North Carolina Newspapers

'A 0 Year, In Advance. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." SJngl Copy $ (eat. . i; VOL. X VIII. PLYMOUTH, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1907. NO. JS. ' . 4k. - " Destructive Fire at Salisbury. Salisbury Special. The Old Man sion House, for two score" jpf years, 'the most celebrated inn of "Western North' Carolina, went flat to tire earth Friday m&rning in a fire that swept the entire Mansion block from 3 to i :30. o 'clock. The blaze was1 discovered exactly at 3 .o'clock and the (ire alarm turned in.' The companies fell into their clothes as fast as. they ever did but when, they- arrived on the corner of Maiu and Inness street, the most im portant streets in the city, the blaze was sufficient' to light a large section -of eity. The first thought was of the people living upstairs in'.'the old frame ramshackle and " Mis. Dl W. -Snider, her husband and ' canary bird, the last named a peculiar pet, were taken down. - Mrs. Snider would cer- taiiily have lturnofll but for the yiter ..,'ference' Th$ fircyipn then turned -on tfie water. ?A ijaViifieent pressure gave thenuthe adjsautage? though the flantes spread like wild. The tire'. is thought to have Originated in the meal, market of -Mrr M. L". Jackson, exactly; nvda.JtwepiV the extrem ities oJT the building. ' There was no time to save anything there and his $2 000 refrigerator, probably the fin- ( est in western .North Carolina, wenc. down with tons of ice and meat. For- tunately the' be'evs slain Thursday had not been brought aip. On either side," then the lire raged".- The store occupied, by D. A. Miller, grocer, and carrying heavy slock and little in surance, Avas completely destroyed on the' extreme left, and the grocery establishment of W. II. Huff, on the right corner, .went up, though some goods were carried out. The meat market of Lutbej Hoffman was ruin ed without any salvage: and the bar ber shop of ,T. W. Kesler was' not even entered for any rescue of ma terials. By this time the fighting was desparate .and the" smoking of W. B. Summersett's furniture establishment caused attention to be directed to him. Some damage was done by heat and smoke, but the loss is small, as was the damage, in the Southern Ex press Company 's office. The fire then took a northerly turn and went down Main street into the Salisbruy Jewelry Company's stand, owned by Gorman and Green. This was wrecked and the. Climax Barber "Shop suffered a severe drenching and smoking, as did .Theo. At well's store of groceries and the furniture of W. B. Sumersett up stairs. The Spencer company was called, but the fight was over at 4:30, though there were two -subsequent alarms turned in that did not need any firemen s attention. X lie vork done Avas heroic and thousands "Ave re saved The loss is larsre, even though the , old eyesore Avas not Avorth much. Mr. Huff and Mr. Miller lost aooui ,?,ouu between them, and Mr. Jackson's damage Avas equal to this alone. JJe j Hoffman meat market Avas hit for $2,-1 000 without insurance. I lie Duiiamg ( Avas recently sold for $30,000, and an offer of $40,000 had been made with-. in the past sx months. Jhe hrc alone was probably an agency for destruc tion to the sum ot $4U,UUU. Death of Rev. J. F. Craven. . c, i T x-i rVn-rn Greensboro . Special -J. F. C men "of 10-30 i L,1 T rC max af-1 ter an illness with pneumonia i "- . I eumonia. lie He is surviA'-'n wns 72 rears of aie. td bv his mother, aged 0G, of Friend . ship ; his Avife and cightc hildren, among them being Messrs. Uenme rauon wneu ui-uu and Arthur Craven and Mrs. W. N. mains were brought here for mter Watson, of this city. . Body Found in River. New Orleans. Special Members of the family of Gubtave Lehmann, Sr., the neau 01 one 01 mc wi"" sale dry goods houses in the South, who disappeared mysteriously about ( a week ago, positively identified the. bodv taken by divers Thursday after-j noon from the Mississippi river as that of the missing merchant. To Keep up the Price of Tobacco. Winston-Salem, Special. The Winston Tobacco Association has de cided that their buyers will do their utmost to keep the price of leaf up. j James K. Norflcet? on behalf of the Vniehousemen states that no cash will be'paid for tobacco until further: notice; that the bankers have notified the warehousemen that there are but two courses to be pursued, either to accept their (the banker's) prposi tion to issue certificates in lieu of vish or to close, the warehouses. 