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C5fl 01 I 'it Gazette Nero. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITIOH 4:00 P. M. Weather rwrecaat: Fair Tonight and Friday. VOL. XV. NO. 260. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8, 1910 3c PER COPY SENATOR OVERMAN CAROLINA'S JUNIOR SENATOR. G7VE1 v NEW HONOR THE FLYING SQUADRON ITHE GET-TOGETHER GINIG REPORT MEETING NCREASE Steering Committee Chooses Him as Member of Appropriations Committee, Place of Un usual Distinction. MOREHEAD-BUTLER CROWD IN MORE PEANUT POLITICS Hold up Nomination of Willis Briggs, Postmaster at Raleigh, Through Carter No Pretense of Any Charges Made. Gaxette-News Bureau, The Hotel Hamilton, Washington. Dec. 8 M ARION BUTLER has caused to he held up the nomination of Willis G. Briggs aa postmaster at Raleigh. The senators had planned to have this nomination confirmed at once, whan it was found that the ever willing Tom Carter had sidetracked the papers at ihe instance, as he said, of su.ii' Chairman Morehead. The in cident serves to show that there Is no peanut politic too small or too shab by for Morehead to undertake when operating under Butler's direction?. There Is no pretense that charges will be made against Mr. Briggs, so the Butler - Morehead - Carter triumvirate will hardly be able to do more than cause the Raleigh postmaster some annoyance. The steering committee of the sen ate has announced that Senator Over man will be made a member of the appropriations committee, one of the two big senate committees which give a member unusual distinction and op portuntles for useful service. Senator Simmons is a member of the finance committee. Both the North Carolina senators now have about all they can ever hope for in the way of desirable commlttees assignments. Sinuiony Visit President. Senator Simmons was at the White House today. His object was to as certain the possibility of Inducing the presUV'.nt to consider seriously the ap pointment of North Carolinians on either the Supreme court or the Court of Commerce. It Is understood the president is willing to give some Tar hell c mslderntlon, but that he will give the matter serious consideration is a subject of doubt. Col. S. A. Jones spoke briefly before the waterways congress today and di rected attention to printed copies of his formal address which the delegates could secure at the entrance. A Test of Strength. Significance Is, not without reason, attached to the fact that the presi dent, in transmitting to the senate Tuesday a batch of North Carolina appointments, failed to send In the names of Mr. Reynolds for collector of the western district, and that of Mr. Hobson, for postmaster at Salts bury. As has perhaps been made more or less clear In previous dis patches, there Is here found a situa tion that challenges attention from the fact that, In the last analysis, these contests are a test of strength. under a republican administration, be tween a democratic senator on the one hand, and a republican congressman on the other. Up to the present writ ing the advantage appears to be with the democratic senator, albeit the aforesaid republican president will have to reverse himself should he ul timately fall to make these appoint ments, since he has made them once. Jt Is a situation that likewise serve to make plain another point which has been advanced in this correspond ence, which is that it is a mighty fine thing to be a United States senator, no matter to which party one may belong, or what the complexion of the administration may be. All things be ing even, (and they were Just about even, for there are no very serious charges against either of th.i gentle men Involved) the president should have sei.t back the nominations the first day congress met, Mr. Cowles Is a most estimable young man, Just th kind of a republican that a republican president should delight to encourage la the south, but he must fight for these two uuDolntments. In his own district, as though he had arrayed asalnst him a hostile administration The morsl which the situation points is one that has come to be rather eaerallv understood in the south. which Is that southern republicans get very little consideration under re publican administration with northern Ideas and sympathies. For a long while many republicans, capable of considering their party's weirare in the light of history, have felt that. In order to bring about alteted condi tions, it would be necessary