North Carolina Newspapers

WHlur. IT 18 NEWS* ALL THE NEWS VOL 9 Bryan Delights Audience With on "The Average M Roosevelt Has Feathered His Nest With the Com t,toner's Plumage And Deserves Credit For Doing So A Blow for Trusts And Monopolies—State's Rights to Front With a Compliment to Gover nor Glenn. The address of Mr. Bryan at the Auditorium last night was a masterly presentation of the ideas of the great statesman, and for two hours, the large audience, numbering about 2,- 000. were held with a power, which only a great man with a great speech can command. His address was hung upon with concentration of mind by a!!, and not a word from beginning to end was lost. "The Average Man," was the sub ject cf the address. The average man in America, what he is, and how important he is to our government, and why this average man is so nrach better than the average man of any other country, was gone into at length by the speaker, and then fol lowed a discussions of these ques tions of policy of government, which are uppermost in the minds of the average man today. "Dixie" Caught the Crowd. The large crowd assembled at the Auditorium early, and by 8:15 o'clock, the opening hour, they had been seated. While waiting for the distin guished speaker, the audience was entertained with several selections by the Temple Quartett and Mr. John Barns Wells. The latter's rich tenor charmed the audience. When the quartette followed their first number with Dixie" their voices were submerged in the usual wave of applause which always follows this great Marseillaise o£ the South. Twice the splendid quartptte was compelled to respond to the enthusi astic encores. Mr. Bryan and Governor Glenn were escorted down the left aisle by Mayor T. S. Franklin, F. R. McNinch, Hon. Heriott Clarkson, General T. R. Robertson. Congressman Yates Webb, and Randolph Preston, these gentlemen remaining on the stage during the address. Mr. Bryan was given a spontaneous ovation upon his entrance, and when he arose to speak, he had to ask for silence by a wave of his hand. Introduced by Governor Glenn. Governor Glenn began his intro duction by alluding to Charlotte as: the birth place of American liberty,! and what the country owed to the yeomanry of North Carolina mrter the leadership of the Davidsons, the Davies, the Grahams and others, whose names have come down to us. He reverted to the fact that Meck lenburg was the birthplace of two of our greatest presidents, James K. Polk and Andrew Jackson, and how the same principles were being fought for today that those men fought for, the right of a state to attend to its own affairs. He said how glad he was to be present at the opening of this magnificent auditorium, the pos session of which would give Charlotte the next democratic convention. This was greeted with great applause. Tile governor paid a high tribute to the Greater Charlotte Club. "1 congratulate the city in having su'h an organization as the Greater Charlotte Club, that body of splendid young men, to whoscreft'orts this mag nificent building is due. I only wish that Hi; i'o were other such organiza tions of young men in the state whose purpose and ambition was the upbuild '"g of their respective cities, such as the Greater Charlotte Club is doing lor Charlotte, the Queen City of the Carolinas." Governor Glenn closed his remarks by saying that it was well that the People should hold this festival, and enjoy the wholesome fun of life, and that it was wen that they had select ®'l. as one of the attractions, the greatest progressive statesmen of the Present time, the greatest orator of the land, a man who stands second to none, equal to all and surpassed l»y no one, a man loving his God fi'st and his country second, and giving to both his whole heart and powers. An Ovation for Mr. Bryan. Tumultuous applause greeted this Peroration of the governor, and when Mr. Bryan arose, it was several min- Favor Shorter Working Hours _ Providence, R. 1., Oct. 15. — At the annual convention of tne United Tex tilf- Workers of America, which opened today, practically all the delegates fa vor shorter working hours, but are 'livided as to the adoption of a daily or weekly standard of time. A movement will be made to request a midsummer holiday for operatives in all the mills for at least one week. THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT AND PRESS V utes before he could speak. Mr. Bryan opened his address by saying that he was surprised and wonderstruck at the progress of the city since his last visit, and that he was glad to see so many evidences of progress and ►prosperity. He then paid his respects to the governor. Said he, "I feel honored in being in troduced by your chief executive, who one year ago was possibly not known outside of your state, but who by, his brave stand, in telling the grasping corporations, that they must not trample ..the laws of the state and ride through them on federal injunc tions, has become known throughout this great land. Andrew Jackson diu not display greater virtue than did I your great governor in this great fight of the state against the usurping power of the federal courts." "The Average Man." Mr. Bryan began his address by an