GOHffi Sffl TO DEFEND STATE ?AY* HI INTIND* TO CLEAR THE ?TATE OP THE LAWLEM ELEMENT. FOUGHT GUARDS FOR LIFE Hllletrom Said He Never Old Any thing Wrens and Died With a Clear Conaclenee. Mil uue ui7, l- lau.?uuTsruur Spry of Utah announced bis Intentions to "clear the state of the lawless ele ment that now Infests the state and see to It that inflammatory street speaking is stopped." The governor's statement came as the aftermath to the execution of Joseph Hlllstrom, a member of the 1. W W. and a native of Sweden, for the murder of J .G. Morrison and Morrison's son on January 1, 1>14. Hlllstrom was executed by a firing squad at T:4< a. m. When the officers want to get Hlll strom they found he had tied the door of his cell with strips torn from his blankets. He fought the guards fiercely with the handle of a broom he had snatched from an attendant in the corridor, but when he saw the sheriff he became calm, saying, "You cant blame a man for fighting for his lite." Accompanied by the officers he walked to the death chair. After he was seated they asked him if he had anything to say. He said: "Gentlemen, I die with a clear con science. I never did anything wrong in my life. I die fighting, not like a coward. Well, I'm going, good-bye." When the officer started to give the command to fire Hlllstrom yelled "Fire." The squad fired and the bul lets pierced his heart. He was dead in one minute and 10 seconds. None of HlUstrom's I. W. W. friends wit nessed the execution. In his statement Governor Spry said; "Every lawbreaker, every man who defies law and order, every man who is opposed to. law and order?call themselves what they will?will be driven out of the state. I am going to see that the work is started at once. If the city officers and others whose duty it Is do not do so, I will do it myself. I am going to see that Inflammatory street speaking is stop per and at once, let them call it Tree speech' or any other name they wish." " ' '' The governor said the militia would be used If necessary to clear the state of the men who have been "writing threatening letters and mak ing incendiary speeches." PROTEST TO BELLIGERENTS. American Note on Contraband It Neering Completion. Washington. ? America'! protest against the placing of nearly all articles of commerce on the contra band Usts of European belligerents will go to Germany and Austria as well as to Great Britain and her Allies. In the last note to Great Britain regarding Interferences with neutral trade. Secretary Lansing gars notice , of an Intention to make contraband / the subject of a later communication and preparation of this document al ready Is In progress. It become known that when It Is forwarded to London, virtually Identical notes will be despatched to the Teutonic Allies and to France and Italy. London Curtail* Liquor Trad*. London.?The threatened order cur talling the aale ot intozlcat* In Great er London haa been Issued. Attar November It, the trade will be con fined to Are and one-halt hours on I week day* and five hour* on Sundays Found Portrait of Washington. Baltimore.?8. O. Cooper, a New Torh artist, discovered In a Baltimore second hand shop a portrait of George Washington painted by Rembrandt Peale, a famous portrait painter ot the early part of the last century. Villa Claims a Success. Nog&les. Arts?The battle for pos session of Hermoslllo, capital of Son ova, has been In progress tor two days according to advices received at Nog ales. Sonora, opposite here, by Villa officials. It was also reported that GenvraTObregon, the Carransa leader was repulsed lr^ an igagement near Canea. Carlos tlaudall, acting Villa governor of Sonora. declared that dis patches received by him Indicated that General Obregon had been com pletely routed. In the fighting north of Cananea. Increase In Coat Tar Dyea. Washington. ? Important Increases in the production of coal tar dyes in the United States since the beginning of the European war are reported In an official statement by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Near ly all the American coke ovens now are equipped to produce coal tar basse from which the dyes are manufactur ed. Meanwhile, the demand for the same bases for the manufacture of explosives has kept prices so high that the dyestutr industry has been hamp ered. Army Promotions. Washington.?Brig. Gen Tasker H. Bliss, assistant chief of the staff of the army, became a major general upon the retirement of Major General Wil liam H. Carter. Col. John E. Morrison of the Fir tenth Infantry bow at Tientsin. China, i will he promoted to a brigadier gener alship. taking the place of General Bliss in the Una General Bliss will continue as assistant chief oi staff with the probability of succeeding Major S< ott as chief upon the lattsris retirement In 1917. HON. CLAUDE KITCHIN Claud* Kitchen, majority loadar of th* House, who oppose* th* Adminis tration National define# program, ha* d*?lar*d hi* b*ll*f that It will *uoc**d by an "overwhelming majority." 