f Weil WEATHER Fair today and Thursday; light, fresh west to north - ft? A The News A paper for all the people and for the people all 'the time. Read winds. .' V.s it and keep posted. L PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. III. NO. 44 GBEE5SBORO N. C., WE NESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1907 LAST EDITION LAST EDITION. i t 1 LARGE PER GENT. OF VEGETABLES IT Local Consumption of Farm Pro dues Very Heavy, With Light ' Production. SOIL WELL ADAPTED , TO TRUCK FARMING One Local Dealer Handles From Five to ! Eight Carious of Produce Weekly, ' i Buying From Northern Markets Same Products Can Be Raised Here. Although very large quantities of pro duce are consumed in this city each year, the bulk of the supply comes from abroad. In three week this fall one com mission firm alone handled -8 carloads of grapes, representing 40,000 baskets,' selling at an average price of 25 cents ft basket and costing in the neighbor hood of $10,000 at retail. Grapes can lie suce?fully and profitably raised in this section, yet the money is sent abroad for a food product that can be grown at home. This is one of the many illustrations along the same tine. From five to eight carloads of gensral produce are handled each week by one house, the Clegg Commission Brokerage Company, and probably as iuch more by other houses, while by far the greater Quantity is brought here from other sections of the country, adding not only to the cost, but practically taking the money from the hands of home producers. But the trouble is with the producers them selves. It is claimed that the soil in this section of North Carolina is capa- (Continued on page Two.) 90 PER CENT. OF CANAL BOND CASH TO BE PUT IN NATIONAL BANKS Cortelyou Announces That This Amount Will Be Deposited With Purchasing Institution. LOAN TO BEOVERSUBCRIBED Washington, D. C, Nov, 26. There were several important developments to day in the plans of the treasury depart ment for affording relief to the money market by the issue of new securities, Secretary Cortelyou stated that of the amount paid for the Panama canal bonds !)0 per cent, would be deposited with na tional banks purchasing such bonds. All the indications point to a large' over subscription for the bonds. The belief was confidently expressed tit the cabinet meeting today that the loan would be taken several times over. jnad that the announcement of this fact rniilH hnve a most stimulating effect in BOUG ABROAD (restoring confidence. The' bids for the HiOnds will be received up to half-past fouro'clook on Saturday afternoon. V An important fact relating to tho one year treasury certificates is that already the amount allotted approximates $25, Ci00,000. Of this sum, only about $3,500, 000 has yet been pledged as security for ' tirculation, but the certificates are be fyi W transferred to the custody of the Vnitcd States treasurer almost as rap idly as the banks are notified of their allotments. ', Aironriv the amount of new bank note Virculatio'n taken out during November slightly exceeds $40,000,000, which is be ' jond tho estimates of the treasury .de rtment three weeks ago. 1 ' r; . ' . ... 41.1Mk WMLl il (TO. 1 : puriuiciii. kiiis-v -" - .... .1 An 4ik ntnilit lilt me recomiueiimin""" .w .....v the secretary of the' treasury in igrd to financial legislation' are still Jjubjecf of many rumors and uestionaoie re ports. It is not expected, thowever.yu vell informed circles' that the secretary , "will go into great detail in presenting., currency plan. ' It is generally admitted ' that some form of emergency cinuila 4inr. nrnuM lio nnthorized. but there' is difference of opinion as to, the form' of the new issues and the rate of taxation in ha imnnsMl ilnon them. The (administration is not In favor of the project .'of guaranteeing, ,,bank" de posits proposed by William J. Bryan, It is not considered a practicable measure at the present time, and there is Btrong ' opposition to tha government giving a r guarantee wr any uramuj; umiis". TOREK KILLED, OSB HURT; TWO FREIGHTS COLLIDE Philadelphia, - Pa,, Nov 20. Three trainmen were killed and a toy who was dealing a rid waa