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Ebe Gbatbam 1Recor&'. I XTbe Cbatbam TRecorJ). 1 H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: S1.50 Per Year ipirmrtr RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion $u One Square, two Insertions.... cs ax v. One Square, one month......... For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N7 C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1908. NO. 7: .mi NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From AH Sectious of the Busy Ta.r Heel Sfate SELECTING SEED-CORN FOR LARGER YIELDS. North Carolina Agricultural Experi ment Station, West Raleigh C. B. Williams, Director. The practice of selecting seed-corn from the barn late in the spring costs the farmers of North Carolina, in de creased yields of shelled corn, an amount equal to more than five mil lion dollars annually. Just so long as this method is followed, just so long will the corn-growers of the State lack this amount of producing what they might with the same treat ment under identical conditions were they to use better methods in the selection of their seed-corn. The proper place to select seed for plant ing purposes next year is the field this fall. One day spent in the field in selecting seed-corn properly will pay better in increased yields than most any labor performed during the entire year. There are many ways in which this work might be done sat isfactorily, the exact method depend ing upon local conditions and prac tices. Economy of performance of the operation is alwaj-s to be looked after but not at a sacrifice of effi ciency. Where corn is gathered from stalks in the field in the usnal way, a good method for the corn-grower to use is to sling a cotton-picking bag over the shoulder or take a basket in the baud and go through and make the selections from the field of corn which he has ' that is a little above the average in productivity. Take two rows at a time and select seed from those stalks which have two well-developed cars per stalk, remem bering that in the selection of seed one should select from the stalks that will yield the largest amount of shelled corn per stalk. The reason niy it is advised selecting from two eared stalks is because in testing and studying varieties of corn during the past eight years on the Experiment Station farm and elsewhere it lias been found that the best yielders of .shelled corn per stalk and hence per acre were those that averaged' near wo ears per stalk. Take both of the ars if they are good ones and reject oth if they are not. Do not give uch detailed attention to the shape f the ears and grains during field ficuion, but reserve this for some ainy or snowy day during the winter nd have the 'young boys around to elp, as there is no form of farm oik that will interest them more or ad them to take a deeper interest the work of the farm. One reason liy so many boys leave the farm is cause they are not taught that ere is something more in farming an the mere drudsrerv connected ith it. When coins: throush the Id selecting these ears it might be 11 to have the boys along too if y are old enough to appreciate the ue and importance of what is be- done. A cart or wagon might be one end of the rows and when you there each time empty the bas er bag-. Enough corn should be hered in this way so that when more careful selection is made .ing the winter at the barn, hav- m mind the best shape of ears kernels, enough will be left for iting, 'after throwing out the ears oor shape and those having ker not up to the proper type it is ied to use for planting. Select lorn the field three to five times as It'll corn as it is . expected to be led, so that a very rigid selection he ears mav be made durinsr some tier day. Make selections from that not only bear two well ioiii.I ears, but from those that a good leaf development and root system. Select ears that borne at a uniform and conveni- State News in Brief. ' J. I). Elliott, of Hickory, has awarded the contract for the h'uluinir to be erected at Win ' College, Rock Hill, S. C. iiiit. High school in Randolph 'V. tinned Tuesday with a srood Stance, nearly one hundred be- anir,! 