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otmta three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price. Sl.00 Per Year in AdMneT VOL XIV. COLUMBUS, N. C,, TH LSDAY MAY? 2b, 1908. NO. 4. NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS Xhe News of Old North State Gathered and Put j in Condensed Form. eneral Assembly of Presbyterians. Greensboro, Special. The 43th an-1 Greensboro, Special. After hold- n I ii:iniP SPVflml AS&irtnc con) nna nt knal session o me general asemDiy ; f -r-j i a , t I which was cnaracterizea dv entnusi L the Southern Presbyterian church oow . , . . "J ... "7 flSm Fas cane -in, to order here last Thurs- Presbyterian Men's Convention clos- sessions began at 11 ed lav. i'1 'clock in tbe First Presbyterian lnis convention was the first of the LLh. Rev. Dr. J. R. Howerton of kin.d n?d in the ehureh, but it was FJ mi txmcton. Va., tne retiring meaera-. . " prencJnd the opening sermon. He yoke especiaiy or tne wmte people to rtend Christian influence among -the s. Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore of . Richmond, Va., was elected modera-i w V f ?, , E Rev. Dr. A. Currv, Memphis, ' ?ted by a rising vote of the large au- : " t i t v t ma; dience of men present. Mr. S. W. kg, and Rev. Dr. A. A. McGeachy, berman, lex., were among tnose T. "V 1 I , .1 he second ballot Rev. E. M. Craig, lIir . , -r-i i lorsflip- i " 'r ' tt Alabama, and K- . iLggiesron, vir- - rmn were appointed temporary &erks. Rev. Melton ClarR. pastor ot nst ciuueh. presented the mod era- . a , tTQ tnr with a JV4?1 made ot wood irom 1re0 of the Guilford battle- . i t.t m i-.il- nn rromul near tins cuy. l. r-iiis if Vew YwTt addressed the assem- lv mill ihe nnrht was set apart tor Ea popular m eeting in tbe interest of l.K! .or,L "ho Winner hnciTtgoj claiming the titteution c tne assem- ry MflllllU'f. a inn blv w;-s the report of the taceostm committee ef home missions, hwing total amtwnt in hands of tne treas- iil rer darinjr the year $16a,477.tJ9-, re- ceipts for home missions, $71,133.5S, i;t,ir fc79qrl- flnrnnHal1 expenditures. $S,2db.4, appropria- tioir for the present year $62,970. i The committee Sheet attention t ftb growing needs Off the worK. : 1 Amorii: the suggestions k that -tfce assembly call upon the cWh for at least $1 per member for the home mission cause. Following the report was an address of an hour by W. EH of New York, press correspon- ilent of the Laymen's Missionary tmovement, who spoke very interest- W finglv and earnestly upon the condi rrons and needs of the foreign field B11U UJf UlUV til U5BCU1U1 -l'- .remLees. Verv pIo.p attention was pven Mr. Ellis, as it was known that his conclusions are based largely up- i L- AK.orv,. tion in foreign lands. The rOport of , the executive committee of pubfica-1 tion and Sabbath school work was then presented. This showed encour- Sging advances in very depairbmeait Line- the vear dwing tne year. ..... , .i - ' 4 rjr. Publishers Heetmg Comes to Con- cluskm. Charlotte, Special. The nrraal that have come to the east is lar meet in? of the Southern Ncvs- greater than it is easy for one to re paper Publisher'' association came to alize who has not been on the field an end with the annual banpuet at and among the people. He showed the H ut el Selwyn. Birmingham, Ala. ' also how rapidly the east is adopt was as the next place of meet- ing the life of the west in all of these bg and the following officers were changes. China in one day having elected for the ensuing vear: Ires- ast aside her old system of educa Went, J. P. CaldweE, Charlotte Ob- . tion to adopt tkat of America. This server; vice president, Col. Rufns N. he said brings new and greater re- Rhodes, Birmingham News; seexe- sponsibihty to America oecause n me tary-treasurer, Victor M. Hanson, east is not made better bv her con-Montm-rrcrv Advertiser; executive tact with the west, she will be made committee R W Brown, Louisville worse. His entire address was filled Courier-Journal; J. C Hemphill, with an earnest plea for the west to Charleston New and Courier: F. W. recognize and discharge her duty to TT,- man, Jacksonville Times-Union; 'II -r -11 O i:l. on. ivnoxviue neiiLiuci, E. M. Fos 1 1 t . Nashville Banner; F. L. j oeeley, Atlanta Georgian Incorporations. The Auto Liven- tompany, of Gas- touia, with $10,000 authorized and $1,500 subscribed capital stock, was eaaiTere