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C'-f) ft ;T i'1 WEATHER . Rain, today, cooler in the interior; Friday fair, fresh to brisk south -winds. ' The News A paper for all the people and for the : people all the time. Read it and keep posted. . VOL. HI. NO. 176 LAST EDITION GBEENSBOKO, Of. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1908 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Still E ARE DISCUSSED BY CHRISTIANS Various Committee Reports Are Received at Second Day's Ses sion of Convention. DISCARDED PLAN FOR DENOMINATION SOCIETY Christians of Four States Are Busy Con sidering Matters Pertaining to Church Affairs Educational Rally Will Be Held This Evening. Each of the sessions of the Southern Christian convention held in Walker Avenue Christian ohurch yesterday were full of Interest for those present. There was a good attendance at each meeting, and the work was dispatched with rapid ity and without friction. The princi pal matters of business disposed of were the receiving and adoption of the re port of the treasurer, and the committee on home .missions, Christian Endeavor, the Christian orphanage and the execu tive committee. A very forcible sermon was delivered by the Rev. P. H, Phlem ing, followed by communion services. At the morning session today foreign missions will be the topic; at the after noon session publications, and : at the evening session education. The session in the evening will be a notable one. A special choir from Elon College will fur nish music, and there will be addresses by President Moffitt and others. The program for today follows: '..,' Horning Services. Devotional services, the Rev. William T. Walters, Harrisonburg, Va. Foreign mission report. (a) Address by chairman, the Rev. N. 0. Newman. Miscellaneous business. Sermon, the Rev. J. P. Barrett, D. D., - , (Continued on page Eight) WILLIAMS ftSKS SPEAKER TO PERMIT A VOTE ON REMINHW TARIFF Presents Petition From Democrats For Suspension of Rules to Pass Stevens Bill. URGES REPUBLICANS TO AID Washington, D. C, April 29. John Sharp Williams today gave the Republi can majority in the House an opportu nity either to permit or refuse to per mit a vote on the Stevens bill to place wood pulp on the free list. In the course of a cleverly humorous and satir ical speech he unrolled and held up to view the following petition to Speaker Cannon, bearing the signatures of 161 of the 16o Democratic members: "Wo, the undersigned representatives in Con gress, request, each for himself and each lor each of the others, that you recognize one of us, or if you prefer, some other representative, to move to discharge the committee on ways and means from further consideration of, and to suspend the rules and pass the Stevens bill, or any other bill having the effect to put wood pulp and print paper on the free list" . Mr. Williams said that the two Dem ocratic members whose names were not appended to the petition were out of town, but efforts wore being made to reach them by wire; when their signa tures wero added, only thirty Repub licans names would .be needed to swell the strength of the petition to the pro portions of a majority request, which Mr. Williams said, with good-natured sarcasm, he felt sure the Speaker would heed. ' After saying that only thirty Repub licans were necessary to make up the required number to pass the bill, Mr. Williams declared that it should be easy to get them, because almost thirty Re publi cans had introduced, free paper bills, and, be said, "I know .that every one of you who introduced a bill meant what you said.," Quoting the line from the old Jiymn "While the lamp holds out to burn The vilest tinner may return," Mr. Williams proceeded) "If you have been in any manner bull- dosed, why think for a second ; think of what a short life we live here, and how necessary it Is that we should' be : doing things wnuo we are living, uur inff this brief day of our time, I ex press a hope .that' at least thirty of you ' may sign 4 petition. If you do not like that petition because my name is on it nd the names of Champ Clark and De Amend and Underwood and. Joan Wen ley Gaines, and all these vile publicans and sinners on this tide, get up one of your own.'' ' We can add the two to gether. tt thirty of you sign, the Speak er cannot refuse, because, you, together with us, will then constitute a majority of the Hons of Representative!. "Early In the session, when the rules were being adopted, the Speaker was 1 MISSIONS (Continued on Page Two,), OPENING OF THE CiLlilA LEAGUE SEfSON TODAY Greensboro and Winston-Salem Will Cross Bats at Cone Park at 4 o'clock. STREET PARADE HEADED BY PROXIMITY BAND Appropriate Exercises at the Grounds, With a Speech by Mayor Brandt. Line-up of the Teams Interest in Event Near Boiling Point. The Greensboro and Winston-Salem teams will open the Carolina league sea son in this city at Cone Athletic park this afternoon at four o'clock in the first