North Carolina Newspapers

ESTABLISHED 1888. T?5 EDITORS DEVELOP DIFFEH m DF Oil AS TO fhlTISUN iUJESS Some of The Papers Bring Out an Inte resting Discus sion Maj. London Says Editors Are Developers of Resources. Rev. J. 0. Atkinson Reads a Very Instructive Paper on The Extent to Which Religio us Pr e s s Should Enter Politics. "Every newspaper in North Carolina should be, and I believe is, a defender of education. And right here I want to digress long enough from my writ ten report to say that our newspapers ought to realize their great privilege of being a voice a voice crying in the wilderness in behalf of those who have no voice. We must listen to "The infant crying in the night The infant crying for the light And with no language but a cry!' " This stately sentence, falling from the lips of the president of the North Carolina Press Association, at the first meeting of the body this morning in The assembly hall of the Selwyn, brought the members up suddenly to face a great truth, one which they knew and, to a degree, had always acted upon, but which they needed to know again in the forceful way in which it was thus presented. President Johnson's address was genuine literature, and yet with all its polish and splendid diction it was chock-full of persuasive eloquence, tell ing facts in a thought-gripping way and putting old ideas in a new way. It was common sense in her Sunday-go-to-meetir.g clothes. A Fir.s Body of Men and Women. Indeed, all the addresses of the day r,r J a i "innah MR. H. B. VARNER, Who Soeak phnwprl ctrrvno-th nnrl Hparnpss nf ------ I" V kill V I'll UUU V J M. ' -- " thought and made the fact stand out eminently that the men in the state press are able men, keeping pace with the twentieth century procession and putting into their work the same ener gy and care that characterizes any business enterprise. The personnel of the convention is very fine. The editors are a fine-looking set of men, and many of them have brought their wives and daughters along with them, which, of course, makes the personnel superfine. About 100 persons gathered in the assembly hall of the hotel at 9:30 when the con vention held its first session, and the crowd increased during the morning. Charlotte's Welcome. s Charlotte is welcoming the conven tion heartily. Not a few of the busi ness houses are giving the editors store-window greetings. At Little Long's a, beautiful woman has thrust a smiling face, two waxen arms and a dainty foot through a huge sheet of newspapers. "The Orieinal Press Association" is a placard in Stone & Barringer's win dow, where old Uncle Sam throws an arm around one of Ivey's sweet dum mies, from whose dress depends the sign, "It Pay to Trade at Iveys." Also there is a placard reading: "The Greatest Power on Earth: The Press of Uncle Sam." Over the front door hangs a huge pair of shears, and be low thptn n hliiR noncil. Under the shears are the words: "Use These Freely on Charlotte Copy," and under the hinft ncnril the sentence continues, "But Not This!' A paste-pot at one end and a waste-basket at the other tend to remind the editors of the sane turn. Prnrn an nnunr Wl ndow of the Manu rinh under a shield in the colors of the Stars and Stripes, hang the words in colored electric ngnio "Welcome, N. C. P. A." The Program. rlnok this afternoon the ill ivyuj v 4 C's have most generously tendered to the press folks a numDer oi cms for a free trolley ride over the city to rviinr-nrth "Piedmont' Highland Park and Chadwick-Hoskins. The cars left the Selwyn at 4 o'clock, just before no -Ma-nra went to nress. and the mem bers gathered in full force to avail ews hxS the Largest themselves of Mr. T.ntro'c i,!u Besides this Mr. Latta has generously tendered 500 tickets to the delegates ioi 11 ee rules whenever they wish. The eight movimy-nietn.- c,,. e the city have clone nobly. These 4,, u i"euLO' lue Udisonia, The Dixie, The Bijon, The Royal, The Star, The Monarch and The Casino have gener ously given suo tickets to the editors. And on Charlotte's great "White Way" there are some of the best moving- pictures ot the year. A Colonial Concert. This evening at 8:15, at the Prcsbv tenan College, Mr. James H. Caine, of The Asheville Citizen, will deliver the annual oration, ami Mr Tqio0 a Robinson, of The Durham' Sun, will ieaa tne annual poem. An old-time colonial concert, in costume, will be carried out by the girls of the college, anrt old-time songs will be sung. This will be one of the most charming fea tures of the convention. The program is as follows: Okie Tynie Sinsin' Skule. in cos tume. Three songs: (a) "Oh, Who Will O'er the Downs so Free;" (b) "In This Hour of Soft ened Splendor;" (c) Sweet and Low" by the Skule. Song: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" by Miss Cornelia Crimple and .Skule. Two duets: (a) "No. Sir;" (b) "The Courting Quaker," by Miss Mahitable Merry weather and Master Timothy Tuttle. "Two Old Rounds," by the Skule. Song: "Billikins and His Dinah" by