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r 1 :m;J I one rfU&s X ' ' j' zr Y0fc 18. NO10S3 AFT SAYS THEY WILL BE FOOLED president In Statement Tells His View Of The Election Prospects ; CALLS ATTENTION TO , CLEVELAND REGIME rodent Says ihe American People "gave Fooled Ithe Democrats As to ElecUon Results Beforehand He Be lieves Tlicy Will Do It Again Calls Attention to Prosperity and Says Democratic "Victory Would Stop It as In Former Times. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 8. President Taft today made public a statement la which he declared that the f 'four years of depression Which . followed the second election of President Cleve Uad" were due to the promise of tar iff reform and the Democratic changes ij ,ne tariff that followed. The Presi dent said that the issue before the voters is clear: t - - , ; ."On the one hand prosperity and real progress on the .o:her - a ; leap in the dark." - ' -....-, The American people," he. contin ues, "have more than once surprised: those who thought the people were btins successfully fooled and .1 be jeve that a similar surprise awaits our opponents on the coming fifth of November."- . ' . ; ;." " . : : The s atement in full follows: - v ". "In view of erronenous statements TEjarding the causes of the f oBr years " et depression which followed tlre;sec-. 4 Section of President Clereland. it jark well to recall the iacts In his formal letter, of acceptance iepcember 26' 1892, Mr. - (Cleveland eaphaazed the " "need. ""Tariff '! reform k still our' purpose. he said. " " Though we oppose th e theory s that tariff laws may be passed-having for their object the . granting of dis criminatory and unfair , governmental aid to private ventures, "we wage noj exterminating war against American interests. This has -a familiar sound; sound today, save that instead of 'tar iff reform.' the Democratic slogan now i 'a tariff for revenue only. Accord ing to the Baltimore platform, the tariff is not merely to :be reformed. but the principle of protecting' Araei- u muuairy IS to ue cjwh-kcu, aid branch. On that platform "Gov ernor WUson stands. Issue in Cleveland's Day. : 'To go back to Mr. Cleveland's sec ond term, the - proof from his " own writings and utterances is that he as elected on the issue of tariff re form, it is also a fact of history, that immediately upon his election, capital nd industry took alatm, en terprise became paralyzed and 1 busl ness disorganized. ; The .'somewhat Puerile argument has been advanced that these deplorable conditions could oot have been due to impending tar lff reform because they were nearly '"0 years hpfnro tVio eTiaptmcn nf the Wilson tariff bill. It would be un- necessary to say that when: there areneraiaed the election of Mr.' rqieve- of a cyclone the .rational man 9os not wait for the storm to hit Ws- house before" getting into the cy "ne cellar. . . , - " .- ; ' Jhe Wilson bill was In. sight above fte horizon on the morning after the November election of 1892 and cap ,tal and industry began their start for tBe cellar just as I fear they will take to the shel.er again: should; the Baltl ftwe platform of 'tariff for revenue ""V be approved by the- American p!Pie on November 5. . t - -; Slr- Cleveland was undoubtedly sln cer In his belief that the 'alarming ,T"1 extraordinary business situation, s he called it in his special message August 8. 1893, was due . to the nerman, silver purchasing act, but' - f act remains that after the act 1 bee" rePealed November; 1.1893, Ji business situation ; becaTn- more more alarmine and American Igy and pntAr-nHSA trDra nrAottror b .thrU5hout Mr. Cleveland's terms. vivified again with the" election 8 Ic'Kinley and the consequent as urance that the 'tariff ref orm. . expe- r.?m would tecti soon . give way .to" pro- 0B. The Effect of Reform. "Th e effect of the tariff reform of 1894-97 I have indicated. aetualiy.feit from 1892 -to 189.7. o aDnaPSBl , .. . . iaid . "-" m tne : statistics of wages the d'n manufacturtnSTc industries la wit. !ade f 1890-1900 as compared Period pTec&ng and subsequent Cp.ao In 1890 wages paid had in- , w U80 from $947,958,795 tor $1.