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ine wews . i ; li Devoted to the Upbuilding of.. . . . - '".: FT. Ths New; ; as unsurpassed cj ai Ad j verfcskig Uediojn. . . . . . . Polk County. $ 1 V. .L Uj .C"V J OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IM ALL THINGS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE VOL. IX. COLUMBUS, N: C, THURSDAY, MARCH, 31, 1904. NO. 50 Tt y A TV A. s - I I I I I Report of CoriiBifiitte En the Grudger Case lew of Election Returns From Buncombe, Soutir isvilie. and Tryon. W100DY I10HLECTED So Says the Committee and Therefore Gud ger Is Entitled to Re tain His Seat Much of the Evidence Ad duced Is Inconclusive the Committee De clares Mr. Young, from the committee on t lec tions, has completed his written report in the Gudger contested election case. The report says: r' - ' . "Contestant shows that some 500 men voted in Buncombe couuty whose names are not on the sheriff's list of those who had paid their poll tax In time to qualify then as voters. He claims that this was owing to a conspiracy to issue fraudulent tax receipts and" exemptions after the time fixed by law for said purpose, and that said conspiracy was so largely carried ., trnvo rinnM nnfl rHarredit ou the UUb IU Vt Mil"" . . .w 4., ...j., s.i entire vote of the county and render it in.- . , rt, unr,t wrti. possible to determine how the honest vote . r of the county was cast. , -; , -Your committee finds the evidence of thi Minsniracv inconclusive. If it existed at all it was abortive of results, for the testimony clearly shows ihat the list of those who voted, without being on the sheriffs hst is largely made up of , those who were too old or too young to lie liable for the poll tax, "and of those who were not conclusively shown to have been en titled to vote, at least as many were shown Vav Shield's to have voted for contestant as- for contes- testee used any money himself or was cog tee The committee desires to call atten- ni2ant of the use of any money by his sup- V .v.- :r..Ai nrt inmiiflnsivp porters in this precinct in his behalf, prf tnn to the.incompetenl and inconclusive or iuiprV,perly. On the contrary, character of much ot the testimony as to ,uere js slr6n direct testimony of the most how individuals voted. This consisted in chad of the state- . m .ua ,, tn ,iiat vntir mentof some third ... party to that voter, who was not himself called as a witness, hart Roid that h&shohld vote or had voted for contestant or contestee as the case mieht be. It Is needless to say T i oHUfla tn nv that this is hearsay. i 'Another class ot testimouy relied on was that certain voters were Republicans or Democrats, from which the infereuce was sought to be drawn that, they had voted their party ticket for member of Congress. That such testimony, if ; admis sible at all, is inclusive and of little weight will be conceded by every lawyer. But whether you allow to this testimony all the force that is sought to be given it by either of the parties or reject it altogether, the result U the same". In either case contest ant has received at least as many illegal votes as contestee.- Your committee there- fore cannot find any valid reason for re jecting the vote of Buncombe county. "The contestant alleges that legal voters were denied registration iu Shield's pre cinct of Polk county, and that the ballot box was stuffed with illegal ballots. The evidence to sustain the latter charge is' too puerile for' consideration. There is no evidence tending to prove that ' more than one legal voter was denied registration, and there Is other evidence just as creditable tending to show that this one legal voter did not apply for registration at all, and so could not have been rejected. The vote of this precinct also, in the opinion of your committee, should be counted as ' cast and ' returned, ' v:. ' ' c '; . .'- Tnr Freclel, Plk Cutjr. r : The contestant claims that the votes of Tryon precinct in Polk county should be relented because of the refusal of the re- gistraiien omcers vo register "'S- . ... . . ber of quaunca yoters. oui Ilu Xcanilnd no evidence tending to show onelegal voter was refused registration. A few illegal votes seem to have; been cast, but thhv In the opinion or your conimHiee, was the result of accident rather than dc- wga, sou uicuicsw .w--.vv " nated and do not affect the result. 