North Carolina Newspapers

' r hree Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE; IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. vol xiv. . COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 9, 1908. NO. 10. 1 1 Session at Denver, Colo., This Week. Proposed Bryan Platform With Resolutions Committee. B ROOSEVELT AN ISSUE Swollen Fortunes" Dealt With - -r- e stains Anii-injunCTion nans t r . t mi . ? nver. l,oi., special. ine Anwn- f eairlc and the Democratic rooa have vied with each other ia rwr Denver one of the most lurid rth of July in its strenuous ex- mi l a xl J j. a jee. iiiwuguoui iue uay streets ablaze with color, an incessant of cannon and crackers has Igled with the enthusiasm or ar- 3g political delegations, and long re- Willlam I.. JBryan. Planks of Declaration. Scores Republicans for treating from "the advanced po sition" taken by the '"titular leader. J Reaffirms faith in party prin ciples. Declares for return to govern ment by the people. Urges additional legislation to curb corporations and publicity for campaign contributions. Opposes centralization of pow er. Favors election of Senators by by direct vote. Demands immediate revision of the tariff. Comes out strong for an in come tax and for means to keep down swollen fortunes.' Advocates govemaaent control of railroads. Declares for postal savings banks and an emergency cur rency. Insists upon a modification of the law relative to injunctions. XJrges an eight-hour law and other labor legislation. Wants Philippine independence recognized. President. The declaration was made of $500,000. It is a permanent Ins have crept over the prairie every (Yrection adding their )ngs an,l the clatter of fireworks, At night the State Capitol and fr "public buildings loomed out off darkness in living fire with every Jline marked by myriad lights, the Peers pulsated with convention n:s and the eftatter of fireworks; hotel lobbies were filled with pel- sal leaders, detcsrates and onlook- from every section of the country. is estimated that zU.UUU straneers already here and 60.000 more are ectea in the next two days.. he arrivals included the Missouri legation headed bv the tall sraunt of Senator Stone ; part of the pth Carolina delegation headed by ivern (ilenn who DromDtlv retired candidacy for the vice presidency. a straggling advance guards oi iny t the other delegations, these Judge Parker, the Democratic a.late of 1904, Colonel Clavton, pJabama. the silver-tonsrued South- lio will be permanent chairman Ithe convention: Chief Murrmv. of t t s r jfttaany Hall, and Governor Has- K Of. Oklah oma, a likely candidate an of the platform com the chief figures of nat- 1 1 on the ground. leaders declare that before the com mittee on platform is appointed a substantial agreement will have been reached and tfhat the committee will be relieved of the necessity of a prolonged -sitting. In Chicago the fight was against the insertion of any injunction iplank at all; here all ad- mstt the necessity of some declaration in connection with a discussion he indulged in regarding the action of the Republican National Convention in failing to insert such a plank as he said 11 after President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft had both declared themselves in favor of such action," and was made with a sincerity that left no doubt in the minds of his hearers that he meant all he said. Split Over Cleveland, Charging that Alton B. Parker's resolution of tribute to the memory of the late President Grovt Cleve-' land is a clever move on theart of the enemies of William J. Bryan to infuse factional feeling into the national convention, friends of the Nebraskan are determined to offer a resolution of a character designed not to raise controverted political issues. i All Democrats, without regard to factional affiliations, applaud the suggestion coming from New York that the national convention should embrace the first opportunity of honoring the memory of Mr. Cleve land, but most of those who have expressed themselves on the subject are of the opinion that the resolu tions adopted should not contain any thing over which there could be the slightest difference of opinion. Mascot Obtained. The Democratic party has secured its mascot for the approaching con vention; It came in the shape of a Rock Monhtain burro, which was presented to Chairman Thomas Tag gert, of the national committee, by the Denver Times. Mr. Taggart was unaware of the honor intended for him until the animal was ushered in to his presence at his headquarters in the third floor of the Brown Hotel. It was duly labeled in large letters in paint, one side bearing She in scription: "My name is Denver; ask me," the expression having reference to a large badge for residents issued by the citizens' committee for the bene tfit of the strangers, reading: "I live at Denver, ask. me." The other side was inscribed: "I belong to Tom Taggart." building, but it will be christened by the convention. THE CONVENTION PROGRAMME. Sessions on Four Days Provided for, Beginning Tuesday. Denver, Speeial. The committee ou arrangements of the national com mittee met on Friday and completed the order pf business for the Con vention and for the session of the national committee, to be held on Monday. The Convention programme is outlined for four sessions, begin ning Tuesday. This will carry the Convention through to Friday after noon, unless a fight in committee or on the floor should prolong the delib erations. As alredy announced, it ia I proposed that an adjournment shall be taken immediately fter the tem porary organization is perfected out of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Cleveland, although this feature I does not appear on the formal pro gramme. The first gay's order of business is as follows:! 