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' THE ONLX EVENING ASSOCIATED Pft ESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV NO. 6406
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CHARLOTTE. N. C, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27f 1906
PRICE: 5 CENTS
GENERAL P&
THROUGHOUT id
General Primaries are Being He'd
To-day in State of Alabama for
Nomination of Full State Ticket.
The Officers to be Chosen. To
day's Primaries.
Chief Interest Confers in Race tor
Governorship Between B. B.
Comer and Lieut. Gov. Cun
ningham, Chief Issue is Rail
road Rate Reform.
By Associated Press.
Birmingham, Aug. 27. The general
jiemocratic primary is being held in
Aiabama for the. nomination of a full
ticket of two United States Senators
f,ni two alternate United States Sena
tors. Congressional nominations are also
leing made in the fourth, seventh
and ninth districts, the other six dis
tricts having made their nominations
The counties which did not name
members of the legislature in the
rpring are doing so.
Sheriffs and certain other county
cfficers are also being nominated.
The chief interest centers in the
race for crovernor between B. B. Com
er, president of the State railroad
committee and Lieutenant Governor
Cunningham.
The chief issue is railroad rate re
form and regulation. Both candi
dates are advocates of this reform.
Senators Morgan and Pettus have no
c position. There are seven aspi
iants for the two alternate senator
fchips. former Governors Johnson, and
Oates. former Congressmen Stallings
and Clark, former Attorney General
Fitts. John B. Knox and Congressman
Bankhead.
WAS COL. RIEMAN KILLED
Reoorts Reached St. Petersburg that
the Col. was Assasinated.
Br Associated Press. -
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. The report
reached here that Colonel Rieman, of
Sominovsky Guard regiment was assas
sinated at Luga. The report is not
confirmed. Four officers of the Semin
ovsky regiment are said to have left
St. Petersburg to identify the body.
Feeling of Resentment.
An open campaign against the gov
ernment which the Social Revolu
tionists inaugurated with an attempt
cn the life of Premier Stolypin Sat
urday and the assassination of Gen.
Min. yesterday, has produced such
feeling 0f resentment that the spectre
of dictatorship has been revived. The
government, it is claimed, can" only
iely on force to fight the terrorists,
as the public press, which might be
expected to manifest a revolution of
iteling against the crime which sac
tificed the lives of a score of inno
cent persons in the attempt to mur
der the man who personally had not
erven cause for offense, remains
tooly indifferent.
TUMBLE TO TEDDY.
News Columns of Telegram Appear
With Spelling of Phonetic Form.
by Associated Press.
Worcester, Mass., ' Aug. - 27 The
revs columns of the Telegram . ap
reared with the spelling of the pho
netic form in accordance with the
)les approved by the President.'
Hie plan is being tried as an experi
ment for one day, though as the
reuspaper has for some time follow
the pronetic spelling in 160 of the
-00 eases mentioned in the rules,
Hie inovation is not so great as might
t first appear. In order to carry out
the idea through all the news col
umns extra help was required in
several departments of the paper.
INJURED IN FALL. "
Mr- J. F. Jones Fell 16 Feet from Scaf
folding This Morning In Serious
Condition.
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 27. Mr. John
A- Jones, contractor for the Galvaniz
j Irn Works of Raleigh, fell a dis
tance of 16 feet while putting up sheet
j?etal on the north side of the new
inzendorf Hotel at 11 o'clock today.
scaffold on which Jones and his
helper, John T. Snider, were at work
JI1. Jones was removed to the hos
pital. The physicians fear his inju
"es are serious. - Snider escaped with
a few bruises. ...
GEN. VON LARSKI KILLED.
was Shot While Driving " in Cab
R Assassin Escaped. -
aY Associated Press. ' -
Warsaw, Aug. 27. Gen. Von Lar
sfa. acting military governor general
f Warsaw, was shot and. killed' this
arrQoon while driving in a cab.
The assassin escaped.
