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- ' ' i MM , 't .' i s -i y i - i .1 v J - f -; 'Section Orc Tp5 '"v Section "'0 11, .6 One PAGES I7S 7 MA TV 'Y ' ' t ' mm - i : i - . A' VOITHE lXXXJlNp. r Eeals all North .Caro " . . 11 - C , " rrrr. H ' WILLIAM I BRYAN ; yj AT (THE S Magnetic Commoner; From Nebraska to Speak on Thursday; -the MAY BE HISTORIC jfchen lie Gomes to Speak to LNortJi CaroMaUns lYom the Static! on Wliich RooacTelt Annownccl Ills Ceotrr Policy, Bryan Iay be i ykUMUy His-nlncant. Thursday, of the State Fair. Will b tnade notable rby the presence hlere of riVIIliam Jenninrs Bryan severa times i visitor to the State and always; more armly welcomed and more intereat- ng in personality and utterance - on uch succeeding visit. During the memorable, campaign of 89S Mr.5 Bnan came to Ralifh for he flrst time,1 speaking: in Nash Square to an immense audience. - He returned isaln a year or so later and al third ; time last year, Just after his v Return from his Uour around the worlA n.a the reat reception tendered Mm at Madison Equare Garden In New .Yorkv Although twice defeated fo . the Presidency, Mr. Bryan : remalnst ; the mot senerally nag-netic hara5dter la American? life and hi hold on thft BJTn- athics of the people and bis ability to interest them is strengthened rather than diminished with time. . 1 When he speaks at the Fair Grounds in the bl day," the holiday! occa Mionv the, low rates and the - oppor tunity of 'hearihg: the. great. Nebjsutkan asatniwlll operate to make thenum ler ibf tHose who . hear . him exceed even the 'monster gatherings1 aiRal eifh;;G"censboro,' "Winston and' ?Char lr ttc. tv hen he made his weep tbrciurh. - fler. the speeqh at .the tair,' air. r.n - and a number- -or the proraw ei t 5 jT) n t mm of the State wlU be enter- J sined - bf-tfM-maitenent : ot na Xorth if lunc k f it - i :orth Carolina Agricultural Society at chon on the grounds::" , u ' '. will t" rembered that, when -I 3! reftdent-, Rode-relt'epoke In Haleiah at the Fair in' 105, sound tn .?note jof fxl policy .which resulted in the flxbt for the" enactment ioX tjie ate bin into'law b" the -last Congress. h utterance wa. the first autTientio iedice of the President to the support f the poiJey which: the : Commoner. ho; will speak . at . this fair.' nrst ln- ugiratd; ' ' ji' At this time, while the fight for the iptbHean' nomination for President ifi los is already becoming warm, the Attitude "or the Democrats is ne of a afting to 'see what. Mr. ; Bryan; Is to &v. . Ho fat he has not said that he d ould bo a candidate or that he would ?iiot be. Therefore. In the relation to the chie"? -role which, he has twice en-: cted in his party and which hQ, once oiurtiariir reunquisnea io anpmer. fr. Bryan is still the center of bolltlr ?al interest to tne great ooay pt tne Democrat throughout the country. It Is therefore possible that.'whea ne, comes I to speak 1 from the laame platform on which Koosevelt J stood when he announced the policy f the tfate bill that has brought about a rev olution in the attitude of the people to- J.ard the control of public-service corporations, the Nebraskan may be moved to make an Interesting an nouncement and, perhap,- to formu late a key-note policy that raayiagaln 'caue Important changes in thelcoun- xr I rj o mnorv iu rrwie oacn - - inn ftate Fair at ltaleigh. At any rate, and In any event, the fact that Bryan will be present and t-'ill speak Is warrant of a tremendous attendance of people from all p4rts of -Korth; Carolina, who never tire of listening to his eloquence and jto the 4l"u'ioh and analysis of pending Condition and problems whih no snan living so well knows 'how to ex press and vivify. 1 With Bryan an the central attraction COITJ3E TO .'THE STATE J"3 Ln- ' HTHE STATE FAlIR THIS BER 14th-l4$h, will be Coming Week fbrorth as well as in the State. Attractions, on THURSDAY . i - - - - ' . I fSR YANi of Nebraska America's Greatest Orator and Statesman will speak to the acres of people who ulll be in Raleigh on that date to welcome the NEJCj PRESIDENT NpF THE UNITED STATE. 