of a series of three games. This event has long been keenly an ticipated by local fans and interest is working up to the boiling point. A num ber of commission houses and insurance firms have agreed to close their offices at three o'clock, in order that their em ployes may see the opening game of the league season. It is hoped that other places of business will follow suit. There will bo onrninc cames todav also at Charlotte, N. C, and Greenville, S. C, and the friends of rhe Greenslwro boys are anxious that the attendance here shall be fully equal to that at either of the other two opening games. Headed by the Proximity band, num bering twenty Tiioces, a parade by both the Greensboro and Winston-Salem teams will take place on the principal streets this afternoon at two o'clock. Just before the game is called there will bo appropriate exercises at the park. Among other things, there will be a speech by Mayor Brandt. ;The games of the first series will be umpired by. Thomas McNamara, of Pennsylvania. (Continued on Page Six.) , ANGLE, HEAD OF THE DRY FORK DISTILLERY, IS EIVEN FmJRYEAR TERM Convicted of Extensive Revenue Frauds Upon the Government Appeal Taken. TO BE TRIED IN THIS STATE Danville, Va., April 29. T. M. Angle, president of the Dry Fork Distilling Company, was found guilty in the fed eral court here today of having com mitted extensive revenue frauds on the government. The jury waa out about an hour. , Immediately after the verdict was re turned Judge McDowell sentenced Angle to four years in the pen and imposed a fine of fifteen thousand dollars. Attorneys for the defense noted an appeal and bail was fixed at twenty thousand dollars, which was furnished. Angle is also under sentence in North Carolina for violation of the revenue laws in that state. The cases against the other officers of the Dry Fork Company and the gov ernment officials charged with collusion to defraud, have all been continued. ; Professor Hoexter Out Again. H. H. Hoexter, professor of music at the State Normal and Industrial Col lege, is out after being confined to his room for several days by an attack of tonsilitis. TAfT LEAVES TODAY EN ROUTE TO PANAMA STARTS FROM WASHINGTON FOR CHARLESTON, S. ; CV-HE AND PINCHOT WITH PRESIDENT. Washington, D. C, April 29. Secre tary of War Taft and Gifford Pinchot, chief of the bureau of forestry, were in conference with, President Roosevelt at the White House for more than two hour tonight, . They discussed the conferences of gov ernors of states which will be held here in May for the conservation of the nat ural resource of the country. Secre tary Taft'a interest in the conference is due to the fact that the engineering branch of hia department hat to do with the improvement of the waterways of the country. '".'?''' ' ",.'fT. vV'- -"' ' ' The secretary will be in Panama when the conference takes place, and he will leave hero - tomorrow . afternoons for Charleston, S. C, where he will take the cruise' Prairie for Panama. ? : vnA DAVIS BATTERS THE EAR DRUMS OF THE I NATE Arkansas Verfc jlcano Makes v Unprov Assault Upon 'V Silence. . V . BK-LY ASSAILS FORMER SECRETARY HITCHCOCK Charges Him With Preventing io,ooo Persons, of Indian Blood. From Enroll ment as Citiens Foraker Urges Roar ing One to Talk Louder. Washington, April 29. The citizenship rolls of the Five' Civilized Tribes were the subject of an impassioned speech In the Senate, today by Senator . Davis, of Arkansas. ' The senator charged that ex SecretaTy Hitchcock had prevented 10,000 persons of Indian blood from being en rolled. He instanced, a family of ten persons, only . one of . whom . had been enrolled as an" Indian, the- remaining nine being classed as negroes. ' Addressing. Senator Foraker, Mr. Davis asked him to do justice to these negroes. The Senate galleries were "black. with negroes" he said, when Mr. Foraker spoke on the Brownsville affair. The senator, from Arkansas .then rais ing himself to his full height, advanced acrqss the chamber toward Mr. Foraker, and called out at the top of his stentor ian voice: ... . "Now, if you really love the niggers, vou oueht to join me in .trying to secure their rights for them." As. the pound of' the senators voice rang, through the chamber : senators around. Mr, Foraker . laughed uproarious ly. ; When. quiet was restored, Mr. For aker arose and quietly .replied: "The senator . from Arkansas ougnt to speak a little louder. It is difficult to hear him." .. . .. . . . . Mr, Davis' resolution, calls, or the sec retary, of the interior, for. information eoncprninir the authority bv which the lands, of the Choctaw anJ Ohicksaw tribes had been withdrawn from, allotment and concerning the tribal rolls. llr. Clapp, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, did not object to tho resolution, but did object to the language of the preamble, which alleged that per sons of Indian blood "had been unlaw fully denied allotments of land," etc. After discussion, Mr. Davis agreed to withdraw the resolution to revise it for passage by the Senate. '.;'. Senator Davis later reintroduced his resolution without the preamble, and it was passed without further debate. All the pension bills on the calendar and many other measures of minor im portance were passed during the day. Senator Warner, of Missouri, being ill with a' cold, an agreement' was reached to ptermit other senators to read for him the reir-airidef of his Brownsville speech. At 4.20 p. m. 