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f f II I M M It JHiitt.1 .M .1 1 J i ffb. IIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIf llllllt The Mediant i Ushtdinth County It: ? i "'i ; ; Through which yoo reach the t ' ' people c Madison County ft X, : ADVERTISING RATES ON APPUCATION $ ! t a y.tar in A.danc. X U iiiinuiiininiiiinin .1. POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. . - . i . , , MARSHATJ& N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 19j08. VOL. X. NO. 28. i, .ill'-. - y; I X . J-.r : II ' f" ft U flYY Itls' n I ll 1-llT 1 ...K D In Session at Denver,' C616 This Week. PropospdJn With Resolutions Comm. ttee. MAKES ROOSEVELT ;M"1SSUE 77. Wantt '"Predatory ...Wealth' and "Swollen rorttmesf. Dealt'Wtti Contains' Auti-Injnafrtion Plank The Convention programme.- t. Denver, ColviSpeciaJ. The Aineri ean eagle andfithe. Democratic i 'roos ter have vied with each . other ' in giving Denver fone of the most lurid Fourth of Juin its strenuous x irtence. Throughout the day street were ablaze with color, an incessant din of cannon' and .'crackers . has mingled with the enthusiasJjior gx-1 riving poimcaf "aeiegauona, ana iug 1 IT 1 . 1 William J.Bryaiu1: trains have cjeni over;, t he prairie" from every ' rection. adding . Mieir, throngs and tlie clatter , of fireworks, here. At night the State Capitol and other public buildings' loomed out" qf .-the darkness in- liviu)fW.fith evfery outline marked by myriad lights, Jhe ; streets pulsated 'wit. convention thongs and the latter-Jof"tirework; the hotel lobbies were filled with pol- ' itical lenders! delegates- and ojibjolj, ers from every section of the country. It is estimated that. .20,00a .sjyangersfl i .1.. v tin nAAVk... nx xpecte i in the next ctwp- days. . The arrivals included the Missouri delegation beaded;, by,- the'i&all.-gaunt' form of Senator . Stone part of the North Carolina delesrnion, headed, by Governor Glenti wlio promptly retired his candidacy for the vice presidency, and stragslintr-. advance-; guards of many of the otheR-delegations. These ith Judge Parker the .emocrajtic can- Vdate of jaoi Coionel Clayton, of Alabama. th silver-tongued Sauth ener, ho will be permanent chairman of tr!i convention : Chief Murohv. of Tammany Hall, and Governor Has-. kell. of Oklahojna, a likely cflmhrtate for chairman f the platform ' com mittee, are tb chief figures of nat ional interest n the ground.. . ,, ': Denver, Special. The platform sent here from Lincoln to-the reso'u tion committtee of the Demoeratic National Convention has been-com-1 pleted. It follows closely the lines of the Nebraska platform,ras. written bv Mr. Bryan last March, and is one of the shortest " enunciations of ,the kind in the' modern political history , of the 1 country; - -" Opening with a sharp challenge to the Republican" for failure to put into their platform speeifle deflara-v tions upholding tne policies .pro fessedt" by the Roosevelt administra tion and arranging the party, for: its retreat' from the "advanced' posit ion V token by- the 4i titular ??. leader , during the las four years,' the "docu ment will contain ft fitting reference! . to the death vt Grover Cleveland. . Platform builders at Denver have . these subjects Approximately as pre sen ted above i( condensed.' form 'to ' deal with as abasia for their' opera tions. , : '' ' j - , The .Injunction Plank. ' . Unless there is -a decidedly greater A Leap Year Dilemma. - rrom,thi w'aahiBftoa'Bt'- tendeney toward compromise than i now manifested the real fight will be ever -the, injunction plank, . bat the 3 i -' y jPlanks of, . Declaration. 