swiss Muslins 40 inches wide, 15 .to 50" cents per yard. - French lawns , 48 inches wide, 25' to 75 cents per 3"ard.. V Perslaii Lawns," 15 to 50 cents : per yard. , - French Lawns, 47 Inches -wide, (Very sheer, i 25 to" 75 cents per ;yacd. ' ,v' '-ri " BON': T v The 3Dry Goods' ShbpC-: tloivalnd'the 'committee agreed tto ,rec ommend its adoption.. ,Thi is all there itt of Jit. It is not a political mailer. and those who undertake to attake t,.so simDlv" embarrass the situation, ana probably place Impediments in thcjway of a mucn neeoea yiec? 'The people qf Oreensboro and of this division of the Western district of WArih;',''ffeirMniir looked to Senator Pritchard to introduce and mainaee the bill foi the building appropriation .--nere, and to-use his influence to T9ecure: its passage. NvTnis they have had and are having: They 7 looked to Senator vSwn- imbna also for bis aid in accomDlishiiir KA''AMA.t ''Th'te he is'deivlng.' Now If VUV' WJV V m. w ntiai cnthnisiiast (wil'l'oBlly let the case alone, Greensboro will ibe provided for amdt the people interested will know who to thank for It.' rASHBVILUE. OWNTOPICO IV ONOBR why there aire not more automobiles in Asheville? There are several scores of people in city who are well able to 4 afford this latest atnd best contribution Oi science vto pleasure. There are . millet and mile of road well suited , to auto-: mobiling; including, the principal streets of the city, the BUtimore road, the Vie toria road4, the drives onthe.,B41tmore estate, the county macadam ; roads, and the roads kept up - by the Good Roads association. -Next to flying,' no more delightful sport than this' can foe imagined. Indeed is it flying, within limitations. An hour's automobile trip in the vicinity of Asheville, . just now, especially, is a never ending; de light. Speeding merrily over level stretches, climbing higher and higher to reach a vantage point from which the world, green robed -arid joyous. spreads out, gliding noiselessly ,dowifc some leafy road into a cool valley, eadh. moment presents a new , prospect ; of, beauty to enjoy amd the smooth, rap Id motion through the air produces a most wonderful exhilaration. If you are wealthy, have no- object except the pursuit of pleasure, and find new sorts of pleasure hard to find, take Topic's advice get an automobile. You will do some good thereby, for you will eventually become ian earnest advo cate of good roads. ,If you are well-to-do and feel the need of occasional recreation, you cannot do better than to buy an automobile. Why wait for the flood tide of a fad? T HE Asheville agent of the Locomo bile company r Eugene C. Sawyer, usually ijakes a spin in his auto mobile each afternoon, and one of the denizens of Biltmore watches regularly for him. This is Dr. Reed's grey hound, and he and the auto have many a merry race around the village. "At last," the splendid, longv limbed fellow seems to say, as he bounds along a few paces in advance of the flying vehicle, "I have found , a worthy competitor I" IT SHOULD be explained, for the ben efit of a good many people who hold erroneous ideas on'the subject, that the difference between a locomobile and an automobile is the same asttbat be tween and owl and a bird. J'Iocomo bile" is a' trade name, gi vert - by the makers, to a certain kind of' automobile. All vehicles propelled by steam, gaso lene explosion or electricity are auto mobiles. A RIDE in the vicinity of Asheville reveals one deplorable fact the public is not taking care of the macadam roads, and: they are. being cut up into ruts- simply because every body wishes to drive in his neighbor's track. Are we. as people.' inclined to get into ruts and stay there? It looks as if nothing else could explain the cutting up of the country macadam. T HE Victoria road retains Its proud place as the foest highway in this vfcinity. It is Ideally situated, sci entifically laid out, and properly cared for. It is a credit and a source of pride to the beautiful village through which it winds. ' - Open all night, Raysor's Drug Store. The butcher has a killing making a living. way of The postman 4s a taking fel3ow with fetching way. oooooocoooo Dress Goods qualities, Parasols Of all kinds;; and colors, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $3.98. and up to $5.50. White Ltace Lisle Gloves in ordinary and elbow lengths, 25 cents to $1.50. . . .; :;; Silk; Mifs Evening lengths 50 cents t6 $1.35.. 16 South Main Street. 