North Carolina Newspapers

! Ill I.HER: I 2RS I ASHEVILLE I Associated Press. I Leased Wire Reports. . THE WEATHER SHOWERS VOL. XXV. NO. 337. A8HKVJ1XE, N. C., WEDNESDAY MOUXINO, SKnTKMKKli- 22, 1!mk. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE CITIZEN GOVERNOR 'S DEA TH WAS PRECEDED BY HEROIC John Johnson, One of Country's Noblest Demoaats Leaves En viable Record For Young Amer tea to Follow. r (fj?-, mis . JOHN A. JOHNSON awitasxmBijtfino.. sept. 2i. Sympathy nrore'-thun stato-vylde goes out today to a smnl: group of mourn ers In thte little Minnesota town. , The death of (.ovornnr John A. Johnson, which currcd at ".24 o'clock this morning at St Mary's hospital. following n operation per formed six days ago, Iihm much of national Interest. After battling against death with determined resistance tor almost a week, (iovernor Johnson's life had u, peaceful ending. Grouped about Ins bedside when the end came were Mrs. Johnson, Miss Sullivan, her personal friend, the at tending physicians ami two nurses. The last thing Onvcriior Johnson did before lapsing Into imeenseioiisnoss, one and a half hours before his death, was to take his wife affection ately by the hand and weakly whis per: "Well, Nora. I made a good fight, but I guess I've tot to rii." Then as the last gleam or Intelli gence began to flicker, he pressed lo r hand gently to hks cheek in a parting caress as he prepared to obey the di vine will. ROSE FROM RANKS TO GOVERNORSHIP ST. PAUL. Sept. 'i 1 John A. John son was the first native Minnesotan to be chosen governor of the state, anil of that distinction he was proud er than or any other fi at lire of bis career. Governor Johnson was born near St. I'ctor. forty-eight v-ars ago. His parents were natives of Sweden. His father, Ousts v Johnson, and bis mother. Caroline Hanson linden, were bo'h of peasant wtoek. G-ustav Johnson wax a blacksmith and for a number of yens he con ducted his business on a farm near St. Peter. Cm this farm the future governor was horn About the time of the Indian trouble in that in-iglinor hood during the 'ivil war. the John TRAIL OP THE SERPENT First Leg of the S. Carolina! Dispensary lira!' Case Js Now on. C 'l.f'MI'lA '.. S- .t 21 Tin filft of tie- il i in : lt;i I cas.-B glowing out of the Investigation "t Hie late tat dispensary system was tak- n up In the Circuit court today when tin trial of James S I'arnom. "f Char Ifst m a form, r Ibnn.r h-.il. r and blower was started. Tlv charg.- upon which Karimm was indicted was bribery of a member it Hie board of directors of the state dispensary which hoard made the purchase of the liquor for the system. This is only one of the several cases against Farnum and there are nine other per sons under Indictment for bribery and conspiracy to defraud the state, in cluding five former dispensary officials. STRUGGLE OF MINNESOTA. sons moved to the village of St. Peter, where they re-established his shop but he failed to prosper In town and fi nally died, leaving his family In pov erty. John worked hi stores and sup ported his mother ami in the mean time, formed the reading habit and managed to obtain a good education. Finally an opportunity was opened for him to become editor and part owner of The St. Peter Ib rabl. His paper was popular and be was also In de mand as a .speculator at publie meet ings. Klcrtcd to Senate. In IXliS, he was nominated by the democrats for the senate and was elected. Here he enhanced his repu tation as a public speaker and a stu dent of political questions tint made some enemies in bis own party when he defended the American soldiers hi thef Philippines and the eonduct of tho national administration Hut II he lost democratic support, he gained more from the republicans and when in 1!MI4 he was nominated for govern or by the democratic state conven tion, he was elected. Two years later ho was elected overwhelmingly. When it was pi'psed to nominate him for a third time (be governor de clared he would not to. a candidate, but he was unanimously re-nominaterl and was again elected by a big major ity. Governor Johnson for the last few years was In demand for a speak er at political gatherings and chau taucjua assemblies. TAITS MKKSAGK. lilMUN. Col , Sepl 21. President Taft today sent the following tele gram: "Mrs. J A Johnson. Itoehesb l. Minn. ",ly heart goes out to you in sym pathy in our present deep sorrow. Governor Johnson was a national fig ure of great ability and gn-at capac ity for us. I nlinns to tils country as he had already demonstrated, and his loss will be b It far beyond the slate that loved him so well. I sincerely (Continued on page four KILLED AT ONE BLOW BY FELLOW CONVICT Charlie Ltkey Digests His list Meal on tl.e UoMen Shore. I TIITUN. la . Kept. 21. Charlie j Ixik.