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publican Nominee Makes a Number of Speeches ETS A CORDIAL RECEPTION n. Willian H. Taft Makes Political lampaign in North Carolina and iirginia--Greeted by Enthusiastic Irowdi at Statesville, Salisbury, boxington, High Point and Relds rIle, Ending Southern Tour at Mchmond. Greensboro, N. C., Special.-Hon. illiam Howard Taft, Republican ndidate for President, closed his ar of -North Carolina here Satur y. He was cordially received at I points where he spoke and his eeches were attentively listened to Republicans and Democrats. First Stop at Statesville. Mr. Taft was up bright and early iturday morning. His first speech. as made at Statesville at 7:30 clock. Several hundred people !ard him there. Being presented by .r. J. Elwood Cox, he said: ''Ladies and Gentleman: I am glad come into the State of North Car 'ina this beautiful October noin g and to receive this cordial recep on. Complaint is very often heard I the part of your people that North arolina is not given her part in the Iministration of the government. ie is not. She has able men, but as ng as you are going to vote for the 1mocratiC tic.ket and the Republi n party is in power. I doll't see w these gentlemen who do the vot. can expect to share in the powor. other words, let them vote as they ink and then we will wipe out see .nal lines. It is a great pleasure r me to come here because I think am the first Republican eanldi*ate ' President that ever came il,o >rth Carolina on a campaign for 3 presidency, and I am here for the rpose of testifying to the South my erest in that section, my earnest sire to unite it with the North, and - hope that the Republican party 11 be built up in North Carolina, so it it may well have' its full repre tation in the executive councils of nation. I thank you for your idness in co;ning here and I ap. qqate your Southern counrtesy.'' At Salisbury and Greensboro Mr. ft, said in part: 'ktis a great pleasure to come in North Carolina. I have studied statistics of North Carolina and r marvelous growth with intense erz'st. I know a good many of tir North ?ar'linians, and every le a man from North Carolina came o my office in Washington when I ; Secretary of War, he had not m there more than five minutes be 'e he put his hand in his pocket, led out a paper and began to read I what lie read wvas the statistics the growth of business of North rolina, so that it impressed itself on me. For in stance, your factory iducts m1900 were $85,000,000. In a years they had increased, in 1905, $152,000,000. In 1905 you had ployed 36,000 persons in ;-our cot imills. Your cotton manufactures d increased from $9,000,000 in 1890 $28,000,000 in 1900, t o $47,000,000 1905; also that you are. second in ak of manufacture of tobacco; yon a third in the rank of manufactur ; of lumber and tinmber products. in make in one of your cities in this ate nearly as much as they make Grand. Rapids, Mich.. in furniture. am giving you these figures merely point out that unless we continue have a proteettive tariff, most of ese industries will be destroyed and e wealth that you have acecumu :ed has been accumulated by reason -the policy insisted upon by tihe Re rbhecan party in respect to the tar .And yet how many electoral tes have you cast in North Carolina e the Republican party? Somelody 'have a better memory than akyou, my frieds, whether there! any reason under the existing cir-* mnstances why, if you believe i1 publican policies, you ought no: to :e the Republican ticket? You have State ticket and a congressior.nl ket that is unexceptional. I am going to speak about the national set because I have a .personal re onto it. But the national ticket a Republican ticket and pledged carry out Republican policies m uit to those who have stood in * Democratic party in North Care that there is absolutely no rea now wh.y if they favor Republi poheies in the nastion they should vote as they think. N~ow it is a -at pleasure and honor to me to be first Republican candidate for the *sidenc wh'o has come to ~orj *9In* .aanpagn for th s.1b&ve c~ h ioll. I aw; aniUUs thqt ,you should exeraike the influence through youl able and great men, of whom you have many, in tb same way that Ohio and Indiana and New York and Masse chtlsetts do. But, my dear friends. 'if you are goifig simply from historic tradition to keep voting the Demo cratic ticket because' you think that your fathqrs voted that *Ay, then you ar6 bound -to stay on the outside and look in at others enjoying .the power in the executive councils of the na .tion. It is not D6ssible otherwise. Human nature and party politics are such as to make that necessary, an.d I appreciate the homogeniet. of the Southern peop,e. I know their fam ily tr6dition. I know their consr valisn. and thpir adherence to some Hinr just out of respect to their an cestors; but on the othet hand they are enterprising, progOhssive, cour -zeous people in everything but pol t(s. and I think it is time that they be-an in politics to show the same en terpr'se that they do in manpfactlir in- furniture and in reaching out to ,levelop the enormous wealth of North Cnrnli na. Southrrn Acroplinist -Falls With Ma chine, But Escapes Injury. Chattanoogr.. Tenn.. Special.