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XIX. i NO. 198 WILMINGTON, N: C., J?KIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1907. FIVE CENTS in i"f- i ni liifBiTii a if if ii . ..- l i mil wi ii Speaks On Jllce Problem and : Other Issues r BREAKING OF SOLID SOUTH Would be Crowning Glory Roosevelt's ; Administration to Says One Single Issue Has Made South reroetual Tall of Demo cratic Pam--'-Longs for the Time When the South Shall be Received in the Council of the Nation. Lexington, Kyl August 22. Secre tary oL-WarTaft today opened the re publican state campaign with a discus sion of the race problem and general political issues from the southern stand point, and an appeal to the Kentuck ians to aid the republican party in the support of those principles. Calling attention to what he called the south's lac fof representation in councils of the nation he declared that was "because one single issue has made it the perpetual tail Qf the democratic party so that however sma41 the north ern head, it wajgs that tail. The soutk has permitted thle shadow; of an issue that circumstances 'ought long ago to have removed to) bind it to the demo cratic party, no matter what principles or candidates that party adopts.'; He called iatention to the prosperity of Kentucky's industries and agricul ture and expressed the belief that many Kentuckinas who favored a protective tariff had blindly voted the democratic ticket because of feeling on the race Issue. , t . Then taking up the race question, he said: . ; ; ! . T know that the -discussion by a northern man islapf to rouse from the -southern democrat the objection that io rinps nnf: understand the auestion: that he does not: know the difficulties of it and that if he cannot take lr up with sympathy, with the attitude of the white man of the -south he had better not take t up at all. On the nilmii in1 ""hn' to HoKlo r OTI pnllTltPr the criticism- of ihe colored man,-who with a uatural sensitiveness, remem bering the wrongs and oppression to which their race had; been subjected, resents any attitude which does not in volve condemnation of the southern (white man or jwhich manifests the slightest consideration for his view. I am not a pessimist with respect to the race question, ij am convinced that it is working . itself out, ; and I am con vinced that nothing" has ..so much con tributed to its gradual solution as the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments." : . He continued: jl : r "I shall not stop to' give you statis tics showing the great - progress that "has been made bj the negro race in the south. We are apt to; forget this reaA improvement in jthe diatribes that we occasionally hear; from men who lack sympathy with ! the progress of the colored race and who denounce the en tire race on account of a comparative- drejgs of the southern' population." After mentioning the various mean of disfranchisingijvoters, and declaring that such laws Were proper if appiid with equal fairness to both white and black, he expressed the hope that as the colored citizens under the leader ship of such merij as Booker T. Wash ington, would "bjecom"e respected busi ness members ofc the f communities In which they live land V when they exer cise independence of judgmnt in re spect to political issues we may be sure that' gradually the right to vote will be accorded;; them and they will exercise a far rpore useful influence as intelligent and solid members of the community than the ignorant mem bers of their racewould have exercised, had they been allowed to vote. Jn thisway, through devious ways which cannot be justified or : approved,; we may still reach: . a result that, will square with thel5 requirements of theV6st of Bello Tampo, not only brought federal constitution and will give the negro , every political ' and economic right- ' t.-' : , The negro is necessary to the south as a . labor skilled and unskilled. The- world over today there is a demand for--, labor and were" the negro to be withdrawn from the south the difficul ties under which' agriculture' would ' labor can hardljr be overstated. The negro'is an American. He has nVother country than this, and, called upon to i the assassins and as counterfeiters, defend it, he lays down his life with The motive for the crime is alleged ta the 'same freedom that the white man j have been the fear of betrayal by Fran sacrifices his.: ' , jcois, who was a. member of the gang, Ours is the flag he loves The only one he knows. It is our duty -to see to it thai his path is made as easy as possible, and that his progress is as Incessant as proper encouragement can make it. i His best friend the one that can do most, for him and the one in many respects who sympathizes with him most is the southern white man. He understands his defects. He knows his virtues. And the negro responds to the opportunities for improvement as book er T. Washington points them! out we can be sure that he will grow in the estimati6n of his white fallow citizens sof the south and that the great prob- lem which has burdened the south will be