123 FAIR "Big Day" j and the Great State Ifalr further im proved In exhibits and amusements, this year's "bijr day" I may be counted upon to eclipse any other "bi- day" in the history of the enterprise. NEWiCOMXSE PUBLICATION Alumni and Literary Societies of Klon lViU Issne a Monthly. ' : .! - i . ( Special to News and Observer.) Elon College. N. C. Or. 5. The Alumni Association of the College and the three literary societies, the Clio, Phllologian' and Paiphelian, have de cided to undertake the publication of a college ..magazine, to be caled The EJonian The first issue of this mag azine wli; shortly appear. It will contain not less than 48 pages, and there -will be 10 iyes to the college year, one. issue being for the summer. The pages will be numbered consec utively and the tenth' number of each volume v:il contain-an Index to facil itate the reading- and make the bind ing of the magazine worth while. It is understood that the magazine will be at some time In the near future printed on the Hill, put for the- pres ent ft will be done by Jobbers in one of the ar by towns. There-is no reason why.the "Elonlan" should not rapidly tske a leading place among the magazines -of southern colleges. The Interest in athletics continues to grow. ' Tennis and basket ball' and other field sperts are very popular with the students. Miss Hejfenstein, who has charge of the physical cul ture . of , the- young ladies i. la giving them excellent training and Mr. Prit chette, the director 'of the athletics for young men is infusing new life In the-student Jody for athletics and gymnastics.- Some : time . in1 the- near future, a field day win begtven and prizes i awarded the ".successful con- A. ilr. ' Tllcmas Irayeiing secretary s of the m. u. a. n jNertn , uaronna wea oti thft IIU durte? he-past week, looking' efter the interests of -hlrf or gantzation here.-: The T. M. C. A.' has always rad.A strong organisation at H6n College, - aud this organization has never, before been stronger than now. Mr . J. A: Vavghan Is president atpresehC and Is maklrtgi-an ; effort tavhave. a, laxger.- representation from Slon r College at the Biblo Institute, to .be' held at the , AI A. M.?Coege 'duttng' the State fair: While ' Mr. Thomas was here he held conferences with the-various committees and the executive council of the . T. M. C A. and also addressed the youn , men of the Inatltdtton. This was the week of the Alamance county fair' held at Burlington, five miles distant. Thursday was Educa tional Day,' and Elon College "was well, represented both from the faculty and student body. XlNKMAX LAID OUT Vernoii Fogltr Renflered Vnconsclous by Touching a Live Wire. . (Gaston ia Gasette.) Pedestrians and others on Main street were horrified to see eVrnon j Folgle, & young man at work on one of the poles of the Telephone Com pany, fail apparently life less acrogs a cross-arm which he was putting up. Assistance was immediately summon ed and the limp body was removed to the offices of Drs. Reld and Glenn where medical treatment ws beru-. j 11 was touna tnat he was in pretty bad shape, though there .vre no burns on his body.lle reinarnnd un conscious several hour, despite all efforts to restore him to conscious ness. On investigation it wan discovered that young Fgle had accidentally touched one of the high voltage wlrea of the city light and power nyatem. which are fastened to the telephone pole below the phone wires. These wires ar charged with 2.300 volts of electricity though it is proable that he did not receive the full force that the entire voltage would have given him. It -appears that here,, as well as at other points in town the city's GD YEAR, OCTO a Great Home Carolinians abroad In additiou to Great i TATE UNA it , , , , . , ' s f i .r:v,A'.o:; 4 'f HOJV. Who Will Address the People of North Carolina at on Thursday, at Twelve O'clock, October high voltage wires are either fattened to the telephone company poles or swing ko close to thorn that the tele phone liu men ar? compelled to climb through a network of death-dealing currents whenever it is nereeary for them to teach the phone wires above. KDl CATIOX IX TILi: KAST. Tent CXunty Superintendents Will Hold a Two Days' Meeting. Tarooro, X. C Oct. 5. The School Superintendent of this district, com prising twenty counties, will meet In Tarboro, in their-reg?.lr annual se tton, November, 7th and 8th. This date may be changed to a week later, if it conflicts with the Fall term of civil court, which begins Oct. 28. The se'Klon will open Thursday night and continue Friday and Fri day night. A very interesting pro gram Is being prepared, which will be publli-hed ;withln the next two weeks". Prof. W. H. Ragsdah. president of the a?so( iatlon. ia recognized a one of the foremost educator In the Stale Supt rintendent Kagsdale has been in this service longer than any other man In the itate. having served un der every State Superintendent nince the term of office of Major FIn.er ex pired'. auperi-ltendont of Pitt county he worked zea)ouly and faithfullv for the etabltehnent of the East Carolina Training school for Teachers. Prof. Ragsdale Is native of Granville county. Prof. Ragsda.le will deliver an address at thl mf-et-Ing. 31rs Albert