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111 Sum Largest .Circulation of y Mny Paper in . .: Eastern North Carolina. Ike Best AdvertU'Tg , Medium in Eastern iVorti Carolina. W O Sherrill JL Volume 3 No. 9. NEW BERN, N. C, THURSDAY.' JULY- 9, 1908. Price Two Cent HOME: North Carolina, Her People, Their Progress and Development in Education, Happiness and Prosperity 4V. NO NOMINATION AS YET IN DENVER CONVENTION Chairman Clayton Begins His Speech Says This is Democratic Year and Delegates Cheer COMMITTEE WRESTLING Anti-Injunction Plonk Undecided Convention called order permanent chairman Clayton eleven thirty. AT1 Denver, Colo., July 9. From last night to 9 o'clock this morning the platform makers toiled over the decla ration of principles on which Mr. Bryan will take his stand. This making something already made is laborious and exhausting. Still it must be said, that the sub-committee of the resolu tions committee have given fine imita tion of statesmen creating something. One would think, to see them in the stress of it, that they were really in cubating. It is considered as a group, the largest aggregation of patriots of the same type In Denver, next to the amalgamated protective association of bunch of men Bryan asaea 10 wnw me platform. They have been coming on ' every train, until the lobby of Brown palace is thickly populated with them. It seems that Colonel Brown has de veloped into gentle jollier. He put his arm 'around the necks of about 200 leading citizens who dropped off at Lincoln to discuss the affairs with him and incidentally to ask him to remem ber them when it comes time to dis tribute post offices and such. They put their arms around his neck and whis pered Into his flattered ears that the only way to make a victory sure, would be for the citizens he had Btrangle hold kV'ori t that particular time to write the platform. The sub-ommitteemen have been patient They have listened with well stimulated interest to all sorts of propositions from one of Nebraska, to make It imperative that hens stamp the date of laying, on each egg to another ' from Texas, that lunch wagons be equipped with roof gardens and fire escapes. The Alfalfa bill by Murray, in course I of Bacon's argument of : three hours, presented a condensed version of the gation by impartial international tri Oklahoma constitution for earnest con- bunal before declaraton war, every dis sideration of he committee, explaining pute which defies diplomatic settle that after much arduous labor he had ment. condensed that document from 400,000 Favors generous pension policy. words to trifle over 75 000 which would be about right for a preamble, and volunteering to furnish any number of needed words up t a million, which he must do if the colonel really wants to win. ' Captain Hobson, of Alabama having prepared a speech; he talked four hours and a half. Mr. Hobson now in congress, unleashed so many dogs of .war that the meeting place looked like a bench show before he bad been going thirty minutes. He was much thrilled, ha said by observing that one of the local plcaea, of refreshment has a Jap anese boy slicing free lunch ham, con etdered this but another proof of war is imminent more than that, is already upon us. The Japanese have stuck in enough of hated race to wipe us off earth, and unless some thing is done ..about it we will all be wearing klmo nas by time we get ready, to march up to the ballotboxes. Way to stop is in Mr.' Hobson's opinion is to build ships. , He was of the - opinion that Lurey ! Woodson, Roger; Sullivan, Governor .Haskell and Tom Taggart ought to go " right down into the lobby of the hotel and construct a few Dreadnoughts. : What he desires Is the 'appropriation of a few billions or trillions immediate- ly, and thought if the sub-committee would say the word the money would be available Saturday night. The salient features in the platform up to noon are: Rejoice over the increasing signs awakening throughout the country. Investigations have traced graft and political corruption to the. represen tatives of predatory wealth, and have laid bare unscrupulous methods by which debauched' elections have preyed upon the defenseless public. The con science of the nation is aroused and must be appealed to for a free gov ernment from the grip of those who made business an asset to favor seek ing corporations. "Shall the people rule" is the over shadowing issue. This manifests itself in all questions now under discus sion. Denounce the heedless waste of the people's money by appropriations by a republican congress just ended amounting to one billion and eight mil lion dollars, exceeding the total ex penditures of the last fiscal year ninety million dollars deficit more than sixty million dollars nod assured. Denounce great and growing in crease in the number of office' holders. The cost of additional office holders last year as more than sixteen million dollars. Tariff schedules should be xeylfeAand theJPPt trade incMasei. Believe In civil service and an adequate navy. Demand the house of representatives shall again become a legislative and deliberately body controlled by a ma jority of the representatives elected by the people and not by the speakers. Condemns act of a present chief executive using patronage of office to secure the nomination of one at his cabinet Favors the income tax as a part of the revenue and urges submission to the constitutional amendment author ized by congress to levy and collect tax upon individual and corporate in comes. Favors election of United States sen' ators by district vote of the people. Demand stricter