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r'f- V ■ 4 : mm Wanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost and or Boanl^s, Rooms or Roomers-Page Eight 0^^ t poLIRTEEN pages. r": T^TTTT NEWS t VOL. 45. NO. 8106 CHARLOTTE N. C., FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 8, 191 I PUT/^plIn Charlotte 2 Cent* a Copy Dally—6 Cent* Sar.flay. JTsIViv^IIff Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. d Hi Z'T- U4 I..., CiO ■. and u y-'^'j r,m Baptist Delegates Departing Aftei Great Convention important Session This Morn ing Wttn Decreased Attend- ance Iransacted Important ]^tscei(Qneous Bus in ess— iommittee Reports. C- Tbe oomxnlttee on tlm« and place submitted a report recommending Goldflboro as the place for holding the next session of the convention and re commended Rev. Q. C. Davis, of Wind sor, as pre&cher of the introductory sermon and Rev. J. C. Turner, of Greensboro, as alternate. { Changes In Financial Plans. A committee consisting of C. E. Mad- jdry, W. N. Johnson, and C. M. Black . appointed by the pastors’ com- Z .di^ 'I'O ‘^electea flo | mittee to suggest changes in fii^ncial PJnr‘0 7?^- convention and this com- V irleeiing riace xce [mittee reported the plans as outlined committee, as follows: , vit.n rresemea nc considered an act of worship and that th^ pastors be urged to so treat the matter of giving in their churches. Second: That pastors be urged to lead their churches to the one and only Divine plan of finances outlined in the Scriptures, namely, that one- tenth of their income be set apart for the Lord’s work. Third: That each church have a mis sion committee whose duty it shall be to canvass the individual membership important Interests of ; and try to enlist each one In the Scrip- ' (tn were conalrered. C. E. |tural plan of weekly contributions to n- \'.l a resolution this mom-1 missions, and further, that the country :ht» >»aveation return to its j churches be urged to adopt this plan :nc of meeting in the future,; for mission offerings. Fourth: The committee suggests that in the division of mission funds, the proportion set by the state conven tion be followed and, further, that the mission treasurers be impressed with the importance of getting the funds at g business claimed the ’ least once a month, convention for a short Fifth: We would recommend the con- by following the de-1 tinued obeervance of Thanksgiving rori on rorcign Missions— large Deficit Faces Board. . ! tne News. .I. -alem. Dec. 8.—The attend- 'y‘.-,0 sesPlon of the Baptist ,tion thi» morning showed * , , , c ' . ^ates had left the city ■ a of last evening the a busy one however, a tt c> n rene oa '.'endnesday evening fol- Wi^ : : first Sumiay In December Uj oc.n-’nne ia session through the jji], i Sunda.v, No action as yet has _::;n on his resolution. Viscellaneou* Business. Mir'' Day with an offering fbr the orphanage with the addition of once a month col lection in the Sunday schools, and the Christmas offering be made especially for the Old Ministers’ Relief Fund. After diecusslon of this report, the recommenadtions of the committee were ad(H>ted unanimoosly. Attendance Record. The attendance of delegates to the •"'s increase in attendance was Baptist State Convention this year is art dae to 'he efforu of the committee, the largest, probably. In the history of u due to the fact that the place the state convention. The location of 'Winston-Salem is central find is easy of access, and the attendance has al- . f-3. Under this head W. X Joh"'»oD read the report of the (jm-'itL- • on increasing attendance It the convention but action on the report wa» deferred until a later hour In Oi« •essioo. This report showed {Vf 459 delegates have registered d^-bc this session of the convention, tlie largest attendance in a nuiib«r ot years. The report stated Still Pi obing Nation Wide Dynamiting. Co nspiracy Selecting a Jmy To Try Packers By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 8.