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l ::zzzo szot ArD nio,
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t...:i Ti--T AfUrnoon. -Mr.
C-r;: W. Wilson a nomina
te! Tr solicitor oa the 840th ttallot at
oVU V. The ba!U at-ood:
132.3 5, Smith 5Q.C3,-"Sban-
noi.Wi.- 49.C3, Child 1.93. . .
Tbe convention assembled at ' 2
o'clock after a recess for'dlnner. The
Wilson ana buannonhouse rorres on
the Cabarnia delegation decided to
east the combined Tote of these two
candidate for them alternately. On
the 840th baloit it waa cast for "Wil
son giving him 19.03 votes from Ca
barrus. . Thia added to Gaston's solid
. vote made his vote 70.03. When
Cleveland waa called that county,
' which had been seesawing its .vote
between all the candidates, at the last
moment gave its 46 votes to Wilson,
baking lis vote 116.03. ; When this
was ftnouneed ' pandemonium broke
looee among the Smith and Shannon-
house (forces. They swarmed around
the Lincoln county delegation begging
- and pleading with themnot "to give
Wilson any part of their vote. "For
: 20" minutes this kept up, the Lincoln
- delegates-all this time beingbombard-
ed by every argument and persuasion
'possible. - Finally Lincoln east its. vote
giving 16 to Wilson, and nominating
"bini. ;v,t'.i V i'-
.There was no trade about, the mat
ter, and Cleveland did mt' intend to
nominate Wilson when it oast its vote
-for him.."-'-' .
On the ballot immediately preceding
' the last, Smith held his own, Shannon
bouse reached - high-water inark. 95
votes and a. fraction, and Wilson waa
t at, uorvuu ugunv rvu tiu v""j
-. Cleveland' shifted ' portion "of its
vote to Shannonhouse, and on the last
" it picked up the entire vote and hurl-
ed it to.WUsont:;f;;.:'4",',;';
Speeches Tvere made by Wiwon,
- Shannonhouse, Smith and Childs,,tne
' three last pledging their hearty, eup-
Dort , to Wibjon, whose nomination
"wa made nnaiiimoua-;,'; A--'i
-i Mr. Wilson 'a nomintiomra i ralso
inevitable front the fact that iie-was
the second choiee of: both Smith, and
The correspondent of ihe Charlotte
Observed savs of Air. Wilson - ;
Mr. Wilson 18 aamiraniy qwuiueu
for, th4 "office to which he Mi been
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" able experience, he cornea to the place
t with-splendid prospects.1 ."Those who
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Know hi on jr. iuw ?ui ms tw
"make good." -
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t Popular Excursion to Richmond, Tnea-
z Southern Railway will operate their
Ponular Annual Excursion to Rich
mond. Tuesday July, 19. LowTround
trip rate of -$4.50 will apply from
J . .. . j - r-'
-. uncord ana u stations groin vuur-
- lone w unwooa iuciuivy. uib
gant train, consisting oi - ruiunan
Bleeointr oara, first class coaches and
- separate cars; for colored people, will
leave. Charlotte 8; p. m: arriving at
" Richmond 6:30 Wednesday morning,
Jniv jutn. j au ucaeis -som -wui" uo
good returning oil any of the regular
trains ud to and tncludinsr JLnnrsday,
July 2l8t, whkh will afford . ample
v' time to visit the many attractions in
" . ana arouna img magnmceui, cuy.
AJ Til M IT... V Tf.kAW
' Phillip Sowers,- en of Rowan county's-oldest
and wealthiest citizens,
waa fired upon by an unknown intru
dpr in W room at his home near Sten-
was asleep when the stranger entered
his darkened room. A pistol shot
' Tang out when Mr. .Sowers inquired
who it was in the room.N Instantly JJie
jntruder fled and, made good bis e
cape. " There are various theories as
to the mdtivewhieh is believed to
have been either robbery or murder.
' Mr. Sowers is very, prominent and the
v aHair caused a mud sensation.
at Ci-' Lam Erowi lar VTilter Ulrty Keir
GlAsrrc!V.y Accidental '
Iom Brown shot and killed Walter
Kirby FriJav nibt, while with a com-
2:30; psny of negroes a short distance from
' JGlasii. Bron and -Kirby were both
and it ftfems that tbeywere rnewia
both coming from 'CraSney, S, C, to
GlaM, aeveral weeks ago. Brown was
sitting on the "railroad tracfc in com
pany with several other negroes when
Kirby came np from behind him. and
tesaed a handful of graver on m
bark. Brawn had pistol in bis band
at the time and V when - be ; turned
around the gun waa discharged, the
ball striking Kirby in' the-stomach.