3,000,000 ARE DESTITUTE APPEAL TO AMERICA ISSUED BY COMMISSION FOR RELIEFJN BELGIUM. ? ? ? Woman and Children Must Be Clothed Thla Winter?Nine Million Whole ly or Partly Destitute. 'New York.?Oyer 3,000,000 persona in Belgium and Northern France, mostly women and young children, must be clothed and shod by Christ mas. It the garments and shoes for those destitute people are not forth coming at once, their sufferings dur ing the winter will become desperate. Such is the note of an urgent ap peal Issued to the people of the United States by the commission for relief In Belgium. The New York committee hare received from Mr. Herbert Hoover, chairman of the commission, the followfng statement: "It appears to me that It is neces sary 'for us to go frankly to the American people and ask them to clothe the destitute In the occupied areas of Belgium and northern France during the coming winter. "There are 9,000,000 people In these areas and of these over one-third are now either wholly or partially desti tute and are today receiving that* food either wholly or partially vrlW out payment. "As you know we ? have set up economlo measures baaed on the ability of a portion of the population to pay for Its food which, with the contributions of other countries, en ables us for the present to find the bare mlnmum of food supplies for the whole 9,000,000 people, but we have no reserves with which to pro vide clothing tor the destitute. We now plead for help on their behalf. "Even If these 9,000,000 people had money they could nod Import clothes, or the raw materials with which to manufacture them, through the blockade Into an area under military occupation. "It is a certainty that the undue exposure of underclad men, women and children to the bitter winter win greatly increase mortaltly. The cloth ing tor these people can be provided only. If we receive gift supplies for the purpose. We must depend upon the American people." KINO PETER SEEK* DEATH. Tails Serbians Whsn Hs Is Dead They Can Flea ar Surrender. Salonlki. vis London.?After heavy (1 *hting with the reinforced Bulga rians troops in southern Serbia the French were compelled to retire at two points In the Tlclnlty of Qradlsce, 12 miles north of the Oreek border. Old Serbia Is lost and new Serbia Is In a precarious condition. In the opinion of M. Jacowscheff, secretary of the Russian Legation In Greece, who arrlTed here from Mttrovltxa, western Serbia, by way of Albania. Tbe secretary asserted the Ser bians at Babuna Pass could not hold out much longer, and that the only hope was that the Serbian force con centrated at MltrorlUa would prove to be strong enough to take the offen sive and advance through Tetovo to wards MSnastlr. The morale of the Serbalns Is splendid," he continued. "Half train ed recruits march to battle singing like veterans. Their aged King Peter is lighting In the trenches, clad In the uniform of a private. He seeks death, saying: 'When I am ktl)ed you can flee or surrender.' Some Tasks For Congress. Washington.?Revision of the Fed eral neutrality laws so the department of Justice can deal with offences dlffl | cult if not impossible to reach under existing statutes Is one of the tasks congress will be asked to undertake at the coming session. This was among subjects discussed at the cabi net meeting and Attorney General Gregory afterwards said his depart ment would ask for a change In the Sherman anti-trust act so there would be no question about Its application to conspiracies. Albright Heads Coast Llns. ' Richmond. Vs.?W. N. Royal 1 ten dered his resignation as general man ager of tbe Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company, at the annual meeting of stockholders of that road, held here and P R. Albright, who bas been as sistant general manager, was promot ed to the position. Mr. Royall's re tirement from the service eras because of Ill-health. All of the present mem bers of the board were re-elected. At: a meeting of the board of directors a dividend of. 2 1-2 per cent on the common stock" was declared. I % '; . ?.. . , - ".i i .. '4. NAVY PLANNING FOR TWO MONSTER SHIPS IN FIRST YEAR'S FART OF THE FIVE-YEAR BUILDING PRO GRAM. TO BE LARGEST IN WORLD 33,000-Ton Crfft of the CaHfornlo Clooo, Cinwt Begin Until Naxt Bummtr For Look of Stool. Washington.?Tentative plana are being considered .Secretary Daniels said, tor two 36,000-ton battleships to be included In the first year's part of the fire-year building program Cou greas will be asked to approve There are no warships so large afloat any where In the world. The biggest ever designed for the American Navy are the 31000-ton craft of the California class, bids tor two of which were re ceived. Part of the Increased displacement in the newest ships will be due to changed hull construction to provide additional torpedo defense bulkheads. While the ship's general charactris tics have not been disclosed, they probably will have Increased arma ment and speed. The navy has de veloped a 16-lnch rifle, and the new ships may carry 10 or more of these it developments of the European war Indicate the wisdom of mounting them. The largest guns now afloat are the 13-inch weapons of European nayies, which the American 14-lnch rifle is said to equal for all practical purposes. Maximum speed of American bat tleship now built or authorized is 31 knots, although European first line ships go considerably above that. It is considered probable that a speed of perhaps 25 knots will be sought Secretary Daniels has received no report on the examination of private bids received for battleships 43 and 44, all of which appeared to be above the limit fixed by Congress. It Is un derstood. however, a careful analysis of the exceptions to advertised speci fications bears out the Indication that private builders will not attempt to construct the hulls and machinery of the ships within the 37,800,000 limit. Neither ship can be laid down be fore the next summer, it is said, for lack of structural steel, the war haw ing swept the American steel market clean. Secretary Daniels showed con siderable concern over this fact. He totimated that unless some arrange ments could be made with steel plants to_ insure preference for government orders Congress might be asked to act. An embargo on exportation of steel until the government's wants are supplied has been suggested. PLENTY OF COTTON. Germany Haa All tha Cotton She Naada For Military Purposes. Berlin, by wlreleu to SayrlUe.?Ger many not only has all the cotton she needs tor military purposes for sever al years, but new fields of supply are 1 now open to her, says the Overseas News Agency. Prevention of cotton shipments to Swltserland on the con tention that the material would find [ Its way to Germany and be used for making explosives will hurt the neu tral nation, but will not Injure Ger many. It declares. In commenting on Swiss reports that the Entente Pow ers have stopped cotton shipments for Swiss mills. "Competent German authorities state that the German army la satis factorily provided with cotton for sev eral years," this agency says. "In addition hugs quantities can be ob tained from Turkey by way of the Danube, and even If all shipments ware stopped Germany la provided with the material tor an Indefinite time." I lk.^? a.ll la. ???-. - Dallas. Tex.?The Liberty Bell he* left Dallas tor Lake Charles. La., on the last lap of Its tour through Texas, four hours and BO minutes behind schedule. Large crowds viewed the bell In Texas. Illegal Traffic In Munttlona. London.?A case having to do with alleged Illegal traffic In war material and Involving the name of the Duke ?of Manchester, was heard In the Bow Street Court. Victor Sly wag the de fendant In the case, charged with dealing In war materials without a> license. The prosecutor said that Sly's office had been searched and that a secret code with the Duke of Manchester, now In Paris, was found. The code covered various war mater ials and many cablegrams had passed between Sly and persons In New York. Evidence Against Austrian Consul. Washington.?Further Investigation of the activities of Austrian Consul General von Nuber and his associates will be made by the Department of Justice as a result of the conferenoe in New York between A. Bruce Bie laakl. Chief of the Bureau of Investi gations. and Dr. Joseph dorlcar, for mer Austrian Consul. A department statement announcing this also said that Information had been obtained which probably would lead to further Indictments for passport frauds. Furlough Canal isip^fte. Panama.?Owing to the tying up of the Panama Canal by the recent slide, many employes, mainly In the operating divisions, are being fur lough ed or given vacations, which Is taken here to Indicate that the canal will remain closed for a much longer time than was first expected. In most cases employes are being dismissed. It has been learned that Major Qen oral Qoethals intended to force a temporary channel through the slide as quickly as possible. si. -dUiULgf ?? , 1 r BRAND WHITLOCK ?rand Whitlock, American minister to Balglum, was compelled by III health ta take a lebve of abaanca and soma homa to recuperate. ITALY DENOUNCES DEED A COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED BY ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO NEUTRAL NATION*. "An Unparalleled Atrocity"?State ment Differs Materially From That of Auetrlan Government Washington. ? Secretary Laming personally received from Macchl dl Cellere, the Italian ambassador, a communication addressed by Italy to all neutral nations, denouncing as "an unparalleled atrocity" the linking of the Italian liner Ancoaa, with scores t neutrals and othar non-combatants aboard. The statement recites the circum stances of the attack, charging that "without even a blank shot" of warning, from the attacking subma rine, the vessel was shelled and that the killing and wounding of passen gers continued after the ship had stopped. No reference Is made to the nationality of the submarine. As yet Ambassador Penfleld has not been Instructed to call at the Vienna foreign office for Information, but he probably will be shortly In vlqjr of the Issuance of a statement by the Austro-Hungarlan admiralty de scribing the attack. Upon receipt of the facts as stated In Vienna the Washington govern ment will consdter whether any rights of American citlsens have been vio lated. The admiralty statement which has been seen by officials here In the press. Is at variance with that of Italy. It declares that the Ancona attempted to escape and was stopped only after repeated shelling. While officials were disinclined to comment In view of the contradictory Information, the general belief Is that the entire question of submarine war fare and the obligations of a subma rine commander to see that neutrals are In a place of safety before de stroying a prise will be taken up by the United States with the Austrian government CHURCHILL MAKES GOOD. Moit Criticised Man In Cablnat J rati fies Hlmsslf Befors House. London.?Winston Spencer Church Ul, who has been the most severely criticised member of the Government and who has been held personally re sponsible for the loss of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's fleet In the Padflc, the destruction by sub marines of the British cruisers Cressy, Hogue and Abouklr, the Ill fated Antwerp epedltion and the In itiation of the naval attack on the Dardanelles, delivered a speech In his own defense In the House of Com mons following the resignation of his post In the Cabinet. "I won't have it said," was his dramatic assertion referring to the Dardanelles attack, "that this was a civilian plan foisted by a political amateur upon reluctant officers and experts." And this sums up his reply to all his critics, la every case, he showed* that experts had counselled and cop I curred before any of the expeditions which had been condemned were un dertaken. and It was clear, before he had gone fpr, that the House of Com mons sympathised with him. Wa* Klllad Outright. WaahtnstOB.?The Supreme Court affirmed the action of the Tenneeeee Supreme Court In' letting aside a judgment against the Carolina. Clinch field and Ohio Railroad Company In favor of W. N. Showalter. as admin istrator of the estate of Robert K. Showalter, a fireman killed outright when his train ran Into a boulder. 8*rbians Captured. Berlin, via wireless to Sayvllle? Announcement was made by the war office of the capture of tt&OO Serbians with 12 cannon. Of these 7.600 pris oners and six cannon were, taken by the Bulgarians. Pursuit of the Serb blans Is being continued all along the front. The war office also announced a defeat of the Russians In Oallcla. The troops of General yon Llnslngen drove back the Russians from the west bank of the Styr River. The en tire west bank has now been cleared. Mellen Assumes Responsibility. New York.?Charles 8. Mellen, for mer president of the New York, New Haven A Hartford Railroad, assumed the responsibility for the New Haven's policy of acquiring New England trolley lines which the Government In the trial of the 11 former directors charges was a part of the New Ha ven's alleged plan to monopolise com merce. Mr. Mellen trectified that In 1904 he urged the necessity of a com prehensive plan of acquisition of trolley properties or else to drop the lines it had acquired. .O- r* _ , ? i SERBS SITUATION 1 ALMOST HOPELESS THE MAIN SERBIAN ARMY e.OOO limit of cast set by congress for the hulls and machinery of battleships Nos. 41 and 44. bids for which were opened at the nary department, con struction of both Teasels may be un dertaken at Government navy yards. Three