enforcement of im migration laws and opposed adminis tration of Asiatic immigrants who can not be amalgamated with our people. - Favor speedy completion of the Pan ama canal. Demand for Porto Rico full enjoy ment of the rights and privileges of c territorial form of government. Believe nation should determine not to use navy for collection of private debts and enter into agreements with other nations providing for investt Opposed to centralization as implied in "the suggestion, that the powers of the government should be extended by executive and legislative action and judicial construction. Insists on federal remedies for reg ulation of interstate commerce and for prevention of private monopolies, shall be added to not substitute for state remedies. - . . Favor enlarging federal grants under Morrell and other acts of congress, for benefit of agricultural mechanical and , industrial Institutions. Favors co-operation of federal, state and local authorities in construction and maintenance of post roads. Chairman Clayton commences speech and hall comparatively quiet until he says, "This is democratic year." Then crowd yells with delight , There was applause when Clayton says Roosevelt was guilty of monstrous impertinence In uslnf federal patronage to force Taffs nomination. ' Committee resolutions Btlll wrestling with four . kinds of antl injunction plank. . Also railroad currency , and trust planks and can hardly-reach report 'until late this afternoon. Nomination for president may run till after midnight ' HAWA1IANS PLEASE GARFIELD. Found Island Thoroughly American Without Race Agitation. By Wir eto The Sun. San Francisco, July 9. Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield, who arrived late last night from Honolulu on the cruiser St. Louis, came ashore today. The secretary in his two weeks' visit paid particular attention to gath ering data upon the further commer cial development of the islands and the labor and immigration problems. The islands are thoroughly Ameri can and the American spirit is partic ularly strong," said the Secretary to day. The people are happy, prosperous and progressive. "There is not the slightest race agi tation in the islands. The different races are living in the utmost harmony and I could not help observing the general prosperity of the people." The secretary will leave here shortly for a two weeks' fishing trip in South ern California, in company with Gifford Pinshot and United States Senator Flint Dies From Heat. By Wire to The Sun. Richmond, Va., July 9. Mrs. Anna E. Haase, wife of C. R. Haase, of 802 west Broad street, died yesterday in an ambulance between her home and the Memorial Hospital from the effects of the summer heat. She is the first vic tim of heat prostration in Richmond this summer. Late yesterday afternoon when Mr. Haase returned to his home he found the unconscious form of his wife lying on the floor. Her face was deathly pale and her respiration labored. Med ical aid was at 'once summoned. Dr. Fulmer Bright, who responded, realizing the critical condition of th patient, telephoned for an ambulance and endeavored to remove the dying woman to the Memoral Hospital. Mrs Haase died before this could be ac complished. Mrs. Haase was about thirty-five years old. She -owy icentir moved to this city with Her liusbaiuf from San Francisco, Cal., intending to make Richmond her home. Her hus band has relatives living here. UNWRITTEN LAW. To Be Tested in Richmond, Va, Court By Wire to The Sun. Richmond, Va., July 9. H. L. Bro. thers, a clever looking young married man, employed by the Southern Ex press Company, was charged in the police court this morning with having assaulted H. H. Carr. The case was continued for ten days. Brothers, through his counsel, G. K. Pollock, said to the court that Carr had made insulting remarks about his wife, and that the blow on the head was justified under the "unwritten law." However, His Honor said that the unwritten law could he carried too far and that he would have to wait and see how seriously Carr's injuries might prove. Carr appeared in court with the left side of his forehead in bandages. Convict Takes Leap to Death. By Wire to The Sun. Richmond, Va., July 9. Diving headforemost from the second gallery at the paniitentiary to the stone floor 25 feet beneath, Frank Perry, a negro convict serving an 18 year sentence, is thought to have deliverately ended his life yesterday morning shortly after 6 o'clock by crushing his head into jel ly. .. The horrible fall, made in the pres ence or several guards, loiiowed a fight between the dead man and his cellmate, Upshur Lewis, a second ne gro. The men being separated the gong was .sounded for the early meal, and while the prisoners were forming the ''breakfast line" the terrible plunge was taken. Commissioner Lane. Washington, D. C, Juy 9.