-. vuB luvusiinu roiuiun tonight witli ROOSEVELT la ' DTROlTaCIi TODAY OTSTEU BAY, N. , Y.. Oct. 28. tolonLaoosovlt wajl tr6her today but hi. wound remained, open and he was -not gaining strength as rapidly hi. phyaiolana had hoped ' He was up early for the second time since his rturn and took a short walk butl was obliged to move about slowly - Colonel Roosevelt ride in his automobile to New York on Wednesday, but his physicians f eared the jolting of the car would be unfa vorable to his condition and he will go oy train, a special car had been engaged for the trln. f"nin velt will remain in New York just long enough to make his speech Wednes day nlghti-'i;:;:. C:-':': ' ' - . 891,228,321, whereas 1900, when the country was recovering from the bligh of tour years of Democracy, showed an' increase only to $2,008. 361,000 that.is ; about $il7,000,000 over 1890. In the subsequent .decade of protection,, wages in manufactur ing industries increased to $3,427,038. 00. The experience of the farmers is equally impressive. Their losses on the value of farm animals alone dur ing the Cleveland tariff reform i re gime amounted to about eight hun dred, million .dollars. , - "In this connection it Is noted that our Democratic friends prefer to dis cover cause for amusement In -alleged claim by Republicans of! credit for. this year's abundant crops. The "cred-r it - that Republicans claim; with tb experience of 50 years .: to sustain them, ;Is that the Republican policy of protection ; for Q American f Industry maintains the - best market . in the world the home market for . the the farmer to sell his crops in, while foreign markets have been invaded and gained for both farmer and. man ufacturer to a degree never, even dis tantly approached under a Democrat ic administration! : " - Growth of Foreign Trade. , ."The growth of j our foreign trad durlngthree fiscal years of my admin istration: has, been- set- forth by 'Secretary- Knox in a statement which -ought to : be read by-every -American who in tejnds to cast his ballpt;im thecom ing. election. i 'it ". .i :?-S Pin.tillt"h4t during t lie three years-.there has been-.a "gain pf $54.1.311,095- in our ipTelgn trade, the : total rvalue of exports f6r( the ns caL year .ending 'June 30. 1912, - being $2,204,322,199, the trade' balance for 1912 in favor of the United States' ie-; ing $551,057,475."Under theVminimuni tarifff cltise of the Payne "tafifT- la praotically the entire r world has re ceived most favored nation treatment.' American -exports to Germany alone have increased from .. $249,000,000 in 1910 to $306,000,000 in 1912, an in crease, of $57,000,000. During the same period" our trade with practical ly, all Europe : has increased,' . In ex- -irT: s?ok nno ooo. and our. exDOrts j -. frnm t!1!!. 000,000 in 1910 to ; $329,257,303 , in 1912. ' ; "As Secretary Knox says, the" for- reign market is, a vital consideration in our industrial life and, wherever we may look we 'find American products forging their way into , the - -great markets of. the world. . "To quote from . a leading . news paper: 'The figures, are almost bewil dering. - They tell the story of .pros perity that should not be disturbed.? u "Then why disturb It? : I -would .not suspect the -Democratic candidates for the White House and for the- Capitol Qf such a falsity -to their pledges -that .v... vKvi-nnr tninni iiohirh it Thwr speech is very, much Hike that which landand "they, may : be presumed.: in Jus 4ce to themselves, to be as -sincere in their ,puTpo'sesr as he was. - There fore they don't intend to disturb the prosperous business ' condition we are now en joying ; at home and with . for eign countries for? otir, foreign trade Is based1 largely on provisions' of -the Payne tariff law which the r Temo- 1 cratic party condemns and ' proposes to. repeal. r t n 'Except in' the" Sout where the man of color Is njt allowed to ' vote a,nd. in California- and Kansas where white as ) well as , colored Republicans are for the present disfranchised, the ballot., is free throughout the United States and that means that "the large majority of citizens qualified to vote are free to express their will at the polls. The choice of the voter Is not obscure; on the contrary it Is as plain anQ( ; clear an . Issue