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ASHEffiLE CITIZEN I ! .v:;'w.(iJ, ,ivv' ,,;'; . A. ; -V : i k? ; r"""'"""" KeVOt XX KOi28$U ASHBVILLB N. C, SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 9, 1905 PRICB FIVB CENTS THE GROWERS ADJOURN MOST IMPORTANT CONVENTION HELD BY May Meet Agaln'In Ashevllle Next Summer at Kenll ' worth Inn. VISITORS LOUD IN PRAISE OF THIS CITY Yesterday's Sessions Confined Principally to. the Passing pf Various Resolutions. The Ashevllle meeting of the South ern Cotton association closed yesterday at p. m. after day' business of comparative lack of interest to , the general public when contracted with the Intense attention Thursday's pro ceedings Inspired throughout the coun try, and wMh the announcement of the crop estimate and. the, minimum price past history and not tihe slightest pros pect that any ctmsldemtlon would ba given the Hoadley'plan for boosting cotton prices by the purchase and re tirement of a million ibaK'8, Mr. A. T Revere, the broker of B. S. CUssdll, who was hera to pre sent the-pkani departed In the af ternoon with the other broker? and the New York newspaper men. leaving the association to deal with matters of organisation and finance. -4 Looked Uneventful. It looked until near the clo?e of tho afternoon session ' that . It would ,be Conspicuous by, reason of the things It did not - take up; ' Nhs matter of the foregoing artificial plan for raising prices' and the suspension of Col. E. S. Peters, the gentlemen from Texas who was or la vice president of the associa tion as. one views the matter. The col onel put in his oar about two months ago when President Jordan was de manding the Investigation of the agri cultural department and took the part of Secretary of Agriculture WUson In u way that President Jordan decided was . harmful and after receiving the te,Iegra4Hfe Usselrt of A majority of the association he fired the vice-president. The Colonel refused to -he 'fired, from the title at least, and' came ho Ashe vllle meeting ex-officlo but as his re ception was hot unduly cordial he sought companionship elsewhere than lh the association hail. The colonel at flkt said he was vice-president and did pot care for art Investigation but later! on aatd he wanted vindication and an Investigation. Tie latter he would have gotten but hardly the former and with a dawning of this knowledge the Col olohel did not press matters, by tacit agreement the statu quo was to con tinue until the third Tuesday in Janu ary, when new officers come in, tihe Colonel claiming to be vice-president but no one else recognizing his claim. . Th Day's Work, The matter Of finance, the raising of the $15,000 which the asosclatlon voted Thursday, came up on the report of the finance, committee which was as fol- wwi v.. - "We- recommend the appointment of a eld manager and financial agent at a alary of) 15,000 per annum and actual expenses,' ''We recommend the appointment of Hon: K. V. Smith of South Carolina to that position." - ' "W recommend that the field mang?r and financial agent appoint one of more assistant field, managers In each state and territory with full power to act." "We -recommend that the local tub divisions hold ' meetings 0 monthly as such time and plan af may b -designated by the state organisation. "We recommend fhat quarterly meet ings of- ait atpte, county and parish or ganisations be held and that at ruch. meetings the constitution of I'te coun ty or par If h division be read." ., "That the Officers of, local sub dl- monthly meetings the three cent bale, tax and we recommend aa a means to Mils end that roll call be mads at each meeting) ond each .member give the number of bales made by him. 'All funds coming Into the bands' of the agents or officer' of this association shall be remitted monthly." . "We appeal, to ; all cotton, grower.-, whether members of this asodatlon or not, to contribute 3 cents a bale to assist In defraying the expenses of this organisation.