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HAT 4vertisinsr Li the greatest "forc in the indna trial life of
-nation w amply proved by -the fa?t, that largcf T amount of
?"'mtfti ia iureated rn'it annually1 than in "any; other, fid4, of effort.
W thousand mijlion dollars' appear 14 eipeiided in advertiiing,- a
vast .aum wlych .equaU iiper eent. of the entire' wealth of the
, nation 'and approximates the value of all,hfimportaiOf the country. This
enormous amount is spent for space in newspapers, and in the many "other
.channels- through which, he, news 0 the business world is bront befoto 'i
the public.''1 " - ; , t
;n , JIhi great inveetmerit of ? capital' sells over $15,000,000)06 worth of
v' ho products of .the nation' indnstriallefforts. Last year there were ap- '
vV proximately 220,000 manufacturers in the eountry, with a total-ieapitaliza-tkmfitt
round number? of $14,000,000,000. , The sales resulting from the
,i exteqjwve,;. adveisina,. oapaigns of, .4:these manufacturers produced
!!fur5. ' ! fl'I'K"' h? Woooo,ooo
Compared with the fexpehsea incurred by the producers to
reach the consumers which is slightly in excess Of $i,000,000,000-the eost
of accomplishing the sale of the vast amount of .goods produced approxi
., ' . mates. 7-'per-Cnt.v : ;." -
In no other field of human effort ia there so much money spent as ik
advertising. That it s productive of satisfactory results is proved by the
fact, that from year to year the amount of money spent to spread business
; news uicreased by about 2f per cent, to 3 per cent. Without' the Use of
1 advertising, the commercial life of the nation would be practically at a
stannVstill. It Is the channel through which the" manufacturer nrcpt reach
the consumer and -without which he would have to limit his sales to the
immediate neighborhood sot his ctory. ; ; ; ? j v s v? v I s
jWhflt is this magic forte which we call advertising J In the first placej,
and above all things, it isf the .shortest, in fact ;the only practicable line ;
between manufacturer and consumer.- (It is the news -which the industries
of the country publish to the great buying public Without the publi
would remain in ignorance' of the' existence of the goods produced.
Advertising represents a composite of all trades, professions and occu
pations. All -the professions will in A few years, advertise, The liv i
minister does advertise now The banker is" one of the' most successful adver
tisers of today, yet. a feTfcyears back vthe idea that the dignified banker
should eyer have to advertise would have seemed, ridiculous.
The Creative Power of Advertising.
De Weese says, "Advertising makestwO blades of grass giW in the
business world where only one grew before." It is a business-builder "with
a potency that goes beyond human desire, and creates wants.
J. Walter Thompson said in Appleton'a Magazine, (i In modern times '
advertising has become one of the mainstays and, in many lines, the prin
cipal creative force for business, and yet the wonder is .that Jsmany men
having a good business reputation fail utterly to grasp its possibilities or
the necessity for continuous advertising. , . i
j r stfcker'Wirmer.' R ' .
f 'The human mind is like a fertile Aid. Sow the seed and let it taka.
root; and grow, and in due time the harvest comes. But the man who ex-
t pecte the harvest the Jay or month after' thCsOwihOf thelMed" would be
looked upon as deficient in common sense." ' ' , '
"iThe successful advertiser knows that be had to stiek to itxrebehiBd
s0 ' fl: it, abd push t before(ipiS roplthuh jpbwerM rblisity,mtil the
' ' " public makes the demand. He knows his motto is "The sticker is the
'ft. winner." "There may be nothing in a name; until it is advertised, then it
may j become a household wrdj.and be worth millions of dollars, f
fi god example ofthiiiai the National Biscuit Company's: advertising.
it a suggestive name. TJneeda Biscuit.
hmd! the namef aad made everybody acqnainted with it." "Within -a few
months whenever one wanted a cracker, one instinctively thought of TJneeda
JBiscmt. i am. tola tnat ?ne idea for tms name was. suggested, oy a parrot -a
"PoUy wantCa'cjraeker Aolevra4vertising man simplychahged the
phrase to tJneedaBiscUit $ - 111 ,5f Il'l?
