BEC0L1MEKBATI0NS 0F '
INTEREST RELATING TO
FREE DELIVERY IN G1T1ES
Incorporated In Annual Report oi
' First Assistant Postrr.as.
ter-General.
RECEPTACLES FOR CITY MAIL
BY JOHN E. MONK.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Recom
mendations of interest alike to the pa
tron and employes of postoffices are
incorporated in the annual report of
Frank H. Hitchcock, .first assistant
postmaster-general. Among those of
interest to patrons is that relating to
the extension of free delivery to cities
that under "the present laws are denied
that service. To the employes inter
est will be centered largely in the recom
mendation of the first assistant post-diater-general
that they be given thirty
days instead of fifteen day annual
leave of absence.
The first assistant postmater-gen-cral
directs attention to the fact that
while letter carriers, city and Tural, de
liver mail to more than forty million
persons living in cities and to some fif
teen million residents of country dis
tricts, there remain millionsof people in
the smaller towns who receive no bene
fit from the free-delivery service. On
this point, the first assistant says: "In
view of the very general establishment
of rural delivery, which brings mail
directly to the homes of the people who
live bevohd the outskirts of our towns
and viliages and in the farming districts,
the department is placed in the position
of discriminating against the residents
of smaller towns, who are unable, under
the1 present law, to obtain either city
or rural delivery. It is recommended
that the present law, which requires a
population of 10,000 or gross postoffice
receipts of $10,000 as a precedent to the
establishment of city delivery, be amend
ed in Mich manner as to permit the de
partment to extend to places having
gross postoffice receipts of $5,000 the
advantages now enjoyed by the more
populous towns and to some extent by
rural sections."
Since the establishment of the city
delivery service it has been customary
for carriers to ring doorbells at resi.
dences and await a response, and also to
enter offices in order to effect delivery.
Information obtained from postmasters
indicates that a carrier in a residential
district usually consumes more than one.
eighth of his time in waiting for peo
ple to answer the doorbell. Delay in
delivery, especially toward the end of a
route, invariably results from this prac
tice. "If every patron of the service.''
says the first assisctant, "would provide
a receptacle for his mail, deliveries could
lie gfeatly expedited. Such receptacles
have- been supplied in many instances,
but .their use is not likely to become: gen
eralunless required by law." He urges
that, an net be passed providing that
nail shall not; be delivered by city car
riers except at residences and office?
where approved mail receptacles are
placed at the door or entrance.
CQTTOH FEDERATICH
TD MEET IN PARiS
WILL HOLD SESSION IN FRENCH
CAPITAL BEGINNING JUNE .
v i, NEXT.
Manchester, Jan, 8. The Internation
al Cotton Federation has decided to hold
its next congress in Paris, beginning
June 1. It is expected that a large del
igition of cotton growers and manufac
turers will attend from the United
f'fltS.
The British members of the federation
have appointed committees to take pre'
liminary steps in the formation of a
company which will have, control of the
cotton plantation it has been decided
to purchase in the United States.
The plantation which, the members
here have in view is in the Mississippi
nelta, is described as a most up-to-date
plantation, which came under the notice
of the British delegation which visited
America at the congress at Atlanta last
year. :
You're coming, aren't you?
Couldn't stay away, could
you?-
And there are a whole lot of
other people coming to this
sale which began yesterday
morning so come early if
you want to jet the best bar
gains.
Look at these for valuesl
13.50
14.00
95.00
Shoes
12.60
12.95
13.95
Callahatn-Dobson Shoe
Company
NORTH CAiLINiS
IN CONGRESS FAVOR
j PEMFEBENCE
State Delegation Holds Meeting
and Adopts Resolutions
In Support.
HOPES TO AFFECT EUROPE
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. A meet
ing of the North Carolina delegation in
Congress was held today in the committee-room
of Representative Richard Bar
tholdt, president of the American Group
of the Interparliamentary Union, for
the purpose of conferring with officers
of the North Carolina Peace Society, in
regard to the holding of a peace con
gress in North Carolina next spring.
