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FATHER J. E. G
Public Reception at Sacred
Heart Church-Last Night
Brilliant Affair
FIFTY-ONE PRIESTS
ASSIST IN CEREMONY
First Instance Where Roman
Catholic Bishop Was Con
secrated in Georgia
A TLA N'T A, Ga.. Aug. With
much ceremony and impressive sol
emnity Father John E. Gunn, pastor
of the Eacred Heart church of this
city, today was consecrated as bishop
of Natchez of the Roman Catholic
church.
Archblajiop Bleak, of New Orleans,
and six bishops, assisted . by thirteen
,,!. eelc ?f srttca. performed the con
secration, and thirty priests, repre
senting the parlahes of the South, re
sponded in the Intonations of the
mass. This was the first instance in
which a bishop of the Catholic church
,.rt hn nnni.mt.rl In thp rf1nom of
Georgia. j
The color and detail of the ritual l
furnished sn outward form unique I
among religious ceremonies. Women j
In the congregation wore, mantilla off
various hues. Assistant priests were
clad in black gowns and white sur-
pllces while the consecrating prelate
wore purple The blshop-elect,vn evi-
dence of the purity with which he erf- i
ters Into' his office, was ..clothed in,
white. Blfhops were clad n full pon-
tlflcals and the archbishop, mltered j
and sceptered, was vested In all the
masnlflcence of his office.
The eonserrat'on began shortb aft
er t this morning and ended at 1 this
afternoon. It was entirely in I.atln
with the exception of the sermon,
preached IS English by Bishop Kelly,
of Savannah.
Present! With Purse.
After the ceremonv the new hlshop
entertained the visiting clergy at din
ner. Tonight he held a public recep
Ici i the Sacred Heart church, dur
ing which he was presented with a
fS.tOO purse, subscribed principally
by members of the parish,
" polntment having been made by Pope
Plus on Jfune 29 lust. He was or
dained In Rome on Aug. 24. 1884, and
for several years he taught In the
tContlnnod on Pege Seven)
AMERICAN BAR ASS'N.
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Results of Year's Investiga
tions by Various Com
mittees Important
RECOMMENDATIONS
BOSTON, Mass.. Aug. 29. The re
gults of a year's investigations by
more than a dosen committees on the
Intricacies of the various branches of
the law and legal procedure were pre
sented tonight before, the thirty
fourth annual sesison of the American
Bar association. The convention
opened with the president's address,
delivered by Edgar H. Farrar. of New
Orleans, which waa followed by the
election of the general council, in
cluding one member from each state
and territory'.
A recommendation that the Ameri
can Bar association oppose any at
tempt toward the repeal of the na
tional bankruptcy act was made In
ther eport of the committee on com-
merclal law. The committee urged I
that the association exert every en- I
deavor to secure the defeat of the bill !
to repeal the bankrotcy act Introduced
by Representative Clayton, now pend
ing In congress.
Acts relative to wjfe and child de
sertion and to the probating In one
tat of wills 'made In another state
were recommended for endorsement
by the committee on uniform state
laws. Its report stated that the de- i
sertlon art already has been passed In
Ave states, Washington, Kansas,
Rhode Island, Michigan and Wiscon
sin. It provide for punishment of
deserters by Imprisonment at hard
tabor, a portion of the proceeds of
uch labor to be devoted to the sup
port bf the, deserted wife or children.
The eorrrmlttee urged that the bar as
sociation endorae the principle of the
act.
FEWER MOONSHIXERS?
ATLANTA, Ga.. Aug. U The
noonshlnlng business Is on the de
cline ln Georgia, according to the an
nual report of United State District
Attorney Tate. Just sent to Attorney
General Wlckershsm. Mr. Tate's of
fice began 46 prosecutions for Illicit
distilling during the part year a com
pared with 111 for the earn offense
for-tha previous twelve months.
IMPRE5S1V
WAS
CONSECRATION
1
BOTH SIDES GIVEN .
