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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08
RULINGS WERE
AGAINST THEM
Policy Holders Committee
Threw Up Their Hands and
Withdrew Their Watchers.

New York. April THE information
al policy holders committee issued a
statement today. pointing out alleged
violations OF the present insurance code
by the companies in the recent election
of officers and the alleged inefficiency
of the department of insurance in con-
Quoting the supervision of the election.
The international committee" says
the statement, has maintained for
months in both the Mutual and New
York Life canvass a force of watchers
and translaters and every effort has
been made TO protect the interests of
pOlicy-hOideTS who have voted against
the old arrangements. but the rulings
of the inspectors have been so uniform
~ against US. and, being fully satisfied
that it is impossible, under the present
conditions, TO secure a fair count of the
votes as cast, we withdraw our watch
pTS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08
POLITICAL STRIKE.

Shuya. Russia. April Ten thousand
factory hands have quit work and de-
mand the release of the noted revolution
ist. Arzenius, whom the police have ar
rested
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08
CASTRO GROWS WORSE.

Willems,adt. Curacao April Private
advices received from Venezuela say that
President Castro has suffered relapse.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08
MORGAN IN ROME.

Rome, April III. Pierpont Morgan of
New York has arrived here for short
visit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08

An advertising medium is like
a spiritual medium in that it
tells the customer what he
wants.-Robert C. Brown in
Profitable Advertising.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08

Josh Billings said, too: "a
broken reputashun IL like a
broken vase; it may be mended,
but always shows where the
krak wuz'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08
Law Nullified.

Prom the beginning the companies,
with the assistance of the department
of insurance, have evaded and nullified
in every way possible the law as en-
acted. The companies filed lists of
policy-holders at Albany which con-
tanned thousands of incorrect names
with false and misleading addresses.
while they gave to agents and canvass
ers, not alone the correct name and ad-
dresses, but the policy numbers of the
insured"
The statement sets forth the various
forms Of iTreguIarity charged and de-
clares ii was practiced on a wholesale
scale illustration IS given of fam
lily which was recorded as casting five
votes, the statement adding:
investigation showed that not a
member of the family voted in the re-
cent election and that they had not
resided at the stated address in over
two years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-08
Dead Men Voted.

Numerous instances deVelOped
where agents hal sent in proxies and
ballots bearing the names of policy
holders who had been dead for years,
while many ballots were cast bearing
the names of former policy-holders who
had allowed their policies to lapse.
1.-THE officers OF these companies and
the department of Insurance are re-
sponsible for this condition of affairs"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
An Old Violin.

Postmaster c. A. Reynolds is
not only good postmaster, a sur
veyor, a farmer, a scholarand and
most excellent and clever gen.
tlemen, but bears the distinction
of being a musician and an old
time fiddler as we'll. The recent
Fiddlers Convention in this city
awakened the musical echoes in
of long ago and inspire him to
take up his fiddle and bow and
mako the night merry with the
concord of sweet sounds. His
violin, by the way, is also high
ly priced and valuable instrument
and bears this inscription:
Givoan Paolo Maggini
Fecit in Breia 1913.
Mr.. Reynolds is not open to en-
gagements but if any of our
young friends desire to "cut the
pigeon wing" no doubt he will
graciously receive them at his hos
pitable home on South Side and
most cheerfully furnish the music
and call the figuaes to suit "the
queens TASTE" Tennessee has it's
iddling Governor in Bob Taylor
aud North Carolina has its fddl-
ing Lieut.. Governor in the person
of Hon. G. A. Reynolds, and in
this respect these two States can
count honors as even. Tennessee
has not a genuine Democrat and
North Carolina more loyal Re-
publican,-Union Republican.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
Business Men and Demagogues,

