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Gbe Cbatbam IRecorl). ZTbe: Cbatbam IRecorD, if H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PEOPKIETOE. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: S1-50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE I COTTON Planters and Spinners Gather in Atlanta For Mutual Benefit NO MIDDLE MEN WANTED I : concluded by urging the f ormatior of A Lively Fight Over the Regulation f. Pen?anent international organiza ...Lr. e tlon of powers and spinners. ing in the Staple Promises to Be the Chief Feature of the International Conference. Atlanta, Ga.. Special. With dele-; gates present representing every phase in bales gin compressed at the plan of the cotton industry from the time tation with methods in which loss it leaves the planter's hands to the -has been reduced to a minimum was lime when the product woven into indicated by the second day 's discus fabrics is sent to markets of the sion before the international confer vvorld, and including representatives erice of cotton growers and spinners, of many foreign countries, the inter'! Spinners representing hundreds "of national conference of cotton spin ' mills and millions of spindles told the ners and growers met at the State planters that they were not only will Capitol building in this city for a ing but anxious to buy their cotton throe-day session. More than 500 direct from the planter, just as soon delegates were present, nearly a hun- as the planter can deliver direct. Big died of these representing the great planters and representatives of the mills of Germany, Great Britain, Faremrs' Union told the spinners of France, Italy, Spain . and Portugal, Europe that already they were or with an aggregate wealth in farm ganized had built a chain of cyttoi lands, cotton crop and mills of nearly , warehouses, had perfected a business four billions of dollars; : system by which the spinners could Pming the sessions questions of the purchase an almost unlimited supply greatest importance to grower and of graded cotton, and were eady to spinner alike will be taken up for eliminate the antiquated method of discussion and action, and it is hoped selling through a middle ma. that this meeting wil result in a bet- "But," said Herr Arthur Kuffler, ter understanding between the men of Vienna, "if you planters wish to who produce cotton and those who weave the staple into fabrics. Al lively fight for regulation or pro- j hibition of speculative dealing in cot- took concrete form in the Unanimous ton was also indicated before the com- adoption by the conference of a reso mittee on buying and selling when lution presented by the committee ou Congressman Heflin, of Alabama, in- trade . relations between growers and traduced a resolution asking the con- spinners. This resolution declared f erenee to memoralize Congress and that much of the present difficulty in the British Parliament to stop specu- handling cotton could be eliminated if lation in cotton except that actually , the growers would adopt what id owned. But the fact that an invesli- ( known as the warehouse system and gatioa following a similar resolution establish selling agents in Europe and had resulted in a refusal by the Brit- j America. ish. law-making body to disturb exist- j An essential part of this scheme is io conditions was brought out, and; the adpotion of a standard typa of a favorable report by the sub-corn- contract, classification of cotton by xnitrec to which the matter was fin- grade and color alone, the unit to be ally referred will undoubtedly be ac- 50,000 pounds instead of 100 bales corn pli shed by a vigorous minority re- net. weight, and - the handling of port against any such action. ' damp cotton under uniform rule. Go vernor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, These points were embodied in the in his address of welcome to.the dele- resolutions presented by the commit gates. caused much applause y ad- tee on transportation, and these also voeating the ginning, compressing and were unanimously adopted by the haling of cotton on the plantation conference. Thus two long steps in and abolishing the manipulation -of the great work of the conference, the the middle man, and undoubtedly this raising of the standard of cotton de feature of the cotton industry will livered to the spinner, and simpler seceive much attention. and more economical methods of The morning session was taken up handling, involvings saving, it is as laigely with addresses of welcome serted, of something iike $25,000,000 unu responses and the appointment of committees. In his opening address Mr. MacolL outlined the objects of the conference aul