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V0LXII1. - - J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and PubUihtr, ; ;
CONCORD, N. C, WEDN'?DAYt AUGUST 27, 1913.
40 Cents a Month 5 Cents Copy.
NO. 337
AIL QUIT AT ; .
Cil..nonE TODAY
' IT IS EXPECTED ARRESTS WILL
V'.- BE HADE BOOK,
Reports That the Negroes Were Be-
7 coming Disorderly Without Foun
' datioB. No Evidence of Disorder.
Authorities, However, Taking 'Sry
' ery PrecsutienVpecial Officers
wort In.1 Public ' . Sentiment
' ' Strongly Condemns Lynching."
,.,' Rewards Offered Will :J Induce . la
. k Thorough Search. for. Onl'ty Par
- tie. ' V: ; rV
Special to The. Tribune. -',: ,
Charlotte, Aug. 27.At 11 o'clock
this morning no new developments
.-' had taken place following; the shoot-
ing of Jim McNeeley by a mob-Turn-,
-..day night' in- front of the Good Sa
maritan hospital. Rnmors have gone
out that 'the' -negroes; are becoming
disorderly on 'account -of. the lynch
ing but are with foundation. '.There
., is not the slightest ' evidence of. dis--,-
Order. The. authorities, however, are
taking every precaution to prevent
further 7 trouble. ,- Special officers
.- have been, sworn in and members of
the local militia are ready to respond
if their service are needed. Officers
are patroling the negro district at
regular intervals-but no disorder .is
.apparent, :' -i ?';,.,.';.;-v f.r;v;
1 7: ' Public, sentiment strongly ' con
demns' the work of the mob and the
v officers are making a vigilant "search
"to apprehend the men who composed
' The rewards" Offered will likely in
" . duce a number of detectives, to en
tec the .search; and it is. expected ar-
rests will be" made .shortly. , -
HEAVY. REWARD OFFERED.
Charlotte Authorities Offer. Reward
Of 1,000 for Each of the Thirty-
' Pive Members of The Mob. ;;'t
' ( harlot te, ; Aug. , 26, " That Joe
MeNeely, deceased, eamajo.ljw death
. by" pistol wounds m iher liandsrbf
mob unknown to the 'Jury was ithe
' verdiee given this afternoon by the
-v coroner's jury, at the "inquest - held
over the body of Joe MeNeely,' who
met death at an eaily hour .this niorn-
ing at the hands of a mob composed
- of some 33 persons.'-.
- At a special session of the board of
aldermen today a reward was offereJ
by fie city of Charlotte of $1,000 for
each and every. member -of the moo.
' - Superior court is ; in ' session here
and judge Shaw delivered a caustic
; charge 1o the grand jury, instructing
them to use every means wnbin tuen
power to ferret -but the parties com
riosine the -mob. TP.' -M';'; IS v:
Solicitor Wilson has taken charge
of the case and is conducting a sweep
- ins investigation.' A ban has been
Disced on the sale of firearms and
. ammunition to any person. Some talk
. has been indulged in today by the ne
" groea but it is believed that they will
: ' not attempt - anv retaliation. It u
t -r believed th police department- has
. yhe situation ..well in hand and that
a clash between the .races ; will : be
avoided. , - , -
,1 Governor Craig Takes a Hand,
' ,'Asbeville, . Aug. 26. Governor
. i Ciaig, who arrived here that after
nof a from Raleigh, tonight, announe-
ed his Intention of VigorouBly prose;
cnting the 'member of the jnob
nhich.lvnched the negro assailant of
' Policeman ..""Wilson : at Charlotte this
( . morning. ii;:it-iy,tt'-. ;
"Ihe persons who committed 'this!
' -crime,' said the governor, "will be
prosecuted and punished to the limit.
, All good, citizens will do their part
,to avenge ,tbis,ntrage against , the
law . which was trampled down , by
' a band of criminals in the darkness.
. The" accused was in legal custody
- and Jnstice would have been done in
. r.i- hv th court. There was not
V the slightest exonse for the deed of
' ' (he mob. - I commend to all officers
' of the state the conrageous example
of the sheriff of Spartanburg coun
ts R r who Inst week held his prw-
' oner against great odds and asserted
the majesty of constituted authori
1 iy.r The 1 officials t at.. Charlotte are
awake to -the situation and will not
i rest until the members' of this lawless
,-nob are brought to justice. J udge
ui,. is kAldinir court at -.Charlotte
and can be relied upon to meet-the
' Mtnation.''