1 -lift first A f,Ji" r'iod scholastic year are air for IIijh Point is being agi tor I'll;;) to become a perma- tixture. The plan is to organ- si"v company and build race f fin! '-inklings and other things W tor a successful fair. spec-' a i prizes of $250. $150 and 'oy t ho host county exhibits in -non win, the State fair to be Sress October 11 to 17. is ex- V to mako these county exhib- uut(l Jtauives in the contest. rnas Nelson Pa-e, of Virginia, .iver me annual address before M-th Carolina Literary and Hi Association at its meeting i'iigh in October. ; New Charters. figh, Special. Two new cor ns were chartered Friday as dora Guano Company, Laurin ipital $100,000 subscribed ; J. p. McNair and incorporators. tn Tate' Ine- Marion; cap- .a).000 onvinnl 1 1 . , s-vLLim mercnanaise : (Jaston, of As Will t tt Vof- -M-anon, incorporators. ent height, for such ears are more easily and cheaply gathered ; they ripen more uniformly ;and are less liable not ot have the embryo grains fertilized, as the tasselling of all stalks will be practically at the same date and the pollen from all will be given off at about the same time. The ears should be held not upright, but in 'a rather droopingposition, as such ears are less liable to rot, as they will shed the rain rather than admit it in to the ears, as they frequently do when held in an upright position: especially is this so if the husks (shucks) do not cover the tips of the ears completely. ' Also, it is well to discard all ears that have the tips poorly covered with husks, even if all the other characteristics are up to re quirements. When, during the win ter, the corn thus gathered is gotten out for more careful selection, choose those ears of cylindrical shape and those which possess deep wedge-shaped and" large-germed grains which completely and deeply cover the cobs and which are arranged in parallel rows. Select heavy, well-matured ears that have medium-sized cobs with kernels that are heavy in weight and medium rough in indentation, and which have the butts and tips fairly wel filled out. Keep the seed stored in a dry place until planting time. If you have not selected your seed corn before from the field in the way indicated above try it this fall. You may, be a little doubtful at the value of this extra effort, but give it a fair trial and we Jfell sure that you will never go back to the old and less profitable method- of selecting seed corn from the barn. Opening at Elizabeth. Charlotte, Special. Thursday morning saw one of the most success ful openings in the history of Eliza beth College. Students began com ing in three days ago until now all the professors and students have ar rived and are ready to begin work. Mr. Henry J. Zehm, of' the musical department, opened the morning ex ercises with an organ selection, which was followed by an impressive prayer offered by Rev. G. D. Bernheim. Rev. C. B. King, who presided, then introduced Rev. W. C. Shaeffer, Jr.. the principal speaker of the morning who, in a powerful address, expound ed his svstem of Christian philos ophy. The outlook is for the most prosperous year in the history of this splendid institution. Accused of Wife Murder. Durham, Special. The most sen sational homicide this county has known since the crime for which John Hodges was hanged, the murder of his wife two years ago, took place three miles from Durham, and W. H. Tilley is held without bail.' His claim is that he tried to shoot a dog in the yard, snapping his Winchester three times at the dog, and on the failure to fire he struck the gun with his hand, when it exploded, shooting his wife. The relations of husband and wife were not pleasant, and the theory of .murder is generally be lieved. Bis Fire at High Point. High Point, Special. Fire Friday morning at 3:40 o'clock was dieov ei ed in the Sapp block on North Main street, and 'before it was subdued gutted the building, destroying the goods of Clark Shoe Company, valued at $10,000, and insured for $6,000; the High Point Clothing Company, valued at $10,000 or more, with in surance of $8,000; Moore Book Store valued at $2,000, with $1,200 insur-. ance. Several people lived up stairs in the building and lost about all they had. Fire Destroys . Seven Stores. Springhope, Special. Fire at 3 o'clock Friday morning destroyed the postoffice and seven store buildings in the heart of the town. The loss is about $5,000. The buildings - were all of wood and an eyesore to the town. No insurance was carried on the property. Sunday School Association. Charlotte, Special. The indications are that there will be a large attend ance at the convention of the Meck lenburg County Sunday School As sociation. This is ,a convention of Sunday schools of all denominations and meets with the Sugar Creek Pres byterian church Saturday and Sun day. Rev. Dr. A. L. Phillips, of Richmond, Va., Mr. J. B. Robertson, State Sunday school secretary ,and other prominent Sunday school work ers will be present. , Woman Killed by Street Car. Spencer, Special. Jumping from a clump of bushes in front of a rap idly moving street car in Spencer, Delia