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jpc cbatbam Rccor&. H. A- LONDON jjplTOB AITC) FROPKIETOS. JfllMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 01-50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE ; : . . - - : ' -; - ii ii VOL. XXXII. PTTTRTrmri nil a hpti a m nnfrHivw V . ' - I t : ; ttbc Cbatbam IRecorfc. RATES OF ADVERTISllIS: Om Square, oao laerttai. $V One Square, tw Insertions.... t,gm One Square, mm momib For L&rger Advertise msntu Liberal Contracts vHI ba mado. : - COTON HILL MERGER HAS $20,000,000 CAPITAL ill Owners Form International Cotton Mill Corporation, 11 HILLS IN CONSOLIDATION Tie Eerger ot Cotton Kills Is Said to Be the Largest of the Kind Ever Attempted in tie United States. Baltimore. Plans for tiie reorgani zatieu ot the big holding company which : to lake over the Consolidat cd Cotun Duck company 'and1 other 1---CC cotton manufacturing concerns la this country, together with cord ate :o..o oilier cotton product plants.. l-we loon outlined. The new con cern ill 'o known as the Interna tional iViion Mills corporation and vas i .xur.tzed under the laws of Mas gachusats and has a capital of $20,- I.'.' -' ' 1'iuU r t ie plan additional capital via to ir.tutfod into the business of ihc i"o:-oii'iated Cotton Duck com rany ;ts well as the other companies whioli V.11 be absorbed by the new corporation and those behind the new corporation believe that the financial condition ot all companies concerned will havo boon greatly strengthened. Tito company will acquire, either by direct ownership or by stock control, certain textile mills and sales and dis triiutiitg companies located in this cetxtry and Canada, which together manufacture and sell come three thousand varieties of cotton fabrics, probatiy a greater diversity of cot ton fairies than any other concern The properties consolidated repre sent r.veuty-tvo miles and thousands of acre? ef laud, part of which is un der cotton cultivation, and employing nanus, itn an aggregate an nual eutput of approximately A:: : -' them are the Stark mills of Manchester (X. H.); the Mount Ver tua Vv Lnilitry Cotton Duck company, the Consolidated Cotton Duck com pany, t.., Lioston Yarn company, the Bay tt.,ve Cotton corporation, the Ea?.t;n i tills and tiie Maryland mills. GAVE TREE CALOMEL. Pear Tree Given Medicine is Now Ccnvalesced. Anuiiton. Ala. Luther Burbank has !. ii out-Burbanked by Frank Mclntyre, an Anniston merchant, who says tr-.s have livers, and that cer tain disvuses to which they are sub ject may be cured by calomel. He t:: d this on a sick pear tree, boring a hole, dropping in the medi cine, inserting and allowing the sap to disseminate the calomel. The tree convalesced, and now has nor ma! heaith. BYRAN LOSES LEADERSHIP- Nebraska Democrats Againct Bryan's Attitude en Liouor Qeustfon. Grand Rapids, Neb. Nebraska democrats wrested the leadership of their state organization from William J. Bryan on the issue of county op tion. By decisive votes they registered their unbelief in his present policies after listening to an impassioned ap peal from Mr. Bryan, who declared the liquor interests were in an or ganized attempt to secure political control of the state. GEORGIA CgQPSHORT- Georgia'; Cotton Crcp Short 46 Per Cent Last Year. Atlanta, Ga. The department of agriculture's estimate of crop condi tions in Georgia, shows the cotton crop of the state compared with, the yield last year to be 62 per cent, mak ing a reduction in bales of 46 pt cent, cr 1,178,000 bales estimated this year, against 1,900,000 bales raised last year. From every section the reports stntfrt thnt tho rrnn is in bad bei to too much rain. Library for the Blind. Montgomery, Ala. Preparation is Partment. for the establishment of the first traveling library for th3 blind w the south. One hundred books from the state blind schools at Talla dega came in and are being' arranged "r distribution. These books are carried in the mails free. Town Bars Saloon Always. 0Fno, Cal. Dry in perquity Is Fe Raiirofid in all deeds to property in the new town of River Bank, which 15 to he a mid-valley diiion point 03 that line. District Agent Hobart sa's it is the first town laid out by a llroad to exclude saloons for all time. Fr the Ale in th recent l t them nan to Many Negroes Victimized. xandria, Ala. Scores of negroes iection have been victimized recently by ;i white man, who ob 'ncd the sum of 1 from each, of as a fee for having tneir ley enrf)llff1 na ov.cln ups in nrdflr S(;ei:ie pensions." St. , Chopra Spreading Over Russia. v dai week Petersburg, Russia. Cholera l;if'd r.