North Carolina Newspapers

.Ly.'1' V1.11"1 '."'m'im. . V f""r m iki . v - 1 IW fcVkOt ,j,.r. It irM .4 t VOL, I. SPENCER, :N:C:r iyiAY:l, 1908 NO. 3. f V 1 X.' ' 7 I -IJ f'.'W- 11 , 1 hv; v . 1L;.Vv ' r 7 i. i 'pi- ;f is 4 ''i.V I . I UNIONS, II IN SESSION Raleigh, N. C, April 28. All the afternoon and until a late hour last "tiigh the state convention of labor un ions Was in session here, the business .of the convention being, not completed, however, so that another session today .was aeoessarsv. ' , . V" Sannuel Gompers is attending- and, in fact, presiding over the convention.' A resolution was adopted binding all members of the convention to secrecy, so far as the deliberations are con cerned, the strict injunction being that nothing be given to the press. It is said that the political situation in North Carolina came in fp consider able and very spirited discussion and that a resolution was passed that la bor unions tate no stand for or against state prohibition in the approaching election. It is understood that sentiment as to prohibition was very much divided. It was the advice of Mr. Gompers, ac cording to report, that unions be urged to take no part in the campaign one way or another. There are probably 100 delegates. The sessions are being held in the senate chamber of the state house, Prltchard's Appointments. The state prohibition campaign ap pointments of United States Circuit Judge J. C. Pritchard for the next week" are : Carthage, Tuesday; Fayetteville, Wednesday; Smithfield, Thursday; New Bern, Friday; Jacksonville, Sat urday; Raleigh, Sunday; Washington, Monday, and Rocky Mount, Monday, at night. Potato Crop Good. Mr. B. W. Morris, of the fertilizer inspection work of the state depart ment of agriculture, is just in from an extended trip through the trucking section of Eastern Carolina, and says the Irish potato crop, which has of late years come to be a most important money crop, in severay sections, is con siderably short of last year in acre age, but that the growth is very good. Trucking interests in general, he re gards as in a nourishing condition. Other News Briefs. J3eaJtoa$J)JrJ&i trin-No. 6.6 north pound," wasdelayea three htfitr'3 yester day by the derailment and yartial wrecking of two. coaches at Vass, 57 miles south of Raleigh. No oao was injured. Wake county headquarters for W. W. Kitchin, as candidate for the demo cratic nomination for governor wore opened here today in the Pul'en Buil.i ing, in "Courthouse Row," wi:h J. W. Bunu and Alex Stroubach, well known young attorneys, in charge. The congregation of the First Pres byterian church has elected Governor R. B. Glenn a member cf the board of ruling elders. Others elected at the same time, as new members of the board were Hon. Franklin McNeill, cor poration commissioner; Hon. J. H. Young, commissioner of insurance, and E. B. Crow. The democratic primaries called for this week, all on Saturday, are: Ala mance, Beauford, Carteret, Cleveland, Durham, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Person, Richmond, Rowan and War ran counties. While no ofQcial announcement is yet made there is every indication now that practically all the grades of the Raleigh public schools will continue to May 29 instead cf closing Friday of this week, because of the failure of the recent special school tax election. G. BAR fiSSD. Asheville, N. C, April 28. The offi cial program for the tenth annual con vention of the North Carolina Bar As sociation, which will be held at More head City, June 30th, Julylst and 2nd, has just been anounced. The convention will be called to or der by T. B. Womack, of Raleigh, chairman of the executir -committee, and the address of welcome will be de livered by Solomon Gallert, of Ruth fordton. Charles L. Abernethy, of Beaufort, will respond, following which Judge Charles A. Moore, of Asheville, president of the association, will de liver his annual address.. General Theodore S. Davidson, of Asheville, will speak on "Recollections of the Bar of Western North Caro lina." Other addresses will include "Recol lections of the Bar of Eastern North Carolina," by Hon. A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington, and "Flashes of Wit and Humor of the North Cadolina Bench and Bar," by Z. V. Walser, of Lexing ton. Hon. C. A. Woods, of the supreme court, of South Carolina, will also ad dress the convention. The reports of the standing commit tees will be made by their representa tive chairmen, as follows: Executive Committee T. B. Wom ack, of Raleigh. Admission to Membership S. G. Bra gaw, of Washington. Legislation