as. was ever pre sented- in-ourpolitical istory. . It Is Between, actual and. assured prosper ity, active industries, good jwages, flourishing ' home market . and rapidly growing foreign- trade, on- the one hand, and depression of business, . pa- iralysis ;.of industry, Joss.i of - employ- ment' for" wage earners - and general demoralization of trade at home ana ahroadorr'-thef other hand On. one side prosperity and real progress; on the other a leap in? the dark. The American people have more than once surprised those who thought' the peo ple" ; were" being successfully . fooled: and 1 ibelieve ; that a" similar surprise fifth. ot-NoTemler.H. , -,u i frost J Tuesday fail.' ' ' LOCKIIART HAKES PLEA FOR CLARK TBe Anson County Orator- Roasts : Kitchin and Takes a Few Flings At Senator Simmons ; v To an audience! of about 200, Mr. J. A. Lockhart' ol Wadesboro,. a for mer State Senator, delivered an elo quent appeal in behalf of Judge Wal ter "B, Clark at the court house Sat urday., night,' also 'giving much of - his time 'to biting ; sarcasm , and irony in dealing with the candidacy of Gov. W. W.vKjtchiu and occasionally taking a shot at Senator Simmons also. The speaker is known as one of the mwt eloquent and brilliant that An son 'County has . produced ' and much interest centered I about ' his trip to Charlotte." Mr. Lockhart. was presented to the audience by Mr. -William Ml Wilson, manager of -the campaign' of - Judge Clark ; in Mecklenburg. . Mr. Wilson included -' in his .'introduction a few words In behalf ;of Judge Clark whom he declared had-been held up by Bry an as . a" fit ; man for the presidency and therefore i it follows that he v is a fit man. for Senator from North Car olina. -T "7. - '7:;; 1 Mr. Lockhart entered into his sub ject with great energy, .and held-the close attention of. his audience for; 40 minutes or more when, he concluded because of the condition of his throat which was giving' him trouble -'VrX The speaker dwelt upon- the : sub ject of special interests and trusts aTnd declared that - thejtime f or;individual success . was - well : nigh'" gone In this country' and .that all , things ! consid ered, he ' felt that the great: mass of the people were Jlttle less than slaves to conditions" which" 'they : could not contend against."""-He averred that the country. is,rnow. arousing f itself -to the true state of -things , and is preparing to hakeiOffthesej'chains..;;: '''s::'.;Hi: iSpeaMng r of : ; Governor -Kitchin's ilaimS; Mr. flxckhartc declared that , to listen to the Governor one would think he ! was'' the'i "only . dyed-In-the-wool, y'ard-wlde"and-the genuine, article-sort of a Democrat thaia.ief tr He .asked whit ;he txecer.jBf Kitchin.-wgus - and what:.the ecordrdf ."Simmons, as o the;propxsitIon.tonension,Cpnfede?ate veterans, to cuire the freight rate dis criminatlpn against.-. North ; Carolina, and other, things ;on j which ; Judge Clark ; has made cleair.. avowalsof, his purpose if elected? p He: said also that the; Southern - Railway while claiming that it, bad to charge bigger rates. to this State because business " was too slack: here, really- made ; $9,500 v per mile per year'" against- only $51000 In all other States served. These ' figures had- been secured, from the local traf fic bureau. . . The." speaker declared that Gover nor Kitchin had never . done anything against' the trusts and as far as some of themfwere concerned "the'r. own of ficials anight as well have been In the Governor's , seat for all' the" damage the. Governor had dqne the trusts.. Tho address ; was well .delivered and .con tained -many ably presented facts bearing on. the present senatorial campaign.- j . PIiOTR IOVI2RS FLOCK ' TO GOVERNMENT SHOW "Washington, Oct. 28.Fiower lovers all' over" the country were 'ar riving -4;oday to - attend - the goveyn ment's' annual chrysanthemum ; show which-opened this mornlngk Blossoms, the result' 6t thousands of ; experiments t by government ex- perts during the past year, will be on 1 exhibition - during the- week- and many, new f orm s-and colors are rep resented.,. Among the new - varieties are "the William Kleinhinze," "The Manhattan,' . and-, the . "George-: J. Brusard." ' ' ' - The latter Is a striking bloom with petals of violet red, shading , to - a shrimp pink.