-In an attempt at flight in an aeroplane 'Fri (lay, 0. M. Mallory, of this city, the inventor, fell fifty feet with his ma chine ,but escapee] with a few slight bruises. Malloiy's :.:eroplane was partially wrecked. The inventor an nounced that l- would rebuild his machine and 1 ry it agu,in. This is the first attempt at'aeiial flight in the South. Bids for Savannah City Bonds dpened. Savannah, Ga., Special.-Bids were opened for $2,610,000 of city of Sa vannah bonds, beAring interest at 41-2 per cent. and maturing in 1959. Thirty-four bidders subscribed for $27,269,000 worth of bonds. The award of the issuds will be made this week. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York will probably get $1,000,000 of the Londs. Reforms in Cotton Futures. New Orleans La., Special.-Witl instructions to make reforms in thf cotton futures contract of the NeA Qrleans cotton exchange, a committet was pppointed b ymembers of thf exchange. The committee will confei with farmers, brokers and cottor spinners throughout the South an( will also investigate the action o1 directors of the exchange in elimi nating stained cotton below middlinj as tenderable grades on future con tracts. The Perils of Aeronauts. Perlin, By Cabe.-A report receiv ed from Heligoland says the balloon Castilla, one of the competitors in the international race fell into the North sea near that city and both aeronauts were rescued with difficulty. Font other balloons are still missing and little doubt remains that they have fallen either into the North Sea or the Baltic, and that the aeronauts are drowned.' Southern Railway Iocomotive Er plodies.. Danville, Va., Special.-A report received late Tuesday night from Mayo, a watering station about twen ty-five miles from Danville, says that a local freight engine on the Southern Railway exploded killing the engineer and injuring -the fireman and several of the crew. A special train carry ing surgeons left the city for the scene and the injpred- will be brought to this city. The Power of a Rockefeller. Utica, N. Y., Special.-The Post master General haa just issued an order putting .out. of- eistnee the Derring postoffiee and turning the busine'ss of the offilee over to the post master at Baf Pond, seven miles distant. This is an office on the private property of William Rocke feller, who objected to having pe'bple cross his grounds to get to the offiee. The people are very indignant at t he closing of their office at the beh3st of Rockefeller and are getting up petitions of protest. TO R1DMOI F'RUIT STAINS. Stained table linen follows the -e tuT'n of the fresh-fruit #eson as surea ly "as night follows day," says the Woman's -Home Companion. For re moving such stains tihere is nothing more effective thaui .the eniphur bleach. Lay a spoonful of sulphe~r on a plate, and sprinlale with a few drops of alcohol. Over this plae. a tin tunnel ~with the point upward. Touch a lighted match tp the alco hol; wet the stained linen, And bl'a tho spot over the openht Sin the go0int of the tunnel. 7t#es)~ ~D 0fX,,VAO1RA-,T_IfeJNDS Committee P MeNAmount of Money .4eived ALSO DISBURSMENT TO DATE 3fildal. -hIbit of T60s -Oilected by the Democratic ;ttinaI campaign committee. -New York, SpeciaL.-'.The Demo ,ratio national o6 kte' through ,'ressqrer. prmon . Rid_*.gave out in extended statement of the contri )utions to the Democratic national sampaign fund up to and including Nctober 9th, showing sums of and )ver $100. The stalomenat also shows receipts and disbutiements as fol ows: Received frOn contributors of $100 and oVer, $90,71.23. Received froin contributors under 1100, $115,35na2. Amount left over frQm Denver con tention fund, $42.500.00. Total, $248.567.55. Amount disbursed, $225,962.38. Balance on hand, $22,604.67. The statement which is signed by Tational Chairman Mack and Treps irpr Ridder says that 343 subscrib -rs gave $100 or more, and the smaller ims were from 25 cents up. It adds: "The number of contributors to :he national campaign fund is esti nated at about 50,000 people and ibout $100,000 ol' the whole amount -ontributed came from the Democrat c newspapers throughout the United 3tates. The Congresional Fund. Chicago, Special.