5 T " -. IP i 'i nn V nv I No. 43, NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY. N. C. TUESDAY AUGUST 28, 1906.-FIRST SECTION. . 29th YEAR j teleGi1t;::c i:ews Events , of Past Three Days Tersely Told For Jour nal Readers. oct i:::od c::e to era adnstrial, Commercial, Social, Religl " oui,' Criminal and Political -. Happenings Condensed in " ." " - .. '. Few Line. - ' Raleigh, Aug. 24. -Governor Glenn positive) declined today to pardon Susie Human, the twelve year old white giil, sentehceoTlo four yean and nine montha in the penitentiary for killing a young man in Cabarrua coun ty. The Governor says though young her character in very bad and aha is under the influence of her father, and a pardon means sending her back to a life of shame' sod sin. He ssys that later if she improves be is willing to try to get her a good tome and grant hex conditional pardon. This ends a matter which has .attracted much at tention all over North Carolina. 15t. Petersburg, Aug. 25. Four revo lutionists went to the villa of Premier Stolypin last night while a reception was in progress, and two of them went to the house and asked for the host, saying they had a messags for him. Upon being refused admission they threw a bomb into the room in which the guests were gathered and the per petrators of the outrage were killed and several ethers; the son, daughter .and many guests were injured, Stoly--pin was unhurt ' The villa which is . really palace was wrecked. Fire h lbroke out in the shattered building im mediately alter the explosion but it waa put out Gen. Seamatln, a promi nent commsnder in the war with Japan was among the wounded. ...w. - - Havana, Aug 25. The most optimis- tic in the Government circles regard the present crises, as temporary and fully believe that It will be a matter of only a few days before the rebellion is put down. Government troop arc marching on Guanes, where the insur gents are intrenched. In some places l-th Insurgents have retired at the ap proach of the military but in others the rebel forces are gaining in numbers. Recruiting for the. government pro : gresses well and' some of the revolu- tonary veterans have formed a battle jine to help the government j Buda-Pesth, Hungary, Aug. 25: The ! statue erected by the government te the memory of George Washington will be unveiled September 18. Valparaiso, Aug. 25. The first great fear, of the people has about subsided and they are returning to the scenes of their wrecked homes. As far as can be estimated the loss is 1200,000,000. There has been no passenger train for vten days. '. . ' " Washington, Aug 2fi.-Hsreafter public documents issued by the govern- ment will hsve the Carnegie phonetic I intern of spelling which has been en I Cursed by President Roosevelt: V,'aT.inj;ton, Aug. 25. The President 1 .cabinet, especially the State de , rtmfnt, is watching the insurrection i a Cuba very closely. It is believed l,ere that the trouble will be short i'vej. . ; IVw York, Aug. 25. The battleship ' i, which will convey President iw vt '.t to the Panama Canal left for ;" "t t " y .i mxt week will re ' it C 'or Eay to participate in t s t- .t taval review. : Yotk, Aug. 27: The Simplified ; Eoard pronounce that eminent 'i 1 ;; i!;,is approve' of the new ' i '.'iod. 1!r2. "ar- 27. The Czar ' 1 " ":1 en account of it government and i I l '"-e have madej i i ' to t t the i. It U e J t -,tl.cn ( f t'.e t " n s; ec,( '.t ll ec 'it 1 to the moiit t V at thy can find ' i" n to d nth. Ar- ' ! i 1 f : (.t). ' ve 'commenced today with Judge Ferguson on the bench. Among the cases are the negro murderers of the Lyerly family also some of the men charged with lynching. Two menr charged with lynching have fled the country. Havana, Aug. 27, President Palma says that the revolution in Cuba fa the act of unreasoning and hot headed men who have no plan nor program. It will be put down by force of arms and that those who abandon the movement now will be pardoned but those who persist in opposing the government will be pun ished. , Chicago, Aug. 27: -The Standaid Oil Co., intends to buy up all distiller ies on account of the recent passage of the alcohol bill,' Warsaw, Aug. 27. Gen. Von Lear ski, acting Military Governor General of this city, was shot this morning by unknown men while riding in his car riage. Four shots were fired, one bul let penetrating the Governor's heart The assassins escaped. ' .' At Lodi,' Col. Rieman, Commander of a regiment of Imperial guards was fatally shot COUSINS OF JEF- "". FERSON DAVIS. Engaged by Manager Bren- nan for "The Clansman" Will Play in the Southern Company. New York, Aug. 25. Manager Geo. H. brannan today engaged two cousins of the late President Jefferson Davis of the Southern tonfederacy for feminine roles in "The