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Re dim fkira WEATHER ; Rain Thursday.with brisk to high southeast to south west winds. Friday fair. . . The News-A paipr for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. in. NO. 39 LAST EDITION. GBEEJi SBOKO, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1907 LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS IS NEW SENATORS TAKE SEATS IN N EXTjGONGRESS Strongest Infusion of New Blood In Recent History of the Body. PRESIDENT GET$ THREE STANCH SUPPORTERS Five of the Remainder Are Democrats and Attitude of Rest Is in Doubt Borah Comes in With a Clean Bill of Health. . Washington, D. C, Nov. a,'. Fifteen new senators, men with one exception, unknown to public life outside the limits of their respective states, will take their seats when Congress assembles on De cember 2. Such an infusion of new blood at one time has not been known in the Senate for many years, and already there is wide speculation as to i how these new men will affect the stand- ing of the forces in tho Senate for or against the progressive principles of the President. Of the new senators, eight afe Repub licans and seven Democrats. The list is as follows: ' Republicans Borah of Idaho, Bourne of Oregon, Brown of Nebraska, Dixon of Montana, Guggenheim of Colorado, ftriczs of New Jersey, Richardson of Delaware, and Stephenson of Wisconsin. Democrats Bankhead and Johnson of Alabama, Davis of Arkansas, I'ayriter of Kentucky, Taylor of Tennessee, and (Sore and Owens of the new state Of Okla homa, Three of the Republicans, Messrs. Bo rah, Dixon and Guggenheim, succeed Democrats, and show the net gain of the Senate Republicans through the clee- ( Continued on Page Three.) ft. R. P. SYNOD ftOOPTS nil THE USE OF T Rule Applies to All Persons Hold Ing Official Position In That Church. CAUSED A WARM DEBATE Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 20. Associated Tleformed ministers returning from the recent meeting of the synod of the Fit Voll.v Twin.. renrMentinir I D"u""' - . . '""7' " r . . over ten states, bring , a highly interest ing report of the action of the synod oil the tobacco question. William Alexander, a Florida preacher, arose to the floor and offered as an or der of the synod that all preachers and elders and college presidents : and others holding any official position in the A. IX. P. church shall be restrained by order of the synod from using tobacco in any form henceforth. The motion precipitated a warm de bate. The moderator offered the sug gestion that only those who did not like tobacco, or who did not use it, would make such a motion. The question be ing put, it was found that the strange motion bad prevailed, and it is now a law of the church. s The question naturally arises what will those ministers and elders dp who have become addicted to the use -of the weed. - Candidate for Governor, Stricken. Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 20. Gen. Leon Jastremeski, one of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor, suffered a stroke of apoplexy to dav. His condition ia critical. IN VIB6INIHTE CASES ' mmMMmm WILLV BE PRESENTED TO JUDGE PRITCHAED FINAL DECREE i FOURTH. , : Richmond, Va., JTor. 20. Without further argument the Virginia passen ger rate case wiU be presented to United, (States uisirici. uu(a irii-ciiuiu, tomcys agreed today that they have . been infliclently heard from and Judge , Fritchard rested the case. , : , A final decree will be prepared and presented to the court December 4. '' Advertising Has Supplanted Competition COUNTRY LIFE EDUCATION THE NATION'S NEED Assistant Secretary Hays So in forms Agricultural Conven tlon at Columbia. SAYS GOVERNMENT SHOULD AID IN WORK Advocates the Inauguration Throughout the United States of a Thoroughly Or ganized System of Intermediate and High School Agricultural Education. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 20. The second day's session of the Association of Com missioners of Agriculture and- Agricul tural Workers began this morning at ten o'clock. The day's proceedings were of intense interest. The main feature of the dav was an address bv Assistant Secret arv Hays, of the I'nited States 'depart culture. The assistant w ment of agri- sccrctarv spoke at length and in vigorous terms along the line of the development, of what he terms "country life education." He advocated in the strongest language the inauguration throughout, the United Mates' of a thoroughly . orjra hized system of intermediate or high school agricul tural education, bv districts 'arranged according to population, character of soil and other physical.. characteristics, the federal government, furnishing the prin cipal support for the system. Air. Hays was- heard Willi marked attention, and his address made a most decided impression.- During the afternoon he had in con ference with him each one of the com missioners of the southern states in or der to thoroughly familiarize himself at first hand with the conditions prevailing (Continued on page Two.) SENATE JIS ADOPTED Measure Will Be bent to the Gov. ernor at Once for Signa ture. - METHOD1STS LAUD ACTION Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 20. The Car- lnichal prohibition bill as it passed the Senate yesterday was approved by the House today by a 1 House today by vote ot it) to 4 "lit will be sent to the governor at once. The law is effective l'JOfl, at which time the sale of all liquors except al cohol for medical purposes must cease in the state.,' A state officer, with a salary of $5,000 a year, is to be ap pointed to enforce the law. Lonisville, Ky Nov. 20. The Wesley Brotherhood of Methodism in annual convention here today : by unanimous vote ordered the following telegram sent to Governor Comer, of Alabama: "The Wesley Brotherhood, in annual convention at Louisville, Ky., of dele gates of Men's Societies of Methodism, by unanimous rising vote expresses hearty congratulations on Alabama's re demption from liquor traffic. "Thomas B. Neeley, president. . "W. B. Patterson, secretary." Preceding the vote on the telegram, Larus Loomis, of New York city, paid a tribute to Governor Comer and de scribed the recent election day scenes in Birmingham, arousing the delegates to much enthusiasm. In conclusion, Mr. Loomis said: "Alabama is to be congratulated that she has joined her sister state, Georgia, in this great movement for the redemp tion of her people from the curse of the wmsKy trainc. i nere seems to be a tidal wave sweeping through the south. FOUGHT FIFTY-SEVEN FEETiOER WATER SPONGE FISHERMEN IN DESPER ATE BATTLE BENEATH WA TERS OF THE GULF. .Tampa, Fla Nov. 20. ix miles off Tarpon Springs on the Gulf's bottom, jKi.. f . ii. . c fifty-seven feet under the surface, Nicholas Andreas and John Bastonis, Greek sponge divers, fought desperately with sponge hooks for possession' of a big sponge. Both received " painful wounds. Andreas came to Tampa to institute suit against Bastonis only to learn that no court had jurisdiction. ROMPERS SAYS AN Til TO BR IK Creates sensation In convention of A. F. L. by Charge Against Manufacturers. READS FROM AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT IN PROOF Also Offers, Verbal Testimony of Men With Him at the Time Proposition Was Made to Him By Agent of the Association. a: SAMUEL G0MPERS. Norfolk, Va,, Nov. 20. A great sensa tion was created in the American Federa tion of Labor convention this afternoon by President Compels in his speech re plying to . the attacks upon him, and other officers of the federation by the Manufacturers' Association, when he told of an alleged" attempt to bribe him at the Victoria hotel in New York in October by a young newspaper man, giv ing his name as Charles Brandeiihcrg, the latter, President Gompers said, having declared that he represented the National Manufacturers' Association, and was prepared to offer him immun ity from all exposure, and make him financially secure the remainder of his life, if he would sign a certain paper and otherwise aid in the. "exposure" of the other leaders in the American Fed eration of Labor, with the idea virtually of destroying the influence of organized labor of the country. The paper, President Gompers said, purported to have leen signed when he (Gompers) was ill in 1805. This paper, Mr. Gonieprs said, he had preserved and, while deathlike stillness prevailed in the .'