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VOL. XXVIII.
RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1910.
No. 32
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
f -ae Democrats do not think we i
in what arc they so scared
1
No for a strong pull, a long pull,
.-I ,i pull all together. This means
in November. !
From how on it la to be a cam-
:,gn of education, with Instructor
; .r hcad at the desk.
.vhen the Democrats go fishing
November, will they carry bait
-.rted from Virginia?
If
the Democratic politicians had
;. ,r- head they would know how to
.M' .inl to their own business.
A Democrat declares that Mr.
Morehead is only an "amethyst" in
politics. Then, surely, is he a jewel
of the iirst water.
Two years ago the Republicans
cast 13 per cent of the total vote in
this State. What is the matter with
making it 55 this year?
Never before has there been a bet
ter chance for the Republicans of
the Old North State than in this
year of Republican grace.
Even after ten years of Democrat
ic "good government," the sound of
the pistol is more frequent than the
song of the mocking bird.
The Caucasian office is next door
to a wholesale candy store, hence we by organizations in New York, Pitts
do not need the many sweet things burg, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Fa id about us by the Democrats.
Some say there is but little differ
ence between Republicans anu uein-,
ocrats. Just look for the difference j
in the vote in the coming election. j
i
Ck fnT nv.finvornnr fJlpnn is the:
. j
only mun who has offered his services j
to tiefiiH.-.iii. uihu ! i"
at lie is unable to "come back." j
Bryan, perpetual candidate, threat
en to move into Texas and meet Bai
ley on his own grounds. Even angels
fear to tread where others rush in.
The Republican platform adopted
at Greensboro last week is a straight
out, clean-cut declaration of princi
ples that every citizen may endorse.
North Carolina ia naturally for
protection. Even the Democrats in
Congress recognized this fact when
the vote was taken on the tariff bill.
Speaking of spending money, in
campaigns, how much did it cost
each of the three Democratic candi
dates for Governor three years ago?
The Baltimore Sun says that Pres
ident Taft is casting hopeful eyes at
North Carolina and Tennessee, which
shows that the President has a good
eye.
The Wilmington Star says that the
people know that the Democratic
party is the local self-government
party. Well, give us an example,
pleaso.
Even now a great many people are
preparing to go a-fishing next No
vember. Strange as it may seem, all
of these are of the Democratic per- j
I
suasion.
Whatpvpr hroAfl rf rhiclfPTis vnn
i
are now raising don't forget the full j
will need
election.
immediately after the
Between two evils choose the
least. This is the problem confront
ing the committee now trying to set
tle the Democratic row in the Sixth
Congressional District.
The Democrats gave candidate
Stedman no platform on which to
run. They probably thought he
would make a better on the dirt
roads where he could sling mud.
Democratic papers of a certain
type blame the tariff for an alleged
stagnation among the cotton mills.
This, too, in face of tha fact that
many new mills are being erected in
the Carolinas and Georgia.
IIKATIIK.V TKMPLKS IX AMER
Onu Bureau Static Jen Show There !
Art- .Mor, Than 30O RHigloaa Serf
In Tf ! rVt.oo
Washington, Aug. 15, Religious '
freedom In ho United State shelters!
under its tolerant and ample folds '
thousands of representative, of so-'
called heathen beliefs. In addition to !
more than 200 Christian wets, ac-:
cording to Census Bureau statistics
dealing with the religious life of the
country. The compilation, which is
tho work of Dr. Edwin m. HHe. will :
give a sketch of eaeh doctrine and
polity.
The report shows that In 1907 the
Mongolian students in Columbia Uni
versity undertook to demonstrate
that Confucianism was a real religion
and established a regular system of I
services. There are 62 Chinese and !
12 Japanese Buddhist temples in this!
country, the former being distributed '
over 12, the latter over 3 State3.
California shelters all but three of j
the Japanese and more than half the Una than that at Greensboro off Atig
Chinesc houses. About 40 went down i ust 10th, when the State Conven-
under the San Francisco cataclysm.
