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BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. APRIL 17.1908-
VOL. XIII-NO. 16
Only
Newspaper
In
Transylvania
County
REDUCE KRE&GE
Uarvie Jordan Issues Statement
to Cotton Growers.
most important question
President of Southern Cotton States
Association Says that Unless a Re
duction of 33 Per Cent Is Made the
Price Will Be Low Next Fail.
Atlanta, Ajpril 8.—In a signed state-
Dieat to the farmers of the south is
sued Wednesday, Harvie Jordan, pres,
ideat of the Southern Cotton associa
tion, urges a reduction in cotton acre
age of 33 per cent.
Unless this is done, he says, prices
will be low next fall. Mr. Jordan also
urges growers to hold to what rem
nants of cotton they have. His state
ment follows:
increase Food Supplies.
“At no time in the history of cotton
(production in the south has it ever
been more im-perative to reduce the
cotton acreage throughout the cotton
ibelt and increase the staple food su,p-
plies on.every farm, tnan tbls spring.
With a shortage in the world’s supply
of cotton, amounting to 4,500,000
tales, due to bad seasons last year,
the price of spot cotton continues to
go steadily downward. American
mills have been for some time curtail
ing the cotton goods, diue to the de
pression, and the condition of the for
eign trade is none too bright at the
gresent time. If the same acreage
is planted in cotton this year that was
planted in 1D07 and followed by good
seasons in America, India and Egypt,
the growers will fin'd but little or no
profit in the harvest next fall.
Should be Seriously Considered,
“These are facts and should be se
riously considered. To those who are
stiJJ holding a portion or all of their
Jast year’s crap, I wish to say that
general co-operative efforts are now
being made all over the south to tie
up this remnant of 1908 crop remain
ing unsold until prices have reached
m.uch higher levels. Every bale of
cotton now in the hands of spot hold
ers will 'be needed by the mills of
the %vorI'd before next Septem-ber.
The portion of the crop now remaining
unsold is small and could be held anj
financed for three or lour months
longer, if necessary, W'ithin that
time if the sale of cotton is absolutely
checked all along the line the price
of the staple must advance to much
higher levels. Let every cotton plant
er cut this spring’s acreage 33 per
cent and good prices will be received
next fall. Let every spot holder in
the south refuse to market any cot
ton for the next few months and the
remnant of 1907 will be marketed at
remiunerative and satisfactory prices."
LIQUOR MEN DEFEATED.
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Pro.
hibition Law.
Montgomery, Ala., Aipril 10.—The
Alabama siupreme court Thursday held
^oth the general prohibition and the
o'clock doing laws to be constitu
tional and effective.
Attack had been made or "both >by
the liquor forces of the state.
The two laws were argued togeth-
'fi*. and the decision is taken by both
si'ies to settle the questions.
^labile interests have fought the
two provisions from the first, holding
that both will be ruin to a coast city,
S'lich as it is.
In upholding the general prohibi
tion act ihe court also gives validity
to the local cption law that was in
volved in the cases broug'ht.
garroted her daughter.
Texas Mother, While Insane, Com
mits Awful Crime.
Waxahatchi Tex., April 9.—
^'hile suffering from temporary insan.
Lucy Williams, wife of a tenant
J. p. Miller’s farm, a few miles
iiorlh of town, killed her twelve-year-
old daughter by garroting her with a
leather strap, producing stranigulation
by twisting the strap with a railroad
spike.
After killing the child, the woman
left the house and wandered in the
woods all night.
DIES OF ASPHYXIATION.
Prominent Baptist Minister Found In
Dying Condition.
Atlanta, Ajpril 10—'Lying unconscious
pa his 'bed in a room filled with gas at
nis residence, 20 East Avenue, Dr,
-John D. Jordan, pastor of the Jackson
lill Baptist church, and one of the
^ost prominent Baptist ministers in
ne south, was found shortly after 2
o clock Thursday afternoon (by Dr. and
^■-irs. A. B. George, w-ho are attending
the concerted Baptist revlyal now go
ing: on in Atlanta,
Dr. L. C, Fisher and two other
physicians wore s'ummoned to the
scene, and did heroic work, but were
unable to relieve Dr. Jordan, who died
shortly afterwards trom asphyxiation.