-The Democratic vongressional campaign coramittee nade public the list of contributions of $100 or over. They appregate 1,744, while smaller contributione 3ring the total up to approximately 020,000. James Lloyd, chairman of the !ongressio.nal committee, states .that n order to complete the work the !ommittee is in urgent need of at 'east $15,000. The announcement -ontinues: "The Democratic natioial congres ;ional committee received prior to ,he Denver convention in contribu tions of $100 and oler. the sum of $3.500. It has received in sums of 0100 and over in addition to the above amount for which it makes specifl report on -account of the action of the Denver convention in regard -tc the publicity of campaign funds, the following amourts':. "Congressman R. C. Davoy, Louis iana, $100; D. E. Finley, South Caro lina, $100; E. W. Saunders, Virginia $100; Morris Sheppard, Texas, $170 *Jack Beall', Texas, $100; J. G. Mce Menry, Pennsylvania, -$100 ; C. t[ Weisse, Wisconsin,' $110 ; J. 3. Rus sell, Missouri, $218; Thonjas IHack ney, Missouri, $100; John M. Goode Texas, $100; D. W. Hamilton, Iowa $100 ; Champ Clark, - Missouri, $220 0. M. Hitchcock, Nebraska, $100; C V. Fornes, New York, $100; T. D Nichols, Penrndylvania, '$100; Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; $100; Francis B Harrison, New York, $200; Lincolr Dixon. Indiana, $100; D. L. B. Gran eer, Rhode Island, $100; H. B. Flood Virginia, $100; .Rufus Htardy, Texas $100; United States Senator W. J Stone, Missouri, $100; Herma nRid. der, New York, $250; W. 0. Conrad Montan~a, $250; and. Democratie 'a tional committee. $3,000. There hi ben P,000' additiousl receiveV fron individuals and committees for frank able literature. English Balloon May Be Winner. Berlin, By Cable.-Seventeen of tih balloons which competed in the in ternational race. have landed. Four are still missing and it is feared have been driven seaward. The Englisi Banshee landed' farthest froma Berli: goinig approximately three hundre< miles. She will be the winner unles one of the missing balloons has goni a further distance. Gets .20 Years ror Mairder. Reading, Pa., Special.-Abrahan Rosenthal, of Philadelphia,. who we convieted a month ag of the murdet of Lewis B. C,lawson, a wealthy shir manufacturere, was denied a 'neo trial in court and'- sentenced to 24 years irsprisonmente He ~ppearei s if stunned for a' time, but,.quickIa rThoovere& his' l awson1 beh ' e~4At n-law ROPSiNto O&AP Ameriun Balloon With Two Aeronauts ris RESOUW Y'ERMANSTEAMEt BaRoon StZous Cape ad Ma nto NortM 4W. .Thrt.-MMes from Rand--Enveloped in the Folds of 'E t Bagfon, Two Men are Rescued. With Great,Dmalty. Berlin, By''C6lei.-The St. Louis,, 04e of the three American balloon. to start in the:international rnqt fell into the North Sea TIAday night, be tween Heligoland and Wilhelmshav en, thirty miles from the shore. The 8t. Louis was piloted by E. H. Ar nold, who, with his assistant, IT. J. H wat, was rescued by a Germam samship passing at the time. Arnold and Hewat were enveloped in the folds of the balloon when res cued. They would have been forced under water in a short time.. The rescue was effected with the greatest difficulty. The aeronauts did not know that they,were over sea until they heard the sound of the waves, the waters being obscured by a thick fog that hung at a low level. A rapid fall in temperature caused a shrinkage of the balloon envelope and it began gradually to descend. Alarmed, the aeronauts began throwing out every thing in the balloon to lighten it, but continued to sink and finally struek the water with a splash. The men telegraphed the race committee that th y .were safe and uninjured. his is the second sensational acci dent of American entrants.' Shoitly after the start Augustus Post and A. H. Forbes fell four thousand feet, having a miraculous escape froma death. CROP CONDITIONS. Washington, Special.-The corn. crop condition on October 1st was 77.8: per cent. spring wheat quality 83.1 per cent, total production of spring wheat was indicated as 233,090,000, the yield per acre averaging 132 bushels, combined production Rnrin and winter wheat indicated as 1659,030,000 bushels of 89.4 per quality and the oat crop qualif 81.3 per cent, the production 789,161,000 bushels with yielu pt acre averaging 24.9 bushels according to the Department of Agriculture crop report issued Wednesday. The corn condition is against a ten year average on October 1st of 79.7. The average yield of spring wheat is agginst a six-year average of 85.9. The final estimate of average yield of oats per acre is against a ten average of 29.8 and quality 86. r teq years. The decline in condition of during September was about tw p. cent, as compared with an average decline the past ten years of 1.6 per cent. In Sourthern corn States the condition on October 1st and ten-year average, respectpively, of corn fol lows: Texas 83 and 73; Georgia 84 and 82; Kentucky 75 and 83; Tennessee 82 and 80; Alabama 83 and 80; North Carolina 82 and 82; Arkansas 79 and 77; Mississippi 81 and 76. ..Opening of State Fair. Raleigh, N. C., Special.--The forty eighth North Carolina State fair opened at noon Tuesday with an ad dress by State Auditor B. F. Dixon. The crowds were unusually large for the opening day, and he exhibits and sDecial features were of an excep-. tionally high oredr. Dr. Dixon's ad dress was characteristically pleasing and appropriate. He tet-mned the fair one of the greate4t educational in stitutions of the State, which was an ob.iect lesson of industrial progress. in line with the great work done at the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege and the State N'orrapal and In dustrial College, at Greensboro. Virginia's First Electrocution. Richmond, Va., Special.