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VOL. XXVI.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 29, I90S.
No. 41
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
The Republican party favors local
Helf-government. Do you?
If you want to keep abreast with
ihe times, vote for Taft and Cox.
Vote for Taft for President. Re
publican policies and prosperity go
hand In hand.
Vote for Hon. J. Elwood Cox for
Governor and help to restore business
confidence in this State.
If you want a business man at the
head of the business affairs of the
State, vote for J. Elwood Cox.
Next Tuesday is "election day and
the voters will roll up a handsome
majority for Republican prosperity.
Tin- farmers demonstrate at every
liiilway crossing that they are for the
candidate of Republican prosperity.
Some of the Democratic leaders in
this State are just forty years behind
the times. They are still discussing
the issue of 1868.
Governor Hughes refers to Mr.
Bryan's paramounts as "vagrants
theories." Probably because they
have no visible means of support.
Mr. Bryan is posing as the Ad
vance Agent of Prosperity. It is not
customary, however, to have an ad
vance agent follow the show.
When Governor Glenn gets on the
lecture platform he might have as
one of his subjects, "How to Destroy
Business Interests in North Caro
lina." Judge Taft will convince the
South that, if it supports he Re-
publican doctrine of protection, it
should consistently support the Re-
publican party.
Democrats have discoverd a lot of
things in this campaign except rea
sons why any man who voted for
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 should
vote for Bryan In 1908.
A minister in this State asks:
I
"What must the Christian voter do?" , . ... . . . .
an vote the way you think iz best?
In our opinion, the Christian voter This iz a question that you orter de
should vote as he thinks, instead of side now. Give hit your attenshun
as some one else dictates.
There are, of course, honest Demo- l
crats in New York who are for Chan-
ler; but it cannot escape notice
ihnt tho cmoks. retrnrdless of nartv.
- ' i
are unanimously against Hughes.
An increase in wages of $100,000,
000 every year under Republican ad
ministration is one substantial rea
son why the railway employees of the
country are overwhelming for Taft I
and Sherman.
When the Democratic Doliticians
. . . ... . . . ..I
have been talking to you about the
&
tarm, just asK tnem wnat was tne
result of the Wilson-Gorman tariff,
which their own President said was
an act of party perfidy and dishon-paw
Ol. I
The Democratic politicians claim
that the Republicans are trying to
hnv th itinn TT-.von if th rharees
wprt it wold he more honorable
to buy it than to steal it. The Dem-
ocrats in this State did not buy tne
election in Halifax and other coun-
ties in 1900 -they simply counted
the votes wrong.
. , nmMt,
During the last Democratic Na-
tional administration wages of the
laboring man ranged from 40 cents
to S1 25 npr rtav. Dnrine Roosevelt's
J:1..4.. la-1
. ,
Donng man nave raugea
to $4.00 per day. Unless the labor-
ine man feels that he is too prosper-
ous, he should vote for Taft for Pres-
ident next Tuesday, which will be a
Glassblowing is one oi
important industries. The glass-
hinware 9rp nn intellieent class of
nA ti,o mpan to net on
, , x . , ,
their own judgment in making
choice of candidates, l ney aecnue w
follow Gompers into the camp of
Brvan and "a tariff for revenue
V because the, HZrlTZrZ,
experience what that would mean.
Many of them voted for Cleveland,
and got the Democratic Wllson-Gor-
man tariff as a result, bringing with
, , j
it four years oi a cut m wa6,
they don't want that four years over
aeain. with probably worse condi-
tions under Bryan.
LETTER FROM BfLKIXS.
War Between Turkey and Austria
The "Harem" in Turkey irobatly
Constitute the "Balkan Situation-'
-A Moral Lecture on Politics
Dishonesty in Elections a Cume to
, the South.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise. Bilklnsville, N. C, Oct. 20, 1908.
I see by the news dispatches that
Turkey an Austria air makln faces
at each other an threatenln ter go
ter war. The war started erbout the
"Balkan situation," whatever that Iz,
fer I don't know, an I hev no idee
that anybody in Turkey or Austria
knows.
