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OLPH BULLETIN i VOL. IV. NO. 23. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908. THE .1 4 . - li, STATE Occurrences of Interest GSened From All Sections gf the Bvy Ta.r Heel State Thirty Years for Jap. NV-vton, Spocial. Henry Yanio- the Japanese showman who ki! his fellow showman, and man in Newton October 11th, ''unl guilty in Catawba Sn Court of murder-in the second , and was sentenced by Judge JH'l :i du;p'.;y to thirty years in the peni le: mry at hard labor. Sympathy was very strong for the accused man thrc;;uhout the trial on account of the i-eneral belief that the quarrel vhie;i brought on the homicide was over the cruel treatment of the two little- Japanese girls by Kikuchi, the mar. who was killed. The bearing jf the little Jap on the witness stand also helped him. lie did not plead self-defense or endeavor to explain how he came to sheet the man in the back, onlv claiming that he. was so much excited that lie could rot remember how the hilling occurred. He was ablv defended '"bv W. C. Feimster. of Newton, and w! A. Self, of Hickory. Lonnie Rader, who hilled Miss Ballinger in the Ft art own Br;p!ist church in September, was declared insane by a jury and sentenced to the department of criminal insane in -the State penitentiary. The Governor's Th?ukssi7iii3 Frocla ir.aticn. Raleieh, Specif! Oovornor Glenn's Thanksgiving proclamation ay as is sued last week as follows: "We haA-e much for Avhich to be thankful; no pestilences or famine or ether dire - evil, save rains and floods in certain districts, have visit ed our people; but with this one ex ception our crops have been abund ant, bringing fair prices; and in spite of a panic producing distress in other States North Carolina to a great extent has been entirely free from Avant, employment paying- profit able wages, Not a sii-gle instance of mob violence has occurred during the V year, but all have acquiesced in and' obeved tV.e Yaw. Tremendous mosrress -. - has 'been, made alons a Vines o in- dustry and thrift. The State is out i of debt and prosperous an 'J aggressive fc . ' in business activity. E(iiientnina2 ' . , Ate have made greater advancement I than ever before ami are spending in I.: the edumtion of our youth as large of debt and p: operons .ml aggressive I iviiienrniiiaiiy advancement . I if Per ceiu., according to the vahie of r i our property as any State in the Union." A GccC. Showing. "l Raleigh, Special. B. C. Beckwith, of the State board of internal im 'f provements, the duty of Avhich is to j inspect and report upon the various State-aided institutions, railways, . ; -v C 'etc.,- says that everything is progress , . ;''ing without trouble at these and that . - i there are no complaints as to manage ijment. Most have been inspected and ; ' :) all will be by the end of the year. The number of pupils at the State . , -t school for the white blind and the i school for colored blind aui deaf mutes reached 350, 23 more than ever before. Next Thursday the contract Avillbe let for ,the 5,000 library if building at the school for the Avhite f blind. It will face to the south and . will be betAveen the main building "' s : and the auditorium. Handsome Building for Fayetteville. FayetteA-ille, Special. At a meet ing of the executive committee of the Southern Life Insurance Company here last week, it Avas decided to im mediately erect a handsome build ing for home offices of the company at the corner of Hay and Burgess .streets. The building v.ill cost $30 000, and will stand directly oppo.-ite the , Federal building to be erected soon. f? North State Notes. ,gJinrters are granted the Burgra hi Company, capital $125,000, the North State Realty Company, $150, 008. and the BurgrahaAv Inter-urban fJomnam-. $500,000. All these com panies are intended to develop the three towns of Burlington, Graham, antl Haw River. The purpose is to connect these by an electric railway, furnish power and heat and to de velop real estate at all the points. R. TV. Bishop, patent attorney, "Washington, D. C, reports the issue of the following patents on the 10th instant to residents of North Caro lina Mail box, J. T. Den'ny, Cromar tie; safe, L. N. Davis, Charlotte; cul- tivator, Al J. Compton, Cedar Grove. The Governor offers two rewards, each of $50, for murders at Dm-ham AA-here there haA'e been four homi cides in the past three months, one being for Charles Merritt, who killed his Avife with a razor, and the other for Susannah Ilinton, alsias Ray, Avho kU'"d Tocna Harris, colored. SeA-en ciciTtms of Washington, N. C, have been appointed delegates to the Atlantic inland waterways con vention, and it is intended to have a special ear for them and the other delegates." This car will be gaily decorated Avith streamers bearing the words "Washington Boosters." Fol lowing ;;e the delegates: Mayor E. T. Stev. uf, Dr. J. G. Blount, N. S. Fulfoi,'. '. E. Stubbs, R. A. G. Barnes, J. G. Chauncey, C. H. Ster ling. Kfcw Tobacco Company. D;r,,m. Special The Khedivial Con!j);i!i -, .m independent smoking tobnceo i.'.