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vv t i WEATHER Fair today and Friday; ' warmer in the interior; variable winds. The News A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. IV. NO. 13 STATE EDITION GBEENSBOBO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1908 STATE EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS N MAJESTY OF LAW DISCUSSED BY II Distinguished Jurist Addresses North Carolina Sabbath Obser vation Association. BIG AUDIENCE AT HIGH POINT HEARS HIM United States Judge Principal Speaker at Night Session of This Gathering at the Furniture City Address Able and Inspires Great Interest. High, Point, X. C, Oct. 21. The . morning session of the third State Sab bath Convention of North Carolina for the Observance and Preservation of the Christian. Sabbath, was opened with de votional exercises. The conference sub ject, "Sabbath Desecration," was dis cussed by several persons. First, the daily pruss, by Stephen M. Myiick, of Greensboro: second, sports am! amuse ments, by the Rev. Francis M. Osborne, of Charlotte; third, the open pogtoluce and ..United States mail, by the Rev. (leorge H. Atkinson: fourth, trains and travel, by Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of Greensboro. The open conference addresses were limited to five minutes. Ths afternoon session was opened with devotional exercises. The address, by Dr. William; Duncan, of Charlotte, was excellent. His subject was the "Sabbath a Factor in the Kingdom of God." A paper on "Temperance and Sabbath Observance."- hv Mrs. Mary M.l Hobbs, of Guilford College, was read. The afternoon session was completed by reports of the various committees. (Continued on Pago Four.) ' WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOREST FIRES AGAIN AilE lECBAlHiiS Many Towns Are Threatened and Water Supply Is Utterly Inade quate to the Situation. NEED FOR A HEAVY RAIN Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 20. Dispatches re ceived here today from various sections of Western Pennsylvania report danger ous forest fires raging about many towns. The flames are gradually assum ing grave proportions and the damage is heavy and wide-spread While a great number of persons have had to flee from thoir homes and many men have had narrow escapes in fighting the conflagrations, -j yet no fatalities have been reported. A telephone messagi received in Oil City, Pa., from Spring Creek, Warren county, states that the village is prac tically surrounded by flumes and t,he en tire population is lighting them. Tim Iter valued at $50,000 was destroyed to . day.....,;- -. In the Allegheny mountains and vi cinity the fires are doing great damage and are sweeping over the wide stretches of territory, A majority of the small streams are dry anl water is ' at scarcity. ". ' - .'.r : Fires in Adirondack Under Control Albany, V, Oct. 20.-With 4,500 men acting' as fire fighters and favor able atmospheric conditions prevailing the forest fires in the Adirondack were reported to the state forest, fish and game commission late today as under control, temporarily, at least. The situation is still serious, a heavy fall of rain being looked upon as the only permanent re lief. . 'y, v.;"'.:; DEMOCRATS DENY ' jf GAMBLERS' ASSISTANCE Xew York, Oct. Report that race-track interests and followers of rac ing were raising a campaign fund of $500,000 to be used for the election of Lieut. -Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, were met with vigorous denial by State Chairman Conners and Charles F. Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall tonight. Race at Latonia. ' " Latonla, Oct. 21. Ladyq Martha de feated Kercheval in the feature event of the- day at a mil with Hanbridge third. - First race Five fut longs s Dr. parkley, 6 to 1, .straight, won; Ducro, 8 to 6, ' place, second t Desperado, 5 to 2, show, third. Time, 1.01. Second raceFivo and one-half fur longs: Christmas, wen, won; Icaria, 12 to f, place,' second; Mis Crittenden, 3 k K iW third Tim. 1.08. : ' Third race Six furlongs: Manneiracr,' 4 10 o, won; urtsnan, ,4ms, piacc, w ond; Enlist. 3 to L hovr, third- Time, JUDGE PR CHARD LONDON HEARS WAR HAS BEGUN IN THE BALKANS Engagement Reported Between Turkish and Bulgarian Troops at Djurriaa. ' EIGHTY ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SLAIN No Confirmation of the Story Received Front Athens Can Be Obtained, And Particulars of the Alleged Battle Are Not Forth Coming. ' V London, Oct. 21. A dispatch to a news agency from Athens reports an engage ment between Turkish and Bulgarian troops at Dhjniaa, on the frontier. Ac cording to this report seventy Bulgarians and ten Turks were killed. There is no confirmation of this from any source. FIVE KILLED WHEN SHOVEL HITS DYNAMITE New Orleans, Oct. 20. News of the killing of five men in the Panama canal zone