A motion was adopted 1n favor of
holding a congress, with a view.to bring
ing public opinion to the support of the
resolutions adopted by the second
Hague conference, and to the resolutions
which the American Interparliamentary
Group expect to bring before the con
ference of national lawmakers, to be
held at Berlin next summer.
The two senators from North Caro
lina, Hon. F. M. Simmons and Hon. Lee
S. Overman, and one of the members of
the lower house. Hon. James H. Small,
are among the honorary presidents of
the North Carolina Peace Society.
The sentiment of the meeting was
unanimously in favor of the holding of
state congresses at suitable times prior
to the convening of the third Hague
conference, so as to arouse public opin
ion in favor of the practical steps which
must be taken to maintain peace on I
just basis, to such an effect that it will
have an appreciable effect in Europe.
The plans for the North Carolina con
gress are such that only the practical
phases of the peace movement will be
considered. Disarmament or limitation
of armaments will not be on the pro
gram. Four members of the Senate and
live members of the House, in addition
to the ten North Carolina representa
tives, are expected to take part in the
N'orth Carolina congress. The president
of the University of Virginia is ex
pected to make an address.
FIVE LOST WITH SUNG
IP ON DIAMOND SHOALS
Ccr.'.rrned From Fint Page.)
and declared to have heen the worst
storm in Eastern Carolina since 1879.
v The two men saved from the lost
schooner are the cook,' an American,
so nearly exhausted that nothing can
be got from him, and a German sailor,
ho can speak but few words of English.
The two survivors were washed ashore
mi wreckage and found'bn the beach by
ihc life-savers, who were unable to put
out' in the storm to the rescue of the
crew of the ill-fated schooner.
The German sailor is unable to give
the name of the vessel.
LOSS OF LIFE FEARED
ON FLORIDA COAST
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 8. News
reached here today from Cedar Keys, on
the Gulf coast, of the fierce atorm of
Monday nisrht and Tuesday morning.
Considerable property was damaged and
many small boats carried out to sea.
Four Bohemians from Baltimore em
ployed at the oyster canning factory,
and who were jiving on a houseboat,
were carried out to sea.
Searching parties were sent out to
look for them, but no trace of the boat
can be found. Several fishermen went
out just before the storm and fears
are entertained for their safety.
Bridges were destroyed and the
Telghman Cypress Company was dara
aged to the extent of several hundred
dollars.
Owners Think Not.
Mystic, Connecticut, Jan. 8. The
Gilbert Transportation Company does
not think the schooner lost off
Diamond Shoals is the Leonora, although
admitting that a possibility. The Leon
era shmi'iild have been further south
than Hatteras; in fact, she is now due
at Charleston. The Leonora is in com
mand of Captain Gilchrist. -: : "
Steamship Driven Ashore. '
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 8. During the
storm which swept over the Chesapeake
Bay last night the Merchants and Min
ers' steamer Lexington went aground
off James Point, Md., about seventy
five miles down the bay, on the eastern
shore. The steamer was still fast
aground this afternoon, but was said
ot be in no danger. The Lexington
sailed from Baltimore for Savannah last
evening with passengers and freight.
Supposed To Be the Leonora.
Portland, Md., Jan. 8. A possible
trace of the identity of the schooner lost
off Diamond Shoal yesterday is in the
fact that the schooner Leonora, with a
careo of fish-scrap is out from Round
Pond. Me., bound for Charleston. The
Leonora left Round Pond about Novem
ber 25. for Charleston, and was last re
ported at Sarxferton, R. L, where she
arrived on December 20, and remained
until December 29. The Leonora regis
tered 411 tons net, and was formerly
a whalinir briir. bailing from New Bed
ford, Mass. She was built at Columbia
Falls, in 1884. She carried a crew of
seven men, and it owned by the Gilbert
Transportation Company, of New
Haven. Conn.
