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FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 81. )910.
E, J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor.
E. J, Hi Is, Jr., Business Manager.
L. B. Hale, City Editor.
COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON THE
y SIXTH DISTRICT MATTER.
Following I the text of the report of
I be Special Committee on the Sixth
District matter: ' ':: . ' ' " '
Hon. A. H. Eller, Chairman State Ex
' scutlve- Committee Democratic
Party. .' v -' ',
Sir: Tour - committee, appointed
under a resolution passed by the
state democratic executive commit
tee, August 1st, 1910, to Investigate
and report upon the conflict, within
the party, In the sixth congressional
district, beg leave to submit the fol
logln, as their report:
The member of the committee,
designated aa lhalnnan by you, sent
out a request to the two gentlemen
who claimed to be the nominees, to
the chairman of the two conventions,
to the secretaries of the two con
ventions, and to the chairman of the
two executive committee appointed
by the two conventions, requesting
them to meet with your committee at
10 o'clock a. mv Friday, August 12th,
110. At the same time the acting
chairman sent a request to the other
members of the committee named by
you,- to meet at Wrlghtsvllle at 8
o'clock p. m., Thursday, .August 11th.
for organisation and conau.tation.
At this hour T. J. Jarris, C. a Ay-
cock, A. C Avery and T. F. KlutU
met ' The other member, R A.
Dough ton, wrote that he was unavoid
ably kept from attending. The com
mittee organised by continuing T. J.
Jarvls as chairman, and appointed T.
F. K'.utts as secretary, and then pro
ceeded to consider the scope and
manner of the investigation. The
i tommlttee thought It best to hold
ibrlr sessions In private and to admit
-and bear but one person at a time;
and this was the method of proced
" ore. i: : -
on Friday morning, at the appoint
ed hour, at the Seashore Hotel, the
committee began the hearing which
waa continued till a late boor that
night and resumed it Saturday morn
ing and continued till late that after
noon. The persons named la the no
tice to appear, and such other per
sons aa either contestant desired.
were heard, and every phase of the
controversy ' was fully investigated
After all persona had oeen heard, the
committee proceeded to consider and
fletermine tne several inquiries sun-
mitted to them by the state executive
committee as follows, to-wit:
First "Whether the committee
has Jurisdiction , in the matter." The
committee answers this inquiry
"Yes."
We are of the opinion that' the
etate committee, not only
jurisdiction, but that in th orderly
conduct of any campaign, it la bound
candidates in each district whose
' names are entitled to go upon the
ticket, and who are entitled to the
' aid of the etate committee and the
support of the democratic press and
v voters of such district The commit-
. tee must also de' ermine who consti
tutes the proper executive committee
of the district, with which to com
municate and work during the pro
gress of the campaign. 80 we ho d
the state committee cannot avoid the
Jurisdiction, if it would, without an
inexcusable neglect of duty, and
-without abandoning the party organ
isation in the alxth district.
The second Inquiry submitted to
this committee, is - ..nether, either
Mr. O. U Clark or H. L. Godwin was
duly and lawfully nominated."
- The answer of the committee to
this inquiry is that neither Mr. O. U
Clark nor Mr. H. U Godwin waa duly
and lawfully nominated.
- And Just here we make- a brief
statement of facta found by us dur-
ing the investigation, and which were
in the main, if not entirely, undis
puted. ' In the county of Cumberland
vine strength of H. u Godwin waa
taken in some preclncta, in accord
ance with our pan of organization,
and It developed he had large major!
ties la such precincts. - When the
county convention met to appoint del
egate to the district convention, a
reso utlon was passed authorizing the
chairman of the convention to ap
point the delegates to the district
convention, which he did, but gave
the Godwin strength no representa
tion, and when such delegates from
. Cumberland appeared at the conven
tion at Wrightaville at the day ap
pointed, it waa known that Mr. God-
, win bad no friend upon the delega
tion, but that the delegates were
unanimous for Mr. Cook, a citizen of
the county. In New Hanover a slm
l.ar . resolution was passed In the
eouuty convention, and the delegates
were appointed by the chairman of
the convention, and they were known
to be so li, for Mr. McCammy.
. While It li an admitted fact that Mr.
Godwin had rome strength in ; New
Hanover, it did not clearly appear
that a demand was made in either
the precinct meeting or the county
convention, to test that strength. It
Is true one delegate arose in the
county convention and said, "I nomi
nate H. L. Godwin," but no atten
tion was paid to that delegate, but
another waa recognized who offered
a resolution authorising the chair
man of the convention to appoint the
' delegates to the state, congressional
judicial, and senatorial conventions
which resolution was passed, and the
convention adjourned, having been in
session less than five minutes. : In
the county of Harnett there was some
antl-Cndwin strength developed in
one township, which was not given
representation in the county conven
tion, but which did obtain represen
tation to the district convention by
the appointment of some anti-OodwIn
delegates from that county, but a
vprr large ruajorty of the delegates
from that county were for Mr, God-
!n, - - .- ,
When the de'egatrt from the sev-
':1 counties ssBembled st Wrlghta
vi!:o Hi-ach on the day appointed, the
s'wrni counties met and organized
i r 1 i.!ng one of their number chnlr
1 mid designating their members
. ; ' fcvonil committees In the
of Hnrnptt Mr Vminir wis
. iw'in of his delegation and
1 -v ct Hobcfon iii'i'le Mr, Mo
1 u of his dole atlon.
c"!tiitiicd time "nd lit the
i :, the chi'lrman of
ivnimlttne of the div
i H. Ho-'timy, cal'cd
i i nl'T nt'd directed
, 1 it-.i c! r of the ex-
10 R. t as tem'ior
, : .-. convention and
1 - con vontlon.
