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VOL XIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, TflUSSDAY, MAY 23, 1907.
NO. 4.
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Gather in Philadelphia to Talk
Over Matters of Interest
LABOR QUESTION CONSIDERED
Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte,
Responded to the Address of Wel
come Only One Session Held Dur
ing Day.
Philadelphia, Special. With an st
iendance of nearly 2,000 member,
(he eleventh annual convention of the
National Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation opened in the ball room of
the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. In
connection with the convention the
cotton men are exhibiting all the
branches of their business at the First
Regiment armory. The association
held a session in the morning, the af
ternoon and evening being given over
to the exhibition and to entertain
ments. The convention opened with pray
er by Rev. Stephen W. Dans of West
Walnut Street Presbyterian ehuren.
Mayor J. E. Reyburn delivered the
address of welcome and the response
was made by Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of
i'harlotte, Two of the most notable
addresses of the day were made by
Mr. Theodore H. Price, who talked of
bis recent move against the New York
cotton exchange, and Mr. E. J. Wat
son, of South Carolina, who spoke
about immigration in the South.
Mr. Tmpkins' Address.
In response to the address of
Mayor Reyburn, Mr. Tompkins said
in part:
"We have heard much of the com
petition between New England and
the South in the manufacture of cot
ton goods. I have always depreciated
this talk as unworthy of the man
ufacturers of a great and progressive
nation with a world business within
its reach if its people would operate
tn get it instead of lending their ef
forts to petty competition at homt.
The American Cotton Manfacturers'
Association has charged itself with
the task of developing an organiza
tion which at the same time reconcile-
all American interests and iu
stead of fostering v local interests
against other local interests it seeks
to nationalize all interests. Our asso
ciation wishes to gain the co-operation
of all American cotton manufac
turing interests in the work of fos
tering industrial education at home
and of developing foreign markets
abroad until the general prosperity
in all America would eliminate the
idea of competition at home.
It seems particularly appropriate
Ihat the American Cotton Manufac
turers' Asociation should meet in
Philadelphia to consider such large
subjects as the progress of American
manufactures by the development of
' industrial education, and the exten
sion of the American commerce by
the development of ocean transporta-
tion facilities.'
"It was here the nation was born,
anl Philadelphia has been peculiarly
a national city ever since. In bota
education and transportation your
city has always led. It is here that
is the best development of that
knowledge and skill necessary to pro
duce the finer fabrics such as lace
curtains, earpets and other superior
products of the spindle and loom. It
is here that there has been developed
the best knowledge and skill in Am
eviea in the production of both loco
nviuves and ships. Therefore, in
; hoth the realms of education aud
training on the one hand to make
fii'tvi and better goods and of build
ins ic omotives and ships, on the
rther hand to promote transportation
for distribution of American goods
to the L people of the world, Philadl
i'lda is the leading American city
;;''1 ir is a good atmosphere for this
reeling,
Iiepresentative; of the colonies
assembled here to inaugurate, by joint
action, the battle for political liber
ty. "This meeting is not held here now
without a purpose. This association
wishes bore at this meeting to inau
gurate by joint action the battle for
commercial liberty over the entire
world.
"The establishment here July - 4,
1 ' 6, of an independent government,
' -"t ou iorefathers some money and
ni'ih 1 rouble, but the venture has
It will cost us something to ac
VHsli over the entire nation such
:' . vstcm of industrial education rs
make our people manufacturers
' le best and cheapest goods iu
he world. But' the cost will be n
Prfitable investment
J. u will cost us something to put
a J?s Qpon the high seas to earry our
"llural and manufactured prod
"s to th vanotto market of the
Following the session of the con
vention an important conference of
representatives of the Ne- York and
New Orleans cotton exchanges and of
the association was held. At the
meeting a protest was registered by
the manufacturers against the ex
tensive gambling in cotton which is
permitted in the cotton exchanges
and insisted that the method of grad
ing the staple now prevalent should
be changed.
The discussion of labor problems
and the need of increased immigra
tion was led by Commissioner Wat
son, whose efforts to import labor for
the cotton industry have brought
forth cries from agitators in all parts
of the country and ended in the en
actment of restraining legislation b
Congress. He declared that the hour
has come for the American manufac
turer and the American laborer with
out regard to section, to join hands
and eliminate . the political dema
gogue whose mission in life seems it
be to array labor agaiy-t caital, and
section against section, without re
gard to any other interest than his
own petty palitical advancement.
Sentenced to Hang Jnne 21.