5.a MR. J. WILEY SHOOK DEAD. Well-Known Republican Politician . -Passes Away at State Hospital Death Ends His Suffering. Morganton, Special. Mr. J. Wiley Shook, the well-known Republican politician and attorney died at the State Hospital here Tuesday evening and the body was shipped that night to his old home at Clyde, for inter ment. Mr. Shook in his day o reasoning powers was a very promi nent man in the western section of the State and was held higlin the council of his party. A little less than a year ago his mind became clouded and he' was brought here for treatment but he did not improve and death finally. ended his sufferings. " 'i' Mr. Shook was a lawyer by pro fession, held positions in' the United States. revenue service and was a very' bright man. Capt. T. W. Patton Dead. Asheville,' Special. A message re ceived here announced the death in Pllila(lephia at midu; ,,. . 1 , ,u",,t of CaPf- Thomas; lit Wednesday W. Patton, of this city. The announcement of Captain Patton's death, while not un expected, has cast a gloom over the city. He was one of the oldest aiid best known and most highly respect ed citizens of Asheville; a public spirited man; a man bubbling over with charity for less fortunate' ones, he was loved and esteemed by men Avomen and children in every Avalk of life. Captain Patton had been a Aery sick man for several Aveeks. Ten days ago he Avcnt to Philadelphia accom panied by Mrs. Patton ' and Dr. AY. D. Ililliard, for (he purpose of un dergoing an operation. .: He reached Philadelphia" in splendid spirits . and Avas re.ally" better than Avhen he left Asheville. There Avas a reaction, hoAvever, and he continued to grow Avorse until the end came peacefully Wednesday night. Captain Patton Avas about 70 years of age and a vet eran of the Civil Avar and the Spanish-American Avar. He served with distinction in the Confederate army and surrendered Avith the rank of captain. Twice honored by the peo ple of Asheville Avith the highest mu nicipal office in their gift, he made one of the Avisest and most conserva tive mavors in times of distress that 'the city has ever had. In politics jie AVi1s independent and it w-as on m- dependent tickets that he Avas elected to the mayor's office. When the ,var broke out Cantam Patton. al- though past the ao, volunteered as a private with the First North Caro lina Volunteers. He Avas made ad ju'tant and went w Florida and Cuba. ith the boys to He Avas idolized t)e Asl)Cville olfliei. bovs for.bis . of kindness dnrinr their ;nlistmeni He was at lhe ll0ail of chiI(h.en,8 IIome of AsIievillo at the time of his death and had accom plished a great avoiIc for this charit able institution. Patton aAenue Avas named in honor of the distinguished 11 imfll 111 UOllor OL lllO m5LlIlj;iliiii;. fare of the city will ever stand as a iiiviiiiuciii; iu iuu, um nnu v AvidoAA', a son and daughter, Mrs. 1 i Gnwiirinn ovn HayAvood Parker, of Asheville. Mrs. Patton and son were with Captain i i i i- " Lawson Phillips Killed By Freight Train. Lenoir, Special. The Carolina & North-Western freight train ran over and killed Lawson Phillips, at T re land. Phillips Avas driving a calf Avith a long rope Avhich got caught on the track. While trying to get the calf loose he aliowed the train to run on him. His head Avas mashed beyond recognition. ' I Some Wilson Figures. Wilson, Special. The post office re ceipts at the Wilson office for October Avcre the largest in the history of the local office for one month, being $1, S22.30. The receipts for the corres ponding month last year amounted to . $1. 