and ws
" tt'i'pDHed
' I"l (!()
ground that It appeared on the face
of the credentials of the delegate
from that county that the delegates
were appointed by the chairman of
the convention, and not elected by the j
convention Itself.' After a long and
angry discussion the chairman said ' therefore cannot approve of the ac
that he would sustain the objection, ! tioa of the executive committee, an
and bold that neither Cumberland ' outside body. In Its efforts to remove
nor New Hanover was represented In J Chairman Bellamy as the presiding
the convention, for tue reason that officer of the convention, and Install
the credentials of the delegatea from
those counties showed -upon their
face that those delegatea were ap
pointed by the chairmen of the, con
ventions (but by authority of the con
ventions), and not elected by the
conventions themselves. This ruling
of the chair brought a long and an
gry debate, but the chair persistent
ly held to Its ruling. An appeal waa
taken from this ruling, which waa
never put to the convention. A re
cess of two hoars was taken, and at
the end of this recess, Mr. Bellamy j them. Those who undertake to sus
agaiu took his aeat aa presiding ofB- j tain the nomination of either one of
cer and rapped for -order. But in these gentlemen, have to rely, on
the meantime, and during the recess. ;
the secretary and the other members
of the executive committee got to-1
gether, Mr. Bellamy being notified by
one of the members to attend, but
he was not told what for. Mr. Bei-
amy did not attend, and those pres
ent proceeded to depose him aa chair
man of the executive committee and
elect Mr. Springer in hta place. When
Mr. Bellamy called the convention to
order, after the recess, Mr. T. A.
Lyon mounted table In front of Mr.
Bellamy and read the proceedings of
the executive committee, deposing
Mr.. Bellamy and electing Mr. Spring
er aa chairman. Thereupon Mr. Spring
er mounted the table In front of Mr.
Bellamy, and claiming to be the right- j
ful chairman by virtue of the action of
the members of the executive commit
tee, commanded order, while Mr. Bel
lamy, who sat Just behind him still
protesting that he was the rightful
chairman, demanded that ue be re
spected and obeyed. 'Ine Godwin del
egation refused to recognise Mr.
Springer as the rightful chairman of
the convention and protested against
hla action. Then a wild scene of con
fusion ensued. About this time uni
formed and armed policemen from the
city of Wilmington made their appear
ance in the hal!, and at the command
of Mr. Springer, compelled some of
the delegatea to take their seat.
Some order being secured, the anti
Godwin delegate from the different
copntie proceeded to organize their
convention, and in doing so, added
some anti-Godwin delegates to the del
egation from Harnett and chose Mr.
Patterson as permanent chairman, the
Godwin delegates remaining in their
aeata and continuing to protest
against the whole proceedings.
The balloting for a candidate for
congress began and waa continued
with varying result, the Godwin del
egatea protesting against their vote
being cast in that convention. To
better understand the situation, it
may be well to state her that Robe
son county waa entitled to 60 votes
and Harnett county to 31 vote in the
convention, and that of those, God
win, discarding fraction, had 45
vote out of the in the Robeson
delegation, and 25 vote oat of . the
31 in the Harnett delegation; that
there were 43 ballots taken in the
convention, and that during the bal
loting the chair held mat if the God
win delegate in those counties where
they were in the majority, refused to
recognize the convention and partici
pate in Its proceedings, that the ml
norlty could east the vote aa it saw
proper. Under this ruling the anti
Godwin delegatea east the vote of
Robeson and Harnett ' is they saw
fit McLeod and Young,: the chair
men respectively of these two dele
gations, continuing to protest On
the 43rd and last baliot on the roll
call. Cumberland gave Its solid vote
to Mr. Cook, and New Hanover cast
its solid vote for Mr. McLammy. On
this ballot the minority of the Kobe
son and Harnett delegations, ander
the ruling of the chair, cast the solid
votes of Harnett and Robeson, over
the protect of Young and McLeod. the
re peciive ehairmru of those two del
egations, for O. I Clark,, and the
solid vote of those two counties add
ed to what he had received from
Brunswick, Bladen ; and Columbus
counties, gave him 169 votes, which
were more than enough to nominate
htm, provided the convention . was
duly organized and the Harnett and
Robeson votes were righfullv east
tor him. But if the rotes of those
two counties were not rightfully east
for him, then he was not duly and
lawfully nominated, had everything
eise oeen regular. New Hanover and
Cumberland then voted to make bis
nomination unanimous. This the con
vention, then, after appointing an ex
evutlve committee, adjourned, and the
anti-Godwin delegate left the hall, or
at least declined to participate fur-
thelr In any proceedings looking to
the nomination of any other candi
date for congress.
