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WHEN YOU GO ON YOUR VACATION HAVE THE NEWS SENT TO YOUR ADDRESS HEW -1L LL JJLd VOL. 45, XO. 8304 CHAELOTTE. N. CM THURSDAY EVEMG, AUGUST 1, 1912 PRICCBH" CharJtt 2 Cents a Copy Dny- Cent.

Bandar 1 Outside Charlotte. 6 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Annual Convention North Carolina Good Toft Stresses Tat iff Of econaaiy oads Association Imp 10 Pages CHARM)' LIST EDITION in cutor, beginning cross-examination. Convention Called to Order by Hon. H.

B. Varner, President oj The Association-Welcome Address by Mayor L. A. Bland. In Speech oj Acceptance President Says iftrst Work is to JSave Our Institut to From Democrats And Third Party ties.

road system and a run will likely be made up the Rozzle's Ferry road and the convict camps will be visited. Officers of Convention. The officers of the North Carolin? Good Roads Association are: President H. B. Varner, Lexini, ton.

Secretary Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. Treasurer Joseph G. Brown, Raleigh. Executive Committee H. B.

Varner, Joseph G. Brown, Joseph Hyde H. Starbuck, Frank H. Fleer, William Dunn, R. M.

Phillips, Dr. C. P. Ambler. P.

D. Gold, Wade Harris, James H. Wellons, C. Feimster and W. C.

Hammer. Clerk of the Court C. C. Moore made the address of welcome on behalf of Mecklenburg county, taking the place of Chairman W. M.

Long of the county commissioners, who was to have made the welcome but was too unwell to do so. Mr. Moore stated that for years there had been, apparently, a conspiracy to put everything on him when another speaker "fell down." Squire Long, Mr. Moore stated, is a good speaker, but it is very hard to get him to speak anywhere except about the court house and in connection with the county's work when he spoke very effectively and also signed checks occasionally that spoke very badly. Mr.

Moore recited something of the history of road building in Mecklenburg county and said the fact that there were men before him whom he knew to be road builders in their own vicinities led him to believe that their getting together was indicative of much good road building in the state. Delegates' Response. Hon. H. B.

Varner, president of the association, responded to the addresses of welcome on behalf of the association and Mr. W. C. Feimster, of Catawba county, responded on behalf of the delegates to the addresses. Mr.

Feimster threw the convention into gales of laughter by relating humorously how Mr. C. C. Moore had delegated some years ago, after everybody else had failed in the undertaking, to go to Catawba county to secure right-of-way rights for the Southern Power Company and how, donning corduroy trousers and depending on one suspender, he had represented himself as a Mecklenburg farmer when in reality he was one of the "slickest articles that had ever come through Catawba and signed rights in one, two, three style." Report. The report of Dr.

Joseph Hyde Pratt secretary of the North Carolina Good rt frit rt4 I I I SWEARS SHE SHOT HIM. (Mrs. Daisy Grace, with insert of her husband, Engene Grace.) Mrs. Grace is now standing trial in Atlanta, charged with attempting to murder her husband. He was shot in the spine several months ago, while asleep In their home, and immediately upon regaining consciousness he accused his wife of being the one who tried to kill him.

Grace is almost totally paralysed as a result of the wound, but insists upon being carried into the court room to face his wife. He is anxious to be placed on the stand and testify in his effort to have his wife placed in prison. LlBCOLKGiT-LEE MEMORIAL ISniiiEB Scuffle With Wife? Claims Defense i wnat aid you can nerr "I always called her Mrs. Grace." 'Did you ever call hsr Daisv or Daisy of the Leopard Spots "I object to that," shouted Attorney Rosser indignantly. Such conduct as that ought to be reprimanded.

It is a disgrace to a civilized court." Solicitor Dorsey withdrew the question: 'Didn't yon trv to eet the Ruffin's to testify in Mrs. Grace's behalf?" xo, sir "What are you being paid for your activity in behalf of Mrs. Grace?" Witness replied that she was doing nothing to be paid for. Atlanta, 1. -Mrs.

