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Gbe Cbatbam "Kecoro- H.A. LONDON EDITOR AND rSOPRIETOS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: St .50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE ace aoaiDam iKccoro. VOL. XX XIII. "PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. 0., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMPBR 14.-I3U). NO. 5. RATES OF ADVERT1SIH6: Om Square, ooe lnertla $. Ooe Squart tw Insert lorn.... a.p On Square. ooe Bttk ave "For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will bo mado. NATIONAL FARMERS' UNION MEETS AT CHARLOTTE A Tlioiisana Delegates Attended t&e Convention. - PRESIDENT BARRETT'S ADDRESS To a Record Attendance Farmers' Usloa Leader Stated That tie Fainnrs Have Entered a iusiness Era. fr Striking Points From President Barrett's Speech. During his annual address -fr President Barrett emphasized the following: 4 1. The opening of a great businets era for the American farmers. 2. The employment by the farmer"' of practical "politics in . defeating for oftlce certain con- - grcssnien and senators who dis- played indifference .." to the or ganizatfohs legislative program. ?-! 3..The nation-wide scope of the S order. fr " . 4.. The growth of business en- 4 terpriees' In the membership. 5. The growing ability of the 4 . farmer to distinguish between false and true in business ana politics.' . -6. ";A new definition of co-op- d eration, and shows that upon its . application depends the solution of the rural problem. 4- Charlotte, N. C. The convention 01 the: "Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America met in this city, with a thousand delegates, repre senting almost every state In the Union in attendance. President C. S. Barrett called the convention to order, and E. R. Pres ton made the address of welcome, which was followed by the address of welcome on behalf of the State Farm ers'. Union by Dr. J. M. Templeton of Cary. B. F. Montgomery of Colorado responded to the welcoming address on behalfof the visiting farmers. President Earrett's address was In part as follows: "It is my privilege to greet and con gratulate you at the threshold of the greatest business era In the history of the organized American farmer. "It has been an aphorism in Amer ica that the farmer was not a business man. I am here to tell you, and to tell the nation, that the indictment no longer holds true. Here and there the individual farmer has much to learn concerning business and business usages. But the important point ! that the leaven "is at 'work, your shackles are unloosed, past ignoranc is vanishing and the man wb.o tills tht soil in thi3 country is absorbing with miraculous rapidity the; lesson that businessp rinciples must be foremost in the management of his affairs "The nature of my position has giv en me singularly good opportunities for study and observation in every state in the Union. And I now make this statement without reservation : That in each commonwealth where the farmers are organized and in oth ers where organization is simmering, there is a new life and a fre3hly kin dled hope. "This change was unquestionably demonstrated in our experience dur ing the latest sessions of congress. For the first time in the history of an American farmers organization and. 1 think, for the first time in American politics, the lawmaking body of our country was waited upon by Dona fide representatives of the producers ot America. "Today the farmer is alive to his rights and needs. Banded together li a phalanx that resists the assaults ot little and of great foes, he will enforce the one and fulfill the other. "All these years God Almighty, single-handed, has been helping the son of the soil. Now the farmer, fulfilling the Scriptures, is-proceeding to help himself. With God as his partner, he is invincible." PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS LaFcllette Won in Wisconsin; Burroughs Lost In Michigan, Milwaukee, Wis-United States Senatci liobert M. Lalrollette swept the state of Wisconsin in the primary election for renomlnation, defeating his opponent, Samuel W. Cook of Nee nah, from 8 to 5 to l, 'I here, is Row ft certainty that coun ty option has been defeated by a big majority, for both of the candidates who aro now in the lead are opposea to county option. Detroit, Mich. United States Sena tor Julius 0. Burroughs cf Kalamazoo was defeated in the primaries for re nomination by Charles E. Townsend of Jackr.on. The primary election in Michigan also gave the Republican nomination Tot govtrnox to