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VOL. XXVI,
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1908.
No. 43
EDITORIAL-BRIEFS
Maryland flirted with both of the
parties.
Y s. it was a landslide, but llslld
i,v Mr. Taft.
The Democrat and his 'dollar were
soon parted.
Governor Glenn's home county,
Forsythe, went Republican.
Those who lost out will probably
ask the next Legislature to pass a
law.
Mr. Taft says law obeying business
men need not fear his administra
tion. The New York World is still in
doubt as to what constitutes a Dem
ocrat. Even the man from Missouri can
p e that the South is no longer a vot
ing machine.
The Democrats have been busy for
the past week trying to explain how
it happened.
Three Republican Congressmen
from North Carolina that does very
well as a starter.
The Baltimore Sun says that what
the country needs Is the regulation
of peanut politicians.
Business Is on a hum all over the
country and we are good for four
more years of prosperity.
The independent voter is becom
ing a factor in North Carolina poli
tics, which is a very healthy sign.
Mr. Bryan says: "Our principles
will yet prevail." Wonder If he
thinks Mr. Taft will adopt them?
The next Legislature will probably
try to move the Fifth, Eighth and
Tenth Districts over Into South Car
olina. The Dispatches say that Mr. Bry
an will soon issue a statement. The
people already know how it hap
pened. It has been stated on good author
ity that Mr. Bryan has now decided
not to share the White House with
Mr. Kern.
Mr. Taft made a pretty good dent
in the "Solid South". He will re
ceive Missouri's entire electoral vote
and two of Maryland's.
Bryan's fried chicken banquet
and his championship of the Browns
ville affair were not sufficient to land
him in the White House.
The next day after the election
business began to brighten up all
over the country. Would it have
been so if Taft had been defeated.?
Prosperity is not only in the air
but is being realized by the manu
facturers and laborers all over the
country.
The Democrats lost 15,000 votes
in this State at last election. Even
at that rate it will not be long be
before North Carolina will be in the
Republican column.
Some of the Democratic politicians
say that the Republicans bought the
election. If so they are poor finan
ciers, for they bought a whole lot
more than they needed. The truth
is the people just voted the Repub
lican ticket.
Shelton Laurel township, in Bun
combe County, is the banner Repub
lican township in this State. Not a
Democratic vote was cast in that
township at the last election. There
was only one at the election two
years ago, but he has since passed
to his reward, and they are not rais
ing many new Democrats In this
State at present.
The officer who served the war
rant on ex-Senator Butler, which was
sworn out by ex-Judge Adams, said
when he served the warrant that he
had been instructed not to accept
bail. The next day, In Greensboro,
Mr. Adams, through one of his law
yers, denied positively and vigorous
ly that such instructions were given;
so there seems to be a lie out some
where, and the liar will be treed be
fore this thing is over.
LETTER FROM IJILKIXS.
Sad Days in BllkliWTiUe; the Elec
tion Went Wrong Too Mech
Talking In Thin State Comment
on the Result, and the Cause
Leading Up to It The Democratic
Party is "Scattered."
(Correspondence of The Caucasian-
Enterprise.)
Bilkinsville, N. C., Nov. 10, 1908.
These air sad days in Bilkinsville
T 1 . ...
me eiecsnun iz over an' hit went
wrong awl erround. Ov course we
dymkrats carried a few townships in
this State an sum ov the other
States. But, I'll be dad-gum if the
Republiklns didn't cum purty nigh
makin' hit unanimous. We awlso
elected a little feller by the name or
Kitchin Governor in this State, but
I don't exneckt he will ermount to
a hill ov beans, fer the only thing
he hez ever succeeded in doin wuz
ter talk a little mush an' milk stuff
jist like Governor Glenn hez done
durin' ov the past few years, arrayin
man erglnst man, an' gtirrin up
naborhood strife. I'd give at least
75 scents ter the campane fund if
they would nommynate a deaf an'
dumb man fer Governor next time.