gdvernment plants submitted estimates within the appropriation limit, but only one of them, the New Tork navy yard, is equipped to build vessels now. The lowest private bid was that of the Fore River Shipbuilding Com pany, Qutncy, Mass.. which submitted four alternate proposals. Mach was made under stipulated modifications of the department's specifications which apparently would bring the to cost far above the I7JOO.OOO maxi mum. The bids of the other two private bidders, the Newport News Shipbuild ing ft Dfydock Co.. and the New York Shipbuilding Company, also proposed modifications and a careful study wta be necessary before the exact cost of the ships can be determined under each bid. No Moro Merchandise for Qroooo. Paris?A Harao dispatch from Mar seilles says the goverfcment has order ed the port aathorities-.to accept no further shipments of merchandise de stined for Greece. Buffalo, Black Diamond, Klllod. New York.?Black Dalmond, the aged buffalo, whose likeness is print ed on 110 treasury notes and is stamp ed on the latest fire-cent pieces, was put to death here because of old ace. He was more than 20 years old and the largest bison In captlrity. He had been an Intimate of the Central Park corral for many years. ,B!ack Dia mond's hide, which measured 13 by 13 feet will be made into an automo bile robe. The bison weighed 1,100 pounds from which ISO pounds of dressed meat was obtained. Indicates Dlrecttlon of Fog Signal. New Tork.?Prof. A. O. Webster of Clark Unlrerslty, Worcester. Mass., told the atlonal Academy of Sciences of ah Instrument he had perfected tor finding the direction of a fog sig nal and which, he expects, will rob sea trarel of one of its greatest terrors. For years Professor Webster has ex perimented with every kind of sound wave. The Instrument for finding the direction of fog signals, is formed by means of a tuning fork arranged so as to hum In a resonator by the pas sage of an electric current Working en New Ship Bill. Washington.?A tentative draft ? of the new government ship purchase bill which will be urged by the admin istration at the coming session of con gress was considered at a conference at the treasury department Secretary Redfletd and Solicitor Thurman, of the department of commerce, .went over the proposed measure wKh Secretary McAdoo The draft follows the lines suggested by Secretary McAdoo in a recent speech outlining the purposes of the administration as to naval aux iliaries. ? TAR HEELS WILL GET CREDIT ?eeretary Daniels, Congressman Small and Others Chief Fightsrs Far . ' Waterways Movement. Savannah. Ga.?Should the nasi ooagreaa make sufficient appropria tions for be Mining work on a great chain of Inland waterways from Maine to the Gulf. North Carolina can Justly feel that no state in the Union had contributed more to the success of t^le project "?long the Atlantic coast a great number of rivers run through the variocy states. This system of Intra coastal waterways would Intersect and connect these rivers making a great trunk line. We have Improved these rivers before we actually con structed or began to construct the trunk Una. Three railroad trunk, llnaa run through the South, each of which has branches east and west from the main line. What would we think of the wisdom of p' railroad which would construct the branches before the main line? Afestern M. K. Conference In Session. Reidsville. ? The Western North Caroline Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met In twen ty-sixth annual session In Main Street church at Reidsville with Bishop Wal ter R. Lambeth. M.D., D.D., presiding. The opening worship was conducted by the bishop who announced Hymn No. 1, "Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing." The conference sang In the spirit as only a large body of minis ters can. the entire hymn. The bishop then offered a comprehensive and fer vent prayer after which he read the First Psalm and briefly^ commented on It The roll was then called by the former secretary, and 1M preachers and 11 lay members answered to thefr names. William L- Bherrlll was then nominated and elected secretary (or the twenty-second time. W. F. Sandford. .J. F. Kirk. W. T. Usry. W. A. Newell and J. B. Carpenter were elected assistant secretaries. The conference Is composed of 161 preachers who are full members of the same, together with 11 preachers who are yet on trail and 16 local preachers serving as supplies and 44 lay delegates besides 60 laymen who are members of the qusdrennlal boards, making s total of 410. not In cluding those who may apply this session for admission on trial, or the visitors to the Conference. Went Moonlight Sghoel