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i; . 'i .1;, v. - ' ; .; . , -. , , ; ' lSHEVI '.' TH WEATHER, r .-, 0 ;.. ; -v , -.a .,;,-) i . H0WER8 ' ' s . . . . VOLXXNQ 235 ASHBVUXB N. C, THURSDAY MORNING' JULY 6, 1905 PRICB FTVB CENTS- Success of Virginia -North Carolina Gonvention Diy Increasing THE SEGOiiD DAY OF JOURNALISTIC At liEfilLWOIITH INN IS FEATURED! DY lii HAPPENINGS OF GREAT INTEREST Business Sessions Yesterday Morning Followed by Sev eral Social Events TROLLEY RIDE AND A DELIGHTFUL RECEPTION Grand Complimentary Ba! Last Night Drew Many Visitors From City Yesterday morning; the three hundred and odd d legates to ihc Virgin! i-North Carolina Press Associations convention settled down' to real business. Each as sociation held business meetings and papers or vital Interest to newspaper men were read and dlseur-ed Business, however, made way for pleasure In he afternoon, when the five - new cars of the shevllle Electric compun", und r the personal supervision - at General Manager H. W. Plummer, came out to the foot of Kenll worth hill and took three hundr d passengers aboard for a trolley lour of the city. The regular schedule of the street rallwj y com pany was not Interfered with In any way and the entire program was car ried oaf without a hitch. The firs: item of Interest came up at Riverside Paile, Where Mr. Plummer and Mr. Keeler fntertanied the visitors with a phono graphic concert, many fine sjjlee.lons being listened to and enjoyed. Later he trip to the Swannnanoa Country club was undertaken, and on arrival ' there It was found that 'in ilcgant buf fet luncheon the details of which are given on the society page uf this Issue) was' carved-under the direction of Mrs Charles Piatt and Miss Josephine Hood, represen:lng the Woman' Exchange of this city. The visitors were loud In their prals; of the excellent fare pro vided by the ladies,' many declaring It was one of ifhe .finest they had ever "happened across." Photographs of the entire crowd were taken later by Mr. Clarence Ray and the return to Kenil worth Inn was next in order. After a brief business session the crowning feature of .th? Aiy-T-the complimentary ball and luncheon (also described on the social page) came up for at ention. The ball was successful to a lygh de gree, and so was the buffet lunch on. all of which earned high compliments ' for Mr. Moore Jnd his able assistants., A -business session this morning, a trip, through the Vandcrbilt es ate, a luncheon at th? Biltmqrc dairy and the grand wind-up the banquet tonight, are the features on today's program. The management, conductors . nd motormen of the Asheville Electrte company wer highly praised for the successful manner In wheh yesterday's trip was handled. j Yesterday's Business. The first buslno?s ression of the con-? Ventlon was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. It was .the occasion of the . formal welcoming of the associations . to the city by Mayor A. S. Barnard and the reading of several technical papers. The meeting was opened by a prayer by the Rev. P. R. Law and "Autd L ng Syne" by the entire Virginia d lega tion. A.( the conclusion of the song Mayor Barnard bade the .editors .wel come to Asheville In a brief, but entire ty, appropriat adddre?. He pQk? of the power Wielded by the press as the moulder of public opinion. The occas ion was especially happy for him. he satd.8lnce. he -is. a Virginian by birth and a North Carolinian by adoption.. Continuing Mr. Barnard commented on th close ties that bind the two sta.es together and expressed the hope that '3 s a reiulV of this meeting these ties will, be drawn still closer. He closed with the assurance that Ash-vllle feels proud of the honor done her by those. who come here for their annual meet ing and gladly avails herself of the op portunity of entertwnling them as best h- con. , Mayor Barnard's address was warmly applauded. . : ; The response on the part of the Vir ginia