For many months he had been la
boring under difficulties, iiis health
having been i>oor, impaired by hard
and almost incessant work. Recent
ly he had comjplained of violent pains
shooting througih his head, at times
so severe as almost to drive him fran
tic.
His friends are of the opinion that
he either used illuminating gas in
an endeavor to ease his pain, or that
in an irrational moment he turned on
the gas.
MEME_P_RES!flE!IT
Mails SiioDld Be Closed to Anar*
chist Papers.
OPINION ATTORNEY GENERAL
REVERSED THE DECISION.
Appeals Court Hands Down Opinion
Regarding Liquor Law.
Atlanta, April 10.—The Georgia
court of aptpeals Thursday reversed
the decision o-f the city criminal court
In the case of Dr. B. M. Roberts,
who was fined for keeping liquor in
a public place.
The deci.sion affects tlie construc
tion of the state prohibition law in the
definition of what a public place is.
The court of aipipeals holds that in
the meaning and spirit of the law a
place of business in which an intoxi
cant is k-Qpt as an in'gredient of a
preparation not intoxicant, the in
toxicant being kept under lock and
key and not accessible to the public,
is not a “public place.”
Dr. Roberts was arrested after the
discovery in his place of business of
liqour whiah he was using in the man- i
ufacture of a proprietory article.
BOY'S BODY STOPS MILL.
Child Carried Under Wheel and Is
Crushed To Death.
Abbeville, Ga., April 10.—A picnic
party given by the families of P. A.
and W. C. Oliver, at Bowen’s mill,
came to a very sad end. At the ^place
is a grist mill operated by water and
the five-year_old son of W. C. . Oli
ver fell in the mill race and the cur
rent carried him under the great
wheel of the mill and crushed him to
death.
No one saw the accident and it was
not discovered until the miller noticed
that something had stopped the mill
and went down to investigate. He
found the child dead under the wheel,
the body having ofbstructed the pas
sage, stopping the mill.
Mr. Oliver is a prominent merchant
here and his many frien'ds deplore
the sad accident.
Painters Dashed to Death.
Chattanooga, Tcnn., April 10.—^W.
W. Evens and W. J. Stanley, paini-
ers at work on the old Southern hotel
•building here, were on Thursday
morning dashed to death from the
fourth story of the building by thf*
breaking of a rope on the scaffold.
The former fell headforemost and was
instantly killed, while the latter liv
ed only ten minutes. Stanley’s home
was in Cincinnati and Evens only re
cently come frO'm Knoxville. Both
were young unmarried men.
Dead Hog Poisoned Water.
Little Rock, Ark., A.pril 10.—Dr.
Robert L. Russell, state penitentiary
physician, has returned from Tinsman
on the line of the New Rock Island'
railroad to the south, wTiere he was
called on account of considerable sick,
ness among the 'convits in the camp
there. Dr. Russell reports that he
found twenty-eight cases of severe
poisoning at the camp, due to the
presence of a dead hog in the brook
from which the w’ater supply of the
camp was obtained.
Pensacola’s Car Strike,
Pensacola, Fla., April 10.—'Al
though it was anticipated that street
car service would be resumed Thurs
day, and that strike-<breakers waul’d
arrive, neither materialized, and for
the fourth day residents were com
pelled to w'alk, excepting those resid.
ing on the bay shore, who have been
given service. Resumption is expected
6oon, however, as the state laws pro
vide that unless service is resumed
within five days after notification the
franchise and grants are forfeited.