But I expeckt the "harems" they
hev In Turkey air at the bottom ov
the difficulty. The "harems" they
hev in Turkey air a part ov their re
ligion an' awl ov their politicks. The
officials ov that country think more
erbout the "harems" than they do
erbout running' the country, an' if
Austria thinks she kin whip Turkey
an' capture the "harems," she hez a
big job on her hands. The average
Turkish official thinks az much ov
hiz "harem" az an American dude
does ov a package ov cigarettes, an'
that means a fight ter death.
Turkey hez bin whipped. But when
the war would end they would give
the victors purty much everythin'
except the harems. . In that country
the harem iz az popular az the magna
charter iz in the United States. I
hev hearn that they hev sum mity
pretty curiosities in the harems.
Some ov our American, officials
hev harems, it iz sed. But they
don't call them that; in fact, they
hardly ever mention them in 'cam
paign speeches or when they air go
in' eround shakin' hands with the
brethren. They prefer ter pull the
mote out ov the eyes ov the voters
by takin' their dram erway frum
them, or sumpthin ov that sort, an'
az the American peeple love ter be
humbugged, they hold mass-meetin's
an' bless the politicians fer deliverin'
them frum evil. Then they sit down
an oraer iour gauons an' tnree
huarts rum J,irglni r KentuckJ-
I If vou don t beleeve hit examine the
freight an' express records. If the
North Carolina politicians keep on
gittin' religious they will soon re
quire awl naturalized citizens ter
spend half ov their time in prayer.
Great Iz perlitical humbuggery. An'
hit iz growin worse instead ov bet
ter.
Well, hit iz not more than two
weeks till the eleckshun. What air
you goin' ter do erbout hit? Goin'
ier volf "Ke yur oaaay votea, or air
rAii crni n ' tpr ha an A tyi origan ftt70n
rite erway. Be a man. It you air
twenty-one years ov age, an' air le
e-ally nualified. otherwise von hev a
- te ter yote in tWs eleckshun aD no
man nor woman hez a rite ter say
how you shall vote. You air the
man ter deside that question. You
should vote your sentiments. If
they iz any man who should be de
prived ov the rite ter vote hit iz the
poor weakling who iz le dup ter the
polls an' persuaded ter vote contrary
ter what he beleeves fer the sake ov
"bein' popular," or'ov bein' on the
'big side." Be a man. Vote fer the
man ov the party ov your choice, no
matter if you air the only man in the
State who votes fer that party or
that man. In some matters a man
may be unable ter cope with other
J iT , . , . . . .
men. He may be inferior in brains,
pnysically or in some other respeckt.
But when he goes ter the polls ter
vote he iz the equal ov any man. The
guarantees certain rights an
nrivileees an hit iz only contempti-
. j 1 .mn Vl-
Die COWarUa W UU iau ICl WW: mcii
sentiments. You may live in a na-
bornood whar nearly everybody iz
goin' ter vote contrary ter the way
you air inclined ter vote. Perhaps
' oily-tongued worker fer the oth
I .icr oi'Ho," mav on
proacn yOU an urge yOU ter vote hiz
way fer the sake ov bein' "popular,"
or sumpthin' just az silly. If you
&ive in an vote that way just ter
please the poll-worker, he will lose
Qn' th rhnnrps air
that he will hardly speak ter you the
rascal
admires an respekts an' honest, fear-
less man, but despises the weakling
who will yield ter hiz persuasions.
Vote your sentiments if you would
I vote wisely, n you an wuimj u
name oy citizeiL If t WUz not man
ennuff ter vote az I please, I'd get
sum doth an ask Betsy ter make me
some knee pants an I'd be a little
boy ergin I repeat that the most
Iconiempuu't; iuw ui u iu a. v
tho Ampriran HHzen who Will be
tha nnlls an VOte
contrary to the way he thinks best
er the country. I wouldn't allow my
doff ter bark at sich a man. If my
mule Bob, which I value at $2,000
I wuz ter kick sich a man I'd sell him
$10 ter tne first horse jockey I'd
meet with
j see that the dymakrat county
candydates in Davidson County hev
ter ghow that they
hey been hUyin' them in years gone
by. An hit iz a shame that the
candydates ov eitner pariy, in
county, snouia uuy uic m
i nn Annht erate deal ov
sich'work nez Din done. In the gude
Id days, before the prohiblshun
I plague fell on the land, the plan jruz
ter steal the elecktion, or, rather, ter
count the votes so az ter git a gue
majority. I don't know why nor how
that became unpopular, that lz. If hit
iz unpopular; but hit must hev be
come so. But the announcement ov
this suddent reform in Davidson
County probably meant that they air
goin ter try the stealing game ergin,
believin hit ter be the cheapest plan.
