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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., JULY 10, 1912.
NO. 48.
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HEWS OF THE WEEK
III EPITOMIZED FORM
THE LATEST HAPPENINGS OF IM
PORTANCE TERSELY
TOLD.
EVENTS THROUGHOUT WORLD
Mews of Greatest Interest From AIJ
Parts of the World Related
in Paragraphs.
Southern.
T. R., in his famous hunt in the
jungles of Africa, has nothing on T.
J. Roberts of Anderson, S. C, whe
pased through Macon, following a
winter's fox hunt in Florida and south
Georgia. Mr. Roberts was in a two
horse wagon, to which was attached
a dog kennel, consisting of twenty
hound dogs. In the wagon were 75
fox skins, the fruits of the chase.
These fox hunts are annual events
with Mr. Roberts, but he remained
out later than usual this year.
Heat and reaction from the recent
national conventions have combined
to wear down the nerves of the mem
bers of the house and that branch
of congress; "We will get through
before the end of the month," said
Representative Sherley of Kentucky.
The fact that the senate has failed
to act upon nine of the appropriation
bills, the pending impeachment por
ceedings against Judge Archbald and
the Stanley steel trust investigation
report did not cause Mr. Sherley to
change his view. "Everybody is tired
of congress," he said.
"Old Bill" Miner, bandit, and train
robber, who recently made his sec
ond sensational escape from the Geor
gia penitentiary, has been captured
In the sawmps of the Oconee river,
near Toombsoro. W. M. Wiggins, who
escaped with Miner, was also arrest
ed. Miner and his partner had hoped
to make their way to Brunswick or
some other port and ship as deck
hands to another country. When they
escaped the men made their way to
the Oconee river where they secured
a boat and started down stream. They
floated by night and slept by day.
When they reached a . few miles be
low Milledgeville they entered the
swamps, and soon lost their way. It
was for this reason that they had not
gone much further distance in this
time. W. J. Widecamp, the other
man who escaped with Miner and
Wiggins, was close by when the offi
cers arrested the couple, and it is
believed that he was drowned while
attempting to make his escape.
General.
Eugenio Vaglio, aged 45, killed his
brother, John Vaglio, proprietor of
the Central hotel; his brother's wife
and their two children, Rosa, aged
16, and Christina, aged 9; and then
committed suicide, at Dawson, Y. T.
Eugenio Vaglio was infatuated with
his niece, Rosa, and had been forbid
den by her parents to enter the
house. The murderer went to the
hotel with two pistols and a dagger.
He found Mrs. Vaglio in the kitchen,
followed her to her bedroom and shot
her. The husband was killed in bed.
Christina rushed to the door and was
shot down, and Rosa was slain in
Led.
- Jack Johnson retains the champion
ship of prizefighters of the world. He
defeated Jim Flyn at East Las Ve
gas, x. M., in nine rounds. Flynn
repeatedly fouled Johnson, and the
police stopped the melee.
The new national flag bearing for
ty eight stars, emblematic of all the
states, including Arizona and New
Mexico, now( flings from all Federal
structures in the country and from
the American navy throughout the
world.
John D. Rockefeller is named as 56
cents debtor to the Purssell Manufac
turing company, a confectionery and
bakery concern, which filed schedules
in bankruptcy in New York City. The
oil magnate is among a lost list of
New Yorkers prominent In financial
and professional circles scheduled as
indebted to the concern presumably
for buns, cakes or candies, in sums
ranging from ten cents to not over
S40. Miss Helen Gould, according to
the list, owes 44 cents; Mrs. Patrick
Campbell, $3; Felix Adler, 80 cents:
John H. Flagler, $1.97, and Thomas
F. Ryan, $15.35.
Bob Hunter, who is known as "Dare
I)evil," was instantly killed in a mo
torcycle race at Luna Park, Cleveland,
Ohio. The riders were speeding 75
miles an hour when the collision oc
curred. While Mrs. Carl Nord, aged 18,
stood in a barn door on a farm near
Minneapolis, watching her husband
milk a cow, a bolt of lightning killed
the woman and the cow. The cow fell
on the man, injuring him.
All government work on the upper
Mississippi river has. been suspended
till congress appropriates more money.
Prof. Frank Alford Perret of the
department of geology at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, pre
sets that Italy will soon be visited
tjy another catastrophe. He foretold
the eruption of Mt. Etna in 1910, and
the Italian king decorated him.