Confirmation of the belief that the
Leonora is the vessel wrecked is in the
fact that the only places along the
main coast where funVacrap to loaded at
this season of the rear are unnekin
near Booth Bar. and Round Pond, and
i the Leonora is the only shoontr which
has sailed from either place for several
I weeks. -.' " .-. , ;.'
I The Lyceum Grand Concert Company,
tinder the direction of the "Hadcliffe
Lyceum and Chautauqua Bureau,' of
Richmond. Va.. will flrivo a concert Fri
day, Jan. 10, 1908, in the auditorium of
nhll IT CHICAGO
HANDLES PLATITUDES
IN IF
Practical Repetition In Part of
Speech Delivered Here
Last Fall.
AT JACKSON DAY DINNER
Chicago, HI., Jan. 8. Speaking before
the Jefferson Club at the Jackson
day banquet today, William J. Bryan
took as his subject "The Point of View."
He said in part:
"The questions which involve a dis
cussion of the relative sphere of the na
tion and the state bring out the differ
ence in the poitn of view of the aristo
crat and Democrat. The aristocrat wants
to get the government as far away from
the people as possible; the Democrat
desires to bring the government as near
the people as possible. The aristocrat
would substitute national remedies for
state ones, because predatory wealth can
protect itself from national legislation
more easily than from state legislation.
The Democrat would add the national
remedy to the state remedy and thus
give to the people the protection of both
the state and federal government.
"The labor question is considered from
both standpoints; the aristocrat thinks
only of the large employers; the Dem
ocrat of the army of employes and of the
public which is inconvenienced by any
disruption of friendly relations between
employer and employes.
"And the question of imperialism in
like manner present the difference in
viewpoint: the imperialist thinks more
of the extension of commerce than of
the preservation of the ideas of self
government and he thinks only of the
benefits that might come to the compar
ative few; the Democrat knows that
trade purchased at the cannon's mouth
costs more than its worth and that the
cost falls upon al the people while the
profits accrue to but few.
"And so whatever question we take
up we find that everything depends
upon the point of view from which we
examine the question, and there is no
better illustration of this than is found
in the financial stringency through
which we are passing. The Republican
leaders at once rush to the rescue of
the banks after those banks had brought
the stringency upon the country by
their unbusinesslike methods. The
banks of the rest of the country were
discriminated against in favor of the
banks of New York city; and after the
government had exhausted the loanable
surplus in the treasury, it borrowed
monov at 3 per cent, m order that it
might have money to loan to the banks
for nothing; high financiers count it
patriotism to loan out at emergency
rates the treasury money . furnished
them without interest.
If the Republican leaders had spent
half as much time, in -.trying to make
depositors secure as they have spent in
trving to increase the profits oi the
banker, we would not have had any
panic at all.
. "The country is ripe for the applica
tion of Democratic principles to give
us all that is necessary for the Demo
cratic party to convince the people that
it will be truly Democratic it entrusted
with power.
"will the Democratic party be demo
cratic? Let it convince the public that
it will be, and we shall have a victory
which will be fruitful in blessings to
every part of the country and to every
clement of our population."
MISSISSIPPI LOOKS
T
BILL TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE
LEGISLATURE COMPELLING
DRYNESS IN STATE.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 8. The campaign
for statutory prohibition in this state
assumed definite form today when, at
meeting of the executive committee
of the state prohibition party, a bill was
framed and arangements made lor its
introduction in the legislature, which
convened yesterday. A mass-meeting of
Prohibition advocates will be held here
tomorrow and delegates from all sec
tions of the state will be in attendance.
Hon. E. F. Noel, who will be inaugu
rated governor next Tuesday, is an ar
dent Prohibitionist, and uovernor varda
man hat recommended its passage in his
retiring message.
