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THE CHATHAM RECORD ft A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance Mkt VOL. XXXIV NEWS OF THEWEEK IN EPITOM IZEDFfll THE LATEST HAPPENINGS OF IM PORTANCE TERSELY TOLD. When a considerable number of members in the American Gar associa tion learned that in admitting William H. Lewis of Boston to membership, they had admitted a negro there came a storm of protest and several threats to resign were made unless Lewis drops out voluntarily or otherwise. Lewis was recently appointed assist ant United States attorney general by President Taft. Lewis declared that he would not resign his membership in the American Bar association, to which he was elected, notwithstand ing certainn Southern members of the society expressed themselves strongly against the admission of the Boston negro. "Arbitration of disputes between na tions is coming slowly but surely coming," said President Taft in his address before the American Bar as- Southern. sociation in Boston. The president The new agreement intended to briefly reviewed the proposed general safeguard cotton shipping documents arbitration treaties with Great Brit went into effect and the central bu- ain and France, and made it plain that reau provided for in that agreement in aia opinion the objections made to began its activities with the backing the treaties were invalid. President HE'S PORTION OF CENTRAL HIGHWAY PITTSBORQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, M C, SEPTEMBER & 191 1 NOT FOR FARM-LIFE SCHOOL NO. 4. t . THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion ' SLOO One Square, two insertion SLEO One Square, one month $?PQ For Larger Ad varfi Liberal Contracts wttl bo made. EVENTS THROUGHOUT WORLD INTERVIEW FROM HICKERSON WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED A TOUR. ' Newt of Greatest Interest From All Parts of the World Related In Paragraphs. THREE CHANGES ADVISED INTERESTING CASE MATTAMUSKEET DRAINAGE CASE ARGUED TEST CONSTITUTION ALITY OF TAX. The Revisions Mentioned Would Oc cur Within One Mile West of John ston County Line This Road Has Never Been Properly Maintained. Raleigh. Mr. T. F. Hickersin, as sooia t a nrnfoooni- rt riiri tt. .1 of practically all the cotton-carrying Taft declared emphatically that there at the University of North Carolina railroads, it was announced in New 13 room for improvements in proced- York by the Liverpool cotton bills of ure in the Federal courts, lading conference committee in a Chairman Norman E. Mack of the statement which explained the plan Demcratic national committee pre- adopted, and answered various criti- sents Gov- John A. Dix of New oYrk cisms. The committee says it issued as a democratic presidential possibil- the statement "in order to clear up !ty Governor Dix is the fifth prom- any misapprehension that may have inent Democrat to be brought forward arisen from recent newspaper com- by Chairman Mack in a series of ar- ment, especially in the South, and to tcl.es .on Democratic presidential pos the make clear the ends to which committee has been working. According to 1,900 replies of special correspondents of the Journal of Com merce and Commercial Bulletin bear ing an average mail date of August 23, 24 percentage condition of cotton was on that date 72.6, as compared with S6.3 a month ago. This compares with 70.7 per cent, last year, 66 per cent, in 1909, 7S.1 per cent, in 190$ and 73.9 in 1907. The ten year av erage is 73.9 per cent., and the loss of 14.3 points during the month of August is the greatest in that month in the past ten years. The most im portant declines occurred in Texas and Oklahoma, respectively. Ragland, Ala., will get the five mil lion dollar industrial school for white children which is to be established by the Southern bureau of education with funds to be given, it is said, by Rockefeller, the Russell Sage founda tion, Mrs. E. W. ,Harriman and oth ers. This was decided at a meeting in Nashville, Tenn., of the board of directors of the bureau. Ragland of fered a five thousand acre site, two hundred lots in town and other con siderations. In the eastern states of the cotton belt the weather bureau during the past week was most favorable, al though the rainfall was generally very light and it was still dry in some sections, according to the national weekly bulletin. The weather contin ued partly cloudy with frequent show ers in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mis sissippi, but more sunshine and dryer weather were needed. National President Charles S. Bar rett of the Farmers' union made his first official expression regarding the attitude of that big organization in the battle that is coming this fall to maintain the price of cotton at a proper level. "The1 Farmers' union," says President Barrett, "issues an in