The Wilmington Messenger asks
the question: "Have not the busi-
ness men of this city has right
to entertain and express on the
railroad situation?"
Noting that question. The
Charlotte Observer answers: "No.
Business men have no right to ex-
press opinions about any public
question. They have no business
to do anything except to put up
the campaign fund and vote the
tlcket.'
That's the idea, nearly express
ed. The banker and the mer-
chant and the mill man must
stay in his office or other
place of business, and be good,
shell out his cash when called
upon to save the party candidates,
take care of the real business of
the country while the hot-air in
terview-givers and ofice-hunters
prance around in the gorgeous
trappings of the demagogue, and
then take a gentle cussing with
threats of going to jail or the pen
itentiary if a panic aries, 1t is
time for business men, bankers
and merchants and farmers, the
latter the biggest class of business
men in the world, to wake up and
make servants of officials who will
respect their employers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11

ions would bribe the people end
buy rates for the republican party,
now since they have persuaded
some democrats into the trusts
and they (democrats) are making
a little money the republicans are
trying to down the trusts just be-
cause there is a democrat in them.
While before, when these big
trusts were run by republican
humbugs, the republican party
did not say anything about them,
now I do not say anything against
the bursting up of these trusts,
but 1 do say that any organization
party or individual who goes
about things in the above men
toned manner is not endorsing
the right principle and should be
looked after by those who are con-
sidering and planning for the
betterment of our government.
ROCKER
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
To CoIonIze the Negro.

A movement started in Col
orado, where there is a coloniz-
alton society for the purpose of
sending the negroes back to Africa,
has been espoused by o. M. Stuart,
a well-known colored educator of
Richmond. The movement is de-
igned to ship to Africa all the
negroes in the United States, in
order that they may establish
their own government, with an
American protectorate. The
worthless class of negroes are
eager for the movement, while
those who have accumulated prop
erty are opposed to going to a new
country, where they will have to
builc themselves up all over again.
The idea of the colonization
movement Is to appeal to the
national Government and to the
several states for assistance On
the ground that the white people
owe it to the negroes as a debt
which they will never be able to
discharge until they have placed
them safely and we'll in their own
country whence they were brought
as slaves $50 wears ago. The ne
groes claim that the impetus
given America while receiving the
benefits of their labor will not be
lost in the next thousand years
and that the United States can
we'll afford to pay the debt to the
colored brother.
The commerce that would
naturally spring up between the
two countries would be worth un.
told millions to the United States
it is declared. It is suggested
that the negroes be moved at the
rate of 100000 a year, allowing
20 years to effect their complete
lcolonization.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
Negro Suicides by Jumping In Well.

Saturday, Jim Butler, for a
long time a porter at the Central
hotel at Troy. committed suicide
by jumping into a we'll. Butler
was treasurer of a new church for
the colored people at Troy, and
was called upon last week for the
funds that had been paid over to
him. He had used the money in
his private business and was un-
able to respond when called on
for the church funds. He owned
some real estate and had made ar
rangements to borrow the money,
but his wife refused to sign the
conveyance with him and he told
her if she would not he would
Jump into the we'll and kill him.
self. Shs didn't sign and Butler
carried out his threat.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
The PILGRIM ANNIVERSARY.
Immense Throng Of People Attends ceIe-
bratIon Of l50th Anniversary,

Last Sunday and Monday were
ideal winter days, the atmosphere
being clear, cool and bracing-
just such weather as is favorable
to bring together large crowds of
people for special services. The
occasion at Pilgrim wasgan un-
usual one, the celebration of the
$50 anniversary of the founding
of a congregation. On Sunday
there was an immense throng of
people. The great church was
crowded to overflowing; and on
Monday the attendance was all
that could be desired. The pro-
granme, as published in last
weeks Dispatch, was carried out
to the great delight of the people.
Pilgrim Reformed church has
records going back exactly $50
years. The church was likely in
existance few years further back,
but the records only go back to
the year 1857. The first church
was log structure and was used
by the congregation exactly so
years. In 1907 larger and more
handsome church was built, so
this anniversary was the centen-
NAL of the building of the second
house of worship. The second
church was used through the long
peroid of rs years, until 1882,
when the present handsome church
was built. This anniversary, ac-
cordingly, was the 25th OF the
erection of the third church.
The offering on Sunday was re-
ceived in the old fashioned COL
lection devices, wrought iron rings
with suspended bags fastened on
long handles. One of these has
come down from the time of the
first church.
There are but few congregations
in North Carolina that have a his
tory of $50 years. This one can
we'll be proud of it's long and
honorable career. It is in most
prosperous condition, having IT'S
members, with Sunday school
numbering 236.-Lexington Dis
patch.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
SUPREME COURT REVERSES LONG.
The 100000 Fine Imposed Upon the
Southern Cannot be Collected

