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VOLUME LXXXV NO. 1
RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MOBNING, APRIL 10, 1908.
Pit
ICE 5 OI3NT8
all North Carolfaa Dailies; in: News and
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Western H. C. Can Git
Good Raleigh Paper.
A VOLUNTARY ACT
The Reasons Alleged By tlie Southern
for Moving ITp Its Schedule oof
Train Out of Raleigh Htvlng
Ceased, Infornud SXejnest of
' N Commission Is Eeefied.
CHANGE INSOUTH
ERN'S SCHEDUIES,
Effective Sunday Apn
i2th.r train No. 1 111
vrill leave Goldsboroa
9:40 p;m. arrive inRal;
eigh ll:59pnto same
aipresent Gndwillleavg
Raleigh at 2:00 a. m.t
arriiHng at Greensboro
at 6:00 a.
W. H. ! McGtAMERY)
v P; and 7. A., .-".-
Raleigh
N.CJ,
As officially!, announced
yesterday
afternoon the Southern Railway trill
on Sunday night put back Into open. ?.
tiorir the ldv schedule on, it train jN .
i 1 l'Vout of j Raleigh a schedule thi t
had existed! foe twenty years prior o
' MayV 190. ' when - it was sudden y
! Changed. ; -:
- - Under the renewed schedule trai n
' Nft. which arrives In Raleigh t
lliSVW Vill beheljl..hcre unt I
: y a- m. bfcforelcontinulngtd 'Green; a-
her: ' :i ; :
' The change" Is 'of great important e
and convenience to people genewa.ll y
- along the line iof .the North . Carolin a
Railroad and In the Western part if
the State on account; of the fact th: it
thereby It" will ;be possible to deliver o
them, a : morning newspaper, published
. at the State Capitol' at an ' hour, la e
enough to contain full local newsm an d
telegraphic dispatches. . .
- It will be remembered that, at tl e
time vthe "change was announced tw o
""" years aro. the- Corporation Commi i-
slon issued an order to the 'Southenn
upon petition iof ' many hundreds of
' people not K to put the annuoncc J
. . change in effect pending a hearing en
- the merits, the reason given by tie
, comjnfssl on i being that the connection
' , with the Seaboard train arriving i it
Raleigh at ;1;20 ' a. m. north boun I,
was thereby broken.
, In spite of the order of .the con -mission,
thelSouthern Railway put the
change -into effect and at once applied
to Judge Purnell for "an injunctifji
. restraining jthe commission ; from a -tempting
toi enforce -Its. order and a: -signing
as I reasons that the change
was necessitated by the fact that trai i
No., J59, a through train at Greens
boro, left at an hour In the morntn;
So early as to 1 necessitate thetchang;
in order to make the connection; an I
that its train from Salisbury for Ashe -
. vine ku at :;so a. m.. so inac ic wa?
necessary for connection with it l o
,the change to be made. These facts,
alleged the railroad, constituted th ;
- order an interference with interstat ?
commerce and took it out of the juris
. diction of the commission to make.
After hearing the matter, Judg !
. Purneii tOOk thit'viw anA cntitlnnoJ
iTlfv'restrairiinjr order , and the peti
titionrs withdrew their complaint i
' before the Corporation Commission.
- u . . - IH-iHillC. l
1 . . i
- . v wnen, mweipre, recent changes, In
. the Southern's schedules at Greenst
T-. . . (int . r" ... i
t tvttw aiij oannuury iit-Kctllvea inc real-
: sons given at the time for the ehangd,
' vi jvifiivii vw ill ill irp i (.(JOK 11 fl
the matter informally with the South
ern Hallway with the result that th
(Id schedule has been restored. Whils
i the Southern s given xeasons for the
chartae had oeased to exist so had ih
the meanwhile the seaboard schedule
n --wpicn we original oruer. or trie
Commission wss bancd, bo that IV
Commissioners were unable to renc v
tivlr order had they desired to d' .
,nd the question lent iweix 10 iniorn -'
n adjustment,
HeBids" affording an old conven.
- Iih! to people In. ;reensboto te -rtjory
of Mng hM , to Iiave the r
; Ikmu'vi t n, early hogr In the mom
Uik hihI spend th day In that clt.
r-tnritlfiK in ihe afternoon, the re.e u
fHblUhment of th old and Ingexl4-
1ite:'Ji'dlil4' will h of lnlrt ta'tm
nr petle of th fUtwtt ff
Itslelah, whosu faelllllps tor gUlnir
jiewi (rtnfs the HtMtn capltat were
iHMiy ifnirMi by the (hung,
A Hiiro-r.nouali Muni lug Vrnjrr,
, 'Yn IhN tiMpfr. of rut rue. the hat
tihmnt f.th old order In rtriK
irstirying siiHi It will now ho nht
r'piy in hr-tler Vfiurp Hip sufc.