Daisy Grace is expected to go on the witness stand late today and tell the jury before which she is being tried for shooting her husband, that Grace shot himself between 11 and 12 o'clock on the morning of March 5, while he was scuffling with her, pistol in Ms hand, following a quarrel. Mrs. Grafce, according to her attorneys, will deny that she ever, had the pistol in her hand until it had been discharged. In fear of her life, which she will swear Grace threatened to take because she was trying to take away from him a power of attorney she had given him to sell her house in Philadelphia, the accused woman grappled with her frenzied husband to prevent him from shooting her with the revolver he had taken from the dresser. Locked in each others em brace, according to her story, they fell upon bed.

It was at that time she claims the weapon was accident ally discharged. Her hurried departure from the house and her continued silence were because of a promise she says she made Grace, who feared the disgrace certain to follow the exposure of the row. At the time, she says, he thought he was only slightly hurt and would not permit her to call a doctor. Rebecca Sams, a mulato dressmak er, was the most important "Witness introduced by the defense during the morning session today. This is a big day at Cornelius.

The whole countryside is gathered there to greet the old soldiers who are gathered in annual reunion and to hear Judge Walter Clark's address. The early, morning trains took sev eral hundred from Charlotte, many of whom were members of Meck lenburg Camp Confederate veterans. The hustling little city of Moores-ville gives up almost its entire population to Cornelius on Reunion Day. The contiguous counties also gave full quota tcdsy and the crowd is numbered by the thousands. The great feature of the today's pro gram is the address of Judge Clark.

This distinguished head of the judiciary of North Carolina, who is to speak to the Man in Gray today, arrived in the city last night. He was met by a number of kith, kin and friends. An hour or two of social confab was had at the Selwyn, where the judge stopped. He left on the early train for Cornelius accompanied by a party of friends. He returns to the tonight, and speaks at 3 o'clock at Lakewood the last day of the Farmers' picnic.

iOV. KITCHEN SPEAKS AT 3 P. AA. AT LAKEWOOD Governor Kitchin arrived in the citv this morning from High Point, and is at the Central hotel. Scores of his friends called upon him there during the morning.

Later ne was at the law office of Justice Mc-Ninch, Mr. McNinch being his state Delasations of friends from Gastoma, Belmont, Monroe, Concord and other points are here to meet the governor. At 2:30 the governor with a special escort of friends, in autos, will leave the Central for Lakewood, where he is to speak at the Farmers' Picnic. He will be introduced by Mr Edward L. Keesler, one of his ardent admirers and supporters.

Special Guest at Game. After the sreaking he will be escort ed to the base ball park, where, by Rnecial Invitation of the management, he occupies a box reserved for him. box is decorated with flags of the state and Union, and hung in bunting. Tonight Governor Kitchm returns to Raleigh. James F.

Congdon Dead. By Associated Press. Plamfield, Aug. 1. James F.

Congdon, last male member of the Connecticut branch of the Mohegan Indian tribe, is dead here, aged 75. BIG DAY AND BIG SPEECH fiT ODRNELIUS TODAY 72 Spite of Weather Several Hundred Good Roads Enthusiasts Have Come From City And Farms to Edp Promote The Good Reads Cause. "To Promote the Proper Location, Construction and Maintenance of tload3 in North Carolina, so that Ev ery Mile cf Public Road in Every County Will Be a Good Road 365 Days in the Year," is the object which has brought together, in the city audito-iom, several hundred men from Cher-Dkee to Pasquotantk. There are men 'rom the city, men from the farm; there are road builders, and road promoters from mountain to seashore, sacii and all interested in the development cf good roads to the extent "that mile of public road in every ic-unty will be a good road 365 days in year The oSlcial gathering of these highway-men is known as the annual convention of North Carolina Good Roads Association, There is to be a two days session, and this is the first. Dr.

Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geologists, and good roads men from the east were the advance guard. Fbey arrived last night. The main body of convention thi3 this morning. The Selwyn and Central hotels were leadquarters for the visitors, the reg-stration being about equal at the two Diaees. An official registration book is ept at the Greater Charlotte Club cf-ice.

It is in charge of Miss Hattie VicRae, the club stenographer. Up to 1:50 several hundred names were on the book. The hotel lobbies were full of and the early morning hours up 10: 39, the hour of assembly at Auditorium, passed in social con-ertug and making ready for the work i the day. i Autoists Arrive. The arrival ot the delegates from juilford and Johnson county, in cars with banners flying, was in inspiration to the local contingent of good roadstears.