vitation to the entire South to co operate with it in saving to this sec tion many million dollars on the cot ton crop of 1911-12. To the farmer, whether or not a member of the Farmers' union, my imperative advice is 'hold your cotton!' It is worth in finitely more than the, price now quoted." A meeting of Southern bankers, cot ton brokers and others interested in the handling of cotton was called by the bills of lading committee of the New Orleans cotton exchange, to be held in New Orleans, September 15, to consider the Liverpool plan for the validation of bills of lading. Practi cally all the cotton exchanges have expressed disapproval of the Liver pool plan of establishing a central burea of validation in New York. si Din ties. The others are: Governor Harmon of Ohio, Governor Wilson of New Jersey, Governor Marshall of In diana and Governor Foss of Massachu setts. War clouds hover ominously over continental Europe, and military prep arations are openly goinng forward upon a gigantic scale. The belliger ent attitude of France and Germany over Morocco has caused intense ner vousness among thee other powers. The warlike preparations started in Belgium, are adding to the pesimistic nue of international conditions. Con versations betwen France and Berma ny were reopened in Berlin. C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central railroad, took a hand who has just been over the portion or the Central Highway running through Wake county, with Supervi- son WL.Vigg, furnishes the fol lowing interview as to the condition of the roads traversed, with minor changes that have been suggested: "Three changes in location are ad vised, one for a distance of three or four hundred feet near Mt. Moriah church in order to avoid too sharp a curve; another for a distance of about 200 feet just west of the branch near the tank on the Southern railway in order to go around on a 4 1-2 per cent, grade an existing 12 per cent grade; and another change is needed along Mr. Sam Watts' prop erty, where 30 feet of rough rock can be dodged and the road placed on higher ground so that better drainage can be effected. "There are four other places where the grade for a short distance con siderably . exceeds 4 1-2 per cent, which should be the maximum allow-! able grade on a first-class road) but Durham City Not Disposed to Abide the Consequences of Defeat Sen timent Represented Heavy. Durham. Reports from the country districts tend to add to the size of the defeat of the farm-life school though the voters for the school outnum bered those who openly opposed it by A SPECIAL ACT WAS PASSED voting against it. It has been impossible to learn from all precincts the exact vote, but Carr Township, the Wake annexation, which had been counted to give a small majority for the school, turned against it. The country, which would have raneivod nil fho henofit : j vuw uvueut aUU LlillU T).l.. l . m as ,e cIty-S ,4,500 tor 2 'STgZZ the support of the school, slaughtered Court in connection with the hearing il, us me country always does here. 01 appeals irom the first district was The .farm-life school was particularly Carter and others vs. Drainage Corn- wanted to take the nlace of hlnHro . irom Hyde county, this NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected With Much Care by the Editor. The State Was Part Land But Sold Out to the Southern i uand Reclamation Company straining Order Was Denied. REYES ATTACKED BY A GREAT IB THE MEXICAN CANDIDATE WAS STONED AND ROBBED IN THE STREET. Owner of the -Re- IS CLIMAX OF MUCH RIOTING. The Madero Sympathizers Start the; Trouble and Prevent the Opponent of Their Hero From Making a' Speech Police Get Crowd Quiet. stills. The speakers who went over the county may have done their cause no good, but they rubbed it in all the same. They told them that every body agreed that Durham has about the shabbiest farming region in the state, when a natural soil, the equal of almost any to be found, is her own. The movement for a township farm-life school, built by private funds and supported by the same method, has a large sentiment be hind it. The farmers have shown that they do not want the county farm-life school and everybody feels that if they do not care for it as a gift and supported by the state, they ought not to have it rammed down their throats. Many people are sore over it, but it isn't a matter for much emotion. Besides, the proposition was sprung unexpectedly. The people wanted to hear it discussed more and education was needed being he case that has tied up the Aiattamuskeet drainage enternHsa that is intended to make available some of the finest agricultural lands in the country that are now the Mattamuskeet Lake bed and adjacent soggy lands. The original proceed ing for the formation of the drain age district involved a $400,000 bond issue, this