Charles E. S. Osborn Albuquerque, N. M. -The Republi cans elected 64 of the 100 delegates to the state constitutional convention which will meet at Santa Fe October 3. The vote was light. Careon, Nev. A snap count of pri mary ballots indicates a close vote between Tasker L. Oddie, Insurgent; irid V. A. Massey, Regular, for the gubernatorial nomination on the Re publican ticket. The returns indicate Democratic choice of Key Pittman oi Tonopai for United States senate and D. S. Dickerson,. Incumbent (Dem.), for governor. Concord, N. H. A "Progressive' victory featured New Hampshire's first state-wide primary. State Sena tor Robert P. Bass of Peterboro : de feating Bertram Ellis of Keene for the Republican gubernatorial nomina tion by a substantial majority. : FARMERS TO MAKE LAWS. Farmers' Legislative Committee to Lock Well After Interest. Lcck Well After Interests. meeting here the National Farmers' Union closed and delegates, represent ing practically every state" in the Un ion, left for their homes. At an executive session the legis lative committee of the national union presented some highly important reso lutions that were passed by the union. Hereafter the lawmaking bodies of both the state and nation will be vis ited by a legislative committee from the union, Who "will see that the de mands of the farmers are carried out, and if not, why not?" Some of the subjects to ; which the committee on legislation is directed is as follows: ' ' "A law to prevent gambling in agri cultural products by boards of trade and cctton exchanges. "" "A law' providing for the establish ment of a parcels post. "A law against the establishment of central government" banks, through which the money of the country may be withdrawn from circulation and the volume of available money con tracted" "A law to restrict foreign immigra tion. " "A law gradually reducing the tar. iff to a revenue basis. "Physical valuation of railroads, tel egraph and telephone is .absolutely necessary to just and wise 'control." FORTIFYING THE CANAL. Colonel Roosevelt's Speech Arouses English Papers. London, England. Mr. Roosevelt's demani that the United States fortify the Panama canal, set forth in his recent speech at Omaha, is character izea by the Westminster Gazette as a "direct rejection of the terms of the American, and British agreement ol 1901, under which the neutralization of the canal is guaranteed; The carrying out of such a plan, The Gazette say s, "would" mean the tearing up of the agreement." The paper admits it to be reasona ble thtt the United States should as sume some military control over the new waterway, but suggests to the former president that the United States should secure any., desired al terations of the terms of the agree ment "through diplomatic methods and not by the repudiation of its engagements." Fisheries Dispute Settled. The Hague. The century-old fisher ies dispute, the source of constant diplomatic friction between the gov ernment of the United States, Great Britain. Canada and Newfoundland, was closed with the award of the in ternational court of arbitration. - The award favored the United States. Fredericksburg Stays "Dry." Fredericksburg, Va. The "drys" won out in the local option election here by 12 majority. Refused to Defend Lynchers. Newark, Ohio. Three . attorneys asked to defend some of the men indicted for murder in the first ce-. gree in connection with the lynching of Carl Etherington, refused to accept the appointment from the hands of the court. The judge's fourth request was a successful one, and a legal firm accepted the appointment of the court. Postal Bank Bonds. Washington. -Postal savings bank bends are being prepared by the Treasury Department. The designs have been approved and when the pos tal basks are ready for deposits the bureau of printing and engraving will have the bonds finished. When a depositor has accumulated $20 in a postal bank, drawing 2 per cent, interest, by request that sum may b3 converted into a bond bearing 2 1-2 per cent, interest. The new bonds will be both coupon and registered. , Mrs. Rockefeller III. Cleveland,' Ohio. From Forest Hill comes the statement that Mrs. John D. Rockefeller is seriously ill, and that her youngest daughter, Mrs. Alta Prentice, has been summoned to her bedside. It is said that Mrs. Rocke feller is suffering as the result of a severe cold contracted in the South last fall and winter, from which she has never fully recovered. The phy sicians treating the oil magnate's wife deny that there is cause for alarm, but friends of the