UosenthaJ Dead. Goldsboro. N. C. Oct. 5. Relative In this city, where she had at times visited and was greatly, esteemed, were unexpectedly saddened by the receipt of a. telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Albert Rooenthal. which occurred, rather suddenly. Thursday morning at her home in Mt. Vernon. N. T. Her brother-in-law. Mr. Jos. Ros enthal, and her neice. Mi si Gertrude Well, left Immediately, upon receipt of the ad intelligence to attend the funeral in Baltimore, where the inter ment w1l be made in the family plot in that city. Dr. S. Hassell having purchased the Gov. Holt estate at Haw Itiver, this State, left. last week to make that his future home. ! His many friends here regret exceedingly to have him leave Plymouth. Plymouth Beacon. ENOUGH TO BIT A CAlt Dr. Goler8 Ktimate of Ills Menial An. gnlxh for Being Put Off a Train. (Special to News amd Observer.) Salisbury. H. C, Oct. S. Because he was put off a South re n Hallway train five miles west of Salisbury for refus ing to ride In a Jim crow passenger coach. It is alleged that Dr. W. II. Goler, president of Livingstone Col colored, located at Salisbury, bring suit against the Southern ' damages.' The amount which he wri demand from the coffers, of the . has not yet been determined but learned it will be a sum sufficient BAiiEian, kL c.;, Sunday morning, October g, 1907 limr. Dallies "I t t if f 5 v ; i 'I 1' n '' '-- - . , . : :. ' i- v , " ! ' .'"' v' . " , rTLIa JENNINGS BRYA to buy in. car of his own. tv. Goler boardedj the' train and finding the colored partment not as well kept an the coaCh he whites took a neat in the latter. ' He was ordered out by the (Conductor , and reCusirig to g' was lefts -n the grosirtd, wuiking five milcn b4ck to the city. - A tw horse wagon and tfam ith two barrels of blockade whihkey was capture! at Golo Hill Thursday nlgiit by Mayor B. V. lied rick, who arrested the arlVer, Sam Smith, colored, and landed liim in Salisbury Jail yesterday. Two white men driving In sight of the illicit load fled to the wood and es caped. iSmlth refuses to tallt and all efforts t- ascertain the namvs of the owners of the team have proven fuUle. I j President (5eorge I. "Whitney and Charles j Staley. of littsburg. T. A. Gillespie; and J. J- KeViey. : of New York. a31 of whom are officers of the Whitney Reduction' Company, owners ff the Tig water and electric plant at! Whitney, Stanly county, met a large purty of prominent mill men from Kngland. who arrived in Salis bury otija special train, today, and went dliectiy to the power plant for an investigation of the greati develop ment at ithat place. 'A number of of ficials of the Southern Railway Com pany accompanied the party; through thl Statr THK AXFOlfD CONN K1l IPS. Which i No Connection at! All Be tween Southern and CVust j IJnc Trains. (Special to the Xews and Clbserver.) Mount Alry. N. C. Oct. 5. rKeliable information on the subject ieems to place the blame for a lailurf of the Southern! and A. C. L.- to ; put on through irains between Mt. Airy and Wilmington on the Atlantic Coast LUne people. On Tuesday of this week the; A. C. L.' train left Sanford.just nfteen min utes' bef of c the train from Mt. Airy arrived and to show that this waaf no benefit to! the railroad nor toj any one else, the V. C. L. lst 2y minutes be tween Siiiiford and Fayettevifle 6;i ac count of a freight at Manchester, a station beitween Sanford and! Fuyet.te vllle. Thf Southern had quite a. lot of perishable freight, which waf delayed and put out on the ground and to re main exposed to the weather and theft until the. (following . evening f-just 23 hours. This stuff consisted f several coop of chickens, crates of eggs, but ter, cabbage, apples, etc., and several passengers were delayed 24 hours, and all to no j purpose or benefllj to . any one. Timie and again people have petitioned and have written letters in an effort to have through car service restored, but rothing has been done a yet. The Itallroad Commission order ed 'that tonnctlon be made; last spring, and failure to do so, caused the railway people to be summoned and show cause why the connection should rot be maintained n why the order was not carried out. jThe rail way's ' prom Ised to do better! still.no improvement. . 