Thirty-seven foreigners were made
Wizens of the United States in At
lanta during a session of the Federal
:ourt, Judge Newman presiding. Ev-
ry nation on the map of the . world
tt'as represented.
Twenty-one persons were killed and
thirty injured, a number fatally, in
a wreck on the Ligonier Valley rail
road at Wilpen. An overloaded pas
senger coach, pushed by an engine,
was struck by a double-header freight
train of coal cars, crushing the coach
like paper and spreading death and
injury to all but one aboard the train.
This is said to be the first fatal ac
cident on the Ligonier road in forty
years.
Major Smedley D. Butler, command
ing the marines at Camp Elliott, Pan
ama City, has reported that eight
soldiers of the Tenth infantry, two
marines and one civilian were serious
ly wounded in a fight with the Pan
ama police. He reports two of the
infantrymen will die. Maj. Gen. Wood,
chief of staff, has sent a telegram to
the commander of the, Tenth infantry
requesting a full report on the inci
dent immediately.
Four pairs of little shoes and stock
ings found at the edge of a water
filled clay pit told the story of the
drowning of four small girls in Perth
9mboy. Ellen and Martha Paneon, in
company with Susan Pazen and Fran
ces Stanley, went to pick berries.
Their parents became alarmed at
their continued absence and a search
was commenced, but was unsuccess
ful. Finally two boys came upon four
pairs of shoes and stockings besides
a yard clay pit on the outskirts of the
city. They draged the pit and recov
ered the bodies.
Forty-two persons were killed and
between fifty and sixty injured as a
result of a collision at Gibson, N. Y.,
near Corning. The atmosphere was
heavy with a fog, and the engineer
failed to see signals set against his
train. The wreck was the worst in
the history of the Lackawanna rail
road. The insurrection in Mexico has been
reduced to guerrilla warfare. The
Federals have so decisively whipped
the rebels that they have divided up
into small companies. Juarez will
now be the capital of the rebels.
The rebels blame their defeat to
American interference.
Miss Harriet Quimby of New York,
the first woman to win an aviator li
cense in America and the first wom
an to cross the English channel in an
aeroplane, was instantly killed, with
her passenger, W. A. P. Willard, the
manager of the Boston aviation meet,
when her Bleriot monoplane fell into
Dorchester bay from a height of a
thousand feet. The accident happened
when Miss Quimby and Mr. Willard
were returning from a trip over the
Boston (Mass.) harbor to Boston
Light, a distance of twenty miles in
all. The flight was made in 20 min
utes. Miss Quimby is the fourth
woman to meet death in an aeroplane.
Col. Castulo Herrera of the rebel
garirson in Juare has announced that
a message from Chihuahua gave de
tails of the blowing up of a Federal
troop train by rebels and the killing
of all the troops on board twenty,
coaches. The Federals were attempt
ing to enter a pass, according to the
telegrams, when mines laid by the
rebels were exploded.
A music festival in Philadelphia, in
which thousands of members of soci
ties constituting the Northeastern
Saengerbund took part, with Presi
dent and Mrs. Taft as guests of hon
or, was the crowning event of the
twenty-third saengerfest. When the
president and Mrs. Taft reached the
i Broad street station, they were greet
ed by a German song of welcome sung
by a large chorus. A
Washington.
Representative Norris of Nebraska,.
Progressive Republican, introduced a
bill which he declares will remedy
the evils of presidential primaries.
The bill provides for the election of
delegates to the convention at the
primaries and permits voters to ex
press a first and second choice for
presidential candidates. The candi
date having a majority of the presi
dential votes becomes the nominee
of his party.
A row has sprung up in the United
States treasury department as a re
sult of a disagreement of more than
a year's standing between Secretary
MacVeagh and Assistant Secretary A.
Piatt Andrew, which has culminated
i in the resignation of Andrew and a
I proposal for a congressional investi-
gation of Secretary MacVeagh's ad-
ministration. MacVeagh is charged
! with all sorts of idiosyncrasies and
incompetecy.
The United States senate has
agreed to the joint resolution appro
priating $1,250,000 for the encamp
ments and maneuvers of the organiz
ed militia of states. The appropria
tion was originally in the army bill,
which was vetoed. General Wood or
dered the commanding officers of the
regular army whose troops are to
join with the militia to start their
men fo rthe various encampments and
rendezvous, so that the most exten
sive series of joint exercises ever un
dertaken in this country will be in
full swing. For the first time man
euvers will be conducted on a scale
approaching the annual European
demonstrations.