Moore, colored, was instantly killed and her body mashed into jelly by a car of the Salisbury and Spencer Street Railway. It is thought suicide was her motive. She had been seen drinking near the scene of the accident a short time before The motorman had no chance to stop the car in time to prevent the tragedy. THE APPLE BITTER ROT Ncrth Carolina Agricultural Experi . ment Station, West Raleigh C. B. Williams, Director. Occurrence in "North Carolina. This disease occurs in very destruc tive form throughout the Piedmont and eastern sections of the tSate, though it is possibly less destructive further west. In 'a recent trip thro' the middle section of the State, the writer saw dozens of orchards ruin ed by this rot which, but for the presence of it, would have yielded largely. In many of the orchards visited, the trees were in fine condi tion, showing suitability of soil and climate, and they bore an abundance of fruit, but closer examination showed that the ground under the trees was completely covered with rotten apples and that the apples still on the trees, had numerous specks of soft, brown rot. In many villages and towns all apples offered for sale in stores were affected' with this rot. The facts as stated above show the very destructive prevalence of this disease in this State. This rot has been known in des tructive form in the United States since 1S67. It is estimated to have done $1,500,000 of damage in four counties in Illinois in 1900. In the Middle States the losses are estimat ed to be from one-half to threes fourths of the entire crop. The Ppresident of the National Apple Shippers Association estimated the damasre in the United States in 1900 at $10,000,000. Description of the Bitter Rot. There are many different types of ap ple rot, some are hard, some soft, some wet, some dry, some of one col or and some anothc-r, etc. The bitter rot of the apple, sometimes called the ripe, rot, is a soft, wet, mellow rot, occurring usually as circular spots on the fruit. These spots, of which there may be from one to twenty, or more on each apple, enlarge rapidly, run together, and the whole fruit becomes a soft, rotten mass. The dis ease usually begins while the fruit is still hanging on the tree, and as the disease progresses, many of the ap ples fall to the ground below. Cause of the Rot. This rot is caused by a fungus, known as Glooo sporium, the spores of which fall up on the apple, grow, penetrate it, and cause tha decay. The spores are produced in 'immense quantities in small pustules, which appear upon the rotted surface. In many instances, the fungus passes the winter in can kered spots on the twigs and bark. Treatment. There are two forms of treatment, both of which should be followed. First, inasmuch as the fungus is known to winter in the canker on the branches,- it is important when the leaves are off the trees to carefully inspect the orchard, hunt out these cankers, cut them out and burn them, and thus remove the most dangerous source of spring infection. Second, the trees should be spray ed with Boredeaux Mixture in order to kill all spores which fall upon the fruit or twigs. Sprayings should be applied before the buds begin to swell in the spring, just after the blossoms fall, and every ten or fourteen days thereafter until the fruit is almost ripe. These two treatments combined will to a very large extent, serve to con trol this very serious disease. " F. L.' STEVENS, Biologist. " "' Kick Fractures Skull. Statesville, Special.- Mr. Noah Sloan, a young farmer, is in a dan gerous condition at his tome in Con cord township as the result of a kick from a mule. He was in the act of unhitching a team of mules from a mowing machine- Thursday afternoon when one of the animals began kick ing and Mr. Sloan received a heavy blow on his head. Bad Fire in. East Spencer. Salisbury,' Special. -Nine dwell ings were destroyed by fire in East Spencer short' y after midnight Mon day night, entailing a loss of $10,000, with but little insurance. The fire originated in a meat market and the high winds operated against the fire men. This is the worst fire in the history of East Spencer. Tar Heel Items. , The cotton crops of Scotland coun ty are proving to be very short. This is caused by the extreme dry weather a few weeks before the recent heavy rains, and then the floods .made mat ters worse. Cotton has suffered great ly from the- excessive rains ; much of it was open and during the . rains sprouted in the burrs, and is now giving a product classed as storm cot ton. With a short crop7 and short prices, and tljat coming after a failure on the watermelon and cantaloupe