' - - Ooina Home By Parcel Post.
. Dover, N,:J.;iAug,26.1n a small
- .tin tnbe tne asnes oi can ""'"'
. Mr and Mrs. Herman Wolff,
wh died On March 3, were sent h.v
r-nrcel post, today to the parents in
. ru vnnth died at the borne of s
' brother, near here, and in accordance
v with a request made shortly before
his death his body was cremated and
v ' the ashes were sent to his father end
mother. - ' " -
Uncertainty a Mexico City,
Mexico Citv Aug. 27. Uncertainty
fls to what the day mignt neveiop
, !;,in?v nppni'ent in the apprehension
,,f t! a V-i. Mnv Americans ar
,1V; r -:v. Ti e onia!s are
; 1 ; if -'a s consiu-
CURIOUS' CASE IS
. ', - CALLED TO MEMORY.
Maa and Worn a Went to Priaoa.
Deayiaf to the Last Their OaQt of
. Homicide Charge to Which Oae
Oonfaand. t " .,'. ' .
CharloU Observer. .. ...
The manner In which a crowd se
cured Joe MeXedy, shot hint and left
him, believing aim dead, recalls a
somewhat similar occurrence in Stan
county some ten years ago. A young
physician, named Love, living at Lo
eust, wu . taken suddenly "ill after
eating li: dinner and 'died in a few
moments. An analyst or; nwuuomrl
acb "was made and it wu found thali
he bad - been poisrmed:. 'i- The negro
rook, a wamon named Ella -Knott,
who had served Doctor ;Love'hi dint
ner wag arrestUt un the . way, to
the jail at Albemarle a mob of men
overpowered the olukers, took tbe
Knotts woman, (Ted a rope around
her neck and swung her to a limb 1n
an effort to make her confess. Fin
ally she admitted that, she had put
strychnine -on tbe tomatoes - served
Doctor Love and that a kinsman of
here, John Knotts had 'given her the
poison,":..' ' "' "AT.",.--v.'V '
She waa released from net peril
ous position and the officers immed
iately placed John Knotts nnder ar
rest. At the time be implicated a
white man but upon investigation
his man was declared innocent. John
Knotts was placed in jailand a few
stormed the jail about 2 o'clock one
morning in an attempt to . seenre
Knotts. :, ..; : '
The sheriff who lived in the jail
was not at home and his plucky wife
refused to surrender, the keys. Not
to be outdone the mob went to the
east side of the jail "and with picks
soon dug a hole id. the wall large
enough to admit a man s body. Sev
eral men lit this way got inside the
prison and,' battering down. the steel
cell, secured Knotts. He was pushed
through the hole and when be struck
the ground he Struck it running. He
succeeded in eluding his captors and
made a get-away. Tt was not known
whether or not the mob liad lynched
the prisoner and a search was made
for hie body. " "' :t : ;
Two days afterward it was report
ed that lie was in jail at Monroe. He
had. cohered several milca . efter, .elijd1-;
4t lira puisuaiauiti uuv p .
er en his way and was .in snob a
bady physieial eonditirn when h
eave himself np. that his toes were
frostbitten. - ne went to "a Union
eonnty farmer's home the next day
after his escape' told who he was
and this man carried him to Monroe
and delivered him to the sheriff .of
the eonnty. He was afterwards car
ried io' SaJisbury for safe-keeping.
Court coming" On, his condition would
not admit of his being tried and it
was some six months before the ease
was' finally "'disposed of. When it
did finally come to trial both Knotts
and the woman bitterly denied hav
ing committed the-crime. tbe woman
stating that she confessed only when
a rope was around her neck and she
was afraid they would kill her if she
did hot own up. - Under the circum
stances and .with no direct evidence
the State agreed to a submission of
murder in the second degree for both
parties and John Knotts was sent
enced to the - penitentiary - for 30
years and .the. woman was given "10.
years. The man lived but a few years.