.,". (Continued on paga Two.) HIM 'W fa k MRS. B RAD LEY S W E A R S SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER SHOOTING SENATOR BROWN Had No Intention of Killing Him When She Came to Washington, ! She Tells Jury Prosecution Seeks to Shov That Woman j Tried to Break Up Brown's Home. 1 Washington, D. C, Nov. 20. That Mrs, Bradley did not come to Washing ton with any intention of killing former Senator Arthur M. Brown, of I'tah, and that she did not even remember shoot ing him. she told the jury in her trial today. The statement was not reached) until tne atternoon session oi rne cu'1 - the first halt of tne day oeing given JUlgCiy IU tU lUeULIIIA-H "i IVbU lo from Mr. Brown to Mrs. Bradley and from her to him. very few of which were read. The real tragedy formed the subject of the afternoon sitting. At that time JUD9E FATALLY STRICKEN WHILE IN COURTROOM SEIZED WHILE HE WAS EXAMIN ING A WITNESS AND DIES IN ; FIVE MINUTES. Columbia,. S. C, Nov. 20.-rJudge An- .drew Crawford, one of the most distin- f "i-i ... i ,v. t guished members of the Columbia bar, died in court today while examining a witness in a civil case. Judge Crawford had just asked the witness a question, when he excused himself and went to the. judge's room, lie threw himself upon a couch and asked that a doctor be summoned.. , lie expired in live minutes. y ' : " ' LARGE BANKS Si TAKING FEDERAL LOAN Apparently Have Not Yet Decided Upon Their Course Toward " Certificates. WANT ASSURANCE THAT CASH WILL STAY THERE With Premium As It Stands, Financiers Declare That They Do Not Care to See Currency Leave the Metropolis No Syndicate in Si&ht. New York, Nov. 20. The govern ment's issue of $100,000,000 in treasury' certificates of indebtedness continued to day to engross the attention of Xew York bankers, who apparently have not reached a definite.'. decision as to the course they shall pursue. The subscriptions so far received at the local subtrcasury seem to indicate that the larger' hanks in this city are temporarily withholding their offers, of purchase, The subtreasury ollicials .are not disposed to make public the n mount of subscriptions received then' during the past three days, saying they are merely acting as transmit! ing gent si lor the treasury department at , ash- mgroii, 10 .'which point me oners are being forwarded as fast as they conic in. - '".' ire holding : The fact that the banks off for the time ' lieing has led to tl more or less definite report -.that some of the larger banking institutions are desirous of '-obtaining some sort of as- I surance from Washington that the I money paid out hero for the purchase I of the new securities will be left on dc- nosir. m local instil nt ion a. I The eurrencv nremiiim varied bet neen I Kl 1-4 and '1 .t-4 onrinrf ninsl. of lor Liv negotiations, with some transactions as high as 3 per cent. With the price of currency ruling at. these figures it was said the bankers could not see their way clear to purchasing the certificates of indebtedness nude' any other ar rangement, than the retention of the purchase lnonev on deposit in this citv. The money shipments from Xew York to the interior have lKen quite heavy re cently, and the bankers here are anx ious to continue this means of assist ance to the general financial situation. There has been absolutely no indica tion as vet of a syndicate bid for the treasury-' certificates forthcoming from associated banks in this citv, such as has been intimated since Monday, unless it be in -the fact that several large loans were called in today. The revival of the reports today of the possibility of a favorable outcome to the negotiations for an American loan in France, with the treasury -certificates, ns a basis, has strengthened the rumor of an associated bid from New York bankers, the gov ernment securities when obtained to lie so arranged that they may bo considered as collateral for gold loans under the rules of the Bank of France. . Judge Powers brought out the full state ment in his examination in chief. This consumed only a few minutes of time, and as soon as be concluded District At torney Baker