miK II I SlUMS I Sylvan peieo[ you Cctfi*t Keep DofxPtt- a Tatefn; Let^jr Vtill Together. }. i. MINER, Mgr. BEEVAKD, TRANSYLVANIA CO., N.C.,FEIDAy,JDLlt 24,1908. VOL. XIII. NO. 30. |H[ PIHJ^NBIDATES Eugene Chafin for President; A. S. Watkins for Vice-President. SHORT PLATFORM ADOPTED Kev. Palm ore of SL Louis Was Nominat ed Vice-President by Acclamation Eut Declined the Honor. SHIINERS ELECT OFflGERS. Coluni'bus, Ohio.—For president, Eugene W. Ghafln of Chicago, ill.; for vice president, Aaron*S. Watkins of* Ada, Oiiio. ^ This ticket v/as nominated by the proiiiijitionlisls' national convention, bad both nominations were made uiiaiilmous. The full indorsement of me convention wai not, however, giv- en to Mr. Chaiin, until after three ual- lois iiad been taKen. Oil ihe first two ballots Mr, Chafin mission by consres3 to the several states of an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, importation, exportation or transportation of alco holic liquors for -beverage purposes. “Two. The immediate prohibition of the liquor traffic for beveragjp pur poses in the District of Columbia, in the territories and aL places over which the national government has jurisdiction; the repeal of the inter nal revenue tax on alcoholic liquors and the prohibition of the interstate traific therein. ‘ Three. The election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. ' Four. Equitable graduated income and inheritance taxes. “Five. The establishment of postal savings banks and the guaranty of ■deposits in banks. "Six. The regulation of all corpora tions doing an interstate commerce business. Seven. The creation of a perma nent tariff commission. “Ei^ht. The strict enforcement of law instead of the official tolerance and practical license of the social evil which prevails in many of our cit ies, with its unspeaka/ble traffic in girl.s. “Xnine. Uniform marriage and di vorce lav;s. ■ Ten. An equitable and constitu- tiocal employers’ liability act. "Eleven. LouisTiile, Ky., Selected as Meeting Place For 1909 Conclave. ^ St. Paul, Min.—The imperial coun cil of the Ancient Arabic Order, No bles of the Mystic Shrine, decided to hold the conclave of 1909 in Louis ville and elected the following offi cers; Imperial potentate, Edwin I. Alder man, Marion, Iowa; imperial deputy potentate, George L. Street, Rich mond, Va.; imperial chief rabban, Fred A. Hines, Los Angeles, Cal.; tm- perial high priest and prophet, Wil liam J. Cunningham, Baltimore, Md., imperial oriental guide, William W. Irwin, Wheeling, W. Va.; imperial first ceremonial master, Jacob T. Barron, Columbia, S. C.; imperial cap tain of the guard, Henry F. NiedriiTg* hans, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; imperial treasurer, William S. Brown, Pitts- ~burg. Pa.; imperial recorder, Benja min F. Rowell, Boston, Moss. The council granted a disi>ensation to Masons of Seattle, Wash., to organ ize a Shrine in that city. The new temple will be known as “Nile,” Dis pensations were refused to Macon, Ga., Dawson City, Yukon and Cairo, Illinois. WOBKINGNAN FEEDS UNEMPLOYED. Scores of Hungry Men Ar« Given Bread and soup Each Day. New York City.—One hundred men a day are bein^ fed free of cost by John Morgan,, nimself a poor work ingman, at No. 102 Christopner street, and so quietly that not even residents of the neignborhood have known what was going on. Every morning at 7 o’clock scores of huungry men out of employment appear in groups of eight or ten and lor a full hour they' come and go, crowding the small room to its full capacity. Every man helps himself to soup and bread and coftee without stint, and he is at liberty to obtain his break fast and dinner there for a reason able time until he shall have a chance to get work. Mr. Morgan has been carrying on the work on a small scale tor the last two or three years, but the de mands on him have increased so that his accommodations are now taxed to their full capacity. He has no money and has found co-operation in his work from his daughter, who helps him to pay the rent, while he collects food tor his proteges as best iXO- - - — The expense of renting suitable ac commodations is divided between them, and for their provisions, they largely depend on the bounty of ba kers, butchers and grocers, amon-g whom Mr. Morgan makes his rounds at 5 o’clock every morning. MNE PER^NS MwFfO BITS. FBEIGT RATES GO UP Increase of From Four to Ten Cents Per Hundred. SHIPPERS TO MAKE FIGHT Some Officers Urged That an Increase at This Time Was Impolitic, Bui it Was Declared a Necsscitj. ELKS m\M TO LOS ANGELES. Louisville, Ky.