This morning s an unknown man
Earned the cabmen of . this city, gen
tra, not to drive any of the gen
erals. Miss Lillie Smith has returned to
city after spending several week
th relatives and friends in the
Astern part of the State.
CUBAN INSURRECTION.
No Cause for Insurrection Battles
at Different Places To Free Re
pentant Insurgents.
By Associated Press.
Havana. Cuba.
(al Montalvo, acting secretary of
mlCuui, uas issued an order un
aer the direction of President Palma
instructing the government officials
in the provinces cf Pinar Del Rio
Havana, Matanzas, and Santa Clara
to allow all insurgents who repent of
their errors to go free to their
homes, excepting the . insurgents who
are prisoners in the hands of gov
ernment forces and the captured
commanders of insurgent' bands who
will be detained until the govern
ment determines whether they are
to be allowed their freedom or are to
be tried by the courts.
All chiefs of insurgent bands who
surrender themselves to the govern
ment forces., or who surrender with
tiieir followers and their arms will
also be allowed to x return to their
lamilies. Finally to all who surren
der the government guarantees they
will never be disturbed in any man
ner as a result or the part they have
taken in the uprising.
Arms Only Cure.
Palma is not disnosed- to cmrdov
any other method, than that of arms
for the re-establishment of peace.
He declared enersreticallv that the
1 government would absolutely never
compromise with any form of the dis
turbers of order.
Fought All Night.
A party of insurgents commanded
by Col. Sanchez entered the town of
Bejucal, province of Havana, at 11
o'clock last night, fortified them
selves and fought all night against
an attacking torce of government
lecruits and rural guards without
ciher results than three of the de
fenders of the place and one rural
guard being killed.
INTERNATIONAL TRUST.
Japan ar.d Diamond Match Co. for
International Match Trust.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 27. A special to the
Tribune from San Francisco says
Japan has entered into a compact
with the Diamond Match Co. to form
j'n international trust in matches on
the two continents. The English
match concern dominated by Bryant
and May, will be taken into the com
tination. 1
IMPURE FOOD DESTROYED.
Last Week 350,000 Pounds Was De
stroyed. By Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 2Y. Three hundred
i-nd fifty thousand pounds of impure
food stuffs was destroyed ia Chicago
last week.,
Rev. Dr. W. M. Kincaid, while in the
city was the guest of Mrs. Sarah V.
Young, North Try on street.
WOULD CONTROL ALL
PUTS J COUNTRY
A Dispatch from Peoiia, III., is to
Effect that Standard Oil Co. has
Taken Steps Towards Acquir
ing Control of all DFstilling
Plants.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 27 The Standard
Oil Company has taken steps toward
the acquiring of tne ownership ot ail
principal distilling plants in tne
United States, according to a special
dispatch from Peoria, 111., to , the
Tribune.
The chief reason of this action was
the recent passage of the alcohol bill
by Congress.
: Experts employed by the Rocke
feller interests, after experimenting,
reported their product cannot be
manufactured cheaply enough to make
serious competition of the' gasoline,
hut that it could be used in the
manufacture of mercerized cotton
and other fabrics and would be ex
tremely favorable to the product to
control. - -
Proposition Considered.
Terre Haute. Ind.. Aug. 27. Prac
tically all of the Terre Haute distillers
are said to have given a favorable con
sideration to the proposition by the
Standard Oil to purchase their plants.
The - oninion of the distillers is that
the Standard intends to engage largely
in the manufacture of denatured alcho-
hol. : ."'
THEY WANT TO KNOW.
Suffolk, Va. Lawyer Writes Chief
About Local Option.
Chief H. C Irwin today received
a letter from a Suffolk, Va., lawyer,
making extended inquiry about the
effect of local option m Charlotte,
stating" that Suffolk was at present
contemplating such a move.
