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VOL. XXVIII.
. N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910.
No. 26
RALEIGH
editorial briefs
They have held another "orderly"!
lynching down in Louisiana. !
A lot of lives were saved Monday
by boys not getting killed.
"Datto" Bryan has been located In
Montreal. Now let's find Dr. Cook.
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"Persia needs $3,000,000," says a 1 114 lJ"1 B lo,lo-
, . ... , . ' I believe that Governor Hughes
news item. Persia needn t think ltiho , , . . ,,
; nas been supported by the bulk of,
all alone. the wisest and most disinterested
; public opinion as regards most of his!
Major Stedman is finding out what j measures and positions, and I think!
Mr. Jeffries did, that it's mighty hard that this has been markedly the case !
come back."
It
looks less like a fight between
judge-. Allen and Manning than a
scrap between their managers.
We venture to say that there will j
be few exhibitions of the moving !
pictures of the fight in the South. ;
The Democratic Convention in Ber
tie County endorsed Ex-Gov. Folk for
President. Of course that settles it.
UU" -n" ua''jvice work. Finally, I freely admit
of "drunks," but "nary" an arrest for that here and there, where the prin
selling liquor, is Raleigh's police re- i ciple of direct nominations has been
corcj applied in too crude shape or wrong-
headedly, it has, while abolishing
The Charlotte Observer refused to j certain evils produced or accentuated
. . 4. .. others in certain cases, for in-
officiallv recognize the Fourth ofi . ... . t,
b stance, putting a premium upon the
July. It has a 20th of May all of Its ; iavish expediture of money.
own. ' "But while I freely admit all this,
. i I nevertheless, feel, in the first place,
Pity poor Georgia. She has a spe- that on the fundamental issue of di
cial session of the Legislature on, i rect primary nominations the Gov-
v - i .1 : .
and Hoke Smith is going to run for
Governor again.
"
For alleged "jo-king" with the Re -
corder's Court, the editor of the Dur
ham Herald is threatened with jail
for contempt of court.
Now they're electing "Uncle Rich
ard" Battle as Speaker of the House.
The first essential In cooking rabbit
is to first catch the rabbit.
We haven't heard the Charlotte
Observer claim that Jack Johnson
was born in North Carolina. Won
der why?
The deaf-mutes held a convention
in Atlanta, Ga. It was almost as
quiet as the Wake County Democratic
Convention.
Judge Winston declared that no
l.ird could fly without two wTngs.
But the Wake Democratic bird's
wings do not flo'p in unison.
State Senator Kluttz has a very en
terprising press agent. Wonder why
Khut
loesn't come right out and ;
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tell the people what he wants?
, i
tViA npmncratii
Champ Clark says
flre no longer fighting each other
The Missouri Congressman evidently j
docs not read the North Carolina
news.
The Charlotte Observer practically
liys claim to the North Pole, the
Sahara c!e?ert and Denmark for the
Democratic ticket. We'll concede
them, if that be any comfort.
The newspaper head-line, "The
Burial of Daniel," we regret to state
was not the announcement of the po
litical end of the "poke berry" Ra
M;;h editor. It was the late Vir
ginia Senator.
And did you notice that Mr. Dan
iels put on as delegates to the Dem
ocratic convention the very men he
accused of both "buying and steal
ing" votes? Wonder if he will need
such service there.
The Democratic Convention of Ca
barrus County presented its chairman
with a Remington rifle. Nothing less
than a Gatling gun would have sup
plied the Wake County chairman.
Wonder why Francis Winston fail
ed to name the candidate for Vice
President while he was holding his
convention in Bertie? Or was It such
a small matter that he overlooked it?
A Pittsburg negro took delight In
tickling the heels of his mule, to the
amusement of the crowd. The doc
tors say he may recover, but it is
doubtful. He should receive a sym
pathetic message from Mr. Josephus
Dariels.
.
In Which Ills Strenaoitv ut)eU
With Governor Hughes. Primary.