'the Senate adjourned. FSTALLY WBUSDEO BY MAN HE TROT ARREST BRISTOL, VA , OFFICER LOSES LIFE IN THE "DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY. Bristol, Va., April 29.---William Camp bell, thirty-eight years old and a member of the. Bristol, Va., police force, was shot and probably fatally injured by Raymond Stoop, a fugitive, three miles north of the city at nine-thirty o'clock tonight. Campbell was attempting to arrest Stoop, who is wanted for complicity in a shooting affray several days ago, in which a Bristol man was seriously shot; The officer ia shot in the stomach and the physicians say he cannot recover. FLOODS NOW ADDED TO GOVERNOR SMITH ISSUES APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE AID TO SUFFERERS. Atlanta, Ga., April 21). Gov. Hoke Smith today issued an appeal to the people of Georgia for immediate aid for the sufferers in last week's destructive storm at Chipley, Griffin, Stinson, Har ris and Cave City, Ga. In . his appeal tlie governor says reports received by him indicate a far greater degree of suffering than was at first supposed. The department of the gulf is taking active relief measures and has sent of ficers to several points to report on the situation. "' . ' In South Georgia and Northern Flor ida Serious floods are thrcnteninjr tMvns and - villages along the . Chattahoochee nd Flint rivers, which are reported u be well above flood stages. - The weather bureau today tent out flood warning for those aectiont, , Wed In One Month, Part In Three MRS. CHERRY F. DONALDSON, Who Capitulated ; After a . Whilrwind Wooing. T BGOES TO TIIN-CITY Unanimous Choice of the Loca tion Committee and the Board of Trustees. THE REV. DR. G. H. DETWILER TEMPORARY SUPERINTENDENT Committee From Board Will Visit the Twin-City to Decide Upon One of Three Sites Offered Substantial Mod ern Buildings to Be Erected. Salisbury, N. C, April 29. At a joint meeting of the board of trustees and location committee for the proposed new orphanage to be erected by the Ycstern North Carolina conference of the Meth- doist church here today, Winston-Salem was unanimously chosen as the Home ot the institution. The Rev. Dr. George H. Detwiler, of Greensboro, was appointed temporary superintendent of the movement. It is proposed to raise an adequate sum in the conference for substantial modern buildings and for the support of the in stitution. The recommendation of the location committee, composed of G. F. Ivey, of Hickory; J. L. Nelson, of Lenoir; Samuel L. Rogers, of Franklin-, J. A. Glenn and Haroid Turner, of Charlotte, was promptly adopted by the board of trustees, naming Winston-Salem as the location for the orphanage. The following committee from the. board will visit tho Twin-City at an i early date to decide upon one of three sites offered for the buildings and grounds: G. H. Detwiler, Charles H, Ire land, S. L. Rogers, Walter Thompson and J. A. Glenn. Attractive propositions were made by Lincolnton, Hickory and Mt. Holly, but the board decided that the $15,000 prop osition from citizens of Winston-Salem waa the best for the institution. Kitchin Club at Siler City. Silcr City, April 29. A Kitchin Club was organized here yesterday afternoon with forty-seven members. Dr. J. D. Edwards was elected president; G. E. Matthews, vice-president; A. A. Lambe, treasurer, and J. R. Cockman, secretary. The Kitchin men aro enthusiastic and are claiming this county. The county convention meets May 12. TOBIIDD VICTIMS ASK APPEALS CONTINUE TO POUR IN FROM SUFFERERS FROM THE STORM. New Orleans, La., April ,29. Appeals for food and clothing continue to arrive today from portions of the tornado dis trict, but most of the relief work is now directed to supplying habitations and tuflieient utensils to enable desti tute families to resume housekeeping. Mayor Becham. of New Orleans, to day estimated that about twenty days will .be necessary before the relief com mittee here and elsewhere can say all the sufferers have been supplied with the necessities of life. . ;' Extreme : privations .were reported from a few negro communities today. It j was announced that $10,000 of the state t funds, of Louisiana will be applied if I necessary to relief measures in this m OHPHA i i - V DR. HENRY A. DONALDSON, Whose Eccentricities Induced His Wife To Sue for Separation. WED AFTER MOSTH'S COURTSHIP; ASKS FDR DIV0RCEJH2 MONTHS A Washington Woman Quickly Wearies of Marital Infelicity With Wealthy Spouse. TELLS OF