Waycross, Ga., Special. The jury
in the case of H. E. Lyle, charged
with the murder of his wife and baby,
returned a verdict of guilty without
recommendation. This was Lyle s
second trial, the first a few weeks
ago, resulting in a mif trial. Lyie
claimed that the shooting was an ac
cident. Judge Parker passed the sen
tence of death, fixing the hanging for
June 21st.
Cannot Accept Third Term.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. It is
announced that Dr. Thomas M. Owen,
who is serving his second term as
commander in chief of the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans will
not permit his name to be presented
for another election at the coming re
union in Richmond. While thorough
ly in love with the work, Dr. Owen
finds himself overwhelmed with offi
cial and personal obligations and can
no longer give the time necessary fcr
the office.
To Prosecute Tobacco Trust.
Washington, Special. The Depart
ment of Justice is preparing to begin
a drastic movement against a large
number of tobacco companies for vio
lation of the anti-trust laws. John
Wesley Gaines, Representative from
Tennessee, states that he has informa
tion to this effect. If the prosecu
tions are carried out according to the
programme the tobacco companies
operated in North Carolina will be
affected.
Tragedy at Jonesville S. C.
Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Sims
Gillmore, a farmer, was shot and
probably fatally wounded and his
neighbor, James W. Gallman had his
skull fractured by Gillmore, who
struck him with a hanimar, following
a quarrel between them in a store at
Jonesville, S. C, eighteen miles from
here. Gallman has only a slight
chance of recovery. The tragedy
grew out of the burning of two barns
on Gillmore 's farm, of which crime
Gillmore suspected Gallman.
lig Say For Salvationists.
Columbia, S. C. Special. A special
to The State from Greenville says:
The Salvation Army citadel, the first
in the South, was dedicated here.
Colonel Hols, head of the department
conducted services, assisted by Major
Berrynan of Atlanta, with other of
ficers from Augusta, Spartanburg and
elsewhere. Two thousand people were
present. The citadel is complete and
cost $8,506. Many pulpits in the
city wers occupied by Army officers.
Textile Council Totei for 10 Per Cent
Increase.
Lowell, Mass., Special. The Lowell
Textile council voted at a special
meeting Sunday to request an in
crease in wages of 10 per cent in all
of the seven great cotton mills of the
city, including the Lawrence, Tre
mont and Suffolk, Merrimac, Boots,
Appleton, Massachusetts and Hamil
ton mills. It is understood that the
action was unanimous. Nearly 20,
000 operatives are concerned in the
demand.
Prison Repartee.
Senator Tillman was discussing a
recent Quarrel among financiers.
"Those men threw a good deal of
mud at each other," he said, smiling,
"and most of the mad stuck. It was
an interesting squabble. It reminded
me of an incident in a Southern jail.
"There ware two prisoners in this
Jap. One was in r stealing a cow.
The other waa in for stealing a watcn.
"Exercising in the courtyard one
morning the first prisoner said taunt
ingly to the other: .
" 'toat time is itr t ,
P 'ltillng tS '" fcrMla-
SOUTHERN
IS
Southern Representatives of
Great Denomination
IN SESSION AT BIRMINGHAM
General Assembly f Presbyterian
Church in United States Opens at
Birmingham for K)-Days Session.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. With
the election of John R. Howertan, of
Montreat, N. C, as moderator the
fifty-seventh annual session of the
General Assembly of Southern Pres
byterian Church got down to work in
earnest. At the afternoon session re.
ports were made by all standing com
mutes. The night's session was de
voted to welcoming addresses by vari
ous prominent local laymen and cler
gymen and reportsDuasCritees.i-athE
gymen and responses by the visitors.
The Assembly Opened.
Amid strains of the time honored
doxology " Praise God From Whom
AH Blessings Flow." Every seat in
the church was occupied by commis
sioners and visitors. After Dr. Allen
G. Hall, of Nashville, the moderator
naa caned tne Assembly to order,
prayer was offered by Dr. James P.
Smith, of Richmond, Va., Dr. J. R.
Howerton, of Montreat, N. C, read
a lesson from the fourth chapter of
Matthew, it being the story of Christ
being tempted in the wildness after
40 days of fasting. Another prayer
was offered by Dr. W. C. Alexander,
of Memphis, and after a song. Dr.
Howerton delivered the oepning ser
mon. His text was from the fourth
chapter of Matthew, the eighth, nin.h
and 10th verses, relating to the temp
tation of Christ.