ruade suggestions for the elimi- r.Q;nn -? ,', ',,. u.x . miv. ..meicucw ueiweea;gwer lutions oearmg on this were present ed spinner, and methods of increas- cd at the session by the committee g the value of the product of the to which the subject was referred, grower. He said that the planter, if and after a somewhat protracted dis fce wants to sell direct to the spin-; cussion, were ordered printed and will ner, must in some way do the work j come up for further discusiou, with 01 the middleman and have the same' the probabilities that the conference financial responsibility; he must win deVote most of the final day's grade, carry and finance the cotton ! seSsion to their consideration. The as the merchant does now. He added ro,nmmnt;c t that gin-compressing would effect an enormous saving in transportation and insurance, and 'enable the over burdened railroads to move more ex peditiously the ever-increasing crop. He made a plea for a uniform bill of lading and expressed himself in svm- pat by with the report recently issued j by a Committer! flf tllf Npw VnrV !! iuji excriange on tne certincation o cotton and improved classification as to grade and staple. Mr. Bacoll re quested earnest co iaednstnroi arctcss quested earnest consideration of the 4-n- 1 j! i r n . Mayor Schmitj a Wreck. San Franciseo Cal., Special- For mer Mayor Schmitz who is now serv ing a sentence in jail was brought into court to undergo certain legal formalities. He is so emaciated and haggard and careworn that his ac quaintances hardly recognized him as the fine physical specimen who a few years ago was hailed as "The Man oftheDav." ITashvile Warehouse Fire. Nashville, Tenn., Destroyed by Special. The ; warehouse of Byrd Douglass & Co., cram dealers, was destroyed by hre i early Friday night. Loss $100000, fi'ily insured. The elctric power pi ants o fthe city and of the Nash- vn'Ie Railway & Light Company are I nearby and both were, for the time, r?;t out of business. The city, was in darkness and street railway traffic suspended at a time when thousands v cr,- seeking to return from the State f?ir where the largest crowd of the v '"f-ek was in attendance. Lay Cathedral Corner Stone. Omaha, Neb., Special. What is ex pected to be the largest assemblage of catholic laity and- clergy . - ! ever held I is the middle West will witness the laying of the corner-stone of Omaha's magnificent new cathedral. Delega tions wil lbe here from Iowa, Dlinoia, Missouri, North and South Dekota, Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota. Mon tana and Wyoming, VOL. XX . PITTSBORCX CHATHAM CONVENT S.'uJr and He To Cut Out Middle Man. That the time is not far distant when the cotton planters of the South will sell their product direct to the spinners of Europe and America in- stead of through the middle man, trade direct with us, you must give us better service than the merchant." Action furthering this condition a year, were taken. The great work of the conference yet remains to be done. This is final action on the general subject of ornirinff on1 liQ-?lifv 4-f - Tfrrr ? . -D f embodied the following points: That planters select and save their seed for the next crop, to insure a high standard. That freshly picked cotton be housed from 40 to 60 days before shipment. That, nlnrifprs nc -Pacf no nnccJKla cither as individuals or in communi ties, adopt gin,compressing and the Egyptian form of bale. The latter means in effect ginning and compress ing on the plantation- Alabama State Fair Opens. Birmingham, Special. AlabamVs State fair opened its gates Tuesday for an eight day session which prom ises to be one of the most successful in the history of the institution. The agricultural display and the live stock exhibits are up to the usual standard and some of the best horses on the Southern circuit will be seen in the racing events. Government Ends Strike. Tanapah, Nev., Special. Interven- tion by the United States government 0,n Tuesday ended the strike of rail- road men that tor a week had cut- the gold fields off from the outside world. All trains are moving now. After being informed by assistant Su perintendent of Mail Service Roberts that mail trains would have to be moved even if troops were necessary the strikers made a proposition to bV reinstated in their old positions which was granted. The men . whose dis charge caused the strike were not tak en back. General Strike Expected. Havana, By Cable. A call from the Federation of Labor for a general strike in Cuba is momAntarilv Tneef- j -ta u . r. S elare that there is no other means of winning the engineers' strike against the United Kailroad Company and unless a strong fight is made at the