At any rate. It does not mean that
those politicians hev gotten religion,
fer hit lz not on reckord that any
politician ever got anythin ov that
sort, at least not while he wuz bum
buggln' the publick. Look out fer
ballot -ho T utiiffln' an' rit h tr frimva in
Davidson County this year. Look I
out fer the same in other close coun
ties, awlso, fer hit Iz in the atmos
phere. An hit will never stop until
the United States Government iz run
by men who are not willing ter tol
uerate dishonest elections, no matter
In what section they are held. The
South will never get over the dis
grace of dishonest eleckshuns, fer hit
hez bin common fer forty years, an
the so-called "best people" in the
South hev bin responsible fer most
ov the dirty work. When I git out
side ov the Etate that iz the only
thing that keeps me frum bein proud
that I am a North Carolinian, fer hit
iz a State that iz worthy ov pride, ex
sept fer the character ov hits poli
ticians. The atmosphere ov hell can
not be worse than the political at
mosphere ov the Southern States,
notwithstandin' the excellence ov
these States In everythin' except po
liticks. Hit Iz sad, but true.
Az ever,
ZEKE BILK1NS.
SOUTHERN TEXTILE ASSOCIA
TION. Organization Completed at Charlotte
Saturday Night Mr. Tompkins
Reads Interesting Letter.
Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 24. An or
ganization which promises to prove
a most important factor in the up
building of the textile industry i.i
the Southern States for formally
launched this evening under auspici
ous circumstances. Overseer, superin
tendents, mill engineers and others
interested in the practical operations
of the cotton-mill completed the or
ganization of the "Southern Textile
Association" this evening, after two
days spent in hearing addresses.
J. A. Dean, overseer of the Nan
tucket mills, Spray, N. C, was elect
de president; C. P. McCall, Green
ville, S. C, first vice-president; N.
T. Brown, Raleigh, second vice
president; E. E. Bowen, Spray, N.
C, secretary, and David Clark, of
this city, treasurer. The first an
nual meeting will be held December
26, in Charlotte. The organization
will have a board of governors per
fecting the function of an executive
committee, with Mr. E. E. Smith, of
Chester, S. C, chairman.
A constitution and by-laws were
also adopted after the reading of the
report of the committees appointed
Friday to draw up the same. Half a
dozen papers of practical nature
were presented to the gathering by
men well posted on their subjects.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins read a paper of
considerable interest pointing out
the need of co-operation between
the mill man, the men at the heads
of the various departments of the
cotton mill at work, and the farmers
who produce the raw material. He
said that ten years ago cotton
brought thirty dollars per bale, and
a year ago it was worth twice that
until the present depression came on.
This state was caused largely by the
emigration of less prosperous farm
ers to tne mills. n:aucation was
urged as a factor in raising wages of
operatives.
FIERCE FUED IN CUMBERLAND.
Negroes and "Croatans" Create
Trouble Over School Question
"Croatans" Fired Upon.
Fayetteville, N. C, Oct. 24. A
fierce f ued has sprung up in Cumber
land county between negrpes and
several families calling themselves
Croatans," over the subject of sep
arate schools, as a result of which
the family of Robt. Brewington has
fled to Fayetteville for protection
after their house had been fired into
and their lives threatened by anony
mous letters.
Some time ago certain residents
of Carver's Creek township, chief of
which were Brewingtons and May
nors, claiming to be Croatans, peti
tioned the county commissioners for
separate schools from the negroes of
that sectioB while the latter asked
that no such action be taken, declar
ing that the petitioners 'were not Cro
atans but mulattoes. The dispute be
ing warmer until it came to a cli
max several nights ago when Brew
ington's house was fired upon by
a party of negroes. Brewington,
Maynor and several others of this
section have since received threaten
Ing anonymous letters with the re
sult that Brewington as above stated
fied to this city.
Read This.
The Caucasian will he sent from
now until January 1st, 1909, for
only 15 cents each subscription. In
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then ask your friends to take the
paper.
