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She ilhatbam Hccorb, H. A. LONDON EDITCS AND PROPRIETOS. , TERMS OE SUBSCRJPTIOH: St 50 Pe? Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE . .ClV. Ittf Tbe Cbatbam Record, 30,G00 ODD FfLLOWS KEETJN ATLANTA Grand Lodge Glioses Jolin C. Cockrum for Grand Sire, PARADE WAS BRILUAMT PAGEANT Kcarly 25,000 Men In line in the Blgjest Parade Atlanta Has Ever Seen. Rebekahs Entertained. : .. To Indianapolis goes the next annual meeting of the Sovereign Grand Ledge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The sue- cess of the Indiana city in se- curing the much coveted con- vention came as ijte a surprise to many cf the menSers of the Sovereign Gand Lodge, ho be- lieved that cither Toronto, SLm- J ada, or Buffalo, N. would b iue buccessiut city. j Atlanta. The Odd Fellows stormed the city, 25,000 strong; Atlanta gave them almost undivided' 'attention jn making them have the time of their lives.- - The monster parade, in -which fully o,000 marched, was a brilliant spec tacle, and all Atlanta, to say nothing of a good part of Georgia and neigh boring states, were on hand to view the pagtant as it wound itself through the citys streets, the greatest specta cle of its kind the South has ever seen. There were close on to 30,000 mem bers' of the I. O. O. F. in the city when the grand street parade got in motion. The barbecue to the visiting Odd .11 i ..... . reuows at tne uoid spring 'cue ground was one of "the distinctive fea tures of the convention. To a great majority of the guests' the barbecue was a novelty, and as the dtehes Were served there were few who did .not taste daintily before attempting to eat. But that taste cap tivated all appetites. . x Hundreds of Rebekahs gathered in the Odd Fellows' hall to take part in the meeting at which the Atlanta lodges and the stats Rebekah assem bly gave welcome to the visiting del egates from lodges- scattered through out the United States from, Maine- to California. -". John B. Cockrum of Indianapolis, formerly deputy grand sire of the Independent-Order of Odd Fellows, was chosen grand sire of the organization and is now at the head of the 2,000, 000 Odd Fellows of-the world. 7; C. J. Keller of San Antonio, Texas, was at the same time elected deputy grand sire over Judge Robert C Dann ie! of Griffin, and Grand Representa tive Kill Montague, of Virginia. - Mr. Keller received more votes, than both of his opponents combined. The office of deputy grand sire was the only, one which was filled at the session of the sovereign grand lodge over which there was any contest. In electing Deputy Grand Sire Cockrum to the place of grand sire the grand lodge followed the precedent of ad vancement of-many years standing. VOL. XXXIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, WElESPtAY, SEPTEMBER 28. L9tf NO. 7: G. A. R. CONVENTION. RATES OF ADYERTISM6; Om Square, oao inertlM 9t,m One Square, two Inaertloa.... a.ps One Square, eae oaeatk........ For L&rger Advertise msnts Liberal Contracts will bo mado. - BRYAN BOLTS. Nebraskan Refuse to Support Demo cratic Nominee -for Governor. Lincoln, Neb. la a' statement in Which be declares that the crusade which he feels impelled to wage against the liquor interests of the etate and nation overshadows a per sonal and political friendship of 20 years, William J. Bryan announced be had bolted the bead or tne Democratic state ticket in - Nebraska and would not support James C. Dahlman for governor. Mr. Bryan says he regrets that be is compelled to take the stand he. doeshis first departure from politi cal regularity but says he feels it his duty to do so because of the po sition taken by the Democratic nomi nee on the liquor question. . The statement which, in a way, Is apologetic In tone, does not indicate that Mr. Bryan will support the candi date of any other partv. Action About Robert EL Lee Statue Indefinite. ly Postponed by Veterans. Atlantic City, N. J. -The hotels, th piers and board walks were crowdec with old soldiers and their families who came tp attend the G. A. R. en cajnpment, Commander Van 8 ant and Hilary A Herbert of Alabama, former Secretarj 01 tnejNavy and a general in the Con leaerate army, were the principa. speakers at a large gathering of -vet erans on the steeplechase pier. Aftei a snort address by the commander-In chief, General Herbert eulogized th members of the grand army and then commander. He