1 . Wilmington feels the bloMf and-has sent numerously slgiied petitions to the authorities asking that both roads restore through car service j .as i this seems the! only way to ' , re-establish through' connection, and the people here have been asked to assist in in New -if- X: N the State Fair in Nineteenth, f Raleigh bricginj: about this needed ' change at one?" . ' . Since tho tranfer' at inford was establif .i.ed, express grates have ad vanced !t:i 1-3 per cent., which 'has ruined ithe prodMcei! trader to ipoints reached on the A. Ci L. Mt Airy tcwnshi) voted bond' to help bu Id thi road,; and evgr since its completion iur people. allxialqng the line have enjoyed the through service until onc local official -of ttje A. C. L. at Wilmington decided to turn back then equipment at Sanford kiul not let it ,flri through. When the ; road was sold the court refused to can Arm the K1I9 by lots and 'itwas made as a whole tn the A. C. fL. people, which load thje-n sold to the Southern that portion Jnorth of Sanford. ; If any good reason were1 produced showing) whv through car service should not be re-established", it would be quit- different. Wh y one train should, when it is oh time And makes connection, pull up right teside an thcr tilain and unload over 95 per cent, of Its entire load rierhtson to an other train is simply foolish? and inex cusable.) The margin of the south bound train is only ten minutes and vhqlo ccr loads of chickens.' eggs, cab-. bage, apples, butter, potatoes, onions. etc.. are all dumped right on the other a pile, the damagofbeing too allow to go on thUi way any train in great tc longer, The 4 lay to the mails is also an other very serious matter, s much so deartment has asked that through; service- bo resumed.i It Is a shame fop tho people to be so entirely ignored about a matter ihat concerns them so much; especial ly wheii, the change .would be profit able to both roads. . IIOIV BADIjY MTTTILtATED. Tliroc Freiglrt Trains Run Over John , Smith, of BalsaniV fiarknon County Journal.) John) Smith, of Balsam, was run over by a freight train just above Addie.- Hp turd ay night and killed. He was at WnyneKville Saturday and came back on passenger well tanked with Wayncjsville dispensary results, and he passed on bvhis home getting off at AddU: considerably intoxicated. He was seen about dark staggering about the plaij.' where ho. waa killed. ! He wkf. run over by a 'freight train and mutilated almost beyond recogni tion. H- was not found until about 10 o'clock that night by train men af ter belnc run over by three trains possibly. x ciiuitcii DinrcATEa MelltodiM at Slyva TIavo a j House . of Wbrlilp New ' Slyva, X. C, Oct B. 'The debt on the Sylya Methodist church -has-lately beenj raltted, and Rev. Ira Irwin, pastor of Waynesvllle j Methodist church preached the dedicatory ser mon last Sunday. The congregation was gpod. said the church was nicely decorated. .His subject was the Constitution . qf the church,! His exposition was unusually fine, and he showed that he is thor oughly optimistic. ' :It was a . great blessing to hear such a message. He Is a very happy speaker. We congrat ulate the ladles, including; our pas- Kv-M ':: : i .V'V;;--:::-- : ''f.ov Y.:-il -; s aed . Circiilatidii BISHOP ANBERS ."':: . flERE" ON SUNDAY Head of Chicago ,Dioccso to Preach in Raleigh ..Today, - '3rW ; ...... ... tor's wife, - on the activity they have shown Jn this work. When Rev. and Mrs. Marsh came here, the church and parsonage were both In debt, but let it be said to their credit and that of the Ltdlea Home Missionary Society that both are no free from debt. Bro. Marsh who wu seriously ' 111 some time ago seems how pretty thoroughly recuperated. Judlng from the energy he can put In a sermon. . An Interesting feature of the ded ication was the singing of an appro priate hymn, composed by Mrs. Sted man. It had been printed and dis tributed through 'th congregation. NOT IN RAJEFORD. The Fever Scourged. Family v Three Miles Out or Towtt. -- To the Editor: The ' article in your paper of October 2nd from Raeford, and headed "Scourged With Fdver," is calculated to mislead the public and to do great injustice to our town. It should hare been stated that this "scourged family did not: live 'in Raeford anJ that one of the three deaths was In a hospital in Columbia, S. C. - '; .. . , . - There have been only two cases of typhoid fever In Raeford In the past two years. One of these came from t,umberton. N. C and the other has just developed, the' attending physi cian having diagnosed the ' case "ty phoid fever" In the past 48 hours. In all of Its history Raeford hast had only one death from typhoid fever. Tour Informant had no idea of hurting the Interest of Raeford end was, thinking only of the Williamson family. -' ' Very truly, " GEO. A. GRAHAM M D"T Chairman Board of Health, ; Raeford, C, Oct.. S. ; ' - : Th'e news item referred ? to, In the foregoing 'was not sent by the regular correspondent, but wan obtatnedirom other sources. t . V V . . . iiM! - 1 ill WS in iM- f - '- . V NEW BUHVDiy Tak Grange Graded School Opdtls. With .Largev -Attendance. (Special to News and Observer.) La QTBngei it.' C: Oct.