They" hez bin too much talkin' In
gude old North Carolina fer several
years talk that sounded purty but
talk that wuz not worth, hear in fer
hit didn't hev much truth in hit, an
hit really did a whole lot ov harm.
Betsy an' me wuz sittln' by the
fire last nite. I had bin readin' ov a
paper an' soon got sleepy an' dis
gusted, fer hit didn't hev anything in
hit but news erbout the eleckshun an'
erbout Taft carryln' the whole world
an' part ov North Carolina. Betsy
sed: "An' what do you think ov
hit now?"
"Think ov hit,?" sez I. "I don't
think anything ov hit. Billy Bryan
iz defeated an' we hev lost several
counties an' two or three Congres
sional dlstricks in this State an' the
only thing we hev left iz hell an'
a few States down South like Georgy
an' Louisiana, an' the "night riders"
an' the devil air In control thar, so
what air we goin' ter do erbout hit?
Think erbout hit! Why, my dear, I
can't think. Awl I kin see or hear
or think Iz a few campane predick
shuns an' a few speeches an' edito
rials ov the prohibition variety, an
they awl seem jumbled up tergether."
"Your party seems ter be sorter
divided ergainst Itself, an' hit can't
git pulled tergether any more," sed
Betsy, fer she iz still a populist ov
the worst sort.
"Divided. No, that ain't the word;
hit Iz scattered erginst hitself
scattered is the word. I know what
iz the matter with hit hit iz scat
tered erglnst itself an' the old boy
hisself can't never git hit tergether
any more. Why, the dymakrat party
ov which I am a charter member, an'
ter which I hev stuck through thick
an' thin, iz scattered ter the four
winds ov heaven an I reckon hit
wont never git tergether anymore.
Yes, hit iz scattered from Billy Bry
an, the head ov the party, down ter
Jodeseevus Daniels, the tail ov hit;
the dymakrat party iz scattered er
ginst Itself."
"I suppose the country did not like
your platform," sed Betsy, "an so a
majority voted erginst hit. The only
thing ter do Iz ter grin an' bear hit,
pick yer flint an' try hit ergin."
"Try hit ergin," sez I. Ov course
we will try hit ergin. But what iz
ther use? We have advocated every
thing from ther free an' unlimited
coinage ov silver ter infant baptism.
We hev favored high tariff an' low
tariff; sound money an' depreciated
currency; honesty an' dishonesty;
right an' wrong. What iz left fer
us? Why, we stole the Greenback
party's platform thirty years ergo,
thought hit would carry us through
an' got swamped ter our ears. In
1896 we stole the Populist platform
an cum so neargittin' in that we
held on ter the most ov hit fer the
past twelve years, except the campane
that we nominated Parker, when we
stole the Re'publikin platform an'
worked hit over an' whitewashed hit.
But we couldn'a fool anybody. We
hev favored everything that hez bin
thought ov an' hev bin ergin purty
nigh everythin at one time or an
other, an' still here we air with
nothin left but an' empty campane
box an' a few sad thoughts with
which ter begin ter prepare fer the
next battle, which iz due in 1912,
that iz if we don't decide ter quit the
game."
"Why don't yer try ther prohibi
tion platform next time," sez Betsy.
"Try ther prohibition platform,
sez I, "Try what? Why, my dear, we
hev tried that. We had bin watchin
the struggles ov that small but game
little party fer years an' not seein'
anything else lyin' erround loose, we
we actually stole the prohibition plat
form an' got hit mixed up with the
other stuff in our perlitical junk
shop. An' hit seemed ter be pop
ular, too. The preachers they cum
ter us an sed: "Now, you air git
tin' on the Lord's side, we will help
you now. You air a grate big giant
an hev got the strength; we will do
the prayin' an' you do the votin an
other rough work an we will make
a new country out ov this old wood
en country. An' fhe pollytishuns they
eot tergether, talked hit over, an
concluded hit wuz the easiest big
game that they had ever pulled off
Hit looked so big, an' at the same
time, so easy that they actually lay
down an' rolled, kicked up their
heels an hollered. Then awl at once
most ov the big pollytishuns sorter
ault drinkin or made out that they
I had quit, an begun ter holler er-
. TAFT SPEAKS
Says Law Obeying Business Men
Need Not Fear His Ad
ministration. CREATES GOOD IMPRESSION
Men Who Conduct a Legitimate
Business Will Find the Government
Hack of Them, Rut no Favors Are
to be Extended Those Who Break
the Laws Sounds Keynote of
Prosperity for Next Four Years.