&7n vintiTn. flnrine the of July 16-23, according to sta g's made nnhli.7 hv the eovern- sanitary commission,- and the srouree is sDreading. Since 1 ay there hav been 37.R52 cases. c vvhidi ic.651 were fatal. There is "i increase ot 4U cases auu O-aths riailv in OiiD narAtal. F'artv- -vinces are strickea. list ntent dread las 12 dc TO PROTECT COTTON BILLS. Railroads Will Certify to Signatures on Cotton Bills ol Lading. New York City. At a meeting here or bankers who have been negotiating with railroad officials on the subject of foreign and domestic bills of lad ing a definite plan covering the f u ture issue of through order notify bills of lading for cotton was adopted. It wis decided to send a committee of five bankers to Europe immediate, ly to lay the agreement before bank, ers of England and the continent. Foreign bankers decided at a con ference in London to refuse to nego tiate American cotton bills of lading after November first unless teed by a banking institution. This stand was taken in view of the loss es sustained abroad recently on bills of lading, it was hoped by the bank ers in the conference the plan adopt ed will satisfy foreign financial in stitutions. This plan carries out the scheme outlined at a meeting of representa tives of the railroads east of the Mis sissippi river held at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., on July 19. It pro vides for the issue by the railroads of a bill of lading signature certifi cate, which is to be attached to each bill cf lading, whereby the railroad certifies the signature of the bill of lading covering the specific number of bales. In the case of through export bills when cotton is in the possession of the railroad company or upon the presentation of loading certificates by authorised agents of compressor ware house companies. The practice of issuing duplicate and triplicate bills of lading will be discontinued. Only one will be issued, but copies will be made subject to the endorsement: "copy, not negotia ble." A copy of each bill of lading will be forwarded to the agent of the water carrier at the port of export on direct shipments, or the port of trans-shipment on direct .shipments. Shippers will be required to accept the conditions of the bills of lading by attaching their signatures. "v Atlanta, Ga. The banks, cotton dealers and railroads of tne south will not agree to the demands of the Lon don bankers that through bills of lad ing for cotton be guaranteed by the American banks, declared G. A. Nich olson, president of the Southeastern Cotton Buyers Association. He stated that they will go no fur ther than to agree that southern banks, without assuming legal respon sibilities, shall assure foreign back ers and cotton dealers that the bills of lading issued by tho roads are genuine. PLAN WAREHOUSE SYSTEM. Prcmcters Plan to Revolutionize the Cotton Industry. Boston, Mass. Having lor its pur pose revolutionizing the cotton inds try of the United States, a conference was held at the home of John Hays Hammond at Gloucester, at which were present, besides Mr. Hammond, Daniel J.- Sully, the New York cotton operator, and Scott Dalgleish of Cairo, Sgypt, representative of the Hirsch syndicate of London. Briefly, the idea is to establish store houses in all parts of the cotton producing districts cf this country, as well as In the manufacturing centers for storing the cotton crop, so that in stead of selling it from hand to mouth, as has been the practice heretofore, it will be marketed through the entire year when desirable. It is believed that reforms will be effected in the marketing of cotton which will result in a saving of not less than $50,000, 000 annually. New Orleans. News of the launch ing of a company in Boston having for its object the establishment of warehouses for the storing of cotton looking to the holding of this staple without financial inconvenience by farmers until its sale could be most advantageously effected, was received with much interest, not unmixed with surprise, by leading cotton producers and operators of the south. The fact that such a movement in augurate! several years ago by the National Farmers' union is already well under way, with tentative plans made for the erection of several large warehouses of the kind at leading cotton centers, will probably influence very largely southern cotton interests in their views concerning the Boston organization. PLAN TO RAISE MAINE FROM HAVANA HARBOR Eminent Engineer Submits Feasi ble Proposition to Government. WAR DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING John F. O'Rottrke Plans to Lift the Hull of Wrecked Maine Out of the Water in a Cradle of Cables. Rawn's Own Deed, Says Jury. Chicago. The coroner's jury, em paneled to inquire into the death of Ira G. Rawn, late president of the Monon railroad, returned an open ver dict, finding that he died from a shot fired from his own weapon by his own hand. Western Union Changes. Atlanta. A sweeping change in the Western Union Telegraph company by which Atlanta becomes headquar ters for practically all of the south east of the Mississippi river, has been decided upon. The details are being perfected now and the reorganization becomes effective about September 1. Under the new order Atlanta will be come headquarters of the Southeast ern division, which will comprise all the territory south of Washington and east of the Mississippi, except Louis iana, This division will be under the control cf B. F. Dillon, who is at present . general superintendent Fire Destroys Chester Shops. Columbia; S. C Fire that started from ' an unknown origin totally de stroyed the shops of the Carolina and Northwestern railway located at Chester, S. C. Besides the buildings and contents, two engines and a pas senger coach that were practically ready for; the road were burned. 