tne incorporators being: A. K. Anders A. Burwell, Jr., F. U. R. Ti. Swan. ' ' J Li UUV . y www Minn I a?d others. , Hunting Club, of Salisbury, $.0(in lotal authorized and $1,- snhscn capital stock, was chartered, the incorporators being: J. H- Mayer, .T . M. Woodside, R. L. Simpson and Wade Pankin. Th Safety Fire Escape Companv. of HicL-nw i.o. -v,ti TOith capital stock, with the privilege of itu ,i..,.;.... d". aaa porators being: C. T. Morrison, M. 11. Yount anH J W Rlfl(.kwelder. I Shop at Spencer Will Be Reopened. Spencer, Special. A rumor has ?amcd circulation here that the 'J'thnn Railway shops, in Spencer be reopened at an early date hen a large number of employes who Wer laid off March 10th are expect- ln? to be called back into the ser- 2 The report lacks official con- firmat ion, but there is a strong proba- ' Dl,y that it is true. The manage- ttPnt, however, has succeeded in Mndling an immense amount of busi- ness fllring the period of retrench- r'( ' as shown by the large number 4 t -ains forwarded Close of Men's Convention. . ..... PflrilPctnocc nnrl cnirif nolifv tVa with the session Wednesday night. - 7 , f Mr- J- Eagan president of ; 7 "j" rT:r Z I Tu wc"! n" uwl4UCC" wunuinec c"uc iu cuuvcu- . i . MUUU Ul Ull A lUiUHlliail I 11 111 111 Hi the United States of America. Dr. Pr ux lJavinsnn I'nlipcrp was the first T : o 1. 1 -j a. .a " U1 T cm"8 "1U l". TSSlTTjb TIIl rilll iUl - ""i l"c ""t" " 7 n hie fllTw:c with thp stntpmpnt r T"r?r"" I : : " 1L TW3TT thp nrnommmp one misrht think . - - - thTe ? some distinction made b?- ?r?" " -g-liJa whereas there is no such distinction and can e none, because all Christ- iirr-b- ic -to on1 tho camo rO(rn T"rl - " 4TT r " : ,lp km.i, Vlot TTTrt-rl.' 15 (ISlTlpH .lC8B ua. Tfu " ' 2aZTr V.i"l SSr: - vw vJ n no i- Virrh Bponiio in fw rlK I"' -SiTiL OT l"c The ra of transition through ; wlllcu re ""." x" "P at the T" T -rSln -r - -spi nasw. ne expansion w - wmcn are everywex Su nds expansion of Ctoshan JMf J??2SJ?S2l S , J3"" T f .TTI e "r. fimn aepiorea i xacv some respecrs tne Bouin n nu f. SriST S Al l"f oouu"1" "r.rr?u .-, n . , , -1,4. i J pie ot tbe new South be able totand the sunshine of Plenty o. tne J TT 1 the strategic nomt of the Souib, he said storms of adversity of tbc 1 1 ine oinjr bp ar x was Mr. Fletcher S Brockman, who T. M C. A. Secretary m CU-a, Ja- nd Korea and who has spent ten years in the far east aged m that work. He brought message which showed "flmt the awakening f industri& commereial, edncn- jtional and religious points of view the east, and especially m the wort t tVl ri-Crpl t4lP7"P ui caumg . . Killed by Lightning. ' Tarboro, Special. Grover Cleve land Robinson, near Robinsonville, Was instantly killed last week by lightning during a sevre storm. He was seated by an open fire-place in his home, when a bolt struck me chimnev. When the young man was j riV l VI - f ' -fjr A he was dead. 20 Years For Burglary. Winston-Salem, Special. In the Superior Court here a negro named Gus Hall, submitted to the charge of burglary in the second degree and was sentenced to the penitentiary foi twenty years. About two weeks age Hall entered the sleeping room ox Misa Lizzie Ormsbv, daughter ol Postmaster Ormsby, of Salem, and was driven away Dy miss kjiuj Twelve More Doctors. Chapel Hill, Special. The gradua- ting exerci8es of the University oi North Carolina Medical Department j . TtdMkm were held in Gersard Hall. Diploma were presented to twelve men: James Marion Buchner, William Willis Greene, Jr., David Watson Harris, Evander MacNair Mclver, Ph., B., 1904; Robert Gray MacPherson, Ju- lian Decatur Maynard, George Mon- roe Monk, Austin Flint Nichols, A. B. 1905; Everett Joseph Stewart Scofieid, Albert Johnson Terrell, John Blois Watson, Samplett Edgar Webb ID CUT REPfitSEMTAT Bill Passes House to Reduce r Soutii's Representation SOUTHERN MEMBERS PROTEST By a Strict Party Vote, After a Live ly Debate. . the House Passes the Crumpicker Bill Provides For a Reduction in Representation in the States Having Disfranchisement Laws. Washington, Special. A ca,mpaign eautribution publicity bill, erJfcocLying aa amendment by Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, providing for a reduction in the representation in the House of Representatives in those Sfates hav ing disfrachisemcnt laws, was pas- Led by the House by a vote of 160 to 125, following