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a i' THE RALEIGH TIMESwWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 211912. PEEdol!ii ij Shercja Is NctiScd Thai G. 0. P. Needs Hia-Sulher-land's Speech ; Utica, N.s Y., Aug. 21. Senator Stherland of Utah was spokesman for the committee which today noti fied Vice President , James , School eraft Sherman of his nomination by the Chicago republican convention. Most of Senator Sutherland's speech aside from a short declara tion of principles of the republican party and a tribute to Mr. Sherman, was composed of caustic references to the progressive party and Its re cent convention which nominated Colonel ; Roosevelt and Governor Hiram Johnson for president and vice-president. V "We shall ha.ve arrayed against us in the coming campaign our an cient and hereditary enemy, th.e democratic party," said he. "In ad diton we shall be called upon to contend with some former associates who have concluded to abandon . their amiable, custom of firing upon the flag they have been following, inr order that they may engage in the more honorable, but no more effec tual, occupation . of : assaulting it from the front. "For tue next few months our ears are to be filled with the voice of the malcontent, strident and many-keyed, calling upon the peo ple to forsake the tried and beaten paths of constitutional government, along which they have walked with pure feet fpr more than a century, and enter upqn personally conduc ed pilgrimage' through the political wilderness to a promised land as shadowy and unsubstantial as a desert mirage. "The advance agents of this de lirious excursion tarried a tew days ago at Chicago, long enough to pool their individual grievances, viBions and vagaries ' in a bewildering far rago of impractical polltcal nos trums such as never before has Veen colec.ted at .one time outside the violent wards of a madhouse. And thus the so-called progressive party was born, its sole excuse for exist ence being the unfounded claim that its nominee for the presidency was defeated for a like nomination by stolenvotes at the republican con vention." Senator Sutherland briefly re viewed the question -of contested delegates at the republican conven tion with the contention that Presi dent Taft's nomination was gotten fairly; and honestly. He referred to the published statement that some of the Roosevelt contests bad been set afoot for a psychological effect "It would be a strange rule of evidence which would require us to accept the testimony of a bucaneer ing psychologist who confesses to an attempt to purloin the larger por tion of an honest man's property, as conclusive evidence of the psychol ogist's title to the remainder of the That pile of clinkers just in front of us 13 the leavings of much com mercial energy which we trust resulted in large profits. If energy and courteous treatment availeth we will grow. Walk around the clink ers and drop in. We will be glad to have your account, large or small. Commercial or Savings 4 Per Cent Compounded Quarterly Anchor Trust Company . 4 East Martin Street, RALEIGH, N. C. ANCHORED honest man's possessions," he con tinued. : "There never has been in all his tory more unique convention than that of the progressive' party at Chi cago. Heretofore, when a party has been organised, Us organizers have in advance entertained at least a suspicion rjjpecting their principles; but the delegates to this convention, wholly ignorant of the things for which they stood, waited with pa tiently folded hands, the appearance of Mr. Roosevelt In the convention to tell them what they believed. "Upon his appearance he was re ceived with reverent adoration. With a spirit of self abnegation never witnessed since the charge of the light brigade at Balaklava a'Their's not to reason why, thelr's but to do and die' sort of exaltation, . led by tv.e grand young man from Indltfha, devout but tuneful, the as sembled vassals proclaimed their Joyous intellectual surrender to the feudal lord in the following hynn of driveling irresponsibility: Follow, follow, We will follow Roosevelt, Anywhere, everywhere ' We will follow him. Follow, follow, We will follow Roosevelt, Anywhere he leads us, We will follow on. "All of which being chanted to the ravishing air of that stirring ditty, entitled, "We dont kuow where we're going, but we're on our vay,' wrought the multitude into such a state of blind and benighted idolatry that authentic information to the effect that the colonel had Just waylaid a perfectly respeetiiMe minister of the gospel and robbed him of his last month's, donations would have brought forth entuusl sttic cheers for the colonel