and Law Reform S. C. Sheppard, of Raleigh. Judiciary Armistead Burwell, of Charlotte. Legal Education and Admission to Bar James G. McRae, of Chapel Hill. Grievance A. M. Scales, Greens boro. Memorial Clement Manley, of Win ston. Legal Ethics R. H, Battle, of Ral eigh a . . . , , , . PROGRAM n The Vast Water Power in South Washltngtcm, D. C. April 30. The greatest development, of water-.power that has ever taken place in the United States has been accomplished during the last few years on the rivers, which drain the Southern Ap palachian Mountains, according to the efficient report on water resources of this region. It is ' estimated there is at least 2,800,000 indicated horsepower de veloped by the streams which have their headwaters on this , watershed, and more than half of this indicated power is available for economia de velopment. Only comparitively a small part of this has been made use of, but the portion that has been utilized has been one of the most important fac tors in the recent industrial develop ment of the south. Found Dead in Bed at Winston Winston-Salem, N C, April 29. W. R. Taylor, who claimed to be from High Point, where he has a family, was found dead in "bed at a boarding house here this morning. Excessive drinking is said to have been the cause of his death. Taylor is said to have told his room mate last night that he lost $65 in a game of poker with two white men Sunday night and that the money was secured by him from the sale of a horse and buggy. A letter directed to his wife was found in the dead man's pocket in this he promised to write her again from- Roanoke, .Vfk Help for The Storm Victims Now Orleans, La., April 28. With generous contributions coming in rap idly, including money, medicine, provi sions and clothing, the committee which has been formed in New Orleans to lend aid to the tornado sufferers in Louisiana and Mississippi, is busy giv ing relief. Solid carloads of provisions and clothing are leaving New Orleans for Amite, L,a.; Purvis, Miss., and other places that, suffered most in the tor nado. News from OdelL Miss., states that 25 negro families were absolutely des titude, with their homes destroyed and all Iheir live stock killed. Colorado for Taft. Pueblo, Col., April 28. The repub lican state convention is being held here today. The entire delegation will go to Chicago as a unit for Taft Big Mills Begin Curtailment Manchester, N. H., April 30. Sev enteen mills of the Amoskeag Manu facturing Company, the largest cotton manufacturing company in the world, employing 13,000 hands, began a period of curtailment with the closing of work tonight and a change in the working schedule, restricting operations to four days a week. The reduction will continue indefi nitely. WANTS BIG APPROPRIATION. President Calls. Into Conference Sev eral Senators to Pull for Bigger Ap propriation. Washington, D. C, April 30. The president sent for Representatives Hepburn (Iowa), Townsend (Mich), Campbell (Kan.) and Sulzer (N. Y.) and urged them to make vigorous ef forts to secure a larger appropriation in the sundry civil bill for the investi gations of booms of railroads of the country, to determine whether they are complying with section 2ft of the Hep burn railroad rate law, providing that a system of uniform accounts must be kept as prescribed by the interstate commerce commission. ; , For the pres ent fiscal year the commission has appropriations of $80,000, but has not been able to make much headway in the work. For the next fiscal year the administrations desired, an appro priation of from $250,000 to $500,000, but the house committee on appropria tions cut the amount to $50,000. It is claimed by the president and inter state commerce commission that this amount will be entirely insufficient. CLAIMS SILVEU DOLLAR FACE. Inmate of Poorhouse Insists She Posed for It. Binghamton, N. Y., April 28. Mrs. Carolina Williams, who is in the poor house and says that her portrait adorns the silver dollar, declares she never heard cf Miss Anna Williams, of Phila delphia, who says that her likeness is the one from which-the dolar. plate was made, i . ;. TillfKI DEEGRTES F Boston, Mass., April 30. The Maine republican convention which meets at Portland today completes the list of the republican -Etate' conventions." In New England, excepting ConiiectIcutn which state the convention- will meet next week. , . : J'.-i.".