—Attorneys for the indicted Chicago packers today be gan their first activew ork in help ing to select a jury to try the de fendants on charges of violating the criminal provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law. The jury box^contained a full panel of 12 men, tendered to the defense at thee lose of yesterday’s session of court after the government attorneys had exhausted ten of the thirty per emptory challenges allowed each side. Scope oj the Investigation to Be Greathf Broadenrd— WtU Ransack the Entire Pacific toast For Evidence Oj Plot. Probe Will Also Reach Into the East—Labor l^eaders Will be Asked to Aid Gov ernment In investigations . Undertakitp. By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 8.—With By Associated Press. } United States deputy marshals Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 8.—J. Harvey searching for 128 witnesses subpoe- HOWE TO BE HEAD OF SOUTHERN ICE COMPANY. Howe, head of the Howe Ice Company, admitted this morning that he is to be president'Of the Southern Ice Com pany, a $5,000,000 corporation organiz ed under the laws of Delaware, which this week filed a copy of its charter hero. LIITLE JOE” SKETCH OF McNAMARAS James B. McNamara (on the left) and John J. Me amara (on the right) sketched in court the day they pleaded guilty to the indictments charging them with murder and dynamiting and for which they were sentenced to life Imprisonment and fifteen years respectively. oee!:ng has been easy of access, ’ • Baptist churches in the ■! represented. Regarding . 1 01 attendance the report • il.-wlng recommendations: : . ' :r four years at least s inviting the conven- M .v>nd year the place select- : ali be .ne of the largest and most f -ib’.e t'Uters of the stfte and il c’.;«''Se the one which lb mot: adequate auditorium c iatlona and entertain the a number of del€ga.tea. (2) that ::-” irard plan of entertainment is -able. ».'■ > that a committee of ten W &,d to consider for one year •L'i leport to the next session of the ' r.’:n 18 recommendation on the !lc ifl) puint'5- 111 Is a change in ' of r* J .rs!'ntatlon advisable? : ^herf- ^n'] chance to make it prac- ’ - for Papt'.^t women to attend Il convention? Would fi ■ 'h of raeetinc; tend I •... i.ip attencianco of delegates the session of the convention?” T-:^ following named were appointed to" )ort to the convention next year: missions, T. \V. Okelly; home - jion!, C. B. Waller, state missions, G. Lumpkin, Sunday schools, B. W. ' ili i-i, rudllcan Recorder, C. E. Maddn-, mlnls^erifd education W. N. J' tvinperauce C, A. Upchurch. :or V '-'.rk, James Long, obituaries ^ T, Taylor. T'lf* c i^.ruittee of ten appointed to ”)n to the next session of the con- m ropardlng the proposed ' Bu^f^trsied In the report of ■" * on Increasing attend- " 'i ■ sessions of the conven- - is follows: W. N. Jbhnson, . :oire. J. C. Turner, J. A. ■ '*, K, Maddry, C. M. Beach, - iiRliton, S. McIntyre, T. H. ‘ _ J‘ r.a H. Oates. I't* ■ .'T most. If not quite, reached the six hun dred mark. ^ The ente^lriment which Winston- Salem is giving the body is but anotii er evidence of the large hearted hos pitality for which the Twin City has a reputation to well and so deservedly established. The large auditorium of the Brown Memorial Building, in which the ses sions of the convention are being held, is crovded at every session, and the scores and hundreds of people who come stay from the beginning of the session until the benediction is pro nounced. Baltimoie Host To Govemois Sixth Cotton Repoit Issued By Census Bureau By Associated Press. Baltimore, Dec. 8.—Baltimore is the host today of nearly a score of govern ors from western and southern states. This was the day fixed for the visia of the western executives who are touring the country exhibiting speci mens of the mineral and agricultural products of their states and at the same time the governors of six South ern commonwealths and the heads of nearly all the transportation inter ests in the South met here for a con ference as to the best means of in ducing desirable immigration into the South. With the Southerners came Govern or Judson Harmon, of Ohio, returning north from Atlanta, Ga., where he had been on a speaking engagement. An elaborate program for the enter tainment of the disUnguished guests , was arranged by a committee of 100 of the laymens mis- headed by Governor Austin L. ^®th- *• lary movement, ministerial educl^ | ers. It embraced a visit to the wiary- ^ san’s work were consider-1 land exposition at J^^th ' iim also. | Armonry, where a lavish exhibition ’ ' ' . r- c. 8.