7 In the opinion of your committee the vote ef this precinct snouiaoiueiejev. :.:i:msa8esr0r cincoi DouiQayuuic, county, even if rejected, would not alter the result, but as much stress ha been laid upon this precinct ip the Argument of conusel your committee thinks best to re port the facts relative to the election there in as it finds them. -' South Warneaville. 4,All the testimony tends to -show that this;' precinct was -normally Democratic from 200 to 250 majurUy. At the election in question it was carried by nearly all the Democratic candidates by- majorities of over 200. 1 It wxs the home, however, of contestauU He was popular there. Two years before, he had carried the precinct by a majority of 26 against the Demo cratic candidate, Mr., Crawford. . At that time there was disaffection in the Demo cratic ranks, and some of the most- promi nent Democratic workers were support! ng contestant. These same men in1902 were supporting contistee. N The result of that election was a majority of; 119 for coiites tee, who ran fully 100 behind the ayerage of his ticket.. Contestant claims that this result was brought about ; by wholesale bribery of. voters by contested, without which contestant ' would have carried the district by a large majority as he had done two years previously. ; : ; ' "It is evident, however, that the condi tion hail materially , changed, In 1000 con testant was opposed by a divided Demo cratic party, iu 1902 by . a united Demo cratle paety. . There is considerable testi mony to the effect that, it was 'common talk,' generally undei-stood,' 'whispered about,' and '.'a matter ot. Common know ledge' .that money was being used Uy' the friends of both contcstaat and contestee for the purpose of influencing voters. There is als some testimony that a few men who had voted-at the election told the .witness that tlieyjiad been offered moi.ey ! and in some cases that they had rt-cvived money for their wles. Testimony of this kind is sometimes receiyt din election cafes from the difficulty. of obtaining; direct evidence wl y VJ " " " v""v, . . , , lit . unsatwfactoiy and dangerous. It is a most ., . , i. .i significant fact however, that nearly all the " J active workers for both contestant and con- , eacn, t...,- .,mt--:-r -v ' , use of inonev bv Dei sons other lhau him self, when asked as to his own conduct, put himself -upon his constitutional . right and refused to answer questions which might crimiuate himself- " The above, is a fair statement of all the testimony tending to show the improper use of money by the supporters of the cont slee. There is no evidence to show .that con- positive nature, from those iu a position-to know, that he contributed no money what- lever to be used in aid of his election in this Drecinct . No8in4,cvoter i9 pointed out WDO was jjbd t0 vote for eoatestee For these reasons your committee think the vote of South Waynesville precinct shou!d w YJ-r It follows from these conclusions that in the opinion of your committee the con testant has not made out bis case." THE N.C. TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY Meetidg This Year Will Be Held at MOreneaa Uliy Durham, N. C, March 26. Special, The next session of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly will be held in Morehead Cityr The session will con- of congress from tbeiTenth Congress vene June 8th. The meeting place was ional district of this State and by his selected by the executive committee after a careful study of the matter and upon the receipt of many . requests from teachera.all over the state asking that the meeting be held in Morehead.- 1 - Prof. V. D, Carmlchael of this city,- secretary of the assembly, gave me this information. ? He -is "enthusiastic over the outlook for the largest gathering of teachers held In the state in receut years and for a meeting . that - will be of exceeding interest. unusual prep arations are being made for the recrea tion and amusement of the teachers," he said when asked about; the outlook. 'The program, he continued, prom- ises to be one of the best we have; ever had. Tt will be out about April . 15th. Governor Avcock will attend and make one of the leading, addresses. Several nrominent educators from "outside the Rtat arobeinff arranged 'for. Amonsri lntendent W. W. Stetson of Maine, tiuvuv . 