-," , The . situation in ; Maine lth regard date appears -to be very similar to the conditions in Massachusetts. Taft sentiment seems to predominate, but apparently is not strong enough to re sult in an instructed delegation for the secretary of war. f Three months ago Speaker Cannon seemed to be the strongest of the republican presidential aspirants so far as the Pine Tree state was concern ed. He was looked upon with favor by the republican state organization, while Taft appeared to have few active workers in the state. But during the past few months the situation has materially changed. Sen ator Frye, who is one of the biggest men in Maine politics, declared his adherence to the candidacy of Secre tary Taft. His example was followed by ex-Governor John F. Hill, national committeeman, and a number of oth er of the foremost leaders among cam paign managers have ventured the pre diction that today's convention would decide to send a delegation to Chicago pledged to vote for the secretary of war. Unbiased onlookers, however, remain of the Opinion that the delegation will be uninstructed. If Maine sends an uninstructed dele gation it will mean that she is acting in accordance with the policy which has been prescribed by the politicians rfor the entire New England delegation. Unquestionably there is a tacit un derstanding, if not a direct agreement, among the republican leaders of the six New England states to have unin structed delegations from each. Mas sachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire have .already act ed in accordance with this policy. It is asserted that, acting as a unit, New England will have a much strong er voice in the determination of a can didate than would be the case should each, state express an individual pre ference. Acting" in unison, New Eng land would have 82 votes, four more than New York ean cast and consider ably more than any other state has. It is asserted that, following precedent, the delegations from this section should go to Chicago, ascertai i and consider the situation and the needs of the republican party, and then vote for the candidate best qualified to lead to victory upon the platform to be adopt ed. The pro-administration men have op posed this plan, insisting that unin structed delegations mean anti-Roosevelt and anti-Taft delegations. They have been somewhat reconciled to the plan, however, by the fact that a large proportion of the delegates already chosen are avowed Taft men. This will probably be the case in Maine. If Senator Frye can be prevailed upon to reconsider his early determination not to be a delegate he probably will be selected to head the Maine delega tion to Chicago. The others whose names are most prominently mentioned in connection with the "big four" are John F. Hill, the national committee man; Frederick A. Powers, a former judge of the supreme court of Maine, and E. P. Ricker. Negro Charged With Embezzling Money Winston-Salem, N. b., April 28. Chief of Police J. A. Thomas has received a telephone message yester afternoon telling him of the capture in Reidsville of I. N. Patterson, a negro, who has been wanted here for the past eighteen months on the charge of embezzling money from the order known as the True Reformers, of which he was treasurer. After the embezzlement a reward of $100 was offered by the order for his arrest, but up until yesterday the police were unable to locate him. Patterson was arrested by the chief of police of Reidsville. He will be brought back to this city in a few days and given a preliminary hear ing. Eminent Prelates Take Part. Njw York, April 28 In the pres ence of the largest and most notable congregation that ever crowded St. Patrick's cathedral and one of, the greatest gatherings of dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church that ever assembled in America, the centennial celebration of the diocese of New York ahd its crowning feature this morning in a pontificial high mass of thanks giving for a century of work. Cardi nal Logue, archbishop of Armagh, was the celebrant, and Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore, preached the sermon. Tonight the Cathedral is to be the scene of another impressive ceremony, when solemn pontificial vespers will be celebrated by the Most Rev. Dio mede Falconio, D. D., apostle delegate, with Archbishop Glennon of St, Louis as the preacher. Boiler Explosion. Portsmouth, April 28. According to wireless telegraph .report there has been a boiler explosion on the Brit ish battleship Britannia in which several men were injured. Company Chartered. Raleigh, N. C. April 30. The KnoxJ ville Directory Company is chartered with $10,000 capital by Geo. L. Hack ney, Phillip Rosle, E. H. Miller and A. R. Swayne, all of Asheville. Fill P. W ENGLAND remgMjOurt pRaiEeghNfpxf 30.Thirteen appeals of a: list of thirteen opinions nst delivered by - the - North ' Carolina Suprem'e court as:- followsi ' ' Shelby vs. Electris Co., : Mecklen burg, appeal dismissed.. 