A BIG SURPRISE BY
BOY'S TESTIMONY
Apparently Breaks Down Strong
Point of Beanie's Prosecution by
Relating Finding Several Blood
SpotsProsecution Rests Today,
CHESTEKFIELU COURT HOUSE,
Va.. Aug. 2a. An auburn-haired boy.
Unking swittly uut ciwarly, reveaiuu
on tne witness stund today to the aur-
prise of both ueittise aim prosecution
in the trial of ritnry Clay tleatti, Jr.,
tor wile niuruer, that he naa ouservea
I several blood spots along Midlothian
turnpike wnei tne crime wuui rcu.
Hitherto It had betn presumed no
blqoa spot existed except one near the
place where .Uis. Bo I lie is supposed
to have succumbed.
Alexandtr KobtrUoa was the boy and
what he told the Jury unexpectedly in
iropuiine iu at hucbhw" ...... -
for the defense entirely upset the plan
of fhe commonwealth to rest Its case
today. Prosecutor Wendenburg an-
nounced that It would be necessary
for hlih now to call at least setn or
eight witnesses to controvert the boy s
testimony. On direct examination Dy . t0 a telegraph office nearby, and as he
Prosecutor Wendenburg, when the finished n the witness chair he grab
latter was seeking to show whrre the ' bed aeveral sheets of matter written
! uo ,ou"u ""' ."""" nl',,l,
siiiiimr iu umt vi....
noDerison reierreu iu n
from "the first blood spot."
distance
Several IJlootl Spots.
..Wf.re there two blood spots?"
kj.. Hehrv M gmith. Jr.. counsel
j for ,ne defenJSe ln apparent surprise.
gnd the hov not olllj. told of "a ee-10f
I ond blot of blood bllt of 8everai other
, gma,1(,. .DOt. near n. The revelation
concernlnK the press nee of more than
onft b,ood spot ,B ,n ne wlth tne con.
tPntlon ot the defense that all blood
h d oozed from the car In
which Hnry C. IJeattie. Jr., alleges -his
wife was shot. The prosecution the-
dry has been that the large lbood spot;
ln the road at the place, where Mrs.
Beattle Is alleged to have been killed
I resulted from a murder committed
outside the machine and not In the
seat as Henry alleges,
j The prosecution has pointed out by
witnesses and ln Its statements con-
1 eern.ng an examination or ine mn
chine Immediately after tne muroer : the prosecution gave character testl- aimot unanimously In favor of
that no blood was found on either 1 mony for the defense, and Proeeeutor reciprocity with Canada ' he "would
running board of the car, and that the Wendehburg entered objection. When i have Wen lb most fhofbughly: dlg
dust pan underneath the car would , Mr. Smith said that he Ihtended to't eeedlted and' hiim(Ute4 irestdent
have ra tight W blood tnat ihckim i
Trl(PTTo'part eis4"i"i":
from the seat, and that all the biooa i
visible had hardened on the floer of I
the car Just beneath the steering;
heel.
More Witnesses.
Robertson was sumomned as a wlt-
OF STATE OF MARYLAND
Returns From Democratic
Primary Indicate That
He is the Nominee
OTHER NOMINATIONS
BALTIMORE, Md.. Aug. 29 Re-
turns from today's democratic prl-'The fury of the northeast storm
mary election In Maryland Indicate which raged along the South Caro
that State Senator Arthur Pue Gor-jllne and Georgia coast Sunday and
man, son of the late United States j yesterday was reflected In the number
Senator Gorman, will be the nominee
of the democratic party for governor
at the November election. Senator
Oorman. who received the eupport of
I'nlted States Senator John Walter
Smith and the Baltimore' city organ-
izatlon, carried all four of the
trlcts ln Baltimore city by large ma
jorities and returns from the state In
dicate that he has carried a suffl
I clent number of the counties to ln
j sure a majority of the votes In the
state convention Sept. 7.
j Mr. Gorman's opponent ln the pri
j mary was State Senator Blair I-ee.