- , The Memphis meeting 'had decided that If the three cent tax was adopted one cent should go to the National or ganisation, one to the state and ona to the' county organisation. It tf tho expectation 4 hat a total of $3M,O0 will ' thus b raised ea'h year, one third of which will go to each organization. The Mport created a warm discus sion. Mr. Brook taking tHe part of op position and Messrs Clark. Brown. J BRIGADIER GENERAL G A. CAROLINA, CAN COLLECT ; fAVafhlngtoni BftL t. CbmptroBer of the troasttry in tap oVcislons' psb ' llshed o4)r y the war department re Vi five to allowances for mileage for retired array offloers detailed for ser -vies wtth the aa kinol guard, has tok- e. th? groound that such an officer iroicr ordtrs to Join Stat militia can- J ASSOCIATION It Hyatt aVld Moody .advotatjn the re- port which was adopted. T ' Resolutions. Ool. J. MeMartln for the committee reported a series of resolutions, some I drew Jackson. Mr. Smith proposed of wlch excited debate. The first Columbla' 8- C- Pl"t Jordun ug ..,.,.. ..... , ... - Igested Atlanta. Mr. Brown then said -..-v.. ...uv t,uum-uy a. slble be given to article 1 .ectlon 1 of the constitution which sets out all lenerth the Dumoses of tha .n, utl,m Col. Martin's resolution emphasises the fact that the association Is one of cot ton men, not growers only but. manu facturer's farmers ttc, and states fts object to be the "Industrial develop- ment and supremacy of the cotton states," and to this end it should urge the arovernment t omake better South- ern. harbors, build dry docks, extend 1 sociatlon meeting. Mr. Brown and Mr. trade etc. Mr. Moody differed with thlsj8mltn favored the convtntlou but not Interpretation the constitution. He aM lt the time of the association meeting. experience of 20 years made him think such diverse objects unwise. He said If tho constitution was so general he was opposed to publicity. His under- standing last December was that It waa I Col. Peters had left on the after proposed to form a body to put up price J noon train and made no request for a of cotton. Martin read conrtltutlon J hearing on the demand that Tie reslun showing that scope of association cov - ered all agriculture and sto;k raising, manuiactunng, improvement of . bar - oors, ana ioreign treaties to Houtnv i tender his resignation. This wax con interests extension of trade etc. veyed to the association which after do- Too many officers Raid Hyatt. lie- duco constitution to pnmplct form. Mar- tln urged promulgation of article set-I ting lorth scope and purposes of orjanl- sation and carrying out those purposes, jy" resign as vice-president. A commlt He ardently favored the organisation tea of friends will "see" him. vigorously pu hlug those purposes and How It Arma Iwelt on the need for better ports. dock yards, kirge'r foreign trade and the general plan of uniting ull divers! lied agricultural Interests. We have be tore us here at Rlltmore an example of the diversification of crops, farms darles, piggeries, chickens. He wished tho 4,000.000 band.- In the cotton states with their fllve hundred million to 1m brought into a plan which would make the planters and merchants Independent of Northern capital and to provide for credits which would enable planters to hold cotton months after crop was made, at present the cotton Is forced on tho market In SO days because of due notes and mpre i 90 days. Plan to make , , r 1 , ' V. , . .(.Hi .,,.n , ,.; 1. l'ns from President Roosevelt an-i n a stable- security ,to get money at 6 1 " ... , ... . , A , , . 1.4 yu will not act I will see him. Th per .cent instead of 10 qr 15 In some caes. He was liberally applauded. Brown s&ld h did not understand the need of passing resolutions now- objected to word " upremacy" which he said would be misunderstood Main purposes should be to organize. Moved action on resolutions be Indefi nitely postponed. Must Know Extent. ' Martin ?ald the association could no: got support If people did not know the extent of association. How could mer-I chants be expected to upport a body he did not know covered him. Brown objected further on ground that resolution pledged association to better rate and lower money and other things