eulogy of the common peonle, and quoted Lincoln, as saying that God must have loved the common people becaus9 he made so many of them. He said he was proud to be classed among them, that his father was a! worker, and that he thanked God for! every drop of sweat that came to his I brow. "I want to make the common] people so popular that all will want to be in that class." He said that the average American was of the com mon people, and our average man is the biggest average man in the world. Taking up his recent foreign travels he contrasted conditions in other countries with America. He began with Mexico, saying that the officials were competent, intellectual and re fined. The condition of the peons was the reverse. The men on the railroads were Americans competent for the reasons that the Mexicans competent for positions were above it and those willing were inefficient. In Asia he found the conditions pretty much the same, the gulf be tween the officials and. the. coolies was even wider than "in other countries. In Europe he found somewhat differ ent conditions,, but nowhere he went did he find the same opportunities as were offered brain and muscle in glorious America. (Applause.) In England he found the landed -petate system. In some instances es tates had fallen from father to son for hundreds of years, and the custom of collecting rents had been inherited for many generations. He found that two-thirds of the land was owned by members of the house of lords. Who the Average Men Are. The speaker then began a classifica tion of the American average man, a dividing up of the common people, or the middle classes. "1 am going to put the farmers in this class," lie said, "they are the producers of the wealth of the country. They have enough to keep out of the poor house, but not enough to have foreign noble men disgrace their families by mar rying their daughters. (Laughter.) "I will put the mechanics in that clas£. They are the producers of the city as the farmers are the producers, of the country. j "I will add the merchants. Some of, the merchant princes may object and climb out, but those who remain will be glad that they are in. "The ministers are included in the common people, and they are there by Biblical command. "I am going to put the lawyers in. They belong to the middle class tor they arc the great bulwark of the rights of the people in and outside of the court room. The cornfield lawyers. I mean, not the lawyer who gets rich from tips received from in side information of trusts and mo nopolists and the manipulation of the stock exchange. "The cornfield lawyers of Oklahoma had prepared a constitution which was so solid that the trust-fed law yers could not shoot holes through it Secretary Taft had gone to Ok lahoma to tell the people to vote against the 'corn-field lawyer' con stitution, yet the people had not heeded the remonstrances - of Mr, Taft, and the people had ratified the constitution, and it is the best in the country today." Col. Bryan put the newspaper men in the class, also. He paid a tribute to the country papers, saying that it was the custom of some of the me tropolitan papers to hire brainy men to chloroform the public and the owner picked the pockets of the corporations. The columns of many metropolitan papers were open to the highest bidder. Teachers Thrown In. "The teachers should be added to this class. They come up from the common people and teach the com mon people's children, and I don t think they are overpaid. The yearly income of one trust magnet would pay the yearly salary of 100,000 teachers. "There are others which should be put in that class. A rich man can belong to that class as well as a poor one, for it is not a question ot money, but of sympathy. Jefferson was a rich man, and an educated man vet he was one of the common people, i because his sympathies were with the great mass, which form 95 per cent of the people. "The old theoretical plan of gov ernment which we learn in college is that a monarchy is the strongest, an aristocracy the wisest and a demo cracy the most just, but I have dis continued on page 4 HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY OCTOBc Rl7, 1907> I U 1 "T Jjl yvy L *Tfc O "n, 7wenty Persons Killed And Hundred In a Great Explosion Dupont Powder Mills At Fontanet, Indiana, De molished—The 7 own in Ruins — Windows Shat tered 15 Miles Away, People Panic-Stricken Reliej Train Rusned to Scene—Fearful Desttuc tion Wrought by Fire That hollowed. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 15.