-Interstate Commerce Commissioner ' Lane ' says that recent reports from railroads not depending upon the coal, steel, and lumber Industries, show that they are doing very well, although business has been below that of last year. New Union Depot Winnipeg, July 9. A new union de pot is to be built at Winnipeg for the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railways. It will ; ro; quire three years to complete. ARMSTRONG GROCERY CO. ' '-V J Says Firm's Business will Average 90 Per Cent Touching on the business of New Bern, and her Interests, a rejterter called on the wholesale firm of the Armstrong Grocery Company this morning and the question was looked Into with a fair and impartial eye. As matter of fact, Mr. Armstrong brought out the figures of 1907 and 1908, and compared them, which'show ed mo great deal of difference. Mrt Armstrong said that the advan tages in buying from other markets, were not as good at the beginning of this year's business as it was last year,. had It been, no doubt his busi ness for this year would have been about the same. Mr. Armstrong ex plained hat be could have put out the goods this season that he did last, but he considered it to the interest of the company not to do so, knowing as he did the conditions in other parts of the country. Mr. Armstrong was not inclined to believe that conditions were any worse here, in proportion to the community than they were in many other sections, and gave it as his opinion that the con ditions were not as bad as had been intimated by some. Our business will average 90 per cent on the whole the year through was the statement of Mr. Armstrong when he summed up the matter. Battleship Florida. By Wire to The Sun. Washington, July 9. Work on the new 20,000 ton battleship Florida to be built at the New York navy yard probably will be begun about the mid. die of the summer. The plans will be similar to those of the two ships now building, the North Dakota at Quincy, Mass., and the Delaware at Newport News, Va. . The Florida will be slightly longer than either of these battleships and will be ..fitted; as a flagship. While the board of conr,KctIon has not decided the Florida, she probably equipped with Parsons' turbines. The North Dakota, building at Quincy, will have Curtis turbines, the Delarware, under construction at Newport News, will have reciprocating engines. New Patent Law. By Cable to The Sun. Liverpool, July 9. England's new patent law, which stipulates that for eigners who obtain British patents, must manufacture the patented goods on British soil, is showing remarkable results. Many German and American firms are opening factories or making arrangements with British firms to produce their goods. The president of the Liverpool chamber of commerce es timates that the new law has already secured the investment of not less than $125,000,000. Engineering Schools. By Wire to The Sun. New York, July 9. Leading business men and manufacturers will appear at Columbia University as lecturers in the engineering schools at the next session. The new scheme alms at an addition to the course by a regular series of lec tures given by men actively engaged in business, with the definite idea of bringing the university into touch with the requirements of every day lfe, and to teach students how not only a re suit may be obtained theoretically, but how it may be reached with the utmost economy. Collect Mall In Automobile. Washington, January 9. In the near future mail will be collected in the larger cities of the United States by automobiles. Assistant Postmaster General Brandfield announces that tbe department has under consideration a proposition from a Detroit company to furnish automobiles of the $600 package cart patera ' to collect the mails instead of wagons and foot col lectors now used. If the automobiles can be got. without increasing the cost of mail collection they will be accept. ed. Secretary Garfield. Washington, D. C, July 9. Secretary of the Interior Garfield has prepared plans for a' scientific investigation into the causes of disasters in American coal mines, In the hope that the present frightful mortality may be reduced to a minimum. It Is expected that the interior department will have a com plete experimental station in operation on the grounds of the Arsenal in Pitts burg by August 1st SUCCESS TO BE ATTAINED Fifty-six Teachers En rolled at Faculty MOVEMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD Report of Educational Progress Just Made Letter From Gov. Glenn Listing Farm Lands for Immi. grates. Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, July 9. That a high degree of success is being attained at the University of North Carolina in the summer school for public school teachers being held there is the en thusiastic comment of members of tbe faculty who have occasion to come to rtaieigh. There are ,56 teachers en rolled as members of the school with the University faculty as the regular instructors, '1 he course aims at im proving scholarship and better equip ping the teachers ior the application U' the best method in the manage ment of whatever public school they may have in charge. The summer school closes July 21. Another postponement is ordered in the case of Ira Oakley, colored, with burning the house, wife and child of James Underwood at Fuquay Springs. This time it is to July 27, the cause being the absence of important wit nesses for the prosecution. The pre liminary hearing was to have been last afternoon but the postponement was asked by the prosecution and granted. The evidence against Oakley obably will haL,-M. , A,A tw. ,., Oakley had declared that he would "even up" with him. There are 118 cases on the docket for the two weeks term that convenes here next Monday, Judge Walter Neal presiding. There is not a single capital case among them, all being for larceny, and similar petit offenses. There are about the usual number of prisoners in the county jail awaiting the court Raleigh again defeated Kinston yes terday, the score being 6 to 4. A pretty catch of a long fly after a hard run by Hoffman was the feature of the game. Attendance was about 250. Score: R. H. E. Raleigh 011 000 4006 12 2 Kinston 003 001 0004 6 4 Batteries: Kelly and Wrenn; Sexton and Adams. The details are being worked out for the movement of the North Carolina National Guard to the several sum mer encampments and