Reform and the Xfw York Legis
lature." New York, July 6. Ex-President;
Roosevelt deals with Governor ;
Hughes, the New York Legislature. !
and primary reform in a signed edi- j
torial article in the current number i
of the Outlook. Mr. Roosevelt write5
f ... .!!'
as regards direct primary nomina-
tions. I know that many honest and i
sincere men are on principle opposed I
to Governor Hughes on this point, '
and I know also that the proposed !
reform will very positively accom-S
plish less than its extreme advocates i
expect; which I am well aware, as)
of course all thinking men must be, j
mac me worm or any sucn measure
in the last resort depends upon the
character of the voters, and that no
patent device will ever secure good
government unless the the people j
themselves devote sufficient energy, ;
time, and judgment to make the de-!
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i ernor is right, and, in the second
! place, that, as the measure finally
! came up for action in the State Leg-
-jislature, it was vell-night free from
, all objections save those of the men
who object to it because they are
fundamentally opposed to any change
whatever in the desired direction.
"The Republican party wras in the
majority in both houses of the Leg
is lature which refused to carry out
the Republican Governor's recom
mendations; and although it was
only a minority of the Republican
members who brought about this re
fusal, the party cannot escape a
measure of responsibility for the
failure.
"Those who believe that by their
j action they have definitely checked
the movement for direct popular pri
! maries are, in my judgment, mis
! taken. In its essence, this is a move
ment to make the government more
democratic, more responsive to the
needs and wishes of the people as a
whole. With our political machin
ery, it is essential to have an efficient
party, but the machinery ought to
be suited to democratic and not to
oligarchic customs and habits.
Heroic Act Saved Lives of Hundreds.
Pittsburg. Pa., July 6. Beating
nis Way through a wall of smoke and
i flame, W. A. Weaver today prevented
the explosion of two immense benzine
tanks, near which wer 30,000 bar-
! rels cf crude coal oil. Weaver, who
is suoermtenaent or tne Atlantic Ke-
flnin
plant, saved the lives of hun-
dreds of persons, almost sacrificing
his own. A still, connected by pipe
with thp tanks rineht fire. The
laTes snreii ranillv Weaver see-
inr that an explosion would result
q nnnl- in tho nine, xi-oro nrt tnrnoH
off, rushed through the blaze, with
his clothes afire and turned the
lever.
A crowd of nearly 3,000 persons
saw his disappear in the smoke, and
singed, blackened and all but suffo
cated, reappear after he had saved
the plant. As he staggered to safe
ty, Weaver was madly cheered.
Bill Nye's Memorial.
Salisbury, N. C. July 6,-VThe Bill PoPe Has Fainting Spell.
Nye Memorial Committee appointed : Rome, July 2. Pope Pius X was
at the recent meeting of the North j seized to-day with a slight fainting
Carolina Press Association to formu-; spell, which necessitated the attend
late plans for a State memorial to ance upon him of Dr. Petacci. .The
the humorist, met here to-night and j doctor said the seizure was not Beri
decided that the proposed memorial j ous and that it resulted from the
shall take the form of a building at j heat He prescribed complete rest
the Stonewall Jackson Training j for several days.
School, located at Concord, N. C, to j "
be known as the Bill Nye building, j
The building, when furnished and) Suicide by Agreement,
equipped, will cost not less than
$5,000 and will be turned over to
the trustees of the institution as a
permanent memorial to the lamented
humorist.
Boy Locked in Car, Starving.
Norfolk, Va. , July 2. Sam Hill,
aged 13 years, son of Charles Hill, of
Charlotte, N. C, is recovering at a
Pinner's Point Hotel today following
his rescue last night from a freight
car in which he had been held a
prisoner for several days without
food or drink. The boy ran away and
hid himself in the car for a journey
into unknown lands. He will be
held pending Instructions from his
parents.
llVILL IT BE HUGHES
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He it Prominently Mentioned
for Chief Justice of
Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON NEWS
Democratic Leaden Are Hard Ram
tor Campaign Material - Thejr
Want to Attack Uie Tariff, Yet
Their I Word on That Subject
Will Not Bear Investigation The j
Republicans Are Beady to Meet
the Issue President Taft at nev
er I.