being while the state board of education was a party as part owner of the lake-bed. Later the sate sold out its interest to the Southern Land Reclamation Com- Postmasters To Meet At Asheville. me xsortn Carolina postmasters will meet in Asheville, N. C, Septem ber itn, zuth, and 21st. Asheville was selected last j-ear at the Winston this can easily be remedied by cut- in the conference with union renrp- ting down to the proper grade. sentatives, in which the men seek to "A11 the revisions above mentioned induce the road to recognize the new- woul1 occur between Aubun and l : f t . I T rv 1 1 n 4 IfAKin V . t i . . .! .. .... ij-uigcimzea ieaerauon. tie was ap- u tuurcu wmcn is aDout ; meeting, out the date was left open parently unwilling to recede from the one mile west of the Johnston county j to be filled by the executive commit- iuxu yienuus siana oi treating only ""J- to; ana the executive committee has wnn me representatives of the unions uia roaa irom tne beginning to called the meeting as above stated invoivea. me laDor men here let it lue euu nas ot Deen properly main be known that their future action will tailed. There are holes and ruts in depend upon the instructions they re- many places filled with weeds and ceive from their presidents. "rt. The surface of the road needs The two new battleships authorized to De crowned and made smooth by by the last naval act probably will be the use of a road machine; the side of 8,500 tons displacement, or the big- ditches should be opened and placed gest war vessels in the world. The on a uniform grade in order to trans fer the water quickly to the cross drains which should be vitrified terra cotta pipes placed at intervals of every few hundred feet. "Several telegraph and telephone poles are too near the road and must be moved. "No changes in location between Raleigh and Morrisville are, recom mended. There is one change in lo cation for 1-2 mile just west of Mor- pany and during the last Legislature a special act was passed allowing a state's Prison, who has just returned $500,000 bond issue instead of $400,- from a vsit to eastern North Caro- 000, this adding an additional $25,'- lina savs tnat the Prospects for cot- 000 burden to the private land own- ton are very Por in that section of ers represented by H. C. Carter, T. tne state. "0n my visit to Belhaven' J. Jennette, J. C. Simmons and oth- ne said' a distance of 133 miles from ers, plaintiffs in this litigation. They RaleiSh I did not see ten acres of ask for a restraining order against cotton that had not turne red." issuing the additional $100,000 bonds. Concord. On account of the death In the trial below before Judge O. of Mrs. M. J. Hartsell, mother of State H. Allen the motion for restraining Senator L. T. Hartsell who is coun- order was denied and the appeal is sel for the defendant in the case of by the plaintiffs, who are represent- State vs. Robert Goodman, charged ed by Ward & Grimes. H. C. Carter. witb the murder of Sidney Barrier. Jr., and J. C. C. Ehringhaus as coun- the case has been continued until next Brevard. Fire destroyed the laun dry building of the Toxaway Inn at Lake Toxaway entailing a loss of about $2,000. The amount of insur ance is unknown, the policies being carried by the Pittsburg owners of the property. Hickory. The heavy rains which have fallen in this county for the past tepr days have caused the farmers to forget that such a thing as the drought ever existed. More rain has fallen in this county in the last few days than had fallen since the middle of April. Pittsboro. Deputy Sheriff James T. Wright, of Centre township, pre sented the county jail with another DiocKaue still ,cap and worm com- Mexico city. stoned and forcibly! plete, which was captured by Sheriff robbed of 3,000 pesos by a mob off Lane and himself in Bear Creek town- Maderistas, in the principal thorough ship, about two miles southeast of 'are ' the capital, General Bernardo! Roulee. Reyes, candidate for the presidency lai Lenoir. For the past week or more PPsltion of Francisco I. Madero, wasi United States Deputy Marshals Abel forced to abandon an effort to address and Grant have been searching for 1x13 congtituents and to run the gaunt- illicit distilleries in this county. Sey- let of a Jeering crowd upon whom th eral weeks ago they went to the home police had received orders not to fix of a man named Sullivan Martin, excePt aB a last resort. j who has a farm of one of the Repeatedly the police charged thej branches of Jim's creek and found a turbulent element and the records os distillery. the Red Cross, the White Cross and? Raleigh. Capt. J. J. Laughing- !?e commlssaries account for forty- nouse. the SuDerintendfrnt nf tho "uu"ucu aa leauii oi me ais largest ships so far designed for the American navy are the New York and Texas, with a displacement