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-v- ; 1 - -J V V ' . . v - SUE VOL. IV. TROYVN; pjTHtJRSpAy, MAY 28, 1908. NO. 10. TASR HEEL TOPICS 4Ji In 'Brief v MINOR MATTERS OF IHTEREST Items Gathered Prom All Sections of the State, . - - - . ft' ... . .. . 7 y When, with "tremendous enthiisf? asm," "tumultuous applause," and 'resounding cheers, some American cltlien la' nominated for the Presi dency of the United States at Chicago, and when, later, some other American citizen, with ditto enthusiasm, ditto applause and ditto cheers, is nom inated for the same office at Denver, I , - , , , COLISEUM AT CHICAGO WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BB HELD. the male population of the" United States, or the great majority of it, at any rate, -will want to know Just how it was done, why it was done, and. "who done it." At a National Conrentlon each 8tate has its own headquarters; where the delegates gather. TEey do a lot of "conferring" with each' other and William H- Taft lth delegates from . otaer States. They hold meetings and "elect chair men and honorary Tice-presldents. The honorary Tlce-presldent has a seat on the platform and an extra ticket, but little rise. . Prior to the calling of the conven tion to order the National Committee IN THM- PRESIDENTIAL PANTRY. The K-orite Sons (In chorus)- Somebodvn "Ntken a bite out of my pie!" . - . . Prom tut Journal (Minneapolis) is virtually in mmand of the situa tion. With it Uta the arranging of .' the deUlls, the 'ramlng .up" of the procedure of the irst session, the se lection of the ta porary chalrmaa, and, la a great many' cases; though, not always, the prorram making- of tbx whole convention-; temporary and permanent organizations, nominating, and platform building; It is the chairman ol jhe National Committee who; calls the convention to order, usually about noA upon the day sec. - This lyear ' the Xpubllcan UaUonat Convention wilj be tailed to order by Harry C. New 5n Tune 16, V.01. .the Democratic. ConVenWtn will be called to order by Thomas Taxgart The convention called to( ordev he " chairman requests , the . secretary . to rd the caMT for : the conVent'ten, whJcS is" done,- 'Then' the roll call is gone through, asd this itak.es a lotjof timet The next, step Is tte announce- ment by the chairman that the com : tnlttee offers to tfre convention as Its temporary chairman the name etSo . and-so.r There - are loud and pro longed cheers, and by a viva voce vdte ' Mff.Soand-ro Is unanimously elected: Brief ; - The Roosevelt-thlrd-term bu which i-.:!.V-"-.t!"-ti; 1 - . 1 v :;.-".i- X.r- attacked Washington sjfwell as other parts of the United States a weelr or two" ago has -disappeared. ' " ' -W dovefior , Albert E. 'Mead.f the State of Washington, stated bis be lief that President RooeeYelt would not accept a renomlnatlen,"' s " The threat of capital to ge Into r ' i'r'- .V Kake'f'. lrS-j?-c 'f?!f, ,' '3 )?.i;r tbr"'-A-:3 to is. A -? There"- la usually little trouble over the'electlon of a temporary chairman. The chairman then appoints com mittee to escort the temporary chair man to the platform; the band plays, the delegation from Mr. So-and-so's State makes a lot of noise, -and all is merry. ' ' ' '. - It is incumbent on the temporary chairman to make a speech. He In Tarlably takes adyantage of .the op portunity. He "sounds a keynote." After the speech various resolu tions are offered. Usually - these hare been arranged for in adrance. and the temporary chairman works according to a printed ' schedule, calling on John Doe and Richard Roe at the right time, so that there may j William J. Bryan. be no hitch. Committees are appoint ed; 'one on resolutions, which will have the drafting' of the platform; one on credentials or contested seats; one on permanent organization. These are. the important ones. When they are all chosen, and there has been a lot of hand-clapping and cheer ing, as well-known men are appointed to this or that committee, the tem porary chairman announces an ad journment, usually until the next day. A Leap Year Dilemma. ; Prom the Washingtcn Star. ' During the recess a lot of real work Is done. . Three or, four men, some times morel but never many, get to gether in a back room of a. hotel and talk and, smoke cigars. .They are the leaders. . .. "... ;; Part Played by Committees. , -'l At the second session of the con vention the committees report. They have held sessions In the meanwhile and have decided. the contests, ar ranged for the permanent organlzt- VrMc m - -.. ; ; 4 V- "T 1 , . ... - r 1 AODn'ORJUM AT. DENVER -WHEIIE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL '- v ! - - COJJVENTION. WILL ' BE : HELD. , . i ; . New .Jf$ptkm, About. the Coifventlons "' The Chicago Tribune finds Johnson leading for Democratic Vice-President with - twenty-two 'per cent? ""Of ' the votes. ' Ex-Governor Douglaio't Ma, sachusetls, is second wHtt sixteen per cent- Chanler gets 'only seven; per cent., Culberson and Gray; stHMess, andHearst brings up the rear.' ; -T Wye m tag, CalltorniaT5 'J.n'ssoarfi South- '" ':::ia;i:;,w?