NOON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1*9.
f CANNOT EXPAND,
S3, CANNOT G? FORWARD?
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Will you vote against a measure
af feitHrs a loyal citi/en to warp ybtir a
^gjrainar sTf^gt improv^irients^? Vote torliie*?
votes that our city must be on top!JBe sure to s
and hear the Argument on streets, (_ - J .fe ::SL I
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>ur ballot, "I am
5, not the past* Lefs sliow tomorrow by our
end the mass meeting tonight at City Hall
your city abreast of her sisters? Can^you
A DELIGHTFUL
SOCIAL AFFAIR
REMEMBER THE"?
HEREOF QUEBEQ
Able. lie refuaed to be drawn Into
* oumtlqa ol.time Matt Uw BrJtUU
would tun* to atrlke tbelrampa and
depart la dfacomforture, their objec
unachlered. j-.
'? Wolfe* a rat attempt to pierce the
gpemy'a Unei waa -attended bT dteaa^
ter. it ooet tla 800 meo^aod told
IP hlrtft*- Ttoa ?h liroatraud by
Thos? who war? prevent Sunday
pllmentary terms of the address de
livered by Norwood L. Simmons,
Esq., on the "Malignant Tongue."
The tal* was appropriate and instruc
tive: Mr. Simmons was moat happy
ina ill irtjwr r? ? wniuiBf
.temoon meetings are being largely
attended.
TON TO
BANOErrTAFT
Boston, Sept. 11 ? The Mtoa
Chamber of Commerce announced to
U?7 that tUe mmplaUuu uf nil ai
ran wants were* made for the bis
banquet f?J?? tlwn tomoro* n:*ht
to honor of President Taft. The ad
4,?a of president wlK tm Un tret
of Um series hs war dsllssr on his
lo?? trip to the tame coast ? and I
, New Torit, Sept. 13. ? Today wlt
aeaaed ths raisins of )he curtain "P
<* Us scene of Coney, island's sfs
anth annual Mardl <Jra? and Pall
Vyrni^ai. ug auruii
"tfhbllc wllf: be afford
th**T of thla week's featlrltlaa. and
?U t(rti Boats, paseanta. parades and
people will atrlre to make the theme
a reality "nerer to he forsotten.f
Erery day will be a gala rfky until the
ovmlyal prooeaaton of nasi Saturday,
after which the mas ail wqmKw
OhbSiMkrf
in Hospitat
? *<?. *?I4 Aurora, iL C..
1? ban a patient In th? Fowle Memo
rial Hoapftal, suffering with Ml ttxaj.
One of hfa eyaa u antlMy goae and
faara ara entertained for the otbar.
*r. Bel by onaot th? conntya m
a$ra*e Confederate Midler. 'barln*
n MnftoLta am
News thlnka It would be tha right
thing- for the Daughters of the Cott
fe<armi-T and 'th??j>l4~t?ranl reald
1"? P+*- t? *WfMr)??lbr at tha
hoSfihl. He-la worth* of ant KM*
POUR (X1UPI.ES MARRIED. ~
Tb?t? 4<are foot marriage llneen
aaa loaned- laet Wee it ?. pi Mega.
Mr tad Roar Andaraon. C. M. ;La
onr this taction. He waa
Ktemeiaarri
Ctar
8 Wlni?l4, col- 1
possible the cause of the disease, 'la
particular how It happens to break
HtwflwtUlU probably* paw a
law proridlng^/or-rlgid state -inspec
tion of grain shipped into the state,
.if the investigation Bhowa the cor
rectness of the Italian theory, that
pellagra comes from eating musty
corn.
In the fofinrof corn meal, hominy,
or giltis. cara^frs useo toTMjgfi bf
lent in the South than' any other auc
tion.' Moreover, on accQjutt of "the
boll weevil some of the -Southern
States are planting more corn this
year than ever before.
Mississippi this year w*ll -nearly
double the corn crop of last year.
'Afcy pellagra scare that grouses a
'preiudlce ^gainst corn in jthe_JJouth
'would be a- serious blow to the rartt
on in the 8outh more than a yewr
ago. The first case was treated as
ecsema. In the second case, report
ed In September, WW, the pstlent
was a young woman. The physicians,
puzzled by the unusual syihptoms of
the case, -after much investigation,
.diagnosed the case as pellagra.
