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BNRV ' " ' if folk 2a Threg Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XIV. COLUMBUb, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 18, 1908. NO. 7. 04 CONVENTION pub' ican Delegates Gather in Chicago to Make Nominations IRK ON THE PLATFORM th the first Place on the Ticket tiled, the Platform Agreed Upon the Ssctfid Place in Donbt, Chicago is Astir With the Tumul- jons Scenes Which Usher in a rational Convention. "hieago, 111., bpecial. Ihe great bablican National Convention to I j :j a. d vi;e-presi()ni opened on lues- Iv with tumultuous thousands pres t. The preliminaries out of the iv. the convention was divided into )rkiiiff committees to arrange for animations, settle finally all con- , i j. ? mi . fets and prepare a pianonn. me fincipal features of the platform e arecu upon buu art giveii nere. dge William H. Taft came to the Al 1 J A A. :i ven t ion wii n plenty oi votes 10 ma tne nomination on nrst Dauot. i further amended so as to give rail roads the right to make and publish traffic agreements subject to the ap proval of the commission, but main taining always the prnciple of com petition between naturally competing lines and avoiding the common con trol of such lines by any means what soever and we specially favor the en actment of such legislation as will provide for Federal restriction against the over issue of stocks and bonds by inter-State carriers." Tariff Revision. The tariff plank is as follows: "The Republican party declares unequivocally for a revision of the tariff by a special session of Congress immediately following the inaugura tion of the next President, and com mend the steps already taken to this end in the work assigned to the appropriate committees of the two , houses which are now investigating the operation and effect of existing schedules. In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best mantained by the imposition of KILLED WAN OFFICER While Trying to Avoid Arrest Officer Swain Shot Htm in the Head Coroner's Jury Fails to Exonorate on Account of Conflicting Testi mony. Winston-Salem, Special. In a des perate battle with a police officer in the eastern part of Salem known as Happy Hill, Charles Phelps, colored, was shot and killed by Special Officer Swain at an early hour Sunday morn ing. The negro had been arrested on the charge of gambling but broke from the officer before he could get the handcuffs snapped. The officer followed in hot pursuit and had al most overtaken the negro when the latter began firing at the officer over his shoulder. The officer took delib erate aim at the negro and one shot ended his life, the bullet taking ef fect in the head. Dr. E. A. Lockett, the coroner, was notified of the kill ing and summoned a jury and named 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon as the time for tKe inquest. Five witnesses were examined, Special Officer Swain, a young white man who accompanied him to make the arrest, and three negroes, all of whom were witnesses to the shooting. The evidence was conflicting. TJe negroes and the white men told a different story re garding the affair. The nerroes testified that Phelps did not have a DEATH BY 111 STROKE One Killed and Four Shocked in Sunday Storm AN OLD OUT BUILDING STRUCK A Party of Youths Out oh a Sunday Pram Gathering Take Shelter When a Rainstorm Comes Up in an Old Building, Which Is Struck by Lightning, and Odell Young Is Killed and Four of His Compan ions Receive Severe Shocks. MM AU 3.4.A1 AO TTT"! 1 1 ATI 11 O 1 t ll D rfTl "fTf V. au uuuo, j pistol and had not owned one in ence between the cost of production , . , ... , , . j. i . 1 1 J Uh i yea a at no me aim auiuuu, tugctuct uu bsfo William H. Taft. The Platform. Tiio live most important planks of T" 11- tin rt , t lit uenuoaean matioim. loraiuiateci i President Roosevelt and Secre tary latt and cifc-alted bv Wade Mi. Ellis. Attorney General of Ohio, and iom in the possession of prospective members of the resolutions commit tee of the national convention for sitleration are hereby given. They lt the plank on trusts, anti-injunc tion, r.