Master Timothy Tuttle and the Skule. - Three old ballads: "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes;" "Loch Lo mond," and "Believe Mo. if all Those Endearing Young Charms" by Master Timothy Tuttle. Duet: "Matrimonial Sweets" sung by Mrs. Boreas Doolittle and Mrs. Jeni ma Truelove. Song: "Love's Old Sweet Song" by Mrs. Samantha Single. Chorus: "Aunt Dinah's Quilting 1 1 S" VJ8&&; Lexington Dispatch, s Tomorrow. Party' by the Skule. "Harmonium and Sirinnett, Men delssohn's Wedding March Mrs. Pa tience Pennyworth, Mrs. Jeresha Jen kins and Master Timothy Tuttle. Tomorrow's Pronram. The program for tomorrow is as fol lows : Essay "How to Prevent Freight Dis crimination Against North Carolina" Maj. E. J. Hale, of Tho Fayette ville Observer. Essay "The Linotype in a Country Weekly Office" Mr. H. B. Varner, of The Lexington Dispatch. Essay "Extent of Obligation of a Newspaper to the Party" Mr. j. j. Farriss, of the High Point Enter prise. Essay "The Editor and His Subscrib ers" Mr. R. F. Beasley, ot rne JVion roe Journal. Essay"The Editor in Politics" Mr. John M. Julian, of The Salisbury Post. Miscellaneous business, resolutions, etc. Special order 11 o'clock, election of officers. rn Thnrsrtav afternoon there will be given an automobile, ride over Meck- Continued on page Z Mr. John M. Julian, Salisbury Post. Who Speaks Tomorrow. Circulation of rniur a icp THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. CHARLOTTE, N. C, MI HALF T OF GASQLf IEDIN AGO Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, April 22 After drinking half a pint ot gasoline this morning Helen Odam, the 3-year-o!d daughter of Dr. A. A. Odam, died in 20 minutes. The oil was in a Cocola bottle near the child, who was sitting on a show case in the Globe Optical par lors, her father being identified with the concern. Physicians were summoned as soon as it was known the child had drank the liquid but the child died within a short time in terrible agony. Democrats Polled A Big Majority By Associated Press. New Orleans, La., April 22. Re turns received to 10 o'clock from yes terday's state election show that the entire democratic ticket was elected by a large majority. Triturations are that the republi can candidate for governor received less than 10 per cent of the total vote cast. Bishop Capers Died Early This Afternoon By Associated Press. Columbia, S. C, April 22. Bishop Ellison Capers, of the Protestant Epis copal diocese of South Carolina, who has been very ill for some time is in a verp precarious condition. Death is expected momentarily. Died at 2:30. Bishop Capers died at 2:20 this af ternoon. Lonq Lost Body Found. Bv Associated Press. Atlantic Citv. Anril 22. The body ot T. Albert Morris, missing since Novem ber 2?,rd. was found in Thoroughenre, hap of Chelsea. Morris left the hotel on the day of his arrival and no trace of his whereabouts could be founci. Mrs. Morris broke down under the strain an returned to her home in South Carolina several months ago. In Prohibition Column. Bv Associated Press. New Orleans, La., April 22. Late returns from yesterday's license elec tions indicate that St. Landry and Acadia parishes have joined the pro hibition column. Cover "Jim Crow" Signs. 1 By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 22. Os the result of protests filed with the District Commissions by the Wash ington Minister's Union, the rail ways entering the District from the south have been requested to either remove or cover the so-called "Jim Crow" signs displayed in their cars. Forestry Bill Is Considered By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 22. The house judiciary committee decided as unconstitutional the Lever,Currier bill, appropriating $5,000,000 for the ac quisition by the government ot iorest lands in the Appalachian and White mountain chains. The committee, however, has decid ed to report to the house that if for est reserves are an aid to the naviga bility of streams the acquirement of such reserves by the government is constitutional,, These two conclusions are to be for mally promulgated at the adjourned meeiinfr to be held later today. It is unofficially understood that the rivers and harbors committee will be called on to decide whether the for est reserves are an aid to navigability PIN Any Afternoon WhDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1908. ''' ' wtSLliZ2)UR C,TV!' iBiGHT LIGHT OF GREAT BRITU PASSES AWAY By Associated Press. London, April 22. Sir Henry-Camp-bell-Bannermaii died at his home here today. The death of Sir Henry, after a lin gering illness of more than two months, did not come as a surprise. The public had been expecting the announcement of his end at any hour. The new? came in the form of the following bulletin: "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman passed peacefully away this morning. Cause of "death was heart failure. The ex-Premier had been unconscious most of the time during the last tvo or three days an dthe sinking was gradual." Biographical Sketch. The Right Honorable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who had been British Premier since 1905, had a long and distinguished political career. His command of the Liberal Parlia mentary party, with all its diverse elements, ; was a marvel in personal prowess. He did not rule by any adroit diplomacy, but almost wholly by the confidence that all the differ ent sections had in the essential sin cerity of his attitude. It has been truthfully remarked that few public men Jiave ever earned a place so near to the hearts of their political supporters as Sir Henry, in whose absolute honesty of purpose there was entire commence. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was the second son of the late Sir James Campbell, of Stracathro, Forfarshire, and was born in 1836. He was edu cated at the University of Glasgow, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1872 he assumed the additional surname of Bannerman, under the will of his uncle, Mr. Henry Banner man. Sir Henry owed his wealth to the great drapery firm of J. & W. Campbell & Co., of Glasgow, of which his father was the founder. He entered Parliament in 1868, and continued to represent the Stirling district until his death. He served in turn as Financial Secretary of the War Department, Secretary of the Admiralty, Chief Secretary for Ire land, and twice Secretary of State for War. He was elected Liberal leader in February, 1899, after the death of Gladstone. During the South African war his sentiments were of a decided pro-Boer character, with the result that he split his party on the question. Sir Henry bore the brunt of the fight for severad years in the house of commons. He bore, too, the oblo quy that sprang from public anger over his pro-Boer attitude. But he was never seriously accused of dis loyalty, and his tinge of pro-Boerism was long ago forgiven by the public. While Sir Henry was universally respected be was never regarded as a great political leader, in the sense that Gladstone and Harcourt were leaders. Personally popular and of a most genial disposition, he never showed the force necessary to domi nate a great party. He stood well enough with the radicals, without having aroused their enthusiasm, and he escaped giving serious offence to moderate and imperial Liberals, though the latter never took kindly to his leadership. But of his per sonal popularity, integrity and sin cerity there never was any question, and "C.-B," as he was familiarly called, was held in universal esteem. In 1860 Sir Henry was married to Charlotte, daughter of the late Gen. Sir Charles Bruce. She died in 1906 at. Marienbad, after a long illness. Sir Henry was always a man whom Gladstone regarded with favor. In 1884-5 he was given the important position of Chief Secretary for Ire land, and in Gladstone's third cabinet, in 1886, he was intrusted with the portfolio of Secretary of State for War. This same position was given him in the Gladstone ministry, oi 1892. Paper Published in the Two NEWS. FOUR WERE KILLED NUMBER INJURED TRAIN WRECK By Associated Press. Williamsport, Pa., April 22. Four Italian laborers were killed, two fatal ly injured and eight others less seri ously hurt by the wrecking of a runaway train on a log road near here. Twenty Italians were riding on the train when it ran away. Congressmen Injured In Street Car Accident By Associated "Press." Washington, D. C, April 12. Rep resentative Towney, (Minnesota) chairman of the house committee on appropriations, was injured in the back: Representative Chaney, (in diana) , was painfully injured on the hip and score of other passengers suffered slight injuries, as the re suit of a rear-end collision on the Pennsylvania Avenue Line of the Capital Traction Company, at four and-a-half street and avenue. Plans of Cracksmen Were Unsuccessful Special to The News. Winston-Salem. N. C. April 22 The post office at Rural Hall, twelve miles north of this city, was broken into last night and an attempt was made to rob the safe, but the ex nlnsives used failed to open it and the robbers departed without getting a cent. Two strangers were seen in the tnwn last nisrht. No arrests have been made and there is no clue to the guilty parties Pension Appropriations. "Rv Aasnrinterl Press. Washington, D. C, April 22. The pension appropriation bill, as reported in the Kennte todav. carries $163,053,- 000, an increase of $12,184,000 over the amount appropriated by the house. Of this amount $12,000,000 is to provide for the widows pension mil. Situation on Persian Frontier. n.r Ao-noiatod Press. st Petersburg Anril 22. The situa the Persian frontier is consid iiro tn he Rtear Hlv Decomimr more serious despite the check to Persians brigands on April zu, wnen tut; xvuasiau forces drove the bandits back with heavy losses. Looks Like Bryan. xy.tr Aconriatprt Press. Springfield, 111., April 22. Party leaders unite in sying that the demo cratic state convention