7 iim. i i, - -. . 4 ... r- a nome Newspaper Published in the Inte&stfof the Peopie and for Honestv inlGovernmentalr Affairfi VOL. VI NO. 37. Salisbury N. 0;,W&dnsday, August -31st, 1910. Wm.H. Stewart, Ed tor. . M. " T v:-..-:;rs..r-,-:.-':- - Ji--.? -:if - IA. .. ..... i if ? MORE REVISIjN PROMISED. Shall We Listen Jo New Promises While Old One tfm Not Been Filled? By Clyde H. Travenner, special cor respondent of this paper. Washington, Aug. 29. Presi dent Taft is advising RepublicaD candidates for Congress to prom ise the people farther tariff re vision, schedule by sohedule, the - basis of the revision to be equali zation of the labor cost of pro duction at home and abroad plus t a reasonable profit for American manufacturers. The platform on which Mr. Taft was elected, it is recalled, also promised to equalize "the difference in the cost of produc tion at home and abroad," plus the reasonable profit. Before considering new prom ises, many voters wfll ask: "Was the first promise kept?" Let us see: Taking woolens, to begin with, President Taft himself admits failure. What about cottons? Was the cotton schedule revised ;u the basis of equalization of "the dif ference in the cost of production at home and abroad?" PLATFORM PR JMIE IGNORED. The labor cost iu the produc tion of cotton manufactures in the Uuited States is 20 pef ceut. (From report of Carroll D. Wright, U. S. Commissioner of Labor, Vol. 10.) Granting that foreign goodb have no labor cost whatever, 26 per ceut would, therefore, have been the maximum average rate of tariff required to equalize the labor cost of production at home and abroad. If the labor oost abroad is onerhatf the labor cost, at home, the rate of tariff re quired prevent the foreign manufacturer from having the advantage of cheaper labor would be 26 per cent, the American cost, less 18 per cent, the Euro pean oost, or 13 per cent. Instead of an eqmalizing duty of any sort, the Aldricb crowd protected oot-! ton manufactures with a duty of from 85 per cent on handkerchiefs to 74 per cent on cotton cloths. The following table, compiled for the writer by Prof. Josiah H. Shinn from the Special Census Reports for Manufactures, 1907, shows in a striking manner the failure of the Republicans to re vise the tariff on the basis of equalization at home and abroad: Article J Labor cost Tariff rate Per cent. Per cent. Ammunition 20 57 Automobiles 23 45 Rubber boots 12 30 Carpets 22 50 to 75 Men's clothing 16 37 to 134 Women's " 26 35 to 155 Coffins 20 ' 85 to 60 Gloves 21 57 Wool hats 25 25 to 86 Stockings 23 86 to 76 Paints 7.3 25 to 88 Salt, bnlk 21 90 Soaps & candles 7 18 to 34 Stationery . 16 25 to 138 Structural iron 21 36 Worn, dress g'd's 14 70 to 155 Blankets 14 71 to 165 DOWNWARD REVISON PROMISED. Promise ol taritf revision on the basis of equalization of cost of production at home and abroad plus a reasonable profit was equal to a promise of a big revision downward. Mr. Taft, however, affixed his signature to a bill which revised the existing tariff upward on an average of approximately 1.71 par cent. Because of the failure of the President to make his promise good, 90,000,000 people are forced to stand an increase in the cost of . living. T ''n ditertiko'attention. TJieTaft-Roosevelt-S h e r m a n side show.in $ew York has taken on a resembtance to a three shall ame. Just at the moment the -public, thinki it understands the 'situation, and begins o feel" that Roosevelt will endorse Taft, . or that he will refuse to endorse him, . .the men managing the show bring 4grtb a new . interview : which as iUJLch as .. sa to the public : , rVo'u see you were wrong again, the plea wasn't under, that shell at all guess again." The question has been raised in some quarters as to whether the the Republican campaign manag ers are not endeavoring to divert attention from the more import ant issues of the campaign. The real issue, it is being point ed out, is not whether -Roosevelt is or is not with Taft. , Far more important are the answers to the following : 1. Why did President Taft co operate with Aldrich, Smoot, Lodge, Guggeheim and other sen ators representing the special in terests, and refuse the counsel of such, men like LaFolette and Clapp?. 2. Why did Mr . Taft oontinue to eulogize Ballinger after he had been exposed anddiscredit the tes timony taken by a committee of the senate? 8 Why did Mr. Taft enterfere to prevent speaker Cannon from being dethroned? 4, Why did Mr. Taft as candi date promise tariff revision down ward, and as President sign a bill revising the tariff upward? 