Educational ' Value
News in advertising keeps the nation informed.of the new things for wear,
articles for domestic convenience, etc., in advance.' This is : one of the
reasons why women read the fashion magazines so closely to -get the news
and styles of fashions in advance. A whole nation can.be made aware at'
one time of a new product by "news" advertising appearing simultane
ously in papers, all pyer jtheouijtI)epar
remarkable success simpljr because their advertisements are store "news and
it is now a recognized fact that Women read this class of advertising news
with keener interest than the regular news columns. '
John Wanamaker sees and has pointed out the educational value of
advertising: c . ' .
"Advertising plays a part in the world of trade that does not .appear upon
superficial reading. True, there is much advertising that conUi nothing
beyond screams of allg54 bargains and rhetorical rhodomontade. But there
is advertising with a deeper purpose, whieh, while written with the expec
tation of sufBciently remunerative immediate response, also serves a deeper
and broader usefulness vto the: store that xpts it, as weU
broad public good. Yon probably think of advertising as confining its ef-,
forts to vanning your interest in the,
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educates desire
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The Saturday Evening Post, which knows something about thesubject,
recently had a leading editorial on "Educational Advertising' in s which
it says : .
"Advertising is one of the greatest of educational forces? 'Education
means rousing the spirit of inquiry.., The easy. and the sensible way to
rouse this spirit in any human being is to tell him; of something which he
does not know and which it will be clearly to his advantage to know.
The man -with something good to . sell ia therefore in a position to increase
the sum of human comfort and happiness, and the more he benefits himself
the more does he increase that; sum.?' .
' Advertising in Politics. ,
Managers of political campaigns have Just begun to appreciate the value
of publicity that cauM,iecure4 . through ,a variety .cf mediums. Kearly
every! man seeking an office of any prominence today has in his employ a
press agent to further his interests. i -: .
The newspapers, magazines, billboards, and other mediums are used ex
tensivelv bv oolitieians. " In ' "the last residential campaiirn, George B.
Corteyou, that shrewd manager of
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puDiicity course mat aiiracua wiae mwumui .auu. wiuiiww ,uvc. jo.
Cortelyou decided to purchase space in leading publications and employed
a elever press agent ..to'; secure free press notiees. Then he contracted for
a rlumber of pages in Tarious magazines, which he utilized to excellent
advantage in getting the' issues3 of thV campaign and the personality of
Roosevelt before the voters. . It was, the first departure of its kind, from the
old -campaign methods that 1 have flioticed," and how effectively it worked
is an old story pow In lnanyipttblicationSiJMr. ' Roosevelt's picture wa
used with a clever wnte-ojp of the man and his views. In most instance
it was plain tha , the article ;was pnre advertising,, but tna detracted hut
- Kttle. from its value. , '. 4 . , .a ' ;':" . . .
This paid 'advertising did riot prevent 'the magazines from using the
usual interesting contributions in its reading .pages either, but rather did
it increase such contributions. The idea itself bTOSghtrOutrmicheoTmnen
as Mr; Cortelyou 's plan of campaign wis : new and business-like and
brought results. The manner in which it ,was. carried out stamped Mr.
Cortelyou as on advertiser confident that advertising brings results.
This year 's political campaign, goes tor prove more than ever before the
efficiency of proper publicity, and emphasizes? the statement made long agov
by the writer, to the'effect that "there itonyilinesitof .business arid
prof essions not using publicity; wjiich can do so .-.advantageously. ; ,The
. first in each of 'these lines to realize this faef will' reap a harvest '
' ;,..,:PrsoxiaUfT in Advert
Thomas W. Lawsori saidi 'fMy most effective force, my most powerful
weapon is publicity.' It is the irresistible instrument, by the use of which I
am enabled to strike, and by means of which it is possible for me to arouse
peopif 10 action. "
It is by no means necessary tnat personality, as an aa verviser, tuiuuiu
consist of the selfei,,rpersonaK acaintancetwith. tnose wnose: custom ne
solicits: "Acauaintance bv. reputation" is sufficient.' For instance, take
-C,- the conspicuous ease of the ex-Governor of Massachusetts, t In his advertis
4 - ?;ing methods he has riveted the attention of the public to his,.pwn perspn-
-'ality. 1 1t has been impossible lor manv years past to tane up a newspaper;
:V anywhere that the portrait of W. L TJouglasy did not meet the eye at the
' ii head of the advertisement. ' It is impossible to estimate how much greater
his sales have been as a result 01
have resulted without it-
sf advertising
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of Advertising.
store's tnaerchandise, and impressing
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Mr. Roosevelt's interests, mapped out a-
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PENITENTIARY' PROSPERS
The ; Directors ,'Adoi. Esolutions of
r Eegret a the Death of W, E. Gross
,'laadaEecap W. L Ererett
' "in. His Stead.
