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LEXINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1910.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 8
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lu; Matters Claim Attentat ef.tta
Btri at Alderssen at Regular ' ,
Sessioa Monday HlgbU
' Thi board of aldermen held a very;
Interesting meeting Monday night
and there was 10 much bualneas and
so much debate that the session last-
ii .in imri. 11 o'clock. The most
Important Item was the- election of a
superintendent of the light and wa-
. j .Mnn u A 1 . Pnnr-h 'a
var ucjiw iuii3ut ,
term baring expired. No action was
taken and the election was deferred
until next meeting. Matters progres
sed so far, however, that the seven
men present stood ballot In hand to
elect, when the move to postpone was
made and carried.
Supt Couch applied for re-election
and stated that because of the In
creased responsibility and the danger
attendant upon handling a current of
2,300 volts, the new system being
complicated, he would ask $1,200 a
year instead of $1,000 which he has
been getting. Mr. B. F. Ausband of
fered himself "at $76 a month, and
Mr. Ben H. Bates, who has been with
the department several years, offered
to take the work at $65. Much de
bate ensued. - Alderman Charles
v nnonait that whether Sunt.
IVUIIB vvuwmmw. ".
Couch was re-elected, or whether he
was paid $1,00 or lljsou u eiecieo.,
h tmarii nmht to be exceedingly
slow to jump into so grave a matter
and hire anyooay Deiwro ui
capacity for handling such a propo
sition had been investigated. Alder
man McCrary stood with him. Alder
man GalUmore contended for'econo
am iidsniun I.inrtsav SDoke of
the fact that Mr. Couch had been ta
ken instead of Mr. Mallard to save
$200 a year. When ready to vote, it
.. nBtui( that a vnAlnrltv of .the
, aa iaLuu. .we. - .
board favored Mr. Ausband and there
seems small doubt mat ne wouia nave
been elected had a vote been taken.
Alderman Brlnkley was aoseni. -
Thara was IU1 nhtectlon tO Mr
Pimrk vhatavnr. the idea being to
hire as cheap a man as consistent
with the Importance oi me position.
'inn nnnupBTinn ill mr. xmilbb v,oa wu
.v.. t.m th.t tf a rhAATiAr man was
uie i . , -
employed, he would like to do the
work. Having naa experience mm
v.-i t.v.n a Anura In AlACtrtcltV.
Mr. Couch stated that he had ample
experience with alternating current.
a8 be could snow. Ana mus uu umi-
.A- a.anrfa , Tf HA fttianff-A OCCUrB lU
the situation as it appeared to be
Monday Mgnt, is expecieu mi
w. in.hanA wtll lanit. Tha aublect
was much discussed yesterday , and
tne Board will uaeiy near u
cons from citizens when it meets
.again. . '
. inftAVAatltiff . niiABtlan was
auuimi ... w.. -
. in.t.iiatinn nt a new and lancer
pump at 'the power- house. A sales
man present offered to put in a pump
that he would guarantee would fur
nish 200 gallons a minute, where the
present machinery delivers 60 gal
lons, do it in half the time and at the
same cost, for $175, and offered to
give the town 5 months, to pay for it
The town in all would have to pay
$210 tor the new equipment, and if
It didn't deliver the goods, would cost
nothing. The present machinery runs
24 hours to keep up the water sup
ply, whereas the new would run only
12 hours and cou)d be made to do
the same work as now in 8 hours if
forced. After extended talk, the pro
ject was laid over. , i -
The annual report of the superin
tendent showed that, . Including the
deadhead Items, the gross receipts
were $13,561.31, and the expenditures
$10,986.72, leaving-a balance of $2,
574.15.: . -; ...
' Alderman Lindsay moved to pur
chase a tent for. use at burials when
it rains, and the cemetery committee
was instructed to find the cost and
reporti The bill for the year of Mr.
B. F. Ausband, building inspector,
$25, 'was laid over; so was the appli
cation of Messrs'. W. C. and A. T.
Hedrlck tor extension of water pipe
' 125 feet on Center street, also the
bill of Mr. W. H. Moffltt for $121.61
for the granolithic walk laid by his
store on First avenue, and the appli
cation of Rev. S. W. Beck tor exten
sion of sewer pipe on 8tate street
was tabled. The election of Mr. T, 8.
Earns as fire chief . was unanimous,
and the election of building inspector
was laid over. An arc light was or
dered for the people living near the
Dacotah cottdu mill. Alderman Lind
say said he had been requested to ask
xne ooara ui pruaiuu curiam & uw
bershops Sundays because some bar
ters complained me ttunuay hiw was
violated by other barbers. His mo
tion was lost without a second. The
bill of the March Hotel for $150 for
granolithic on First avenue' was or
dered paid. This was agreed on be
fore the work was started-
" Daaee' Tonight ; -.