of 27,000 tons each, and it became known only that the navy department contemplat ed exceeding their size. The new ships will have a haevier armor than ever before put on a battleship. Henry Baker, 21 years old, of St. Charles, 111., only nephew of the late John W. Gates, can testify that "edu cation pays." By the terms of the late financier's will just read in pri vate, young Baker will get $250,000 if he graduates from college. He is given $10,000 with which to pay his college fees and intends to enter Har vard university this fall. According to the St. Charles legatees of Mr. Gates he left an estate of about thirty eight million dollars. Champ Clark, speaker of the na tional house of representatives, re plied to President Taft's speech de livered at Hamilton, Mass. The speak er accused the president of not stat ing facts. He said he did not reply lor the Insurgent Republicans, who, "no doubt, will take up the cudgels in their own behalf." He declared that if the tariff board is to be used as a pretext for delaying tariff re vision downward, the Democrats will cut off its supplies. With no dissenting voice Francisco I. Madero received the nomination of the Progressive party for president o Mexico, Plans are being put on foot to make this the most successful meeting the postmasters have ever held in North Carolina. The program is being ar- jaugea to include almost all the branches of postofnee work and these discussions will be headed by parties who are experts along these special lines. In connection with other dis cussions there will be a question box and any member may ask any ques tion that he wishes discussed, and this will make the meeting more in teresting to the smaller oflices. The officers of the association of North Carolina are Mr. J. R. Joyce, presi dent, Reidsville, N. C; first vice- presiaent, jur. T. E. Wallace. Wil- sel. The drainage commissioners are represented by Mann & Jones. The commissioners are J. S. Mann, T. B. H. Gibbs and John P. Kerr. Tne drainage work Is at a standstill now, awaiting tha termination of the suit. Rules Governing Fair Premiums. Kaieign. Commissioner of court. This was the only capital case on the docket and attracted great in terest. Raleigh. Mr. J. P. Cook, of Con cord, the chairman of the board of trustees of the Jackson Trainine School, is in the city. Mr. Cook says that there was a good rain in his sec- orders. Most of these were injured by stones but many show bruises and cuts made by the soldiers and mount- ed police. General Reyes was scheduled to make his initial speech of the cam paign in front of the big ten-million,, dollar national theater in course of construction. Shortly before the tim partisans of Reyes began gathering In the neighborhood of the theater. They clashed with a crowd of Maderistana, The Maderistas crowded about Gen eral Reyes machine and prevented him from making his speech. Tlut automobile was abandoned, its occu pants walking the length of the Ala meida to the center of the disturbance a distance of four blocks, a crowd fol lowing, throwing stones ) and other missiles. - Mounted policemen who had been trailing the crowds, now rode their horses into the mob which 6e ueiure mem. nntering a culture W. A. tSi "at " W"L0nlr roye ' W tta theater Reye. i i , . " iue uuuuu crop escorts went to the nomnd julations and rules that and the earlv nnrn ornn It, v,,-h au.iA ? 1 . Becona i i , I " - ,xisu, i w npro Kovoa otonnai - M ne inaucea tne representatives of the he says, have been greatly damaged with th iln V county and districts fairs - j au.M. mo cAueuiB nut crown -v u.uwit. uuuug me comer- i w earner, story. a balcoxur ence of these representatives called Southern Pines. As a recent phil- hV him Thow ananiftr U n 4.l4. I J o1,v-ii.Jr mo iciiiiury nsnnhor roTnorVo t lnWwhich Set VI P6rate S Sr another,' The" Zrl , , i Pate in S citudes of the cotton planter have exMbits I n fOFf 3U?giDg f been Mmerous and varied this sum exhibits, especially of animals, corn, mPr w f SSJnS4 -her 'J" ""J?1? tS- Th9 South Carolina undary comes the I specification is made that the single r.T,inii, r s judge system shall prevail as far as is The snirfpr i I x - uiuiiuuuic ucaiuic mmston. jv. c risville. whirh Mr wi P"0-Q hoc? nlnnn I nnnf lf TTT T r -r , mja t acaujf j v. in. jenKins, .Henderson. xi. is iuuuii more direct and i JN. c; third vice-Dresidpnt ATr T n laid out. eliminates several objectionable short turns General. The center of population of the Uni ted States was announced by Director of the Census Durand to be in the western part of Bloomington, Monroe county, Indiana. This is eight miles further west than the location an nounced July 17, when Director Du rand placed it 4 1-4 miles south of Unionville, in the same county. The exait longitude of the center of pop ulation is 86 degree, 32 minutes and 20 seconds west, a difference of 9 second, or 8 miles, from the previous announcement. Bloomingtin is in southern Indiana. Ten years ago the center of population was 6 miles southeast of Columbus, Ind., 39 miles east of its new location. Fearing that he was about to be de ported. Morris Greenberg, 22 years old, leaped to his death from the tenth floor of the Pulitzer ht'M!