entered upon cross-examination. He devoted comparatively lit tle attention to the shooting itself, but going back to the early days of the 1 relationsliin lietween Senator Brown and M,.s Bra1oV mmhi to S10W )V reading letters and questioning the witness that she had deliberately undertaken to break up Senator's Brown's home, and that she was at enmity with -Mrs. Brown as early as 1001. H also brought out the fact that Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown had orig inally been strong friends, and that this friendship even extended beyond the time of the birth of Mrs. Bradley's first child by Brown. Mrs. Bradley was more composed to day than yesterday. There were times when she burst into tears or sank into sighs and sobs, but these were less fre quent than on Tuesday. Her voice was, however, at all time indistinct and fal tering and she was heard with the great est difficulty. She made no complaint of fatigue, and left the witness stand in very good condition. The fact that upon going to Senator Brown's room at the Raleigh hotel, Mrs. Bradley found there a letter from Mrs. Annie Adams, the actress, to the sena tor, was dwelt on at some length' by Judge Powers, making it evident that it is his intention to attempt to show that the discovery of this letter sup plied the immediate motive for the kill ing of Brown. Continuing his examination begun yes (Continued on page Six.) as the Life CHANGE IN HEAD OF M P. CHURCH FOR THIS STATE W. E. Swain Elected President Af ter Two Ballots, Obtaining Exact Number of Votes Necessary to a Choice Selection of Memb?rs of Station Committee and Other Details. A change was made yesterday in the presidency- of the conference of the North Carolina Methodist Protestant church, the Rev. W. K. Swain succeed ing to the office previously held by the Rev. T. M. Johnson, who retired af ter five years of efficient and acceptable service. This was at the afternoon session of the conference and came as the result of two ballots, in each one of which seventy-three votes were cast, making .thirty seven necessary to an election. Mr. Swain received the exact numlicr. thirty seven, and the Kev. U. M. Andrews,, pas tor of Grace church, receiving thirty-one .Mr. Andrews, the secretary, expressed a desire to be relieved of the duties of the position, am! -on. motion, the secre tary was directed to cast the vote of the conference for the Rev. William I'or- l.er. of Burlmitoii, for the ofii.ee in quest ion. At the same session, the station com mittee -was 'appointed, consisting of the Kev. T. M. -Johnson; of the clergymen, and R. T. 'Pickens,' of High Point, as. the representative, of the laity. J he commit tee on appeals was also chosen, consisting of It. AI. Andrews. ('. L. Whit taker. .1. II. Moulton. A. .1. Harris, (). It. Cox and J. M. Millikuii. - The morning session of the confeienc. opened at ten o'clock, in Grace church Ai tendance at thi session was some what lighter than had ticca expected, owing to detention on the road for a number of the delegates. A considerable number of clergymen of other denomi nations residing in and near the city were there to welcome the visitors. Devotional services were ''conducted by the president, the Rev. T. M. John- 'and- billowing these came the call "? theroll by the secretary The Rev. T. II. Lewis, president ol Western Maryland College, Westmin ster, Md.. then delivered the first of a series of lectures, bis theme being the "Bible and Reason.'' This was a mater- ly effort to prove that the history and i teachings oi noiy writ, are imseu on ruai. which appeals to the material as well as the spiritual s:ue ol Hie to the mental and physical construction of wnat tnc pages oi tne rsinie contains, and a very satisfactory argument was presented throughout the entire lecture, i )r. Lewis is a forcefjil speaker and i handles his subject in a convincingly ap- prcciativc .manner. ,, lie will deliver a lecture on each, morning of the present week. : " Afternoon Session. At the ', afternoon:, session President i Jfdinson read his report for the preced- I IG OVER MURDER VICTIMS Men. Women and Children Tram pled or Crushed In the Struggle. THE BUILDING WAS