Guilford came with 25 cars, ill bannered-up and in the finest ot shape. In the pacemaker car was Col. Ft. M. Phillips, of the Greensboro News.

Mayor Fred Tate, of High Point, sat at the wheel of the High Point delegation. Each car held its quota of live, progressi citizenship no matter whence it came, from north, east, south or west, and gladly were they welcomed in the city and county of good roads. From 250 Miles. The largest delegation considering the distance was that from Johnson county. Three cars containing 16 promoters of good roads left home for the convention city yesterday morn ing at 6 o'clock.

They arrived here last evening. Their journey took them to Raleigh, Durham and on to Greensboro. "The worst roads we en countered were in Orange county, Dr. Pratt's county," said one of the party. "We had pretty smooth sailing except in that county.

One of the ran into a storm but sustained 30 damage or delay." All delegates and visitors are wear ing good roads badges. Tomorrow afternoon a conplimentary auto ride is to be given for the visitors, and tomorrow night a smoker at Lake- wood. Convened at 10:30 in Auditorium. The convention was called to order fcy President H. B.

Varner of Lexing-on at 11 o'clock and the invocation pronounced by Rev. D. H. Rolston, oastor of the First Presbyterian The welcome address on behalf of the city was made by Mayor C. A.

Bland, who reminded the convention that a fine system of roads was a very strong contributing factor to dome's greatness. He also cited the iresent good road system of France, England and Germany and opposed with the carelessly kept highways of Turkey, Spain and other counties, stating that apparently the state 3i the national roads was a key to the nation's prosperity and enlightenment. Mr. C. O.

Kuester welcomed the visitors an behalf cf the city's business interests and the Greater Charlotte Entertainment for Visitor. Mr. Kuester announced that every ielegate and visitor was instructed to atch for the cars marked "Lakewood" as they passed Independence Square his evening and to take said cars for park where a smoker will be held. Messrs. W.

S. Creighton and James lden Houston being in charge. Tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, Mr. Kuester announced, the Charlotte Au- Association will report with 'heir cars at the auditorium to take the visitors on a spin over Mecklenburg's goods roads. The new $75,000 concrete bridge over the Catawba river at Sloan's ferry will be.

visited. There the delegation will be met by Messrs. Leeper and Falls of the Gaston county board of county commissioners. From there the journey will be resumed to various parts of the Next Tells How Tariff Should Be Revised And Trusts Re-, gulated--" Points with Pride" to Recoid of Administration. By Associated Press.

Washington, D. Aug. 1. President Taft was formally notified today of his nomination by the national republican convention at Chicago. Surrounded by his family and friends in the historic East room of the white house, the president received from Senator Elihu Root, chairman of the committee of notification, his first official information, of the convention's action.

Washington, Aug. 1. President Taft's formal speech of acceptance of the nomination of the Chicago convention was delivered here today to the official committee of notification; headed by Senator Root and a few invited guests. Although Mr. Taft defined In detail the issues of the campaign, as he saw them, he reserved the right to amplify his statement in a letter as tha campaign develops.

The supreme issue that confronts the- voters, the president declared, was that of the maintainance of the nation's institutions and the preservation of the constitution, threatened ha "said, on the one hand by the demo cratic party and on the other by those republicans who had left the party to try their fortunes in a new one. Next in importance Mr. Taft places the tariff. In the proposals of the democrats for reductions in the present schedules, he said, lay danger of business depression and hard times. The republican principle of revision only where scientific investigation "shows it necessary, marked the straight road to continued prosperity and commercial peace.

In discussing the tariff, the president said that it was untrue that to its door could be traced the high cost of living and pointed out that conditions of living were alike over the world. A political promise could not remedy such a condition he said. As an issue only less important than the tariff the president placed the regulation of trusts. He said the Sherman law had been enforced with success but added that specific acts of unfair trade should be denounced as misdemeanors that such acts might be avoided or when committed punished by summary procedure. Interstate business enterprises, he said, should be offered a federal incorporation law.

Aside from those issues the president pointed to the record of the republican party and particularly during his own administration as an earnest of what it might be expected to do in the future if the people returned it to power in He attacked the democrats at other points than the tariff, making special reference to the refusal of that party in the house of representatives to continue the naval policy of two battleships a year. did not mention either Col. Roosevelt or Governor Woodrow Wilson by name but refer-, red to each. While he did not accuse either of embracing the doctrines ot socialism, many of thep roposals they had made, the president said savored of it strongly. He closed with a review of his administrative achieve ments and appealed directly to the conservative voters of the party to join with the republicans at the polls.