solved. t The fifteenth amendment does not re Quire that every negro should vote. All that it requires is that he should not be excluded from voting because he is a negro. If he lacks educational qualifications property qualifications Or any other qualification that the state may lawfully impose as a rule of eligi bility for its voters, then he may be excluded, provided that every one else who lacks similar qualifications-"' Is equally excluded. The 15th amendment is merely in tended to secure him in. his political rights from race discrimination by the states. It is not intended to give him affirmative privileges as a member of his race. Its strict-enforcement does not involve an amalgamation of the race has nothing to do with social as sociation, or equality. It does not in volve so-called negro domination and to permit the question at this late day. forty years after the war, to control the vote of intelligent men in respect to lack of sense of proportion,, which I cannot think, will. continue to manifest issues hat are living is to indicate the itself in the south, (if only under the influence of President Roosevelt's ad ministration some of the southern states, including Kentucky, could be led' into the republican column in ac cordance with the real sympathies of the voters in those states it would be a i crowning glory of his administra tion. . . . ' - . . : As an American citizen' and lover of my country, I long for the time when the south shall be received again in the councils of the nation and when the people of that section shall resume the influence to which . they are entitled and which they deny themselves by being frightened at a mere ghost of the past. I' ; On the question of greater congres sional representation than the vote of the south seemed to: warrant he found an Injustice which: he believed had been largely counterbalanced by its tendency to drive northern voters in to the republican, party. V DATE POSTPONED. Unveiling of Monument John Smith. to Captain Norfolk, Va., Aug 22. Lieutenant Governor J. Taylpr Ellyson, acting president for the association for the preservation of Virginia antiquities, announced today that the unveiling of the monument to Captain John Smitn being erected at Jamestown Island by the United States government will nec essarily have to be postponed, the contractors giving notice that it will not be completed on September 11, the day set for the exercises. I : Uncertainly when1 the shaft will be completed prevents the naming of a fu ture day. I FIRE IN COTTON 3IILL, Delegates Appointed to the National Prison Association. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, AUG 22. Fire which originated in the lapper room of the Neuse River Cotton Mill near hero did about thousand dollars damage to cotton and machinery. The governor appoints J. S. Mann, superintendent of the penitentiary, Rev. Dr. Aired H. Moment, nastor of . the First 'Presbyterian . church here, and Rev. F. J. Murdock of Salisbury, dele gates to attend the national prison as sociation conference, at Chicago Sep tember 14th to 19. i FOUR ARRESTED. Brutal Murder Xead to Discovery of Connterfeitinar Plant. ; Palermo, Aug. 22. The finding today of two half burned chests containing portions of a human body, in the for- to -light a brutal , murder but also led to the discovery-of an extensive plant for the manufacture of spurious bank notes. l . " ; Italy has recently been flooded "with this counterfeit money. The victim or the murder has been identified as Hen ry. Francois a deserter from the French army. . . - A local engraver, his wife and two merchants have been arrested, both as SHOOTING UP OF BROWNSVILLE Mentioned in Report a a Lamentable Occurrence Still Shrovrdert in Mys-1 terv. Washington, August 22. An echo o? the ''shooting up" of Brownsville, Texas, last August by negro troops of the 25th infantry is found in-theian-nual "report, of Brigadier Gen. .Albert L. Myer, commanding thetlepartisent of Texas, for- the fiscal year 1967,! who refers to it as "a lamentable occurrence which is still shrowded in mystery to a groat extent." - ; I f He adds: "However, it seems to have been established that on the night in question a few enlisted men of the first battalion, 25th . nf an try, the garrison ing Fort Brown, did go armed j into Brownsville and do sorae promiscious firing, resulting in the death of ..one civilian, one horse and the wounding of one .policeman. It . has beenim possible '.to identify the individuals who actually did the firing. JJndoubi edly there was at that, time mutually bad blood between a part of the j gar? r?ron of Fort Brown and somfe of the citizens of "Brownsville and this j, fact must, to some extent, account for the occurrence. TWO FIRES IN PITTSBURG. Both Caused bv Exolosion of Gaso-; line in Clothes Pressing Establish ments. , Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 22. Two fires, today . caused "by gasoline explosions; in clothes pressing establishments caused damage estimated at $250,000 and for atime threatened the . entire east end section of the city.