which would detract from pur poses of association. His plan was to build up cotton association not to build govesYimen docks, a political matter. Don't lose sight of main object build ing mp cotton industry and manufac turing interest of south. Mr. Brown as well as Moody who fol lowed complimented Martin very high ly saying he resembled Jefferson Davis, the type of the great southern states man, in appearance and attainments. The' gist of his talk was that success- lay in specialisation and that which all present wished to develop the 8outh each person must specialize his work and so this association must specialize and not scatter its efforts over many fields and he advocated sticking to the main object. Browns motion so Indefinitely post poned voted on by standing vote. Lost. Martin accepted striking out "supre macy' and the resolution was adopted Martin - reported another resolution that present association be directed to correspond with officers of consolidated Southern Bankers asoclation to arrange conference to secure better methods for financing crop and given greatest bene fit v all concerned, to avoid rushing cotton to market by extension ofl ened 1 s, to evolve plans to carry crop I at lower Interest. It was adopted . Arrsolution by Mr. Smith met with instant objection. It recited that the Spinners of United States and England had formed a combine to depress the price of cotton and then stated that the coming crop was so limited that! eleven cents was a very low iprlce and the price would be higher and that the I as oclation urged ad growers not to I rell or less than eleven cents. Mr. Brown objected to the recital of- the! combine, saying be did not know that! there was such. Mr. Smith then offered a substitute I as follows: "we urge all members of the I asoclation to market their cotton even at the minimum price as slowly as I posrtble so aa to distribute the Sale I over the entire year Instead of market- I ing ' e crop In 9 days ss has been the I custom thereby securlnf the-highest WOORUFF, OF N. HIS MILEAGE EXPENSES not claim mileage expenses bnt that sn officer detached from such service I and ordered home may receive mlle- ag?. Th first case was that of Brig.. I tlcn. Woodrun. retire J. who Is at tached to the North Csroltns mllltla and tiie sexmn) thar of Brlsr.-On E. H. Hsyes who waa deciched from service with the Arkansas militia. pries poialble above the minimum. I This waa adopted. - Het Springs Chessn. . The matter of the place of next meeting, the third Tuesday In January brought from Senator Brown an Invl tatton to meet in Ashevllle where the associations stay had been so pleasant, Mr. Clark proposed Jackson, Mi., Mr, Brooks named Montgomery, Mr. Hlcey said Ashevllles rates made it the bet place. It was then suld good rates could be secured at any other place. Mr. Brown made a flue effort for Ashevllle, where the lasoclation had come at his invitation, and showed his former end-hlp for the city. He said that r'!!wIO,A,u,Vl"V'We "lr",ly ' tabllshed while they were not else- where. Mr. Burnett of Arkansas named Hot Pprlngs and Mr. Clark then wltb- that If tha summer meetings were held J In Ashevllle be would withdraw l;i favor of Hot Spring- which waa umin I Imously Chosen, Mr. Brooks' motion, that if tin re was a called meeting between now and th Hot Springs meeting it be held In Montgomery was tarried. President Jordan raid that It was In his power to call a general convention of the people Interested and he wanted j the sense of the members as to whether I he ahould call ruch a convention or I congress to mutt at the time of the as- Ihe President said he would not tall tuoh convention unless the members w!nel, Peters to Resign. I but before leaving he ev-ld.'iKly suff gested that in a few days he would I on acount of un l?asant .