N'rlbefK wti liv loysllv tod ,v
tvu two yean oft ''moitiltig pi.
ler umt HMt ui ttrtn shorfly Mr
fcvrti u'tUn'k nt nlghti and inol,
of th mitst (mm thr ulialn of trylik
to Issue a credltabla Edition it nil frr -HiOMlble
hour.
,At J'' time th chsnsn was mat
Tii siul OhM-rvcr had troun. n
to ihlnk that It wHH the objict of g .
Uck froin the Houthern Hallway ard'
did not henitate to make a flgft
;liinsl It; nor, after the fight was ap
parently lost, to strain every effort lo
oyercome the serious hndla ?-
der which It was placed. Tha Hou k.
rn KaUway m ita answer bf3 f
commission denid explicitly that the
paper entered intu the reasons for the
change in the schedule, and the fact
that after the reasons averred had
ceased to operate it has taken steps to
put the old schedule into effect with
out compulsion in an action that will
appeal to those knowing the circum
stances who arc lovers of "fair play"
and a "square deal."
History of Change and gal .Fljrht.
In May. 1906, the Southern Railway
made a change in the schedule of its
train, Number 1)11, that for twenty
years had been leaving Raleigh at or
about two o'clock in the morning for
Greensboro, whereby the time of de
parture was changed to 11:59 p. m.
Upon the announcement of such
contemplated change? in schedule, the
Corporation Commission was in receipt
of protests and petitions from hun
dreds of people living both in Eastern
and Western North Carolina asking
that the proposed change be not per
mitted on account, in one instance, ' of
the connection with the Seaboard Air
Line northbound train at Raleigh be
ing broken thereby; in the other in
stance, from citizens living along the
line of the North Carolina Railroad
between Durham and Greensboro who
had been accustomed to take such
train at a reasonable hour in the
morning. attend to business in Greens
boro and return to their homes: and
ifrom thousands of people along the
line of the North Carolina Railroad,
the Winston-Salem division of the
Southern and the West generally upon
the ground that the change in schedule
deprived the people of a large por
tion of Central and the entire portion
of Western North Carolina of the ben
efit of a Raleigh paper printed at Ral
eigh and delivered the same day.
Acting upon the petitions the Cor
poration Commission made an order
which sought to prevent . the change
of schedule pending a hearing on the
merits, whereupon the Southern Rail
way, procured an injunction from
Judge Thomas R. Purnell, restraining
the said Corporation Commission with
Interfering or seeking to give effect
to its order and such injunction. on
hearing, was made permanent,
"Interstate CommereeV Injunction.
. Such injunction was issued and
made permanent on the hypothesis
that the earlier departure of train No.
Ill -from Raleigh -was necessitafed-by
certain connections at Greensboro and
Salisbury, whereby travel would be
expedited to Asheville from Eastern
North Carolina and whereoy travelers
from Eastern North Carolina would
be enabled to connect wih the South
ern Railway's interstate early morn
ing train. Jfumber'39, at Greensboro;
but- subsfcouent changes in schedules
at Greensboro and Salisbury have
served to remove the objections stated
to -the malnteraince of the -old. and
valuable : policy of sending out from
Raleigh a train' which would reach
Greensboro at an early hour in the
morning . and there : connect with
trains ;for the West and South and
y-1 continued on, -jpf.g$ Jfire.j t,;
Dartmouth Defeats Trin
ity Five to Four.
Trinity Has Tilings Going er Way Un
til the Eighth When Gantt by
Walking Three Men and
Allowing Hits and 3 and
2-Baggcrs.
(Special to New and Observer.)
Durham. N. .C, April 9. -Dartmouth
turned the tables on Trinity today,
winning the second ball game of the
series, by the score of five to one.
Trinity scored first in the fifth and
seemed to have4 had things going her
way until the fatal eighth. On this
inning Gantt-lost his own game by
walking three men and allowing hits
for three and two bags respectively.
When . the eighth closed five New
Hampshire boys had crossed the pan.
Trinity failed to score in their half
of the eighth and in the ninth some
subs were tried at the bat.
The tam left at six thirty on a
special for Atlanta,. Ga., where they
play. Georgia Teck two games. The
student body. accompanied the team to
the train to give them a good send
off.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Dartmouth 000 000 050 5 4 1
Trinity 000 010 000 1 3 4
Batteries: Glaze and Leonard; Gantt
and Claude Flowers.
Summary: Struck out by Glaze, 7:
by Gantt. 10. Bases on balls, off Gantt,
3; off Glaze,-2. Hit bv pitcher, Gantt.
3. Earned runs. Trinity, 1; Dart
mouth. 1. Umpire, Frank Wrenn.
Time of game, 1:50.
