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J. J. MINER, Mgr. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA CO., N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 10,1908. VOL. XIIL NO. 28.
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Jn Session at Denver, Colo., This Week.
Proposed Bryan Platform With
Resolutions Committee.
MAKES ROOSEVELT AN ISSUE
Wants “Predatory Wealth” and
“Swollen Fortunes” Dealt With—
Contains Anti-Injunction Plank—
The Convention programme.
Denver, Col., Special.—The Ameri
can eagle and the Democratic roos
ter have vied with each other in
giving Denver one of the most lurid
Fourth of July in its strenuous ex
istence. Throughout the day streets
were ablaze with color, an incessant
din of cannon and crackers has
mingled with the enthusiasm or ar
riving political delegations, and long
William J. Bryan.
trains have crept over the prairie
from every direction adding their
thrones and the clatter of firework-'?,
here. At night the State Capitol and
ciher public buildings loomed out of
dai^kness in living fire with every
outline marked by myriad lights, the
^streets pulsated with convention
thongs and the clatter of fireworks;
the hotel lobbies were filled with pol
itical leaders, delegates and onlook
ers from every section of the country.
It is estimated that 20,000 strangers
are already here and 60,000 more are
«xpecteci in the next two days.
The arrivals included the Missouri
delegation headed by the tall gaunt
form of Senator Stone; part of the
North Carolina delegation headed by
Governor Glenn who promptly retired
his candidacy for the vice presidency,
and straggling advance guards of
many of the other delegations. These
ith Judge Parker, the Democratic
<?an('» date of 1904, Colonel Clayton,
■of Alabama, the silver-tongued South-
cner, ho will be permanent chainnan
•of the convention; Chief Murphy, of
Tammany Hall, and Governor Has
kell, of Oklahoma, a likely candidate
for chairman of the platform com
mittee, are the chief figures of nat
ional interest on the ground.
Denver, Special.—The platform
■sent here from Lincoln to the resolu
tions committtee of the Democratic
National Convention has been com
pleted. It follows closely the lines
■of the Nebraska platform, as written
by Mr. Bryan last March, and is one
of the shortest enunciations of the
kind in the modern political history
of the country.
Opening with a sharp challenge to
The Republicans for failure to put
into their platform specific declara
tions upholding the policies “j^ro-
fossedi” by the Roosevelt administjra-
tion and arranging the party for its
retreat from the “advanced posit
ion” taken by the “titular” leader
during the last four years, the docu
ment will contain a fitting reference
*0 the death of Grover Cleveland.
Platfonn builders at Denver have
iliese subjects approximately as pre-
' nted' above in condensed form to
■I'^al with as a basis for their opera-
vions.
The Injunction Plank.
Unle=s tliere is a decidedly srreater
Planks of Declaration. *
Scores Republicans for re- *
treating from “the advanced po- *
sition” taken by the ^“titular *
leader. ^ ’ •
Reaffirms faith in party prin- *
ciples. *
Declares for return to govern- *
ment by the people. *
Urges additional legislation to *
curb corporations and publicity *
for campaign contributions. *
Opposes centralization of pow- *
er. / •
Favors election of Senators by *
by direct vote. *
Demands immediate revision *
of the tariff. *
Comes out strong for an in- *
come tax and for means to keep *
down “swollen fortunes.’^ *
Advocates government control *
of railroads. *
• Declares for postal
banks and an emergency cur-
President. The declaration was mado
in connection with a discussion ho
indulged in regarding the action of
the Republican National Convention
in failing to insert such a plank as
he said “after President Roosevelt
and Mr. Taft had both dk3clared
themselves in favor of such action,
and was made with a sincerity that
left no doubt in the minds of his
hearers that he meant all he said.
Split Over Cleveland.
Charj^ng that' Alton B. Parker^s
resolution of tribute to the memory
of the late President Grover Cleve
land is a clever movo on the part of
the enemies of »William J. Bryan to
infuse factional feeling into the
national convention, friends of th^
Nebraskan are determined to offer
a resolution of a character designed
not to raise controverted political
issues.
All Democrats, without regard to
factional affiliations, applaud the
suggestion coming from New York
that the national convention should
embrace the first opportunity of
honoring the memory of Mr. Cleve
land, but most of those who have
expressed themselves on the subject
are of the opinion that the resolu
tions adopted should not contain any
thing over which tliere could be the
slightest difference of opinion.
Mascot Obtained.
The Democratic party has secured
, its mascot for the approaching con-
savw^ • Ivention. It came in the shape of a
,1 Rock Mountain burro, which was
presented to Chairman Thomas Tag-
rency
Insists upon a mo,diflcat.on of by
the law relative to in,iunct.ons ^ Taggart was
rges an - our aw an ^ unaware of the honor intended for
other l^bor legislation. animal was ushered in-
A\ants Philippine independence presence at his headquarters
recognized.^ , , , , ,, I in the third floor of the Brown Hotel.
