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Newsh.s the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Carolines nn rum THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED 1888.. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. y AS RESULT OF OF THE STATE CO E rr iTT Ti TTTT A ""FT "iT NEWS. 1 CADETS DROWNED EXPLOSION ON LARG T - After Speeches by Adams And Others And Appoint ing of Committees Conven tion Adjourned Till Later in Afternoon. JName of Taft Cheered Lustily-Exciting Times in Con vention Yesterday-Speech of 'Drummer Boy" Was a Hummer. By Bell Telephone. Greensboro, N. C., April 30. Chair man Spencer B. Adams called the Republican State Convention to or der here at noon. Upwards of fifteen hundred repub licans, from all parts of the state, are present. Mr. Adams made a lengthy sneeeh but received little or no applause' throughout, save at. tho the names of Taft and Roosevelt. Mr. Adams was followed by J. H. White, of Salisbury, who made a rousing speech, which was continu ously applauded. A roll call of counties was then taken and seven counties reported contests. Following these speeches and roll call committees were appointed on credentials, permanent organization, platform and resolutions, and pending their reports" the convention adjourn ed until 3:30 o'clock. Mr. J. J. Bntt was elected chair man. Big Row Yesterday. There was a big row in the repub lican convention held here for the Fifth Congressional District to send delegates to the Chicago convention, it being the old fight of the so-called rank and file against the federal. otncehcldmg element. The convention was controlled by the latter element, and the trouble began when an alleged packed cre dentials committee reported favor able to every county having a Taft and Adams delegation, throwing out the regular delegation from Durham! which was for Cannon, and seating the bolters, who were Cannon men, while in Alamance and Guilford. the report s-atcd Taft and Adams men, allowing no representation! whatever to others. When delegates who were uilsc v tod proposed to make objections and explain the facts cf their case, they were howled down. I At one time it looked like a personal,! encounter would result between the Durham factions, Barbee, Riggsbee and Lyon making the welkin ring with protests, while Angier held up the end of the alleged seated belt ers with hot words in reply. Standing in a chair and waving I his hands, Riggsbee told the con-; vention he had the proof that Angierj or his agents, had for the American Tobacco Company threatened to dis-( charge every employee who failed to help out cie Taft-Adams crowd in the primaries, aud despite this, they were outvoted in convention two to one, and then bolted. But the whole delegations from Durham, Alamance and Guilford were hooted down, call ed for a retreat to another hall, and large numbers walked out. The con vention made quick work of the mat ter, electing B. S. Roberson, of Alamance and Guy Carter, of Surry, as delegates to Chicago, over John T. Benbow, of Forsyth, and R. J. Petree, of Stokes. The latter were also defeated for alternates, the slated men being Angier of Durham, and II. B. Worth, of Guilford. Taft ar.d Adams. Resolutions instructing for Taft and Adams were unanimously adopted. Carter asked that he and Roberson be instructed to vote for Duncan as( national committeeman and this was done. Before the report of the committtee on credentials was in, speeches were made by many leading republicans, Blackburn's being a hot number. Spencer B. Talks. State Chairman Adams had just spoken when Blackburn was called. Adams had made simply a rousing Taft-Adams speech, declaring that republicans had reached the point of respectability when hired emisaries would not be tolerated to seduce men from supporting candidates like Taft, pointing with pride to the difference now, when 92 out of 97 counties had instructed for him and Taft over conditions in the party when he was for McKinley and there was such a large and troublesome faction for Negro in Jail At Wilson Special to The News. Wilson, N. C, April 30. Lee Jones, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Pearly Wells, six miles from Wilson, was arrested near Middlesex yesterday and brought to Wilson. Mrs. Wells is in bad shape from being thrown to the floor and limps. Several prisoners were brought out and in the presence of the sheriff deputy, husband and others, said Lee Jones was the man. Jones de clares he is innocent before God. Reid. Blackburn began bv savin he had never seen the time when he was ashamed of his party, or admit that in the past it had not been re spectable. Neither was he ashamed now at supporting a native of Guil ford county