outset against oppression by Ameri can capital ,native labor will soon be reduced to a condition of virtual slav- 7f1 ICOTTON MEETING CLOSES An Association to Comprise the Associations Now Affiliated as Well fts the Continental Spinners' Asso ciation and the Sea Island Cotton Growers Bedded Upon. Atlanta, Ga., Special. When the plan adopted by the international con ference of cotton growers and spin ners goes into effect the cotton indus try of the world, from the time of the planting of the seed to the time the mills' turn out their goods, will be un der one great organization of plant ers and spinners. The international conference decided to make their or ganization permanent, and in doing this, will also invite the Continental Spinners Association of Europe and the Bed Island Cotton Growers' As sociation of the United States to be come affiliated bodies with the asso ciation, and to have representatives 'in the executive committee, which, under the plan adopted, is to be the governing body of the interantional lonference.. The plan adopted is sub ject to the action of the bodies now forming the international conference and the two other great associations invited to become members but there is little doubt that the action of the conference wil be approved by these bodies. The international conference ad journed late Wednesday afternoon. The first meeting of the new World wide organization may possibly be held in Paris riext year, as the Inter national Cotton Spinners' Asociatioc of Europe meets there, and Herr Huffier, of Vienna, stated that dele gates from all organizations will be invited to attend. The conference at its session Wed nesday took action that it is believed will soon result in a vast improve ment in the methods of putting raw cotton into shape for handling by the spinners with a consequent saving to them of folly $25,000,000 a year now lost, it has been assrted by reason of slipshod methods of baling. A sharp fight was made over Con gressman Heflin 's resolution calling on the United States Congress and the Britsh Parliament to regulate cot ton speculation, but the matter was finally referred to the different bodies for independent action. Two of the affiliated bodies, the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, later took favorable act ion on this resolution. The European delegation will de part on a' special train for a tour of the Cotton States, going through Tex as and returning to New York by way of St. Louis, Chicago, Niagara Falls and Toronto. After the adjournment of the con ference the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association dele gates held separate meetings in the Capitol and adopted resolutions en dorsing the resolution of Congress man Heflin, of Alabama, which was turned down by the conference, advo cationg national and State laws abol ishing the gambling features of cotton exchanges. The report of the committee on transportation was adopted. It rec ommends that greater care be exer cised in preserving cotton in trans portation from the effects of the weather and that every effort be made to extend the warehouse sys tem for cotton in America; the ad option of a label on cotton bales iden tifying the grower and the warehouse where stored and showing gross tare and net weight. Such a system is conductive tp reduction of country damage. A bill of lading so drawn as to establish the continuity of respon sibility of the several carriers from the interior point to the ultimate des tiantion is recommended, THE EGYPTIAN C0TT0IT BAIE, Cotton Growers and Manufacturers Discuss Methods of Handling. Atlanta, Ga., Special. -Harvie Jor dan is presiding at a meeting of cot ton growers and manufacturers. " The report on handling cotton submitted advised the adoption of the Egyptian style of bale. A lengthy discussion is in progress over the proposition. Lnsitania to Make a New Eeccrd. New York, Speeial. Wireless re port places the Lusitania's position 660 miles east of Sandy Hook bar at 9 o'clock. Should the speed be main tained the turbiner would be off the bar at midnight Thursday. This would make her time four days, 1G hours and 30 minutes. Her average for the trip thus far has exceeded her speed, and with favorable weather and the benefit of the usually fast track for the final strech, she is like ly to reach here even earlier. At ail events she can hardly fail to" beat all trans-Atlantic records. Six Million Bond Issue. Boston, Mass., Special. -At the an nual meeting of the Boston & Maine Railroad stockholders a $6,000,000 is sue of bonds was, approved for the purpose of taking up the floating debt. It is stated that the main ob ject of this issue is to fund