CHABER OF COMMERCE.
To Be Organized In High Point
North State Going Into Winston
Funeral of 3Ir. Loftln.
fKprelal to News and Observer.)
High Point, N. iC, April; 9. A call
has been Ixtnjed for the purpose of
efTIng an organization to! be known
as the chamber f Commerce of High
Point, to ho held In th directors,
room of ihf orth Carolina Havings
Bank nd Trust Company Friday
night, April itiv Already over 100
nit men hsv ben ae'eurM fur a char
ter lint, 0
stockholder nt fhe'NnMh HI Hie TH
ephone 7mpny yesterday sfterndon
It wm dHilr1 to a,j uno Wlnmon n(
th parllMt poMlhle flttlf. ths .ompw
ny alrrady hnvlna a franr iiinf. to enter
the Twin 171 ty. MateHal In Nlri.dy on
thfl ground to romplte th Una to a
hslf way fioliit, n,i lh, other hair
will rmtimenceil an oon m tnj4 j
fTfimp!ld. A f'"1 ot fu.
rail tieonl hnv n!rMdy voninwM tuv
tha aervle. The eompany is eneour
aged to liellev that a good revenue
will be hd from th line between
here and Winston, mw' nf. the cltl
ena of the Twin City giving assurance
of stOJiort. i
7he remains of Mr. EMxabeth Uf.
tin, who died near Jamestown, were
lr.e?red yeaterday at Red Hill, near
Che Eilllls place. Rev. Mr. Bowles
conducted the funeral ,'aervlees. The
5333ta3d wa 4 yeara of age and
L'vsa a husband and aeveral children
TABLES TURNED
THREE TIMES
I
Democrats Force Repub
licans to Quorum.
THE HOUSE SESSION
In Spite of Repeated Koll-Calls ITo - f -
ress is Made in tlc Transaction
of Hii.-.lncss- Bills to Increase
Revenue Cutter Service Are
. Pactl.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington.. D. C, Apr
, . rr-f
timea todav in the House the Demo
crats caught the Republicans "nap
ping'' and, forced them to produce a
quorum. On one other occasion a vote
by tellers disclosed the absence of a
quorum but Speaker Cannon peremp
torilyapplied the Reed rule and de
clared a quorum to be present. In
doing so he had a brief," but lively
clash with Mr. Williams. j
Notwithstanding repeated roll.calls
progress was made in the transaction !
of public business. Both the army!
and the fortifications aDDrooriations
bills were sent to congerence; the Sen- !
ic uius Lit increase ine emciency or
teh revenue cutter service wa. with
Democratic help passed and the bill
to promote the safe transportation In
interstate" commerce of explosives was
considered. It will be finally disposed
of tomorrow. The Democrats pre
vented the adoption of the conference
report on the Indian appropriation
bill and caused it to be sent back to
conference.
At five o'clock the House took a re
cess until 11:30 tomorrow.
Divisions and Roll Calls.
A mojJon by Mr. Sherman. New
York, in the House of Representatives
today to recommit the Indian Appro
priation bill to conference started the
daily monotony of divisions' and roll
calls. Mr Williams, the
V" . V1
leader, was on hand with his' usual
demand for the yeas and naves, which
f he -facetiously remarked was made
Pai of the materity chall
raynr, oi xne majority., cnanngeo
mat assertion ana at tne same time
made the point of no quorum. Against
that motion Mr. Williams protested,
saying the point was dilatory. Speaker
Cannon, however, ruled that "the
point of no quorum will get a more
speedy action.
"Oh," drawled Mr. Williams, "I
guess that's so."
The roll was called and the bill was
returned to conference. 250 to 3. the
Democrats all voting with the Repub
licans. The reason for returning the bill to
the conferees wss found in thg fact
that important changes were neces
sary in the provisions for the payment
of the attorneys of the Five Civilized
Tribes for services performed in the
preparation of their citizenship rolls.
The provision was so altered as to
make It general and to extend it be
yond the limits fixed by either House.
Subsequently the bill was again call
ed up for passage under suspension
of the rules. Mr. Sherman explained
that the objectionable provision relat
ing to contracts between attorneys and
claimants had been restored to its
original pharseology, so aw to require
the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Mr. Fitzgerald, New York, ve
hemently opposed the adootion of the
conference report and called upon his
Democratic colleague to force the Re
publicans to mak good their boast
that only such legislation as the ma
jority wanted would be enacted.
"What is sauce for the goose," he
exclaimed, "is sauce for the gander."
"and, he added, "the Republican side
on this occasion will be the gander."
The Democrats voted solidlys against
the adoption of the; report, with the
result that the necevary two-thirds
vote was not forthcoming, and the
bill accordingly for the present viill
lie on the Speaker's table.
STATE VS. STATE.