proposition, things are not what they were a year ago from the farmers7 standpoint. . ' The State School for the Blind a Raleigh opened this week with 301 students, the largest enrollment in the history of the institution, and Superintendent John E. Ray says the outlook is - for the most successful session in the history of the institu tion. Linwood College, located at All Healing Springs, near Gastonia, open ad last Wednesday with ' more than 30 in the; -boarding department. A number of others is expected MADE FATAL FLIGHT Airship Plunges to the Esrth Frow Great Height CARRYING ONE MAN TO DEATH Wright's Aeroplane Meets With Se N riou Accident, Killing One and Se verely Injuring the Daring Navi gator. Washington, Special. After hav ing drawn the attention of the world to his aeroplane flights at Fort Mycr, and having established new .world records for the heavier-than-air fly ing machines, Orville - Wright met with a tragical mishap while making a two-mile flight. The aeroplanist was accompanied by - Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge, of the Signal Corps of the army. Lieutenant Sel ridge . was fatally injured and di-id at. 8:10 o'clock at night. Mr. Wright was seriously injured, but is expect ed to recover. A . Official Investigation. ; ' Major George O. Squier, acting chief signal officer of the army Fri day i morning convened the board of signal officers for the purpose of making an official inquiry into the death of Lieutenant Selfridge. Ma jor Charles McK. Saltzman as chair man aid Captain Charles S. Wallace and Lieut. Frank P. Lahm were the other members present. Major Squier, as acting chief sig-. nal officer, reviewed the finding of the court, which were given out by him as follows: 1 The Findings ofthe Court. "The board finds that the accident which occurred in an unofficial flight r'.ade at Fort Meyer, Va., at about 5:18 p. m., September lTJh, 1908, was due ' to the accidental breaking of a propeller blade and a consequent un avoidable loss of control which re sulted in the machine falling to the groand from -a height of about 75 feet. "The board finds that First Lieut ant Thomas E. Selfridge, First Field Artillery (attached to the Sig nal Corps by War Department orders, and assigned to aeronautical duty), accompanied Mr. Wright, by author ity, on the aeroplane for the purpose of officially receiving instructions and received injuries by the falling of the machine which resulted in his death." The signal corps will proceed with it aeronautical work and it is un derstood that the Wright brothers will be permitted to make their of ficials trials whenever they are ready, without endangering their chance of receiving the contract price of $25, 000 for their aeroplane. Chanler the Nominee. Rochester, N. .Y., Special. Nomi nating all but one of its candidates by acclamation and adopting a plat form which arraigns the administra tion of Governor Hughes and pledges earnest support to the Denver plat form and candidates, the Democratic State convention nominated as the head of its ticket for Governor the present Lieutenant Governor of the State, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, of Dutchess county. John A. Dix, of Washington county, Avas nominated for Lieutenant Governor. All oppo sition to Mr. Chanler disappeared af ter a conference of the State leaders, which occupied a greater part of the night. The ticket decided upon by the leaders, with one exception, seemed to meet the approval of all the delegates, and the nominations were made with great enthusiasm un til the office of State Engineer and Surveyor was reached. The confer ence candidate for this office was Phillip P. Farley, of Brooklyn, an an-ti-McCarren man. Senator McCar ren, amid the cheers of his support ers, took the platform "to resent an insult." Suffocated in Tunnel. Detroit, Mich., Special. Two men were suffocated and three others in jured in a fire at the Windsor end of the Michigan Central tunnel Tues day morning. When the flames were discovered the two hundred men working in the shaft made a dash for the exits. All reached the air except four.v The exact amount of damage is unknown. Testify to Discriminations. Atlanta, Ga.,. Special. There were only two witnesses examined by Spe cial Examiner Smith, representing the Interstate Commerce Commission in the complaint of four negro bish qps alleging 'discrimination against their race by several Southern rail roads. The witnesses were H. E. Perry, a negro insurance worker, and A. Graves, a negro real estate agent, of Atlanta. Both told of instances in which they had been -refused better accommodations than was furnished