'The loss is estimated to reach more than $100,000, and the insurance will hard ly cover the loss. Washington, D. C. Jno. E. O'Roukj the engineer who bridged the Hud son at Poughkeepsie "and drove the Pennsylvania Railroad's tunnel under the North river, laid before Acting Secretary of War Oliver his plan for raising the Maine from the mud of Havana harbor. Briefly, this newest plan is based upon a system of pneumatic caissons, such as have made possible the build ings of extremely deep foundations under water and whicn contributed largely to the success of the building of tunnels under the Hudson. No div ers are used and the pontoon system is put completely aside. The, method proposed is to swing the Maine in a J cradle of powerful cables and lift her completely out of the water.where a complete inspection of her hull will be possible. 1 While the ship is suspended above water, Mr. O'Rourke declares she can be repaired as readily as if she were in dry dock and after being relaunch ed from the cable cradle can leave Havana harbor under her own steam. This is said to be the first plan yet proposed which would present the ship to a naval board in precisely the same condition as she sunk on the night of February 15, 1S9S. First, a wharf of piles would be built on either side of the submerged wreck. Then, between tae wharves and the hull .twelve pneumatic cais sons would be sunk, six on each side. Practical tunnel building operations would be employed thereafter and a hundred little tunnels would be driv en through the mud, under the keel of the -Maine, between the opposite caissons. Through each tunnel a pow erful steel cable would be" run up the outside of the caisoon to the wharf above, so there would be a steel cable under the hull every four feet, and the aggregate of all would be calculated to be capable of raising four times the weight of the wreck, which is about 7,000 tons. Each cable end would then be at tached to a system of steel screw rods and the screwback principle would be employed. That the war department would be asked for i. thousand men too perate the bancs screws and by every man turning a lever at a "given signal it is planned to pull the hulk up in the cradle or. cables in practically the same way at the pyramids of Egypt are supposed to have been built by man-power. Be ing swung above the water line, the gap between the wharves would be bridged and the engineers would work under and around the hull. When repaired she could be let down into the water by a reversal of the process by which she was raised. Mr. O'Rourke expressed the opinion to Mr. Oliver that the job could be done in three months. Mr. Oliver and General Bixby examined the plan in minute detail. Mr. O'Rourke was assured as one condition that, should an army board" pass favorably on the project, his- patents in the apparatus would be protected. . " .. BOYS' HARD TRIP. From New York to California is Not Easy on Skates. Paterson, N. J. Nathan Laurin and Max Brodie, two Paterson boys, who started from New York for Califor nia upon roller skates several weeks ago, have written to their parents from Nebraska, telling of their ex periences thus far in their journey. They started without money, and up to the time they wrote had visited 108 cities and received letters from that many mayors. "But we have had hard luck' Na than writes. "We have slept on hay stacks and on bare floors. We have been hungry. We have had tooth aches, headaches, stomachaches and every old kind of ache, but" we intend to be game." Banks Hold Vast Reserve. Washington. According to a state ment issued by Comptroller of the Currency Murray the total reserve held by all National banks on June 30 last, was $1,314,987,018, an , aver age of .21 of the deposits being suu ject to reserve requirements. BARS POLITICS IN SPEECHES. Taft is Trying To Be President of the Whole People. Portland, Maine. President Taft put himself on record as subscribing absolutely to the principle that " a president of the United States should not talk politics. He landed at Rock land to make the last spech pf his ten days' cruise. Maine is seething with politics just now. The elections are to be held September 12. Rock land is the home of ex-Governor Wil liam T. Cobb, who is a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator Hale, and is particularly in terested in the campaign. Mr. Taft spoke to a large crowd from an automobile. He told of his appreciation of the . v.lcome which had been accorded" to feis party, and then 'drifted" closer to a political ut terance than at any other time during his trip. The harbor at Rockland, the big granite breakwater and the ships behind it