? These 'cases-.weie buth? la Missis*
sippl. While they were thtf'fhrst to be
brought to pabilc attention, doubt
less pellagra, according tq some bac
teriological experts, must have ex
isted, I* Isolated cases, in many oth
na^ure
Attend Farmers'
! 1 Meeting Tuesday
The firman* meeting tomorrow it
Court Room btdi fair to be well
attended. The morning aeealon mil
open promptly at 10 o'clock. There
?'"it'l iltT ?r "** T tmlnn gli
?*rl? from the United State. Depyt
?**at of ? Agriculture will fee present
Mrt-thoeo of th?. farmer* attendlnr
Will hear iomMhin'* thai willTji'To
tbeir profit .No tanner hi the com.
SERMONS WERE
^-ymr forceful
Rev. John ?. C*l* FiH^H Phlpif
at First Methodist Church
Yesterday.
Rer. John N. Coler-D, D., superln
I tsndent of the Methodist Orohanaae.
Raleigh. N. C?. filled the pulpit of
the First Methodist Church Sundaf
tag senrtee the subject of the excel
lent discourse wss. "Why stand ye
here Idle all the d ay." At night Mr,
much as ye hare done unto the' least
of then* ye have done it unto me."
Both Strmoas were mfsterj>ieces of
Joigfc and thought. After the regular
?enrlcee- at olghtMr Cole made aa
appeal to the congregation for hia
orphanage. It ~ts, needless to stats
they responded generoaj#. Mr. Cola
la wetl known In Washington, and
his coining here always affords the
Methodists much Joy. tW Is doing a
gran* work In North Carolina for. the
orphans.
brothers. Couj#tCo?_
er H. G Jordan, yeste**ay. . He says
he narer in all his life taw such- fine
prospects fnr crops. There is no rea
son why the farmers In Beaufort
ctognty Bhuulfln't uiahe au sbuudauce
with plenty to spare this twXtr^fitr
seems to be. the condition ail orer the
BANKERS MEET '
IN CHICAGO
I he 3 n I h Anninl rnnvcntioa of
the American Association in
v Convention.
Chicago, Sept. 13. ? The Influx of
the leading bankers of the United
States~coming to- this city to attend
the thirty-fifth annual Convention of
the American Bankers' Association,
bim In earnest-today, and b7 tor
morrow morning it 1b expected all of
the delegate* will have arrived. The
leading hotels are thronged with the
lilt bankers and their ladle*./ WITT
mimber cloee-to^.OO^.
Committee meetings and a seesloa
,of (he executive council were held
today to complete the final arrange
ments for the convention. ' The regu
lar sessions of the association wiil
begin in the Auditorium tomorrow!
morning and will continue until Fri
day. when... iofteers- for the jre%r will
be chosen. Jo?eph G. . ?g&aon.
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives; President James J. Hill of the
Great Northern Railroad, and Law
rence O. Murray, Comptroller of the
? -nw-eotttirjin Of tie Hsrearoil
Mill ?tart?d up tor this aeuon tod?j.
?n4 from now om will run rarularlr
Tlwr oil mIH will not resume opvrs
-tlons until October., ~ 9
? Wjiar* mm! Typewrit
ing; Where? At the Public 8chool.
When? Nex( Monday, September
? Mttpl Itl -niirl lit nn ii
graphera. * **"'1
Public Schools Open
? With Enrollment of
5 75- An Increase
'V
cence and promise and than exclaim
to the world I anrnot In fftror of pub
lic education mates one fwt tike ?uch
people hare no business to be called
WBn ? If ta a' misnomer. _
The school building bas been great
ly . Improved since the cloee of laet
session Opera fbMtng chain ant! a
been Installed In the auditorium, the
roof repaired and manr other
MjdS .
The oourse of training has Imnen
larged afcd the scope of usefulness
^WMMr^Haa?ir graiM T,a? ^eeff
decided upon br the trustees and this
01 u< nuAeroua (MINI MIRRtr "
Promptly at I o'oclock the ?one
School days, school days, I
Dear old jelden rule day a.
Head In r aad writing and 'rlthmetlc,
Taught to th? tun* of hlcfcoij stick.