1. Chairman Taggart of the nat ional committee, calls the Convention to order at noon. NEWSY GLEANINGS. PROMINENT PEOPLE. A Pacific torpedo fleet of three flo tillas has been organized. H. M. Flagler resigned as a vice president of the Standard Oil Com pany. Dr. Darlington expressed the belief that New York City's decreased death rate indicated a return to normal living. Veterinary surgeons testified to the existence of hydrophobia cases in the Bide-a-Wee home for dogs in New York City. President Davila, of Honduras, has ordered that Francis O. Bailey and his brother be surrendered to a New York police officer. Seventy United States sailors began chewing and smoking tobacco so that the navy could obtain a brand to be used as a standard. Dr. Burnett, a well known throat specialist, killed himself by jumping from the roof of Mount Sinai Hos pital, New York City. Dealers said the recent enormous advance in meat prices is due to the desire of the Beef Trust to control the country's retail trade in that product. The Equitable Life Assurance So ciety filed plans for a sixty-two-story building on the site of its present home, New York City, to cost $10,-000,000. The War Department ordered troops to the Mexican border at Del Rio and other points to preserve or der and prevent any violation of the neutrality laws. The Russian Council of Empire adopted the naval budget, including $5,500,000 for battleship construc tion, an item which was not sanc tioned by the Duma. It has been decided to hold the Goshen races, at Middletown, N. Y.," this season, despite the enactment of the anti-race track gambling law. The purses will not be cut down. long Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota. V call J, ienver, It here Pis com Fiona Special. The platform '' Mi Lincoln to the reso'u 1 of the Democratic Convrni Win hn5 lAPn iUtm- ted. Jt follows closely the lines the Xebrask" nlfltfnrm ft written "?t March, and is one' rrnciations oi ,the Mr. the WELCOME ARCH, DEN VETL, COLO., AT UNION STATION Which Blazed a Welcome to Delegates to the Democratic National Convention. toorte Kl in the modern political history iue country. Opening with a sharp challenge to ""publicans for failure- to Dut t their platform specific declara- npholdmg the -nolimes "nro- Ln anrl arranging the party for its tat en bv the "titular" leader fnng the las; four vears. the docu- lt ivill COntrtin o fiftTirr vofumncp (t' ; ;i! of Grover Cleveland, lattortn builders at Denver have JSC suhiooK. -1 . j i" approximately as pie- 'U above 'in ,.,x,wlA fnin. in ai With u r. . i.r a ua.sis ior meir uuan- )ns. Th Injunction Plank. Jthere is a deeidedlv greater 2. Secretary Woodson rends for ConTwntiori. 3. Prayer by Archbishop Jas. Keane. 4. Announcement of temporary officers agreed upon by tike national committee. ' 5. Chairman asks for tfnrther nom inations. 6. No further nominations, tho chairman puts question on agreeing to the recommendations of the nat ional committee. 7. 'Chairman appoints a, committee of two delegates to escort Tempor ary 'Chairman Theodore A. BelL of California, to the chair. 8 and 9. Introductions and speech of temporary chairman. 10. Call of States for members of the following committees: Credent ials, permanent organization, rules ant4 order of business, platform and resolutions. 11. Probable adjoTrrmnent or re cess. It is expected that the Cleveland resolution as finally agreed upon will be introduced jnst before adjourn ment. For the second session of the Con vention on Wednesday the program calls for the permanent organizat ion, the address of the permanent 'chairman and the receipt and adop tion of committee reports. The nominations for President will he made Thursday, and it is planned to adjourn after this is settled until Friday morning, when the nomina tions for vice President will be in order. Chancellor Day will take a vacation abroad. Secretary Root decided to train at Muldoon's sanitarium, New York.. Yale University, conferred the do gree of Doctor of Laws on J. Pierpont Morgan. William Dean Ho wells, who spent the winter in Rome, has been recent ly in London. Professor4 Todd returned to Am herst from his South American out ing with some 10,000 photographs of Mars. Senator Tillman has never been on a war vessel, but still he is the rank ing Democrat of the Committee on Naval Affairs. John D. Bristol, the veteran Amer ican landscape painter, is one of tho oldest members of the National Acad emy of Design. After an illness of three weeks Representative William H. Parker, of DeadwOod, S. D., died of dropsy and liver trouble. He was born, seventy one years ago, at Keane, N. H. Frederick Moore, author of "The Passing of Morocco," is living in London, where, he was recently mar ried to a young Englishwoman. Mr. Moore's former home was in New Orleans. As a lawyer Senator Culberson, of Texas, has few peers on either side of the Senate. His character as n public man has won him the esteem qf his associates, and his ability and experience compel their confidence. William R. Smith, a Scotchman by birth, in his fifty-fifth year as super intendent of the Botanical Garden la Washington, claims to have served the Federal Government in the same position' longer than any other of its employes. Prominent men in many cities fav ored the erection of a national monu ment in memory of Grover Cleveland. AUDITORIUM AT DENVER WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC NATION AL CONVENTION IS BEING HELD. U A Leap Year Dilemma. From the Washington Star. todency toward compromise than is f manifested the real fight will be rr