'v " , .johes vs. Assurance" Co., Wake, re versed ' ' ; ; - i". y'-,t Williamson vs.":jHolt, Alamance, no .error. -i-? ' vl'.'3'':- Dobson vs. Kolfc Sury, affirmed. V",Wright Vs. Power Co., Forsyth, new 'trial. j ' ; $" - yy-yy " ". Development, Co. Vs. Southern-Railway,; Davidson, error. " 1 &v. ' :CH(ielity; '.CotVs Grocery Co., For- ayth,' afljrmed. ';: f: -f Parker ts. Feniekrsytefmro. ed. : v ' y''r;M: ' Kerner vs Assurance Co., Forsyth,' per curim affirm!. ;J - Hughes vs. Henrietta Mills, Meck lenburg, per curianVr affirmed. State vs. Bakefy Cleveland, h per curiam affirmed. f'- '" r , ' ' Bank vs. Hosiery Mills, Catawba, dismissed on mptionxfor : insufficient transcript if' ' ' " Taylor vs. McKihzie, Caldwell, 'com promised by the parties, As to , Stopping -Cars. , That if the charge;- of the rial judge that operacrsof street cars must stop tfle cars within 35 or '40 feet of any obstruction .on the track was sound law it would maTie It prac tically impossible, to operate street car systems in cities with any de gree of rapidity s, the sense of, the court in the case)? W. G. Wright vs. The Fries Manufacturing and Power Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. Wright had been injured on Liberty street by the street cat running into the wagon oa which he was and under the charge of the ndge the jury had rendered a verdict for $200 damages. On appeal the supreme court orders a new trial on tho ground of error in the charge by the trial judge who had declared in effect that if the wag on was on the track moving away from the car and the motorman saw him thirty vftve" or forty feet away it was his duty not only to give the alarm but to stop the car at once. Important Case Decided. In W. H. Shelby vs. the Charlotte Electric Railway Light and Power Co. the appeal of the plaintiff is dismiss ed because it was based on only one of the defense set up in the de fense to which the appelants had de murred. The court charactertzies it as an "obnoxous fragmentory" ap peal. ..' -w. Prisoner jEscapes. The stated-prison " managenaetan nounces the escape of Ben Wilkin son, a white man 23 years old, from the prison after serving less than one year of a 20-year sentence for crim inal assault in Vance county. Sheriff W. C Mills, of Onslow county, was here today with two prisoners for the penitentiary one negro and a white man. SHELBY DISTRICT e, 1. E King's Mountain, N. C, April 30 The Shelby District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, convened with the King's Mountain church this week, beginning with an introductory sermon last night and continuing through Sunday. The district of which Rev. R. M. Hoyle, of Shelby, N. C, is presiding elder, comprises Cleveland and Gas ton counties, and a part of Lincoln. The church in vhich the conference is being held was completed last year and is one of the nicest churches in thf conference. A big delegation of laymen and preachers is in attendance. Sncw Fall Reported In Parts of .North Pittsburg, Pa., April 30 Snow fell in this vicinity this morning. In the country the ground is covered with two inches of snow. Rain is now fall ing with a temperature of two degrees above freezing. In Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio, April 30. A heavy wet snow began falling here this morn ing. Reports indicate a storm general throughout the state. Snow Storm Raging. Zanesville, O., April 30. A heavy snow storm has been raging here since midnight. Today's Races Off. Lexington, Ky., April 30. Because the heavy snow made the track unfit for use, today s races were declared off. Lola "And do you really love me better than life?" Jack "Better than a single life--yes." Chicago News. Greensboro, April 30. The opening game of the Carolina league, which was to have been played here this af ternoon between Greensboro and Wins-ston-Salem, has been called off on ac count of rain. ". CON DC CHURCH WINSTON-SALEM GREEHSBORQEAME CALLED OFF-RAIN HEAVY BURDEN E BY THE S , Washington, D. c, April 30. indi vidual newspaper publishers were pres ent. tef ore the .ouse special commit tee investigating the price of newspa per prinV prepared to give testimony in, the case.. i Before they were ' heard, however, John Norris, representing the American Newspaper Publishers Association, was permitted to continue; his presentation of'thefactsr :TrifrBSpblrse'd"-a rfe&eesti by Chairman Mann, Mr. Norris laid before, the committee various circu lar letters which had been issued at different times by the association on the subject of the price of paper, copies of which had been mailed to President Roosevelt and others. "Do you claim as a matter of fact," Mr. Mann asked, "That the statement in Mr. Ridder's letters of March 4th, 1903, to President- Roosevelt, in which he said there was practically a combi nation to "put an additional burden of $60,000,000 per annum upon printing and publishing interests of the country is true?" "Yes sir," the witness responded, and answering further the question he said news print paper represented the great bulk of the paper made. Mr. Mann remarked that the witness had been directed to cover the whole subject of paper, whereas all that had been said was confined to printing and publishing interests, "And thereby ab solutely misled you and misled my self." "We do not claim," said Mr. Norris, "That the increase is confined to the printing and publishing business, but that it applies to the computation of burdens which all paper combinations aimed to impose upon all paper con sumers." Gen. Feliz Angus, publisher of the Baltimore American, testified that un der the contract with the International Paper Company he had been paying, since January 1, 1908, $2.50 per hun dred pounds for print paper. Previous to that date, he said, he paid $1.90. The paper he declared was delivered on the sidewalk. The price of $1.90 be paid for two years. From 1901 to 1906, under a five-year contract with the Great Northern Company, he paid $2 a hundred pounds. His purchases have averaged 5,000 tons a year. On January 1, 1906, he changed to the International Paper Company, and got the price of $1.90 for two years to December 31, 1907, when he made a new contract with the same company for one year at $2.50. "The sudden rise," he said, "was something astonishing to me, and we did the best we could when we heard that the price was raised, to secure other terms from other compaies." He then read a letter from the Berlin Company, saying that that company had more than plenty of paper to meet the demands for 1908. "But," the com munication continued, "due considera tion, however, of the circumstances at tending oxir negotiations of two years ago, lead us to decline to even con sider a contract with the Baltimore American." Gen. Angus said he could hardly be lieve the style of the letter. "It was merely a shift," he stated, "to satisfy their own consciences." He said he had made up his mind that "there was something in the wind." He applied to the Vernon Mills and was told that the supply had all be spoken for. That mill had been solicit ing his business from time to time, he said, but all of a sudden it stopped. He was satisfied from this, he declared, that the paper-makers had combined. Terrific Storm In Florida Tallahassee, Fla., April 30. A ter rific wind-storm destroyed considera ble property a few miles east of here. Tobacco sheds, barns and other wood en structures were razed, and crops have been damaged to a large extent. The wind swept directly through Leon county, the tobacco section of Florida. So far as Is known there has been no loss of life. . Wires are down in many places. WANT LABOR BILLS SUPPORTED. Gompers Has Notified Organized Labor to Have Representatives to Vote for Bills. New York, April 28 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has notified the organized labor throughout the coun try to adopt resolutions demanding that their representatives in congress vote for the labor bills before that body. Coster-Knapp And Co Suspend New York, April 29. The suspension of Coster, Knapp & Co., bankers and members of the New York Stock Ex change, was announced on that ex change today. Charles Coster, one of the members of the firm committed suicide last night No intimation of the firm's assets or liabilities was given, and it is thought that definite figures could not "be diven pending a completion of the asignee's investigation. Salisbury, N. C, April 29. Messrs. Emmett' and Eugene Thompson will next week occupy their new large brick garage and will sell, hire and BORN NEWSPAPER repair automobiles. ABOUT T AT OF THE STATE Greensboro, N. C, April 30. Chair man Spencer B. Adams called the Republican State Convention to or der here at noon. Upwards of fifteen hundred repub licans, from all parts of the state, are present. Mr. Adams made a lengthy speech, but '"received Ifa-tleer n -applause throughout, save at the mention of the