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CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1910.
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PSATT EEGLAS ESTU1XSL
.- Brouaht Home TLIs Homing If T
thsr and" 7.' 2.' Dorton H
- ' Beta Workinf in Cotton 1G11 h
Charlotte Hot Very Modi Im-
, ' wrassed Willi El First Trip "and
, Eegreir Trouble and Publicity, Pis
Absence 8u Ciuwd." : '
Messrs. W. It' Hagler end J. H.
Dorton returned from Charlotte this
morning on No. 36 with Pratt Hagler,
the young son of Mr. Ileglar ,who ran
' away from home ten days ago, rather
than submit to an operation for ap
pendicitis. Mr. Heglar received
4 'phone message from Charlotte yes
terday afternoon saying that his son
had been located at the Calvin Cotton
: mill, where' he "bad secured employ
ment on ms arrival in Charlotte, lie
left immediately for Charlotte, ac-
' eompanied by Mr.r Dorton, and the
; two began'a search for jthe boy..They
-- Anally located the place where he was
.' boarding near the mill, and Mr Dor-
ion (went into his room and told the
boy that ,they bad ,come tq Charlotte
'for him. He. Terr readilv azreed to
I return home with Mr. Dorton and his
father. ,Thev went to the mill where
the boy had been working and drew
; bis pay and after spending the night
- in .Charlotte they returned borne this
. morning. The young fellow seems to
be in good health ...but ' declines - to
- talk of bis experience,' but during his
'- conversation he Intimated very strong-
-' lv that be was not very highly elated
over the experiences he encountered
on bis first trip away from home!
'- It is needless to" say that both of
bis parents are overjoyed on account
. of the return - of their son and his
father stated this morning that be felt
confident that he would have nd far
ther trouble keeping the young man at
home: The young fellow seemed very
much, bnmiliated over the publicity
given bis disappearance and refused
.. .-to, talk to any one concerning bis ex
jeriences. . ' ,
Judicial. Convention Today, ; .
Quite a good delegation from Ca
barrus went to Gastonia this morn
- ing to attend the convention, which is
ito nominate a sou-cnur.
, The convention will be called to or-
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Mr. A..L. BuWkle, of Dallati-ebek-fr
... rtrlU irliofviAr MinvAn.
tion. , The first thing to do will be ,to
effect a .temporary organization, eleet-
UlilU UJf KW juutuiu vw...v
ins- a chairman and secretary. Then a
committee on credentials will ; be
named to pass on the list of delegates
trt the Convention.
After a permanent organization is
effected nominating speeches wijl be in
order, v
,We understand that Mr. L. T. Hart
sell of Concord, will be made perma
nent chairman of the convention. , '
,The .Charlotte News says :
Mecklenbure bas two candidates in
the field tor the office which Solicitor
Clarkson has so ably filled 'Messrs,
- F. M. Shannonhouse and D. B. 8mith,
of the Charlotte leeal fraternity.
, ' , Oother candidates are Messrs. G. W. i
WilsonVand A. G. Mangum, of Gaston
. and CE. Childs,'of Lincoln. ; ';
: - The fight in Mecklenburg has been
excessively heated. .Shannonhouse and
', Smith go into the "convention with
. Shannonhouse's vote 72.22 to Smith's
' 69.56. -Cabarrus gives Smith 13.44
,' votes and Shannonhouse 12-31. '
" Cleveland gives 8hannonbou9e
' 18.90 and Smith 14.06.
. The candidates and their 'rooters"
", leave Charlotte bright and early to
" morrow morning. . v.
- Mr .Rmith's -constituents" with Mr.
O. L. Barrineer at the head, are ar-
ranging an inspiration to his eandU
dacy in. a big auto parade, which will
leave here in . the morning for Gas-
toniaiAU the oars that could possv
bly begotten have been entered for
- tbfl drive. . - '
No etone will "be left unturned-by
. the friends of either candidate to ae-
cure the victory.
", w The outcome will be waited with
, Jeffries-Johnson like interest, ,' .
Up to the time of going to press to
' day no action bad been taken by the
-, convention - . -t
Bertie County' Nominatet Tolk for
: . - -. pxesldent.i . .
' The Demoeratc In Bertie county at
their convention passed resolutions
endorsing Hon. Joseph W, .Folk,: of
" Missouri.for president.
