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WEATHER Fair today; Sunday fair, warmer; light to fresh north to northeast winds. The News A paper for 1 all the people and for the people all the time. Read . it and keep posted. VOL. III. NO. 107 LAST EDITION: GREENSBORO, N.'. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1908 LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATE OPPOSES ENLARGEMENT OF PASS PRIVILEGE Puts Itself Squarely on Record Against Proposed Increase In Freedom. OTHER CHANGES IN LAW ARE DISCUSSED Committee on Interstate Commerce Takes Up Various, Recommendations in the Matter of Railroads. Free Transportation on Washington, D. C, Feb. 7. The Senate committee on interstate commerce to day decided to so "squarely, on record against moat of the bills now before the committee that propose enlargements of mm 10 CLPS BILL PASSES HOUSE Senate May Load Measure With Claims That l!ave No Place There. REFLECTION RESENTED BY MACON, OF ARKANSAS He Does Not Believe That Man Occu pying Exalted Position of United States Senator Would Perjure Him self In Any Such Manner. Washington, D. C, Feb. omnibus chiims bill, carrying 7. The a total N.rll.ilTS TO THE IftTE GOIPLAINT A.flr r s That the North Carolina Freight Charges Are Higher Than Those of Virginia. BUT DENIES THAT THEY ARE UNREASONABLE Big Four Roads Also Parties to Suit and Have Until February 12 to An Bwer Before Date for Hearing Is Fixed. State Capital News. Places Named in Lisbon Story of the King's Murder M AN Ml , I ' . II I L1LI. - I, 1 Raleigh, X. C, Feb. 7. The North Carolina corporation commission & no- claims for stores ond sun-lie furnished i " ." tlc--Nortolk.and. Moslem i. i s:t.,tn rfriw'ailway Company has tiled its- answer the pass privilege clause of the interstate j the Civil war, claims of volunteer oftt" j to tl,(; P!'t of tl,e -N',rth Carolina cers for service pay,- ami claims iv '"""'" -" '-6's , : . II IHUI III. IIU1 LIUli tlillllOlJ IVll'lllll, commerce law. Two r the measures were debated and it was agreed to re port them to the Senate unfavorably on Monday. Senator Stone's bill providing for the issuance of transportation to publishers of newspapers in payment for advertis ing went quickly by the board. Senator taillom endeavored to nave , burs : the committee look with favor on his AiaKanui, lull allowing large transfer companies to exchange passes with the railway com panies in order to gain frco transporta tion for their employes soliciting busi ness on trains. This bill also was re ported unfavorably. The committee decided to make a fa vorably recommendation on Senator Icier the provisions of the jinunian aet. Clapp's bill authorizing railroad com- During the discussion of the bill in panies to grant free transportation to the House, -Mr. Mann, of Illinois, give furloitghed and pensioned employes, warning that if the bill should come The coniimittee acted favorably on a Lack from In- Senate loaded down .with resolution offeied by Senator Crane di- nil kinds of claims which have no place reeling the interstate commerce com- i there, ho. would : exhaust every parlia ' mission to investigate and report on j mentary means to prevent.- iU passage. tViiifxlina tftlliurna niil itlmr plmnv nary societies, was favorably reported I""1" m freight rates ns compared. with to the House today bv the "commit loo ' Virginia cities. The answer sets out .,!;,,. nnil' ' later ..t'1n nn ' that while Hie rates to Virginia cities and passed by the House. The bill as ore tower, man 10 -mhui umiiimi punas, recoinnicuded includes appropriations this is due to competition to these points for the following ataUs, in round nuni- -.und alleys .Hint while the North C-tro- , I Iniii rales are higher, they are not ,un $21,000; Florida, $1,400; just or unreasonable, as I lie', company Gcot-L'ia. ' $17,150:" Kentucky. .