—Three distinct Explosions were heard here today from the direction of the Fontanet powder mills, 15 miles away. Many windows were shattered here. It is reported the powder house and two mills of the powder company at Fontanet had blown up and 25 to 100 persons killed. All communications with Fontanet were cut off by wire and persons in ! automobiles have gone to assistance. Fontanet is a mining town of a few hundred inhabitants. Twenty-five to 30 persons are dead and dying, 100 injured, every house in Fontanet destroyed, 700 residents homeless, is the result of the ex plosion of the mills of the Dupont Powder Company, near Fontanet to day. The first explosion was in the glazing mill. Quickly following the other mills blew up. Men ran for their lives. At the first explosion the town in habitants ran from the buildings, thus saving themselves. No one was killed in town, although not a building is left standing. Ninety minutes after the first ex plosion heat from the burning mills exploded the great powder magazine, several hundred yards away. A freight train on the switch was partly destroyed by the concussion and caught fire. Heat from tne burning mills made the removal of the many bodies im possible. Eighteen mangled bodies were tak en to the morgue to await identifica ion. The injured were found everywhere Fronts, roofs, sides and founda tions of the many buildings were blown to atoms. Story of Disaster. Terra Haute, Ind., Oct. 15.—The Du pont Powder Mills, at Fontanst, 18 miles northeast of this city, exploded at 9:15 o'clock this morning, practi cally wiping out the little mining town and killing 20 men and seriously in juring 100 more. The mills are burning and the bod ies of the killed cannot be recovered. Every building within half a mile is wrecked. 1 The Big Four railroad ran a special train to the scene with physicians and the injured are being brought to the hospitals here. Superintendent Monahan, of the pow der mill, is supposed to be in the de bris. Panic prevails among the residents of the surrounding country. Telegraph aid telephone wire are down. Many automobile parties left here with physicians and relief supplies. * I Three Hoboes Killed. Asheville, N. C., Oct. 15.—Three ho boes. who were stealing a ride, were instantly killed in a freight wreck near Campobello, 10 miles from Spartanburg iat 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The accident was caused by a derailment, and 13 cars were piled up in the wreck age. None of the train crew were injured. Jury Now Has Fonville Case Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 15. —Judge Boyd concluded his charge at 2 o'clock and the jury took the Fonville case. He instructed the jury that the en tries in the hanks' books, shown by Mr. McClintock, could not be con sidered as evidence against Fonville. He also said Fonville's objection to Jones being used as a witness should not be considered to his prejudice. The Fonville jury will take dinner before considering a verdict. Jjpy Says Not Guilty. The jury in the Fonville case in the federal court here today returned a verdict of net guilty at 4:15. He is now a free inau. This news will .be gratifying to his many friends in this and adjoining states. Killed Herself And Child New York, Oct. 15— Suffering from an illness which she feared was incur able, Mrs. Alice J. Hullmund, 20 years o'd, wifs of contracting carpenter, to day killed herself and her 14-months old child in her Brooklyn home by asphyxiation. She left a note saying she was weary of battling against ilkhealth and she was taking the child lest it might suf fer similarly. Lived on Raw Meat And Fish Among Esquimaux New York, Oct." 15—Fish and meat, most of it raw, was the food upon which V. Srefahson enthonologist of the Mikclson-Lcffingwell expedition liv ed while with the Esquimaux on the northern edge of the American main land last winter. Mr. Stfensen who has just returned here says that this diet was palatable and healthful and that he gained 20 pounds on it. Sometimes the Esquimaux and some times without them the ethclogist trav eled about 2,00 miles back and forth along the coast, from the McKenzie delta to the winter station of the ex pedition at Flaxman. The exploring vessel was unable to reach Stefansen at the McKenzie delta and he was without supplies when he ended his trip of the artic coast. But the na tives took him to their huts and would accept nothing for giving him food and | shelter. Mr. Bryan to Speak At Spartanburg, S. C. , Spartanburg, S. C., Oct. 15,—William Jennings Bryan will deliver his famous lecture the "Prince of Peace" in Spar tanburg on the night of October 18th. He will speak in the First Baptist church for the reason that the auditor ium will seat more people than that of any building in the city. It was hoped that the new theatre would be secured for Mr. Bryan, but a show, "The Hosier Girl," is due to appear here on the night that Mr. Bryan is to lecture and the manager of the show would not cancel his date. Hundreds of out-of-town people will visit Spartanburg next Friday night to hear Mr. "Bryan. The management? of Wofford College Lyceum has received letters from cit-' izens in Anderson. Greenwood, Lau rens, Marion and other places asking that tickets be reserved for them. \ >■ I Conceit may puff a man up, but ' it doesn't boost him up. A Sweeping Injunction Judge Pritchard Issues Injunction Restraining Commission to Wind up Affairs of State Dispen sary of S. L. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 15.