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 5. Speaking
to the Cincinnati Commercial Club on
which he has been a member for
fifteen years, William Howard Taft
tonight sounded the keynote of pros
perity for the country for the next
four years.
"Every business man who is obey
ing the law may go ahead with all the
energy in his possession; every en
terprise which is within the statute
may proceed without fear of inter
ference from the administration when
acting legally; but all interests within
the jurisdiction of the federal gov
ernment may expect rigid enforce
ment of the laws against dishonest
methods," was the crux of what Mr.
Taft said.
The speech created a profound im
pression among the business men of
the city, who are members of the
club. The speech was preceded by
expressions of friendship and neigh
borly felicitations on the part of
the distinguished guest, and was re
sponded to with the greatest enthu
siasm. "Seriously," Judge Taft declared,
"the indications are already much
apparent and the hopes which I enter
tain are that the business communi
ties and the investors of both foreign
nations and among our people will
take heart in carrying out the great
enterprises which have been project
ed and must be carried to a termi
nation if the country is to reach
its full meed of prosperity and bus
iness standing.
"Business men are to be shown
the liens of legality and are to be
directed in keeping with these lines
which have, been emphasized during
the last four years. Business men
shall know that they are to conform
to the laws upon the statute books
and that no favors are to be extended
for those who break the laws.
This shall be so that the men who
conduct a legitimate business many
understand that the government is
back of them and does not intend to
do anything to Interfere with their
legitimate advancement."
After the applause which met the
declaration had subsided, Judge Taft
said:
"It is a question of the definite
knowledge of the statutes and of their
clear understanding which shall
mean the honest progress of our bus
iness people, and that is, in my be
lief, all that is necessary to make
that progress substantial and endur
ing." Judge Taft apologized for dlrect
ng his words into such a serious a
discussion. "I know the difficulties
that will arise in my new career," he
added. "I know there will be ques
tions which arise that I do not know
of now and that times will come when!
many of my friends will shake their
heads and say 'Poor Bill', but all I
ask is for suspension of judgment
until the situation may be' under-i
stood. Its decision will rest upon
the principles of sound and honest
business policies which I have out
lined and its Intricacies may be as
certained and applied. These details
will, I am sure, explain what may
appear to be errors of judgment and
mistakes."
ginst licker an' the evil hit wuz
doin. They made slch a noise er
bout hit that sum ov the fellers that
wuz runnin' ov stills actually got
scared an quit. 1 fack, they made so
much noise that my mule, Bob, quit
brayin' an' stood in one corner ov the
stable. He wouldn't eat hiz corn
till late at nite fer fear ov them pol
lytishuns. He could hear them cryin
out an' speakin' erginst corn whis
key, an hit frightened him awlmost
ter death. He could hear the word
corn an' knowed the meanin' ov hit.
But he didn't know the meanin' ov
the word whiskey, an' so ter be on
the safe side he awlways waited till
after midnight ter eat any corn. I
tell you hit wuz fearful the way them
pollytishuns went fer the fellers that
made whiskey or that sold hit. They
awl seemed ter think that they could
git rid ov the whiskey appertite an
the whiskey at the same time. They
seemed ter fergit that good an evil
wuz set before us at the beginnin'
whiskey bein a part ov the evil, an'
that hit would take more than the
brayin ov a lot ov perlitical jack
asses ter remove that or any other
part ov the evil. But the dance wuz
on. wuz on hot an' heavy. The re
sult, or part ov hit, Iz before you
Read the eleckshun returns an' re
flect. If the dymakrat party iz not
dead hit iz in a dyin' condition an
nothin' but powerful medisin will
revive hit. Wait an' see if I am right
I am sad; too sad ter live; too sad
ter die.