1 r who is well known over the' eastern . . &re uch like oars, d for that reaSon Superintendent st speciallv fitted to be helpful . t ig now hoped tb:at he may be present at the entire meeting. - Special ! attehtiotf will be given to rural school i sUoQJ jj The officers of the assembly are Prof. of Wake Forest, presi- dent: -j. I. Foust, of the Normal and Industriai College, Greensboro, first vice-president; Prof. Wr D. Carmichael of Durham, secretary ana treasurer, Men In the .v PublicE - ' - K ' 1 Hon. James Madison i G udger J rv - Nothing need to be said to our read ers, nearly , all of whom know - Janies Madison Gudger Jr., by way of intro duction. ' He is already well known to the people of Western North-Carolina. He is a De mocrat w hose ; fid ellty no man cau question and, whose devotion to the party.principles, and the organiza tion has ever been unfaltering, lleffe a native Carolinian born in the moun tains of Western North Carolina; was educated at Emory and Henry College; afterwards married a Henderson county girl. Miss Katie Hawkins, of Hender son V ille. ' ; ; :;:-- .."7 " ' " t ; 7 Mr.: Gudger is a lawyer by profession and is recognized by bench and bar as one of the ablest criminal lawyers of the "West. Clean ot - record, strictly temperate in habits, wise t in counsel, effective in action with strong native ability, eminently marks him as a use-r J.. i. -$ - HON. JAMES MADISON CUDCER JR. ful man and one worthy -of the confi dence of the people. As a .tate Senator from the counties x of Haywood, Madison and Buncombe, he was a trusted leader, being chair man of some important committees. As Solicitor of the fifteenth district, he was regaitled as one of the strongest prosecutors in the State, ably prosecu- postoffice .: burglary case-when four men were convicted and sentenced to be j hanged. . ' -v - ." : Mr. Gudger is the present member faithful and energetic action ..in look ing after the interests of all; classes of I his constituents, has greatly endeared j himself to the people of this district. J He i3Tne of the leading, advocates of "National aid for Public Roads", and favors the passage of a law, whereby the P.M. General cannot refuse to es- tablish R F: D. routes on account of the roads: haviner introduced a bill to that 'effect. V He believes that the farmers - ought to be relieved to some extent from the great burden of road , duty and that the people who live in rough and rug ged mountainous sections of the coun- try, and who pay taxes, and defend tneir country in times of war ought' to have the same mail facilities and. recogm- Ltion as those who live in the flat lands, I with their turn-oike roads. He be- lieves in equal rights to all, and special privileges to none." . He will soon have completed his first term in con gress and wilt stand for re-election, De- ing the only candidate in the field at ; - : , , : Tho circumambieut atmosphere resounds with tbe clash of arms. Gloveruer Odell and Senator- Piatt are at it again . Ttfe Republican convention at Norfolk, Va.,'. turned down the negro delegates and adopted the policy, of the lily-whites. 1 1 he neeroea ; anffrilv - retaliated ana withdrew. . - TAYLOR BLING SUED The Famous- Governor ana! Lecturer is Being v Sued For Divorce ;By Mrs. Tay- Regarding the "beginning- of a suit' by iuiB, ivwr u. layior to secure a aivorce from her husband, Robert LvTavlor. thrice governor of Tennessee and one of the most prominent - and : gifted lecturers in the country, tbeiinoxvuiebentmel says: "As has -been expected for some time, Mrs Robert It. Taylor has filed a billfor oevoroe against ner nusband, the ex gov- ernor. me om was niea in chancery uourt iaie luesuav aiternoon - hv Mrs. ' r " layior s attorney, J. Vf . Caldwell, of this city, in connection with" the law firm of dones-oc jjuis, 01 luscaioosa, Ala, .. Alter reiavinz me lactoi tueir mar- riage in Christ's church, - Tuscaloosa Sep tember 23, . 1 1)01, the bill charges the de fendant with having abandoned thecom plainanr and with non-support; .Upon these grounds she seeks absolute divorce and the . restoration of her former name. a d alimony . C The hill " has - been expected for some lime hy resideuts of this city . who were acquainted with the Taylor family. Do mestic relalioi s between husband and wife were not pleasant. After their marriage in Albania M and Mrs. Taylor resided on Noith Fourth avenue for a while and then moved to West Church" avenue. - "There were differences regarding whth- er or "not Dr. and Mrs." St. "John should live at home with them.; Mrs. Taylor objected to this - and . also Insisted thai her children should be permitted to live with her. :' -."While ei-Gov.. Taylor: was out of the .