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EAIXIGII, X. CL, SATURDAY MOUSING, SUTXMBEtt 3, 1910.
PRICE 5 CEKTS
Leads all NoHh Carolina Dailies In News aed Circolatioo :
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ONLY A "SPILT" MINNOW
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GUILFORD COUNTY
mm RALLY
Most Successful Insti
tute Brought to Close
HOMES
C J. Hollingsworth cf
Fayetteville Injured
FKIUJ3EUHU m mmm- meet today
Xhrr a Very Late tapper a rnj
LcA aTjibtsntl la Two AnuiwMW
4a the Early Murwiavg Uuaar Owe
Craeh lata the Ocbar lire,
sag CWah I laantlaakvjur Karrtal
rMrW OA st W t
Kiwt la Ow mm rrxmiUy to IIt
(Special to New and Observer I
KiC hjacad, Va. Sept X. A lh rs-
-frTKW fwr- TrjrmT'
dinner last sight at the Hotel Ruegrt.
H. at. Dw f -mnaattW. a
rT-rrttT.r man, u oa. c: j. uiunt -
worth. 4 prominent merchant of Fay
ettevlll. N C. la probably fatally In
jured, and Dr. R. It. Talbotf, U West
Virginia, Nu a fractured arm and
arrrra trance. The Injured ef at J
the Wlllla JoaJtaon boepltal here.
The encldenl occurred Bear the
tity Umlta early thia morning, arben
two cars la which, beside those men
tioned were E 8. BureelU Charlotte.
K. C..a medical student at Harvard;
U Q. Roee, J. H McKUelck anJ E. H.
Jordan, of Richmond, and J. W.
,'urry. of Fayettrvtlle, M. f.
Kuryelt waa driving ht own car and
Jordaa waa the chauffeur of the other,
a hired one. Both drivers were ar
retted this moraine aa suspected of
murder and wars balled la the ewtn of
lie to appear at the coroner's in
queet Saturday morning.
Borwalfa aoraunt of the accident Is
that hie car waa reading along the
roadway, slipped In the mud toward
the ditch, aad ha thinking the other
tar waa far In the rear, pulled toward
laea raster of tha road agala. The
rear ear had come up mean time ani;
.Taened into the firm. one. Rurweil
tupped at once and went back. lie
found several member of the ether
party lying 1 'he road. Deputy then
dead.' Ttie dead man eaj tha Injured
were bustled to tha hospital at once.
Hla statement waa a frank one. aad
retried evident weight with tha po
lice Th csact manner of bow tha tn
turlea were received by the rear car
party la unknown to the othera Ac
cording to tha uninjured, seeing an
Inevitable wreck with Burwell's auto
they all. excepting Jordan. the
chauffeur. Jumped to the road with
the traaio reaulta. tha chauffeur, who
stayed la the auto, escaping Injury.
Deputy's stack waa broken.
Holllnnworth, during the Spanlsh
Amertcan war served as Bret lieuten
ant ta Company A. Second North Car
olina regiment.
IWRTH OF JVLX Cf ALTIKS.
t-WS runa 'tw tnjuned
Tha Tear. It la aa Improvement
Over fcaat Tear.
(By tha Asaoeiatad Preaa.1
Chlcagw. Jit Jept t. Although ti e
list of deaths and accidents due to
the celebration of tha Fourth of July
I appalling, tha "sans" observance of
the day thk year shows a notable 1m
proveroent la thla respect, according
to statistic compiled by tha Journal
of tha American Medical Association
a Men were made pobllc her today.
Tha aaramary ahowa:
Two taouaaad, nine hundred, twen
ty-throa persona ware Injured July 4
hi year, of which 111 died. Staty
evaa deaths vara dua to tetanus,
Ineteen wer killed outright by fir
arms; eleven by explosion of pow
der, beraba or torpedo; six by can
aon or similar eontrttranrea, while
twenty-gig.. moeUjr Wtla gtrta. we
burned ta death by Bra from fire
works. - i - .
(itartltng a la till showing. It la
h beat atnea 11, when the Journal
begaa keeping Ha record. la It OS. 4.
4t Person wer In lured, of which 4
I'wt their Uvea, 40 of them dying
oom tatanaa.