tierhapi fatally in " jured iu a re.ar-end collision between two -" tf-roight trains on the Richmond branch ; M the Philadelphia and Reading , ra ' way,, in -the northeastern part of the WILL RESUME THE PASSENGER RATE REARING TODAY There Is No Intimation as to How Long the Hearing Will Continue. SPECIAL SESSION TALK SEEMS TO BE ON WANE Evident Conviction Among Those Close to State Authorities That There Will Be No Special Session of Legislature. State Capital Notes. Raleigh, X. C, Nov. 2(1. The railroad passenger rate hearing is to be resumed at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. A number of the witnesses that have been subpoenaed are arriving, notable among them being Chairman C. C. McChord, of Ihc Kentucky railroad commission, and Public' Accountant A. V. Hillman, of Louisville, Ky. There is still no intimation as to .how long-drawn-out the hearing here will lie or when it will be possible for Stand ing Master Montgomery,, before whoiu,' the examinations will be made, to per fect his report and submit it to Judge l'ntchard. In connection -with the talk here with reference to the possibility of a, special session of the Legislature to pass on a proposition that the state authorities are believed to have from the railroads in volving the calling of such an extraor dinary session to pass on the proposition they make, there is an evident Convic tion among those close to the governor, and in sympathy with the prosecution (Continued on page Two.) FITZHUGH LEE DAY IS FITTINGLY OBSERVED AT E) Memory of the First President of of the Tercentennial Is Honored. ' PLAN TO ERECT MONUMENT Norfolk, Va.; Nov. 20. This Was ob served as "Fitzhugh Lee Day," at the Jamestown Exposition, with largely at tended ceremonies in memory of the first preseidtn of the ter-centennial, in the auditorium. Joseph Bryan, of Rich mond, Va., presided, and Maj. .Robert W. Hunter, of Richmond, Va., delivered the oration. V; j Major Hunter, who paid a great trib ute to the memory of General Lee and his life work, suggested 'the fitting pro priety of the erection of a monument to l'it,hu2h Lee out of the assets of the exposition compuny following a sale of it prol,ertjes Bnd tlie paymet of its liabilities. Admirals Schley and Harrington, of the navy; (ieneral Davis, of the army, all the exposition officials and other notables attended the Lee meinyrial. '. Ankansas Bank Closes. Salem, Ark., Nov. 20. The Salem State Bank closed its doors today. The liabilities are $30,000. with assets of $3.!, 000. Inability to realize on securities is given as the cause. Three Murdered As They Left Train. Cli". Ark , Nov. 21 Three men were assassinated as they stepped from a train here last night. J he murderer is unJ known. STRIKE GALLED OFF COMPANY WILL REEMPLOY THE MEN WHO APPLY AS IN DIVIDUALS. ' Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20. Tho strike of '"750 union employes of the Louisville Railway Company was called off by a vote taken by the men this evening. The company will reemploy the strikers who apply a individuals ana wm nave not been implicated in acts ot violence our Ail); mo. owiiviT. -. i w The stTike lasted twelve days and wtts marked by two collisions between Urge crowds of sympathizers and the -police. The strike was caused hy friction oyer the i interpretation of an agreement signed after the firty strike which oc ourred last; April. . .'.: .,.;. ..' ;:,.:. BANKER UNDER iALIENIST SCORES INDICTINTPTS T Deposed rs uent of Borough . Brooklyn Com mits Suicide. RELEASED FROM JAIL ON $30,000 BAIL Keenly Felt His Humiliation and Ap- peared Hopelessly Despondent Was Regarded As One of the Coming Finan ciers of the Metropolis. New York, Nov. 2G. Howard Max well, deposed president of the Borough Bank, of Brooklyn, who was under in dictment for grand larceny and forgery, and was last night released from jail on $30,000 bail, committed suicide to day. He cut his throat ,and left wrist with a razor and penknife in the bath room of his home in Brooklyn, and died tonight at Long Island College hospital. Maxwell, who was locked up last Thursday, had felt his humiliation keen ly and during his incarceration had