Az ever,
ZEKE BILKTNS.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE
Returns Show Democratic Ma
jority is Greatly Reduced.
GREAT REPUBLICAN GAIN
Ritchin's Maiority Over Cox Has
Been Greatly Reduced from the
Vote of Four Years Ago "Repub
licans Gain Six Senators and Many
County Office.
The Republicans made great gains
in the State in the last election. They
have elected three Congressmen, the
Fifth, Eighth and Tenth, and secured
many county offices. The Fifteenth
Senatorial District composed of
Johnson, Sampson and Harnett elect
ed two Senators.
The Democratic majority in John
son County was a little over two
hundred and in Harnett about 400
while Sampson rolled up a Repub
lican majority of about 1,100. In
Tyrrell the Republicans elected the
sheriff, and In Chatham they elected
Sheriff J. J. Jenkins and the regis
ter of deeds. In Person County they
elected Mr. F. O. Carver, member of
the Legislature and captured nearly
all the offices in Forsythe, while in
Buncombe Mr. J. J. Britt was elected
to the Senate by about 500 votes, and
Mr. Thos. Rollins was defeated for
the House by twenty votes. And
Brunswick elected their entire ticket.
These are in addition to the counties
that usually go Republican.
Mr. Cox, the Republican candidate
for Governor, made a good run, re
ceiving over 100,000 votes. The vote
for governor was as follows:
COUNTIES Kitchin
Alamance 86
Alexander
Alleghany 100
Anson 1275
Ashe 125
Beaufort 705
Bertie 1054
Cox
283
Bladen . . .
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke . . .
Cabarrus
Caldwell .
Camden . .
Cartaret .
Caswell . .
Catawba .
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
614
195
38
103
210
209
264
175
550
Ifi6
400
30
866
850
51
450
Craven 1180
Cumberland 761
Currituck 684
Dare 69
Davidson
Davie
Duplin 504
259
361
Durham 269
Edgecombe 1447
Forsyth
Franklin 1661
124
Gaston 798
Gates 450
Graham
39
Granville 1154
Greene
Guilford 1183
Halifax 2009
Harnett 436
Haywood 690
Henderson
499
Hertford 587
Hyde . . 524
Iredell 787
Jackson 55
Johnston 220
Jones 359
Lee 300
Lenoir 598
Lincoln 180
Macon
130
1123
11
1222
Madison
Martin 1021
McDowell
Mecklenburg ". 2 848
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
243
726
1827
570
430
63
250
783
738
141
43
1689
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
75
101
740
1890
156
1118
182
705
Rockingham . . .
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry .
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
1022
93
548
300
190
22
10
1385
600
Wake 1179
Warren 1000
Washington 8
Watauga
Wayne 824
Wilkes
Wilson 1068
Yadkin
Yancey 150
281
1732
950
Total 47321
10355
Kitchin's total majorities, 36,678.
TOBACCO TRUST
American Tobacco Company An
Illegal Combination.
VIOLATES THE SHERMAN LAW
The United Stales Circuit Court Ie-
kk Ttiat the American Tobacco
Company is a Treat Operating ia
Restraint of Trade and CXfcnpeti
tion in Violation of the .ati-Trut
Law Injunction Should lun
Suit Has Been in lrpgrea Many
Month.