-y, convict on the Tift county i ha in gaiiK .vas killed with one blow i this morning while seated at tin I breakfast table, H y Albert White, a j f. llow convict. Humming a tunc Whin- had walked ipiietly up behind :Loky. tl- hell behind his back the : hi korv cross bar of a wagon. When j he I'l-in h'-il his vi lim he raised the bar. look good aim and brought it down with all his might. lkey was I killed instantly. White had no chance ; to escape afterwards. ItKItltT 1IKMKII. 21. The BERLIN, Sept. report that Emperor William will race his yacht for the American cup next J year la again officially denied. ALL ST. PAUL NOW MOURNING DEATH OF GOV. JOHNSON Bells Toll And Buildings Are Draped With The Trap pings of Woe WEEPING CHILDREN LINE PLATFORM Body to Lie In State In Rotunda of The Capllol at St. Paul ST. PAI'U, Minn., Sept Il.-Hno of the most remarkable tributes ever paid to the memory of a public man in Minnesota was accorded the late Governor Johnson today. From the hour that the governor's death was publicly announced hy toll ing bells In Hoi hunter, all usual pub lic activity was abandoned. All banks stores and offices were closed and buildings were draped In black and purple crepe. Governor Johnson's body was es corted to a special train for St. Paul hy a throng of i itlzens from every walk In life, fin the train were Mrs. Johnson, n few of her personal friends, state officers and friends of the late governor. As the cortege pass ed down the street leading to the railway station the escort lined up on either side with bared heads and the hundreds of people around the depot showed a like respect. Mayor Thomp son had prordaimed it a flay of public mourning. The mayor and councllmen acted as pall-bearers. Iliilldlugs Drapisl. All the way along the route to St. Paul flags were at half mast and buildings draped with crepe. At Kom brota the entire population of the town seems to be at the station. A touching feature was the appearance of a large number of weeping school children lined up along the platform, each provided with tho national col ors pointed downward. Similar re ceptions were accorded tho special train at other points along the route. At St. Paul the train was met by detachments of all the local compan ies of the national guard and an es cort of police. In splti' of a heavy downpour of rain the procession to the state capltol with the militia act ing as escort was witnessed by thou sands of people. At the eapitol the body was placed In the rotunda where It will lie In sl: te until tomorrow afternoon. gu -ded by four sergeants, four cor- poi (Is ami four privates. PEARY SAYS HEU NOT H!MI UNTIL IT'S SETTLED No Hands, No Music, No Flags, No Highballs Aw! No Nuttin'. V KS, HE'S SOKE, HE IS SVHNKV, N. S. Sept. 21. Com niiinbr Robert K l'-ary, who ar rived here this morning, will accept no invitations to receptions and le public honors until the .pi.-stion of th Uis.ov. ry of the Nollh pole lias been decided bv scientific authorities This he madtt known tonight in the follow ing statement which In- gave out tor iu b! i' a t ion . "Acting on the advice of (b-m-ial Thomas II. Hubbard and Horl.ert I,, nridginan, pre ,id-nl and secretary re spectively ot th- i'cary Arctic cluh. I wish to express mv thanks to friends for th'-ir kind oftcis and invitations and also (o say that I have decided not to accept any invitations to re ceptions, or any ovations, until the present controv ersv Is setlled by com petent authority." Commander l' ary supplemented this hrictly. He was asked when the public- was lik'ly to get a decision on this subject and he replied: "1 do not know but what I have to sav will not hi- vi ty long rb-la'd Whether the statement will be issued in tine w ek or two weeks d-pends M circumstances." The tporor will eye Hynoy at seven o i lock tomorrow morning and will reach his home on Kaglo Islan I Friday morning. All Svdin j turned