Two Children Kidnaped.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 11.—'News
has reached ‘here of the kidnaping of
two children, Moncia Amoury and
Foried Amoury, aged five and three
years respectively, from their home at
Key W'est, by their aunt and uncle,
Mary and Peter Amoury, who took
them to Havana. The sheriff was'
notified immediately after the ly'at
sailed from Key West and succeeded
in having the -parties arrested as they
landed in Havana, on a charge of kid.
naping, and they w^ill be returned to
Key W'est for trial.
Postmaster General Justified In Ex<
eluding from the Maite Any Pe^Hodi.
cal Counselling Crimes of an Anar*
chistic Nature.
Washington, April S—-In o ne f4
the shortest messages which he had
yet transmitted to cong;ress. Presi
dent Roosevelt Thursday called the at.
tention of that 'body to the necessity
for further legislation on the subject
of anarchy. With the message ne
transmitted a report reviewing the le
gal phases of the question .by Attor
ney G<eneral Bonaparte.
Mrsssage of President.
“To the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives:
“I herewith submit a letter from the
department of Justice which explains
itself. Under this opinion, I hold
that existing statutes give the (presi
dent power to prohibit the postmaster
general from being used as an instru
ment in the commissifon of crimes, that
is to prohibit the use of the mails
for the advocacy of murder, arson and
treason and I shall act upon such con
structions. Unquestionably, however,
there should be further legislation by
congress on this matter. When com
pared with the suppression of anarchy,
every other question sinks into in
significance. The anarchist is the
enemy of humanity, the enemy of all
mankind, and his is a deeper degree
of criminality than any other. No
immigrant is allowed to come to our
shores if he is an anarchist; and no
paper published here or abroad
should be permitted circulation In this
country, Lf it prapagatos anarchistic
opinion.
“Theodore Roosevelt.
“The White House, April 9, 190«.”
Besides his direction to the postmas
ter general to exclude from the mails
such puiblications as “La Questione
Scciale,” President Roosevelt in his
letter to Attorney General Bonaparte
asking for an opinion on the legal
phases of the subject, says he has
had the particular case called to the
attention of the governor of New Jer
sey ‘by Secretary Root that the gov
ernor may proceed under the state
lav.-s.
Opinion Attorney General,
The opinion of the attorney ereneral,
which the president transmits to con
gress,' embraces a discussion of the
whole subject from many legal angles.
His first conclusion is that the ar
ticle in question, which advocates the
use of arm.s and dynamite in annihilaL
ing police and soldiers that anarchy
may prevail, oonstltutes a “seditious
libel” and is “‘undou'btedly a crime at
common laws.” He declares that there
is no statute in the state which makes
such publications an offense against
the United States and that the feder
al cO'Urts consequently have no juris
diction ia the matter. That thero is
full power in the possession of con
gress to make such ipubllcations crim
inal. the attorney general asserts, and
quotes Chief Jutice Fuller, of the s-u_
preme court, and Mr. Justice Field,
as authority.
Right of Postma'ster General.
The greater portion of his opinion is
devoted to the question of whether, in
the absence of any legislation by con
gress, the postmaster genera! has the
right t;0 exclude such publications. On
this point his conclusion is:
“The postmaster general will he jus.
tified in excluding from the mails any
issue of any periodical, otherwise en
titled to the privileges of second-class
mali matter, which shall contain any
article constituting a seditious libel
and counselling such crimes as mur
der, arson, riot and treason.”
In arriving at the latter conclusion,
the attorney general makes a clear
'distinction with reference to the au
thority of postal ofladals over sealed
and unsealed mail ftiatter. In convey
ing letters and newspapers to persons
to. whom they are directed, he says
the United States “undertakes the
.business of a messenger.”
Have Right to Inspect.
He adds:
“In so far as it conveys sealed doc
uments, its agents not only are not
'bound to know, 'but are expressly for.