—^That freight rates should be advanced in the territory of the Southeastern Freight Associa tion and the Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association, which takes in all of the territory sotuh of the Ohio river, was decided on at the meeting in this city; of the executive offices of all of the railroad systems interest ed. The advance. It is said, will be from 4 to 10 cents a hundred pounds hori zontally, to correspond with the ad vance decided on by the Southeastern Freight Association recently. The advance was decided on after considerable-^pposition on the part of railroad executives, who maintain ed that an advance of rates at the present time was impolitic, but this opposition was finally won over 'by the argument that in order to meet the various increased expenses an in crease in rates was absolutely neces sary. The clerical forces of the railroads ijig recent sixty-ninth ibirthday anni- interested are quartered in Louisville j versary. Among them were some temporarily, working out the tariffs, lines f^m the pen of Rev. George It is considered probable that th as Thomas Dowling, who was for twelve California Citjr Wins Next Convention. Holland Heads Order. Dallas, Texas.—The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in session here elected the following officers: Grand exalted ruler. Rush L. Holland, Colorado SprUigs, Colo.; grand es teemed leading knight, John G. Shea, Hartford, Conn.; grand estlemeed loy al knight, A. M. McElwee, Fort Worth, Texas; grand esteemed lectur ing knight, Warren G. Sayre, Wa bash, Ind.; grand treasurer, Edward Leach, New York; grand tiler, Charles Lu Decker, Minnesota; grand trustee, Alfred T. Holley, Hackensack, N. J.; grand secretary, Fred C. Robinson, Dubuque, Iowa; grand inner guard, A. M. Taylor, St. Augustine, Fla. Los Angeles, Cal.,. was selected as the next convention city over Detroit, Mich. The officers were elected by accla mation with the excf,^tion of the grand loyal knight, Charles E. Sweet, of Dowagioc, Mich,, being defecated by A. M. McElwee of Fort Worth, Tex., and for grand inner guard, A. M. Taylor of St. Augustine, Fla., winning from Thomas G. Phalen of Memphis, Tenn., and John J. J. Groves of Port Chester, N. Y. BHYNE FOB ROCKEFELLER. Preacher Sends Metrical Co«ft)ratula* tions to the Oil Magnate. New York City.—John D. Rockefel ler was the recipient of many congrat ulatory messages on the occasion of By the Explosion of a Pov\/der Maga zine—Many Others Injured. Cleolum, Wash.—An explosion in the pov/der magazine of the North western Improvement company, killed nine persons and seriously injured a number of others. The dead; George Mead, manager of Northwestern Im provement company’s store; Gifford McDow'ells, clerk; Andy Grill, clerk; Mrs. Perry Moffatt, wife of brick- maker; infant child of Mrs. Moffatt; Joe Rossi, miner; Joe Pogriappi, min er, and two miners. Manager Mead and''the two clerks from the store went to the powder house to assist in unloading a carload of powder. How the accident hap pened is not known. EOY AAiO MOTIlER WOUNDED. tariffs will not be in shape for filing -before August 1, and in accordance with the requirements of the Inter state commerce commission compell ing rates to be filed thirty days prior to becoming effective, the new rates will not be in force until September first. The Southeastern Freight Associa tion govern® all the roads east of a line from Cincinnati through Chatta nooga and Birmingham. The territo ry of the Southeastern Mississippi Val ley Association is included between this line and the Mississippi river. Indianapolis, Ind. — It was stated here by prominent shippers that the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers’ Assacoation will resist with persist- years pastor of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, in Cleveland, which Mr, Rockefeller attends. Mr. Dowl ing’s message was as follows: “Cling to the habit of * still being young; Cultivate leisure without being lazy. Garner all joys that the poets have sung. And prove every year Dr. Osier is crazy.” OBALOrA EECTED PRESIDENT. Panama Election Passed Off Almost Without Disturbance. Panama.