WBo had the "rport or i ongressmen
Talbot and Lewis. Gov. Austin U
Crowther and the so-called progres-
slve eminent of the democrats. To
days primary also determined the
nominations for attorney general,
general, comptroller, members of the
Maryland legislature and the state
central committee.
Phlllros Iee Ooldeborousrh. collector
of Internal revenue at Baltimore, la
unopposed for the republican nomlna
tlon for governor.
MANY ARMY DISCHARGES
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 Major
General Frederick D. O-rnnt, who
commanded the department of the
east during the last flfeal year, says on' hlgh tide during the night. The
In a report to the war department grhooner Unah C. Kamlnskl, outward
that 23 applications for discharge bound from Wilmlogten to New
by ptrrchase were acted upon by his fork, lumber laden, rode out the
department during this year. storm since Saturday off Cape Fear
"It seems Incredible to me." Gen-( bar with the loss of only an anchor
eral Grant says, "that so many sol-1 8nd 40 fathom of chain. The Ital
dlers In times like the present. whenian bark Tomasao Drago, 3S2 tons,
Industrial conditions ln our country , Captain Orengo, from Santa Crus
are not the best, should desire o to Bremen, was towed In with main
leave the service and are willing to yard carried away and abort of wa
pay a sum. which to them Is consld-ter.
ersble, for the privilege of doing bo
When one thinks of the
generous ;
provision' th government makes for
its soldier thl restlessness cannot
be accounted for.
nes by the prosecution only for the
- purpose of stating that he found a
; hairpin but hie testimony as a result
of the questions of counsel for the
' defense aoon established that he
would be an Important witness for tho
defense, and he subsequently will be
j called by the defense If necessary. In
, me meantime tne prosecution win
gather over-night witnesses to show
that many people looked for other
blood spots and found none.
The orosecutlon announced just be-
fore adjournment of rourt at 4.80 to-
j ay that after the Introduction of ev-j
frnj wiuirBes uiong una one ,iuiiior
r0w it would rest Its case,
The Robertson boy, a brother f a
reporter on one of the Richmond
j newsnaners. has been emDloved about
i ,ne t.onrt room In carrying his broth-
er-, manuscript from the court house
y ni orgtr .ut.ui n.e own
inuny alio UHeueu lo (. v. in
telegraph office, In a ham about 75
yards away. . .
In Separate Cell,
Henry C. Beattle, Jr., the accused.
and Paul D. Beattle, hfs cousin.- wl)o
1 yesterday on the witness stand told
an alleged confession by . Hepry
concerning the murder, were confined
1 in separate cells in the Cheeterfteld
county Jail tonight. Paul hitherto had
bf en .kppt ln confinement In Richmond
i n default of bond but today, after he
finished on the witness stand. Judge
' Watson suddenly ordered his reten
tlon ln Jail here Paul Seattle's story
cf yesterday was not shaken In, the.
cross-examination by counsel for the
defense but it became apparent today
that the defense Intends to refute hi
testimony by placing on the stand the
prisoner hjmself. Mr. Smith , made
this announcement casually during the
day's session when John Sandifer, lri-
Rtead of glng expected tesllmony for
pot. tn-prlmBfr nrryir jwa tn(
court ntiowea nanairer to proceea wiui
his delineation of Henry. C. Seattle,
jr.'a,' character and reputation,
Boy SWoks to Story.
Alexander Robertson, a 16-year-old
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FURlf OF COAST STORM
REFLECTED IN NUMBER
BF MARINE CASUALTIES
Revenue Cutter Seminole
Sent Out From South
port to Rescue Boats
SEVERAL TOWED IN
WILMTNOfON. N. C, Aug. 2.
of marine casualties reported today
at Bou&hpnrt.
A wireless early today from one of
the Clyde liners via Charleston and
Augunta to the revenue cutter San-
dls-jlnole of this station carried that ship
Immediately to the rescue of the
schoonor Fortune. 64 3 tons, Captain
Walla, lumber laden, from Charleston
to New York, reported dismantled. 40
mile southward of Frying Pan shols
and in a dangerous position. The
cutter had not returned to Southport
tonight.
t.ter the schooner Florence M.