CROWDED iork, l'a., ov. UO. Eli Cross, ol Zion View, was probably fatally injured and many other persons were hurt in a panic in Quickel's church, six miles north of this city, today. While 1 the funeral of the victims of last Sunday night's double murder was in progress, a report, gained currency, that the building was falling. The church was crowded to its doors. To aggravate the rumor the heating stove was pushed and it fell over. Thci congregation immediately became fren- zied and a struggle ens'ued among the people to escape from the building. Men. women and children fought to get out f of the windows ana doors. Ihose who received injuries were hurt by being trampled upon or crusncd in the strug gle. The injuries of the victims consist principally of broken limbs and cuts and bruises. . The stampede occurred after 42" per sons had passed before the caskets containing the corpses of the murdered people. In the crush the caskets were thrown to the floor. The funeral ser vices were postponed and the bodies were buried as soon as the injured were re moved and cared for. General Pond Dies Suddenly. Winston-Salem, N. C, Nov. 20. Brig.-Gen. George E. Pond, U. S. A., retired, was stricken with apoplexy here tonight and died in a few hours. of Trade Keep : Yours Alive and Well ing year. This proved to be a carefully prepared statement of the .-work ac complished during the : year, and also contained-. a-number of suggestions and reeonimendat ions, among these - being the establishment of proper relations Ictween the clergy and laity and the means for insuring a perfect comity in their several positnns. lie referred to the fact that many of the clergy arc compelled to seek outside work, in the absence of -sufficient' pay for their ser vices to the church and its members. This he said, causes a loss of licnefif to the church from the clergymen whom the church employs! and a lessening of the spirit (hat prompts it. Speaking of the -efforts of the church to accomplish the ''appointed work, he said: "It it much letter to make a way than to find one. .Man is not made bv I opportunity, but opportunity-.reveals the to find a oath through ! man. inc. wny (lillicultics is to go up the lulls And down in the vallevs. hm a bet ler wav is ifo cut th rough the hills -and.-fill up the i valleys." - . I In closing his. report. Mr. Johnson spoke. -briefly of his term of oll'tce as ' president anil announced t lint he felt his (duty lay in the line of ret ireme'il. He !:hJv(;- with great apparent feeling on his .point, and for a time it seemed as i if his, voice Would break, but he mas-. tercl himself after a brief interval 'and-'; i proceeded without difficulty-to the Close.: iof the .report., which Was adopted by "a ; unaiiinious vote. A number of different, reports were (Continued on page Two.) :.: E KILLING SEVEB.INJURISG I THIRTEEN. ONE FATALLY! OnC Huge Mass of Metal Hurled One Hundred . Yards Is v j OCCURRED i . NEAR NORFOLK Norfolk. Ya., Nov. 20. The simul taneous '-explosion of a batterv of boil ers, four in number, in Mill N. 1, of the John L. Roper Taiin?)cr Company, at fiilmerton, seven miles from Norfolk. this afternoon resulted in the death of I n,..' "1" I"U"""" ....... ..... ... ' (ritM! lllllli I'l il ll"f."ll "t ilt I ,i l ill ..i.,...i .. .'V'.;n il.l... il,.. . I , tll em -1 1 . i ' , ' ' t ri T '. . ti ,rre:it lel ot nronMt 1 lie eanse ol the explosion is unknown. One ot the boilers ' plowed its way throui'li a wall of the luuler-rooni. cut ting down the moil who were killed and j linally lodged over one hundred yards j from its original position, after having jumped over the tracks of t he, Norfolk j aim iesiciii mnmim. lln-dend are: K lerrcll. carpen- ",:. ! ' B.;- Sorrell, planer; . Ambrose , Dozier. planer: ! rank Pavis. null hand; ; Buck lb.riies. mil hand: Kastns Vrank,l nnmn-k mill lxaiirl l l Linn Wnnt 1 n m. t mK'" """.""" ..'" hand: Wilson Scott, a ne gro mill hand, Walter Sorrell, a brother of Unfits Nn rell. is tatauy injured, ami a dozen other mill laborers are more or less in- tuicii. . Quick work by the mill lire depart ment prevented 'the destruction of mil plosivu.. :..' JEALOUS LOVER PURSUES AND