QUIZZESBRYAN
Hisgen Hands the Nebraskan
Some Hard Nuts ti Crack.
REFERS TO THAT $300,00000
Kay IVoof pointed to Standard (MI
Company The Independence Can
didate for President Ak How to
Discover When Chairman Mack
Tells tle Truth He Ghre Former
Treasurer Some Hard I lap Say
Itryan it Unfortunate in II in
Friend.
Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 25. The fol
lowing open letter to William Jen
nings Bryan was Issued in Toledo
Thursday night by Thomas L. His
gen, the Independence party nominee
for President:
"Sir: Yoii are touring through
Ohio and I'am touring through Ohio.
You are addressing some questions
to the President of the United States
and I am addressing questions to
you. If you are important enough
for the President to answer, then I
am important enough for you to an
swer. "The President was not the origi
nator of the charge that you had re
ceived $300,000 from the Standard
Oil Company. The Chairman of
your National Committee and your
personal friend, Mr. Mack, first stat
ed publicly and proudly that he had
found $300,000 left over from the
last campaign. The people laughed
at this unbelievable assertion, and
then Mr. Mack admitted that he had
received the contribution this year.
Then the people wondered who had
contributed so large an amount and
why.
"Pointed to Standard Oil."
"Proof pointed to the Standard Oil
Company, and rather than explain
this situation to the people, Mr.
Mack finally stated to the newspaper
men that he had made a deliberate
mis-statement about the $300,000,
and that he really did not have it.
"Now, Mr. Bryan, how is the Pres
ident to know when your friend and
campaign manager is telling the
truth, and when he Is telling a false
hood? Either Mr. Mack's statement
that he had the money is a falsehood
or the statement that he did not
have the money is a falsehood. Which
is the falsehood? How is the Presi
dent to know? How is the public to
know?
"You say that you made a false
statement and you apologize for it.
"That is right. But must the Pres
ident apologize because your friend
Mr. Mack makes a false statement?
The President is not responsible for
Mr. Mack nor for Mr. Mack's false
hoods. You are responsible for Mr.
Mack, Mr. Bryan. You are singular
ly unfortunate in your friends, Mr.
Bryan. Here is Mr. Mack, your inti
mate friend, slated as a member of
your cabinet in the clouds, who pub
licly admits that he is a falsifier. The
only question, therefore, is not
whether Mr. Mack lied, but when he
lied. Then here is Mr. Haskell, an
other slated member of your cabinet
in the clouds, your platform maker,
your treasurer. Mr. Hearst laid
down documentary evidence and
court records and sworn affidavits to
expose Mr. Haskell and compel his
resignation.
Haskell and His Suit.
"Mr. Haskell served a complaint
upon Mr. Hearst in a sensational
way, but have you read the complaint
of your friend, Mr. Haskell, Mr. Bry
an? Mr. Haskell does not sue on the
charge that he was the Haskell who
tried to bribe Mr. Monnett, so he evi
dently does not consider that charge
a libel. He practically admits that
to be true.
"Mr. Haskell does not sue on the
charge that he interfered with the
proper action of his Attorney-General
against an illegal trust, so he
evidently does not consider that
charge a libel. He practically ad
mits that to be true.
"Mr. Haskell does not sue on the
charge that he promoted crooked
railroad deals and was a defaulter
on adjudgment of $42,000, so he
practically admits those charges to
be true.
"He does not sue on the charges
that he reduced the men's wages on
his railroads and that he formed a
citizen's alliance and that he Im
ported stricke-breakers, and so he
practically admits these charges to be
true. He merely sues on the charge
that he was the man who personally
collected the $300,000 from the Stan
dard Oil Company.
"And when Mr. Hearst says, 'All
right, I will accept the suit and we
will try it and see who did collect
that $300,000,' Mr. Haskell suddenly
discovers that his summons was not
correctly drawn and that it was not
legally served and that he is very
sorry, but he cannot sue on that
charge, either.
"Unfortunate in Friends."
"My goodness, hut you are unfor
tunate in your friends, Mr. Bryan.
"Just to think that you wrote to
Mr. Roosevelt personally" expressing
your approval and indorsement of
Mr. Haskell hile Mr. Hoskell will
not even approve or Indorse or de
fead himself.