Tha grand total for eight year
hows that 1 T.I It persons have beoa
injured In Independence Day celebru
tlnna Of these, died. 104 aa
the direct reut of their mjurlea and
Ht from tetao'ua following Injuries
' Tha detailed Bgaraa for 11 show
'1 rases ef lock -law. of which were
fatal; T persons lost their sight; 31
Vwt ana aye; !. loot arms, lege or
hands and 111 lost their fingers.
Tha decrease freea HU M 11
du to mora Inlelligvmt method t
relehraUon. tha moat marked decree sea
occurring tn (ttataa where the agita
tion for restrictive measure waa moat
, urgent - y
' , A 3rflR-U l LOI S ESC-trE. '
Firiae aad Car Devmlled, Ttiree Car
Kearle IVeaollidied. the) Nmoklng
Car Trtearntitn tie Mall Car Not
' Mnra Ttwa Mi rrrauag Injured
Tttaa Bralara.
(By tha Associated Press.) -Nwtoa.
Ma. Bept. - I Rereral
a4red panengera on the noon ex
press from boston ta New York on
to Boatoa and Albanr division of
New Tork Central Itallroad, had
mlraculou eecepe with their Uvea
leday when the tw locemotlvas and
foor car were derailed by an open
ttrh on th edr of the bfldee .be
yond the Klverstder lttton. toppling
imeet Into the Charles river. Nat
more than ha'f a ton persons were
lnl ird bemTid bruieea.
Thre of the fur derailed car
r aatarlr demolsnhed, th tmokine
r. In which wer irtnr than fifty
Pe'"ri li.-opip.i at rlht niiletlie
railway r . t ro. h, la which four
airk tn penni-J.
Bl ITvmi Expex-tral at Spray Moodaj
to Aita-ad the Opaming of that Dnh
orrallu Campaign la Iba I Wis De
tract A Evate Railway Car Tturf
Rare! Tvtrpliooc Una to Be
Special to New and Observer )
Ureenaboro, Sept. 1. The Guilford
County Teacher Inatltute came to a
close at noon today, after bavin been
ew-fslia elaee ALotUay of laltweli.
The aeealon today wa bald 1nth
roorrriOUM,' od waa In the natvra oi
an eduvatlonal rally, many .of the
ei hool cummltteemea ( tbe county
jolnlnc tth the teachers In a free
j for all conference. Over thee hui-
dred were preeent tody. and (Teat
inuraet wae manrtet In tne Wler
addre mad by th varioua du
cat ore and school officials of the
county and city schools. County
Superintendent Thomas R Fouet pre
slJed. WUh commendable courtesy, the
North Carolina Public Service Com
pany Invited the teachvra to a tour of
the city, and when the meeting ad'
Journed sine die at II o'clock, special
street carl were In allng. and all en
joyed a rld over the entire ayatem,
visiting the Interesting tfrmlnaU of
Undsey Hark on the tt. White Oak
Mills on the north and Piedmont
Park on the south went
This Institute has been a remarka-
.ble success. When the session
gan Monday of last wek, the usual
meeting piece, the Undney Htreet
hgh school building, waa found too
small for the attendance, and the
others sessions were held In the audi
torium of the Mclver building at the
State Normal College. Over two
hundred teacher have rrgUtered dur
ing; tha seealon, trteuiy at them earning
from other north Carolina counties,
and several from Virginia. educa
tors, who have attended other similar
gathering declare that this Institute
has been the blggeat and best oounty
Institute ever held In the South. The
teachers are profuse In pialse of their
Instructors during the term, ana
adopted reeolntiomr expressly oT their
appreciation. The Institute wae tinder
the direction of Prof. 4. A. MatheeOn
of the State "Normal Collesa, who waa
slily awlHtej by Mrs. J. A. Robinson.
of purham. Mrs. Sellers, of Guilford
College; Prof. Jackson of tha Btate
Normal; President J. l. roust, or ne
Btate Normal, and County Superinten
dent T. R. roust.
farmer' I'nKm Mooting.
A innte number of farmers gra -
pected her tomorrow to attend an ,
educational and agricultural rally of
tha Oulltord county branch of th i
Farmers' I'nlon to be held In the jui
dttorlum of the students" building of
th Bute Normal College. A basket
picnic dinner will ba one of the fea
tures, th. dinner to be served in beau
tiful Peabody Park.
Colored A. and M. Opening.
Entrance examlnatlona are now on
at tha A. and M. College tor negroea
and tha school will formally open for
wort next Tuesday. President Dud
ley state that f he largest number ever
reglnrterej has already been provided
for and that the number of entries for
examination greatly egceeds any for
mer occasion of tha kind.