- ssl.500: ; will show at the hearing beiore tne in- Louisiana, $21,000; Mississippi, 'frill, 100; ! torslatc commission. -Tlie llig lour toads Xorth Carolina, $1 "00; Soul h -Carolina, ' are also ..parlies to the saif. and have j $000 ; Tennessee, $70,700 ; Texas , , 1 . 1 00 ; Virginia, $27,300; West Virginia, $S. 300. These adjudications ; conform to the findings bv the Court of Claims tin - (Continued on Page Two.) (Continued on Pago Two.) HITGHCOCK WILL QUIT v POSTOFFICE TO MANAGE THE TAFT CAMPAIGN Accepts Offer of the Secretary ; of War to Assume Active Management of the Presiden ; tial Boom. Tender of Task Made Him Several Weeks Ago, But Mass of Work Kept Him From Ac cepting Until This Time. Washington, D. 'ft, Feb. 7. Announce ment was made today of the approach ing retirement from the postal service of Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant postmaster-general. Sir. Hitchcock will assume the active management of tjjo campaign of Secretary Taft for tho Ke- '., publican nomination of the presidency probably about February 15. . Mx. iiitcbock will be succeeded as first assistant postmaster-general by Dr. Charles P. Grand field, who for a littlo more than two years has been the chief of the bureau over which Mr. Hitchcock presided. Dr. Grandfield has been ac tively identified with the postal service (for about twenty yeaTS. Several weeks ago Mr. Hitchcock was requested by Secretary ' Taft to under take the management of his campaign. The secretary desired to enlist his ser vice not only because he is widely known I throughout the country, and has had . experience of valuable kind in cam- ) . i 1 J. 1 - !. U !, paign worK, mix, uecauso u 4J 1 3-4 until Ki'liruarv 12 to answer before the date for the hearing can be fixed. . i : Guthrie Reprieved. .'..Governor Gletin has granted another repriew for .iiijor litithrie, hcftro, -under sentence 'at. Durham for 'killing his wife. The latest js from February 20 to March III, anil is lit the- earnest solieila- ' tiim of -Air. I.ovensti'iu, counsel for the ; tiejrro, en the round that he lias newly developed i-vidciiee tlmt will warrant at. . least coinmutaLion to life, imprisonment. .' . Governor's.. Denials. The governor said his attention has ibi-en called to letters in the industrial i Xews,' of (IreenslcMMi, from - lve'rescnta ' live A. T. Grant, of Davie county, charj;- inj that the governor had '.viitleu vari I oils-railroads or railroad oliieinls .while 'i agitating the matter o .compromise in ; the', passenger'-rate llht . to. the'; effect tlmt he considered the 2'j-teiit rate cuti ;iis(aiory, ruinous to the country ami j ought to be repealed, lie say.s there is , no such letter in existence. And that to prove this, his letter liles are open to the ' inspeetioii ul any on FRANK H. EITCicOCK, First Asst. Postmaster General. tions t hut were arisin'r constantly. felt the ; .Secretary Taft is. n very busy man. necessity of - hairing a man in chargo ; flll,i a onlor ' to ' disnose of the L'reat of the infinite variety of details of the! . campaign to -whom he emild refer ques- j : (Continued on Page Two.) V ; letter from him he desires to in this .way convey nis lull consent tor it to turned over to parties waking the charge i for publication. . Goveruar Glenn-'- further declines that he had nothing to do with setting, the dale for the prohibition election, nor does he believe that Hon. Locke Craig did; I however, he could only speak for. him- f self. 