family are apprehensive. Democrats Make Gains. White River Junction, Vt. Lieut. Gov. John A. Mead of Rutland," a re tired physician and prominent busi ness man, was elected governor by the Republicans in the state election by a plurality of about 17,000 over Lawyer Charles D. Watson, his Demo cratic opponent. The. Republicans elected the balance of the state ticket and both , of their congressmen,- but the Democrats made gains in the) leg islature. The Republican plurality was the smallest, with two exceptions, since 1870. SHALL CITIES MAKING BEST CENSUS SHOWING Sciie Interesting Figures Shown in Reports of Population. ATLANTA LEADS LIST FOR 1910 Analysis of the Urban Returns Show That, Barring Atlanta, Growth Easnt Been , -Maintained by Cities Over S0.C00. Washington Careful, though unof ficial, analysis of the returns form the thirteenth census on cities thus far announced reveals the . fact that the increased rate of urban growth for the past decade over that of 1880 to 1900 , has been confined largely to places" having a population of less than 50,000. . While universally there has been a healthy increase in a large majority of cities exceeding 50,000, the rate oi the previous decade has not been maintained. In no instance so far has an actual loss .of population been jhown. Up to date the population of sixty three cities cf more than 25,000 has been officially announced. These are somewhat more than one-fourth ol the estimated total number of such cities in the country, and presumably the figures on them are fairly indica tive of the general tendency. Of the announcements so far made, four cover cities of more than 400,000 people. They, are: St. Louis, with 687,029, or an in crease of 19.4 per cent, as compared with an increase of 27.3 per cent as shown by the census of 1800 for the previous ten years; Pittsburg, with 533,905, . or an increase of 18.2 per cent, as against an increase in 1900 ol 31.3 per cent.; Buffalo, with 423,715, an increase cf 20.2 per cent, as com pared with 37.8 per cent in 1900, and Detroit, with 465,766, an increase of 63 per cent, as compared with 48.i per" cent, ten years ago. The mean for the ten citle3 of be tween 100,000 and 200,000 is favorable to the 1890-1900 period to the extent of almost. 4 per cent., the average for 1890-1900 being 35.7 per cent, and that for 1900-1910, 32 per cent But, not withstanding the general falling off, the rate of growth was more evenly maintained in this than in any other class. There' were not many ex tremes. Atlanta, with her 154,83& people, and her 72 per cent, increase, led the list for 1910; but for present purposes this rate was almost bal anced by Toledo's 62 per' cent, gain In 1900. CHOLERA CLAIMS THOUSANDS Trail of Death Left by Plague in Russia. : St. Petersburg, Russia. The chol era epidemic continues to claim thou sands of victims, but the reports of the sanitary bureau show a steady falling off in the total of cases. During the week of August 28 to September 3, there were 9,893 new cases with 4,405 deaths, against 15, 659 new cases and 7,890 deaths in the week previous. The total for the season is 170,363 cases and 77,466 deaths. For National Control of Resources. St. Paul, Minn. The National Con servation Congress adopted a plat form placing the seal of its approval on national control of natural re sources and adjourned. The following were chosen officers: , President Henry W. Wallace, Des Moines, Iowa. Secretary T. R. Shipp, Indianapo lis. Treasurer D. R. Latchaw, Kansas -City. - . .. - .Gifford Pinchot and J. B. White of Kansas City declined the presidency. America Buys Little Egyption Cotton. Washington. Purchases of Egyp tian cotton by American manufactur ers the first half of the present year were only about half the amount taken during the corresponding period last year. The figures of the foreign trade of Egypt just received from Consul D. R. Birch of Alexandria, show that the cotton exported to the . United States aggregated only $3,945,012. Ovation for Pinchot. St. Paul, Minn. With the -dazzling presidential and ex-presidential lumi naries shedding their powerful rays elsewhere, the light of the National Conservation Congress became visible to the nation. Gifford Pinchot, . who was almost lost to sight during the period of the presidential preseneepsuddenly found himself in the limelight and received almost hysterical ovation. Tears sprang to his eyes and were still in his voice when he said a few words of thanks. Mor&e Was Disciplined. Atlanta. Following authority from the Attorney General's vof flee, .Warden