The man lived but a few years in
prison, denying to the last that he
had anything to do with the poison
ing. r When Sheriff McCain, of Stan
ly, earned him to Raleigh be said to
him: "John yod are now x- in this
place for perhaps the balance of your
natural life and the eaae has been
settled one and for all.; Tell me if
really did give the woman the strych
nine to administer to---Dr. Lover'
His reply was s- "Sheriff, I know
nothing about it. I am an innocent
man." '- v. - - , ""-,'
The ease therefore remains as
mncb of a mystery as when it oc
curred ten years ago. '
WORK ON NORFOLK SOUTHERN
Road Completed to Long Creek Hear
Rocky River Spring s.r-First Train
to Enter Norwood Monday. ! ; .
Mr. J. A. McAuley, who conducts
large -merchantile stablishinent at
Mount Gilead and ie interested in
various enterprises in that section,
was a visitor here yesterday. Mr. Mc
Anley states that good progress ts
being made on the extension of the
Norfolk Southern out from Mount
Gilead. .The bridge . across' Long
creek, about three miles from Rocky
River Springs was completed Mon
day and the construction of the road
on toward Charlotte from that point
will be rushed. : The road Will begin
operating trains from Raleigh to
Norwood 'next week, the first train
to gq; into Norwood Monday,
! Mr. Cicero Ritchie, a prominent
and public spirited man of Kichtleld
Stanly county, had tbe misfortune of
having his left arm ' broken while
driving a split log road drag last Sat
urdav afternoon. The drag bit snd
denly against a rock or stump, which
jerked his feet from under him
.Using special V' 'i g apparatus
supplying otJ' i tuive frenchmen
recently ascended nearly "f!,f 3 f.ot
in a balloon without su:.. ai;? any
il
S&0KE ALL SCCO&DS.
Ifajor Pott's Pack of Walker Hoaada
Catch Kiae roxea ia Three Men-
Inge...; v-; -.' ;
Measra. W, A. Foil, A. O. Una and
Harry Rankin have returned from
Moors county, where they have-been
on a fox bunting -expedition lor a
week. - The party camped near Mont
rose end had a most successful hunt.
Major Foil's "pack of line Walker
hounds msde a record during the
week, the party reporting three races
and nine foxds caught, ' - The first
morning- tbe dog caught. four foxes,
the second ' morning two, 'andhe
third three. "ILtjor Foil states that
Superintendent. Tyre Glenn, of . the
State Sanatorium there, "says that it
is tbe greatest record- ever mtde by
a pack of hounds there. The people
in that section became so enthusiast
ic over the hounds that they induced
Major Foil to allow them to keep tbe
peek there-for a few weeks.
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ANOTHER BOSS STOBT.
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Charlie Boss, Kidnapped Thirty-Nine
Tears, Ago, Located, IV Is Be
ported, Cleveland, Aug. 26. The rumor
that Charlie Ross, kidnapped 39 years
ago from his home in Germantown,
Pa., has been located, hobbled up
here today.
According to the police, they have
been notified by Chief of .Police
Boyer, of Sayersville, N. J.? that he
has received a communication .from
Cleveland, signed by Charles Brew
ster Rosf, who says be believes he is
the missing-man. An attempt is be
ing made to establish his identity,
i Charlie Ross was kidnapped in 1871
by a man' in- a buggy. A ransom of
$20,000 ; was demanded for bis re
lease. How Flood District Cities Will Pre-if'k-
vent Further Floods.
' Dayton, O. Raised $2,000,000 pre
vention tund by private subscription.
Temporary repairs made in levees.
f Columbus, O. City council appro
priated $20,000 for complete survey.
When .plans are submitted will bond
itself to wipe out flood damage a!
any cost. 1 -'.,- ''.. ;
vCaiio, Ill.-$7o0,000: available foi
strengthening and rasing levees. Six
tylont. $ttej$inBe& New' Jevees
.going .- .'; .'.:: v ';;.:, "V"
Hamilfop, O. Complete .;urvey
being made.. Bond issue to be voted
on after plans for completion from
future floods have been submitted.
Indianapolis,. Ind. City appropri
ated $10,000 for survey. Also appro
printed $150,000 for repairs.