Now Furniture) Factory.
Tha - Greensboro Furniture Com
pany. which went through bankruptcy
sometime ago. has begun operations
again onder nw management, aa a
strict office fixtures and filing cabinet
manufactory. Mr. W. O. Got walla ol
Philadelphia, I tha active manager,
and ( wow btnrlry OTgage tn Ttc1"'
nw machinery which has been gr
rlvlnf for the past few days.
Big Crowd K.xpectrd at Npray Monday.
Manager Cook haa not yet received
an answer to a letter addressed to the
Republican candidate for Congress,
Mr. D. H. Blair, Baking for Joint
canvass of th district with the Demo,
c ratio nominee, Major Btedman.
Major Btedman will open tha cam
paign. Monday, at Bpray, at th Labnr
Day celebration, at which time Gov
ernor Kltchln and Solicitor Oravet
will apeak. Rockingham Democrats
are preparing for a great assemblage.
Many of Major Btenman rnenas win
accompany him from Greensboro.
They will leavs here en the '-o'clock
train, and th Rockingham commit
tee haa arranged to take them ever
to Spray from Reldsvllle by private
conveyance, aad thla correspondent
will be In h party, aa special preag
repreaentativt of Th New and Ob-
Ktrntmaa at 'Glbaonvflle.
Major Btedman la advertised to
speak at Ulbsonvlll. at 4:10 o'clock on
Saturday, September 10. The reguUr
schedule of hit appointments will not
he definitely decided upon tor several
days, awaiting a reply from csndldats
Blair, regrdui J1nt
Jjndge Boyd Ileturna,
United State l)ltrlct Judga Boyd
hat returned from- a ten day vaca
tion trip to Atlantlo Ctty. In tha
K.nkmntcr court today, Mr. E. B.
Parker aa attorney, filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy for W. W. Gar
rett of Orahtm. Aaseta given at M.
71t with llabllltiet of M.4S7. The
matter wa referred to O. 8. Ferguson.
Jr., refer In bankruptcy, at Oreen
boro. rwl.i,! Oaj" Tbrlciee.
Th polic of thl city ar anilnusly
eeklng a professional negro raiiroaa
freight car burglar. Th man la well
known, but h profeee to b torn
kind of a railroad employ and there
by geter rldee na trains to dlfferont
polni-t, where he ha no trouble in
stealing from th freight cars. On
Today Is tltr dae tltat t l. Loge ttarrta. Uw erMhlk god nf war il ;n-f fuuctloaary durtnc llw Uuwtetl ad.
anlaUtrallon, U to produce tlsU big "IH-moiTaUc Beta." MIhmi ltixtl ai. In cuetnUo see It tliey will cl-eialoi:--Mv
rH. h"v It have swuuk." Krn Logo bolda him in'.
Tuesday night he stole twelve pairs of
hoe from a fr. Iht car here, and
ilmllar thefts have been reported i
from Danvtlli'. Wimton-dalem and
Fpeneer freight tars within the past
tea dy.
HuggeeUver of Hnnke Bltea.
Chief ol Police Neeley report that
for the month of AuiuH HoltJn's drug
store filled 114 prescriptions for liquor
and eight and a quarter doaen bottle
of ber. Thl drug store wa recently
licensed to cell liquor on prescription, ,
thereby breaking the monopoly of the;
Farris-KlutU Irug Company. The
number of prescriptions at latter store
has not ret been computed or report-1
d ob. .
A Hatch of Para trap be.
r..,lM- Ik. tMAn4li-nf AllVMflt aeVentV
... . .
pauciHa were rnwTia, . ""irn .. J-'ukUi . -irruvL-i fn. (,
Hospital, ten of whom were charity , n favor of Uuvaal wseeerUrcd agxtnet
patienie. oity-'"r wr ln raiiroaa in tne couris or .-Moris
as cured during the month and only j Carolina. The case was brought here
on died. I on a w rit of error front th State Su-
In Greeniboro, during the month of j preme Court by the railroad. Mr
August, there were only four arrests : Douglaes, who represents Duvaul, l
for drunkenness and the total num- lege that there la no Federal quo
her of arrest for all crimes waa lea tlon Involved, which will Justify the
thsn sixty. i removal of the case from the State
Mr. . C. C. ALdxan. returned thl : court Mr Iornul' wag a toaggsite-
mornlng from Atlantic City. Heimiuter on the K-nboard. running he
stopped In Washington yesterday andjtween Portsmouth and Monroe, and
cloned b contract to hsvs th Hnltcd wim Injured In Mirch. 10. In a head-
State Marine Band to come to nn collision. Because Mr. Duvaul v. m
Oreeneboro end give a concert tn the in the express car at tha time, th
auditorium Thursday night, Sept em- railroad dleclalm liability for dnm
her lath, under the auspices of theiagea. but the prosecutor geaerts thnt
Chamber of Commerca and the Audi- the express car to ured for throu
tortum Company. Thla band ha a baisaKe and hit his nerfomtan,
world-wide reputation gad It Is ex-: of hie duties required that he visit
pected that an Immense oudisnce will i that car.