' . Jhe fact may not be known that
; Kev. nenry B. Folk. f .Tennessee,
- -f athejr ot-Governor wk, paa a native
of Bertje cqun'ty, leaving there when
' he iwa'siwenty-one years pld. He was
a student at the Oak Ridge Academy,
' under the Jate Ron. Patrick 'Heniy
' Winston. ' ' '""v ,
" Jeffries Back to the Farm. , .
1 " James J. Jeffries, whose great ring
' career . ame to an end when be fell
' , - before Champion Jack Johnson Mon
' dav. has left the scene of his defeat
- for his alfalfa ranch in Southern Call-
--- f nrnla. ' '
"There in the quiet of his friends he
- will try to forget. In the meantime,
' he will spend a few days In San Jrran
' . cisco, on the way, straightening out
bla business affairs.. -
i 'jbpirSOS STILL AUTH
Bi- Black Champion Kot Aatminit-
ed a Reported.
Washington Ileraid. , .1
Jack Johnson not killed yet : ,
Many anxious inquiries, and other
not so anxious, came to the Herald of
fice last night about the reported as
sassination of the big black champion.
The majority of these were evident
!y from Johnson's own race, and they
seemed greatly relieved when inform
ed that the rumor was only a rumor,
and nothing more,r ri i . ;
Some of the questioners showed by
their tone that they were disappoint
ed when the report could not be. ver
ified. i;n :- ;
One was iantenngly told that "No,
Johnson hasn't been killed yet" and
became somewhat flurried over the un
expected emphasis p'aeed on the suf
fix showing that the sally had earned,
It was a peculiar commentary on
the deep persona! influence of the fight
with its awful appeal to the rabid pas
sions of a large number of both' races.
These queries were received well up
into the night, and even in the early
'hours today further : indicated . the
general spread of the rumor.
Oreatest OH Well in the World in
Moving Pictures.
The greatest oil well in the world
is the famouse Lakeview geyser, in the
Maricopa field of central California,
which baa been spouting at the rate of
50,000, barrels a day since March 15,
soon (will be flashed on the screens of
thousands of. theaters and playhouses
throughout the world,
Recently representatives, of a mov
ing; picture concern photographed the
great geyser. Employes were shown
at work, and to make the ' scenes
resemble the early days of the epout
er as much as possible, long rubber
coats and BDDliances with which the
army of men fought the big well for
days and days, were brought into req-
usition and much life was thrown in
to the scene.
Exposures of the remarkable petrol
eum geyser were taken on hundreds
of, feet of film. The sump -boles,
ditches of ' running ; 0il, pumping
plants, pteket stations, and, m fact,
everything about the property was
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d- lft r(m,artfthie
...
views of the greatest oil well in the
history of the world wilr be the biff
gest advertisement the California oil
industry, which now is attracting the
attention of the whole world, has ever
received. People everywhere who
have never seen an oil derrick will
have an introduction to the greatest
of all oil wells without having to
travel thousands of miles to view it.
Nye Memorial to be Erected at Jack
son Training School. -
The Bill Nye Memorial committee
apointed at the recent meeting of the
North Carolina iPress Aaociation to
formulate plans for a State memorial
to the humorist, met in Salisbury last
night and decided that the proposed
memorial shal Itake the form of a
building at the Stonewall, Jackson
training , school to be known as the
Bill Nye building, says the Salisbury
oorrespondentof the Charlotte Ob
server. The buildine shall cost, when
furnished and equipped! not less than
$5,000 and shall be turned over to the
trustees of the institution as a per
manent monument to - the lamented
humorist.
The committee elected ' John M,
Julian, editor of The Salisbury Post,
,t.rAflsnrfti .artil nAAA iPa! -''A, ,TT . Ttnw.
den, of Salisbury, to &s personnel The
committee also designated the fol
lowing North Carolina dailies to re
ceive subscriptions to - the fund for
the memorial Charlotte Observer,
A8hevillB' Citizen," Salisbury Post,
Raleigh News and "Observer and
Wilmington Star, , An earnest and
active campaign ifor raising funds to
erect- the" memorial will be begun at
once, -v.' : ' j t a. ,
Cnrtiss Flies for. Ten Miles Over the
-"'v -.' : Ocean.