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Raleigh, Special.r-'The penitentiary
'directors adopted resolutions expressive-
of their deep regret at the
death of one of their number, W. E.
Crossland, Capt. W. , I. Everett, of
Richmond County, who becomes direc
tor in his stead was sworn in. The
directors stated' that the penitentiary
was in very finer shape, financially, -having
a "balance in its .treasury of
about $45,000, and having no debts.
Everything atv the penitentiary farm
on the Roanoke river is as fine as can
be. , At this farm there are i about
1,400 acres' in corn; 2,000 in ? cotton
and 800 iiDpeanuts. " r The 'crops there;
Were ; never betteri ; No brick-making
is now going on at the penitentiary,
because no sales canv be made. There
are 'almost a million brick on -hand.'
Of the State convicts 75 are at work
on the Elkin Railway ; 75 , on the
Washington & Vandemere and 75, on
the railway, in Hyde county; another
75 being employed on another road,
making a total of 300 under contract
for this yean Very rapid . work is
being done on the road in-JHyde.
county and over half of its 70 miles
ha3 been graded. The length of
this 'road depends upon whether its
terminus is Washington or Belhaven.
About 45 miles of it have been grad
ed and it will be finished next year.
The work on the road in the moun
tains is, of course, heavy and is much
slower.
Progress of Inland Waterways.
Raleigh, Special. -That progress is
being made in the preliminary work
for the inland water way along the
North Carolina coast is evidenced by
orders just made by Judge Thomas R,
Purnell, in the Federal Court here
for the assessment of damages on
property along the North Carolina
sounds , for the right of way,, .Nor
folk & Beaufort. The orders were
on motion of Cot Harry Skinner,
United States district attorney, on
whom the duty Of looking after these
legal interests for the government
devolves: There were also orders
naming guardians for a number of
minors interested ; in these swamp
and sound lands' thus condemned by
the government under the right of
eminenf!:domain. United States Dis-
jspeaKTOg-priiTiropessOf
work preliminary to the constrtf
of the waterway,' that seven ordirs
for condemnation of lands and assessvi
ment of damages , complete . the right
of way-from Pamlico Sound to Beaj
fort harbor,' a distance of sixtcin
miles and that work will ; begin
this section within a few weeks. frf
fact that the contracts for the coif-,
stuction of this section of the watcik
way hqg already been awarded ' an
the. contractors are all ready tfi
start up the work.
State News Items.
The Winston-Salem Athletic Asso4
ciation is chartered to take in habdi
the Carolina Tdha bnll tn nf tvt
Twin City, the capital stock beinef11?880? C- A- Towiie, of New York;
$25,000 authorized and $950 Daid in
bv W, L. OJBrieni T. W. Watson, H.
Y. Sheltoh and others.
The "Push Rockingham Forward
Club',' is chartered without capitol
stock for promoting the social inter
est of members and the advancement
nam Richmond county. A. S. Dock
prv tit tt -ri.. i tt
W. B. Cole, are
among tne incorporators.
There is also - a , charter for the
uinn Furniture . Company, of Eliz
abeth City, capital $10,000, by C. W.
Quinn and others.
Cashier R. B. Roberts of Internal
Revenue Collector Brown's office, at
Statesville, reports that the total col
lections for July, 1908, amounted to
$188,340.48, an increase over the col
lections for July, 1907, of $6,009.29.
The postoffice receipts for the Wil
son office for the, month of July
amounted to $115.81. The receipts
for July last year amounted to $1,
147.99.; The , site for the public
building for which an appropriation
was made at the last session of Con
gress, has riot vet, been decided, upon.