-.iufactory organized by Mr. YV. r.. Walker, of NeAV York City, began 1 isiness here last week and ran its rcnohinery first in the granu lating r, P,, lment. The company is charUiv.l ,.,ier the North Carolina laws !n is isi reality a New York corporal on The Khedivial in that citv i'pil prized at $250,000 and is , a :,.v '.mphtitdr, as far as it goes, of the L s AmVrican TobaocQ Com- HAPPENINGS Four Convicts Pardoned. Raleigh, Special. Governor GlenD ! pardons conditionally four convicts as follows: Edward Horton," larceny, Durham county, nine years, the Goa' ernor not believing him guilty and having no confidence in the prosecu tor; John Atkins, larceny, Stanly, one year, "on account of his age and good behaA-iour in prison; William DaA-is, Beaufort, larceny, one year, he having been seriously and perman ently injured jen the chaingang; Wil liam Wilcox, secret assault, Mitchell, four jears, because if guilty he had great provocation, the prosecutor having wronged h'm fearfully, caus ing him and his Avife to separate. The Governor refuses pardon in six cases: William Lay. larceny, Cataw ba; J. C. Black, Jr., forgery, Colum bus; Charles Horey, larceny. Bun combe; Ernest Murray, assault, Dup lin; Horace Welton, highway robbery, Buncombe; William Zeigler, gamb ling, Mecklenburg. Thanksgiving Day Orphans' Day The good people of North Caro lina haA-e chosen Thanksgiving Day as a time for special offerings to the orphans' , home of our State. We haA-e abundant cause for grati tude to God. Can we in a better wa express our thanks to Him than by henrtilv joining in to care for and train aright homeless, orphan child ren . When, impelled by a spirit of grat itude, Ae do for those little ones, does the great Father of the father less not accept it as done for Him? At present the demands upon and needs cf the orphans' homes of North Carolina are unusually large. The ThansgiA'ing offering avIII be a great factor in enabling these institutions to continue their beneficent Avork, The cause appeals to our sympa thies, to our reason, to our- sense of justice. Ave hope even a larger number of our people Avill unite this time in the interest of this Avork and that the sifts Avill be, in all respects printer than anv of the efferine-s of former years. We belieA-e the in- terest of our people in tins cause is rfrrpeniiig and Ave look for even more 1 1 liberal support to our ornhanaees. Apology Met .With Bullet. Asheville, Special. James Moody, son of ex-Conerressman Moody, shot and probably fatally wounded Dave B. Vaughn, a traveling salesman, at Waynesville early Thursday evening. The affair occurred on the main street just at dusk. The difficulty leading up to the shooting is not definitely knoAvn, but is is stated by eye-AA-itnesses that Vaughn stopped Moody on the street for the purpose of apo logizing for an alleged insult that Moody called Vaughn a d d rascal and immediately shot him, and then made "his escape before he could be apprehended. The bullet penetrated the abdomen. Bystanders picked up the wounded man and medical aid was given him. Later several physi cians were called to the wounded man from AslieA'ille. Big Snow in Haywood WaynesA-ille, Special. Sunday morning Waynesville and' Haywood county are in the grip of another seemingly premature snowstorm. It commenced Saturday about noon and continued until about 10 o'clock p. m. when it turned into a rain. For tAvo hours the rain came down, when it turned into a regular northeast snow storm which raged tlue remainder of the night. Sunday morning it was snowinc fiercely with about three inches upon the ground on a level and some ten inches m the mountains. Big Fire at Henderson. Henderson, Special. The second largest fire in the history of this toAvn for thirty years occurred Sun day morning at 4:30 .o'clock, when Parham Bros.' four-story brick build ing bagging factory Avas totally de stroyed, with its adjoining buildings on Wyuder aAenue. By strenuous efforts the residences on the opposite side ot tee street were saA'ed. Receiver for Daily News. Greensboro, Special. In the Unit ed States Court Judge James E Doyd named V. I. underwood as receiA-er of The Daily Industrial News, the appointment being made on the petition of certain creditors presented to the court by G. S BradsliaAv as attorney. The reeeiA-er is ordered by the court to continue the publication of the paper, and he is " directed to employ any and all necessary help in the advancement of his trusts." The subpoena on the bankrupt corporation is made return able next Saturday. W. N. C. Conference at Asheville. Asheville, Special. The "Methodists of AsheA-ille haA'e completed arrange ments for the entertainment of the annual session of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. It is expected that there will be between 400 and 500 ministers and lay dele gates and convention visitors pres ent and homes for all this number have been secured. A number of the delegates will be entertained at the various hotels in the city. Burglar Gives Narcotic. Spencer, Special. Breaking thro' a glass door, an unknoAvn burglar, entered the home of Postmaster C, E. Fesperman in East Spencer at a late hour at night and after admin istering choloroform to the members of the