Continued. Kinston. I? At the rural school known as Moas H1U In Lenoir coun ty there Is a class of grown ups, who have become so enthusiastic over their progress during the first half of moonlight school month that they are Insisting that the Moss Hill night school be continued through Decem ber. Remarkable specimens of hand writing have been received at the of fice of the county superintendent of schools here. Should Suy At Home. Thomasvllle.?The "majority of the chairs catalogued by the mall order houses are the product of Thomasvllle factories. Never a day passes but that several large shipments go di rect to the mall order bouses, while numerous email shipments are sent to their customers. Not very long ego a farmer living In Davidson coun ty ordered a set of dining chairs from a Chicago mall order house and upon arrival he found that they were made by a local factory and were wrapped In local newspapers. NORTH CAROLINA MARKET. _ ." ? Prion of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas, Butter, Ego*, Etc., on North Caro tins Markets Durfn? Past Week. Charlotte?Cotton, lie; cotton seed, 52Hc bu; corn. Me bu; oat*. 60c bu; N. C. b?tter. Sfic lb; ana. SOc doe. .. Danism?Cotton, llHc; cotton seed. Me bu; corn, 16c bu; oats. Me bu; pea*. IS bu; Irish potatoes, $2 bo!; eweet potatoes. Tie bu; apples; It bbl; Western butter. 10c lb; N. C. butter. Sic lb; esse. Sic doe. Flay ettevi lie?Cotton, lie: cotton seed. Mo bu; com, SOc bu; oaU. IT He bu; peaa, 11 bu; Irish potatoes. 12.75 bbl; sweet potatoes, 60c bu; apples. It 50 bbl; West ern butter. tOe lb; N. C butter .SOc tb; esse. SOc doe. Greenville?Cotton, lie; cotton seed. It He bu; corn, 85c bu; oats. Mc bu; peas. 11.10 ?bu; Irish potatoes. $2.50 bbl; sweat potatoes. SOc bu; Western butter. Sic lb; esse, SOc dos. Lumberton?Cotton. 10c; com, Me bu; oats. 60c bu; sweat potatoes, 60c bu; Wsstern buttsr. Sic lb; N. C. butter. Sic lb: ess*. SOc dos. Mas ton?Cotton. 10*c; cotton seed, SOc bu; com, 80c bu; oats. SOc bu; psae. $1 bu; sweet potatoes, SOc bu; Western but ter. SSc lb; N. C. butter. Sic lb; esse. SOc Monroe?Cotton. 11 %e; cotton eeod. 55c bu; corn, 61c bu; oats. SOc bu; peas. $1 bu; N. C. butter, SOc lb; ess*. 87c doe. Newton?Cotton, 11c; cotton seed. 50o bu: corn, 75c bu; oata, SOc bu; peaa. $1.71 bu; Irish potatoes. $2.25 bbl; eweet pota toes, 40c bu; apples. $8 bbl; N. C. butter, 32c lb; ens. 25c dos. Proxlmltyv-Cotton, 11c; com, 71c bu; oats. 55c bu; peas, |1.50 bu; Irish potatoes $2 bbl: sweet potatoes, 40c bu; apglss. $S bbl; Western butter. SSc lb; N. c. but ter. Sic lb; ess*. dos. Raleish?Cotton. 11c: com, 10c bu; oats. 60c; peas, 11.50 bu; Irish potatoes. 82 bbl; sweet potatoes. SOc bu; apples. $3.60 bbl; Western butter. 82c lb; N. C. buttsr, SOc lb; esse. 27c dos. Rocky Mount?Cotton, 10%c; cotton seed. 52Hc bu; sweet potatoes, 50c bu; Western butter. 84c lb; N. C. butter, 32c lb 20c dos. Salisbury?Cotton. HHc; cotton seed. 50c bu; com, 85c bu; oats, 15c bu; pass, $1.50 bu; Irish potatoes, $2.21 bbl. Scotland Neck?Cotton. 11c: cotton seed 54c bu ;corn, SSc bu; oats. Mc bu; peas, $1.75 bu; Irish potatoes. $2 bbl; sweet potatoes. 65c bu; N. C. butter, SOc lb; esse. 20c dos. ! Vanceboro?Cotton. 11c; cotton seed. 52o bu; com. 10c bu; cats. 76c bu; peas. 11.50 bu; sweet potatoes, 60c bu; Western but ter. 11c lb; ens, 26c do*. Winston-Ralem?rCorn. 75c bu; oats. 65c bu; Irish potatoes, $1.60 bbl; sweet pota toes, 40c bu; applss. $2.60 bbl; N. C. but tsr. 81c lb; en*, $7c do*. Atlanta?Cotton. 11 He; cotton seed, ?0c bu; peas. $1.50 bu; sweet potatoes, 60s bu; Western butter, SSc lb; ana 30c dos. Savannah?Cotton. 11 He; cotton sssd. Stc bu; com. 86c bu; oats. 55c bu; Irish potatoes., $2.36 bbl; sweet potatoes. 65c bu; apples. $3.50 bbl; Western bitter, 34He lb; N. C. butter, Sic lb; en*. $0o do*. Norfolk?Cotton, it He. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. ??? ? About SO are enrolled In the moon light schools In New Hanover county. W. T. Ferguson died at hie home ?ear Clyde at the reenlt of burnt re ceived In lighting Are which burned hit barn a week ago. Mr. Ferguaon was OS years old The lots to the state by reason of the destruction of state reports at well as other matter ready for publi cation In the Srit that wrecked the Until printing plant has been esti mated at 160,000 above all eipansea. TEACHERS TO HEM NOTABLE SMS ?UPT. JOYNKfV PREPARES INTER ESTING PROGRAM FOR MEET INQ IN RALEIGH. i "4(1 ' ' <* ' V " 'M NOW NINE ORGANIZATIONS Raleigh Woman Will Caro Par tho M Rural School Children Who A*, tond to llluatrato Teaching. Raleigh. ? Tho North Carolina reachero' Assembly holding tU thir ty-second annual meeting