The chief answered the letter by
stating that crime was less by more
than three-fourths; that real estate
Lad increased about 25 per cent.;
that the general business conditions
of the city were better; that people
were very well satisfied with the new
cider of things'; and that prohibition
as a whole was a complete success
The letter from the chief will prob
ably be given general publicity in
Suffolk in connection with the local
option campaign, . and Charlotte's
success will no doubt be of consid
erable aid in makinrr th - movement
I popular in the Virginia city. ,
SALISBURY COURT.
Noted Cases Not Taken Up Burglary
, Saturday Night.
Special to The News.
Salisbury, Aug. 27. The safe in the
office of the Augusta Brewing Co. in
this city was broken open Saturday
night and a few dollars in silver and
a watch taken, also some papers of
no value. The discovery of the rob
bery was not made until late yesterday
afternoon. The robbers broke the safe
open by the aid of a sledge hammer
and some chisels procured from a
nearby blacksmith shop. . The., police
are working on the case. The burgla
ry is not thought to be the work of pro
fessionals. Court opened this morning, Judge
Ferguson presiding. A strong charge
was delivered to the jury 'and that
body was urged to be diligent in the
duties before them and deal with all
classes of crimes and criminals fear
lessly. Only minor cases are being
tried today and there is so great a
contrast between this term of court
and the last one held here that today
seems , almost like Sunday. " . ;
There is yet 'no' intimation given
when the cases against the three ne
groes charged with' being implicated
in them urder of the Lyerly family,
in the murder - of the Lyerly
family will be taken up. Neith
er is it known when the cases of
the alleged lynchers will come up.
There is absolutely no excitement here
and but little more than usual interest
is -being taken in the proceedings of
the court.
MARK TWAIN BUYS HOME.
To Build a $30,000 Mansion on 110
- Acre Plot at West Redding.
New Haven, Aug. 27. Mark Twain
has; bought the old Noah Sherwood
home in the secluded village of Wesc
Redding, Conn.j and will reconstruct
the house into a beautiful mansion.
The' house -will occupy the crest of an
elevation which commands a view in
every direction. It will be constructed
of stone chiefly and will cost $30,000,
it is said. There are 110 acres of
ground about the house, which will be
improved on an extensive scale.
There is a large tract of woodland
with picturesque features, which the
daughter of Mr. Clemens will beautify
according to her own taste. The place
is expected to be ready for occupancy
by next June.
New Yorkers are flocking to West
Redding since Mr. Clemens purchased
a home there. The old Eddy place,
purchased recently by Miss Jeanette
Li. Gilder, it is rumored will be taken
by Miss Ann Morgan, daughter of J.
Piermont Morgan.
DIVORCES ACTRESS WIFE.
Mark Lovett Secures Decree Freeing
Him From Josephine Lovett.
New fork, -Aug. 27. Supeme Court.
Justice MacLean signed today a de
cree granting Mark T. Lovett a divorce
from Josephins A. Lovett, who was tlie
leading part ' in "The Lion and the
Mouse," running at the Lyceum Thea
tre. The decree also gives to Lovett
the sole custody . of their seven-year
old child, Shaw Lovett.
The papers disclose that "Lovett and
the actress were married on March 17,
1895, at the L'ttle Church Around the
Corner, when she was eighteen and he
thirty years 'old. -' ,
- Lovett complained of his wifes inti
macy with a man named Robertson.
The' papers in the divorce suit were
served on her in" a house where she
and Robertson are said to live. She
did not defende the suit.
fJioots Rival and Takes Poison.
. Chittenden, Vt., Aug. 27. John Cassi
dy was probably fattally shot today W
Daniel Barnard. Forty-two buckshot
were taken from Cassidy's body. Bar
nard was captured. After his arrest
he swallowed a quantity of iodine in
an attempt to commit suicide. Trou
ble over a woman is believed to have
caused the snooting.
Miss Evelyn Grier, of Harrisburg
came over this afternoon on' bUsiness
and returned home on the night train
Dr. C B. Wiseman, of Henrietta, was
in the city today on business.
The End of Sweet Summer-Days.
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT.