5. Why is the President seek ing so industriously to bring about the defeat of LaFoIette? Is it because. LaFollette sought to regulate the railroads or because ho favored downward revision? QUERIES FOR PROTECTION. In 1900 the American consumer of sugar paid more than two cents a pound in excess of the price paid by the London oonsumer. If the tariff was rot to blame for the difference in price, will some Re publican speaker or newspaper explain what was the cause? Query No, 2: If the American consumer does not pay the tariff on sugar when, he .buys it at the grocery, who does pay it and where is it paid? Query No. 8 : If the tariff on sugar is paid by the con sumer, is it not reasonable to pre sume that the amount of the tar iff on blankets, wpolen hardware farm machinery ; -and other pro-: tected articles, is also paid by the consumer? INSUFFICIENT REVENUE. The Payne-Aldrich law is fail ing to prodnoe sufficient revenue to meet the expenses of the gov ernment. During the first twenty three days of August the expendi tures exceeded the receipts by $5, .277,170.08. This is according to the statement issued by the tJnit ed States treasurer at the close of business on the evening of August 23. In other words, the declara tion of the Republican leaders that the new tariff law is produc ing sufficient revenue to run the government is entirely unfound ed. The Ohio Valley Exposition Opened Monday There will be neld in Cincinna ti, from August 29 to September 24, an industrial exposition, de signed to exploit the industries, products end resources of the Ohio Valley and the South, and also to celebrate the completion of the Fernbank dam, the adop tion by Congress of a permanent river improvement policy- and commemorating the centenary of the inauguration of steam navi gation west of the Alleghany mountains. - Deafness Canoo, be Cured by local applications, as they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi tion of mucous lining of the Eus tachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the iu flamatiou can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 7oc. Take Hall's Family Pills for const ion. RULES BY THE GRACE OF GOD. Address Before Provincial Banquet Arouses uau Germany and Much Comment 3erlin. Aug. 26. The speech delivered last night by Emperor William of Germany before the Provincial banquet at Koenigs- burg, in which he reiterated and emphasized his belief in the Di vine mandate by which he rules, referred to the Prussian Crown as bestowed by God'a grace and not by parliaments, or paoples assem blies, and laid an lanoe againBt the present movement for womans suffrage, is the political sensation of the hour. The leading organs of the Ger man press devote extended com ment to it, generally criticising the Emporer's utterances, and there are indications that the dis course will have a deep politioal aft ant Via Ai-htirfttw naofltroll I DUUVU UJJU U1-1C7 .WUUUV1J) UQRllJ the Berlin papers discussing -the subject iu oonnootion with the political crisis of November, 1908, when the publication by the Lon don Daily Telegraph of an inter view with the Emperor, aroused a storm against the uncontrolled publio speaking of the Emperor. The serious Vossichezeiaug, The Tageblatt, Tho Post, and oth er pipers, point out the constitu tional character of the kingdom of Prussia in the empire and inquire whether the chancellor, Dr. Von Bethman Hollweg, was private to the Emperoi 'spurpose cf deliver ing such a speech. They predict that it will lead to the renewed discussion of the Emperor's con stitutional position when the Reichstag reassembles in Novem ber. The strongly monarchist Tage liche Rundschau, the favorite journal of army officers says: 5This speech means a storm. Never bafore hs-emperor' William: set into relief his romantic me dievaUdoa cf luV non responsibil ity ta-man'B judgment, of his not being bound to the constitutional co-operation of the people and of ruling by God's grace, against all those convictions and feeling which today determine our exist ence as a state "Why," asks the Tageliche Rundschau, ' "should the emperor n?e tnis moment to empbasiz his ruling by God's grace and his own right when it will nourish an anti-monarchal agitations a n d good monarchists be thrown into condition of tragic disruption?" The organ of the lauded nobility, The Deutsche Tages Zeitung, thor oughly approves of the declara tions of the Emperor. The local Anzeiger lays stress upon the desire of the Emperor that the people co-operate with him and points out that the Em peror delivered the speech iu the castle where the Prussian speak ings were formerly crowned. He said in the same hall in May. "We Hoheuzollerns take our crown from heaven alone," and in the same place on September 6, e894, he quoted the words of his grandfather, William I, about ruling by divine right and added : "So too do I take my kingdom by Godk's grace. The Tageblatt affirms that al though prices did not fall ou the exchange, trading slackened and brokers apprehended an unfavor able influence of the speech upn the market at home and abfoad. The remarks of the Emperor to day, whiah stirred which Bfcirred the comments, were made in allu sion to Emperor William I,- of Germany, in terms indicating the Identy of his convictions with those of hi grandfather. "My grandfather," he said, "again by his own right, placed the Prussian crown upon his head and again proclaimed it to be bo Btowed upon him by God's grace alone and not by parliaments, as semblages of the people or resolu tions of the people, and that he saw within himself the chosen in strument of heaven, aud as tuch he regarded his duty as regent and ruler." Dr. Belt's Pine-Tar-Honey is the best for cough", colds, croup, grip, whooping cough, bronchitis, asthma aud all throat and bronchial troubles. Sold every where. Look for the bell on the bottle. TO BE TLSO BY NEW PRIMARY. J L Neither 6o$In W Clark ire Legally Nom mated, beiges State Committee. '.