,-v. Complimentary to a number of
young people who are guests at his
home on State street and Fifth ave
nue, Mr. Dermot Shemwell will give
a Jance to-night in the armory.
The guests of Mr, and Mrs. Shem
well are Misses May Wilson Foy,
Louise Foy, and Foy Pitta; Mrs. C. K.
Hartzell, and Mr. Humphreys Foy, of
Eufaula, Ala and Miss Luna Thomp
son of Salisbury- Richardson's band
of Greensboro will furnish the music.
Monday night Messrs. ' Wade H.
Phillips and B. I. Bugg gave a dance
complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Shem
well 's guests in the. armory and it
proved to be one of the most enjoy
able Lexington society has known.
A number of young people
from neighboring towns attended.
The Thomasvllle orchestra furnished
the musks. ,
Terneat Opposes Lee Statoe,
In lta 33rd annual convention last
Thursday at Montpeller, the Vermont
O. A. R. department adopted a reso
lution condemning the action of Vir
ginia In placing Lee's statue in the
national hall of fame. The Union
veterans generslly are bitterly op
poeed to the statue.
Btorm at Btatesvtne.
Sumlny afternoon a severe storm
hit i .'. !;!e and vicinity. - Rain
yim: 1 : ' "i, I' ground was almost
r iv i v i l i l and lightning struck
: ' ti end a new resl-
, I ! a liurt ,
Bare Hsskal Treat,
Miss Adelaide White, of Salisbury,
who has had a class in voice culture
here for some months past, with her
pupils and Miss Virginia Busby, of
Salisbury, were at home to friends at
the studio in the Raper building Fri
day night; and their delightful ren
dition of a most excellent program
was keenly enjoyed by the music lov
ers present Miss White Is possessed
of especially fine gifts and the pro-
ficience of her pupils was nigniy
complimentary to her work. Miss
Busby, piano soloist and accompan
ist likewise Is a talented musician
and her parts of the program were
rendered in true artlstlo manner.
Those taking Dart In the program
were Mesdames Z. 1. Walser, Dermot
Shemwell and W. O. Penry; Misses
Edith Greer and Arllne Trice; and
Messrs. - a. F. Hanklns. Clarence
Grimes, and Wade H. Phillips; and
Mr. Joseph O. White, Jr., of Salisbury.
Following: the music, an informal
reception was held and punch served.
The Tnompson-McTlwalne Wedding.
Wednesday at 6 o'clock p. m. the
wedding of Kev. William T. Thomp
son, Jr., pastor, of the , Lexington
Presbyterian church, and Miss Anna
Claiborne Mcllwalne, occurred in
the Second , Presbyterian church at
Petersburg, Va. Of the event Tne
Petersburg Index-Appeal says; "The
decorattons at home and church were
terns, palms and daises. Rev. Au
gustus Worth Shaw, of North Caro
lina, was , best man, and Miss Luck
Atkinson Mcllwalne, sister of the
bride, was maid - of honor. The
bridesmaids were Misses Donaia . r.
Claiborne. Catherine F. B. Mann,
Mary P. Mcllwalne, Lucy Mcl. Davis,
Isabel L. Martin, and Mary 'Gray
Harrison, all of Petersburg; Misses
Bessie B. Gammon, of Fredericks
burg, and Roxllane Edwards, of Ma
con, Ga.
"The ushers were Messrs. Wm. B.
Mcllwalne, Jr., J. Nat Harrison,
Thomas J. Holden, Lemuel Roy Jones,
of Petersburg; Thomas K. Young, of
West Virginia, J. Harry-Whltmore, of
Charlottesville, George Toung, of
Washington, D. C, and Charles Mill
er, of North Chevy Chase.
"The bride wore Ivory chameuse
with rose point lace, her tulle veil
caueht with orange blossoms, and
carried an, old-fashioned boquet of
bride's roses and lllllen of the valley.
The bridesmaids carried field daises
In rustic hats tied with green ribbons
and wore white organdie with green
sashes. The maid of honor also wore
whtte organdie and carried maiden
hair fern. ' The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. William f. Thompson,
Sr., of Washington, D. C, father of
the groom. The marriage was fol
lowed by an informal ; reception., tor
the family and bridal party at the
home of the bride's parents; The
bride Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William B. Mcllwalne, and a great fa
vorite with all who know her..