-Th e eIlee~ trio chair was the substitute h1anging at the execution Tuesday of Henry Smith, a -negro rapist, who was elec trocuted at 7:30 Tuesday morning. The law forbids the publication of details. The prisoner died in thirty se'conds. He was convicted of an un speakable crime. Hunters Find Man's Dead Body. Lenoir, N. C., SpeciAL-While out. *possum .hunting in King's Creek: township, this county, a party of men. and boys came up on the dead body of a man Saturday night, which prov ed to be that of one Bunk Sanders,. who lived in the neighborhood. Fer several days the man had been miss-. ing, but rioone thought he had died. He was a pretty well-to-don famrmar. -a good citizen, and for mny llad been. a magists'ate 'ho m taunity. 1 The deceased v. : a years .of age. The cormwr's jury retpnqd a verdist to the .eieet u.a&.. ROOSEYE"fiT O4 AI4D The Lohdon Times Learns / That the President Will -Lecture at Oxfoid and Rfceive & Igre After Ris African Trip -'Will Also Visit Paris. - London, By Cable-The Times is ib formed that President Rdosevelt will visit England -after his African' trip curly in 1910. Jue will deliver-' the Romancs lecture at Oxford, and, on the ocasion of the univerpity co.m memoiatidn, will receive the honorary degree of D. C. L., which Oxford already has bestowed upon Eiperor Williani. Actording to The Tiines Presidett Roosevelt also will visit Paris and deliver an a8dresa at the Sorboune. Neither the dates nor the *ubjects of the lctdires are yet known. The Times further stites that so cording to the present plans Mrs. Roosevelt will join the Presidint at Khartoum on the journey north ward. Alleged Lynchers Dismissed. Washington, Special.-On motion of Solicitor General Hoyt 'the Su preme Court of the United States ordered the dischaf-ge from custody of seventeen of the twenty'seven de fendants in the proceeding charging Sheriff James F. Shipp,' of, Hamil. ton county, Tennessee, and twenty six others with contempt of the Su preme Court because of the lynch ing in 1905 of a negro named Ed Johnson after the court had taken cognizance of his case. Most of the dismissals were based on the failure of the testimony to identify the de fendants with the crime. Following are the names of those who profit by the court's order: Paul Pel, T. B. Taylor, William Beeler, John Jones, Marion Perkins, C. A. Baker, Claude Powell, Charles J. Powell, A. J. Cart wright, R. F. Cartwright, John Var nell, Joseph Clark, Fred Frauley, Paul or "Sheenie'' Warner, Alfred Hammond, William Marquette and George Brown. In the case of Pool it was'stated that he had disappeared from Chattanooga immediately after the lynching and had never since been heard of. The court also order ed the publication of, the testimony in the case taken by Commissioner Maher. status of roreign Missions Shown in ,American Board's Meeting. New York. Special.-Reading of reports showing the work done. at. home and abroad during the ,ycar and the appointment of committees and nominations and business, took up the first d1ty of the ninet-ninth annual convention of the Americad board of commissioners for foreign missions in Brooklyn. Frank H. Wiggins, treasurer of the board, submitted a report showing the financial condition at the close of the fiscal year. The genieral mainte nance of missions, it appears front the report, involved an expenditure of $881,254, or $2,075 more than during the previous year. The income of the board .during the same period was $$87,999. Mr. Wig gins' figures showed that the indebt edness was $79,891. Declines Oall to Washington. Washingtoni, Special.-Giving as a controlling reasons that his work in Boston, Mass., is unfinished. Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, of that city, has de clined the position o$ bishop of Wash ington to succeed the late Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee. Dr. Mann's de eloination. was communicate4 in a let ter received frain him. Another een venition will he called to fill the va cnney. , Wed at 102; Died at 110. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Special.-Mrs. Charlotte Decker is dead here. She was 110 years old. Her father, God frey Reals, wvas a volunteer in the Colonial army and served until the colonies were free. She remembered~ the year 18,13, when no grain could he raised and it was sold for $p a bushel. In June 1900, Mrs. Brainard was rnarried to Samuel Decker, her third husband, the other two being dead. .He was then 62 and Mrs. Decker 102. She had but one child, which died in infancy. Gets Life Sentence for Killing Wo man. Opelika, Ala., Special.-The jury in the trial of Uhland Culpepper, obarged with the murder of Mary El vin .Hader, who was' shot and kNiled near Phoenix City several weekj age 'by a bullet believed tod:bave Meen in., *epded for her father; aetdzied a e bI~t of gujty. Otiepjper a*Ue