-!, A!K---and Tex'-,', : ry?u I ca' ss"'C.' a to tlon adopted : the platform. - The Committee on Contested . Seata nd that ;. on ; Permanent Organization, however, are ready and they report. ' -The . contests decided, no matter how, the permanent roll of the con ventipn is made up and called. . Then the Committee on Permanent Organ ization reports, and the permanent chairman is named, cheered -and es corted to the platform. The ' pro cedure is identical with the election of the temporary chairman. The per manent chairman, too,- must make a Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota. speech. It, too, is of the. "keynote variety. - The Committee on Platform re ports after 'the permanent-chairman has made his speech." When the mat ter of the platform is disposed of, either by the committee reporting or by the announcement that it is not ready to report, the permanent chair man announces another recess; may . - - I ' it- lV" J' f mx ' ' Vice-President Fairbanks. be until the next day, possibly till later in the same day. . . , Now back to the little room go the four or more bosses who do the heavy work; back to the hotel lobbies, the theatres, the cafes, tta sight-seeing tours go the other delegates. Com promises are effected promises are made. Eventually, in the back "room Gov. Folk. Judge Geo. Gray. and not in the convention hall, what is to be done is finally- determined as a rain Cs'i'.:'. :- . 'S.-' : -r ' -Again the convention meets. It the platform has not been adopted it la now. - Then nominations are In or der." '. . -v.' .V 7 The Rhode Island delegation is nn- Instructed, and win be subservient to Jhe wishes of AldrlclK ;. -..i j iJyen yet the vision of a Roosevelt stampede is disturbing the rest of the more nervous of the Republicans., X tt.I altogether ilkely that as re sult of the convention. of the National Association ;f ...Manufacturers there v !'l te fdrmed'a"K'6;-i-"-a -r ?3s' pc::t- . Thomas E. Watson. (Alrvady dominated For PreEldent. by toe Popnluto) '" WhentheSfomHnations are all made and the npeeches all heard there comes the balloting. This means , a call of the States! The leader of each State may rise in his place and cast the vote for the whole delegation from that State. He may announce it as so man votes for So-and-so and so many votes . for Thingamebob. Some delegate' may protest -nd ask for a poll of the delegation, -s Then each name will have to be called sep arately. . No matter how long it has taken to choose a nominee for the Presidency, the whole performance has to be gone William F. Stone, republican . Sei gein-ht-Arms. through again wflfen -.itjeomes to nom inating a candidate- or the second Slaca on. the UAeti Tere Jtre jiot so many ' "favorite, sons," however. and one ballot frequently suffices. More noise, more- enthusiasm. The rorrenlion has . nominated the ticket. rhen renolutioa&vOf various sorts are passedt They are unimportant. The hotel keepers of the town are thanked tor tire splendid hospitality they hare : Coi. John 1. Martin, ? Democratic: Sergeaat-at-Arms. dispensed, and not one word is said about high prices. C Everybody : who can be thanked for anything at all is thanked. The gavel witli which the convention-has: been ept; in order is presented to- sdmd one, probably the permanent y 'chairman. . .The band plays. Cheers are given from time to ftlme. Everybody" shakes hands with everybody-else. It is a grand oc casion. --The 'convention - adjourns sine die. :.- ' .;:' . -...".' Alton B. Parker will not-ba the Brst defeated Presidential, candldai to g. te a' National conventioa C.a- aeiegaxe. Mr.yBryan was a aeiegate to the Bt: Louis convention four yean ago. -'ii-X '- -;. 3!