r Mr. A, Hill Evans Dead,
; Monday night Mr. A. Hill Evans
died as a result of a stroke of paraly
sis sustained Saturday evening about
7:30. From the first it was known
that he could hardly survive and
Monday afternoon his family realized
fully that the. end could not be. far
off. r Mr. Evans, who with a son con'
ducted a mercantile business on low
er Main, street, was delivering a sack
of feed Saturday evening at. tne resi
dence of Mr. John Harkey when the
stroke came. At first he was able to
apeak a few words and indicate his
trouble, but upon being carried home,
he could no longer exercise any fac
ulty and lapsed Into unconsciousness
from which he never aroused. There
was no premonition of the stroke, al
though he had not been In. very good
health during the summer. . He was
50 years old the 8th of May, and was
born and reared near Lexington. Three
years ago .he moved from his farm
to town and set up a store that has
enjoyed a large patronage. ' In 1881
he married Miss Sarah Eliza Gobble,
who with six children survives. These
are Measrs. A. H., Jr., W. V., Jesse
L, John B., and Harvey L. Evans, all
well known, thrifty and well-to-do
young gentlemen, and . Miss Dlca
Evans. Mr. John B. Evans' recently
left for Russell, Kans., and he was at
one notified. Mr. Evans was a mem
ber of the Bhlloh Methodist Protes
tant church, where he will be buried.
No arrangements have' been made
because the son in Kansas - has not
arrived. ,. . - 'i.
KegVa's; Shanks Withstand Tsnnder
..:' Bolt,.,
A Monday message from ; Winston
says: Lightning struck tne snanks
of William Graham, a negro, yester
day afternoon, on Eighth street, and
stripped him of his shoes and socks,
not Injuring him, however. In any way,
outside of mental anguish, so to
speak, for William was surely scared.
His wife, who was In the room at the
time, was also uninjured. The light
ning ran down the chimney during
the severe' electrical storm which
swept through the oity, and tore np
the bureau, before It divested Wll
Ham of bis shoes and stockings, be
sides ripping his trousers also from
the, ankle to the knee. Many per
sons in the neighborhood visited the
scene and William showed them the
corroborating garments.
Disastrous Explosion at Fremoat,
A dispatch Monday from Fremont
says: The saw mill plant and eleo
trio light plant owned by Mr. W. B.
Floats exploded and went about uiir
ty feet into the air. . The electric light
plant and also the saw mill plant are
total wrecks. Mr. W. B. Floals was ser
iously Injured; he is terribly scald
ed, and it is feared he will die. Lon
nle Simmons, one of the colored em
ployes, Is also terribly scalded, but ft
Is thought that be will recover. The
loss is estimated at about $16,000.
The plant will be replaced, but it will
require about sixty oays to ao it
A Farmer's Heavy Less.
B. Howard, a farmer at Garner, lost
heavily by robbery and Are the other
nlKht when a thief stole a fine horse
and buggy and set fire to the barn to
hide his crime, burning four mules
and other property aggregating $2,-
0U0. . .
PBIXABT HEIT SATURDAY.
Democrats WM Express Choice ef
State Officers and Will Same
- Delegates to Convention.
Next Saturday, June 25, at X p. m.
the democrats of Davidson county
will assemble at their respective pre
cincts for the purpose of expressing
their preference as to state officers
to be elected this year, and to name
delegates to a county convention that
will be held in the courthouse at Lex
ington Saturday July 2, at noon, which
convention will then name delegates
to attend the state, congressional, ju
dicial and state senatorial conventions.-
. .
To obviate any possible confusion,
It Is pointed out that this primary and
convention have nothing whatever to
do with county offices. -
The leading officer to be voted for.
of course, is the chief justice of the
supreme court of North Carolina.
Judge Clark, tha incumbent has no
opposition, and will be renominated
by acclamation. Two associate jus
tices are to be nominated, the places
now filled by Justices J. S. Manning
and Piatt D. Walker. Judge W. R.
Allen Is a candidate for the position
of Judge Manning, who was appoint
ed by the governor to succeed -Judge
Connor,. upon the latter's elevation to
the eastern federal judgshtp. ......
Two corporation commissioners are
up'for nomination, W. T. Lee for the
western oommlssionershlp and Henry
C. Brown for the central place on the
board. ' Mr. Brown was appointed to
succeed Commissioner B. F. Aycock,
deceased. . .
Then there are the candidates in the
judicial district. Judge B. F, Long,
Incumbent, is a candidate to succeed
himself, and R. Lee Wright, of Salis
bury, Is his opponent- Solicitor W. C.
Hammer will be a candidate if the
folks want him, and R. E. Austin, of
Albemarle is a candidate.
Mr. Page, our congressman, has no
opponent, and this year Davidson has
nothing to do with the senatorial con
vention save endorse ' what Stanly
and Union counties do. It being tbelr
time to name the senators.
Chairman Phillips, in a card, re
minds the democrats of this meeting
Saturday at 2 o'clock in their pre
cincts and urges a full attendance.
Every democrat owes it to himself
and to his party to be present And
Captain F. C. Robbing said in his card
last . week: "The primary is the be
ginning point, and all good men ought
to take enough Interest In public mat
ters to induce them to attend these
meetings and make, their wishes
known." - . .
Let every democrat assemble at his
voting place at 2 .o'clock, Saturday.