Washington D.C.July 4TWhile
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a J t " 3 3' " IS r -
&aiut-u ueie ly-mgui as practically
certain that Governor Hughes, of
New York, will be the next Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme)
ouri. uovernor augnes already!
j
nas accepiea appointment as an as- j
sciate justice and his nomination to j
that Place has been confirmed by the j
ocuaie. t uiiiutrs siaiiu ai present t
Governor Hughes is foremost in the
President's eye. j
Reynolds Not Confirmed.
Thirteen Government appointees, i
other than postmasters, of whom
there were one hundred, failed of
confirmation during this session.
This list includes Henry Reynolds,
appointed as internal revenue col
lector of the fifth district of North
Carolina to succeed Brown.
Democrats Making Republican Ma
terial. Democratic leaders in Congress are
; now making campaign material. To
be sure, it is not very good material,
j but the best obtainable. A party
without a record, or whose small
j record is so bad that it cannot be
i defended is not in a very strategic
! position when it comes to speech
! making for campaign purposes.
The general point of Democratic
I attack is the tariff, and yet we can
! not find in a single speech any refer-
ence to the only Democratic tariff law
I of the past half century. There is
no allusion whatever to the condi
tions of business, of labor, or capi
tal, under the operation of the Wil
son Gorman law.
It is interesting to compare these
Democratic and Republican speeches.
The Democratic speeches are, of
course entirely negative, excepting
where assertions are made as to
what the party would do if it had
the chance, but there is no mention
made of what it did do when it did
have the chance. On the other hand,
the Republican speeches are filled
with tables of figures, which the
records of commerce, with the
amounts of revenue, with the in
creased number of those employed,
and the increased wages which have
come under our new law. The Dem
ocratic orator claims that prices
have been raised because of the tar
iff; the Republican orator tells us
in reply that the tariff was reduced
on every article upon which the price
has been raised. The speeches which
were made while the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was under debate
I prove that the tariff is to be one of
ifitne principal issues ot tne campaign
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OT rainer not tne tariH QUCSUOn FO
much as the discussion or the re-
suits of the operation of the law
under which we are now living.
Washington's Quiet Season.
Washington is very quiet now
Congress being adjourned, the Presi
dent at Beverly, Mass., and practi
cally all of the notables away for
vacation.
Dallas, Texas, July 4. Supposedly
the result of a suicide pact the bod
ies of N. A. Gammill and Mrs. Beulah
Marsh were found yesterday In a
boarding-house conducted by the
man's mother. Mrs. Marsh was a
widow and was to have been married
to Gammill in a short time.
Dressed Well.
Charlotte Observer.
If the Raleigh Caucasian continues
wearing its new dress of fine white
goods, it will surely have some big
bills to pay. Only The Yorkville En
quirer among newspapers in this sec
tion dresses so welL
-NASH ItEI't'DLlCAXS MKtrr.
Ex-Sea tor Holier Md Hoe.. I.
M. MeekJns Addre Ooavretkm
LlTTu lrmtic J-TS
Join Republican Party Lit of j
Delegate.
Rocky Mount, n. c. July s.The
Republicans of Nash County held J
TOmrauon ax. .-xasavuie yesier-;
day to select delegates to the State,
Congressional and Judicial Conven
tions. Before the convention was proper
ly called to order the large crowd
present had the pleasure of listening
to speeches by ex-Senator Marion
Their Bnche. were rlT,d
and created much enthusiasm. Be
fore the Convention adjourned for f
dinner, Mr. John C. Matthews an
nounced that Mr. Bernard Brooks, a
had ,eft the Democratic party and
Joined hands with the Repubil-
cans for progress and
properitv.
The Convention then adjourned 30
minutes for dinner.