ap peared honelesslv despondent. He had, however, given his family no intimation, so far as knowu, that he contemplated suicide. His wife was prostrated. Maxwell was released late last night from Raymond street jail, where he had been held a prisoner since the three in dictments charging him with misdoings in connection with the management of the suspended Borough Bank were re turned. There was some difficulty in obtaining bail, and officers of the jail reported that Maxwell was greatly broken. .All yesterday and the day be fore he lav on his bed and appeared to be oblivious to his surroundings. Last night Justice Burr signed an order for Maxwell's release -when bail to the amount of $30,000' was furnished. Maxwell was forty-nine years old and loaves a widow, but no children.-.- On November 21, he- was jointly indicted for grand larceny with former Cashier Arthur Campbell and Director William Clow, of the Borough Bank.: lucre were other indictments against him, involv ing forgery in a quarterly hank state ment, made to the state banking de partment. When these three men were arraigned Campbell and Cow secured bondsmen, but none offered to go on Maxwell's bond. For some time only his four Bis ters, who, offering the house left them by their mother who died three days af- (Continued on page Two.) HROftT IES BRYAN DEVOTES SPEECH AT WASHINGTON TO THE PRESIDENT Nebraskan Regards Mr. Roosevelt as a "Democrat in Spots? Draws Picture of the Difference Between Democracy and r ' Republicanism, of Course to Detriment tof Latter, Washington, D. C, Nov. 20. William j. Bryan was tonight tendered a ban quet and reception ly the "United De mocracy of the District of Columbia." Five hundred Democrats partook of the three-dollar dinner, and more than douW'thnt number-'participated in the recegtion and feast of oratory which fol lowAI. While the capacity of the Ral eigh '-hotel banquet-hall placed a, limit on the attendance, the "lid" was com pletely off as to enthusiasm, and the long "speech of Air. Bryan a Horded op portunity for repeated and continued demonstrations of political accord add personal-regard for the guest of honor, .i Mr. Bryan utilized the occasion to set forth at length a closely reasoned anal ogy between the policies of President Roosevelt and those he believed had been COMMITTED 1N0 DIES CHARLESTON, S. C, MAN GIVES TOO PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION . OP GUN PLAY. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 20 Jno. C. Me leniore, aged twenty -one, a young man employed by the Southern railway, fa tally Injured himself today while demon strating to. others how a suicide wound is inflicted. He placed a pistol to his head, in Which there were . loaded and empty shells, and saying jokingly," "This is the way they ; do it," pulled tha trigger. '.'- A loud report followed and MeLemcrc fell to the ground with1 a bullet in his braiq. :.':..' 'iv;- ': ' . ' BROWN E, HE Dr. Evans So Bitter In Denunc a tlon That Court calls ' Him to Order. RECITAL AROUSES GENERAL SYMPATHY Considerable Dramatic Glamour Sur rounds Telling of Story by Expert Who Figured So Largely in Thaw Trial. Defense Rests Its Case. Washington, I). C, Nov. ill. Dra matic scenes marked the proceedings to day in the trial of Mrs. Annie M. Brad ley, charged With having killed former Senator .Arthur' M. Brown, of I tali, in this city, last December. Dr. Britton D. Kvans, of 'New York, the alienist who testified in the Thaw case, not only declared that Mrs. Brad ley was insane when she shot Senator ltrmvn. lint entered with such vigor into n. -defense of his opinion and in de niinciatioii of the conduct of the dead senator that Justice Stafford -'reminded the witness that Senator Brown was not on trial and was not there to defend himself and admonished him to refer to the dead man only when necessary to show the -effect .'of his pets upon tuc mind of the defendant. Dr. Kvans' recital of the reasons which led him to reach his conclusion was dra matic in the extreme. He spoke with a feeling of the utmost sympathy for the defendant. A deathlike silence pervaded the court, his remarks being utcred in such a wav as to Appeal to the emotion of all nresent. He spoke of the heredi tarv taint in Mrs. Bradley's family; the. I blow on her head when a child; her at tack of smallpox and pneumonia; her unhappy life; the domination of Sena tor Brown over her and finally his com plete possession of her. , Brown's Son Rolled. The appearance- m the stand of Max Brown, soil of the dean senator, who was recalled in rebuttal, was nH'ccting in the extreme. Dr. Charles B. Hill, professor of nerv ous and mental diseases in the Baltimore Medical College, declared that in his opinion '-'Mrs.