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17 PeijCenl Net Increa , . . " "viaiion lor .avugust liU3 Oyer August 1902 1 kfl jt m - ' : : ' 1 . - LEADS Local Circulation and Advertising. THE NEWS. H W tH MABLOTTE MEW 1HE WEATHER; Fair Tonight and Saturday! VOL. XXIX NO. 450 1 I PRESIDENT'S A. JSP ADDRESS ON LABOR DAY r I ' l it It was ueiiverea at trie New York State Fair at Syra cuse The Subject is Equal ity of all Men Before the Uw-No Caste in Citizenship CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, SfcPTEMBER 7, 1903. . PRICE: 3 CENTS. vC s ZZT - v ..r,. - l Community of Interest of All the People "Bodily Vio lence and Vulpine Cun ning" Alike Deprecated Tribute to the Mother of Children i By Publishers Press.) yra. .-u.se. Sent. 7. The President's dal train arrived at 9:30, exactly on -:nie. i no mgnt run rrom wew York as nuv.!e practically without incident, n'v a Mv .-tops oenig made for water. ;? early as daybreak crowds began to :1 up the station platforms along the :x anl cheers greeted the President .ic iooht i f ui ui me winuows or tne Laie t-orest. tne private car ne occu- il with Secretary Loeb. Jacob Riis ad P.'. C. F. Stokes. At Syracuse sta- in the I'H-al committee led by Mayor Viine an i tne resident ot the Board ; Commerce came aboard. The Jam At the Reviewing Stand. More than 2'XOCK) people were jam- pied into Hanover Square, where the liYfs'.rtfT.nal reviewing stand was lo- a:ei. The ri .dice, assisted bv mem- :f the tire department and militia ' ionizations, had a fierce battle on i i'.eir hands to clear the space for the ;aae or tne jaoor unions. The crowd rwayed to and fro like waves of the -:a in a tempest and dozens of women ere taken out sobbing or fainting. Irhe President stopped the parade two :-r three times to shake hands with ex f.ough Riders in line. After the march tithe unions the President returned to ps train which was moved out to the air grounds where he made his ad- The President's Address. In speaking on Labor Day at the an 'al fair of the New York State Ag ulniral Association, it is natural to especially in mind the two bodies io compose the majority of our oeo- and upon whose welfare depends e weltore of the entire State. If cir msrances are such that thrift, ener ' industry, and forethought enable ? farmer, the tiller of the soil, on fone hand, an 1 the wage-worker, on other, to keep themselves, their res anl their children in reasonable Kort. then the State is well off, and - can he assured that the other cs in the community will like--e prosper. On the other hand, if re;s in the 0Tig nin a jack of pros -'i; among the two classes named, J uiu-r prosperity is sure to De ff pemin? than reaJ It has been K;ound good fortune as a nation n thf-rto. disregarding exceptional .f!s "f 'tf'pres:-ion and the normal inevitable flm-tuations. there has "-or i the whole from the beginning "" friverniKent to the present day mrr-x betterment alike in the iition of the tiiler of the soil and iap condition of the man who, by annal skill and labor, supports 11 "''(I niS tamilv nnH onrlo.QvriT'c -. 1 MilU V i 1 V L I ... tI jJOHN G. A. LEISH MAN, U. S. MINISTER TO TURKEY. been. There are, of course, exceptions but as a whole the standard, of living among the farmers of our country has risen from generation to generation and the wealth represented on the farms has steadily increased, while the wages of labor have likewise risen both, as regards the actual money paid and as regards the purchasing power which that money represents. Side bv side with this j prosperity of the wage-worker and the uner ot the soil has gone on a great increase in the prosperity among the business men and among certain classes of professional men: and the prosperity of these men has heen nart. ly the cause and partly the consequence of the prosperity of farmer and wage worker. It can not be too aften re peated that in this country, in the jju5 iuu, we an oi us tend to go up! or go down together. If the average of well-being is high, it means that the iveiage wage-woriter, tne average farmer ,and the average business man are all alike well off. If the average shrinks, there is not one of these classes which will not feel the shrink age. Of course there are always some men who are not affected by good times, just as there are some men who THE CUM CORPORATION MISSION COMES The Commission Will be in Charlotte on Tuesday to Confer With the Chamber of Commerce about Freight Matters (Continued On Second Page.) COUNTY FATHERS. v. o J UliC U 1.11. V- JF i least, as we n y he 3I;'le beit (r off than. as, and if he himself has lill REBUKE T 1(0 1IC Py Thousand Labor Union Honor Themselves by Refusing to Walk Behind a convict-Park's Procession Ambers onlvR TniisanH j t:w 'By Publishers Press.) f . ,rk- SePt. 7. Eisrht thousand h in ,ur marcherl on Fifth Avenue I' the. USllal T aKni. 1,. j 4eUatanVlfjl J- Parks, the walk- i? A,lf)fe recent experience l?.havB V ' A snort term at Sing in f, ""ft"'- auout serious rup- -...v0 ui uuiou lanor in citv mounted on a Behind Parks I oj Rill,," t- n m0 uyer sixty thousand :sanfi rn , ed t0 Parade behind they 101 80 out today claim-t.:- , nt walk behind a ni sr rn c -ti i . Her L au tnis ieeimg They Draw Jurors and Attend to Mass of Routine Business. The county fathers are in session at the court house. Beyond drawing the jurors for the September and October terms of court nothing of importance has been transacted. The entire morning session of the hoard was taken up with the auditing of numerous bills against the county. 