HIS ECCENTRICITIES Washington, April 29. "My ttory seems more liko fiction than the true narrative of a bride of three months. Were I to tell you all there would be material enough for a novel." Mrs. Cherry Ford Donaldson, who has filed a suit for niaintcnace against her husband, Dr. Henry A. ; Donaldson, whom she charges with deserting her after two months of marital life, not unmarred by her husband's eccentrici ties, today thus sobbingly prefaced the story of her disappointment. Mrs. Donaldson is now at the home of her parents in Takoma Park. Her husband, a wealthy and well-known man of Washington, is in New York, where his wife claims he stavs to avoid the service of papers in the suit. He is the son of the late Dr. R. B. Donaldson, who made an immense fortune in the dental supply business in this city. His mother, when seen at the family home, 1216 Sixteenth street northwest, confirmed the story of the separation, but had little to say about her son's affairs. His Mother Not Surprised. "It is no more than I expected, they married on such short acquaintance, she said. Mr. Donaldson is forty-nine years of (Continued on Tagc Three.) TO PROTECT A PRISONER NEGRO ARRESTED CHARGED WITH BEING THE ASSAILANT OF MRS. ROBERT WELLS. Wilson, N. C, April 29 This after noon Lee Jones was arrested at Middle sex and brought here, charged with being the negro who assaulted Mrs. Robert Wells last Monday. Jones says Durham is his home and denies any knowledge of the crime. Mrs. Wells was brought here this afternoon and positively identi fied Jo)ics as her nssailant. Jonea is now in jail. ,-;.';. v, ' . . Many . countrymen from Mrs. Wells' neighborhood are arriving here and the military will be' ordered out to protect the prisoner. ,;,. ''v . ,; : . Mrs. Weill is in a pitiful condition from injuries received. , - ::"f -;:V :' City Thronged Greensboro the Mecca for Republicans From All Parts of the StateNo Contests Worth Mentioning, and Taf t and Adams Undoubtedly Are Party's Choicer-Fifth District Convention. G REENSBORO is full of delegates who have come to attend the Repnbli ran state convention today. They began to arrive early yesterday, '.morning, and every train brought in more delegates. ; The convention will meet in the Grand operahouse, and will foe called to order by State Chairman Adams at twelve o'clock. According to the prear rangemcnts A. H. Puife, of Salisbury, ex-assistant district ' attorney, will be called to preside as temporary chairman, J. J. Britt, of Aeheville, is expected to be elected as permanent chairman. ; There will be no contests worth' mentioning, everything being practically one way for the election of Taft delegates to the national convention, and for the reelection of ex-judge Adams as state chairman. It is noised around that there may be some fun when resolutiont are of fered opposing the proposed prohibition law. It is also said that a certain disn fleeted element will endeavor to prevent the election of a state chairman at this time. V It looks as if the Taft and Adams followers will have everything their own way, end that the real work of the convention will be finished up in short order. ''-'''."';'" : .:''''.:' ' At the Fifth district congressional convention held in the county court house yesterday afternoon, B. S. Robertson, of Haw River, and Guy Carter, of Dobson, were elected delegates to the national convention, with J. C Angier, of Durham, and IT. B. Worth, of Greensboro, as alternates. Resolutions were adopted instructing the delegates to vote for Taft for President and E. C. Duncan for national committeeman from North Carolina. ; ' ' .'..." FIFTH DISTRICT CONVENTION WAS HELD YESTERDA Y The Republicans of the Fifth congres sional district held their convention yes terday in this city. Tho convention was called to order at 2.40 p. m. by I Chairman John T. Benbow, of Winston Salem, in the county courthouse. The convention was a large one considering the fact that no business was before it other than the election of delegates to the national convention and the se lection of a chairman and secretary for the nexo two vears. The convention was very enthusiastic, and, with the ex ception "of a contest from Durham and Alamance counlief, was harmonious.' The rollcall showed every county in the district to be represented. A cre dentials committee was appointed py the chairman consisting of M. T. Chil ton, of Stokes; J. T. Cozart, of Gran ville; H. O. Snpp, of Forsyth; J. T. Donoho, of Caswell, and Sheriff J. M. Davis, of Surry. A lengthy communication signed by C. P, Frazier and B. S. Sharpe was read, purporting to show that the delegates elected by the regular convention in this county were not entitled to their seats in the convention, and that a list of so called delegates chosen at a meeting held in the McAdoo hotel some time ago- were entitled to the seats. Ihis an nouncement was received with astonish ment, as nobody but tho participants seemed to know that