and a vote of stern condemnation for tha man of God as the representative of a dangerous and Iniquitous pluto cracy. - ' . .. "In form two thousand delegates, more or less, gathered in the coli seum; in reality Mr. Roosevelt met In convention at. Chicago, made a confession of faith, gave his hand to the colored brother from the north and his foot to the colored brother from the south, adopted a platform, nominated hiiusU anl brother Johnson, and adjourned with the ease jt a .thoroughly trained thimblerigger plying . his vocation among the rural vlstorj to the midway plaisance. "The campaign upon which we are about to cuter presents issues of more serious . moment to the American people than any tney havo confronted since the grave questions which immediately precede 1 and ac companied the civil war. The over shadowing question th.n was whether the union, under the con stitution, could be perpetuated; that which confronts us today is whether the constitution itself, and the government which the constitu tion iself, and. the government which the constitution established, shall be preserved a question of t ... . . ., if not .greater activity, since it would be of little avail ot have preserved the union from the chais of disintegration if the government of tht unici is to be given over to the chaos of disorganization. "The party to which we belong, Mr. Vice President, stands in this supreme contest for the independ ence and integrity of the judical tribunals of the land, without which the guaranty of life, liberty, and property would be a meaning less platitude. It stands : for the settled rule of impersonal govern ment, as opposed to the shifty op portunism of personal manipulation; for the liberty and order of general law, as against the tyranny of special-edicts of changing men. It plants itself upon the impregnable ramparts of the constitution, and, solemnly protesting aginst any sub version of the terms ot that great compact by the arrogant and revolu tionary process of amendment by misconstruction, appeals from the midsummer madness of that portion of th people wh,lch can be fooled all the time to the sober second thought of the great body of tha American electorate who will render judgment In November." CHARLOTTE WIRES DOWN City WU1 Have All Wires Put Under Ground To Work Gold Mine. (Special to The Times.) Chralotte, Aug. 21. City Electri cian Connelly has begun a campaign to have all wires in the fire limits go under ground. He will start by taking down the string of lights put up several years ago for decorative-illumination purposes and will then turn his attention to the West ern Union and Postal wires. The Bell Telephone company officials have signified a willingness to co operate wh the city in clearing the streets ot these hindrances to fire fighters, and It Is believed that within the next few months Char lotte's streets will present an entire ly different appearance. The Surface Hill Mining and Mill ing Company ot Charlotte has been organized to work the old Surface Hill gold mine, 11 miles east ot the city and the promoters are' con fident that the nropositon will be a big paying investment. Mr. R. Bu.rye, a miner of 15 years experi ence, has been investigating the old mine tor some time, and he states to your correspondent that Mack lenburg county is a read Eldorado for gold miners and has possibilities that surpass even the famous Cripple Creek section of Colorado. This statement Is based on a close in vestigation . of mining properties in this section made by himself and his engineer, Prof. E. M. Tucker. The new company will be incorporated with 1600,000 stock and work on the Surface Hill mine will be push ed in a systematic manner. The Whole Family Beads The Baleigh Times. MSiimfm mmw:ml tfj;jm&mj SON OF "BIG WHITE FATHKR" AND INDIAN CHIEF. Robert Taft, eldest son of President Taft holding a pow-wow with Chief Uig Top at Glacier Park, Mont., where J'oung Taft, his sister Helen and their party are enjoying themselves immensely, camping in the 'wilds. Several entertainments were arrunged for their benefit by various Indian tiilw. War danc ing was invariably the feature. MANY win ATTEND MEET Interest In Waterways Asso ciation Meeting Aftermath of Tiger Crusade (Special to The Times.) Wilmington, Aug. 21. The ap proaching convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association to meet In New London, Conn., Sep tember 3rd to 6th, inclusive, will be well attended by delegates from North Carolina, says Mr. Meares Harris, the secretary of the North Carolina organization. The Old State has been bestirring itself re cently in this regard and a great deal of interest has been