—The presidential elections CAR ROBBER 6AKG CAPTURED. Shot From Passing Freight Train at Loaded Trolley Car. Atlanta, Ga.—Hiram Jamieson, 8- y>ear-old son of Superintendent Jamie son of the Decatur Methodist Or phans’ home, and Mrs. Jamieson were ourt review^s of postof-1 seriously wounded while on a suburb- fice departmont deeisicns. an car returning their home after ■'Twelve. T\ie ^-ohibition of child j outing given to the orphans of la':or in mines, v wkshops and fac- pulton county. As the car was speed- i^oiies. ing along a shot was fired from a ‘Thirteen. Legislation basing suf- passing ireight train on the Georgia frage only upon intelligent and abil- j-aiij-oad, which parallels the trolley Ity to read and write the English lan guage. “Fourteen. Preservation of the min eral and forest resovirces of the coun try and the improvement of the high- ^vays and waterways, “Believing in the righteousness jof cur cause and in the final triumph of our principles, and, convinced of the unwillingness ’ of the republican and *iemocraiic parties to deal with these i.5sue.-5, we invite to full party fellow- j^hip all citizens who are with us Jiijeed.” Mrs. Carrie Nation, who represent ed the District of Columbia at the "ODvention, made a speech in which she declared the nominee must be a n^an v/ho did not use tobacco as well line, the bullet passing through the head of the boy and entering his mother’s neck.' Wio fired the shot is not' known, but later the entire crew of the freight train was placed under arrest. OF POLiTiCAL INTEREST. Alaibama delegates to the conven tion of the - Independence League, which will be held in Chicago next week, have decided to push the name of M. W. Howard of Alabama for the nomination of president of the United States. Virgiirta’s Independence League has stated that John Temple Graves is ^ prohibitionist. She nanied no preference for president of the orJer a»d fOTcer to concludf abrupt- United States, provided William Ran- ly dolph Hearst will not run. Thomas E. Watson opens his cam paign for president on the populist ticket Thursday, July 23, in an ad dress at Macon, Ga. William J. Bryan has practically completed his personal plans for the campaign. It is his intention to make ten or a dozen political addresses, dealing with the vital issues as pre sented in the democratic platform, but to deliver no stump -speeches. Mr. Bryan will go to New York some time in August, It is said he has determined to wage a fierce bat tle in that state, believing that, des pite his failure to get an eastern run ning mate New York is debatable. Ollie James of Kentucky has been selected for the chairmanship of the democratic national committee. v_£Xhfxl ** * V 4u^ throughout the Isthmus of Panama without disturbance. Senor Freight Association are now in ses sion in Chicago, checking in rates,w'ill hasten to fruition plans which have been put on foot for a conference of representatives of shippers’ associa tions in practically all of the states This conference, which likely w^ill be held in Indianapolis, will take up the question of the proposed increase in rates all over the United States and w'ill adopt plans for fighting the movement of the railroads. OOVERNS BY EXECUTION Count Tolstoi Declares this the Policy of Czar’s Govemm^t. INHIIIHAN DEEDS ARECOmiON Russian Author Declares That He Can No Longer Endure the Crimes Committed in Russia. LitTE NEWS NOTES. ly minister to the United States, and acting president during the absence of Dr. Amador, was elected president. At the conclusion of the balloting, en thusiastic . crowds, headed by a band of music, paraded the streets of Pan ama, cheering continuously for the newiy elected president. There ap peared to be an absolute absence of ill-feeling between the former sup porters of Senor Arias and the adhe rents of Senor Obaldia. Never before has such a friendly spirit been seen so quickly after an election. INVESTIGATE TBE mSONS. Eleven Men Are Jailed at Pensacola, Florida—Loot Recovered. Pensacola, Fla.