had brought ship subsidy to the president's mind. "They suggest to me," he said, "the importance of our coastwise shipping. They also suggest the importance ot improving our foreign shipping. All of which brings me so near to politics that I merely suggest it and leave it with you." The president paused for a moment and then he apparently decided to take the demonstrative throng of lis teners into his confidence. "You know," he said reflectively, "it is a little difficult when you are thinking politics and having a great deal to do with politics, to make flu ent remarks without running against politics. "But traveling as I am, as president of the United States, I have no right to be other than president of the whole people or to stand on any plat form except that of patriotism, love of country and prosperity for all." The president's sentiment called out a great cheer from the crowd. In view of the speaking trip which the president is scheduled to make in Ohio and other middle western states this fall, his statement of how far a chief magistrate of the nation should go in politics was fraught with par ticular interest, Cotton Rates Too High. Washington. A complaint was fil ed with the interstate commerce com mission by the A. P. Brantley com pany of Savannah (Ga.), against the New England Navigation company, the Ocean Steamship company and the Atlantic Coast Line railway, charging that the ocean rates on sea island cotton from Georgia to New England points are too high. Stole $12,000,000; Gets Two Years. Paris". Henry Rochette, accused of $12,000,000 frauds, was convicted. He was sentenced to two years imprison ment and to pay a $600 fine. . - OHIO REPUBLICAN TICKET "Near" Victory for Insurgents in the Euckeye State. Columbus, Ohio. With a candidate for governor who was nominated by a combination of regulars and pro gressives and. a platform pronounced good by the former element and 99 per cent good by the latter section of the party, the Ohio republican con vention broke up and went home in a state of much contentment. Warren G. Harding, tue nominee for governor, was at various times in the preliminary squabbles of the con vention described as "everybody's sec ond choice." He is the editor of a newspaper at Marion, Ohio; he has been lieutenant governor of the state and has been a tentative candidate for governor and United States senator. He is known in the stato as an ef fective stump-speaker. The following ticket was nomi nated: For Governor Warren G. Harding of Marion. For Lieutenant Governor Francis W. Treadway of Cleveland. For Secretary of State Granville W. Mooney of Austinburg. For Attorney General U. Grant Denman of Toledo. For Treasurer of State Rudy A. Archer of Belmont county. Biddeford Pool, Maine. Wireless telegraphy brought to President' Taft the news of the nomination of War ren G. Harding as the republican can didate for governor of Ohio. Mr. Taft seemed delighted over the outcome in Ohio. He was still without information as to the convention or the phraseology of the platform, but seemed to take it for granted that everything would be harmonious. ACCUSED OF BRIBE-TAKING. Alleged That Members of Texas Leg islature Were Bought. . Austin, Texas. Campaign . charges of irregularity in connection wi& the recent primary election, in addition to allegations that improper influ ences were brought to bear during the SHIPPERS ORGANIZE TO FIGHT FREIGHT RATES National Industrial Association Held Meeting in Chicago. 15 CITIES WERE REPRESENTED No Attempt Will Be Made Ey Shippers to De prive Railroads of Any Advance They Are Entitled To. ' - Chicago. An important step in the organization of a powerful ; force to battle with the railroad interests over the matter of increasing freight rates was taken at a meeting of the Nation al Industrial comittee and the com mittee of eleven appointed at "the big rate congress in May., Twenty-three men represented 15 cities and nearly every large industrial interest in the north Mississippi valley" were pres ent. It was stated at the close of the session that it was the most harmo nious gathering ever held on the sub ject and that while the discussions were broad and extensive, the result was perfect unanimity.- A committee was appointed to lay the case before the Interstate Commerce commission. The cities represented were Minne apolis, St. Louis, St. Joseph, Kansas City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Rockford, Columbus, Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Bualo and Dayton. The sentiment was expressed by the speakers that there should be no attempt made to deprive the railroads of anything that it is found they are entitled to, but that -an effort should be made to prove thatan increase In rates on all lines is not justified. NO NICARAGUAN FILIBUSTER. Militia Officers Deny Report of Nica raguan Filibuster.' ' , Chattanooga. Officers of the Ala bama, South Carolina and Tennessee militia deny in no uncertain . terms the report which has been spread to the effect that companies may be