Clansmen. " -.They will appear with the Southern Company du ring its forty weeks tour from thecoait to the gulf.; The cousins of President Davis are both clever actresses. , One of them. Miss Maud Durand, is already known to ''Clansman" playgoers through her work as Eve last season. Her sister, Miss Edna Davis, is a new recruit The mother of the Davis girls was Mrs. Elizabeth Hyatt Davis, the second cousin of the Confederate Pres ident She belonged to the branch of the 'amily which went north and settled in Indiana. The girls are fervent ad mirers of the fame and achievements of the great Southern leader It has been their custom to visit Mrs. Jefferson Da vis every year, and they are welcome guests at her house. On the last tour of "The Clansman" Miss Durand was the recipient of . many attentions from I Southerners of note who were aware of her connection with the Davis family. ! BEAUTY RULES OF THE BEAUTIES Breakfast early, a little walk, a little talk, luncheon, an hour's rest, and at night Hollister'a Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. F. S. Duf fy. - Police Court News. Mayor Patterson disposed of the fol lowing cases in the police court yester day. . ' .. " ' Jesse Fuller and David Bell' disorder ly conduct $2.75 each. I Joe Reynolds and Hubert Foy, disor- ly conduct, costs $2.75. Lila Chadwick, having unclean and unsanitary premises, one dollar and costs. - .. John Rome, having, unclean and unsanitary premises, eost $2 35. Janie Gibbs, disorderly conduct, one dollar fine and costs. ' . . . Willis Council, disorderly conduct 13-75. " ' ':. .. :.; '. : She is the pink of prettiness. Girls, be careful of your complexions. 1 None should believe in "make up.'', Take Hollister'a Rocky Mountain Tea; "saves making up." Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. F. S. Duffy. " Beware of the Exchange. It is reported that a certain agricul tural publisher by mistake fed his horse a quantity of poultry food, think ing the same to be a condition powder for animals. The mistake was not dis covered until the horse had scratched up half the garden and showed signs of wanting to set.Jt might be added that the publisher secured the food in exchange for advertising. Moral: Don't exchange your space except fqr the coin of the realm. Ex. A & N C Reduced Rates The Atlantic & North Carolina Corr.- ipany have authorized reduced round- trip rates on the certificate plan as fol- To Norfolk or Portsmouth, Va., ac count Kir Paii;;htrs and Sons Oct. 9 12, l'J u; rates on certificate plan, one and one-third first class fares, plus 25 cents for round trip. Winston Sulern, N. C, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, October 13 13, V': "i, rai.-s on certiorate phm. 1 . V.i., (' 1 V .! ' , !, THE OLD VETER- ERANS HONORED The Citizens of Morehead Ap preciate Their Presence K , . . Among Them. A SUMPTUOUS FEAST SERVED FOB THEM. The Day Spent in Reminiscences Ming ling Pleasure and Sadness. Young - Men Contribute to the Day's , Enjoyment by Giving Sail- ' , ' - , ing Parties. . Camp Glenn, Aug. 23. The last day of the stay of the Confederate Veter ans at Camp Glenn, was made memor able to them by a dinner given by the citizens of Morehead City to the brave soldiers who gave the best of their lives in the effort to sustain the rights of their native State North Carolina, To these men the gratitude, honor and re spect of every man, woman and child in the "Old North State" is due. As the relentless years go by their once erect forms that wore the gray gallantly and bravely through the fear ful time when their comrades were fall ing by their side, and the roll call di minished day by day, and the ranks thinned by privation,' disease and the fatal Northern bullets until flesh and blood could endure no more, and an ear nest prayer for peace went up from the bleeding hearts of the whole country, North and South, a petition which the God of nations answered by, dropping the mantle, of peace upon the raging waves of conflict that threatened the annihilation ot this great republic, and stilling the storm forever. lThestAien, then young and strong, are now going down the hill of life to join their com rades who fell on the field of battle, or laid down to rest in the years that have passed since that fateful time. . Year by j ear their number is fewer, their forms more feeble, their steps slower, but their hearts will remain true to their own beloved Southland till they crumble to dust in the soil that was reddened by the blood of many thous ands of Southern men. Morehead City 'was glad to welcome them to homes, proud to do them any kindness, and pleased to treat them to the royal food, fit for the gods, which a bountiful ' nature brings to the shore with every incoming tide, fish of every kind, Spanish