by a dynamite explosion was brought here today by passengers on the steamer Cart a go from Colon. The explosion occurred October IS, killing W. J. Davis, engineer in charge of a steam shovel; George Goodley, a crane man, and a pit foreman whose name was not learned, and two negroes. The steam shovel struck a charge of dynamite which had failed to explode when planted. PLAN NING TO FERTILIZER PLANT HERE WITH. $50,000, CAPITAL H. D. Blake Soliciting Subscriptions to Capital Stock of Dixie Guano Company Out of Town Man Takes Half ; of the Amount. Plans are on foot for the establish ment of a $50,000 fertilizer factory in Greensboro. D. H. Blake, who has had twelve years' experience !n the ferti lizer business, is soliciting subscriptions to the capita stock of the company. An out of town man, who has also had ex perience in the business, assures Mr. Blake that he will take $25,000 of the stoirk. - A number of Greensboro people have taken stock' and the subscription bonks are open for further subscriptions. The company will be incorporated as the Dixie Guano Company and will have an authorized capital of $100,000. with permission to begin business when $50, 000 is paid in. The company will erect in Greensboro a large plant for the manufacture of high grade fertilizers for truck, tobacco, cotton, wheat and other crops. The com pany proposes to sell its product largely through agencies in carload lots and has secured from the Southern railway spe cial rates, for fertilizer material and for the finished product. ' In talking to a News reporter yester day about the proposed plant, Mr. Blake went on to say that last year within a radius of seventy-five miles from Greens- Iwro fifty thousands tons of fertilizer was used, costing in round numbers, $1, 000,000. While we have fertilizer fac tories in North Carolina, a large per centage of the Quantity used in this section was manuiacturea ouwiae me state. Not a dollar of Greensboro capi- CLOUDBURST CAUSES FLOOD SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER TWO , FEET ABOVE FORMER HIGH ' WATER MARK. Shawnee, Okla., Oct. 21.--A couldburst at Gale, Okla., six miles west of here, today caused the South Canadian river to rise at an unprecedented rate to a height of two feet above the former high water line... . , Much damage wa done to property and crops, but so far no live were lost. ,-'; 'v ',; '': , ' . Train service is demoralized, all trains being detoured. MaYshot by Judee Die. - Jacksonville, FU., Oct. 21. William R. Coulter, clerk of the office of Justice of the Peioe WiUard, who w8 shot in it difficulty with Justice L. D. Howell, on Monday, October 12, died in the nospital this afternoon. Justice Howell, who first shot by Coulter, is improving and will wcovor. '''; ' ': '.;,v ;;?' ."-v. TENEMENT FIRE COSTS 3 LIVES IN NEW YOB1 One Hundred Other Per Have Narrow Escape FrN-?Vlames ' In Early ;ang. PANIC STRICKEN PEOPLE THRONG FIRE ESCAPES Three Victims of the Blaze Were Caught in Upper Hallway and Perished Before They Could be Reached by the Fire- Xew York, Oct. 21. Three persons were burned to death and the lives of one hundred tenants of a six story tene ment in East Third street were imperill ed in a fire that broke out in the building shortly before one o'clock this morning. . The flames, starting on the ground, spread rapidly through the structure and the fire escapes were soon congested with panic stricken tenants. When the fire was controlled, within a half an hour, fireman found three persons dead in the upper hallway, who had been caught by the flames. NORTHERN MICHIGAN WAITS FOR THE RAINS Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Oct. 21. Hun dreds of residents in this district who have been righting forest fires today arc depending upon showers, predicted for tonight, to give much needed relief. A forty-mile gale spread the fires in all directions today. : It is reported that Sugar Island, which has a population of 1,000 people, is ablaze almost from (Continued on Page Two.) ERECT BIG tal is interested in a fertilizer factory anywhere. . In 1805, continued Mr. Blake, we con sumed in North Carolina 1 15,000 tons of commercial fertilizer. In 1007, twelve years later, we consumed 459,000 tons, representing an aggregate cost of $0, 000,000, the consumption .being quad rupled in twelve years. Mr. Blake further stated that no fer tilizer factory has ever failed in North , i Carolina, on the other hand all are mak ing money. Especially is this true for the last ten years when the demand for fertilizer has been greater than ever be fore in the history of the country AN EARLY M0RNIN0 FIRE; BUILDING A TOTAL LOSS Fire was discovered at four o'clock yesterday morning in the house occupied by A. D. V.. Lee on the C M. Vanstory farm, near the city. The building and entire contents were destroyed, with a loss