Several sites have been offered the
government, and there is a great dif
ference of opinion among the people
here as to the proper one.
Fayettevffle Negro Shoots His Girl
Fayetteville, Specials-Frank Coun
cil a young hegrcof bad reputation;
last week shot his sweetheart, . Hat
tie Newell,, thoagh not seriously, be
cause she choe theTescort of another
.uIOn, preference , . himself.
After a negro performance, Council
offered to take - his girl home, when
she refused' and walked off with an
other, "man. Council followed Until
they reached the .vicinity of-the Con
federate monumeht ' on St. James
Square, , when he fired two shots at
the woman, one taking effect in the
right knee and one in the left thigh.'
Farmers' Union in Eowan County.
Salisbury,' Special. The Farmers'
Union is establishing a firm : foothold
in Rowan. f At a meeting at Harris'
school house a - county organization
was effected and ' George F. Houeh
one of the - largest planters - in the
county was chosen president-' Theo4
dore D. Brown, ' a prominent jroung
farmer s and fraternity' man and
strong speaker, ' was , elected lectnrer.
He will make a .vigorous campaign
for $ the organization.
COMMUTES, NAMED
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Chairman Nlack Getting forces
" Organized for fcernpgn"
MEN ON FINANCE AND SPEAKERS
Before Leaviaj Buffalj For Chicago,'
Chairman ' Ms-ck Axmounces the
Appointment of Finance and Speak
ersY Committees. '
Buffalo, N. Y.,XSpecfel Chairman
Norman E. MaekCel)em6eratie
national committee; . aihounced be-,
foria his departure for Qiieago the apr
ihtment'rofj;t1tJilnane eommitteo
for he Democratic Vampaign with
Moses C. Wetmore,vof L Louis, as
chairman, and John E! Osborne, of
Wyoming, as vice 1 chaiknan, and a
speakers t!Ommittee,' twith John' H.
Atwpodj of. Kansas, as Chairman and
Champ Qark,r of Missouri, as vjee
chairman. ThcfinaneeJ committee is
made, up of - twentyrnnie members,
and the speakers' comiaittee is com
posed of. twenty-ven: members. .
Announcement . was also made bv
Chairman Mack that' Senator Charges
A. Culberson, of Texasiad been ap
pointed to succeed DavTd Francis,
of Missouri, as chairmati of the ad-
visory commirtee. xn raafang Known
the change Mr.. Mack 'said :
4 ' Former Governor Fi tncis . ' accept
ance of a place on tLfe - committee
was assured. " I did lot anticipate
that he contemplated pj stay of any
length abroad, but wked him. He
answers that 'he willibi absent so
much of the campafgn' iliaf he ought
not to be chairman, but would be
pleased to be a -member! of the com
mittee. Senator Culberson was ask
ed to accept the chairmanship and
has accepted.
Finance Committee.
The finance committee , appointed
by Chairman Mack is a? follows:
Finance. Committee--MoSes C. Wet
more, chairman, Missouri; John E.
Osborne, vice chairman Wyoming;
C N. Haskell, treasurer,- Oklahoma;
W. A. Clark, Montana ;f Thomas L.
Johnson, Ohio ; Lewis r Nixon,' . New
York; Alva Adams, Colorado; D. J.
Campau, Michigan ; Fratieis G. New-
lands, Nevada; Williard- Saulsbury,
Delaware; Alexanden-Troup, Corinee-
Tnckerr- V.rkansa's M;vA.';'.MUler, Ore-
fron j iibert B Carey,. Connecticut;
G:6r3 ,T::-1 : Williams?, MassachU
sctJs ;. "Joliiih4. Marvel, Delaware ; -W,
S. Jonnyis, Florida W.VR." O'Brien,
InJian; Ir. F, TDunlap,',. Illinois; :M
C, Wall,.T cbHsinr-Isasa Reese, Ten
rfessee J. Taylor Ellysoi,;- Virginia ;
Thomas R." Brown; v Vermont ;' W. E.
Chiltoni -West. Virginia; Blair Lee,
Marland and Eugene E. Reed, New
Hampshire.
V'fe Speaker's Oonuaittee.