out at an early hour to greet the Incoming Antic steamer, with the triumphant com mander on hoard. Mrs. I'eary and her daughter. Miss Marie, and little Rob ert K. I'eary, were taken down the bay on the steam vaeht Kheelah. Com mander Peary saw bis family in the distance ami sent a Isiat for them, tiff North Sydney the American con sul, John Kehl, boarded lh steamer and greeted the commander In the name of his government. The sirens of the steam mills end long blasts from the river craft announced the coming of the Arctic ship. Lines of school girl were drawn up on the wharf and thousands of spectators thronged the Esplanade which par allel the bay. EQUINOCTIAL WITH Several Lives Lost and It Is of Dollars Gulf States Wici the Worst Sufferers Sleepless Night J j Ontial last night in Mississippi and sweeping north at the rate of two hundred miles s tiny, the hurricane which devastated the gulf coast and left a trail of wreck and run through four states, continued on Its course with unabated fury. or tho ruin that It has wrought, no one can give an estimate. In New Orleans" alone, live aro known to be dead and a million dollars will not re pair the damage done to the beauti ful crescent city. Jt,l said that the plate glass alone will cost flttO.OQQ to replace. . , ,,, j, dJ.i' d'Tom the llttlo and aristocratic summer colonics on tho Louisiana nnd Mississippi gulf coast come vague tales of frightful devastation and frightful devastation and fears that many lives Iwive been lost. The weal thy summer to.urists who own pleas ure craft are wont to spend much time upon them and II is possible that many have ibnen lost niloxl, the mi ira of the wealthy. Is still isolated and what its fa'e Is, Is still clouded in mystery. Jackson, Miss., the cap ital of the state. Is still cut oft to const points. The dome of tho new capital at Jackson was wrecked and the old capital unroofed. The streets wire a tangle ol live wires and the fnllen trees and il'-hris made the high ways impassible. Vessels Hunk. p At Vi( kshur,' two vessels were sunken and a third was driven 0 JUSTICE IS IT THE HOSPITAL WHERE GOV. Is ( )M iatc(l nil Tlii if by Dr. W. .1. Mjivo for AImIoiii in;il Tranhlc. II K WIIJ- IlKCOY'i: ; OIIEKNSI'.nl:" '. c. S.,, i'i K. J. Jiistbi-. I riK-rlv ni'-onev n cral of thl. !" and a piouuu.ui democratic pol - inn vv a p r.P I on today for : I"! ulnal trouble by In. W. J. May. ai hi hospital at lb. Chester, Minn. A tch-gram ' 'Ci Dr. Cast-. ii .liiliic says that his bi-.ther stood Ho ..p. ia I ion SUC(:. MS fill - --'id it Is thought that his chances f overy are goo.l Mr Justice was i. '..tod on at a Imal 'hospital !i re l a app.-ndi- it i nlimi two weeks g -n I It was found that there was an il-r trouble. A- n as he was aid m travel he wa.. taken to Rochester. SHOWERS "I WASHI.V;T"N. Sept. 21. Forecast for North Carolina; Shower Wednes day; Thursday partly cloudy; brisk east to south tlnda. A Good Man Is Dead. HURRICANE DEA TH AND Estimated That Damage .Will Run Up Into Millions f t b.ivi? tuts of Jackson. rer n ashore. Their passengers were ren t-tied. One vessel lies across the channel and haa blocked navigation. Kroin Mobile comes the tldlnifs that the stivamer Pleasure Hay Is missing:, and I ho peoplo hope that It has been driven ashore, and Ha passengers saved, llow many are on it la not known. Jn the pretty harbor of Puscagoula and Mayou St. Louis, many ships are empty and the torn mooring tell of the fury of the, wind, and waves. J lath houses, pavllllons, yacht slips and pleasure rerta that wara nt hoy brilliantly lllurriientod and thfl wn dpxvnu for those who sought rclnxa tlon ami amusement upon tho famous const are washed away and not a tim ber remains to ir.ark their local iu!i?. Anolher story In Its hideous entirety has not been completed. Tho only route of messages to New Orleans yesterday and last nlghl by an im provised service via llattlesburg. ar-ranm-d by The Associated J'ress, which organization hail secured a tel ephone line lno New Orleans and was able to relay try 'clcgraph to Atlanta. JAf'KSoN, Miss., Sept. 20. Two persons were killed here Inst night as a result or the storm which swept (portions of Mississippi yesterday, their death was caused by falling wiills Hundreds or buildings were unrooted In II Hy. fences carried avvav and trees uprooted. The east FARMERS OF THE 1ST RAISE GOOD CROPS BUT K;ins;is I'rolV'SSor Declares That. Mi.Wlc UYsf Folk Spoil Their Children. too iu'sv with ckoi'S T H'KKA, Kama.'