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LAST EDITTOK. '""'It ALL THE MARKETS. Fall Leased "Wire Service of the Associated Press. Loads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Cir culation THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1906. PRICE 5c. VOLUME 27. THOS. DIXON TO WOMAN'S CLUB Tells How to Get a Message to People RANEY HALL FILLED He Considers the Drama One Hun dred Times More Powerful as a Vehicle of Thought Than the NoVcl Author Must Have His Message, Then Strike Psychological Moment. Thomas Dixon. Jr., lectured toddy un der the auspices of the Woman's Club on "The Influence of Fiction On our Civilisation." Olivia Rahey Hall was filled with an audience mainly of women, who gave t l,o famous author and playwright rapt attention and appreciative ap plause. Mr. Dixon began about, twenty min utes after eleven and spoke for about, forty minutes in his usual virile, in teresting way. Mr. It. T. Cray Introduced Tom Dixon.' as be said he was denominated In the letter received from the Woman's .dub ashing him to perform the duty, and as he was known to ail just as "Zeb' Vance, "Jeff Davis, "Charley" Aycqek. Mr. Gray said he was in the position of a court crier. It was not necessary to Introduce Tom Dixon to a North Carolina audience. He merely an nounco'' him as a court crier would a kinrr. ., Mr. Cray's few words of Introduction were peculiarly appropriate and timely. In closing he presented Mr. Dixon as 'Tom Dixon of Cleveland county, North Carolina." Mr, Dixon's Address. Mr. Dixon declared in the beginning that bis sister had deceived him about this whole matter, telling him that It was to be merely an informal gathering at her house. If he had known that a big audience was to be before him, he was sure that there would have been any number of Important engagements to keep him away. He was utterly un prepared for this occasion, but he had been used to speaking all his life. and. he would try to say something on the subject suggested by his sister, "The Influence of Fiction Upon our I.Ives.' Mr. Dixon went on to speak of the great power of books as the agents that link us to the great world outside end to the great peoples of past ages. The heritage of a love for books was one of the greatest booms that could ciune to anyone. His father was of the old school, one of those who believed that novels were or the devil and by the devil and for the devil's children; But he had been born of a mother who loved books and read them whenever she chose without consulting the head Of the house. ShO would give him novels to read when he got old enough, and he was grateful for It. Mr. Dixon spoke of fiction as a vehicle for reaching the people with a message or thought. Before a person cottM write anything of life he must have himself lived. He must have felt the things he is telling about. Said the author of the "Leopard s Spots," "The Clansman," "The One Woman:" "It isa physical and psychological pos sibility for a man or woman to express what they have hot felt. If the books that I have written are worth anything tit all. it is because their roots are deep down in the red soil of my native state. If they have vitality, it is because there is in them the red blood of my own life." In this connection Mr. Dixon went on to say that people were Interested In books that were real, that had in them the vitality of their author. His books contained living pages torn from his 'very soil Itself. He had lived through Scenes that were In his novels. On the question of how to express the message after one has got it to tell, Mr. Dixon said he did not believe in cutting somersaults with words or using the Knglish language like a pair of dumb bells. When one has a message to toll, he believed in saying it in the most di rect and simple language posihle, so that the wayfaring man, thoughhe bo a fool, may not fail to understand it. As for himself, he made it a rule never to allow himself to write a line until he could not keep his hand off tl. paper. He usually took two years in preparation for a single book. He read, studied, brooded over his subjec t till he was so full of it he couold not keep his hand oh paper, then he wrote hhd wrote and wrote and wrote under the spell of his living, breathing mes sage until It was done, and then it would go do the people regardless of what the critics might say about it, re gardless of meetings