Military Shooting Tournament of 1906
v-' . Inaugurated
By Associated Press. "
Seagirt, N. J. Aug. 27 The big mili
tary shooting tournament of 1906 was
inaugurated today, the opening event
being the Columbia trophy match. Al
though the sun was ' Shining-; the
threatening clouds betokened the pos
sibility of rain at any moment. ;
' The mammoth camp is dotted with
standards of the several states.
A REPRIEVE GRANTED
Governor Folk Granted ' Reprieve to
Mrs. Alness Myers Under Sentence
to be hanged. . . V.1 - v
By Associated Press. ' v ; ' ' ' '
. Kansas. City, Aug. 27. -Governor
Folk granted a reprieves till October
26 to Mrs.- Agnes Myers, waiting ex
ecution for the murder of her husband.
No action was taken in the case of
Frank Hottman, Mrs. Myer's accom
plice. Both were sentenced to be hang
ed Sept. 3rd. " - "
V ; The respite-was grants, allow an
appeal " to the United States Supreme
Court.
TO WELCOME BRYAN.
Kentucky and Louisville, Committee
Leave for-New York.
By Associated Press. .- :
Louisville, Ky., Aug27. The Louis
ville and Kentucky official; cimmittee
to welcome VMr.; ;W.vSryan on hfs
arrival from Europe 'will leave for
New York tomorrow. - Louisville is
making a strenuous effort to secure
the next National Democratic. Conven
tion and the committee'twill meet with
the Democratic National vCommittee in
New York Aug. 30, to press Louisville's
claims, f .'.-.'. .. - ,
STOLE TO CONVERT PRISONERS.
Esther Marsh Wants toWork Among
Sinners in Chicago's ; Bridewell and
County Jail. V
Chicago, Aug. 27. "I want to be
locked up in the county : jail or, in the
Bridewell.' I want to work among the
poor sinners confined in these places,
for we must, try to save, them."
That was the statement made to
day to Justice Caverly by "Kate Mor
ris," whose real name is Esther Marsh.
She had been arrested for stealing in
Sate street stores. After a week in
the county jailr she was released on
her promise to appear in , court this
morning. Detectives followed her to
her rooms, where they learned her
real name and also that she claimed
to be a worker in the Moody( Church. '
True to her promise, sne appeared
in court. When the Justice asked why
she had taken - the articles from1 the
stores she - said she 'wanted a chance
to work among the : "signers" and
wished to be locked up among them. :
To give the woman an opportunity
to -notify her parents ;the" -case was'
continued for two days, the prisoner.
being locked up.
DEPORT HEBREW ORPHANS..
President cf Local Hebrew Organiza
tion Protests Against j Deportation.
By Associated 'Press. - ".,--'
Knoxville, Tenn., ..Aug. 27. Mr. L.
Schwartz, president of the local He
brew congregation sent a telegraphic
protest to the President against the
deportation of Hebrew orphans, or
dered by . the Ellis Island officials
yesterday, and offering to provide for
two of them. " L'
-Labor Day Races. : . ;
Manager W. S. Dorr, of the, Char
lotte Road Drivers , Association, is busi
ly engaged booking entries for the La
bor Day races which , will take place
at-Latta park next . Monday afternoon;
In addition ; to the horses belonging to
the members" ! of the-r association;
horse owners living in .hear by towns
have been invited to enter their horses
which , will add - greatly in making up
the program. s-.
- -The- ladies Aid Society of : the
SeVersville Methodist church will give
a social on the lawn at Mr. HV D. Duck
worth's Wednesday evening. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend. ,
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EXAMINED 422 COWS.
Work of 'Dr.'-Fis'her Nearly Completed
-for-'Present in Tuberculosis Inspec
tion. , 1;
Dr. Adam Fisher, city veterinarian,
has about completed his work in mak
ihg dxainihations ' for tuberculosis by
the tuberculins test :
Up to the present date Dr. Fisher
has made air examination of 422 cows,
an -undertaking which in itself is no
small allair. .