The speakers' committee is as fol
lows trjfohn H. Atwood, chairman,
Kansas; Champ Clark, vice chairman,
Glenn, North Carolina; B. R.
Tillman, .South Carolina; R. E. Lee,
Mountcastle, Tennessee; John H.
LentzJOhio; Augustus Thomas, New
YorkjT. H. Alexander, Colorado;
Jeremiah Black, Pennsylvania; Henry
Warren, Indiana : T. P. Hudson, Min
nesota; W. H. Dunphjv Washington;
W.-.B' Haldeman, Kentucky; Thomas
H.' Dowd, New York ; Guy Bi Tucker,
Arkansas ; ' T. A. Jennings, Florida;
S P Donnelly, Idaho ; E? L. Jones,
iMarvland; John SunderlandNevadaf
William Collins, North Dakota; W. T,
jBrady. Oklahoma; M. A. Miller, Ore."
gori;;FTahk K. Nebeker, Utat&a-nd J.
iL Burke, Vermont. ' m
1 ;The chairman of the two com
lpittees will probably make their
headquarters in . Chicago.
j Chairman Mack left here for Chi
cago; at 8:20 o'clock.
- i,TS.
Biz Corner in Cotton.
New York, Special. The entire cot
ton supply available for delivery on
contract, .is said 'to have .been cor
nerjed.. by J. L. Livermore . a young
brjSce. In the last two weeks cot
tonhis advanced on this market
$3.50fc' per. bale and shorts are border
ing 4n . a panic.: Believing thatr there
woiid' be a big crop, contracts sold
shor(t, and prices were depressed.
Consequently the stock was bought
and shipped 'away, making the avail
able supply 'the, lowest in , years.
Livermore & Said to have acquired
every bale not ' under'5 contract 'te
spinners. ,' , .
Cleveland Memorial Committee.
iNew -York, SpeciaL Mayor : George
B. McClellan announced ..the names
of the men he1" has asked to serve , on
the; Grover 'Cleveland memorial com
mittee "The committee is headed by
h Francis . Lynde Stetson, and its office.
wilL.be arranged for a memorial
meeting or other public tribute to the
late statesman and former president.
Father Kills Son.
Salmanca,- N.' ' Y., ' Special Henry
Van Arnum', who was just released
from alreformatory, .where he served
a term for robbery, was shot and kill-
edby his father when he went home,
He had been with his father-only a
etion I iioia ' ( J e Turner, ashington ;
Jartirf IL"Glynfi,New"York; Elhson
iew- minutes, ueu M11" 1 him until Monday, wnen ne was 10-
He struck at his father with a chair J cated at Blewitt Falls, sixteen miles
and the, father shot thrice, killing 1 from nere He was promptly arrest
his son instantly with the last bullet. eaand put in jail to await the arrival
He claims self-defense. - , c officers from Yorkville.
HE ATE ROTTEN OYSTERS
Young Man Dies at East JDnrham of
, . Ptomaine Poisoning. .
Durham, ' Special W. H, Jaekson,
a young man 22 years of age, is dead
in East Durham as ' the result of
ptomaine poisoning. He had been
ill since Monday evening. On Mon-
day the young man ate a can of
oysters and soon afterwards was
taken violently ' ill, lapsing into un
consciousness. " Physicians ' were sum
moned but he remafnid nnconscious
most of the time up to his death and
seemed sto suffer, . great- pain. The
oysters : were evidently ' spoiled and
this set up the poison that resulted
in his death. - . :f
Making Much 'Brandy..
Raleigh, Special-Internal revenue
officers here say that ; there has not
been! for twenty years so much apple
brandy distilling in North Carolina
as at the present time. Throughout
the? apple-growing sections of ' the
State, distilleries s-are m operation
and others are being . bonded. In
Wilkes county alone there are 115
apple bonded distilleries. "There arc
forty in Surry and large numbers of
them in other apple counties. The
officers say there seems to be a gen
eral desire among all who have ever
in the past operated brandy stills,
to have one more pass at the under
taking before State prohibition goes
into effect next January. There can
be no more bonded brandy distilleries
in the State after this season as long
as the prohibition law is in force.
The Golden Weed at Wilson.