' Xear-SafcldeV Tragic 'Comedy.
" His wife having left him, because
of his misdeeds, it is said, one Char
lie Kelly, a Charlotte man. Calmly
announced his determination to kill
himself, secured laudanum and went
to bed. His neighbors , hurriedly
gathered -and viewed him lying In the
grasp of death, muscles tense, breath
ing heavily gasping. A note was found
with the empty laudanum bottle, sta
ting the case. A doctor was sum
moned and he came with a' stomach
pump. So far the dying man made no
motion. . But when the physician be
gan to tickle his insldes with the tube
and to draw therefrom much whis
key but nary a drop of laudanum,
which had been poured out the win
dow, the man aroused himself, and In
a fury, cursed the entire company of
sympathetic neighbors, whereupon as
one man they arose and left 'him.' He
had been unable to carry through
his comedy designed to have a tragic
effect on the missing spouse.
The InthersB Normal.
. The third annual Sunday school
normal of the North Carolina synod
of the Lutheran church will be held
at Misenhetmer Springs July 5-7. Ev
ery sort of preparation has been made
made for the entertainment of the
visitors. The place is a resort, pleas
antly situated and has mineral water
unsurpassed. A great many people
will attend the normal. Any Sunday
school may send as many delegates as
it will provide for. The normal is
now self-supporting and no .limit is
put to the representation.
Lonely Old Man Kills Himself.
Saturday evening In the cemetery
at Concord, the dead body of
William Skinner, ..a tinner, was
found by three ladles, , with
a pistol hole through the breast
Since his wife's death he had been
despondent and was evidently unbal
anced, but for all that the loss of his
wife must have made him very lone
ly, for be left a pathetic note saying
he was lonely: "Mother is in heav
en. I don't know where I will go.
life Is no pleasure to me since I lost
her." He was 60 years old and a re
spected man. Five children survive.
; High Folnt Wins Oat
The case of Mrs. Fuqua, suing for
damages for alleged injuries received
on a street la High Point was non
suited In Rockingham county conrt
last week. The city also won in the
case of Dr.. C. Reltael, who was
awarded only $5 In a suit for dam
ages. W. C Jones, alleging damage
to property by the opening of a street
won a verdict against the city for
$700.'.;.: .... tj j v .. . V
'' , Cengressmaa Webb Seated.
J. A. Smith, of the ninth district,
was the republican candidate for con
gress in 1908 against Congressman
Yates Webb, and naturally he was
beaten; but he cried fraud and carried
a contest to congress. The elections
commltttee of the house has decided
that Smith's case has no merit what
ever and likewise hit him a blow, by
refusing to allow him the usual $2,
000 allowed contestants. . He may get
it through lobbying, and he may not
Emnerer BUI Classics Excess ef Beer.
The kaiser It sick and Dr. Doyden,
a specialist in Paris, has declared
that his disorder Is due to too much
beer. This is indignantly denied In
Berlin, the emperor's phyntclans
saying that their royal patient docs
not Indulge In any sort of bonta. Any
way It might improve tils iuUn to
move to a near-beer country.
FHEXOXXXAlt LOT SALE.
Soathbeaad Investment Company
Breaks Real Estate Records On
Its Opening Day.
One of the most Interestingly novel
realty sales ever conducted in North
Carolina was held' Saturday by the
Southbound Investment Company in
the new addition called College
Heights, in the vicinity of the South
bound depot site. ' Sixty-one lots were
sold without fuss or fanfare, Lexing
ton people buying most of them, but
people from Guilford, Rowan and
Mecklenburg purchased quite a num
ber. . -
The sale was In the nature of a nio-
nlc. There was a large, rood hum
ored crowd, free lemonade, free lunch,
tree cigars and tree carriages; and a
brass band, the kid band of High
Point under Mr. S. E. Tucker. - Four
balloons were sent up, to one of which
was attached a dollar, to be won by
him who got It Odell Beck proved
to be a veritable "dollar chaser," for
he outran the balloon1 and made the
eagle scream. -
There was keen interest in the free
lot drawing, and when .it came off,, the
lucky card bore the name of Robert
Humphreys, small son of Mr. Victor
Humphreys. The lad, not being pres
ent unfortunately tor him, lost his
lot, which went to the next card
drawn, that of Mrs. John Hodges.
The 61 lots sold ranged in value
frohl $25 to $350. .They were sold by
Mr. H. B. Varner, general sales man
ager and an officer til the company,
assisted by Mr. C. M. Miller, of Sal
isbury, and his two sons, and Prof.
W. M. Brown. The novelty of the
way the sale was made aroused in
terest No auctioneer cried the sale.