; All of the ' dairies about the city
have been examined except two and
these "will be inspected by Dr. Fisher
probably during the present week. ;
: Dr. Fisher has done his work well,
and user's of milk will now rest' assur
ed that they are getting a pure article
from 'the various dairies which they
patronize. ' ' ' ;'
After completing the examination of
dairy cows, Dr. Fisher' will likely take
some - other " work coming under the
head of duties of the city veterinarian
but his plans are not sufficiently made
out yet to - say just what he -will do
next towards the carrying out of the
work over , which he has charge.- -
HALF PATIENTS DISCHARGED.
Negrois Hurt in Seaboard Wreck are
Mending Up Rapidly and are Being
Sent Home.'' - ' ' '
About half of the negro patients iair
in the Seaboard' wreck- near Hamlet
over a month ago, are now out of the
hospital and back at their work, most
of them being from Hamlet and Laurs
inburg. , 1 r ' : : "' .-,
.Nearly every day now one or two are
dismi-ssed from the Good Samaritan
Hospital, and it is': believed sthat the
remainder, about 16, will be ready to
go back to their homes in a week or
two. ; -' : '' ; . ' "
The physicians who have had the
wreck victims in charge' have been
very successful in dealing-with thee
cases and the reiharkablly small num
ber who have died, only 2, since the
crowd reached the hospital " . "on the
morning after the ! wreck, has been
a subject of favorable comment.' on the
skill of the attending physicians '.V .
The -next matter of interest will bfs
the question of law suits for" damages
but little is knawn yet as to what the
outcome of these .will be. It is likely
that the road will be able-to settle a
good many of them out of court.
HAVE PAID THEIR DOLLARS.
North Carolina Will Be Well Repre
sented at Bryan Reception.
The ' North Carolina- delegation at
the Bryan reception which will take
place at Madison Square Garden, New
York, on the evening of the 30th inst.,
will, -perhaps, be the largest of any
other State in the South. In addition
to .' the Governor and his staf( there
will be at least 300 other representa
tive North rCarolinians from this and
other cities Of ' this number 250 will
leave Raleigh--tomorrow in the inter
estof the- State fair which Will be
hei at Raleigh early- in --: Oatober
The delegation will' extend - an ' invita
tion to Mr Bryan to visit North Carolina-
at that time- and deliver an ad
dress at the State fair. He will De
urged to accept -the invitation, by the
State Senators and- the-Governor who
will be there with his staff i -; y-
- Several Charlotte people .will attend
the reception among the number, bef
ing Messrs. T. L. Kirkpatrick, .a. mem
ber of the -Governor's -staff, Frank
Flowers, Randolph v Preston, J. W.
Tucker, M. F. Trotter, and Hon., E.
Y. Webb and Mrs. Clyde Howie. '
ft The Bryan reception is . one .of the
largest, if not the largest, ever -given
in honor of any presidential candidate.
It is given by the CommerciarTravel
ers' Anti-Trust Club. .
Return From Ashevllle. fr
Mr. H.. D. Duckworth . returned this
morning from ; Asheville . where i he
went to attend: the funeral exercises
over the remains, of his nephew, Mr.
Ghas. Badger, whose death occufrecl
earlv Saturday morning. The funeral
, took place in Ashevllle Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock, the1 interment being
in the same place. . ::
J "Meetings of the subdivisions of the
Mecklenburg Cotton Association; will
-w iioiri ripyt Tfrldaw throuehout" the
county. These meetings 'are A import
ant and it is the duty of every far-
jmer. to be present, ! " '
INTEREST INCREASES.
What Farmers of South Will Decide
About Cotton Values is All the
Talk. . ,.',.'"',: . ,
The" Georgia primary, the Russian
revolutionists, and all other things,
have been almost lost sight of down
South, in the absorbing discussion as
to what the cotton growers will do
this week at their, meetings all over
the ' South, and what the executive
committee will do at Hot' Springs,
Ark., in regard to fixing the price of
cotton by which the Cotton. Growers'
Association -will be guided this year
in disposing of their crop.