—— {It was duly labeled^ in large letters
in paint, one side bearing the in
scription :
leaders declare that before the com
mittee on platform is appointed a
substantial agreement will have been
reached and that the committee will
be relieved of the necessity of a
prolonged sitting. In Chicago the
fight was against the insertion of any
injunction plank at all; here all ad
mit the necessity of some declaration
‘ ‘ My name is Denver; aik me,
the expression having reference to a
large badge for residents issued by
the citizens’ committee for the bene
fit of the strangers, reading: “I live
at Denver, ask me.” The other side
was inscribed: “I belong to Tom
Taggart. ’ ’
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of $500,000. It is a permaneni
building, but it will be christenedi by
the convention.
THE CONVENTION PROGEAMME.
WELCOME ARCH, DENVER, COLO., AT UNION STATION
Which Blazed a Welcome to Delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
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AUDITORIUM AT DENVER WHERti THE DEMOCRATIC NATION
AL CONVENTION IS BEING HELD.
but many oppose the pronouncement
for previous notice in injunction pro
ceedings.
There has been much communion
with Mr. Bryan on this point, but ap
parently his attitude is not clearly
understood, and probably it will not
be until his draft of tl»e platform
which he is understood to be prepar
ing is read. It is known, however,
that he would use stronger langu
age than is employed in the Republi
can platform. That he is willing to
go as far as the Federation of Labor
demands none is disposed to say, 1)ut
his closest friends assert that he does
not consider it necessary to make
such a sweeping declaration. Thay
say that Mr. Bryan will himself sug
gest what will be a concession to the
conservatives and they predict that
in the en('l his draft will be accepted.
A Leap Year Dilemma.
—From the Washington Star.'
tendency towarc^i compromise than is
now manifested the real fight will be
over the injunction plank, but the
Bryan Insists on Publicity Plank.
Lincoln, Neb., Special.—William J.
Bryan, in a speech before the Nebras
ka Travelling Men’s Club Friday
night, made the significant statement
that unless the Denver Convention
incorporated in its platform a
campai^ contribution publicity
plank it might look elsewhere than
to Nebraska for a candidate for
Bryan headquarters were opened
Monday at the Brown Palace Hotel.
Charles Bryan, a brother of the can
didate is in charge.
Snow to Cool HaU.
For the first time in the history
of national conventions an attempt
will be made in connection with the
Democratic convention to moderate
the temperature of the hall by the
use of snow, and preparations are
already unc*^r way for that experi
ment.
The new Denver railroad, known
as the Moffat Line, crosses the conti
nental divide 50 miles west of the
city and i*uns through innumerable
beds of perpetual snow, and this line
has been contracted with to bring
to the city large quantities of snow
which will be distributed through the
hall in barrels. The confident expec
tation is that it will vastly improve
the atmosphere and at least prove a
novelty to the visitors from the
States in which snow in the summer
is unknown. The hall will seat 12,-
000 persons.
Probably the most marked evi
dence of preperation to be found is
in the new Convention hall, a magnifi
cent structure which has been erected
in the heart of the city at a cost
Sessions on Four Days Provided for,
Beginning Tuesday.
Denver, Special,—The committee
Oil arrangements of the national com
mittee met on Friday and completed
the order of business for the Con
vention and for the session of the
national committee, to be held on
Monday. The Convention programme
is outlined for four sessions, begin
ning Tuesday. This will carry the
Convention through to Friday after
noon, unless a fight in committee oi
on the floor should prolong the delib
erations. As alredy announced, it is
proposedi that an adjournment shall
be taken immediately after the tem
porary organization is perfected out
of respect to the memory of th« late
Mr. Cleveland, although this feature
does not appear on the formal pro
gramme. The first day’s ' order of
business is as follows:
1. Chairman Taggart of the nat
ional committee, calls the Convention
to order at noon.
NORTM CAROLINA AFfAIRS
f The News of Old North State Gathered and Put
in Condensed Form.
Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota.
2. Secretary Woodson reads call
for Convention.
3. Prayer by Archbishop Jas, J.
Keane.
4. Announcement of temporary
officers agreed upon by the national
committee. *
5. Chairman asks for further nom
inations.
6. No further nominations, the
chairman puts question 'on agreeing
to the recommendations of the nat
ional committee.
7. Chairman appoints a committee
of two delegates to escort Tempor
ary Chairman Theodore A. Bell, of
California, to the chair.
8 and 9. Introductions and speech
of temporary chairman.