-u wnv into, tantt revision ana a reasonable profit to American in dustries, and the benefits that follow are best secured by the establish ment of maximum and minimum rates which shall be applied automa tically to the trade of other countries in acordance with their treatment of our trade. The minimum should rep resent the normal measure of protec tion required for the benefit of our own industries. "The aim and purpose of the Re publican policy is not only to pre serve, without excessive duties, that security against foreign competition to which American manufacturers, farmers and producers are entitled, out also to maintain the high stand ard of living of the wage earners of this country, who are the most direct beneficiaries of the protective system. Between the United States "and the Philippines we believe in a free in ter-change of products with such lim itations as to sugar andi tobacco as will avoid injury to domestic in terests. ' ' Injunctions Plank. The plank relating t'o injunctions is as follows: "We deelare for such an amend ment of the statutes of procedure in the Federal courts with respect to the use of the writ of injunction as mmm They said that two shots were fired by the officer, one wh.en the negro was only about ten feet away and the second when he was forty feet away. The officer stated. and his testimony was corroborated by the young man vith him at the time, that three shots were fired; that the negro shot at him twice before he pulled his pistol. The shooting occurred shortly after 4 o'clock. It seems that Swain went to Phelps' house to arrest him -for gambling and was admitted by Phelps ' mother, who aroused her son The negro dressed, but before the of ficer could gret the handcuffs on him he darted off around the house. The coroner's, jury found as its verdict that "Charles Phelps came to hi death at the hands of Special Of ficer Sam Swain while the deceased was trying to avoid arrest." Thus it will be seen that in view of the conflicting: testimony the jury did not feel justified in exonorating the of ficer and the case will probably be heard in the courts THE COLLISEUM, WHERE C ONVENTION WAS HELD. The trust plank is as follows: 'The Republican party passed the Sherman anti-trust law over Demo cratic opposition and enforced.it af ter Democratic dereliction. It has beet fl . wVlolpsrmifJi instvnmnnt for - - ''-..v. ijiuti mil', ii L .-v. will on the one hand prevent the summary issue of such orders with out proper consideration, and on the other will preserve undiminished the power of the courts to enforce their process ,to the end mat justice may Neck Broken, He Lived a Week. Winston-Salem, Speeial. After having lived for a week with a brok en neck, perfectly conscious, able to eat, and realizing that the end was soon to come, Henry E. Disher, who iad been thrown from his horse while running a race on a country roaJ near his home, when the animal suddenly became crazed and plunged headlong into a cherry tree, died at his home near Walkertown, in this county. He was 2S years old, and was conscious until midnight Monday. At all times the young man appeared perfectly conscious and could talk in an intel ligent manner upon any subject. His tongue and brain were untouched by the paralytic stroke which rendered all other parts of his body numb and senseless. Mr. Disher was a great lover of blooded horses and so was his brother, so the two decided to run a race with the result that Henry's horse suddely swerved from the road andl plunged into the cherry tree with the result stated. Lexington, N. C, Special. Odell Young, the 14-year-old son of Mr. T -s. Kelly Young, of this place, w. killed Sunday morning about 10:30 o'clock by lightning, and four other boys who were with him were injured but it is thought that all will recover, although two of them were severely shocked. The boys were out fathering wild plums, when a heavjr rainstorm came up and they took shelter in a building formerly used as an office of the Victor Brick Company. Formerly a telephone had been in -the office and the wire re mained, although the telephone had been removed. The lightning struck the wire and in this way was carried into the office where the boys were gathered. Odell Young was killed instantly. Of the seven boys in the party two were uninjured and they hurried to a nearby residence and told what had happened. Other boys in the party, a.rfd who were shocked were : Ernest Bean, 15, son of Mr. Richard Bean! Mack Andrews, 14, son of Mrs. Prank Andrews, Everett Welborn, 14, son of Mr. William Welborn, and rlollis Craver, son of Mr. J. A. Cra ver. Th last named young man is about grown. The condition of Hol lis Career is regarded as serious, in fact, up to late Sunday afternoon he had nrft regained consciousness from the shock. Ernest Bean was also severely shocked but will recover None of them were burned, not even Odell Young, although there was a slight discoloration in his case. World's Temperance Conference. Saratoga, N. Y., Special. With a favel made from a rafter in the old home of Dr. William J. Clark, who founnVd the world's first temperance society in Saratoga countv one hun ired Tears ago, the World's Temper ance Congress held to- commemorate that vent was opened here Sunday with a mass meeting in Convention Hall, j An address was delivered bv Rev. C. H. Mead, D. t);, of New York, vho reviewed the history