List or Delegates
rh,ifm!l
V. . VI t lil i . V .4 I I I U
convention to order and V. S. Halley
was made permanent chairman and
Messrs. J. C. Matthews and H. C.
Mnrnn cr.rf,t,rinc ti,
following
delegates were elected to the State
Convention;
E. J. High, W. C. Bobbett. L. K.
Tyson, II . C. Strickland. W. W.
Lamm, H. G. Morgan. R. L. Johnson,
J. C. Matthews, J. H. Todd. B. A.
Brooks, V. B. Carter, G. 1). Coley,
P. A. May, W. S. Bailey; alternates,
Howard Farmer, C. C. Griffin, G. D.
Langley, J. B. Joyner, C. II. Murry,
B. B. Brantley, J. R. High, W. J.
Matthews, W. T. Baker, J. J. Cock
rell, C. W. Scares, Alford Edwards,
and J. R. Jones.
Mr. Joe. R. Jones introduced a res
olution that no federal office holder
be sent as a delegate to the State
Convention. Mr. J. C. Matthews stat
ed that no federal office-holder would
be put on as a delegate, and the reso
lution was withdrawn. A resolution
was introduced endorsing President
Taft's Greensboro speech and also
endorsing the President for his stand
in trying to appoint only good rep
resentative men to office,
Republi -
, . , , , . .
cans who have the endorsement of
their party.
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A resolution was passed thanking
Senator Butler and Hon. I. M. Mee -
kins for attending the convention
; and addressing the Republicans of
; this county.
The Convention adjourned to meet
the third Saturday in August to name
a county and Legislative ticket.
While the delegates to the State
! Convention were not instructed it
seemed to be the almost unanimous
opinion that Congressman Morehead
was the proper man for State Chair
man. IT WAS ADl'LTEKATED FLO I It.
Jury Fenders Verdict at Kansas City
Sustaining Government's Action in
Seizing "Bleached" Flour, Which
Wa Misbrundcd.
Kansas City, Mo., July 6. The
jury in the bleached flour case this
afternoon returned a verdict that the
flour seized was adulterated and mis
branded, as charged by the Govern
ment.
The verdicts were returned In the
Feneral Court after seven hours de- j
1 i -i 1 . At AX :
I imerauon oy me jury mat ior more;
tuau iivw wce&S nau jiaLciicu iu cvi-
mony ior ana against tne cnarge oi
! the Government that 625 sacks of
j flour, bleached and sold by the Lex
ington Mill and Elevator Company,
Nebraska, and seized by the Govern-
ment while in the possession of the
purchaser, a grocer at Castle, Mo.,
were adulterated and misbranded.
Craig, Bailey, and That $25.00.
State Democrat.
The returns from Wake County
two years ago no doubt suggested to
Locke Craig Bailey's aversion to buy
ing votes. Sherwood Upchurch got
$25, which shows he was postmaster
as a collector. The balance of Craig's
money is like the grave of Moses.
If Craig had only known of Baileys'
conscientious scruples in this busi
ness of buying votes his bank account
would have been better at the close
of the convention in Charlotte. All
the papers seem to think Craig has a
plenty now.
Dr.
Faison Nominated for Congress
in Third District-
As we go to press we learn that
Dr. John M. Faison, of Duplin, was
nominated for Congress on the
477th ballot. Mr. Page was renomi
nated in his district.
' Small Re-Nominated in the First
District. t
Edenton, July 6. The First Con
gressional district Democratic con
vention to-day unanimously nomi
nated John H. Small for Congress.
The convention was largely attended.
JUDGE FULLER DEAD
Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court
Expires Suddenly.
nicn AC UrADTTAt! tinr
uiiu jsr sirrvi rsviiwif
IIU WUh to Die la Iloun Where 111
Wife laed Aj lMUl Ya
Seventy-Set m Yearn Old lie V
Head of the American Judiciary,
the Second Mot Important Oifice
in I he I'nitcd SLatc Was Ap
Mintcd by Clef eland and Has
Served for Twenty-Two Years.