delegation came from C D. D nit, of the Times-Register, who, extended the slncer thanks of Jhe visitors for the kind reception accorded them and as sured Mayor Barnard that they were hiving the time of their lives. Major H. A- London, of the Pirsbor Record, who' was- To have responded for th? .North Carolinians, was not present, but he was ably represented by another Virginia, W. 8. Copeland, .of the Tlm-s-Dlspatch, who In a humorous talk ex - pressed his pleasure at being able to be present at the Joint convention. Mr. Copeland said that he had always felt keenly th loss of his . native state, (Nhrth Carollm, when he removed to Virginia, 'but greatly relieved to find that- this state's lor was offset when M.. Barnard came to Asheville. President Varner's addr as was next on the program. His address will be found elsewhere In this Issue. The president announced the following com- mlttes, whore reports will b; made, te- day. 1 J Resolbtlonw Thad R Ma fining. - J. M. Julian and Norman R, Johnson. - Treasurer's Report J. D. Bivens. H. B-4Itrn Wd J O. 'Boyllii. ' Suggesilons on President's Message ' l . f : : it . . '"A s Mm V I J. B. SH ERRILL. Treasurer North Carolina Secretary and PROGRAM OF BANQUET. . Tottstm tU l W. S. Copeland, Richmond, Va. Opening AdJitss by Toast- mister. Responjic, to A.dilrtss R. H. " Beaslev. SouJli BosWfn,' Va. "The Old North Slat- Joseph-- "" " us Daniels,. Raleigh. "VI:girBa" R. A. Anderson, Marlon, V).' "Blood Is 'Thicker Than Wat- er" J. H. Culne, Asheville Clizen. "l)ur First Joint. Session" W.V McD. Lee. Irvlngtun, Va. ' 4- ''Our Fraternity"' Ri M. Phil- ' Hps, Raleigh. "The Press" Sttckley Tucket, Amherst, Va. "Any Old Thing" Dr. B.' F., Dickson, Raleigh. ' . J. P. Caldwell, J. A. Thomas and Clyde R. Hoey. . Committee on By-laws W. C.Dowd, C. L. Stearns and J. K. Johnson. "The Effect of the Patent Outside upon Foreign Advertising" was' dis cussed by D. J. Whichard, of '. the Greenville Reflector, In an able manner, whll W. B. West lake, of The Citizen, read a paper on "The Business End of ia Newspaper." Mr. Westlake consid ered nder this h ad three subjects sys tem In office work, circulation and ad vertising. His reniarks -were warmly applauded. ' - The historian of the North Carolina society, T. J. Lassiter, of the Smithfleld Herald, was n'xt given the floor, and. en;er alned the tOnventlon, with an tn-l. terertlng hlst5ry of state, newspapers for the year. l Is given In full on an other page of this iaaue. The morning program clos d with a dissertation on "Scrambled Eggs" by J. A. Robinson, of ithe purham Sun. , Evening Session. Previous to the ball In the evening State Auditor B. F, Dixln delivered 'an address tothe two asaiKilations, which was r'spondedlo by J. H.Hudiey: or the Charlottevllle Pnigross, - .Mr, Llnd sey's remarks were in an unusually happy vein and elicited much applause from his heaers. WANTS 1906 CONVENTIO1 N FOR CHASE CITY. VA,. Mr. W. T- Hughr. president of'the Mecklenburga Mineral. Springs com pany, of Chase City, Va., Is one of the most Inuresting persons attending the Press assocatlon. Mr. Hughes -Is "looking over the lay of the ground to see It there Is not a chance of get ting the Virginia association, to meet ajt Chase City 'next, summer: his hotel accommodations ate . among the bear In the south, and it Is needless to say that the. association would , meet with a cordial welcome IT they should go to Chase City. In-the ev,ent that bt Virginia asso ciation should go there for their next meeting. It Is possible the North Car olina .association woold "be with them. Will Issue Bonds (Special to The Citizen.) ! Spent-ex, July 5. The municipal bond election held In Bpcncrr today was car ried by a vote of practically throe to one In favor of the bonds. Only forty- alx votes were cast agalix-t the meas- ure. Great Interest prevailed at the polls throughout he day, this being the the first election of the kind for the town. An Issue of ITfl.lfW Is authorised for sewerage, water work, electric light. etreet ' Improvement 'and graded schooK t , w j jt 1 1 1 Press Aisociaton. TODAY'S PROGRAM Morning 8ssion 9:30 O'clock. Essay "The Press, the l'ulpli and the Politician." by Rev. lit: A. J. Mo Kelway of the Pr.sby.eiitn Stand ard. 