ef the tem perance movement. - GREAT PARADE OF VETERANS 001 in the hands of a wise and fear- i be done at all times and to all par- Hlmmistration. But experience has shown that its effectiveness can be strengthened and its real objects hetter attained by such amendments as will jrive to- the Federal govern ment greater supervision and control over and secure greater publicity in, thJ management of that class of inter-State corporations having power and opportunity to effect monopolies and at the same time will not inter tere with the existence of associa tions among business men, farmers and wane earners so long as their conduct or operation results in a pos itive benefit to the public." Railroad Plank. The railroad plank follows: ''We approve the enactment of a railroad rate law and a vigorous en- iprcement tf the present administra tion of the statutes against rebates and discrimination as a result of which the advantages formerly pos- sessed by the large over the small Supper have substantially disappear ed. In this connection we commend 'tie appropriation of $350,000 by the present Coneres; in ordr to enable the inter-State commerce commission to thoroughly investigate and give publicity to the acemmts of inter state railroads " We believe, however, that the in- r-tate commerce, law should he ties. The currency plank contains this language : . f UuaH Mrs 4wkQ SENATOR J. C. BURROWS, Of Michigan, Temporary Chairman. "The Republican party approves the Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill, but only as an emergency measure. We declare' for a thorough and new system of currency laws that will be in accord with the needs of the time and which would be more adaptable to the demands of business and more elastic in its character as a circulat ing medium." Drastic Dog Ordinance. Asheville, Special. The Asheville board of aldermen has passed a dras tic dog ordinance. It provides that every dog caught on the streets with out a muzzle or in leash shall be taken up and if not claimed inside of 24 hours killed. Violation by owners of dogs of sections of the ordinance is made a misdemeanor and punish able by a fine of $5. The ordinance is designed to rid the city of hun dreds, if not thousands, of dogs now allowed to run loose on the streets. It was prominently to the front as a result of a large number of alleged mad dogs being killed. Several per sons have been bitten this year by dogs supposed to have the rabies and the public demanded that drastic ac tion be taken looking to the better protection of men, women and chil dren. Boy Dies of Hydrophobia. Asheville. Special. Clydo Pinner, a lad 9 years of age, son of Mr. J D. Pinner, a resident of West Ashe ville'f died Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the effects of hydropho bia. The child died in great agony, although conscious t othe last. Just before death ensued the child insist ed that his dog be slain, saying that he knew he was dying but he wanted to make sure that his dog would nev- Big Rail Resum. Birmingham, Ala., Special. The big mil mills of the United States Steel. Corporation at Ensley will re sume this week and this, with allied jlantp, means that about 300 men will return to work. The plant, whieH is being greatly enlarged and sxtended, has a daily capacity of 1,- r rv i I n "i 1 i tv . a ou tons oi nnisnea rails, uunng tne past month furnaces and mines have resumed in this direction, putting S,- POO men to work. With Sprightly Step, Measured to Stirring Airs, Ten Thousand Old Warriors Parade the Streets of Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. The parade of the heroes of the Confed eracy was a fitting climax to what is generally pronounced to be one of the most successful reunions of the Unit ed Confederate Veterans. With sprightly step, measured to the airs Df the South loves, the old warriors, no less than 10,000 strong, traversed tne two miles of the parade route between thousands of sympathetic ind intersted spectators and there was not an accident, no sign of a tottering step. Amoving hands served ice water to he old men as they passed along the route, fans were distributed and evrything possible was done to re- leve the long tramp of its tedium. That the heroes were in excellent spirits was shown by the fact that many of them sang old camp songs as they marched, such as "Butter milk Cavalry," "Old Time Confed erate," "Bonnie Blue Flag." There were .many in the parade who had left a leg or perhaps both egs on some bloody battlefield, but they enjoyed the occasion as mueh as the others, being carried in vehi cles. Their appearance drew forth, If anything, greater applause than the ngnt ot the foot soldiers. The parade formed shortly after 11 o'clock and required one hour and AC 1 