9 Scores Republicans' for re- treating from "the. advanced po- sitiort" taken fry the "'titular S leader." '"T .. ' ' ' i Reaffirms faith in party prin- eiple.s,'. .. , Declares for return to govern- " ment by the people. . . ' Urges'- additibhal "legislation , to,' curb' corporations and publicity, i xor vuuujaigxi cuiiiriuuiiuuqg. h. f ' Opposes centralization of pow- er. ' . I Favors election of Senators by 'oy direct 'vote. Demands immediate revision ofthe tariff." . , ' ' - C-dmes out ; strong for jtn in- eotn'e tax and for means to keep Hown "swol Ion fortunes." te&AityT g$)vernnient C0ro1 Z' I 1 01 railroads. Declares for an postal savings emergency cur- tanks 'and renc": : . . Insists upon a modification or the law relative to ugunchona. ?Vrgear - eiglil-hOTr . W ia other labor . legislation. Wants Philippine independence' . recognize.. . " leaders declare that before the com mittee, on platform is appointed a substantial 'agreement will have been reached and that the committee will be relieved of the necessity of a prolonged sitting. In Chicago the lights was against the insertion of any 'injunction plhnk at all; here all ad- .i"f'"i .:':' e 3..l..;tn mil me neoessiij 01 buuic ucuuauvu K - :Xj' - - I " ; 'VVELC03dE"AHCH, DENVER, ''. Which Blared a. "Welcome to Delegates 3'' ' r ' 'J AUDITORIUM AT DENVER WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC NATION; - MAutrnwmTAir Td HTHIn TTPT.n 1 . hut many oppose the pronouncement for previous notice in- injunction pro ceedings. ' - There , has,, been much communipu with Mr. Bryan on this point, but ap parently his attitude ,is not clearly understood, - and probably it will not be until his draft of ,-he ' platform which he is understood to be prepar ing is read.- It is known however, that he would ; use stronger langu age' than- is employed in .the Republi can platform. That he is willing to go as far as the Federation of Labor demands none is, disposed to say, but his closest friends assert that he does not consider it necessary- to . make such ft sweeping - declaration. : They say that Mr. Bryan will himself sug gest what will be a concession to the "conservativeaand they predict that in the end his draft will be accepted. . ,, -ss gt ft y. : J . s...C'-: i '; . . ' ' ' . - -' V" :::-' ':-f Bryan, Iwdsta on Publicity.. PUnk. f Lincoln,' feb' SpeoiaL--William f. Bryant in' a speech Before the Nebras ka f TraVeBing ; Men 'g - Club. Friday night, made the significant statement that unless the Denver Convention incorporated v in - its platform . a campaign. contribution, publicity plank it might-look .elsewhere than to Nebraska ' for iv. candidate' for President. The declaration was made in connection with a diseflJion ho indulged in regarding the action of the ReDublican National Convention in (failing to insert such, a plank as ne saia "alter iresiaeni nooseven and Mr. Taf t had ' both declared themselves in f aVor 'of ' such action;" and wu made with a. sincerity that left no Aoubt in the minds of his hearers that he meant , all he said. -Split Over Cleveland. Charging.., that Alton B. Parker's resolution of tribute to the memory of -the late President Grover Cleve land is a clever move on the part of the enemies "of' William J. Bryan W infuse factitfjiali' feeling into the national convention, friends of the Nebraskan. are determined to offer a resolution of a character" designed not to raise controverted' political issues. .. . . . AH Democrats, without regard to factional affiliations, applaud the .suggestion coining- from New York' that the .national convention should embrace the .first opportunity of honoring "the memory -of Mr. Cleve land, but most of those who hove expressed! themselves .on the subject are ef the opinion that the resolu tions adoDted should not contain any thing over which "there co'iild be the' slightest -difference of opinion Mascot Obtained. The Democratic party has secured mnl.nt f fka onnroachinL' cou- its mascot for the approaching con- Rock Mountain burro, which was 1 nreseutetl to Chairman Thomas Tag- i of the . national committee, by ,fh Demer Times. Mr. Taggart was ,ilware- of the honor intended for. him until tiie nmmai was usnerea in to his presence at his headquarters in the third floor of the Brown Hotel. It was duly labeled in large letters in paint, one side bearing the in scription: "My name is Denver; ask me," the expression" having reference to a large badge for residents issued by the citizens' committee for the bene fit of the strangers, reading: "I live at Denver, ask me." The other side was inscribed:, "I belong to Tom Taggart:"- : ' ' r '-: . .jk - l.tTS' - ,vT - UI' - i.: - i - I COtQ.,.? UNION STATION to the Democratic National Convention. 