Penley, 927 tons, Captain Jameeon,
Tampa to Baltimore, was towed In
off Capo Fear bar by the tug Tor
mentor, with all head sails gone and
leaking. The schooner Chas, H. Val-
entine. o36 tons , Captain Walker.
Promised Lend to Charleston, was re
ported this afternoon having gone
ashore on Bald Head island, while
attempting to sail In ovbt the Cape
Fear bar for harbor. She 1s re
ported by pilots In a dangerous posi
tion, but the tugs Tormentor and 8
King are expected to haul her off
The Clyde steamer Wlnyah, New
York to Jacksonville, arrived ud for
haVbor, iightly leaking and with
corga of cement damaged to an extend
unknown. ,"
CLASS
PRESIDENT OF U.S.
Accuses" Taft, of Not Stating
Facts In Speech Delivered
Ust Saturday
THROWS SOME HOT
ONE AT MR. TAFT
Criticism of; Democrats Un
called For acd is an Un
grate! uf Performance"
'quINCY. 111., ' 4t- Speaker
Champ Clark, before leaving here ear
ly today, In a glgBcHntervtew replied
emphatically ' to President Taft's
speech, delivered at Hamilton, Mass.,
last Saturday, acujdnij the president
of not stating fa'ct He eald he did
not reply for toe fiisurgent republK
I cans who "no dou will take up th
I cudgels m Jhel Wt- behalf."
He declared that the tariff board
Is to be used as pte-xt for delaying
tariff revision downward, the , demo
crats will cut aft ltf supplies.
"President TaftT speech," said
Speaker Clrk,lTesiBwd th rather
large stunt of running amuck on the
democrats and. the insurgent republi
cans In congress; Mnglln out Mr.
Chairman Underwodtt and myself par
ticularly as democratic target.
"I accept hi cpis&ught as a badge
of honor. f ' -
In Bat Tamper."
"The president s'tros to have been
In bad temper ptcfxse he sees de
feat staring him tn face. I can
not and win not pfirnlt his personal
etrlctures and hit. bald mlsstmementsi
ot historical facta; '.Yh.'.'-l
"The president. yrttlclsm of. Mr.
Underwood- and mysel. w hich Is es
sentially a criticism of all democrats
In the house and na.te, because all
democrat stood tWther, I aWmlute -
Iy uncalled for, and t as ungrateful a
performance; s t ear. rem.mbrt for
If It hd not been for the action of
the' democrata lt tfie' house Ift both
irt and ttit Anrrrsses In lining
lM4taitot'W,,",,i'
"With ll the Jnfttiefte and patron
age ot Jhls great offtc ,h could not
mtifler amaJorlt' of house republi
can forveelprority In either the 61t
or the 82d congrome.
"The president says that we didn't
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SIGNIFICANCE TO RUMOR
dp mmm pun
Ul UUILII I II IUU U I kill
... .
That Guatemala ana mexico
May Engage in Embroglio
Not Impossibility ,
(
WH1W7 tn i.vans Ana. 29 The ru-I
mor that th
H. l.-iitlflros of Mexico i
nvoUe eluatemala ;
were attempting i
In an emhpogiw were given added
significance K.il.iy when It became
known that 45.oou rounds of ammuni
tion and rase f rifles went through
IfJ AN
MIS
WOULD
CLARK POT
till portlla,"' w addressed to thethe Merchants' Miners' Transporta
.nv.mfi n,t Vinatan. -tlon company, which wnt ashore on
The governor of Tucatan Is M
Plnosuraez. a wealthy and staunch
upporter of 1' ran- Ihco I. Madero, Jr.,
candidate for tin. presidency and Is
bitterly opposed t" the Sdenllfiros
The munitions r,f war left this port
aboard the British steamer Dunkeld
and were carrli " a supplementary' ,
manlfst filed aftT the departure of
the vejssel. Feder.il officials held that
this shipment was "in the regular
course of trade .-.rid no attempt was
made to prevent it j
CLOCK CUTI'IUM TltKIF
!