'Governor .Glenn says the only-date he mentioned was April 2S, as he be lieved in a short, quick campaign. Ask ed if he would take a very- active part I in the prohibit ion 'campaign, the governor said he -certainly- would, as' he regarded it as a most vital interest, for the state. This reference, to ilio prohibition date and his activity was in answer tci charges' that he had inll'irneed the choice of a date in i nler to get as much opportunity as possible to further his alleg. d aspira tions for (hp I'nited States .. Senate against Senator Overman. Anti-Saloon League. Permanent Auti-Saloon League head quarters for tlie impending prohibition aingaigii throughout the stale have been opened in the Kdwards &. llrough toit building by State Chairman John A. Gates ami Orgunizer Davis, and the active work of ;tbe cainpaign is n.i'v under wav. Chiitinan dates says that,1 while the task of carrying the work into every precinct.'-of every ciuinty with the degree of force that has characterized the local town elections the past fti.' years and assured victory is a gigantic one, lie feels that be and those associated with' him will be able to do this especial continued on rage Two.) B.TinniM nn.Miri(lTl(il ' MM WWWraWi ': WW--: St. AugusMne yestor- -TiStS&MW - !';;;;,: ;.;:-:., ;-;.::;; tt PROXIMITY NOW COMPLETED Machinery being Installed and Spinning begins in June or July. PROXIMITY MFG. CO.'S SPIXDLEAGE 1C6.000 Electrical Power Transmitted From White Oak, a Mile Distant, Over Wires Strung on Steel Towers Four Hundred and Fifty Feet Apart. Jacksonville. 1 la., l eb. 7. Ihe after interested, and that " ninth of the dual hepulilican state co if there, is 'any .person .wm has such a vention- iield in day shows contusion of claim-, and counterclaims. Laeh set of delegates alh'ges itself to be regular and calls i Hie "other t he belters, and so complicated t is the question tlmt it must be .oarnc.l to the natioiisil einivention lor final ad-1 judication. I n net. the case stanus urns: i " : Kvict scene of the assassination and I from which the royal party va? prince to vhv;h royal party was dnv-I ing when attacked oy axr.ssuis. in-r flncen of IWittaal. - King Carlos ! pantheon ol St. incent . -waerc I id Crown Prince Liuz. who were j neral oVeiiuies of .King (alios and rehirn Loval the fu- 1 1 tilled- -Roval palace it ' ilia Vicosa, Crown- Pinco -Ltuas vere held. state central coi.iiiuUee, which issue the call lor the convention, made tit) its list, ot delegates end issued to each a ticket to admit him to the hall. 1 he eoni esting cielcimto by some nieans t-e-1 cured similar tickets and torced tlieir wa v into I lie hall, and despite attempts to forcibly Ceul lh :ii held their places .an.' organized. I no two conventions-.: wore held m ihe sain" hull at tne s -ne. time, t he ciiairniau ami secreuirj oi iiiui Taft' forces being - o:i one end ot Ihej . 1 VL":VttrtKndng Scenes in Morta-.ry Chapel-Room Banked With , i i .t . ... .. . ..i i : resoocuve nitneii oi iicichkius jjain.icu close around. It the convention called to or QUEEN OF PORTUGAL COLLAPSES AT BIERS OF HUSBAND AND SON Construc:ion work on the new yarn mill of the Proximity Manufacturing Company has ocen completed and the hit. ilimg, pipes and fittings arc installed. ork has also been begun on the in stallation ot the machinery, and this will be completed in time to allow for the starting up of the null by next June or July. , -- this mill, which is intended for wrap varus unlv, was begun about a year ago. It is built alter- wiua is known as tho mill iorm ot construction, with founda tions ol concrete and walls oi brick. The dimensions are L!0x4i8 tcct and tlie building is three stories m height. The null is lor carding und spinning onlv, iind room h.is been provided for ID sets of pukcr machinery, 112 cards and .j.OOu spindles.. Kleetrie power, for the new null will i be t r.uisuiiltti' over wires strung on steel i towers from tne lute Oak null, some- . Hung over a mile distant. 