attend the concert. Th concert will ; i
he extensively advertised and tnanv 1
people wll be here from surrounding
town.
A ninu telephone line Is oon to
, installed In Morehead and Friend
U.hlr townahtii. The phone will be
conneotea wim tne line or tne nouin
ern Bell Telephone Company end the
mbecrlbers on the line can talk with
people all over the country.
Mr. Bum Cammttta, of Philadelphia,
ha purchased from Mr. C. M. Van
story, the entire stock of the Vogue
Shoe Company. Mr. Cammttta is
shipping the stock to Philadelphia and
will sell it at auction in that city.
TOPTLATlOSi OF TOWX8.
(Ry the Aaaoclated Presa. )
Waahlngton. D. C Bept. t. Oyater
Bay, N. T., th. home of x-Prefdnt
Rooaevelt. ha a population of Il.ttOI
a against 14. Ill in 10. an Increase
of l,4R. These figure Include Bea
Cliff Village, which adjoint Oyater
Bay. .
"TfaVsati county. In which Oyster Bay
tl located, has a population of 85. 930
as against 61.441 In !.
Figures also Issued by the Census
Bureau today, ehow that Suffolk eoun.
ty, U L, N. T., haa a population of
1g against T7.S88 In 1900.
The population of Rochester, N. T.,
It y.14. an Increase of 11.141. or
14.1 per cent aa compared with 1J.
I0 In 100.
The population ot Auburn. N. T , Is
14,111. an Increase of 4,113, or H I
per cent at compared with 10,145 in
1109. '
COTTON COOP
... . -. j -i if - jlir.'i 'v i"'fiJtV i" -'.'--
(iOYERNMriT RETORT PITS
--fXJNDrnoX AVGCST 15, AT Ti l
AVERAGE8 IX KORTII AND
SOrtH CAROUXA AXD VIB
(By tha Associated Pre.)
Washington, D. C, Bep, 1. The crop
reporting board Of tha Department of
Agriculture, estimate that th av
rag condition of the cotton crop oa
August 16, waa 71.1 per cent of a
normal, aa compared with 75. S on
Aug. II. 110; 11.7 on August lb.
ltOI; 74.1 on August II. 1101. and
71.1 tha average of th past ten years
on August II.
Th. average condition of cotton la
Virginia on August It, waa It, against
71, In !; Norm Carolina 7.
agalnat 71 In Hot and South Carolina
71, against 74 In !.
Call for Bank Ulatementg.
(By th AaaoclaUd Praas )
Whlngton. D. C. Sept. 1. Th.
comptroller nf the currency todsy
called unon National banks for a
Statement of their condition St th
close of business Beptereber lit. .
NTHEU.S.
ATTOHNKY DOC'CkUV "h? Ttl T
WRIT OF ERBOK UK DISMISS.
i:i IV C.iSK OK KUIJIOAD
AtiAlM ST DCVAl'L.
(By TllUM, J. PFACKI
Waabnlgton. l. C. Btpt A mo
tion haa Ix'en made by Mr. W t'
Douglass, of Kalelgh. In the Huprcme
Court of the United Ktatcs. to dlmlsn
ithe writ of error , from th Pnpreme
Court of North Carolina In thvcac
,,f Ida llnant T lH I .ri Cm.
, '"T. 7..
COTTON BAQLY DAMAGED
trTHEH CHOPS ALSO M FTT:R
moM thk iu:ATr rains be
tween BOWlKMS AND Mll.
MINGTON. (Spwlal to Newaand Ohserver 1
Rocky Point, Sept. S. Heavy rains
from Howden'a to Wilmington. Cot
ton forma are shedding badly, alno
holla A conservative estimate placr
th damage at one-half. Very little
fod-ler and hay haa beast saved. Pea
nuts, potatoes and field peaa are bad
ly damaged.
