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The News A paper for all the people and for the people all the time Read it and keep posted. WEATHER Partly cloudy today; Fri day generally fair; light to fresh south winds, VOL. m. NO. 258 STATE EDITION GBEENSBOBO, K. CM THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1908 STATE EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS JUDGE PARDEE E ONCE LEADER OF THE MINERS WORST OF FIRES IN THE CANADIAN WOODS 15 OVER YEARLY MEETING AT SUPERVISORS FOR AT OF JUDGE SPEEB If A BAD STORM COUNT ZEPPELIIJ GREENSBORO NOW WOULD 0 0 ES ORDER AIRSHIP WRECKED STANDS W BEGINS CONVICT CAMPS GUILFORD COLLEGE ' Railways May. by Giving Bond. 1 Enforce Increased Rates In Georgia. Ls IT fPFATFn niFFFPFNT RATES FROM OTHER STATES Strong Counsel Appear at Asheville Be fore Judge Pardee in the Cace The Sates Are for Freight Shipped Be tween Certain Points. Asheville, N. C, Aug. 5.-TJn!ted States Circuit Judge Pardee, of Florida, who is spending his summer vacation in this city, today dissolved the order of Judge Emm y Speer, prohibiting the Southern Railway, the Louisville & Nashville, and other railroads from en forcing the proposed increase in freight rates in the State of Georgia. By the appeal and supersedeas granted by Judge Pardee, the railroads interested will be allowed to put their new rates into effect in Georgia as in other states, pending the final hearing of the matter. The order of Judge Speer is the out come of the action taken by certain rail roads which recently gave notice that, effective August 1, they would put into effect an increased freight rate known s an increase of the Ohio river rates. In the meantime and before the rates be came effctive certain shippers in Georgia appeard before Judge Speer seeking to restrain the roads from putting the rates Into effect. Judge Speer granted the re straining order and an unusual situation was created with a certain rate in effect in Georgia and another rate in other states. Judge Pardee required of the railroads (Continued on Page Three.) FAITHFUL FLOCK TO JAiRVIEW TO SEE THE PEEHLESSDESPITE HEAT Candidate's Home the Mecca for a Great Number of Visitors. TAFT AND THE PHONOGRAPH Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 4. In striking contrast with yesterday William J. Bryan today spent a busy day. The torrid weather did not seem to affect those desirous of making the long trip to Fairview. They came in great num bers, some on business bearing on the campaign and many purely out of a de sire to pay their respects. The procession of visitors began early and kept up until well into evening. The intensity of the heat did not seem to disturb Mr. Bryan much. He greeted cordially everybody who called and per sonally escorted large parties through his home. The determination of Air. Bryan to remain at home during the month of October, is not, as he stated, iron-bound. The use of tfhe phonograph by candi date Taft as a means for the dissemin ation of his speeches as reported in the dispatches from Hot Springs, Va., to day, excited the lively interest of W. J. Bryan so much that he gave out the following statement in regard to it: "The Republicans have been making fun of me for using the phonograph as a means of reaching the' public, but since the Republican candidate has fol lowed , the example I presume that the criticism will cease and that this will now be regarded as a beneficial method for discussing public questions. It looks s if the Democrats had a time this year protecting their patents from in fringement. The Republicans seem bent upon imitation, not only of our platform, but of our campaign methods. There is, however, some advantage in - the fact that we are setting the pattern this year." Among Mr. Bryan's early callers was Edgar C. Schmidt, of Dayton, O., who called at the request of Harvey C. Gar ber, national committeeman from Ohio, in reference to a plan to reach votes In the doubtful states with a series of type written letters. Mr. Bryan thought well of the proposition ami Mr. Schmidt left today for Chicago, where he will meet Norman E. Mack, chairman Of the Demo cratic national committee, and talk the matter over with him. Mr; Bryn was very much pleased by the decision of Secretary of State Jun kin, confirming the fusion arranged last , spring by the Democrats and the Peo- pies party. This will have the effect of throwing a large number of Populist votes to the Democratic elctors of Ne braska. ' A steady stream ! of -visitors called during the day, mostly in the morn ing. Among them was a gang of brew ery, workers from Quincy, Ills., who as sured the Democratic candidate their advices indicated that a majority of the brewery wqrkera of America1 were for him for President, They were introduced .