perma nently at maturity the $4,000,000 of one-year notes which the roac recent l;v placed with bankers. ' 'v'; Ay yv COUNTY N 0, THURSDAY OCTOBER 17. STRIKE TO CONTINUE , Telegraphers Pointedly Refuse to Go Back to Work WARM TIME IN THEIR MEETING New York Telegraphers' Union De clares in Favor of Continuing Strike and is Followed by Local Unions in All Sections. Hew Yorkj Specials-President S. J. Small appeared confident that ' the strike was at ari end hopeful that hia men would be reinstated; "'The strike will be called off and the men will be back to work' he &aidi - i ' ' Will ydu give a word of advice to the men as to whether they should tote to call it off and seek reinstate ment!" he. was asked. "I will cover that point at the meeting with the men in New York," he replied. . "Ihe object in sending out my statement to the men was to put the question rigut up to them. Our re sources are exhausted and if ' they want to continue the fight they will have to furnish the funds." "Percy Thomas says yott have $15, 00d in the treasury," was suggested. "In whose treasury?" asked Mr. Small. "We have $15,000 but ' not for strike uses. That is a mutual benefit fund, for insurance. If we have money, why couldn't we pay oil here Saturday? But there is always taik of this kind at the end of every strike. I have been through about .five, moutns of this ever since the strike began in San Francisco last June and it doesn't bother me any more, if Mr. Thomas wants to fight the calling df vf the strike let him do so. 1 am going to thaf meeting with brasa knuekles. Generally labor leaders ad vise each other to disregard the suf ferings of their men when a strike is on, but J will not do that to the very last ditch.. We might hold out a couple of weeks longer on nothing by encouraging talk but the result would be that the men of the weak er characters would be slowly return ing to work waile the stronger men would hold out and suffer the most just because , they were the most staunch. There would not be any union left." "What if the loeals decline to call it off?" he was asked. " Well there will be nothing to do but to kep up the fight as long as they can, but it will be up to them to provide funds. The strike was ir regular from the beginning." "Then the strike is hopeless and it might as well be abandoned?" "That is it," replied Mr. Small. Notwithstanding President Small's opinion that the strike is hopeless the telegraphers union; at a meeting voted unanimously to continue the strike against the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies. The vote was taken upon the sug gestion of President Small, who in messages to subordinate officers re commended that locals in the various cities vote upon the advisability of the men returning to work. The meeting was characterized by bitter exchanges between President Small and the other speakers. Killed bys Southern Train. Spartanburg,- Special.- Smith Wil liams, white, aged 27 years, was run over and killed by a Southern', pas senger train just outside the yard limits. His body was most horribly mangled, his legs, trunk and arms be ing mashed into pulp. "The accident occurred near the Drayton Cotton Mills, a short distance from the pas senger station. Williams is survived by a wife and two children. Six Suffocated by gmeke, Gloversville, N, Y., Speoial.Six membres of the family of Solomon Frank, a glove cutter and five daught ers, were suffocated by smoke when their home was destroyed by fire ear ly Sunday. The dead are: Solomon Frank, aged 40 - years; Sarah, 21; Dora, 19 j Rosa, 17; Minnie 12; Mary, 10. Opening First Assembly. Manila, By Cable. Great interest is shown in the opening of the first Phillipine Assembly, which will take place this week, and the arrival . of Secretary Taft, which comes at an opportune time in the inaugration of Phillipine home rule. Already the contending political t factions are showing great activity and at the caucus recently held the first brush occured over a motion to have the Assembly proceedings opened with prayer. This was defeated by one vote, on the broad ground that af fairs of Church and State should be kept distinct. - A Serious Runaway Accident. Atlanta Ga., Specials A speeial to The Constitution from Whitesburg, Ga., says : While returning from a funeral Friday, a mule attached to a buffsrv in which Mrs. W. H. Dyer. wife of a planter living near here and her three children were ncing, De came frightened and ran away. All the occupants were thrown out. The baby was instantly killed and Mrs. Dyer and her two other daughters seiously injured, r"' ' - r ' i SITE NOT YET SELECTED Trustees of Proposed State Reforma tory Hold Lengthy