GREENE AND GAYN0B
ABE IN ATLANTA PEN
Macon, Ga., Jan. 8. Benjamin D.
Greene and John Gaynor were taken to
Atlanta today to be placed in the fed
eral prison to begin four-year sen
tences for embezzling government funds
in connection with government work in
Savannah harbor. The men have been
in jail for eighteen months pending a
decision on an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Atlanta, Ga Jan. 8. Benjamin D.
Greene and John F. Gaynor arrived at
the .federal prison in tbit city today,
LrhZ, ih. ..ZlnX.
LrTVw SftfS
ana were
given all prisoners. Their-work in the j
proison has not been decided upon.
Miss Grace Disharoon.
Danville, Va., Jan. 8. Miss Grace Dis
haroon, aged twenty -seven years, died
early this morning at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Disharoon,
in Cliff street, after an illness of over
a month. She was an estimable lady
and greatly beloved by all who knew
her. Besides her parents, the is sur
vived by two brothers, Messrs Ed. and
W. J. Disharoon, Jr. ., . , ; .
The funeral services will be conducted
from the Sacred Heart Catholic church
tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, 'and
interment will be made in Green Hill
cemetery.
WHITE-WINGED PEACE
SETTLES ON WILLIAL1S
AND HISJTAEONIST
Members of Congress Who Came
to blows Try Their Best
to Be Good.
SWEET HARMONY PREVAILS
. Washington, D. G, Jan. 8. In the
presence of the entire house, Representa
tive Williams, of Mississippi, and Repre
sentative DeArmond, Missouri, whose
physical encounter on the floor of the
House just before Christmas attracted
general attention, today engaged in an
exchange of amenities which was gen
erally accepted as a public announce
ment of their respective intentions not
to permit their personal differences to
interfere with the courteous discharge
of their public duties,
The incident occurred in connection
with an effort by Mr. Dalzell, of the
committee on rules, to get the House to
agree to a rule giving right of way to
the bill authorizing the codification and
amendment of the penal laws of the
United States and limiting the general
debate to four hours.
Several Democratic members expressed
the opinion that the rule was a scheme
to sidetrack other legislation. Mr. Dal
zell refuted this.
Minority Leader Williams favored the
rule, saying that Congress ought to get
rid of the report, as it embodied the re
sult of the labor of the commission for
ten years. He said the matter was whol
ly non-partisan.
To the surprise of everyone. Mr. Wil
Hams then yielded ten of his twenty
minutes' time to Mr. DeArmond, of
Missouri, who politely bowed his ac
knowledgments. Mr. DeArmond attacked the rule be
cause, in his opinion fi the bill would be
used as a buffer for the entire session
against other and more important leg
islation. : Mr. Williams was vigorously support
ed by Messrs. Sherley, Kentucky; Walk
ins, Louisiana; Houston, Tennessee, and
Macon, Arkansas, all members of tho
committee on revision of the laws.
The rule was passed by an overwhelm
ing majority, despite efforts by Mr. De
Armond and several adherents.
DULL DAY IN HOUSE: '
FEW BILLS INTRODUCED
Washington, D. C, Tan. 8. Little bus
iness was transacted by the House to
day. After a forty-minute debate a rulo
was adopted giving the bill to revise,
codify and amend the laws the right of
way along with other preferred meas
ures. -
The bill was immediately taken up,
and upon conclusion of its reading was
laid aside to permit Mr. Gaines, of Ten
nessee, to address the House in favor of
an appropriation for the "Hcrmitage,"
the, home of Andrew Jackson, near Nash
ville, Tenn. Mr. Gaines paid a glowing
tribute to the life and deeds of Andrew
Jackson.
Adjournment was taken at 3.47 p. m.
until tomorrow..
The Senate was not in session today.
A bill authorizing and elirecting re
ceivers to sue and enabling them to be
sued in any court of competent juris
diction was introduced today in the
House by Mr. Cooper, of Texas. It is
claimed for the measure that by its
enactment many abuses of receivership
administration would be corrected.