tomorrow will certainly instruct for Bryan. Regatta on Severn. n.r Assnr-iateri Press. . Anranniis Md.. Anril 22. Eight r-A r.rews renrescntmg Harvard University and Naval Academy met this afternoon on tne two-nine cumoe on Severn river. All Quiet at Pensacola n AsnriateH Press. Pr.snf.f.in Fla . Anril 22 The issu nf injunction bv the federal nmirt last niirht directed against the striking street railway employes and their sympathizers, naa a wmtdij effect. The city is quiet loaay. Additional troops arrived this morn in0". TnvP ctiP-ation into the alleged po soning of three men of the Gatling o-r, cnnari hezan today. All three were handed candy within a short time of each other and au were taken violently ill. They are now out of danger. GREAT MANY RAILROADS AMENDMENT Emperor of Japan Honors Mr. Boynton By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 22. The Emperor of Japan, through Ambassa dor Takahira, has conferred upon Col. Charles A. Boynton, superinten dent of the southern division of the Associated Press, the decoration of fourth class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun. In transmitting the decoration. which is a nexquisite product of Ja panese Art, the ambassador stated that it was given in token of the good will entertained toward Col. Boynton by the Emperior and in manifestation of the appreciation of the high ability and fairness of Mr, Boynton in the exercise of his func tions as directing spirit in the great news concern which he represents. Attempted to Kill President Cobrero By Associated Press. Washington. D. C. Anril 22 The American minister at Guatemala, in a'of cable dispatch to the state department, tells of an attempted assassination ot President Cabrera. The dispatch says that a,s the president was entering the palace to receive him, five cadets of the military academy forming a part of his bodyguard attempted to assas sinate him, and in the melee the pres ident heceived a bayonet thrust through the hand, while an officer of the staff is said to have been killed. He added, it wassaid the five cadets had been shot. The city is reported quiet. A Lessor is Not Liable This is Main Contention of Attorneys For De- Jen: se in The Mecklen burg Fair Trial, Which Is Now in Progress. The taking of evidence in the trial of the Mecklenburg fair officials, charged with allowing indecent shows and gambling at the last fair, was completed late yesterday afternoon and the argument is being made to day. ) When the defense announced that it would rest. Judge Moore ruled that there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury on the gambling charge only, the state having failed to make out a case on the charge of allowing indecent shows. In announcing his decision in this matter, Judge Moore said that there was onlv evidence of indecency in the "Gay Widow Show," and that even in this, there was not enough to justify the question going to the jury. The Argument. Mr. F. M. Shannonhouse opened the argument for the prosecution. He contendeu that according to the evidence of Mr. G. G. Scott, Mayor Franklin. W. S. Orr and C. M. Cres- well, that the fair association, Mr. Orr and Creswell were guilty of run ning a common gambling house, be cause the evidence of these witnesses was undisputed that the mayor had sent a committee composed of Al dermen Scott, Shelor, Wadsworth and Williams, which committee passed on the games, and knew that these games to be played for money and at which person might win or lose. He contended that the admissions of the defendant's witnesses showed that these games were operated and these games were permitted to run so long as the limit did not exceed 25 cents. The speaker said Mr.- Orr knew there were games of chance because he admitted seeing them each morning put up and ready "to run, and that he did not offer to stop' them, until some persons had been robbed, or had exceeded the 25 cent limit imposed by the com mittee, and that hese games were permitted to run until Thursday, when they were stopped at the insti gation of Mayor Franklin. Mr. Shannonhouse said Mr. Cres well knew that there were games of chance because he passed on them before letting them space, and that he knew they were being run with the consent of the mayor and the aldermanic committee. He further argued that according to the definition of the defense that it did not become gambling until some one had been robbed or the limit exceeded. He argued that in law a game of chance was a game dependent upon hazard, or if the return was uncer tain, as where a person can win or lose money. That the fair officials by their own admission knew these games wereo operated and permit ted them to run, and by the defen dants own witnesses they were guilty not only beyond a' reasonable doubt, but were guilty beyond the possibil ity of a doubt. Defendants Testify. The defense yesterday afternoon put on the stand Messrs. W. S. Orr and C. M. Creswell, the manager and secre- Continued