The report which the executive
commission of the alliance of the re
formed churches throughout the world
holding the Presbyterian system, will
make to the Asembly has been made
public. The report says that each
year it becomes more apparent that
the Christian Church at home canri.ft"
furnish su. .cient missionaries for the
evangelization of heathern peoples nor
can su.. cient physicians be sent from
the home lands to supply the needs
of foreign mission fields.
Three hundred thousand physicians
are needed alone in China, says the
report. The United Presbyterian
Church has recently been appealed ttr
send over 400 missionaries for their
neid in rjgypt ana maia. equally
great need is felt in all mission fields.
The report says the only possible way
of meeting the need is the establish
ment of weel equipped schools, semin
aries, colleges and hospitals for the
upraising of a native physicians. As
to home misisons, the report says that
all the curches are awakening to a
deeper sense of responsibility for the
United States. The report gives de
tails of what the churches are doing
in continental Europe, saying that
theBohemian work needs systematic
aid. The report gives a resolution
adopted which depreciates "the effort
in many places in our country by the
Roman Catholic Church to produce
sympathy for the Catholics of Franee
by charging persuction of the Church
against the French government. We
believe that this charge is based upon
false assumptions and that these ef
forts are revealing and developing a
( spirit contary to free institutions and
the true liberty of our land. ' '
Fire at Pacolet, 8. C.
Spartanburg, Special. The store
building and stock of goods of G. E.
Kirby at Pacolet were destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated to be be
tween $4,000 and $4,500 and is cover
ed by insurance.
News in Brief.
Foraker men in Ohio accuse Sena
tor Dick of betraying the senior Sena
tor and climbing on the Taft band
wagon.
More progress was made with the
task of selecting the Heywood jury.
A Chicago suicide gave six reasons
why he desired to end his life.
Snow is reported from various
points in Nebraska and South Dakota
Got. Little in Bad Health.
Little Roek, Ark., Speeial. Paul
Little, secretary to and son of Gov.
John S. Little, issued the statement
saying the condition of his father's
health is not satisfactory. Governor
Little went to Corpus Christi, Texas,
several months ago and the president
pro tempore of the1 Senate has acted
as Governor of Arkansas. Paul Lit
tle says his father "Will be taken to
Colorado or brought to his home at
Greenwook, Ark., and be will net at
tempt to assume his official duties
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Items of Interest From Many
Parts of the State
I .
NIIKOR MATTERS 6F STATE NEWS
Happenings of More or Less Import
ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Markets.
Trinity Commencement.
"'Invitations have been sent out to
the commencement of Trinity College.
Following is the program :
Sunday, June 2, 8:30 p. m., Bacca
laureate Address, President John C.
Kilgo.
Tuesday, June 4, 11 a. m., Bacca
laureate sermon, Rev. Donald Sage
Markay., D. D. New York. City.
Tuesday, June 4, 1 p. m., Alumni
Address, Jeronije Dowd, Charlotte,
N. C.
Tuesday, Junje 4, 8 :30 p. m., Gradu
ating Orations.!;
Wednesday, 3une 5, 10 :39 a. m.,
Commencement' 1 Address, Associate
Justice David 1 Brewer, Washington,
D. C.
Crushed by a Tree.
Waynesville, Special. At Quin
lantown, seven miles south of Way
nesville, Field Matthews, a twelve-year-old
lad, was sent by hie mother
to a neighbor to borrow a smoothing
iron. He had to go by where some
men were cutting timber. As he got
near to them they called to him to go
back, as a tree was falling. This
seamed to frighteen the lad, and he
ran directly in the path of the tree,
which fell on him, crushing his life
out instantly.
A Serious Cutting Affray at Concord.
Concord, Special. A serious . cut
ting affray took- place at a late hour
Friday afternoon in the McDonald
pasture just beyond the Odell Mills.
One Jofin Troufman and one Will
Hudson, two white men, became en
gaged in a quarrel, and when the two
men came together Hudson whipped
out a knife ands used it pretty freely
on Troutman'sr anatomy. The man
was stabbed in the side and his faeo
was lacerated in several places, dis
figuring the young man for life.
Hudson is held Jat the police station
under a bond of' $200.
Battle Flag for Museum.
Winston Salem, Special. Mrs. Al
fred H. Belo, Dallas, Tex., who is vis
iting here, has the old Confederate
flag that was pflfeented the Forsyth
Riflemen, of which her husband the
late Col. A. H. Belo, was captain.
The flag was presented to the com
pany by Miss Bettie Lemly, of Salem,
and was borne throughout the four
years' struggle. I j While Mrs Belo has
ever prized the lag very highly, she
has decided to present it to the mu
seum at Richmond, Va., to which
place it will bef forwarded in a few
days. f
Board c Agricultural.