Mr. Bellamy had a., tht time kept
the seat he occupied when he first
called the convent ion to order, and
tne Godwin delegate had remained
In the hall with him. Immediate'.?
on the adjournment of the Clark con
vention and as soon as order could
be restored. Mr. Bellamy declared the
convention in order and proceeded to
business. The usual committee were
appointed, additional delegates from
Cumberland and New Hanover were
seated and Mr. Bellamy made perma
nent chairman, .The convention, as
now - organized, nominated Mr. God
win for congress and appointed new
executive committee. These are some
of the undisputed facts and we have
stated them that the state committee
may have a general Idea of the situa
tion. We have refrained from report
ing ana discussing all we heard, be
cause we uo not wish to aay anything
in this report which may be added to
the animosities already existing In
umh ai since
Having thus given a general out
line ot the methods used in the or
ganization and proceeding ot the
two conventions, we submit two ob
servations tnereon. We cannot give
our assent to the proposition that
presiding officer of a convention can
by his arbitrary ruling, determine
what , counties are represented, and
what are not and exclude such del
egates as he may think do not pre
sent proper credentials from partic
ipating in the proceedings. That is
primarily the business of the com
mittee on credentials, and n'tlmate
'y the prerogative of the convention
itself, which must be the Judge of
the qualification of its own members,
and not the privilege of the presiding
officer. We are therefore emphatic
In our disapproval of the arbitrary
ruling ot Chairman Bellamy In hold
ing that Cumberland and New Han
over were not represented, when del
egates with credentials from those
comities were present, clamoring tor
recognition. , ' -. .. . :
We are equally emphatic In our
opinion that after a body had been
called to order, that no person out
ride of that body can take the presid
ing officer out of the chair and put
someone eise in his place. What
ever decapitating Is to be done must
be done by the body itself. If the
presiding officer becomes contuma
cious, or for any cause unsatisfactory
to the body over which he, is presid
ing ,lt, nnd it alone, can remove him
and put another In hla place, but no
outside persons or person can do It
Such an attempt Is, in our opinion,
an unauthorised Interference with
the prerogative of the body, and an
unlawful usurpation of authority.' We
Mr. Springer In his place. It is, tnera
tore ,our opinion that neither conven
tion waa "duly and lawfully" organ
ised, and that neither r. Clark nor
Mr. Godwin waa "duly and lawfully"
nominated. ' -
It is true there is a contention that
It the organlzationsNot the conven
tions were irregular that these irreg
ularities were cured by subsequent
proceeding. We have sot thought
it necessary to discuss these refine
ments or to express our opinion upon
technicalities and theories which are
seriously debatable and " doubtful,
and which, in our opinion, have no
place In a democratic campaign.
The man who goes- before the dem
ocratic voter of n district claiming
to be the democratic nominee, and
on this account claiming the loyal
aupport of all true democrat, ought
to go with credentials which axe be
yond dispute. It cannot be claimed
that either one of these gentlemen
has, or can, have such credential
Aa long aa tue re la room tor dispute
about the regularity and validity of
the nomination, there will be room
tor an excuse to refuse to vote the
ticket Party interest party loyalty,
and party organisation, cannot be
strengthened when the validity of
the nomination of the candidate la
one ot the subjects of discussion. Aa
much a we would like to do so, we
cannot with the facta before us, aay
that either of these gentlemen waa
"duly and lawfully" nominated.
The third and last query Mummed
to a is: "And if neither la found to
be nominated, what further action
should be taken in order to secure
the nomination of n candidate?"
In response to this Inquiry, we beg
to suggest that the whole proceed
ings in the sixth district, including
holding the primaries, the county
conventons. the district conventions,
the' nominations, and the , appoint
ment of committees, be declared and
treated as a nullity, and that the
democrats of the district be asked to
make their own selection of their
candidate. And we further auggest
that it be done at voting primary,
to be held at such time aa the state
committee may fix. and in such man-
eer, and under such rule and re
nlstions as said committee may pre
scribe.
It Is due Mr. Clark and Mr. God
win to say that both of these gentle
men came before the committee and
declared their purpose to abide in
good faith by the action of this com
mittee and the state executive com
mittee, v
We cannot close this report with
out expressing or high and alneere
tppredation of the kind treatment
we received from the democrats of
all factions and localities, whom we
.net at Wrightevtlle, Their greetings
were so warm and cordial .and their
insurances of confidence and esteem
o sincere that we were greatly help
ed and strengthened in the-perform-ince
of the delicact duties laid upon
js. We parted with these co-workers
in the settlement of their political
-roubles (for all. seemed willing to
aelp), with a feeling that our Inter
course with them, and theirs with
each, other, tended to harmony and
unity. And now we trust these same
food friend will pardon the liberty
we take in appealing to them to ap
proach this .new dnty of ' selecting
Jielr candidate for congress in
spirit of absolute fairness. It may
JJ expected that differences of opin
ion will exist as to the best man to
represent the district and that the
irieods of the . different candidate
will be earnest in their efforts to se
cure the nomination of their favorite
out no method should be used or ex
cused which Is not worthy of the
high calling of the democracy ot tht
Jixta district The men of the Cape
Fear have time and again led the
way to higher ideals and better meth
ods. They now have an opportunity
of mending their own ways and set
ting an example to their party friends
uiougnout the state which will tend
to purify contests in all sections.
THOMAS i. JAR VIS, '
- ' "A. C. AVERY,
' C. B. AYCOCK,
Committee.
Mr. Kluttz Dissent.
Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 221910.
Hon. A. H. Eller, Chairman. State
Democratic Executive Committee.
Sir: With great diffidence, with
out argument and Impelled only by
an irresistible sense of doty. I re
spectfully dissent from , the findings
and conclusions of the able majority
of the special committee appointed to
Investigate the controversy in the
sixth congressional district upon the
second inquiry. In my opinion. Mr.
O. L. Clark was "duly and lawfully
nominated." I realize, however, that
there should be an end to this con
troversy, and in ease the view of the
majority prevails, the I Join in
the recommendations ' for a voting
primary. . .
Very respectfully,
. THEO. F, KLUTTZ.