—One of the best or ganized and most successful gangs of freight car robbers and wholesale grocery operators ever to operate in Pensacola was unearthed by the po lice, and eleven men landed in jail, one probably fatally wounded by an officer’s bullet. The gang, which is composed of em ployes or drivers of wholesale gro cery houses, were supplying the res taurants and stores with stolen goods. A raid was made upon a restaurant operated by a man who formerly served many years as head waiter at a leading hotel. There were found large quantities of butter, lard, beer, whiskey, champaigne, etc. Following this clue the police arrest ed proprietors of two stores and | England Fighting Against the Con- Georgia Legislature crciers Thorough Examination. Atlanta, Ga.—Both houses of the Georgia Legislature passed resolu tions providing for “an examination and investigation into the conduct and management of the prison commifj- sion, its officers and employes, and all convict leases.” This action was taken in respqn^se to a recommeendation made tby Gov ernor Smith in his annual message to the legislature in which he called at tention to the published charges re- fieecting upon the official conduct of the chief warden. AMERICAN BEEF COMBINE found these stores filled v/ith goods stolen and which the Louisville and Nashville officers had been endeavor ing to trace for months. TRIBUTE PAID TO GENERAL LEL Letter Received ffom Dr. Burrage, Historian of Maine. Jackson, Miss.—Director Dunbar .v, k ^ u, Rowland of the department of ar- firms constituting the beef comb ne trol of Retail Xrade. London, England.—Pressed to take some action to prevent the American beef comibine from obtaining control of the retail beef trade in Great Brit ain, Winston Churchill, president of the board of trade, has informed Lord Robert Cecil, in the house of com mons, that the operations of the six GOVERNOR GARD IS ALIf L Arrives on Transport .Sheridan. Fearfully Wounded by Moros. San Francisco, Cal.—A. L. Gard, dis- riot governor of Lanoa, in the island Mindanao, Philippine Islands, who 'vas reported to have died as a result wounds received in an engage- inent wiih Moros, arrived here on the transport Sheridan. Governor Gard, «fill suffering from the fearful wounds received, occupied a cot in the hos- Pi'.al ward of the Sheridan on the Voyage from Manila and was carried the ship on a stretcher and placed aboard the train en route to York, where he will enter the Koosevelt hospital. chives and history, is m receipt of a letter from Dr. Henry S. Burrage, his torian of the state of Maine, asking for a copy of his sixth annual report. In concluding his letter Dr. Burrage pays the following tribute to General S. D. Lee, recently deceased: “I also wish to say that I can well understand what a loss you have suf fered in the death of General S. D. Lee. I was with Grant at Vicksburg. When the Massachusetts monument at Vicksburg was unveiled in 1903, General Lee was present and made an address as patriotic as it was forcefuL It deeply stirred my heart as I read it, and I sat down and wrote him, thanking him for its noble utter ance. I still have his noble reply. God bless him! We cannot be too grateful that we have had such men.” BELS IN 46TU STORL Metropolitan Building to Have Four of Largest in the World. New York City.—Four of the largest and costliest 'bells in the world are to be placed in the forty-sixth st^try of the new tower of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company’s building, in Madison Square, and from a position about 650 feet above the pavement, nearly twice as high as any in the world, their deep tones will announce each quarter of an hour. - They will give w^t is known as the Cambridge quarters, four blows' each quarter of an hour, eight blows each half, twelve blows on the three- quarters, and sixteen blows each hour, followed by a striking of the hour. were receiving the careful attention of the government. Mr, Churchill said that his investigat'ions thus far had not yet convinced him of the neces sity of appointing a house of com mons committee of inquiry. MONEY TO MOVE CROPS. Mississippi Farmers Will Have No