Case of Virginia Against Wet Virginia!
Has a Preliminary earing.
(Bv the Associated Press.)
Washington. D. C. April 9. The
case of the commonwealth of Virginia
against th' State of West Virginia in
volving the liability of the latter State
for a part of the $30,000,000 debt con
tracted by Virginia before the creation
of West Virginia, received a prelimi
nary hearing by the Supreme Court of
the United States today in connection
with the preparation of an order for
thj appointment of a master lo take
tfftimony. The two States differ ma
terially as to the form in which this
order should he drawn, and the point
was argued at length by a large array
of counsel. Holmes.' Conrad hP'h rr!
for the bondholders mid Itandolph
Harrison and Attorney General An
derson for the state of Virginia, for
mer United .Stall' Senator Hpooner
and former Hemdary Carllnle repre.
aenled West Virginia,
A MI'IUU IKU 8
hNri,T.
Two llohlM'ra from IIm Wrsl
a McMihui.
I lack
Ilerirnril, N. A frl Two white
tneti named Jkoohty ami Jonen, from
Wlaronsln and Nebraska rewpeellvely,
have laan bound over M eonrt under
t&OO b'dt.1 each Mfciiard of crushing
the skull of William S, Long, n mr.
hant and attempting, to rob him
Long waa attMfked In bin slore at
Yeopln, In I'erqulmana county, by I he
two men, who are said to have beat
the merchant over the head with a
cluW Ilia cries, for heln frightened
the men away. A pdaae was organized
and the men were captured In Hert
ford. Justice of the Peace Newbv com
mitted the men toljall In default of
ball. It l said that thev had been
working la a lumber camp.
on
Roosevelt Sends Special
Message to Congress.
BONAPARTE'S REPORT
i on? of the Shortest Icagcs lie lias,
"Yet Transmitted to Congress
IJcxrt liCgal Phase of
Attorney tieiieral.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. D. C. April 9. In one
y- V van Ao-n fKitli Via Vfc C3 i
i n- 3ini vcl J 1 1 asa 5 iiivii r ia. :
! t;ooseven ioaay cauea me aiieniion j
Iof that body to the necessity fori
j further legislation on the subject of
anarchy. With the message he trans
mitted a report reviewing the legal
phase of the question by Attorney
General Bonaparte.
The message of the President Is as
follows;
To the Senate and House. of Repre- i
sentatives:
"I herewith submit a letter from
the Department of Justice which ex-
- sm ,
itself. ' Under this opinion, I
that existing statutes gives the
President the power to prohibit the
postmaster general from being used as
an instrument in the commission of
crime; that Is. tOi prohibit the use of
the mails for the advocacy of murder.
f arson and treason; and I shall act
upon such construction. Unquestion
ably, however, there should be furth
er legislation by Congress In this mat
ter. When compared with the sup
pression of anarchy, every other ques
tion sinks into insignificance. The
anarchist is the enemy of humanity,
the enemy of all mankind, and his is
a deener degree of criminality than
any other. No immigrant is allowed
to come to our shores if he is an an
archist; ?ind no paper published here
or abroad shall be permitted circula-
tion in this country If
It propagates
anarchistic opinions.'
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The White House, April 8, 1908
''ioti; to. the. Post
r S)tf . ;..Hlrt, fmn th.
master General to exchtae from the
malls such publications as "La Ques
tions kciale," President Roosevelt, in
his letter to; Attorney General Bona
parte, asking for an opinion on the
legal phases of the subject, says he
has had tu.e particular case called to
the attention of the governor of New
Jersey by Secretary Root that the
governor may proceed under the State
laws.
-The opinion of the Attorney General,
which the President transmits to Con
gress, embraces a discussion of the
whole subject from many legal angles.
His first conclusion is that the article
In question, which advocates the use
of arms and dynamite in annihilating
police and soldiers that anarchy can
prevail, constituted a "seditious libel,"
and "Is undoubtedly a crime at com
mon laws."
He declares that there Is' no Fed
eral statute which makes such pub
lications an offense against the United
States, and that the Federal courts
consequently have no jurisdiction in
the matter. That there is full power
in the possession of Congress to make
such publications criminal, the At
torney General asserts. and quotes
Chief Justice Fuller, of the Supreme
Court and Mr. Justice Field, as au
thority. The g-reater portion of his opinion
is devoted to the question of whether,
in the absence of any legislation by
Congres. the Postmaster General has
the right to exclude such publications.
On this point his conclusion is, "the
Postmaster General will be justified
In excluding from the mails any issue
of any periodical, otherwise entitled
to the privilege of second class mail
matter, which shall contain anv ar
ticle constituting a seditious libel and
counseling 'such crimes as murder,
arson, riot and treason."