or ganized during the present encamp ment for the purpose of making -a filibustering expedition to take part in the Nicaraguan revolution. In the first place, they say, such a move would not be seriously consid ered by the militiamen as they are under oath to serve their respective states and the. .United States for dif ferent terms of years, and they could not leave the country to engage in a war with any country until first ob taining their discharge from their present commands. That they would desert the National Guard to secretly leave for Nicaragua and engage in warfare is a possibility which the of ficers say is too remote to even dis cuss. It is believed that the report spread as the result of camp fire con versations by some of the young mem bers of the guard, who had been fol lowing the careers of various soldiers of fortune in fiction. SOUTH RAISING FOOD. 26,277,030 Acres Planted in Corn This Year In Southern States. Atlanta, Ga. With 26,277,000 acres planted in corn this year, being an increase of 1,535,000 over 1909 and 2,776,000 acres" over 1908, the farm ers of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennes see, Alabama and Mississippi are fur nishing very substantial proof of the fact that the south is constantly do voting more attention to raising its own food supplies. These figures are from the last report of the bureau of statistics of the United States depart ment of agriculture. The acreage in corn for the two years in these states is shown in the following table: STATES. Virginia . . . North Carolina South Carolina Georgia . . . Kentucky ... Tennessee . , Alabama , . , Mississippi . . 1909. 2,040,000 2,898,000 2,218,000 4,400,000 3,568,000 3,575,000 3,233,000 2,810,000 1910. 2,142,000 3,072,000 2,418,000 4,532,000 3,639,000 3,718,000 3,524,000 3,232,000 Total 24,742,000 26,277.000 The table shows that each state showed an increase over 1909 In 1910. The condition of this, year's crop as reported by the department shows the states of the south leading the country, Mississippi being first, Ala bama second and Georgia third. This great increase in the acreage devoted to corn is considered one ot the most hopeful signs in the south today. In a letter to the directors of the Southern Railway company, Pres ident Finley called particular atten tion to these figures and said: The increase in the acreage of corn, accompanied, as it is, by a quite gen eral adoption of improved cultural methods, is one of the most encour aging features of southern agricultur al progress. It is one of the results of a general movement throughout the south in the direction of diversified agriculture a movement which we are endeavoring to encourage and as sist as far as we can properly do so." As the farmers of the south in crease their yield of corn, they will save enormous sums which they have been spending in the west for food products and will consequently them selves realize more lrom cotton and other market crops. - Economic au thorities agree in declaring the Amei ican corn crop the basis of the coun try's prosperity since in such a "large measure the production of other crops as well as the pary supply de pends upon it and a greater yield of corn in the south consequently means a greater share of prosperity for this section. - EMERQENCY BANKS. Atlanta . Will Have Bank Authorized To. Issue Emergency Currency. Washington. The Atlanta (Ga.), Currency association has ' reopened the question of complying with the Aldrich-Vreeland act of March 30, 1908, which contemplates fiie organ ization of banks into national cur rency associations to enable them to issue additional currency-during finan cial crises. '- Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh has received a letter from President Lowry of the Atlanta or ganization arranging for. a revision of its by-laws so as to meet the treas ury requirements. -'If the provisions suggested by MacVeagh are adopted last regular session of the Texas leg islature, will be aired before a special j hv th Atlanta, banks within a few mitt lL?JeS?tltViL ! days, their association will be the sec- the lower house of the state assem- I ' . , , bly is approved by the senate. nl. such emergency association or- The resolution, which is approxi- ; ganizea ana me wcuuu iu uyb iu. mately 3,000 words in length, pro- ; name and by-laws approvea vides for an inquiry into charges made during the campaign preceding the recent primaries that members of the present legislature had been "corrupted" by liquor interests and 1 that several of the candidates for state offices had secured their nom ination by reason of money spent by t the same interests. No names are ' mentioned. Weds His - Mother-in-Law. Louisville, 111. Henry' Krintz, hav ing lived to the ripe old age of 75 years, upset all traditions of the comic papers by wedding his mother in-law, 60 year3 old. His bride before the wedding was Mrs. Elizabeth Fuches, whose daughter divorced Krintz sev eral years ago. Both lived at Oska loosa, 111. Friends of the two are trying