- The -first fire broke out shortly before "noon ;in the Club Pressing and Q'.eaninls Com pany at 6339 Pennsylvania avenue." The three-story brick building was de-s stroyed and 14 employes were rescued from the windows by the firemen The second fire was more serious and before it was controlled seven1 buildings were wiped out. . j The blaze started in the Enterprise Pressing Company's shop at 5975 Cen ter avenue about ten o'clock and spread with great rapidity. j A number of automobile garages in the neighborhood had quantities of jgas oline on hand and barrels and tanks of fuel were removed from the vicin ity. The flames leaped into the air fifty feet above the burning buildings Shortly after four o'cloc kthe fires were declared to be under control FIVE MEN ENTOMBJSn Two are" RcscuedThe Others Tliousht to we Dead. Wilksbarre, Pa.,Aug. 22. Five men were entombed today by a fall of rock in No 1 tunnel in the mine of Port Erie Coal, Company. . Michael Naugh ton, one of the men caught in the fail, after several hours effort crawled from under the debris badly injured. He reported that four other men were caught in the fajll. Late tonight a rescuing party reach ed John Justice of Plainville and brought him to the surface He was not injured but was completely ex hausted. He fears that James Boyle, of Nickerman and : John and Joseph Keening, Germans, for whom search" is being made are dead. ' " NO CHANGE ! JN STRIKE Both Sides Continue to Express Sat isfaction With jthe Situation. New York, Aug. 22. Committees of the striking telegraphers today began to visit business- houses in this city soliciting contributions to the union's treasury. - The business mene wer asked either to give money or an order for adver tising space in a newspaper which! the strikers expect to' issue soon. The so- tlicitors reported that they were genJ eraiy successrui. Representatives of the telegraph com panies and the telegrahers union) as serted today that they were satisfied with the situation in the telegraphers strike. JEAIiOUSY CAUSED MURDER Mrs. Mallett Shot and Killed to Pre vent Her Marryine Another Man. i . in ii I Trumbull, Cnn. August 22 In a fit of jealousy because he thought she was going to marry another man, Lu cas Koplinsky, at Tashua, shot and killed Miss Lillian Mallett today, .and to hide his crime set fire td the shed In which he had slain the woman. Miss Mallet, was 55 years of age land wealthy. . Koplinsky worked on) the Mallet place for seven years. A neigh bor who heard the shooting raised an alarm and Koplinsky: was captured. r Second Primarv. Memphis, Tenn... . August 22. The second primary election for the demo cratic gubernatorial nomination ! was held in Mississippi today, the candi dates being E. F. Noel and E . Brewer. Weather , conditions were i good i and early returns indicate that the ivote was. nearly as large as" that cast August L Returns from 24 towns give Noel a lead of 0S. . - - '" J JEWS FBOI CAPITAL Wealfier Report For the Iflooth ! v of-JuJy ITER ""THE- C0BP0B8TIBIS I ' ;. , -. ''-V Several Behind in taking Reports ! to Auditor Premium-Ust for. State Fair Issued. Recruiting for the Army- -Condi tion of Cotton Secretary JBruner in France--Charters Granted. ' Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, -N. C, August 22. A telegram from Red Springs, Va:, this morning told of the death, there of Joseph K. Marshall, youngest son of Rev. Dr. Mathew M. Marshall, for so manyj years rector, of Christ church here. Mr. Marshall's death was due to - consumption from which he had suffered for several years. ; He leaves a wife and one child. The weather report for North Caro lina for July, -was issued today, and $ays the month was slightly warmer than usual but : not quite a degree above the normal. ; There were no ex cessively high or low temperatures. . The state auditor is after several scores of corporations which have failed to report the valuation of their, property and the amount of capital stock and motifies them that the re port must be in September 1 or they will be penalized. 1 . The premium list of the 47th state fair here October 14th to issued. E. L. Daughteridge annual 19th is is the president of the North Carolina Agri cultural Society which holds these fairs, which rank among the most sue cessful ' in the entire south. The board of agriculture this year! allows '$750 of special premiums for field and garden crops and 14 special crops have been . sleeted, all staple ones, in each case the I first premium being $25; the second $15. and the third $5. 