mackerel with their spots of gold; blue fish with color borrowed from the azure skies, that tinge the waves with their own bright hue; gray and speckled trout, contesting the hon or of their name with their cousins from the cool streams' among the moun tains; sheepshead, mullet,' flounders and a host of pther fish fresh from the bri ny deep, and prepared by tha skilled cooks of the seaside city. Tables erected nrxin the nlatform un der the sf ed of the A. & N. C. Line gave ample room for the spread of fish which the ladies of the city supplemen ted, with loads of good things- which they are fully competent to concoct on the shortest notice, ham, chicken, pick les and cake of every kind, delicious beyond description, while ice cold lem onade furnished refreshing drink. .... Fully two hundred, people were fed without exhausting the- bountiful supply- Waited upon by the fair hands of Morehead City's charming ladies, the time worn heroes of many battles did full justice to the dinner, and after ward enjoyed a sail to the historic ground of old Fort Macon at the enter anceof Beaufort inlet. The day Was perfect a fall of rain the previous night, cooling the heated atmosphere and leaving the mornisr sky grey with clouds that broke away just as the dinner was served letting in a flood of bright sunlight on the happy scene, and. bringing in a good stiff breeze ' from the ocean that made the silling party a - perfect sue- The after dinner speech of welcome from the silver-tongue orator, Mr. Ar rendell aroused tho enthusiasm of the boys in gray to the highest pitch, and made us all very glad that we were liv ing in the dear "Old North State." He spoke feelingly f the past, proudly of the present and hopefully and thrilling ly of the groat future of North Caroli na, and was frequontly applauded. . , , The speech of acceptance was made by F. A. Whitaker, of Ralnigh, who In the reminiscences of the old days, and his allusions to the heroes of the war. Stonewall Jackson, Lee and Vance car ried the men back to the past and touched their hearts. ' Much praise is due the citizens of Ivtorrlir 1 1 City for the promptness with vl.irh they rt-.w)nd'.l to tlio suit- ge .'",n i t i - 1 ' n t'..i VI.t.i..s Wil li n .-; r -. ! ; i ; . .:!, lit' ; ! ! GANNOn OQOMA E Blackburn Seeks to Try , Con elusions With Senator Joe ' r Bailey of Texas. HOKE SMITH'S VICTORY HAS t'UGH (GENT. Railroad Methods in This State Needs Attention. John B. Crouch's Explanation of the Meeting' - Exploiting ' Cannon's Cnndidiu-Y, Inspir- . ed by Black burn. w Special Correspondence ! Greensboro, Aug. 24. An interesting and important item of news current here this morning, was that Congress man Blackburn, would demand a joint discussion with Senator' Joe Bailey of Texas when he made' his speech at Statesville. In reply to the suggestion on that since Mr. Blackburn would not meet his opponent llackett in joint de cate, it waa ridiculous to suppose that he would seek to meet a United States Senator of Mr. Baileys ability, a Black burn employee here paid that it ws'nt at all. That the truth .was, Mr. Hack ett was not in Mr.' Blackburn's "class" at all, not being a Congressman, and there were certain 'un written laws among officials, callnd "ethics"; which made it all right for Blackburn to meet his senatorial colleague, and ignore as beneath his dignity , getting on the stump with just an ordinary opponent for his position "Its sot business',' was also volunteered. j Recognizing the great political im portance of the news,' and the fact that if Congressman Blackburn were to get a division of time with Senator Bailey in Statesville, there would be something doing there that day : your correspondent- sought State Chairman Adams, who is supposed tb manage these things in the State.-' Judge Adams, in his plain unvarnished way, said there was no truth whatever in the report, so far as the State Committee was concerned. It had never been even submitted for its consideration. There waa much comment on the big victory of Hoke Smith in Georgia, among lawyers and politicians of all shades here today. One leading public man went so far in commenting on the result as to say that North Carolina was as badly railroad ridden as Geor gia, and if a strong fearless champion like Smith would come out and make an open, square fight with the people in a general primary against railroad domi nation and extortion in North Carolina, every railroad lieutenant, legislative, state or county, would be rooted out of office two years from -now. Another man said that this year, in spite of the discussions in Congress on the rate bill, showing how railroads were imposing on the' public in all manner of ways, the Democracy, of North Carolina had nominated more railroad employes and pass