(.Continued oa Fags Two.) Burst Into Flames After Breaking Away From Its Moorings at Suttgart WAS JUST COMPLETING A REMARKABLE VOYAGE Count Zeppelin Has Spent Life in Work Germany Was to Pay Him $125,000 For the Ship It Had Proven a Success. Suttgart, 'Aug. 6. Count Zeppelin's airship, which descended on a plateau near the village of Kechterdigen, five milea south of this city, shortly before eight o'clock this morning, owing to a defect in one Of the motors, broke away from its moorings during a storm at three o'clock this afternoon, burst into flames and exploded. oFur persons were injured by the flying debris. Count Zep pelin escaped uninjured. The airship was completely wrecked. The storm blew up unexepctedly. A fierce gust of wind tore the balloon from its anchoarage and drove it in a southwesterly direction for some fifty yards. Here the rear end of the great fabric droped and smoke and flames were seen to burst out from one end to the other. Then in a few seconds came the xplosion and a great column of flame shot upward into the air. This was follodeby the crashing down to the earth of the motrs and frames that had been at ached to the underside of the airship. Several bystanders were knock ed down. It was necssary to land the airship Echterdigen owing to the over heating (Continued on Page Two.) COUNT ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP M AKING ITS REMARKABLE WENTY-FOU Only Incident to Mar Epoch-Makinff Event Was Slight Accident to the Propeller Voyage Time This Friedrickschafen, Aug. 4 Arising from its floating dock on the dark green wa ters of Lake Constance early this morn ing, the great dirigible airship of Count Zeppelin was sent away for a 24-hour journey in the air to Mayence and re turn. Late tonight the apex of the triangular flight had been turned and the monster airship, with nose pointed southward was reported speeding along under starry '. skies toward Friedrich schafen, where it is hoped the journey will end Wednesday. v . The flight to Mayence, however, was not an uninterrupted one, for something was wrong with a propeller while speed ing along al ave the valley of the Rhine and Count Zeppelin vwas compelled to bring the airship down to the surface of the river at Nackenheim, eight miles from Mayence, where repairs were ef fected. The dirigible again was sent on high and the trip that probably will prove a record was recommenced. The weather for the ascension was most auspicious. The ship of the air rose majestically to a height of 400 feet and crossing the lake circled the Town of Constance, then turning retraced the path of its flight, and describing a per fect circle passing over Friedrichschafen and then soared westward over the lake to Basle, on the Swiss frontier. Turn ing the vessel slightly toward the north west, Count Zeppelin steered it over Mul hausen and then directed its flight north east of Strausburg, and then following the valley of the Rhine northward to Mayence, a distance altogether of over TRUSTEE APPEALS F DECISION OF REFEREE LINDSAY CHAIR COMPANY OBJECTS TO CLAIM OF FORD k JOHNSON" v CO. FOR I30.677.1a. In the .United States Circuit Court yesterday the trustee of the Lindsay Chair Company appealed from the order of referee in bankruptcy, G. S. Ferguson, Jr., allowing proof of claim of the Ford & Johnson Company against the es tate of the bankrupt for the sum of $30,-' 677.12. ; - The appellant was represented by Morehead and Sapp, and the Ford A Johnson Company by W. P. Bynum, Jr, and R. C. Strudwick. A bearing of the esse was set for August 12 at ten o'clock. Meeting sf Merchants' Association. - The regular ' quarterly meeting of the local Merchants' Association will be held tonight at 8.30 o'clock in the Eagle Hose Company's hall in South Davie stfssU . By Loslnpy Winston Yesterday Spa jurg Drops to Sec , ' ond Place. RAIN PREVENTS THE GAME AT CHARLOTTE Just Four Points Difference In Lowest and Highest of Three Leading Teams. Interest Swings to Greenville and Winston-Salem. Greensboro is at the top of the col umn. The pennant is in sight and all local fandom is pleased. But we are not far enough