names of Taft and Roosevelt. Mr. Adams was followed by J. H. White, of Salisbury, who made a rousing speech, which was continu ously applauded. A roll call of counties was then taken and seven counties reported contests. Following these speeches and roll call committees were appointed on credentials, permanent organization, platform and resolutions, and pending their reports the convention adjourn ed until 3:30 o'clock. Mr. J. J. Bntt was elected chair man. Big Row Yesterday. There was a big row in the repub lican convention held heje for the Fifth Congressional District to send delegates to the Chicago convention. It being the old fight of the so-called rank and file against the federal officeholding element The, convention was controlled by the latter element, and the trouble began when an alleged packed cre dentials committee reported favor able to every county having a Taft and Adams delegation, throwing out the regular delegation from Durham which was for Cannon, and seating the bolters, who were Cannon men, while in Alamance and Guilford, the report seated Taft and Adams men, allowing no representation whatever to others. When delegates who were unseated proposed to make objections and explain the facts of their case, they were howled down. At one time it looked like a personal encounter would result between the Durham factions, Barbee, Riggsbee and Lyon making the welkin ring with protests, while Angier held up the end of the alleged seated bolt ers with hot words in reply. Standing in a chair , and waving his hands Riggsbee told the con vention he had the proOF that Angier or his 'agents, had for the American Tobacco Company threatened to dis charge every employee who failed to help out me Taft-Adams crowd in the primaries, and despite this, they were outvoted in convention two to one, and then bolted. But the whole delegations from Durham, Alamance and Guilford were hooted down, call ed for a retreat to another hall, and large numbers walked out. The con vention made quick work of the mat ter, electing B. S. Roberson, of Alamance and Guy Carter, of Surry, as delegates to Chicago, over John T. Benbow, of Forsyth, and R. J. Petree, of Stokes. The latter were also defeated for alternates, ' the slated men being Angier of Durham, and H. B. Worth, of Guilford. , Taft and Adams. Resolutions instructing for Taft and Adams were unanimously adopted. Carter asked that he and Roberson be instructed to vote for Duncan as national committeeman and this was done. Before the report of the committtee on credentials was in, speeches were made by many leading republicans, Blackburn's being a hot number. Spencer B. Talks. - State Chairman Adams had just spoken when Blackburn was called. Adams had made simply a rousing Taft-Adams speech, declaring that republicans had reached the point of respectability when hired emisaries would not be tolerated to seduce men from supporting candidates like Taft, pointing with pride to the difference now, when 92 out of 97 counties had instructed for him and Taft over conditions' in the party when he was for McKinley and there was such a large and troublesome faction for Reid. Blackburn began by saying Union Mills Still Running Union, S. C, April 30. None of the mills of Union entered into any agreement at Spartanburg last week, or at any other time, to positively close down on July 1st, for sixty days or longer. The Progress newspaper can state on the best authority that there was no such agreement gone into, and that everything possible will be done by all the mill management to keep the mills of Union running and to give employment to the operatives as heretofore. For Aid of Sufferers. . Washington, D. C, April 28. Gen. Potts, comanding the depart ment of the Gulf, at Atlanta, has begun an Investigation of conditions respecting tornado sufferers in his jurisdiction, and tents, rations, and medical supplies and other requisites will be furnished. J. jL. Carrol Elected. Washington, D. C, April 28. John Lee Carroll, (Md.), was re-elected president general of the society of the Sons of the Revolution at a ses sion of the triennial meeting today. Among other officers elected was W J. Harvey, (S. C), second vice- i president general. THE he had never seen the time when he was ashamed of his party, or admit that in the past it had not been re- spectable. Neither was he ashamed now at supporting a , native of Guil ford county and the recognized big gest, ablest , and most deserving pub lic man the party had. Not repre senting that element of the organi zation which was. ruled Jby revenue