of library commit tees who might forbid it from their shelves. Libraries at the north had shut the door to Ills books, and gen erally each time one had done so, 10,000 more copies had been sold. It did not always matter so much about the literary merit of a real, liv ing piece of fiction. For Instance Uncle Tom's Cabin was absolutely crude, poorly written and as a novel worthless, but it was a great moving force in the history of the world because It came to the people touching a vital chord at just the right moment. Get the message, gauge the audience. Those are two of the essentials for the writing. In other words, after yoti have something to say, size up your uudience. The speaker said thatS when he went to New York for a conference with Mr. Page of Doubleday. Page & Co., he told Mr. Page that in the manuscript of "The Leopard's Spots," ho had a story that would reach 100,000 people. Mr. Page laughed at him, said thert was not one book in a million that ever went over 25.0CO, and told Mr. Dixon he was twenty years behind the times. Mr. Dixon told him he was not a good Judge of what the people wanted if he said that. As a matter of fact, what ho feared was "that he was twenty years ahead of the times with his book Instead behind th times. He asked for a contract on a. sliding scale of loyalties with 100,000 as a basis. Mr. Page laughingly assured him he could have anything he wanted over 100.000. So the contract was drawn, and in nine months Mr. Dixon was get ting Ids royalties for copies beyond the ioo.coo mark. It Is necessary for a writer to get a living message, then he must study conditions and strike the psychological moment when the people were ready to receive the message. His book would then be rend and his message reach the people , regardless of any obstacle: , provided lie secures a third necessity, a good publisher, and that v. ns the hardest or all. Get the best In the country, and be don't amount to much. The problem of how to reach the great mass of the people with a book was. awaiting some genius In the distri bution line to solve. Mr. Dixon warned his hearers that any publisher who asked for as much as ft nickel In money in advance of the publication of a book was a thief. After speaking for quite a while OS to the novel, Mr. Dixon came to the other vehicle of fiction, the drama, and said: "The most powerful form in which fiction can be presented today is the drama. And it is impossible to take a novel and turn it directly Into a play." The reason the drama Is more pow erful is that it readies more pi ople, and th0 effect is more Intense behind the footlights than on the written page. A realistic scene in a story must be toned down on the stage one hundred percent. He said he just came from Philadel phia yesterday. His books had been sold there fur the lust four years-, not inany, for the people there are slow, In their reading and In their move ments. But when the play goes there a furor Is aroused. A mob of 5,000 negroes overawe the mayor and take charge of the city government. (Laughter;) That Is one of the examples to show that a play is 100 times more effective than a novel. Of the SO.000,000 people in the United States, only about 20 men can write a successful play. In this branch there is practically no competition. r The theatre today is becoming 8 o-rent nnwinr in the moral uplifting of the world. Fifteen years ago there were fifteen theatres In New York City, now there are fifty-six. Formerly most ., th,.,n noor'.v furnished and equipped and in some were produced filthy things from the slums of Europe. Now the majority are wonderfully, handsomely furnished, costing millions, some of. them. HEARST WILL BE After his lecture before the Wo man's Club in Rahey Hall today, Thomas Dixon was asked in conver sation by a gentleman present what was going to be the result of the ap proaching election in New York state. Mr. Dixon responded unhesitatingly and with warmth: "Hearst is going to be beaten He will receive the worst defeat a man ever got in New York. Half the dem ocrats In the state are going to vote, for the republican candidate, Hughes. Hearst will he snowed under because he is not a democrat, because he is a bolter and because he Is a socialist through and through." COWBOYS DRAG HIM TO DEATH (By the Associated Press.) Roswell, N. It, Oct. 26 "Slab" Pitts, a negro who was run out of town two weeks ago after