In arriving at the latter conclusion
i the Attorney General made a clear
distinction with reference to the au
thority of postal officials over sealed
and unsealed mail matter. In con
veying letters and newspapers to per
sons whom they are directed, he says
the United States, "undertakes the
business of a messenger." He adds:
"In so tar. as it conveys sealed doc
uments, it's agents not only are not
bound to know, but are expressly for
bidden to ascertain, what the purport
of such messages may be; therefore
the government nor its officers can be
held either legally or morally respon
sible for the nature of the letters to
which they thus, in intentional ignor
ance, afford transportation. But in
the cuse of printed matter. Intended
for general circulation and which, by
virtue of the statues above mentioned,
and In consideration of the reduced
rale nt which It Is transported, the
oflVer of the ot office Department
have the leifal rlaht to thoroughly In
pect, it weeiiM, Obvious that neither
theiiit ofttrerp nor the government
which eninlma litem can escapa re.
Npofiniliiiitv : for I he ivoiMequencea If
they uiHHvitiuly transport matter
which becomes, and which they must
know might be reuonahly expected to
become a raue of crime,"
It I probuble Ihat the rnnimeiK'e
Mient eerrlfM of the Medical lepart
rioiit of Hie Hbile I'nlvrMly will oc.
cur at Clwoel Hill May ;'Im, f)r,
(enre n, Thomas, of Wilmington,
Mill deliver lite ainiUHl ujripa, Tttlr
teen Find' nis will come up for gradua
lloli
; i
WE WEATHER.
Local shf.iveia Friday and probably
Saturday 4 cent fair Friday on the;
coast: I'lhtOo fresh east winds.
Iftv (Weal Im'i- Yesterday,
Maxlmrm? t mpernture 76 degrees
mlntoiiift; Nemneratur'n fin dearer!
total preilpttat'on for 24 hours end'
Ing 8 p. m., trace.
AGAIN AS IT WAS
LO EN DAYS
Chief justice to Sit in
Dispensary Case.
FOR THE NEGRO VOTE
Roosevelt's Concern for th' Xcgr.,--
Work Cn a Waterway 10 Begin-
Kitchen Returns -Lynchburg
Convention -Poii Makc a
Statcii'vnt.
By 'THOMAS . PEXCE.
Washington. D. C. Aori? 9. Chief
I Justice Fuller, of the Supreme Court
of the United States, has signified his
intention to go to South Carolina and
fit with Judge Pritchard of 'the United
I Slates Circuit Court, duinjr the con
i sfderatii.n of the famous dispensary
fcase. Attorney-General Lyon. of
i South Carolina, has been here for sey-
orml rfnv"fnr the nnrnosp Of spcurincr
i n wiit of Miiriprsertpas in the disoensarv
cage It Vias at nis suggestion that the
(("hlef Justice has consented to take
jurisdiction in this case.
l'nler the laws governing the Fed
eral judiciary the various Sffl.es are
divided into nine circuit .districts
which numl r represents th' numer
ical strergth of the Supreme Court of
I the United States. By virtue of this
arrangement a member of the teu
preme is designated to preside over
each of the circuit fllstricts It so
happens that the Chief Justice pre
sides over the Fourth Circuit District,
which embraces! the States j surround
ing the seat of; the Federel govern
ment. North Carolina. and South Car
olina are among this number of
Statse. j !
In the oldens days before the Su
preme Court wias .overwhelmed with
such an amount of cases it was cus
tomary for members to visit the var
ious districts arid sit with the Circuit
judges. This practice has fallen into
disuse ih recent! years, the reason be
ing that the court has had its. time
pretty well occupied with- caseg com
ing befoie Itjiere In Washington. So
far as is knffwri. Chief Justice Fuller
in ajl his twenty year, service upon
the Supreme Court bench; has never
made a circuit! visitation. For this
reason his comina visit to South Caro
lina when he will sit with Judge Prit
chard Is likely jto attract attention.
The Chief Justice is seventy-five years
of age. I .
RoosevcH's Concern.
President Ropsevelt is very much
concerned because the Jim row car
flaws in operation in the j Southern
States have caused railroads operatina;
in that territory in some instances to
deny to the colored man the same fa
cilities furnished white people who
pay first-class fare. His Interest In
the matter has prompted him to write
to the Attorney-General a letter, copies
of which were given to the press from
the White House with a great amount
of noise, calling ujxm that official to
institute proceedings. against the of
fending railroads, looking to the .en
forcement of the "principle of equality
of acommodations." No man knows
better how to appeal for the negfo
vte when he needs it. Mr. Roosevelt
has all the old IRepubllcan leaders In
the South of former days beat a mile.
He afforded ample proof of this s(j
ment when he ; was running forrne
Presidency . fofcr years ago. Mr.
Roosevelt needs the negro Vote for his
candidate. Mr. Taft. and he I needs It
badly. Both the President and Mr.