4M MARCffE m m v t ii a NhUhllAI KILLtU lfJ 1 1 - ?4 r RAILROAD COLLISION "mi Bad Wreck on Pennsylvania ana utTie uoaa. ENGINEER AMONG THE KILLED! Express Train, Which Was Carrying Number of Western Delegates to the German Baptist Convention at Har- risburg, Runs Into Freight. Williamsport, Pa,, May 19: A -: set rious wreck is reported on the Phila delphia and Erie railroad at Jersey Shore, a few miles from the city. Sev eral persons are reported to have' been killed. ' , . The wreck is said to have been caus ed by an express train, which "was bringing anumber of western dele gates, to the German Baptist conven tion at Harrisburg, running into a freight train. It is known that Engineer Lewis Shreiner was killed. Other casualties are not known at present. MUGGAH'S PRESENTIMENT. Captain of th Roraima Had Premoni tion of Danger. New York, May 19. In a letter writ ten just before he started on his voy age which ended, when his ship was destroyed in the roadstead off St Pierre by the explosion of Mont Pelee, Captain G. T. Muggah indicated that he had a presentiment of impending danger. The letter was written to an old friend, the captain of a Canadian government steamer. Captain Muggah had known Mont Pelee, in Martinique, and the Soufriere of St Vincent, a old acquaintances More than once he had sailed under their shadows and he had not the con fidence in them that was displayed by the natives of the West Indian Islands In his letter he said: We are leaving here for Martinique in the morning, and I hope that the old Roraima will do as well as she did on her last voyage. We have some passengers this trip, including the mate's family and other women. I hope they will get through all right. T 1 a . t . i uearu a peculiar yarn from a priest not long ago about the forming of a lake on the summit of Mont Pelee like the one formed in 1812 in Sou friere. Really I have a creepy sensa tion when under the lee of the mighty crater." SABBATH OF JEWS IS NQ LONGER. Commerce Makes It Impossible to Ob". serve Saturday as a Holy Day. Chicago, May 19 "The Sabbath of the Jews is dead. Let 'us bury it God never ordained the Sabbath, day. It is an institution of man. Onry million aires and peddlers can observe thf Jewish Sabbath in these days of activ- ity. Sunday to all intents and pur- poses already has become the dav of rest; The inspiration of the Sabbath can be restored only by participating n the flood of life about us and recog nizing as our day of rest the day set apart by the nations in which we iive. These declarations were made last evening by Dr.Emil G. Hirsch in the course of a sermon at Israel temple. In which he urged the substitution by the Jews of Sunday for the Sabbath of the decalogue. London's Gloomy Weather. London. May 19. So far as it has progressed in London, rain, snow ar.d hail have been England's fcarbihgers of summer. , Never has there been such an inclement spring. Americans who have come over fcr the corona tlon sit around in doleful groups writ ing for the sur shine that never conies. No amount of festivities and there are plenty of thsm dizpej the univer sal gloom that the awful weather has created. "What is worth seeing in I civ don that is not obscured by rein is hidden by scaffolding. ENTOMBED GOAL CREEK MINERS ALL DEAD (Continued from, (the first page.) It is three miles from; the mouth of the mine to the place where the explo sion took- place. Much earth, coal and slate must be removed before the im prisoned men can be reached. It is be lieved those not killed by the explosion have succumbed to fire daimo. It is not expected to entombed men can be reached for several days. Tonight a thousand grief stricken men, women and children are gathered about the mouth of the imine anxiously, awaiting news frrm th jeseuers,-wfcrV ata oxmlsT'J ing the mine. ; poal Creek, Tenn.,. May 19. The res cuers reached, the place of the explosion at 10 o'clock tonight. All the miners were found dead. 1 There- are fully 150' or don't care how high meat goea. Strength all Grocers: Grape economy Headq aartersiorStatiohery and Books 5 i Hammocks BAIIIBRIDGE'S, Panama, Palm Ketc $"it;oo Panama Hats - Rico 2.oo French Palm 18 Patton Avenue. The Williams Typewriter Leading Features: Visible writing, no lifting of carriage. direct Inking from pads, strongest man ifolding, permanent alignment lightest action: sin el a shift, linpx-mnpfi snoofl lightest touch, keyboard lock, enlarged. kball-bearlncw. j. m. hbarn:& co. 64 Patton Ave... Odd.. P. O. Asheville. dead and the number 'ciay reach 200. Knoxville, ;May 19. Staff correspon denoe of the Sentinai, dated Coal Creek, today, says: A terrible disaster befell Fraterv&lle coal mine near this place this morning at 7:30 o'clock. Perhaps 300 men were r"lea in the . Fratetrville coal mine, two miles west of the town. Sunerintend- eat 'George Caonp states that he is pos itive 160 men were in the mine and there may have been fromi 250 to 300. This he cannot determine until further investigation Is made. Out of the vast number, only five have been recovered. One of these is still alive, but he will die. The known dead are: George Adklns, miime foreman. Head blown off. Robert Smith. Unknown negro laborer. (William Morgan, axl aged English man, who was a "road mam.'' In the (mines, was blown out; of the entrance amd he will die. He has been unable to speak. Soon after the explosion a party iwa organized and started int In the hope of saving the lives of at ielast pant of (the men. The party was, however, unable to go more than 500 yards on account of slate having (fallen tin the main path, amd also on . account of stifling smoke and gas and very excessive heat. The latter indicates that the mine may be burning. It is three (males tfrora the mouth of the mine to the point where the mem were at work, and this dis tance will have to be traversed to get to them. Probably upheavals of earth, coal and slate will have to be excavated J lin order to reach " the objective jsoint. Experienced miners say that even if the entombed men . are alive they will more than likely die from the effects of fire damp . .before they, can . be rescued. . llowever, the disaster was so Appalling' ithat it is (feared they are already dead. T- The scene atjthe entrance to Frater vllle amine 'is heartrending. Fully 1,000 women and children are assembled) there, many of them undoubtedly hav ing been made, huabandless and father by the horrible catikrophe of a few casualties are - concerned w ago. 6; They are niad in their J uPertniient George Camp was fahd' appealtagly beg friends " 1 to'f?3??6: r &n official Btatement ,k icaa u hours grief ."and' appealtagly beg go tntdr the burning, furnace and rescue the!r ,loved ones. If rescue is possible. ffS vep -And;-ho opinion IMany of these women, and children are th expldskm wae. probably caused in want, arid a maismeelninas been ttahBa-tkhtag' --to called tcr: be held here ttonlght ajt which' fHe mHU probably; issue a JrtaU-r Wmexleadlng: cfiUlzens will' take, steps! to nwnt lT Sie, mmeg .t fftS wUero.the-'ne It may Wthat t . outside world will ne?asked to help: ' ct 9IT9TT af undertaker? oi ' It was at'firsreportedTthat am expld- P1intwnv(.'here to look after the? dead ' slon als occurred at Thistle mine, Jnunediately after arriving; aniUakfrlg which adjoins .J'raterviaie mine almost -JJ0 81 he ordered 200 coffins on the opposite side of the mountato. tr?a. to E B. Mania r Undertaking Thistle mine has,' t iaBtated. iractl- company of EnbxviUe to be sent - out callr been abandoned, and it: is under- here : tcighit. More coffins may be stood to have been 4he intention of 4h neodd. - - Coal Oreek Coai compaaSy twhdctf "owns "slneaBt nas been' suspended'5 ln th's Iboth properties, ,to abandoa the Frater-i txywn d everybody la at work In an f Vflle at an early date, on .ccount of It 40x4 t0 do. somethlngrto rescue the im havlng Deenv worked: conifflnuousQT Vi?ifor PrfnedTOlners or to comfort "f ' those over three years.'- tt 4 believed that ve"4o anembers at' thelr-'famlly gas 1m still emitttog from FTaterville, , to disaster, ' ;' r - :. - ' ahd)that this : Is gathering in. Thffistle ' . Major C. : Cannp, - president of the imlhe, from which evMences of heat are "Coal Creek Coal company; la in CMncin also' coming: ; However, Jt . is no be-' - It Is xpecteo! thathe will ar lleved that Thistle mime is oa fire. No "f .ere tomorrow; mornlnig. - -men are, at work to' Thistle amine, thui U : ' A ; ' f , V' . 47 Patton Avenue. ; .? our ived;.... J $8.50 $4.00 $2.75 Hats - - Hats 1.50 w- Rankin. q. j. wiDlamson. Rankin e Williamson PRESSING CLUB Membership $1.00 per month. Re pairing and cleaning carefully done. 7?fllSl7ropk. 'giTen BPec1 attention. All goods called for and delivered promptly. . Phone 622. Office Opera House block ABE YOU HUNTING WORK? Or don't like the work you now have or get very low wages and see no pros pects for advancement; or for some other good reason would like a change to something better suited to your taste, call on us or write. Ifs likely WE CAN HELP YOU. At least a few minutes consultation would riot be out of place. Call before La;' r af teF 3:30 p. m, Third floor mson. H. S. SHOCKLET, i Manager.. Professional- . P. HARKEE,! Organist AM Souls', Biltmore .Late sub-oreanlst r .iri . : . binsrlnsr And TTo , . .tsiitmore n G.i or-ftt Patton avenue. AshevUle, n1 C, Tuesday 3 to 4 p. m. Dr. A,uSfauf?er, VETERINARY SURGEON. Graduate of Germany. ee.S Weaver's Li,. Edward B Welles Solicitorrof Patents Patent Office Drawings Furnished. "o. 35 Rtarnes Ave. DENTIST. 32 Patton Ave. As hevllle. Prices Moderate; Phone TcrmsCash. 866 The LuU Meat Company Always have on hand the choice of cuts Beef, Pork, Mutton and Veal Also the finest ducks, turkevs chickens and all game In season. and Market Phone 754. "cHoot ln the . Sentfaial. . Bavmrui City me uasascer 10 rTaierviue, as euwos mo, xauure. 1,. j - T . ... '4