told how the wearen of the blue and the wearers of thi gray were being welded together fo. tie cause of the Union, and he urget a join reunion of the Blue and Graj veterans. Commander-in-Chief Van Sant anc Uen. Daniel E. Sickels both declaret chey would work for the proposition A remarkable scene occurred witi the entrance of General Sickels inu the auditorium. " As he swung dowi the aisle with a pinned-up trouser leg giving , mute evidence of his heroism ihe veterans arose as one . man, am i-t'ur of his command lifted him chai. and all, and placed him on the plai ' ;crm, wmle the commander-in-chief; jand played "Dixie"' and the crowt cheered. . Perhaps the largest host from distance to attend the encampment i; tli o i ri x V me oi. uuuu, via., veterans, - wni came with their own band. The com rnander is G. D. Degraw; V John E. Gillman of Boston for com mander-in-chief, and Rochester, N. Y. for the next place of meeting, was tht winning combination in the nationa. encampment ef the G. A. R. After a warm debate of more thai. three hours, the national encampmen: of the Grand Army of the Republic, at its final session, indefinitely post penod action of the whole matter ii relation to the controversy over tht placing of the statue of Robert Is.. Lee in statuary hall of the capitOi at Washington. FUND TO FIGHT WEEVIL Alabama Cotton Men Plan Campaign Against Cotton Pest. Mobile, Ala. J. " A.' Waters, presi dent cf the cotton exchange at Mo bile announced that a meeting ef cot ton men would be called soon for tht purpose of raising funds with whicL to carry, on an educational campaign against the boll weevil, which has in vaded Mobile county. Every cottot grower in the" southern counties oi Alabama is to be mailed a copy oi an article to be prepared by Dr. W. E. Hinds, entomologist to the experiment station of the Alabama Polytechnic In stitute at Auburn, explaining the ex act course . farmers must pursue in order to be successful in the fight on ths weevil. ' Mr. Waters stated the cotton exchange would spend anj amount of; money necessary to carry on the campaign.' CRANK AT WHITE HOUSE. TO THE SOUTHLAND ;ew Foreigners Have Located in the South So Far. STATES' COOPERATION NEEDED adustrial Experts Predict That the Movement of Immigrants to the Southern Statis Will Begin About October. Washington. The next act in tho rama of the nation's events will be . flood of immigration into the South ot only from the North and 'Middle est, but from countries of Europe, specially those bordering on the altic and North seas. Inquiry at the jgations of Norway, ' Sweden, and enmark elicits the fact that the rep resentatives of these countries are taking special efforts to head their nmigrating citizens into the country outh of the Ohio and Fotomae. and ast of the Mississippi. These for ign ministers have gotten busy on ae matter and are seeking all infor mation regarding special advantages Ifered immigrants in the different lo alities of the South., especially In the tates along the,. South Atlantic sea oardV ' ' 'V ' ' The immigration into the? South from Jurope has of late years jjeen most leager. vv hue the foreign settlers or., the ten months ending May, 1910, CROSSES THE ALPS ENGLISH BROKERS FIRM. English Cctton Men Insist That Cotton Bills Be Guaranteed. London, England. The European bankers interested in preventing fraudulent bills of lading in the shin- ment of American cotton, decided not &C0rgC CliaVeZ WlDS HOHOr 01 io receae from weir position, and en- me ureaiest rugni. dorsed the agtion Of the recent gen. era! banking conference in demanding guarantees rrom tne Americas bank-" ing houses, The committee took this action af ter considering the reply of the Amer ican bankers to the European pro posal and the offer of validation cer- Plucky Hero Badly Injure! Alter Be Bad tincate3 from the railroad.. In accord- AVIATOR LOSES RTCH PRIZE ance with this action American banks will be expected to guarantee cotton bills of lading after October 31 Completed the Host Hazardous Portion cf the Rcute. THREE RAILWAY WRECKS. . 