W. H. Moyer of the Atlanta Federal prison, has given out a statement rela tive to the confinement last May, of Charles W. Morse to his cell for .in fringement of the rules. - ' ; The warden denies the sto.ries which have been printed to the effect that Morse was confined in a dungeon and given only bread and water. He states tha the was kept confined only in a cell, that he was given full diet and his health was not injured. REPORT ON BALUNGER. Democrats Condemn Secretary Ballinger as a - Public Officer. Minneapolis, Minn. "That Richard A. Ballinger has not been truer to the trust reposed in him as Secretary of the Interior; that he is not deserving of public confidence and that he should be requested by t&e proper authori ties to resign his office,". The foregoing sums up the findings of the four democratic members of the Ballinger-Pinchot congressional investigating committee, . The Republican members issued no report of any klndJbearinS on the con traversy. " An Independent, report, was given out by. Mr. Madison, the insurgent Re publican from Kansas, which declares also that Mr. BaJUngw "should not be retained, that he was 'an unfaithful trustee of the people's Interests; an enemy of conservation,"- and that the charges of Gifford Pinchot , should be sustained. . . . : . . These findings will b printed and filed with congress. LAKE FERRY SINKS. 29 Lives Lost When Car Ferry Went Down in Lake Michigan. . Ludlngton, Mich. Twenty-nine lives were lost when Pere Marquette car ferry No. 18, bound from Ludlng ton to Milwaukee, went to the bottom of Lake Michigan half-way across the lake The . dead include CapC Peter Kil ty of Ludingfon; ; S. F. Sezepanek of Chicago?" purser and wireless operator, whose signals of distress brought-assistance to the sinking steamer, and two members- of the crew of car ferry No. 17, who lest their lives in an ef fort to rescue the crew of No. 18. The steamship company issued a list of thirty-five names of survivors of the wreck, all members of the crew, and most of whom were brought here. The cause of the disaster is envel oped in mystery. F. F. Pevin, 'cabin watch, said that the boat was very low at the stern when the first alarm was given. He said they pushed 2! railroad cars into the lake to ease the vecsel, but without avail. - The sum total of the catastrophe 'is told in the fatal figures 29 lives los. and a financial loss erceeding half a million dollars. WHAT MAKES A NEGRO? Race Problem Before Supreme Tribu nal of the United States. Washington. Just what constitutes a negro in the United States may be a question Which the United States Supreme court will be asked to set tle in the near future. One-sixteentL negro blood in an individual classi fies him as a negro in the District o; Columbia, according to a decision bj Justice Daniel T. Wright of the Dis trict supreme court, iu the case ol Isabel I. Wall, an 8-year-old child, who recently wras barred from a white pub lic school because the principal hac information that she was of negro' pa rentage. The father of the girl attempted U force the board of education to rein; state the child, but failed. Justioc Wright decided she was a negro. Tht case was appealed. Fire on Battleship. Fort. Monroe, Va Another of tho3e tragedies which go to show that the sailor offers his life to his country in time of peace as well as in tlmt of war was enacted in the dread naught, North Dakota about 10 points from Norfolk, in lower Chesapeake bay, when an explosion of oil and thr ensuing fire cost the lives of three men and more or less serious injuries to nine others, including Chief Lieut Orrin G. Murfin. Earth Weighs Seven Trillion Tons. New York City. Mother Earth weighs seven trillion tons. ReinharC A. Wetzel, instructor in physics at the College of the City of New York, finished a series of experiments b which he has computed the weight o; this mundane sphere. , According tc Instructor Wetzel, the result is more nearly accurate than has hitherto been obtained. - N : - 1 Texas Asks Rpeal of 14th Amendment " Austin, Texas. The lower house of the Texas legislature by a vote of 5i to 34, instructed senators and - con gressmen to work for the repeal oi the fourteenth amendment to the Fed eral constitution, 'C. conferring fran chise upon negroes. . V Convict Was .."White Elepehant." .Jefferson City, Mo. Governor Had ley paroled Louis Decker . of St Louis from the penitentiary where - he serv ed eighteen months of a .five-year sen tence for bribery. He was ajnember of the St. Louis house of delegates, and was caught in the