1 hose towers are about forty feet in height, built m ! skoloton form on the same general plan -i as is used for .'-windmills, and number 111 l oen in nll.--l.hev n'e 4 fl feet, apart, and are capable of' -sustaining' a much heavier wei:rht and strain than will be placed upon them bv the eleciric wires or cables. Tn order to nrovide die ncecs-nry m erense in power over that now generated at the Miito Oak .mill, the plant at the lr.tirr point has been enlarwd bv the ad ihtion of two sien-m- en'nncs of (be t.or liss tvpc and I-jlor. - Stoweli make, these engines are of Hi? cross-power type and are compound '-condensing, wit'; 2.0! n) horse-power each, and connected wirii 1 .;( i() K. A. generators. llteso "i-iieiat: rs and (he er.-. irical equipment, ih.roiu-'iout Hie .l-i ii t are furnished by it'io . i.eneial Llecliie Compam. The idrawiiia and s-pintiihg cards come from 1 he hit in Machine Works, the picker j macimierv from the jitson Maijluno Miop aiifl the ii v tramps irom rne w oon soeket, Machiii" ami Press ronipanv. ith the ecmnlction ft tins null and ihe beyiniiing of ncivc operations, tne I'roximilv Alanufiielitring fompanv will have a total spindb'ULre of Klli.doO. or a larger snindleaae for the .weaving of ilenims Hum nnv other set ol -mils in the counti v. T he looms number .LIU) an. I Hie bands employed nt the two nulls aiv 2.."00. Ibis addition of nianiifaetiirmg fore ! to ( ireensboro lins a jma-ier aignilican-o than appears on the surface, despite the i .rvoitt. cost of ereetni" and equipmng thn I plant. It ae.nns. la efleet. an enlnrsred earning and spendina' power for t le oner- . atives in Hi'1 emplov of the company : and an merea'o-. in t -i" nianuf ioMiring un.l conunercial import in"e of Greens boro. - dead king AFFAIR CREATES STIR F. H. MARTIN FIRES SEVERAL SHOTS AT-J.'N. HUNTER WITH OUT EFFECT. REPUBLICANS ELEGT Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 7. Furman II. Martin, part owner of the Atkinson drugstore, tonight fired several shota at - close range at Joe Kick Hunter, a well known citiien of Charlotte, who recently COMPLETE HARMONY OF ACTION MARK SESSION HELD YESTERDAY. Washington, 1). C, Feb. 7. With com- IS NEEDED IN LOUISIANA OFFICIAL COUNT OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES DISCLOSES THAT ' ACTION IS NECESSARY. dcr bv llenrv t 1mi1i1, chairman ot the eta'C central ooiiimitiee. and the list, ol delegates eerlilkl bv that coiur.nUee that indorsed tlie lioosoveil policies ami: . !.........., i..,i:.. .M,r r,. Willi.i,,, I Hie (oniin, lllSU'llCWII l 1 1 ! Ml,l m i' l I ,T , . , i. Al Tnfr ns (heir eamlid.it e for President. .; rendering ot homage to the The opposing coin oniion orgnm.ed by nu crown prince. . -Everything is in adopting the report ol the committee . Vl,.iin...ss for the march from the morm on crubiiud w u h 'V-liliul a list of, , u b(Klleg h( dele" ttes and every detn.V for holding "". , , - .... ,, a oo. vention was . nod out J l C ! n.oM, uunpl t.lv courol ith floN.rs, claim thiirs as th" regular convention: through two miles of troop-lined streets .on-thn-alloifaiio.il tlmt there Mas fraud iti t,., ci,llrt.h of San mcento, where the in sole, ting tin d '. ids aid in orgviu f tl RoIinn cl h Flowers and Floor Is Covered to Depth of Ten Inches. Carlos Died a Rel tively Poor Man. FRATTC0 AND HI". 7AM1T Y AT BORDEAUX j lWdcauv. 