The continuation of tha heavy rains
will cause a freshet approaching that
of August, 1908. Tha creeks and
Northeast river are now way out of
their -.bank. Farm -operation -ar
suspended.
KlyEXTlUM TTH) OJT POLE
Lineman Meet Instant Death While
at Work In Kpananbav, 8. C.
(Special to News and Observer.!
Spartanburg, S. C, Bept t. Harry
Crimminger late of Concord N. C
was electrocuted Int. this afternoon
on "the top of a pole, while flaring a
wire he slipped through a live wire.
Death was Instantaneous.
Death of Mrs. Bailie Wright.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Elisabeth City, Bept 1. After a
lingering Illness of several month the
death of Mr. Sallia JU Wright oc
curred yesterday morning at
o'clock at th hom of her daughter.
Mn. O. I Lamb, on East Burgee
itreet. "' ".;
Mrs. Wright was It jreart of ag
and for th past year had been a
great . auffarer. She waa widely
known throughout thla section of
North Carolina, where ah. waa bom
and tpent th. greater part of her
maiden Ufa. Since her marriage to
th lata Mr. Peter Wright, of Norfolk,
h had Hved In Virginia, but during
recent years th had divided her
time between her daughter, , Mra
Lamb, of thit city, and another
daughter. Mra. Ellen Uoniasett. of
Portsmouth, Va Whitr.vef Mrs.
Wright waa known tha waa greatly
beloved and admired and' baj boaia
of friends In both North Carolina
and Virginia'
Mrs. Wrtght Is survived by twa
daughter1 and on ton, Mrs. O. L.
Iamb, of this city; Mra. Kllen Mnr
rteeett. of Portsmouth, Va., and Mr.
WJIIIam 8. Sawyer, ot Norfolk. Va
Th funeral arvtcea were held thla
afternoon from . the home at her
daughter, being conducted by the Rev.
Claudius F. Smith, rector of Christ
Episcopal church. The body waa
then forwarded to Norfolk, where the
Interment will follow In Airawooi. .
RK.1RH l l'tsuroT.K.
Tlicw. Aalmals KUI larniors- Hogs
Hrar I'aitW ,m tlir Hant.
iSprclal to Ne r, l uheerver )
Kllaabeth Clti. Sr(.t 1 Several
prominent cltlsrna .f the uer se
tliMi of Newiand i..nhlp, of thu
i ur.ty. were In the . Uy (his mornlnic
and your rorreapon dent's attention
a a'trac-ted to a group on a rortier
n of the member displaying a
I andtul of bwir'e t.ieVi. The tunks
vr- very tarn., an i eharp and witm
hifhiy pilhed The mix and gen
eral appearance of Ui teeth "f the
wild teitt would Indicate that any
thing coming In contact with them
would suffer greatly.
. . ... -
or me ciiisens of tne Tadmore
Vktt'm stated t
resident of the
e upptr awreg of " e
'now' . much by
county were
the bears
mUl" 2" irtl!? h!O.NE YE.1R FOR Nr'X.RO t.lRU
nlsed to hunt the wtlj anl- r
lHen orgs
niais down. Within this week they
said, one of their neighbors had
killed four hlg lars Mr Thel
iranger. of New-land, laat week lot
three hog within three iecetdve
dara and altogether thla aeaaon. It wa
a'.ated. he baa Uwt 4 9 or more hnir
Thla Is a very hrsvr lose Indeed, es
pecially n rhef- d.yx when pork Is
brmrina. ailch a fan,., rtrtr.
The gentleman from Tadmore said
that although they w.re not hothered
by the hears o much of recent years
inre they have leen hun'lns them,
iieverthelees morti stock I yearly lost !
by the trtmslon of the annorlng heaats
Almost dally "bear pivrtle" were aeen 1
oing out wfth do and mini and th
r were becoming leas tKil.t each
they said
The bear come largely from the
ibrmal Swamp, which la said to con
tain thousand of the cunning beasts, I
and In which It la almost Impossible
to ferret them out.
ONK TK.R ItIR CARLTON.
Man ho Hougtit Stolen Ctnth of ( t
ton MIU.