bters to the legislature than ever before. And the gentleman did not hesitate to call names. Another gentle man said that he was at Toxaway sev eral weeks ago when the Georgia Press Association was in session there, and almost every one of the editors was bit ter against Hoke Smith, showing, as he claimed that the country press of Georgia was influenced by the insidi ous corruption of a railroad pass, and the - result showed what the people would do if they were only given a chance. It seems that all the newspaper men who were present by invitation at the formation of the North Carolina Can non presidential boom here Tuesday night by the representatives here of Congressman Blackburn, were in error as to the fact that it was ordered done by Congressman Blackburn from Wash ton. Mr. John B. Crouch, Mr. Black burn's private Secretary who stays here and runs the Tar Heel for the Congressman, and who waa instru mental in organizing 'and fixing the Club, together with ' Mr. Perkins, another Tar Heel worker and generally recognized as Mr. Blackburn's press agent here, stated this morning that Mr. Blackbnrn didn't have a thing to do with it, and knew nothing about it I Mr. Crouch added that his opinion was, ! that Mr. Blackburn - was for another gentleman for president instead of Mr. Cannon, but he was not asked why, if this were bo, he had taken the liberty of organizing an anti-Blackburn candi date's boom. Every newspaper cor respondent present, understood at the time in the meeting that the Club was organized at the order of the Congress man, and so it was understood by those participating, and it was a very natural mistake if one was made, to givo the Curare" limn the tflory und the honor USED BUBBL in that county convention where Adams was overlooked and insulted and Chair man Douglas driven out of the chair, all except Mr. G. S. Bradahaw, he wasn't present his absence being ex plained by Mr. Crouch and Mr. Perkins as only due to his being very busy pre paring a case for court next day. There were present, Messrs. -Don White, John Schultz", Charley Burton, John Crouch, Perkins, C. P. r raizer, I Andrews and one other, name unknown. They were all known as true and tried Blackburn lieutenants,! and in his introductory speech, private Secretary Crouch stated that in explanation of the smallness of the meeting that ' telegrams had only been received from Washington at five o'clock suggesting that a Club, be formed at once, "so as to get jn the ground floor" before the meeting of Cannon supporters from all the States in Washington : on Thursday night, "where Mr. Blackburn would make a speech." The very reason given for the precipitate organization, ' with so few present, was that the resolutions could be sent on to Washington for use Thursday night Under these circum stances, every reporter present natu rally supposed the Club was organized tq please Congressman Blackburn, and the mistake, if one was made in so representing it, was a natural one. A LOT OF NEW LAWYERS. Supreme Court Examine Can didates for License as Lawyers. Officers of Third Regi- nient : at . Chicka manga . Special Correspondence. Raleigh, Aug. 27. The Supreme court today examined the applicants for license attorneys, there being 67 of these.' Fire or six were not present on account of sickness. There are 40 from the University, 9 from Wake Forest, 3 from Trinity College, and 2 from Shaw University, colored. ' A charter is granted the Griggs Fur niture Company, Salisbury, authorized capital stock $100,000; N. W. Colitt of that place being the principal stock holder. - Sheriff Sterns of Wayne brought to the penitentiary a negro ' convict, to serve 30 years for the murder of another negro., Arrivals at the penitentiary have this year be more in frequent than ever before, v The officers of the Third Regiment, which yesterday returned from Chicka mauga, are delighted at the progres made. , They say the regiment learned more than at all previous encampments put together. , The deportment was the best ever known. The regular officers were pleased with the regiment It had 682 officers and men many more than the other regiments and its men were larger and more mature. ' - v Ex-Judge James MacRae is at Suf folk visiting his old Commander, General Lawrence S. Baker, C. S. A., who com manded North Carolina cavalry and who is now critically ill. Mr. MacRae was his adjutant general. The Raleigh Baptist Tabernacle had a pleasant excursiou to Wrigbtsville. . At yesterday's session it raised one hun dred dollars to aid in paying the expen ses of its Superintendent Mr. N. B. Broughton, to Rome .next year to the World.s Sunday School Convention. '; : Happenings at Morehead Notwithstanding the lateness of the season the crowd at the Atlantic the past week has been unusually good and the social penulara'is still swinging. . . . . .