for south ern republicans to come together upon some plan that would have for Its ob ject the ascertaining of where repub lican candidate for the presidency stand, before the nominating ronven ( Continued on oase 4) Would Put Tobacco Under Pure Food Law Provisions put tobac - f the pure i bill FOR EDITH COLLEGE State Baptists Will Raise $100,000; $50,000 Additional from Gen eral Education Society. Special to The Gazette-News. Hendersonvllle, Dec. 8. It was definitely determined at last night's session of the State Baptist conven tion that Meredith college, the church's institution for young women at Raleigh, should have an endow ment of $150,000. The meeting wan enthusiastic. Joslah W. Uailey deliv ered a magnificent address after which Rev. L Johnson nf Raleigh offered a most fervent prayer and then came subscriptions to the en dowment fund. John T. Pulien of Raleigh asked to be the first to sub scribe. He put down 1000 and this was followed by Noah Biggs of Scot land Nenk with a $5000 subscription; other subscriptions of $1000 were made and within less than 30 min utes $27,000 had been subscribed. Of the $150,000 endowment for Meredith $50,000 will come from the General Education society. The total endow ment Is to be raised by 1913. The sessions of the convention are featured by inspiring and eloquent addresses. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Robertson In a splendid address on "Education" completely captured the convention body and at the close of his address was given $1600 for stu dent aid. The sessions are being largely at tended and ei.''slaam at times runs high. It Is a great gathering of a great church body. President Dowd Names Committees. President Dowd of the convention has named the following committee: Nominate board missions and Sun day schools J. S. Farmer, C. M. Rock, N. Buckner, 8. Huffman, R. H. Herring, L. R. Pruett, G. F. Watkins, C. S. Caahwell. Place and preacher for next session J. H. Tucker, George P. Harrill. John E. Ray, T. B. Justice, T. O. Wood, G. T. Lumpkin, H. D. Moore. C. E. Maddry Obituaries T. J. Taylor, A. A. Pip pin, A. C. Irvln, J. M. Dunaway, W. F. Barker, C. M. Wall. G. B. Pruett. Orphanage J. A. Campbell, C. O. Wells, J. O. Fullbright, R. H. Staton, E. B. Crenshaw, W. R. Cullom, J. W. Suttle. J. F Mltchener. Nominate board of education T. W. Chambliss, 8. J. Justice, T. L Dur ham, Edward Long. 8. N. Weston, Jo slah Crump, J. G. Blalock. Nominate aged ministers' relief board W. H. Reddish, A. A. Butler, J. W. Kesterson, D. P. Delllnger, J. Vi. Elliott, A. J. Freeman, J. T. Jus tice, O. V. F. Blythe. Arrange order of business for next session Carey J. Hunter, W. R. Reach, John E. Ray, J. W. Bailey, J. Y. Joyner. Woman's work K. W. Cawthorne, Hlght C. Moore, C. F. Tom, J. J. Hall, T. 8. Crutchfleld, A. A. McLelland and R. E. Peeble. Foreign missions J. H. Foster, W. M. Vines, J. C. Morrow, A. H. Por ter, J. M. Alderman, E. R. Harris, R. D. Carroll. Home missions W. M. Vines, O. P. Hamrlck, T. J. Justice, C. F. Moserve, I. N. Loftln, J. R. Miller. O. L String- field. State missions C. E. Maddry, W. McConnell. W. N. Cook, C. R. Whit- aker, G. E. Llneberry, E. L Wells, R, A. Sentelle, J. J. Beach. Biblical Recorder J. W. Bailey, J G. Eenfleld, E. McK. Qoodwln, C. M Reach, W. R. Bradshaw, W. O. Thom as, C. F. Whitlock. Ministers' relief board J. M Manaway, J. J. Beach, C. 8. Mc- Full- bright, Joelfah Elliott, J. F. Tllson Jessie McCarter. I. P. Hedgepeth. Rotlirloiifl exercises Pastor and deacons Hendersonvllle church. TALLEST ELK IN AMERICA 13 DEAD OF TUBERCULOSIS John Portous, Who Won Prise at Den ver Convention. Dies of the Dread Disease). Padjeah, Ky, Dec. $. John Por- tous, sged 27, who won th prise a the "talleat and skinniest" Elk at the Denver National convention, I dead nf tuberculosis. Portous was six ft, seven Inches. Fear Man Will Br Lynched. St. JoMPh, Mo., Dec. 8. Hese Ras- ceo, a farm hand accused of murder- Ins four members of the Hubbcll fam llv was taken to Maryvllle before day- llsht this morning. Precautions are being token to avoid a lynching. Feel ing against Raacao I strong. 