. Spf 21 l aiiie i s In the Middle W st lire so wrapped up In tho production of wheal and corn and In growing meaty stc. is and fat porkers that tin y an likely to neglect the. upbringing of ilu-tr i hlhlrcri. Much is the coin-In-sion of 1'rofcssnr William A M -Ki-vi-r, or I bo Kansas Stat. Agricul tural collet;... He H preparing a set or 'mill'-tins telling the farm' r how to raise better sons and daughters. Professor M K ever Is s- inllng his bulletins hroaihaM from .Manhattan, Kaic.is, when- they an- printed uiont ly thiough Kitbs.-rlplioiis or bilsllH-ss in. li ol tie- stale v c have Hp. cial courses In poul try r.ib-iiig, fiig rablng and hors liri .-dim.-." h- said In one of fli-sc bull. tins, ' wbib pan-tits go right on in tin good old way or rearing chil dren by g'" ss, hearsay and super stitlon. As a eonsi-'iuence thi first children in a good many families are used for ev pcriniental purposes, and though tle .v may l v II born tln-ir prosi.eits of a us. rul career arc often blighted fon v r." Professor McKievor believes In the doctrine or work for children, collided w ith parental att' ntlon, as the gen eral basis Tor rearing a better crop of sons anil daughters. Obedience, he finds, is gem-rally regarded as the first virtue for a child, hut obedience without the most intelligent direction Is worse than untrammelled liberty. He feci, that appreciation I lacking of the dignity of quiet borne life. MARKED DESTR UCTION dome fof the new capltol builrifnff was crushed In, a number of uppur rooms Hooded. , The etiulnoctlcal hurricane swept upward from tho Mississippi coast last night, carrying death and de struction In Ha wnke. It la believed that other live have been lost and property to tho extent of. several mil lion dollar. AVIres are down In all directions, and Jackson ' lm 'bon"a! most . entirely 'cut oft 'S'rnrti -outiflde world idnce midnight. Train rVlof I crippled, 'and'no passenger train nave vouched this city over the IIH- nola neutral from tha Houth lnc Monday afternoon. Two Killed, f'harles Clayton and Karl Wooster, blacksmiths, were caught beneath falling walls here last night and badly mangled, Wooster was killed outright, and Clayton died today. The old capltol building wa un roofed. Movcral section of the roof ing being carried hundreds of yards. The stables at the Kalr grounds were demolished and several of tho exhibit buildings badly damaged. In the business district, many signs were carried away, roofs taken from buildings, plain glass windows broken and stores flooded. It wa a sleepless night for the en tire population of Jackson, and when morning came they found the streets strewn with debris, electric light and (Continued on page, four.) DENIES THAT THE CITY HASBEENWfPEOQFFMAP lie Says Thai. No Tidal Wave CuiiM Possibly K'ea li (!rcKeont City. KYKKYTiyNn LOVICIV NT'.W OKI.KANH. Hept. 21 Tnklm 'xcipiloii to a report said to have been i Iroiilalcd In vorhtfts parts of the country today to the effect that New Orleans has been destroyed by it tidal wave, Mayor Hchrrn.ui tonight Issued the following: "To Tho Associated TVess: "Tho city of New Orbvins Is abso lutely safe. Kltualctl 110 miles from tho gulf of Mexico no tidal wave could reach New Orb aim cither across the Immense area of land between the city arid tlx- gulf or Mexico or thiough the Mm, .-isslppi river. New Orleans. lionlou and Hamburg tire the three great seaports or the world which are completely Bare from the possibility of tidal Innundatlon. The storm while of gn-at Intensity, did no greater damage than to uproot trees, dismantle a few roofs and create other damage of minor character Though New Orleans was for a time Isolated so far as wire connections wen- concerned, our situation was at all times sufe and more upprehenslon was felt fur us outsldo than Inside the city. The storm ervcd to prove that tho city with It land-locked river harbor Is one ot the afot In th'e world for shipping and for human beings. (Signed) "MARTN BEHRMAN. "Major." COOK IS HERE AND T Landed at Now York Ypsiu day And Is Creoted by Choerlng Thousands HIS WIFE WAS THE FIKSl" TO MEET HIM Brooklyn Sent Her Represen tative But New York For got to Send One NEW YORK. Bnpt. 21, "J hav ooiiib from the polov. 