ahead to boast out loud yet. Spartanburg is only two points be hind us and Greenville only four. Talk about a hot race, but this is it. Yes terday's rain cooled the temperature down some, but not so much but that the fans stood in the rain in front of the, bulletin boards and looked at the score while Winston was doing up Spar tanburg. Besides dampening the ardor of fan dom, yesterday's rain kept Greensboro from going up about five points higher. That game, which we would have won from Charlotte, was called because of the rain. So was the game between Green ville and Anderson. This left Greens boro and Greenville at their respective figures, while Spartanburg gracefully steps between and takes second place. Intrest is now centered on the games with Winston-Salem today, tomorrow and Saturday. We have not always fared well with that Winston aggrega tion, but it is hoped that this time we will take everything and leave Carter's (.Continued on Page Two.) Will Be Completed Some Morning. 2E0 miles. Everything wss going smoothly when the trouble to the pro peller occurred and somewhat impeded the progress of the airship, but when the balloon had been brought down Count Zeppelin found the defect so slight that he telephoned his secretary at his office in Friedrickscbafen: "We will start again tonight and complete the trip." His expectations were realized, for in less than four hours everything had been made perfect. The people gathered on the stream and sang patriotic songs and cheered Count Zeppelin. At 10.15 p. m. the airship rose again and turned her bows toward Mayence, whence she arrived at eleven o'clock, and passed over the gas lighted city almost beyond the view of the populace, which had gatherd in the streets expecting to witness the passage of the balloon. , Soaring onward for a short distance, the airship was turned homeward. Whether it will follow the intinerary laid down by Count Zeppelin, retracing its outward path to Karlsruhe and thence flying southeasterly over Stutt- ?art . to Lake Constance is not known, f the airship maintains the speed at which it was traveling today, it should arrive in Friedrichschafen tomorrow fore- The quiet villages and small towns along the. shores of Lake Constance, awoke this morning to find that the great - (Continued on Page Two.) 10 USE SIDEWALKS AT T WILL BE SHOT COMMON COUNCIL OF T0N0PAH ADOPTS ODD METHOD 'TO FIGHT INCENDIARISM. . Reno, Xef ., Aug. 5. To prevent the burning of the entire town, which is fear ed since the incendiary fire of a few days ago, the common council ef Tonopah has passed an ordinance making it unlawful ' for pedestrains to use the sidewalks af ter dark. Notices have been posted by the chief of police, commanding all peo ple to take the middle of the streets at night, and all who walk near buildings re warned that they - will be .shot if caught by the armed police, who patrol the commercial sections. The tonopahn papers are exciting the people to lynch ing over tile incendiary ore. W, A. Porter,, wife and small son will leave today for Greenville, Tenn. The Misses Francisco, of Knoxville, who have been visiting the Porters, will accom pany them as fs as Knoxville. State Board of Charities Don't Want Repetition of Georgia Affair. NOW 1,200 CONVICTS IN VARIOUS COUNTY CAMPS Says That Constitution Is Violated In That Men Sent Up for Certain Of' fences Are Farmed OutCensus of In mates In Various Institutions. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 5. The appoint ment of a general board of supervisors to have close insight of the management and conditions of the convict ramps in all parts of the state, the enactment of a general road law for working convict labor and the appointment of chaplains for each of the convict camps in the state, are recommendations just made by the state board of charities as a means of preventing the development of any such abuses as have just scandalized Georgia. The board estimates that there are about 1,200 convicts in county camps. Reports from six counties showed white ana. black convicts confined in the same room and the board ordered the races separated at once.' Six deaths from con sumption were reported the past year, hve ot them troin tievr Hanover camp, the site of the' camp having since been changed in the hope of bettering condi tions. ," : The board reports violation of Article XI of the constitution by the peniten tiary authorities in that convicts sent up for