—Federal Judge Pritchard has issued a sweep ing injunction restraining the coin mission to wind up the affairs of the state dispensary; from paying out any money belonging to the state dispen sary. The injunction was secured by Garret & Co., wine dealers, of Wel don, N. C., who have a claim against the state dispensary amounting to "over $7,000 and the order is re turnable before Judge Pritchard on Nov. 19th. Garret & Co. applied for a writ of mandamus to compel the commis sion to pay their claim and mean while the commission is restrained from paying out any money on claims. The order of Judge Pritchard was served this morning on Dr. W. J. MArray, chairman of the commission and created a sensation. The com mission is appointed by the gover nor under an act of the legislature to wind up the affairs of the state dispensary and the commission is acting as the agent of the state in settling up the dispensary accounts. It is not yet known what course the state will take as Governor Ansel and Attorney General Lyon have not yet had time to consult the commis sion. The injunction ties up about. $750,- 000, which the commission has on hand for the paymtent of claims against the state dispensary and which is on deposit in South Caro lina banks. Thie 'es Knock Man Down And Rob Him of Valuables Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 15— George W. Banks, general manager of the Traf ford Supply Company, of Trafford City, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburg, was found unconscious on the floor of his office today, assaulted and robbed of his money, gold watch and other valua bles. ' His safe was also robbed. His recov ery is doubtful. / There is no clue whatever of the thieves. BROOKLYN DAY. Many Brooklynites Attend Celebration - of the Day at the Exposition. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 15.—Today was celebrated as Brooklyn Day at the exposition. Justice William J. Gaynor delivered an oration. Sixty prominent Brooklynites who attended are toured the Virginias. To morrow they go to the famous battle field at Petersburg. Marching On Casablanca. - Paris, Oct. 15—A Tangier despatch to the Petit Journal says Mulai Nafid's army, 8,000 strong, is marching to at tack Casa Blanca. Gen. Drude, com mander of the French forces at Casa blanca is making elaborate prepara tions for the defence. Tribesmen are preparing for atack. / Passenger and Ticket Agents. Washington, D. C., Oct. 15. —The fifty second annual convention of the Amer ican Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents opened today at the New Willart? Hotel.. C. L. Stone, general agent of the Louisville and Nashville, presided, and C. M. Burt, general passenger agent of the Boston and Maine, officiated as secretary. Safety ticket paper, the division of excess .-baggage earnings, excursion rates, and a variety of-other timely topics will be taken up by the conven tion, wtyich will remain in session sev eral days. President Finley That The South is Not Hostile 1 o Railroads 16 Killed In Fatal Shrewsbury, England, Oct. 15. —A passenger train bound from Scotland and North of England to Bristol, left the rails as it was entering the sta tion here this morning and sixteen per sons, including ten passengers, were killed and many were injufed. The London and Northwestern Rail road, on which the train was running at the thne of the accident, curves sharply as it nears Shrewsbury and there ts a standing order that the en gineers must not exceed a speed of ten miles an hour at that point. Disregard of this order is believed to have been the cause of the accident. The engine and all the cars with the exception of the last one, left the rails and when officials at the railroad sta tion reached the spot the cars were a tangled mass of wreckage, beneath which were the bodies of the dead and injured: A pouring rain retarted the work of rescue and several hours elapsed be fore the last body was taken out. Those killed included the engineer, fireman, guards and postal clerks. Explosion Thomasville Two Men Probably Fa . tally Injured by Explo sion at Saw Mill —Body of One Was Hurled 40 Feet. Thomasville, N. C., Oct. 15. —Yester- day afternoon, five miles southeast of here, near Hopewell church, a fearful explosion occurred at the sawmill «of Cicero and Maynor Kennedy. As they were sawing logs suddenly the boiler exploded. Albert Cousins, the fireman, and Maynor Kennedy were standing near the boiler at the time. Moynor was blown 40 feet away and was terri bly scalded. Cousins was knocked down, badly scalded and the base of his skull fractured and is still un conscious. It is feared that he will die. Two other men were working at the mill but escaped unhurt. The boiler was blown 40 feet from where it was stationed. The engine was totally de molished, pieces of it being blown about 400 yards away. The cause of the explosion is supposed to have been a defect in the bottom of the boiler. Sparks of fire set the woods on fire more than 100 yards away. This is the most awful accident of the kind ever recalled in this vicinity. A Shooting Affair Near Greensboro Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 15.—Yester day morning near White Oak, Bob Pot ter, a negro barber, was shot in his shop by George Troxler, colored. Troxler came to the shop where Pot ter was attending to customers and became so boisterous and troublesome that Potter ordered him out and finally liad to put him out. In half an hour Troxler 'reappeared and with an old shotgun stood in the door and poured a load of shot into Potter's legs. De liberately loading the old gun, Troxler proceeded to fire another load into the prostrate maai left and has not yet been caught. j Strange to say, Potter, although filled with small bird shot is not thought to be dangerously hurt. It was a sorry gun. National Bank At Dresden, 0. Failed , Washington, D. C., Oct." 15.