42 Killed in Indian Wreck; 16 Dead as Result of Kansas Washout. Fort Wayne, 'Ind. Forty-two per sons were killed and seven' were se riously injured in a head-on collision between two traction cars : on the Fort Wayne-Bluff ton division of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley- line. The wreck occurred one and a half miles north of Kingsland, seven miles north of Bluffton, at a sharp curve. The cars in collision were a. north bound local car, crowded to the steps and a southbound "extra" car from Fort Wayne. They -met while both were running at high speed.. The collision is said to have been caused by misunderstanding of or ders in regard to the southbound "ex tra" cars taking a switch near Kings- land, so that the northbound car could pass it Clayton, Kans. Sixteen persons lost ere in New Jersey 51,000,"and near-! their lives and thirteen others suffer- 25,000 in little Connecticut, there ed injuries in the wreck two miles ame into Georgia from this, source west of this town of westbound Rock Island passenger train No. 27, which was running to Denver . from" Kansas City. The wrreck was the.'result of a cloudburst,. w;hich carried out a steel bridge over what Is normally almost a dry bed, turning the latter into a torrent' and washing out nearly a thousand feet ,of track. The train, running at full speed, plunged into the gap,' the ' engine and mail car going down Into 20 feet of water and tne chair" car almost telescoped the smok-. er ahead of r it.;.' Many of the passen gers in these two cars were killed al most instantly. Lima, Ohio. Chicago and Erie rail road fast train No. 4, eastbound, was ,.ss than 500 ; North Carolina got- cant 300,'-and South Carolina but 56. Tennessee got just one ovei 00, while Virginia absorbed only" 1, i)0. ; Maryland, with one-fifth the .rea of Virginia, got 5,000 of them, "he small District of Columbia,: V a cant five by ten miles in area, re eived as many immigrants practi ally as the combined states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and i ennessee. Industrial experts predict that the uovement into the South will begin bout October 1. Large tracts of land re being figured on in Georgia and 'lorida by several promoting conipa- lies as homes for the expected immi . ration, and in the Southern states arther north there are movements of ike character taking place. . Domodossola, Italy. The great test of - crossing the snow-capped Alpine barrier between Switzerland and Italy In a heavier-than-air machine was ac complished by George Chavez, the young Peruvian aviator. The plucky hero of the exploit, however, lies In a local hospital badiy injured as' the result of an accident that occurred just as he had com pleted the most arduous "and rierve- racking portion' of a task he had set out to accomplish a flight frrim Brig, In Switzerland, across the Alps to Mi lan, in Italy1, in all a distance of about 75 miles Both his legs are broken,, his left thigh is fractured and . his body is badly contused, but the physicians in attendance are of the opinion that these hurts will not prove fatal and that unless unlooked for complications ensue Chavez will be . about : in tow months. The accident occurred -i as; Chavez was endeavoring to make a landing here. . The Alps had been crossed suc cessfully and' the aviator was de scending with the power of his . ma chine cut off. When about 30 feet above the ground a . sudden gust of wind seemed to catch the monoplane, which turned over and telL' when the crowds that had been watching the descent ran up they found Chavez lying bleeding and unconscious beneath'. ' the' twisted wreckage. - Fifty miles away and over country that has none of t the hazards of the Alps, lay Milan, the goal Chavez .was seeking in an endeavor to win a prfee of $20,000 offered by the Italian Avia tion Society, Chavez , .had lost the race. nrrolrori near Pnnant ninp milfts wpc:t n ' c I ft nr-r-v rninnAn 1 1 tan wr in of here, killing an aged woman and tlLUCdl LrlOlUrflLlftN UCflU more or less injuring twenty-five per; sons. : . RANK OF COUNTRY'S BIG CITIES. Venerable - Hebrew Says He Was Robbed of ?40,0CO,Ca an4 Wife. Washington. The first crank of the season showed up at the white house He was Benjamin Snyder, an aged. Hebrew, who said hi3 home was in Philadelphia. He told a rambling story to the white house attendants of having been robbed of ?40,000,000 and Decided Stand Taken By the Baptist According to figures furnished. by:, the census bureau for 1910, tho eight leading cities of the country are shown below. - ' -1. New York :.. ..;.;; v. .". .'.4,766,881 Chicago .. .. .. .. .. .V 2,185,283 Philadelphia , - .. ..,, ..1,549,008. St. Louis .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 687,029 Boston .. .. .. ., .." ..?670,585 Cleveland .. .. .. .. .. 