Each lot was tagged and priced, and
all the purchaser had to do was sim
ply to walk up and Inspect; If he
liked, he bought; If be didn't like, he
didn't buy. -
This Is only the opening day as
advertised. The sale is still on and
will continue until the 30th of July,
after which all Unsold lots will be
advanced 25 per pent above their
present price. At the close of the
sale a $350 lot will be given away,
chances being open to purchasers of
lots only. Every man who buys a
lot has a chance.'
. Teachers Elect Officers,
The teachers adjourned ithelr an
nual meeting at Aaheville Friday. Of
ficers were elected as follows: Pres
ident, Charles L. "Coon, of the Wil
son schools; vice-president E. ' C.
Brooks, Trinity College; secretary
and treasurer, R. Dv ;W. Connor, Ral
eigh; P. H. Nance, f Nash county,
was made president of the department
of secondary e4uca',TV with H.
Mebane, of Newton' secretary. .'. One
of the best speeches delivered was by
Clarence H. Poe, of The 'Progressive
Farmer, He talked on adapting edu
cation to rural life. "Yon have
taught boys all about Greek and Lat
in roots," he said, "but you haven't
taught them anything about ' corn
roots." He said the whole education
al Bystem, methods, next books and
all had been made by city people for
city children in city schools. Many
of the books bad all about longitude
and such stuff, but none of them told
the farmer boy about mixing a grain
ration or. making nitrogen in soils
or how to judge the value of fertili
zer; yet the south spent fifty '.million
dollars for fertilizer and eleven mil
lion for education. A boy was asked
what part of speech was a girl, and
replied that she wasnt a part at all,
but the whole business; and so Is
agriculture, yet we have neglected it
There Is now an important move
ment In North Carolina to incorpor
ate the teaching of practical agricul
ture in the public schools, and to es
tablish high schools for the same
work.- . ..;',
All Are o Canty.
Messrs. Murphy, of Rowan, Gwalt
ney, of Alexander, Doughton, of Alle
ghany, and Caldwell, of Iredell, dem
ocratic candidates for the congres
sional nomination, are severally pro
nounced not guilty of having cast a
republican vote for either Blackburn
or Cowles. Their innocence is ac
cepted generally and the rumor pro
nounced maliciously false. The ru
mor was, as we heard it that Dough
ton voted for Blackburn in turn for
having been helped by him when Black
burn was a federal commissioner and
Doughton had thrashed a mall carrier
for not giving him room In the road.
Mr. Doughton says, "I have been
voting the democratic, ticket 22 years
and never cast a republican vote In
my life." " v .
Xrs. Charles W. Morse's Troubles.
Mrs. Charles W. Morse is In Atlan
ta, Ga., where her husband Is fed
eral prisoner because' she wished to
be away from New York when the
auctioneer commissioned to sell her
hold goods valued at $300,000 went to
the Fifth avenue borne to make in
ventory of everything in the house
preparatory to the sale which will
take place on June 23. Many of these
are treasures collected by Mrs. Morse
and her husband in ' Europe - and
America and have sentimental as well
as intrinsic value. - According to Mrs.
Morse's friends the ordeal of show
ing and assisting In cataloging them
was more than she could bring her
self to face. . - ,
: Stanly Fanner Suicides, ,
John Love, a farmer at Locust
Stanly county, hanged himself at the
homo of his father, Mumford Love,
Thursday Bight He was found Fri
day morning by his father. Love was
26 years old anil had been In bad
health for a year. Recently his mind
became affected, but he never so much
as intimated a desire to kill himself.
lOf late he had been extremely ner
vous, walking his room of nights and
taking long walks In the fields.
Dael la a Pnlplt.
Rev.- Robert Hanover and Rev. Isaac
Perry, two rival Baptist ' preachers,
fought with knives In the pulpit of
Rock Creek Baptist church, Ken
tucky, Saturday and Hanover's throat
was cut from ear to ear. He died
oon a -r. The trouble started over
d.i .'unions In the church.'
BOOSE YELT AT HOME.
Ex-President Gliea a Most Flattering
Welcome ea His Arrival la Mew
. Isrk Satarday.
After an absence of a year and a
quarter Theodore Roosevelt returned
to the United States last Saturday
and was received In New York by tens
of thousands of people who gathered
from all parts of the republic to pay
homage to a man who, to say the
least Is one of the most remarkable
men living in the world today, and
who is claimed to be the most popu
lar and greatest living American cit
izen. One writer says that he has
but to stick out his toe, pope-like, and
12,000,000 American voters will march
up and kiss It
The newspapers and all the maga
zines for days have been filled with
news stories and critical articles
about the former president His
spectacular Invasion of the jungles of
Africa, where he proved himself a
mighty hunter, nia successful emer
gence therefrom, and a his triumphal
tour of Europe, all have combined to
make him the most talked-of man in
all the world. In Europe he visited
most of the royal courts and did not
hesitate to hand out advice to king
and peasant alike. In, England he
told the English to their faces if they
couldnl do a better job In Egypt
than they are doing, they ought to get
out of that ancient country. Through
out his amazing journey of 15 months
he has remained the bustling, vigor
ous, outspoken, upstanding man who
lived in the white house for seven
years. He returns without a word of
politics, but it is inevitable that he
will plunge Into the campaign of the
summer and fall and try to stem the
tide for his party in those states the
people have grown weary of standpat
republicanism. It Is freely predicted
that he will allow himself to be run
for president inn 1912. That he can
get it as easily as taking candy from
a child Is generally conceded.