(Spe-ln to New and Observer )
rorham. Sept 1 J. W. Carlton, a
Wake county merchant, who Nat year
whs charged with buying stolen goods
from Arch Hopkins, colored, now
serving a four years' sentence on the f rde with he school suthoritl s very
ronds. pleaded guilty today end w'ey j much pleased. Among the new iad,
enunce.1 to a year on the md Carl i ,rl w) t,, jji,, La Hampton, tcrtr
tun Is a man of some stsndlng, and I rry nf (rnboro.
wa caugnt wnn sroien nous oi cio.,!
In hi More, all beating th Erwin
Cotton mill stamp. There had been
taken hundred of yard of cloth. '
causing a lose of more than a hundred
dollar. He wa placed, more than
a year ago. under a bo V'.MII, and
the case was' not reached until today.
He is apparently a very Illiterate man,
had never been In a courthou be
fore. Had never heard a charge of a
Judge and admitted secreting, good
and buying them, but saw no moral
obliquity In th art HI attorney ten-
i dered a plea of guilty for htm
It wa
brought out that canton wife Is a
nervous wreck, and Judge Lyon show
ed merry by making the sentence with
maximum of ten year, oat-tenth ot
that amount
TRYING TO ESCAPE li
irrrrio beixg ctocvutkd
A YD FREELT SIGNED ASKING
THAT VERDICT EC CRAFT AND
WILLIAMS CASE BE SET ASIDE.
(Special ta N'w aad Observer.).
' Wlnatoa-Balam, Sept I. A petition
la being circulated and freely signed,
asking Judge Boyd, of tha Federal
court, to awt asiaa tha verdict to th
eaaa f Mr. Craft and K Glenn Wll
tlama, bath having bea convicted at
a recent term ef court at Greensboro
oo th charg of conspiracy ta de
fraud tha government tn the pcjrtofflc
at William's. Yadkin county. Sen
tence la expected to Be paatod upon
th tw defendant at tha October
term of court lit tha petition la
ttated that if aay wrong waa com
mitted craft waa not aware of rt.
Thamaa Matthews, ef Charlotte,
formerly ef Greensboro, and en of
th bt hotel men la ta Wat, ha
accepted ' th efrtr. management ef
th Hot Unaendorf. H will win
upon tug uUa wtthia the next ten
i
jAdvancj Sheets Tells
Of Comic Contents
HIDE BOUND STAND-PIT
The Rrpubticaa Campaign Text Ituofc
to be sprung ext W. Public
(lien a lwetast QuotaUaji
iTom IJiKtiin. Kuoanvtiit. Taft ami
fchermarr. tiHext" Wtttl Ciarr fniur-'
gcaiu Vrc t.lvm a lllg "Fta a Vtou
droue olumr and Will Sonii
the Ih-to-.
. II) TIIOM AJi i. PEXCi:.
Waihlngton. It C. Sept. I --A '
vaiM lMi trer-Hepasttatn cam-;
palm text tKjok. which 1 to iuak. l'
appearance next week, wr cimh
to the iree today. Th humor dm
p!aed un th advance snaet l'S'li
to the belief that th real text two
will be a comic affair, for lutan e
It la announced that tha text l.cnk n
n'aii p'lnted on Hlble book pi"i
w hi h according to a local wag h i
the deaperaUon to which the ltiiui
ll.ar campaign manager have
i 'ne of th Jet rontanic.l 'i
th.. iinnnuncement that the t'rai w
of the text book carrle uu.iImm n
(i. .in Uncoln, Rooaevell. T ifi an I
Sherman II remain to be c n h. Ui
er (h quotations from Tart and'
Koosevelt are taken from th.ir ik
..lit denunciation of the vice-president.
It la announced that the Republican
campaign book contain the K. -publican
national and Ohio Sute platforms,
but make no reference to the linur
Knt pleticrrna adopted In KJrx.ua
and Iowa. hlch hHe found a . hini
plon In Tei'dy Th advance aheet
tnt. that there Is no diecuslon tf
fMi tlonal difference In the text bonk
nd then proceed to rap Henator Oul
llver and the other Inaiirgcnta with
"r?1,.te 'h" . """Z, " . th i
pub,,en mD"'" "M"k I
rteaulral tlullty to HaimUuglitrr In
In fa nt bide an Ihiriuam City
ntlKiola 1st. Lynch Ibtunu.