in Raleigh. November MM, will hare as spdaklng ~" attraction* Dr. Edwin A. Aldarman. prealdant of tho Uniformity of Vir ginia; Dr. David Sneddon, Massachu setts Commlaaloner of Education; Secretary Joseph us Danlola and Dr. A. E. Wlnahlp. adHor ol the Journal of Education, Boston. Nina leeching organisations are al lied with the parent body now com posed of several thousand members. The largest of those, the State Primary Teachers' Association, will hare a noted North Carolina woman, Mlas Latin Cobb, bead of Edlnboro State Normal School, Edlnboro, Pa., and others. The programs hare bean Issued from of office of State Superintendent J. T. Joyner, by Prof. B. E. Sams, secretary of tho Assembly. Tho lfllS meeting Is remarkable In many ways. Por the flrst time In all North Car olina a school school teaching, a woman presides orar the meetings. Miss Mary Owen Graham, of Char .otte, sister of President Graham of the University. Is president of the As sembly and will make the address this year. She was formerly president of the Bute Primary Teachers' Asso ciation The Woman's Club of Balalgh has assumed the duty of providing bomee for U rural school children who are to be here during the assembly, tor the special purpose of constitution demonstration schools to Illustrate methods of teaching to the mem bore of the assemly by the experts la charge. These children from the country are to be eared tor without charge and be here throughout the seesloa of the assembly. This method was flrst tried out by the assembly last year at Charlotte with cooking, sewing, canning and other activities These children come from Mc Dowell, Johnston, Northampton. Ala mance. Orange and Granville coun ties. The demonstration work will be under the direction of Mlssee Louie Casaadey. Maud Bernard and Elisa beth Kelly and Profs. P. D. under wood. E. E. Balcomb and Zebulota Add. ? Republican Executive Committee. Raleigh.?The meeting of the stst* Republican executive committee and general conference" of Republican leaden of the elate attracted nearly 100 mem ben of the party to Raleigh. Secretary Gilliam Oriaaom earing that nearly every county la the state was represented The net result waa an agreement on Raleigh as the place and the lint Wednesday hi Hard) aa the day for Republican state cor?^?" tlon. which will be especially for out lining the party platform and per fecting arrangements for the state wide legalised primary tor the nomi nation of candidates for all parti aa. EBspecially notable was the action of the executive committee In deter mining to hers expert accountants audit the books of the state depart ments and Institutions In search of Republican "campaign thunder," and the provision by the finance commit tee of 11.000 to meet the expense of this work, also the raising of about 1500 by subscription In tha conven tion for printing n nsw Republican campaign handbook that la to Include tha findings of the auditors of the state departments and what speakers In the conference Insisted were findings by examining committees at the last legislature thmt have never been pub lished because they showed misman agement In the Democratic adminis tration. Charged With Forging Wife's Name. FaysttsvtU*.?On complaint of Col. W. 8 Cook. J. Sprunt Newton, th? central flgnre In the Newton-Mc Arthur litigation which for more than a rear haa stirred the courts of North Caro lina, was arrested here on a,charge of forgerr. Colonel Cook holds a note of Mr. Newtons' for $1,000. en doTsed by Mrs. Newton, nee McArthnr. which endorsement la clam led to bo a forgery. Mr. Newton gave bond In the sum of $1,000, which was tarnish ed by J. A. King. The preliminary hearing Is to be held soon. Votes Oood Road Bonds. Bladen bo ro.?At an election held here Bladenbero township voted $26, 000 for good roads by an overwhelm ing majority. The polling was very heavy. Indicating that the people of this, the banner township of Bladen county, are determined to forge ahead In every line of progress. H. C. Bridgets E. C. Hester and Bvander $lngletary were elected as a board of highway commissioners to have entire charge of thai-expenditure of the mon ey and construction of roads. Big Order for Chairs. Lexington.?A deal of more thar. ordinary Interest was completed here when representative* of Sperber k Co., of Cape Town, South Africa, pur chased from a local chair company $7,600 worth of chairs as an Initial shipment to be made within a few ~ weeks. This is Just the first ship ment of a contract made with the local factory to furnish big consign ments of Lexington-made chairs dur ing the year of lflt. The contract entered Into means many thousands of dollar*.