- - - v : - : . - VICE, PRESIDENT. SHERMAN : . ; IS A VERY Hili LX . .IJTICA.rN. .Y., Oct.x28. Alarming rumors , regarding the condition of Vice - President vSherman influenced his physician, - Dr. P. N. Peck", to Is sue .the jfoJlowIng-bulletin -today : v v - ,Ylce president Sherman is a ;very ill man' .'although the . reports In t-circulation during, the. night ere, great ly : exaggerated. . Mr. Sherman ' wsa sitting, up1 yesterday and he walked about the house from room to room. His conditionals 'bad, It Is true j but-1 do not apprehend V any 1 Immediate crisis." : . SEVEN- HURT 'IN" WRECK" ' J " ' AT. GRADE CROSSING. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.; Oct. ' 28. Sevr en ' men were . injured and a- Louisville & Nashville dining car and a Southern Railroad.-locqmotfve iwere - wrecked - In a grade " crossing collision, : between :Jk fastL. & N; "tram iand the. Southern Ralli-oadV localtrain: frorri,rraryville. The- L. f&: N.'- train"; left Cincinnati past night and,-, was ' l n , Atj a'nta : this mornings ..It .was running- 4i).-minttes late a'nd -had. just 'left vthewloeal -station. r-t Tr,v i AGED JOURTALIST. - '. - J r . . . i DIES.JX ' JAJPAN. iv-TOKlbcl-'-Zft-ACtepn'-Prank' BtinTcleyv - Japanese; correspondeni cf The London Tinies: -for .!many years and ' foreign adVisorto the Japanese Steamship Company-died-today at the Age of Tl. f , ' - CHARLOTTE N. G, HO CITY CHIEFS v The " subscriptions- from North Carolina to the Wilson-Marshall cam paign , fund had -reached $21,165 last Friday, Charlotte having contributed about $1,500 of this amount. - Mr. Alfred Armfield of Statesvllle has returned to Charlotte to live, ac cepting a position ; with - the Johnston Manufacturing: Company . at . North Charlotte. ; ..- ,- -, - The friends of Mr. -W. C. Cros by' will learn with-pleasure that he is convalescing, after an illness of - sev eral weeks at his home in the coun ty. Mr. Crosby " Is 'principal of Sha ron Academy, - which- will open for the Fall term - next. Monday. I - ; Continued fair weath;er is fore casted by the .weather . ; bureau - for Charlotte. , There1, will, probably be a light frost tonight and' tomorrow will be slightly warmer.; xTher weather for the past' several .Bays has been ideal. , .'s. i,'"" The ''arnegie Library issued over 200 : books Saturday,- this being the recordfor- the r past." few- months. The list , of , books . recently purchased es pecially for business 'men has proven so popular- that many of the books are being duplicated - by the-: librarian. Rev. J, I Boyd of .Mississippi will begin ' a protracted - meeting at Villa - Heights A. : R. p.. church Tues day evening, at 7: 80 which will con tinue throughout the week and pos sibly longer. There will- be two services each day,' ' at ' 3:30 and 7:30 p.- m,. AH are cordially invited to the services. - , .' . - . , : The State Board of Examiners' for Nurses' will -hold - its- next- meeting at the North Carolina Medical-College, in this city, November :( 27-29. Nurses desiring to " take '. - the ! examinations should communicate with the- secre-' tary,: Miss Lois s Tooiner,. 1 123 South Fourth street, Wilmington, for the necessary application blanks and reg istration papers. U y ' ; ' - J- Work has begun in earnest on the new Seaboard: freight depot extending- along ; the ' railroad between East ;Trade" and East P!fth ' streets. Much gradingvand filling in has been done . and : the foundations are - now being, laid The .old freight depot On the - southern side ; of S Trade street will be used as a. warehouse when the new. station is completed..; . ' -rRev. W. Hooper Adams, - who has been suppls'ing the -pulpit - of Westminster. ' , Presbyterian Church and v who was. extended a- unanimous call tOr the pastorate last'" Sunday, yesterday announced ' to -the' congre gation' that he - would "accept the call and- assume, the - pastorate at.i. once.r Mr- Adams' comes 4rom XlumbujsO.v and. is -a preacher, ,'of. force atfd power. -i . ,r " -. . , ' t Mr. -J. Leake Carraway'formerly a special writer . . for The " Evening News, .today , assumed in fulirthe- du ties of the -position;..of secretary of the Greater Charlotte; pl-ahvbeing suc ceedU.ort The News by Sr WKluttz. formerly a member, ot, the staff of The Spartanburg .Herald. - Mr.. Carraway succeeded Mr. W. T. Corwith as sec etary of the Greater Charlotte Club on the. 10th instant. . , . - Mr. W.'