-'V-.i Some 'Senators re' angry over the assertion by the President that: be is Independent of Congress In the exer cise of command over the army: and Governor-Hughes announced that he would not accept election as Vice-J President of the United States, much less ; nomination: for that- office. James '-Van ' Cleave, of SL-. Loam, president ot .the National ; Manufac turers' Association, threatened a bolt of : 1 1,60(ioRepuhIlcan manafacturers from the- party ticket .in the coming campaign ' if rit sanctions- the Presl "dent's policy toward labor.-- :At Osdensburf: 'N-VrT.! William nandolch-Hearst, ot NowVYork, has f-eou sued la the Eupreirsa Conrt by Jr f . :3 'JS:;' : t J I Throngs again visited the Guinness death farm at Laporte, Ind. , Archbishop Peter Bourade, 'of San ta Fe, died in Chicago of heart, fail ure. , Clarence Darrow says' Mayor Brand Whitloek, of Toledo, Ohio, will be Bryan's running mate. The Massachusetts Legislature will be asked for an appropriation . of $300,000 to flght the gypsy moth and other pests. - Arrests in Pittsburg followed the alleged discovery that an organizedi band had been formed to rob tele phone slot boxes all over the country- . ... The French steamer Breiz Huel, which, broke its rudder at sea and ran short of coal, was towed into BTcw York. A stirring' appeal -for money fer missions wa3 made by Rt-v. Dr. R. J. Willingham betoie the Southern Bap tist Convention. The Atlantic fleet of battleships will sail for Seattle this week. tJars were being operated in Cleve land without any serious outbreak on the part of the strikers. King Manuel of Portugal is said to. have upset plans to marry him to some eligible princess by declaring that he will ved lus boyhood love, the daughter of a laJy-in-waiting, or not at all. An agreement is said to have been reached between Japan and the Unit ed States regarding conventions which shall secure protection for American interests in Japan and' Ko rea. Congress will adjourn this week, if the Senate and House conferees an agree upon an acceptable currency bill. The clique of old Senate lenders is said to 'have chosen Burrows as chair man of the Chicago convention as a rebuke to the younger element. Though there is considerable John son sentiment in the South, Bryan seems likely to get a large majority of the delegates from that section. .Richmond residents adopted reso lutions urging Bishop Van de Vyver lot to resign. Rev. -W. T. Palmer was installed pastor of the Westminister Presby- enan Church, Lynchburg. William-.D Heywood, addressing he Socialist Convention,- dehounded eourts, judges, the President and a number of others. Secretary -Taft arrived at Char leston from .Panama, well end 'smiling The Russian general sent to punish marauding Persians has been ordered to burn and kilL French farces lost 13 killed and 65 wounded in an engagement with Arabs. The Senate substituted the origi nal Aldrich bill for. the Vreeland bill and both houses sent the currency measure to conference. The House passed the omnibus pub lic building bill and the Military Aca demy Appropriation bill. General Sherwood, of Ohio, made caustic attack on General Keifer, of Ohio, in the House. President Roosevelt and William J. Bryan made the closing addresses at tho National Resources Conference. The Governors have agreed to hold an annual -convention of State exe cutives. '.-' - . .... '. The convention of- machinery men afT Partersburg elected "officers for next year. - The! President . has ordered - that Coast Artillery -officers who decline to ' take -the boreemanship , test he made to walk 50 miles as a test. . The: nrooertv of ' ihe Federal Coal and- Coke Company, of -West Virgi nia was sold to the New " England Gas and Coke Company for $1,20,000 cash. v .-"-"' . : , '; Eugene V. Debs was nominated lot President by the Socialists. - ; r,( The . Wright brothers, have broken -an their aeroplane, wrecaea . on. me NoAk Cawlioa K lt:tfie taw a jnew1 a'streager-inae&uie at Bayf ton,-.lmo with whieh they ;.wiu ex periment in August- rj"? Rear : - AUXJUl.ai ' v4Jx L L wmiiii.wh "assnmed ; command .. of f. the Soerrv fa&uiap: fleet at&niyaneoV The jawbone found, m the ruuis j.oi ttie- Guinness home at" Laporte, liidn wasr identified by a dentist as that M; Guinness." ,: A;'X lZ'-U& . Freight shippers) af'a meetiin Hn r.1iirP-o took steos to:fi2ht ;the-jcaise: I in rates announced bxitbo raUfoadk i Workers'1' and other e'cwioleidcal st"SV die-is:4ead.;4!.k '.Joshua Levering was. elected presi dent of the Southern. Baptist Assdciii- Various- Republiept State . conven tions iave declared fo? Tatf.,r.r -? ReVr DrP T TI-- Le wis4)residen'tf ol Western Maryland-TJolIee,' was elect- General 7 Assembly : of Presbyterians: Greensboro, Special. The 4Sth annual-session of -the general asembly of the Southern Presbyterian church was called tcf. order here last Thurs day. The . sessions began at 11 o'clock in the First Presbvterian church.