- at the Manhattan entr. ui -i Brooklyn bridge in New York. The threatened strike of employees of the Illinois Central railway has keen declared off. On the eve of the trial of John J. and James McNamara. who barged with blowing up The Loj Angeles Times building, General Har rison Grey Otis, owner of the newspa per, received threats of another bomb. The police are guarding his home. L. Guirez De Lara, former editor of a Guirez paper in Los Angeles, cap. tain in Madero's army, has been jail ea on charges of assailing President Taft, King Alfonso and Emperor Will tani in recent public speeches. Uppon Sinclair the noted Socialist minor has hied a suit for divorot from Metta Fuller Sinclair. Washington. Primary election expenses state ments irom senators Martin and Swanson of Virginia, the first to be filed under the new publicity law that went into effect August 19, reached the office of Secretary Bennett of the senate. In the absence of Secretary Bennett, officials of his office declined to make them public. Following this declination a careful examination of the new publicity law resulted in the startling disclosure that in the act, presumed to be most drastic, there is no requirement for publicity of the in dividual statements filed by candi dates for the senate or the house at representatives President Taft entered upon his two weeks' recreation program in earnest. The office force was kept busy completing the itinerary of the Western trip. The president is go ing to visit 24 states on his swing around the circle. Except for five states and Arizona and New Mexico, the president will pass through every state west of the Mississippi. An outline of the program of legis lation for the postal service which Postmaster General Hitchcock will or-V -- .- frVrTT fl- Srtor fhf SeS- a.u lo ocm in ueeemuer, was in dicated by Mr. Hitchcock. In his an nual report, which will be laid be fore congress, Mr. Hitchcock will re commend . the establishment of a parcels post service on rural mail routes; the crystallization into law oi proposed increases in second-class mail rates; and the enactment of the proposed law providing a radicai change in the system of compensat ing the railways. . , The Shrievalty Fight in Forsyth. There was an interesting hearing before Capt. F. C. Robbins (referee) in the case of Flint v. Jones which is the fight over the sheriff's office in Forsyth county. Voluminous briefs were filed by both sides and the speech-making went on for hours. The plaintiff ' (Republican . candi date Flint) was represnted by iieBsrs. Lindsay Patteson, District Attorney A. E. Holton and Ex-Judge R. C. Strudwick, of . Greensboro. Sheriff Jones (Democratic incumb ent) was represented by ex-Judge E. a. Jones, Hon. A. H. Eller, Hon. C. B. Watson and Judge Gid. H. Hasten, all of Winston-Salem Seven speeches were made and all were strong arguments. Walser, Lexington, N. C; fourth vice- president, Mr. H. O. Fitzgerald, Pel ham, N. "C; secretary-treasurer, "Sir. S. Arthur White, Mebane, N. C. practicable. The rules laid down by the department of agriculture fes the judging of corn and grains to award department premiums are specified for use in all the fairs. Twenty fair associations were invited to send del egtes to the conference. barely big enough to see, but it leaves its trail on the cotton field. Raleigh. The Bank of Brunswick. bouthport, N. C, is chartered for a gen- Such was the disorder, however, that Reyes' escort attempted to dis suade him from the effort. The old man would not be deterred and rais ed his hand for silence. Instead, the tumult grew and chunks of marble and rocks gathered from the ground about the new theater, were hurled at the white-haired figure. A numi ber reacted their mark and yet Reyes stood despite the efforts of his son to induce him to seek shelter. For twenty minutes he remained there dodging missiles which wrecked the Storm Damage in Wilmington. The recent storm in this vicinity left a number of disabled and dam aged ships in its wake off the North Carolina coast. The Fortuna, off Fry ing Pan shoals, dismasted and in bad condition generally, sent a message to the revenue cutter Seminole for as sistance. The schooner Florence M. Penly, was towed into Southport. Ali head sails gone, Considerable damage aone to tne rigging, and other inju ries are reported. Pleads for Commutation of Sentence. Taking no chances as to the possi bility of their , client having to serve any