manifested. Another Blind Tiger. The blind tiger question in this city refuses to stay down. Like a case of measles, when it is cured in one spot, it breaks out in another, spot, found their hands full in sup pressing the sale of beer and whis key but now that all beer and whiskey sellers are scared stiff and refuse to drop one of the reviving liquid upon the parched tongue of the thirsty public here, and venders of scuDpernqhg wine have come to the tront, and are standing in tha glare of the limelight. Several nave been found selling less than 2 1-2 gallons allowed by law, and allow ing it to be drunk on the premises. They will be tried shortly. Aftermath of Tiger Crusade. One of : the by-products of the recent crusade against the whiskey men of this city Is that a Buit for damages will possibly be started against the city of Wilmington by two young men from New Bern. The grounds for the action are that they were confined in a cell and held as witnesses against a tiger, they were not allowed bond, or to communicalo with their people, that they were compelled to throw away their clothes on account of the cells be ing Infested with, insects, and that they lost their positions by reason of the fact that they were held here. Upon these grounds they will insti tute suit at once unless the city cau make an arrangement whereby need tor the suit will be abated. HE TAUGHT MARK TWAIN RIVER LOVE. Death of Captain Bixby Recalls In teresting Period in HuniorM's ; Life.; . ... . ' St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21. Captain H. K. Bixby, steamboat pilot ot the old Mississippi river days, civil war captain and Instructor ot - Mark Twain In river nagivation, was found dead in bed at his home here re cently. Captain Bixby was bortf ia New York state eighty-six years ago, and long since retired from active life. For ten years prior to the civil war he ran a steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and then quit to become pilot of a gunboat in the federal fleet, which joined In the at tack on Memphis and Vlcksburg. Although Captain Bixby 's services in the war were not extraordinarily conspicuous, as the f. instructor of Mark Twain and the original of one of the principal characters ta. Mr. Clemens' book, "Life on the Mis sissippi," his fame has been perpet uated through the fifty years since the war. Mr. Clemens paid him $500, partly in cash and partly in real estate of doubtful value, for the instruction which began in 1852,) when Mr. Clemens was. seventeen yeara old. Captain Bixby, accord ing to "Will" M. Clemens. Mark Twain's earliest biographer, gave tnia description of hi meeting with the future author: "In 1852 I was chief pilot on the Paul Jones, a boat that made occa sional trips from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. One day a tall, angular, Hoosier-like young fellow whose limbs appeared to he fastened with leather hinges entered the pilot house and In a peculiar drawling voice said: "Good mawnin',: sir. Don't you want to take a peart young fellow and learn him how to he a pilot?" ' 'No, sir; there's more worry about it than it's worth.' "'I wish you would, mister, I'm a printer by trade, but it doesn't 'pear to 'gree with me, and I'm on the way to Central America for my health. I believe I'll make a tolerable good pilot, 'cause I like the river." "'What makes jou pull your words that way?' " 'I don't know, mister: you'll have to ask my ma; she pulls hern too. Ain't there some way we can fix it so's you'll learn me how to be a pilot?' " 'The only way is for money.' "How much you a-going to charge me?' i '"I'll teach you the river for 500.' " 'Gee wbillikens! I ain't got $500, but I've got five lots ia Keo kuk, Iowa, and 2,000 acres of land iu Tennessee that is worth two bits an acre any time. You can have that if you want it.' '"I told him I didn't want his land, and after talking awhile he agreed to pay $100 ia cash, $150 in twelve months and the balance when he became a pilot. He was with me a long time, but occasionally took trips with other pilots. He was al ways drawling out dry jokes, but we didn't pay any attention to him." It was while employed on board Captain Bixby's hoat that Mr. Clem ens first heard the expression ,"Ey the mark, twain," from the lookout, and adopted the last two words as his pen name. It was also with Captain Bixby that young Clemens once had a fight, knocking his oppo nent down with an iron bar, as told in "Life on the Mississippi." Mark Twain himself once said of his Instruction under Captain Bixbv; "The work proved hard and dis couraging for the youth, but he finally reached the desired position of pilot, and had the