Wilson, Special The Wilson to
baeco , market re-operied for the sea
son of 1908-1909 this week, and the
golden weed is selling well for the
quality offered. Only the lowest
grades are now being marketed, and
the -prices are over adollar a hund
red, higher than last "year's. The
Wilson tobacco board of trade held
-itst annual meeting for the election
of officers and the following were
elected f Mr. W. J Boykin; president ;
Capt. ' J. G. Roney, viee president,
and Mr. R. M. "McFarland, supervisor
of sales. This market ,has a strong
and large corps of buyers and the
erojpsfjhwecnare
Acquired Real Estate at Franklin.
Franklin, . SpeciaL The , United
Land Company, a corporation of
Georgia, has recently aequired a
large, and -valuable tract of land here,
and . is spending a large amount of
money in the work of developriient.
It is proposed to make, this one of
the most - desirable residence sections
of the town. A force of more than
.fifty hands has been at work for
some time, and a public sale of lots
will be had on the 27th of this
month. The company offered a re
ward of $10 to the person suggest
ing the best name for the property,
which was won by Miss Mary Siler,
"Bonny Crest" being the name sug
gested and selected.
Tar Heel Notes.
Reports leoming to Washington
from farmers. in the county state that
the damage done the crops by the re
cent storm that swept this section is
not as bad as first thought and if
weather conditions are fayorable a
good crop will be realized yet.
'. The- ontlook for - forming , a fetock
company of $100,000 for a cotton mill
'at?High:'oint is good.heMessrs.
Mulis who have the matter in charge
nave $65,000 of the amount, an hand.
It is felt that such a diversion in the
industries is needed there. r ,-V
Crops in Surry county have never
been, better than the present and the
yield of corn from present indications
will be the largest that has been rais
ed in this country for many years.
Whole Family Killei by Lightning.
"Sparta, N. C, Special. Frank Mur
phy, a respected farmer living at
Edmonds, Sparta, Mrs. Murphy and
their litle child were struck by light
ning and instantly killed Wednesday
The three were in the field stacking
rye when a violent storm came up
and were stricken down while they
were seeking shelter.
Charged With Abduction, '
' Durham, Special-Charged with
abducting little . Bennie Ashby, of
Greensboro, four white people, Ken
Surratt, Walter Ashby, Beck Rober
son and' Jermie Taylor are under ar
rest here. An officer will take them
to Greensboro. The men and woman
claim to -be married and deny the
kidnapping, saying that the boy, a
brpther of Ashby under arrest, fol
lowed them from Greensboro. The
party tramped all the way here. The j
boy is being held and says he cariie
of his own- accord. "'.
A Charge of Horse Stealing.
Wadesboro, Special. A young
white man, Lee S. Smith, was taken
from -"jail here to Yorkville, S. Cf,
by Deputy Sheriff Fred Quinn. Smith
is cnargea ' wun sieaimg a nurssts
Yorkvlle on the .3d day of June, 1908,
an(J, nothirig had been heard from
PRESIDENT TAPS BLAME
Announces - That He is Responsible
For the Discharge. of 'the Negro
. Troops U.BrowpsviIl9VT.af t v- Had
. NotMut,to do With the Matter''
Oyster Bay, N. Y.i Sepcial. Presi
dent Roosevelt in a statement issued
late Friday made'dt clear, that f the
entire responsibility was his for this
issuance of the original order dis
charging the 'battalion of negro sol
diers for alleged participation in the
Brownsville, Tex., rioting and the re-.
fusal to permit a suspension of that
order. , -
The President was shown an inter
view, which was had in Washington
with General' Corbin, U S. A., re
tired, in which General Corbin stated
that no credit or blame in the mat
ter rested with ;Mr: Taft. After read
ing the interview the President
through his assistant private , secre
tary, Rudolph Foster, gave out the
following: -
' General Corbin 's statement is ab
solutely correct, and it was entirely
proper that-he should." make it. The
substance of the message' from the
President which he quoted was 'made
pubHc -long ago. In the Brownsville
matter the , entire responsibility for
issuing the original order and for de
clining to allow its suspension was
the President -s:"
In . his interview General Corbin
stated in substance that Mr. Taft
was in no way responsible, for the
order discharging the bataliotf of-the
Twenty-fifth Infantry! and that in
doing so the then Secretary of War
had obeyed the direct order of the
President. General Corbin then re
counted the circumstances as they
occurred and were published follow
ing the Brownsville affair.'