-'Jfe-i i-'til: Saleigrf fAjg. -24. The State Democratic s-yeCuive committee tonight a'lopfced a I report of the special iiiVestgating committee headed bylx governors Jarvis and Aycock, if thfeffeot that in the sixth confteB!nal Idistrict neith er O. L. CUarkipf Ijladeu nor H L. Godwiiaof Jgarnett county was auiy nomi4awRfc n tue rouwuc sen aational ottiver&ion 1 at Wrights ville Beact aid that there be general vovlng primaries through out the dktri&l not later than September),5 t&i naming delegates to a aistric$ convention inat snail declare whr; they Democratic can didate for I 'ongrress ip tho district shall be, furthermore, that the chairman o$ th&-State Democratic executive cpmAittee shnjl name a committer iceseary to carry out the recriren4aioni in the report. J $' ; This lattej felitura vmeans that the district exU tit committee that had snh Briou9 clashes at the time of ,-thcsV former conven tion, will b5 epeqd to stand aside and htWe 4ie machinery for the primariefaii the'Jconvention set in motioji b--' a on-partisan committee. It understood that candidates gri3lly fir the nom- iuation for-G'ress1 can enter this new pri4arv whi5oh it is stip ulated mufcpo jield in each coun ty separate fltdparlJ and at a different tinfiji f.wfl aoy( primary or conventioif;any'other pur pose. ' The meetis $f ,thej committee tonight conil.ftedv of 'tweritv-four present in pyrsft, and ten by proxy. Ex-Gveicfjpr ; Aycock read the report a t Cif investigating committee, wii'c consisted of six typewritten prigT arid reytewed at oonsiderabfJL lHnhitUB,tirrit.ff teatare of theoi,cn9r district con vention as she yigthat there had been irregularie. if thai disquali ned both conventions fr making a legal nomintUiis A There was i mftiorlty report from Hon. Ti F. iKlutti, of Salisbury, intn that O. L, Clark was the nvimijaee of the Democrats of th; district, but de claring that in ta eventhe Sttte committee sidd vtith tlie majori ty report c i ths Committee that there bad bee no: nomination, then he oonouif.7ein the recom mendation tha i terbe a gener al voting primiivundpr the su pervision of th Jfete committee. Charlotte Ob3eiver. v IMerfilly ii Dr. Bell's AntMvjin: cures colic, flux, diarrhoeas wtamns and all bowel complaiq'isJi . 1 1 Externally :Cifcres stir e breasts, corns, bunions, fpthaohe, neu ralgia, and all paji.' Sold every where. 1. is a,i.t i()tio.i j -it'i - 6ov. Patterson of Tentlil in the Race. Nashville, Ten, Aug. 25 Gov. Malcolm lr Patterson is still in the race f the ;governoT ship of Tennes8es Jn this respect tha Chief Execaiiik-fflade his in tention known t' an ; emphatio statement give& c here today in whioh he say b ; t re" : is ! not "a particle of truths in the rumor that I will wiih'ftw-1' 'from the contest." He. aids hq,Will "go to victory or de'f," -His sign ed statement ,wafe addressed to ,4the Democracy' Tennessee." The Best loff of Life It when you do great deed -or discover some I wonderful fact. This hour came toiJ4 K. '. Pitt, of Rocky Mt.,'N. C.J when; he was Buttering intensely as he says, "from the worsted I; ever had. I then proved to ?fe great satis faction, what a .Vonderful cold and cough cure- King's New Discovery is.. Fof after, taking one bottle, I was pfctirely' cured. You can't say anyttng too good of a medicine likejiat." ; tsjhe surest- and best rcedyj for dis eased lungs, i horrh'ggesT" la grippe, asthma,, fey ever, any throat or lung troupe. 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle free "uiariteed by all druggists. ' 4, SIT KOREANS WILL FIGHT. Are Prepared for an Organized Struggle Against Absorption by Japan. New York, Aug . 26 More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers have been killed by the "Koreans in the Jat- ter's war to throw off the tighten ing oke of N ppon, and the Na tionalists of the dying Hermit Kingdom are prepared for an or ganized struggle, according to statements made today by S. H. Kimm. Mr. Kimm, formerly an attache of the Korean legation at Washington is now president of the Korean patriotic association ofNew York. "Korea will do everything pos sible to keep Japan from breaking her word," he said at the Hotel Hastings, Brooklyn. "Tokio defi nitely guaranteed our indepen dence by the treaty of February 28, 1904, and the agreement by i whioh Korea is about tq be ab sorbed hat been brought about by the idiot emperor, whom Japan set on the thione for her own pur poses, and the influential Korean traitors, headed by the premier, Yi VVau "Vom. He and