family robbed Mr. Fesperman of a valuable watch, stole his keys to the store in Avhich the substa tion of the United States postoflQee is kept, went into the building and after ransacking the place left with a small amount of cash belonging to the government, THE CUBAN ELECTION Gomez, Liberal Candidate, Elected President By Large Majority. Havana, By Cable At the close of an election which was conducted with great enthusiasm and complete ab sence of disorder, it appears practi cally certain that General Jose Mig uel Gomez and Alfredo Zayas have been chosen President and Vice Pres ident respectively of the neAv Cuban republic, with strong liberal ma jorities in the Senate and House. Throughout the island, according to the reports, an extraordinary heavy vote was cast, vastly in excess of that cast in the. Aueust election where 182,000 failed to vote in a total -registration of 450,000. This was especially so in Havana City, where the vote probably will reach 66 per cent of the registration against 49 per cent in August. The heavy vote was due, not only to the prevalence of fine weather, but the strenuous efforts made to bring out the silent vote. The slow incoming of the returns is attributed partly to the heavy Arote and partly to scratch ed ballots on Representatives. In complete official returns from the precinct of Havana indicated that the city was overwhelmingly Liberal. Few returns haAre been received from the provinces but estimates give the island to General Gomez bv from 25,000 to 30,00. The Conserva tive leaders generally admit the de feat of their party. Negro Kills Eight. Okumulgee, Okla., Special. Eight persons were killed and ten others were wounded Sunday in a fight be tween James Deckard, a negro des perado and officers. The dead. Edgar Robinson, sheriff of Ok mulgee county. Henry Klaber, assistant chief of police of Okmulgee. Two negroes named Chapman, brothers. Three unidentified negroes. The wounded: Steve Grayson, Indian boy, probab ly fatally beaten Victor Farr, chief of Sioux, shot through shoulder; De puty Sheriff, arm broken. Seven others, slightly wounded. President-Elect Taft Invited to Spar tanburg Banq.net. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. President-elect Taft has been invited by the chamber of commerce to be the guest of Spartanburg npon the oc casion of a banquet to be given No vember 20th, celebrating the build ing of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad to this city. A com mittee of citizens from the chamber of commerce, the city council and the board of trade will go to Hot Springs and extend the iiiA'itations. The banquet will be attended by the Governors of fiAre States and the presidents of half a dozen railroad systems. Taft Renders Tribute. JNew lork, bpecial. While can non boomed, awakening patriotic memories of those sailor and soldier heroes who died in British prison ships in the revolutionary war, the prison ship martyrs monument at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, was dedicated with impressive ceremonies Saturday in the presence of Presi dent-elect Taft, Secretary of War Wright, Governor Hughes and thou sands of people who thronged the knoll on which the tall doric column stands. . Mr. Taft made the oration of the occasion and' after the cere monies left for Washington, where he will meet President Roosevelt. Pushing Work on C. C. and O. Soad. Spartanburg, Special. The con tractors are pushing the work on the C. C. and O. Road. They are re eeiA'ing steam shoA'els and all sorts of road-machinery and the noise o the blasting is like the cannonading around Charleston in 1864, only it is not so constant and' dangerous. Passenger Trains Collide. Jacksonville, Special. Passengei trains Nos. 39 and 10, of the At lantic Coast Line, came together in a head-on collision near Camden, a small station about ten miles from this city Saturday morning, killing James A. King, of Sanford, Fla., and Alenxander A. Bell, of Palatka, both negro mail clerks, and slightly in juring several others. A relief train was sent out from here and the dead and injured' brought to Jacksonville. The trains, it is said, had orders to meet at Camden, but No. 39 ran bj with the fatal results. Morris Haas a Suicide. San Francisco, Special. Morrii Haas, who shot Francis J. Heney. committed suicide at the county jail by shooting himself through the head. One report says that the pistol with which Haas shot himself was con cealed in his shoe where he hid it be fore shooting Heney. Another re port says the pistoi was seeretlj passed to Haas by a friends since his incareeration. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan to Visit Florida Fair. Tampa, Fla., Speeial. In a lettei to President T. J. Brown, of lh State Fair Association, William J Bryan has accepted an invitation tc visit Tampa during the fair. Mr and Mrs. Bryan will arrive in Tamps the latter part of January, going tc Cuba for a short visit and returnins will spend at least a week in Tampa Preparations are being made f'X AFFLICTED Emperor ar.d Empress Die On Seme Day THE PEOPLE TAKE IT QUIETLY Shortly After 5 O'clock, Saturday, the Emperor Breathed His Last Prince Chun, His Brother, Now Re gent, May Be Accepted as Succes sor. Pekin, China, By Cable. The Emperor of China died shortly after 5 o'clock Saturday evening. As early as 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it was reported that the Emperor was so low that his death was re garded as imminent. The Foreign Board of the government has con firmed the report circulated Fri day that the DoAvager Empress is also mortally ill. The Emperor had been ill for a long time and during recent audi ences with foreign representatives he was unable either to sit up on the throne - or eAren in an erect position. It was evident for a long time that he Avould be unable to withstand a crisis which sooner or later must de A'elop in tho disease from Avhich he was suffering. Recent climatic ex tremes caused the develoment of fatal complications that resulted in his death. , - At the moment of death the Em perer, the DoAvager Empress' oavu death chamber chair was Availing m the courtyard. She, too, had been in a serious condition, and word that was brought her earlier in the day that the Emperor Avas dying, caused h$r to collapse. This has preA-ented her from assuming the relationship of grand mother to the successor to the throne, Avhich, according to the Chinese system would enormously augment her authority. There is little indication of emo Hon anion" the people over the events Avhich have been transpiring. The Emperor's death and the prob able death of the DoAvager Empress 5vithm a A-erv short time haA-e had but little effect upon the Chinese, who are pursuing; the even tenor of ihejr way without sijrns of - mourn ing. Kuang-ITsu's later life was a pit iable spectacle to his attendants. His feebleness had rendered him a mere puppet ar.d he had suffered long from ill health, which was eombinca with fear and - despair. Latterly he showed marked signs of mental dis turbances, and even went so far last August as to declare . himself mad. The foregoing dispatch from Pekin sets at rest the conflicting rumors of tho past two days that haA'e origi nated in "Pekin and been published around the world. The Emperor of China is dead. The report from London of his improvement probably referred to a temporary ,v dition only. The Pekin message is the first unqualified statement to come from the Chinese capital and' it specifi cally gives the time of the passing away of His Majesty. The regent is.Prince Chun, the Em peror's brother, and if he is accepted by the goA'ernment before the Dow ager Empress dies, the likelihood of any reATolutionary outbreak in China will be materially- reduced. Dowager Empress Dead. Pekin, By Cable Tsze Hsi An, the DoAvager Empress of China, .the autocratic head of the government, which she directed without success ful interference since 1S61 and Avith out protest since 1SS1, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The announcement of the DoAvager Empress' death Avas official and fol lowed closely upon the announcement that Kuang-Hsu, the Emperor, had died Saturday at 5 o'clock in the af ternoon, but it is believed that the death of both the Emperor and the DoAvager Empress occurred a consid erable time before that set down in the official statements. " An edict issued at 8 o'clock Sun day morning placed upon the throne Prince Pu-Yi, the 3-year-old son- of Prince Chun, the Regent of the Em pire, in accordance Avith- a promise given by the Dowager Empress soon after the marriage or Prince Chun m 1903.- An edict issued on Friday made Pu-Yi heir presumptive. Prominent Confederate Veteran Dead v Washington, Special. Albert G. Holland, a member of the first com pany organized in -Washington to fight for the Confederacy, died sud denly in this city Sunday. Mr. Hol land took part in tho first battle of Manassas, fought aliantly until captured and sent to Camp Chase, where he Avas released at the close of the war. He was a member of the firm of Copeland &Co., and it was said manufactured flags for the Fed eral goA'ernment AAhile it was his aim to destroy them during the war. Industrial Education to Be Promoted Atlanta, Ga., Special. The second annual convention of the national society for the promotion of indus trial ' education, the membership of which includes some of the most dis tinguished educators in the countnr, Avill.be held in Atlanta Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week. Ex hibits from twenty-three industrial and! technical schools of the country will be displayed in the State capi tal. Complains of Cotton Bates. Montgomery, Ala., Special. Fail ing in its suit before the city, eourt of" Montgomery to force the Central of Georgia Railway to cease alleged 1i-;.Timinations against the people of Union Springs, Ala., in the ' cotton compress case the Alabama Railroad Commission nas sent a cuuipiaun to the Interstate Commerce Commission azainst cotton rates in general.: AH railroads doing an interstate -business : kiofi'iiris n miuli! defendants in CHINA IS FUNERAL Or MR. CARMACK Deep Gloom Pervades His Native. City Business Entirely Suspended and Public Buildings Draped. While the Distinguished Son is Laid Among His Fathers. Columbia, Tenn., Special. Busi