murder, manslaughter, criminal assault and arson, are sent out to con vict camps for railroad and turnpike instead of being kept in the state's prison. According to the state board of chari ties, whose duty it is to inspect these institutions, the number of inmates of the various state institutions are: H s prtal for insane, Morgautt.n, 1,193 ;. Iiov pltal for insane, Raleigh, 650; negro hos nital for insane, Goldsboro, 700; danger ous insane department, penitentiary, 62; school for white blind, 197; school for negro blind and deaf and dumb, 201 ; school far white deaf and dumb, 278; soldiers' home, 188; Oxford orphanage for white children, 373; Oxford orphan age for negro children, 124. TABLE AND MANTEL COMPANY IS ADJUDGED INSOLVENT The Greensboro Table and Mantel Company, for whom a petition in bank ruptcy was made some time ago, was adjudged bankrupt yesterday by Judge Boyd. R. C. Hood, who was appointed temporary receiver, was made perma nent receiver. For the present the case will be retained in the hands of the court instead of being referred to the referee in bankruptcy. .-; Canadian Pacific Shopmen to Strike. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 4. Orders were issued at noon today by the executive committee of the Canadian Pacific Shop men's Union calling a strike of the shop mechanics over the entire system for tomorrow. The order will be obeyed by 8,000 employes. Meeting of Creditors. A meeting of the creditors of Jno. T. Rees was held" yesterday before the referee in bankruptcy, (.. rv ierguson, Jr. Trustee R. E. Steele submitted his re port.... Burglar Pardoned By Governor. Thomas Causey, a young white man who has been in the workhouse for some time, was pardoned yesterday by Gov ernor Glenn. Causey is suffering from r'jeumatism and is nimble to work. He was sentenced to the workhouse for breaking into a store. J. N. Staples, Jr., of Havana, Cuba, is in the city on a visit to his parents. BUT DESTROYS BARN ENDS A STRUCTURE THAT SHAMOKIN COUN CIL ORDERED TORN DOWN IS BURNED. : Shamokin, Pa., Aug. 5. What prom ised to be a bitter law suit between the heirs of Daniel Yost, and the borough council of the place, was suddenly ter minated when a lightning bolt set Are at a barn, th caue of the contention, which burned to the ground.' Some years ago, Yost built the barn along Sbainokin creek, on ground which the council Inter held belonged to the borough. Yost denied the borough's right, pointing out, that since no objection had been raised when the barn was construct., ed, the land belonged to him. After his death, the demands of councils were re peated, and a short time ago the authori ties were directed to tear down the struc ture. Both the heirs and the town had prepared to fight the ease. One horse was burned to death in the firs. Six others wars rescued. GEORGE A. PETTIBONB, Who Died at St. Joseph's Hospital In Denver Monday Night. He Was One of the Men Charged With the Murder of Gov. Frank Steunenberg, of Idaho. AUTO NO MATCH FOR FIRMAN'S AIRSHIP IN THEIR JPEEO TRIALS Englishman Continues His Trials at Brighton Beach Before Big Crowd. MOTOR CAR IS OUTCLASSED New York, Aug. 4. Henri Farman, the aviator, continued his successful flights with a machine heavier than air at the Brighton Beach race-track thia tftjtrnoon. Kot the. first time since he began his trials Farman made an at tempt to turn his machine. The huge bird-like apparatus answered the helm readily by gracefully turning in a semi circle and then Hying clear across the j track, where the aviator had it alight. The one thousand spectators cheered this exhibition heartily. An attempt at the spectacular was made by Farman's managers today, when they introduced a speedy automobile driven by Joe lracey, the daring Van derbilt cup driver, for the purpose of having a race between flying machine and motor car. The first attempt made in the infield resulted in failure as the automobile found soft ground and many obstacles. This plan was abandoned for the time, but later Tracey tried again, this time using the race-track. It wns however, no race at all for the airship, as it easily left the moter car away in the rear. After a flight of 800 yards Farman had the machine alight. Tracey and his automobile were at that time about 300 yards in the rear. Farman's. three flights today were at 600 and finally at 800 yards. The machine did not in any of the flights rise more than a few feet in the air. HIGH POINT FIRM GOES INTO VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY Morehead A. Sapp, attorneys for Mat tocks Bros., merchants of High Point, filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy yesterday in the 1'nited States Circuit Court. The liabilities of the firm are put at $18,206.35, and its assets at $21, 838.80. The concern was adjudged bank rupt and referred to referee, G. S. Fer guson, Jr. .1. Ed. Kirkman was appointed receiver and required to give a $5,000 bond. The creditors of Mattocks Brothers are wholesale dealers doing business main ly in Richmoiid, Atlanta, Lynchburg and Baltimore. LOUISIANA OFFICIAL HELD FOREiEZZLEMENT REGISTER OF .CONVEYANCES OF ORLEANS PARISH INDICTED . BY GRAND JURY. New Orleans, ia.,' Aug. 4. L. V. Guillotte, register- of conveyances of Orleans parish, was'. Indicted ' by ; the grand jury liere for embezzlement. It is alleged that thero have been irregu larities in Guillotte's accounts covering a period of several years, but only one item of $54 is mentioned In the indict ment. An expert accountant ia now going over the books. Guillotte had only recently announced his candidacy on the regular Democratic ticket for the judgeship for the first city court. Along with the indictment the grand jury submitted a severe .criticism of the publio bookkeeping system of the city. Many Dead, Thousands Homeless and Property Loss Will Extend Into the Millions. IMPOSSIBLE YET TO GIVE ANY ACCURATE DETAILS Destruction So Widespread and People So Scattered as to Make Every At- , tempt at Exact Figures Pure Guess workWork of Relief Goes On. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 4. The terri bly destructive forest lires which have swept through the Crow's Nest district of the Elk River Valley, in British Co lumbia since last Saturday, devastated a vast stretch of territory, destroying many lives and millions of dollars of property, wiping out entire towns and rendering thousands of persons home less, are still raging, but are now sweep ing a wild and sparsely settled country, and it is believed the worst Is over. The flames are eating through vast forests on the mountain sides and it is thought they will soon burn themselves out for lack of something to destroy. It is impossible at this time to arrive at a summary of the situation as re gards loss of life and property with even approximate correctness. So widespread has been the destniction and so scatter ed aro the people who live in the burned area of more than fifty miles in length and three miles in width that any es timate of the number who met death in (Continued on Page Two.) TRIAL OF DR. PURTEAR First Witness in Case at Oxford Is Wife of the Negro Killed, i-.. INTERESTING FIGHT BEGINS Oxford, N. C, Aug. 5. After empanel ing a jury from a selection of a special venire of 100 men, the trial of Dr. James D. Puryear for the killing of a negro in Northern Granville twenty- four years ago was begun at 10.45 this morning. The first witness, the wife of the murdered negro, testified as to the fact of Dr. Pnryear's shooting her husband as a result of a failure to remove some corn from his land. Through the plea of insanity, the defense hopes to clear the aged doctor. While on the other hand the prosecuting attorney for the state, is trying to produce testimony to the effect that Dr. l'urvear committed the crime while on a drinking spree and debauchery of which he was accustomed to getting on in those days, as testi fied by Hie witnesses put on the stand. The afternoon session was consumed in the examination of a long list of witnesses whose testimony was of very little variation as to the life of Dr. Pur year prior to the killing of the negro. Judging by observation the counsel for Dr. Puryear has the point in view of proving that he was irresponsible at the time he committed the crime. While the progress of the trial has been slow interest as to the various stages of the forward movement is being closely watched, and when the speeches come in for their share of the trial, some keen rivalry is expected. CONDITION OF MISS 8ALL STILL VERT CRITICAL WOMAN SHOT BY FREELAND THARPE DOES NOT SHOW ANY IMPROVEMENT. Winston-Salem, X. C, Aug. 5. Parties arriving here today from Wilkes county reported .that Miss Mary Ball, the young school teacher who was shot Sunday-by Freeland Tharpe, was not doing so well this morning. A physician was sum moned to her bedside at two o'clock last night. She was suffering consider able