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COitCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1910.
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Df JUDICIAL CONVENTION
vote roa solicitor.
ON
Up to 2:10 O'clock Today 838 Bal
lot! Had Been Taian, With Prac
tically Ko Changs la ths Result.
. Up to 2:10 o 'flock this afternoon
there bd been practically no change
in the balloting for solicitor at Gas
tonia in the Judicial convention on
the votes for Smith and Shannon
bouse. The Tribune at that time re
ceived a telegram direct from the
convention giving the result ' of the
836th ballot. " "-
Smith -79.90, Shannonhouse 7226,
Wilson 79.72, Childs F7.93.
It will be seen that this vote is al
most exactly what Shannonhouse and
Smith started with.. It is evident that
neither ' of :, them can be nominated,
and that Mr. Wilson will more than
likely be Chosen. "
The Judicial - Convention of the
twelfth judicial district, which met at
Oastonia at 1:30 o'clock , Thursday
resulted in a deadlock, and up to 6:30
o'clock this morning 606 ballots were
taken.; -The result -of (his ballot was
as follows: '
"Wilson 82.53. . r
. Smith, 66.03.
- Childs, 48.08. -.
Shannonhouse, 53.36.
On the 580th ballot, which was ta
ken at 5 :10 this morning, Mr. A. G.
Mangum," of Gaston, withdrew (from
the raee, leaving the votes of Gaston
solid for Geo. W. Wilson. At 5:50
m. on the 597th ballot, the vote
stood - for v Wilson, who was , the
: highest: ,
Cleveland, 46. "
Gaston, 51.
Cabarrus, 5.68. ,
This made a total of 102.68, the
as high as 100 votes. Had Lineoln
. ' county voted for Wilson on this bal
lot he iwould have been nominated,
.-Lincoln -voted 26. solid, for, Childs up
io about 4 o'clock this morning, when
; ' Us vote was used to "flirt", with
Vwouia! cast 'a iaajority of its Vote for
a candidate, Lincoln would withhold
v-" any of its. rote front this candidate.
; thus making a nomination impossible.
. - At no time did it seem even remotely
? . ttAanmA it-hat. )T!1irL1a .vinM MtnaivA thfl
, , .
nomination. ' . ,
f rAt 6:30 o'clock, after being in ses-
f -sion all night,the convention adjourned
; until : 9:30. ". Several attempts were
, made to adjourn during the night, but
all of them were promptly voted down,
: 1 During the voting the solid vote of
Cabarrus was cast one time each for
L. T. Hartsell, W. G. Means and Jas.
W. Osborne. After atfew ballots were
taken, the small votes of Childs and
Mangum were eliminated, and the
Cabarus vote was east as follows:
Smith 13.97.
Shannonhouse 12.35. -Wilson
5.68, . N
The vote oithe last ballot taken
this morning stood exactly the same.
though several times some 'flirting'
was done. The 'friends of Smith,
: Shannonhonse and Wilson on the Ca-
- barrua delegation stood like a stone
" wall, and at no time was there any
probability of any change whatever.
: . ine convention met at l:3U p. m.
. Mr. Luther T. Hartsell was made tem-
V- porary chairman; and Messrs. J. L.
Scales and S. B. Alexander secreta
ries. On motion the temporary organ"
ization was made permanent.
The organization of the Cabarrus
delegation was as follows:
Chairman, J. L. Miller.
Credentials Committee, J. B, Sher-
. Permanent Organizationy ? F,
Smith. - -
, M. M. " Stickley was re-elected
member of the executive committee; f
, - The first ballot taken by the con-
. vention was as follows: ,
Cabarms Smith 13.44, Shannon-
house 121, Wilson 5.64, Childs J2,
juangum .4a.
, 'Cleveland Smith 14.06. Shannon
house 18.90, Wilson 9.29, ChildB 1.25,
mangum a.ou.
-. Gaston Wilson '34, Mangum ,16,
Ubilds 1.
..LincolBh-ChiMs 26.