1 Senator Taylor of Tenne. Th bill I would prevent selling of domestic to- bvifafcitoi under th foreign label. ENDOWMENT MER New York Herald and The Gaxette MRS. EDDY'S BODY PUCED Will Be Guarded Until Mausoleum Is Built Services Conducted With Quiet Dignity. Boston, Dec. 8. After services, at tended by the f.mily, relatives, mem bers of her household. Christian Sci ence church officials, and personal students In Boston, the body of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, was placed In the receiving vault at Mount Auburn cem etery. The funeral services at Chest nut Hill, at 11 o'clock were simple and conducted with quiet dignity. There were about 120 persons present. Judge Clifford P. Smith, first reader of the mother church, conducted the ser vice. After being placed In the vault. It was sealed. A guard will be main tained there until a mousoleum I built as the Anal reatlng place of Mra Eddy. ANTI-TREATING ORDINANCE ADOPTED AT TAC0MA, WASH aty Dad in Far-Western City Make II a Misdemeanor for Any rcrson to Olve Another a Drink. Tacoma. Wash., Dec. S. An antl- traatlng ordinance was adopted by the city commission today, providing that It is a misdemeanor to buy an intoxi cating drink for another person. Th measure become effective within 10 day. Six-Day Bicycle Race. New York, Dec. S. Nine teams were left In the six-day bicycle raoe In Madison Square Garden at IS o'clock at th eighty-fourth hour of th grind. Six leading teams. Hehlr and Goultet, Fogler and Hill, Root and Murir.. Mitten and Thomas. Coidna and Drebach, Cameron and Calstead had covered 1695 miles; Mi-Farland-Clarke and West-De mars 184 miles, nine lap: Rutt-Stol. 19S4 mil, eight laps. The record is ISIS mil, seven lap, by Halstead-Law-reno last year. S Woman Went to Bad wttfa SmrMt Pipe; Ktu-ncxl to Death. Soeaeotady, N. T., Dm. S Mrs. Re becca Re, nged 14, aa eccentric re cluse, living on a fine estate near here, was burned to death la a fir destroy ing her house. The woman went to bed with a smoking pipe, waa her - New. SOME ONE OTHER THAN LEBLANC HAD A MOTIVE Such Is the Contention of the Defense Trial of French Girl for Mur der Nearing Close. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8. The de fence In the trial of Hattie LeBlanc. the young Cape Breton girl on trial for the murder of Clarence E. Glover, th Waltham laundry proprietor, opened with sensations today. Attor ney Brewer for the Uufciuie declared In hi opening address that the de fense would show some one beside the prisoner had the opportunity, motive and ability to commit the crime. HatUe Good Girl While at Home, John W. Kyle of St. Peters, N. 8.. a member of parliament and county prosecutor, described conditions at West Archat, Hattle's former home. Ho said Hattle's reputation waa "ex cellent" Abraham LeBlanc, the prisoner's father, testified he was th father of 19 children. With the ex ception of Hattie and two others all lived at home. Hattie first went to work when 10 years old. She ws a good girl while nt home. TRY0N NOTES Funeral of Rev. Charles Ferris Mrs Frank Tamer Dies After Long ninesN Know Storm Skipped Try on. Correspondence of The Gaxette-New. Try on, Dec. .-h funersl of Rev. Charles Ferris Sunday at Tryon cemetery was attended by a large concourse of friend. Mr. Ferri was about 7S year of age and had been an Episcopal minister for over IS years .ordained in hi home in New York. For 17 year h ha resided In hi beautiful home on Melrose ave nue, Tryon. He leave a widow. Mr. Frank Turner, who was burled Sunday, December 4, at Falls Creek, died of cancer after Buffering many yvrs. She waa over TO y:ur of age and left a husband and a large fam ily of children, living on Melrose mountain, near Metros. Mis Carver and aunt,' Mr. Barker, formerly of Tryon, are coming back to live here. They have been almost everywhere between Florida and Cal ifornia trying the different climate but at last have decided that there I none to compare with Tryon. The snowstorm Maw over Tryou Tu wday and but for a vary few scat- IS IT GRUEL TO NAIL DOWN AGQQSE'S FOOT ? Can It Be Construed as "Cruelty to Animals ?"-S.P.CA. Will lirmtl. gate a Specific Case. Is it cruelty to animals to nail down the feet of a goose? I a goo) an animal? To o restrict the activities of a aoose. is that a foul deed? Have geese feeling and It so where are they located, or what is more Im portant, where are they not located? These are some of the perplexities of officials of the Ashevllle branch of the S. P. C. A. which hav agitated them during the better part of today and which must be settled and settled right at a special meeting held by that society this afternoon. President Col Una has been in consultation with dootors. dictionaries, encyclopaedias, lawyers, humanitarians and others; and It Is said that he is