Kirby was shot about 7 o'clock and
died a few minute past nine-. - '.
Immediately-' after the . shooting
Brown went to the man-in charge of
the camp and told him that he had ac
cidentally shot Kirby and wanted to
surrender to the officers.! .The oher-
ifl -was , notified and Deputy. Sheriff
Propst went to Glass and made the
arrest. . There were-several eye wit-'
nesseis to the shooting but they scat
tered . in every direction before ; the
officer- arrived If: there was. any
trouble between 'the two negroes prior
to the killing no one seen at the camp
knew of. it. . Brown was brought to
Concord last night and is now in jail
He will be given. a preliminary hearing
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. IIZZT AGAIN JVLY
Cant HomJmte in rifth rutrict and
Deciie to Try Axain,.
"The Democratio congressional con
vention of the fifth district, which had
been in session at Greensboro since
last Tuesday adjourned at 3:45 Friday
afternoon until July 26, as it seemed
no nearer making a nomination at that
ime than when it aMembled. The mo
tion was made by Hon. C. B. Watson
and was adopted by a vote of 249 to
157.". : r- , -
What the outcome of the -action
will-be. was a matter for considerable
speculation after the adjournment A
strong Democratic leader expressed
the opinion that it waa the best thing
that could have happened, while oth
ers say that it is ruinous to the party.
. ' The convention "which adjourned
Friday morning at 2 o'clock recon- advised that the animal be shut up so
i E025S AKD COW -
.t . - wtth nYxnopnosiA.
Doc Which tit Tonng Eutta, in Ko.
; 6, Also E: Coir and Horae ow
Has Been Killed.
' Dr. B. L. Griffin was alled to Ri
mer yesterday to see a young cow and
a horse belonging - to Mrs. Henry
Kluttz. whose son Frank, was bitten
by a mad dog three weeks ago, and
who took the Pasteur treatment ' at
Raleigh, returning a few days age
cured. The cow was acting in a rery
stranxe maner. There was i win
'took in her eyes, and she snowed otner
tymptoms of hydrophobia. Dr. Grif
fin examined the cow and be at once
advised that she be killed, which was
done. The cow waa about a year old.
A mare belonging to Mr. Kluttz also
began to develop the same7 symptoms
Mnai ine cow exuiimcu. iv, mmiu
. Condition of all Crops I Reported
it.Tha July crop report of the , D
partment . of Agriculture,- issued '.. at
2:30 o'elock Thursday afternoorf show
ed the following stunaites of acreage
and condition on July 1; -, -. :
Corn, area planted Ai 11,083,000
acre as, an' increase of 5,312,000 aores,
or .9 per'-cent as compared, with last
year's final estimateiv4;v??
': xne average,, conauion ot corn ww
85.4 as compared with 85,1, the- ten
year average.-? If ' k
The -amount bf wheat remaining on
farms is estimated t about 38,739,
000 bushels as;'eon-4)ared"'witb -38,
708,000, the ten.ye'ar average. .v,l
The .average condition . of winter
wbeat ;was.81,5 .as compared with.
81.3, the ten year average.
The average condition :; oi. - spring
wheat was 6Lo as compared with e4
the ten-ear, average.
;Thc average condition of . spring
and winter wheat combined was 73.5
as compared with ,84.00, tke ten year
average; iC:::'i 4S it4?-t'"'v
ine averasfe tuuuiuuu w ,uur
war 82.2 as compared with 86.6. the
ten y&i weng:
bnt not ansign of a break in the dead
lock that has existed since Tuesday af
ternoon was in sight After the 131st
ballot Dr. Mebane announced that bo
would ' release his delegates who were
fledged to support bim and allow them
to east the votesio -whomsoever they
saw fit.. - '
i. When" the ' full Rockingham vote
went toStcdman ibis brought that
candidate's vote to within 5 votes of a
nomination . with bis own county's
vote; divided. Had the Guilford dele
gation rallied to his support the situa
tion would have been saved and ibted-
man "nominated, and the deadlock
broken..' - ' v
Bryan Not a Candidate for tbe Senate.