! Evansville, Ind. Raising embank
ment five feet.'-; "V
? Cleveland, O; Plans when carried
out will provide adequately against
any recurrence of floods
Cincinnat i,' 0.---City and federal
government", working out plans for
permanent relief. ; , '
To Be Sentenced' for Dynamiting
' San Joeral , Aug.' 27,--WJien Wal
ter Thomas of Redwood City, wiho
recently pleaded guilty to a charge
of maliciously destroying the proper-,
ty of the Pacific' Gas and Electric
Compahuy, is arraigned in .court to
morrow for sentence, a strong effort
will be made to have him released oh
probation. Thomas . was a lineman
employed by tbe gas and electric com
pany and was among those who went
out on a general ; strike some time
ago, During the strike, he was ar
(tested by Pinkerton men on a charge
of having dynamited some of the
company's poles;; He pleaded guilty
to the eharge.',,fX.-;l,' v;.:X y.-.
Motor Boats Supplant Bomantiq .
u- Gondolas. -
Venice Italy. Aug. 27. The de
sire for rapid transit has killed an
other romantic oust am in romantic
Venice. With the formal inaugura
tion todav of a power boat service
onVthei historic Venice0 canals, the
gondola's doom, is sealed as was the
doom of the cabby . el uinoop ana
New Yoi k when the taxicabs were
put on the streets. -There have been
one or two motor boats, on the yen
ice canals before but jney were rari
ties.: Twenty of tne cnngging, spm
urir.,, Ut driven' bv erstwhile gon
doliers were put in service today and
twenty more, will, be launenea snonty.
Gold Hill Coniolidated p6mianir
Mr. Walter George wewman, ox
Gold Hill, who' is now engaged m
mnneninir the- mine at that place,
was in the city today. The. name of
the'eoncern is the upia niu voomm
idated Company, mines and works at
Gold Hill: New York -office, 30 Broad
street ; ! and Salisbury . offices X , have
been opened np in the Grubb build
irigi , Mr. Newman Is president of the
company, Mr. w. uownes enan-
ier and Mr. C, F. Montgomery su-
nerintendent. It ia stated that work
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is going ngbt along and. win ne puBn
ed and that the number of hands
will be greatly increased from time
to time. . .
It has been talked that a Charlotte
man would trv, to defeat Congress
man Webb for the Democratic nomi
nation in the ninth district next year.
Among the names of possible candi
dates -mentioned are those of E. R.
Preston, Cameron Morrison, C. W.
Tillctt and W- C. ' MaxwcH of Char
!.., and Jndje V. B. Council, of
isis criers
O GTICAl DAY
TKIAL MAT. IB 1 POSTPONED
QBTIL OOT01EK
A Begnla Ttrav ef Oourt. If to I
TV wni i.v.vi.'. n in.ib,rt P h "ends of other
"
Freedom on BaiL-Thaw's Law-
n-l.l1t tt.
- shfre and TeraonJtOApials Arrive I
Jen. I
Border and Arrest Him if He is
. Deported. v i"V
Jw5 SK ?K ?t )rt Jw5 -ft ?K SJt J(t
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THAW BBOUOHT
, " INTO COUBT.
Judge , Abruptly Shuts Off
New York Lawyers. De-.
ci8ion . Vociferously Cheer
. ed, ' 'Tair a Play For
Thaw tV Waa the Cry.