a lively debate. The measure was brought up under suspension of the rules and but forty minutes were allowed in which to discuss it. The Southern members in particular were bitter in their de nunciation of the apportionment pro vision of the bill. Mr. Williams the minority leader, was especially vigor ous in his attack characterizing the bill as being an attempt to revive the conditions of reconstruction days. On account of the Crurnpacker amendment the Democrats voted against the bill in its entirety. In brief, the provision regarding publicity or campaign contributions is made applicable to the national committee of ail political parties and the national congressional campaign committees of all political parties and all committees, associations or or ganizations which shall, Su two or more States, influence the result of or attempt to influence the result of an election) at which Representatives in Congress are to be elected. The CrUmpaeker amendment pro vides for the re-enactment of certain sections of the old Federal election law., exeept that the idea of the force bill authorizing the use of troops at I the polls re eliminated. It also pro vides that the director oi tne cen sus shall submit to Congress a report on population showing the number of male citizens, white and black, in each State and the number disfran chised, for the purpose of enabling Congress to ascertain the apportion ment in representation to which such States must be entitled. Mr. Crurnpacker explained his amendment by saying they were de signed against fraud and intimida tion in elections. He undertook to say, he declared, that no member of the House would object to a law whose only purpose was to seeurc honest elections. In the opinion of Mr. Rucker, of Missouri, if anything were wanting to demonstratr- that the leaders and managers of the Republican party in the House were guilty of deceit and false pretense, the bill supplied that want. "It is hoise play." remarked Mr. Hardwick, of Georgia. Mr. Williams declared that if the publicity feature of the bili should become law, "it will damn your Re publican party and be worse for you than the force bill which defeated Harrison: "Like children you are paying with fire in a powder maga zine." Ht closed by asking the Re publicans if they were fools enough to believe that the South would ever again submit to the policies to which she submitted when she was weak and helpless. Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, said uo greater evil than that gentlemen should be sent as representatives to the House, 1 i not by virture of the votes of their fellow citizens, buf by virture of the suppression of votes. ' Oregon Train Wrecked; Three Killed. Oakland, Cal., Special. The sec ond section of the Oregon express train on the Southern Pacific Rail road, was wrecked near Pineole Fri day. Three men were killed otit right. One died Friday. Three were injured. The wreck is supposed to have been caused by the front truck of the baggage car jumping the track. Governor Broward Leads in Florida. ! Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Com plete returns frora Tuesday's primary election have only been received from 22 counties out of the 46 in the State. From these returns Governor Btoward for United States Senator leads by about 1,100 votes, and Albert W. Gil christ for Governor, leads by 4,50C votes. Governor Broward and Dun- can U. Fletcher for United States Senator. and Gilchrist and J. N. C. Stockton will have to fight it ant in the second primary in June. 01 III 1 DEEP TROUBLE Desire Uncle Sam- to Assist in j Strengthening Their Nation BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC Secretary Boot Will Receive a Dele j ration From the West Coast of Af rica Which Comes to Ask Counsel and Aid in the Many Troubles Which Have Beset the Coloniza tion of Freed Slaves. Washington, Special. Secretary Root has made an appointment to receive Tuesday a delagation repre senting the Republic of Libera, which has come from the west coasts of Af rica to ask counsel and aid in the many troubles which have continu ously beset the effortj to colonize the jfreed slaves of America which began the latter part of the! eighteenth cen tury. It is admitted officially that Liberia is, from the. standpoint of nations, in practically a hopeless and helpless condition. jer latest tribu lation is in effect