327.SU. The tobacco sales, on the Wilson Avarehousc floors- during the past month amounted to 2,4."7,S57 pounds, Avhich brought an average price of $11.70 a' hundred. The sales for October last year amounted to 3,805,142 pounds, Avhich brought an average pi ice of 11 cents a pound. SABBATH CONVENTION Programme For Meeting Made Out and Contains a List of Good Speakers Second North Carolina Convention. Charlotte, Special. Kev. W. -H McMaster, field secretary, has com pleted the programme for the. Sab bath Convention- Avhich will be held in this city beginning NoA'ember 20th, and ending on the night of the 21st. Every congregation in. the state is urged to send a delegate, as well as l. M. C. A.'s, colleges and State normal schools. The convention is to be held in the interest of a proper observance of the Lord's Day and is under the supervision of a society that operates fii the United States the North Carolina association being onljp'a bgtonch of tha larger. The programme ".follows : WEDNESDAY NIGHT. " 7:30 Rev. R. C. Holland, D. D., chairman; deA-otional exercises con ducted bv Rev. Martin D. Hardin, I). D. 7:50 Address of Avelcomiug by E. T. Cansler, Esq., Charlotte. 8:00 Responsive by Rev. G. II. Hetwiler, D. D., Greensboro.'' 8:15 Appointment' of committees. 8:30 The annual address by the Rev. R. F. Campbell, D. D., Asheville, president of the North Carolina Sab bath Association. . ; THURSDAY MORNING. 10:00 Rev, Harris Mallinckrodt, chairman; devotional exercises con ducted by ReA Alexander Martin. 10 :1.") Address "Do Modern Conditions Change Our Obligations to Keep' the Sabbath ?" by Rev. William Duncan, Charlotte. . '. 10:45 Conference-Subject,- "Sab bath .Observance Promotive" (1) of "The 'Spiritual Life," by Rev.. John M. Rose, D. D., Laurinburg. 11 ;00 (2) Of "Christian Charac ter," by Re S. B. Turreutine, D. D., Greensboro. 11:13 (3) Of Christian Con duct," by Rev. J. J. Hall, D. D. Fa vet I evil le. 11:30 (4) Of Material Pros, perity," by Rca Sanders N. Guig nard. (ireeusboro. 11 :45 Onen Conference Five minutes addresses. ' .. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 2:30 Rev. Plato Durham,' chair man. DeAotional exercises by Rev Francis M. Osborne. 2:4," Address "Law Enforce ment,'" by J. W. Bailey, Esq., Ral eigb. 3:10 Address "The Sabbath Cause in North Carolina," by Rev. W. II. McMaster. 3 ::Jo The offering. 3:40 Address "Personal Re sponsibility y for Sabbath Observance in My ToAvn. City or Community," by Mr. B. F. Dixon, Raleigh. ' 4 :o.") Address ' ' Sabbath Obesrv ance an Element in True Education," by Henry Louis Smith, LL. D., Da--idson College. 4:35 Reports of committees. THURSDAY EVENING. 7:30 Rev. D. Clay Lilly, D. D., chairman. Devotional exercises by Rev. John A. Smith. 7:43 "A Face-to-Face Talk the Divine Standard of Sabbath on servance," by His Excellency, (invernor of South Carolina, M F. Ansel. - 8:1.) Address "The Return to Sabbath Observance a Condition to a Spiritual AAvakening," by Rev. William Lunsford, I). D., Asheville. Tar Heel Prize Winners. North Carolina's collective exhib its at Jamestown Avere given a total of 115 medals, according to a report given out by the State's commission ers. The exhibits Avere various, rep resenting the horticulture, agricul ture, commerce and industry of the State. . ' " Seventeen Barns Burned. Mecklenburg county has been suf fering an epidemic of barn burning: that grows truly alarming. Within less than one year seventeen of the best barns in the county have been destroyed by fire, representing a to tal loss of at least $40,000. The peo ple feel sure that the burnings are the Avork of an organized band of firebugs. - Father Cuts Son's Throat. Thomasville, Special. Friday af ternoon John L. Black's throat was cut by his father, Robert Black, who lives "abo't five miles south of this place. Robert Black Avas beating his wife. His little girl ran and told her brother, John, that their father was beating her mother to death. He ran to his' father's house, Avhich was about half a mile from where lie