The Raleigh Times' report of the
debate that ensued Is as follows
Mr. John D. Bellamy asked, by way
of suggestion, if the committee should
go into executive session during the
raaAlnm nf tk. , , , .
formed by Mr, Aycock that there was
nothing in the report to hurt the
party. . The committee' - report
(which is given below) was read, and
was listened to with the closest at
tention. : When the reading of the
report was concluded and Governor
Aycock began to read the dissenting
opinion- of Hon. Tneo. F. KlutU, a
dead silence reigned In ' tie ball,
many fearing that-this would precipi
tate a long and hard-fought discus
sion. .;; ..;!'-'':-.. ...
Hon. Francis D. Winston moved
that the majority report be adopted
by the committee. ' ? f
Mr. C O. McMlcbael asked Govern
or Aycock it there was a committee
on credential at WrightsvlUe. and
was Informed that both conventions
bad credentials committees. ' - --
Mr. McMlcbael then wanted to
know how Mr. Bellamy became chair
man. Governor Aycock told him Uat
be was chairman because be was
chairman of the executive committee
of that district, but when be took
charge ot the convention n was then
at the disposal of the convention,
and the executive committee, an out
side body, had no authority to re
move him. . ...: 1 .
Mr. McMlcbael argued for the mi
nority report, saying be believed Mr.
Clark was the regular nominee. ,
Mr. John D. Bellamy took Issue
with Governor Aycock as to the
power of the executive committee In
deposing the chairman, claiming that
that body bad control until the con
vention had perfected kn , organlza.
tiou. . lis staled that five out ot the
seven counties participated In the
Clark convention, and when those
two refused to take part the minority
had a right to cast their vote, and In
bis opinion Mr. Klutts la right, aud
Hint Mr. Clark la the legal nominee, .
Mr. McMiohael disagreed with the
whole report ot the committee, argu
ing that the question waa not one fur
the conimltteo. Tbla committee has
no right to order a primary for that
district sod It it is doue It will open
a Pandora's box.
Governor Winston asked it there
had aver been any question raised as
to the committee' Jurisdiction, and'
Governor Aycock replUid there had not
Continuing, Mr. Winston said that thla
was an extraordinary occasion and de
manded extraordinary remedies. One
democratic candidate for the sam of-
flee Is enough tor any place. -This Is
not the first time that several claimed
to be regular and when Investigated
turned out that all were Irregular, He
said he agreed with, the main conclu
sion of the majority report, and be
lieves It will be for the best Interest
ot the party, and concluded by saying
tew words complimentary to George
Bellamy. -
Mr. A, D. Watts raised the ques
tion that the committee cou d not
aay how the people should act in this
matter, but was informed that the
original plans were made by this
committee and It could amend "'tin
any way It wanted to.
Mr. U u Smith, of Gates, moved
to strike out that portion of the Win
ston resolution -relating to the , ap
pointment of committees- to look after
the voting primary, and stm ply 'en
dorse the report Tne report is wise,
just and democratic, declared Mr.
Smith, but thought the people should'
decide themselves how : they would
select their candidate. . ' .
Mr. C. A. Webb said the report
should be adopted, 1 and the only
thing to provide was the machinery
for carrying out this report "
Then followed a general discussion
in which Messrs. Webb. Watts, Gattia
and Patterson participated. -- . --,
Mr. Patterson, who presided a part
of the time at the Wrlghtsvllle con
vention, thought that this committee
should decide either in favor of God
win or Clark, and believed that an
other primary at this time would Iff-,
jure the party. He told of the con
vention, and concluded" by saying
that Mr. Clark was legally, fairly,
and squarely nominated, and this
committee should say so. ; ? " '
Mr. Walter Murphy' said whatever
action was taken by this committee
would go with him.. The success of
the party la of more Importance than
any one man. ' '
- Gov. Aycock's Statement .
Hon. C. B. Aycock then, for: the
benefit of the committee, briefly re
lated what transpired In the special
committee meetings. He said 20 or
25 witnesses were examined and
some of the best lawyers in the state
gave their opinion. ; A minority can
never be bound by an act of usurpa
tion. Aa to dealing in technicalities.
it would be easier to prove, techni
cally, that Godwin was the regular
nominee than to prove that Mr. Clark
- The majority report was adopted by
a big majority.
"CHEEK" OF -THE FIRST WATER.
Bearing in mind the, circumstance
that the Baltimore Sun bolted from the
Democratic party in 1896 and 1908
and used all its powerful influence
against the Democratic presidential
nominee In those years, and that Mr
Cleveland not only bolted iff 1896 but
In 1893 went back on his party's com
mand to make the tariff the paramount
Issue, we think the following from
the Sun Is a sample of "cheek" that
mayjie held to "take the cakel: :
Mr. Bryan Can do Hla Party 4 Great
Service. ' -.V
' For' the first time in. a good many
years the Nebraska Democrats seem
to have a chance to elect United
States Senator. Under the new pri
mary law, based 'on the Oregon sys
tem, the candidate who receives a ma
jority of the popular vote must be
elected Senator by the legislature, no
matter to what party he belongs. Tne
Republicans have nominated Senator
Burkett for re-election. In the Demo
cratic primaries Representative Gil
bert M. Hitchcock received a large ma
jority 01 the votes, and therefore ia
the Democratic nominee. .Burkett is a
regular, a supporter of Aldrich and of
the high tariff, and possesses few ele
ments of popularity. In Nebraska, as
in Kansas and Iowa, there Is a strong
protest against the o.d-line candidates
and policies. There must be a large
insurgent vote antagonistic to Burkett
Hitchcock is a "progressive," a fine
campaigner, and promises to arouse
the State. The one danger in his own
party Is the opposition of the Bryan
element Mr. Bryan opposed Hitch
cock in the primaries and urged the
nomination 'of bis employe and editor,
Richard Metcalfe., Metcalfe was de
feated by an overwhelming majority.