-urroundlngs I bate left the entire matter in the hands lof President Jordan who is thus vlndl- cated, with the understanding that In a few days Col.,Peters will "voluntarl- I . . ., ... I . Z ?7 V , , Si ,"mT"v When Secrtary Cli-atham first went to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson with complaints that the statistical bureau was leaking and furnishing advance Information on crop conditions the T , , " . ,T and Holmes -. u the finest statistic ins In the land. Then Secretary Cheat ham stood on his dignity. Ho thought, knowing so well the facts of corruption that Wilson was sustaining Hyde and Holmes, and he spoke plainly, snidlis: The Southern people can have a hear- s you will not act I will see him. The fedretar" then took a look at tho-prof- and charges. One was enough to make him send for a secret service man and then there followed the removal of Hyde and Holme and absolute proof of Holmes guilt. "Ako Hyde" said the speaker, "He had a woman In his office who threw ink stands at him. He, Is In Europe and I don't think he will re turn." "Hut" ald the speaker, "Wll- had not Intended to shield anyone. He is Just a hard headed Scotchman who thought his department perfect. As to Col. Peters the fact is the old gentle- Continued on page four Death (to his Pal Hares) To Ui - " ' f. - , - -- 111 "" "BIG STICK" ON THE' PRINTER President f Roosevelt Fired , Public 'Printer Palmer By Telerjraph Yesterday. PUTS RICKETHS IN ' SOLE CHARGE Was Told A'so to Keep Hands Off I layj h is Associate ' " In Office. Oyster Bay, N. T., S pi. X. Presi dent lloosevelt ths'S a: i r noon took nummary action In the - .ise of Kiank W. I'ulmer," pub'IO ri. r and head of '.he jAivcrnmeflt .i rln ing office at Wu-dilngion, by rem h i him fro'ii (fflci. ' .Last M'llidwy the r. . iltnt directed Mr. ralmi.t to seed to him his resig nation to tuksj effect m the Kith llnst. At the same time ho illr-etcc! him not to lake any farther action in the case of Oscar J. RMketta, foreman of print ing, an the case of I- Hay, a di vision foreman 'l!n the government printing olflce, whose riwignntlon Mr.' Palmer haci requested. In direc' disob.xlieiuv of the p:c. l ilen.'s irialrucllons A!. Palme, on the fifth Inst, no UBcd Itlkketts and Hiy that the tlm whVh th y migltt have In which ..' an-nver his charge! wonlsi bo extended un:li Saturday, th ' Dlh, linac. Aa this wis a violation! of he president's , specifl -. instrtuc linns, and as tha vS" of it'eketta jr, 1 tiay naj been riucd Un the hands if Lat night (Tuesdoy) the statue ef 1 ho Ke?p tomuattIon for investigation Marquis lti was dragged from l a pe Ih. rrrsldPi: felt t'.at It raps thir.ij to ,etul and nulled throusrh the streets. inKc positive nciron ri carding jir. Palmer. He theicfore lerriovcd hnn from nllioe by t-liirih and dlrec'.el him to turn eves . .ihc goverr'ivnt lirinting OHlcJe- to Fori man R!ck its whom h" ha dcftgputi-d as actir.g ruhllc prl titer. BIG DEAE MADE BY N C. JOBA6C0 FIRMS Danville, Va., Kept. 8. Ni ROtlatlons that have been pending fo: several months b?ttveen ae It. J.' Reynold Tobacco Company, of Wlnst-m-E lm V. C, and the nii' l cr: & Wltt.n To bacco Comptinv, nf Mnft tnsville, V'a. Mt. Airy. N. C. mil Riehmoml. Vn." were yesterday tinilly .consuinmntr-l the former company becoming the purchaser ami owner of the latter. PA88IMG OF ANOTHER HORSE. ' bonsyard with you mm m aH there for JAPS ATTACK THE CHURCHES Catholic and Protestant ' Edi fices are Selected for Tar gets By Rioting Mobs.' CHURCH AND PRIEST'S HOUSE ARE DESTROYED Little .Yellow Men Are Mak tng Things Hum Over In City of Toklo. Toklo, Septe ". chuich property was destroyed and damaged Wednesday and today. The Cathoic church, school and priest's residence In M011J0 were de-trojed. Four small houses at Honjo weie also burned and the Protestant ihunh at Ilimjo under the pavtorate of Tubrcy Armstrong, un American, and lh hitter's residence were tiurnea Three mission chunhf-a In tho Asakusa dlstrlrt were partly wrecked. At Hyojo the church people anticipat ing an utt.uk rulsed a white Hag with the result that the mob contented It self with destroying 11 few cJiulr.- and tables. A mob attucked the Methodist church on Okachlnaihl street, wrecked the wallls and fences and carried part of the furniture into the street and buiocd It. The Yonokura and Eamaeho churches in Nlbhoti were burned. PULLED DOWN STATUE. 