New York boasted 15 Chinese tem
ples. Rut the Chinese Buddhists have
only one priest In this country and
, conduct no recognized system of wor- The results attained were by a prac
I ship. The only use for their temples ; tically unanimous vote, the main
are as places at which Individual de- j question at issue being decided by
votees may consult their patron saint, j the vote cast for the permanent
The American-Japanese Buddhists j chairmanship of the Convention, this
are of the progressive Shin Shiu sect, j resulting in the election of Thomas
missionary In character. In 1906: Settle, of Buncombe County, by a
their membership In this country was ! vote of two to one. When the result
2,387, of which 778 were females. j of the contest became evident, be
There is no Shlntolsm In America, j fore the ballot on the State Chalr
an explanation of which is found in I manship was taken, E. C. Duncan and
the fact that this religion attaches It- i J. E. Alexander withdrew from the
self too closely to the person of the : race and the election of John Motley
Japanese emperor. j Morehead whs made unanimous.
The Hindu religion is represented j
I Oriental philosophies as taught by the ed the convention to order, the
j Theosophists have four bodies with Grand Opera House, where the earli
i 2,33(5 members in the United States, er proceedings were held, was pack-
A Christian church of Asiatic orig-;
in is tne Armenian, which has 73
organizations in this country.
The Eastern Orthodox, or Greek
church, ha3 129,006 communicants
This is the state church of Russia
, fireece. Of the 411 churches
here 59 represent the former nation-: i
Tiity. incro cu.o are oorviau ana ,
Syrian branches. The Greeks have j
organizations witn a mem Dersnip '
of 90,751. Twenty-two of the 58 ; Harkins, Judge Adams, acting as tem
Russian churches are in Pennsyl- j porary chairman, made an address,
vania. ! rpvipwiiif hfs mnnaPTriPTit rf the
The volume will tell of the various j
Christian sects considered more pure- j
ly American. While there are only j
57 main bodies there are 215 church ;
organizations, many professing a j
faith only a shade different from j berland, Vance, Wake, Wayne, Pas
others. For instance, there are 17 quotank and Camden, although in
Baptist bodies, 24 Lutheran, 15 Meth-j one instance, that of Camden, no
odist and 12 Presbyterian. The same j
is true of less known organizations
There are 15 Mennonite, 7 Advent
ists, 4 Dunker or Dunkard and 4
Quaker or Friend bodies.
There appears no division in either
the Roman Catholic or Protestant
Episcopal church although it is shown
that efforts to modify their creeds
have resulted in the establishment of
independent bodies. They are desig
nated as the Reformed Catholic and
the Reformed Episcopal churches, re
spectively. The Reformed Catholics
number only 1,250 communicants,
while of the Reformed Episcopalians
there are about 9,682.
The cause of the origin of some of
the branches is indicated by the
name. For instance, there are Gen
eral Baptists, Separate Baptists,
United Baptists, Free Baptists, Free
will Baptists, United American Free
will Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Gen
eral Six-Principles Baptists, Seventh j
Day Baptists, Duck River Baptists, j
and Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predesti
nation Baptists.
The civil war caused splits, giving
rise to Southern Methodist and South
ern Baptist bodies. In these churches
there is also color division.
Of other branches, besides the
Duck River Baptists, owing their
names to localities, are the River
Brethren and the Yorkers, both
CI.UU. tllG i Ul Xi-Cl a, UUIU
turn. The former began existence on
the Susquehanna river; the latter in
York County, Penn. The Brinsers,
also Brethren, are called after their
first bishop, as also the Schwecken-
felders.
Three of the newest churches men- i a very active protest from all parts
tioned are composed largely of color-j 0f the Auditorium, where the con
ed communicants "The Church of j vention had reassembled for the af-
God and Saints of Christ," "Church
of the Living God," and "The Free
Christian Zion Church of Christ."
There were about 700 organiza
tions in the main branch of the Sal
vation Army, with a membership of
about 23,000. There were 455 or
ganizations of Spiritualists, with over
3 5, OuO members.