'Essay "What Arc Ve Here For?" by Mr. W., K. Mtirsli'all of the Gas ton! i Gr.etre. ., , Esstiy -"Duty of the Prtas Toward Lawlessness," by Mr. Josephus Dan iels of the Raleigh News and Obser ver. , ' Fiisay "Is "a Senil-Weekly Mote Profitable than a Weekly?" by Mr. D. T. Edwards of the K'inston Free Press. Address "The Relations of the Ad vertising Agency to the N".vr.papprs," by Mr. Pt. Elmo Missengale of At-, lantu. ( ' : In the afternoon a carriage drive Will be lak"ii to the KILtniore estate, and In the evening a baniiuet will be ( glveii at the Inn. Umrhj Ssmlt atrrV. r-Drtleutrfylisltiv-lookinfl clsee down htee.'x t I ;Tfc oernmnt is worrtt4 var TEATEN-T0- 1 v .. BOMBARD TOWN Unless Provisions are Fur nished Crew' of Kntaz i PotflmXIne INHABITANTS jtERRIFIED ARE FLEEIN5 THE SCENE -X. Mutineers Announce Begin ning of Struggle Against the CzLr Themloslu, Crimea. J July t. Sum moned by the KnMx lileinklii . repre sentatives of the tow ii council went on board the battles-hip tinU were -received lu the admiral's cabin by the commis sion commanding her. (The commk-slon d manded the dellveiyof r,00 tons of roul and provisions of 1 various kinds within twentyfour louijr, and threat ened .hat in ths event if non-cnmpll-ame. after due warning, to the Inhabit ants the town would be bombarded. The commission also? proposed that1 the mayor should transriiit to the popu lation a proclamation 1 mnndlng the termination of the war, a convocation of the Zeni' voa. etc. 1 I.witiilng of these diniinds, many In habitant!; fled the town. The workmen Insisted that the demands be granted A sp clal meeting of ' the municipal council was called and the counsel con sented to deliver the provlHlons, but re fused to comply with the demand for coal for the reason that the town hnd none. Struggle is Begun Afwlnst the Government of the Czar Theodoslaf jttfy .The Russian battleship Knlrii Poemklne ihas ' ar rived ., here, anil; aseH for " coal, ior visions and metlloal attendance. The mutineers -demsMded that the authori ties of the town guarantee their mtfety during the stay of the ship here. ' The 'mutineers of the Knl is Polom klne today formally raised the stand ard of rebellion und Issued the follow ing declaration: ' The- crew of the Krilast Potemklne notify the foreign powers that the de clslve struggle has begun against the Russian government. We consider It to , be our duty to declare thai vt e guarantee the complete Inviolability of -foreign ships navigating the Hluck Sea, as well as the inviolability of for eign ports." ' . - the y ellsw fsver question at Panama, ' iii ,,, i i , HAY AT REST Services Performed in Excel lent Taste at Cleveland Yesterday PRESIDENT ARRIVED AT . NINE IN THE MORNING And Was Driven to the Cham ber of Commerce Where the Body Lay . I'levelond. Ohlil, July 5. -The h(,dv of John Hay reals tonight In tils run ny Durying ground In tormr of Ixikevlew cemetery. Flv hundred feet to the west of Where the kiv.ii sectettiry lies is the great inemnrlnl of James A. Oarfleld; twa htin.lred teet io tne norm rises the mnnllt!i of the Rockefeller family. , - ' I The sei Wees' throughout Were ml mirnDiy . ronauctea in mjst excellent taste, and' from .the arrival of I'resi dent Roosevelt In the morning until his departure. In the afternootr brought the nmclnl day. to Its end, not a ln gle untoward incident .was In evidence. President RooaeveH'a rtaln son the Pennsylvania rood rolled Into the union depot, exactly at the time set. 8 o'clock. Troop A of the Ohio Na tional Gu.ird. which was to act nr the president's escort, flashed a sa- lu e us . the president raised his lint In acknowledgement. As soon as the members .of the cabinet had entered tneir carriages tne cavalry passed to the front of the column with the ex' ception of four troopers, wiio rode two on etch side of , the president's 'irrlnge. The- party was driven to the Chamber of Commerce, where the body lay. ',' y :.'