1 Mi S ;it S '1 11. ci v quiet this in.irnlng. No serious disorder was repotted anywhere during the night. Disorders have occurred at Kobe. WILL PUBLISH TERMS; , Toklo, Sept. 7.-5:30 p. m. In re sponse to the popular desire nd ur gent requests of political leaders, the government hahs decided to publish the terms of pence itomotrciw. SALUDA CITIZEN SHOT ON STREET Charlotte. N. C. Sept 8. A specldl from Saluda says that Joe- Hen Cole man, a well known cltlapn of that town was shot and probably fatally In jured by State Senator E. S. ltlense. Thp enennnler vm on the main .treot 'and Coleman received four " wounds. Itlease suriendt rcd to .the sheriff. I0 further particulars are known here. " : , ' me, the auto has you beat by 'a day. BRITT MEETS NELSON TODAY Seventy Thousand Dollars Prize for ;wnlch These Men Will Fight. . STANDING ROOM AT $3 PER HEAD Odds Now Stand at 100 to 70 In Favor of Jimmy Brltt. San Fmnoiw.'o, Kept. 8. Seventy thousand dollars Is the prise for which Jimmy Ui-itit ,md tattling Nel son will .'ontcst In the pugllls.lc are na tomomtA afternoon, according to the estimate made today by Manager Coffroth, the sales of seats so far hav ing leachehd $60,000 wMh few high priced sears left. A rush foi th.) cheap seats and for ataisling room tickets is expected at the arena to morrow morning. Standing room will go at 3 a head. Brltt and Nelson took a rest today. doing barely enough hard xvotk to warm up and keep their muscles In condition. Hrltt looks well, but Nel son shows many marks of hard traili ng- Hrltt money Is In oviil nce whercv- r wages a:e recorded, the odds stand ing 100 to TO. JEFFRIES TO REFEREE. San Francisco, Sept. 8. James J. Jeff Inn will referee i ho Brltt-Nelson ontest toimirrci.v at Colma. After all he wrangling and objections . that have been advanced by the Nelson side against the retired champloon. Jeffries t-tlli says he will act as ref eree. This Is almost the only saving feature of th" situation today. The evelopmenta of the past twenty-four J to strengthen the growing suspicion thwt all was not rlghht In the understanding! botween he boxers. DISASTROUS FIRE AT GLENNVILIF rtfldsvlllc. (la., Sept. S.--The mort lls;isl'otis fire In lite history of Glenn vllle visited that town last nlghu. Klevcn stores and one dwelling were burned. At 11 o'clock fire w-as discovered n Cio store of S. K. Dcloach and oom '(tely and rapidly spread to the ad Joining buildings. Those who lost by fire are as fol lows: A. H. Prince, storehouse and stock; the postofflce; S. B.,Dcloach, store and stock; S. M. Copeland & Co., store and stock; A, W. Deloach, storehouse; 8. J. Klokllghtr( store house and stock; Dr. W. H. Mann, of fice and fm nltvire. The fire Is supposed to have been of Incendiary origin. The loss is probably $!)0.fl00, partly covered by Insurance. RAWLINGS AND SONS WANT NEW TRIMS Thomasvllle, Oa., Sept. 8. The. mo tion for a new trial in the cases of J. O. RawlltigS and his sons, Milton, Jesse and Leonard, win be argued nt the Thotnasvllra courthouse betoic Superior Court Judge Robert 0. Mitchell, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Attorney John H.' Cooper ar rived this afternoon from Macon and Solicitor Thomas will be here at mid night. Cooper will put up a harj fflfto and has a long list of reasons whyXhe new trial Should be gi anted. He seems hopeful of such a result, but the general opinion Is that the mal'ter iH be carried to tho supreme court. Judge Mitchell denying the motion. The Raw-lings were sentenced to be hanged September 17 for the minder of rhe chlldre nof Rev. W. A. Carter at Hahira. FIRE AT DANVILLE. Drinvllle, Va., Sept. 8. Flie In the tobacco district 4oday destroyed three buildings w1ling a loss which will exceed $100,000. The principal losers were J. B. Anderson A Co.. C. C. Dula, of New York: Chalmers Patteison and Mrs. Allen Patton, A warehouse was demolished by a falling wall. The losses are partially covered by insur ance. ' " i , : 11 . LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BEING RIGIDLY INVESTIGATED AT NEW YORK New Tork. Sept 8. Todays