"Jut to think that you are sow
ddre6lng the President retarding
yoor neeond friend. Mr. Mack, anoth
er had egg out of the time bad ba
ket. "Are you prepared alto to defend
Senator Bailey, of the Standard Oil.
and Senator McLaurin. of the Stan
dard Oil, and your pretest particular
friend, Roger Sullivan, of Illinois,
whom you one called a train robber,
and your other particular friend.
Tom Taggart, of Indiana, and the
defender of his gambling house, Mr.
Kern, with whom yon once offered to
share the White House? Those nine
teen slot machines, six roulette ta
bles, two Klondike tables, one faro
table, two poker tables, one book
maker's table, etc., seised by the
State of Indiana in the gambling es
tablishment of your friends, Taggart
and Kern, would look strange In the
west wing of the White House,
wouldn't they. Mr. Bryan?
"Please answer, Mr. Bryan. No
one has ever accused you of not be
ing able to talk or willing to talk.
Here is an opportunity for you to
talk to some purpose. Please an
swer, Mr. Bryan.
"(Signed)
"THOMAS L. HISGEN."
A CARGO OF WEIRD ANIMALS.
A Gift of the Argentine Republic to
Tlds Country.
Boston, Oct. 24. With a cargo of
as Weird animals aboard as were
ever seen in this country, the steam
ship Herminus came into port and
sent the menalgerie ashore. It Is a
gift from the Government of the Ar
gentine republic to the United
States, and is to be placed in the na
tional zoologicak gardens at Wash
ington, .
The weirdest things In the menag
eries are two Andes blood-drinking
eagles. The drink half a bucket of
blood a day, and the ship carried
along a herd of sheep, one of which
was killed daily to furnish the
drinks Also there were six vicunas.
They are camels about the Bize of
goats, but without a hump. They
eat uncured tobacco as a regular
diet, and several bales of tobacco
were aboard, and the purser showed
it was proof. They are said to be
the first vicumas ever imported into
America. There also was a flock of
Andes turkeys. They have claws on
the ends of their wings and none on
the ends of their toes. The native
in charge say they hang by their
wings instead of perching at night.
The animals are sent as a return
gift for several specimens sent to
Argentine by the United States two
years ago. Over a year was spent in
collecting it.
PRESIDENT'S FIFTIETH BIRTH-
t DAY.
He Was Surrounded on Every Hand
by Evidence of Good Will Many
Flowers Sent Scores of Telegrams
and Iietters Poured Into the White
House.
Washington, Oct. 27. President
Roosevelt was to-day surrounded on
every hand by evidences of good-will
on the occasion of the fiftieth anni
versary of his birth, and scores of
telegrams and letters poured into the
White House. There were also a few
presents from intimate friends.
One of the prettiest reminders of
the significance of the day was found
by the President in hl private office.
His desk was covered by a profusion
of the most beautiful flowers to be
found on the Executive grounds.
Official and diplomatic circles paid
special visits to the White House to
congratulate the President and to
wish him many returns of the day.
ANOTHER PAPER OUT FOR TAFT.
An Illinois German Paper Declares
for Former Secretary of War
. .Need a Conservative President.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 27. The Illinois
Staats Zeitung yesterday declared in
an editorial for the election of Taft.
"Far be it from ns to minimize
Mr. Bryan's ability and his many ex
cellent qualities,' but we are of the
opinion that the country needs a
more conservative President than he
would be, a man of experience with
a formidable administrative program.
"Such a man is Mr. Taft. He has
more opportunity to acquaint himself
thoroughly with the various branches
of our most intricate government ma
chinery than any other American;
and even the most enviously inclined
opponent will admit that he proved
himself worthy of every position en
trusted to him either by President
Roosevelt or the people."
Frank Brown of Margarettsville Kill
ed at Suffolk.
. Suffolk. Va.. Oct. 24. Frank
Brown, a passenger on the Seaboard
Air Line express, due to arrive at
Suffolk, Va., at 9:35 in the evening,
fell from the moving train as It pull
ed out of Suffolk station last nignt,
rolling under the trucks, where his
body was horribly - mangled. The
man died almost instantly from the
effects of his injuries. . The body was
view by Coroner Du berry this morn
ing, a verdict Of accidental death be
ing rendered. ?:
Brown was a native of Margaretts
ville, N. C, to which place the re
mains were sent this afternoon.