W. J. Bryan gave" -out a statement
this week: again declining to be a can
didate for United States Senator, and
intending- io disconrace Norther activ
ity among' his political - suporters in
that direction.-. He says: '
''I stated some months ago that I
was.nt ' a candidate for ithe Senate
and did, not 'ask to be. i The reason'
was. that I saw this fight on the liquor
question coming, and thought sit prob
able that I could do my duty, better
.. .... , - . i .. m : i"- i..r 21-3:
wixnoui oeinar namperea oy a cauui-
dacy for 'any office. '..:vjy
"I ami needed -in-this State : fight
And shall have plenty, to do. The peo
ple; of the State ' have, done a great
deal for me,' and I " nave "not had.
chance to do much for them in return.
I have an opportunity now and Jo
shall show my gratitude for past ;fa-
vors oy renaermir bucuj service
private citizen can render by helping;
to keep our-party from ibecoming the;
tool of the liquor and other special. in
terests." i '&ri-"3X
'Another Tlpod is Pearel in Trzice.
Continuous cold and Wet . weather
in France is beginning to cause seri
ous alarm.' There has been dai'y rain
If or six week and . the , prec: 1' ation
sinoa the first of. January has almost
exceclad the averpfa annual -rainfall.
A recurrence of f,oo;!s is threatened.
Many streams are full and sora ere out
of iheir banks. The rrspe crop is sur-
ferinjr heavily and mild we '! rr has
mada its appearance in the chat. . ane
district. The hay crop is almobt de
stroyed. -". 'x ,"'..' v. ' , : : ' .
' - Join Taker, aed 23 vears, of Sum
luersct, lif., was drowned in the Ye 1
kin river near :tr Thur"1 j :
nsson viUile a".-' Hrj to t
9 f'rea"!. t , in
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Miss Blanche Brown Entertain. . -
Miss Blanche Brown charmingly en
tertained yesterday afternoon in Jwnor
of Miss Ruth itoltrane'e house party.
At about five o'clock the Brown porch
became quite a' lovely scene of gayety,
pretty girls and many colored dresses.
The porch was beautifully decorated
with various kinds of flowers, with a
number of buee sunflowers making a
most attractive background. ..The in
teresting1 game of hearts dice was the
entertainment,' iwhich added so much
to . the enjoyment1 of the atternoonr.
Everyone played with much zest and
after nuch excitement it was. found
that -Miss -Lucy Brown. was the for
tnnate' one. and a beauitiful fan was
her reward." Atf the visitors drew? for
the visitor's prize.-. Miss Annie Wood-
flev drew the lucky-uumber, thirteen
. , -A a
ana sne was awaaea tao pruse. jaaier
this - a delightful lunch was served.
Miss Brown's guests of honor were:
Misses Nell Pender, - of - tireenvuie;
Eleanor Vann; of Franklington; - An
nie Laurie Long, of Durham t Glenme
Yelverton. of Goldsboro; Annie Wood-
eyi of Elizabeth City: Clara Jstanton.
of High Point, and Wutn -towrane.
and this was done. Dr. Gnffln re
ceived a telephone message from Mr.
Kluttz s ; home : this morning, .which
bore the information that the hone
lis worse. - "
Much sympathy is expressed for
Mrs. Kluttz, who is a poor widow. The
expense of sending her son to Raleigh
to take the treatment was. consider
able, and aided to this is the loss of
the horse and' cow, -wnicn will oe
about $115. -
It is not known that any. other
animals were bitten by the dog. ' .
. Later-About 2 o'clock this after
noon Dr. Griffin reeeived a telephone
message stating that the horse: was
bavin terrible fits, one after another,
at intervals of" about five minutes.
He advised Mrs. Kluttz to have the
animal killed, and this wiH no doubt
be done.
w Ran on Piitht Pictures.
'i' The moving pictures of the Jeffries-
Johnson fight were denounced as crim
inal from the pulpit of the Church of
the Divine Paternity in New York this
week, iwhere" the twenty-second an
nual convention of the Young People's
pChnstian Union is being held. - v..