Inclined to doubt that driving a nail through the membrane of the webb footed fowl In flicts any bodily anguish, but there Is the mental anguish Question to b considered. A 1 well known th proces of ab normally fattening a goose so that his liver become pate de foie gras has as one part of the process the confine ment of the fowl, usually by means of nails, and forcing food into him. The anser in question Is alleged to belong to H. Selgle of 64 Woodfln street. Mr. Selgle emphatically denies that he is fattening any goose, or mal treating any gooae. Gov. Mann Decline to Call Extra Richmond, Vs., Dec. 8. Governor Mann today wrote Harry St George Tucker of Norfolk, defeated guberna torlal opponent a thousand word let ter declining Tucker's demand that the governor call an extra session of the legislature to revise the election laws. Fire Destroys Carolina Beach Hotel and Rath Houses Wilmington. N. C. Dec. S. Fire de stroynd the hotel, bath house, and cottag" at Carolina Beach today, 14 mile below Wilmington. Loss SIS, 009 St SavwitoSB Days to Other Are Buying Gift Al ready. Are You? tttlttllt Interesting Session Held at Battery Park Last Night Several In teresting Talks. tKllKKRltKtlt The 18-hole golf course for Ashevllle is reasonably assur ed. The committees have worked like "turks" today and at 3 o'clock it was believed that practically all the money was in sight. At that hour it was estimated that the amount lacking was about $1500, and that there are certain persons here who, when It gets that close will not see the project fall. StStKKKtKKIKKlKKst The "get-together" meeting at the Battery Park hotel last night was productive of Increased Interest In the 18-hole golf course proposition. As a result of that gathering about 30 prominent business men pledged them selves to give up their business for the day and make a final canvass of the city to raise the S4000 balance needed to complete the subscription of $16,000. They are working so that when the meeting of the Country club directors is held at 6 o'clock this afternoon the world may know that Ashevllle people, feeling pride and patriotism In their city, will not let a proposition for the upbuilding of the city fail. Through the kindness of Proprietor J. L. Alexander of the Battery Park hotel the banquet was made possible. The feast was as plendld one, the oc casion very enjoyable and the com mittee and guests present were very thankful to him for this appreciation of their efforts. The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the golf committee, H. W. Plummer. Dr. S. W. Battle, who was the first speaker, pleaded for a closer community of interests among the business men of Ashevllle. He de clared that the reason they seemed somewhat apart was that they did not know each other as well as when the town waa smaller. He referred to earlier days of Ashevllle and declared that even in the days when Ashevllle had no paved street or Macadamised road., before Vwiderbllfs coming, men, aggregating moe than $100,- 000,000 had often sat down to break fast In the Battery Park hotel. Dr. Battle pleaded for a pulling together of all Interests for Ashevllte's welfare. Dr. Charles L. Minor declared that he was proud of Ashevllle, the earn estness and loyalty of Its people; he was glad to see the spirit of enterprise. He declared that the city must have the golf course If we expected the people to come here. He offered his services to the committee for the day. Dr. C. V. Reynolds, who has been an untiring worker for the golf course, outlined the proposition as It waa and called attention to the fact that the option expired December 10 and that It could not be renewed since private parties were now trying to purchase the lands and the golf propositi' n would be defeated If this was not taken up at once. James H. Calne of the Ashevllle Citizen explained that the newspapers of the city were backing the proposi tion because they realised that It was a necessity for Ashevllle. He called attention to the very valuable public ity that would come to Ashevllle by the establishment of such a course as golf news travels far and wide each dsy over the news association wires. Earle Godbey of The Gaxette-News said that the golf proposition hail brought the city squarely to the ques tion: Are we In the tourist business. or are we not? It was a definite crisis, a turning point He believed the city was a tourist town and he urged the carrying out of the proposi tion. E. L