Perhaps no citizen since the found
ing of the republic ever received
such a tremendous welcome as the
returning statesman did last Satur
day. Added to the hundreds of thou
sands of New York were countless
thousands from all the states. These
formed into a monster parade. Many
organizations were represented, from
the national highway autolsts land
the Rough Riders to prominent busi
ness and political Institutions. A
very good sample of the spirit of the
crowd is given herewith: A steve
dore unloading a ship laid dowoi his
nook to watch and wait for the ex
president t
"HI!" shouted his foreman. "If you
dont come back here, I'll dock you
an nour. ..
"Dock me a week!" shouted back
the stevedore. "I am going to have a
look at Teddy." Another man, wheth
er from ill-advised humor or real Ig
norance, asked, "Who Is this Rfiose-
veu, anynowr
He was picked out of the-river by
a policeman and sent to a hospital
for repairs. "
Such was the humor of the mob
which stood on tiptoe to get first
glimpse of Roosevelt
He went down the line of parade
standing in hla carriage, hat In hand,
bowing right and left and shouting
"Glad to see you, very glad indeed!"
Everything was there, including the
Roosevelt grin, 'and it was not con
cealed at anytime.
"Who'll be our next- president?"
yelled a man through a megaphone.
As one man, thousands in the
crowded street answered:
"Teddy." Everywhere it was "Ted
dy, Teddy, bully for you Teddy; eat
'em alive Teddy; good boy Teddy;"
and everywhere he responded, "Glad
to see you, dee-lighted."
From New York he went to his
home at Oyster Bay, and it was said
on Sunday that he rested. x
. From the following rest was ap
parently needed: He traveled 9,300
miles from New York to -Mombasa,
Africa; 10,000 miles in Africa; 1,020
miles to Italy; 6,313 miles in Europe,
and 2,800 miles home. Total, 28,433
miles, much of which, of course, was
on boat and rail.
Omnlbas Bill Reported.
An omnibus public building will
was reported to the bouse Saturday,
carrying an aggregate for new build
ings, old ones and sites of $19,288,500,
with three millions more for carrying
on various contracts. The amount re
ported is but one-twelth as much as
the numerous bills called for. Con
gressmen .wanted $226,000,000 of
"pork" for their districts.
Among the states North Carolina
towns get as follows: Greenville and
Monroe, $45,000; Hickory, $60,000;
Hendersonvllle and Rocky Mount,
$70,000 each; Tarboro, $50;, Wtlkes
boro, $60,000; Winston-Salem, $60,
000 and Charlotte $50,000, with more
to come.
Patterson dominated la Tennessee.
Governor Malcolm R. Patterson
was re-nominated by the democrats
for governor last Thursday for a
third term, and Denton McMillan, a
former governor, was named for the
senate against Senator James B. Fra
zier. A judicial- ticket was also nom
inated. The opposition, generally
termed the dry element of the party,
will run an Independent judicial tick
et and Frailer, who refused to enter
the primary, may run independently.
While declaring unreservedly against
the open saloon, the convention stood
for restoring local self-government to
the larger cities and the repeal of the
law prohibiting the manufacture of
whiskey In the state was condemned
and Its repeal 'guaranteed.
Farmers Union to Charlotte.
Tha next general convention of the
Farmers Union will be held Id Char
lotto September 16, next Several of
the big cities south wanted It and
tried hard for it but Charlotte won.
It will be a big meeting and will draw
people from many states. -
Editor to Marry.
Editor J. D. Blvens, of Albemarle,
and Miss Sara W. Staples, of Relds
vllle, will be wedded June SO. Mr.
Btvatia owns The Albemarle Enter
prise, one of the beat weeklies In the
state. Miss BtRnles li the daughter
of Mr. John G. fciaples.
Colored Graduate Stands Pat
Whenever the direct issue of so
cial equality is raised In a Yankee
community, the community gets as
wratby as any southern town. Up
here in East Orange, N. J., a class of
80 students will graduate next Friday
and their annual class dance will be
held then. Among the sweet girls sre
many whose parents are extremely
wealthy and well-to-do. Also among
them Is a colored girl, Isabel Dander
vail, whose father is well-to-do, be
ing rich. The white girls said to her
casually sometime since. "Well, you
don t want to go to the dance; we'll
just buy your ticket." Each girl is
entitled to a ticket, of course. What
happened? Isabel told them straight
out that she not only would not sell
tne ticket but she aimed to go and
take her negro beau to boot The
class thereupon aviated, which la
modern for going straight up in the
air. The girl's father says he will
go to law to get hla rights.. They
are at it hammer and tonga and the
white people say rather than have Is
abel present, they will stop the dance.
we are glad these little matters come
to the surface north of us.