Sherbrooke,Aog -27. -Contrary
to plans, Thaw was
was brought into "eoott when
it convened and. permitted to
sit with his counsel instead of
in tbe prisoners' dock. He
was not handcuffed.' Judge
Globensky abruptly- refused
to hear the New. York lawyers
opposing Thaw's" rwdlest for
a discontinuance of bs appli
cation for habeas corpus and
adjourned conrt "until three
o'clock when lwwill .decide
whether- he-'m ill - permit the
Thaw lawyers to -'"withdraw
the writ. The jammed court
room cheered the. decision vo
ciferously with terries.5 "Hur
rah for the judge!" !" Fair
play for Thawl'' We will
show tbe Americanslf Judie
Globensky was almost abrupt
in shutting off the; New York
lawyera and refusing utterly
to bear them.,-: ,
W ?IV '.V T. 'T 7K 5 7K "V 1 1 - !K .Ts
. - Mierarooke, Ang.:.Z7.-r--Tui8 was
scheduled- as the - most eritical day
in Thaw's career, nx the light in
court depended his ultimate fate, and
Ihaw s lawyers wanted delay. It
is intended to keep him out of court
if possible,- but if forced to .appear
they planned to demand a jury trial,
which would postpone the trial un-
til the regular session of court in
October and in' the meanu hiln Thw
would probablv be riven his free-
dom on bail. Anticipating possible
immedinrp HnoHtinn. th sheriffs
Of Berlin. New Hampshire, and
Madiston, Vermont, with special of
ficial of Dutchess county, New York,
arrived here and planned to accom
pany Thaw to the border, if deport
ed and arrest him. Jerome 'author-
ised the declaration that Thaw would
be on his way to Matteawan tomor -
IflUB' BUIUU1'
row, as ue is aav sea imu me uomin-
i , i ,. . ,t tv . i
ion government has decided against in,0 Migenheimer hotel. Mr. New
Ihaw. ; - sutea that he has other plans in
Sherbrooke. Que., Aug. 27. Harry
Thaw's Canadian attorneys late yes-
terday withdrew the writ of habeas
corpus obtained last week in his be -
half and the fugitive from Mattea-
wan was today arraigned in Super-
ior Court as had been expected, The
witndrawal or the writ may prolong
the Droceedincrs indefinitely, w
- .The next move m the Thaw case is
now distinctly up to those desiring I
his deportation. Under the present
commitment he might remain in the I
sherbrooke jail lndenniteiy, electing
to have a hearing before a migistrate I
or tfomiindinir a inrv trial befnr hhl
King's 'bench, criminal side, which
does not sit until October, f Briefly,
mws lawyew nave decioea to let
nim paee nis ce,, meanwnue peneci-
ing plans to defeat attempts to put
htm - mtrnvmaa. ih PanftriiflnfCasiirnAi
Traver. . TfJJ
of Canadian laws involved are such to be your :to .f2?
that. I would not feel justified in even
guessing at the outcome. W. hope
KUCMlli eat, UlO vm-wuiv. f- w "f-
to get him in the end, but this tan-
u. D,o;Ktnal nnf Ant "
KIV IUUDI UV .
Sneeaing Folks in Conference.
;' .rTT- " :"T
t.i-i-. r. .. otaij
who a omixers, eye w.. .uu
cups, throat gargies ano nanoKer-
.l;.,. i .... .j miiHiuii mim nv mil
purses of the purchasers,-Several hun-
jj j j j vori .nMxin?
nj ffl n min nnn woman irarn -
ered in this little mountain town to-
day for the fortieth annual eonven-
tion of the United States Hay Fever
Association,. The association waa or-
ganised to relieve hay fever suffer-
r wherever found, ana we mem -
bn are not a bit discouraged over
the fact that no panacfa bos'" been
discovered the forty years of its
existence. '. A numner oi iniciriiori
reports and addresses have been P -
pared for presentation vlD p
Ml convention, Of chier imtrrtanee
will , be an article by ni..;P. A
Maignen, of Philadelphia, -who at-
tacks bay fever from the germ standr
point and who claims to have discov.
red that terms of identical charact-
er are found in cases of rose cold,
bay fever an dasthma. .,-:.-.
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A three reel programme at ' IheUf shot lodged so near the base of
Theatorium today. ,
8LAYEXT Ht PHILIPPatXS.
Deaa Ware tar TeOa ef Childrsa
Beiag Traded for Piga.
Washington, Ang. 27. Slavery in
the full meaning of tbe word exists
throughout the Philippines, even in
tbe city of Msnils, end peonage i
general in tbe islands, according to
a special report Commissioner Desa
C. Worcester hss msde to tbe Insa
lar government.- It baa not been re-
eied here by tbe Wsr Department,
officials.
Fillipinos in some parts of the is-
'nl eommonly capture children and
some ere sent to China, where tbey
re dressed in native fashion. Some
children have been enticed from their
homes by slave agenta upon promise
of scholarships in schools, snd some
of these, 'in an instance which Mr.
Worcester reports in detail, were sold
and otheia farmed out for money.
He cites tthe ease of a 13-year-old
girl bought for some pigs, rice,
chickens and a cloak. The Supreme
Court of the islands released the
slave trader on the ground that no
crime bad been committed because no
physical force had been nsed. This
one case, Mr. Worcester says, nas
blocked other slavery prosecutions.