1 raii'-i'. l eb. 7. Kx-Pre- . , - mivr rr.inii) ami ins lanuiv ieit tla ! "South l.Npross- hi'i'e to.lav a id toOK I i-bon 'Fob 7 All Portugal awaits ! oIT-ihil's are so large as to require four ,in tii,.jr c.u. liters at a hotel rear tlm of the morrow und the final ! , "; l" i,lr.v ,- railroad slat ... -viu-re it is wiia tlioy lyuig vanes on a oi innn. eii win remain mil ii i o morrow.. . . Mire iortune consisted of lnsnraiice pol icies Hold bv the liani; of l'orliiL'al as. sceuiitv tor ad) a noes made. After these, ri'iiavineiits have hoi n made a is do-. elared that there will not remain .more I i:.n S.W.Om) ' j bo distributed to the heirs of the king. A croup ot local newspaper men awni;ed iiim nt the station, but when tin:-.- siiinxd tip ho waved thoin away with ii 'j'e-lnre ol vearuu'ss. ar.il Ignored the "questions . they asked .walked quickly to his". hotel- bun. Ha their Every hour masses . . .. ., ..11 .1 1 L .. 1 11.. ' 0,l"'r '""'""- "' 1 . . i - j 1 1 l,e 'c-elebrntod for the repose of ..ii...,. n,nv.iilioii -.o ers vei-stcnrK!d al i 1 ' L 1 ..:.l.l. ..,i:m.v airrv i linn ri ntr I SOU I to the contesting d( legations from the) several counties, tlie anil-1 ait eonvemio., inn ,i. i. i. " , , n. ,b,.is. sminklii stnui. nn -i-.ii mv.mv ' !,i,.uh. M-uior mi. hnmvA 111- iin-ui nun "j " ; . mi . . . f 1.. . oil meiifione,l.l,,(,'",c" le princip.,. ..me? ... -.". "" luriiitf the day . . . ji i.v.. :.. 11.:. were sunt nt ine iiitar in uu- )'. chapel, and according to tradition, pn.--.ts Tall- convention did not in : nv canili'hiio for I'lvsident. : but the name of Joseph I!. I'oinUor was. loudly clieereii w m iv -i met.....:,.. - , . , , ,,.",. tl!lnilI ,.....: ..i 1 I J 1 .. i".M....MX, nlii ,1,11, I nil!) IViri'llltl U I'" I"" - - r . - Ilioy ouopteii in." uk ........ ,. ,., .1i , two ecus and the" members ol the diplo Roy Hale Gets Twenty Years, lliisfol. Icnn., l ob. 7.r-15ov llaie was (iid.iV sentenced to twenty years 111 the penitent rarv for the murder of Irbv Da vis, brother ol Lilv. Davis, tor whose Iiiurdor "Ack' Halo. Ins brother, is awaiting trial at Jomison City, leim. pi i !tate Alabama I nmary May 18. ,'oiit',!i;erv. Ala.. 1-eb. .7.---A. nn.i v' in , s.'le.-t .candidates , for olii.iais mid ib'IcLrates to the naiioniil Di'inoci'iil ic c. nvontiou which meei s at I envor was ordered today tor Mav l- bv the state Democratic executive, .com mit toe. ... i " a.. i ,...t. ,ii, :))'as atteiKiou ny i-.mis lumiiii ii i r.-- i Tiaton riouge, La., Feb, 7. The oflicinl . t .. t . i .. ....... ..i. t.-,. plete Omnnony of action the joint caucus wuni oi u. i i,.u .rev .. FicwiiBi iiu.ij v j priinnryVelections, issued tonight, shows of Republican senatois and members, t)la(. a"8eeomi t,iot.(.ion will be necessary held in tho chamber of the-' House of i jiu- four pllices. . These are lieutenant- Representatives, tonight elected the governor, state auditor, state attorney withdrew from the drug firm. Nobody ) members ot their congressional campaign .ronorul and registrar of land oflices. "... , . i . . i . . t, . . . . t , c , , i , i t t i ) . : 1 .. ...mi was in the room where the shooting oo curred except) the two men. uunter es caped injury by a miracle. Martin', who Isa very quiet old unassuming Wan, has not been located up to this time. ' The affair caused a good deal of ex eitement here and sooros of people crowded into the store to learn the mea ger details., t " " Hunter, is said to have been partially intoxicated and is being detained at p'o- ' lice headquarters. . ,- committee. Representative James S. i panl J.nmbrenioii and J. ,T. I'.ailey will Sherman, of .New- York, nrcsitiea. be the. contestonts- tor tieutonaiit-gov- ; Several states failed 'to submit the ornoi". names of their r representative on tlmj ,j. y. Sandhrs won the contest for gov- committee and a resolution was adopted : crnor by a plurality of l.l,t4(: empowering the committee to name sucn representative In the ; event that no choice is made for state delegates- by February 11). - ,,. -.. . ' All of the southern states, with the exception of Virginia, ;which suggested Bascom Slomp, failed to submit names. Deadlock at Frankfort Holds. Frankfort, Kyv" Feb, 7. 