560,663 Baltimore .. .. .. .. .. 558,485 Pittsburg .. .. 533,905 NO SOUDAN MISSIONS. Charbon Stamped Out. Baton Rouge, La. Charboa, which has caused the death of'hundreds of cattle in southwestern Louisiana, has been stamped out, according to an an nouncement here by the sanitary life stock board. Robbed of ?4,135. Nashville, Tenn. At the state fair grounds here H. W. Gardner, a rural route carrier, had his pocket picked of cash, notes and papers valued at $4, 135. No clew to the chief has been discovered. his wife by a man named Hennessy He called at the white house, he said, to ask President Taft'to get back his money, but he did not want Mr. Taft to bother himself about locating his wife Snyder was regarded as harmless by Foreign Mission Board. Boston, Mass. A recommendation hat no missions be established in the ?udan, but tnat the missionaries on ;he Congo be reinforced and the work ?xtended, is made in the report of he American Baptist Foreign Mis the secret service officers and turned ?ion society of the special commission over to the local police. He is being 3ent by the society to investigate con v,di ntn wnrrj in rpfvpri from the litions in those regions. It finds that Phil fielnhia authorities. awing to the policy of the BItish gov- ! hrnment the establishment of Chris- D AZ HICKS SUUUtSSUK. cian missions in the Monammeaan cen cers of northern Nigeria is imposible Former Minister, to United 8tatea To it the present time, but that tne op- bo Next Mexican Ruier. . p0rtunities of expansion in tne wongo waenmgTon.--inat Enrique vreei, g.ee Bttte ftre gr6at, r.-i.. .m v v 0f NewsDaoers Publishers Warned. nt irvi. to succeed Porflrio Diaz. Jackson, Miss.-Vituperation - muat and that the honor, will not go to Vice top in the Mississippi campaign. . un . , V , Azie Sam has Just issued an order that ..,,0 n w00,. aewSDaners containing articles that inetcn - ife flale t0 result ln a conflict win lecordins to the story, Diaz has let be barred from the mails duinj f this n p0i ,e fl. aatnDaien. This order was issued by 11 ue a.iiuYii . .. I n. nHa Honnrtment at W&shinST- him onl tho nlana nrA in reartiness I tiic uui.wuiv ..r - 7',' Z mntarv elPrtinns held ton and the newspaper managers were LJ X. Uil WA. y in that country whenever it is neces sary to put a man in office over the protests of the" enemies of Diaz. Baseball-Playing Preacher Fired. Louisville, Ky. Because he played hnsehall and indulged in other ath- immerliatelv notified by- the postoffice Inspector here to be more temperate in their language in future. SAVANNAH'S POPULATION. Georgia's Second City Shows Popula tion of 65,084 for 1910. Washington. Savannah, Ga., shows a population of 65,084 for 1910, accod ing to figures given out by the census bureau. The 1900 census showed a population of 54,244, an increase of 19.9 per cent. - Savannah's population for 1910 is 339 less than that of Atlanta 20 years ago. This is a decline within this ten year period as against the ten-year period from 1890 tfc 1900. Then the city's growth -showed an increase of 5.6. Atlanta .is far outstripping Sa- Mrs. Frances Leonard Cleveland of "V Marietta, Ga., Passes Away. Marietta, Ga. Mrs. Frances Leon ard Cleveland, Marietta's oldest citi zen, died at the age of 94, at her home on Cleveland Place. . " V V -V In many respects Mrs. Cleveland was a most interesting personage. She was one of the few "real daughters" of the American Revolution, being both a daughter and granddaughter of Revolutionary soldiers, and she was a descendant of John and PriscOla Al den, whose love story is told in Long fellow's "Courtship of Miles Stan dish." v - '' ' '. - She, also, had the distinction of be ing the oldest' communicant of the Episcopal church,. In America. When 18 years of ageshe was confirmed in St Andrew's church, Philadelphia, by Bishop White of Pennsylvania, who was the second bishop in point of ,con-. secration in the American church. Mrs. Cleveland was born at Bristol, R. I., September 17, 1816. COTTON SEED WAR. Georgia Mills Attempt to Drive Florida Mills Out of Market. Tifton, Ga. Tifton is just now the center of a cotton seed war between the oU mill wen of Florida and Geor gia. v For some time tne jnonaa muis have been coming into Georgia terrl vannah or any other Georgia city in tor buying seed. Thla year the eGor- growtn. Attantas increase irom iuw ja xcAxi decided they needed tnese to 1910 was 