Meeting at Greensboro But Come to No Defi nite Action. Greensboro, SpeciaL-"The board of trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial school were in session here from 8:30 o'clock until after midnight for the purpose of adopting a set of by-laws and selecting a site for the proposed reformatory for North Carolina. Nino out of the fourteen members of the board were presents Propositions were heard from a number of towns in the State, seeking to induce the board to locate with them, among them ; Con cord, . Statesville and , Greensboro After considering the proposition it was decided to leave the matter to the acting ahd auditing committee with power to act. . It is thought the site wili be located within the next 00 days. Bonds Carry at Newbem. Newbern, Special. The special election held here Tuesday for a bond issue of $50,000 for street improve ment was carried by an overwhelming majority. The vote was light, but the result was unequivocally in fa'vor of better streets. The provisions of the ordinance adopted were relative to sidewalks, but it is believed that an appropriation will be made in the fu ture providing for the future pave ment of streets. The majority was 333 votes. The campaign was very quiet. Many citizens realizing the im portance of the step regard , this as the step toward a substantial munici pal improvement; There is great re joicing. New Enterprises. A charter is granted "the ' Lattimore Lumber Company, of Cleveland coun ty, capital stock $25,000, J. P. Latti more and others stockholders. The Citizens' Life Insurance Com pany, of Kentucky, a new company, applies for admission into Noi'th Carolina. The commissioner of Insur ance sajTs that a new company, a mu tual life, is being organized at Fay etteville and will apply for license aDd charter in a few days." The Highlands Realty & Improve ment Co., of lieidsville, gets a charter, the amount of capital stock being $50,000, Fred A. Silver, . of Greens boro, being the principal stockholder. Another is to be the Marshalburg Hunting Company of Tarboro, to hold lands for hunting, fishing, etc. ; to sell game and fish, . operate steam boats, etc. ; capital stock $25,000. . A company with the old name of Rose-O-Lowe Medical Company, of Charlotte, gets a charter, and will manufacture A. Thies-German Salve.; the capital stock being $25,000, the stockholders being A. Thies, E. A. Thies, and W. L. Wohlford, the latter of Winston-Salem. State Items. Superintendent Goodwin, of lbs State school for deaf mutes at Mor ganton, reports that 212 pupils are already present and that there are daily arrivals. A very close watch is kept to see that the deaf mute child ren come into school, as for these there is a compulsory law, while this is not in existence so far as the blind are concerned and hence there are id the very least 100 white blind child ren who are getting no ' education whatever, though the State has made every provision for them. The United States r government sends M. O. Eldridge, of the good roads department, to - this State, where he will do special work. H-i and a number of other experts have been in the coungressional district in Georgia of which Savannah is the centre, conducting meetings, thes covering forestry, plant industry, soil tests, good roads, etc. gmithfleld Goes Forward. gmithlleld, Special The town eoo misionere appointed N M Lawrence, N. B. Grantham and E. H- Brooks a committee to investigate into the cost of installing electric lights, water antl sewerage and they were authorized to employ a civil engineer to survey and plot the town estimate the cost of putting in these systems,1 - It begins to look as if Smithfield will soon get out of her old rut and move forward. Gate City Votes Bonds. 'Greensboro, Special. The quietest election ever known in Greensboro was held here when the citizens were called upon to vote oh the issue ol bonds amounting to $125,000 .to pay off the floating-indebtedness of the city. The election was easily carried, there being only 8 votes cast against the issuing of the bonds. So slight was the interest manifested in the election that only 518 out of the 2,000 qualified voters registered, and 339 of these cast their votes in favor of the bond issue, while it required only 261 votes to carry the election. Five Hazers Suspended. "vMake Forest, Special. At a meet ing of the faculty of Wake Forest College lucbaay afternoon five - stu dents, three sophomores and two jun iors, wcr suspended for thirty days for hazing. The charge brought against them was making freshmen dance. There is considerable excite ment among the students, on this act ion of the faculty and many of.h? l)oys are thinking of