Raleigh, Dec. 1.-The Suprem
Court in a decision filed thi
afternoon arrests the judgments
OF Judge Long as to the $4,000
fine of the Southern Railway fol
violating the 2 IA cent passenger
rate law. The right of the court
to fine or imprison any railroad
official for selling at a higher rate
is denied and it is held that the
Federal courts cannot interfere in
criminal prosecutions and that in
civil suits the railroad may be
mulcted of $500 for each sale.
Chief Justice Clark dissents and
says the railroad should be fined
and intimates that an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature should be
held to make the act more expli-
cit.
HISTORY OF LITIGATION.
The opinion was written by Mr..
Justice Walker, one of the ablest
and most learned of the judges
who have sat on the bench of this
State. The opinion is concurred
in by Mr.. Justice Connor, Mr..
Justice Brown and Mr.. Justice
Hoke and is very elaborate and
exceedingly able discussion of the
matters involved in this we'll
known controversy. It will be
remembered that the Southern
Railway Company was indicted at
the July term 1907, of the supe-
rior Court of Wake county, along
with one of its agents, Mr.. Thom-
as E. Green, for the violation Of
the act of the General Assembly
of 1907, fixing railroad passenger
rates at 2 ID cents a mile. The
case was tried before Hon, B. F.
Long, one of the judges of the Su-
perior Court, and upon the trial,
the defendants were both convict
ed. The railroad company was
fined $4,000 and the agent was
fined $5. The railroad company
appealed to the Supreme Court of
the State. During the trial in
the Superior Court, the railroad
company filed a copy of certain
proceedings in equity in the Cir
cult Court of the United States,
together with a copy of the in
junction issued by Judge Pritchard
restraining the State officers from
putting into effect the rates fixed
by the General Assembly upon the
ground that they were confsca-
tory. The agent, Mr.. Green, was
taken into custody by the Judge
of the Superior Court in person,
in order to prevent the Circuit
Judge of the United States from
releasing him upon habeas corpus.
Charlotte Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY
IA SWindIer Rakes in a Few Dollars. At
tackled While at Work.
Lexington Dispatch, Dec. 4th.

| iuuhou VuuV VI WV"
Lexington Dispatch, Dec. 4th.
The home of S. L Cecil, on Cen
ter street, was slightly damaged
by fire. last Friday night, the fir
having occurred about the mid
night hour. No one can aoeoun
how the fire started unless it wa
by rats.
| Thursday night somebody at
tempted to burn the plant of the
Lexington Bottling Works, ane
with it the meat market of J. M
Garland and the Springs Hard
ware Company. The bottling ses'
tablishment is in the building oc'
cupied by the other two concerns,
on the corner of Second avenue
and Main street. The proprietore
on opening Friday morning found
a chair with the split bottom,
burned, the wood work charred
and stick wood charred. The
idea obtains that some scoundre]
for reasons known only to him.
self, threw oil on the chair though
broken window at the rear, and
then tossed in match.
Several merchants Of this town
are looking for a sharp swindle1
who not only got various articles
of merchandise from them, but
also took in neat sum of cold
cash-and cash comes in good
these times. No one knows
the man and he disappeared as
quickly as he came. The swindle
was worked by bogus checks which
purported to have been given by
DR.. A. B. Byerly, practicing ply
sician and who expects to move
to this place the first of the year.
All of the checks were on the
Commercial and Savings Bank
and were made payable to differ
ent parties. II. D. Scarboro fell
a prey to the tune of $40, less
than a dollar being in trade and
the remainder in cash. His
check was made payable to G. II
Russell, CT bearer. II. Harris &
Bro. were taken in for $12.55,
their piece of paper being payable
to Franklin Reese. They gave
Reese" a suit of clothes and
some cash in exchange for his
worthless check. julie G. Smith
is minus a blanket, which was
worth $175, and the remainder
in cash, this check being for Sc 70
and on this was an Irish name
that of Thomas M. Casey. Johr
F. Ward was taken into tho game
and readily handed over a five
dollar pair of pants, several small
articles and the remainder of tht
$11.2O in cash. G. H. Russell
was the name on this check.
While at work bending over hi
machine at the Elk furniture fac
tory, Will Sechriest was assaulted
Monday afternoon about three
thirty o'clock by Charles Roberts
a negro employed at the factory
The negro crept up behind Mr.
Seehriest and dealt him a tefrifi'
blow on the back of the head will
a rock, which was later found t.
weigh something over one ant
a half pounds. The injury i
a serious one but it is not though
that any fatal consequences will
result. Late yesterday afternoon
Sheriff Delap and posse captur
ed Roberts in the loft of Rachae
Harriston's feed barn, in Bcol
township. Roberts was foun'
hidden under lot of tops.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
ANNUAL DEBATE DECEMBER 18TH.
The Schools at Mt. Pleasant Enjoying
Good Patronage. Road Being Improved.
deferred From Last Week