'bidden to ascertain what the purport
of such messages may be; therefore,
neither the government nor its officers
can be held either legally or morally
responsible for the nature of the let
ters to which they thus, in intentional
Ignorance, axTord transportation. But
in the case of printed matter, intended
for general circulation and which, by
Tirtue of the statutes above mention
ed, and in consideration of the re
duced rate at which it is transported,
the officers of the postosace depart
ment have a legal right to thoroughly
inspect, it is obvious that neither of
these officers nor the government
which employes them, can escape re
sponsibility for the consequences if they
knowiiigly transport matter which be
comes, and w-hich they must know,
might be reasonably expected to be-
com® a cau&e of crime.”
MILLS MAY SHUT DOWN.
North Carolina Manufacturers' Associ.
ation Recommends Suspension.
Charlotte, N. C., April 11.—^At a
meeting of the executive committee
of the North Carolina Manufacturers’
association here Fridiay it was decided
to recommend that the mills embrac
ed, as well as all the other southern
mills, shut down for GO days. This
decision was reached after a thorough
discussion of existing conditions in
the several southern states,
states and the acute depress.ion in
the price of yams. Strong resolu
tions to this end were unanimously
Adopted. The meeting which was
presided over (by President R. M.
Miller, Jr., ex-officio chairman of the
committee, was enthusiastic and repre
sentative
The meeting of the Southern Cot
ton Spinners’ association, called to
consider the matter of curtailment,
will ascem.b]e here April 17, and it is
expected that the southern mills wil
fall in line with the mills of this
state.
The executive committee decided also
to hold the annual meeting of the as
sociation at W’rightsville Beach June
IS.
STABBED CONDUCTOR.
Probably Fatal Difficulty Occurs on
Seaboard Air Line.
SaraTTttah, Ga., April 11.—Driving
a long-bladed knife into the right lung
and again into the abdomen of Con
ductor J, F. Simmons, of the Sea
board Air Line, Baggagemaster E. J.
Tyton probably inflicted fatal w’ounds
upon the former Friday night in front
of the union ipassen'ger station, and
was arrested before he could leave
the scene of the difficulty.
Simmons was taken to St. Joseph’s
hospital, where he is given little hope
for his life, the physicians stating that
he has one chance in fifty.
Old trouble fanned into flame by a
quarrel is given as the cause for the
trouble.
A FATAL MISTAKE.
Meridian, Miss., Man Kills Brother,
Thinking He Was Burglar.
Birmingham, Ala., April'11—^A Sipe-
clal to the Age-Herald from Meridian,
Miss., says T. J. Daniels Friday night
shot and insrantly killed-his brother,
B. B. Daniels, mistaking him for a
burglar,
B, B. Danielsi had been ill for sev
eral 'days, and T. J. Daniels, hearing
a noise at a window, and seeing a
form, ifired ffive times, killing^ his
brother Instantly.
South Carolina Dispensary Case.
W’ashing'ton, D.C., April 11.—^It is
understood that Chief Justice Fuller
has consent€Mi to sit with Judge Pidt-
chard in hearing the apiplication for a
writ of supersedeas which, if granted,
v/ould stay Judge Pritchard’s order for
the ap,pointment of a receiver in the
South CarO'lina dispensary cases.
I'here is a fund of about $800,000 in
volved, and the state takes sharp ex
ception to JudgHs Pritchard’s inter
vention in the matter. It is contend
ed on behalf of the state that the
action is against the state, as such,
therefore, the federal •court is with,
out jurisdlctiiOn,
G, A, R. at Fitzgerald. J
New Haven, Conn., Aril 11,—The
Grand Army of the Republic encamp
ment of Georgia and South Carolina
met here Friday, Albou-c one hundred
delegates are here from different por
tions of these states. The following
officers were named: Leonard Scott,
of Fitzgerald, deipartment commander;
F. A. Jones, of TaIt>otton, senior vice
oommander; P. Q. Stone, of St.
G«orge, junior vice commander; S,
C, Brown^ of Fitzgerald, assistant ad-
jutant general. Tallapoosa was se
lected for the meeting net year.
II RIOT mjEIISACOLIl
Strike Breakers and Union Sym*
patbizers in Fight
POLICE WERE POWERLESS
Taken Before Commissioner.