leaving, Ay 1907 NO. 10. t TAK HEEL TOPICS Items Gathered From All Sections of the State JT Mother and Children Have Narrow Escape. Charlotte, Special. A distressing accident befell Mrs. , J. C. McNeelyt an infant which she carried in her arms and her little daughter Martha al lthree being painfully and the lat ter seriously burned Friday morning about 11 o 'colck at the residence of Dr., and Mrs. C. M. Strong on South Tryon street where Mr. and Mrs. Mc Neely are boarding. Little Martha was in the kitchen alone, and is- supposed to have caught fire .from the stove. She ran screaming to. her mother who held the infant in her arms in another room and while trying to extinguish the fire Mrs. McNeely also fell a vic tim to the flames. From her clothing the flames rapidly spread to the in fant ,and before rescue came to hand all three had been severely burned. Little Martha is more painfully burned than the others. The flames were rapidly enveloping her' body whfent she reached Mrs. McNeely and the late'r becdmirig frightened so Soua could do but httle to sate her child The fact that heip finally eame from Friday morning in the residence oi, neighbors and from Mrs. Strong who W. M- Kectir at Granite Quarry was in the house prevented more dis about 1 o'clock and totally destroyej tressing features to the accident ai j th residences of W. M. Rector and unfortunate as it has proven to be. RanS0nl Walton and a shoe shoo and Dr. Strong was summoned andreliev- j Spread to the store of Mr. J. Wesley ed the sufferings of both mother and gr0wn and the postoffice. Mr. Wal children. All except little Martha ton an(a family only escaped with are resting well. It will be several ; their lives and Baby Waltou was bad days before she recovers from the ac- jy burned though the exact extent of cident. She was badly burned about s injuries cannot be learned. The the face and hands. ! effects in the postoffice and store were - ' saved though the buildings were lo- Charlotte's Auditorium. j tallv destroyed. The total loss is es- Charlotte, Special. About the bus-jtimated at $10,000 and about $2,500 iest, place ifi town is within the new f insurance. auditorium where & - large force oi hands is hammering away, giving to that splendid building its last touch es. . If any doubt has existed in-the mnids of the public whether the audi torium would be ready for occupancy at the opening of the Fall Festival that doubt can now be removed en- tirely because with the ot no cerweo tirely, because with the force now en-1 gaged everything will do in nrst ciass condition by 12 o'clock Saturday night. The placing of. the seats is now being done and the trash both from the interior and exterior removed su that the building will present a beau tiful appearance on Sunday. Prae ticaly all the interior work has been heavy scaffolding which can be easily finished except the removal of the done in a day and the placing of the seats. For several nights the work men have stuck to their posts till midnight. The auditorium is un doubtedly one of the greatest public fed in the eastern part of the county conveniences which has ever been Friday afternoon was brought to the placed in the city. It is a distinct ' city late in the night by parties from credit to Greater Charlotte and fills ! the locality. The little 2-year-old a need which has long been felt here.' child of Mr. Charlie Starr a farmer Its seating capacity is about 4.500. in that part of the county while play The main auditorium will hold 2,500- ing in a room by itself accidently loat people and 2,300 seats will be placed j its balance and fell headforemost into in the gallaries. This insures plenty or room for the crowds which are ex pected at the Festival. The arrange ment of the seats is in such order as to render the people comfortable, plenty of, space being given between them. t mi 1 . Loses His Eyesight. High. Point, Special. Friday morn, ing a deplorable accident occurred at the Globe Home Furniture Company plant and as a result one of the op eratives will lose his eye. George Stout an employe, in the machinery department in attempting to move a belt with a stick got the stick caught , in some;wav and it flew back and .ti.T. i!m ' ?n tha ,-o . tTp wn eynnt- Viim ill thf fiVfi. - Tie WBS VwMinVf un nn.