proud satisfac tion of receiving $250 a month." ESTABLISH MILK DEPOT Dairymen Will Have Central Plant Handle All Milk. (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, Aug. 21. The estab lishment of a milk depot in Char lotte, with an accompanying compre hensive delivery wagon, Is being planned by a number of the leading dairymen fo the county, and at this time there are indications that the plan will become operative within a short time. The idea is to establish a "union station" which will be In the nature of a creamery bb well, to which all milk produced by the dairymen in the county shall be brought and from which It can be delivered at a great deal less ex pense than that which is now be ing paid by the dairymen. For in staiye, instead of . several wagous going over the same territory, some stopping at one house and some at another, one wagon will be desig nated for each section. These re tail wagons will be kept In the city, too, and milk will be brought to town in bulk. t Last of Saturday night Spe cials S. A. L. to Portsmouth Norfolk. Special Train leaves Raleigh 12 :30 A. M. Sunday, 25th. Leaves Ports mouth, return 8 P. M. same date. tf The Virtuous Waap. (From Harper's Weekly.) Wasps appear to be well-nigh as Industrious as ants or bees. One au thority has declared that the cardi nal doctrine ot the wasps Is: "If any wasp will not work, neither shall he eat." ' Division ot labor is clearly seen In the wasp's nest. Some of the workers seems to be specially em ployed as foragers and soldiers, others appear to be told off as nurses and guardians, while yet others are engaged as panermakers and masons. Wasps are at all time particularly fond of honey. Toward the end of summer, as all beekeepers know, they will force their way into bee hives aud carry off by force as much Electric Bitters Made A New Man Of Him. UI was suffering from pain In my stomach, bead and back," writes If. T. Alston, Raleigh, K. C,'and mj liver and kidneys did not wo:k right, but four bottles of Electric Bitters made me teel like a new man." J PRICE 60 GTS. AT ALL DHUG STORES, i THURSDAY'S SPECIAL -. . -: ; ... -- . ; v. ; , 49c. J J 49c. With the opening of the store tomorrow morn ing the sale is on. If you want one, don't wait until evening expecting to get it you'll be too late,' ;.; '.;.' ',' :'." .'''::'''; In Golden Oak and Early English. FALL FURNITURE as they can gorge of their winged neighbor's honey. The drones of the, wasp would, instead of being idle and luxuri ous are sober, industrious, well-behaved members of the community. They clean the streets ot their town with exemplary diligence, acting as public scavengers or sanitary offi cers. And they have their reward, for, unlike the bee drones, they live their allotted life In neace and quiet ness until winter involves both them and their maiden sisters in one common catacylsm of death and destruction. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Ha?e Always Bought Bears tne of ta&ffi&&lM Signature Fruit Jars, Jelly Glasses, Jar Rubbers. TOYLAND. The Store of Quality. M. ASHBY LAMBERT ATTORNEY AT LAW. I have moved my offices tD Rooms 7 and 8, 106 West Mar tin street, over Jas. I. John son's flew drug store. Raleigh Telephone. WHITE'S ICE CREAM Phones 123 Hargett and Salisbury Sts. NEW FALL PATTERNS Every stitch of the work is executed in our shops. A card wiy bring our represen tative. URIDGERS TAILORING CO. 82H Fayetteville St. Sumiiier Bargains Special Prices will prevail on on FRAMED PICTURES, MIRRORS, ELECTROLIERS, and all NOVELTIES during July. Buy now and save about half. ELLINGTONS ART STORE, RALEIGH, N. O. IRONS GYRAFANS V EMERSON FANS Everything Electrical Carolina Electrical Company, 223 S. Salisbury Street. HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES ICE HATCHETS AND PICKS, RAT TRAPS, Three Kinds. . SCREEN POORS and FLY PAPER. GASOLINE STOVES and CHAR COAL FURNACES, LAWN HOSE and SPRINK LERS, STEP LADDERS and WALL TINTS and a hundred other just as useful articles. Phone M. C. C. L. VV. B0WDEN, 120 E. Martin St Raleigh. Gas Fitting House Piping, Repairing and Fixtures. C. A. BRIDGERS CO. Walters Bldg;., Wilmington St. Bell Phone 954-R. J. G. CHAHBLEE, GENERAL REPAIR SHOP. Bicycles, Bab Ca rriages, Trunks, Locks, Guns, etc. 111S. Wilmington Street. AGENT FOR VICTOR BICYCLES C B. DENSOX ATTORNEY AT LAW. Probate Practice a Specialty. MONEY TO LEND ON CITY REAL ESTATE. Phone 807-R. Office 3, Capital Club Building. HONEY TO LEND la Wake County Oml. , tooma 18-19, Pullea Bnlldta City. Oa Either Real or Peraoaal Secarltjr. -4 The Whole Family Reads Tha L II P Kalelgb lines. , -
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