an ultimatum from Englancl to maintain ja better govern ment. I Although the Unit Id States is vir tually responsible fori the existence of Liberia, diplomatic I history shows that this government has hesitated to stand sponsor forfthe little repub- lip . . ij nc Deiore tne worid.l Story of Siberia. Thomas Jefferson's name first ap pears in the story of Liberia. In 1781 he advocated he abolition of slavery and the colonization of the freed slaves. In ljjuO the governor of Virginia directed: by the Legisla ture of his State, took up the ques tion with the President by correspon- dcTice. Africa was steleeted as an ap propriate site and ip 1816 Maryland joined Virginia in jthe undertaking to colonize. In 181$ the slave trade was made statutory piracy in this country, and the following year it was provided by law that negroes from captured slavers should be safely "removed bfeyond the limits of the United States." To carry out this act, the government chartered the ship Elizabeth and made provis ion for conveying and settling in Africa on a site selected by agents sent by President Monroe, three hun liberated slave trade victims The offer of transportation was ex tended to all free blacks, but the Eli zabeth sailed with Jonly 86, on Feb ruary 6th, 1820. On reaching the African coast the natives refused to. sell- the land they had agreed to and the two agents and i third of the colonists died with fe Ter. The next year 28 colonists were tent out, but the penewed effort to furchase land failed. This govern ment then sent Dr. Eli Ayres, and iie armed naval schooner Alligator, (ommanded by Lieutenant R. P. Stockton. This effort resulted in the jurchase of a coastj strip of land 130 niles long and 40 1 broad, with per petual tenure. The; price paid was a niscellaneous assortment of trading goods. This purchase is given as the Ijist direct act of this government to wards the establishjment or mainten Oice of the settleirjent, although-this povernnient sent from time to time liberated negroes to the eolony. a- A Bureau bf Mines. j Washington, Spejcial. The Senate (pmmittee on minef and mining met Iriday to consider jthe proposition to establish a bureau! of mines in the Ikpartmerit of ifie Interior. The committee is said jto favor the bill aid is expected' to, Report it soon. It is believed that fhe measure may p ss tne Senate bejfore adjournment. T e new bureau isT expected to sup- tment the work npw done by States. Choked to Death by Husband. Newark, 0., Special. Mrs. Ernest Irwilger was found dead in her Jm Sunday. Sh had been choked death. Her husband was arrested I he confessed t6 the crime. Sun- cty night such a large crowd gather- about the prison that police re- sWes were called out. Bad Bonn in Texas. jAustin, Tex., Special. A terrific wnd and rain storm that at times de- vloped into a tornado swept Texas fjm the Panhandle to the Gulf ear- It Sunday. The restriction to crops aid vegetation, trees and shrubbery Ws the greatest reported in years. I) numerous places houses were un liled and small villages and hamlets ii) many instances were inundated by tf terrific rainfall which in the sice of four hours reached seven ishes in many jections. THAW DECLARED INSANE The Justice Declares That the Com mitment Was Constitutional and That Thaw IK Still Tnca.no TTie ji ' Render Him Unfit for Freedom. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special. Justice Morchauser filed a decision Monday declaring Harry Thaw to be still insane and refusing to release him from Matteawan on habeas cor pusjroceedings. The suit was brought on the grounds that Thaw is not now insane and that his commitment was unconstitutional. Justice declares it to be constitutional, saying that so long as an appeal is possible, the law should not be called incalid unless unconstitutionality is plain. Review ing the testimony heard before him he says that Thaw's mental disorder isso manifest as to render him unfit for freedom. Thaw will not be recom mitted, however, until a plea be made for his transfer to some other insti tutions for the insane. McKinley Property to Be Sold. Canton, 0., Special The McKinle block on South Market street, one oi the two pieces of Canton propsrt owned by the late President Williair McKinley, was1 sold by Sheriff Wilsor at public auction. The property has been appraised at $60,000. The sak was decided upon by the