Ray, president of the Citizens bank, brought enthusiasm Into the meeting by the announcement that his bank would give $100 additional. W. F. Randolph made a catchy talk He declared that somebody had to get together and lift the town nut of the hole; "You can't keep the town down h declared, "if the assembled i ov-d get behind It" C. B. Chapman, who Is a non-res! dent, but who has done much for the Country club and this proposition hoped the movement would meet with success. Dr. Jordan, Dr. Dunn, J. A. Burckel and others made short talks boosting the proposition. S. Liplnsky called attention to the fact that 8. H. Hardwick, passenger traffic manager of the Southern Rail way company always brought up the question of golf as a means of enter tainlng visitors during the spring. He mentioned the fact that Ashevllle lost much when President Tatt chose Au guata over Ashevllle to spend his va cation because this city did not have proper golfing facilities. Subscriptions aggregating about 1100 were announced last night. Met of all Grades of Sugar Advanced New York, Dec S. All grade of refined sugar advanced 20 cents 100 pounds today. Bomb Explodes; Italians Become Panic-Stricken New York, Dec. I. Residents of blocks of the Bast sid tenement were awakened early this morning by an explosion which flaor and the rattled with the violence o quale. Th crater 4 More Than 10,000,000 Bales of Cotton Ginned to Dec. 1,1910, as Compared With 8,876, 886 to Same Period '09. PER CENT. OF LAST YEAR CROPS GINNED WAS 88.1 Sea Island Cotton Ginned for 1910 Was 66,636 Bales Compared With 77,591 in 1 909 Cotton Bales Ginned by States. w ASHINGTON, Dep. 8. The cotton ginning report. Issued by the census bureau at 10 o'clock this morning, shows 10,139, 986 bales, counting round as half hales, ginned from 1910 growth to December 1, compared with 8,876,880 for 1909, and 11,008,601 for 1908. and 8,343,396 ffr 1907. The per cent, of the last three crops ginned to December was 88.1 for 1909, 84.1 for 1908, 76.6 for 1907. Round bales Included this 101,662 compared with 134,393 for 1909, 201,480 for 1908, 164,636 for 1907. Sea Island cotton ginned for 1910 was 66,636 bales, compared with 77, 591 for 1909, 68,396 for 1908, 66,299 for 1907, and distributed as follows: Florida 23,649, Georgia, 36.406 and South Carolina 7,680. Bales Ginned by States. The number of bales ginned by states Included Florida 64,307; Geor gia 1,626,499, North Carolina 616.498, South Carolina 1,036,480. PRACTICALLY EVERY IN FAVOR OF WATERWAYS Comprehensive and Adequate Legis lation pledged to Harbors Con gress by Champ Clark. Washington, Dec. 8. That the house of representatives and practi cally every man in It I In favor Ot a comprehensive and adequate legis lation providing for Improvement of all navigable waters of the United States and Is equally ready to appro priate money for carrying on th work, was the declaration made to National Rivers and Harbor congress by Representative Champ Clark, mi nority leader, today. Governor Her man's address waa brief and contained little beyond expression of full sym pathy with the causa of the congress, to which he pledged support REPUBLICANS SPENT THREE TIMES MORE THAN DEMOCRATS Congressional Committees' Figure Given Out Republicans, S74, J7S; Democrats, $27,771. Washington, Dec. 8. The republi can congressional committee received $77,461 and disbursed $74,171, while the democratic congressional com mittee received $17,790 and disbursed 127,771 during the recent campaign. according to report filed with th clerk of the house of representative. The reports were mad in accord ance with the law providing for the publicity of contribution made for the purpose of Influencing election at which representatives in congress are elected. MAKES LIQUOR SHIPMENTS SUBJECT TO STATE LAWS btich Jn the Import of R4U in Congress by Washington, Dec. S. All intoxicat ing liquor transported into any state or territory for delivery therein, or re maining for use therein, will be sub ject to state or territorial laws If a bill Introduced by Representative ot Tenneaaw become a law. Cruiser Taooma Washington, Dec. S. In view of th alarming report of aa Impending revolution In Honduras, th navy de partment ha ordered the crulaer Ta coma to Puerto Corto to meet any possible trouble endsngerlng Ameri cans or American Interest. bO.on Forty-nfth treet what Ob I ter caused 200 tenement dweller
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