-n nt rnot to "Dr. T)un office and received immediate medical treatment. The physician be lieves that the young man will lose his eye. Murder in the Second Degree. Wilson, Special. The jury in the case of Ralph Dew charged, with kilU ing his wife and brother on Septem ber 7, brought in a verdict of murder ' D - . . . m the second degree. He founa his wife and brother in the woods in compromising position and killed them both. He has not yet been sen- tenced. Montgomery Sustained.1 Asheville, Special. In the United States court here Judge Pritchard rendered his decision sustaining the ruling of Standing Master Montgom ery in refusing to allow the State 's attornevs in the railway rate case hearing to investigate the books of the : Southern railway prior to June 30, 1905. The court says that the ex- ceptions to the ruling of the standing master are without merit and are therefore overruled. The appeal of the defendants was argued lasi oau- urday bv counsel and since then Judge Pritchard has had the matter under consideration. Small Fire at High Point. High Point, Special. Friday morn ing about 9 o'clock the Dalton Fur niture Company's plant caught firo the fire out without much damage, ers. R. F. Hoke, Ed Chambers Smitu The Dalton Furniture Company of and many others are among the stock this city is shipping a solid car of hoiders the shares being held at $20C furniture to Panama this .week : The t nt of -tal stock bei foreign shipments with the High Point qqq - T factories are getting larger each year. , RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one insertion...... $1.00 One Square, two insertions.... 1.50 One Square, one month a.09 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. Damage Suits Brought Agairst Seven Durham Merchants. Durham, Special. Mrs. Octa D. Thomas has brought suit against sev en merchants for damages in tLe sum of $5,000 'for each defendant. Somo time ago Mrs. Thomas who had a boarding house here, went to Balti more on a business trip and during her absence a number of - creditors swooped down -on her furniture and had attachment pepers served. Mra. Thomas then hurried back heie and claimed hr personal exemption. Slio has now brought suit for damages to business and personal damages in seven suits. The. -defendants are Trakas & Co., M.'SJrevel, fM. Steph ens & Co., C. E' Jorudoii, A. A. Thacker, W. T. Shepherd ancf the Durham Wood, Coal & Lumber Co. Destructive Fire at Granite Quarry Salisburv. SDecialz-rFire broke ou Little Girl Dies in the Street in Salis bury. Salisbury, Special. The fueral of little Lelia Jordan who died on the street Friday when returning from school was held Friday afternoon. It 1 was attended bv a large number of . gehool children The little girl had - t thg d in gchool in the tau ht , Migg AnnieKizer and was j in fect health She started horns j &nd faad fl but twQ bIocks wheu . - , , tillsn a few m;n. utes, before a physician could be brought to her. She was but six years old and a bright sweet child whose death was very sad. No cause could be assigned. Child Drowned in Buckett. Greensboro, Special. The news of a distressinsr accident which harmen- a bucket of water around which it was playing and being unable to free itself drowned before any one could come to its assistance. The child's mother was in the house at the time but was sick in bed and did not know anything of the terrible accident that had befallen her child until it had already been dead some time. Claude James Convicted. Winston-Salem, Special. After de liberation for three hours the Super ior Court jury at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter againtt Claude James the young white man j 'bo Med a negro in the .northern part of the city on the night ! CI August 17th last. The- State verdict of murder in the flrfst degree while the counsel for I'UIIICIMICU J-Ui il the defendant pleaded f;r acquittal on the ground of self defense, Tar Heel Notes. -Mrs. Horace R. Dowell was secured as assistant teacher of vocal music at Peace Institute and four new pianos ' were installed in. the Music Depart; man ViiT -ia iimieiifillv nrnwinniK ment which is unusually prominent this term. " , The sales by the Raleigh liquor dis pensary for the three months ended j September 30th aggregated $67,473. j The Rich Fork Telephone Company , 0f High Point is charatered to build ijnes (n Ginlford, Davidson, Randolph and Forsyth counties. A charter is granted the Realty & Securities Co., of Hendersonville cap ital stock $5,000. A charter is also granted the Bad Debt Collection Agency of Statesville capital stock $10,000 Frank A.Hamp- ton and others stockholders. The company is given the authority to change its headquarters to Charlotte. f . , s tarv Woodcll cf the Odd Fellows repojts new lodges at Slier City and Whittier. -A charter is granted the Lincoln Lithia Club incorporated at Lincoln ton, this aking over the noted springi there. There are to be many cot tages a club building, shooting priv ileges use of the water etc., and 'also
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