(Special to Nww and l)trver )
Durham. Hept I. In the Infanti
cide cane aglnt Alum Curry, the
e'ghteen-year-old girl. Solicitor liattla
allow her to plead Kullty t.. ma.i
alnughter nd she take a year In the
P'nl'enUary
There waan't much e1den. e
that
Uft
fact
after
the klrl killed th. infant and
that It we her own but for the
that ah admitted It The day
the baby waa born, she went t. work.
conking and washing ami did a hard
day of washing and ironing The
whole circumstance was one that rat
tled the officers. While for. .tier. Pr
A C. Jordan, believed the child had
been struck, he could not sav posi
tively nn th stand and the State win
satisfied with a aniall dearec o! pun
ishment. The city schools open Monday and
all preparations are being finally made
for that event.
The teachers of the system hoe
have done great work In the summer
course. In the New York City CnlM-r-ity.
Chicago University, the Kn-ixvllle
summer school and In the Instn.i.ea
Nearly every teacher has don, some
of this work. They return to school
finely eaulpped and will resumo 'heir
t-v,. hoU hav taken on exten-
slve Improvements the rpaat summer.
The Whltted, colored, schools, have
been much worked over unci the
Morehead. white school, hat had u
wonderful heating and ventilinliiK
plant put In. It Is tald to be one of
the finest out.
Rev. Dr. J. W. Lynch, Mra. Lynch
and the children have returned from
the mountains after their tummer va-
cation. . J
Dr. Lynch will not ha able to 1111!''' .
hit pulpit at the First Baptist rhuich
Sunday owing to the Incomplete slate
of repair, now going on In hla church.
Hla congregation It one that haa suf
fered more from hit absence than It
haa done with the heat Baseball lan
guar tell ot hot-weather pitcher.
Dr. Lynch I a hot weather preacher.
Hla congregation come alwaya and
h does his best then a at any other
um, .-. 71,..
6TRRY FARMERS.
(Special to Newt and Obaerver.)
Mt Airy. Bept. I. It la given out
that Monday next September 8th, will
be a red letter day tn tht hletory ot
this city. The Farmers' Union will
meet her. and hold a grand rally.
No leaa than twenty thousand peopk)
are expected la town on that occasion.
There will be speech galore and all
aorta ' ot emumenta. The first
Monday la Labor Day, and next Mon
day promisee to be a day lone to be
remembered by everybody. The
Union It well organised in Surry
county and nearly all the farmers be
long to th organisation. It 1 un
derstood that final action will be taken
Monday In regard to tht building ot
the dry-prltery, etc
The Republicans will hold their
county convention for . nominating
county' officers, legislative ticket tc,
on Beptember 14th. - .
This taction has been visited almost
dally by very heavy rain, to much
to that farmer are making poor prog.
l.reea, cutting and curing tobacco.
The city M lively sine tn mountain
wagon train commenced rolling Into
town with the great road of product,
of all kind. Bhlpmvntt are very
heavy. . -
To Be Director cf Bureau
of Mines
APPOINTED BT PRESIDENT
Ttu- iueunvjiirot 4ic from Ikever
!i Ib4 lu Tlou the I .ttih-t
"laalc l.colotnt Vtao to t.ct w P
Hltbui. WlUc b Pays JtllKX) lltar, .
tit TTila pKiaUimi tlx" ProiUeiit
I itI. ii. c, a Uuiip- ol tnil.
Ilj THOMs j plmt:.
vv .hinnton. I i . Sept 1 Art
" ic ni-nl came from tl. verlv to.
ao.t that the Preeidfit -haa-ap-n ""tntmt
J
t II Iniea f. ruirrU SLaXm. -
t cU -CwJd. aa (.ta"'
T .:tr.n or Direct.
M'nc.' hl.h paa
lloitnes ha la.H
of th liurvnui of
Irf SiiO s year Dr.
-. nnectrd with th
T.itr.l Htntea tieoloKlcal Sjrvey Unci
ro. ...rit! nr t'n.i. a few
year
Thre ta Mr p..lltkal algnlflcanca
the appointment ..f I r. II .niai t
th- hon. ,.f the Hureu ,,f Mining
Taft h i.l pr.i. tl, .illy turned down lh
North i-nrolirii.ii. :md I'rof Ihtrker.