.T.' Evans, a traveling rep resentative .of the Belknap , Hardware Company of Louisville, Ky had - the misfortune a few days ago To have his pocket picked, the thief getting $25. Returning to' his hotel Mr. Evans dis covered thai his -check : book, on the Lakeview Bank of Chicago .and, other papers ' had been stolen from his room. Mr, Evans, robbed of all his funds and his check book, is awaiting an advance from -his house. - . r STATISTICS SHOW, DIG INCREASE OF SMOKE AND DRINKINIi WASHINGTON,- Oct.; "28. The American people are - drinking more whiskey and s beer and smoking more cigars and : clgaretttes than ever . be fore in history, :. according to tax re turns received by Royall E. Cabell, commissioner of internal revenue. -From July ' 1 to October. 1, 112, more'" than ' - 3,800,000,000 .' cigarettes were smoked, an increase of one bil lion1 over the corresponding jeriodof the' previous year, which broke all rec ords. , ,' : The "Nation - 'consumed 33,150,000 gallons of whiskey during July, Au gust and September,' an" increase of 450,000 gallons as compared with "that quarter of 1911, :. while . nearly 1,950,- 000,000 cigars 'were smoked during thatvtlme. : The cigar ' consumption promises ' to Establish a new" record." ; Atotalof 19,800,000 'barrels of beer were, consumed during, the three months,, which ; was. 320,000 2 barrels more than in the same period of 1911. This somewhat surprised revenue . offi cials asbeer-drinking fell offrconsid erably during ,the . fiscal year ending June 30 ' last. ' . " . . That decrease .was partly ; account ed for by Commissioner Cabell by the increased pbpMilarity of buttermilk-as a Summer drink... ..' - The growing consumption of these articles has" greatly augmented the goyernment revenue. The internal revenue-Teceipts for October,- already, more than $$,000,000 greater; than Oc-; tobier, 1911 will -'eclipse all records foranyOctpber(v in the. Judgment of . Mr! - Cabell. Il t, " , -. ELLNESS DELAYS PROGRESS ' ; t OP LABOR TRIALS. ? SALEM, iltf ass.;- p'ctii 2 8. Because of the continued illness of jJuror'John tN.' Carter the trial of nJ.-J.' Ettor, Artiiro Giovannitti 'and Joseph Caruso for. the alleged murder -of Anna LopTzzo durr ing a ; striks"4 rlor iasttTanuary,- was postponed today until Wsdnesday. , OGTOBER 28.M9I2. MISSIONARY COUNCIL VILL MEET tOKORROV . BIsbop'J. B. Cheshire To Preslrje ' fl?er Important Event ol ; The Episcopal Church. ' The opening service of the Episco pal Missionary Council of the De partment of Sewanee, of which the Rt. Rev. Joseph 'Blount Cheshire cf North Carolina is president, will be held ; at St. Peter's Episcopal church in this city Tuesday evening : at 8 o'clock. There will -be several hun dred; delegates present, including 11 bishops in the Episcopal Church. The Department of Sewanee includes the dioceses of Alabama,' Atlanta, South Carolina, 'East Carolina, North CaroT Una, .Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lex ington, Louisiana, Mississippi;. Tennes see and the missionary districts . of Asheville and Southern California.. . . Homes for all. of the delegates who wil begin to' arrive tomorrow (morn ing have already been procured and these Visitors will be shown every pos siblefcourtesy during their three days' stay fin Charlo'tte ' the - council con vening tomorrow evening and remain, ing through Wednesday and Thurs- day. : : "'V';-" L" Two addresses will mark the open ing- service Tuesday night, ..both on the . same .theme, "The Mission of the Church in National Life." The speak ers will be Rt.' ReV. W. E.; Guerry, D. D., bishop of South Carolina, who Vill address himself to that phase of th,a subject included . under VWhat the Church Is Doing "for Our. Own Coun try," and Rev." B. L. Ancell, who will speak : on - that phase ' of the- subject embraced j under ithe heading, "The Church's'Cohtributioh to National Life in the Orientl The last named speak er comes from Yang