Glenn Curtiss went ' to ; sea in his
aeroplane .at Atlantic. City .Tuesday
evening. 1 In a glorious flight of ten
miles be won the distinction of being
the. first bird man to course over the
open ocean.
Through air currents as swiriy and
as tricky as those he encountered in
bis spectacular night the day before
be drove bis plane at a speed which
reached a mile a minute at times, al
though, the course being unmeasured
no official time could be taken. The
aviator feels that his machine has been
put to. a final " test. The account it
gave of itself has made sure the prom
ise off important achievements during
the meet. ; Curtiss is ready for any
thing and the Wright men are going
to fight him for every record he tries
"Pocket change" warrants were is
sued tothe 136 old soldiers in the
soldiers' home at Raleigh- last week.
The commonwealth allows these old
fellows' $6 per anum to "blow in,"
the sum being paid each quarter 'in
amounts of $1.50. ' ' . ,
KINO COTTOIT STILL EiaXS. -
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Oensns Shows It Outranks Wheat
and Oat Crops is Value.
A bulletin just isued by the Bureau
of the Census on cotton production
ror lStW in the United tSates bows
that the value of the cotton crop for
mat year was anout one-half that of
the corn rop was nearly $1,000,000,
000 more than that of the wheat crop,
ana was twice the value of the oat
WOp, . .: , v-w'r. .'?' '' r ?
It is pointed out thai the world's
production of gold in 1909 was the
greatest ever produced, d60.000.000.
ana mis amount is ouv sugntiy more
taan nait the value or the American
"cotton eropifor last year, and that the
total building expenditures tor 1909
in 105 cities of the United tSates.
wnicn amounted to f8o7p30,669, was
only $45,000,000 more than the value
of the eotton production for a .like
penoa. v : ;.
Cotton growers are becominz' an
nually more efficient and successful
in subduing and holding in check the
ravages of the boll weevil through
n : i a I? 7r
iuikjwiuj . inairacuong irom . tne
National and State Departments of
Agriculture. ' .
The bulletin savs: "Investiciationa
by , the former have proved that.
through a more careful selection of
seeds (for planting and better methods
oi cultivation, the maturing crop can
ne so Hastened Dy tne use of com-
.1,. .
meinoas as to develop a large per
mercial fertilizers and . cultural
eentage of the crop before the weevil
has so multiplied' as to materially
aamage h.
The most effective check for the
past is dry weather. The damage from
it is practically'in proportion to the
precipitation. The greatest advance
in boll-weevil ravages in 1909 was
that of 120 miles in Southeastern
Mississippi, but the insect failed ma
terially to extend its range into the
Xazoo river valley. ' In Oklahoma the
greatest advance was only 30 miles,
wnue tne average was only 10 miles.
The bulletin further says that the
United States in -1909 contributed
59.6 per cent, of the commercial cot
ton; British India, 21.8 - per cent.:
Egypt 3.5 per cent., and Russie .4.3
. The -world's production in v 1909
pounas, valued at about $1,000,000,
000. 4 I
Little Mary Elizabeth Hill Dead.
Mary Elizabeth, : the ; 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hill, of Winston-Salem, died yester
day acternoon. at 'irlO o'clock. She
had been in ill health for a year but
her! condition became serious several
days ago and for the past few davs
very little nope was entertained for
her hecovery. Sne had suited here
on numerous occasions with her Ba
rents at the home of her grandparents,
mt. ana Mrs. j. w. Cannon, and was
a Deantuui and attractive child and
a decided favorite here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cannoa. Mr. and
Mrs.'" J. W. Cannon. Jr.. Miss Laura
McGill Cannon and Messrs. Ross and
Charles Cannon are in Winston-Salem
to tttend the funeral, which will be
nei tomorrow morning.
Republicans Joining the Democratic
Banks,
Mooresville Enterprise,
Mr. James L. Perry: a well known
young man of this place, who has al
ways more or less affiliated with the
Republican party, yet divide! his vote
when balloting time came around, last
Saturday attended' the Democratic
primaries and .voted for all the State
and county ticket. Since then a rumor
has been afloat to the effect that Mr.
Perry had stated that he did not in
tend fa vote for the Democrats in the
general election, and in order to re,'
nevef the minds of those in doubt, Mr.
Perry requested the Enterprise to
state, that if he lives and is able to get
to ;; tne pons on election day, he in
tends tto ; vote the straight Slate
and .eounty Democratie ticket.