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 29. An
alarm clock wh: 'i happened to ring;
Just as It was
the arrest today
;"g stolen, caused
t Henry Smith, a
negro.
The clock lx owned by Stephen
Shields, of No 125 Market street,
According to Hhiills, the prisoner
was walking of the door when
the alarm went off Shields had not
noticed tho difoppeeranoe of the
doe'., until he h.-ard the alarm.
6mlth admltt'd taking the clock
and was sent to th house of correc
tion for three months. ,
. WASHINGTON, Aug.' 10-Fore-
cast for North Carolina: Shower
Wednesday and probably Thursday,
moderate winds, mostly , south- to
outhaaat. .-. . - t'4 w-;
..,' . . .' . v i
DEATH LIST GROWS
RESULT OF STORM
ON SUNDAY NIGHT
Late Reports From Country Around
Charleston Bring it up to Fifteen
And More Are Expected When
Remote Places Are Heard From.
CHARLESTON, 8. C Aug.
Additional reports from the country
surrounding Charleston received to
night bring the total list of the dead
a a result of the terrific storm of
Sunday night up to fifteen. This
death list I expected to be enlarged
when reports are 'received from the
more remote se Islands. Conserva
tive estimates continue to place the
property damage In the neighborhood
Of $1,000,000, despite the fact that re
ports of. losses to shipping Interests
continue to roll In. The revised list
of dead I a follows:
Alonso J. Cogburn, Southern rail
way entlneer.
Ida, Morgan, white.
Rosa Roblnon, white.
Mrs. U. Oootlson, Waycross, O.
E. V. Cutter, Charleston.
Robert K.' Smith. Columbia, S. C.
Mr. O. Relchter, Charleston.
Mafy Relchter, Charleston. ' ., '-.
Ulllan Blender, Charleston.
Four unknown negro men and one
negro woman, unknown.
Th bodies of Ida Morgan and Rosa
Robinson were found today burled
beneath their house which had
floated away in the torm and th
other occupant, a man, escaping. Five.
persons, Mr. and Mr. J. Ooodson,
Mr, and Miss Keiohter and Lillian
Stander lost their live when tnt
Wappoo mills. Just aero th Ash
ley river from th city was swept
away.
!f ow Heat Tranquil .
Charleston tonight rest tranquil
under. clear skies. The street are
strew whh wreckage and wltb vup
rooted tree. The water 'front I In
many place dismantled, many
wharve ' being absolutely ruined It
, w-,tv.d that th estimate placing
. propt(rty damage at en mil-
Joa ly within M
.mark, though no man 1 abla to
Judge yet wltn any tmng iik ac
curacy. No report have come In a
yet to throw light on the d .ma. to
crop In th ectldn between Char
leeton and Savannah and. qn th tea
wari.t, jfc -XV. iyiJto
the cotton and rtoe oropa have beert
dealt a iaggr1ilg hlow. -
Plunging toward apparent certain
destruction on the boach of Hunting
Island In the midst of fhe hurricane
that swept the Csrollna coast on
Bundav night and Monday, the Clyde
liner Apache with 12S passengers
TERRIFIC BATTLES WITH
SEA IS RESULT OF STORM
One Vessel High and Dry
on Rocks, Will be Floated
With Difficulty
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug
29. Ships
coming ifim "mhj -
rifle battles fought wlUi th,; sea Bun-
day and Monday as the rssult of the
sturm fhlrh swept the coast Of the
Carohnus. Only one ship In the Sa
vannah coast territory suffered Injury,
hnwavrr. the steamer Uexlngton, of
1 Hunting island, S. C, at the mouth of
j the Kdlsto river. The vessel Is high
I and dry on the rocks and will be
' floated with grrnt difficulty. The pas
' sengers were taken off late this after
noon t the revenue cutter Vaniacraw
i und proe-eeded to Charleston.
Klve men were taken off the si hoon-
ner Kortuna today by the tank steam
f-r Fortune today by the tank ateam-
tain, hln wife and the cook rerusen to
leave the sljtp.