liyed. As he stepped in the door his father leaped at him with a shec-knife in bis hand, and slashed a fearful gash in his neck from below his left eat across his jaw to his nose. MEETING Of A.f.Of l. Convention in Progress Norfolk. at MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE First Day's Session Convention Federation of Labor Given Over to Speech-Making and Reading of Reports Governor Swanson and St. George Tucker Deliver Ad dresses of Welcome. Norfolk, Ya., Special. The tirst sessions of the American Federation ot JL,aior, wlucii besjan its jtli an nual convention at the Jamestown Exposition Monday, Avere devoted en tirely to speech-making and the read ing of reports. When adjournment came President Gompers, Secretary Morrison and Treasurer Lennon had submitted their reports and a partial report of the credentials committee had been heard. In response to the address of Avel- come by (ioernor Swanson and Ex position President Tucker, Mr. Goni- pers pa ul a tribute to Virginia and to the Exposition, holdimr out the fact that it is the first exposition of the kind built entirely by organized labor. He confined his remarks chiefly to General matters.' but toward the end came down to labor princi ples and said; President Gompers' Speech. I know of no organization that makes so little pretense of patriot ism but in which true patriotism pre vails to such a large extent as in. organized labor. We Avant peace; Ave love peace and are Avorkim; for peace "and in the proportion .that' our Avorkrng people are. better organized Ave will secure ncace. Bui wp sn not supine; we are not driveling sycophants; Ave know our rights, or we think we do, and that is just as good, and we are going (o siand for them, v.; ' ' i . "I don't Avant-.to discuss any mili tary or naval affairs or ltw policies of our' government not just now, anyway but Ave all know 'that the Federal government authorities have decided that the navy of (he United States is' going to bo transferred from the Atlantic to the Paeilie that action or proposed action has created considerable vmnnent, most of it favorable, some adverse. Even that I do not. want to discuss, but there is a man chosen to boss the job ot taking the entire fleet from one ocean io uio oilier ot atIioui I wish- to speak. That and he said is Fighting Bob Evans, in connection wil.'i transferring the fleet The Pacific Cruise. " 'I don't know Avhal mav be the result of tin's cruise. I have only one mission and that is to see that the fleet goes the Pacific coast, and Avhether it is to be for fun or frolic, or a fight, Ave all wiil be there' "It is to that 1 want to refer and make the application to the labor movement... If it is fo be peace, it it is to be fun. or if it is to be a fight, we Avill all be there.' "I don't think there is any man Avho loves peace more than I do. I believe that industrial peace is es sential to our progress, almost as essential as is air to lung breathing animals, but the time is past when the possessors of wealth, the em ployers of labor who consider them selves masters, can look down upon the laboiing mail who stoTips Avith bent shoulders and accepts the or dev of the master. "Labor today stands erect, looking the whole world in the face, insist ing upon equal treatment, equal op portunity and resenting any attempt at injustice or wrong." Fully ")00 member and delegates attended the opening exercises. Manv of the most prominent men in organ ized labor circles' had seals on the stage, as did Governor Swansou. of Virginia, Hon. St. George Tucker, Director General Martin and othci officials of the exposition company. The exercises were of a very in teresting character. The oratory was interspersed with appropriate musical selections by a brass band. Governor Given Ovation. H. SScott, chairman of the Cen tral Labor Union, of Norfolk, and James 0 'Council, preside;.' of lhe Virginia Federation of labor, made telling speeches. Governor Swansou was the re cipient of an ovation and during his speech was frequently