part of a one year sentence tn the penitentiary on the charge of se duction, under promise of marriage iri jjare county, counsel for Arthur Williams, well-known young man of tne county, went before Governor Kitchin to plead for commutation of sentence to a fine in the event the Supreme Court affirms lower court in the conviction and sentence. Coun sel making this 'remarkable fight are E. F. Aydlett and B. G. Crisp. There were also here opposing executive clemency B. M. Stringfield and W. M. Bond. Consider Matter of Free Ferry. ine commissioners of New Hanover and Brunswick counties and Council- men of the City of Wilmington held a joint conference in the court house at Wilmington for the purpose of con sidering the matter of establishing a free ferry across the Cape Fear river at Wilmington as provided for m an act of the last Legislature. New Hanover county and City of Wilming ton each to pay 5 per cent, of the cost and Brunswick county 30 per cent of the cost. A number of representa tive citizens were present. Postal Saving Bank in Hickory. A postal savines hank will ha aa. tablished in Hickory September 22, in charge of Miss .Carrie Deal, who has had charge of the money order and registry window at the local post office for several years. Miss Deal will be the second woman to be placed in charge of a postal savings bank in the United States. Mrs. C. B. Shel ton, who will take charge of the bank in Los Angeles, Cal., the middle of September, being the first. The Assessor is Sustained. Raleigh. The decision of the Cor poration Commission made in the matter of tax assessor B. G. Crisp, of Dare county, will probably be given out by the Commission in a day or two. Mr. Crisp was seen and stated that he had been advised by the Com mission that the decision sustained his position regarding tax assess ments in Dare. The facts in the case, given by Mr. Crisp when seen are these: Mr. Crisp was appointed county assessor for Dare by the Cor poration Commission and his assist ants were appointed by the County Board. When the Board of Equaliza tion met the chairman of that board introduced a resolution to accept the valuations as. put on by the property owners. Assessor Crisp then took the matter up with the Corporation Com mission and there was a special hear ing at Manteo August 16. The deci sion has been made sustaining the asssessor. eral banking business in this seaport windows and signs covering the front town at the mouth of the lower Cape of the building. The police drew thel Fear river. The capital is $25,000 au- sabers and charged the crowd. tnonzed and ?10,000 subscribed by W. H. Pyke, C. Ed. Taylor, Robert Ruark and "others. There is also a charter for the C. B. Cheatham Com pany, Louisburg, capital $50,000, by L. R. Cheatham and others, for a leaf tobacco business. Salisbury. The momen's Mission ary Convention, which is in session at St. Johns, Cabarrus county, held an interesting meeting. Twenty-three now societies were reported as hav- Presldent Taft Cables William. Washington. In response to Em peror William's cordial cablegram ol thanks for the replica of the statue ol Gen. Baron von Steuben, the Prussian American soldier, which was unveiled at Potsdam President Taft has sent the following message to the German ruler: 'T cordially appreciate youi courteous cablegram annnouncing Ufa unveiling of the replica of the Steuben mg been organized during the year, thnaa nf tlwi n' ' nineteen of WV, v " u"mftu WWiv IIUH .v-wU jm. n mvu HCIC lUUUg rOU" Two Cases of Much Interest. Sheriff J. B. Lanier, of Harnett, who was in Raleigh, says that at the term of court in Lillington, there will be tried two cases of much interest. One is against three men for at tempting to pass forged checks on the Tillman Lumber Company in Dunn. the men being Henry Allred and Jim Coon, of Greensboro, and Will Hodges. The other case is that of Zack Marks who was recently brought from Mil ton, Fla., on charge of a murder com mitted in Harnet county several years ago. Continues To Attract Attention. Hickory's $200,000 guarantee fund continues to attract the attention of those interested in manufacturing enterprises. A Northern firm wishes to establish a large textile manufac turing plant here. Their principal object is to locate where competent labor is available sufficiently to keep the plant moving. This is easily available here and the climatic condi tions are such as to make this an ideal place for such an establishment. A Massachusetts firm wishes to es tablish a plant. Blind Tiger Has Been Corralled. Another blind tiger has been cor ralled. The first, Bob Hayes, was taken in on the charge of selling li quor to members of a colored opera troupe, known as the Florida Cotton Blossoms and the second falls a vic tim of the same bunch. His name is Cicero Crawford and he is charged with selling to Thomas Loving, the white manager of the colored stars, fifteen bottles of beer and a bottle or two of stronger stuff. , This "consti tutes "first blood" . for the present city administration. - ' High PQint. The police are still hot after the blind tigers. Several places have been raided within the last few days and the Municipal Court keeps grinding away at the cases. , -v. Valuation of Buncombe County. Asheville. The county auditor has Just compile the figures showina pies societies. A resolution aDDroDri- ating $1,000 to be paid the Japan schools this year was unanimously adopted. The convention accepted the invitation to hold the next convention at Holy Trinity church, Mt. Pleasant. 