Street car riots have been under
way for some time in Columbus,
Ohio, and the situation has become
such that the Governor has called
out the State troops to preserve
order.
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
THE LARGEST AND MOST ENTHUSIASTIC GATH
ER1NG EVER HELD BY THE REPUBLICANS
IN THIS STATE.
CHAIRMAN MOREHEAD A WINNER.
H Speech of Acceptance Strong, dear and Concise, and
.
Leave no Uae in Uoubt as
During the Campaign. Platform Presents a Straightfor
ward Declaration of Party Principles. New Plan of Or
ganization Provides for Minority Representation at Pri
maries and Conventions. A Full Ticket Placed in the
Field.
A larger and more thoroughly rep-
resentative gathering of Republicans
was never assembled in North Caro-
tlon was held, a State Chairman and
nominees for the various offices were
fleeted and a declaration of Repub
lican principles placed on record.
Ietaiis or the l'roceeaings.
When State Chairman Adams call-
ed to suffocation, the space being far
too limited to provide for the unusu-
ally large number of delegates. Latev
in the day the proceedings were con
ducted in the Auditorium, about one
third of the space in the big building
being filled, while there was also i
rtueuuautc Kit. imwcsicu i'
tatnrs
After the reading of the call for
the Convention by Secretary T. J.
party's affairs as State Chairman and
making a plea for harmony in the
proceedings now inaugurated. At
the close of this review, contests were
announced from Ashe, Carteret, Cum-
delegate appeared to be present in
support either of the delegation elect
ed or from the contestants.
Following the plan of organization
the Temporary Chairman at this
point named the Committee on Cre
dentials, this consisting of the fol
lowing delegates: J. M. Mewborne,
Thomas E. Owen, J. C. Matthews, R.
J. Petree, J. R. Johnson, J. P. Cam
eron, A. H. Price, J. D. Albright, I.
M. Meekins, and W. E. Logan. The
personnel of this committee was so
constituted that it gave a majority to
the Duncan forces of eight to two, a
matter subsequently disposed of in
favor of Morehead by the vote of the
convention itself in making the lat
ter's election by acclamation.
After the appointment of the com
mittee the convention took a recess
until 2.30 p. m., to meet in the Audi
torium, where a much larger space
was available.
Awaiting the Report.
The Committee on Credentials was
j slow in making its report, and while
; this matter was pending the conven
; tion was addressed by a number of
j the delegates on questions pertinent
; to Republican policies and the issues
1 before the delegates for settlement.
1 Among those who spoke were Thos.
Settle, who was later elected Perma-
!x runt. -r. TiKo,
lenXTn' i1.?; t
1 r, ttU A TT'-U IT c
Lusk. Harrv Skinner and Walter
j Henry Col(mel Lugk vent ed to
; make an aUack 0Q PresideI1t Taft,
t but ,t wag eyident thatthe disposition
iQf the conventi(m was decidedly
i . ef enT, aH,nte nini
was not allowed to continue without
ternoon sesion. While he was speak
ing, cheers for President Taft broke
out, and Harry Skinner, in response
to the attack, declared that the
President neds no defense but that he
(Skinner) would notlstay In the con
vention and listen to such unwar
ranted remarks levelled against one
who is not alone the head of his party
but the chief executive of the nation
itself.
A. H. Price, chairman, made the
report of the Committee on Creden-
tials, after nearly three hours of dls-; tfae political chess board when H. A.
cusslon over the several issues Inrolv- Sapp, on behalf of the Forsyth dele
ed, and this was adopted by an unan-1 (Continued on Page 3.)
to What will be Hu Attitude
the conduct of the State distribution
of Federal patronage with Incidental
imous vote of the convention, follow- endorsement and hearty commenda
Ing which the convention proceeded tlon of President Taft and his atti
to the election of a Permanent Chair- lude regarding the South, and the
man. answering speech of Col. V. S Lusk.