Nashville, Tenn., April 10,—iN. B.
Livingston, a mlddle.aged man, was
arrested Thursday at Greenville, Ky.,
and taken before United States Com
missioner Youtsel, charged with im
personating a government pension
agent.
On Account of the Street Car Strike
Pensacola Was Scene of Disorders
as Has Not Been Witnessed in Many
Years.
Pensacola, Fla., April 11.—The
•bringing of a carload of strike break
ers from St. Louis Friday afternoon
by the Pensa'cola Electric compa.ny
was the signal for rioting and disor
der such as has not ibeen exiperienced
in this city in twenty years.
No sooner had the strike breakers
arrived and startea from the union
depot for the car sheds than a fight
occurred between them and the sym-
(pathizers of the union men, and fi'om
the corner of Palaffox and Wright
streets, where the first battle occurred,
there was a continued riot, in which
bricks, 'bottles and shells were hurl
ed at the strike 'breakers, and in turn
the latter fired shots, used heavy
sticks and bricks.
Foi over an hour the riot continued,
the strike breakers gradually getting
nearer to the car (barns; 'but before
they reached here about a dozen had
been w'ounded, and w^ere picked up on
the streets where they were left by
syin.pathizers of the strikers.
W’^hen near the car barns, so fierce
was the onslaught on the -body of im
ported men that they separated and
fled, thirty running into a negro
house, while the remainder reached
the car barn and barricaded the
doors.
The thirty men who gained the ne
gro house (barricaded the doors, and it
took the jjolice over an hour tz) dis
perse the mob and remove the men to
places of safety.
Two of the imported men are in
the hospital, and eight are in the po
lice station Cor medical treatment and
safety.
The riot occurred so suddenly that
the detail of police, headed 'by Chief
Saunders, w'as powerless to quell the
disturbance.
Montgomery, Ala., April 11.—^A spe.
cial to the Journal from Pensacola,
Fla, says:
Out of the sixty-five men brought
here to break the street car strike,
less than half a score are able to get
out. as a result of attacks amde on
them by strikers Friday. There are
aibout sixty at the police station with
bruises all the way from scratches to
serious wounds made 'by bricks and
stones thro^'n by the rioters. Half a
dozen or so are at the barns of the car
company, but have not shown up. No
cars have 'been run yet, and no effort
to run them will be made before Mon
day at least.
LATTER-DAY ENOCH ARDEN.
Man, Mourned as Dead, Returns to
Find Wife Again Married.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11.—^Re
turning to his* home, near Jonesboro,
Tenn., after he had been mourned as
dead for five years, John T. Strong
found his wife, now 32 years old,
married to William Curtis and two
children born oif this union. Curtis
had married Mrs. Strong fully believ
ing her husband was dead. W’^hen Mr.
Strong returned to his home he greet
ed the new family cordially.
It was decided to aWow Mrs. Strong
Curtis to settle the perplexing mat
ter by deciding between the two men.
She chose her first hus'band, and now
Curtis, who says he loves her, will in
stitute formal proceedings to annul
the marriage between himself and the
woman. Strong ihad been in the
army in the Philippines.
MONUMENT DEDICATED.
To Minnesota Soldiers Who Fell at
Shiloh Battlefield.
Shiloh Battlefield A, Tenn., April
10.—The monument erected -by the
state of Minnesota in the National
park at Shiloh to the memory of the
Minnesota soldiers who fell on that
battlefield, was dedicated on Friday.
Governor Johnson and his staff, ac
companied by a party of fifty promi-
nent men of Minnesota, were present
and participated in the dedicatory ex
ercises. lueal spring weather pre
vailed.
General L. P. Hubbard, chairman of
the Minnesota monument commission,
presided-
Charged with Killing Wife.
Columbus, vra., Aipril 11—Joihn Bell,
a negro, was arrested Friday charged
wlta beating his wife to deaA.h. His
>wife was Aftj years of age and an in-
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