Chow, China, and Is especially; fitted to' discuss .jthe topic a'ssied:hitti; vCA . Another - able speaker,, will the the RV Rev. Thomas P. Gailor, bishop, of Tennessee, whose sub ject ' will - be "Why rthe ? ..Church -' Needs World Field' ..He is one of the ablest speak- eofhecrc hd;hls address, will be v near a y witn ..more, tnan - oramary tetareffceTJ"' &$-f&S?; ; Still another eatureJ of -interert the council -will be the ftdrmal classes in the study J of . missions,- which ' work will- be. under the direct; supervision 6r-Revr Dr3 Arthur R. : Gray of ;New York. '; Dr. Gray is educational; secre tary of the board of missions of the Episcopal Church. .' y..'7: -: '-: ' The' program'" for Wednesday and Thursday besides including the above will offer many ' other important ad dresses and subjects for discussion and also - important business to be transacted having to do with the great work of the church. ' The coming of the Missionary Council: to. Charlotte is an event of great moment in'North Carolina church circles and locally will be an occasion of pleasure aswell" as great profit to the members and clergy of the church ,as well as to all of the several hundred delegates who are in attendance. i All. arrangements for the gathering Are now practically completed and the delegates are expected to "begin ar riving tonight though the greater number are looked for on Tuesday. STATE OFFICIALS LOOKING " INTO ; FIND OF DYNAMITE. MIDDLETON, Mass., Oct. 28. State authorities are investigating the find . of - unexploded dynamite under the Bay State. Street Railway tracks between this -town .,- and , Lawrence. Seven charges of dynamite have thus far been uncovered. V Difficulty is be ing experienced in' getting ; men to conduct the search for more-- of the dynamite because of the danger of an explosion while digging. The dynamite unearthed is believed to be a part of the quantity left 12 years ago when -'workmen repaired the-road and' laidcar tracks. An ex plosion at that time caused the death of 'one man and "injury to thirty .oth ers. .' 1 , ' , . ' - THIRTY-SIX YOUNG WOMEN' " ANSWER CALL TO MISSIONS BALTIMORE, - Oct. - 28. Thirty-six young ; women '.from various parats of the -United States assembled - on -. the platform of the First Methodist Epis copal. Church here yesterday and ac cepted the call -to foreign ' . mission fields to which - they , will be sent by the Woman's Foreign. Missionary, So ciety '.of the "; Methodist Episcopal Church. Sixteen will . go to ' China. 1 ' 2 to Indiav ; three to 'Japan an d one to Burma Malayasla, the. Philippine Islands, Mfexico and South '.America.' . BREESE-DICKERSON . . CONVICTION -AFFTRMED. . WASlhNGTON.: . OcC'28. The conviction of Wil)lam E. Breese and fosefph E. Dlckersqn on an in dictment charging conspiracy to eaibeszlc from the First National Bank of Asheville, Nr C., tvas to day approved by the Supreme Court, f The . indictment - was brought In 1897 and haa r heen fought ever tino" DAYS NEWS FROM TOWN OF DAVIDSON (Special to The Chronicle.) r DAVIDSON, Oct. 28. The execu tive . committee of the college is" called to meet "tomorrow. "in Charlotte: this being its regular fall .' meeting. - It is constituted In. membership as fol lows: ? Rev. Dr. ,.W; L. Llngle Rich mond, exofficio, Rev. Dr. W. J. Mc Kay Sumter, Messrs. Geo. E." Wilson, P. M, Brown, " R. A. Dunn, J. . H. Wearh, Charlotte, Rev. Dr. Byron Clark , Salisbury, John B. Allison,. Esq., Concord. Dr. and .Mrs. Edward McConnell and children of Gastonia, , were guests here over Sunday of Dra. J. M. and John Wilson McConnell. ' Prof. M. G. Fulton and Prof. -J. .L. U Douglas left; Saturday for Llnville to take a quick tramp through a small section of : Western' Carolina, to enjoy the mountains at this season and particularly, to see the.; beautiful foli age . in . October.' They will be -'. at home-tomorrow. Mr. and' Mrs. J. D. McConnell who have; been spending the past week here the" guests of their sons' homes leave for South Carolina- today. . . Mrs. Colt of the Nacoochee School at Sautee, White County, - Ga. will " be here . several days this week, first as the guest of Mrs. J. J. Dupuy, and later af Mrs. John H. Reid. Thurs day .evening at