1nn4-Anfn -I A. - - uaaiuiua.. vjasionia now nas a camp of American Boy Scouts. It was recently organized with Mr. Fred Barnes as drill master and has about thirty-five members. The camp meets weekly using the armory of Com pany B. The boys expect soon to have uniforms. Within the next few weeks the camp will take a "hike" to some nearby point. The Boy Scouts is a nation-wide organization which has only come into prominence with in the past year or so. High Point The city water depart- mcui, ui which ivir. a. A. Mills IS chairman and Mr. J. G. Ryan super intendent, is now engaged in selecting present transmitted in virtue of the joint resolution of the Congress of the United States." Governor Deneen is a Hero. Springfield, 111. In an attempt to prevent a collision between his auto mobile and a two-seated conveyance; near Glenarm, about fifteen miles from this city, Gov. Charles S. Deneen was seriously injured when he fellj freaking both bones of his left ankle. The Governor, seeing that a collision was unavoidable, sprang on the run ning board of the machine in which, he was riding to grasp the bridle of; the horses. ( He was hurried to this city and isj confined to his room in the executive mansion. Southern Steamer Limps Into Port. Jacksonville, Fla. Tho steamer the assessed valuation of the real and the new pumping station near James- Snawmut of the Southern Steamship; town, to duplicate the present outfit 1Ine ,rom Philadelphia to Jacksonville personal property in Buncombe coun ty. The figures show the valuation is nearly two million dollars more than the last assessment. The last assessment showed a valuation of $18,290,425; the present valuation Is at the pumping station near James town. Raleigh. The members of the farm committee of the Board of Trustees of the A. & M. College are in the $20,247,580, being a gain over the last city and the committee made an ex- of $1,957,155. The gain in the four city wards is $793,667, the present valuation being $11,012,378. The cor poration property is not included. Important Land Transaction. Elizabeth City. A real estate deal of some interest to many people of this section was the purchase of 7 000 acres of timbered land by T. K. Par rish, of Richmond, Va., from W. M. Bond and C. Everett Thompson, com missioners. The price paid for it is $11,700. This property is a part of the great Park estate, in. Mount Her- mon township, on the Suffolk branch of the Norfolk Southern Railroad. It is considered 'Very "-valuable" end 'con tnins . come . fine . ttmba . Mr. Parrish represents Richmond Cedar Works. " ' animation of the farm. The commit tee are Messrs. T. T. Ballinger, of Tryon; M. L. Reid, of Asheville, and T. E. Vann, of Cobo. Raleigh. Mrs. Rosalie V. Blanken ship has arrived In the city to as sume her duties a ssuperintendent of Rex Hospital, she having been elect- was towed to port with her main pro peller shaft broken. The accident oc curred off Tybee Island, Ga., Septem ber 1 and the steamer had to Imme diately drop anchor and wait for a Uuj. which was difficult to summon on ao count of the lack of wireless. Thel weather was fair, however, and thel crew was none the worse. The Shaw mut will be repaired here. Farmers Are to Fix the Price. Atlanta, Ga. Farmers throughout ed to this position by the board of !the South wiU have a dlrect vote as to trustees on August 10th, to succeed Miss Helen Orchard. Raleigh. In the city is Mr. T. F. Hickerson, of Chapel Hill, who is here by direction of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geologist, for the purpose of going over and making plans for the Central Highway route through Wake county. Mr. Hickerson and Read Supervisor M. L. Wiggs are ugt? going over the route. . . . Xf v the price to be received for the great bulk of the cotton crop this year. At the same time the national convention of the Farmers Union opens at Shaw ness, Oklahoma, every lodge of the or ganization throughout the country will hold meetings and wire instructions to their delegates at Shawnee. These messages will' deal principally with the minimum price at which the '"crop: ' should be sold. . J