. . Mecklenburg Smith 42.08, Shan
nonhouse 41.01, Childs 1.93.
"There was cot the slightest change
of Mecklenburg's vote on any ballot
up to the time the convention ad
journed at 6:30 this morning.
' Every attempt to bring in a dark
norse tnet with a dismal failure.
. Mr. D. SF. Mason, of Gastonia,
i piacea in nomination Mr. ueorge W,
Wilson, of Gaston, Mr. U B. Wet
: more, of Linoolnton, placed Ms. C. E.
Childs, of Lincoln, in nomination, Mr.
II. W.i 'Harris, of .Charlotte, put the
name of Mr. Frank M. Shannonhouse
" and Mr. J. D. McCall placed in nom
ination Mr, David B. Smith. Mr. A.
C. Jones, of Gastonia, put -the name of
Mr. A. G. Mangum, of Gaston, and the
t fight was on. . . ' r ;
The vote of the convention is 240
making the vote necessary to a choice
a fraction over lzV. Tne vote on toe
first ballot stood as follows: Shan
nonhouse 72.22, Smith 69.56, Wilsnn
43.93, Childs 3030, Mangum 18.99. .
Several times during the balloting
the Cleveland, Gaston and Cabarrus
delegates asked for 10 or 20 minutes'
to withdraw and confer, but when they
came back the result was the same old
thing. ; Everybody was in -a perfect
good numor, and tnere was not a rip-
pie of ill feeling. ; , , j
It seems to be plain that the friends
of neither Shannonhouse or Smith on
both the Mecklenburg delegations will
ever give in, and Wilson seems to be
the logical nominee. At one time he
lacked only 18 votes of the Domina
tion. " There is no fight being made
against him, and the friends of Shan-
nohouse would rather see Wilson nom
inated than for Smith to have it, and
the friends of Smith would- rather
WiLwn should receive the nomination
than Shannonhouse. If at any tune
there' seems to be any danger of either
Smith or Shannonhouse getting the
nomination the friends of the one
likely to be defeated will vote for Wil
son.
The Allen and Manning Claims Puzzle
Observers.
Observers of the sharp contest for
the associate justiceship vof the Su
preme court between Justice J. S.
Manning. Durham, and Judge W. B.
Allen, Goldsboro, are, being "pulled
and hauled" in their view of the Bit-
nation by the widely divergent claims
of Manager Foushee, for Judge Man
ning, and of Mr. Dortoh, for Judge Al
len. - :
Mr. Foushee claims that of the vote
in the state already instructed by the
counties, there being 780 in - all in
structed, Manning has a lead of 20 and
fraction over Allen.' There are
counties, he says, with 187 votes, send
ing umnstructed delegates.-- And ne
claims that NJjdge Allen's Managers
will be unable to overcome the Man
ning lead in the Charlotte convention.
On the other hand Manager JJortcn,
speaking for Judge Allen; has a lead
of 48.32 votes over Judge Manning in
the instructed vote; of which he says
Allen fcas 40846 and Manning 359.84,
He claims to- haveassurances- 4hat
Judge Allen wil receive a majority of
the umnstructed vote, of whioh a lit
tle more than one-third iwill be nec
essary to assure a nomination.
Cavin-Starrette at Mooresville.
A marriage was announced Thurs
day at Mooresville that was quite a
surprise to a number of their friends,
iwhen cards were issued stating that
Mr. John Pressely Cavin and Miss
Clara Dunreath Starrette were mar
ried Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock
at the home of the bride. Only mem
bers of the family of the contracting
parties witnessed the ceremony, which
was performed by Jttev. K. M. Court
ney 'of the Methodist church. , It
had been predicted for many months
that the event would take place, but
the affair was kept entirely from their
friends until last evening. The bride
is the oldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Starrette and a grand-
daughted-of Capt. J. M. Alexander, of
Concord. Mr. .vavin : is the junior
member tf the well known (furniture
house of Nesbit, Pressly & Co., and
has been associated with the business
for several years. .