boodle cru sade.. ' - . - Decker weighs more . than 400 pounds, 'and was . never inside. of a cell In the penitentiary, because the doors are too narrow. He slept in tht guardhouse i . .His- sizeprevented hin f roni-working M ;a "regular trade; Philadelphia Strike Cost $2,300,000. - Philadelphia. According to a rtr port submitted to the board of direc tors of: the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, the strike of conductors an motormen in the ' early ' part of the present year . costi tne .eo"rnpany- $2, 300,000. The - report ; states , that the lossia.1- fares during the .strike was fl.oOOIffOO, and the expenses incurret because "of thev difficulty- amounted tt $800,00. A deficit of ?l,300,boO for thf; last fiscal year.l3 reported.""The strike lasted about two months,, arid was tut cause .of serious disorder." BLACKLISTED BY COLONEL ROOSEVELT Ex-President Declines To Recog nize the Illinois Senator. IK O'NEAL BROWNE ACQUITTED Legislative Minority Ltadcr Freed on Bribery' Charge la Connection With Lorimex's .. Dection. : t . . .. ' Chicago. Theodore Roosevelt .bar red Senator. William Lorimer from the Hamilton Club banquet at the Congress hotel " by refusing to sit at the same table. s The incident came unheraldeL The program 'of the event has for days announced that Senator Lorimer and others would sit at the speakers', ta ble with Colonel Roosevelt -.. The occurrence startled politicians here and. over the state with the un precedented demand that the Hamil ton Club deny to one of its own mem bers the privilege of attending the banquet, came with characteristic ab ruptness from Colonel Roosevelt - The Hamilton Club delegation, head ed, by former Judge John H. Batten, president of the club, - joined Colonel Roosevelt at the fair grounds in Free port, 111. The colonel at once began question ing members of the delegation con cerning the banquet, "Is Speaker Cannon to be there?" he askd. . "Yes," Sir. Batten replied; "he has accepted the Invitation." "How about Senator Lorimer?" . "Senator Lorimer is a member; of (he club," he was told, "and he has accepted an invitation to the dinner." "Then I must decline to go," said Colonel Roosevelt, adding that - he would feel the same about the pres ence of Senator Lorimer as he would sitting down with members of -the Illi nois legislature who are under indict ment in the graft investigation. If Senator William Lorimer was sur prised at the -refusal of Colonel Roose velt to sit at the banquet table with him no indication of it escaped him. If he was displeased or hurt at the frank expression of distaste for his presence, no sign of such disquiet ap peared. , Chicago. Attorney Lee O'Nell Brown of Ottaw, 111., legislative minor ity leader, charged with bribery in connection with the election of . Wil liam Lorimer of Chicago to the Unit ed States senate, was acquitted by a jury iu Judge George Kerston's divis ion of the criminal court. ' This was the second trial, the first jury having disagreed. Browne's eyes filled with tears as the clerk of the court finished reading the verdict . J ' Browne appeared as greatly pleased as though he had. been completely ab solved of further trouble in relation to the vexing subject of Senator Lori mer's election. Apparently he had forgotten for the time that he is -under indictment on the same chnrgt and will have to face trial at Spring field, in Sangamon county. . '. -: COTTON ESTIMATE. 10,000,000 Bales Jn 1910 According tc Farmers' Union. Charlotte. N. C. The crop reporting committee of the National Farmers Co-Operative and Educational Unloc estimates the crop of .chort staple xot ton In 1910 in round numbers at 10, 000,000 bales, based upon reliable rt ports from all the cottan-growint states, each state being representee The condition of the crop and ; esti mates by states follows:- -' . State ' ' Percentage. Bales. Alabama . . .. . . 63 l050,c6i Arkansas . .' . . . 65 ' . 775,C0v Florida. . . .. . . 65 2,501 Georgia, . . . . . 75 . l,500,00y Louisiana . . . . 50 150,001 Mississippi ... . . . . . 65 ,1,000,000 Missouri . . . . 67 45,001 North Carolina-. . . 65. 400,00u Oklahoma ... .... 75 . S50,00u' South Carolina . . . 68 900,00c Tennessee . . . . . 70 250,000 Texas..:.-. . . '. 