-. 5. The graded school opened, this .week with a very large attendance for. the first session in . the handsome - new brick building. , " ' ' Y':. Y' : : ';,- Mrs. Jl W Sutton and Mrs. Nathan Sutton were called to Grlfton by the death of their sister, Mrs. G. W Gard ner, which occurred yesterday. ASKED TO RECONSIDER It Is Hopcd Mayor Fender Will De cide to Continue in Office. Tarboro, N.'"- C, Oct. 5. Mayor James -Feeder, who ts now serving his sixth term, was waited upon by the members . of the board yesterday- on his return from a business ' trip ' to Littleton and asked to reconsider his resignation. . which was to take effect October 14 th. at the time of the reg ular meeting of tho board. Owing to his health and -business - duties, Mr. Pender had decided to resign. . Ills Democratic: Spirit. The coming of age of Miss Gladys Vanderbllt and the payment to her of some $12,000,000 Inheritance has brought. out a new crop of anecdotes about the Vanderbllt fortune. One of the latest -illustrates the democratic spirit of the old Commodore. . Sitting on the porch of a. hotel at a fashionable resort on one occasion, it is related, the Commodore saw 'a lady approaching with whom he was ac quainted. His wife and daughter, who recognized hex. could scarcely contain their anger when he arose and politely addressed her. - "Don't you know,' asked the daugh ter, . after she had gone, "that horrid woman used to sell poultry to us?" . "Yes," ' responded the old million aire, "and I remember when ' your mother sold root beer and I peddled oysters in New Jersey.. . . , THE GEM. f. HTHE GREAT STATE FAIR, OCTOBER 14th-19th, promises at thfs time to be the most successful in all Jts "career: Every department is filling admirably. The races willbej:exceptalt and interesting. The Free attractions will be in class to them selves expensive; novel and new not to be seen elsewhere in the South. : The entries al ready made in Poultry, Agricultural Products and Machinery guarantees results never yet attained dt the State Fair. The crowds this year will assuredly : surpass even the pheno menally great - attendance of Raleigh vhcii President Roosevelt spoke to 40, 000 visitors at the State Fair I'lUCJS 5 CJ5NTS ON DISTIflGUISIIED PRELATE Bishop Anderson Will Deliver ermon ... ., .. ... , ..-t, - - j .... t dirtet Church This Morning and r -' - r : - - .. . y - Tonight Fine Music end . Public .'.'Invited, ' Raleigh has the privilege and -honor; of entertaining today a veryi distin-i guished prelate and Bishop of the Episcopal Church. .1 ' The Right Reverend Charles Fal-j merston Anderson, D. D., 7 'Bishop of Chicago,' and one. of the most promt-' nent members of the American Epls-' copate. arrived In the city lAst even ing from Richmond and ..wilt preach' this morning and tonight .. at Christ church.; .. f ;-. , , While here' Bishop Anderson will be the guest of Colonel and Mrs, Thomas S. Kenan. j , Born In Canada, and educated . at UtAut. jtfivcrend Charles laimcrsto Anderson,' D. D., Bishop of utU( o rroifnes at, ujiom cnnrcn.Toay, Trinity College, port .Hope, and Trinity University. Ontario. Toronto, Bishop Anderson has spent the larger part of his' ministry in the United States and before his elevation to the Episcopate was - rector for. jten years of Grace church. Oak Park, Chicago. As bishop of the diocese of Chicago he occupies a position f commanding Influence in the West, and la In great demand as a speaker for religious assemblies in various parts of the country. Z .' ; "V .; ' A prominent cleryman a? this city, who heard him. along with men' other notable speakers on a memor able occasion at Harvard University a few year? ago pronounced tfha aSdisss of Bishop Anderson the finest dslCv ered before the distinguished cather lng assembled r at Cambride at hat time. - !": - - The Bishop will doubtless be crraet d byvery large congregations at both services In Christ church. - He-returns to Richmond tomoiwr to attend the sessions of the General Convention. ' It-Is to be regretted his stay In our midst will not be of longer duration. I Fine music will be heard at Christ church) at both the morning and nirTit services. The publlo is - cordially In vited. . - ' : ' , ; " Rev. Archibald ; Battle Kinston N. G Oct. 5 lierr.y Dr. Henry W. Battle, pastor of the Baptist church of this city has received In formation of the death of hia distin guished uncle, Rer. Archibald J. Bat tle; of Macon.-Ga. . WE Grounds two yeas ago Dead ATSTA
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