f the iloi..Kt, si sirve. -a Irt
h.r. of the .rk It llvlmc was
inriorcd largely thrt.uirh the Inatrii
m. rt!tv of (t.-rretary of th
Interior llallinger who charged
ih.t lie to,, friendly to OlrTord
IMn.-hot. tht depoatvt fofater WhIU
the witncM atand befor the Ital
linger Plnchut Investigating rnmmTt,
ree Secretary llallinger auid there wi
a "let of inakea In hla department"
Hti.l thnt he Intended to driv, 'h.m
. nt It waa the understanding it th
time that lr Holme w b one ..f ihn.
he had In mind Hut the Tuft mind
haa undergone a change en. I rtil'tnger
does not atatwl o hlghlv at the White
Mourn. Ilecent event In the We-t. In
connection with the recepd ,n ,,f The
odore Roosevelt, hn. nla.i the
Presblcnl to alt up and tike notb-s
and that Is whv f'r llolnna hue been
made head of the Itureau of Mine
nnd Mining after having tieen turned
tlon of lr Holme, la a gop to th
Koo-evclt-Plnchot follnwlng and th.
Insurgent of the Weet
Th.it Is the story In a nutshell. In
the meanwhile those who believe In
the rocdg-tiltlon of merit In the gov
ernment aer i.-e have achlovpd anoth
er victory
COt' NT Y SI I'Mt l TKN DKNTS.
T1ie Three l)aya' scmxIoh Kntls Wlfl
Ask for lniTeM- traieopriatlon
for Ihibllc HliixJ IniiTc-tliiK
Fvaturrs of Mmting Yixtcnlay.
(Special to Ne ati'l observer.)
Chapel HID. Sept. ; Tlie meeting
of the County. Btiperliiten'letita cam
to a cloee thl morning after a three
day' session- At th mornlne es
alon Superintendent Jovner "itlln.l
the proposition that will he presented
to the next General Assembly M es
tablish farm life schools In connection
lth the hlh school of ths tt;ite n
motion of Superintendent Fnll. of
i'leeland. the legislature will b
nek.-d to In. re.-ian from fl?5.nnr) to
tiin.finn th.- rltat appropriation M
Ihe tul.llc schools. A tarialtitlve coni
tnlttce ..f five will be appointed.
Durlnr the morning aeaslon th
State Inspector of High School mad
nn lntcretlnx addrenn, and Mr. c. H.
Mebane discussed the matter of local
taxes and State appropriation to
schools
Mrs Kansnn, wife of Superintend
ent Hanson, of Nash, and Mrs. Moore,
wife of Superintendent Moore, of
Caldwell, were elected honorary mem
bers of the Association, being the only
bid lee present Mrs Hanson, at the
request of Superintendent Joyner,
gave a resdlng wjiieh was followed by
an encore This varied the program
Just a little and the superintendent
! eemed pleased with tha variation"
The mentlns- has proved lrrtereet
Ing and profitable. The discussions
have been a little long and tiresome'
: at times, but have been for the most
. " .... .
WM ,nL' , 'rH"77.
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ASHkAIIJifc "'!';,"..r.IOV
NORMAL CONDITIOX.
Street I.lglila Are m and (are Are)
. Hunnli
, away I
(Specll
Running Reduced KclMtlule Tox-
line Open Again.
ta.1 b News and Observer )
Ashevllle, Sept. 2. With treet
lights hurrlng tonight Ashsvlll la
again beginning to look like Itself.
Th Aahevllle , Electric Company haa
managed to operate reduced achedule
on II car line since 11 o'clock today,
although they are nothing like com
plete. The Toxaway line of the South
ern, which was closed again for (raffia
yesterday, wa opened this afternoon,
as the water had receded. On the
Murphy line there wsa mere troublo
this morning, a double-header frelg..,
wracking two cars near Candler,)
blocking traffic until noon. i
The AhevtUe Quilt Mill, th Na
tional Cakt Company and several)
lumber plant on th north aid of tha
French Broad wlU; be without tralnj'
service for more than a week M It
will take that, long for tht Southern,'
to reconttruot Craggy bridge, whiotv
wit washed away. The weather con-i
dltlont art ttttll unsettled, ahowtrinsj
tonight ' ,,
POUND DEAD IN BED.
oddest Death of Mr. John t, Jottee tl
Aanovtlla,
(Special toNewa and Obervr.)
, Aahevllle, Bept I John 8. Jones,
a carpenter, wat found dead tn bed at
th. home of hit dtughter, Mra Flora
filagley. thl morning, when Mrs. Slag
by went to wake him for breakfast. .
H wa tl year of age, and worked)
tt hla trade. He died during the night,
hlg body being cold when- jound.