Under the law, as construed, no litigant
is entitled as a .matter of right to a
jury trial in a court of equity where
receivership suits are always entered.
The bill is intended to obviate refer
ences to matters in chancery and trans
ferences of suits to distant courts.
By the provisions of a bill introduced
today by Mr. Gaines, of Tenncg.vc,
$5,000 is appropriated for the purpose
of locating, marking and properly pro
teeting the graves of the American sol
diers killed in the battle of New Orleans.
Representative Bates, of Pennsylva
nia introduced a bill modifying the
employers' liability law so as to meet
the decision of the United States Su
preme Court declaring that law un
constitutional. It is identical in terms
with the bill introduced yesterday by
Senator Knox.
"KID" MURPHY KNOCKED OUT IN
TENTH ROUND OF LIVELY
FIGHT.
Peoria, 111., Jan. 8. John Conlin, of
Chicago, tonight won the decision over
"Kid" Murphy, of New York, in tho
tenth round o'f a llght for the bantam
weight championship. .
Peoria, 111., Jan. 8. It was a mix up
from start to finish. Conlin took the
lead in the second and maintained the
advantage through the remaining rounds.
A stiff lead to the face was Conlin's
favorite jab throughout the fight and he
brought blood from Murphy's nose in
nearly every round. Conlin stepped from
the ring without a scratch, while Mur
Phr 7 Pni.hed. The decision.
i . applaudeS L the three thousand
spectators.
CALEB POWERS ASKS
PARDON OF GOVERNOR
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 8. A statement
to the public was issued by Caleb Pow
ers today in which ho asks the people to
sign a petition to Governor Willson for
a pardon. Powers' main, ground for the
Petition it that he was tried unfairly
three timet and at hit last trial ten
jurors asked for hit acquittal. A com
mittee composed of four Democrats and
three Republicans has charge of the pe
tition. " - -
Cut flowers, carnations, roses, violets,
etc, at Gardner a.
HEINZE LOSES CONTROL
OF THE MERCANTILE BANK
Bought Stock From Gould Interests and Fails to Pay Notes Given
in Consideration Therefor.
Tew York, Jan. 8. Being unable to
meet payments due on his stock in the
institution today, F. Augustus Heinze
lost control of tho Mercantile National
Bank, the conduct of which as its presi
dent had brought about his arraignment
in the United States Circuit Court earlier
in the day on charges of over-certification.:
One year ago Heinze bought a con
trolling interest from the Goulds, with
whom he pledged his holdings as secur
ity for his promise to pay for them in
full within one year. This loan of $1,
200,000 was due today to Edwin Gould
and William Nelson Cromwell, who was
a member of the Gould party in the bank
before the Mercantile was added to the
Heinzc-Morse-Thoma chafrr" of .finan
cial houses. Up to the last moment al
lowed him, Heinze struggled to meet his
obligations and to retain his banking
interests.
Later Mr. Cromwell added that the
Gould interests would assume their pro
per place in tho bank board at the meet
ing on January 14.
This morning Heinze, now under lil
consequent upon an indictment by the
federal grand jury on a charge of over
certifying checks of his brother's broker
age firm involving $460,000, was arraign
ed before Judge Chatfieid.
A plea of not guilty was entered and
permission was had to alter or to with
draw it, or to make any other desired
motions later. An adjournment of the
case was ordered until January 20, when
Lower Houses
Bill Is
(Continued from
select a time and place within each re
demption district for the organizing of
Miat district in the following manner
Each National Bank Has Vote.
Each national bank in that district,
regardless cf its capital stock, will be
entitled to one vote. Representatives
of the bank will meet at a timo and
place designated, and elect a board of
managers to consist of seven membsrs.