- ' , city on a lecturing tour Mrs. .Taylor packed her trunk and went to her former home in Alabama; statins to her steo-chndren that she would not return, -'When Gov. Taylor was Informed of the fact, he asked his son- in-law. ' Dr.'E. F. St.. John, to take. pos- session ot: the house and care for his chil dren.; Then Mrs. Taylor returned but on going to the house and finding what had been done, she went to a hotel, awaiting the ari ival of her husband. Soon however. she returned to Albania without seeing him'. - ' ' "Previous, to- her first trip to her old home when ex-Gov. Taylor was absent from the city, she 1 asked him - to send bUr children to a boarding school, but this was refused. - "In regard to , this matter a relative of ex-Gov. Taylor said to a Seitinel reporter this morning: 'During the life 'of his first wife there was no one in - Tennessee wno. was more intimately acquainted , with Robt. I Taylor, or knew more of his domestic life than I. We were always close friends, rand when the family went to Texas, at his request I. accompanied them and stayed with them for several months as a protec tion. I'never knew a man who liked to be at home with his family as much as he did, or a m'au - who was as loving and kind to his wife and children as he was. " . Japanese Volunteers write jtheir i applications ln blood. That's the way play-actors do on the opera hnnffA fitn tro BOB claps IHIoSjson Play. ;Sundy 'iTHE PRINCE OF PEACE." WfTi. J. Brvan Delivers an Address DAr t di nu...'.k " "c,u,c l,,c 1 CUH,C I - in NOW Haven I New Haven, Conn., March 27. Wm. J Bryan delivered an address thlsafter- noon before the People's church in the Hyperion theatre on VThe prince of j Peace' Mr. Bryan eventually took up the I n a mntuA ijucjuiuu a nm auu iuiciucu afaiuou the present' war between Japan and -Russia, saying that he hoped there would be a ireneral demand made to find mu. .onea Ua, Trnftw:n the exact cause the world would then be enabled to form a judgment as to ; which side had justice in its contention He depreciated the prevalence In this country of training boys and young men in the arts of warfare. - The only war fare that man ought to wage said he. is he warfare against evil in all its forms. r 'Society is ia danger,'? continued Mr. Bryan, "because of the terrible conflict that threatens between the " rich and poor. Shall we say that the outcome will be a warfare between class, to end only in the rule of that class wiiich caD take the upper hand and rule because it has the strength? ; How much better to recognize that all r &W brothers. Rec- ognition-of that doctrine will not nob life of bravery, it will not make up cow ards, for it takes a brave "man.to live righteously before men in the strenuous world of to day; it requires a brave man to stand up. against error in his own political party and vto maintain a righteous principal." -- FAIRBANKS FOR SECOND PLACE- Representative' Landis Says His the Ticket in 1908. " - -- . - '--I Kepresentative Uharies B. indis, 01 iiwiBU?),uwyw;u.1,;ucCv,vuwi merger case will tend to elimlninate the trust question as a political issue in the forthcoming presidential campaign . Incidentally he says that the decision, taken from a fundamental point of view, lends emphasis to the fact that the Fed eral government i and not the State Is the Supreme power of the civil war has this fact been more clearly demonstrat- I M than by the court's decree. Mr. Landis, in discussing tbe report ed candidacy of Senator Fairbanks for the Republican vice presidential nomi nation, said: "I believe, as do many of Mr. Fair banks' friends in our State, that Mr; Fairbanks will make a great mistake : if he should , consent . to a!16w his name ! to be ; presented to the convention in Chicago as a vice presidential candi- d ate. We do not want to see him close his public Career with any such,houor. What we wish to see is his nominotion J for the presidency in 1908. . We believe j 1 Wo ehi-mlr) mmatn in' the. Senate until that vear. when his name can be ed at the head and not at the tall of .Wi nstlnnal finXiS Tjt the Wtv look lUB UWU-. .' - - - t 1 to other quarters for a vice presidential candidate. There is any; quantity of I tmka avuf1aKtA: T hell eve. - however. tuf . niiutern W shnnld be selected. -'and I point to Secretary Taft, j 0f