The Decisive Vote. of Ashevllle. in which he approved
and endorsed the referee system and
Thomas Settle, of Buncombe, was , gcored Preilident Taft for tbl ,niull
piacea in nomination for permanent
chairman by Harry Skinner, and J. J.
Britt presented the name of H. G.
Ewart, of Henderson County. The
fact was generally recognized that
the vote on the chairmanship would
indicate the strength of the chief
candidates for the State Cbairman-
ship and when the vote was announc- t re90undlog cavernoutly through
ed it became evident that the decision tae gat nau
would be in favor of Morehead. This j . The convent!on had gathered at
IJiV" 737 fr SetUe aS agaInBt!the appointed hoHr. but the creden
3.8 for Ewart. or within a very few j tJas commlttoe. hJch was tussling
voies oi me majority claimed lor tne
Morehead forces at the caucus held
in the morning in the Guilford Coun
ty court house. The announcement
of the result was met with loud and
continued cheers and, after the re-
election of T. J. Harkins as perma -
nent Secretary, Chairman Settle as
cended to the platform and delivered
an address of acceptance. This ad
dress, in itself a masterpiece of ef
fective oratory, dealt with national
and State issues, gave a large meas
ure of praise to the administration
of President Taft, presented a strong
plea for, harmony within the party
ranks, stated that the chances for Re-
IHlbUCE.n &UCCefS in t.V f3f
never better than they are in this
campaign, referred to the probable
fact that John Motley Morehead
would be the party's nominee for
Governor in 1912 a prediction that
elicited loud cheers and concluded
with an urgent appeal for the com
plete abolishment of the referee sys-
tem. The various points as made by
me speaner were greetea witn ap -
Plause wherever given and it became
apparnt, even at the beginning of the
i address, that the delegates werelc otfnrt in th wnriT tn, nror.n
heartily in favor of the doctrines
therein announced and upheld.
At the conclusion of Mr. Settle's
! speech, a call was made for the regu-
lar order of proceedure, this being
the election of a State Chairman.
Election of State Chairman.
The convention became absolutely j fiTSt paid the customary tribute to
quiet when Frank Linney, of Wau- j the convention, thanking it for the
tauga, arose to present the name of j honor Just paid him and expressing
Mr. Morehead for the chairmanship, j hjS appreciation of the compliment
Mr. Linney made a brief but effective coming as It did from such a stal
speech, making especial reference to j wart and true representation of a
the fitness of Mr.Morehead for the po- great party.
sition and his ability to achieve sue- J And then Mr. Settle plunged Into
cess for the party. He was follow- what he said was the great question
ed by II. C. Dockery, of Rocking-; before the convention, the total and
ham, who seconded the nomination j complete abolition of the referee sys
of Morehead, both speeches being tem in the State. He spoke of the
greeted with applause. H. F. Sea- j great unrest in the ranks as was in
well, of Carthage, nominated E. C. dicated all over the State in the re
Duncan, and A. T. Grant, of Davie, : cent county conventions, but declared
presented the name of J. E. Alexan- that this boded well for the cause
der, of Forsyth, offering him as a nf the great Republican party,
compromise candidate. It was ap
parent, however, that the convention ' For Xob,e "intent,
had already decided against any com- "I favor peace," shouted he fer
promise being made between the two vidly; "but I apreciate that 'noble
leading candidates, and loud cries discontent' of which Tennyson wrote
were heard for Morehead and calling so beautifully and truly."
for a vote. Before this was taken, ' In brief, Mr. Settle declared that
speeches in favor of Morehead were he saw hope for the party's future
made by Col. Jacob Newell, of Meek- only in the absolute and complete
lenburg, and by a number of others, elimination of the referee system In
While Colonel Lusk endeavored to the State.
call the attention of the delegates to i "North Carolina," said he, "Is as
! the past achievements of Mr. Duncan.
Still, the delegates were in favor of
an immediate vote and when the
chair was about ready to declare that
this should be held there came a sur -
prise to many in the convention.
. , ,
Duncan and Alexander Withdraw.