ness was entirely suspended and the people of this city and county, to gether with large delegations from many other Tennessee counties turned out in force to do honor to the memory of the late Senator Carmack. Public buildings were draped out of respect to his memory and a deep gloom pervades this entire commu nity. The funeral was help at 11 o'clock in the Methodist church. The sarv- ices were very simple, but impressive, and the scenes at the church and at the grave where the distinguished statesman Avas laid to rest Avere such as Avill neA'er be forgot ten, by the as semblage present." The funeral sen-ices at the church were in charge of Rev: W. T. Boah, pastor of the First Christian church here, the church of Avhich Senator Carmaok Avas a member. Rev. Lin Cave, of Nashville, dehvered the ad dress at the church. At the grave the burial Avas conducted with Mas- sonic honors, the deceased being an honored member of the Masonic order. These Maconie exercises Avere presided OA-er bv Major John Wil liamson, of this citj, past grand master. Floral offerings were sent from all parts of the State. The offering from the citizens of Columbia and Maury county Avas a magnificient pall, Avhich coA'ered the entire casket. When the funeral train reached the church shortly nfter 11 o'clock, there was a deathlike hush over the great congregation. For a full hour before the time for the funeral great crowds of sorrcAving friends began to gathei at the church and the auditorium Avas packed to OArerflowing by 10 :30 o'clock, Avhilc hundreds Avere turned away, being unable to gain admission. Within the chancel Avas a large likeness of Serator Carmack draped in black. There were prominent men present, representing: all sections of Tennessee leading supporters and persona friends o the dead Senator. 0 JtLeid OH JVLIiraer Charge. NTocliirJl'n Train Knoi-inl A RfLtP Avarrant charging him with the der of former United States SenagSti Edward W. Carmack was served on Robin Cooper at a hospital. Coopei is iioav in charge' of three , deputy sheriffs. He will be removed to the eounty-jail as soon as his' con dition permits. It developed, ac cording to the physician who is at tending young Cooper, that two shots were fired at the young man, one penetrating his shoulder, the other going through his coat sleeA'e. The excitement in - this city ovei the terrible tragedy . Monday after-, noon in which Edward W. Carmack, former United States Senator from Tennessee, this city, Avas shot and killed by Robin Ccoper, a young at torney of NasliA'ille, and son of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, a close personal and political friend of Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, has to a cer tain extent abated, yet the tragedy is still the sole topic of conversation in political circles both in this city and throughout the Sfate. Colonel Ccoper, who was with his son when the .latter shot'Mr. Car mack, has been remanded to jail without bond, charged Avith murder. Young Cooper remains under guard at a local hospital where his wound ed arm is being treated, nis pre liminary trial on the charge of mur der will be held as soon as he is able to leaA'e the hospital. Beth the Coopers and Senator Carmack have many friends here and throughout the State. Cooper's statement is that the affair Avas merely a street luel in AA'hich both sides met and both began firing. The friends of the Coopers claim they had tried to avoid a meeting with Carmack, it is said, and they were on their way to the State capi tal in response to a telephone mes sage f rom oArernor Patterson Avhen the tragedy occurredthat Senator Carmack had been warned and was expecting trouble. Friends , of Senator Carmack stren uously claim that the killing was the result of a conspiracy pure and sim ple; that when Senator Carmack left The Tennesseau office for his board ing house the fact was telephoned from a house near The Tennessean office and the Coopers were notified that the Senator Avas on his way and to be on the alert. - It now develops, according to friends of Mr. Carmack, that there was a third party with the Coopers just before the shooting, a former county official who is a close person al friend of both the Coopers and Patterson. Friends of the dead Sen ator intimate that there wtfl be sen sational developments within the next day or so regarding the affair. Tng Sinks in Pamlico Sound Crew Espaes.- Norfolk, Va., Special. News ha' reached the city of the sinking of thl tug Hampton in Pamlico Sound, N. C, during the prevalence of a severe northwest gale, and of the loss of Captain W. J. Rawley, commander. The crew escaped. The tug was bound from Norfolk to Newbern, towing three lumber laden barges. The saf ety of the barges is still in doubt. Will Be Extra Session. . . Washington, Special. That ' i special session of the Sixty-first Con gress will be called soon after the 4th of March to take up the matter of tariff revision, became positively known Sunday when William H. Taft President-elect, after spending the day at the White House as the guest of President Roosevelt, stated that he intended to call "the. special session to meet as scjon pite.r his iuajiguva- floats4 wfdfr w&mm ' 7- :- . - - ' - -J A 10 CENT MINIMUM Set By Convention of Southern ! Cotton Growers . 