serving ninety days for violation of the Edmunds act, was lynched by cowboys at Toyah, Tex., yesterday. The accessory, a white woman, followed the negro to Toyah, and they were living together, i The cowboys went In the night and 'placed a rope arourjd the neck of the negro. He was dragged to death and then hanged. BEATEN DIXON A BANK BLOWN; I Pistols Crack, But the Rob-; bers Escape AND THEY BEAR BOOTY The Explosion Of Dynamite al the Hank of Odin Dratvs u Crowd of Citizens, Hut in the Darkness the Bandits Pico Hurling Parthian Shots. (By the Associated press.) Odin. Ills., Oct. 2ff. -The Han' Odin was dynamited and looted gang of safe robbers early. today, veeort of the explosion attract ed crowd or citizens to the Scohij and a running fight ensued in Watch mure than thirty shots were lived. The band its escaped With all their booty, tiro ..mount of which is not known. F.d A. Parks, night telephone npa-a-tor of the pell Tc!-:horo Company, was tiie first- man ori the scene eft the explosion. When li heard the re pi i i- lie ran from Ins office toward the bank, lie was halted on the way by the lookout of the robbers, Who tired at him. Parks emptied his revolver a' the robbers end re.n hack to his oflic". By this time, Robert Hoeknyt, night station agent of the Baltimore S: Ohio: Arnold Jacobs, a telegraph op erator, and half a dosed others ar rived on the scene- and opened lire on the robbers. The robbers fieri from the back door and ran west along the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, firing as they ran, and escaped in the darkness. None of the citizens who engage, I in the. battle, were hurt, it is not known Whether any of the robbers was wound ed According to those in the fight then: were three or four robbers in the party, The Batik of Odin Is a private in stitution. It Is not known at thi ; htur how much cash was on hand. A FOOL STORY He Drags Mrs. Harlje's Name in iiie Mire HER FATHER GLARES He Listens With Hated Breath to the Negro's Awful Recital, Which, If Proved to He True, Covers His Daughter's Name With a Deatli less Infamy. (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg. Pa., Oct. 25 Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman formerly employ ed by Augustus Hartje, went on the stand in criminal court today to de fend himself from the charge of per jury. Hope reiterated his first state ments damaging to the reputation of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje. He went In to details of the alleged meetings and also swore that the confession and retraction secured from him by the detective agency was made under com pulsion, and while intoxicated. John F. Seott. the father of Mrs. Hartje listened to the awful recital with bated -breath and glared at the negro, who hung his head and looked straight at the jury. The story as told by the witness was of a revolting nature and as he gave his testimony there were murmurs of disgust throughout the court roam at almost every sentence. NO SHE SAID; HE SHOT HIMSELF (By the Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 26 Believing that he had killed his sweetheart with the four bullets he fired at her, Frank Dorsey, a clerk whose home was In Brooklyn, today shot himself dead in a Fourth Avenue bird store where both were employed. The young woman, Miss Josephine fichmit, was only slightly wounded in the leg. 11 OH TOLD B unnc NEXT MEETIN OF THE S Henderson ville is the Place The ayiSodiciil Collect icirs for the i'.isi Veuv Amounts.' ( $;;:i. r.:. . d3rpsse OH . ;.'." i !v;i:t.v."? tjoa x dill to a riiM Jllntsfw' About to He Married. ( 1 :. ath'ei a ii they d. . !.. 'd to GJ giving as n f i-ei la ha ve never been th IS'ev M, t. Moi t j the commit :: en f.Iise'vvar.i o of til- idcrsonvlll . Mint till rl of i u- USed I pylngn)ot of ih : eiai feature of tl Clvl n. '.I lueh j I he synod to roar vvii-'.-i kite I the Cecil m iiieed.it ion li i voeato the mat ri igc i j mfnlSti ; ." in th 5 syii".!; I'll: .. tad do better ntarrii d li' I llev. M. A. Melrs: en', .t i : tii,. Putted PPeabytel iaa t " v. nt j they 1 ill- I dressed the synod 111 th interest :f.l j ill,- American league of ttahbsitl) 0.01 .'tn Association Formed. The synod adjourn- d at 1:13 yi 9tSr&ay afternoon and at 5 '. l-"k the alyrmj! I of the Union Theological fi'i miliary in'et j tit Hotel tredeil and wer inlzed un:j I der the name :f Eloign Tfrsplogtenl I Alumni Association of t!