New York, Nov. 7. The contention
of the government that the Anierl
can Tobacco Company is a trust oper
ating in restraint of trade and eon; pe
tition in violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law was sustained today In
decisions handed down by Judges La-
combe, Coxe, and Noyes in the United
States Circuit Court here. Judge
Ward handed down a dissenting opin-
on. In the suit against the Atneri
can looacco company, which was
prosecuted by James P. McReynolds
and Edwin P. Grosvenor, special as
sistants of the United States Attor
ney General, the government asked
for an injunction dissolving the com
bination of tho American Tobacco
Company and Its sixty subsidiary
companies on the ground that It was
Illegal in that it operated in restraint
of trade and commerce. The govern
ment also asked the United States
Circuit Court to appoint a receiver to
wind up the affairs of the allied cor
porations. While finding that there was an il
legal combination as charged, Judges
Lacombe, Coxe and Noyes in their
opinions say that injunctions should
issue against all the defendants ex
cept the United Cigar Stores Com
pany and the R. P. Richardson, Jr.,
Company. The injunctions are, how
ever, stayed pending an appeal to the
United States Supreme Court.
The petition asking for the ap
pointment of a receiver to take
charge of the combination included
in the combine was refused as being
impracticable and wholly unneces
sary."
The Imperial Tobacco Company
and the British-American Tobacco
Company, English Corporations, were
included In the government's suit, but
the complaints against these com
panies were dismissed.
The government's complaints
against the tobacco company includ
ed the names of a large number of
subsidiary and allied companies, but
not all. of these are included In the
decision handed down by the judges
of the United States Circuit Court to
day. The suit has been in progress many
months and great volumes of testi
mony were taken both by the govern
ment and on behalf of the defend
ant companies. It developed from
this testimony that the American To
bacco Company and its subsidiaries
practically controlled the tobacco
trade of the world. This control, so
far as foreign markets is concerned,
was shown to have been of compara
tively recent origin, however, and j
came about through the formation of
a working agreement with a British
corporation, which previously had
controlled the production and con
sumption not only in Europe but ln
Asia as well.
The American Tobacco Company
was formed under the laws of New ,
Jersey in 1904, when the old Amer
ican Tobacco Company, the Consol
idated Company and the Continental
Company were merged under a single
head. The American Tobacco Com
pany itself is capitalized at $180,
000,000. Its president is James B.
Duke, but Thomas F. Ryan, the bank
er and capitalist, has been regarded
as the dominant force in the great
corporation.
ROOSEVELT MAY BE SENATOR.
Friends Suggest His As The
cesser Of Senator Piatt.
Suc-
Washington, Nov. 6. That the
President may be the successor of
Senator Piatt in the Senate is con
sidered by many in Washington as
not at all improbable. Those who
regard this as possible declare they
have assurance from the President
himself that he would not be entire
ly averse to the acceptance of the
Senatorial office under conditions as
they will be after March 4. So far
as is known he had made no recent
expression on the subject.
It is suggested that the absence
of the President on his African hunt
ing expedition might relieve the sit
uation of embarrassment to him in
case his friends should desire to
press his name.
Election Will be Held in Cuba Sat
urday. Havana, Nov. 8. On Saturday
next elections will be held through
out the Island for President, Vice
President. Senators and Representa
tives In the lower house of Congress
to whom, according to the present
program, will be committed the fate
of the restored Cuban republic on
the termination of the government of
Intervention, January 28th, 1909.
The troops of the United States will
'be withdrawn on that date.
stLXsiATlOXAL KTRXfcT DCXL
-Senator CVnMtk HIm aal Klliod
by I Whim Ooper at XaanriUa,
Tenn.
Naahville. Ten, Not. . At a a,
quel to the recent bitter Democratic
primary for the tsberaatorUl nomi
nation la Tenneaaee, Edward Ward
Carmack. former United State Sena
tor from Tenneaae, was ahol and
killed la a street duel here thU after
noon by Robin Cooper, a young at
torney. Young -Cooper u wounded
in the shoulder by a bullet from Car
mack' revolver and U tonight under
police urvrlilance la a local hospital.
Ilia condition la not serious.