72.3 per cent. $200,000 Fire in New Iberia. New Orleans. A fire which threat ened the town of New Iberia destroy ed a great section of the business dis trict, doing damage which may reach 1200,000. Special,, police were : sworn in by Mayor Powers to prevent loot ing, and orders were biven to shoot n sight. Fire apparatus was taken to the scene by the Southern Pacific rail road. The water supply proved un- equal to the occasion. seed themselves and fierca competi tive bidding is the result. Cotton seed on the local market are bringing nearly twice as much, as, they did last year. A year ago. they were selling readily at 90 cents per hun dred, while this year they are bring ing easily $1.65. Part of this advance is due to the advance in price of cot ton seed oil, but tb.6 larger portion is caused by competitive bidding. While it lasts the farmer is getting the benefit of the competition. Night Riders Busy. Kuttawa, Ky. Night riders , are oin a urni-ir in the dark tobacco dis- letic sports which were distasteful to trict and about 25 letters have been the members of his congregation, the receiyed by tobacco growers warning Rev. Arthur Brook3, pastor of the lanters to pooi their crops or Methodist church at Crestwood, was r thQ conseQuences. The notices voted unfit to have charge of the par aje rInted on D00k paper and look ish bv a majority of his flock and htf a- f. . ,ork had been done on a announced -to his congregation that handore3s- The notices are as fol- ne was auureooiuB w jowg, time. The only thing against the ,By our Dlood, you are hereby noti nreacher was that he was a member M. . tn ,,. your tobacco this of the Crestwood baseball team and a year &g we Intend to keep aU inds first class player. nend'ent buyers out U. B. N. G." c Lafayette Postoffice Robbed. Chattanooga, Tenn. The safe of the postoffice at Lafayette, Gawas blown open with nltro-glycerine, and 50,000 two-cent stamps and $100 stol en. Bloodhounds were sent from the city. . Fued Law Broken. Albany, Ky. The unwritten code of the Kentucky mountaineers was brok en when "Doc" Moles, carrying his baby in his arms, was shot through the heart by a sharp shooting moun tain assassin. It has always been a point of chjv- alry, even among feudists, not to fire NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS life in the Land ,of the Lon Leaf Pine Nation's Death Rate. Washington. The death rate in the upon a man when a woman or child ttu aa4a n Kino wo AftAPn in I micht hA endangered. To carry a each one thousand, according to a bul letin, issued by the census bureau. This is the lowest average ever re corded for this country. child in arms 'naa heretofore been an invariable means of protection. "Doc" Moles had given information to the government revenue officers. Yellow Fever Signs. Beaumont, Texas. That. a sailor re moved from aboard the steamer By land, which arrived at Sabine, Texas, from Tampico, Mexico, has shown the symptoms of yellow fever, is declared by State Health Officer Brumty, who returned to Beaumont after conduct ing an investigation at Sabins. Five iays must elapse. Doctor Brumby ex plained, before a definite diagnosis would be possible, and in the mean time the vessel is being held in quar antine. No other illness is aboard the Syland. To Probe Milk Cost. - Farmers Fight Duel. Washington. It is believed that tha pelham, Ga. John L. Marchant of investigation in progress by the De- Colquitt county and Charles II. Tate partment of Justice ana umieu otaica ()f Mitcbell county, prominent young attorney of the District-of Columbia . and brothers-in-law, are dead into conditions under which the prico fta the resuit of a pistol battle atr close of milk is regulated in Washington, ,.ange The double tragedy took place marks the opening of a national probe . the Dublic road, eight miles south- nr a fdmultaneous increase in the cost OQc4. nf thla niace. Mrs. Tate and rf that staDle in nearly every large Tnhn wilkes. a sister of March- city in the East.; The Department oi ant ' witnessed the fatal shopting af- Justice,, besides having a , special fray agent at work in the District of Co- Jrhe tragedy, according to report, lumbia. Is gathering Information re- - th8 reSult of a family feud of garding conditions in ower .eiue. j leng gUadiBgl Will Enterain Crooks. Chicago. Henry Neil, secretary of the National Probation league, has evolved a novel emthod of attempting to convert crooks