-. synod of North Carolina. Aft! t the ilt;gan(talIon I en informal receptiiin and rltnrior Wpfcj I tendered the sstyrfour metnberS. I The special order l.t-1 night before i.the synod wis the cottslderatloh or liome mlsions, Rev. It. P. Smith, chair. man of the COtliinittw nresided over n.io Auutltiif A.'.ii i sses were made by ReV. Wi . Mart l.t imd Rev. Dr. R. F. I Campbell, a report reaii by Mr. Smith shows that during tii past year thls j synodical colitKtinii injourtted to $3jj 1 (SIM. The synod :i o'clock and ' them by the : d last night at B a reception e I veil wl enii T ee.nle GpUe&fej lie s Today. :;..; .-lses this moral .- ii,-.: Dr. Ditidi -. communications on re brought nri hy tjif-:-. Dr. Sweets of I.Keniuiky titen .i.-iussed '.Ministerial Belief arid KOaeatio-V The next subject brought before the synod was negro evangelization. In charge of Rev. J. O. Smedecor of Si ill man Institute of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Re marks were made by Rev. Dr. Camp bell of Asheyllie, J. M. Rogers Winston. W. T. Hollingswbrth of Morganton, C, R ' Craig of R.-idsviile. Dr. Howerton of Charlotte, aful It- F. Miller of Mecklen burg count:'. Bev. J. F. J'onow, a negro preacher of North Wllkesboro, one of the three negro ministers who are attending the synod, made tl remarkable talk and also announced that he was to be married Christmas. A collection was taken for him to bear tiie expenses of the wed ding, amounting to $:;o.oo. Dr. Geo. H. Cornelson of Concord read a report op Sunday school and the Young People's Society. It is expected, that the synod will ad journ this afternoon as most of the business has been transacted and al ready many of the ministers have teft for their different homes. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Get. 20. Today's cab inet meeting lasted two and one half hours and was attended by all the members except Secretary Shaw and Postmaster General Cortolyou. Among the important matters discussed was the situation growing out of the Tint i Ameriean sentiment in Japan and the exclusion of Japanese children from the public schools of San Francisco. It was stated by a member of the cabinet after the meeting that the gen eral opinion of the members was that the Japanese situation was exceeding ly grave and would require the most delicate treatment to avoid an open rupture. Drugs Peed Flames. (By the Associated Press.) Nashville; Tenn.. Oct. td.-rThe stock in the wholesale drug house of Berry, Demovllle & Company on the public square was damaged $50,000 by fire today. The loss Is covered by insur ance. HOME MISSION TALKS; A The dr I were co i Aft. r li minor n RUPTURE WITH JAPAN FEARED 0 lP8 W EYES YNOD UPON 1ICC0 Spain M France to Ships of War CRITICAL SITUATION iploinais 4'OITVS. t !'.( sal of El f the Sul- i':s:i and T:. Mil Hi lil tit ! Otf, i 'oailitioni I,;) (ving to try, the arte; and are re - sail- to garding 1.. thei r 1 1 their ity for Uentl' ;iit:l o ;1..:'di:.;r llr oats arq Ai ilrue.nied sentatn ground natif it. if th oil the :: and f. tl. itw at Th sit itieal. i-IePr li ho was en near ion in y. oi oel o continues einrieh, v captured Oerman merchant, by VlpOrish horse- liubat, has ial guard. In en rescued by ! ii! s perooi Paris o . In view tin, the Fi of the situa nch govorn d a warship Blent has decided to Tangier. Taris. Oct. - 28.--A special dispatch 'rom Tangier says that a sine of march y exists In the regions of Habat and port t 'asab'lanca. and lb: ods has t a! tra ftSr of u ign used. dispatch t chief, who i disorder prevailing conipletee eonti-ol tween Kl-Arair-in ; He Sharply Arraigns bene K"..ip Rtnlr uu! Popci? iWd Hibli UiH ANO MANY HEARD HIM "Stand-pattistii," He Declared at Sa lem, "Means Rottenness, Decay and Death He Whose Heart Heats in Sympathy With the Peo ple is Never a Stand-patter. (By the Associated Press.) Miilersbttrg, ()., Oct. 2. V. J, Bryan began the second day of his speech-making tour of Ohio here to day, delivering an eloquent address lo an audience of several thousand people. Mr. Bryan was met at the railroad station by a committee when he ar rived and escorted to tltc court house Where he spoke from the steps of that building. Mr. Bryan spoke of the tariff, of taxation and the trusts. He urged the people of this place to support the democratic candidates, especi ally VV. A. Ashbrook, the demo cratic candidate for congres3 In this