An alleged counterfeiting conspira
cy, hatched in the United States
treasury, only a few feet from the of-'
fice of Chief Wilkie, has been unearth
ed by secret service men. J. D. At
kins, a clerk in the office of the aud
itor for the treasury department, was
arrested on a warrant signed by Unit
ed States Commissioner Bond of Bal
timore, charging him with raising one
dollar notes to ten. This action fol
lowed the arrest in Baltimore of Per
cy H. Cadman, a fellow clerk of At
kins, charged with the same offense.
The' two men are alleged to have
worked in concert.
SAYS STATE HEEDS
E POPUL
THE NUMBER IS ENTIRELY IN
ADEQUATE TO CULTIVATE
ACREAGE PROPERLY.
MILLSAPS MAKES SPEECH
He Asks the Co-operation of the Peo
ple in Spreading the Scientific Farm
ing to Enrice the Old North State
Many Attend Meeting.
Charlotte. North Carolina's prime
need of more people to rest from
her soil her products which mean
wealth to the state loomed up' large
at a conference between farmers and
business men at the Selwyn Hotel,
presided over by C. C. Hook, and ad
dressed by E. S. Millsaps of the gov
ernmental farmers' co-operative dem
onstration work, followed by W. S-.
Lee. It was emphasized by these
speakers and by J. S: Myers, who of
fered a resolution expressing approval
of the system of work outlined by Mr.
Millsaps, and pledging the co-operation
of all the people, this being unan
imously adopted.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Greater Charlotte
Club, and while not largely attendad,
its personnel was representative and
the speeches were heard with mueh
interest. Mr. Millsaps is an Iredell
man, a farmer and for a number of
years a school teacher. He is a fine
type of the intellectual farmer who
is well posted and does his own think
ing on broad lines.
Mr. Millsaps said he wanted the city
people to know a little more about
the problems of the farmers and the
farmers to know more about the prob
lems of the city folks. The demon
stration work has been in progress
from five to eight years, the latter be
ing the case in North Carolina. In this
five years the average corn crop in
this state has been raised from 14
bushels to a little over 18 bushels to
the acre. Since there are 3,000,000
acres in corn, this means an increase
of 12,000,000 bushels in the state's out
put. "We are sending out of the state,
or recently sent, $60,000,000 for
wheat, corn, hay and meat, and this
increased output will decrease this
outgo by so much.
A New Railroad to Be Started.
At a meeting of the stockholders
and incorporators of the Greensboro,
Roxboro & Norfolk Railway held at
Greensboro officers and directors were
elected and other detail matters at
tended to. The directors chosen were
J. W. Fry, R. C. Hood, A. L. Brooks,
C. D. Benbow, A. B. Kimball, A. W.
McAlister, E J. Justice, Garland Dan
iels, John J. Phoenix, all of Greens
boro, and T. O. Troy of Randolph
i county. The directors elected the fol
lowing officers: T. O. Fry, president;
J. W. Fry, vice president and treas
urer; W. H. Thompson, secretary.
Divide Surplus Saved on Salaries.
At the meeting of the Durham coun
ty commissioners a resolution was
passed to divide a $3,000 surplus, rep-
f Tesehtfng the amount of money saved
".by the officers for the past six months
between the county road fund and
the county officers on the salary basis
two ears ago provided that the sav
ings resulting from the departure
from the system of fees, be equally
divided between the roads and the
schools twice each year.
Approaches To Be Of Concrete.
The Gaston county commissioners
have decided that the approaches to
the Sloan's ferry bridge across the
Catawba from the western side shall
be of concrete and have awarded the
contract to the Requarth Construction
Company, which is building the
bridge. The cost will be about $7,500.
Work will be begun at once, an extra
force of hands being placed at work
so that this may proceed in the inte
rim of the work on the arches, caus
ed by the delay in the arrival of the
steel.
Report of Revenue Departr"eit.
The fiscal year of the revenue de
partment of the Eastern North Caro
lina district closed June 30th, and
the receipts for the past year show a
substantial increase, the exact amount
being $$549,567.70. The entire receipts
for the year amount to $4,324,741.68',
while for the previous year they were
$3,775,173.70. The receipts for the
month of June of this year were $362,
142.98. The We3tern district led the
Eastern by $211,889.83, that district
gaining over a million dollars during
the fiscal year.
Iredell County issues Road Bonds.