Mr. Bryan has always advocated ma
jority ru e, and one of bis great griev
ances against the Cleveland Democrats
is that many ot them failed to support
him when .he was his party's nomi
nee for president Up to the recent
contest Mr. Hitchcock has been the
J warm personal and political friend of
Mr. Bryan. He has backed him in eve
ry campaign for the Presidency." and
Bryan owes a much to him a he
does to any living man. can Mr. Bry
an in the contest for the Senatonihio
refuse Mr. Hitchcock his cordial sup
port t
Mr. Bryan's aid is needed by his
party In the nation, as well aa in his
I m simum in ui aepaic
own State. The division In the Repub-
the extreme protective policy, give
the Democrats the best, opportunity
tney nave had since 1892. If the varl
ous elements of the party can only be
brought together, it the Democracy
can present a united front, the Demo
cratic party can probably go Into the
campaign of 1912 stronger than at any
time for twenty years. .
Mr. Bryan has it In his power to do
his party a great service.. It he will
exercise his Influence in the interest
of harmony, it will go a long way In
healing the breach that bas existed
since 189. Col. Henry Watterson's
advice to Mr. Bryan to forgive his
former enemies, forget the past and
co-operate with the leaders of hie
party is the voice of wisdom. . Mr.
Bryan can strengthen himself with
his party and the country by showing
that he put bis party and its prin
ciples above every other political con
sideration. His great ability and influ
ence create an obligation and respon
sibility which we believe he will real
ize and recognize.
TORY OF THE FIRST TRIAL OF
THE READING OF TELEGRAPH
ME88AQES BY SOUND.
Boston Globe.
Ezra Cornell is known In blitory a
the father of Cornel university," as
one A tne 4nen who helped ti build
the first telegraph line and a an ar
dent organ'rer of telegraph ytems In
the early days, being Instrumental In
the 'ornmiion of the now famous Went
era Union Telegraph ronritant, -
eon, Aon no B. Cornell, became ulti
mately vice president of the Wustern
Union and governor of New York
State -high coiimierclivl and po.ltlcal
honors. -
Yet he once confessed to me that he
felt he should be credited with the
additional honor of having made the
discovery that telegraph nie&sagoa
could be read by ear, and he seemed
to take more pride la hla part In bring
ing this about than he did in any ot
his other achievements.
"I waa trained aa a telegraph opera
tor," said Mr. Cornell In telling me the
story, "I suppose I took to telegraphy
naturally because of my father's deep
and large Interests In the then new
mode ot communication. Anyway, I
learned the Morse key easily, and I
was, In tact, very fond ot telegraphing
from both -the practical and the sclen
t flc s.'andpoints. .. .
."One afternoon, sometime In the ear
ly fifties, when 1 was stationed at Al
Dny, N.-Y. there waa an unusual, in
rush ot newspaper dispatches- I was
in charge of the press key and In the
uidst of the task of receiving them I
found to my consternation that I was
out oi tape. Before taking my seat
before the key 1 had neglected to re
plenish the tape reel. - '
"There was a bountiful supply ot
tnpe In the cellar of the building, but
It was a long trip there Ultra were
no levators In those days and I knew
4 that to go there I would waste pre-
cioii time. And there were those anx
ious newspaper men hanging over my
Shoulder. i. . . ' i ' ' ' ; " .
'Suddenly, as I fished about mental
iy for the qnlckest way.; out of my
dilemma, this thought popped into my
head: ' You don't need any tape, Halt
the time you don't look at it when the
dispatches are coming in before you
write ttem out You trust to your
eari to (ell what the instrument says.
Why not do so. nowf Instantly I de
termined to see whether or not I could
tike the dispatches by sound alone. '
;' "It put my Angers on the key and
broke in on New York whence- the
tllspaUle? were coming. 'Send rather
slowly and very distinctly,' I asked the
man at the other end ot the wire. He
at once began to do so not without
-ome - curiosity as to my reason,
fiund out later. .. :r.
l'ui I didn't think ot that at the
time,-tor I waa g'owlng all-over with
the Mtowledge that -I could write out
the dispatches ' and ; write them cor
rect 'y, for they made sense by simply
I'tt'-ning to the sounds that the key
made. ... .-, -.7 . 1 --r -
Thus I continued taking the dls
iatccea to-the very end. .Then the
New York operator called me. - "What
are you do ' up there? he asfted.
'Why did you want me to send slowly
and distinctly r - . "
'I answered that I had said goodby
to the telegraph tape forever and told
him of the discovery I had made. He
wa Immediately Interested. : 'Send
mo slowly and very distinctly fifteen
or twenty words, and Til see whether
or not I can do the same thing,' he re
quested, -,-,..:,,;.
I did so, full of confidence, and a
L-ttle later there came to me this mes
sage: 'I've done it too. Some of the
other boys 'say they can. I predict
tbst within a month there won't be an
lch of tope used In the New York
Office.' . - i .
"Years later" added Mr. Cornell. "I
was told that about the time that I
discovered for myself a new and revo-
utionary method of receiving tele
graph messages the same method was
also discovered by an operator ta the
main office in Pittsburg. I have no
doubt that tnis'is true. Sooner or
later the. discovery was bound to be
made not only in one, but several
offices. - But I have always felt that
was .the first to make the discovery
md shuld be credited with it in tele
graphic history." -''
OTERO'S SECRET OF v jUTH.