1"- sena torial ballot to-.lay was n"ain without result. Heekhain received 57 votes; Bradley, 50; Waltermm, 2; McCrcaiy, 5!j Allen, 'l; waKClietu, i. ehiUt to tin K, publu in Hitc coidoi. qu.nis and uu iii.mm.s t. . u ., . t n of lo'.li ndrixntionasscmblcl '.t 1'-, """rm nn'1 t!' 8 ? 1 , e x, ess , u, in ul... d disapproval of j '! of lhP , , ..,,, :,d Irol bv use the Service all those who attended the attemnts to iiillii. nco and control by use of federal patroiuige, tlirougli govcrn niontal olliceholdors. the selection of delegates to the Uopiibliean national convention in the interest of any presi dential oiniliiiate. ' Killed By His Stepbrother High Springs. Flu-, l'b. 7. J. T. f-i,,.tiv ,i ivuitiiiir.int-Lccncr. was shot and instantly killed hero this afternoon j them ropeatodlj .... ),:. , i,,.ii,.,r w H.Ti'iinili. Tloth i mi? with tears, men are prominent and the killing! to remove her gently though forcibly caused intense excitement. I cmple shot main viewed the bodies of the monarch and his son- The scene was heartrending, for the two 'queens and the young brother broke down and wept bitterly. Maria Pia had boon kneeling m praver beside the body of the king- Suddenly, a victim to un controllable emotion, she grasped tho dead man's hands in Iter's and kissed Her fnoc was stream -Friends were obliued BEQUEST OF S21BJAB TO WILL OF MISS BYINGT0N, OF STOCK BRIDGE, MASS., PROBATED. $50,000 FOR TUSKEGEE. TO TEST THE 0RB1HAKGE AGAINST m CLUBS ! FAILED TO MAKE OUT A CASE AGAINST SECRETARY OF MA CON LODGE OF ELKO. Chester live lime while ho held him around the neck. Temple was arrested and taken to tiio (iainesville Jiul. Judge Pritchard Is Affirmed. 4tichmtMid,.Va., Feb. 7.--.Judge Pritcli ard'a decision was iilbrmed today in the case of bfi-imrd against the I tuon Trust Onmpiinv, in relation to the I nion Trust tompfinv nainst the Southern Saw Mills Lumber Company. from the Ride of the bier. I he nmiilnr of floral tributes roeeived at the nnlnooehancl is unnrcccdentod. In Piltsfield, Mass., Fob. 7 By the will of Miss Alice Uvingtnn. of Stockbndge, ...i.!. i .. nl...l. ,,.l,.in 1,,.. ..1.... tl Il-rn Vn.!l and V,KItu7ai OT " "t"a ,hp Institute, of Hampton, Va., is' given I on Secretary O. R. Wright, of the Macon Macon, Ga., Feb. 7 Tlie city recorder today imposed the sentence ot $500 fine S2 10,01)0. The Normal and Industrial In- pverv instance two hn.ve been sent, oneistitute of Tuskogeo, Ala,, is given ir50, ouo, anu mo .)iuiini lhhii.o.i oe.iooi lor Boys at East Nortlifield, Mass., $25,000. for the bu r of Kinir Carlos end the other for Hint of Crown Prince Luiz Philippe. Added to those that had been sent the queen ordered every blossom plucked from the famous eintra cranlens, and the inside of the chapel is literally banked in flowers and tlje floor covered bv them to a depth of ten inches. . Some of tho Kills vife and Self. Talladega, Ala.. Fob. ". J. C. Cot ton, a fanner living near Lincoln, this .county, today shut and killed his w ile and then blew out his own brains. Lodge of-Elks, as n result of tho hearing of the locker test case. The prosecution i.uled to make out a case on the evi dence, but a statement of facts was agreed on for the purpose of carrying the case up and testing tho legality of tho citv ordmanco prohibiting locker clubs. Notices of certiorari was given and the case will be carried to the Su perior Court for lubb county. : ,
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