Carmack was wounded thre time
In the neck, the breast and the left
shoulder. Colonel Duncan B. Cooper
father of tho younger man, was with
hia son during the affray, but did not
fire a shot. It ia aald he stood br
with pistol In hand. He la detained
tonight at police headquarter. The
direct cause of the killing is a recent
series of editorials In the Tenneasean
a daily paper of which Mr. Carmack
became editor after hia defeat for the
nomination for governor. The edl
torials in question had been vigorous
in their comment on Colonel Cooper
and hU alleged connection with what
Mr. Carmack termed the "Democratic
machine," and 1U methods. Colonel
Cooper, who ia well known in bus!
neas, newspaper and political cir
cles in Tennessee and the South, had,
it is said, notified Mr. Carmack that
the references to him must cease
Another such editorial appeared this
morning.
The men fought at close quarters
and there were but few witnesses. It
was past 4 o'clock In the dusk of the
afternoon. They met on Seventh
avenue north, directly in front of the
Polk flats, a fashionable apartment
house. Mr. Carmack had just lifted
his hat to Mrs. Charles 11. Eastman,
a friend, who was passing. In a mo
ment the firing began and Mrs East
man was a horrified witness at close
range. So close was she that one
of the Coopers is said to have charged
Carmack with being a coward and
hiding behind a woman. Cooper's
friends charge that Carmack fired
the first shot, but the dead man's
friends stoutly protest Cat his op
ponent was the first to shoot.
LIGHTNING
PHOTOGICAPHS VIC
TIMS. Reproduces Peaceful Domestic Scene
On Glass Panelled Door Before
Killing Man.
Decatur, Ala., Oct. 24. A modest
little two-story frame residence over
in New Decatur is now attracting
the attention of hundreds of people
on acount of the strange things that
have taken place there during the
last few weeks. The house Is located
n Ninth avenue, near the city ceme
tery.
Late in the afternoon of August
last, at which time the house
was occupied by a. W. Goree and
family, lightning struck the room
nd ran down and struck Mr. Goree
in
the head, killing him instantly.
Mrs. Goree was badly shocked.
It is just been discovered that the
lightning that killed Mr. Goree pho
tographed the man and his wife and
number of other objects on the
glass which was in the front door,
where they were standing.
In the picture Mr. Goree is seen
moking a pipe, and his head is turn
ed slightly upward, as if he were
watching the cloud. Mrs. Goree'a
mouth is slightly open as if in the
act of speaking. Her teeth show
plainly in the picture. Bushes In
the yard, the front fence and two
picture as are also a house and a
skirt of woods fully a quarter of a
mile away. Strange to say, the flash
of Ugthnlng which killed Mr. Goree
and made the picture is itself photo
graphed on the glass. The glass Is
now in the possession of Walter M.
Grubbs, editor of the Decatur News.
Soon after Mr. Goree was killed
the family vacated the house and It
has been without a tenant since. No
one will rent the place now, as the
neighbors say it is infested with
ghost.
W. E. Bell Sentenced to Five years
in Penitentiary for Embezzlement.
Monroe. Nov. 8. In the Superior
Court yesterday W. E. Bell, formerly
local agent of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, submitted to charges
of embezzlement and forgery made
against him by the Singer Company
and the International Fidelity Insur
ance Company, and was sentenced by
Judge Webb to five years in tbe State
prison at hard labor. Bell waa accus
ed of having forged the names of
about thirty persons In Union County
to fictitious leases of sewing machines
where he bad really sold tbe ma
chines outright and converted the
money to his own use. The total
amount of his embezzlement was $1,
179, and it is believed that his oper
ations extended over several years,
Bell has a wife and four children, the
eldest only six years of age. He came
to Monroe about four years ago from
Gastonla. '
Another Gin Burned by Night Riders
In Texas.
Austin. Texas, Nov. 9. Governor
Campbell has been advised that an
other cotton gin was burned in Hen
derson County by night riders Sat
urday night and that the spirit of
Incendiarism Is spreading to other
counties in that section.
BUSINESSJCTMTY
Riilroxdi Tfcr cjboat tbt Cess
try Hive Began Wonder
full lmprovcxacetiL
BUSINESS CONR.