—Goldsboro' of Maryland’s agriculti^l and ^rtv ^ the place for holding cultural resaurces is being ^ IM:M.t State Con- tour of the city in automobi es; a ' th- selection having steamer excursion around the liarDor ' niii ; v.hen the com- with luncheon on board, the days les- and place submitted tivltles^ to culminate in a ' : V :is adopted unanl- night at which covers for 350 gu ;■ also recommend- will be laid ' !>'>vis, of Windsor, as! introductory ser- • • !*ncl named Rev. J. C. *■ f iU;l)oro, as alternate. Forest College. ■ College was the first ■ :>'red at the evening ses- '■ f nv^ntlon. L. Poteat of the college and the ■ ■ ned members of the con- .. . ' = I = the report and recom- , ' * • 'hly the college and its _cr hich he report was adop- ® Spilman and “inil On/.b- -'1 Co(jk Foreign Missions. STOKES CASE REACHES ITS CLIMAX Washington, Dec. » "S.—Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have ginned thus far this year more cotton than ever before was grown within their borders. Every cotton growing state except Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee, already have ginned more cotton than was grown in the states last year or the year before, according to the census bureau’s cotton report issued today showing the ginning prior to D^c. !• To that date there had been ginned in the United States a total of 12,814,- 832 bales, exceeding the total season’s ginning of every year except 1904,1905 and 1908 and coming within 637,000 bales of the total ginned in 1904, the record year. During the period between Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 an average of 107,256 bales of cotton was ginned. Washington, Dec. 8.—The Census Bureau’s sixth cotton Cginning report of the season, issued at 10 a. m. today and showing the number of running bales, counting round as half bales, of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned prior to Dec. 1, with comparative sta tistics to the corresponding date for the past three years, is as follows:' United States: 12,814,832 bales, com pared with 10,139,712 bales last year, when 87.7 per cent of the entire crop was ginned prior to Dec. 1 o,o7b,ooo bales in 1909, when 88.1 per cent was ginned; and 11,008,661 bales in 1908 when 84.1 per cent was ginned. The number of round bales, included were 87,567 compared with bales last year, 134,393 bales in 19D9 and 201.480 bales in 1908. ^ ^ The number of bales of Sea Island cotton Included were 87,457, compared with 66,696 bales last year, 77.591 bales in 1909, and 68,396 bales in 1908. Ginning by states,-with • comparative statistics and the percentage of the to tal crop ginned prior to Dec. 1 in pre vious years, follow: „ ^ * Bales. Percent Ginned, of Crop, 1908 .. .. ..... :^,051,560 TfrniieiMiee. 1911 319,763 1910 .. ...... .. 249,927 1909 .. 206,297 1908 279,654 Texas. . 1911 3,745.930 191 0 2,794,125 190 9 2i213il44 1908 3,193.096 All Other States. 1911 . . .. .... . . 88.741 191 0 . 56,472 1909 . . ........ 49.229 1908 56.0J.6 The distribution Of Sea Island cotton by states was as follows: Florida. i Bales. ... 32.359 23,663 1911.. 1910 . 1909 . 1908.. By ABBOciated Press. -or ii - New York, Dec. 8-—^he W. U- Vfn , of the session was'Stokes shooting case ; f^onslderatlon of foreign matic point today because the time .. ^ •' H. H. Ilulten, of Char- had come for Lillian Graham, ‘ report of the committee the show girl defendants, to take 'ifns, hut did not speak stand. ^ , Up If-ided his light to, Miss Graham was to have testinea / S M. Provence, a mis- yesterday as the first witness for e ! ' "lua. and Rev. T. B. Ray, defense, but the opening remarks oi - secretary of her attorney left the young i,, r,"”' Convention. [such a hysterical condiUon that 6- -’’it showed that the Southern counsel decided to spare her ^ ® ■‘^* "'1^‘18 233 mlsslonar- deal of the witness chair until she fl'ld and 581 native became calmer and wound ‘ " ^ 6.318 bap- terday’s testimony with the evi^“® ^ missionaries, of her sister, Mrs. Agnes Andrev^. to the cause The contention of ^he sho ^ Southern is that whila they shot Stokes, their Hi'l ^510.