interrupted by hearty applause. The oration of the day Avas delivered by Samuel Gom pers. Mr. Gompers was tendered a tremendous ovation. A feature of the session was the presentation to Mr. Gompers by Mr. Scott, of the Central Labor Union, of Norfolk, of nr. oak gavel, Avhich the convention. Avas used dmina MARVELOUS PROGRESS Remarkable Showing In . GroAvth of Our Circulation. The government last month placed an additional $7,514,000 in circula tion, bringing the total of the coun try's circulation up to $2,876,000,000, di'ided as follows: Gold coin $ 574,459.0Sd Gold certificates . . . . ff77,295,t)09 Standard silver dollars. 8S,S22,959 Silver certificates 4G4,349,5GS Subsidiary silver .. .. 127,401,229 Treasury notes of IS!)!) 5,601.926 United States notes... 34:1,254.153 National bank notes-.. 595,12.'3,S6C Total $2,876,368,696 Money circulating in the United States on November 1st, for a series f years, compares as folloAvs: 1907 $2,S70,36S,G9G 1906 '. 2,866,882, 7S6 1905 2,653,1 31.57S 1904. 2.583,476,661 1903 2.427,394,868 1902 2,330,111.992 1901 2,246,300.542 1900 2.139,181.412 1899 1,963,716,148 1S0S v 1 66,575.782 1897 I f T." rr Tr 1 .706.732,904. 1896 ' l.(Ei'.35i3,(5J4 1S95.. .. 1,59S,859,316 1894 .1,672,093.422 1893 1.718,544,682 1S92 , 1,606,130,735 It will bo seen from . this exhibit hat the circulation is more than $1,- 000,000,000 greater than it was in 1893, and still there is a cry for more: Nothing could better illustrate the enormous progress this great country has made since the last panic; and lhe story is not ended. The more Ave "toav, the greater our capacity, to H'row, for the country is still young,' and its resources arc jet . in the1 in fancy of their development. Our prosperity has just begun. There must be temporary reactions from time to time, but they' aviII be but hreathing spells and everv fresh tart Avill carry us farther and farther ahead. How can a pessimist live in the United States? Richmond Times Dispatch. One Day's Record. Three or four days ago The News Leader inquired "Panic? AYho Said Janic?" and had lhe pleasure ot printing a synopsis of a letter from Dinwiddie county, this State, telling of the unprecedented prosperity oi the farmers. Today avc have inci dental information from Richmond to the same effect. "We learn on in quiry the truth of a report that reach ed us that yesterday the Stephen Putney Shoe Company, of this city, received $54,000 in cold, actual cash as its day's colectiou for goods sold. Some of this money came from as far aAvay as Michigan and Pennsyl vania, but the great bulk of it flow ed in from the South. The Putney Company reports collections unus ually good and prospects of days in the near future almost, as big in the matter of money received as yester day. Sales also continue well, ahead of last year, riot only for September and October, but for the first few days in November. Other business men here report similar conditions. These are hard facts. They are so hard that they knock stilt all the calamity theories that fevered imagi nations or of frightened minds can devise. They illustrate the truth of our persistent contention that if the financial doctors Avill but behave themselves, attend to their business and keep quiet, the country Avill go right on prospering by its natural strength and the power oC favorable conditions vouchsafed by the Al mighty and improved by the industry and good sense of the people. The people have money, brains and conservatism. They arc buying good.? and paying for them and putting their little surplus funds into the banks. The currency Avill flow nat urally and easily into the channels of trade unless some Avell-meaning blun derers, eager quacks or scheming as sassins dam and divert it and take it from its proper courses. Richmond (Va.) News-Leader of Nov. 5. Briquettes a Success as Fuel. Norfolk, Special. The result of the recent experiment Avith briquettes, the new fuel 93, per cent, coal, Avith 7 per cent, of water gas tar -as a binder, on the torpedo boat. Uiddlc lias been