PRESS COMMITTEE.
Chairman Henry Watterson An
nounces Members of the Demo
cratic Press Committee
New - York, Special Henry Wat
terson, editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal,
who is chairman of the
newspaper committee of the Demo
cratic national campaign committee,
made public the names of the Dem
ocratic press committee of advise
ment, among them being the follow
ing Southern men :
Alabama Birminghan Age Herald,
E. W. Barrett; Montgomery, Adver
tiser, W, W. Screws, F. P. Glass.
Arakansas Little Rock- Democrat,
Georgia Atlanta Constitution,
Clark Howell.
Kentucky -Lexington Herald,
Desha Breckenridge.
Louisiana New Orleans Pica
yune," Thomas E. -Davis ; New Orleans
Tiines-pemocrat, Page H. Parker.
Miss-issippi Jackson Clarion Led
ger, H. R. Henry.
North Carolina Charlotte Obser
ver, J. P. Caldwell.
South Carolina-r-Cokimbia State
W. E. Gonzales ; Charleston News and
Courier, J. C. Hemphill.
Tennessee Chattanooga News, J.
C. Rice; Knoxville Sentinel, G- F.
Milton ; Nashville American, Charles
H Slack. :
:Tcias Galveston, John R. Hedges,
Virginia Richmond Times Dis
patch, Joseph Bryan.
Governor Smith Urges Action on Im
portant Bills.
Atlanta, Ga., Special Governor
Hoke Smith snt a special message to
the Legislature urging action on sev
eral measures which he considers of
vital importance . and stating' his
readiness to call an extra session of
the legislature if necessary, at which
the convict question can be disposed
of. ' The measures which Governor
I Smith . mentions as being of primary
importance are the anti-lobbying bill,
lawfixing' the time for holdine
State 'primaries not earlier than 60
days before the date of election, a
new registration law and provision of
a fund for the maintenance of the
State agricultural schools.
Work Train Wrecked.
Roanoke, Va., Speeial--The work
train on a narrow gauge road run.
ning from Roanoke, left the rails
and rolled down a high embankment
on the mountainside. A number of
men riding on the train were caught
tinder the: engine and cars. Three
were killed and several more serious
ly injured.
Contracts For Army ciothing.
Chicago, Special.' Manufacturers
ia. the West are rseyereiy criticising
the methods employed- in the War
Department in awarding contracts
for army , clothing. . In constituting
a special board to pass on all bids it
was ordered that special sample of
twenty yards of cloth be used for
uniforms be furnished. Manufactur
ers in an informal protest declare
that this virtually creates a monopoly
as the cost to manufacture a special
sample
is prohibitive for small
dealers.
Woman Dies From Cat's Bite.
New York, Speial Mrs Jane
Trumbell died ; last week from hy
drophobia. She was bitten a month
ago by a pet cat. NoK treatment was
taken and the diease developed twp
weeks aeo. Her sufferings have been
frightful,' but her composure was re
markable. fcner tacea oeam aimwt
as camly as did Mr. Marsh, who died
from the bite of a pet dog a few
ago...
FIRED INTO A TRAIN
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Striking Miners in Alabama At
; tack Load of Strike Breakers
THREE KlUED; , ELEVEN HURT
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Ambushing a Special Carrying- Non
Union ' Men to 'Alabamal -Mines,
Strikers Pour a Murderous "art
v Into the Car Wlndbwa.'"
Birmingham, Ala., Spocial.Three s
men were instantly killed and -L,,
eleven in jured, two of whom .frill r-.xAy
probably die, when Striking miners : '
red into a passenger train on the-
Birmingham Mineral Railroad at f
Blocton Sunday morning, about 2
o'clock. The dead are: - " 1 5
Conductor Joe T.' CoIUris. , ' -
Willard HoweU, non-union : miner. . : .1
The injured: rj
Major F. H. Dodge, superintendent ' j
of safety, Tenaessee Coa Company,' -
wounded in hand. and leg. f -: .-v
E. E. Cox, superintendent of mines, - . v -! v.
..Tennessee . Coal Company,' slightly " v . ! ;
wounded in knee. - ' r
A. E. Cross, thief clerk,' superin
tendent 's office, wounded in arm and . v '
knee. ; ' '' " ''.-',"'-''''', " '
J. C. Johnson,- deputy sheriff,
slightly wounded in side;-; f . '
A. C, Bryant, deputy ;sheriffV slight-; f
ly wounded in side.'