XKW YORK linRALD ELECTS
TAFT.
He Nrxr-nM KeftmBafclr Hre of SNO
FJeclorml Y4eFWrBre Ulsow
HO.OOO Plurality tut Him in Sew
York Xeck and Xerk IVriwr
HagHe and CbaadJrr far the Gov
rrrhJp Thr Ho Apparently
Will he Largely RrfmMkaa.
New York Herald of Sunday.)
That Taft's star Is now la the aa-
erndant; that the country is tacIiBing
toward the Republican party aad
that New York, the battleground, the
great pivotal Stat in the Presiden
tial canvass, is half won by the Re
publicans, being almost certain for
Taft and tending toward Hughes.
These statements epltomi? The
Herald's forecast.
The summary by States of the
electoral college appears to make Mr.
Taft reasonably sure of 2 SO electoral
votes. He needs 24?. The reports
on which the forecast i based give
the Republican candidate the electors
of all New England, of all the East
ern States except Maryland, of West
Virginia, of all the Middle West ex
cept Indiana, which in doubtful; of
all the Northwest, of Kansas. Idaho
and Utah In the Rocky Mountain sec
tion, and of the, entire Pacific coast.
Mr. Bryan is apparently sure of 1S6
electoral votes. Including Maryland
and the entire South.
Keutucky is undecided and Ne
braska is doubtful.
States that according to The Her
ald reports are uncertain are Colo
rado, Ind'ana, Montana and Wyom
ing, with 26 electoral votes, Ken
tucky and Nebraska, with 21 elec
loral votes, with Democratic lean
ings. Fight for the House.
The House of Representatives will
apparently be carried by the Repub
licans, despite the sensational Ught
which has been made against Speaker
Cannon and all his friends. The re
election of Speaker. Cannon appears
to be assured, although he has been
assailed with more ferocity than any
candidate on any other ticket In this
canvass.
New York has been canvassed with
care. The indicated plurality for Mr.
Taft in the State Is about 80,000. It
may be more than that, it may be
less. A table is printed giving the
estimates of Democratic and Repub
lican managers in each county, to
gether with a non-partisan estimate
made with conservatism. It shows a
strong Republican vote for Taft up
the State, and no such landslide In
New York City as would be necessary
to give Mr. Bryan the thirty-nine
electors.
The contest for the Governorship
is close and perhaps the most re
markable which has ever taken place
in the Empire State.
Not a lredIctioa.
The Herald's forecast Is in no sense
a prediction. It has not been the
custom of this paper to predict elec
tions. It merely records .what the
best efforts of organized investiga
tion can produce so Its readers may
weigh the figures and form their own
conclusions
Herald Poll at a Glance.
Total votes electoral college... 483
Reasonably sure for Taft. 280
Reasonably sure for Bryan.... 156
Doubtful : 47
Taft's indicated plurality In
New York 80.500
Governorship of New York..Neck-
and-neck. .J.
House of Representatives. . .Repub
lican. ' .Si
CHARGED WITH MURDERING A
FELLOW-5ITXISTER.
Rev. Ernest Lyons Placed in Suffolk
Jail Motive Said to Have Been
That He Might Assume the Other's
Clerical Robes.
Suffolk, Va., Oct. 26. The Rev.
Ernest Lyons was -arrested near here
to-day charged with the murder.- In
August of the Rev. John L. Smith.
Smith disappeared very mysteriously
and his body was not found until a
week ago, when it was taken out of
the Nansemond River by fishermen.
It was at first thought that the min
ister was drowned, but the coroner's
inquest developed the fact that the
preacher had suffered a blow on the
temple, which caused his death. The
detectives assert that the body was
buried, that It remained in the
ground about a month and that it
was then unearthed and thrown over
board.
Jealousy is known to have existed
between Lyons and Smith, and this
and the further fact that the two
were seen together the day before
Smith's disappearance led to the ar
rest. It is believed that Lyons killed
Smith in order that he might assume
his clerical robes, which he has done
in his absence. Detectives who
traced the crime to Lyon were em
ployed by Smith's congregation.