The steamer nty of Savannah.
from i'ew York, docked safely at 9 ,
o'clock this morning after a hard ;
fight with the wuves and ''apt Burge ,
reported passing an unknown sehoo- !
nr with topmast and Jib boom gone
alxty mlle-s south of Frying Pan light- j
shin. '
Many small boats, launches anrj tne
government survey tug Gem were
punk
In the city the signs of the Htorm
arer npMly being removed Tele
graphic communication with the out
side world was resumed today and the
street ear and lighting systems are
Sgaln In operation.
RFRVAXT Sfl FOR IIS.fKIO
CAMriKHHW. Auf. 27. Mory T.
Creed, a domestic, has brought suit
for I IS. too against Mrs. Anna 1.
Gray. wife, of Professor John C. Gray
of th Harvard law school, who Is
an author of a number of noted text
books In her declaration Mies freed
alleges thnf while atttemptlng to sh'it
a door In obedience to an order from
her mlntres. Mrs. Cray "recklessly,"
carelenily and negligently shut the
door with great force and violence,
whereby her arm was caught and
crushed " The girl gave up her p'o
Mlon. claiming her arm was per
manently Injured.
PrpfTtfor tiny Is one of the-oldest
and best known authorities on law
In the United States. He Instructs
advanced law student at Harvard.
Mr. Gray waa Anna Lymann of Bos
ton &for her marriage-In 1171.
aboard, was saved In the nick of time
by a sudden change In the wind and
came Into Charleston harbor this
morning badly racked by wind and
sea. but not seriously damaged. For
tense five minute the passeuger
of the Apache stood on the lower
d0fk with life preserver around their
bodies wattng for the vessel to strike
and determined to make as stout
ftlht aa they could for their lives.
Steamer Helplees
Priven along by the wind tho
peed of which was estimated by Ca.
tain William Staples of the liner at
100 miles an hour, the big steamer
found herself helpless at about 1.10
o'rflock on Mohday afternoon. She
was bound south from New York and
had been blown past the mouth of
th .harbor to a point off Hunting Is
land". . The gal swept her Inshore and
,lt fore uroved hrrestii table. Pull
peed ahead into the teeth of the
storm could not drive the liner for
ward and when two anchor wre put
over board the chain snapped llko
cord, ilelplesa In th grasp ot the
hurrlean. th hlp,wa being literally
hurled toward the Hunting Island
breaker and th penger with life
preservers on (had well night given
up hope, ' when suddenly th wind
hlfted and the vessel was saved.
, Captain Staple told a vivid story.
"From , .a terrible wind whleh
threatened momentarily our destruc
tion we had entered a calm a ea
a ever-nature made. -
"Put th calm lasted only a fw
.minut. Twenty minute later th
wind- truck u with gratr for?
fh ever and the barometer began
falling. ' The wind, was from th
southeast and I llv It must hv
ibesn blowing at tha rate 'of at least
100 mile gn hour, At Hunting Is
land wran 4 elo rao with death.
To 'go toward hind! meant destruct
lion,; but tha wind wa too strong,
and wa had . no option but to be
blown landward. Suddenly, about I
p. 'm.. the wind shifted from th
oufhttyj) If ,1 thouktrj , wMlfc. wl?l
seve 'us a chsne to head eastward
and get off Into deep water."
F. 3. Dohea-ty, - wireless opsrsjtnr
of th Apache, stated that the wind
blew th vessel a distance of about
71 mile. "We came near Hunting
l-i"i-iri i ii i i, -1, ir ini n i ,iw.w.,m
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FROM EFFECTS OF STORM
But City is in Danger of
Disease on Account of the
Water
CHARLESTON', H. C, Aug. 29-
- '
the
disastrous result of
the hurri
cane. A large force of laborers la
cleaning the debris-strewn streets.
Train service Is approaching the nor
mal. A far as can be ascertained
eleven human lives were leist In
Charl.tston -county and a score or
more people Injured. The property
damage amounts to at least one mil
lion dollar. Shipping has suffered
but It Is Impossible at this time to
fix the loss In dollars. Scores of
Isunehes have broken away and ef
forts are being exerted to eatfrh them.