-. - Misa Irma Waddell of Memphis who has been one of the belles of the sea son entertained a numner or ner friends at a melon feast on Thursday night v'. . . V .'. ';') ': ' ;";' Dr. Joe Patterson and Mr. John Wood of Edenton have been hosts on several surf parties. "; Mr.-and Mrs. Black well Stith who have been spending thoir honey-moon here, gave a delightful sailing party on Tuesday. Their many New Barn friends will he glad to know they will make their home in New Bern. This islhe gayest season the Atlantic has had for years, and the hotel will still be open several weeks. There are a good many fishing parties expected down here the first of September. . : We understand that Mr. Frank Mor ton, who is manager ot the Atlantic, will take charge of the New Gaston; if so New Bern Bern people are to be congratulated. ' Dr. Joe Patterson the popular real dont physician, spent Tuesday in Wil son. - Mr. Mark Stevenson spent Sunday at the Atlantic. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE THE BOfJE Which Sticks in The Throat of The Republican Party Organization. NO GOOD REASON FOR ITS OMISSION From The Platform Adopted By The Convention of July 4th. Neith er. Chairman Adams Nor the Industrial - News Willing to Discuss :- ; tho Matter. , Special Correspondence. Greensboro, Aug. 25.- In his recital of the re-election of the State Chair man, and his Committee, a prominent Blackburn supporter instanced as an ex ample, the failure on the part of the chairman and of the party organization organ, the industrial News to have that portion of the Republican State plat form published, demanding an exter sion of the grandfather clause in . the suffrage section of the amended consti tution, extended for twelve years, and the requirement for the prepayment of poll tax be changed from May 1st to September 1st Not only had they fail ed to do this, he said but not a single republican paper in the State had been furnished this, as a part of the plat form, and it was being printed with this plank absolutely left out He said the Weekly Tar Heel was the only republican paper in the State, that had printed anything at all about this very important plank, which was as much a part of the platform as any other plank in it This man seemed to feel that the plank was being suppressed because it was the work of Congressman Black burn, and would redound to ihis advan tage, and not to the honor of the Com mittee on platform which fails to re port this feature, when they handed in their typewritten set of resolutions. One thing is certain, no republican paper , except the Tar Heel has ever printed anything about the adoption of this plank in the platform, the Indus trial News, published on the spot m its detailed report of the proceedings" of the convention, entirely suppressing any mention of this incident and action of the convention next morning, but printing the platform without the grandfather extension- demand. This correspondent has never been able to obtain a copy of the plank from any- source, though he has never heard a de nial of its adoption. ',-'- '"'.' The circumstances of its adoption are perfectly Well remembered; and are as follows: After .the platform committee had made its report, Con gressman Blackburn arose in the aisle on the floor of the convention and moved the adoption of a section providing for the submission to the people an. amend ment to the Constitution, providing that the grandfather clause of the suf frage article which expired in 1908 be extended to 1920, and that the time for the prepayment of poll taxes be changed to September 1st He said he offered the bill introduced by Mr. Cowles in the Legislature of 1905, which the demo crats refused to pass, and called on Mr. Cowles to read it Mr. Cowles who was next to him, having a copy of his bill in his pocket, pulled it out and pro ceeded to read it It was so long and full of technical expressions, some im patient delegate moved to dispense with the reading of the bill. With instructions to the Platform Committee to embrace the principal of the document in brief enough space for a plank in the platform, and embody it therein. , This suggestion was agreed to by Congressman Blackburn, and as so understood. Presiding officer Lusk put the motion of adoption of the plank and it was unanimously carried, not a dissenting voice being raised. While the energetic and enterprising Industrial News, published on the spot utterly ignored this feature next morn ing in its two or three page report of the proceedings. It was properly con sidered by the numbers of staff corres pondents of Northern papers here, as the real live thing of the whole event, and they sent out specials galore on the