These seven will elect a chairman, who
will become a deputy comptroller of ire
currency and assume control of his re
demption district, except that he shall
not hav charge of the enforcement of
the criminal statutes.:
Eaoh national bank is authorised to
present to the secretary of the treas
ury national bank notes and lawful
moneys in lieu of other national bank
bond-secured outsanding notes. Then if
the bank's application therefor is in
dorsed by the board of managers of the
redemption district to which it belongs,
the bank will receive guarantee in the
credit notes to the amount of its cap
ital stock. These notes will be sub
jected to a tax of 2 per cent, per an
num. Each bank will be required to
deposit as a guaranty fund .-ith the
treasurer of the United States 5 per
cent, of its average deposits for the pre
ceding twelve months and 5 per cent,
of the credit notes which it takes out.
The revenue thus obtained is to create
and support a national guaranty fund
of $500,000 for the guaranty of both the
deposits and the outstanding bank notes
of every nationnl bank. Eighty per
cent, of this fund is to be invested in
United States bonds, drawing 2 per cent.,
interest, while the remaining 20 per
cent, is to be deposited in banks of the
various redemption cities for the pur
pose of redeeming the guaranteed credit
notes of the banks in the various re
demption districts.
Must Return Bonds.
When the national guaranty fund
reaches $25,000,000, which would be al
most simultaneous with the birth of the
new law, the government is required to
return to the banks the United States
bonds which the government now holds
as security for federal deposits; the ob-
9BHN0 LODGE IMS
(Continued From First Page.)
Master Winston has been signally suc
cessful, both in the furtherance of the
great undertaking in the erection of
the $125,000 fireproof temple here, but
in the general growth and development
of the order in every phase of its work.
The matter of making arrangements
for pushing to an early completion the
Masonic Temple will be taken up. It
has been found necessary to carry on
the work on the building slowly be
cause of slow payments. The commu
nication, however, will provide for
prompt payments to the Central Caro
lina Construction Company, and the
work will be urged forward rapidly.
Another . matter to come up is the
advisability of increasing the power of
the district grand deputies. Two years
ago the state was divided into thirty
districts, and the plan has worked so
well that the Masons will undoubtedly
emphasize their action two years ago by
increasing the scope, of the thirty dis
trict deputy grand masters, so that ma
sonry will be given further emphasis.
Reunion oi fast urana Masters.
A feature of the communication will
be a reunion of all past grand masters.
Every one of these dignitaries hat signi
fied his intention of beine present. The
past grand masters arc: F. IL Busbee,
Raleigh; Col. Robert H. Bingham, Ashe
vllle; Gen. William B. Cox, Edgecombe;
Mai. Samuel II. Smith. Winston-Salem;
Gen. John W. Cotton, Tarboro; Col. John
Nichols, Raleigh; Charles H. Robinson,
Wilmington;. Dr. R. J. Noble, Solma; Dr.
H. I. Clark, Scotland Neck; Dr. F. M.
Moye, Wilton; Gen. B. S. Royster, Ox
ford. .-. ', v., ..
There will be about six hundred Ma
sons in Raleigh next week and the work
of the communication will be awaited
with intereat. - - ,
'
The bail
of $o0,000 was continued
It was reported today that other men
equally as prominent as Heinze in Wall
street operations were to be called be
fore the federal grand jury to plead to
similar indictments. Who they nre or
when their arrests are to be expected
could not 'bo learned nt the United
States district attorney's office. It "is
known that the grand jury is not
through with the inquiry into certain
banking conditions exposed by the recent
financial flurry.
After the collapse of the United Cop
per pool and the subsequent clearing
house investigation'- of the Mercantile
Bank, when Heinze .resigned tho presi
dency and the directors likewise resign
ed, the copper magnate declared that he
would still hold his stock. The bank,
however, had been adversely affected by
the trouble and it was generally be
lieved that a way would be found again
to bring it under the Gould influences.