DrV R. L. Payne, of Norfolk, for-,
merly of Lexington, has been armoint.
ed chief surgeon for the Norfolk &
bonthern railroad, effective July. r
With
Every modern banking facility extended. -
Your Checking Account invited. '
Capital, Surplus and Prof
Tl:o Cabarrus
Kins TOLLED XX SACS SXOT&
Onttl&cs, Shootings sad Clnbbings
Follow Frtxeflxht at llano. ;
The following shows the effect on
the negroes in various places of John-
eon 'a victory over Jeffries: .
Uvaldia, Ga. Negroes insult sev
eral whites. Pitched battle follows.
Three negroes killed land many wound
ed, v -. -
f Omaha, Neb. One negro killed and
several injured. Dozens of arrests in
race riots. . -
Little . Rock. . Ark. Two negroes
killed by whites. - -
Mounds, 111. Negroes shoot np
town, tilling negro policeman.
Houston, Texas. White man cats
negro to death. ,
4 Roanoke, va. Six negroes badly
beaten. Many whites arrested. . Sa
loons closed. One white shot.
Tallnlah, La. Negro kills conduct
or who demanded railroad fare.
Pittsburg, Pa. Scores of race riots.
Thousands involved. Two policemen
seriously hurt. One hundred arrests
mane. - '
i Louisville, Ky. Negroes attack
newsboys selling fight extras. Draw
revolvers. Several arrests. More
trouble feared.
i Wilmington, Del. Negroes attack
white man. Whites attempt lynching
bee. Thousands engage. Police an
swer riot call and use clubs freely.
. .Mew Urleans,Oia. Riots in front of
newspaper bulletins. Bricks and
knives used. Reserves called.
' St. Louis, Mo. Boisterous negroes
make insolent, remarks. Race riot
folows. Many slightly injured.
'i' Atlanta CXa NTorrrv mno Amn.1
iwith knife. Mob tried to kill him.
Rescued by police reserves. Several
arrests made.
Cincinnati, O. Negroes chased off
streets for insulting remarks.
Baltimore. Eighty arrests made in
f black belt." Several negroes badly
cut up.
Washington. Two. whites fatally
stabbed by negroes, t two hospitals
crowded with injured and 236 arrests
made. Riots continued all night.
St. Joseph, Mo. A white man who
attempted to save negro from beating
set on by mob and severely beaten.
Norfolk. Va.SailnrH frrttn ba,tt.lA.
Myp-aUaok' all -negroes on -etreets.
Marine guard on duty. '
Jieystone, w. va. -K.eystme in
possession of rioting negroes. Police
powerless. Several stabbing affrays.
New xork. One negro beaten to
death and scores injured in half-hun
dred race riots m black belt. Several
thousand extra policemen needed to
quell disorders.
STILL DEADLOCK IN FIFTH.
Still Holds on and the End is Not in
- Sight Dark Horses.
At midnight of the second day in
the battle of ballots in the fifth eon,
gressional district the end is no near
er in sight than when the first ballot
was cast Tuesday afternoon., Sted
man still leads in the balloting but
his strength baa fallen down to
marked degree from the showing on
the original vote. ; ,
There is a tendency toward a dark
horse. Just how far this tendnecy
wil run is a matter of conjecture now
but the dark horse is a strong feature
and some of the strongest men in the
district have been running in.
The strongest attachment yet came
last night at 1 'clock when on the
150th ballot Mr. J. A. Long, of Rox-
boro, received the solid Tote of the
delegations from Person, Durham and
Orange. This gave Mr. Long 79 votes.
The applause that greeted Mr. Long's
vote indicated that many of the dele
gates consider him an available man
to break the deadlock,
From all the prospects now in fight
it is evident that Major Charles M.
Stedman carried his full strength with
him on the first ballot and the chaneee
for an "increase at any future time
during the convention are extremely
remote. - ' . ,.