Mrs. Reid's the chil dren of the Sunday school will be entertained with an address by, Mrs. Coit to be followed by a socla. Mrs. Coit had ;. charge of work among the young people at Montreat the past summer. -;; : .'''' Tomorrow" evening at the home of Mrs. A. CuTrie the Ladies Missionary Society 1 will hold its annual praise meeting, an occasion always of pleas ing fellowship" and of practical re sults in contributions to missions. A called meeting of the stockhold ers of the Delburg meeting was held thia morning at 10 o'clock to author ize the purchase by the directors of additional land , for the immediate erection of " several more, tenant houses ; needed 1 or . the accommoda tion of an increase in the number of mill operatives. The' Delburg, under the - management for so memonths past of Drk J. P.Munroe as president and Mr. Jas. . Lee Sloan, as -secretary and ' treasurer, has made - very pleas ing progress toward- its share of prosperity. . : ' ;,:.:. - JACKSONVILLE rV - . J- - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. r. Oct. -; :Z 8.-- Th'e- street- railway. Employes i oC this city , succeeded in perfecting" an organ izatlon'Jat 3 "O'clock this morning and' 1 5 0 of .the '175' employed on ' tie lines In this city' have left their "positions. All the sti-eet cars in the city with the exception of . three C or - four were at a : standstill . this morning ' and thous ands of ', business men and - employes were Jate 'in reaching their offices and business houses as -the result' of .the strike. The trouble, has been brewing for., several days and the strike has been threatened since the middled of last week.; The failure of the men to perfect their "organization, however, has delayed the .open break between the company and employes. The : street carmen are demanding that the company reinstate 25 men who are said to have been discharged last week for taking the first .steps towards perfecting the organization of the employes, and a recognition of the new ; street carmen's union. SEARCHING PARTIES ' HUNT MISSING MAN. - y - . MOBILE, Ala., Octl 28. Searching parties, numbering - a ' score ' of .well i, equipped ". men, are scouring the swamps, of Nigger Head Island, about 3 0 ' miles above this city, f or W. W. Strong, cashier of the. Mobile Electric Company, who is lost somewhere in the almost impenetrable -morass. Strong left this city Saturday, one of a party who planned to hunt squirrels on. the. island. --Failing: to come into camp ; at the .time agreed ."upon, his companions started a search, but up to an I early .hour this morning they were unable to locate Strong. Another searching party was organ ized here and left; today , for the Is land.:. It is f eared . that Strong has become bogged in the marshes. COMMERCE COMMISSION K MAKES IMPORTANT DECISION. ;;.:-.-; ;; ;-.' ; " WASHINGTON, Oct: 28. It was held, by the Interstate Commerce Com-, mission today as a principle, that "where there are two routes between the same points over, which different' rates apply,' shipper .who" elects to ship his traffic via the route carrying the higher rate , is not entitled to an award of damages ; merely because a lower rate was In force via the other route.7 . " This was laid down in the case of A. Willis & Co., Ottowa, Kan., against the Atchison,. Topeka & Santa Fe road and others, the commission de dining to grant reparation on the. shipments of nursery stock. J . AMERICAN WOMAN HEADS SERVIAN RED CROSS. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. Mrs. Slavak GroulteTtt, wife of the Servian minis ter to London, is to "have charge .: of the American' headquarters , here of the Servian Red Cross Society. . : Mrsl iGrouitch is an American and a graduate of the University of Chi cago. Before her marriage - she .was Miss Mabel Gordon-Dunlop of .Clarks burg, W. Va. She will begin tt once a earapalgn. raising $10,000 for the BorvisJi wounded. PRICE QKE CENT mm GAIN TROOPS STEADILY Reports From. Seat - Of War Tell 01 Ccntlnned Victories JFer The Tnrks SEIIVIAN ilOVEfJENTS CHEATING INTEREST State From Which Least Activity Among Allies Had Been Expected ' - Is Making Remarkably Good Show- ing In . Campaigns Against Mossul-men- Capture Two Small Towns Greeks Are Making Progress , in Campaign Toward Turkish Outposts -. , y' '-.'