of $1,500 on the house, partly cov ered by insurance, and of hundred dollars or more on the household be longings, on which no insurance was car ried. The loss is said to be a serious one for the occupants of the dwelling. . Charleston Woman Die Abroad. . Barritz, Oct. 21. Mrs. ,T. Julius Prin gle, of Charleston, S. C, died here today. GETS LONG SENTENCE FOR SWINDLING IN 189S FRANK MARRIN GETS FROM FIF TEEN TO TWENTY YEARS IN NEW YORK PRISON. New York, Oct. 21. Frank C. Marrin, formerly a well known lawyer, who was convicted .of swindling Mrs. Caroline Bary, a widow, out of $80,000, today was entenced to from fifteen to twenty years in the state prison. -; , The swindle took plaoe thirteen year ago and Marrin immediately left the country, being traced to Honduras. La ter he came to Philadelphia and engaged I in extensive operations in cotton in that city, tie was recently convicted in tne United State Court in Pennsylvania of fraud in connection with these opera tions, but appealed and while out under bond came to new, York and wa ar rested on the Barry charge. A stay in the execution of the. sen tence upon Marrin was obtained by an order from Justice Gaynor to show why a certificate of reasonable doubt of Mar rin' guilt should not b issued. BIG OVATION IAS GIVEN DURHAM TO NOTED Cox. Settle and Morehead Draw Enormous Crowd to Po litical Rally. A GREAT OCCASION FOR REPUBLICANS Republican Candidates Arouse Great En thusiasm in Manufacturing City Dem ocratic Trick to Break Up Meeting Fails Most Successful Meeting Held. Durham, X. C, Oct. 21.-Last night was a red letter occasion for the lie publicans of Durham county. Hon. J. Elwood Cox, candidate for governor; Hon. John Motley Morehead, candidate for Congress. . and Hon. Thomas Settle, candidate for elector at large, held forth at the Academy of Music and the largest crowd of voters ever assembled in one building In Dur ham county was out to hear them. The crowd was estimated at 1,800 or 2,000 people. Every seat as well as all stand ing room was occupied. Judging, from the cheering nearly all of those present will vote the Republican ticket. The .Republicans of Durham piit them selves to considerable expense and "trou- j ble : to get Mr. Settle to speak last night. He was detained in Asheville t.y '. legal business and had sent telegrams notifying Republicans there that Ye would not be able to fill his appointment. A special train was engaged to rush Mr. Settle from Asheville to Durham in or der that he might not riiiss the appoint ment. For the first time probably in the. history of the stale special train was run over two hundred miles in order that the candidate for elector .at. large might deliver a speech." This is evidence that Durham Republicans are up and do ing wifh a determination- to carry the county. : ' .-. Mr. Co was speaking whet Mr. Settle made his appearance Yfpon the platform, entering from a rear door. A great ova tion was given him and speaking was suspended for a minute, the candidate shaking hands while the crowd cheered. Mr. Cox spoke thirty-five minutes, dis cussing state and national issues. He paid his respects to the News and Ob server, discussed labor conditions, saying that in Republican states the lowest wages paid are higher than the highest wages paid in Democratic states. The speaker compared the panic. 'of 1893 with that of 1!H)7. He told of .some experiences in the western part of the state. Farmers, he said, get higher prices than ever beforn for corn and cat tle and products of the farm. Mr. Cox told a story he had heard of the panic of 1893, of a whole community in which only two- people were kept busy one had a Waterbury watch and the other the seven-year itch. Mr. Morehead was introduced by J. A. Giles and ho, had just begun speaking when the fire bell began to ring. Sev eral men rushed for the door. John ('. Angier said it was only a Democratic false alarm. It proved to be a false alarm sent in from box No. 23. It was said to be a trick planned by the Demo crats to break up the meeting. The fire engine and hose wagon drove by the speaking hall, but little notice was given to it. It was stated the Democrats had resorted to fire scare process before when Republican speakings were going on. Mr. Morehead said that when a man becomes a candidate the people demand that he make speeche. In response to that demand I am here more to show myself than to make a speech. He said if elected to Congress he would not try to reorganize the United States, nor hold Congress spellbound with oratory or cumber the pages of the Congressional Record with hot air. He proposed to rep- (Continued on Page Three.) MEN HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS READY FOR INVESTMENT Business Men Awaiting Until They Are Assured by Taft's Elec tion That Their Enterprises Will Not Be Endangered. Xew York, Oct. 20 Estimates received from business men throughout the coun try show, that hundreds of millions of dollars are ready for the building of new,! industrial, railroad, tra.