In tha low lying sections there Is
murh suffering and the . danger of
seknei because of
the storm ef-!
fets Is said to be great. Heavy rnlrm
law night cewitrlbuted to the height
of the water In the streets and yards,
caused by the abnormal tide.., many
' ' floors being Inundated with the
lo the household effects The rte.1
Cross Society has voluteered to ren
der any financial assistance that
mliht he needed. The telegraph and
telephone companies are striving
get their wires Into working order.
I
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The Ashcvillc Citizen $5,640
Subscription Contest
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BOUQUETS THROLAfJ
JIT BOOKER 1 B!
PRESIDENT TUFT
Rakes Millionaires Over Coals
For Not Coming to Insti
tution's Support
VOICES INDIGNATION
IN VERY PLAIN TERMS
Says It's a Shame That Such
Beneficial y Schools Should '
Have to' "Beg "
BEVERLY, Mas., Aug. peik
Ing In favor of tha Indian and Negro
'nduatrlal school at Hampton, Va
of which h I trusteed Pfealdent Taft
today voiced hi Indignation At th
necessity that such Institutions must
be for money and at the failure of
the nation's many mlllWrsalre to
com to their rescue tvlih contribute
tlon. In th graduation of Booker
Washington, th ' president ' "a!d,
Hampton ha don enough to ntltl
It to th gratitude of th country. .
the' meeting waa held at th horn
of Mr. .Jefferson Coolldg at Man
cheater, Mass. Oovarno? Mann of
Virginia, "th flrt Virginia govr.
nor whom w hav caught In Nur
Enrland, brought up hr- for thi ,
ptirpo." a th president smilingly
rsfsrred to him, many of th trustee
and om of th men Interacted In
raising fund for Hampton wr pre,
nt,- ' i , ,
"I always com 'In wlHi Mvlnf
protert- a protest of Indignation
that an Inatitutlon o ueful. that I,
throughout the eountry," ald th
president, "forming a It does the,ba.
l of our Industrial school, and ug.
gesting a remedy and method of
meeting rh negro .problem, shnulj
still b on g basla cstitatlng th
organlaatlon of uch meeting a this,
and the begging by ttteh men aa you
before you for money enouth ti
run It worn year to year, w hv
lot Ot millionaire ln thl eountry
and why cannot th contribution b
ufflclently large to put luch an In
stltutloa a Mampton on basis that
hall be elf mtpportlngT" ' "
' l?itiia Ito -.Orgutndo"',
rtampton graduated Hooker Wash-
lngton, and a somebody has said, if
it had not done anything else, that
alone would entitle It to the f rati '
tude of th country. Booker Wash
lngton established Tusksge and from .
Tuakegee ha sprung many chooJ
of a similar character throughout the
outh. Northern generosity and do
ns tlon with reference to southern'
education and the education of th
negro hav of cours it fruit and J
rten'fwnt In any way to dlmlnlsti
th desire of tho who with to glv.1
NEAR KING'S MOUNTAIN 1
INJURES TWENMO
Rails Torn up For 250 Feet
All Trains Delayed'
For Hours
NOBODY BADLY HURT
GREENVILLE, S. C, Ag. !. A.
Sunday school excursion train ltav-,
Ing Charlotre this morning over th s
Charlotte-Atlanta division of th 1
Southern railway, bound for Johnson ;
flty. Tenn., was wrecked four mile,
south of Klns'a mountain at S.4D t .
v.,ck, derailing the tender, on bag i
gag car and five coache and Injur 4
Ing twenty-two of the 175 passengers i
None of the Injured persons were srl
ously hurt. With a few exception.
th most of them were residents of
I'harlotte. .
The cause of the wreck Is unknown.
Two hundred and fifty feet of track
were torn up and all trains delayed ,
several hours. The track wa cleared. ,
at 6.4 S o'clock thli afternoon. :.!
Candidate
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