Twenty years -ago or' thereabouts
she waa "the beautiful Otero'1 ot New
York; today she is "la belle Otero" of
Paris this dazzling Spanish dancer
who seems to take her beauty bath in
the fountain of eternal youth. -
- Her simple life means going to her
chateau in Touraine and entering
upon a regime of youth-making ' or
youth-preserving that might discon
cert the average person who thinks ot
the simple life as a matter of lying
about in hammocks or. on the grass
and listening to the birds and bees.
Not so Otero's version ot it She
goes out of Touraine and every day
she goes through a succession of cales-
thenie "stunts" that would incline
most people to call her life 'strenuous'
rather than simple. This business of
youth-making ira hard one"
To begin with, she gets up early,
1 ne -oawn oeiongs to youth, says
Otero, and as the sun Is rising she
wa'ks . barefooted ' through the cold
dew. Then she plunges into the brook
and takes a swim, after having stood
nude In the sun and air and gone
through a series of breathing exercises
that would make a Hindu yogi hesitate.
Then she goes back to her bedroom
and has a glass of sour milk and cream
and goes off to sleep like a lamb or a
kitten. She wakes up again about the
time that other, people are stirring
ana starts in on a day of rowing- and
bicycle riding and walking. At noon
she is as hungry as a bear and has a
dejeuner of boiled meat or fish, raw
vegetables grated or chopped, unleav
ened bread, more sour mi.k and a lot
of fresh fruit- : ':'.
' In the afternoon she lies out in the
sun with scarcely anything on and
bakes vitality into her body. She says
the sun is a rejuvenator. She shades
her, head and neck with a small para-
sou -men sne sleeps, still out
doors, and unless it rains rlgiu out in
tne sun on tne grass.
V-
THE LORD'S DAY.'
Correspondence of the Observer.!
If common forgery is a detestable
crime, then bow much more detest
sble is that kind of forgery that claims
Christ as its author What greater
indignity can any one offer to bis
Maker than to forge lies In his name
Yet there is a letter being published
wnicn purports to be from our Bavlor.
The first copy of it that I ever saw
was in tract form about the year 1867
SlrJce then I have seen it both in tract
form and in the columns of a news
paper. That letter is undoubtedly of
tne same origin with the one which
Eustace, Abbot of Flay, on bis return
to England in the year 1201. declared
had come down from heaven, and was
found upon the altar of 8t Simeon in
Golgotha, and which required the
keeping of the Sunday holy and to
aostain from any except good works
from the ninth hour ot Saturday until
sunrise on Monday. In the closing
paragraph are these words: "I gave
onto you a law in Mount Sinai, which
you have not kept; I gave you a law
with mine own hands which you have
not observed. For you I was born into
the world, and my festive day ye
know not Dfllng- wicked men, ye have
not sept the-Lord s day of my resur
rection. By my right hand I swear
unto you, that if you do not observe
the Lord's day, and the festivals of
my saints, I will send unto you the
Pagan nations that they may slay
you. Koger oe Houden s Annals,
- It Is enny to see bow norwinn tnui-Ii
from Infancy to occult tmiiuiuu lw
stead of the inspired word ot God for
their guide will adhere to the keeping
of Sunday: but for any one professing
to reject all human tramuons uu uuiu
nmndmenta of men to practice and
teach the keeping of Sunday for the
Sabbath, when there Is hbsolutsly no
Scripture to justify It but much to
condemn it, is a mystery to me. Yet
there are those who teacn wsi u
Savior was crucified on Friday. ly 1
the grave on Saturday aud arose be
fore day break on Sunday morning and
that by so doing he abrogated the lev-enth-day-Sabbath
law, and left in Its
stead a something requiring tne seep
ing qt Sunday holy. They dare not
call It a commandment, for there are
no words expressing such a command
ment to be found in all the recorded
words of our Savior. 80 they base
their doctrine on the supposed time ot
the Savior's resurrection and the sup
nosed time ot the Pentecost on which
there appeared cloven tongues, use as
fflre." But St Matthew plainly slates
that it waa "in the end ot- the Bab-
bath" when the two Marys went to
see the sepulchre an "angel answered
ind said unto the women. Fear not ye:
for; I know that ye seek Jesus, wblcn
was crucified. He is not here: tor he
Is risen, as he said, Come, see the
Dlace where the Lord lay." Matt
28:1-8. In Ex. 20:10. it is plainly stat
ed that "the seventh is the Sabbath ot
the Lord thy God." St. Paul says,
that unto the Jews "men committed
the oracles of God." " Rom. 3:2. And
the Jews tell us that Saturday Is the
seventh day of the week. The title
which Pl ate wrote and put on tne
cross of Christ, "was written in He
brew and Greek and Latin.", John
19:20. By the relation of that trans
action In the Scriptures, the Holy
Spirit Identified the three languages,
and these three languages agree upon
Saturday as the seventh day ot the
week.' .. '".' " ',
When the prophet Daniel, who pro
phesied that a change in times and
aw would be made by a wicked ruler,
and St Matthew who plainly stated
the hour - of the angel's declaration
concerning - the risen Christ, "shall
stand In their lota In the end of days,
Dan. 12:13, what will they have to say
to those people who profess to take
nothing for their guide in religion but
the "pure and unadulterated word of
God?" And St Luke who wrote to
the excellent Theophilus: "And when
the day ot Pentecost was fully come, !
they, were all with one accord in one
place," etc,' may have something' to
say also, fo' he belongs now to that
great cloud of witnesses" who shall
confront us on the last day with those
divine messages which they so faith
fully delivered for our benefit
. In the law ot Moses it was, required
that the passover lamb be selected on
the tenth day of the month and.be
kept up until the fourteenth and then
to be slain In the beginning of the
fourteenth, at even, at . the going
down of the sun, at the Season that
that there comest forth out of Egypt"
Deut 18:6, and eaten about midnight
in memory of the time when the de
stroying angel passed through Egypt
The sacrificial blood of Christ began
to flow in the garden of Gethsemane,
but as any remainder of the lamb that
remained until the morning had to
be burnt, so the spotless Lamb of God
had to endure the fire of the wrath of
God in the morning of the fourteenth.