Resolutions were passed protesting
against the exhibition of 4he fight
Mayor Gaynor denied having said
that he had decided not to interfere
with; the exhibition in New York
the fight 'Pictures. . "
"I nave decided no such thin? and
have-said no such thing,"" the Mayor
insisted.- "The anestion is not what
I would like to do, but one of the law,
and I shall follow the law. -I cannot
do as I please."
' It has been decided not to allow the
pictures to be shown in Lynchburg,
Richmond, Atlanta and Greensboro,
Secret Marriage at Spencer on the
W,' B.,Riel, a well known citnzen of
Spencer, and Miss -iillan w Cauble
daughter of George i A. Cauble,- .-of
Spencer, , 'lwere secretly -married at
the home ofithii bride Monday, July
Pledged to seCrecv: Mri Kiel v .'went
about bis business land Mrs. Riel re-i
mained, at borne with her. father,' .It-
was not the in tendon of either party
to let out the news of the marriage,'
but Mr. Cauble-, father of the bride, ;
Friday made known the secret.- umy
a few intimate friends of thffTioupie
witnes- ed the ceremony, . - -
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A X: Tea D;ra Ealfc I
The largest advertisement The
Tribune has ever carried, is in the pa
per today. It is that of The Day
vault Co., which will on Wednesday,
July 13, at 9 o'clock a. ml, begin the
sale of their entire stock of goods at
reduced prices. The stock-has been
placed in the handa of The American
Salos Co., of Danville, which will con
.kt the sale.- The sale will last ten
days. There .will be free balloon as-.
eeiisions every day at 2 o'clock p. m.
Pcad the big ad i-Li5h 'fwill tell you
all about this sale.'.'- .. . .
TnnrW KAILS IX THE ROAD.
And as a ConseQoenca Mr. Boger'a Bif
Auto Had Three Punctom la
About as l!ny MHaa. . . -Messrs.
Horace Johnson and Mora-
head Jones, of Charlotte, ' passed
through the city Friday en route
to bahsbury, traveling m a Franklin,
While returning from Salisbury and
only a abort distance from . China
Grove one of the front iwbeela gave
way. . They phoned here for Mr. L.
E. Boger, who with bis big Interstate
has won a warm plaea in- the heart
of visiting motorists by reason of
the numerous occasions they bave
played tbe role of the first aid to the
injured. Mr.- Boger immediately left
for China Grove to aid the voumr men.
making the trip in &ueh a short time
tbat even "Citizen" would be com
pelled to admire the speed of the big
interstate tie picked up the party
and started on the return trip. For
the first few miles all was well and
good, tbe big car was excelling its
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STRUNG HIM UP.
Blind Tiger Detective Lynched by
Angry Newark Mob.
Carl Etherington, 22 years old em
ployed Thursday night . by the State
Liti-saloon league,- as a blind tiger
ftiider, - was lynched at Newark, O.,
at 10:35 Friday night, following a day
of almost continuous rioting.. . The
heavy doors of the Licking county
jail waa battered down and Ethering
ton was wagged from bis cell. He
was shot., kicked and bruised before
the -street' was reached mwr'the finish!
followed quickly, - " "v.
. Etherington, early in the evening,
coniessed that no Killed William How
ard, proprietor of the "Last Chance?'
restaurant and former chief of police
in a raid of alleged "speak easies" in
a raiding scuffle at l:30 Friday after
noon, -' u-t -
While the mob was battering down
the doors with battering rams Ether
ington was in bis cell. In an attitempt
to commit suicide be smothered his
head in his coat and set it on Are. He
was caught in time, . . . -
Etherington 's last moments, while
he heard the mob battering down the
doors were spent in praying and writ
ing a, note to bis parents, farmers re
siding near willisburg, Kjr,
J J What wilt mother say when she
heas of this t" he kept moaning to the
former . speed record, when onlv
short distance (from Glass there was
a puncture,, and-in about a hundred
yards (here was another puncture. The
leiiows were a little discouraged by
this time but bravely patched np tbe
tires and renewed their journey. They
had traveled only a few feet when an
other nice little round air exit was
made in another tire. They jmmedE
ately became suspicious and on inves
tigating the cause of the numerous
punctures found that someone had
thrown a number of nails alonz the
road. ,. Mr. Boger stated this mornimr
it t - i w
mat a party nad, seen a negro throw
something in the road, but were un
able to, identity him; He is at a loss
to know why anyone should adoot
such .a method of injuring machines
add probably the occupants of the ma
chines that go along this highway as
there has never been the slisrhiteat
trouble between any automobile dri
vers of this city and tbe people who
Irve arong this road.. Both machines
have been repaired and are now ready
ior service.