his aides have been bought by promises of high' honors, titles of nobility in Japan and wealth. "The brutality of the Japanese in their war against the National? ists has aroused the entire nation. Five hundred thousand Koreans have been driven out, but they are prepared to march back now and set their strength against that of the Japanese army of occupa tion, numbering from 50,000 to 00,000. "The true state oi affairs has never been told, because of the apanese censorship. We can get our facts only by runners, who passed the word orally in relays to our watchers on the borders. "Ths ruthleBsnest of the Japan ese m.. devastating large areas, burning villages and murdering women and children has been ap palling. It must be avenged. For 4,248 years we have been in dependent; we will not loose that right because of a broken prom ise without a struggle that will arouse the world. "There are now in the field 20, 000 armed Koreans, well armed. "We are badly in need of arms and money but we will not give up our independence until the last mau has perished." Struck a Rich Mine, S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., says he struck a perfect mine of health in Dr, King's New Life pills for they cured him of liver and kidney trouble after 12 years of suffering. They are the best pills on earth for constipation, mala ria, headache, dyspepsia, debility, 25o at all druggists. One Rev. W. S. Brittain, said to be a Baptist preacher, of High High point, was arrested Thurs day eveneng, by sheriff McKenzie and deputy Brandon, on charge of abandonment. He waB lodged in jail to await instructions Irom High Point. Thursday night the chief of police of High Point came over and took charge of the gentle man and carried him back, where he will be tried for his off jnse. A Cold la not necessarily serious, provid ed it is taken care of. It is fre quently the starting point of many dacgerouB diseases. Whon it comes use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. Look for the, bell on the bottle. Smith's Popular Majority 4,478. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26 The Journal says that with only Tatt nal county to be heard from offi cial returns from Tuesday's pri mary give Hoke Smith a popular majority of 4,478 over Governor Joseph M. Brown. The total vote was Smith 95,878 ; Brown 91,895. If taken just when you feel as thonffh von were eoine to be sick you will never know what serious illness is. Purifies the blood, drives out disease before it gets a foothold; Buch' is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. None other so effective and sure. 85 cents, Tea or Tablets. Cornelisou & Cook. 4 "1 WILL DIE AT HOME." Says Murderer Allison as He Plunges . Knife into His Throat. Asheville, Aug. 25 Desperate lj determined not to be the first man from Buncombe county to die m the electric chair at Ral eigh, James B. Allison, the slay er or Floyd MoGee, and under sehtenos to die February 24, made a vigorous effort to cut his throat - x 1 . . .' iu ne county jau tnis morning shortly after 6 o'olock when in tormed by orncers to get ready for the trip to the State capital. The attempt at suicide was un successful, although the condemn ed man did succeed in cutting a gash in his throat probably one and one-half inches deep and four or five inohes in length. Allison's effort to end his life in Buncombe rather than in the electric chair at Raleigh was made in the pres ence of the sheriff of the county and two deputies. It was per haps the coolest and most care fully planned and determined at tempt to frustrate the mandates of the law in the history of North Carolina. Allison made no secret during the last few days that he would die rather than go to Raleigh to be electrocuted; he hesitated be tween two courses: To attack the officers when they went to take him out of the cell for the ride to Raleigh and force one of them to kill him, or end his life with his own hand. He chose the latter method, but in this he fail ed to suoceed. Allison realizes, and has realized since the jury re turned its ..verdict, that he is a doomed mau. Albeit he is cool, calm ond determined ; he has no repentanie; he looks upon death as the inevitable' and evidently cares little what will beepme of his soul when life is extinct. He is -simply a desperate man ; a man who has made up his mind that he has but one time to die and that he doesn't propose that the State of North Carolina shall make a show of him and snuff out the spark of life with the eleotrio current. Sheriff Hunter in company with Deputy-Sheriff Williams and Dep uty Sheriff Mitchell went to the county jail about 6 o'clock this morning for the purpose of re moving Allison from the jail and taking him to Raleigh on the early morning train. When the officers made their visit to Allison's oell and notified him that he was to go to Raleigh, the prisoner made a smiling reply and requested that he be permitted to change his shirt and collar before making the journey. Allison at the time was