-Taft have given great offense, to the
negroes during the past two years,
and the Mack man in thj ! pivotical
States of the East and est are swearing
vengeance. Mh Roosevelt realizes the
necessity of getting this vote in line,
and he has detrmlned to do so. It
mav be necessary to have another ne
gro dine at the White 'House between
now and the day of election In order
to swing the colored man In line for
the Secretary of War. The author of
my "policies" has gone after that vote
and he will get It. Make no mistake
about that.
Work On Waterway to Begin.
Representative Small had an inter
view today with General MacKenzle.
Chief of Engineers of the War Depart
ment, an 1 learned from him that work
will soonbegin on the .construction of
the third section of the prposed In
land Waterway between , Adam's
creek and the ocean, for which Con
gress made an appropriation of $550,-
000. The head of the River and Har
bor plan of im
iprovement said that dirt
ng; now, but for the fact .
would be flyl
that several land owners alone the
route of the waterway have been holding-
out for more money. He thinks
all titles will be perfected for the gov
ernment In a few weeks. When this
is done contract will be let .for the
actual work of excavation. The most
eostlv vol will be a cut ten feet deep
and thirty feet wide for a distance of
four mile.
lifti'liin I , v lire.
Representative W, W.KItcJtln. who
has been In the Htate for several weeka
looking a'ter his gubernatorial candt
dady, I back, lie will take part In
the consideration of the naval appro
priation bill, which cornea up In the
HiiiiNe this week, Aa the result of tha
death of the late Mr. Myers, of Iwiula
lana, Mr, KHiiiln la now the ranking
ieni"crat on thla committee, He will
probably speak on the bill, There I
much lutereat n"'ng his fellow mem.
bers aa ll4 result of the lively rare
for tlovurfor lo h Htata,
Tin Iddit'liftiirf Convention,
W, H. llaskfrvllle, of Itfiannki, Vi
who was a cm ml Mate for delegate tit
the national convention at the Mlxth
Virginia district -convention, held at
Lynchburg Tuesday afternoon, waa n
Washington last night. He said, in
speaking of the tvmventlon:
"The Lynchburg convention wita an
Interesting exhibit In patronage-controlled
politics, and In thla I presume
waa typical of the conventona, wheh
have been electing Taft delegatea
throughout the South. A dozen or
fifteen of the . alxty-threoj delegatea
were federal, employe, anaa number
of other office holders weffc footers
on the side-lines. Mr. An who
was elected one of the delef a. had
been outspoken for Hughsfiup to
Monday. On that dav '-2naer
Frank Hitchcock, former flfrsfjssist
ant postmaster-general andltiralded
amone the southern office-l jers as
prospective postmaster-geneoip n case
of Taft's nomination and infection,
used the telephone calling M post
offices in the Sixth district, feie call
ed the assistant postmaster rt.ynCh
burg, a relative of mine. lHtuitlng
him. to communicate with lifi post-master-at
Bedford City., whoju been
supporting- Angell. and saldtlkt An-
sen must oe aereatea unless ?
m
would
accept instructions for Taf f.f lithe .as
sistant postmaster - was fllsoi V trected
to line me up. Mr. Angeii Evidently
agreed to accept ihstructfconfeiliid'jwas
elected. I was supported byinjs larg
est single delegation in the ca jpntion,
that from Montgomery eoutitC', jwtth
fifteen delegate votes out. of-t he to
tal of sixty-three. . The; ;4i ligation
from Halifax was controlleSif jsy ; the
postmasters from South .Bojbjn and
Houston, and that rrom Befrd by
the postmaster at Bedford fil.y. and
1 could figure out only thatjifvout.-2S
of the 32 votes necessary to aVjtectlori
hence 1 did not allow my na ft r to go
before the convention. TWl Resolu
tions, instructing for Taft wet: receiv
ed by the convention in sileH. : Al
though the chairman pausecpf l r ap
plause at the close of the -rat gy of
Taft, there was not a sijfn of M',proval
from the convention. It wasl federal
machine made proposition f &lj start
to finish.
"It is doubtful."- said Mr.Msker
ville, "if there has been at pSrjdlel in
the history of the country Jr the
cold-blooded, unbridled use of; federal,
patronage for the control orhe! af
fairs of a political party to thJwhlch
is now going on in the jSoufHThe
opinion and feelings of the pe Je the
effect of the proceeding uponj A wel
fare of the party or its relatiti thfe
good of the public service 08 to
count for absolutely nothin4n ! the
scale against the desire fpr pf and
public place. If it does ncfllbefore
long cause an uprising through jut the
country among those whd beUe that
public office is a trust, and no?; I J, mere
leverage for the attatlnment (f i sel
fish purposes and ambitious igns,
I will be surprised." ' f;iU
Poti Makes a StatemeI i ';. ,
Speaking of the report : he
would not be a candidate imi Con
gress two years hence - as thej result
of an agreement It was alleged? (had
made with poliUcians in thJW$ strict.