. Ko Choice Tet in Fifth.
With the annocement of the 27th
ballot and the end as remote as it
was when the first ballot twas called,
the .fifth ' district congressional, con
vention adjourned at 1:30 tbia. morn
ing for , a thirty minutes recess are
cess, to give the warring delegations
one more opportunity to get together.
With the , decision to eliminate dark
horses, reached at the previous recess
the fight narrows down Ho the four
candidates whose names are before the
district, and, while clarifying the sit
uation to a certain extent, leaves it
where it stood when' the contest be
gan. The fighit is now on in earnest,
and, while the nomination may come
with a flash, the predictions are that
Saturday joight will find the delegates
still guests of Greeensboro. '- ' v
. The convention, reassembled at 1:30
and adjourned again at 2 o'clock,
without taking fumtyer " ballots,' ; to
meet at 10 this morning. . ,;'
Salisbury District Conference.
Salisbury Post. ..-; "X' j
The Salisbury district 1 conference
composed of those charges over which
Rev. Dr. J. C. Bowe is presiding elder,
will meet in the First church at Salis
bury on the 28th of the present month
and continue in session through the
following Sunday. A good attendance
from all over the district is expected
an dthere will probably be over a hun
dred: delegates and visitors A com
mittee from the local church will be
named this week to secure homes and
arrange for the entertainment and re
ception of the delegates, '.
"AT HOME WITH iSAlEfY.
Jack Johnson Passes Trinmphaafly
r : Through Chicago Crowds. .
' Jack Johnson, champion of all prise
fighters, is once more at home with
his mammy and his automobile. Thurs
day Johnson went. into Chicago with
his following through a solid waH oT
people. Chicagoans lined sidewalks
with solid ranks to catch a glimpse of
him.- Johnson announced that all ten
tative plans for. the future were off.
. Five thousand negroes and a large
number of white persons made the liv
ing wall at the Chicago and Sotk
western station, where Johnson land
ed on his return from Reno. Police
men were swept aside when the fighter
fought his way to a waiting automor
bile. ,'
Johnson, in his automobile, dashed
madly home where his mother, Tiney
Johnson, and the members of his fam
ily waited in the midst of another
crowd of thousands. . ..t ;
.Flags waved, an ornately attired
drum major of a negro regiment of
state militia swayed to the rythm of
America," and "Mistah Johnson;
Turn Me Loose,", and other similar
patriotic"' airs. In the midst ox a
mighty roar of "Oh, you Jack John
son," the champion alighted at his
house.
Two hundred policemen were de
tailed to the Northwestern railroad
station to prevent trouble when. Jack
Johnson returned to his home. "
Colored admirers of the champion
began gathering at the station at 9
o'clock in the morning, although the
Johnson special was not due until 1:30
o'clock in the afternoon and it
seemed the entire population of the
Chicago "black belt" was on hand
cheer the Dugilist.
Hundreds of dollars worth of flow
ers were taken to the Johnson home
to be used for decoration and for the
carpet of roses laid from the curb to
the front door.
A brass band was claced in the eoit-
ridor of the Johnson home and the eu
tire population of the "black beltf
i was on hand to pay homage to thfe
a .1.4... ' ,
Silk hats and frock coats were mi
in evidence along South State street,
and the colored women were arrayed
in all their finery; Houses and stores
m that district were decorated.
Negro politicians who are booming
Johnson for alderman predicted that
the pugulist would have do trouble
in carrying has ward, iwhich has
large majority of negro voters.'
Skeleton of Mastodon for the State
Museum.
H. H. Brimley, curator of the.state
museum, is just back from Onslow
county, where he has for two weeks
been directing the work of excavating
the bones of a huge mastodon discov
ered there some time ago. He is meet
ing with fine , success, .- the greatest
trouble being that part of the skele
ton extends under a creek bed, from
which the water has to be diverted.