on page 10 Carolines PRICE 5 CENTS. PEOPLE PREFER TO ELEVENTH 1. I President of The Ncrth Car olina Press Association Makes a Masterly Report on Duty And Needs of the Press. Every Paper is a Voice Pleading for The Educa tion of The Children who Have no Voice Them selves. , - President Johnson's report before the Press convention was masterly. In part he said, after comparing the Char lotte of the last njess convention with that of the present, 16 years later: Our horizon was limited and narrow then. The broad commercial unity of today was unknown. Railroads were short, disjointed and crude. T-he trains made their tedious journeys to the end tneir runs," turned around and made them back again. Now the great systems of the north are ours and the mighty steel highways belt the Conti nent and bring us all together. In th( development of' the railroad interests, the south has found the chief source ot: her present greatness, and although, it was cbnsidered, aforetime, disloyal and dangerous to say so, we owe a debt of gratitude to these vast corpora tions that we cannot measure. It is quite true the motives of the rail road magnates may not have been an gelic, but we have reaped the blessing nevertheless. The newspapers, of all other institutions, have received their full share of development from the splendid service the railroads under the new order of things have given the state. The supreme court has paralyz ed state's rights, they tell us, in its re cent decision, but it has saved the railroads, and a great many people would rather have the railroads than the eleventh amendment. While, as newspaper men, our op portunities have mightily multiplied, and our influence has vastly extended, the fundamental principles underlying our business have not changed. The London Times grows in power and in fluence through the passing years, but its chief place in the profession it adorns has been achieved by adhering throughout its history to the policy upon which it was based when it be gan its great career. Candor and Courage. The honesty, candor and integrity of the press are the corner stones upon which the structure depends. A cow ardly, time serving, truculent press is as impotent as it is contemptible. Tho newspapers of North Carolina, in the main, are honest and courageous. They have always been so. God grant they may ever be so. We need, I think, to dwell much upon this theme at each recurring annual meeting. The busi ness end of a newspaper is an im portant matter, and will receive, this session its due share of attention but each man has his own methods and must adapt himself to his own local ity; but we all must stand together upon the rock of honesty and courage, if we stand at all. It is not given to every man to make his columns shine with the light of genius, but it is given to every man who enters this honorable calling to be honest and true. Fidelity to the state and loyality to her traditions and her history, and eternal faithfulness to truth in all things, though our own opinions and preferences perish in its light, are prerequisites to editorial ef come exponents of whatsoever things we must all agree in striving to be come exponents of whatesover things are honest, and pure, and lovely, and of good report. There is no scavenger quite so vile as the newspaper scaven ger. The Old Editor Has Passed. There is another lesson that in this new and larger day we must learr. well, and this is one of the develop ments of the last decade. When John's disciples looked up into the face of their beloved leader and inquired about the Christ, that battered veteran an swered "He must increase but I must decrease." This was the test of the man's greatness, who had no superior among those born of women. The self effacement was not considered necer. sary when we met in Charlotte last. Then the personality of the man who made the paper was always in evi dence. "We" and "our" were the gol den text of his Sunday school lesson. Around this mighty man with 500 sub scribers, everything else circled. Alt his movements were carefully chron icled. If he took a trip of fifty miles, it was detailed with religious accuracy. The public was kept informed of hit sitting down and his rising up. His office was the center of attraction and abounded in watermelons, apples, peaches, turkey and sausage, and his back yard teemed with good dry wood. This mighty man of valor has faded from our view. "We" have vanished from the stage, and what the paper stands for has come into the lime light. Horace Greely was the sun around which The Tribune revolved: nobody knows or cares today who is editor of The Tribune. Only one o the old time captains of the press re mains Henry Watterson and when he is gathered to his fathers The Courier-Journal will become a great im Continued on. page Z mm 1 v : .1 to;- .4?". I mi- rl am w : : f f.- ..X u , . . "1! 1 f V'M i ";;: :; u '';' v. ' , h,' 4 1 mil mm stem mm f .-. I- i t" Mr t f- v ?; . ". i : itm v