- Rev. Dr. J. R, Howerton of Lexinerton. Va.. the retiring inodera- tor, preached the opening sermon. He ular- Mr- J- J- Eagan, president rf ; spoke espeeialy of the white, people to the eonveution, presided and bee extend Christian influence among the i the speakers of the evening were i uegtoes. Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore of .traduced the report of the committor Richmond: Va.. was tlmt.Ml mora. . n resolution was read nd was sS- tor. - Rev. Dr. A. Curry, Memphis, ! Tenn., Rev. Dr. J. B. Jones, Meridian, Miss., and Rev. Dr. A. A. McGeachy, Sherman, Tex., were among those placed in nomination for the modera torship. Dr. Moore was elected on the second ballot Rev. E. M. Craig, Alabama, and R. B. Eggleston, Vir- tnmfl. were nrmmntprl fpmnrmni were clerks. Rev. Melton Clark, pastor of able manner he discussed the subvert; vy First church, presented the modera-. " The Ca1 of thc Homekndrr He Iiew ..ji tor with a gavel made of wood from Kan h5s address with the statcmes. . -a tree of the Guilford battle- at it would seem frodt the sn&jeete. ground near this city, W. T. Ellis on tbe pvogramme one mig&t thiufc of New York addressed the assem- there is some -distinction made bly and vthe night was set apart for tween bome and foreign missiotfi a Dooular meetinir in the interest of whereas there is no such distinction the Bible cause. The first business . . - o claiming the attention of the assembly-was the report of the executive committee of home missions, showing total amount in hands of the treas urer during the year $165,477.09 ; re ceipts for home missions, $71,133.58; expenditures $78,236.43 ; appropria tion for the present year $62,970. The committee diiects attention to the growing needs of the work. Amono- the-RiiP-ostions is that the assembly call upon the church for at least $1 per member for the "home mission cause. Following the report was' an address of an hour by W. T. EUis of New York, press correspon dent of the Laymen's Missionary movement, who spoke very interest ingly and earnestly upon the condi tions and needs of the foreign field and the duty of the assembly in the premises. Very ' close attention was given Mr. Ellis, as it was known that W n.l,ia;nTia or bsp lnro-elv nn- on personal experience and observa-, tion in foreign lands. The report or the executive .committee of publica- tion and Sabbath school work was then presented. This showed encour- aging advances in every department during the year. Publishers Meeting Comes to Con ' elusion. Charlotte, Special. The annual that have come to the east is far meeting... of the Southern News- greater than it is easy for one to re paper Publishers' association came to alize who has not been on Ihe Se3& an end with the annual banpuet at and among the people. He sbowwt the Hotel Selwyn. Birmingham, Ala. also how rapidly the east is adojpt was chosen as the next place of meet- ing and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres- ldent, J. P. Caldwell, Charlotte Ob- server; vice president, toi. nuius jn. Rhodes, Birmingham News; secretary-treasurer, Victor M. Hanson, Montgomery Advertiser; executive committee, R. W. Brown, Louisville Courier-Journal ; ; J. C- Hemphill, Charleston News and Courier; F. W. Hinman,' T Jacksonville 'Times-Union ; C. Johnson, Knoxville Sentinel; E. M. FosterNashville Banner; F. L. Seeley, .Atlanta Georgian. Incorporations. - The Auto livery Company, of Gas- tonia; with $10,000 authorized and $1,500 Subscribed capital stock, was Aaitered, the incorporators being A. -R. Anders, A- Burwell, Jr., F. G;,, W uson, J. F. Johnson K. awan, avd others. - x . -The Hunting Club, of Salisbury,' with $5,000 total authorized and $1,-. 000 subscribed caoital stock, was chartered,- the incorporators being: J, H. Mayer, J. M. Woodside, R. L. Simpson and Wade Rankin. . : " The Safety Fire scape Company, of Hickory, was chartered with $3, 000 eapitar stock, with the privile of increasing It to $5,000, the incor porators' being: " C T. Morrison, M. H. Toast and J- W. Blackwelder. 8aop at fipe&cer Will Be Beope&ed. &eacX Sdc gained Vercfdafaoa 56KaUay wops : m epene wilt vaAriAviAil -Ot .'flit MrlWflftte Inia hff Mareh lOrn are expect- ing to be called ? baefcinti-the ser - ': - - 'wJl.'