He says this promises to be by odds
the best preserved and most complete
prehistoric skeleton ever (found in
North Carolina. . He and Mr. Addicks,
(assistant curator, , are ipso setting
goodpecimens of another skeleton in
uones county, -urne purpose is to
mount them in the museum.
BALL GAME AND LAWN PARTY
SATURDAY.
There will be a ball game between
the Concord and Locke Mill teams at
the Forest Hill park Saturday after
noon at 4 o clock, and also a lawn par
ty at the same place at night. It will
be for the "benefit of the ball team
and the Forest Hill band. There will
be tvlenfty at the lawn party to ac
commodate all who may be present. It
will be full of fun and ; amusement,
such' as voting contests sending up
balloons, sack foot races, etc. ! There
will be a $2.00 cold drink ticket to the
waiter who turns in the most money;
Everybody is most cordially invited,
The Forest Hill band and also the
string band . will furnish plenty of
good music Adv. ,'"".
Mr. Af ton Means returned on No,
36 from Gastonia convention.
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Your Checking Account invited.' , ' .
Capital Surplus and Profits $150,000.00
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CO. L TO CBICZAHAUOA. I ;
WiU Leave Next Monday to Partici
pate la the Manouevsrs. ;
Company L will leave Monday tor
2hickamauga, where they. will par-
aeipate in the manouevers of the teg
ilar army. They will take part in the
iham battles, force marches and other
Lines of military tactics, and their
friends here are expeoting the boys
to acquit themselves with great credit
and are confident Company L will
maintain the enviable record they have
established for proficiency in military
discipline. The postoffice address of
the company will be Dodge, G., and
the telegraph office, Fort Oglethorpe.
Captain Brown and his able lieuten
ants have been instructing the boys in
military tactics for several weeks and
they are very enthusiastic over the
showing they have made to date. W.
UilL Jr., Battalion Adjutant, will
accompany Co. L. The following is a
roster of the company:
Captain, L. A. Brown; Lieutenants,
F.Y. McConnell, K. C. Thompson;
Sergeants, First, J. " G. MoCachren,
Quartermaster, C. L. Peterson, 'A. L.
Troutman, C. M Irwin, 6.- B. Rich
ardson, J. A. Caton; Cooks, A. P.
Honeycutt, R. C. Sappenfleldr Corpo
rals, J. A. Edwards, Z. B. Thortburg,
L. N. Johnston, Arter Lentz, R. C.
Hoover, S. VK Whitley; Trumpeters,
T. JrHendrix, F. R. Bost; Privates,
M. L. Barrier, F. R. Barringer, J. A.
Benfleld, Edgar Brinkley, J. T. Can
non, A. T. Cain, G. A. Coffey, 'Jr. o.
Cook, C. E. Clark, F. S. Cline, C. M.
Davis, C. R. Davis, Durant Edwards,
E. L. Ennis, C. W. Freeze, H. W.
Griffin, T. I. Graham, Cbas. aHtley,
P. M. Hartsell, "Jonas Honeycutt, W.
W. Isley, I. B. Kluttz, J. J. McLaurin,
Clarence McCachren, H. J. Richard
son, J. M. Rowe,' A. L. Sapp, R. B.
Sides, B. C. Sides, J. W. Tarlton, J.
E. Troutman, E. H. Troutman, H..E.
Tucker, Armstead Thompson, W. H.
Walker, Jno. H. Wood, Jas. HL Wood,
W. M. Williams. J. D. Williams, J.
D. Whitley, W. P. Whitley, L. L. Wal
lace, J. M. Young, Jr.
Captured the Burglar.
Mr. J. A. Fasnaoht, of Charlotte,
awakened in the dead of night by a
noise in his store and bakery in the
center of the city, rushed down stairs
carrying a three foot iron. pipe wUr
which he covered a ouny negro waom
he encountered rifling the cash regis
ter and money drawers. The negro be
lieved he was gazing down the darrel
of a shot gun and stood glued to the
spot, while the nervy baker walked to
his phone and called a policeman. The
officer hastily appeared and took
charge of the prisoner.