- ^ ^ ^ ' rrt foreign mis- at their apartment and ► gJu u letters and started to ®*boro Selected. Graham before the girls fired. Alabama. .. . l;436.155 ..... 1.063.498 917.406 .. .. 1.175,629 Arkansan, ioii . 682.049. 1910 '* .. *. 625.226 iq09 ■■ .. .. .. 613.939 }lot •• V. 770.461 ' Florida. 191 1 -t-- Il’qil 101ft . * 54,3So .. .. .. 56.132 1908V.. 58.603 Georgia.. 1011 .. .. .. *• 2.337.770 1910 1.625,573 1909 . ..... 1.673.301 1908 !*. .. .. 1.739.657 Itonlslana. 1911 •• .. •» •• 313.614 1910 .. .. 217.956 iQoq . .. .. .. 238.675 .. 394,918. Mississippi. 893.288 970.626 .... 8«9.S68 1.297,677 North Carolina. 829.150 615,637 86.S 77.8 85.7 83.7 DISAPPEI IIEOT. LYKES (A By y_-acpiated Press. :• Washirigton,* DecI' 8.—The naed to appear before the fedari grand jury, that bbdy’s second day of investigation into the sources oi an alleged nation-wide dynamiting conspiracy was taken up here todaj. Ortie E. McManigal, who confessed to many of those dynamitings, occupied the entire time of that body yester day in tslling his story and it is probable that he will be recalled today. It was said today that in all pro bability no indictments would be re turned for a week and perhaps for even a longer time. The whereabouts of some of the men said to be sought as witnesses aren ot defi nitely known and the list is so long as to render it likely that many days will elapse before all are heard. Information gathered here indi cated that the scope of the Los An- , ^ _ geles investigation is not entirely By Associated Press. determined by the department ot Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8. An afteriook Washington. In view ot By Associated Pr/^ss similar investigation in progress at the gnbernatoriar primary of yes- Indianapolis, it is possible that terday in this state shows that one here will be used to “clean seph M. Brown won by the vote ^^le Pacific coast angles of the thee ountry districts—those counties ^ leaving the wider range tor in which there were no very large; “ towns. Bibb county containing Ma-, connection is recalled the con, and Muscogee in which is Co- of w J. Burns in which lumbus, wera the only large ones vot- papers serving the ter- Ing in favor of the former ^vernor. between the Appalachian and Richmona (Augusta) Chatham , Racky mountains probably would (Savannah) and Pulton (AUania) arrests, went against hitn, the two former ® ... * voting for Judge R. B. Russell and 1 HT There seemed to be no doubt today that ^^omineat^hor-leaders on the Pacific coast Would be called upon to aid the government in its work in the capacity of witnesses. That J. B. McNamara superintend ed the placing of bombs at the homes 94.7 89.6 88.0 66.6 85.6 7G.6 1911 1910 1909 1908 2i,905 .27,907 1911 1910 1909 1908' 1911 1910 1909 1908 Georgia . .. 51,288 35;4Cr5' .. .. .. 43,164 .. ... ’.. 32,140 South Carolina. .. .... 3,810 ...... 7.628 .... - 8,&22 . .. .... 8,349 , for'iPtjpe ttrorwn. alsap-1 Belated returns did not afic«t to peafance of Second Lieutcinant Gibbs any material degree th6 victory ot Lykes,'of the Ninth cavalry, has pu*- H. M. Stanley, of Dublin, over J. D. zled the war department officials and I McCarthy, senator Tillman; of South CaroUna> “‘'of Gen Harris Gray OUs. proprte^ ^ ' commerce ana laoor. ^ los Angeles Times; telix has appealed to the President to as- Persons in position to know agree , ggeliandlaer, secretary of the Mech- sist in solving the mystery. Lieuten- that it was one of the most puzzling, Manufacturers’ Association, ant Lykes who was on duty ■ at Fort elections ever held in ^®®^^ia de- assertion made today by » T, „ 4 TTT - spite the easy victory of Joseph >v,p state’s detectives who D. A. Russell, in .Wyoming, and left gj.Qv/n. He caVried 84 counties. Pope, , there in July on a month’s leave ol Brown 40 and Judge Russell only absence, has frienas at almost all ot out of 146. “Joe” Brown will, under the army posts. The! ast word from the county unit rule, receive 200 elec- Wm was a letter mailed at St. Paul ‘oral votes, Pope Brown UO and Kus- July 31. ' " Senator Tillman today expressed the belief that if Lieut. Lykes’ affairs I Augusta, Ga., Dec. 8.