The chair recognized J .J. Britt, of
Buncombe, who proceeded to address
the convention despite continued
cries for a ballot For some time it
was difficult to obtain the drift of his
remarks, It not being discovered for
some time that the purpose of his
maintaining the floor was to withdraw-
the name of E. C. Duncan for
the Chairmanship. Finally he with
drew Duncan's name and then pro
ceeded to ask the support of the Dun
can followers for. J. E. Alexander, of
Forsyth. The delegates had hardly
been able to digest this latest play on
A WULUAVT firctcii.
' Th" Itrwpa of 1 1 cm. TbnWal Sr.
it to Uw Call lra it tUft
lkn CWarlJo. in VChhtU II
!w-roirrJ lfw Ileterve Sy
ami tlriarr4 lb Mraavtaf
Cirvat (lheri,. V ItrtlUaat
Effort aa) of the Hcwt Nota
ble I Vt art of YlcmX Notable
CVntrtLioo.
(A JfcS correfoa4tat of the
Charlotte Observer, in teral col
umns of ce cotes on th repeal
Republican Stat Convention In
Greensboro, Mp:
Two Mil-ring KplwoOr.
Undoubtedly th stirri&g feature
of the Convention wre tbo pehe.
first, of Mr. Thomas Settle, in which
h arraigned and scathingly eirorl
ated th so-called referee system In
and slap in the face which he said
that he bad given himself and eTcry
other Republican in the State when
he appointed Judge Connor to the
eastern Federal Judgeship.
Mr. Settle's address was In re
sponse to protracted convention calif.
with the contesting county delega
tions, was not ready to report. There
were perhaps 2,000 delegates occupy
ing the east end of the building. It
was hot and everybody was restless.
Mr. Settle, Immaculately garbed, ele
; gant and courtlv, had' just walked
causually In. He was bowing to his
friends, pausing here anil hurrying
yonder, as gay and gnme as any war
rior knight of mediaeval times. As
he ascended the rostrum in the cen
ter of the great hall there was a tu
multuous Fhout. It was repeated
again and again, until he whom the
convention dceircd to honor could
not any longer remain silent. He
aiose, miing higu uis -cua, .i.J niilt
shoulders thrown back and eyes smil
ing, he walked out before the great
assemblage.
Mr. Settle Speak.
And then followed the speech that
in elegance of thought, beauty of
j language and import has never been
; exCelled in recent political annals.
; Judge Adams wa8 sitting In the great
j father chair facing the audience,
j SDhinx-like. without exertine the
! the blov that he knew wa8 almed
. at himseif, or rather at the system
s wnIch he renresented and of which
j he was the head Tnere was aa aIr
s of repeated excitement, about the
j hall as if tnero waB something about
I to happen.
And happen it did. Mr. Settle
Judge Adams said it was, in senti-
; ment a Republican State. North
Carolina would have cast her elec-
toral vote for the Republican candi-
' date for President in the last elec-
i tion had the same effort and exer-
tion been made in this State as in
tbe gtate of Indlaiia.
; Continuing Mr. Settle charged that
the referee system had been blocking
j the wheels of Republican progress
and achievement In North Carolina
j in the past as It would do in the fu-!
ture if some action were not taken
by the party.
As he spoke in rounded periods,
calmly, dispassionately and slowly so
that his voice reached every part of
the building, the very ground shook
with the shouts. Walking over in
front of Judge Adams he literally
shook his finger in His face as he
made his points witn telling effect.
And the great audience roared. Some
said, "Go It, Tom"; others. "Hit 'em
again." The crowd was evidently a
fMtS cfS. ml If m
fcot at all tf 415 t, ir crJ la
tit, rr!&:si.
t$rjfc4y. iruzi a&4 t&, it.
tt u &rfiM'.!c of a fr o
to a-Stalr tMU4 &4 4tt!&f
Str. 0 &!tr hi ttti ssiy
t atoyt. a&4 o ll lt& m
Giw&tboro cftsteftt:a yN!ir4y.
!Iikn Taft.
Ac4 Mr. tnt)st lo Mr.