in a separate cell and the key to the door of that cell was in the possession of Mr. Mitchell. The quiet and unassuming manner of prisoner and his evident decision to go to Raleigh without trouble for the moment disarmed the officers and removed any suspicion that Allison meant trouble. Sher iff Hunter directed that Mr. Mit chell go up town and purchase the requested shirt and collar. Alli son walked to the rear of the cell and Mr. Mitchell turned to leave the building. Instantly Allison drew from some place, probably his mouth, a penknife with a keen' blade about one and one-half inohes in length. He threw his head back and made a vicious lunge at his throat. SompTris oner in another oell nearest Alli son cried out that the man was cutting his throat. Quickly Mr. Mitchell turned and jammed the key into the lock swung back the heavy iron door, threw the lever and Sheriff Hun ter and Mr. Williams rushed in. During these few seoowQs Allison was standing with head thrown back and digging at his throat with the knife He failed to reaoh the jugular vein, however,' how ever, before being overpowered. Sheriff Hunter, upon, reaching the man with Deputy Williams at his side, grabbed the upraised arm of the oondemned man and his knife fell to the floor. Mr. Williams instantly threw his ars around Al lison's waist and the man was overpowered. He Was bleeding profusely from the wonud. Coun ty physician D .E. Sevier was hur riedly summond and responding dressed the wound. He found that the. throat was badly hacked; that a cash probably four or fir inthea in length and one and on half inohes deep had been inflict ed. AHison made no comment on the aot . While the physician was dresBing and sewing the hurt he was quiet and indifferent with never a groan or a word. The wound is not fatal he will recov er. Allison last night planned a post mortem statement. He wrote, or caused to be written, a letter to the city editor of The Gazette News, in which he declared that he was satisfied ; only that he wished he oould have "killed that woman (Ella Wheeler) who lied to me so muoh." The letter follows t Dear sir : As I wish to make a full statement as to the killing of McGee in order that the papers may get it straight I hereby state to you that we had been at outs or over a year about the Wheeler woman. And when he got . me hemmed up at her home about ten day before I shot him, and made me run out the back door; In order to oome down stairs I ' had to face him with a pistol in his hand, as the woman had let him in the front door. And most every day after that when he would pass me he would laugh at me and make remarks about it. Right then he was driving nails in his coffin, for I had made up my mind the night he threatened me that I would kill him. He knows that I killed him, as we were face to face when I shot him, and I am satisfied, only I wish I could kill that woman who lied to me so much. I tried to avoid trouble with him for over a year, bnt vhe wouldn't let me alone and I had rather be killed than to let a man like him run over me. He fooled with the wrong man and I killed him. I also wish to state that I am not going to Raleigh to the elec tric chair. I haven't got but one time to die and I will die in Ashe, ville. I don't intend that they shall drag me about and make a show out of me. I will die game here. I don't intend to represent Asheville in the electric chair of Raleigh by being the first one to go there from here. Yours truly, ; ' J. B. Allison. Charlotte Observer. Raleigh, Aug. 16. Sheriff Hunter of Buncombe oouuty safe ly delivered to the State's prison tonight at 7 o'clock James B. Al lison, sentenced to die in the elec tric chair February 24, the trip from Asheville having been made without special incident follow ing Allison's sensational attempt to take his own life Thursday in the Asheville prison by cuttii.g his throat with a small kuife he had concealed in his oell. When he arrived here Allison seemed depressed and went through the regulation prelimi naries of a hair out, bath and den ning the prison garb without spe cial murmur or protest. He v as assigned at once to the section of prison cells allotted to priso -ers awaiting electrocution . He -o there will be a guard constantly on duty. Bssides this consult watch there is every precaution to see that the prisoner hasn't v ud oannot get anything, with wh.ci. to work out of prison or do h in self any violence. Therefore, it is thought that there is. the ! ust. possible possibility of Allie ;'s making good his boasting thr a . that he will take' his own life ' e fore the day of execution coujcs Charlotte Observer. Kidney trouble is particular .., to be dreaded because its presei ci is not usually discovered until it, has assumed one of its worst for m diabetes, dropsy, or Br'gut' dis ease. If you suspect that j ut kidneys are affected, by all meaurf use Hcllister's Rocky Mou a tain Tea the great syentific cleaner and regulator. Corneliso.i & Cook. v 7 3$,.:Z L -. 9r .-rw . 4i .jm ' 1