—The following v/orked on the case. MAINE INVEStlGATiNG BOARD WILL REPORT TO TAFT. By Associated, Press. Washington, Dec. 8.—Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland, president of. the Maine, Investigating board, had a short talk with President Taft today before the session; of the cabinet. ' Secretary of the Navy Meyer," who accompanied Admiral Vreelarid to the White House,-said the board’s . report on tlie blowing up of the' battleship would be'submitted to Presideiit Tatt as soon as possible*' and he.''made pub lic as soon as Mr. Taft had looked it over. When the McNamaras would go to San Quentin prison was as much a mystery today as at any time since sentence was passed. A report that_ they had already gone was denied by the sheriff and X. ^ J ,on good authority it was learned are straightened out as his family is is the official count in Richmond coun-1 their commitment papers, with- anxious to do, the young man can ty ih the *out which they cannot be taken to safely return to duty. The senator For governor, Russell 1^051. Pope penitentiary, had not reache Brown 643; Joe Brown 232. . Commissioner of labor: McCarthy 915; Stanley 830. wanted an urgent appeal made to any one knowing'of the lieutenants whereabouts to.. communicate at once with the senator or the officer’s fam ily., ■ ■ - , BISHOP CANDLER SAYS . SOUTH MUST UPLIFT NEGRO. Kmght Trial Piogiessmg Rapidly ADMIRAL SAH TRAVELED AS A COOLI^. 1908 1911 1910 1909 1908 1911 1910 1909 1908 535,653 554.346 Oklahoma.. 1911 .. .. •• • • 1910. 1909 1908 1911. 1910 1909 829,387 505,584 ... . . 431.054 South Carolina. 1,310.613 1,036.889 998,168 89.2 89.2. 88.3 78.3 88.0 78.0 « 81.0 90.7 83.0 ^ 89.7 90:4 88.0 88.3 92.3 84.6 80.1 81.0 80.1 81.7 54.5 81.1 90.2 91.3 62.5 8a.6 87.8 By Associated'Press. Victoria, B. C., Dec. 8.—Admiral Sah, commander of the Chinese fleet* which surrendered to, the V rebels,,, reached Shanghai disgui^d i as, a’ coolie “after many, adventurers, according to advic es received here today. When he es caped from his flagship a priTO was placed oh his“head'.‘ He reached Shang hai in the steerage of the - steamer Tatung, Slaving boarded that vessel at Kiuklang after a long walk across country. - ' By. Associated Press. ' Mobile, Ala.*, Dec. 8.—A special from Meridian, Miss.,,says;. “At the second day’s session of the Mississippi ’ Methodist conference, Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Georgia, spoke in favor of giving assistance to the. negro college at Augusta, Ga. He said: - : “Some folks can be bigger fools in their' mouths than they are in tjieir heads and'the sooner the talk of get ting rid. of the negro is stopped and white folks, take up tthe ask of uplift ing thena the sooner the south will be better off.” ^ He said also, “I have no earthly re spect for the missionary enthusiasm that blazes over the workers sent to Africa and can’t help join in the Hammond of Georgia.” Fishing Smack Wrecked. By Associ^ed Press. . Pensadolfe, Fla., Dec. 8.—The fish ing smack GeneAdeve Lorota, of the Mobile Fish and Ice Cdmpany, was wrecked ons Alacerian reef near the Mexican coast Friday night of last week. The seven members of the crew were rescued by Pensacola Fish ing smacks. ‘ EundrM and Fifty Woikmen Hurled Into Stteam And Many Lost Theb Lives St. Petersburg, Dec. 8.—^Between 150 and 200 workmen,were today plunged into the yolg^^ river through. the col lapse of a. railroad .bridge.near Kas'an. The bridge,'which was hi coui'se of construction, was carrried away by the pressure'of ice.' ■ Only four corpses. thus far -have been recovered. All the to^s along the lower part of the river have been warned to keep a sharp lookout for sury Ivors .who may have been able to clamber on ice floea Rev. ' F. W.» Sandford' Indicted. By, Associated Press. Portland, Me., Dec. 8.