and the recognized big gest, aoiest and most deserving pub lic man the party had. Not repre senting that element of the organi zation which was ruled by revenue officers, postmasters and other feder al officials, he was man enough to support the man of his choice, and the men behind him were not afraid to do it even though the "big stick" was being flourished over their heads. This sally awakened the biggest de monstration of applause during the whole session. Blackburn then warm ed up, concluding with the declaration that until republicans could truth fully deny facts sent broadcast to the world by honest reporters that republican conventions like this one, was competely and ruthlessly dom inated by federal officeholders, the party would not succeed, could not grow and did not deserve to live. After the unseated delegates had been hooted clown, wdiile they were protesting against the report of the credentials committee, they withdrew to the assembly hall of the McAdoo Hotel and organized by electing K. G. Foster, of Alamance, chairman, N. W. Brown, of Orange, secretary. There were over a hundred present, every county in the district except Caswell, which has only two votes, being represented. W. T. Riggsbee, of Durham, and Spencer Blackburn, of Guilford, were elected delegates to Chicago; Heenan Hughes, of Alamance, and N. W. Brown, of Orange, alternates. Resolutions against instructing for any presidential candidate, and de nouncing the action of the Adams Taft convention were unanimously adopted. Many "Leaders" Present. Once more is Greensboro the Mecca for republican cohorts. Large num bers of "leaders" from the east arriv ed yesterday as advance guards of the balance to come today to be pres ent at the state convention to simply witness the election of the slate made up in county and district convention for delegates to the national conven tion; Chairman of the state executive committee and seeing to it that Mr. Taft to handed over the delegation from North Carolina. i Personnel of Convention. Prominent amoniv those on the spot aro Marion Butler, Harry Skinner pnd Roy Flannigan of Pitt; Dan Pat lick of Craven; Cameron, of Lenoir; Downing of Cumberland: Brown, of Orfinge; Wood, of Bertie; Martin, of Martin; Duncan, of Wake, and Meek ins, of Pasquotank: Leary, of Chowan, and a long list of officials from the center and west, embracing Holton and Reynolds of Winston; Joyce of Reids vilie, half a dozen more postmasters and almost the entire revenue brigade cf deputy collectors and deputy mar shals all over the rtate. In this gath ering of well dressed, well mannered men, there is a sprinkling of leaner looking mortrls, like Tom Settle, yea and Spencer Blackburn of the "leader" element. Considerable Interest. Although there arc to be no nomina tion of candidates at either of these conventions, and it is pretty well I known how everything is to be run, there is yet much interest felt among the delegates and among the "leaders" as to what may happen. There seems to be a fear that either Mr. Settle of Mr. Butler or Mr. Blackburn, or all three may raise a little breeze that will offend or demoralize the present excellent understanding that North Carolina so far as politics and poli cies go. is unalterably and unequivo cally in the hands of the dispensers and the recipients of President Roose velt's official bounty. Then there is going to be something doing about pro hibition, which those few who are not professionally or politically allied to the whiskey interests are trying hard to keen down. Big Mills Begin Curtailment By Associated Press. Manchester, N. H., April 30. Sev enteen mills of the Amoskeag Manu facturing Company, the largest cotton manufacturing company in the world, employing 13,000 hands, began a period of curtailment with the closing of work tonight and a change in the working schedule, restricting operations to four days a week. The reduction will continue indefi nitely. Union Mills Still Running Special to The News. Union, S. C, April 30 None of the mills of Union entered into any agreement at Spartanburg last week, or at any other time, to positively close down on July 1st, for sixty days or longer. The Progress newspaper can state on the best authority that there was no such agreement gone into, and that everything possible will be done by all the mill management to keep the mills of Union running and to give employment to the operatives as heretofore. MSTl-Sm gheehtciie GALLED OFF- By Bell Telephone. Greensboro, April 30. The opening game cf the Carolina league, which was to have been played here this af ternoon between Greensboro and Wins- ston-Salem, has been called off on ac count of rain. Supreme Court D e c i s i o n s Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 30. Thirteen appeals of a list of thirteen opinions just delivered by the Ncrth Carolina supreme court as follows: Shelby vs. Electric Co., Mecklen burg, appeal dismissed. Jones vs. Assurance Co., Wake, re versed. Williamson vs. Holt, Alamance, no error. Dobson vs. Kolk, Surry, affirmed. Wright vs. Power Co., Forsyth, new trial. Development Co. vs. Southern Rail way, Davidson, error. Fidelity Co. vs. Grocery Co., For syth, affirmed. Parker vs. Fcnwick, Forsyth, affirm ed. Kerner vs. Assurance Co., Forsyth, per curim affirmed. ! Hughes vs. Henrietta Mills, Meck lenburg, per curiam affirmed. State vs. Baker, Cleveland, per, curiam affirmed. Bank vs. Hosiery Mills, Catawba, dismissed on motion for insufficient transcript. Taylor vs. McKinzie, Caldwell, com promised by the parties. As to Stopping Cars. That if the charge of the trial judge that operators of street cars must stop the cars within 35 or 40 feet of any obstruction on the track was sound law it would make it pras tically impossible to operate street car systems in cities with any de gree of rapidity is the sense of the court in the case of W. G. Wright vs. The Fries Manufacturing and Power Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. Wright had been injured on Liberty street by the street car running into the wagon on which he was and under the charge of the judge the jury had rendered a verdict for $200 damages. On appeal the supreme court orders a new trial on the ground of error in the charge by the trial judge who had declared in effect that if the wag on was on the track' moving away from the car and the motorman saw him thirty five or forty feet away it was his duty not only to give the alarm but to stop the car at once. Important Case Decided. In W. H. Shelby vs. the Charlotte Electric Railway Light and Power Co. the appeal of the plaintiff is dismiss ed because it was based on only one of the defense set up in the de fense to which the appelants had de murred. The court characterizies it as an "obnoxous fragmentory" ap peal. Prisoner Escapes. The state prison management an nounces the escape of Ben Wilkin son, a white man 23 years old, from the prison after serving less than one year of a 20-year sentence for crim inal assault in Vance county. Sheriff W. C. Mills, of Onslow county, was here today with two prisoners for the penitentiary one negro and a white man. Sncw Fall Reported In Parts of North By Associated Press. Pittsburg, Pa., April 30. Snow fell in this vicinity this morning. In the country the ground is covered with two inches of snow. Rain is now fall ing with a temperature of two degrees above freezing. In Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio, April 30. A heavy wet snow began falling here this morn ing. Reports indicate a storm general throughout the state. Snow Storm Raging. Zanesville, O., April 30. A heavy snow storm has been raging here since midnight. Today's Races Off. Lexington, Ky., April 30. Because the heavy snow made the track unfit for use, today's races were declared off. Company Chartered. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 30. The Knox ville Directory Company is chartered with $10,000 capital by Geo. L. Hack ney, Phillip Rosle, E. H. Miller and A. R. Swayne, all of Asheville. CM IeMM'lB uriH yn:i:r;: I ! i !!! ! I M.:i;i!t; ': iR . "PLAY BALL! " I he Vast Water Power in South By Associated Press. Washington, I). C, April 30. The greatest development of water power that has ever taken place in the United States has been accomplished during the last few years on the rivers which drain the Southern Ap palachian Mountains, according to the efficient report on jvatcr resources of this region. J It is estimated Inhere is at least 2,S00,000 indicated horsepower de veloped by the streams which have their headwaters on this watershed, and more than half of this indicated power is available for economic de velopment. Only comparitively a small part of this has been made use of, but the portion that has been utilized has been one of the most important fac tors in the recent industrial develop ment of the south. Special to The Trews. Raleigh, N. C, April 30. State Chair man Oates, of the prohibition cam paign committee, says all counties ex cept seven are actively organized and these will be organized during the week. The reports from counties show, he says, that good majorities for prohibition will be returned from near ly all of them, the lowest calculations being that the state majority for pro hibition will be 25,000. Many, he says, predict 50,000 majority. He says a whirlwind" campaign will character ize the last weeks of the contest in that besides Governor Glenn and all the living