1 hav brought ni.y tory and my data with me, ' f have not coma ht.me to enter Into ar guments with on6 nian or fifty men, 1 but am here to present a rlearrrc , ord of a piece pf work over which I have a right to display a certain amount of pride. ' . ( "I ani willing to abide by th final , verdict of competent Judge. . That miifiiw mi HHiiiiir kijd .mi inn Diimid. SAYS HE HIS PROOF ALONG "Furthermore, nt only will m r. ;;nrt bo before you tn black and -white, but I wilt alao brlnir to Amr- , lea human wltnet-aea to prov that 1 have been to tha pole," Such ' I the turn And substance of the Ilrst 1 message Ir, Frederick A. ! VKk brought h nnc in person to ' America today, anawerlnK hi critic -the world over. At nv o'cioiiK thl morning the 5 ccptlon plan of th Arctic club of '-' ploror wa on deck of tho Oscar II, which had pufooly been held back ' yesterday, not to disarrange the re- America, but leavln Klre Island shortly ttfter ntldnlicM he- nosed her t way into, auarantlno at an hour tab '- early for vuryhndy but Ir. Cook.' Thar wu an anxious .wait at Auar- : antlne l while the, tugst (Nohed ner- i vouslyt about, the MewHlwpcrmen on board, shout ln qurlo throiuch met- x. aiihope at th black . aide u( tu Oscar II, high abMi.tbBnuiv v ' A Ick in the dlslanee hen tej amume dimension, rrnsenti ;t wa reooitnlxable n the tug bearinit Mr. Cook and her two daughter, quickly tho tug cam alongald and while th . heavy swell running ground her fen der ago Inst lh plate of Her big ulster, Dr. - Coo It ' lamberod nimbly down Jaoob' ladder, and with no con cern tor tha camera trained on htm. nutdo a rush for hi wlf. ; For th, moment, ha even mJssed th chlldrrn, -who stood a few feet away, until. hi wlfa silently td him to them. Then, a he lirted hi youngest daughter to hla shoulder, the silent, watching -crowd that lined the rail of tha C. car If broke into a storm of cheer. , 'A Dr. Cook Pially stepped ashore, It wn noticeable that no represents- tive of the untlon, the stat nor th city was there to greet nlm, Bird Ci. f'oler. president of the borough ol - Brojklyn. had welcomed him on.tn'i Orand Reputblle for that borough, but " tho city of New York sent no repre- contBllve. Rut sincere and enthusias tic to the point ol tumultouanes. hi -welcome may be best described ' nilgbborly affair, devoid of official Ignlllcame. BROOKLYN WILD 5 OVER DISCOVERER NRW YOHK. hept. 21. Brooklyn'! -,... n te fir ft.k hHll All therein ' - merits of a riot except violence. Front- tin. moment the Ornnd Kepuoiic ,ariii III, ri her htndina the explo rer, Hanked by militiamen and polite, fought hi way ht an automobile, until Jie left the Hushwlck club to night for Waldorf Astoria In New V'ork, the surging crowd tanefl tne , -afiaclty of the iiollce, and more tnn .... c. tfol bnvomi control. Along the .,, t1v" miles of avenues through which" the explorer passed, iric inoiinreo po- ice were continually fighting a way r iir i 'onk'a ntitmnblle. when they . were not stetnmlng the massed thou nnds who seetmd to have ohty on ob- to break loose suit omoraoe ir. ook. ' a the 1 1 rami Republic ateamed up to her dock the whistle of every craft within sight was tied down and a din that drowned out tho bras hand had a run of fully five minutes. The crowd was hustled off the ship and Dr. Cook surrounded by eight militiamen h' orty-sevenlh regiment came up me aimwav. The police threw a cordon . around the par'y and pushed them through to the automomie in wnicn Mrs. funk and the children were ailing. A hutre motor truck, loaded ltd u brass band, pulled out ahead ; and Conk's automobile followed. More than live hundred other motor ars. every one a-flutter. with hunting, .at inin lino and the procession, mora than two mile long, miovwd to tha . Hushwlck club. . . i It was as If everybody in Brooklyn- , had turned out to greet Cook. It wa -Just at the noon hour and thousand of school children llnd the streets, : shouting one word In unbionr "Cook!" As tho car drew up to the club. It group of rook ffTffnda, headed y John R. Bradley, surrounded th ma chine and Ir. Cook, Mr: Cook and the children stepped out, .while th crowd whooped, cheered and whistled. Dr. Cook bowed and went Into the , house, but the people were not satis- fled, They Mill yelled for Cook and cried: "Speech! speech."