administra tor of the estate of Abner McKinlej and representatives of the remaindei of the President's heirs. Sixty Balled in a Wreck. Antwerp, By Cable. One of worst railroad accidents in Europe in re cent times occurred at Contich, a sta tion six miles southeast of this city on the main line, at 8 o'clock Friday morning. The exact number of vic tims had not been determined up tc a late hour, owing to the difficulty ol removing the bodies from the debris but the latest estimate places th( number at 60 dulled and one hundred wounded. Trolley Cars Collide. San Francisco, Special? Two trol ley cars crowded with people collid ed Sunday at the foot of a steep hill, killing Henry Baer, a traveling sales man, and injuring twenty other pas sengers, one probably fatally, and several severely. A car on Devisa dero street got beyond control of the motorman And dashed down the hill with terrific speed, striking a Sacra mento street car just as it rounded a curve. GEfcTING INTO TRIM. Mrs. Jones Good gracious, Mrs. Brown! Why is your husband going through all those strange actions? Is he training tzv a prizefight? Mrs. Brown Not at all ; he's mere ly getting in form to beat the carpets. Harper's Weekly. 1 GENT! or on any kind of terms, until you have received our complete Free Cata logues illustrating and describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW PRICES and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay tne Freight and allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other liberal terms which no other house in the world will do. You will learn everything and get much vain able information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Rider Agent in every town and can offer an opportunity to make money to suitable young men who apply at once. .50 PUNCTURE Price $ .80 To St2ttOdUG3 Wo Will Sell Yon a Sample Pair for Only NAILS. TACKS Off GLASS WONT LET OUT THE AIR (cash with ORDER $4.66) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. 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The hod carriers' international body has 292 branches 0f the associa- tion distributed in the United States and Canada. Every Kansas City brewery was tied up by a strike of 800 workers for an increase in wages averaging a dollar a week. The number o! persons employed in the mines of the 'United Kingdom in 1907 was 940, 61S an increase ot 58,273 over 1906. The men employed on the railroads. In Kansas earn on an average of $1, 183.74 a year, while it costs then $773.77 a year to live. A charter has been granted for the formation of an electricians' union in San Mateo, Cal to be under the juris diction of San Francisco. The Federated Council of the or ganizations of the shopmen employed at all points of the N. Y., N. H. and H. Railroad was made permanent re cently. Representatives o organized labor denounced and defended Mayor Mc Clellan for his veto of the bill pro vidins vacations for New York City employes. The Scotch iron molders have by ballot decided to strike against the proposed reduction in wages of one shilling a week, if the masters Eeelc to enforce the reduction. At the Northumberland (England) Coal Conciliation Board recently reduction in wages of- one and one fourth per cent, was agreed to, thin beins the rlr3t reduction for thisa years. Fatal Explosion at a French Sugar Refinery. Paris, By Cable. An explosion at a sugar refinery here buried a number of workmen under a heap of burning wreckage. Four are known to be dead and others are thought to be in the ruins. Forty-two of the injured have been taken from the wreckage. The combustion of sugar dust caused a blast, burning the workmen on the. upper floors. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther vou are removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has a right to compel one of the familv to lie in agony for hours while he drives to town ior the doctor. 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We want 5 ou to send us a small trial sauaies, peaais, parts and repairs, and m mm .. m m j. in tne bicycle line are sold by us in the bicycle line are sol by us at half the lor our bis: sukuky catalogue. f i mm i mmm . mmm but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING s tires from anyone until you know the new postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. Dept. L" C 1 CIOC7 ILL ft wiiMiij