10. Call of States for members of
the following committees: Credent
ials, permanent organization, rules
ant< order of business, platform and
resolutions.
11. Probable adjournment or re
cess.
It is expected that the Cleveland
resolution as finally agreed upon will
be introduced just before adjourn
ment.
For the second session of the Con
vention on Wednesday the program
calls for the permanent organizat
ion, the address of the permanent
chairman and the receipt and adop
tion of committee reports.
The nominations for President will
be made Thursday, and it is planned
to adjourn after this is settled until
Friday morning, when the nomina
tions for vice President will be in
order.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS DEAD.
Stabbed With a Fork.
Durham, Special.—Joe Carter, a
citizen of Roxboro, is under' treat
ment at the Watts Hospital on ac
count of three stabs in the abdomen
that he received in his home town
last week, the stabbing being done by
Lacy Wilson, a Durham young man
who is now at work in Roxboro, a
fork being used in inflicting the
wounds. The condition of Carter
is such as to give hope that
the wounds will not prove fatal. The
wounds, however, are very painful,
the prcngs of the eating fork enter
ing the cavity of' the stomach at
three places. It will be several days
before the full nature of the wounds
can be determined. It was late in
the afternoon that the stabbing, was
C»one. Wilson and Carter got into
a dispute of some nature and the re
sult was that Wilson grabbed a fork
off the table at the boarding house
and used it. After being stabbed
Carter walked for some distance and
then fell to the ground. He lost
considerable blood-on account of the
wounds. It is reported here that the
fuss and fight occured on account
of a woman who lives in Roxboro.
North Carolina Veterans* Reunion.
Wmston-Salem, Special.—The an
nual reunion of North Carolina Con
federate Veterans’ Association will
be held in this city August 19th and
20th. These dates were definitely de
cided upon at a joint meeting of the
Norfleet Camp and a committee from
the board of trade held in the Win
ston Council chamber last week. A
central committee composed of
Messrs. F. J. Liipfert, R. C. Norfleet,
Z. T. Bynum, Maj. T. J. Brown and
Dr. J. A. Blum was named. It will
require $3,000 or more to entertain
the visitors, as there will be about
1,800 here, and a large portion of
the amount was raised at the meet
ing last week. Dr. R. E. Transom
was named as treasurer. The Twin
City will provide abundtint enter
tainment for the visitors and promis
es to give the veterans a good time
every minute of their stay in Win
ston-Salem. •
A Tragedy in Raleigh.
Raleigh, Special.—B. M.' Stultz, a
Seaboard engineer, whose wife and
six children live at Roanoke, was shot
by 'Turner Smith, an eighteen-yeaiv
old boy, and died an hour later, hav*
ing bled to death. Stultas was at
tempting to enter or had entered the
home of Smith, for the puipose d
visiting the sister of the boy, who
had fired at the man earlier in the
night. The tragedy occurred at 2:25,
and Stultz, mortally wounded, walked
a distance of four hundred yards and
fell in a heap at the Seaboard sta
tion, and despite the efforts of phy
sicians, expired at 3 o^clock. The
dead man was scheduled to go out
w<ith train No. 81 at 3 o’clock, andi
had on his overalls when found. Smith
surrendered and is in the ■ guard
house. An inquest will be held later
and it is probable that the boy will
be exonorated.
Famous Author, Familiarly Known as
“Uncle Remus” Passes Away at
His Home in Atlanta Editor and
Proprietor of Uncle Remus’ Maga
zine.
Atlanta, Special.—Joel Chandler
Harris, familiarly known as Uncle
Remus” and an author of note, died
at his home in a suburb of this city
Friday night. Mr. Harris, whose
health had been bad for some time,
had only been confined to his bed
for about ten days, suffering from
cerrhosis o fthe liver. Complication
set in and yesterday he grew rapidly
worse and continued to sink until
the end came at 8 o’clock. Joel
ChandleF was born in Eatonton, Ga.,
December 9th, 1848. He was married
in 1873 to Miss ‘ Essie LaRose, of
Canada, and in 1873 moved to At
lanta, joining the staff of The At
lanta Constitution. It was while he
was connected with The Constitution
that his tales, ‘^Stories by Uncle
Remits” first attracted attention. In
1900 Mr. Harris retired from active C
journalism and^ until last year, when
he became editor and proprietor \)f
Uncle Remus’ Magazine, spent most
of his time at his surburban home.
He is survived by a widow, four sons
and tw6 daughters. Mr. Harris was
buried in Atlanta.
Increase of $40,000.
Winston-Salem, Special.— There
was an increase of forty thousand
dollars in the internal revenue re
ceipts for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1908, over the previous year. This
means that there were over six hun
dred thousand more pounds of manu
factured tobacco shipped from this
city by local manufacturers to the
ports of the country than last year.