| lDe1erreQ FROM LdSC w eek.
| As there are number o1
young people from Rowan attend
ing school here perhaps a few
items might not be out of order.
On the night of the 23rd OF
Nov. the people of Mt. Pleasant
had rare treat in the form of a
lecture by the Rev. DR.. Weltner,
of Columbia, S. G. His subject
was the 'Passion Play"
The hill in front of the Metho-
dist church on the Concord-Mt.
Pleasant road is being cut down
and a fill is being made in front
of the Kindley cotton mill. This
improvement in addition 10 what
the chain gang has done at other
points on the road will furnish an
excellent highway between our
town and Concord.
Miss Ethylin Crabtree, of
Salem, Va, is visiting friends in
town.
The various churches of the
town held a Union Thanksgiving
service last Thursday. The SER
vice was conducted in the Reform
ed church and the sermon was by
Rev. J. P. Miller. A liberal Of
fering was made for the benefit
of the poor.
Notwithstanding the panic sew
eral new residences are being
built in tow.
Rev. J. H. Keller filled the pull
pit of the Reformed church in
Concord last Sunday.
Rev. Wage, former pastor of
the Methodist church, moved to
his new charge at Statesville last
week.
The Ludwig Literary Society Of
Collegiate Institute is preparing
to give public entertainment on
the night of December 10Th. The
following is the programme:
Prayer, welcome address,
music; defamation, R. L. Foil ;
music.
Debate: Resolved, That the
Present Spirit of Material Devel-
opment Is for the Best Interest of
Our Country. Affirmative: A. J.
Thomas, E. L. Agner. Music
Negative: R. L. Miller, K. L..
Agner. Music.
Defamation, G. M. Poole !;
Hadgepodge, G. D. Alexander !;
music.
R. L. Poole, president Mar
shals: R. F. Biles, chief; G.. H,
Feggart, B. J. Bostian, E. W.
Bigger, S. Hart.
On last Thursday night the
young ladies of Mont Amoena
Seminary gave reception to the
Institute boy. It is needless to
say it was highly enjoyed.
| Both schools of our town are
enjoying enviable patronage and
success this session. The excel
lent conduct of the students has
been very marked.
CITIZEN.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-11
Also True Here,

Alabama has now gone dry.
The Southern colonel is making
his last stand in Kentucky, but
he will soon be thing Of the
past.-Durham Sun.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