ex-governors and 2,000 citi zens on stump for prohibition, there will be a number of the most distin guished prohibtien workers of the south in the contest, including Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Georgia; Dr. Young, who made the great fight in Oklahoma and Rev. George Stewart, one of the most remarkable temperance speakers of the country. President Heriot Clarkson, of the State Anti-Saloon League, says the purpose is to have every church in the state actively organized for work in the impending contest for state pro hibition. The campaign committee is at an immense expense for the cam paign work and he says it will be neces sary to call on the churches of the state for contributions in this direction. Al ready the committee in charge of the campaign is considerably in debt and the friends of prohibition will have to rally to the support of the organization. Mrs. J. W. Furgeson is visiting her sister in Greensboro. SHELBY DISTRICT CONFERENCE, M. E CHURCH 101 ON Special to The News. King's Mountain. N. C, April 30. The Shelby District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, convened with the King's Mountain church this week, beginning with an introductory sermon last night and continuing through Sunday. The district of wiiich Rev. R. M. Hoyle, of Shelby, N. C, . is . presiding elder, comprises Cleveland and Gas ton counties, and a part of Lincoln. The church in which the conference is being held was completed last year and is one of the nicest churches in the conference. A bhr delegation of laymen and preachers is in attendance. PROHIBITION ADDS STRENGTH DAILY Y BURDEN E BY TIE EWSP A P E R S By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 30. Indi vidual newspaper publishers were pres ent before the house special commit tee investigating the price of newspa per print, prepared to give testimony in the case. Before they were heard, however, John Norris, representing the American Newspaper Publishers Association, was permitted to continue his presentation of the facts. In response to a request by Chairman Mann, Mr. Norris laid before the committee various circu lar letters which had been issued at different times by the association on the subject of the price of paper, copies of which had been mailed to President Roosevelt and others. "Do you claim as a matter of fact," Mr. Mann asked, "That the statement in Mr. Ridder's letters of March 4th, 1903, to President Roosevelt, in which he said there was practically a combi nation to put an additional burden of $60,000,000 per annum upon printing and publishing interests of the country is true?" "Yes sir," the witness responded, and answering further the question he said news print paper represented the great bulk of the paper made. Mr. Mann remarked that the witness had been directed to cover the whole subject of paper, whereas all that had been said was confined to printing and publishing interests, "And thereby, ab solutely misled you and misled my self." "We do not claim," said Mr. Norris, "That the increase is confined to the printing and publishing business, but that it applies to the computation of burdens which all paper combinations aimed to impose upon all paper con sumers." Gen. Feliz Angus, publisher of the Baltimore American, testified that un der the contract with the International Paper Company he had been paying since January 1, 190S, $2.50 per hun dred pounds for print paper. Previous to that date, he said, he paid $1.90 The paper ho declared was delivered on the sidewalk. The price of $1.90 be paid for two years. From 1901 to 1906, under a five-year contract with the Great Northern Company, he paid $2 a hundred pounds. His purchases have averaged 5,000 tons a year. On January 1, 1906, he changed to the International Paper Company, and got the price of $1.90 for two years to December 31, 1907, when he made a new contract with the same company for one year at $2.50. "The sudden rise, he said, was something astonishing to me, and we did the best we could when we heard that the price was raised, to secure other terms from other compaies. He then read a letter from the Berlin Company, saying that that company had more than plenty of paper to meet the demands for 1908. "But," the com munication continued, "due considera tion, however, of the circumstances at tending our negotiations of two years ago, lead us to decline to even con sider a contract with the Baltimore American." Gen. Angus said he could hardly be lieve the style of the letter. "It was merely a shift," he stated, "to satisfy their own consciences." He said he had made up his mind that "there was something in the wind." He applied to the Vernon Mills and was told that the supply had all be spoken for. That mill had. been solicit ing his business from time to time, he said, but all of a sudden it stopped. He was satisfied from this, he declared, that the paper-makers had combined. WANTS BIG APPROPRIATION. President Calls Into Conference Sev eral Senators to Pull for Bigger Ap propriation. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 30. The president sent for Representatives Hepburn (Iowa), Townsend (Mich), Gamnbell (Kan.) and Sulzer (N. Y.) and urged them to make vigorous ef forts to secure a larger appropriation in the sundry civil bill for the investi gations of booms of railroads of the country, to determine whether they are complying with section 20 ot tne .Hep burn railroad rate law, providing that a system of uniform accounts must be kept as prescribed by the interstate commerce commission. For the pres ent fiscal year the commission has appropriations of $80,000, but has not been able to make much headway in the work. For the next fiscal year the administration desired an appro priation of from $250,000 to $500,000, but the house committee on appropria tions cut the amount to $50,000. It is claimed by the president and inter state commerce commission that this amount will be entirely insufficient. MR. B. BL ANTON ILL One of Shelby's Oldest and Most Prom inent Citizens is Critically III Pop ular Couple to Wed Graded School Closes Shuford-Short Wedding. Mr. Burrell Blanton, who has been very ill for sometime, seems to be growing weaker, and there is grave doubt as to his recovery. He is one of Shelby's oldest and most prominent cit izens. Mr. Marvin Shuford and Miss Emma Short were married on Tuesday after noon at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Short. Both are very popular among their acquaint ances here. The following invitations have been received here: "Mr. and Mrs. George W. Young request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter, Fay Aileen to Mr. Logan Ev ans McBrayer, Wednesday afternoon, May the sixth, Nineteen hundred and eight, at half past two o'clock, Rock Hill, South Carolina." Miss Young formerly resided in Shel by. She is well known here, and is beautiful and loveable. Mr. McBrayer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McBrayer. He holds a responsible position with J. L. Suttle & Co., and is one of Shelby's promising young men. The following attractive invitations have been issued: "The Senior Class of the Shelby Graded School request the honor of your presence at their commencement exercises, to be held in the auditorium at eight o'clock, on the evening of May sixth, nineteen hundred and eight." The class is composed of Misses Mat tie Beam, Nan Bowman, Pearl Gardner, Maude Hamrick, Clara Hamrick, An nie Belle Harrill and Myra Herman. Agricultural Bill. By Associated Press. Washington, April 30. The agricul tural appropriation bill was taken up in the senate. On demand of Sena tor Teller the bill was read in full. He announced there were some things in the bill which he desired to attack but did not specify. Dr. Kirk On World Mastery Brilliant BaUimorePastor Preachej lo a Large Co ngrega Hon at The Second Presbyterian Church. "The trasedv of life is this: That when man sinned he became the thrall of that which God had originally in tended him to be the master of." "The world has gone mad on the side of doing. Wc have had too much of the strenuous life, of the 'man on horseback.' of the 'big stick,' of battle ships on parade. Men are forming their roncentions of ereatness too much in terms of mere doing." These were the sentences which fell from the lips of Rev. Dr. H. E. Kirk, pastor of the Franklin Square Pres byterian church of Baltimore, as he stood in the pulpit of the Second Pres byterian church last night. A con gregation which filled the church was present. Besides the congregation of the Second church there were present members of the First, Tenth Avenue, St Paul's and Westminster Presbyterian churches and the First Baptist church, all of which had dismissed for this meeting. In the pulpit with Dr. Kirk were Rev. Dr. Itoscboro and Rev. Mr. Raynal. Dr. Kirk is a young man, apparently not more than 35 years. That he is essentially , a thinker was evidenced from the metaphysical trend of his dis course last night; but though deep and thoughtful his presentation of the text was Scriptural and calculated to in spire the hearer to higher aspirations. The text was from I John, 5:4: Ana this is the victory that overcometh the vorld, even our faith." Dr. Kirk has been called to the Sec ond church and is here looking over the field. Deep-seated in the heart of every . J T man is a passion to De a master, in the text are to be found two funda mental ideas: First, that the