by the xailroads, even though they had been willing to pay for them. Lockout of Two Hundred Thousand Operatives Probable. Manchester, Eng., By Cable. Late Friday night there seemed to be no hope that a lockout of 200,000 cotton operatives could be avoided. The wage dispute is of long standing. The em ployers proposed to reduce wages five per cent., . but they finally consented not to put the reduction in force un til January of next year. The ope ratives voted on the question whether or not to accept this offer. POSTAL BANKS FAVORED Proposition to Establish Postal Sav ings Banks Will be Considered bj the National Association of Post masters at Their Convention in Chattanooga, j Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. Dis cussion of postal savings banks and parcels post will occupy the attention of the National Association of Post masters of First Class Offices during the convention opened in this city Thursday. Postmaster General Geo. Von L. Myer and several of his sub ordinates from Washington, with postmasters frem nearly all of tht larger cities of the country .will take part in the consideration of these vital topics. Postmaster General Myer has gone on record as' favoring both projects and will renew his recommendations for their adoption in his next annual report to the President and Congress The postal savings bank proposit ion, in its modified form, will limit deposits to small amounts, thus mak ing the system practically an auxili ary and feeder for national and State banks. Opinion among the visiting postmasters as to the parcels post system is divided, but a majority favor the plan. Friends of the meas ure declare that nothing now pre vents the establishments of a parcels post but the influence of the express companies. In the matter of back-stamping the day and hour of arrival of letters, the postmasters are generally agreed that the plan should be continued. The practice was discontinued in New York, but the postmaster of that city reports that numerous com plaints have been made by patrons. Lawyers and big commercial con cerns have urged that the practice of back-stamping be resumed, as the back-stamp is sometimes highly im portant in the trial of cases by law. Spectacular Attempt at Murder and Suicide. Memphis, Tenn., Special. A spec tacular attempt at murder and suicide occurred at the crowded corner of Monroe and Third streets at 6 o'clock Monday night when Mose Cook, 45 years old, an insurance clerk, shot three bullets into his wife and at tempted to kill himself. With the revolver in his mouth and repeatedly pulling the trigger, his life was saved only by the fact that all of the cart ridges had been exploded. The man cooly started to reload the weapon when a bystander seized a club and felled him to the pavement. The wo man was taken to the hospital. The British Ambassador. London, By Cable. James 'Bryce's retirement from Washington is ex pected here to speedily follow the in auguration of President Roosevelt's successor. That Lord Desborough will succeed to the Washington post is considered a foregone conclusion. Mr. Bryce is known to have accepted the post with the proviso that he was free to resign as soon as the recently sign ed arbitration treaties with the Unit ed States were concluded. Des borough is 53 years old, a multi millionaire, and has had some ex perience in public life. More Troops for Mexican Border. Galveston, Special Rujsh orders for more troops on the Mexican bor der have been received from General Meyer, of the ..United States army, who is investigating conditions. Three troops of calvary are now in service along the Rio Grande and more go forward. Several companies of Mex-f ican troops are on the Mexican side of the river. Ten Mexicans carry ing arms were arrested while trying to cross the river into Mexico. They are believed to be revolutionists, though they said they were pursu iag a gang of horse thieves. Absconding Italian Banker on Trial. New York, Special. Pasquale Ca po nigri, charged with absconding nearly two years ago, owing deposi tors in his bank more than $100,000. was arraigned in police court. When arrested he said he fled because he could not realize on securities, and if he had closed the doors of the bank and asked for a receiver his countrymen would have killed him. He hadto run to save his life. Six Hundred People Homeless. Saco., Maine, Special. Six hun dred people are rendered homeless and a half million damage is done to property. . Eighty-five tenement houses. and nine million feet of lum ber were consumed in a fire that swept 'this city. It originated in a lumber yard and a high wind caused a rapid spread of the flames. The damage would have been much great er had not help arrived from Bidde ford. There were many thrilling escapes from death.' The flames were subdued at noon. Mad Dog Causes Trouble. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. A mad dog ran amuck in the streets here Tuesday afternoon doing consid erable damage before it was killed. Tfie animal attacked J. P. Hertzog, a well known contractor, and inflict ed a slight wound on his leg. The dog also bit a colored nurse and then attacked a pair of mules hitched to the stret sprinkler, biting one of the mules on the lip. HUGHES IS NAMED Gets Nomination For a Second Term as Governor of N. Y. HE GOES IN BY ACCLAMATION After the Utter , Failure of the County Leaders to Discover An other Candidate Upon Whom They Could Unite, the Republicans of New York Nominate Governor Hughes ta Succeed Himself. Saratoga, N. Y., Special. Charles Evans Hughes, of. New York, was nominated by the Republican State convention by an overwhelming ma joritj' and on the first ballot, to suc ceed himself as Governor of the State of New York. He received 827 votes out of a possible 1,009, as c gainst 151 for James W. Wadsworth Jr., of Livingstone county, Speaker of the State Assembly, and 31 for former Congressman John K. Stew nrt, of "Montgomery. The nomination was made unani mous upon motion of State Com mitteeman William. Barnes, Jr., of Albany, who has been perhaps the bitterest and most outspoken op ponent of, the Governor's renomina cion. The Governor's renomination fol lowed the utter failure of a desperate struggle on the part of a number of the county leaders, who for four lays have spared no - effort to dis cover a candidate upon whom they could unite to defeat him. The balance of the ticket was made as an organization "slate" an nounced an hour or more before the session of the convention began, by Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the State committee. Senator White, who was Aosen as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was in the "running" for the Gov ernorship until the early Afternoon, wheii he requested his friends not to present his name. It was the 183 votes of all but one district in New York county that carried the Governor's total beyond the 505, a majority of the convention J required to nominate. The nine votes of Nassau county had brought the Hughes total to 395. Amid the brethless hush the secre tary of the convention called "New York." Herbert Parsons, president of the New York county Republican general convention, rose in his place and said dramatically : 'New York county, second as sembly district, gives four for Wads worth, the balance of the county, 183 for Charles Evans Hughes." A thousand pencils in two seconds had footed the Hughes total to 57S, and every person in the great hall knew that the battle was over, and the place was instantly a bedlam of cheering:. Hardly less sensational had been the moment when State Chairman Woodruff delivered to Hughes, in spite of a general expectation to the contrary, the entire vote for King's county, 13S. bringing the Governor's total to 342, for Woodruff had been avowedly opposed to the Governor's renomination. It was really the action of King's which signalized what might be called "the stampede to Husrhes" and when its 138 votes r were cast in a block for the Governor any remaining doubt of his nomina tion was swept away. Governor Hughes Expresses His Ap preciation. Rochester. N. Y., Special. "I am deeply sensible of the honor con ferred upon me. I wish to express my appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by, the Republican party." Thus did Governor Hughe:, make his first public statement 'after his notification of renomination for Gov ernor of New York State. Beyond that the Governor would say nothing, either as to his running mate on the Republican ticket or his policies for,, the second term, should he be elected. Governor Hughes passed through Rochester early 'that night bound from Warsaw to Albany. Granted New Trial. Staunton, Va., Special. The Vir ginia Supreme Court of Appeals at Staunton granted new trials to the negroes, Burton and Conquest, con victed here upon a change of venue in the Onancock race riot cases and given one year each in the peniten tiary. This is the second time that these cases have been before the Su preme Court. The defendants were first convicted in Accomac county and given heavy penitentiary sentence They appealed and these sentences were set aside with the cases trans ferred to Norfolk. rieet Nears Albany. Melbourne, By Cable. Dispatches from Albany on