1.1 ! Mt-J'l-LiMI Bryan headquarters were opened Monday at. the Brown Palace Hotel. Charles Bryants brother of .the can didate is in charge. t ' Snow to Cool HalL , . For the first time in the. history of national conventions an attempt will be 'made in coniiettio4'.3vith the' Democratic convention' to merate the temperature of the hall by' the use of snow, and preparations afe already; unclbr way i for that experi ment. ":i2'::r ... s i ThBTew DenveifTaUroaansnown as the Moffat. Line, crosses the conti nental divide 50 miles .west , j pf the city-, and (runs through innumerable beds of perpetual snow, and this line has been contracted with to bring to the city large quantities. o .snow which will be distributed through' the hall -fa- barxel." ;The confident eipee tation ia that it. will, vastly ((improve the atmosphere and at .least prove a novelty: to- the visitora - from the States in. which '-snow in the pnmmer is unknown.. The. halt will seat 12, OPO person. ' . - Probably ' he moat marked evi dence of. prcperationf to be -found is in the new convention hall, a magnifi cent structure 'which has been erected in the heart'of thfl-city,. at ft eosA MM vl i i Iftir. ."" !. n of i500.000. It is a ' nernran'ent building, but it will be christened) by tne convention. THE CONVENTION" PROGRAMME. Sessions on Four Days Provided for, Beginning Tuesday. . Denver, Special. The committee on arrangements of the national com mittee met on Friday and completed the order of ;business for. the Con vention and for the session of the national committee', to be held on Monday. The Convention programme is outlined for .iour.. session's, .begin ning Tuesday.-. This will carrv the Convention through to Friday after noon, unless a fight m committee or on the floor should prolong the delib erations. As alredy announced, it is proposed! that arf adjournment 'shall be taken immediately after 'the tem porary organization is perfected out of "respect to the memory of the. late Mr. 'Cleveland, although this feature does- not appear on the formal pro gramme. The first day's order of business is as follows: 1. Chairman Taggart of the nat ional committee, calls the "Convention to lordpr at,noon ....... . ;.;Gov. Johaaon, of Minnesota. ,,"2. Secretary Woodson reads call Mr Convention. 3. Prayer by Archbishop Jas. J. Heane. v - . 4. Announcement of : temptvrary officers-agreed upon by . the. national committee.- 5. Chairman asks for further nom inations. ; " 6. No further nominations, the chairman 'puts' question on agreeing to the recommendations of the nat ional, committee. 7. Chairman appoints a committee of two delegates to escort' Tempor ary. Chairman Theodore A; -Bell,-" of C'nh'fornia, to the chair. ... 5. . S and' 9 Introductions and speech of temporary chairman. 10, Call of States for members of t lie following committees: Credent ials; permanent organization, rules ain order of business, platform and resolutions. . - ' . 11. Probable adjournment or re cess. -It is expected that- the Cleveland resolution as finally agreed upon will be introduced just before adjourn ment. For the second session of the Con vention :on Wednesday he program calls for the permanent organizat ion, the address of the permanent chairman and the receipt and adop tion of committee reports. ' The nominations for President will he made Thursday, and it is planned to adjourn 'after this is settled until Friday morning.1 ' when .the .nomina tions for vice .President will-be, in order. . i ; - - ' JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS DEAD. Famous Author, Familiarly Known as "Uncle-Remus" Passes Away at His Home in Atlanta - Editor and . Proprietor of. Uncle Remus'- Maga zine. . t ..... Atlanta, Special. Joel Chandler Harris, familiarly hnown as "Uncle Remus V and an author 'of note,' died at his home . in suburb of this city Friday ( night, Mr. . Harris,- whose health had. been - bad or some time, had only oeen -confined to his bed for about ten days, suffering from eerrhosia"6 fthe. liver. Complication set in and yesterday LheTgrewjrapidJv worse and continued to sink until the end came aat 8 o'clock'.' Joel' Chandler, wag. born in Eatonton, Ga., December 9th, 1848. He wae married in 1873 - to Misa, Essie I JLaRose, ' of Canadaand in. 1873 UoyAd,' to At lanta, , joining ihe staflj 'of The At lanta Constitution. 