1 his afternoon Messrs. John- M. Harry and Z. A. Hovis appeared before the board and urged that the special conn ty tax imposed upon undertakers be taken off. The matter was taken un der advisement by the board. The board ordered that County En- ; gineer S. T. Stowe let the contract for making approaches to the bridge over tlx iviue creeK. tne following jurors were drawn for the September term of Superior court, -for the trial of crimi nal causes, which convenes September 28: T. J. Abernethy, R. M. Irving, W. J. Hannon, A. S. Hooks, J. L. Pope, J. M. Cross, J. L. Gryder, R. H. Stowe, R. S. Blythe, B. A. Hood, W. U Gam ble, J. T. Clark, Isaac P. Garrison, G. G. Scott. R. L. Cuthbertson, L. A. Severs, S. T. Holbrook and W. C. Hood. For the civil term, the week begin ning October 5th, the following jurors were drawn: C. B. Smith, J. S. Under wood, H. W. Abernethy, C. C. Moore, O. H. Crowell, A. L. Tessier, J. L. Smith, E. O. Dewese, O. L.. Dunn, F. A. Saw yer, W. M. Brown, T. J. Davis, J. Will Elliott, Lr. C. Sharp, E. C. Miller, J. A. Abernethy, J. C. Herring, J. W. Pharr, E. W. Burnett, C. S. Elliott, J. M. Davis, R. C. Forbis, C. A. Bland and J. A. Freeman. For the week beginning October 12th the following were drawn: R. O. Rob inson, G. L. Douglas, E. C. Sweet, R. F. Plummer, M. D. McNeill, W. J. Ma lone, R. M. Forbis, S. C. Query, C. B. Wads worth, H. A. Caldwell, M. A. White, F. P. Keestler, M. W. Bigham, A. M. Howard, W. R. Burwell, R. A. Vanderburg, McD. Watkins, R. A. Pur viance, J. W. Brown, C. S. Holton, W. B. Barnett, C. A. Matthews, M. B. Alexander and R. B. Turner. For the week beginning October 19th the following were drawn: W. G. Brown, W. P. Smith, C. B. Flournoy, Jonathan Reid, Jesse Owens, M. A. Col lins, A. M. Wallace, L- L Nantz, J. A. Newell, R. J. Wilson, J. M. Morrow, J. L. Frazier, .J. C. Kirk, R. W. Mont gomery, J. W. Glosson, D. J. Smith, J. A. Wilson, S. Li. McElroy, J. C. Orr, John Caudle, M. A. McKoy, A. W. Hall and W. G. Craven. Revolt In Africa Explained. (By Publishers Press.) Lisbon, Sept. 7. A dispatch received from East Africa states that the negroes of the Boro District re volted as a result of the cruelty of (Special to The News.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 7. The Corpor tion Commission will spend Tuesday in Charlotte in conference with the Cham ber of Commerce considering freight matters. The Chamber of Commerce has requested such a conference but has not fiied any complaints. So the character of the grievances is not known here. The Commission- wilr spend the re mainder of the week inspecting the Asheville and Spartanburg and South Carolina and Georgia Extension of Southern Railway. They were asked if there is any significance in their in sepction, at this time, Chief Clerk Brown said the inspection comes in the regular course of the Commission's duties in this respect and may have been somewhat hastened by the fact that several wrecks have occurred on these divisions in the past few months. Tabernacle' Baptist Church, last night adopted resolutions offering al legiance to their pastor, Rev. J. C. Massee, in the matter of the criticism made on him by the press and people, for his utterance last week on the ne gro question, denouncing the treatment received by negroes at the hands of the white people and predicting that such treatment will lead to the applica tion of the torch to homes, and cause blood to run inthe streets. They claim their pastor's meaning was misinter preted and that he has been seriously misrepresented. TEMPERANCE WAS MINISTER'S THFME Ministerial Conference Dis cusses this Question, but No Definite Action Was Taken-A Called Meeting To bs Held Soon The Ministerial Conference resumed its monthly meetings this morning in the parlors of the Y. M. C. A. KouMno business was taken up and several important matters were under discussion. Among the more important was the question of temperance. This question was discussed in a general way hut no definite action was taken. The conference decided to leave the matter with Dr. T. F. Marr. president of the body, who will it is understood, call a special meeting to take some de cided action. Until this meeting is held the ministers as a body, will not take any steps to further the cause of tem perance. In the discussion this morning it was generally