PENCE RESTORED
Taft s Klertioa Aeaasraswe so U Pub
lic That llouarreJl's progy waalra
lH4lrt WU1 1W Owitaawl Ooe
Railroad to Kipead M 1. 000,000
Order I laced Mow Ttsa Au CYm.
Unreal ott Mr. TaJVs Kkcttoa.
CUrlcda. la Nov.7. "The great
eat period of railroad cxUnsioa work
thla country baa aver had ia apoa as.
says W. C. Brown, first Tie presi
dent of the New York Central Rail
road lines, who la rUlting la Clar-
tnda, a here he hac many property
interests.
"The morning after election I
sent out more than 100 tele era ma re
leasing orders for railroad supplies
and equipment for the New York
Central lines alone, aggregating ta
cost 131,000,000. I placed these or
ders some time ago, and made each
order contingent upon the elecUea
of Mr. Taft.
'I can say positively W I other
railroads of this country have either
already done so. or will within a few
days, release orders like theae of
ours that will aggregate 1140.000.000
for equipment and material that will
go Into railroad building, extensions
and improvements or rolling stock.
can tell you also, that enough or
ders have been placed with the gi
gantic steel Industries of this conn
try to keep them working for a whole
year at their maximum If they would
not receive another order.
"All this mean just one thing.
namely, that the greatest period of
railroad extension work we have yet
had is upon us. In every department
of commerce and business the coantry
s sure to progress over and beyond
the point it bad attained In the fall
of 1907. when temporary lack of con
fidence and the approach of the na
tional campaign conspired to check
business and we are now entering
upon a period of even greater pros
perity and business' activity than we
have ever known before."
Manufacturing Intereate Active.
New York, Nov. 7. That the Im
portant manufacturing Interests of
this country are about to put to work
at least 650,000 Idle men la Indicated
by a canvass made by the national
association of manufacturers, tbe re
sult of which will be published in
the forthcoming Issue of its magazine
American Industries. The carvaas on
which this statement waa baaed was
made ten days before election.
Pronperity Hits Tenneaaee.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. . The
Queen and Crescent railroad has put
over three hundred to work within
the past week. The shops in this city
have resumed operations on fall time
with a complete force of men. The
road's officials report businese near
ly as good for October as for tbe
same month last year.
SHOT FATHER TO BAVK MOTH
ER'S LIFE.
Charlotte Bqy Mortally Wounds rar
est Father Justifies Hoa's Action.
Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 6. Fearful
lest his father strike his mother,
whom he was pursuing with an axe
which he held raised, Ernest T.
Hayes, twenty years old shot and
mortally wounded H. T. Hayes at
Belmont, a suburb of this city, to
night. Tbe youth at once surrend
ered to the police.
The father was taken to the Pres
byterian hospital, where it is said he
will die. The bullet entered the back
of the head and lodged In the brain.
The trouble grew out of tbe demand
of Ha yea for money which he had
given his wife. When the demand
was refused tbe man seized an axe
and pursued his wife.
To attending physicians the father
stated that his boy was justified to
shooting him, and begged that he be
not prosecuted.
NIGHT RIDERS' IN TENNESSEE.
One Seen Setting Fire to Saw MiU,
ifut Makes Ills Escape.
Nashville, Tenn., Nor. 1. Late last
night while Manager Brown of tbe
J. Sc. C. Brown Sawmill Company at
Linton, was In the plant together with
several detectives, a guard detected a
man In the act of setting fire to the
mill. The alarm was given bat the
intruder jumped from a high bank
Into the river and escaped amid a
fusilade of shots. For several weeks
the Brown Company has received
threats and warnings. Shortly after
the shooting of last night an in
spection of the place was made and
the following notice signed "night
riders" was found posted on the)
mill:
"Brown: You'd better shut down
your mm, or you'll nave to snot
down."
Several men have recently been
dismissed by the Browns.
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