The Iredell county commissioners
ordered the issuance of series "B"
of the. Iredell road bond issue of $400,
000. The issuance of the bonds is or
dered because th6 ' money derived
from the sale of v the - first series of
$125,000 is running low on account of
the extensive road building. The new
series will bear date of August 1, 1912,
will be issued in denominations, of
$1,000 and will be payable as follows:
$50,000 in twenty years and $100,000
in. thirty years from date of issuance.
MOO
TON
WANT RAILROADS TO HELP
To Remove the Dangers of Railroad
Crossings The Mecklenburg Com
mission Is Moved to Action.
Charlotte. The shocking accident
several days ago, when an automobile
with six persons stalled on a grade
crossing of the Southern Railway in
Mecklenburg county, and was struck
by a freight train, Mr. J. M. Jamison
of Charlotte being killed while atr
tempting to rescue other members of
the party who were unable to leave
the machine in time to avoid serious
injury, has recalled a similar accident
two years ago w,hen a touring auto
mobile with Dr. Charles Herty, of the
University faculty, and family of
Cliapel.HJll, choked down on another
grade crossing j in the county, the
memherspt. t3Jptarv barely escaping
while the machine was', almost totally
demolished 'by a passing train. The
two accidents; orie a tragedy and the
other not far removed, have created
a wave of protest throughout the
county against the dangers of the
numerous grade crossings and a de
mand that some action be taken to
eliminate the cro s sings. or reduce the
danger to a minimum. . ' ' '
It is a fact not .generally known,
however, that the commissioners of
Mecklenburg county have been con
sidering for some time the matter of
taking up with the railways operating
in the county a proposition to abolish
all grade crossings. To this end the
chairman of the county commissioners
has written to both the Southern and
Seaboard railways calling their atten
tion to the conditions and asking the
co-operation of the railways in remov
ing the dangers. The road force of
the county is offered in case at any
of the crossings their services should
be necessary.
Mr. Brevar Nixon, attorney of this
city, Is of the opinion, that the rail
roads should be and can legally be
compelled to maintain safe crossings.
Apportionment For County Schools.
At the regular meeting of the Dur
ham county board of education the
apportionments for the first four
months of the school next term were
made, and vacancies on the school
committees also made. The appropri
ations were made on the prospective
money that they will have from the
next year's taxes. In addition to the
money from the general fund, the nine
special tax districts will have to sup
plement the money with that raised by
the local tax. The annual report of
the county superintendent presents a
number of interesting statistics. The
county schools now employ forty-seven
white teachers. They have spent
$6,760 for new buildings this past year
not' including the new school at West
Durham, which will cost about $10,
000, and is to be completed before the
fall term opens. Twenty-nine of the
rural schools are teaching high school
subjects.
Politics in Lenoir County. ,
The Greatest surprise in' Lenoir
county's political history in recent
years, was sprung in the primaries
held recently when only three incum
bents were renominated for office.
New candidates have been put in the
field by the Democrats for sheriff, reg
ister of deeds and the entire board of
commissioners, whereas it had been
confidently expected here that there
would be practically no change in the
ticket. Arden W. Taylor, for sheriff,
defeated J. P. Nunn, the incumbent,
and Rhem by substantial majority,
and in the run for register Carl W.
Pridgen led John Barwick, the incum
bent, by an overwhelming majority.
Wooten, the present representative,
and Dawson, treasurer, had an easy
victory over Hooker and Sumrell.
Progressive Move in Lincoln County.
Lincoln county made a progressive
move of vast importance in the organ
ization of the Lincoln County Good
Roads Association. A mass meeting
was held in the court house at Lin
colnton at the call of Dr. W. C. Kiser
of Reepsviile, who is the prime mover
in this undertaking. Some 250 repre
sentative citizens of the town and
county responded and as a result a
permanent organization was framed
with the following officers: Dr. W. C.
Kiser, president; vice presidents, J.
F. Reinhardt, Dr. R. B. Killian, G. B.
Goodson, J. A. Abernethy and Dr. W.
A. Hess. M. H. Groves, was made sec
retary. . - .
Good Roads Meet at Rutherfordton.
On July 20th, at Rutherfordton, the
members of the Asheville Motor Club
and the Good Roads association will
attend the good roads meeting. Among
those who will attend are Hon. Locke
Craig, Solicitor . Robert R. Reynolds,
and Judge Jeter C. Pritchard. The
Asheville party will make the run by
way of Hendersonville. . This road has
been put in good shape for the oc
casion and at' Hendersonville. The
tourists from Asheville will be joined
by a number of . the members of the
Hendersonville Motor Club.