world is to be overcome and second that faith is the means by which its mastery is to be effected. The speaker went on to show the naturally erroneous conception of mas tery in the hearts of men. Some think the world is to be possessed and the prize of those whose strife is of this kind is wealth. To those who regard it as a field of activity it become a battlefield, and the prize is fame In! another aspect it is a thing to be known not a counting house nor a battle field, but a university. Yet these conceptions are erroneous. The only kind of world which a man needs to overcome is the syste mof forces which are in opposition to God and to His Word. John's idea is that the man of faith is the one man who knows how to bend the word to God's purpose, and God's original intention was that man was to be master of the world. 1 Life tragedy is that when he left he lost the mastery and became slave to the Continued on page 12 Following Terrific Explosion in Stock Magazine Cruiser Matsushima Immediately Sunk Most of officer? Perished With Ship. Lives of 141 Men Wert Saved by Boats From Other Ships Large Num ber of The Cadets Were Drowned. By Associated Press. Tokio, April 30. Admiral Yoshimat su commander of the training squad- ron, reports an explosion in the stock magazine of the cruiser Matsushima this morning, while answering at M; kang harbor, on Pescadores Islands. The Matsushima immediately sank until only her bridge was visible. Efforts at rescue by boats from th cruisers Hashadite and Itsumushim . continued until 9 a. in., resulting i the saving of the lives of 141 men, in eluding some officers. The majority of officers were no. saved, and at the time of the admiral':: report the cadets on board numberei 5S of a total complement of over 30G. The sons of Baron Chinda, vice-mir. ister of foreign office, and of Princ Oyama, field marshal, are among the cadets who, it is feared, are lost; als Captains Hame, Yoshmori and Vashirc The cause of the explosion is ur known. Loss May Not Be Great. Washington, April 30. It is not be lieved the loss will be heavy as th" vessel was of less than 5,000 tons. Sh was a flagship of Admiral Ito in tin battle of Yalu River and participated in the battle of the Sea of Japan. Sh. had no ramor was a protected cruis er. A dispatch to the naval attach of the Japanese embassy from Toki says that those saved include thrt officers, 24 cadets, seven non-commi sioncd officers and 141 of the crew. Terrific Storm In Florid a By Associated Press. Tallahassee, Fin., April 30. A ter rific wind-storm destroyed considerar ble property a. few miles east of here. Tobacco sheds, barns and other wood en structures were razed, and crops have been damaged to a large extent. The wind swept directly through Leon county, the tobacco section of Florida. So far as is known there has been no loss of life. Wires are down in many places. Mississippi Teachers Meet at Jackson Jackson, Miss, April 30. Hundreds of teachers and other visitors are hero for the annual convention of the Miss issippi Teachers' Association, which will hold forth in the Century TVatre during the remainder of this v. eek. The program for the initial session to night provides for the usual addresses of welcome and responses, and the annual address of the president. The forenoons of Friday and Saturday wiil be devoted to departmental meetings and the afternoons and evenings to general sessions. The officers in charge of the conven tion are: President, M. Rose, Yazoo City; vice president, T. P. Scott, Brookhaven; secretary, J. T. Connell, Gulfport, and treasurer, J. R. Ellis, Ellisville. Noted educators who will take : prominent part in the proceedings are State Superintendent of Education J. N. Powers, E. J. Currie, of Hatties burg; P. W. Berry, of Mississippi Col lege; J. J. Dawsey, of Gulfport, ant" W. S. Leathers, of the University ol Mississippi. A. C. Dixon In Raleigh Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 30 An immens audience greeted Rev. A. C. Dixon, th . eminent Baptist divine, f Chicago, last night at Tabernacle Baptis ; church for the first service of the s( ries of revival meetings he is to hoi . here. He spoke feelingly of his earl -ministry in Raleigh, and of other Baj list churches in North Carolina and ( religious experiences he had in thof . days that have, strengthened and d veloped his ministerial career. "Believe on tho Lord Jesus Chris' and Thou Shalt be Saved" was th : text of an especially forcible sermoi The program for the series of mee ings is early morning prayer at o'clock, Monday service in the Acad my of Music, prayer services at tl church at 4 p. m., and the song servi , an sermon at night.
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