J A. - . m u imnmes to pass a given point, rne coute was frm Sixth avenue on Nine teenth street to First avenue, to rwenty-first street to Fifth avenue, to Twentieth stret to First avenue, jounter-marching on Twentieth street to Capitol Park, where the reviewing stand was located. In the vanguard were eight companies of the local National Guard, including one bat tery of artillery and one troop of savalry. Chattanooga had one troop of calvary in line. Governor B. B. Comer, of Alabama, with his entire staff, was next in line, tieneral Har rison, commander of the Alabama di vision, was chief marshal, and Col. E. J. McRossin, of Birmingham, was chief aide. The veterans of the Department of Tennessee headed the line of visitors, of honor, these being followd by the trans-Mississippi and the Armv of Northern Virginia. Among the more conspicuous were the Forrest Corps, mounted, and the mounted troop from Nashville, which has attracted a great deal of attention during the reunion. These companies are regu lar members of the National Guard, being the only Confederate body to have that distinction. Memphis rep resentatives also came in for ap plause. Thev were acompanied by he crack fife and drum corps, which helped to give the martial atmos phere. Probably no one person in the parade attracted more attention than he handsome Miss Tommy Gentryf a full blooded Indian maiden, who accompanied the Indian Territory Department as sponser. Her escort was Adjutant General I. D. Colman. Gen. Clement A. Evans, the new commander-in-chief, was at the head of the column with his entire staff, eonsiting of Gen. J. F. Shipo, Gen. W. E. Mickle, Col. J. H. Bankhead, Col. W. B. Leedv, Col. J. Thompson Brown, Col. J. W, Reed and Colonel Bass. The Sons of Veterans followed the veterans and they were accom panied by their sponsors. A notice able feature of the parade was the fact that a number of the sponsors preferred to walk with the compa nies they represented rather than ride in the carriages, which had been provided. Miss Mary Hall, clad in gray, acompanied the Georgia divi sion on foot. Mrs. Kelly, of New Orleans, a ladv 79 years of age, went through the march-on foot, as did Miss Edna Raub, ff Memphis, who had the title of daughter of the com pany she represented. "Blind Tom" Dead. New York, Speeial " Blind Tom" famous ne,gro musician, marvel of three generations of playgoers, died Saturday in Hoboken, N. J., where he has been living for years in retire ment and subsisting on charity. Thomas Wiggins is the name given in his burial certificate, but the sur name was one which the famous pianist adopted. He was born a slave near Columbus, Ga., about 1850. Double Tragedy at Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. T. Lu ther Birchfield, a young electrician, Sunday afternoon shot Mrs. W. A. VanHooser and then fired a pistol t ball through his own hreast. Both died shortly afterward. The tragedy occurred at the home of Mrs. Van Hooser, 712 South Twentieth street. It is said that Birchfield had formed an attachment for Mrs. VanHooser and that she declined to have any thing to do with him. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. The Lady Have you seen my new book yet? The Other Lady Well, no; I have not read it myself, but my cook tells me it's rippin. Sketch. TELEPHOHES! Oaptain Stuart Goes to Manila. . Washington, Special. Captain Ed win R. Stuart, corps of engineers, stationed at Savannah, Ga., has been ordered by the War Department to tratsfer his present duties to Lien tenpt Colonel Dan C. Kingman, corps of engineers. After consulta tion with the chief of engineers here, Cajtain Stuart will sail on August 5i.li for Manila, to become assistant engineers of the Phil- to he chief of ipriue division. Officer Shoots Ne"gro Barber. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Late Satur day afternoon Frank Dickson, a ne gr barber, was shot and killed by Bs liff Hitchins at the door of the ne gr 's shop at Piedmont avenue and Hi rris street. It is alleged the bailiff firjsd after demanding the negro to pr a debt of seventy-five cents. HI chins was arrested. i f Earl of Derby Dead. er bite a person and probably cause jwias Governor General of Canada in such a death. ! London, By Cable. Frederick Ar thnr Stanley, Earl of Derby, died here Sunday. The Earl of Derby was bpn January 15th, 1841. He mar riid Lady Constance Villiers, eldest daughter of the fourth Earl of Clar idon, in 1864. He was lord of the admiralty in 1868, financial secretary fbr war and later secretary of war lie held the offices of Secretary for tne Colonics and president of the hard of trad;. As Lord Stanley, he 533-93. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. 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