The Philippine Assembly has block
ed laws for tbe suppression of tbe
traffic, be says, because many of its
members come from provinces where
slavery flourishes. One of his re
ports on the tisfHc, he says, lies tabled
in the Philippine Assembly.
Mr. Worcester declares he bad
great difficulty in geeting facts of
slave cases and intimates that re
ports were withheld by the officers
of the Philippines constabulary. He
cites the case of a Philippine Assem
blyman caught red handed owning a
slave girl in Manila, and says:
"I could obtain conclusive evidence
of 100, 1,000, 10,000 of them, but
whv multiply cases, it is simply ft
Iosr of time and work." .
He charges that Philippine Assen-
I bly men maintain peonage on their
own farms.
MR. NEWMAN LEASES
JQSENHEDfEB SPRINGS.
Mr. Walter George Newman Enters
The Beeert Field. ecuTte . New
York laaaagar. - : ' '
Salisbury Post,; i
Mr. - Walter George Newman, who
now has a large force of men at work
at Gold Hill where he has re-opened
the famous Gold Hill Mine, bas deeid
ed to enter the resort field and has
leased for one year as a starter the
well known Misenlieimer Springs
property, including the hotel at that
place. He was in Salisbury today
end stated that he would at once be-
the building or a splendid road
from Gold Hill to the hotel property,
a distance of 10 milea, and would also
build a splendid road from Richnela
to ihis newly leased properties.
He telegraphed this morning tor
Mr. B. N. Woodberry, of the Hotel
Belclaire, New York City, to come to
lSrTSi
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oerrv i nu ciwuouew sww
. ... , ,if ,nd developmnt
vjew the exact nature of which can-
not h made public af this time.
When asked as to the progress be
lino - mod at the Gold Hill mine he
stated that the water in the shaft had
been reduced to the. 200 foot level in
14 days nd that the pumps were go-
ing day and night and wouio continue
L until all of the water in the shaft
was pumped out, and that tne mm is
about ready to start on gold ore. Mr.
Kawman is enthusiastic over - the
prospects and stated that the mine
never looked as weii or room Hiu.,
inur as today.
-
What Judge Shaw oaio Asont mm
. , Lynching.
. . . c., Aug. 26. "What
d the horri.
. .im
crime that' has been committed
lit. u; u thia mnminr. centlemen
1 019
U7.M1.M.I1U UID JV . .-- - - n. r
ana lectors w
share of
I ev ,
edy could be enacted m
lenmmunitv as this? ' ''.
r - .
; "I will tell you wnai wour coumj
needs and what it needed tns morn-
lmr. neeaea m uvuu nv
s,h -r.rlina who bad the courage
i-y- - la -tAnd no .nd
-u ---- ,
I mi uin uuit. .. v ot.v j
newspaper. sccouuw . .
that two rjolicemen levered ineir pis-
irnis on me moo mm .
to;a negro in the hospital, but two
big pistols in the .hands of men who
were not diligent as to their duty
were as harmless as a toy pistol in
the hands of a tMA.'$xxr.,x
1 These utterances oy duage i.
chaw -announced the climax. of an
eloquent end powerful and appealing
Ltrge which he made to the grand
jury- this morning at tne opening oi
Jths eeoond day of Superior Courts in
retard to the morning lynching.
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, The condition of Miss Ruth Liles,
jot Rockingham, who wis accidentally
shot 6y hr fgther, several days ago,
liaving been thought at the time
f.t.iw Mmtinnea slowlv to improve.
However, the - atending . physicians
have not yet attempted an operation
nmi9 n the fact that the full load
the brain.
ALABAMA SENATORS HIP.
Some latereeting Facte Cencermlni
It Says Clayton's Appointment
Will 8taal Hobeoa the Favorite.
Mr. T. a Word, of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., who is visiting friends here,
gives a number of interesting facts
concerning the Alabama Senstorsbip
controversy. Mr. Ward ia a member
ef the Tuscaloosa bar and takes a
lively interest in the political af
fairs of the State. In apeeking of
the situation Mr. Ward stated that
in bis opinion the appointment of
Congressman Clayton to succeed the
late Senator Johnstone would stand.