4 It wa; while he was connected with Tha, Constitution that ,hia tales, Stories hy Uncle RemuS ' 'first attracted attention ' In 1900'' Mr." Harris retired from 'active journalism, and until last .year, when he became, editor d proprietor of Uncle Remus', Magazine, epent most of his time at his -surburban home. He is survived by. a widow, four sons and two daughter. Mr. Harria waa. buried ia Atlanta ; ADMIRAL THOMAS DEAD Was Evans' Second in Command on Fleets Famous Cruise. San Francisco, Special. Rear-Adi- miral C. M. Thomas. United States Navy, who was seeond in command pf the Atlantie fleet in the cruise around South America, and for a few days 'commander-in-chief, died at Del Monte, Cal., Saturday of ap Dplexy. He was walking in the cor ridor of the Del Monte Hotel with' his wife when he Was stricken; Car ried to his room he died at 8.30. He ven( there after he succeeded Rear Admiral Evans- .as . eommander-in chief on May 9. ,The strain of rep resenting the fleet in the illness of Rear-Admiral Evans told on Rear Admiral Thomas' strength and after hauling down his flag May 15 he went to Del Monte for rest. " He was an officer of excellent rec ord, -whose 'tactful 'bearing in Latin American ports made the cruise a large diplomatic success. - Admiral Thomas was bom in Phil adelphia October 1, 1846, and was ap pointed to the Naval Acadomy from Pennsylvania in 1861, graduating four years later. From 1865 to 1869 he served' on the Shennandoah, on the Asiatic station, and 'then went to League Island navy yard and later to the European station. He . was made an ensign in 1866, a master two years later, and a lieutenant in 1869. He was on duty at the Centennial Exposition . from 1875 to 1877, and later served oh the St. Louis until 1S78,-. when he was detailed to go with the .Constitution to the Paris Exposition, in the same year. . He Was made lieutenant-commander io 1880 and' served at the Naval 'Aca demy until ,1884, .when he went to. the Hartford, flagship, of the Pacific Station, until 1887', and edmmaiwfed the steamer Patterson. He became Rcommnnder in .1890 and captain in 1899J," attaining, his rank as, rear admirarJanuary' 12y'l905. . v- ' ' " Sn.VER SERVICE PRESENTED. The -'"North Carolina" Receives - Gift- of the State Whose Name it Bears. . Moorehead City, Special. At sea, two miles off the Carolina shore, the armored cruiser North CarolinA, com1' manded by Capt, Marshall, . was,,. on Friday, formally presented with an elaborate silver service by the citi zens 'of the State whose name the vessel- bears. -jTbe , ceremony occurred at 3 o'clock in the afternoon Lieu tenant Governor' Winston 'who made the' presentation '.speech, was -introduced , by State Representative. ChaW loo TT .TTjirris nf Rnlpi(rli. nnd Cant. w . --y. ' ' - - -. -r 1 . Marshall mtide a brief address of acceptance. Later Lieutenant Gov ernor Winston -,and his guests, num bering several hundred, who braved the ch'oppv seas, were entertained at luncheon -by .the officers of the war ship.: To night the commissioned of ficers of the North Carolina were guests at a banquet and reception at' the Atlantic Hotel herfe:' - Ia. connection with the -silver ser vice ceremony two handsome flags were presented to the ship by the Daughters ot the Revolution. Tlio Ynrtli Carolinians here and thrir n-n"st. the officers of the "cruis er North Carolina and the vevenuc cutters, Apache anti Seminole, cer tainly mMe a,ncrht of it, for it wap 3 o'clock Saturday morning . when the banquet, nf which 'two hundred ladies and gentlemen were present, came to mi end with, the last of the toasts. The hall was brilliant with twenty-five officers in 'uniform and Other features. "The cruiser l"ft .these Waters Mon day for the Norfolk navv yard to complete her equipment. Her officers are delighted at their reception. - ' 1 ': ; 1 : ' ' -: Six Killed in Collision. Oakland, Cal., . Special. The nar row gairfee local, bound? from' the Ala meda Mole for Oakland, struck Santa Crni train No. 57 at First and Web ster streets Saturday evening. The smoker of tho Banta ' Cruz train was completely demolished nnd all of its. occupants were. either, killed or injureui OO iar ux unu mm jy hj- jufed haVe been1 taken from ' the wreck. . Governor's Daughter to Christen the "South Carolina." ew u.' a. vBftttleahin; - Columbia, S. (t, SpeciaL-Mn Sat nrday, July lli .