district. Orrville, O., Oct. 20. The special train carrying W. J. Bryan and his party was greeted here by a largo number of people. Mr. Bryan spoke for fifteen minutes. He congratu lated the independent republicans for electing Pattison to the governorship of Ohio and advised them to help elect a democratic congress to uphoid President. Roosevelt and his policy. He then discussed the tariff and other leading questions. Salem, 0., Oct. 20 Twenty-five thous and people, including many working- men, erected W. J. Bryan here today. this being his second stop of his tour through the old McKlnley district. Senators Dick and Foraker were ar raigned severely by Mr. Bryan and he declared that the unqualified endorse ment given the Senators at Dayton meant that the endorsement for Roose velt Wftfii nualified. "Roosevelt and the Ohio senators are , In a continuous boxing match," he said. ''I-... iii.iv, i l.'ll ,K: rhrtt .,, e.,i, ! It, s resoi i'.- io e lii lie : at Arizilla. is in ! of tic territory Ito ind Tangier. Tuonnr.u Mini ittiiyuuti uHiu i "Stand-pattisrri means rottenness, de cay and ib nth. The man whose heart beats in sympathy with the people is never a stand-patter." He urged the support of John C. AVelty for congress in this district and declared the latter would do more to back. Roosevelt than any "stand-pat" republican. At Leetonia Mr. Bryan in his speech criticised government by injunction and declared that under the system the la boring man is not given the same ad vantage as a common thief. Roosevelt, he said, has given the country a much better ail ministration than he had ex pected and that the president had made himself popular by endorsing demo cratic Ideas. He said he did not believe in regulating monopoly but rather in ! destroying it. TRADE'S MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. (Ry the Associated Press.) New York, Oct-. 26. Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate that. Weather conditions have been somewhat irreg ular, although trade is still making good progress. Bank exchanges this week at' all leading cities in the United States tare 82,072, ."CO.l.";), an increase of 11.." per cent over last year and l 1.6 po" cent OVer the corresponding week in 1904.1 There art: .substantial gains at nearly every city. New Orleans and ! San Francisco leading with ail in crease of one-third Or mere. Pitts j burg and Cleveland report small loss, eoranarod with last year, but a con- ' sidorablQ increase over tim eorre Octobor ex- sj oiuiiiig week of 190. Changes are well above the average of any preceding month this year since February, aiid are much larger than in any earlier year. o MEN JOIN IN STIHKK or CHAUFFEURS. iV.y the Associated Press.) Xew York. Oct. 28. The strike of chauffeurs employed by the New York Transportation Company which begin yesterday at the company's main gar fige at Fiftieth Street and Eighth I AVettUe spread today to one of the company's sub-station in Ofith street. Ninety of the 120 chauffeurs at the sub-station joined the "00 strikers. hirtv of the sub-station men return ed to work and os they took their cabs from the garage each was eompaniod by an officer in plain clothes. The men are striking for an increase In wages and regular hours Of. labor. EA!K ROBBED; THE LOOTERS ESCAPE. (By the Associated Press.) Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 26. In formation was received here today that the Bank of Jamestown, in Mon teatt county, 35 miles from here, was entered last, night by robbers, who blew opeS the sale and secured $(1,700. They escaped. BITTEN BY A MAD DOG, DIES IN AGONY. (P.v the Associated Press.) Marietta, O., Oct. 26. John For gus, a well-known war veteran, died of hydrophobia today. He was bit ten throe weeks ago. Others who were bitten by the same dog will be taken away for treatment. i KILLED EO (By IhJ Associated Preas.) GOahea, I ml.. Oct. 2G. Mrs. Lou Fuller, wife ef a farmer and stock buyer, living north of Goshen, was shot and killed early today while in bed. The harness in the barn was found cut to pieces. Mrs. Fuller'.', husband says he was aroused from his nloep by two shots, and, running to the head Of the stairs, was con fronted by a burglar, who ordered him to return to his room. A win dow was found broken Open down stairs, tvoah Baker and wife, who live across the road "rom Fuller, say they heard but one shot. MORSE TAKES (Bj the Associated