Tbe Attorney General of Alabama,
baa rendered an opinion upholding
Governor O'Neal's action in appoint
ing Mr. Clayton. The principal
ground upon which the opinion was
based is that section three of the
constitution declares ihat no S'ate
shall be without representation in
tbe national Congress and a section
to the new amendment -requiring
United States Senators to be elected
by a direct vote of the people states
that the amendment shall in no wise
interfere with the terms, of ollice of
tbe Senators serving in the Senate
when the act became a law. It is
contended that under this section
Mr. Clayton's appointment will stand
as he was appointed to fill out the
unexpired term of Senator John
stone, which term began before the
new amendment to the constitution
was ratified h.v necessary to think of
tbe States.
Speaking of the race for the Ion:,'
term between Representative Hob-
son and Mr. I lavlon, Mr. Ward
stated that in his opinion Hobson
would win. provided Underwood did
not enter the race. Underwood and
Heflin have both been mentioned as
candidates but Mr. Ward states that
Underwood will not likely enter the
race and that Heflin would not run
if the chances for Clayton are good.
Heflin and Clayton are close friends
and are members of the same faction
in the party and there is little like
lihood that they will oppose each
other.
Congressman Hobson, Mr. Ward
states", is easily the favorite at this!
stage of tbe race. He is en able and
- j ,
vigorous campaigner ana uas nis sup
porters highly enthused. He is the
type Of poCtWa-wmr-1sren'md
and equally well hated. Tbe liquor
interests-are strongly opposing him
but on account of 40 of the 48" coun
ties in the State being "dry" this
opposition is not formidable except
in alimited section. Representative
Underwood, according to the Ala
bama attorney, would be Hobson 's
strongest opponent if he entered the
race. The chairman of the ways and
means committee is exceedingly pop
ular throughout the State and is ac
ceptable to every wing of the party,
which with his - recognized ability
would practically assure his elec
tion. THE BIG PICNIC AT
RITCHIE'S GROVE.
Given in Honor of Mr. N. Tobias
Blackwelder. A Great Success.
More than 400 people attended the
picnic at Ritchie's grove" in No. 4
township Tuesday held by the friends
and fellow veterans complimentary to
Mr. Tobias Blackwelder. The laje
grove was filled with people and the
picnic was a great success, the day-
being filled with pleasure for the
large concourse of people who attend
ed. In addition to the speakers the
veterans choir was present and ren
dered a number of battle hvmns.
Mr. Jacob ' Simpson, chaplain, of
Cabarrus Camp of Veterans, was
master of .ceremonies. Addresses
were delivered in the morning by-
Rev. George H. Cox, D. D., of Spen
cer, to tbe veterans, and by Mr. Mor
rison H. Caldwell to the sons of vet
erans. Both of the addresses were
of a high order, many in the audienca
declaring that they were the ablest
addresses ever delivered at a picnic
in Cabarrus. '" At the conclusion of
the speeches the veterans passed
resolution asking that - the speeches
be printed in full in The Times ani
Tribune. This will be done as soon
as the copy is received.
A sumptuous dinner-was served at
the a-rove. after which there were im
promptu talks by Kev. v. p. Mac
Langhlin, Messrs. John Bundr and
H. S. Puryear, which were followed
bv music bv the veterans' choir. ?
Mr. Blackwelder. the honor guest
t the eatherimr.who baa been an in
valid for several years, is in newer
j v.ti
'With than ie has been for several
mon-ths. . He : was . wheeled to tne
grounds in a rolling chaii1 and", we
grounds in twlii"M iwahel this magnificent eity.tf
sble to spend the entire day tbere. F trip fares
.ir?ZZ?: " rv
occasion for MrBlackwelder end h'
fellow comrades of the war, '
Prescription Seat Br Wireless.
" Sydney ,, N. Y ; Aug. 27. Once
th. wirttlou Vim been' broueht
into play to save a life, and it has
nmVen snccessful. When the stear-
er Wimmera docked here "'today the
ship's physician told ot having ex
hausted, his knowledge to save one
f the oasseneers who Was desperate
ly ilL' During an exchange or news
with the Maheno, '.- outward ,;, bound
Tmm km the. presence of a special
ist on board the Mobeno was made
known to the Wimmera 's doctor who
asked for advice regarding treatment
J ' of his patient.