1 WHini MUiM. Id tURUtlTintU Governor Patterson, of Tennessee, Welcomes Delegates to Memphis I Officers of Conference Chosen. Memphis, Tenn., Special. The ? ,i n-.44.. r Q -. -,.. A-ll i i . 3 , mi I responses Avere made by Charles S. iay, of Montgomery, and Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, president of the Southern Cotton Growers' Associa- r xt l o .r:...'..:n; uuii. uuveiuui i-u-i, ui j-.i.-iaMJi, also spoke. Harvie Jordan was made permanent chairman, and George Hoppe, of Memphis, and W. H. Gil bert, of Chiclet, Ark., were chosen secretaries. An address by Bishop Thomas F. 3ainor, of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, on "The Keynote of the Conference" concluded the formal addresses of the opening session Mr. Jordan, in his remarks as .hairman, said-it was fitting that the eonference should be assembled in this, the largest interior cotton mar ket in the world. "Wo have 'assembled," he eon tinuecL "to safeguard and protect the great staple crop of the South Crom the artificial and depressing in- auences of fedt inte which auences or iedeiatea interests wiucn operate to the detriment of every business interest in this section of America. We face a serious con dition, and Avnetner we will rise equal to the emergency and protect our interests as men of brain and business sagacity, or indifferently ac- ept the situation and parade before the AA'orld our A-oluntary weakness, is the issue Avhich presents itself to this sonvention. Mr. Jordan said raw cotton is the Dnly great staple commodity in . the l-rr -f tl J.. ..... I word today Avhich is selling below the cost Of production, notwithstand' mg the fact that it represents one ol the world's greatest necessities "That this erreat staple should ever sell at ji price to the cotton growers of less than 10 cents a pound," Mr. Jordan continued, "is a reflection upon the manhood and intelligence of the Southern people. If the cotton growers, bankers, merchants and allied business interests of the South nil determine that the price of Spot Eotton must and shall go back to 10 cents before November passes, that rfiAA ii 1 1 l 1 1 Wi" "e protected the financial tuture of the South will be saved. anu not a spinaie in the world Avill be "injured." Mr. Jordan strongly condemned "night riding" and urged that the convention giA'e its attention to the boll weevil menace. He also recom mended the formation of a chain ot warehouses wherefrom receipts could be issued which would be acceptable as collateral for short-time loans bj the leading financial institutions in this country and in Europe. Ten Cents as a MiTiiniTiTn, Memphis, Tenn., Special. Denun ciation of "night-riding," and a fiery defense of the "night-riders" threw the convention of the Southern Cot ton GroAvers' and" Ginners'' Associa tion into disorder and nearly termi nated the session before the program had fairly begun. While excited del egates hurled charges and counter charges, T. U. Sisson, of Mississippi, moved that ;the convention adjourn sine die. President Jordan finally brought a semblance of quiet and made a plea for order. - ; The general committee on resolu tions presented theirreport, . which was unanimously adopted, recom mending that so far as possible in each individual case, none of the erop of 1908, still in the ownership of the producer, be sold beloAv 10 cents per pound for short staple cotton, and urging growers to hold the crop so as. to prevent selling in excess of one tenth per month of the remaining crop of 190S. The cotton growers are urged to apply to the local banks for loans secured by warehouse re ceipts representing cotton to be held for the purpose of being marketed only when demanded for actual an sumption. Over 300 Men Entombed. Hainm, Westphalia, Germany, By Cable. The greatest mine disaster in many years hi Germany occurred Thursday morning in the Radbod mine, about three miles from this place. There was a heaAry explosion in the mine about 4 o'clock and al most immediately the mine took fire. There were 380 miners working under the ground at the time and only six escaped without injury. Thirty-five Avere taken out slightly injured and 37 were dead when brought to the mouth of the pit. The remaining 302 have been given up for lost. Mistrial in Case of Postmaster. Norfolk, Va., Special. The jury in the case of James T. Read, former assistant postmaster at Newport News, Va., charged with the embez zlement of $6,462 in money order funds announced its hopeless dis agreement and was discharged. The jury stood nine for conviction and three for acquittal. Read was ad mitted to $1,000 bail for his appear ance at the nr xt term of the Federal Court, May next. Abetted Carmack Murder. NashAalle, Tenn., Special. John J. Sharpe, .ex-shediff of this county, was arrested here charged Avit murder and aiding and abetting in the mur der of Senator EdAvard W. Carmack last Monday afternoon. It is alleg ed that Sharpe was seen with Colonel Duncan Cooper and Robin Cooper, his son, shortly before the killing and was also at the scene of -the tra gedy immediately after Carmack fell to the; ground. Sharpe was t onpe country life improvers Meet in Washington and Will Soon Start on a Tour in the Southwest. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt's project for the "uplift" ' 111V, .Ul UlLiO dull VUC iUlUl J TLULI b 1 of country life will receive an im petus from the meeting here of the members of the "uplift" committee. The "uplift era" have already spent some time inA'estigating rural con ditions in the States south of Wash ington and east of the Mississippi river. I he committee will leaA'e ItiUClOl V 1UV1UU1U BlUUB 111 -A CllUtO' see, lexas, Arizona and Laurorma. Both. the Northern and Southern! Nrataa -t fh Wnnvr Mnnnrom mftnn I will be visited. Returning eastward the " uplift ers" will hold hearings . n v. o(t f v, r-- I " u'l tC Tuti 11- in nearly a tral West. .. "v. : . . - turn for a final hearing in this city Two!.,,., is rnAav ..,. ,m. mittee met with the delegates of the thirteenth annual meeting of the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers. Some of the lead- ing agricultural authorities of the country are in attendance at the con- A-ention and they aa-HI probably be able to give the "uplifters" some valuable pointers. The sessions are! being held at the Nationfl Hotel. I The New Stamps Axe Now on Sale. , I Washington, Special. Uncle Sam s new issue of postage stamps wasl"From Avhat I haA-e heard, the prin- placed on sale Monday at many post- ipmanA been so offices but the demand has been so great that at some offices the old se- nes will still oe sold unui me. ... . ,. . . . i-i . i i plv is exhausted. Stamp books con- taming the new stamps have been I sent to all the large offices. Ihe tie- iiA-tln.tin-c rt tVlO nOW K t fit fl FS. 1 which are officially known as the ....-;, f ions " -vo nf 1. 1. .. 4. 5 6, 8, 10, 13, 15 and 50 cents, and m ' ipu. t TAtmnrtment saA's . , 4.- stamps Avill be ' discontinued after the present sup- 01 duty each year anu mat me y-va-ply is exhausted. On" the one-cent I ent tariff be imposed on any -above stamr is the head or rseniaunn TPrnnlclin in tirofile from Houdoa's r . ..... , . : bust. All tne otner aenominavioua bear the head of George V ashington in profile from Houdon's bust, ine border designs ot all tne denomina tions are identical, the head being an ellipse on end with laurel leaA'es on either side. AboA'e the head are the AA'ords "U. S. Postage," below it the denomination. The size of the stamps is the same r.s that of the stamps formerly on sale. Seven Perish in a Burning Dwelling - in Manitoba. Swan take, Manitoba. Soecial. The home of E. W. Carey, a farmer UAing a tew miles south of here, was destroyed by fire and Mrs. Carey, five children and a Miss Grace Pierce, a school teacher, who was staying over night with the family, perished in the flames. Mr. Carey Avas so badly in jured that he cannot recover. The fire was eause'd by Carey lighting the kitchin stoA-e with coal oil. The oth er occupants xf the house who were asleep were suffocated in their beds. Credit Bureau Organized at Wilming .ton. Wilmington, Special. There was a meeting here of a large number of the Wilmington jobbers in the rooms of the chamber a commerce for the purpose of organizing a credit bu reau and clearing house to be afflli ted with the national organization with headquarters in Chicago. The object of the organization is the in terchange of credit information be tween merchants of other cities. Sa vannah, Charleston, Jacksonville and other leading Southern ports have already organized similar bureaus and write that they are .working well in those cities. Big Iron Sales After Election. Birmingham, Ala., Special. Ala bama iron manufacturers sold 50,- 000 tons of pig iron in the first 24 hours after the election and inquiry for a large tonnage is in hand. The iron sold is to be delivered during the first quarter of the coming year. Six Deaths Result From Accident. Pittsburg, Special. Six men were instantly killed, another Avas danger ously injured and three others had narrow escapes from injury or death in a mine cage accident at Ellsworth mine No. 1, located in Washington county. The mine is owned by the Ellsworth Coal Company, of this city. Because 01 a break in the machinery the cage, occupied by ten men, sev eral of whom were mine officials, plunged from near the outlet to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 285 feet. Forger Gets Swift Justice. Chicago, Special. Peter Van Vlis singen, a real estate dealer for years classed among the first of Chicago's prosperous and reputable business men, confessed to having obtained through forged deeds and notes more than $700,000 and a few hours aftei his arrest, on his own urgent appeal to be punished, was sentenced to the penitentiary, the confession and the sentence were the work of less than four hours. Morse Sentenced Fifteen Years. New York, Special. Sentence wa suspended Thursday on. Curtis. Mors was sentenced to 15 years in the gov ernment prison. Beth financier. spent the night in the Tombs prison They. wrere taken to court earlj Thursday. Mrs. Curtis collapsec