The State Bljard of Agriculturre
will meet in itsf ; regular semi-annual
session on Monday, June 4th, This
will be the threa new members of the
board Senator aX W. Mitchell, of
Bertie, Representative J. J. Laughing
house, of Pitt, and Hon. Ashley Horne
of Johnson. Jit this meeting the
board has the work of auditing and
accepting the reports of the heads of
all the divisions; of the agricultural
department and of making the appro
priations for the next six months, etc.
Twenty Years' Sentence.
Salisbury, Special. George Fox,
colored, was arrainged in Rowan Su
perior Court here for killing Fred
Muse at Spencer ten days ago, and
through his attorneys submitted to a
verdict of murder in the second de
gree. This was iccepted by the State
Judge Fred Moae promptly sentenc
ed Fox to twentlr years in the penti-
ary at hard lab
iff
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State News Items.
Superintendent; J. Y. Joyner has re
eeived a letter pfrom Superintendent
J. R. Poole, of Roberson county stat
ing that an election for local taxation
at Fairmont (Asjbiepole) on May 11th.
was carried by a vote of 63 to 7. To
those acquainted with the old Ashpole
community this is not surprising. Mr.
Peals is ene of the most progressive
superintendents and gives his entire
time to this work;
A charter has been granted the
Hardwood Novelty Company, Dur-
ipital stock $100,000, William
aaWs.
P.Oi AvmlNSl LIFE OF CZAR
enfesses to Having Accepted Large
Money Bribe to Assist in Murder ox
Russion Emperor Suspicion Di
rected to Soldier by Fact That He
Was Seen Tyith Large Sums of
Money. -3uv
St. Petersburg, By Cable. A Ter-
orist conspiracy direct jd against the
ife of Emperor Nicholas, the exist
mce of whieh has been suspected for
jome time past, has been revealed
y the arrest at Tsarskee-Selo of a
ioldier of the Guard Regiment who
jonfessed to the acceptance of a
arge money bribe to assist in tlj
nurder of His Majesty.
Acording to the details of this plot,
;he existence of which has been con
irmed by one of the highest officials
f the court, suspicion was directed
o the soldier by the fact that he
as seen to have in his possession
considerable sums of money. Thb
nan was placed under observation.
When he noticed that he was being
shadowed he became panic-stricken
ind voluntarily made his confession,
ifter which he begged for protection.
All the threads of this conspiracy
ffhich is radically different from for
mer attempts of this nature, are not
pet in the hands of the secret service
nen. A few underlings have not yet
Deen apprehended, but the real insti
rators of the crime and the men who
furnished the blood money have not
pet been identified.
The police officials refuse either to
iffirm or deny the story, and limit
;hemselves to stating that there is mo
indication that the men arrested last
iveek in this city were connected with
:his conspiracy.
In revolutionary circles it is de
;lared that the men apprehended lat
areek were occupied with the reorgani
sation of the fighting bands of the
revolutionists which the police last
fear succeeded in breaking up, and
that the authors of the present con
spiracy must be sought outside St.
Petersburg.
Georgia Farmers' Union Opposes
Present Immigration Movement.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. The Farm
srs' Union, of Georgia, went on re
3ord here as opposing the present
immigration movement. The resolu
tion opposed the movement on the
jround that it would bring into the
State undesirable citizens; that it
would crowd native Georgians from
the factories by establishing lowex
wage rates, and that it would increase
the production of cotton and thereby
lowtr the price of the staple. The
resolution further urged upon the
General Assembly at its coming ses
sion that no further appropriations
in furtherance of the movement siftll
be made.
No Special Delivery Stamps Will be
Required After July 1st.
Washington, Special. No special
delivery postage stamps will be need
ed after the first of next July to in
sure immediate deliverv of a letter.
Pursuant to an act of the last session
of Congress, Postmaster General
Meyer issued an order that, on and
after July 1st next, if there is at
tached to any letter or paekage of
mail matter 10 eents' worth of
stamps, of any denomination, with
the words " Special delivery" writ
ten or printed on the envelope or
covering, in addition to the postage
required for ordinary delivery, the ar
ticle will be handled as if it bore a
regulation special delivery stamp.
Nurses Meet at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Special. The firsi
business session of the 10th annusl
convention of the Nurses' Association
Alumnae of the United States, was
called to order by president, Miss
Annie Darner, of New York. The re
port of the board of directors, the
treasurer, Miss Annie Davis, of
Brooklyn, and the inter-State secre
tary were read.