other practice mobilizations. The First Regiment is to go into camp at Morehead July 18 for seven days, two of which will be taken up in transit to and from tb encampment. The Third Regiment will be next in camp for seven days from August 4. While the Third Is to go to Chickamauga Battle Ground for eight days practice with U. S. A. regulars leaving July 13. And the Naval Bri gade will start from Beaufort for nine days on board training ship with the naval militia of other states. It Is understood that there will be a number of crack shots among the military men who will take part In the target practice at Morehead and extra fine work is expected. Five of the best shots developed there will be sent by the war department to Camp Perry, Ohio, to take part in the target shooting contest there by the crack shots of the army and navy. The best ten of these will be in turn sent to the international contest to be held later in the fall at Balsley, Eng land, A report of educational progress In North Carolina is just compiled In tbe ofllve of the state superintendent of public instruction for the North Caro lina educational campaign committee for the year July 1, 1907 to July 1 1980 the campaign committee being composed of State Superintendent Joy. ner, Gov. Glenn, ex.Gov. C. B. Aycock, H. E. Fries and Hon. C. H, Mebane. The report Is forwarded to H. E. Fries, WlnBton-Salem. It shows that local tax districts for the improvement of I schools have Increased during the year from 504 to 700, these being distri buted among 91 of the 98 counties and that the aggregate of local taxes rais ed is $789,675, this being a gain of $166,319 over the previous year. Dur ing the year the campaign committee sent twenty-five of the most effective speakers in. North Carolina into com munities throughout the state to ad vocate the various phases of educa tional advancement being pressed by, the committee in conjunction with the state and local school authorities. The report refers to the decision of the state supreme court that the provi sion of four months school is a neces sary expense under the constitution and can therefore be levied without re gard to general tax rate conditions as being the most important develop ment in educational circles in a de cade. A charter is granted the Weaver ville Electric Co., Asheville, having for its purpose general electric contract work, operation of power and light plants and other enterprises. R. S. Howland and J. H. Carter being the principal incorporators, capital $100,. 000 authorized and $10,00 subscrib ed. A letter received from Gov. Glenn written while en route to the national democratic convention at Denver states that the governor saw snow in the far west as he was journying to the democratic mecca and that the trip was proving very enjoyable. He said North Carolina's pair of delegate giants. Sheriff J. T. Ellington of John son, and Jno. W. Thompson, of Wake, were being looked aiter carefully by his excellency. "I will take good care of Thompson and Ellington," wrote the governor. "They are so small they might get lost in the shuffle." The statement is made at the state department of agriculture that quite a large number of land owners, in North Carolina are listing farm lands for sale to immigrants with the de. p'artmentpartmcnt partment under the operation of the taaujratipg; . whereby a list of available Ws, prices and illustrations where possi ble, will be printed, advertisements placed in newspapers and periodicals of the northwest and these lists sent to parties answering the advertise ment and desiring information as to desirable localities. This undertaking by the department will be well under way very soon now. Work is begun on the Installation the fine marble public fountain pro cured for the city through a northern humanitarian society by the Woman's Club of Raleigh for the city. It will be quite an ornament to that part of the town, the north side of the capital at the head of Halifax street. Frazler Jones, whose sea-saw be tween death on the gallows for wife murder at Greensboro and commuta tion to life Imprisonment, by Gover nor Glenn early in the year kept him and the people of that community in a sort of a harrowing state of uncer tainty for weeks, terminated in a com mutation to life imprisonment finally, has effected his escape from the peni tentiary where he had been serving his life sentence since February 13, 1908. Announcement to this effect is just made by the penitentiary author!. ties. The escape was on the morning of July 6. With him went James Joy- ner, who is serving a sentence of ten years for assault on a woman with in tent to outrage in Green county. He had been serving his sentence sine September, 1907. The case of the commutation of Fra. zier was one of the most remarkable In a great while, especially in that there were repeated dates fixed by the governor for the hanging, eich time some move being made by counsel for the defense that would bring about an extension of time, this going on until it was declared by local papers and many citizens that the repeated pre parations for death and the succeeding rays of hope in last-minute reprieves had come to be really harrowing and cruel. MARKET REPORT. Stocks New York, July 9. Consolidated gaa up 7-8, Reading 5-8, North Pacific 1-2, St Paul, Baltimore and Ohio, Dela ware and Hudson, Brooklyn Tran 1-8, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Copper 1-8, Great Northern one and Pennsyl vania unchanged, Anaconda roBe 1-4, Missouri Pacific opened up 7,-8, gaining in all 1 1-8".
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