Officers, postmasters' and other feder al officials, he was man enough to support the man of his choice, and the men behind him were not afraid to do it even though the "big stick" was being flourished over their heads. This sally awakened the biggest de monstration of applause during the whole session. Blackburn then warm-, ed up, concluding with the declaration that until republicans could truth fully deny facts sent broadcast to the world by honest reporters that republican conventions like this one, was competely and ruthlessly dom inated by federal officeholders, the party would nt succeed, could not grow and did not deserve to live. After the unseated delegates had been hooted down, while they were protesting against the report of the credentials committee, they withdrew to the assembly hall of the McAdoo Hotel and organized by electing R. G. Foster, of Alamance, chairman, N. W. Brown, of Orange, secretary. There were over a hundred present, every county in the district except Caswell, which has only two votes, being represented. W. T. Riggsbee, of Durham, and Spencer Blackburn, of Guilford, were elected delegates to Chicago; Heenan Hughes, of Alamance, and N. W. Brown, of Orange, alternates. Resolutions against instructing for any presidential candidate, and de-. nouncing the action of the Adams Taft convention were unanimously adopted. Many "Leaders" Present. Once more is Greensboro the Mecca for republican cohorts. Large num bers of "leaders" from the east arriv ed yesterday as advance guards of the balance to come today to be pres ent at the state convention to simply witness the election of the slate made up in county and district convention for delegates to the national convert tion; Chairmah of tho state executive committee and seeing to it that Mr. Taft is handed over the delegation from North Carolina. Personnel of Convention. Prominent among those on the spot are Marion Butler, Harry Skinner and Roy Flannigan of Pitt; Dan Pat rick of Craven; Cameron, of Lenoir; Downing of Cumberland; Brown, of Orange; Wood, of Bertie; Martin, of Martin; Duncan, of Wake, and Meek ins, of Pasquotank; Leary, of Chowan, and a long list of officials from the center and west, embracing Holton and Reynolds of Winston; Joyce of Reids ville, half a dozen more postmasters and almost the entire revenue brigade -of deputy collectors and deputy mar shals all over the state. In this gath ering of well dressed, well mannered men, there is a sprinkling of leaner looking mortals, like Tom Settle, yea and Spencer Blackburn of the "leader" element. Considerable Interest. Although there are to be no nomlna- tion of candidates at either of these conventions, and it is pretty well known how everything is to be run, there is yet much Interest felt among the delegates and among the "leaders" as to what may happen. There seems to be a fear that either Mr. Settle of Mr. Butler or Mr. Blackburn, or all three may raise a little breeze that will offend or demoralize the present excellent understanding that North Carolina so far as politics and poli cies go, is unalterably and unequivo cally in the hands of the dispensers and the recipients of President Roose velt's official bounty. .Then there is going to be something doing about pro hibition, which those few who are not professionally or politically allied to the whiskey interests are trying hard to keep down. Negro in Jail At Wilson Wilson, N. C, April 30. Lee Jones the negro who assaulted Mrs. Pearly Wells, six miles from Wilson, was arrested near Middlesex yesterdaj and brought to Wilson. Mrs. Wells is in bad shape frofi) being thrown to the floor and Hmps. Several prisoners were brought out and in the presence of the sheriff deputy, husband and others, said Lee Jones was the man. Jones de clares he is innocent before God. New Jersey Democrats. Trenton, N. J., April 28. The democratic state convention assem bled here today to -select the dele-gates-at-large to the Denver conven tion. Nearly 1,000 delegates filled the State Street Theatre when the convention was, called to order. Among the delegates there appeared to be no pronounced sentiment In favor of any one of the presidetlal aspirants, more interest being taken in the make-up of the "big- four' ann in various questions relating more closely to home politics. AH signs point to an uninstructed delegation. Message Read to' Senate. Washington, D. C.; April 28. The j message of President Roosevelt, 1 further outling legislation which he desires toy have enacted by congress before adjournment, was read, to the senate today. J V' ..r