Press.) Now York, Oct. 2 C Charles W. Morse, the banker and steamship op erator, announced today that he has purchased tho -Mallory line of stoana-shlps. mm I MALLORY LINE! I ! DIXON ROASTS Troubles of the Clansman in Philadelphia WAS PEANUT POLITICS City Practically Surrendered to Negro Toughs On Account of Ap proaching Election Court Pro ceedings a Farce, mid Mr. Dixon Shows His Contempt For It. Thomas Dixon, Jr., talked with a representative of The Evening Times today about the disorderly demonstra tion by negroes in Philadelphia Tues day night and he presented his compli ments to Mayor Weaver in real Dljton style. He said that the city govern ment practically surrendered to the ne groes, that being due to the fact that the elect ions are only two weeks off. He declared, moreover, that the thing could not have happened in any other American city. "Last sprine," said Mr. Dixon, "the negroes tried to keep 'The Clansman' out of Philadelphia. We appealed to Mayor Weaver, an inspector was sent to the performance and he reported that there was nothing objectionable to the play. Wo remained there for a month or more without a disturbance. Now, we go there two weeks before an election to meet this trouble. Negro preachers sent out a call for a meeting in front of the Walnut Street Theatre to take action. They were extremely violent. Black toughs were sent into the theatre and when the curtain was raised they hurled eggs on the stage. They were quickly jerked up by the po lice and removed, after their heads bad been cracked. The performance went on, but the mob In the street Increased. The negroes refused to disperse and the city government practically surrender ed to the mob. 1 told the authorities that I did not object to censorship of my plays, but I did object to a gang taking possession of the theatre. "After the performance the negroes paraded the principal streets and the low quarters, cursing and abusing 'The Clansman' and me personally. "Yesterday, I appeared before the court when an appeal was made for an injunction against the ruling of the mayor, but when I reached the court I found the whole proceeding was a farce. Politics ruled. Weaker took the negroes in his arms, calling them his brethren. This was the same mayor mind you, who had decided in the spring that there was nothing wrong with 'The Clansman.' He was afraid the blacks would throw their strength against his party at the polls. The court proceeding was a contempti ble exhibition of peanut politics, the like of which could be seen only In Philadelphia. I extended my most pro found sympathy in the absence of a civil government and to the officials of the traversty that passed for civil government I expressed my most pro found contempt. Mayor Weaver stat ed that he would revoke the theater's license if the court ruled against him. This truckling to the negro, as I ex plained then and there, was putrid, and I added that negro Insolence and criminality would go beyond all bounds." Mr. Dixon was asked about "The One Woman." "1 think", be said "that 'The One Woman. Is much more artistic than any of my former works. There are two great problems in America, the negro and socialism. I treated the ne gro problem in 'The Clansman.' The problem of socialism and its relation to the home and home life is shown In 'The One Woman.' It is acute and ter Tible In the north today. I have pre sented the first outlines of the prob lem In its relation to character in the language of laughter and tears. My plays are not produced in Ne"' Vo$k. They arc presented in the south to the pi ople who consume the goods. I own end control "The One Woman" abso lutely." Mr. Dixon will return to New York In a few days to complete his new book "The Traitor," which will he de livered to Doubleday, Page & Company on December 31. It will be pub'i"1 011 February IS and the advance sale is marvelous. It is the conclusion of UO klu Idle: story. Next fall it will be dramatized at which time Mr. Dix on will have three plays running. "The Clansman" will return to the South Atlantic States early In the New Year and will be seen in Raleigh this season. Sent to Cell for Bearing Bombs. (By the Associated Press.) Kiev, Oct. 2fi. Lieutenant Konov aloft, an artillery officer, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment at hard labor for having bombs in ids possession. !
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