Sorrento, Me., July 4. The Tener
able chief justice of the Supreme
Court of the I'nited States. Melvlll
W. Fuller, died suddenly of hart
failure early to-day. Not only did iht
leader of the American Judiciary
round out his days in the ame room
ttber his wift had pa.l a ay, but
it was in the Stite of his nativity, the
State lw loved eo well, that hi Ion
life ended. Chief Justice Fuller was
7 7 ytvirs old.
With the justice when he died was
u!s daughter, Mr?. Nathaniel Fran -is,
of Washington; hU rand daughter.
Miss Aubrey FrancK and th Rev.
.lame K. Freeman, of Minneapolis, a
neighbor and friend of ihv family.
Ju.stirt Fuller had not Lown any
symptoms of iHne? Yesterday he
attended the church of the Redeemer
( Kiis- -op:'.l ) , w her the Rev. Free
man conducted the services. He re
tired lust evening about the u?ual
time, and to'all appearance, in his
customary health.
His daughter, Mrs. Francis, heard
a call from her father's room early
this' morning, and upon answering It.
saw at once that her father was se
riously ill. Summoning the Rev.
Freeman, Mrs. Francis gent him for
! a physician, but when the physician
arrived the justice was beyond as
j sistance.
i The funeral 6rvices w ill be held at
I the church of the Redeemer next
', Wpdnesdav aftprnoon. Interment
! ... . . p.,. nrnhahltr nn Wi-
(till ur; at. vm-fcv, k" " w - - -
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"Great Justice, Says Taft.
I Boston, Mass., July 4. President
! Taft sent the following message from
this city to-day to Mrs. Nathaniel H.
Francis, the eldest daughter of Chief
Justice Fuller at Sorrento, Maine.
"Your telegram was forwarded to
me here. I am greatly shocked to
hear of your father's death, and I ex
tend to you and to all the members
of your family the heartfelt sympathy
of Mrs. Taft and myself.
"Your father honored me with his
friendship for twenty years, which
enabled me to known his sweet and
lovable nature and his noble charac
ter as a r.i?.n. He was a grent jus
tice, and noted for his independence
of thought and courage of action. His
career entitled him to the gratitudo
of his fellow-countrymen and leaves
a memory of which his family may
well be proud.
"W. H. TAFT."
And Yet "the V.'orst Democrat," Etc.
j Durham Herald.
The Republicans have a fight
1 A. 1 f
among tnemseives every once in a
: wuite, uui uue uas iu ft" wuv
of the party on account of it.
Trying to Ruin Our State Credit,
Clinton News-Dispatch.
After all John G. Carlisle has
done in trying to get other States to
bring suits against North Carolina,
and now it seems he Is trying to ruin
what little credit the State has left,
but for all of this, Josephus don't
cuss him half as much as he did But-
j ler and RuESen for maklng the State
j pay those D3k0ta bonds which
were Issued by a Democratic Legisla
ture and sold by a Democratic Treas
urer, and for which the State re
ceived one hundred cents on the dol
lar. Bryan is utterly discouraged be
cause his desire to travel quietly and
without being noticed is being unan
imously complied with.
In St. Louis they are discussing
the subject as to "Who made hell?"
We don't know but the Wake Demo
crats are "raising" a lot of it.
Senator Gordon has demonstrated
that it is possible to make a fine
speech without ventilating a grouch.
Washington Star.
Yes, and a mighty fine example for
his Democratic brethren in the South
to follow.
Gentleness of speech has made
the most willful to be as the heart
of a little child and filled many trou
bled life with the peace of Jehovah.
to nt: miot run nviwau
IWtwr l"taawwW 4 German Vtgw
tlxm ta Ottt ManServr.
S,fi,t!a0. CMV. Joty 4. WlHtsla
!ikeft. t!s fomr OasacUr, et
tfee Gftais Letatkta hfe. lo, la
Setetslwr Ut. as cnSfce-l ta
death for tfce taar4r of aa ealy
of the legation. U1 fc sJiot td-taot-ro
.