. -. ; LONDON, Oct. 2S.-jSince the cap ture of Eski-Baba by the" Bulgarian troops very little news has been re- . , . ceived 'from that region where Turk ey's future in Europe may be decided within a few 'days. ''.(!'' :: :- A, short message from Sofia, how- -ever, says Bulgarians have seized a . Turkish military train on' the .-way from Constantinople to Adrtanople. -This indicates that the Bulgarian in vaders have cut. the railroad, Isolating Adrianople from its base, thereby ac co'mpli8hing one u. of . the - greatest strokes of the campaign. : ' ,y The Bulgarians have: been push ing forward, s according to the latest Bulgarian : reports from the eastern side, In the hope of entirely destroying -the Turkish army defeated at Kirk Kilesseh. . . At the same time the Bulgarian ar mies are executing a. wide, Sweeping movement reaching almost, to .--the shores of the Black Sea and stiir oth er Bulgarian columns are complet ing. the circle around Adrianople. . . How. far. these combined movements have been successful, ' the" outside -world is'-not informed, but the (Bul garians "assert that the fate ofiAdrtan eplei is practically sealed."- -- "7". , ,". Despite the menace of the situation, however,: the Turks have not. lost hope of retrieving -; themselves.'. According to a dispatch r from . Constantinople - " , sufficient', reinforcements i now have reached the front to' enable the Turk ishish commander-in-chief to assume theoffensive 't -'."-"'-. ..; ';; 'V; ry . Is stated that three Turkish col umns iare moving toward the : north and that these columns areto be sup ported by other Turkish troops being .taken by water to the Turkish ports on the Black Sea Whether they will be in time to do any good Is problem- , atical . ' '.':-'.' .;.""',.'''"."".."' The, dispatch tsays, too,' that the Turks have recaptured "Maras " from the Bulgarians. Servians Fighting Hard.' . In view of the ' big events in the' eastern region of the war theater, the ' achievements of the ' Servian . army have been somewhat lost sight of. The s Servians, from whom Europe did not expect much, are now in possess! on,, of -virtually all old Servla and in con junction with the Montenegrins, hold, the better part of .the . district " of Novipazar. ' ' - . . , - . The. Servian columns have obtained possession of ,the, Turkish . railroad from Mitrovitza,- its northern terminus down to TJskup and they are. following the defeated Turkish army to Velos, farther to the south. 7 The Bulgarian column co-operating with the Servian army in the western part of the! peninsula has occupied Is- -lip and threatens to cut off the Turks' retreat to the south. ; The Greek army too ' is - making steady headway. Its capture 'of Pentepigedia Is considered of .utmost importance. With Pentepigedia in. Greek hands the entire country to' the north is easily accessible to the Greek army and the way also Is left open tp Janina, the Turkish base, in the far western region. : The - Greek plan clearly Is to amalgamate the "Greek armies and then march on Salonika. . ... Servians Take Two Towns. , BELGRADE, Servla,-Oct. 28. Ser- vian troops -have I taken the :town ;Of - Mitrovitza, on " the railroad north 'of : Uskup, and Verisoyitz, also has fallen . . into their hands, according to a dis patch from the Servian frontier base. Fifteen quick-firing cannon,' 4,000 ri fles and amass of ammunition were abandoned by the Turkish troops; All the neighboring small towns also are surrendering - to the Servians. "The Turkish army after abandoning Uskupi retreated toward 'Veles, many throwing ',. away their, rifles in their flight. Hundreds. of wagons full ' of supplies were left behind. - f . ' WELL KNOWN OPERATIC MANAGER IS DEAD. NEW YORK, Oct. - 28r Herman Grau, 47 years old, for 40 years a widely known operatic- manager, is dead at his home. here. He was the first manager to 'produce the .opera ""Lohengrin in America, For some time he has "been in charge of the Metropolitan Opera Company, retir ing fronv active work nine year ago. "v.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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