All over the country next Friday
the sub-divisions in every county will
meet and on Saturdav the county
meetings -will be held, and a careful
(stimate made of the condition of the
crop. '
This information will be hurried on
to the officers of the Southern Asso
ciation, .and when the Hot Springs
meeting takes place a few days later
they will have in hand sufficient fig
ures to guide them in their delibera
tions in setting the price of cotton
for the season.
There are all sorts of guesses and
rurmises here as to what figure will
be named.- The decision of the meet
ing at : Hot' Springs will mean mill
ions; of 3 dollars' to the South, and
hence the all-absorbing interest that
is manifested. - -
There are those who think 11 cents
will-be the price fixed as a minimum
under which a member of the South
ern, Cotton Growers' Association may
not sell his cotton while other esti
mates' range from 10 to 12 and even
13 cents as the- lowest price to be ac
cepted for cotton.-
Of course the speculators and the
New York market are waiting with
bated breath to- see what will be
done, while the Southern farmers
meet to set : a price for their product
and; begin the biggest fight' that, they
have ever yet made to keep the price
above a losing and unreasonable
lasis; . ! ' '
' The fight this year will probably
determine the power of the associa
tion: for all future time, and hence it
is that-the- leaders of the farmers are
getting ready to conduct the greatest
fight against the bears, and those
who would keep cotton down, than
has ever been witnessed.
It is a matter of making a living
with the cotton growers and there
should be no surprise that they are
interested interested to the keenest
pitch of expectation over the . out
come of the gathering of the execu
tive committee at Hot Springs.
.r.' Secured Reduced; Rates. '.,
. The managers of the Charlotte Cha
tauqua have secured reduced rates for
tauqua .have secured. .reduced rates
from all points within a hundred "miles
of Charlotte, the rate being one ' and
one-third fare This applies to' the
Southern road only. The Seaboard
has i given reduced rates ; between the
points of Lumberton and Rutherford
ton.; When Supreme Court Convened
To-day 67 Applicants were
Present for License to Practice
Law. Examinations Taken,
Appeals from First District.
Special to The News.
. Raleigh, Aug. 27. When the Su
preme Court , convened this morning 67
applicants for license to practice law
were presented and spent the day pour
ingover examination papers under
the supervision of the court.
Two applicants were negroes. The
largest class on record was 83 two
years ago.
The court will call the appeals for
thefirst district tomorrow. All mem
bers of the court are here for the open
ings Chief. Justice Walter Clark, As
sociate Justices HG. Connor, Piatt D.
Walker, W. A. Hoke and Geo. H.
Brown Jr.
A charter was issued for the Grace
Furniture Co., of Salisbury, with a
$160,000 capital for the manufacture of
furniture. The principal stockholders
are N. B. McCanless, N. W. Collett and
others. ,
WOMAN SHOOTS HUSBAND.
Holds Little Son With One Hand and
Fires with, the Other.
Birmingham.: Ala.. Aue. 27. Clutch-
iTicr itie'htlv to the arm of her - four-
year-61d son with one hand Mrs. W.
R. McVay used her other hand to
fire three bullets at her husband to
day;; twp of which took effect, produc
ing wounds that may cause death.
Visiting tho -hnstTvess house - of her
husband, the wife called him out, and,
without a word, began shooting.. He
fled through the store to an alley in
te rear, and she followed, dragging
her child with her as she fired her re
volver. - , . -
The wifA - ssirrrenrtered. savhi?" she
had shot her husband because he de
serted her anr her three children for
another woman.
Rev. Alexander Martin leaves today
for West Virginia to visit his brother.
Mr. Roger Martin. His mother will re
turn with him and spend the winter
here.
'?Miss Helen Eldy will entertain to
morrow evening at her. home on Col
lege Avenue in compliment to Mrs. J.