As the month commenced with the
new moon so the fourteenth would
come before the day of the full moon
or passover Sabbath that "high day"
which followed the day of the cruci
fixion astronomers tell us -that the
moon filled on Thursday in .' , of
that year. . That Saturday, evening
would complete the ;'three. (Jays and
three nights In the heart of the earth."
The next day after the passover Sab
bath the priest should "wave the sheaf
before the Lord: And. he shall wave
the sheaf before the Lord to be ac
cepted for you; on the morow after
the Sabbath the priest shall wave it"
"Anl you shall count unto you from
the morrow after the Sabbath,, from
the day that ye brought the sbeat of
the wave offering; - seven Sabbaths
shall be complete: even unto the mor
row after, the seventh Sabbath shall
re number fifty days; and ye shall of
fer a new meat offering unto the
Lord." Lev. 23:11-18.. If Thursday
was the passover Sabbath then Fri
day would be the morrow after the
Sabbath. It the morrow after, the Sab
bath was the first ot the fifty days
then the fiftieth would be on Friday
also; but If it preceded the first of
the fifty days then the fiftieth would be
on Saturday. In either case Pente
cost was fully come before Sunday, If
the moon filled on Thursday in the
month of Ablle that year.
-The almanacs ot this year place the
full moon on the 24th of April, which
Is Sunday. .5910 years divided by 19
years the moon's cycle Jeavea a re
mainder ot 1 or 8unday, the first day
of the week. By the same rule 4034
has the full moon in April three days
earlier In the week, or on Thursday,
14 days earlier in the month.
.-MRS. MARY E. u'lLLYAW.
COTTON ITEMS.
Messrs. B. W. Snead, Charlie" Rid
dle, W. W. Cain, Ottis Simmons and
Bennle Simmons took in the excur
sion last week to Norfolk, Va,
Messrs. Joe Hulon end Paul Brax
ton leaves to day for Bute's Creek to
take a course in that well known insti
tution. . - -
We learn that the members of the
Baptist church here elected Rev. P. T.
Brltt to serve them another year but
will not. accept He will leave here
soon, ';..-.; , . j. .-' t -
We learn that two boys, Luther
Cameron and Murphy Pernell, left
here one- night last week against, the
consent of their parents. , They are
about 16 years old.,;..":T.;'!f'i:-.'-:v;
; '. . CUMBERLAND NIVYS..
Cumberland, Aug. 29 Mr. J. Fred
erick Houston returned to Philadel
phia on Friday night after spending
several weeks at Cumberland, looking
after his mill.. , - ,-
r Mr. Robert F. Byrd was a welcome
visitor to our Sunday school on last
Sunday. Mr. Byrd has many friends
here who are always glad to see him.
He Informed the writer that he was
going to teach again this winter. We
wish hli'i much s'tccess. '
il'ss Kthel Strickland, of Dunn,
C, is visiting at Mr. W. J. Robinson's.
Mr. W. C. Barbee, of Charlotte, N.
C, is visiting his brother, Mr. W, A.
Barbee, near Cumberland.
Rev. John Watson Autry preached
an excellent sermon at the Method
ist church on Sunday night on the sub
ject of faith. He will also preach
tonight and on till Wednesday night
Rev. Paul Brltt filled his regular
appointment at the Baptist church on
Sunday afternoon. : After the service
the church held a conference and Mr
Brltt was called to serve this church
for the coming year, which will make
his third year.
Mr. A. M. Vestal, who bas been
teaching music on the east side of
the Cape Fear river for five weeks,
returned to Cumberland on Sunday af
ternoon. Mrs. B. R. Huske and children have
roturnud from a stuy at Suludu.
FAYETTEVILLE R. NO. ITEMS. '
Aug. 26, j
.The nrotraoted meeting at the CP
... . t nn
Fear Baptist cnurcu
Monday evening with Rev. Mr. Olbbs.
of Hope Mills, the psstor, and Prof.
Williams, the former , King , Hiram
school teacher assisting.
Miss Una Marsh has returned borne
from Black Mountain, where she went
with her aunt, Romella Butler, for (
pleasure trip in that popular summer
resort, reporting an enjoyable trip with
value received.
Fodder pulling is on In lull Mast
here now and the weatht. Vise Is on
band also. "If it don't rain today it
will tomorrow."
Mrs. Archie McQueen, from Canada,
Js visiting her nephew, Mr. A. A. Me-
Oueen, at this place. .
Mrs. T. M. Ferrell, of Clinton, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. U Mo-
Queen, of this place. , '.
There has been quite a change in
the weather, supposed to be on ac
count of the ice cream supper given at
Marvin on last Saturday evening. The
ladles sold cake and cream to raise
money to paint the church and got a
considerable amount The ice, how
ever, has all melted and the tempera-
ture is rising again.
The cider is all gone and I will close,
Would like to hear from some bigger
apple orchard. : ., . . .
STEDMAN NEWS.
. Stedman, N. C, Aug. 26. Miss Clyde
Sessoms returned home Monday after
noon after spending a few days wltt
Mrs. R. 8. Autry. ',
Mrs. W. F. Alexander spent Monday
with Mrs. J. D. Sessoms. . '.:'"".-..