understood that the Ministerial Conference will take a de cided stand on this question. Whether or not it will be to ask for an election on this subject remains to be seen. Another important question was taken up but as -no definite decision was reached the conference decided that the question should not be made public. OARSMEN'S REGATTA. The Reqatta At Greates Ever Held The Winners. The President's Address. (By Publishers Press.) Wilmington, Sept. 7 The shores of the Potomac at Georgetown were crowded with an enthusiastic throng early this morning to witness what promised to be one of the most suc cessful oarsmen's regattas ever held here. The boat clubs from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing ton participated in various events first wnich were pulled off nromptlv at 10 o'clock. Sixteen events were sphprini- ed. As many as 45 clubs were -enre- fceniea,..euner -as spectators or parti cipants the "largest number ever repre. sented at cne regatta in the United States. First race, Junior sinades was won ay wed Sheppard Ravenswood. becond race, Junior four oared eisrs. won by Arundel Boat Club. Baltimore. time 6:01. imra race, senior four oared barges, won by Daunteless Rowing Club New York time 6:20. Fourth race, intermediate singles won by R. H. Johnson, Palisades Boat Club, New Yrork, time 6.-41M. This ciosed this morning events. THE VICTOR MILL BRINGS $85,000 Dr. J. iJ. McAden Was the Only Bidder-He States that ths Courts will Have to Con firm Sale Befora Future of the Mill is Determined VICE-CONSUL W. G. MAG ELSSEN AT BEIRUT. ASHEVILLE PAPERS COMBINE HONE The Gazette Sells Out Its Out fit and Good-Will and the Evening News Takes it Over-Labor Day in Asheville REAR-END COLLISION. This Is Labor Day. This is Labor Day, a national holi day, but so far as Charlotte is con cerned there has been no observance of it. The banks and the postoffico took a day off, but to almost every other person not employed by these institu tions the day has been labor day m reality. Quite a number of Charlotte folks took advantage of the low rates and journeyed to Salisbury to take in the celebration arranged at that place. A private telegraphic dispatch from Salisbury at noon stated that the cele bration was participated in by large crowds and was a huge success. Of Interest To Odd Fellows. The regular weekly meeting of Char lotte Lodge No. 88, beginning this week, will be held on Thursday even ings, instead of Monday as heretofore. In consequence of this change there wall be no meeting of that lodge to night, but on Thursday night the lodge will meet at 8 o'clock. Tomorrow, Thursday, evening Meck lenburg Declaration Lodge No. 9, will confer the initiatory degree upon a class of ten candidates. Every member of the lodge is urged to be present and the candidates are requested to be present promptly at the appointed time. Assaulted An Afflicted Girl. 'Squire S. H. Hilton this afternoon heard an interesting criminal case, in which Mary Powell, colored, was charged with assaulting Ida White, also colored. The complainant is a deal and dumb girl and she declerad in her complaint that Mary Powell choked her. The defendant denied tne cnarge but the evidence was against her. The court adjudged both guilty of an af fray and Mary Powell was fined one dollar and the costs while the White nr. 1 uns. ieeimg i iri was dismissed UDOn navment of Prnvoi 7 al demonstrations OI to protect tne latter wuo are senuusiy - - ai duriner thP mPTifleed one penny. j menaced. Special School Tax Election. An election for a special school tax win be held m District No. 2, Char lotte tcwuship, Dilworth school. Oc tober loth, for the purpose of levying a special tax of 18 cents on each $100 of property and 54 cents on each poll. Mr. C. S. Davis has been appointed regis trar and Messrs. R. E. McDonald and V. O. Willis judges of election. Leaves Tonight. Miss Johnnie Sturdivant will leave for Monroe tonight to spend a few days with her mother. She will not return to Charlotte but will go from Monroe to Jackson, Miss, where she has a position in one of the leading colleges of the South as a teacher of voice. She also has a choir position in one of the churches of Jackson. ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF LORO TEBNISO The Retiring Governor--Gen- eral of Australia, Son of The Poet, Threatened with Assassination The Man Arrested-Supposed Insane (By Publishers Press.) Melborne, What is believed to have heen an attempt on the life of Lord ennyson, retiring Governor-General of Anstralia, was frustrated today. The constable on duty at the Govern ment House saw a suspicious looking man prowling about the building and placed him under arrest. The man re sisted the officer, who had a hard struggle before, overpowering him. A revolver, all chambers loaded, was found on the prisoner's person which must have been meant for the Governor-General. His actions af ter the arrest betrayed an unsound