subject and those papers are print ing editorials on the subject yet, while few republican readers outside of those of the Tar Heel have ever seen a word of it except in Democratic newspapers. Of course everybody understands that the purpose in Mr. Blackburn's mind alone, was to try and cater to the anti neero sentiment of the illiter ate white voters who may live in his Congressional District, not caring a rap for the embarrassment it placed his party in, in those Northern States J where the negro holds the balance of 11 i FIGHT Ml. Insurgents and Regulars of the G. O.P. Get Together For a Round or Two1. E OF PROP ERTHJMQ Interest of Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant Sold. Trunk Factory Established. Graft in Even the Cook and Housemaid Industry. - (Special Correspondence. ) Greensboro, Aug. 27. Pursuant to a call of the Republican Executive Com mittee by chairman Douglas to select a time for holding the county convention to nominate legislative and county can didates, seventeen of the member of the committee met here Saturday after noon, and after agreeing on September 15th for the convention, the old-time fight of the insurgents or Blackburnitea -against the organization forces was re newed. The first shot was a resolution de manding, the resignation of chairman -editor-postmaster Douglas as head of the county organization. 1 Chairman Douglas submitted the res- . olution and it was adopted by a vote of 12 to 5. Showing no sign of resigning'. W. P. Rag an, defeated aspirant for the High Point poetoffice, made a fiery speech in condemnation of Douglas' course as chairman' the hall resounding with applause at the close of every vol ley of hot shot he catapulted at the ap-.. parently undaunted and . amused presi ding officer. At the conclusion of Mr. Ragan's speech the chairman evinced no indica tion of a realization or appreciation of the situation, but simply smiled and said nothing. Mr. Ragan then produced a typewritten paper and read a long document in the form of an indictment against the chairman for sins of omis-. sion and commission aa chairman, enu merating among them eight se parte and distinct sins, his conduct towards Prof. Frazier in the poetoffice fight his com mitting the party, to the good roads and special school tax, questions without consulting with the committee, bis re- ' fusal to call meetings of the committee when requested, his refusal to conduct a forceful campaign against the Demo- crats two years ago, and finally drman ded that the President be requested to send in to Congress, when it meets, ths) name of another man for postmaster at Greensboro, whom the Republicans of the county respected and desired.' These resolutions were adopted by a vote of twelve to five, Mr. Douglas still showing no resenUnent and no indicar . tion of resigning. Another resolution was passed declar ing the office vacant and they quit t that the meeting adjourned with Mr. Douglas in the chair smiling The tax calculators in the Register of Deeds department of the county government have progressed sufficient ly in the computation to discover that the increase in real and personal pro perty valuation of taxable property in Greensboro is (589,774, nd for Guilr ford county it is $950,000. This com putation does not include banks and other corporate increase, and shows a fine record of progress and develop ment throughout the whole county, Mr. R., E. Steele, sales . manager of the Scott Sparger Wholesale Grocery Company has purchased of L. Richard son, the Pepsi-Cola Bottling depait ment of his wholesale drug business, and will double the present capacity of the plant Negotiations for the establishment of an extensive factory here for the mak-' ing'.of trunks, bags and suit cases have about been completed with a- large manufacturing firm of New York, the capita! involved being over 1100,000. An amusing, while at the same time serious form of "graft" that is worked here between negro men and women, and probably worked everywhere else, makes the "house servant problem" still harder of solution. Everybody knows that when a housewife gets out of a cook, a maid or a nurse, the man ofthefamily.no less t! an the la Jy, is over anxious to supply t'.e vacuum how ever vacu-uous the suli '. ' . , : ion may be. The first thing the n .n d.xs w hen he comes down town, is to r l across some of his 'good darkey t his dirticulty, tip him fifty cents and cotm. him una cook or a r V t :i i : u i a d. " r or 1 l.i.n t) 1 1 ( r a r t j v f ' - the case may be. As variably turns up in a f iceiving pay on Sutw ' j possibly only two d : i v ly wnkes up to rn- .v : mornimr will t (' i willi'xit V i s:it iii' " ; FACTIO I f i' , .'til l t r i ; nil 110 1: '; .." 1 i . ('.'-; , 4 ef t H no . 1: ' -1 i i i rut,