SHOOTS HIS RIVAL ,, ,v, . n i Places Young Woman in Buggy Occurs in a Lonely Elizabeth City, N ('., Nov. 20. In formation was received here this morn ing from South Mills that a man by the name Hall, accompanied by a young lady named Maggie Sawyer, left South Mills in a buggy to come to Elizabeth City to get married. On the way to Elizabeth City the couple passed the house of a man named Edmund Daily, who ia an admirer of the young lady that Hall was taking to Elizabeth City to' make his wife. Daily, after Hall and his bride-elect passed his house, hitched his horse to a buggy and pursued the couple, overtaking them on a lonely DEEP WATERWAY MEN PERFECT Permanent Association Having Improvements In View Formed In Philadelphia. ALL CANALS TO BE FREE, THEY DECLARE Congress Will Be Urged to Take Up Project and Give It National Aid. Many Pledges of Support Made By Prominent Men. ...Philadelphia. Ta., Nov.: 20. Repre sent ative men from fit teen of the-At-, htntio coast states today formed a per manent organization under the name el the "Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso ciation," the object of which will lie to bring about a system of waterways to perniil the free -movement of traffic by inland waters between the various Atlantic seaboard' states from Maine to the Gull' of ..Mexico. This is the outcome of the two daws' conference held in this city liv dele gates appointed by the governors or trade bodies in the states iiiterestcd m the Atlantic inland waterways protect. I in' asvor iauon auopieu resolutions declaring that alt canals should he lice and asking Congress to take up the great project, because it is demanded bv the coninicrcial interests ol th:rtv million people on th" Atlantic seaboard, (on-" grcnsinan . J. Ilamptiui Monro.- ot Penn sylvania, was chosen president, and a vice-presiib-iit and del'gate-at -huge was cleete firm each slate. I he next con- Vent ion will be held in Baltimore.." Many addresses in favor of the move-. - incut ami pledging support were made during the two sessions today. '.1 he eon- ivention ci-juc to an cud tonight with a ) baniiucl., v hich was attended bv nearly (Continued on page Two.) ORDER PROHIBITION ELECTION FOR DEC. 26 One Men bsr Enters Protest and the Matter May Go Into Court. OTHER STATE CAPITAL NEWS llaleiph. N. C. Nov. 20. Another act in the municipal struggle for and ngauist an election, on prohibition and dispen sary transpired, at noon todav, when the board of ..aldermen in called ses-ion pro cured the withdrawal ol the ordinaire ,or prohibt ion election machinery for Illm ,... .,f ..l,l..l, II, cnncil imml I , - - . - :!t ot refining . unanimous consent Was ' sprung Mondav night bv Aldermen 1 1 r . .1 churidi. and passed in its stead a verbal motion settiuir out the, machinery needed under authority of the original action of .the Isiard in regular November ses sion, oriicrinsi the election tor Decem ber '(. Formal protest was hied bw Abler-. nan I'pchurch on the ground that only i ,1,.,ii,, ,. ,mii;.. .i,i .i )lllithol. 1)p , withoi;t lirt v ().nV 0Xl! t ,,v. ,,,. ,nmls t.0,ls(.nt, m,d that he i-efuscd to lt ,n a p(Ti0nill )rnii, speech, - - . . '. . ' ' . . . I nchurcli admitted the existence of bit- Iter feeling between himself and X. i. Hrougliton. -who is active for the prolulu- ; tion rlol.tion. and declared that, if h,.,,,,,,., saw his (I pcliurch'H) funeral procession moving down the street he would laugh. W hile nothing is nuthori- (Continued on page Two.) '.''.'.'- . n , . c, and Drives Away The Shooting Spot on County Road. spot on the road between the river bridge and Hinton's corner. With pistol in hand, he - stopped tho lovers and shot young Hall and dragged the voting woman out of Hall's buggy, placed her in his own buggy and drove awav. At. the time the information was received it was not known what is the extent of Hall's injuries or the present where abouts of the young woman. Joe Smith, negro, was tried this morn ing beforo Justice Wilson upon the charge of defrauding negroes, in this section by playing 1 he pension agent act. Smith was bound over to the next term of Federal Court in default of bond in the sum of 8300. .x ORHIZA