Government Returns Bill.
The much-talked-of indictment of
certain cotton speculators took an in
teresting turn Friday when the feder
al grand jury in New York returned
its bill of indictment and the govern
ment came out in the open. The
prominent men- named are James A
Patten, Eugene B. Scales, Frank B.
Hayne, William P. Brown and M. H.
RothBchlld. S. J. J. Herman, R. M.
Thompson and Charles A Kittle were
not present and bench warants were
issued for them. Many southern cot
ton mills are named as co-con.lra-tors
to boost the price of cotton in
monopolistic way, among them being
the Cannon mills, of Concord, the Hen
rietta mills, Caroleen, and Mecklen
burg mills of Charlotte. These, how
ever, are not included In the indict
ment
It is very plain to many that it Yan
kee speculators, who wished to beat
down cotton, had won on the mar
kets. Uncle Sam would have beon as
mum as two oysters. Not that mar
ket gambling is defended. It just
happened to be to the south's advan
tage and the republican administra
tion has undertaken to swat the
south.
Red Buck Bryant Resigns.
Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, known far and
wide as "Red Buck," who has been
writing racy copy for The Charlotte
Observer In any and all capacities
tor twenty years, has resigned to take
effect July 1, and will go to Missoula,
Mont, where he will be with The
Dally 'Missoullan. ' He is at present
Washington correspondent for The
Observer. The resignation will raise
a howl of protest from congressman
to crapshooters, for Red Buck wrote
of them all and delighted ell classes,
especially foxhunters.
The Missoullan Is a republican pa
per and Is controlled by Senator Joe
M. Dlxonv the able Montana statesman
who was born in North Carolina
Guilford county.
N. Glenn Williams Found Guilty.
N. Gleno Williams and Thomas
Craft were found guilty in federal
court at Greensboro test Friday, and
Mrs. Eliza Craft was discharged. They
were indicted for alleged frauds
against the government in connection,
with the postofflce maintained at the
Williams distillery In Yadkin county.
In order to hold the postofflce and
swell the receipts, It was charged
that they manipulated stamp sales
against the law.
Poisoned People With Cholera Bacilli.
A Russian doctor at St. Petersburg,
with a name that sounds like a
sneeze, has confessed that he used
cholera bacilli to kill scores of people,
some of them in high position, even
among the Imperial family Itself.
Where the. bomb would have got him
Into trouble, the little bugs acted
beautifully and .silently. Czar Nich
olas Is showing the liveliest Interest
In the Investigation, and there s a rea
son. If this doctor with the name like
a sneeze can kill off anybody he
pleases by merely Introducing a bug
to In their systems,- he can polish
off the little father himself.
Bidding for the Church Vote.
The Honorable D. M. Rosser, of
Rlverdale, Ga., has sawed out for him
self the most , unique political plat
form yet made. It has but one plank
and that plank says that Rosser, who
wants to be county treasurer, agrees
to give one-halt his commissions to
the white churches of the county if the
people "will elect him.
A democratic candidate for sheriff
In Catawba county says that while
he is ths oldest man running for the
place, be can throw down any of the
others four times out of five.. If this
is his platform, he sure is a militant
democrat and the boys would turn
out enmasse to watch his campaign.
Trolley Lines la Santa Carolina,
At a meeting of the cotton mills at
Laurens, S. C, last week, the direc
tors agreed to subscribe $25 a spin
dle to the capital stock of tha trolley
line company to connect Greenville,
Anderson and Spartanburg, with the
understanding that the company
would build from Greenville via Lau
rens to Clinton. Ths mills have 43,-
200 spindles. Tha mill section of
South Carolina has become vitally In
terested In electric lines and tha move
ment will be sure to create a great net
work of lines. - In this state It la not
being agitated so much but It is com
ing. The railroads talk of meeting
this new competition by placing gas-
electric cars on their steam roads.
operating them for local passenger
and irelgnt tramo. . ...
Seaboard Gives Vp Fight
A battle between the Seaboard Air
Line and the South Carolina corpora
tion commission ended Thursday In
a complete victory for the state, which
contended for a reduction of rates on
fertilizers. The new rates go Into ef
fect August 1. The other ratlroi
agreed to put In the rlncpd rates r
only ths 8. A. U rerun, d.
HEWS FBOX ETEBTWHEBE.
Can-eat Events la tha United States
and the World at Large Briefly
Set Forth.
TtlA ..in. nt loaf -araalr vara MmuL
al and heavy, doing Immense damage
to nronertv and narticutarlv to crnna.
wheat especially. .