to figure out just what rela tion Krintz Is to his wife. BATHING MADE COMPULSORY. Aurora, III., Board of Health Telia Citizens to Take Weekly Baths. Aurora, 111. Aurora residents, es- Atlanta Bandit Hanged. Decatur, Ga. Protesting his inno cence to the last, Charlie Walker, one of the four, -negroes convicted of the murder of Motorman S. T. Brown, in the Atlanta street car hold-up of a few months ago, met his death on the gallows" in the DeKalb county jan. Girl Somnambulist Killed. New Orleans. Alma' Barere, aged twenty-two, while walking in her sleep, was mistaken for a burglar by nf .hoi. nnlo Hp dis- pecially foreigners, are ordered in a v , ' T:int Zn list of rules just issued by the board , charged a load of buckshot into the of health, to take a bath once a week ' gin s Doay anu sue uicu a.xUOk or be arrested. Copies of the orders are to be placed in all the boarding houses and homes of foreigners in Aurora. The rule fixing the number of baths that a man shall take is only one of fifteen or twenty issued. Women are" told to scrub their floors once every week, sweep all carpets, air bedrooms and keep yards clean or be arrested stantly. Importation of Cattle Stoped. Washington. Owing tothe discov ery of the foot and mouth disease among cattle in Yorkshire, England, the importation of cattle from that country into the United States has One rule say.? ! been prohibited until the extent ' of that only two shall be allowed to sleep the disease can be determined. in a bed. O'Brien Left $1,707,414. New York City. Appraisal of the estate cf Marshal O'Brien, president of the Southern Express Company, who died on September 11, 1909, as filed bv the state transfer tax ap praiser, shows that he left an estate SOUTHERN WOMAN ARRESTED Mrs. Anna Wilson Accused of Burg lary in New . York City. New York City. Boasting in the moments when her mind is cleared from the effects of drugs that she be longs to a prominent southern family, a handsome and distinguished-looking woman, who gives the name of Mrs. Anna Wilson, is held a prisoner by the police declared to be a veritable "Raffles." ' ' . Mrs. Wilson, according to the po lice,, is addicted . to the - use of mor phine and has been in the habit of doing her expert bits of cracksman ship when slightly under the influ ence of the drug. She is said to be the wife of. a Colonel Wilson, a man considerably older than she and' ap parently a southerner. The woman was arrested at her apartments on East Nineteenth street, after the appartment of a neighbor, Miss Elizabeth, King, had been broken into. The front door had been "jim mied" .open with the utmost expert ness and soma $500 worth of jewelry and expensive clothing stolen. KING'S OATH CHANGED. Slap at Catholics in English Oath is Eliminated. - . London, England. The King's As cension declaration bill in an amend ed form passed its second reading in the house of commons by a vote of 410 to 84. The, bill as it now stands provides that "the pronouncement Ca tholicism shall be eliminated and the clause "and declare that I am a faithful Protestant" substituted. The nonconformists showed strong opposition to the original substituting clause, which read "and declare that I am a faithful member of the Prot estant Church as by law established in England,"' and the premier finally ac cepted their amendment. It Is believed that all the difllcul ties have now been removed and that the bill will survive the committee stage and be accepted by the house of lords without further trouble. During the discussion in the. cotn mons, several anti-Catholic societies gathered near the parliament and a number of "no popery" placards were displayed. . - Kentucky Rains Do $3,000,000 Damage Louisville, Ky. It has rained in this section of the state nearly every day for five weeks, and the damage to crops is mounting high, some au thorities placing the loss to farmers and to railroads thus far this season at $3,000,000. Failed to Climb Mt. McKinley. Seward, Alaska. The Rust Mount McKinley expedition failed in its ef fort to reach the summit of Mount McKinley, and is now returning to Seward. FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY North Carolina News Prepared and Published For the Quick Perusal ol Our Patrons. "test You Forget' The "Crater." July 30 was the forty-sixth an niversary of the memorable "crater" at Petersburg, Va., which was sprung July 30, 1864. Capt. J. P. Sossamon cf Cornelius ; says that it is an event that shoald be remembered. Grant was laying siege to Petersburg which General Lee was defending. Cold Harbor bad just been fought where Grant had lost 6,000 men in tea' minutes. Finding that he could not take Petersburg by assault, Grant ordered that a mine be dug underneath the fortifications. - - - " On the morning of July 30 this mine was sprung. The 17th South Carolina was just over the crater and only one company was left." The 49th -North Carolina was to the left and thex56th North Carolina next. Cap tain Sossamon . was a corporal in Alexander's Company' K and well re