Rev. D. Clay Lily, D. D., who has
been making his home in Winston-
Salem since his resignation of the
pastorate of the First Presbyterian
church, will leave the city soon
with his family for Kentucky where
they go to make their new home.
Warehouse for Charlotte.
Charlotte, Special.—The plan re
cently promulgated by the local Far
mers’ Union to secure funds to erect
a system of warehouses in the coun
ty this fall is meeting with general
favor among the farmers. There wa^
a meeting Thursday of the commit
tee appointed to draft* a plan anA
work will begin at once upon seeur-
ing subscriptions. The proposition,
is to erect one central warehouse in
the city with a capacity of at least
2,000 bales and then other smaller
houses in other localities throughout
the county. The purpose of sueh a.
system is to enable weak farmers ta
keep their cotton off the market in.
the early fall when the price is de
pressed. It is believed that the com
pany which will be formed tp ope
rate such a concern will be am
ply strong enough to manage it sufi-
cessfully.
'Ralls of Lightning Flayed Around
Sick Bed.
Reidsville, Special.—What came
near being a serious accident hap
pened at the home of Mr. S. G.
Woods at Purley, when lightning
struck the desk telephone in Miss
Maud Woods’ room and balls of fire
played over the room and across the
bed where Miss Woods lay sick, even
burning three large holes in the bed
clothing. Miss Mamie Woods, a
sister of the invalid, showed her
nerve by cutting the telephone wire
with a knife while the lightning was
running along it, ant^ even tried to
throw the ’phone out of doors. It
was fortunate indeed that no one
was hurt.
Cotton Mill Operative Loses a Finger.
Durham, Special.—Emmett John
son, a young white man who has
been working for the East Durham
Cotton Mill for a short while, was
painfully hurt late Thursday after
noon. He was at work on one of
the machines when his hand was
caught andi the third finsrer on the
left hand practically mashed off.
Big Robbery in Asheville.
Asheville, Special.—Morris Gross,
of Ne"*^ York, who with Mrs. Gross,
is stopping here for a few days en
route to the Pacific Coast to take a
steamer for the Orient was robbed
of over ten thousand dollars. Gross
had the pocket book with the money
in his possession at night. In the
morning it was gone. The book con
tained nine $50 bills and a letter of
credit for two thousand pounds sterl
ing bought by Gross in New York be
fore starting for the Orient. Detec
tives are at work on the case.
Prof. Thompson Re-Eleetei.
Statesville, Special.—^Pyf. D. Matt
Thompson, who has had chaise of
the Statesville graded schools for
years and has managed the institu
tion entirely satisfactory, has again
been elected superintendent for an
other year, and the following nuned
have been selected members of the
faculty of the school for the next
session: Prof. H. E. Craven, princi
pal; Misses Kate Finley, Annie Lois
Henly, Claudia Poindexter, Edna
Brooks, Jessie Massey, Lottie Glass,
Clara Gillon, Elinor Murr, ^ Lottie
Linton, Nell Armfieldi" and Lula
Craven. Miss Armfield of States
ville, and Miss Craven of Concord are
the only new members of the faculty.
Many Applications for School Super*
intendency.
High Point, Special.—The school
board had a meeting to select* a man
to succeed Dr. George H. Croweil,
resigned, to fill the superintetodency
of the High Point graded schools.
There was quite a number of apoli-
cations which have b^n boiled d ||vn
to six and from which the school
board will make a selection ' some
time this week. • Dr. Crowell goes to-
Epworth University, Oklahoma Citv,.
Okla., to which he has been elected
vice chancellor.
To Serve Second Sentence.
Greensboro, Special.—T. M. An-
gell, convicted four years ago of de
frauding the government out of &
hundred thousand dollars, has been
taken to the Atlanta penitentiary to
serve a second sentence of four years
for defrauding the government out
of two hundred thousand doUaza
which has still to be served.
Tar Heel Notes.
The State convention of dentiste
met in Charlotte last week and had
an interesting session.
The rural letter carriers had their
meeting in Wilmington Friday and
Saturday.
The superintendent of the third
division of the Seabord Air.Line hail
moved his offices to Monroe.
Sabbath School Institute Held at Ah*
erdeen.
Aberdeen, Special.—The third an
nual meeting of the Western District
Sabbath School Institute of Fayette
ville Presbyter>* has been in session
here since Monday morning. The in
stitute, under the management of
Rev. J. B. Carpenter, field secretary-
and Rev. J. K. Roberts, schools in
Fayettevile Presbytei^, is by far the
most successful and instructive that
has ever been held. Rev. Messr^
Carpenter and Roberts are experi
enced and expert in Sabbath school
work. -