"I know that in this country there are many who call themselves democrats, who view, with the same aversion that we republicans do, the radical propositions of change in our Continued on Page Three. Arrangements have been made to give an automobile ride to the delegates to the Good toads invention Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The route will be to the new Rozelle Ferry bridge, thence to the convict camps and returning reach Charlotte about 6:30 p. m. As there are not enough cars available to carry all visitors Charlotte car owners are requested to place their cars at the disposal of the committee for this occasion.

All who can co-operate in this cour-. tesy to our guests are requested to 'Dhone J. H. Ham, chairmaa of the committee, and have their cars at the Auditorium at 5 o'clock sharp Friday afternoon. Mr.

Ham's 'phone number is 1301. Washington, Aug. The two men reported hanged near. Cananea, Sono-ra, by Mexican rebels, were not American citizens, according to a report from the American consul at Nogales, received today at the state department, AUTO RIDE FOR VISITORS Roads Association, was listened to with close attention by the convention, as it contained some interesting figures on the work the convention is accomplishing. A part of the work ac complished by the association was in organizing subsidiary good roads associations in the various counties of the state, he said.

Another feature is the encouraging of county bond issues for good roads, $632,000. in all having been issued and sold last year by various counties. Engineering Assistance. Dr. Pratt stressed most of all in his address the need of expert engineer- ins in all counties and all sections where roads were contemplated.

His subject was state aid for good roads and he expressed the opinion that the need of the state to aid the counties in engineering the construction of new roads was the one essential and vital thing in state aid. Mecklenburg county, he stated, despite the fact that she had the finest road system in the state, is suffering a heavy expense right now because of the failure to have competent engineers mark out and construct the roads. It has now come to the point, he said, where the up-keep of the road is almost as great as the original cost, because of faulty construction of the roadbed. State Convicts and Road Work. Hon.

E. R. Preston, of the local bar, introduced 'Squire S. H. Hilton as the pioneer builder of roads in the state by convict labor, Capt.

S. B. Alexanw-der, of this county, having been Instrumental in passing the necessary bill in the general assembly. 'Squire Hilton held the close attention of the convention as he told how, as chair man of Mecklenburg county's com- mission he began the work of con structing the first macadamized roaa in the county and how successive county boards had carried the work forward. What to Do With Convicts.

The liveliest and most prolonged dis cussion of the day followed "Squire Hilton's address. This was as to wheth er state convicts should be used to work on the county roads, capt. job Lauehinghouse. who has made tne state penitentiary a paying institu tion, and who knows perhaps more about handling convicts than any man in th state, was called upon Dy tne president and others to discuss the sub ject. He was of the opinion mat it was all rieht to work the short-term healthy convicts on county roads, but thought that the life-term or ioue-term men should not be risked under the same conditions and management as the men charged with less offense.

He also thought the weaklings ana cripples should be kept on the state farm where they were really pronta- ble. Knocks Present System. Hon. W. C.

Hammmer, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt and several others took a fall out of the present system of al lowing convicts to work for railroads and private corporations and thought it was time to stop favoring corporations and private concerns in this manner when the service of the convicts belonged to the people. Mr. Hammer stated that he was in Continued on Page Nine. By Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 1. The construction of a Lincoln-Grant-Lee memorial in Washington at an expense of 250,000 Is proposed in a bill introduced in the house by Representative" Pou, of North Carolina. It would appropriate $250,000 for the erection of a statue of Gen. Robert E.

Lee, directly ot-io-site the statue now being erected to the memory of ex-President Grant. An appropriation of $1,000,000 is proposed for the erection of an arch over Pennsylvania avenue, connecting the base of the Grant statue with the base of the Lee statue. The arch wuuld be known as the Lincoln Peace Memorial and every state of the Union would be invited to furnish material to be used in case of construction. Material furunished by states would bear an inscription agreed upon by the members of a commission to have supervision over the construction which would consist of the secretary of war, Gen. Bennett H.

Young, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and Gen. Harvey H. Trimble, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. The Grant statue is directly west of the Capital in the Botanical Garden. School Teacheis to Work For Wilson By Associated Press.