Representative Pou said todajiji
"My attention has beisn ctl d to
an article published In severaM iapera:
fn the State In which It Is stai j that
a rumor is being crculatedsitb4t I
have entered nto an agreemtf "with
some one not to be a candidai-a again
in consideration of certain .support
which t is suggested I would have
received but f or thj -agree$tf PX In
any part.' I win say that; auchumor
is utterly i without foundation, :tj have
made no agreement ot any, w id in,
this respect, in fact have jnot H p dis
cussed what course I shall ptf. lie in
the future with any one, o as I
can recall. The ertdent puftfie dt
the Vrumor" is to injure! me the
r-eople of the Fourth district i!f am
now a candidate for the noruHAtion
because I am led to believe iiyt aTn
overwhelming majority of thS? demo
crats of the District are wni?athat
I shall aaln bejjamed as th S ndi
date. I have received mofcethan
four hundred letters from "DeM crats
in all parts of the district getle4busry
offering their support. FronvrTOorts
I a mreceiving it looks as if 41 out
of the six counties favor; my 4Q.fltna
tion by very large majorities ? yhlle
I will receive a good vote li3hf one
remaining county. ' I do .not jrare to
hold the office any longer ttawj the
Democrats of the district warrfi to
hold it. I think I am in a bf M; po
sition to serve my constituens-than
heretofore. If again nominal d I
shall continue to render the -bis) ser
vice I am capable k ot rendergf . If
defeated I shall retire with thL' ifaoln
to my party and the people." l r
Prcsidenf and Vice fftps-
- pit '
ident aro Indicted
Officers of Tlio Xeal Bank offluiUi
Indicted for Violating Law
,
or
to Failure of The Bank f
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December.
fRv the Associated Press
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Atlanta (ia Ann
ton, president of the Neal Baetand
1
W. F. Manry. its vlce-presldenv -Tere
indicted by the Fulton countyS&and
Jury today for violating the laiv jjr, ith
reference to the management JtU the
bank prior to its xaiiure last ive ien
Messrs. Manry and Thorntoiere
jointly indicted on the charge 'offend
ing to one concern more than S i per
cent of the capital stock of theiank.
which la a violation of the Neat J lank
charter. Mr. .Thornton waa -InT:ted
Individually for borrowing t)ney
from the bank at the time he wfflone
of ita directors, and Mr. ManrH twaa
Indicted Individually for false- fAr
Ing to the financial condition iff th
Institution In i report made if f the
Htate Hank Kxamlner whlla btewaa
cashier, '. s
The sum In exeeaa nt.ti per of
the lank?a capital "lock whicfrjtt la
charged tha twit officials InaneR:
made to u. T, latilaon and ConJiany,
and it amounted to 1 1 80,000, Hi;
Tha sum which Thornton In tHfgnit
wlih borrowing from llja, hanfsiwgi
ahout ITI.AOO to aecura which sS (a
alleged to have given a note n piffu
tor of thtt Nftl Ut, ! "-Eli,
The t'hargf In tlif joint bill aliinit
Meaara, Thornton anA Manry ia fel
nny punishable hy Imprlaonmcin tor
a term of from two to aeven '"vmW,
The charge of false awearlMr In
the bill against Manry la punlible
by Imprlsonmrnt.
The charge against ThorntbUi of
borrowing money from the ban
director la punishable hy lmpj ?on-
ment.
It's better to forget an InJurThan
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LIVES OF
BY A DOG
Sleeping Ones Escapo
From Burning Rosidonco
ON
SOUTHERN TRIP
Trinity Ball Team Leaves for Atlanta,'
3Iacon, Atliens and. Spartanburg, ;
lliV Cr4. WUUanis In J)j. ' . -
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham. N. C.i, April t.- A 'smalt,
house dog, a pet, probably, saved -the-
Uvea ofj a family at an early morning; .
fire today. The house-vat afire prac
tically jail over when - the v little - jogr'
went tcj the bed of his master1 and by;
barking awoke him and he awoke his
family.j The room . was filled i with
blinding smoke at the time. In aR '
probability one or more' members of ' "
the family would have lost their lives -but
for the warning given by .tha
dog. ... . V : .'-':-' v , 4 '
The iome burned was a 'beautiful "
new tWo-story , cottage in the north- '
eastern) section of the city.' It belong
ed to John B. Proctor and ! was Joccu- '.
pied, by; the family of R. . Barbea.