the injunction plank, but the but many oppose the pronouncement for previous notice in injunction pro ceedings. There has been much communion with Mr. Bryan on this point, bat ap parently his attitude is not clearly understood, and probably it will not be until his draft of the platform which he is understood to be prepar ing is read. It is known, however, that he would use stronger langu age than is employed in the Republi can platform. That he is willing to go as far as the Federation of Labor demands none is disposed to say, but his closest friends assert that he does not consider it necessary to make such a sweeping declaration. They say that Mr. Bryan will himself sug gest what will be a concession to the conservatives arid they predict that in the encl his draft will be accepted. Bryan Insist on Publicity Pnk. Lincoln, Neb., Special. William J. Bryan, in a speech before the Nebras ka Travelling Men's Club Friday night, made the significant statement that unless the Denver Convention incorporated in it platform a campaign contribution publicity plank it might look elsewhere than to Nebraska for a candidate for Bryan headquarters were opened Monday at the Brown Palace Hotel. Charles Bryan, a brother of the can didate is in charge. Snow to Cool Hall. For the first time in the history of national conventions an attempt will be made in connection with the Democratic convention to moderate the temperature of the hall by the use of snow, and preparations are already unciter way for that experi ment. The new Denver railroad, known as the Moffat Line, crosses the conti nental divide 50 miles west of the city and ' runs through innumerable beds of perpetual snow, and this line has been contracted , With to bring to the city large quantities of snow which will be distributed through the hall in barrels. The confident expec tation is that it will vastly improve the atmosphere and at least prove a novelty to the visitors from the States in which snow in the summer is unknown. The hall will seat 12, 000 persons. Probably the most marked evi dence of preperation to be found is in the new convention hall, a magnifi cent structure which has been erected in the heart of the eity at a coat JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS DEAD. Famous Author, Familiarly Known as "Uncle Remus" Passes Away at His Home in Atlanta Editor and Proprietor of Uncle; Remus' Maga zine. Atlanta, Special. Joel Chandler Harris, familiarly known as " Uncle Remus" and an author of note, died at his home in a suburb of this city Friday night. Mr. Harris, whose health fyad been bad for some time, had only been confined to his bed for about ten days, suffering from cerrhosis o fthe liver. Complication set in and yesterday he grew rapidly worse and continued to sink until the end came at S o'clock. Joel Chandler was born in Eatonton, Ga., December 9th, 1848. He was married in 1873 to Miss Essie LaRose, of Canada, and in 1873 moved to At lanta, joining the staff of The At lanta Constitution. It was while he was connected with The Constitution that his tales, "Stories by Uncle Remus" first attracted attention. In 1900 Mr. Harris retired from active journalism and until last year, when he became editor and proprietor of Uncle Remus' Magazine, spent most of his time at his' surburban home. He is survived by a widow, four sons and two daughters. Mr. Harris was buried in Atlanta. Damage to Mayodan Mills. Reidsville, Special The latest re ports from Mayodan estimate th damage done the Mayo Mills at tha' place, which were struck by lightning last week, at $75,000. The lightnin splintered the wood work of the mil and machinery near where it struck and in a few moments the fire hac gained considerable headway. Hell was summoned and with the aid of thi fire-fighting apparatus at the mill, th fire was finally extinguished. New Electric Road Planned. Asheville, Special. The plans for the building of a new eleetric rail way line to connect Asheville and Weaverville have been completed, and the work of construction will be gin with a month, i The money nec essary for this work is already de posited with the American National National Bank in this city, the presi dent of this bank, Mr. J. H. Carter, andi Mr. R. S. Howland, a wealthy resident of Asheville, being actively interested in the project. LARGE QUANTITY REQUIRED. Miss Oldun "Oh, dear, I'm afraid I shall really have to get some of that wrinkle cradicator they adver tise." Miss Pertly "Let me get it for you. I have a brother in the whole sale drug business." Boston Transcript. I T.-ial By Newspaper. The publisher, a commercial fellow, was for economy. "Seems to me live columns a day ought, to te-nough for that murder trial," lie v;hiued. But tho editor, a man of ideals, was sturdily for the better part. "Let' justice be" done," ho cried, "though the price of print paper goes UT!" Frr PiTfk. TELEPHOHES! Are a Necessity I in the Country Home. The farther you are removed! from town to railroad station, the more the teleohone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has m a right to compel one of the family to lie in agony for hours while he drives to town, for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book telle how to or ganize, build and operate tele phone lines and systems. , Instruments sold on thirty days' trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 201 CCC Building, Cadiz, Ohio. 1PENTIS ALL IT WILL COST YOU Ini" to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogua showing the most complete line of high-grade W BICYCLES, TIRES and SUNDRIES at PHICES BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. 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