The negro had robbed the cash reg
ister and was taking on a quantity of
sweet meats when discovered. The
ruse of the iron pipe shot gun worked
with remarkable results.
Mr. Howard Townsend went to
Gastonia last night on No. 43 to at
tend the convention. "
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Stedmaa Stffljn Lead After 309 Bal
lots Comes Within Six Votes of
the Nomination. - '
Special to The Tribune.
Greensboro, N. C, 1:30 p. m
Deadlock In the fifth district conven
tion continues unbroken When 306
ballots had been taken the convention
adjourned for dinner. Stedman still
remains in the lead and on one ballot
today came within six' votes ' of the
nomination. The Mebane delegates
have been released and are giving com
plimentary votes to different candi
dates. There will be no nomination
today.
Oars to be Operated Soon. 1 j
Mr. T. H. Vanderford, of Salisbury,
spent yesterday afternoon in the city
in the interest of the street car line
Mr. Vanderford stated that it would
require only a few more days to com
plete the trolley line and have the
cars in operation. A force of work
men will begin the erection of this
line Monday and it will require about
one week to complete the work. The
track is now completed as far as the
depot, with the exception of a dis
tance of only a few (feet, and when
the trolley line is completed the ears
will be put in operation. 'The com
pany will use electrical current from
the Southern Power Company to op
erate the cars and will be "connected
with the electrical equipment, which
has already been placed on the lot
where the car bam will be erected as
soon as the cars are in operation. Only
few more days remain until Concord
win listen to the buzz of the trolley.
Returned from Pasteur Institute.
Mr. Frank Kluttz, of Rimer, who
has been in the Pasteur Institute. Ral
eigh, for the past twenty-one days, for
treatement from a mad dog bite, re
turned yesterday afternoon from Ral
eigh. Mr. Kluttz is in good health
and states that he has experienced no
ill results from being bitten by the
dog. A horse was also bitten by the
dog but as yet he has shown no signs
or raoies.
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: A SECRET IXASSIAQS.
Mr. Stainey Rogers and Miss Cera U
taker Harried la Concord Bern
Time Ago. y , .
Several weeks ago Mr. Stamey So
gers and Miss Cora Litaker, of near
Enochville, were seeretly married at
the home of Rev. T. W. Smith. The
VannsV JtinrJA A mta aa . rh at r
Sunday night and went directly to the
home of Mr. Smith where the cere
mony was performed in the presence
of five witnesses, all of them near
neighbors of Mr. Smith. The young
people were anxious that their mar-
riage be kept a secret until sueh time
as they saw proper to let it become
public and they succeeded in gaining
the promise of those who witnessed
tne ceremony that uey would say
nothing of the matter.
Ammeaiateiy alter the ceremony tne
young couple left for their homes. The .
bride returned to the home of her
father and the young man went to
Rowan county, where . he has ' since
been engaged with a party operating
a threshing machine in that section.
lhe plans of the young couple were
working smoothly until Wednesday,
neither of the parents having any idea
that they Were married, when the
bride herself told her father of the
event. She Was preparing to go to
Kamrapolis to visit (friends and her
father Objected to her leaving home
at the time. She failed to persuade
him to relent in his opposition to the
proposed visit and after all means of
persuasion had failed she very frank
ly told him of her marriage' to Mr.
Rogers. It is reported that her father
became highly incensed when she told
him of her marriage, not that he had
any objection, whatever to Mr. Sog
ers becoming his son-in-law but on
account of their not making their
plans known to him. Mrs. Sogers is
now in Kannapolis visiting relatives.
Mr. Rogers will return the latter part
of the week from Rowan and they
will live at Mr. Preston Winecoff's.
At Smithfield, Johnston county,
Thursday the Convention for the Sixth
judicial district, was held and Frank
A. Daniels, of Goldsboro, was unani
mously nominated for, judge and Hi E.
Norris, of Raleigh, for solicitor. Nei
ther candidate had any opposition.
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