—The comptroller of the currency to day announced the failure of the First National Bank at Dresden, Ohio, caus ed by loans to local woolen manufac tures who it is said, had failed. Robt. Lyon, bank examiner, was appointed temporary receiver. NEW BELMONT TUNNEL. Both Tubes of Big Tunnel Completed According to Contract. New York, Oct. 15. —After a months labor both tubes of the new Belmont tunnel under East river between Man hattan and Long Island City, have been turned over to the trustees of the New York and Long Island railroad for operation. The tank was finished within the time stimulated. Protectorate Over Morocco. Tangier, Oct. 15. —Pudging from tire latest semi-official declarations of Sul tan Abd-El-Aziz during a conference with the French minister, at Rabat, invited France to consider establishing a protectorate over Morocco, including the immediate occupation of the en tire coast. v tjJLUJI .. ■ THE BEST J6l IPRINTWG OP ALU KINDS AT THIS OFFICE President o/ Southern De- Hares There is a Grow ing Feeling Among Ship pers, Ere Favoring Reasonable Treatment. Points Out That 860 new Plants Have Been Es tablished Along South ern's Lines Last Year — As to Legislation. New York, Oct. 15.—That the south is not hostile to the railroads is one of the declarations appearing in Pres ident Finley's statement to the stock holders of the Southern Railway, a portion of the report of which for the year ending June 30th, last, has just been made public. In fact, Mr. Finley says, there is a giowing feeling among the shippers and travelers in the south in favor of the reasonable treatment of railroad enterprises. The statement then cites as an'indi cation of the rapid indutsrial expan sion of the south last year no fewer than 800 plants of various sorts were installed along the Southern railway's lines and that the capacity of many older plants were enlarged. Of the disputed new rates put in force in the south, pending a determi nation of the cases involved by the United States supreme court, Mr. Fin ley savs: "The board has considered it es sential not only in the interest of the owners of property, but in the interest of the public (whose interest is that the railroads shall not be deprived of means of providing adequate facilities for the commerce of the country), that the issues raised by the action of these these states, whether investment iu the railroad properties are entitled to the same measure of protection as oth er property, and whether they can be deprived by any form of state action of effective protection of the constitution of the United States, shall be finally settled with the least possible delay." Proposed Uniform Bill Of Lading Considered Washington, Oct. 15. —An important hearing, involving the proposed uni form bill of lading on all railroads, was held at the interstate commerce commission today. Practically every railroad in the United States- was rep resented, also shipping interests. Will Divide Up Fortune Of $30,000,000 at Once Chicago, Oct. 15.—The tribune says: A 230,000,000 will contest that was : argued and settled out of court was ' disclosed when the last testament of Nelson Morris, the packer, was filed for probate. Instead of carrying the arrangement whic'i would have held the bulk of the estate in trust 15 years the widow and four children will divide the property equally at once. Instead of $500,000 and an annuity of $15,000 during the next 20 years each of the five principal heirs will receive $6,000,000 in cash and securities. MR. ERNEST VERNON RSEIGNS. Has Accepted a Position With the American Trust Company as Second Teller. Mr. Ernest Vernon, for five years as sistant city ticket agent of the South ern railroad in this city, has resigned his position and after the first of the month will be connected with the bank ing department of the American Trust Company in the capacity of second teller assisting Mr. Ernest Davis, first teller. Mr. Vernon is said to be one of the swiftest ticket sellers on the Southern's entire system, and is both accurate and efficient. His successor has not been named. Barcellona, Oct. 15. —Floods in this vicinity continue serious. Five per sons were drowned and 30,00 thrown out of work. Airship Is Formed New York, Oct. 15. —The American Airship and Balloon Corporation has been incorporated under the laws of this state, with a capital of $200,000 to build airships and balloons. Israel Ludlow, director of the Aero .nautics at Jamestown, is one ctf the presidents. Charles A. Strobfel, who owns several airships is presi dent, and William H. Hodge, a large shoe dealer in Virginia is treasurer. According to Ludlow the company has sent an airship to operate in Cuba and another to Mexico and is preparing a third outfit for a trip around the world. It also expects to secure patent rights of the various inventors of air ships and balloons.