members this event.' He says that it is something that he will never forget. Meeting State Farmers' Union. The North Carolina Division of the National Farmers' Union in execu tive session at Jtaleigh elected as delegates to the national convention at Charlotte, September 6, the fol lowing: President D. II. Hill of the A. and M. College, ' Raleigh ; W. B. Gibson, Iredell county; R. L. Little, Pitt county; J. T.Smith, Surry coun ty. The State is entitled to only the four delegates. ' The union discussed the auestion of establishing tobacco dry-houses for the purpose of competing with the American Tobacco Company in handl ing leaf tobacco for the production for the growers. Dr. J. Y. Joj'ner, State Superintendent of Public In struction, in an address, declared in favor of establishing agricultural farm life schools, at least one in each county. He outlined the plan of having the Legislature appropriate $50,000 or $100,000 and then appor tioning this in lots of $2,500 to coun ties in which the county authorities and the people will provide suitable farm and school buildings, including dormitories, and raise at least an ad ditional $2,500 toward maintenance. Annual Meeting Superintendents. The State Superintendents of Pub lic Instruction has decided the time and the place of the next annual meeting of the State Association of County Superintendents. The meet ing will be held at the State Uni versity, Chapel Hill, on August 30tb, 31, September 1st and 2d. Watch Hickory. Hickory will make an effort to se cure the shops of the C. & N. W. Rail road, which were burned down at Chester, S. C. State Expert Accountant. " ' ' J. Leslie Abbott, of "Greensboro, the expert accountant appointed some time-ago by Governor Kitcbin, with the approval of the Council of State, to examine the accounts of one and another of the State instiutions and departments when thought ex pedient, is at work, it "being under stood that he is investigating just now the affairs of the North Carolina tuberculosis sanatorium. The affairs of this institution have been con siderably in the public eye lately through criticisms of Dr. Brooks as superintendent ( and attacks on the general business and administrative management. B. S. - Skinner, for many years superintendent of .'the A. and M. College farm and steward for the college, who resigned" a short time ago to take charge cf the busi ness end of the tuberculosis sana torium, is now in charge there. Everybody Works at Nashville. The Nashville Canning Factory is in operation. Only tomatoes are being canned at this time. Later potato cabbage, corn, etc., will bo canned. Major John MeFadden, of Illinois, an expert canning man, 13 in "charge. The work 13 being done by the young people of the town. Two Drown When Launch Sinks. , Savannah, Ga. Two persons were drowned and several others had nar row escapes from death, when a cov ered launch, owned by the govern ment, and used by - the soldiers at Fort Screven, was sunk" in Lazaretto valued at $1,707.414. creek, near the fort The accident oc- j .. General Bowles Dead, curred. where the Tybee railroad Tampa Fla. P. W. Bowles of Ev crosses the creek on a low bridge. '. ergreen, Ala., a well known comman rm.. 4- io,,Tifvi ctrnt ttio iior in . the Confederate army, died I lie ! VI LI JL U I, i noil . - bridse. the craft careened and was here of heart failure. He was 72 swept under water. years old. Bright Prospect3 Along C. C. & O. The story of the industrial and agricultural development of Western North Carolina will no doubt be one of the brightest pages in the history of the commercial South. The com pletion of the Carolina, Clinehfield & Ohio Railroad opened thousands cf acres of good farming lands and' made accessible orchard lands which are unsurpassed in the South. It also placed cheap coal." at a low freight rate at the very doors of the manufacturers, and alraadv industries of .various ' kinds are - springing up along its line. Severe Pellagra Case Cured. Mrs. C. F. Stevenson has been dis charged from the Watts Hospital, Durham, in an apparently complete state of health, a recovery, to all appearances, from pellagra in a very violent form. Durham Lawyer in Distress. Attorney Benjamin Lovenstein at Durham was placed under bond of $750 on a charge of embezzlement and immediately made defendant in another case of giving worthless checks. .The second suit of $7.26 went against him and he was fined $10 and costs. He appealed. Drainage in Hyde County. - Mr. J. O. Wright is taking part in the organizing of the drain age district in Hyde county, in which the State is interested in the Matta muskeet - drainage district. In this part of the lands of Mr. M. Kake ley, of Edenton, have been included and he. has appealed to the Supreme Court in the matter, the special term of the court began on July 25. Mr. J. 0. W right, the chief drain age engineer for Florida in charge of the Everglades.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 3, 1910, edition 1
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