Trou ble in Raising Funds. According to the leading (bankers of Mississippi that state will need very little, if any, outside financial assistance in marketing the season’s cotton crop. The banks proper are in a better shape to finance the crop this year than last, and the Mississip pi branch of the Farmers’ Union will play a very prominent part in the work. PROUIBITION IN MAINL Democrats Favor Resubmission of the Questioij^Juo Peopf«» Bangor, Maine. — Maine democrats in convention unanimously nominated Obediah Gardner of Rockland for gov ernor, and Everett M. Mower of Au gusta for state auditor. Electors of president and vice-^ president were also nominated. The platform declares for resubmis sion of the prohibitory law, repeal of the Sturgis law,~ abolition of the state liquor agency, a fifty-eight hour law for women and children in factories and prohibition of cl^ild labor in fac tories and endorses the national tick et and platform. ^ Loudon, England.—The Daily Chron icle prints three close columns of the most passionate and severe indict ment ever penned by Count Leo Tol stoi, the Russian author, in which he shows- all his old vivid skill, of the present system of “government by soep ecution” in Russia, the ar ticle con cluding with a noble appeal to the better nature of his countrymen. During the course of the article, the count writes: **I can no longer endure it. I write this • * • either that these inhu man deeds may be stopped or that my connection with them may be snapped and I be put in prison, where I may be nearly conscioas that these hot- rors are not committed on my behalf, or still better (so good that I dare not even dream of such happiness), that they may put on me as on those twen ty or twelve peasants, a shroud and a cap and may push me also off a bench so that my own weight may tighten the well-soaped noose around my old throat.” After describing wholesale execu tions in gruesome detail. Count Tol stoi says: “All this is carefully arranged an lowed. Miss Annie Morgan, daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, is investigating iit- stitutions of German workingmen. In company with a committee appoint^A by the Berlin city council, she In spected the municipal tsiborer'a houses of that city. Two men were killed st Santa Bar> bara, Ca., by falling into a tank of burning oil. The tank contained 35,000 barrels of oil and the men wera fighting the fire, being suspended over the tank iby ropes. The ropea broke and they dropped into the aea of boiling oil. The Right Rev. William AwdiT» Anglican bishop of South Tokio, Ja pan, in a strong letter to the Londoa Times repudiates the idea that tha Japanese have any aggressive inten tions towards the United States or elsewhere. Three men were killed, one fatallr injured and a dozen severely hurt hjp an explosion of fireworks on the Bos* ton and Maine freight wharf in Bos> ton harbor. The shed was destroyed. Six hundred men were at work on tha wharf. One died on the way to tha hospital. Jonas Rohra, blind man residing at Wilkesbarre, Pa., was arrested charged with shooting and severely wounding his wife. A panic followed the exploding of a bom-b in a tenement house in New York City, No one was injured by ^ihe explosion but the house was near ly demolished. Six men were instantly killedd and six other men are entombed in tlie shaft of the Williamson Coal com pany’s mine at Pottsville, Pa. An ex plosion of gas followed by fire was the cause of the fatality. At the Elks convention held in Dalf thirty-seven thousand persona. Ten tons of beef, two tons of mutton, thir ty thousand loaves of bread, tea thousand pounds of beans, twelve 'bar rels of pickles and fifteen thousand pounds of condenseJ, Mexican chill were, consumed. A Chicago firm of contractors iB about to undertake what is said to bo the greatest house-moving task on record. The operation is part of the cleaning up work on the site of ttie new $20,000,000 station of the North western railroad. A five-story briclt and steel building, one hundred feet wide and one hundred and fifty feeC long, weighing about six thousand tons, is to be moved a distance of about half a block. The job will cost $50,000 and will require three montl^ The house is to