Lyons broke down after the arrest.
wept copiously, but declared bis in
nocence of the crime. A preliminary
hearing will be given the minister to
morrow. No friend has called at the
jail to extend sympathy. The minis
ters belong to the Sanctified or Free
Love sect.
Lyons claims to have come from
North Carolina.
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PROMINENT MEN IMPLICATED
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Martial lw.
Tiptoe tH, Tean., Oct. 21. "Ted"
Burton, seif-mafeaard night-cider,
told a remarkable story to-day of
aight-rrder depredations near Keel-'
foot ke. ronf easing to the part he
played In ibm otitiagoa which reached
a culmination in the potting to death
or Captain Quentla Raskin, an at
torney of Trenton. Teoo . on the
banks of Lake Reel foot a week ago.
and implicating men prominent la
this part ot the Stat.
Of the persona who he declare
had a pirt injthe killing of Captain
Rankin more, than half are now In
custody at Camp Nemo, the military
base, neir Hamburg. The confession
was mad at the TlptonvtUe Jll to
Sheriff Hslns, Judge Harris, owner
of a large tract ot land In the Reel
foot Lak region, who has suffered
much at the hands of the raiders,
and Mayor Cleveland Do nelson, of
Tiptonvllle. ,
The confession was made freely
and voluntarily and apparently
without a qualm of conscience he
glibly unfolded his story.
While Burton denies that he was
prevent ' when Captain Rankin was
put to death, he admits that it was
through Information given by him
that the band congregated and took
the attorney while he was staying at
the hotel at Walnut Log.
According to Burton's confession.
Tom and Garrett Johnson, under ar
rest, and William Watson, under
bond In connection with another raid,
were the leaders of the hand.
In his cotifesaion Burton gave the
names of no fewer than forty alleged
members of the night-riders.
Carpenter is under arrest, as are
also roost of those whom Burton Im
plicates; but as to their identity.
Sheriff Haines would not say. fearing
that to do so would cause additional
violence and provoke an outbreak on
the part of their friends. Posses will
start from Camp Nemo at once to
gather In those not now under guard.
All of the suspects under arrest have
emphatically denied connection with
night-riders' organizations.
Burton was arrested at Hamburg
on Tuesday, the day the first troops
arrived from Nashville. He was Im
mediately brought to jail. While en
route, Burton admitted to the depu
ties that he was a member of the
night-rider band, but when asked the
following day to repeat his confession
e denied that he had confessed or
that he knew anything of the killing
of Captain Rankin. After a few days
In jail, however, bis mood changed.
and It was at his request that Haines
and others to whom be confessed
went to the Jail to-day.
Burton will not be permitted bond.
but it Is probable that be will be re
moved to Nashville for safe-keeping.
HITCHCOCK SURE OF TAFT.
Will Get Practically game Electoral
Yote as President Roosevelt Ad
mits Majorities Will Fall.
Chicago Special, 24th, to New York
Herald.
Chairman Hitchcock returned to
headquarters to-day with reports in
dicating beyond a doubt the election
of William H. Taft.
"Mr. Taft will be elected," said
practically the same electoral vote as
did President Roosevelt four years
ago. We will carry New York State
by a substantial majority. We would
be able to win without New York,
but we are going to win with it.
Mr. Taft will carry Ohio and In
diana, We have been concentrating
our forces In Ohio In the last few
days, and In a conference Just before
I started West, State Auditor Gil
bert, C4 P. Taft and Senator Dick
said that a comfortable majority was
assured to the ticket.
The West will go for Taft by
about the same electoral vote as it
gave Roosevelt, although none claims
the majorities will be so large as
they were four years ago. There Is
grave doubt of carrying Missouri, al
though we feel we have a chance.
Kentucky is also doubtful, but there
seems to be more prospect of carry
ing Kentucky than Missouri. In
Maryland the contest will be closer
than In Indiana or Ohio, but the
chances are that the electoral vote of
that State will go to Mr. Taft. West
Virginia is now safe."
Post matter at Rom Arretted
on a
Sertona Oiarge,
New Bern, N. C; Oct. 24. Levi
Wharton. Postmaster at Rose, a
email office In Pamlico County? was
arrested to-day by Fostofflce Inspec
tor Buck on the charge of opening
letters and taking checks and money.
He was brought to New Bern to-day
and placed in Jail In default of $250
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