the McAdoo meet ing had ever been held. The Cannon forces were so completely overwhelmed at the Guilford coiutv convention that nobody ever dreamed that they would attempt anvthinsr like a contest. Durham and Alamance counties had two sets of delegates claiming the right of the floor and the committee on cre dentials retired to consider the cases of the various claimants. The committee was out for an hour or so, and during this time the conven tion was entertained with speeches by a number of those who were present. Sen ator Guy Carter, of Surry, was first called. He made a clean, clear-cut speech, touching mainly on politics and encouraging Republicans to put forth ef- (Continued on Pago Two.), SPARTANIRG MUSIC FESTIVAICOMMENCES SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES MUSIC ASSOCIATION BEGINS ITS CONCERT, - ' Spartanburg, S. C., April 29. The South Atlantic States music festival's opening concert was given here tonight, tlie occasion marking the fourteenth year of the festival and the opening of a splendid new auditorium erected by the organization. The attendance to night exceeded .2,000, representing nearly evary southern state. . ; The artists appearing in the evening's concert were Madame Jeanne JomeUi, soprano; Madame Isabella Bonton, mezzo soprano ; Albert Quesnel, tenor ; David Bispham, basso. , The Converse Choral Society, number ing 200 voices, was accompanied by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch leader. The festival will con tinue until Friday night. . . ; k v; MANY DELEGA TES FOR CONVENTION CAME LAST NIGHT Today at twelve o'clock the Republi can state convention will be called to order by Chairman Spencer B. Adams. The convention is called for the purpose of electing four delegate and four al ternates to represent the state at large in the Republican national convention at Chicago, and to elect a chairman of th state executive committee. Delegates will be selected who will vote for William H. Taft for President. Ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams will be re elected stale chairman. Both Taft and Adams will have but little opposition. The city was full of delegates last night, and every train brought additions to the number. They came from the far east and the extreme west, as well as from the central portion of the state. Thomas Settle is here from Buncombe,' and he and 'his friends are occupying a, suite of rooms at the Benbow. Charles J. Harris, the late candidate for gov ernor, arrived yesterday afternoon.' J. J. Britt, one of the men who is promi nently mentioned as the Republican candidate for governor this year, arrived last night, coming in from Danville, where he appeared in the Angle case in the federal court. Wheeler Martin, Collector K. C. Duncan, District Attor ney Harry Skinner, and others from tho eastern portion of the state, arrived yesterday. Marion Butler arrived yes terday morning from Washington, and has rooms at the Benbow. " x Wake county's delegation, consisting of nearly a score of young men, arrived last night. They all wore ribbon badges containing the words "Wake County." A member of the delegation said that the password of Wake Re publicans is "Wake Wide Awake." All the hotels were filled last night, and a number of delegates went to boarding-houses. It was estimated that there was nearly a thousand visitors in the city last night. It has leaked out that resolutions will be submitted to the convention oppos ing the proposed prohibition law to be voted on May 20. Efforts have been made to prevent such action, but at least two delegates stated yesterday ' that they intended to introduce such a resolution. Thomas Settle, of Asheville. will offer a resolution of a broader scope than merely opposing the proposed prohibi tion law. His resolution will not antag onize prohibition, so he states, but will oppose the proposed law and the meth- i i i. . i : a i . i . i . . dub uy which it was Buunuuea vo vote of the people. It is understood that Mr. Settle's resolution will also propose certain changes in the party management in the state along the lines he has outlined in a number of commu nications in .daily newspapers. It it said to be the plan of Marion Butler to postpone the election of a state chairman until the convention is held to nominate candidates for state offices. : It it claimed by the opponents of Judge Adams that according to the Elan of organization a chairman can not e elected at his convention. The plan of organization provides that the chair man of the state executive committee shall be elected by the state conven tion. There is no doubt, however, that Judge Adams will be reelected today. There will be contesting delegations from Durham and Alamance counties. It it probable that the opponent of Sec retary Taft will also endeavor to con test the delegates from., ether counties, i . , County Vote In Convention. ' ' Each county is entitled to the fcl (Continued on rage Iwo.)