the Australian west coast, state that , the American bat tleship fleet is nearing that port and will arrive Friday. Six days will be spent there, after which the ar mada will proceed to Manila, a dis tance of about 1,800 miles. Albany is a village of less than 5,000 souls and-the entertainment of the tars will necessarily be on a small scale. CONVICT IE ASF ENDS Georgia Rids Herself of Cruel System of long Standing WORK OF SPECIAL LEGISLATURE Governor Smith Signs Bill Whick Ends a Regime of Corruption aa Great Brutality in the Cracker State. - Atlanta, Ga., Special. Just at mid oight Saturday night Governor Hoke Smith signed the convict leasa bill which hereafter prohibits the leasing: of felons except by the consent ot the Governor and prison commission The bill was passed by the Legis lature Saturday after $35,000 'had been spent in an extra session, ani' nearly a month used in discussing the legislation. With the signature of Govenor Smith on the bill as en grossed, Georgia has done away with a system which has been in dist ance ever since 1885. It was Nto settle this convict lease question that Governor Smith called, a special session of the Legislature. He desired that the lease system be absolutely abolished and the bill as passed provides that there will be va leasing of convicts to any contractor for private gain. It is said these con tractors have made thousands of dol lars out of convict labor in Georgia, in the last forty years, men - being . leased to them' at $100 a piece witls the proviso of board and sleepirijf quarters. :.;': In the investigation which led to the present legislation there was con siderable testimony to the effect thai negro convicts had been whipped bj overseers, that in several cases tie abuse had resulted in the death of men-under the control of the lessee When the Georgia Legilature as sembled a month ago to consider the question of . convict labor, Governor Smith announced that he desired all traces of the lease sysem to be erad icated. The House and Senate disar greed as to how this should be ac complished. The Senate insisted that there should be no leasing after March 31 next. The House wanted the lease system extended to 1911. Finally, however, House and Senate compromised on a measure whick permits the use by the State of acy convicts not used on State roads, nor by. municipalities, nor in State insti tutions. These men riiay be used as the prison commission and Governor sees fit, but as a close friend of Gov ernor Smith said when it was snje gested this provision might haw a "joker." "Governor Smith, yo may be sure, is totally opposed t leasing convicts to private individ uals and will never consent to any leases of this kind. The lease systems is dead. " - Watchman Killed by Eobher. Durham, Special. The dead body of Jack Roberson, night watchman of the Carrington Lumber Company, of East Durham, was- found Satur day morning in the road between the company's plant and the railroad tracks, cold and evidently bavin been there several hours. When the alarm was spread, Sheriff Harwarf was one of the first there and made the examination disclosing the way the man died. Two 3S calibre pis tol wounds were found in the body Suspicion rests uon a colore! maiv and robbery was the cause of the crime. To Confer on Reads. Washington, Special. America, will be officially represented at thr International Good Roads Congrre to be held in Paris next month, ac cording to an announcement made last week. The French ministry of public works has issued formal in vitations to all highway auil crities of this country and many will prob- ' ably attend. Burglar Shot and Killed. Macon, Ga., Special. City Detec tive Tom Jones at 3 o'clock Sunday morning shot and killed Junior Brans a negro burglar, just after he ha2 burglarized the grocery store of J. C. Vann and attempted to burglar ize the. dwelling of Thomas G. Car roll. Mrs. Carroll was aroused by the negro in the house and scream-si He broke Jthrough the glass door 'ami ran. The city detective ' was callled gave, chase and was forced to shoot the negro, who showed fight wher he was overtaken. Roosevelt Appeals for Tait. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Special. Pres. ident Roosevelt in aletter to Williair B. 3IcKinley, chairman of the Re publican congressional committee, made public Sunday, appeals to dis interested citizens to join with thf national Republican committee an the congressional committee in e movement to elect William H. Tafl as President and a Republican Co gress to support him. -1 . :? VJI '5 i. X i r 31 J! j! 1
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