-tion and light ing projects and for the improvement, of. similar concerns, provided investors can be assured of the attitude of the federal government in the next four year toward business condition. , Investor who have large amounts of money at their disposal or who have only a thousand dollars wish first to knew how the new administration will ta'.klt- eeru.in evits that retard business development. In other words, hey want to, know whether the proposed remedies rnip;yned to eradicate the evils and encourage business or actually will de stm fcoth ihi. industry and the evil. Once this question is settled, business men report, million of dollars will be at the disposal of financiers to devote to the construction of new railroads, fac tories, rtllways and equyDietv;. , The ROOSEVELT QUERIES BRYAN ON HIS LABOR ATTITUDE Probably Be Member Next Congress CHARLES H. C0WLES, -Republican Canaidate for Congress in Eighth Congressional District. BRYAN IN HIS TOUR THROUGH DHiO ATTACKS TACTICS OF REI Sharply Criticizes Them for At tempting to Influence Votes of Their Employes. RECEPTION PLEASES HIM Mariet ta. O., Oct. 21. Monster -crowds and lusty cheering was Ohio's greeting to Willia'm .1. Bryan today. Just before t li DpiniuTittic candidate nassed over the line into West : Virginia late 'tonight,-! the Republican candidate, "and Mr. Hack ho svnrrased himself as exceedinelv well- i ett, the - Democratic candidate, arc mak- pleased with the receptions accorded him i in the welkin ring with political argu in the native state of his Republican op- jment. Several days ago it was an iwnent." '-- . ' i noiineed f rom - Democratic headquarters Inspired hv the fact that he literally i in Raleigh that a whirlwind campaign was carrying his' warfare into the camp ' would be made in the Kighth district for of his 'political' enemy,', be spoke with ! the two wet ks preceding election. Re great vigor. While still in bed this morn -''publicans say this is evidence that Demo ing a new.-pjper Wiis handed in to his.crats think llackeit's chances rather stateroom and Mrs. -'Bryan read .to him a weak. dispatch stating that the Xew York Two years ago Hacki-tt.'s majority was Central Railroad system was threaten-1 more than a thousand. Since t'hat time ing its employes "with a reduction in Surry county, w'hieh gave a Republican wages if he was elected, but promising majority of about 400, has been taken an ""increase in work and wages if he i out of the district, but still the district .... ... ,. e . . ! : j i.i a t. 1 : a 1 wa$ ut'ieatetl. Jius was ins cue lor me day, and he fired broadside after broad side into the Republicans for their tac tics.. '-.";'';.- Sixteen soeeches were made by- the candidate today. While talking to a vast throne in front of the Tod House in Yoiingstown, O., a big card signed by a! number of the workers in the steel plants was sent up to him, bearing the message; "We can't bo with you today, but we will be on November 3." Mr. Bryan afterwards learned that a number (Continued on Page Two.) I outlay of such a vast amount of money means, the employment ol thousands more men. Both Republicans and con servative Democrats feel that the elec tion of William 11. Taft will., be 'the magic influence that start these new en terprises. ery few men give encour agement of the carrying out of these projects if Bryan is elected President. . Business men point out frankly that, while they are confident of Taft's elec tion, there are many bankers and indi viduals with money to invest who, fear ing fhat Bryan by "some hocus pocus" may slip into the presidential chair, are holding tight to their money. They say that Bryan would kill the confidence that now i evident in every part of the coun try, and that with a hostile Senate he could make no headway for four years; his radical policies would stop the launching of new enterprises and that the country almost would be at a stand still tor four years, In contrast, they say thaf bankers .- i i .