To Fight 2-Cent Passenger Rate.
Richmond, Va., Special. The At
lantic Coast Line, Norfolk & Western
and Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads
filed papers with Judge Pritchard of
the United States Circuit Court, in
dicating their purpose to appeal from
the decision of the corporation com
mission in the 2-cent passenger rate
matter. They follow the same pro
cedure as the Southern.
AsheviUe Gets Next General Confer
ence of M. . Church South.
Nashville, Tenn., Speeial. The
next General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
will be held at' Asheville, N. C, in
1910, according to the decision reach
ed here by the special committee to
decide the matter appointed at the
last General Conference. Delegations
from Richmond, Va., Kansas Cit,
Mo., Atlanta, Ga., and New Orleans,
La., urged claims of their respective
A FATBL PREMATURE BLAST
Results in Considerable Loss
of Life
SEVERAL DANGEROUSLY HURT
Premature Explosion of Blast at Foot
f Lookout Mountain Causes In
stant Death of Three Men and In
jury of Five Others, Two of Whom
Will Die.
Chattanooga, Tenn,, Special Three
men were killed outright, two so se
verely injured that they will die and
three others badly injured in addition
to the crashing of a freight engine
and 11 cars through a bridge into
Chattanooga creek; the destruction of
three residences and a pile driver"
nearby, as the result of a premature
explosion of- a blast at the foot of
Lookout mountain on the Stevenson
extension.
The dead are:
Will Hyder, fireman of pile driver
for Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis railroad.
Clint Shaefer, engineer of pile
J. Fitzgerald, negro fireman, South
ern Railway.
The injured are: Samuel Mahon,
engineer Southern Railway, bruised
about the head; Chris George, Greek
laborer skull fractured, other injur
ies; Chris Costa, Greek laborer, skill
badly fractured; Peter John, injured
about head and, body; Styles John,
Greek laborer, injured about head.
The bridge was crushed in by sev
eral Ions of rock hurled by the blast
just as the freight train was going
en the bridge. Other pieces of rock
hurled for 400 yards crashed through
the pilot of the pile driver of the
Nashville, Cattanooga & St. Louis
Railroad, which was at work driving
piles in Chattanooga creek for a new
viaduct, killing Engineer Shafer and
Fireman Hyder instantly. Other
pieces of rock hurled 500 and 600
yards struck residences on the side
of Lookout mountain crashing
through the roof's and floors of the
buildings.
Three Greeks who were working
on the new line some distance from
the blast were struck by the flying
pieces of rock. Two of them are at
fehe hospital in a serious condition.
Ihe blast was set off, it is said, by
J. Ford, a powder man, employed by
the contractors. He had only been
employed for a short time by the com
pany. At a late hour he could not be lo
cated. "God Save the Caar."
St. Petersburg, By Cable. A tele
gram of congratulation on the frus
tration of the recent regicide plot has
been sent to the Emperor by the Oc
toberists, whose second national con
vention opened here Sunday. The an
nouncement that the telegram had
been sent caused a seene of intense
enthusiasm, the delegates rising and
singing "God Save the Czar," whieh
of late has rarely been heard. The
convention devoted the remainder of
the day to spirited debates concern
ing Terrorists, and adopted a resolu
tion expressing the utmost horror of
the delegates at the unceasing reign
of terror and their sincere disappoint
ment at the failure of the Douma to
firmly condemn it, although ihe
Douma was the supreme council in
which the nation's hopes for consti
tutional liberty and order were cen
tered. The truth of the report con
cerning the plot is now officially ad
mitted, ami a communication concern
ing it has already been prepared and
only awaits the Emperor's approval
before being published.
Bonilla Expects to Go Into Business
New Orleans, Special. Former
President Manuel Bonilla, of Hondu
ras, said in an interview here that
he intends to go into business in Be
lize, British Honduras. He expects
to become a ereneral broker for trop
ical forest products and also will run
a plantation of bis own. Mr. Jtsonuia
was slightly indisposed upon his ar
rival here today.
Killed at Hegro Ball Game. .
New Orleans, La., Special. G. O.
Richardson, a plantation overseer,
was shot and killed while watching a
negro baseball game in Jefferson
parish. A negro named Lewis was
killed while trying to support the
dying overseer. Jesse Clark, the ne
gro who did the shooting, made his
sscape to this city, where as has not
yet been captured. Richardson and
a few white men, it is said, forcibly
upbraided s negro woman lor bar act
ions at the game, when Clark began
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