-. Bradley was insane when she did the shooting." Her fullering and disappointment and her hereditary taint of insanity all combined to produce in- . (Continued on page Two.) , AND POLICIES adopted in the administration of the government.; From this viewpoint Mr. Bryan's speech was regarded by promi nent Democrats who heard it as a de cidedly important and timely party de liverance. Mr. Bryan's analysis of : President Roosevelt rs political views was unique. Four of the Roosevelt policies, he snid. Were Democratic, anil four of them were undemocratic, while t hero were four other ''Democratic principles which the President did not advocate. Railroad regulation, the enforcement of the laws against the tr.usts, an income tax and such relation as the method of settling disputes letween labor and capital, were all advocated by the President,' Mr. Bryan said, but." had been- advocated by the' Democratic "party long before the ; Continued on page Six.) BARNEY A SUICIDE, VERDICT OF SELF-DESTRUCTION BROUGHT AGAINST FORMER HEAD OP TRUST COMPANY; New York, Nov. 2(I.-A coroner's jury, which 'today held an inquest on the death of Charles T. Barney, former presi dent of the Knickerbocker Trust .Com ;, pany, found that Mr. Barney committed j suicide. : several memoers oi ms laiuuy, in cluding Mrs, Barney, testified that they believed .Mr. Barney's wound was aeii inflicted either by accident or with in tont to commit suicide. Mrs. Barney said that her husband had been depressed for severaj days prior to his death, but nau never spoKen o ucv ui buiciub. S DANIEL AND BR YAN IN VERBAL SET-TO AT WA SHINGTON IMS X- ci5(;-' SENATOR JOHN Wt DANIEL. PACIFIC CRUISE DF OUR ' IUIEN-OF-WAB WILL OE DELAYEDBYR E P A I R S Despite Night and Sunday Work ' Ships at Norlo k will Not lie Ready. MUST CO TO NEW YORK YARD Philadelphia, Pa., Nov, 26 The Pa- cine cruise of the battleships and cruis ers of the United States navy may be delaved. Word was received in this city today that, despite night and Sunday work now being done aboard the bat tleships at Norfolk, it will hardly be possible for them to go to the New York na-vv varil. be docked and return to Ham)iton Koads in 'time tri sail to the l'acilic on appointed date, December 111. This seeming- ilclnv. will have no ef- fect oii the il:ins at League Island. Pa. The commanders of (he four battleships there, which will 4paitieipate- in the cruise, have received instructions from the navy department to be at Hampton Roads by December !), at 10 p. m. These four will join the five warships at present at the New York navy yard, four at. Boston find, three at Norfolk. Preparatory to their departure to join the ships at League Island they will give an elaborate nance. There will be two big balls tomorrow night and on the following night.: No Delay, Says Washington. Washington, D. C, Nov. 2fi. Naval officials say that (here is not the slight est donlit th.xt Ailinirnl Kvans' lleet will start on its l'ac:fic cruise on schedule time December 10 next. The amount of work to be done upon the big .ships in dock is probably overestimated by the persons who have predicted that 'there will be a delav in beginning the vovagu. ILLNESS IN JUDGE PRITCHARD'S FAMILY SUSPENDS COURT Richmond. a.. Nov. 20 Judge Prit ch ard was called to Asheville today on account of the , illness o'f his. daughter, who has a severe attack '..of '-.typhoid fever. .There will be no further cases heard in Rchniiind at this term. Chief Goforth May Recover. ' Newton, N. C, Nov. ; 20. Chief -On-forth, of the: Newton police force, who was shot by an unknown .negro, burglar at an earlv hour Saturday morning, now stands a' fair chance of recovery. He is getting along nicely and resting well. Populists to Meet In St. Louis. fst Louis. Mo.. Nov. 2ri. The national nAinmil fstr. t' flirt .T,rtnnli liiivlv lntnt tonight selected St. Louis as the place for the national convention, and setifluence in the settlement of l he .strike April 2 as the date for the gathering. OLD SWEETHEART HELD FOR SHOOTING A CIRL AMZI HELMS ARRESTED AND AC CUSED OF SHOOTING MISS PRY . OR NEAR CHARLOTTE. Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 2C.-Charged with tho murder of Miss Klin l'ryor, t .ie ighteen-year-old girl who was called to' the door of her home near Hunters ville and. shot last night, Ami Helms, a young white man, was an-csted by a Sherltt 8 posse lonigui nine-uuien i ruin Charlotte. " Helms was an old sweetheart of the dead -girl and the police, who claim they have sufficient circumstantial evidence to convict him, say they have fixed jealousy as the motive for the crime. Helms was covered with mud and bore other evi dences of a hard journey afoot. Virginian and Nebraskan Meet in Hotel Lobby and Former Takes Occasion to Tell the Latter Tl hat He A. Thinks About His Method of , Running Things. Objects to the Dictatorial Attitude Assumed by the Peerless Person From the Ptatte to Which ( bj ction the P. P P. Also Enters Protest, BY JOHN S. MONK. Washington, D. C, Nov. 2().-Scnator John W. Daniel and William Jennings Bryan had an argumentative set-to in the Willard hotel today. Mr. Daniel did not hesitate to 'express, some personal views of Mr. Bryan's course, and while his language did not pass beyond the limits of parliamentary observance, his words '.were marked hy decided tiank ness. Mr. Bryan was civil also, but it was evident that he resented the at tempt of the Virginia statesman to take him to task. The peerless leader I the Virginia orator came face to lace lust outside the ladies' waiting room, oil the main lobby of the Willard. They had not seen each other for a long time, and in the interval Senator Daniel had criti cized Mr. Bryan publicly for his several '"isms," particularly for his government ownership proposition. Hardly had they shaken hands when the subject of Sena tor Daniel's criticism of Mr. Bryan came up.: . : "I like you personally, Mr. Bryan," said .Senator Daniel, "but I do not like your methods. 'To what -do . you object particularly V asked the Nebraskan. ... "I object particularly, sir, to your at tempt to dictate to' the Democratic party"-'' responded .Senator DjinicI, promptly; "Wlieu did I ever attempt to dictate to the Democratic party?" came from Mr. Bryan. - : "You dictated to it in l'.lOO. sir, when you refused to rim for President unless the free silver plank were retained in the platform," Senator Daniel answered. '"But you helped draft tin free silver (Continued on pago Two.) US. WILL FROM CUBA WHEN NEED FOR PRESEEGE IS OVER I resident Roostveit Assures General Vt-lez While In Washington. ONLY AWAITING A REQUEST Tampa, 1 In.. N"V. 20. -t.cn. Carlo tlarcia Velez. one of Cuba's foremost men, who has been in this country sev eral months on commission to investi gate American prisons and .charitable institutions,- sailed tonight for .Havana. While at Washington he called on President Roosevelt and was authorized to say to the -Cuban - people that the I'nited States' would withdraw irom Cuba whenever Cuba feels that int erven tion is no longer necessary ami -make formal request. Oheral flareia hurries home by re- quest of his government, to use his in - troubles at Havana. : ELOPES WITH MARRIED ;T YOUNG MAN JEALOUS OF COMPAN ION KILLS HER AND WOUNDS SELF. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 20. Mrs. Ida Wolkcr. twenty-two years old, was .shot three times today by Herbert Freuudl and ''was' probably fatally wounded, Kreund, who is but twentv years of ae, then fired two shots at himself. He will recover. Freund was arrested. Recently the couple eluped from Le highton, Pa., where Mrs. Wolker de serted a husband and two children. She and Freund were living here as) "Mr. and Mrs. Freund." Jealousy on the part of Freund led to the shooting. SAY I H D EPEN D EHTS" -V GIVE TRUST FIGHT FOR LEAF TOBAGCQ T. Co. Must Compete With Rivals In Kentucky Fields, bays buyer. price fixed by the general conditions Denies Emphatically that President Duke or Any One Else In New York Sets Figures at Which Weed Is Pur chased By the Octopus. New York Nov. 20. Testimony to show that the American Tobacco Com pany has to compete with the buyers for, independent tobacco manufacturers in purchasing tobacco in Kentucky was given by It. K. Smith. who has charge of the western leaf buying for the Amer-' icon company. The evidence was taken in the gov ernment's action to dissolve the Ameri can Tobacco Company and to restrain the operations of the Imperial and British-American companies, its alleged al lies. Mr. Smith declared that many in dependent buyers were in the Kentucky field, and that all were in sharp compe tition. The price of leaf tobacco, he said, Mas fixed by general market condi tions. .1. C. MacReynolds, special counsel for the government, asked Mr. Smith, if he, President Duke or some one else here in New York did not fix the price to be paid for tobacco. ."I should say not." replied .Mr.- Smith. ' "I did not fix the price of tobacco until I saw it in the breaks or market warehouses in Louis ville." :, " Mr. Smith denied. the government's al legation that there is a secret asrreemnt or understanding between the Imperial Tobacco Conipanv and the other defend- ' ants in the suit, lie declared that he never bought a pound of tobacco for the Imperial company, nor had that com-, pany purchased, - any tobacco for the American Tobacco Company. There is '-iiii ''..-agreement, between the American Tobacco Company and Dun ningloii aild Compauy for the purchase of llurlev. the witness said. The prac (ice of buying tobacco direct 'from the farmer, .he said, was not a .'scheme to ipieeze the fanner, but saved them the cost -of ' Kicking; and shipping while ic saved the purchaser from deception. The outlook for increased consumption of tobacco was not very rosy, he added, as the financial situation decreases the demand and this would reduce the price. SETTLEMENT OF ALL POINTS AT ISSUE FOR THANKSC10G GAME Conference Between Representa tives of University ol Virginia and A. &. M. College. NORFOLK SCENE OF CONTEST. Ralei'fli. X. ('., Nov. '..-The final ar raiigenielils and settlement ot all points at issue lor the great Thanksgiving football j: me bet ween I'liiveisiiv .of Virginia and A. '&. M. College, ltaleigh. tit, Nmlolk, were settled this afternoon and tonight in conlcrences between rep resentatives of the two institution.; (lie luiversitv of. Virginia beini; reiire-ent -. led by Dr. Albert l.cleuv. dean of phi i lusophy. and W. ('. I!. Cook, assistant J nianauvr of the luiversitv Athletic ! t ouncil. I - One of the special eilons in the tcrenee was' to insure a good clean game.', the puritication of college ath letics being ospecialy.- desired by the representatives of both institution--. There was an enthusiastic mass meet ing at the college from eight to nine o'clock, at which there were many speeches bubbling with enthusiasm tor the A, & .M. tesm and its prospects for victory over Virgina. Among the, speaker-! were Governor. C'ilenn. State Audi tor P.. F. Dixon, State Treasurer B. R. Lacy and others. The A. & M. team is in line condition and is sure to put up a strong game. The team, accompanied by Dr. Joel Whitaker, as physician in charge, will leave, for Norfolk tomorrow afternoon. : I A thousand or more people will follow on special train Thursday morning, Fire at Oak Grove Farm. cirnham, N.C., Nov. 20. Three arge barns were the property of Col. L. Banks lactorj', were oesiroyed oy nr. mis ai ternoon a little after twelve o'clock. The fire caught from sparks from an engine that was being used to run a shredder, a force of men being engaged in shredding corn at the time. The bams were the property of ol, L. Banks Holt, and the loss is quite heavy, but it fully covered by insurance. CHJV loony. -, .., i '.-;.,(.; " ' r 'i' Advertising and Rro Business " - -t.i -'; .-v rti' "; -tv" -.'..:-,;-'-.. ' ,. - ' ' - ' - !.