Ligtning Strikes Church.
During a severe electrical storm at
Morganton the Presbyterian church
was; struck by" lightning and greatly
damaged by "fire, the steeple being
burned away and the interior of the
church being damaged. The volun
teer fire department put up the most
spectacular fight ever witnessed here
and in a steady downpour of rain hun
dreds of people stood and watched
them perched on top of the 60-foot
structure, part of it afire, and pieces
of the burning steeple, which was 110
feet high falling around them.
IHE N.C. STATISTICS
READ LIKE EPIC DEVELOPM ENT
OF FARM LANDS IS MOST RE
MARKABLE. FOUR GREAT CROPS OF STATE
Corn, Wheat, Oats and Cotton All
Show Substantial Gains. Poundage
, of Coton is 315 to the Acre Corn
is 22 Bushels to the Acre.
Raleigh. In the report of the corn
Graham, made to the board recently
Graham, made to" the zoard recently
there is a contrast between the years
of 1909 end 1911,- showing a phenome
nal gain in ,th four1'-great crops of
corn, wheat, oats and cotton.
The purely.,, statistical part of it
reads likean epic, aftd it is this devel
opment of the Southern farm lands.
With 34,063,531 bushels of corn in
1909, there waW the -.enormous gain
of almost 24,0000, the round num
bers being 58,ip0:&&00"bushels of corn.
The crop of -w beat in 1909 produced
3,827,045 bushels, tyit two years later
it had almost, doubled itself, the
amount being 7,'433,0U0. Of oats, the
state yielded ,2,782,508, but last year
3,458,0dQ was the crop. There were
865,132 bales of cotton that year and
1,126,104 last year.
The average of corn per acre was
?2 bushels. That is a handsome
showing." That wealth of fruitage is
attributable to the great interest in
corn' growing inspired by the clubs.
But it is a per capita, so to speak,
that shows health. It hasn't the same
infirmity that attends great masses of
money by. the few, and small amounts
by the many. The corn clubs are
encouraging every farmer and every
farmer's boy.
The average- growth in cotton is
! likewise surprising. The poundage
was 15 to the acre, more than 50
per t;ent above the average. The
country over it is 207.7 pounds. In
Oklahoma it is 160 pounds and in
Texas 138.
The report points out these great
advances. There wasn't anything ex
ceptional in the year of 1909. There
was last year, but it was in energy
and skill rather than in seasons. Both
were good crop years. The first) wm
the beginning, the second the
tinuation of good works.
Very Unique Organization.
Hendersonville. One of the most
unique organizations of this county
is the newly organized Henderson
County Medical Association, the first
meeting of which was held at Mud
Creek church Sunday and was as
largely attended as any event known
in Henderson county in recent years.
It is estimated that there were be
tween 2,000 and 2,500' persons pres
ent. Six choirs participated in the
event The Christian Harmony choir,
which is composed of voices over forty-five
years of age; the Beulah choir
composed of children between six and
twelve years old; Mud Creek, Fruit
land, Pleasant Hill and Upward choirs.
Officers Make Raid On Still.
Durham. As a result of a raid on
an illicit still by Revenue Officers Mer
ritt, Knight and Maynard and Consta
ble Hall of Durham county, three ne
groes are resting in jail and 70 gal
lons of supposedly good beverages are
dampening the earth in the vicinity of
Lebanon township where the still was
found. Bond for the offenders was
fixed at $300 apiece, but as they were
not able to furnish this amount they
were retained in custody.
Correspondence School For Guards.
Raleigh. Captain Dougherty, of the
regular army, who has been conduct
ing the correspondence school for of
ficers of the North Carolina National
Guard for the past year, announces
that the school has closed for this sea
son and reports the highest average
was made by Maj. T. S. Pace, Sec
ond Infantry, Wilson, who rounded up
an average of 92.75. Capt. B. R,
Morrison, First Infantry, Mooresville,
was a close second with 92.25 to his
credit. Third place fell to Capt. A.
L. Bulwinkle, of Third Infantry.
Killed By Farm Hand.
Henderson. Joseph Ellington, re
siding near Dabney, a 'mile distant
from this place, was shot and killed
several days ago by a white man nam
ed Frank Singleton, employed on the
farm. It is stated that before begin
ning work Mr. Ellington requested
the hired man to do a certain piece of
work which he refused to do there
upon a quarrel ensued between the
parties when Singleton drew his gun
and fired, the ball entering the lower
part of the body causing instant
deat.h,-
Program For Encampments.