58 2,500,000 Total. . . .5 9-19 9,522,000 . Forged Bills for Millions. ' ,-Jack'son, ' Miss. Sens itional cvi :dence ' relative to the details of tht fraudulent methods of - the :.defunci Steele-Miller company, cotton factors, at Corinth, Miss., developed 'durinf, the taking of depositions ' in- the Unit ed States, banking court here. Figures compiled., by Expert Ac countant Elliott show that the liabii. ities of the firm? exceed the assets b more than .three- million dollars, an that the working capital of the Steele Miller company did not exceed 000.. " - . . " . pennnuoD jeq4anj aq &. .aaran'EjnD jo iCojipd qj avsp.' etrj uaraaAOJduii poo2 a'Bui iavBui " aqj to suorjipuoo ssaiun Bqv uojjniosaj hubs aq uj q?Joj vs aaqmj si n. . '''.,-. -uotispOH ?y ;s.i3trajds ujba ijos uaaqjnos. eqi o Suiiaatu b Vs passed isnoraiuBun lopniosaj b jo pap aqj sbm. -.aqopo ujun qjnog aq jo sniui uawi ijos aqj jo ageaipuids aq jo -inaa Jad . 03Hl Sniqjjauios o:p- sunouxB aoh (j'ofq'M. juatnnBjjnD jo Djiod juasajd v 'anuvjuoa oj,' "O 'N 'aoiJBqo Xojjod luauiuevino snuuuoQ 0)8VM NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS life In the Lend of the Long v Leaf Pine $100 and Costs For -Accident. ' E. S, Burwell and Georse H, Jor dan, the drivers " of the automobiles which collided near Riehmond ear)f last Friday morning, resulting in thl instant death of Henry M. Deputy of Philadelphia and the later demise ot Capt. J. Q. Hollingsworth of fray etle vdUe, N. . C, from . & fractured kull, were arraigned for hearing be fore Justice J. TPuryear in Henrico county Friday, and after hearing the same evidence which came out at the coroner's inquest, a fine of $100 and costs eaeh was imposed, for exceeding the county speed limits, while the men were 'dismissed oa the murder charge.' Attorneys for the defendants at once noted an appeal to the circuit court Henixco. The dismissal of the criminal charge was done at the sug gestion cf Common wealth s Attorney Kirk: Matthews. Burwell is a. 1910 graduate of Har vard law school, while Jordan' was the chauffeur in the car hired to accom modate t&e Darty on th fatal night. Burwell is of Charlotte, N. C, while Jordan is of Richr ond. The cars crashed when Burwell's auto skidded and was returning to the center of the road, Jordan's auto running into it from the rear. Deputy and Hollingswortb,' in the rear car, jumped when the wreck was inevit able, and thus received their fatal in juries; " ; ; - Ugly Case in Wilmington. Several weeks ago the charred body of a well-known young white man, Edward Cromwell,- was found in a burning hotel building in Wilmington. Subsequent developments led to the arrest-of the proprietor of the hotel, J. C-Holly, -'and he has been held since, waiting an'aualysis of the stomach of the dead lad. The State Chemist has made a report as to his analysis and says that he found enough strychnine in the stomach to have killed three or four men. Thers was evidence before that Holly pur chased strychnine. The boys' life was insured in favor of Holly. Old Vets Took Norfolk. The Confederate soldiers had a glorious reunion in Norfolk. - The veterans re-elcted the roster of officers who-are at present in com mand. General " Cart wa-3 re-elected1 commander of . the Grand Camp, while . the following division of ficers were, re-elected: First Brigade, P. C. Cariton; Second Brigade, W. L. London ; Third Brigade. J. L. Metts; Fourth Brigade, J. M. Ray. Wilmington wa3 unanimously chosen as reunion city for next year. No date was . settled upon, but the announcement will be made, following the desires of the Chamber of Com merce of , that city. , " ly 1 .by WILBUR DNEPBtT s scorcher 3y irany a gasping hian I ssud, I whizz around a corner And cover some one's' clothes with mud Thus leaving him forlorner. - ,. , I cut the muffler out. and leap Along nome darkened highway ' And laugh at language hoarse and deep. From folk who hunt the byway.' v I climb a hill and then I scoot ' Adown and through the hollow: My horn Bends back a raucous toot To these who fain would follow. The smoke swirls In the atmosphere j And makes It mean and muggy, I take a half an Inch to cl-ar A plodding horse, and buggy. . ' "With honk and hoot and howl I go . ' Through pleasant country places And In a whitened maze they show The anxious, watching faces. The children scurry from the road Called by their frightened mothers Who cluck . them into their abodo ) The sisters and the brothers. . .' The dust and grit get in my eyes, , j My face is hot and burnirg, ; Yet silll I whizz by dip and rise By long straight way and turning; My ready hand upon the wheel The speed will slyly! quicken When glimpses of the road reveal A Die or doe or chicken. S Through many a little town I blare While constables would r alt me. And timid people everywhere Are willing to assault me. Yet I am scorching on, you know. For I am pretty clever