Miss Josie Alexander is spending a
few dsys in Stedman.
; Mrs. Street Brewer spent last night
with M. U D. WiUam. returning
home this morning. ; :i - : V"
Miss Jenks Tolar, from near Tampa,
Fla., is visiting Miss tela McMillan
and other relatives here. . . : , ; '
Mis Maria Sessoms spent the first
of this week at the beach and will be
away a few days visiting' relatives.
A Fayetteville
....' " -r , ' '.-. '" ' 1 '
Left Handsome Legacy
A Millionairess Wills Mrs. - ,
- - .)
Special to the Observer.
New York, Aug. 26. According to
her will, just probated here, leaving
over a million dollars estate, Harriet
Coles, who died at Glen Cove, long
. .,.'-! Mi.i- -.I.', !.
Island, Aug. 6, widow of the late John
B. Coles, leaves as a token of her af
fectlon and regard, to her friend; Mrs.
Fsnny Morrow, of Fsyettevllle, N. O,
the Income from fifteen thousand dol-
. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF .
Fourth National Bank,
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, COMPTROL LER'S CALL JUNK 30th,, J91&
.''. , RESOURCES: " . "
Loans and bonds ........ $.858,488.94
bunding, furniture and
. fixtures..',... ........
Other real estate owned..
Demand loans.. $134,77049
Cash . and . due - -from
banks.. 190,887.63
26,000.00
5,500.00
825,658.11
11.213,647.05
Since above date we have Inoressed our capital to 1200,000
' which gives us more capital thsn all other bsnks In Cunv '
bsrland county combined. ' , V.
We Invite Your Easiness. - :
H. W. LILLY, President . JNO. 0. ELLINGTON, V-P. eV Cashier.
J. H. HIOHTO WER, Asst Cashier. - -.v.'
Mil . Sppples 2 .
Experience. Facilities. ; Results.
Experience:
. 7 In Onr many years of business in Fayetteville," we have been
conUntl7 r Department, ia order to successfully
maintain our Rteadllv rrnisi.,iT
- .. " " '"S' WHBIUWI. - . . , . -
Facilities : :; -"t r?
Ia the way of in-coming- mail and out-bound freights, we an
' - . unexcelled by any other City in the State.-. '
Results:
Our M1U, SUPPLY DEPARTMENT i. now pmcUc.ilconv
plete end we are In as good shape to mppl, your wants In
this line as any house in tbla territory. .
u'LTl! M " rdCT ,n the mornln with the Uranc
rlil hlu Vm ttentl0B' same day at
received, ,nd billed at the lowest possible price.
; WE APPRECIATE YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. '
1TTT-.. 1 . " ' -,
SCHOOL
and . ALL SCHOOL .
SUPPLIES AT
The.Ncvv Doolrcicro Coiuny,"
Opposite Post Office, Fayetteville, N. C.
Mr. ana . j. 1 ,. Gedd.e tr, ,pend.
111 ituiiq mi. ,v ii'iiHviiie XS6ACQ
Miss Minnie Bryant returned horn
Baiuraay, tw., atier visiting few
weeks near Jackson Springs.
wAAka near Jam Hon H10-IT.0..
Miss Jennette Holmes is snndln
this week at Mr. John Holmes',.
Mr. Robt Strange and hla brother
were visitors In Stedman yesterday.
Mr. W. D. Dullard is a visitor in
-Stedmatt this morning, r ... :..- :
Several of the young folks went un
to Falcon Sunday to the camp meeting.
Mrs. Ti Kinggoia and children
have returned from a visit to rela
tive below Cedar Creek.
Mr, Wlnfleld A. Worth, formerly of
Fayetteville, now a leading lawyer of
Elizabeth City, ta here on visit to
his aunt, Mrs. N. A Sinclair.
Business Local?.
WANTED Several copies ot the
Weekly edition of the Observer ot
August 11th. Address B. J. Hale, Jr .
Mgr., Observer, Fayetteville.
FOR SALE Seventy-five bushels of
, the Fulch seed wheat, smooth head,
altogether best wheat every grown
In this county, $1.25 per bushel. Fif
ty bushels ot Appleton seed oats $1.
"per bushel. Call oh or' address
. ' David Jones, No. 1(7 Lamon street,
Fayetteville, N. C." 'r ,'
vVANTED A eawyer (white), a man
experienced with circular saw.
Apply to the Observer office at once.
ALL MAGISTRATES' BLANKS end
Chattle Mortgages for sale by J. E.
Garrett, 'Phone 225, Maxwell street.
FOR SALE My new house and lot on
Person street near Halfway bridge.
Place ia well located within 10 mln
utes walk ot Old Market House, on
, payed street and sidewalk and handy
to one of the best wells of water in
; town. - Reason tor selling Is to edu-
cate my children. - Apply to C. K. Bui-
lard, 422 Person street'
Lady
4 ' ' . -.".
rannie morrow $ l o,uuu
lars. a trust fund for life. After her
death, Nena Morrow, her daughter, Is
to have the Income of. the fund for her
life, and after her death the entire
principal 1 bequeathed to the tetter's
issue, if any, otherwise ' it' becomes
part ot the resldnar. The rest of the
million Is bequeathed in legacies to
friends and relatives, church, charlt
able and educational societies. -
' INABILITIES:
Capital ... ;;. .$ '
Circulation .. ., v
Surplus and profits -DEPO8IT8
.. .. ;
100,000.00
100,000.00
69,828.54
783,979.91
106.838.61
. 56,000.00
Due banks . . ,
U. S. Bond account
IU15.647.05
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