This opportunity came todav. A new
directorate, practically installing the
former management, is now expected to
restore "the institution to its oldtime
standing. For years the bank has been
under the control of the Gould interests,
and then Heinze. who was branching out
as a banker ami with associates was
striving to secure direction of a number
of local banks, acquired considerable
holdings in the institution. Ho succeed
ed when he obtained about 8.000 shaves
of the stock from Edwin Gould and
$1,000 from W. N. Cromwell.
Currency
Agreed Upon
First Pace.)
ject being to enable the banks to get
control oi the bonds so that the gov
ernment can invest the 80 per cent,
of the guaranty fund in 2 per cent.
oonds and regain control.
In buying these bonds the banks hold
ing them shall be paid their original
purchase price, provided the bonds were
nought before January 1. 1!)08, and pro-
I viding their exact pun-hase price can be
proved.
Mr. Fowler today made the following
statement regarding the financial situ
ation: "We are, today, with regard to our
financial and currency practices, exact
ly where we were in 1806 with regard
to our standard of values; and to decide
now to make all kinds of bonds the
basis of currency would be just as se
rious and fatal a mistake as to have
adopted silver then as our standard of
value. ;.
' ;; What Would Be Attained.
"The time is opportune, the circum
stances are auspicious and a careful in
vestigation of all the facts and condi
tions justifies the conclusion that Con
gress can and so legislate as to bring
about these results: .
: "First A uniform banking system.
"Second Uniform bank Tcservcs con
sisting of gold coin or its equivalent.
"Third A simple and scientific mone
tary system consisting of only three
forms of currency gold for one ' bank
reserves, bank credit notes redeemable
in gold for the larger bills, and silver
for the smaller bills and subsidiary
coins.
"Fourth A currency automatically ad
justing itself to the demands of trade,
never too great, never too small, but
always just adequate to our require
ments. "Fifth Equal and absolute protection
to all depositors in all banks by plac
ing in the United States treasury a
guaranty fund which by a-Tnunry, 1903,
ought to approximate $500,000,000.
"Sixth The establishment of certain
rules and regulations whereby the finan
cial operations of the treasury shall be
so conducted that the government will
cease to be a disturbing factor in our
trade and commerce."
"1 PREFERENCE FOR MEN"
CAUSE DEMOGRflTlG FAfLUBES
(Continued From First Paja)
of every pereon and every interest en
titled to care, and a square deal that
means exact and honest equality before
the law and under constitutional guar
anty. '..- :
"These things are still among the pos
sessions of true Democracy, and Demo
cratic patriotism, sincerity and wisdom
demand that our party in this time of
need should unitedly offer them to our
countrymen. -.'.'.:
"My regret that I must be absent
from a Jackson day dinner, where the
atmosphere must be so thoroughly Dem
ocratic, is intensified by my close friend
ship and admiration for the guest whom
your club will especially honor on that
occasion. It .would be an unusual and,
memorable gratification if I could add
my tribute of praise to one who by na
ture; b. conviction, by clean party ter
rice and by clear understanding of
party doctrine, has so well earned Dem
ocratic confidence and devotion as Mor
gan J.' O'Brien.
"Yonrs very sincerely.
"GROVER CLEVELAND.
"Princeton, X. J., Jan. 4, 1908."
All lovers of music should not fail to
hear Mr. Arthur Braunbcrger, of the
Lyceum Concert Company, in the audi
torium at the Normal College, Jan. 10,
1908. Under auspices of the senior class.
Only On "BROMO QUININE," that to
Ltxttive Drjomo Quii3
Coma CoMin On Pay, CnpJnS Day
the final plea will be made.
U.5.