Lexington Dispatch : Miss Laura Ri
denhonr ,of Concord, has been the
guest of Misses Katherine Propst and
Miss' Lettie Shoaf. ' Yesterday Miss
Ada Stirewalt, of China Grove, ar
rived to visit Miss Shoaf. ;
This Bank
Which hag made uparked gains in ' its
earnings and resources since its organ
ization in 1879 indicating its increased
ability to t handle your account with Safety,
lts......$ 150.000.00
Savings Banlil
DEASLOCX STILL 05 AT J P. It
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Oreeneboro, N. C, : July 7. The
deadlock in the fifth district eoflgrest
ional convention still eonrfnuea. In
ability to get Gui'iJrd'j solid vote
for Stedman, the leading candidate,
appears to make his nominatio.i al
most impossible. ' Convention ad
journed at 1,0 for dinner and to give
delegations an oportunitv to caurua.
The eounties having no eandidatei
have appointed committees to wait on
the candidates and endeavor to make
some arrangements whereby deadlock
may be broken, -
KANNAPOLIS NEWS.
Kanapolis celebrated Uncle Sam's
birthday Monday in strenuous order.
A committee had arranged a program
for the day which was carried out in
full Following are the events and
the prize winners. First was the 100
yard dash, Brown, of Enochville, win
ning nrsi prize ana wentz, oi Kan
napolisjseoond. In the Human Race,
Brown and Towell, won first prize.
Allen won first in the bicycle race and
Dorton second. The sack race was
won by Martin Phillips. In the rn
ning jump the winners were Corn, first
andBall second. The standing jumt
was won by Allen. In the tug of war
the victorious team was Towell, Trull,
Rogers and Honeysuoker. Brack
Phillips succeeded in climbing the
greased pole and won the prize for
same. The Tub race was won bv Pea
cock. These.events began at 2 t. m.
and engaged the attention of the vast
throng for a couple of hours. There
were two games of ball on the dia
mond. The first at 9 :30 a. m. between
the Cannon Mill team, of Concord, and
tne Patterson mill team, of Kannap
olis, resulting in a victory for the lat
ter, score 13 to 3. faTe second game
was called at 4 :30 p. m., between Con
cord and Kannapolis, with Concord
victorious, score 11 to 6. The day
passed off most pleasantly and the
large crowd (which was the largest
we have ever seen here) eeemed to
enjoy themselves and good will was
the order of the day. There was a
pretty good crowd of Coneord people
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present- .The expenses of the priaea k
which were KberaL were furnished by '
the Kannapolis business men, who are
well pleased with the celebration and
are anxboa to repeat it next Fourth
of July on a larger aeale. Everyone
made the T. M. C A. hall their bead-
quarters during the celebration, as this
is one of the most comfortable and .
enjoyable places to spend a leisure
hour as the secretary, Mr. S. E. Hatch, i
i one of the kindest and caoat ffenLu i
gentleman we ever met. Mr. Hatch had -
a large flag floating to the breeze on
the front of the hill, displaying the
national colors, under which the k
crowds passed back and forth all -'
dy- '. , ,
The Woodmen of the World tjave.
a banquet in the auditorium of the
T. M. C. A. Saturday night which was
enjoyed by the Kannapolis camp and
a number of visiting Woodmen and
friends, as special guests, all of whom
are enthusiastic in their reports of
the enjoyable occasion.
Mr. J. P. Moore and son, Mr. T. BL ;
Moore, returned home Monday even
ing from ' a visit , to (friends in and '
near Pineville, N. C and Fort Mill, '
S. C. As these places were the scenes ' -.
of Mr. J. P.'s childhood days the trip
was of more than ordinary interest to
him. They had a fine time on their '
trip. " ' , ;' ',
Mr. J. L. Goodman and family, re- '
turned home Tneeday from a visit of
several days to Cooleemee.
Mrs. J. D. Bacon is spending the
week in Albemarle, 'visiting her
daughter, Mrs. C. W. Gaddy. "
Mr. G. G. J. Lowe ,of the Patterson
Young Mercantile Co.'s. clerical force,
is off on a vacation, which he is spend
ing at Hendersonville. ' '
Mr. W. H. Austin flt Charlotte,'
came over Saturday to be a guest of "
the Woodmen, at the banquet and to
visit his sister, Mrs. R. L. Harvey.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W, Ludwig are off
on' a vacation and expect to take a
month off, resting up, and visiting
among friends in China Grove, Sal
isbury and Lexington; We wish them
a pleasant timefl. H,
Lexington' Dispatch: Prof. A." H.
Jarratt continues to improve at the
hospital in Salisbury, a report yester
day morning being to. the effect that
be ia getting along very well Indeed.