.'laft, the Injunction Standard
Bearer" The editorial was ac.
cepted as the sense of the conyen-
uon and was made a part of the
official resolution. Now that or.
sanized labor of Taft,s own state
has set the ball rolling against the
original injunction judge it means
that an active and aggressive cam
palgn will be launched by the trade
unions throughout the country to
defeat him for the presidential
nomination, and will be continued
with vlgor until the National Re-
publican convention is over.
The following officers We're elect
ed by the Federation for the en-.
suing term:
President, Llewnyn Lewis, of
Martins Ferry.
First Vice President, P. w.
Cope, of East Liverpool.
Second Vice Pres dent, Thomas
Rumsey, of Toledo.
Third Vice President, E. IT,.
Kitchens, of Cincinnati.
Fourth Vice President, A. i.
Grouse, of Bridgeport.
Fifth Vice President, William
Lamb, of Youngstown.
Secretary-Treasu Harry D..
Thomas, Of Cleveland.
Dayton was selected as the place
to hold the next convention by q
large majority.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

nuttstry III state containing the
richest deposits of coal to be found
In any state of the Union.- The
article which is reprinted in the
Argus in order to reflect upon the
work of Hon. John Nugent, State
Commissioners of Immigration, is
considered unju to the man who
until few months ago, devoted
his tchOie time toward lettering the
condition of the miner in this state,
and whose entire interest at this
time in with the miners of this
state.
MIR. Nugent was seen this morn
ing and in reply to question CON
corning the reference to him and
his work, said (:
81 fail to understand why the
editor Of the United Mine Work ers
Journal, knowing the articles he
had formerly published in his
paper as to the causes of explosions
In our state, charging the operators
with the reckless employmento Of in
experienced foreigners in the
mines, knowing as he should that
into West Virginia thousands of
inexperience men direct from Ellis
Island were flooding our mines,
knowing that at no time in the his
tory OF the state when there We're
more men in the mines and more
coming to the state, not of the de-
-irable, but of the undesirable,
class as charged by him and us,
against the operators, that if he
but read the report of the mining
commission, appointed by the Gov.
'ernor'a. =! the Mime Inspectors re-
port, trying to fix responsibility of
explosions in our state TO the EN-
ployment of inexperienced men,
then strange to say, that when the
employers seek to remedy the cause
of complaint made by us, aud we
are asked by them to assist in re-
medying the evil by lending our
aid to secure practical, experienced
and organized miners into the state,
both myself and the operators are
condemned while nothing is done
by any official in the United Mine
Workers today in our state, to pre-
vert the employment of the mex
perieEced men in the mines, or
coming to our state for employment.
'sIn regard to their statement
that the miners of England were
well versed as to conditions in
West Virginia, and the impossible
ty of me inducing them to come to
West Virginia, il this be true, why
the fear and cause of notifying by
circular from the Indianapolis
office, the miners of England to
stay away from West Virginia.
GAS far as my success in England
is concerned, all l can say is that
I am more than pleased at the re-
ports that have come the men
who have left England, and are
now working in this state, and
I know of thousands of others that
are putting forth their best efforts
to accumulate sufficient during the
prosperous times, that they now
have in England, to enable them to
reach West Virginia.
Il would probably have said
nothing as regards this article if
not for its republication by a sup
posed labor paper in my own town
upon my return, because I came to
West Virginia as an organizer of
the United Mine Workers Of Amer
ica.'
Ind that night itI.dined.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
STUART MINE
EXPLOSION.
Facts as Found by Hon. Andrew
Roy of His Investigation
Recorded in the Coal
Miners History.

The third edition of the ellis
tory Of the Coal Miners of the
United States" compiled by Hon.
Andrew Roy, of Glen Roy, Ohio,
is out and ready to be placed on
the market. 1t is the only au-
thentic work of the kind publish
ed. Mr.. Roy is recognized
throughout the United States as
its most able authority on the sub
ject, he having devoted his entire
life to practical and scientific
study of mines and mining.
1t should prove to be doubly in
interesting to the miners of West
Virginia because OF the fact that a
chapter of it is devoted to the
Stuart mine explosion which is
written from the personal findings
of Mr.. Roy, who explored the i'll
fated mine soon after the explosion
and contains much information
that has never been made public.
and will make interesting reading
for those who desire to learn the
exact conditions as found by him
Every miner in the state should
read it and The Labor Argus has
made it possible for them to secure
a copy absolutely free, our propo-
sition viii be found on page two of
this issue. 1t viii only cost you a
little of your spare time. Don't
delay, commence at once. Its
easy