and thieves of al- kinds to right living and thinking Neil announced that from sunset tc sunrise he will be pleased to receive "dips," "bunco-steerers," "panhand lers," "thimble-riggers," "burglars, "porch climbers,' "strong-arm men,' "second-tory men," and crooks in hh home. Sandwiches and coffee will bt served and no policemen will be ad mltted. Report on Raising Maine. Washington. Col. William M. Black, United States amy, who heads the commission of , army ..engineers in charge of raising the. battleship Maine, in Havana harbor, in a preliminary report made to the war department sys the keel lies at a depth of from eight to ten feet below the bottom of the harbor. - Colonel Black adds that the Cuban government has turned over to the commisison a convenient location on the wate front for a storage reserva tion. ' . ' Corporation Assessments Increased. ; r The net aggregate increase " in s. j n' ii . ae&smenis oi an corporation' an JJorth Carolina for 1910 over 1909, is $4,410,333 according to a compara tive statement issued by the Corpora. tion Commission showing the results of the work of the commission for the past 60 days in lesseasinar the vaJua fJon for taxes on public service cor porations, miscellaneous indnstria! corporations, banks and building and loan associations, and certified to the variolic county authorities and the State Treasurer. The public service corporations are reassessed only every four years, except for improvements, t.nis neing an. ott assessment year.-.".. ; However the-increase in the as sessment'of this class of corporations is ;px,uu,yoi as comparea witn lyuy while the increasein the a&sessmen of the i-klustr'al corporations is $3,- The total assessed valuation of pub lie service, corporations i3 $95,447,- u,and the local as.ses5ments deduct ed $4,854,502. The total assessment in 1909 was $94,183,725. There were decreases in i.l ' i n . . . tae assessments oi steamDoat com panies, $30,425 street railway com- ianies, itou,zo5;s waterworks com panies : $87800. Ko changes were made in- the. aggregate assessment of bridge and canal companies, or the Southern Express Company." rpi , i ne inereass in ranrcad assess ments, an off 3-ear, was $568,802; in electric light and gas plants, $682,395, ana in teiepnone companies $J06, 821, .these.. baying, the largest aggre' gate increase .assessments:" .. In - miscellaneous: corporations the assessment aggregates $75,910,423, an mci-ea.se of $1,41G,59L Banks have total assessments of $19,708,111, an increase of $912,648, and building and loan association $5,290,398, a gain ot $80,112. Masonic Home Not ' Selected. A meeting of the board of directors of the Masonic, and Eastern - Stai Home was held 'in Charlotte. Proposit:ons Avere submitted b, Greensboro and Shcibv, - both ex- tiemely liberal, but the vote oh these two pktces resulted, in a tie and tbe meeting bad to- adjourn in order, to allow, the representatives more time to raise the bids for their respective places. The next meeting will be held in Salisbury, October 4, to bear additional propositions from - Shelby a..d Creensbom, the committee having narrowed down to. these two bidders The Masonic Home will cost at the start about $15,000. Ths bids of both Shelby and Greensboro represent about $20,000 in land and cash. - It is planned to have the main edifice so constructed that it can be added unto at any time m the future. Mecklenburg's Increased Wealth. 'Tbe number of white roll tax nav. ers in Mecklenburg county is 3,887 and 590 colored. There are 262.923 acres of land belonging to whites, imi ii is xuiuea at 47,507, with 7,192 acres belonging to negroes and valued at $66,123. The averao-e vnln ation of land is over $10 an acre,' which makes a "total 'of over $3,000,- uyu. Personal nronertv amnn fVio wbites aggregate $2,755,693 and" reaH estate $b,824,319. For the colored race, personal property is listed at $74,145 and realty at .$166,619. - Dr. Vestal Gets Ten Years. . , At Greensboro the solicitor accerjt ed a plea of manslaughter rendered by the counsel for the defendant and Dr. Vestal was sentenced by Judge Lyonlto ten .years hard labor in the State penitentiary. Mrs. Vestal was aismissea. 