READS HIS I If Sl'.GE
ALL AMERICANS muim m
LEAVE MEXICO AT OXCE,-
Meadcaos Are Advised That Bn.
mary Pnniahment Awaits Taem if
American Lives Are OatragedL
Deems it Advisable to Lei the Va
rious Factions Fight Out Their
Troubles. Will Strictly Prohibit .
Shipment of Arms te Both Feder
als and Rebels to Insure Strict -Neutrality.
Washington, Aug. 27. President
N ilson read his message to Congress
(..day, with the following recommen
dations: That all Americans be urged to
leave Mexico at once.
That the Mexicans be advised thai
summary punishment awaits them if
Aniericaii lives are outraged.
That the President deems it hi
duty to let the various Mexican fac
tions tight out their troubles.
That he must strictly prohibit the
shipment of arms to both federals and
rebels, to insure strict neutrality by
the United States.
Washington, Aug. 27. Shortly be
forenoon the Piesideut was still un
decided whether or not to read bis
message to Congress on Mexico. The
situation is complicated by receipt
of dispatches from special envoy
Lind stating that Huerta informed
him that he is sending him s note on
the situation. The President does
not desire to delay reading his mes
sage but is anxious to learn the con
tents of Huerta 's laRt communica
tion. He will not make a decision
in the matter until the last moment.
There is no intimation of the contents
of the Huerta note.
FARMERS'
MEETINGS
IN STATE CAPITOL
Delegatee Walk for Two Honrs Over
14 .US!um,at Morji-' 4-
-IngSesaoo. Farmers TJnien Meet- -ing.
Raleigh, Aug. 27. Delegates to th-
Farmers' Convention opened today
by walking two hours, from 5 to 7 -,
o'clock, over the A. & M. College
farm and the State experiment sta
tion. A huudred and twenty were in
I lie walking party.
. Demonstrations of judging stock, in- -;
jeeting hog cholera serum and recog
nition ot tuberculosis in cattle were
the features of the morning session.
An interesting talk was made bv '
W. F. Ward, of the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture, and a talk on
southern markets for beef cattle was - ; s
made by R. S. Custis, of the State
r- rcii'ment. - t
Na'.'ial President. C. S. Barrett,
of Georgia, presided at today's ses
sion of the State Farmers' Union.
Features were addresses by Mr. Bar
rett, and A. O. Nelson, of Svea, Minn.,
and discussions of plans developed
tor work along co-operative lines. ' , J
The executive committee, endorsed
the proposition ' for a farm life
school at Hillsboro on the property
of the Farme.s' Alliance and a reso
lution was adopted recommending
that the Union appropriate $10,000
to this end.
POPULAR EXCURSION
. TO RICHMOND, VA,
To Be Bun Via Southern Railway
Tuesday, September 9.
Southern Railway will operate an
nual September excursion from
North Carolina territory to Rich
mond, Va., on Tuesday, September
0, 1913. f
Special train consisting ot first- -
class Coaches and standard Pullman -sleeping
cars will leave Charlotte, N,
C, at 8 p. m Tuesday, September
9th, arriving Richmond, Va., 6 a. m., i
following morning. ,
Returning, tickets will be good on
any regular train leaving Richmond -np
to and including trains of Friday, '
September i 12. Passengers rrora
branch lines can use regular trains
connecting- with " special. - train .. at
junction , points. This will be the
last excursion of tbe season to Kicu-,
mond, and will be a fierst class trip ,
in every respect. ; Three whole days
and two nights in Richmond. Ample
time to visit the many attractions
point, named:-
Charlotte 1 $4.50
China Grove. . . 4JSA
, - Concord . . . 1 . 4.50
Proportionately low ; - round
trip ,
fares from other points.' For furtb
er information, Pullman reserve
tions, etc. see any agent Southern
Railway, or write " '
K. 11. IMDVlia, V: ....
Division Passenger Agent,
td " ', " , Charlotte, N. C.
" ' .Lind at Vera Cru. .
Vera Cms, Ang. 27. Gov. John
Lind remained in his hotel bere
awaiting instructions ready to start
back to Washington, or retrace hi
steps to Mexico City.