(Continued on Pag Two.) 1 -' ' ' ?:'-''r:'v. -, ';;.':',''"-' '.':-: LIVELY SCENES CAMPAIGN CLOSING INEIEHjyiSTBICT Notwithstanding Gerrymander Cowles Has Fine Chance to Win His Election. WELKIN RINGS WITH ORATORY In the Eighth Congressional district there will likely be lively- scenes; from now until the election. Roth Mr. Cowles, i is m aumn wim ufi-iui-u ii-unuin woaiu .the Republican column. Mr. Cowles i making a real campaign. For two or three months he has given his entire ;tiine to the campaign, often making two ! speeches day. Eighth district Rcpub' ' licans are proud ot tncir young leader He has held his own with his opponent in mint debate and is crowing more popular as he becomes better known. Mr. Cowles has twice represented his county in the legislature and he intro duced a bill for the extension of the (Continued on Page Two.) RAINS BROTHERS IPE ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER ATTORNEY FOR THE ACCUSED MEN OBTAINS A DELAY FOR ONE DAY IN PROCEEDINGS. Xew York, Oct. 20. Captain Peter. C. Hains, Jr., and his brother, ", fe.ikins HaiiiH, : were arraigned before '.Supreme Court Justice J arret son at Flushing, L. I., today on an indictment charging mur der in the first degree in coniiertion with tho death of Willinm E. Annis. John F. Mclntyre, counsel for the de fendants, demurred to the indictment on tho pTouiid that it had not been prop erly oVawn, his principal objection be ing the presence on th'e jury of a man said to have been a lifelong friend of Annis. The court refused to take up' the point, whereupon Mr. Mclntvre sisked fur time to inspect the miiiutt of the jury before entering the ploa for j his clients. , . ' V The cas) we then adjourned until to ' aorrow. '-.;; ';' -.-"..-''''- -v -.?-v,'!'-;;.' ASKS NEBBASKAN INFORMATION ON LABOR PLANK In Letter to Senator Knox. Presi dent Sharply Criticizes Gompers and Democracy's Proposals. DOES BRYAN REALLY STAND ON PLATFORM Country Should Enow, Says Crief Ex ecutive, Just What Democratic Candi date's Views on Such an Important Question Are Taft's Position Clear. Washington, D. C, Oct. 21. The fol lowing letter to United States Senatoe P. C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, has been written by President Roosevelt; White House, Oct. 21, 1908. By Dear Senator Knox: In your ad mirable speech of yesterday you speak of the action of Mr. Bryan and e.-nrtai. gentlemen claiming to be the special representatives of organized labor, fore most among them Mr. Gompers, to se cure the support of laboring men for Mr. Bryan on consideration of bis agree ment to perform certain acts nominally, in the interest of organized labor, vhich would really be either wholly ineffec tive or ele of widespread injury not only to organized labor, but to all de cent citizens throughout this country. You have a peculiar right to speak on labor questions, for it, was you who, as attorney -g-cncral, first.-actively invoked the great power of the fcdcrnl joveni nient on behalf of the right of labor when, for the first time in thv hUtoiy of the government, you, speaking f. r the e'epartment of justice, intervened in a private lawsuit which had conn against a locomotive fireman who hA.i lest bis arm in' coupling oars and by your intervention secured from tb-3 Su- (Continued on page Eight.) MOB SURROUNDS NEGRO S BLACK WHO KILLED TWO 0PFI CERS LIKELY TO BE LYNCHED BY ARMED CROWD. Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 21. A special from Little Honia, Ha., says: Charlie Mitchell, the negro who on last Sunday killed two officers and seri ously wounded another, is believed to be surrounded tonight in Miller's woods, near here, by a band of armed men. Posses have leen scouring this section since Sunday for the negro, and today Cus Clover, a cousin .of Mitchell, was shot and seriously wounded when he re fused to surrender. Most of the male population of this place has gone to the woods whero Mitchell js supposed to be hilling. Much excitement prevails here. Woman Suffragists Adjourn. Buffalo, X. Y.. Oct, 2I.r-rThe. fortieth annuil convention of the American Na tional Women's Suffrage Association ended today. In closing the final session today President Anna Shaw, said: "We have never had a more instructive, com prehensive convention than this has been. We will go home with greater-enthusiasm and a greater determination to con tinue the struggle and if need be enter upon a militant campaign for our birth right. We are on the battle line. Vic tory is iu sight." Alleged Murderer on Bail. Omaha, Xeb.. Oct. 21.- Charles R. Davis was arraigned here today in the District Court before Judge Sears, charged with the murder of Dr. Fred erick Rustin last month. Davis pleaded not guilty and was released on bail of $10,000. furnished by his brothers. The trial will occur in November.'. Vermont Elect New Senator. Mbntpelier, Vt.. Oct. 21. William P. Dillingham and Carroll S. Pago were to day formally declared elected to repre sent Vermont in the United States Sen ate at a joint session of the general as sembly.' Senator Dillingham succeed himself for another six years, whila former Governor Page will serve for th two years of the unexpired term of tho late Senator Proctor. Depew to Speak in Virginia, Norfolk, Vs., Oct. 21. Republican Na tional Committeeman Martin today an nounced the following speaking dates and places in Virginia for Senator Depew i Harrisonburg, October 2t Lynchburg October 27 j Norfolk, October 88, and Suffolk, October 29. . J, ':' ;; -'i,-'. "'.! ;';.' .''V