1. There will also be a' set of valuable premiums for truck crops. One of the features of the fair will be the speech! by W. J. Bryan on Thursday, October 17th. He is always a great drawing card and as the general opinion seem? to be that he will again be the democratic nominee for the presidency will be an added reason for there being a notably large audience. - Captain Winston, I)'. S. A.j who is in charge of the recruiting service in the eastern part of the state has been on that duty for four months. There are five stations and at these' about 60 men have been secured: He says that about only 20 per cent, of those who apply pass the examination." Tlie gov ernment does not-relax any 'of its re quirements and men must be physical ly and morally sound. v He thinks con gress will make an appropriation for increasing the pay of enlisted men, though as a matter of fact the pay now will compare very : well with that 'for unskilled labor in this part! of the country, the total really being about $55 a month. - In the sheriff's office- the ofiicials were talking about the more thai or dinarily cool summer and said that as a result fewer persons had gone insane than usual and that there was also less crime. They think that both of these things are affected by the hot weaher and one official said this wa3 the " result of very close observation for six years past. j Henry C- Dockery who is a large farmer in Richmond county, was here today to attend a meeting of the trustees of Wake Forest eotlege. He is also a member of the Jamestown exposition commission from this ,state. When' asked about the cotton crop in his section he said it . was .very good; in fact better in his county than it vas last year, and that the fruiting of i the plants was very heavy.- The acre-i -rwrne. Inch ago is auuui iub kiut; no n wtus ioou year. 'He says- that labor is very scarce and high and that cotton- pickers will be in great demand, one-reason being that the Eockingham Power Company employs about 800 men and has sharp ly advanced wages. Speaking about the corn -crop in Richmond county he declared that it was never better. Mr. Jones, a well known lumberman, whose -headquarters are at purham, was here today having just returned from Wendell, this county. JJe says that In a mile and a half of this new town,, which!. Is on the Norfolk & Southern railway, there are nine lum ber' mills and that he has contracts for taking their output, 10,000000 feet of lumber. . All of this goes ?nortlv to New. Xork, . Pennsylvania and to the west- as far as Michigan where . it is -sold Tighten the white pine country. une. dvucmgan pine ioresis are ocing destroyed and do not renew themselves as they do in North Carolina.. i State Treasurer . Lacy says the cor : porations are paying the franchise - tar ; very well. : This is a dull montll in the I treasury as it, is in the other state de- l nnrtnipntt! " ' . Secretary of State Grimes was asked today about the condition of his cotton j said - that while there was very great j improvement," yet nothing like a full I crop could possibly be made and "thai the outlook is poor. ; Charters are granted the Rocking ham Motor Company, at Rockingham, to own and' operate automobiles repair the same, etc., $10,000 capital stocky W: N. Everette and others stockhold ers; the Lenoir Hardware and Furni ture Company, at Lenoir, to do a wholesale business, $125,000 catital, "W. J. Lenoir and others stockholders; the Wilson; Marine Grocery - Company, Wilmington, wholesale grocers, can ners, etc. , $25,000 capital stock, J. A. Wilson and others - stockholders; the Blue Ridge Bending Company . at Lenoir, to make bent wood axticles'for vehicles, etc capital $50,000, John Hill and others stockholders. There will be 28 students from the Iaw class at the state university to ap ply for license next Monday, when the supreme court will make the examina tions. The number from the Wake Forest T,aw school is 20 and it is un derstood there will be 15 from Trinity Law school, Durham. ' . . Secretary Bruner of the board of ag riculture, who is acting labor com missioner, is now in France. He has been in England and Scotland- As soon as the cool weather comes a number of Scotch lads are coming orer Those who settled in this state last winter and spring 'appear to be very well pleased with the conditions an-' their employers certainly like them ; It is to be noticed that at all the cotton mill here improvements have been made during the summer, and this ' applies to the other industries. .The' brick business has again become quite important here and there is also a tile" plant. There will be a string of industrial plants along the line of the Norfolk & Southern railway from here to Wilson. The country thus opened for the first time is a very fine one, as to fertile lands and large timber, darees Cqea ffeSwf ascEEe NO MOTIVE KNOWN. Marion Story, the Artist. Commits Suicide by Shooting. Nw York, A 4s 22. Marion Story, the artist and brother of Julian' P. Story, who was ; divorced by Mme, Eames', committed suicide, at his home Brook Farm, near Port JChester, to night by shooting. The only "other per son in! the house at the time were his servants. ! , . . ' -. Mrs. Story who had not lived with her husband for about a year, is said to be somewhere in the south. In the absence tonight of any of the Story family there could not be obtained any authoritative statement as to what prompted Mr. Story to end his life. Those persons, however, who remem ber the trouble through which he had been in the last year and a half which includes heavy losses in the stock mar ket, his commitment to the Blooming dale asylum and his domestic