Ohio, Secretary - Shaw, : of Iowa, or ; cAn. t-Ouarles. of Wiscbnsinras likelv ' men.. Any one of I them, would -be ac centable. Senator "Fairbanks would add strength to the ticket in Indiana and other quarters,but I do not think we need him in order to, carry Indiana. Any of the other gentlemen I have in dicated could do the- same thing. Out in Indiana the people want Miv Fair banks to hold aloof from the vice presi dency 'They want him for President and believe that for him to become Mr. would impair his chances of securing the big nomination lour years nence." Washington .Foso, Reflections of a Bachelor. Tt takes a mrl who looks thin but Isn't tv look miffhtv innocent when she sets out to so in swimming. : Rnme mothers feel thev are hot doine their whole dutv to their children when they give them their castor oil in cap- Cinampo and Ping Yang Is being recon Kiiies . structed almost entirely, so as to admit T UCU k ixiau la luai i ica . . mm, so busy trying to support his family that he has no time to read anything ut 1,1; . Everybody in the world would be rich if men could resist spending 5iu to cei- ebrate tne o tneyjiave savea , prauuu- I iue economy. fMew xorx rs. t St63mers,"l3d2n Port; Arthur THE HOSTILE FORCES ;-:;:v;-;;. --vr- ijs; ;..y vr Are Booked t6 Meet at Wiu, When A Hot Time Is: Expected--Russia Places Mines in Neutral Territory--: Movement ; to. the South Made by Rus sians. " -' Chee Foo, March 27,The ' Japanese have made another attempt " to, block the entrance' to Port Arthur. - It is stated that one Russian torpedo boat was sunk in the engagement but it is thought, the vessel can be refloated. I " At 3 o'clock, this . (Sunday) morning" four stone-laden steamers, : escorted by eight torpedo boats approached the harbor.-They were discovered by the Russian vessels on scouting duty as they drew nearer, the Russian-forts and the ships in' the . roadstead opened fire on them and sunk them. ( The Japanese fleet, which consisted of sixteen ships all told, remained off Port Arthur until daylight. At this hour ancuor, peared. The fate of the crews on thft stonn. laden ateamers ls not known. ;-Since the arrival at. Port Arthur of flefet ha been more tlx. . Japanese make second attempt to block the entrance of the harbor at Port' Arthur. v Russians fire on Japanese ves- sels and sink four merchantmen. One Russian torpedo boat also sunk. Seven Russians killed and twenty are wounded. Marquis I to and his suite leave Seoul. The marquis was dined by the emperor of Korea after the farewell audience. : Chinese officials say the reports of dissatisfaction and mutiny amongst the Chinese Imperial troops on, the border are wlthontrfoundation. Steamer Active arrives at Che Foo from Kobe, Japan; During voyage she passed a fleet ot Japanese transports, conveyed by cruisers, in the Inland isa.. They were bound for Korea. - r " Seoul, March 26.-6 p. ra.-Two de tachments of Russian troops, one esti mated to n umber 500 and the other 200 men, are reported to be pillaging the country around Anju. Tne naU ves, -in Iear ar neeing wuw, I 1 .- .I. , - li. . .V -iriJ V WW)". lu a aDoui sixy mues souuioi iu i.u I river. . ;'.;;: .yr- ' - t J apanese.scouts report that tney have discovered that the Russian troops are I south of the Yalu in much - stronger force than was thought? 'l; ItHHis Begs Fm Mey..''; : ' ' London, March 28. The Chronicle's financial editor sas; "Russian agents have come to jLondon seeking . money and met with ho more success here than in Germany or France. French bank I ers could not directly, refuse, but are said to have asked terms equivalent to 71 per cent interest.:;; The. terms' the Piiaelan a rront a refused, henfte the visit : - T - . nn Mm w at an, so Russia wiu uave w iu i upon forced, paper currency. f HMtile Fvrcc t Meet l Wlj. '. Seoul, March 26. Information from the front contains no news of contact be tween the Russians and Japanese. ,The disembarkation at Chinampo continues briskly. As the. Japanese land, troops are moved to Ping-Yang, where prepa- rations are oeing maae w ionn rewe on a large scale.". 'l ne - roaa oetween the easv transport of supplies i na. i . - - - x - " - . . - - - - - . - army, consitwng wurew now nearly ;corapte I bemsr extensively entrencnea. inejap- KTSS teSfiST, " ' , in the north beyond Ping Yang there -t . . . - , vwuuuucu v ivi 4 f.lerchan Into HarborandSunk
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