Ta rhatifelWrU of t&e Ccraaa t
cation at iUstUso ferse4 a
Februsry i. 10 Tfca follow Is U?
a tndy was found la the ralas. !c3r
was bellerrd to to last f Heciart.
I-ater It was 4!corerKl ibat aa ta
ployee of the lefatioa was talstcf.
aad a tiowr iatprctloa of tba char
red tKHjy proved taat It was aot that
of the German Chancellor.
On February 12th fWkrt was ar
retted at Chilian. He was chare 4
with the murder aad with settlag
fire to the tecatlon. aad the eviicac
at the trial laid bare the motive for
the crime. Heckert had erabeJi'ed a
ery larir. sum. coverlac h!s thtfta
by n;-a& of foreigners With lh
object of conceallnf this he had set
fire to the chanrellerle. after havtac
killed the employe.
The German Emperor waived tha
diplomatic immunities, perralttinf
the Chilean courts to settle tha casa
under the laws of the country.
DIG BOND THEFT.
rharK"! That 9IOO.OOO Worth of
Southern Hallway llondc Wer
Stolen I nun Trut tV. llcfor
Grand Jury.
New York, July C. Details of tha
theft of $100,000 worth of bonds
from the Carnegie Trust Company
were laid before the rrand Jury and
the district attorney this afternoon by
Attorney Henry . Twombly, repra
Fcnting Charles E. Wellborn, a local
broker.
Mr. Wellborn owned the bonds and
had them on deposit with the Carne
gie Company as collateral for a loan
of $25,000. That the bonds bad dis
appeared was noticed Juit after tha
death ,of ex-President Charles Coul
ter Dickinson, of the trust company,
- who was reported to have been over
come by fumes In the transfuilon of
silver in the laboratory of Dr. F. W.
I-ange, of Scranton. Pa.
Mr. Wellborn Is now trylns; to get
back his bonds. When the theft wai
j reported to him he called In Attor
ney Twombly.
Attorney Abram 1-evy was also
called In by Mr. Wellborn. The two
lawyers held a conference w ith the
district attorney this morning. The
grand Jury concludes Its Investiga
tions to-day.
Mr. Twombly Is Raid to have told
the district attorney and the grand
jury that during the last few months
he had made repeated demands on
the trust company for the return of
the bonds and that he was informed
they could not be found.
The broker then made an Investi
gation of his own, an l it in reported
thnt he found the Load had been
Fold by C. W. Chapman &. Co., bro
kers. Ex-Judge Keener, representing the
j Carnegie Company, w as next ap
proached ind he said-that none of
'the officials of the truit company
, knew anything about the matter.
; Upon getting this replr Mr. Well
! born went before the district attor
; ney.
; The bonds are Southern Itiilway
! securities.
SEXATOIl ALDHirif COMING.
Will Make a Speech-Maklns Tour of
the South to Sound Public Senti
ment. Washington, July C. On the suc
cess of a spech-maklng tour of the
South, which Senator Aldrlch will
make early in the fass, will depen 1
the decifion as to whether a bill for
the reform of the country's currency
system will be Introduced In Con
gress at the next session. This trip
has been decided upon by President
Taft and Senator Aid rich's Western
tour was not regarded as successful
In bringing about a final verdict. If
sentiment in the South proves to be
favorable to a central bank, it is
probable that a currency reform bill
will be introduced next January,
thus giving Senator Aldrich an op
portunity to start the bill on the
ways of congress before bis announc
ed retirement on March 4th.
ItooeveIt Swamped With Letters.
New York, July 5. Colonel Roote
velt has been overwhelmed by a de
luge of letters and telegrams, thous
ands of which have accumulated and
hundreds are ariring hourly. He stat
ed to-day that he appreciated kindly
the thought and the good intentions
of the writers, but it would be lm-
1 possible for him to give his personal
attention to answering. He said it
would be kindness for well disposed
strangers to refrain from writing him
or sending telegrams.
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