when the sentence, was, impossed Morse held his courage ''to the lasi minute, but ! his head : sunk on hh breast when the judge proaouncet f AVOR TREE SUGAR Tariff Commission May Make Philippine Product Free BEET SUGAR GROWERS OBJECT Secretary of War .Wright Goes ct Reeord Before House Ways and Means Committee as Favoring Free Entry From the Philippines. Washington, Special. The allega tion that the so-called "sugar trust" controls the m-ie vmid to the erower , . , , fi r " suSar the Secretary of War put- ting himself on record as a champion ... ... . t.i-i: . l " rany "f. T l land me general sianti-pa. ainiuue 1 , -.,1 of the beet-sugar growers who ap- peared before the ways and means committee of the House, were tho features of Monday's hearing on the reA-ision of the tariff as it Avould af- feet sugar. Secretary of War Wright Avas pres- ent at the hearing. Chairman Payne asked Secretary Wright if he cared to make any remarks. "We are now having an investiga tion made in the Philippines regard- ng the cost ot production in the islands ana ouier matter relating 10 tie tion J saiJ Mr. Wright. cipal objection by the beet-suga growers to the admission free o of .. h beet-sugar f lutv of Philippine sugar lies in the ippine dnnper that, their market av;11 be inunda'd by the Philippine article. "It is not iiossible that the Phil ippine islands ecml I supply the actual increase m demand tor sugar, year K,y -,-MV in the TTlllted fcltateS. . Chairman Payne .ncucateci inat iue nnRsilne action of the committee wun I regard to the sugar schedule would be I tn ren.mn.onri that a certain amount of Philippine sugar be admitted free I - . , 1 , that amount, rie saici mai 1110 imu- aee. if anv. was from the Cuban su- I ' . - , j.-: :. u 1 gar, wiucn enjoys a reuueuuu m i. 1 tariff of 20 per cent. 1 "The beet sugar prople say that the American Sugar Refining Com pany has no interest in their fac tories," said the Secretary, referring to the so-called "trust." "Yet three 3rears ago they said a trustee under stood to represent the American Su gar Refining Company, owned 51 per cent o fall ihe beet sugar factories. That, may be the reason Avhy the beet sugar industry in this cimntry has not grown, rather t ha rTAi.il - tion of Cuban svniav." Col. D. D. Colcock, on the Louisiana cane-sugar sn-v, said that the methods by which "vu-. trust" names the price which it would pay the grower werfr-anfair and "damnable." Says Carmack Did Not Shoot. Memphis, Tenn., Special. Will A. Percy, a well known laAvyer, makes the startling statement that Senator Carmack neA'er fired the pistol h? carried cn his death Avalk and that young Ccoper, who is alleged to have been shot by Carmack. Avas in fact Avounded by bullets from his father !s reA-olver intended . for Caimnck. Percy says the son was behind Car mack and the father in front, each being so near the-other that their A'ie.tim Avas powder burned by tho father's shots. That the charmbcrs of Carmack's pistol had been fired means nothing, says the laAvyer, for the weapon Avas iu the hands of his enemies for two hours before it' was turned OA'er to the officers; and be sides, carmack's hand still held a cigar he had been smoking. Ser vices were held in honor of Senator Carmack Sunday in many churches throughout the State. Persia's Constitution. St.' Petersburg, By Cable. The reported promulgation of a rescript abolishing the constitution of the Shah of Persia is not credited. A petition for such a rescript has been presented to the Shah, but it is thought that" he will not issue it, thereby precipitating the country in to a' reA'olution. Captain and Three Men Perish. "! Norfolk, Va., Special. The four- masted coasting barge Independent lies sunk near Hog island, off the Virginia Capes. The disaster was re ported by the Merchants and Miners' Steamer Gloucester, in irom rrovi dence. The crew of the barge is re ported lost. The Independent sailed Thursday from NeAvport News, Va., in. toAv of a Lunckenbach tug for New England. She Avas coal laden. Captain Burnett, cf Norfolk, and a ciw of three men are those suppos ed to have perished Avhen the Inde pendent Avent down Saturday night. Come Before Supreme Court. Chicago, Special. District Attor- - 1 -..- ' nAlinGPl ney ttims sen ea nuure v-.--. for the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana, that on November 30th the government Avill apply to the Suprema Court for a writ ot certiorari orb ing the record of the famous rebating case before that tribunal. This u the case in which the Court of Ap peals reAersed Judge Landis, who re corded a fine of $2D,240,000 against the corporation. Government Charges Fraud New York, Special. The United States government has brought six ;-,ct the American bugar r - roMvnr customs dum Qfioii9i on su'-'ar ainouiiuu iu j-.j,j-- - 1 of tt-nTTnvf mever ana refineries in Brooklyn during tlij, civ VOOTSI The erovernmen fraud iu weighing the shipm eomnlaints charge that at tho Brooklyn refLiei la t ed tne pianvtm m 7 r S Bryan 'Aij at fiie fair. Ii LL .IJ",'."" ' . .t (he complaint, . r" ' "Vjs--.
The Randolph Bulletin (Asheboro, N.C.)
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