A skeleton was unearthed where
the Southern Power Company exca
vations have been going on at Ninety
Nine Islands, & C.
When a man arrested for disturb
ing religious worship at Chicago ex
plained to tne judge that he smashed
tha parson on the nose for calling
him a liar, the judge discharged him.
There are tour auto lines from
Edgemont to Lin vllle and Blowing
Rock, connecting the terminus of the
C ft N-W. railroad with the famous
mountain resorts. The roads are fine
in that section.
Hickory has awarded a contract for
$55,498 for new streets and cement
sidewalks. Mr. Abee, who had con
tracts in Lexington is one of the firm
which secured the contract They
are to do the work for 3Vi per cent
Mrs. C. S. Hunter, a lady of Gra
ham, went to Greensboro Friday to
do some shopping, laid her handbag
containing a purse with $75 in it on a
seat in the waiting room at the sta
tion, and of course somebody got It
The sheriff of Iredell and two dep
uties made a raid Wednesday and
came back with a fine copper still
and copper attachments,- also with a
50-galLon barrel of liquor. It was
found near the home of Christy Hol
ler. The hookworm will be dealt anoth
er blow at Wrightsvllle tomorrow
when a congress will be held to dis
cuss his wormshlp, how to get people
to believe it is not a joke and what
is the best way to chase the worm
away.
While engaged in making out his
reports in the office of the master
mechanic of the Norfolk ft Southern
shops at New Bern Friday night Ar
thur Church, secretary, was" shot by
some unknown party, the ball landing
In his left arm.
Ten deaths In two days among the
1,600 negroes at Greenville, N. C
threw a scare into the colored pop
ulation who thought there waa some
thing of a fell nature at work, but in
vestigation proved that nothing more
than very natural causes bad to do)
with it .. .
A. B. Hatchett of Inman. S. C. in
charge of Southern railway construe
Uon work on the AsheWil division,
vas run over Friday mornlug and
instantly killed by his work tniln. He
was on the tracks and did not hear
the engine behind him. The body waa
mangled.
Carter Park, a young farmer in
North Carolina just over the state
line from Lancaster, met with a trag
ic and mysterious death last week.
He disappeared and could not be
found, and on Friday his body waa
discovered near a spring on his place.
the head being nearly shot off.
The arrest of the officers of the
United Wireless Telegraph Company
gave some Wilmington people dry
grins for they had Invested heavily
In the worthless stock. - They bit
deeper than any others in this state,
and on tne very evening of tha arrest
of the officers, bought $25,000.
The house last Friday adopted a'
new rule whereby a majority of the
members may at any time recall a
proposed law from a committee that
attempts to smother It In the past
wnenever the speaker or the great
house bosses didn't like a bill, they
simply put it in a pigeon, hole where
it remained forever.
Prof. J. D. Harris, a North Carolina
educator In Warrenton, Va., killed
Editor A. W. Thompson, of The War
renton Virginian, a year ago In a row
which had been brewing for some
time; was tried and convicted, getting
4 years. He appealed and got a new
trial. This time they believed what
he said about self-defense.
Lightning Friday struck an electric
wire two blocks from the home of
Mrs. J. E. Rich in Wilmington, ran
to a pole at a point directly in front
of her home, and then leaped to the
bouse, the bolt striking the - woman
with lull force. A sister near her was'
not harmed. The physician thought
Mrs. Rich would recover but she was
dreadfully drawn and jerky as a re
sult of the shock.
Rev. 8. W. Tucker, colored pastor
In Scuffletown, nearly Richmond, VA,
was arrested last wek lor bigamy, no
less than seven women claiming him
while two more wrote from North
Carolina saying they wanted hint too.
Americus Dudley went his ball for
$500 and Thursday was called on to
pay tt, as tha parson had skipped.
When arrested for prowling around a
negro's bouse. Tucker had a rabbit's
foot, a bottle , of gin and one of co
logne. -.
Richard Parr, who should bave had
a reward of over a million dollars for
uncovering the sugar graft business,
will get $100,000. The law ahould be
repealed, but while it Is on the books
they ought to pay a man what he is
entitled to. Tha law says a man who
uncovers such graft against the gov
ernment shall have from 35 to 60 per
cent of the amount the government
recovers. Pair's share, aa heretofore
stated, would have baen over $700
000 at minimum rates, or $1,700,009
at tha maximum.
For weeks past the domestic In
felicities of Walter Whlsnant
and wife , ot Charlotte, have
claimed attention in the news
papers. The two warred ovor t -
possession of their baby. 1 ln:y t, . i
the court this ami that e!nmt thoir
unhappy life.. V, . mint 1 1 u-a V ;
P"d the baby and wa 1 " i f r !-
I"I!'!' of court . i t. 1 . ' -i
up t:1 r - ! t
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