.-.', ",: Mis. Hay had expressed deslrel that the casket, be not opened unlf President Roosevelt should, express a desire to gase upon the fact of his sec reiary once more. ;Tnl Was ex jdalned it tl president., nt '"(he irnln, and he ,ar once cxprensed. himself t unwilling to disturb the arangemttls already made. At Just, 10 o'clock the funeral left the Chamber of Com mere The casket, carried by six non-com missioned officers of the cavalry tioop, was Dorne to tne nearse between two lines formed by the present and for mer cabinets, who acted as honnrnrv pall bearers. None of the members of the Hay. family was at the Chamber of Commerce, and. In company with a few friends, they awaited the ar rival ql the funeral cortege at Wade chapel, .Inside the cemetery grounds. Exactly on the minute of U o'clock Caut. Scofleld of Troop A brought hla Continued on page 4 '1 "Ji " ' "ll 'T!T1 - ffew turn. LAWYERS m NOW MEET! 16 jf Opening Session Was HeU at Lake Toxaway Last Evening PROMINENT ATTORNEYS OF STATE ATTENDING Address of Welcome Ably Delivered by C. F. Toms of Hendehonvllle V (Staff Corr sxndence.) Toxawiy Inn, July .1. At the Toxa way company's superb Toxaway Inn. In the heart of th- beautiful Sapphire country, the North Carolina Hr As sociation Is holding Its annual meeting, the opening session being held tonight. The meeting promises much of Int r- esi In I he way of '.ible legal addresses and reports of cemmittees. The mem bers are anticipating the address of I'nlted Plates Circuit Court Judge J. C. t'rl' bird on "The Relation of the 8tnle and I'nlted Urates- Courts" as one of Importance. It Is n etibi ct little treat ed of In discussions, much mlsunder stood, even by some lawyers, and need elucidation. As Judge Prl ehard Is known, both by decisions and opinion be a firm believer in the perfect practicability of harmony between the series of courts, und very deslrou that the people under, and that " Untied States courts are their courts as mtiyli as Mate courts are.-lt W believed isn't the paper will attract national tnt r- est. . The aiinu)! address will be made by the Hon. Joseph M. Hill. Judge Bill Is chief iuftlce of the Arkansas Su preme court, and his youth shows that this honotwa won on merit. He bears, with his brother, Prof-ssor Hill, of 'the A. and M. college, the distinction of be ing a son of D. H. Hill, lieutenant gen eral in the Confederate army, and one (if Us hardest fighters. Judge Hill Wis born In the plc:ureso,u ly named sec tion of "Hard Scrabble," In Mecklen burg county, from which he removed o Arkansas. - The meeilng was called to order to night by C. Tlllet. of Charlotte, chairman of the executive commltt-e, who Introduced President Thomas 8. Kenan, of Raleigh. The address of wel come n then nintie iy rnnies r rencn Tntns, of Hend ronvllle. I.leutcnam (Tovernnr Frnncle D.' Winston presented the report of the eommlnee on member ship, showing thlrly-flve new membprs elect d. The address of the president followed thl report. The committee on memorials, through Locke Craig."' re ferred to 'th - deaths of Judge T. N. Hall, W. A. Dunn. I. H. Gore, Col. H, C, Jones, Charles F. Warren and JX..U. Cooper. ''' '- ' All commltiees will report In . the morning, when new committees will be appointed. Judg Prltchard's address will also be made In the morning; Judge Hill's tomorrow night, s A special train tonight brought many more members, making the Toxaway meeting this year the largest, tn the history of the association. Talk of th presidency of the association tot the coming year Is already heard, -fine names of. Judge C. A. Moore, T. W. Davidson and Clement Manly being mentioned. : : ' A feature of almost as much Import ance