'Hookworm Disease Widespread. The hookworm specialists find that 75 per cent of the boys and 53 per cent of the girls in the Methodist orphanage at ' Raleigh are infected with the, disease. One-third of six hundred college students examined, are infected and forty-two per cent of more than one thousand men of the North Carolina National Guard are infected. The children of the Odd Fellows' orphanage showed 54 per cent infected. North Carolina at Knoxville. . The marble display from iNbrtb Carolina at the Appalachian expo sition is notably fine. ' Not the least important of the ex hibits is a large map of the roads of North Carolina on which are sbown the interstate highways planned be tween Asheville-and Charlotte, with continuations to the coast line. The North Carolina exhibits in clude bulletins for free distribution inculcating the value of good roads. The New Southbound Railroad. The. Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad, will be operated as an in dependent railroad for a time at least. - President Fries said that the first few months of the operation of the road, would be devoted to freight alone. Four engines and 150 freight cars have been purchased already. Passenger coaches will be bought later. , There is no truth in the report that the Coast Line had offered to buy the Southbound. .by WILBUR, D TOTT 1 vV It is always dawn , While the. day rolls on ' Night Is changing ever to a sky of silver gleams'; ,. " - Somewhere It is morn. Newer hopes are born; -v Wondrous deeds are making from the Im-j pulse of our dreams. . Though the night may hold ' Us In starry fold, t Or the world about us all be hidden In tho gloom, -, ' It fs dawn somewhere, Wlih the eager air " r ' Marvelously tremulous with wonderful . .' perfume. Out and high and far Olows the morning star . ' ' Marking out the path of day around the ; sleepy world; ' Twilight glows may fa Je ' Into dusky shade Yet somewhere the banners of the day light are unfurled. . ; . - "trf- . - A.I1 the birds and bee . , - ! Waken with the' breezn .' ' . i That comes racing wlr.h the glints that -flame across the tlue, V' And the meadows smile -, V, In that morning-while When above them -drifts the cllnna' -scent of .honey-dew - Naught to. you or ne What the hour may be. ' When we know the morning glow is never, ' wholly gone, That though slow end dark V Be the hours we mark There Is light and laughter yet. and some where It Is dawn. -' His Ambition. "And have you a fad?" asks the kindly old plutocrat of one of the young men who have called to make his acquaintance. "Well, yes, sir," answers the youth. "I am, In a 6mall way, a stamp col lector." "Ah, I shall be glad to make you'a present of a stamp album. And you?" to the second young man. "Have you a fadt" "After A fashion, sirT I am making a collection of butterflies." "You must let me present you with a cabinet to hold your specimens. And do you have a hobby, too?" This to a third. " "Yes, Mr. Rockerbllt I am trying to collect old books." "You must allow me to write you' a check for a sum sufficient to buy you a set of book shelves. And you?" to the last young man. "What is your fad?" ' ' "I haven't any right now, but there' one collection I'd like to make." 'Vhat is that? I will help you, too." "Then you may give me a block of bouses. I have an ambition to fee $ reBt collector." The inelde Pteti. Abou Ben Adhem awoke and war questioned by the angel. "Write me," said Mr. Adhem, etick. ing his right hand inside the bosom of his night-shirt and spe&king with ora torical fervor, "write me as onewho loves his fellow man." - "Come, come!" says the angel. "I'm not a reporter. "I'm here for facts." "Well, in that case, write mo down as a candidate for office. I thought you wanted something for the morning papers." Lots of It. "All your talk about human vivisec tion is bosh,, and you know it," says the man with the crochetted cravat to the reformer. "Is it?" answers the reformer. "You never happened to be on a summer ho tel veranda among a crowd of women when a beautiful grass widow passed, did you?" Muelcal Note. "Please tell me," she saye to the trombonist, "how far out do you have to shove. the sliding part of your horn when you are playing?" "That depends "On the mysic?" "No; on the length of your arm." Very Decided. "She's a decided brunette, they tell me," says the person who has not yet met the lady under discussion. "Yes. indeed," answers the other. "And the peculiar part of it b that she decided only a month ago -that she" would be a brunette."
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 28, 1910, edition 1
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