P. Wilson's guest.
LARGE Wlg
NOTED ENGLISHMEN
APPROVE OF REFORM
ORDERED BY PREST.
Two Distinguished British Schol
ars Accept Membership to Sim
plified Spelling Board. Favor
Improvement Ordered by Pres
ident Roosevelt in Spelling.
They are Doctor J.' A. H. Murray
and Prof. Joseph Wright. Board
now Contains Three Editors of
Three Chief English Diction
aries. Also Three Americansc
By Associated Press.
New York, Aug. 27. The simplified
tpelling board announced that two
distinguished British scholars had
accepted membership to testify their
sympathy with the new movement to
improve English orthography.
One is Dr. J. A. H. Murray, senior
editor of the great Oxford dictionary,
of the English language, of which
the associate editor is Henry Brad
ley, who joined the board some weeks
ago.
The other is Prof. Joseph Wright,
editor of the English dialect dictionary.-
Prof. Skeat, editor of the English
etymological dictionary, became a
member two months ago.
The board now contains editors of
three chief English dictionaries. It
had as original members the editors
of the three chief American diction
aries, Webster, the Century and the
Standard.
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION.
Several Expected to Arrive Tomor
row Majority will Come Wednes
day- A Number of Fine Addresses
Booked for the Two Days.
Delegates to the convention of the
Young People's Christian Union of the
First . Presbytery of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church which will
be held in the East Avenue Tabernacle
Wednesday and Thursday, will arrive
tomorrow night and the following
morning.
The local committee on v entertain
ment have received the names of the
majority pf . the - representatives -, f roni
the various societies and they believe
the number will reach at least 100.
The convention promises to be a very
interesting and profitable occasion. A
number of splendid speakers are on
the program, and some of the best
workers within the bounds of the pres
bytery are booked for conferences dur
ing the convention. Miss Lillian Mor
rison, General Secretary of the Y. P.
C. U. of the Church, who is the leading
spirit in the movement will arrive in
the city tomorrow and complete the ar
rangements for the reception of dele
gates. Mr. J. Campbell White of Pittsburg,
Pa., will be the leading speaker from
a distance. He is one of the most
earnest workers in the United Presby
terian Church, of the North, which
corresponds to the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church of the South, and
is recognized as one of the best au
thorities in the world on missions. He
spent several years in Calcutta, India,
engaged in mission work for his church
and his addresses along the line of
the needs in that field are all of the
highest excellence.
SICKNESS IN THE COUNTY.
Epidemic of Malarial Fever Has Been
Prevalent the Entire Summer.
- There is an unusually large amount
of sicknuess throughout the county,
which, according to the physicians In
the rural districts, has prevailed the
entire summer. There has been a
large number of typhoid fever cases
and an epidemic of the malarial va
riety which has kept the county phy
sicians very busy the entire summer.
The super-abundance of rains is said
to be the cause of a great deal of the
sickness. One physician has spent
but few nights at his own home tne
whole summer,' in his efforts to cover
his very large territory without an as
sistant. Opening of Pineville Schools.
The schools at Pineville will open
for the fall term today week. All ar
rangements have been completed for a
good year's work, and the prospects
are that there will be a larger atten
dance than at any previous term of the
school. The Pineville people are en
thusiastic over educational matters,
and , they have expended ' much time
and extra money also to make their
school one of the best in the county. '
Other county schools will be opening
about the same time, and it will not
be long before the majority of the
county schools are opem
- . Tidings From Mrs. Blain.
- Mrs. C. N. G. Butt has received "a
postal from her sister. Mrs. J. Mercer
Blain which says: "Passed into Canada
at 8 a. m. so good bye to the U. S. A
Getting on finely all well and car not
crowded."
Her friends will regret to learnl
that Mrs. W. L. Nicholson, continues
very ill at her home on North Brevard
street. -
The minimum temperature of
Charlotte for the 12 hours period end
ing this mornins: at 8 a. m. was 70
degrees.