inf elides attribute his act to these. He return ed a short time ago from Europe. - Marion Story' was committed to Bloomingdale asylum in April 1906.' He was released, however, within a year.. ':'':. .. ; . ; . ,: APi-jAxiS To jiJVKd RNOR " Superintendent Terhune Asks for Protection for Western . Union Telegraph Offices. Jackson, Miss, Aug. 22. Superin tendent Terhune of the Western Un ion telegraph company today appealed to Governor Vardaman to furnish pro tection to theoffices of the Western Union at Holly Springs, Grenada and Greenwood stating that operators had been forced tofluit at 'the two offices first named, and the citizens of Green wood are offering threats and indigni ties to the manager at that place. The governor replied that Superintendent TprhiiriA chilliI ' . . Z 'LZr:Z r t " , nt.WhI adopt special measures for 1 "Wt WUil. HOLD NEGRO EDITOR Instructions From Governor Swanson to Norfolk Officials.' " Norfolk, VSL, August 22. City Ser geant Lawler of Norfolk, today re ceived a telegram from Governor i "Swanson at Richmond directinff thm to. hold the negro editor, "J. D. Uzzell, who surrendered to the authorities during the Onancock race troubles on eastern shore of Virginia and whom the state's attorney of Norfolk de clared was being held under no charge and could leave the Jail at will. - The governor telegraphed:' ' "Hold Uzzeli; put In Norfolk city jail by .Colonel Nottingham, subject to the authorities "p Accomac : county. You will hear from sheriff and prose- i rating attorney; at proper ttoe,' . FEUER SITUATION Taken to fcradicate Disease i GASES IN CITY Large Number of Trlen Employed in Fumigation City Divided Into Districts With House to House InsDcction -All Sick Soldiers Convalescent Except One Conditions Generally Favor able. Washington, August 22. Complying with Secretary Taft's. directions, Gov ernor Magoon, of Cuba, has taken steps to combat and eradicate the yel low fever which has appeared among, the soldiers and civilians at Cienfue gos, Cuba. ! - : Governor Magoon today cabled the following report from Major Keen, at Cienfuegos: " "Everything going well at post and in the city. All the sick soldiers convalescent except one. No new case In city. Have two hundred and thirty men employed in fumigation. City di vided into ten districts with efficient house to house inspection also five medical Inspectors go over the .various infected ones every day to examine all cases of sickness. One hundred addi tional men in ten gangs will begin drainage and can collecting tomorrow" Chief Surgeon Taylor, at 'Marianao, Cuba, today reported to the war de partment that there Is one new case at St. Nicholas; no new cases at Cienfue gos, sind that the conditions generally are favorable, I I - " i MADE BREAK FOR LIBERTY . . i -. i I . Guards Obllsred to Fire oil Insane Prisoners One Killed and Several' Wounded. - ' t.-.: ' -' . . Schenactady, N. Y., August 22. A special, to the Gazette says: One of : the worst outbreaks among insane prisoners Jn the history of Clinton prison at Dannemora, occurr ed last night. As a result Isaac Du- Bois, one of the Inmates is dead, shot through the heart by a guard. j The insane prisoners were being marshalled; for bed when at a giverf signal they rnshed in'to the two big lower . dormitories ' and locked the doors in the faces of the' guards. They then set about making their escape, by smashing the doors and sawing the bars. .The guards j turned on the convicts streams of ivater from the , fire hose. iThis did not subdue them, and the guards were finally obliged to use rifles and pistols. Several prison ers were seriously wounded. BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY. - r .- l American. s Cleveland, 2; Washington, 1. Chicago, 0; Philadelphia, 2. Detroit," 8; Boston, 7. ; Nationar Brooklyn, 7: St. Louis. 6. Philadelphfa, 6; Cincinnati, 2. . Second game: Philadelphia, 2; Cin cinnati, 1. - New York, 5; Pittsburg, 20. Boston, 2; Chicago, 3. Virginia League. - Danville 6; Portsmouth, 1. Richmond, 6; Norfolk, 2. Lynchburg-Roanoke, ho game, rain. v Sonth Atlantic. Columbia, .3; Savannah, 4. Augusta, 1; Charlestdnr2. Macon, S; Jacksonville, 2. missing wrrn ! sn.ooo. E. H. Pptts. Trusted ! EmDloyeo of American National Bank. Washington August 22. Edwin H. Potts, until a few days ago a trusted employee - of the American National Bank Is 'missing and the police are looking for him on a, charge of having stolen $11,000 of certificates of Erie railroad stock. A warrant has been Issued for his arrest " Potts left the employ of the bank a year ago, but returned recently , to help during the vacation period. It was then the securies were taken. Potts belongs , to an old and respected Virginia family. X . " ; v. All Three Burner! to Death'. Rochester, Ind., August - 22. While kindling a fire in the stove at their, farm house near Mentone today Hrs Charles Websters clothes caught Cre She ran Into the bed room where ten husband and 2 year old baby girl vrera sleeping ana au three were curse a to ' deathl Vigorous Steps
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