J. B. Cornett deputy sheriff woujid- ' - "
ed in back. f . ? "
W. H. McAuiy, soldier,, slight , in- ' .
juries. ' ' :
M. A. Pearson, soldier, wounded in -left
shoulder.
Z. C. Martin, wounded in head,
baek and arm.
A. J. Myer, laborer, wonndad in leg.
Robert Sigmon, wounded in arm
and breast. -
The train was a special bearing
non-union men to the Blocton mines
under guard of soldiers and deputies.
On the outskirts of the town the
engineer suddenly saw a log across
the tjfick and at once a fusilade was
fired into the train. The engineer
did not stop, but let thef coal catcher
throw the log from the track and
put on full spead. The place where
the attack was made was in a cut,
the ground being on a level with the
lower part of the windows. The.as-
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oounui s uciijiiu i lie rocKS sdqvr no ir-
edpanerou
rieer. Practically every window in
the train was broken and shots
struck all parts of the engine and
cab. The train proceeded to Blocton
and the dead and injured were re- ,
turned to Birmingham. Dogs, were
hurried to the scene and took trails
through the woods directly to the I
union quarters. Eight negroes were !
arrested this atternoon and other ar- ' ; . , -m
rests are expected.
The Results in Illinois.
Chicago, Special Illinois Demo
cratic ticket:
Endorsed for United Rtatas Sena
tor, Lawrence B. Stringer.
.Nominated for Governor, Adlai E.
Stevenson. '
Lieutenant Governor, E. A. Perry.
Secretary of State, X. F. Beidler.
Auditor, Ralph Jeffris. ,
Treasurer, J. B. Mount
Attorney General, R. C. Hall.
Republican State ticket.
Endorsed for United States Sena
tor, Albert J. Hobkins. or G-eorsre R.
Foss. ,.''!
Governor. Charles S. Denser, ( re
turns incomplete.)
Lieutenant Governor. J. G. Oa-leshr
or F. L. Smith:
Secretary of State, James A. Rose.
Auditor, J. S. McCullough.
Treasurer, Andrew Russell.
Attorney General William TT.
Stead. j
The re&ult of Saturdav's nrimnrv
election as far as it is accuratelv
known in regard to the State officers '
is given in the foregoing list.
A e York Sunday Tragedy.
Near York. Soecial. Mrs. Bertha
Hoofl, 32 years old, was. shot and in
stantly! killed at her home in Brook
lyn Sunday nifht by Ernest Seitz, 24
yearstold, of Manhattan... Seitz also
shot and seriously wounded the-year- -arid-a-half-ohi
daughter of Mrs. Hood,
and then': turned the revolver on him
self, , inflicting a probably -'fatal
wound, -, f .k . :
Aeroplane Makes ' Good.
Lemans, France, By CableWilbur
Wright, of Dayton, O., made a flight
variously computed : at -from 2 L-2 to
31-2 kilometres wjth his aeroplane
here, in one ininute and 46 seconds.
Throughout the flight Mr.; Wright ;
had perfect control of the machine. -No
attempt was made for a record,
the object of the flight being" to try
out . the aeroplane. While flying
through the air Wright demonstrated
or so it appeared to the spectators,
that he was ahsdntev masterbjf : the
airship, first soaring then shooting
gracefully downward arid then mount
ing again at will' until firially,' after
completing two circles,, he came dom
To Settle Bate Question. ;
Washington, Special During the
next month or six week it is prob
able that the inter-State comerce
comniission will 'decide upon -the
question of the reasonableness of the
proposed increase, of freight rates in
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Flor
ida and portions of Southland North
Carolina in" the Southeastern terri-
J tory, and in Texas, in the Southwest
' em-territory.:.
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