Sea Girt, N. Aug. 1. Governor Wilson today received a suggestion from W. H.

Sanford, of Montgomery, that a nation-wide organization of school teachers be formed to workw for Wilson. The governor was pleas- el with the idea. Mr. Samford prob ably will see Mr. MjcCombs and other members of the campaign committee to suggest details of the proposed organization.

Child Recovered Fiom Kidnappers By Associated Press. Bristol, Aug. 1. A special from DufQeld, says that the 8-year-old son of Circuit Court Clerk J. B.

Richmond of Scott county, has just been recovered from a cave where he waB hidden by kidnappers. The child was kidnapped near the Richmond home by two men who took him to the cave, let him down by a rope and fled after leaving a quantity of food. Two men have been arrested and identified by the boy as the kidnappers, but their names have not yet been disclosed. fense submitted a list of 14 witnesses to be called. Mrs.

Grace appeared i pale and nervous. Grace had arrived in the court house, ready to be carried into the sroom the minute the accused, his wife, was called to the stand. Attorney Branch then addressed the jury, outlining the defense's case. He said they expected to show that "every fibre of the state's case was rotten." "The state's theory" that Grace was shot during the night or early in the morning is utterly untrue. We will prove that he got up that morning and wrote a check and that he talk ed over the 'phone as late as 10 o'clock.

"It was ridiculous to say that Mrs. Grace married Grace and tried to get rid of him for his money. She had given him between $15,000 and $20,000 in a year and he was going to Philadelphia to sell her property to get money for himself when tne shooting occurred, The woman testified that she was at the Grace home finishing a dress for Mrs. Grace until -10 o'clock the night before. the shooting.

She said she talked, to her the fol lowing morning over the telephone, That night after she heard of the shooting she said she went to the hospital and saw Mrs. i Grace in the anteroom before the latter had seen her husband. "I told her I was sorry to hear of this and that I felt sure she was inno cent," said the woman. The prosecution has contended that! no one had Informed her that she was accused up to the time she saw Grace and confronted him with, the words: "They tell me you say I shot you." Had Seen Oil, Cloth on Bed. The seamstress said she -made the black dress for Mrs.

Grace, which the prosecution claimed she took to New-nan to be prepared to don "widow's weeds." It was a fad for fashionable women at that time to wear black she said. The woman said she had seen oil cloth on the Graces' rbed on one or two occasions when she had made them up so as to have a place to. put her sewing. "You seemed to be right intimate with Mrs. Grace," remarked the prose- THE WEATHER.

Forecast For North Carolina: Showers this afternoon, prob- ably fair tonight and Friday. Light variable winds. While Rowing Over Sale oj A Piece of Her Properly He Was Shot bv Accidental Discharge of Pistol, Says Lawyer. Claims Grace Had ried To Shoot His Wire Made Het Leave Home Sensational Turn in Case Introduced by Defense. By Associated Press.

Atlanta, Aug. 1. Eugene H. Grace was shot in a scuffle with his. wife in their room during a quarrel over a sale of Mrs.

Grace's property, according to Attorney Branch, who outlined the defense's case in a statement to the jury' this morning. He said Grace tried to shoot his wife after choking her and during the scuffle which followed the weapon discharged and he was shot. He said Grace made her leave home because he didn't think he was badly, hurt and feared he would be disgraced if it got out that he had been shot in a "nigger row" with his wife. The Other Woman. "We are going to show the whole miserable facts.

The truth is that Grace wanted his wife out of town first. Mrs. Grace suspected that he had an engagement with another woman. She accused him of It and said she was going to take the power of attorney she had given' him to sell her property. Grace began sucf fling with her to keep her from taking the document.

He began swearing at her and. threatened-to kill her, grabbing up his. revolver. Mrs. Grace grabbed Gene's hand in an effort to protect herself.

In the scuffle the revolver was discharged and Grace was shot. Grace didn't think -he was badly hurt and made his wife leave the house without calling a physician. He said he, was afraid of the disgrace that would follow if it came out that he had been shot in a 'nigger' row with his wife. So he made his wife promise that she would say nothing about it. "The alibi letters were written by Grace himself and his wife knew nothing about it." The first witness for the defense was M.

O. Jackson, a telephone official, Grace's handwrit-i ing on a letter submitted to him. Defense Outlines Case. At the opening of court, the de.