pain. The nature of the wound causes the doctor, family and friends to be very apprehensive. Fined for Threatened Assault. . Squire D. H. Collins yesterday fined Lou Stewart, a negro woman, who lives In East Sycamore street, $5 and the costs for threatening to assault Mrs. Katy Gabriel, a Syrian who lives nearby. Quakers of Staie In Session There With Larger Attendance Than Ever. PRESIDENT HOBBS IS AGAIN CHOSEN CLERK Report of the Committee on Peace and Arbitration is Encouraging Splendid . Address on Peace Movement by W. C. Dennis, of Washington. Guilford College, N. C, Aug. 5. This was the first day of real work of the yearly meeting. The morning was de voted to the appointing of committees, reading of minutes from delegates, epistles and other communications. After the rollcall of delegates and the reading of various minutes from deli gates, a committee was appointed con sisting of Miss Roxv White, J. Mendenhall, Miss Alice Vt'hite and John S. Moore to produce return minutes. Then a short time was given to reading of in teresting epistles, one of the most in teresting and encouraging being, from London Yearly Meeting, recently held in Birmingham,- Eng. President Hobbs then read a message of one sentence ad dressed to all persons bearing the name of Friends. j Dear . Friends: Our loving thoughts have been turned towards you, and we desire to salute you in the eternal love of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, with the prayer that we may, with you, be drawn nearer in spirit to Him, and so throughout our lives may be His lol (Continued on Page Five.) T OF BAR ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA, FOR TAFT Comes Out In Interview Declaring That He Will Never Vote for Bryan. IS A LIFE-LONG DEMOCRAT Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 5. -Wyndham R. Meredith, of Richmond, Va., the pres ident of the Virginia Bar Association and a prominent and lifelong Democrat, came out today in an interview declar ing that he would vote for Judge Wil liam H. Taft for President this fall aguinst William J. Bryan. "I have never voted for Mr. Bryan, and I shall not vote for him thia year," said Mr. Meredith. "There are two threatening dangers in the country. The one is plutocratic Cannonism and the other is radical Bryanism; therefore, there is no Democratic ticket to vote. fudge faft stands for the enforcement of the Koosevelt policies, most, if not all, of which have had the hearty ap proval of all thinking men in the south, as well as in every other section of the country, and he will enforce them within the law and not outside the constitu tional government, as has been charged against the ('resident by his enemies. Mr. Meredith appeared rather enthus iastic over his announcement, though he declared that he did not expect to take an active part in the .Republican cam paign this fall. lr. Meredith made an exhaustive legal analysis of his subject, all lines of his argument leading to the "twilight zone," where Btate and federal control of com merce and corporations are supposed to merge or conflict. He pictured the mod ern day tendency toward change in state and federal constitution and in the stampede for new and drastic legisla tion; of attempted new construction of old legal principles. All of which, he said, was a movement of ' the people, brought about by misbehavior on the part of the corporations. The country's great safeguard from the encroachment of either state or federal power over the freedom of commerce, Mr. Meredith pointed out, is the conservatism of the Supreme Court of the United States. That the states have an important field in the control of corporations cre ated by them was pointed out by Mr. Meredith, and the limitations of this field outlined. He also dwelt at consider able length on the rate-making problem, contending that the result ought not to diminish rates for transportation below a profit-making point. Sunday School Will Picnic Friday. Zion Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will hold a lawn party at Glen wood park Friday evening. Refresh ments of various kinds will be served. To Visit Far Away California. G. S. Ferguson, Jr. and wife will leavs today on train No. 36 for California. Mr. Ferguson goes to attend to some busi ness matters and Mrs. Ferguson will accompany him. They expect to be away bout tores weeks. A'.'. . .'. "., , 1 .A 1 .A. 3 TDlDlTkTT I
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