sesrlon of the Legislative investigating committee was devoted to the affairs of tha New Tork Life Insurance company, and a searching examination waa made of Its officers who appeared on the stand. Iteelnnlna with the salaries paid to tho officers, which it was shown bad biet'jjOO year, to f tgn notes ofr millions largely increased the line of Inquiry . extended throurh all the details of the company's participation In various uu- FEVER JUMPS' IN NEW ORLEANS No Accounting for Increase Yesterday In the Number ; of New Cases. PHYSICIANS MAY NOT HAVE REPORTED FULLY One Case Taken . Yesterday From Steamship Westover.. Outside District Reports.4 4 YESTERDAY'S RECOHDi New Orleans, Sept. sWTha. fever rsord up to pt m t- day Is as- folloviiei . New eases 44 Total to data -..221 Deaths .,... -4 4 Total d.sths 301 s New foe!.. Cases; under tresAmsnM. .i 30 Cases disohsrgsd.... . , . .1,90? - : .n 1 ij . New Oiteans, Sept. 8. There la no accounting for tho Jump In the record iof new cases today, except possibly the fuct that the physicians have lately been reporting more posltlva J cases and lees suspicious cases. A case was taken to me manna nospi tal from th? steamship Westover, which plys between New Orleans and Tumpa, Fla., but she had been In port long enough for the man- to have con tiaoted the Illness ashore. The only new point of Infection In the country reported today was by Dr. Brady who discovered a nest of twelve cases ore Woodlawrt pluntation, twenty miles below New Orleans, and another caai two miles below. Among other courvtry report were: Pat'tcrson, eleven new oases, on death; Bayou Bo'uef, four cases; Rly e:stde plantation has had 180 oases tor date and seven deaths. , Talluloh, seven cases; Lake Jrovl dence, seven cases. 1 ELEVEN NEW ONES : AT PENSACOLA. Pensacola, Fu.r Sept. l.-4jho. reports of .physicians up to 6 o'cock ' tonight showed eleven lew cases of yellow fov- r t uliy. and ci,. .1 ulh. All thvutnw cases are traceable to th original in fected district, but they are scattered about the city. The situation la regard ed as serious, as a number of doubtful cases also have been discovered.- The death' today was of S. P Winters of Harrison, Ohio. He w soldier at Port Barranocks but served his discharge. a week ago, and came to this city. Police officer Fish la dying tonight. GENERAL; FUMIGATION. Vlcksburg, MJiss., Sept. $.-r-Ther were no ntw eases of yellow fever and? no deaths today. The day was set apart for general fumigation and noar- ly loo.ooo pounds of sulphur "were' burned. TWO AT NATCHEZ. Natches, TBIss., Sept. 8. Two new fever cases toduy show that secon daiy Infection has appeared. The po tinnls nie whwlte k.-ys living in '.h n tghiborhood of the original lnfec Ion. though three blocks apart. Theaa make' three cases under treatment. Assistant Surgeon Am son arrived to day f:om Mobile. MISSISSIPPI $UMMARY. Jackson, Miss., Sept. g. The Mis sissippi itfdlow fever summary to night is as follows; v ' Ctulfport. five now case, no deaths; Mississippi City, no new case, -an. deaths; Matches, two new cases- and o ne-w foci, making7 a total of 1T rases nd five foci to date; Vtcksbuig. Ponrllngton and Hansboro report no new cases. Surgeon Waldauer. of the board -at hpaJth, diagnosed- the su idclous case at Sharkey.-nine' mile f .-ora Angullla. as yellow fever. - This it the only new point of infection. . ARMY WORM IN H. C. Charlotte, Ji. O.. Fept 8. A special to th Obsvver from New Benx. saysv that the armv worm appeared in Cra . vn eou,y. N. C ten. day stro and the nest has already destrovM I2S.O00 worth of cotton In the flelds, many fields being completely stripped. The wsi is spreading and numbers of farmTs will lose almost their eatirt crops. - . . , derwrltln syndicates for. ralroad. se ruritlea, the New York Life's eoaneoi Hon with trust companies, and finally, near the close of th day developed the fit tvat It waa not an usual thing for ck rks or nietsengers in the employ of the company. wlUt salaries aa low as of dollara to be used by the company... , In relieving Its book of unJt3ul:.t , ,t , securities). V