Taft aa rutly a facrty aolta
a4 at pSc&4Uf ftritr-4..
Sia- rractttnc tt jr ct tnr
majority." 4rir4 fc?, "or yftt
ducrrtioa Uaucbtcr) t r:iral ba
4ctsrHl to puru a Hl!cy rcarilsir
tb South a oe of Ihm eif JioUcM
of hla admlalitratjoa aa Mr. William
Howard Tft. aed eery otcrtur tht
ho ha made hi t-n ifarteJ. Tt
Prrl Jrtit. ! aay, cat. not joa u&
le you make aa effort to tat yoar
wjlf." And with thif. Mr. S.tl turnM
to ridicule. aftr hinc Jocularly do
clrrl ibat bo thought Ih Irl4rat
overlooked a rood man ben be
overlooked him.
"The law of cornp'aaUon ap
pile. my friend." aaid he. "for
how, otherwi. would wo hato
known of the eattmcnl that obtaict
between the ao-called Simmon a&4
Kltchln factions of DemocrataT Ac4
then, too, how otherwlM wli wo
have gotten a lino on Dtr.MMUc
conceptloni of Judicial proprtotyV"
The points a taken and ft en
, were ucroarloutly rocelvod.
Mr. Settle concludel with an aj
i jeal to the convention to abolish for
ever the refereo ystem. declaring
that If the convention did thl It
would have done the greatest work
of a quarter of a century.
Mr. Settle lncludc.
There wan a storm of applause a
.Mr. Settle f it down. It was a r-at
effort from an oratorical i-tan 'point
and an epecctacular as er utaprd.
Had all political elements ronplred
to make it o It could not have ben
achieved more effectively. And thi
EtranKo thing was that everybody
looked for Romt fiirf n f-Jr
from Chairman Adams. All cye
were centered upon him while Mr.
Settlo was speaking, but norer a
quiver of an cye-lah gave tho least
indication that ho was mindful of
what was going on. He sat in the
great chair abovo the aea of fare,
as silent as a graven Image iphinx
llke. And when Mr. Settle finlihed
neither by word nor look did he glire
any indication or intimation that he
heard or appreciated the Import of
what was said. And then tho crowd
commenced to call for other leader.
District Attorney Holton. A. A. Wblt
ner, V. S. Lusk. Harry Kklnncr, and
others.
COTTON CROP SUMMARY.
Succinct and Oomprehemive Review
of General Situation.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 14. Tbe
following cotton crop summary was
published by the Memphis Commer
cial Appeal on August 15th.
For three successive weeks cotton
has improved in the States east of
the Mississippi River and its prom
ises now fair to good. The crop ia
lato and would be seriously damaged
by an early frost while frost later
than usual is needed to allow the
fullest promise to be matured. The'
plant within the past two weeks has
grown very rapidly and In attaining
fair size. It Is setting bolls quite sat
isfactory and the farm tone Is de
cidedly more optimistic.
Such rains as fell during tho past
week were beneficial. They were lo
cal in many sections, however, and
the Carolinas and parts of Georgia
would be benefited by general precip
itation. Even In tbe earliest tactions of
this eastern belt there Is very little
cotton that is ready to oien and th
movement to market will be delayed
well into September unless drought
later on should forco premature
opening.
Boll weevils are active in Louisiana
and Mississippi and are doing mor
harm than was earlier anticipated.
In Texas no rains fell except in
some of the Red River counties and
tho crop lost ground steadily. Cot
ton la opening prematurely and very
rapidly In southern and southwest
ern counties and is being rushed to
market as fast as possible by the
farmers. In western Texas where
within the past few years there has
been a rapid expansion In cotton
growing the crop Is almost a failure
and In many places beyond repair,
but good crops are reported in the
northern tier of Texas counties.
A colored maa, charged with a
serious assault at Hlcton, W. Va.,
narrowly escaped death at the hands
of an Infuriated mob os Tuesday, his
escape being effected by a clever ruse
on the part of the sheriff.
i