—An indict ment containing six counts for the death of si:; of his followers on the cruise of the yacht Coronet, was reported today by the grand jury ol the United States district court against Rev. Fttink W. Sandford, leader df the. Holy Ghost and Us So ciety. tlie trial of the leader was begiui' immediately. the sheriff's hands. It was informally said today that Assistant United States District At- tomev E. A. Reagan and others con nected with the grand jury inquiry had made : o change in their plans concerning the calling of theMcNama- ras before the jury to testify. Ihe brothers have said they would not testify to anything. Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 8.—With a while federal activities attracted jury chosen and all technical ob- the larger share of general attention structions apparently cleared away, ^ here, other possibilities of no njean. rapid progress was promised in the go were seen in the coming arraign- federal trial of John W. Knight, ac- j^ent of Bert H. Franklin, an investi- cused of using the mails to defraud. gator employed by the McNamara The government will attempt to, (jefense, who was arrested on a prove that Knight, as head of the f charge of bribery and who will have cotton firm of Knight, Yancey his preliminary hearing next Mon- Co., of Decautr, forged bills of lading (jay, for cotton involving more than ?3,- 000,000 and that this amount he collected from bankers in New York and Liverpool through drafts attach ed to the alleged fraudulent bills ot lading. Decks werec leared late yesterday for a rapid disposal of Knight’s case. The court overruled a demurrer from the de'fense asserting that the gov ernment’s bill was not specific. The defense undertook other technical means to obtain a delay but these were swept aside by the court and a jury was cAosen before the session adjourned. About fifty prosecution witnesses were under subpoena today and it is possible the government will con sume three days in presenting its case. ^ GAVE HIS LIFE TO ATONE SMALL ERROR. Big Mill Propel ties Ai Drapei Sold By Associated Press. Greensboro, Dec. 8.—Under a cree of Judge James E. Boyd, sit ting in a court of equity, the miiis American Company at Draper was sold yesterday by Commissioner J- F. Jordan the highest price being made by the Thread Miss Company, of Monticello, Ind., who bid in the mill property and machinery at 000 and the stock and personal prop erty at $78,000. The order of sale was made to satisfy a deed of trust fori *400,000 held by the New York Trust Company. The mill had a tital indebt edness of $900,000 at the time of its embarrassment. ! Announcement was made today Victoria, B. C., Dec. 8.—Giving his property would be operated life at tenement because tlite emper- and all employes were or- or of Japan was forced to spend an hour in a common waiting room, Mojl Shijiro Shimidzu, a train superintend ent, threw himself under a train, ac cording to advices brought ,by tne steamer Awa Maru. Shimidzu was In charge of the ar rangements for the emperor’s jour ney from Kyushu, where he witness ed the big army maneuvers and the imperial train was detained as a re sult of the derailment of a carriage due to a misplaced switch. Shimidzu left c, letter saying he considered. it his duty to give his life to pay for the emperor’s embar rassment. The emperor was mnch. distressed whea tl^e incident wi* re* ported to him. dered to report for work. Chicago Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 8.—Butter steady, creameries 28a37, Dairies 25a33. Eggs steady, receipts 1907 cases; at mark, cases included 22a28, ordinary, firsts 25a27; firsts 28a30. „ , Cheese steady, Daisies 15 3-4al6. Twins 15 l-4al-2, Young Americana lo 3-4al6, I^g Horns 15 3-4al6. Pot«»toes easy, Wisconsin 80a83, Michigan and Minnesota 84a86, re ceipts 83 cars. , Poultry steady, turkeys alive 14. dressed 18, chicgens alive 11, dressed lOall, springs alive 11. I Veal steady, 50 to 60 lb. weights 7» hi,
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