For when I come then men must go. Of elso they'll go forever. Victim of Anto Crash Dead. Major J. G. Hollingsworth, of Fayetteville, paymaster-general of the North Carolina State Guard, who was injured in an automobile accident at Richmond last Thursday nteht, in which accident H. N. Deputy, of: Philadelphia, was killed, died there last Tuesday night. . Nine Depots to Be Erected. - The contract has been let for the building of depots for the Winston Salem South Bound Railroad at Winston-Salem, Elleit, Lexington, Fair mount, Tuckertown, Whitney, . Albe marle, Norwood and Ansonville.1 The successful bidder was the Ellit Build ing Company of Hickory. The con tract calls for the completion of the stations by December 1. Other depots will be erected at several other points along the line. - - . .New Hanover Knocks Too. The New Hanover County Medical Society in a two-and-a-halfxhour ses sion. Thursday night endorsed the. resolution of the Forsyth Medical So ciety assailing the North Carolina Medical' College, located at Charlotte, gave that" portion 'which provides for a petition i;o the Legislature through the committee on legislation asking that the clause in the charter of the institution permitting the granting of a diplomabe revoked. The meeting was presided over by the president, Dr. R. B. Slocum. ... . V v Pine Cones. Mra , Louis G. Utley, : of Chapel Hill, drank carbolic acid and died, John Leak, alias. "Black Jack," jumped from the second story win dow of the court house at Rocking ham and' made his: escape after sen tence of two years to the roads was pronounced upon him. The -State Republican executive -committee declined the invitation of A. Waylanrd ' .Cooke, Major Stead man's campaign manager, to engage in a . joint,' canvass. ' Mr. Raymond Allison of . States ville, expects soon to be gliding through Iredell breezes at lightning speed on a "monoplane cost;ng $7,500. J. M. Rhodes, a f ormer large man ufacturer of ,LiueoIntcn, has fileda petition in bankruptcy. The liahili: ties cf Mr. Rboes are something like $93,000 and his assets about $30,000. ; ,,. -Hon. J. R. Young ha? been elected to tdirect: the campaign of Congress 'man Pou. ' ' A: mass meeting of j-oung men has been called to form a hoosting club for "Winston-Salem. ". Watted' Effort There was once a man who was continually being advised by all bis philosophical friends to be himself. '-'Be yourself,", they would say., "Make no pretenses; be natural; act) naturally; talk naturally." But he found that, after he followed! the advice, still he did net suit them.! . One said he was too formal, another that he was too dignified; one said he was careless of his appearance, an other that he was too prim,- and so on." At last he gave up in despair and went ahead on the old plan of not pleasing anybody not even himself. Moral When some one tells you to "Be yourself," he usually means, "Be like me." One Trouble. "No, madam," says the politician,' "I am not in favor of the ballot for women.' Why, women don't know. . anything about campaigns . and poli tics." - "Don't we?" asks the spokeswoman of the delegation. "Why, we have in vestigated the record of every candi date on each ticket and we have'clear Iy shown Just why some of them 6hould not be elected under any cir cumstances, and " ? That's Just what I say, madam. You women simply muddle up every campaign we allowed yoa to have a finger in." - ' 1 - i . Wifely Sacrifice. "But, why do you always write eon nets and the higher, more technical forms of poetry?" asks the wife of the ambitious poet. "Because you are my inspiration," he responds, fondly. "It is your In-, fluence that leads me en and on through the empyrean heights of poesy, until my thoughts must find expression in " "Well," she interrupts, glancing at her last season's dress. "I wish you would get somebody else to inspire you long eaough for you to write a rag-time song that woull make you some money." Preferred Deception. "I think you are wrong to resent my . words," says the kind, friend who has said a few words to tie' man for his own good. "You may bfs angry with me now, but in time yo-i will recog nize me as a blessing, in disguise." " "Well," sighed, the man,: "I ' wish ' you'd keep your .disguise 'on'. If It comes to that; a-masquerade ball" is more fun than a courtroom." - On the Run.. . , v , ' ' "lais is a busy world," said the' col-, lector- for- the installment house." "Keeps you busy, anyhQW, It seems," answered the friend.. ... , 'Sure." First the people run up bills... and then' I have to run them down.,"