announced. Briquettes were burned in the after furnace of the Piddle and coal like that made into the briquettes in the forward fur nace, and it Avas found that three tons of briquettes produced 25 per cent, more steam than did three and a ouaiter tons of coal. ARB PAPER IBIS President Assures Publisher! of His Position FAVORS REMOVING THE TARIlf - - . v ( The President Telia Publishers Tluaft He Will Recommend Abolition faf Tariff on Paper and Pulp, and Witt Also Ascertain Whether the Pape Trust is Violating the Law. iV'Mjf Wasbington, Special. PrcsidrtV- Roosevelt indicated to members 'q' the committee on paper of the Amen- can NcAvspaper Publishers' Assocfa tion that he Avill recommend to Cd'tff, gress the abolition of the tariff ii press paper, Avood pulp and the AvroiiJ that goes into the manufacture ' paper, also that he will make recommendation to the Department' of Justice, that it take immediat steps to ascertain whether-the trust laAvs are beinsr disobeved bV hemaiilifa'cttrrers- -of paper... :,(, iTjopi-onyse of the recommemla& tions by the President tvus. obtained?.. after he had listened to the repre!" sentations of the members of thV committee and to a petiton from fki& national organizations of.. printftrSjV sf erotypers, pressmen and . etchers, of which set forth the evidence ofA combination oh' the ' part t of tWi manufacturers of paper for the pnijif pose of 'controlling the output, ybgs'.' ulating and greatly increasing tb -: price and otherwise making hindejjt some regulations governing tth.Q source of supply and delivery of. jift& per.-. - The call upon the President 'wa made in pursuance of "rcsolutioii'if adopted by the; American NeAvspajjiti;. Publishers ' Asdeiation at; a meeupg.. held in New York September;. 19th; " last; N The committee which called on r"$i President by appointment incluli John Norris, of The NeAVs Y$j Times; Medill McCormiek;. "of JfhJ Chicago Tribune; George ThompVdi' of The. St. Paul .Dispatch; ..'Delevaiv' Smith, of The Indianapolis NerS John Sastman, of The Chicago Jour nal; Walter Page, of World's Work Dr. Albert ShaAv, of,. The RevieAv 6 RevieAvs; E. J. Rigway and the dents of the national organizati'o oi tlie allied printing trades. ?; The history and facts whih make. up the protest Avere presented by jlf McCormick, after Avhich the Presi dent indicated the action he Avoiihl" take. An investigation - of the'isi called paper trust has .been in prog ress for some time by the Dcpartrhftufc of Justice and it is understood .'..t.hj$ President will immediately call fVt the facts which have ben ascertkin ed up to the present time. - Son Failed to Save Father. Newport News, Special -Frank1-fit Bonner, a Avhite man, 40 years $h$ committed suicide by drinking - cajtv bolic acid at his home, 230 Forf.. fourth street, after soundly slappii!; the face of his 10-ycar-old sou: b. jause the lad knocked from his atjir er's hand a tumbler containing same poison. Bonner had been 011,'pl spree for several days and Avas it a. desperate conditon at the timft il? took his life, he boy called for help but Avhen a physician arrived, the' poison had done its AA'ork. Bonncjf had been employed at the shipyard i a boilermaker for a number of years!,; fie Avas a AvidoAver and is survived Vft the bov Avho attempted to sare'irs; . ;vff4 Armed Bandits Loot South Dakota Bank. Canova, S. D., Special -Seven fifmi. cd bandits Friday blew up the safafl the Inter-State Bank, secured $60Q and escaped.. The . occupants ojl,"t hotel across the street Avere arou8w by the explosion but the robbers. ppu ed fire and drove them back. '1i,i. hotel was riddled Avith bullets. Whf lights . avc re burning in homes ygg' bandits, at the point of the ??nj&. forced the owners to cxtmgjwsl; them. News of the Day. - The explosion of the boilers otjth'i. German schoolship Blucher 't3i4ivf and injured an umber of men. ttT.y Former President Palma, of Cuba, etill favors American control of the island. Returns from the Filipino election indicate the success of the Progress part v. 1