SEIZURES
UNDITSMITHU
Drastic Means to Break Up Block-,
adlng In a Notorious
Community. ' '
HOLTON TO ENFORCE ORDER
Winston-Salem, N. C, Jan. 8. Dis
trict Attorney A. E. Holton today re
ceived instruction from the United
States commissioner of internal revenue
to at once take steps to libel lands of
all persons in the Smithtown district of
Stokes county, who have been, or shall,
be, convicted of illicit distilling. Under1.
the law the land so libelled reverts to
tho government, to be disposed of as It
sees fit. This move is inspired by the
determination of the government to.
break up the hotbed of moonshiners in'
Stokes county, the most notorious in
the state. .
It was at Smithtown that Officer Hen
drix lost his life two weeks ago, while
leading a raid against moonshiners. Two
men are in jail charged with the murder
and officers are hunting others.
The law is sweeping, and through its .
operation District Attorney Holton, who
has begun preparations ,to enforce it,
expects to break up lawlessness in the
Smithtown settlement. The district em-''
braces over four thousand acres of fine
farming land in the center of the state.
Chicago ar.d Great Western An
ticipates Failure to Meet
Obligations.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. Judge Walter
II. Sanborn, of the United States Circuit
Court, today appointed A. B. Stickney
and Charles H. F. Smith, of St. Paul,
receivers for the Chicago Great Western
railroad. A. 15. Stickney is president
of the road. The firm of Kellogg &
Severance, of St. Taul, was appointed at
torneys for the receivers.
The appointment of receivers follow
ed the inability of the company to meet
obligations due, in 1008 and the failure
to secure an extension of the obligations.
Loss as a result of the1 boilermakers
strike of last fall is given as a partial
cause for the financial straits of the
road. It was also pointed out in'ihe
proceedings this afternoon ' that during
the last ten years the road has spent
$10,000,000 in reconstruction.
The petition for a receivership waa
filed on behalf' of the stockholders and
the finance committee by John A. Hum
berg, of Minnesota; George P. Meyer, of
New York, and Ward C'umniings and Al
exander Wallace, of Great Britain.
Action in London.
T - J T O 1 i I .I
the noteholders of the Chicago Great
Western Railway Company today with
A. B. Stickney, president of the com
pany, it was "decided to appoint a re
ceiver for the company to maintain the
status quo during the time necessary to
prepare a first mortgage bond covering
all the indebtedness of the road and to
obtain. a vote of the stockholders on
this measure.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
USE AMERICAN WEED
New York, Jan. 8,-rThe tobacco pro.
duets sold in China and other parts
of the Orient and also in the majority
of the countries of Europe are made
from American leaf, according to the
testimony of William K. Harris, one of
the vice-presidents of the American To
bacco Company, at today's session of the
investigation into the company's affairs;
Mr. Harris said tho American Tobacco
Company's business in China it carried
on through the British-American Tobacco
Company, a subsidiary corporation. He
denied that the British-American To
bacco Company controlled the tobacco
trade of China, but said he wished it
did. He named the Japanese govern
ment at one of the British-American
Company's chieif ' competitors in the
Chinese field.; Mr. Harris said the
British-American Company owns the ma
jority of the stock In the tobacco com-'
panies in many parts of the world. . "
NORTH CAROLINA'S TRIAL
TRIP RESULT WOT KNOWN
' Provincetown, Mass., Jan. 8. The ar
mored cruiser North Carolina, bound
from Rockland to Newport News, came
4VA l.aKAV inaf nirtlit Va Alia
came ashore last night, and the result
of four hours' endurance trial, on which
the vessel started from Monhegan yes
terday morning, could not be ascer
tained. -
GOVERNOR GLENN BEGS
SENATORS TO AID PR0HIBIT0IN
Raleigh, N. C.ian. 8. Governor Glenn
tonight sent a letter to- Senators Sim
mons and Overman, in which he earn
estly begs" of them that they wiport the
effects of Senators Tillman and Clay to
pass a law prohibiting liquor boing th!p
t iiitn nrohihition ter
ritory of another state. He will ask the
retpr'esentatives of North. Carolina to
support such a bill in the House. ;
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