-the new Unftft States i battleshia,, . ie he named. puth Carolina,?'. wiU he lannehed at, ithe .Cramps Ship Tarc Philadel nni . and christened by Misa Fredr Jeriea ; Calvert Ansel, daughter . of Ciovernpr Ansel.' Invitations'1 to the launching liave been issued to quite ft "numVer of people ill; over J the glate and to many H 3RwWelplfi,: and Washington, j.: r Hi Mfssfeslppf 'where "the 'Sovern- men: pays little attention to roads, the value., of .'arm property 'has In creased .3g per cent in frve -ream. Tn IIliBois where hundreds of' miles 'nf hard roadways have been constructed since 1900, the aVerajre Increase rf farm lands has been almost SO Mr cent., notes the New York American. This country will have arrived at fts highest point of prosperity when then is a better system of canals, when th great rivers are dredged and made navigable, when every State fg grld ironej with hard roaxlwavs. The sen timent for national action concerning these needs is so -strong and so In sistent that It must ultimately bear fruit. Three Drown in Surf. Wildwood, N. J., Special. Miss Frances Maxwell, Miss -Mary Golden, , and John Carroll, .all of Philadelphia . lost their lives. ,in the surf Saturday in North Wildwood, in the section formerly known as " Etlglesea. Miss Maxwell was spending the season here with her mother and Miss Gol den ancli Carroll had come down to spend' the 'Fourth with them. . In; the afternoon the young people decided to take a plunge in the surf which ended as above. ' Fertilizer Trust Acquitted. Nashville, Tenn., Special. In the. Federal Court here Saturday in the case of the United States against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company ' and others, Judge John E.-McCaU, quashed the indictment which charg ed some fifty-odd corporations and individuals with constituting a ferti lizer trust in violation of '' the Sher man, anti-trust law..' : . DIRECTORY. METHODIST CHURCH. Rev.C.Bi Culbiirth, Pastor, Services cept second Suriaa' 'riibrTiiiijg.;'! 1 'Skb- bath School ; every - SaiiAainquV trmyet meeting evvrji'. iy uiihj;. night ix .utu r - ' ' PRESYTERIAN CHURCH. 1 . W. V. TTinlpv. Pastor. Ser- vices every, Sunday at 11 a. m. and ' 7 :30 p. m. Sabbath School at 10 a. ' m.i P'saVer meeting Wednesday, even- . ing at 7 :30- i ii' '.!.. . , BAFTIS.T GHURCII. - . .' t .Rev. J. W. -Suttle. Pastor, Sr-' .i vices every Sunday at, 11. a. m'and.., ;-. 7:30 p. ; m. S.abbatli School at if10 f a.-m. Prayer meeting 'Tuesday even- ing at 730: .. ' DR. W. H. BROWN,-Dentist- Officn ' nri- tit airs over C. B. hum's law office. First cla'sS" work satisfaction, guaranteed, graduate Ojt. the Atlanta Dental college, rermau ntly located. '' ' CHAS. B. MASHBURN Attorney-at-Law. Marshall, 'ijt.' C. 't',. Will practice' in all the State and Federal Courts, also in all govern ment Tlenartments in . Washington Especial attention to collections, it- ZACHARY & ROBERTS, "Attorney-at-Law,. -3 . Marshall, N. C. Practice in U the Courts of the 15th Judicial . District and ia Su preme Court of North Carolina. . J. H. HUNTER, .i Marshall, R. F. D. No. -7k Practical Surveyor and Notary. All ., work promptly and accurately done. -,. , FIDELITY LODGE, No. 145. .Marshall, N. Q. . Meets every, .Thursday night ;yA :,' : ti -i.' . cordial welcome. . to all ' . yisiting y ;.vW' Khighta. ''.--'-. .-.!. ..V." ' v':;-,,Uvl'v: ; ":- R lTlFWELL, CC. ''-:.-,;." W. H. HENDERSON, KJ R. 4;'- ': ":'""'' ' v.-- ; ".' f r u' J..M, Oudger, Sr ' J.-N.,K.bba, ;, :;; rAahevaie, N. jC. He Sgmgh XSxir; t? -' i ' UOTGEB EBBS, ':x .Wf r'!'. ... .'' . -.. ''- i'f Attc 'ud'CoanaeUni . .XiwVv, t.;jy , :;- irfll pTietio"& ilPtle CbuHa''f ' ' " : . tbeStata! tCoIlections a spoeiftlty. i'.''1 "' '? 1 'At . ;';vv;Jtt' - ;itc' . .. . t ' V'.J : v.l. v'-!s-..:' . : : '& ' " ';i: . t;;jrl .... ';., -:' - ".V 't '
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