The Washjj^on ? Public Schools
opened tfcls mornlftS tl t U UULM., fur
the tall term with an enrollment of
675. What an Inspiring sight It ^
to see the bright faces sad. *
logj< of the little tots wending their
way Ihnir JtffLNMUlu buuiM lu
the place where they Ae to he ln
?Strucied ?qd trained for the great
battle of life. ? Pram evopy dlrbq^oa
they came, sll yearning for one i
? the broadening of mind and body,
ao aa to he able and competent to
meet the wacld at every turn. -To
stand by the wayside and see young
The exercises were ' opened with
music. This was in charge of Miss
UUlaa B?M?r on thS-plano, assisted
by a live-piece orchestra selected
from the embryonic musicians in the
Messrs. E. K. Willi* C. H..?*C*
lag. O. A Phillips, E. R Mlxon, W
C.- -Rodman and f. J. .Berry, members
of Che Board of School Trustees; Mr
Board of Education; Mr, W. L.
Vaughaa, County Superintendent of
Pnhllr JnifrtirHAn; p" M. R.' Sm
right, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church; 'lRev'. J. A. Sullivan, pastor
of the Baptist Church; ^Rey. RobeVt
y. Hope, pastor of the Christian
Church; Mayor C. H. Sterling and
Superintendent N, C. Newbold occu
pied seate-on the rostrum.
Capt. CPfrOige T. Leaoh. Mr. E. 'B. I
Moore and others of tlje city, were |
In. thsfAaudltorlum.
The devotional exercises of the
morning were -conducted by R6va.
?iobert V. Hope and if. B-^Searight.
After the regular devotional part
ot the program had been rendered,
Messrs E. W Ayewfc C. H. Harding.
W. L. Vaaghan. W- C. Rodman, Rev.
J A. Sullivan. Mayor C. H. Sterling
and the superintendent, made talks.
AU of these addresses were on odu
schooM in Washington After these |
MiUWu whleh wees bsth latiMStia
affd enter talalag. had been colluded
t room, ' wbar* t^ioTirork -oj
?r<i'
I profitable session and - arrive at lta
giving away
ONE-HALF CENT
RuiliwiHs in thp WmI Civinff ?
Away 1-2 Cent Bushel oq
Grain.
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Chicago. Sept. 13. ? Western rall
I way 9 are nractlrallY giving aAy oa^
Ihslt a cent a bushel by putlog -In a
proportional tariff on grain ship
ments froln the West which proridei
for one-half a cent- per bushel for
elevating charges at Chicago and
South Chicago. The Rock Island, tjje
Chicago and Alt^n, and the Atchison
Lhave- given notice of this rate. It iMr
on the Alton the 18 th, and Atchison
on the 25th.
The Rock Island has done even
more than the other lines, maklag
the derating charges apply to ship
ments originating over all Its sy?
tem. This redaction Is of little or no
benefit to the small afclpper of gralk
who sends in a few cars to Jje .sold
locally, but It la s.rt Important factor
to the bis shipper who loads grain In
the West and forwards It to the East,
through Chicago,' Co be loaded Into
lake eteameip for Kastern and, sea
Cotton Crop
m.
>t^ 11.? w. ? .
tdent-of -the 4f?w Oi>
c^cnange ana neaa pc 3
\he cotton firm of W. B. Thompson
and Company of this city, has Issued
1 dWiHUF i?w ia 'ikfMrtt w Mwm
he offers a new plan for the i^arket
Ing of the cotton crop. He urges
farmers to market their crops at the
rate of ten per cent a month. Ac
cording to Mr. TJhompspn, this woujd
event a p l&ble market for Both buyer ? ^r8
and seller. N
rr> Mr. Thompson says, In part: t ? r|
"Let th*? prndnrpr nf
ket te^ per cent of his crop each
month for ten months. AiLJ^atant
reflection will convince any thought
ful man that, whether the crop so
marketed be 1 arge or smalt, and
whether ,g hundred planters or a hun
dred thousand employ the' method,
the result will be better than If the
crop was sold at once or the attempt ^
made to hold It all. If ~ ~
good for one planter It Is good for
all ,snd if >11, nr any greet nnmher
of planters adopt l^the problem of
marketing the crop is solved."
257 Votes W\U
Carry Election ...
There are 512^ citizens who hare
registered la order to vote tomorrow
upon the question of the city lsetiln*
bonds to the amount of f>*.000 for
the imprfiifinent of the strata
carry the election, there must 267
vetee cast to receive a mtinHtr
cum bent upon
thfe polls.