The. home was a new one, seven rooms " '
and two baths, and cost $2,259.. Aa
the members of the: family ran from
the house the. cry of fire was 1 raised :
and thn the son ran to the nearest - t
fire boje and pulled an alarm; . The '
house was therefore burning rapidly
and beyond all hope of saving before
the firemen were notified, i This wa
shortly alter one . j o'clock.1 There
were aj - number of pretty two-story
cottages all around this one but non
of these were damaged In the least.
Mr. Proctor.! who owned the house. "
carried 11,600 Insurance.-; Mr, Bar
bee had J600 on his furniture, ThN
will 'coveralls loss.'! or nearly so, as
some things were saved. . i f
; TVhlle': the , origin of the fire is not
known it is almost certain that it
started from i a chicken brooder that '
waa urider the rear of the house. The
theory ;ia that the lamp,exploded and
the flames spread "iinder the. house. -
V- i ;On Sontlcr&iTr1n.y s T'
The Trinity ball r Heam'lefr tbis
morning on the southern, trip. This
trip will end. with the return of the
team t Durham one week from next
Saturday. The full team with several
subs were accompanied by Dr.: Merle
T. Adklns. the coachi , He will return
on the j-8th and will remain here for
the game with Delaware College on
Easter iMonday, ; 20thr and that night
he will leave for Baltimore to Join
the Baltimore American League team;
he ; beldg one of the leading pltcfccro
on that team. - , 1 r
OiL the trlr South" the Trinity !cy
ers wllj play two 'games at Atlccti,
these : games being witn the "Ter "re ' 'r
two games at Macon with Merce? i3ct !
lege; two ' games at Athens with -"JrJt
University of Georgia? and one garr
each at Spartanburg, S. C whera t'sti
Wo f ford College team will 1e ulcyctj
and th "last , game will be "with
man College. Up to this time Trian? '
has placed eleven games and loci ec3 -v!
The teams that will be : met oa ili
Southern trip will have a hard o.xtJ '
ositlon ito face in the team from. Sue
ham.
In Dying Condition.
Williams, of Chatham couaCi
C. U
is now
at the home of his eon. T7. h.
Williams, this cltr,, and is In a tuj -
condition. He came here for tlit
purpose of examination and posi1"cl
operation, suffering from soma btec" .
der ;tr4uble.;but- was taken very :t,.
and Is! now . unconsclons. -.He Ic r4K
years of age and his friends and- rcs - '
tlves are anxious about his condltlcu.
Mr. WJlliams Is a prommentt ; ar.tu ' j
well-known citizen' of Chatham ccurjti'.i .
'.. "v: Several News Items.' ' 1 '. .
Little Miss Lena May Monk, denote,
ter, of Wi J. Monk, entertained: abcuS
thirty of her young friends at a. birih-
SAVED
folks romped and played and had all " T"
. K . m . . ' . .. T
ui. wbj. i neu - !, reiresnmenu . wem .
served It was a happy party. !- ;
Dr. McIIlwain, missionary to Japtn.
delivered ah address In the : Sundty
school room of the First-Presbyterian
church! tonight. After the address
silver offering was taken. - ;
In the Durham high school bulling
tonlght; beginning at 8 o'clock, there'
was an; old-fashioned " spelling , be?.
This was given by "one of the clrclat
of Main Street Methodist church and
waa for the benefit of tte mew-1 Me
morial j church. An admission fee :
ten cents was . charged. A goodly
number, attended. 5 -I - ..r & i
The series of meetings being' ' cea
ducted in the Episcopal church. JStsIi.
Durham, by Rev. Thomaa 1 Trott, tst i
slated by IXer. Samuel Ilanff, of Pu'.:e,i
are growing In Interest. Large tc.
dlencei
a are i
attending the meeting
Itobnem TaWo ITS Worth of lUin!?:??
ifuginff. iirras uoiaia ana
: ; iv into Cl i j
fMpeflal.to Nw and Obnnvt?.': '
floldliboro, N, C, -April p. Tilt
lor ot Hmlth, Ham ato of ?:u
villa, a small toan about rilna tnltf
north Of here, j was broken Into cn6
robbtd iajt night, IJnlrancfl wpi
gl
alnad j by uoring poira around th,'
foeki on , th door,
In drop outr Th
. I. w "i m n ..... ,.".;
about I7S worth' of
Want burg sdsin;,
soma drtaa good and a whit ve
Ithouih th money drawer contAl:i?ti 1
several dollirt in vaalt It wai not : tr -turbed,
Jut thrrte yenra a to tody
thli Mtn ttor wu broken Into cm:
fevtrilkdollirti worth of drcn rone1.'
taken. Waa th robber a woman?
,- - n. i. -,. - ,i iji
Th WAk County Medicnl Soz'.ci?
held tti regular monthly meeting vcs:
terday. there belne.a large attends nc !
of physlcJana,, and Interesting profen
atonal paper were real And dUcussel
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