.'lsMVccinMmnf''i'nTi - Irmaon bat there' is :a strong proba-' bili-that 'ui.true.'- The A manage- XMnireVrvhas wnAUniJ ' VSwiteasii i amount of busiV neii -diuthTperba i bf retrench' '4-'.i.--t.,Vrt'w. - f Vi 1 a rr.cC la; Xaf eremda Atwt, Freixht Di: crimijiatlon tion Hearios.;" ofiorVrded.. r : j . Blois xWatson, Bampls.tt Edgar Wdi. a"ntt TiJnTMrafrMCBlMWlBe "olahs v for ; the" new Jefferson in:ottfWeMwlh'thVeoro nioB;.arsio.-'!wirWc;-to AeahavoDrfiuK'Visrs t against the Norfolk : leeted asthe ".architects, for Eoc-i. mmiaatior The .fcearin Wifestori- " bffore Sp'aliExam- begin ftt ortce and tbe hefel v,"". . . Closed of " lien's Convention. Greensboro, Special. After bnlS- -ing . several sessions, each oise - fc which was characterized by enthnsi-: asm, earnestness and spirituality, tbe Presbyterian Men's Convention faB-.: ed with the session Wednesday msfitt This convention was the first ef tte- heM-in.the- church, bat iC e"116114 successful in every' Ptcd by R risinff vote of the hai dience of men present. Mr. S. McGill then extended to the eonws tion the . salutations of the- Krother hood of the Presbyterian elioreh ia the United States of America. 1J--' Heni-y Louis Smith, president ef j Davidson College, was the firs sutaser vl tue evening cu IR SB. ana can De none, Decaaoe- an VJirii ion work is one and . the same regaT .jjsw less of where that work is cartil' : '. on ; tho 'conversion of a soul is of th&.J - ';.. same importance whether it fakes:. place on Fifth avenue in New Yosfc or in the wilds of Africa. . i The era .of transition " throalir ,y which tbe South is passing in emy respect, at the present time was m. r .' :'. thought upon which Dr. Smi'tb ltubf --jrfi . i . i tv m " -' special empnasis, ana -ne msiscetf um v v; with the expansion of world intereti- which are every were so- evident de- " , . ' manas expansion oi an uDnsucu work, in order that the demand may; :' ; be met. Speaking further along: .tlasr- . :. line Dr. Smith deplored the fact that in some respects the South has aafferv- ed, as in reverence for the Bibfc aai v", for the Sabbath and asked very tbxd ; bly this question : Will the young peo--ple of the new South be able to stasd! the sunshine of prosperity of the present time as their fathers sxeed' the strategic point ofthe SoaHrjfee- saiu, storms oi auvcisiijr ui iucj. JT-- The other speaker of the eTcmxtig- ' v was Mr. Fletcher S. Brockmanv wb . is Y. M. C. A. Secretary in China, J ' pan and Korea and who has sps -' ten years in me lar easi eusagcu . that work. He brought a Biessge-. from industrial, commercial, r odoca- -.."U tional and relieions points of viewr ing the life of the west in all of twse changes. China in one day having cast aside her old system of edae- tion to adopt that of America. Has- ' ho said brings nsw and greater"xie--sponsibility to America Because if tie', east is not made better by Bex Kaa-- ':- tact with the west, she will be made worse. His entire address was fiDeSlTj with an earnest plea for the we to recognize and disgharge her dafy:io)j; the east, and especially in the wovk of carrying the Gosper there. M - i "V Juuea dj. ugnxnmg. ' - - Trboro, Special. Grover Cteve landt Robinson, near RobinsorrriBe-ri wasiinstantly killed r last weefc ; Ughtaing during a s'evre stcrnt. "Hev was;,eated by an open firepJatse ia his-hjtjme, when a bolt struct ifceMa juhimaey. When the yonng man picked up by occupants of the he was dead. . 20 Years For . Burglary-. Winston-Salem," Special. In tber Snreribr Court here a negro Gus Hal, submitted to tin. charge T burglary in the ; second degree mnBkt was sentenced to the penitentisa fi-,: : twenty years." About., two weeava Hall entered the. sleeping ; room" rf";. Miss Lixzie Ormsby, daughter (fj Postmaster Ormsbv. of Salem, sna was driven away by", Misa Ttfera Mote Doctoxsv Qapel HiU; SpeaalTAa Univerty jpC rtli inA Medical Depnrtmefl . .,-. .. .,7i ' ,-r - -x. were presented to twelvevJnflft; Jaaie - MarionBnchneri . WilHalar WBr- - .' Rreene; Xri David 'LWatsorf-Haxvw.' Etfander" MteNaMfaMcfvnuPBsrrn--' 1H04; kodci uray3 aiacrnexso roe Monk,- Anslin TUnt'NioaoIiv"''.--"; Bil905 : fiEyetett oscp1SCTwrt I T Rockingham'SpecialMrXyE inmkr-KMfleU:: Mbei t Johnson .Terrolu JObia ? haA been r' f?xr ia 3. T. Lctisn ti rctver $250 ex- 1 - ? y f' i ; ."" LIZ caT;a.':: tie Inter-S,'ate -Coni-nn c a June 2.' be open lor Decerl-er.-' '.'- Tty n til 3 a . ed presi lent cf tho
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