The young ladies missionary society
or toe D'irst Presbyterian church will
meet Monday afternoon at' 5 o'clock
at tbe home of Miss Kose Hanrs. .
Examination for Teachers to be Held
x:- July 14-15.
S Jury 14 and 15 there will be held at
all the North Carolina county seats by
the county superintendents' examina
tions of ' teachers " who desire either
the' high school teacher's certificates,
or the regular two year certificates.
There . are different sets of examina
tion questions for each: prepared by
the. State Board, of Examiners, These
nrinted- oiiestions are now being with the latest results of the various
mailed out "Tfromsthe State Aepart-H political conventions an. aouier mai
ment bf Education to the connty su- ters tbat will , be "f .interest to our
Derintendents."i .-V - - . - (readers.1
. ; Death of Mrs. MRIa,
Mrs.' Margaret Mills died last night
at the home of ner nephew. Mr.. W,
H. Henry, on Church street She was
74 years of age and had been a resi
dent, of this city for a number of
years.' Since - Ithe death of ber bus
band she has been making ber borne
at Mr. Henry '8. She had been a mem
ber of McKinnon Presbyterian church
for - many years and always took an
active interest in church work". The
funeral will be bold tomorrow morn
ing at the- home, conducted by Rev.
Bnce Cochrane, after which the in
terment will be made at Oakwood cem
etery.-' - . 4 -:
. v' Tbe Tribune's Bulletin Board.
( The Tribune is now "having a bulle
tin board made which will br placed in
front of the office and from now on
will furnish the people of tbe eity
1 With This Cank
Which has made marked . cams r m . its
i ezrninss . and , resources ; bidc? it3 oran
. izatioa in lbiyindicatiDg .. lta ; jncrcacod
4 ability ' to. handla your-account with Gafcty,
; . Evety modern banking facility extendedT-
"'' ' Your Checking Account invited.-' - , : ' -
JUMPED ntOSI SICO&D- -' "
8T0SY WDTDOW.''.
Mrs. D. D, Barrier, cf Mt Plraaant,
Seriously Hurt If Jmnlax Troa a"
Window WhEa la a Smumbalistlc
State Now Resting Very We3.
Mrs. D. D. Barrier, of Mi. Pleasant. -
eame very near bein aeriou.ly hurt
inursaay mgnt. wmie in a somnaos
bulistic state, dreaming of jumping
a rupe ux piay wun oer sister, d
arose from ber bed, vent to the sec
ond -story window and jumped to the -ground.
-No bones were broken, bat
she received many bruises and eats
about the face and arms. Her bus- '
band discovered ber just as the made -the
jump, and in tbe moment earn
very near jumping out of the window.
after her. A quick thought saved -him
and be ran down stairs and out of
the house to the assistance of his wife -'
whom he found on the " lawn in a
bloody and unconscious condition. Mr.
Jas. G. Barnnger, who lives across
the street, was aroused and went at
once for Dr.. Moose, who .rendered
prompt medical assistance. Up to
this time Mrs. Barrier is testing very
well, Having regained consciousness
a few hours after ber unfortunate
leap, and unless symptoms not yet
apparent should develop she will
probably not meet any eenoos trou
ble in .the way of ber recovery. v ,
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Will Moving Pictures of Flgbt bAlr
, ' , lowed Here?
A Tribune representative - asked
Mayor. Wagoner this morning if be 1
would allow the pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight to be exhibited in
this city. ;Th mayor stated - tbat
there bad been a number of requests
made to him not to allow the pictures
to be exhibited here, buVthe eity an ,
thorities bad not decided definitely "
on the matter Mr. Wagoner farther
stated that ' the board of aldermen
would meet Tuesday night when the
matter would then be cosidered and
final action taken.
If the press reports are to be be
lieved Governor Hughes, of New York,
will be appointed chief justice of the '
Supreme Court to succeed , the late
Melville W. Fuller. 1 ,
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