lis the technical apsw mDiies or tne association Is the soclil meeting of the lawyers and the ladies who accompany them. The surroundings are conducive to perfect enjoynr nt. Jt might be said that the. ToXawnyj Inn and surround us conrtftu'te an earthly piradlse and let the description go at that, since It Is unvarnished truth. It Is briefer and really better than to atHmpt to de- etrlbe the Journey here through lower- in wooded mountains, green ana rho dodendron haed, by vast precipices and besld flashing stre-tm. and Its termi nus. Hrteny, me lain-r is u nmn mw hotel placed on a pemnsuia and surrounded ort two sides by the sap- nhlre hued lake, with Us elghte n mnes of shore line and circled by towering mountains. Scott's "lAdy or the jaxe describes It without the hotel. The hotel IS ntt'd witn guests irn l parts of the United States and Is dellghrful from a social standpoint. There Is superb music, boating, tennis, golf. etc. Among tnose wiw itmuiiix n Assoclutlon m'-etlng ar Judge J. C Prltchard and Mrs. Prltchard. Judge James S. Boyd, of the I'ntied States Iilstrlct court:, l ongres'min j. Cvudger. Jr.. ana Mrs. imager. . who tvhom Is her charming daugh er. Mrs. Ijinaley. of Wsshlngton, and Mr. lJng- ley: Oen. ana Mrs. ineo. r. iihviojhjii. Presld-nt and Mrs. Thomss 8. Kenan. orRslrlgh: Mr. and Mrs. Thom fet tle: Mr. ind Mrs. T. 8. Rollins. Senator J AvoOOW sro. oi v mwn inu - ii- Vtlsses Wooflwara: tnie jmnct rrmv tFt Clark, Judge" Fred Moore. Judge Charles A. Moore. Mrs. Moore and Mies Coni'nued on ima 4 ' TORNADO'S WORK Texas Again the Victim of Terrific and Destructive Wind Storm WHOLE FAMILIES ARE ' WIPED FROM THE EARTH In One Town Twenty-One .Buildings Were Blown From Foundations Fort Worth. Tex... JulV A A tornado I 'Vage checked from on . n ice to aesunanon sordlroad check. navating and con- ' ILLE TBANSFES CO. Z . C Allen, Ugr. th b City Ticket Oflot. rn THE PUREST J jrrertlMita tint ha mnsft ea d'' careful ' of prescriptions! At undlng prescriptions era de us largo, and desirable elas'a nt go we are constantly aecur--h ." 1:--l ' 'le be Implicitly trust as for qual. wider - and promptness. Our hc'lsltei are the best that can at id. ces are as low as la can ith best quality. Try us. yn's Drug Store S. Coa Patton Church Street. Ave, and delicious i.tlng Roust,' Lamb or Beef, e "mako-your-mouth-water1 an easy propoaltloa for, m ..j i. 'V m. HILL . Phone! ky Schedule ...Her Trains on Asheville and urbuntaln Railway ' "Company, . r bu'it Sunday, June 18th, 1805s renx - " . KariT com'pany,"'Tirtern' awelllngt " The tornado lusted perhaps SO mln ules. Hundred of head of stock In this vlclnliy weiv klled outright. The . number of injured 1 unknown. Nocono Was Heavy w-' Sufferer In Stern Dallas, Trx., July 5. A special o the News from Nocona, Tex., says; r, A tornado and- thunderstorm passed -West and south of hcte this afternoon, killing .fourteen persons and Injutlng. many others and destroying a num- , ber of houses. The latest reports from the. stormswept , dlsrtret give the. fol- ' lowing casualties. Pead: - , , Ml. C. C. 8HACKUiFXRD.v t , .I.I.VNIK SHACKLBTORD, daugh ter of R. a. Bhuckleford. : . MRS. U p. TVMBUESON and three, children. ' . - 1R9. MART UE8TER and tour children. - -''-" : " . ' . ; . . ' CALEB WHITE. . , MR 1RB W1IUAMS. . 1RH WIIJJAMR . , ' PRANK EAKIN, son of Sam Eakln, killed by ilghtnlpg.' .'.. , - jnjured: ' James Wmpson.; . ' , i- Miss Alice Hlmpson. ' . r " Mr. Moore, arm broken. . Mr. Hobbs, fatally. " . C. R. Chritlan and ramily. '; ? J. M Stewart and family. t C. H. Williams, leg broken. J. J. and Frank Woodson, aerlou4'( . Mrs. Jessie. " ' ' . R. 1. htford and wife. - Z. W. Shackleford.JnJured about tht Contlnuei page 1 tw r-r-v. ;t,-1 ' 1 j,,,r - in-.' VJ, p L-'H. ' COI rfffmrntn .h.K(; rpc: I Or iwl ft) il.1l ni it V ill) N .'..tin rtliK ; ..I' ! , Of i ir : 'in I Oil V ,,! if;i -liJv , ;J :'- . : i ..fll
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