mind. Lord Tennyson is a son of Lord Tennyson, the poet. (Special to The News.) Asheville, N. C, Sept. 7. This after noon The Asheville Dailv Gazette and the Asheville Evening News will ap pear as The Evening News. It will be remembered that The Gazette was one of the few Republican daily papers in the South. The News has mirchaserl the entire newspaper outfit and good wilt, and the; policy of the combination paper will be the same that The News has heretofore followed independent in politics. Mr. J. E. Norton, the edi tor of The Gazette, will go to New York, and do work, it is said, on a New York daily. He had considerable experience in metropolitan newspaper work before making Asheville his home seven or eight years ago. Ashe ville will now have two strong dailies. The morning Citizen and The Evening News. Mr. Hildebrand will continue as editor of The News. Sunday great throngs of visitors and citizens visited Over-look Park for the last time by electric railway. It was closed last night when the last car pulled out from this beautiful spot for Asheville. Mr. R. F. Howland, the millionare who has expended many thousands of dollars in building a splendid electric road with all modern improvements to the top of the mountain, and erected observations and art rooms, and pro vided all the conveniences and com forts of a delightful park, has suddenly decided to close the place to the public, take up the road and open a school' for poor children in the handsome main building. From this park two thous and feet higher than Asheville, and distant tour miles from the center of the town, one of the grandest land scapes in all the Appalachians can be seen. Every visitor that came to Asheville visited Over-look, and the city was proud of this resort. This no tion of Mr. Howland is much deplored by every one. C. B. Thompson, of New York, has made a proposition to build a trolley line from Asheville to Hendersonville and Rutherfordton. He wants $100,000 of bonds from Henderson county, for which stock will be issued, but agrees to grade the road and lay the rails be fore the bonds shall be delivered On Wednesday next a public meeting will be held in the Auditorium for the purpose of organizing a building and loan association. Hen. S. Wittkowski, of Charlotte, has consented to address the meeting. Labor Day will be generally observ ed in Asheville. There are many in teresting events cn the programme ar ranged for the celebration, which will be held at Riverside Park. Nearly all places of business will be closed. W. A. Corbitt left this county thirty years ago m consequence of a quarrel with Miss Mary Cheek, to whom he was engaged. There he married, pros pered and lived until the death of his wife. Some months ago he returned to Buncombe, and one day, on the streets of Asheville, he met his former sweetheart. It was all talked over, the misunderstanding cleared up, and yes terday they were married. . Two Freight Trains Go Together This ..Morning At Concord. (Special to The News.) Concord, Sept. 7. There was a rear-end collision on the Southern railway at this place thi3 morning at 10 o-clock. The accident occurred to the south of the passenger station. Tavo freight cars and a caboose were derailed, two of the cars being thrown down an embankment. The first section of No. 74, a northbound freight, was standing at the tank get ting water when the second section of No. 74 ran into the caboose cf the first section. The caboose and the two rear freight cars were thrown from the track. One car was loaded with leather. The ether with general mer chandise. The eaboosa was right badly torn up as well as both of the freight cars. The engine of the second section was only slightly damaged. The disaster delayed No'. 40, the northbound, Jacksonville, New York train about an hour. The trouble occurred at the bridge, only a short distance from the sta tion. . Whit. Shankle, colored, well-known in Concord, was found dead about r i , ... lum mues irom town tnis morning. Shankle was hauling wood to town and it is supposed he got off his wood wagon to cut a switch, when death came. He was found lying near the The Victor Cotton Mill was sold to day at public, outcry. Dr. John H. Mc Aden purchased the property, paying $85,000, he being the only bidder. There were about 100 persons on the ground when Mr. W. A. Gresham, the well known auctioneer, announced the terms of the sales. There was only one bid made and that one was the $85,000 bid offered by Dr. John H. McAden. After crying this bid for a few min utes, the property was declared sold and Dr. McAden the purchaser. The News man interviewed Dr. Mc Aden over the telephone this after noon as to what would be done with the property, in the event that the courts confirmed the sale. He declined to discuss the matter. It is generaly understood that after the sale is confirmed, the stockholders will get together and some decided changes will be made. It is highly probable that looms will be put in and the mill be changed from a yarrijto a cloth mill. The Victor is one of the oldest mills in Charlotte. The building was erected in 1888 and operation was begun the following spring. The late R. M. Oates was the first president of the corpora tion and Mr. D. W. Oates was the first secretary and treasurer. Mr. Oates was succeeded by Mr. Geo. E. Wilson, who held the position of president until the mill went into the hands of a receiver several months ago. Mr: D. W. Oates, the first secretary and treasurer, was succeeded by Capt. A. G. Brenizer, who in turn was suc ceeded by Mr. A. C. Hutchison. At the time of the establishment of the South ern Hardware Company, Mr. Hutchi son, one of the promoters of this com pany, resigned and Mr. J. M. Sharpe succeeded him. Mr. Hutchison again returned td the , Victor, succeeding Mr. Sharpe, and at the time of the appoint ment of a receiver for the property he was named for this position. . TheA Victor today contains 12,672 spindles and the property includes 27 acres of valuable land, that surrounds the mill. About six or seven years ago considerable new machinery was purchased but the property failed to come up to expectations. As soon as the courts confirm the sale of today the owners will cast roadside and his team was onlv a short distance from where his lifeless j about to see what can be done with the I 1 O -I -w -r ... uoay was iouna. Heart disease is sup- : property. poseu to nave caused his death. Anniversary of Lake George. (By Publishers Press.) Glens Falls, N. Y., Sept. 7 All is in leadiness for tomorrow's celebration cf the 113th anniversary cf the Battle of Lake George. The village of Lake George is in holiday attire, and the Governor is an honored guest. One fea ture of the celebration will he the un veiling of a monument to the memory of Sir William Johnson and Chief Hen (uiek. The military manoeuvres indi dent lo the celebration began today under the command of Major General Chailes F. Roe, STREET CAR COLLISION. Loss By French Convoy. (By Publishers Press.) Paris, Sept. 7. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco today states that the French convoy which was recently at tacked by natives at Elmongura, lost ' the revolt in the Monastir region ha; 37 killed and 47 wounded. been effectively stamped out. CAPTAIN LANE'S EXPLANATION Motormen Mistook Each Other's Signals Five People Injured. (By Publishers Press.) ) Chicago, Sept. 7. Four passengers ; were injured, one of them severely, in a collision yesterday by a Halstead ; street and Archer avenue car. Both cars were crowded and a panic pre , vailed among the passengers. The Hal stead street car was thrown from the : track and traffic was blocked for half an hour. The accident was said to ,' have resulted from a misunrterstand i ing by the motormen. Both cars were stopped at the crossing simultaneously and each motorman signalled to the ether to go, with a wave of the arm and both started at the same time Says He Was TakJng the Two Girls from Norfolk to New York to Show Them New York-A Mountain Made Out of a Mole-Hill (By Publishers Press.) New York, Sept. 7. The schooner Massachusetts which arrived from Norfolk Saturday night, came up the bay today. The two'girls, Blanche Montgomery and Hattie Story, about whom so much talk has been made, were on board and appeared happy. Capt. Lane in their presence said: "They have been trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. That's what I get by trying to do a favor. I was asked to take these girls to New York and bring them back to Norfolk. They are not rich and this was the way they could see New York. I am trying to take them to New York and safely back to Norfolk and shall do it in time." Rifles and Revolvers Seized. (By Publishers Press.) Odessa, Sept. 7. A dispatch received cday states that a great number of the Bardan type and many revolvers and ball cartridges were seized at Valadikavk wrapped in English news papers and intended for the brigands who are terrorizing that section. GIBBONS DECLINES TO IrTERFERE The Pope Asked him to Name One of the American Arch Bishops for the Cardinal-ate- Gibbons Declines to Make any Choice Monastic Revolt Stamped Out. (By Publishers Press.) London, Sept. 7. A Constantinople dispatch to Reuters News Agency says that authentic information is received at the Turkish capitol to the effect that (By Publishers Press.) Rome, Sept. 7. The Pope requested Cardinal Gibbons before leaving Europe that he would advise His Holi ness regarding his opinon as to who should he appointed cardinal from the American Archbishops. Gibbons re plied: "Personally, I have no objec tion to doing so, but I think it is best to leave it to you as such action on my part would doubtless arouse jealousy among the archbishops most of whom rightly consider themselves fit for the appointment."
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