Raleigh. At last all doubt is re
moved as to the program for the an
nual encampments for the regiments
Df the North Carolina National Guard.
The Third Regiment toes to Anniston
for manoeuvers July 6 to 15 The Sec
ond goes to Morehead, July 3 to 12;
the First Regiment, July 16 to 25, arid
the Coast Artillery to Fort Caswell,
August 15 to 26. The final movement
rill be the practice march of Troop
A, cavalry, to Asheville from Ruther
fordton, July 22 to 31.
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Short Paragraph of State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care by the Editor.
Kinston. Romeo Gatlin, colored,
died several days ago as the result of
a wound by a pistol shot while in a
general riot at the Adams carnival.
There was a free fight at a late hour
betw.een some whites and blacks in
which a white man had his face sev
erely cut with a knife and the negro
maa was shot. A young white man
was arrested charged with the killing.
Raleigh. The names of the success
ful applicants for licenses to practice
dentistry now, being examined by the
state board of examiners here will
not be known until after the State
Dental Association adojurns, it being
impossible for the examiners to grade
the examination papers and attend the
sessions of the assocation also. There
are 46 undertaking the examinations.
Spencer. Fire of an unknown orig
in destroyed several thousand dollars'
worth of property in East Spencer.
The losses are placed as follows: J.
C. Sowers, loss of frame store building
$1,000, insurance $500; J. C. Roach,
stock of general merchandise, $2,000,
insurance, $1,000; Weed Hairston, bar
bership, furniture, etc., $400, no in
surance. Elizabeth City. Jerry Bunch, a
young white man, lost his hand in a
plaining machine at the Foreman
Blades Lumber Company's plant and
the machine clipped the member off
above the wrist as neatly as if it had
been done by a surgeon's knife. ' The
young man was operating the ma
chine and in some way got his hand
caught in it with the result stated.
Salisbury. Word has been received
here of a narrow escape from drown
ing of a party at Bringle's ferry near
High Rock when a metal gasoline
boat sank. In the boat at the time
were two men named Wall of South
mont, Davidson county, and a Mr.
Reynolds of Winston-Salem. It was
desired to keep the affair out of the
press and details are hard to get.
Tarboro. E. W. Allen, a lineman in
the employ of the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Co., was killed by earn
ing in contact with a live wire. He
was working on a pole in front of
Staton's law office, when bystanders
heard him cry out and his body fell
to the ground, where he was picked up
dead. Allen came here in February
from Charlotte, and his body was ship
per to that city.
Raleigh. Dr. M. H. Boerner, state
superintendent of sanitation, of Geor
gia, has been in this scate for the past
several days studying the North Car
olina system of campaigning the
hookworm. He, like others, has heard
of great progross made in this state
in the eradication of the worm. Mr.
Miller, of the Virginia board of health,
has also been in the state for the
same purpose.
Chapel Hill. "It was ordered that
the equipment of the University Press,
consisting of printing material, etc.,
be offered for sale." The foregoing
excerpt from the proceedings of the
board of trustees of the University, in
session June 4, marks the closing
chapter of an eventful history of the
second oldest printshop established in
connection with a university in the
South. Johns Hopkins University of
Baltimore alone claiming priority.
Shelby. In less than 24 hours after
the nomination of Governor Wilson
for President, Cleveland county demo
cracy, always alert to matters politi
cal, organized a Wllson-Marshall-Craig
club with over 400 members. A rous
ing mass-meeting was held in the
court house and the organization of
the club perfected. .A telegram was
sent to Governor Wilson at Sea Girt,
apprising him of the fact and offering
best greetings to the next President.
Scotland Neck. The seed house of
the Cotton Oil and Ginning Company,
containing a large quantity of cotton
seed meal and hulls, was discovered to
be on fire. The entire plant was in
great danger, and but for a favorable
wind would have been destroyed.
Salisbury. Plans were made public
here under which the Rowan county
board of commissioners will build a
new courthouse in Salisbury at a cost
of $125,000. The erection of a court
bouse was ordered several months ago
and the matter became an issue in the
selection of county candidates in the
Democratic primary a month ago.
Washington. After a lengthy and
at times acrimonious debate the
House passed a bill conveying to the
board of education of New JIanover
county, North Carolina, 34 acres pf
land in the city of Wilmington for the
erection of an industrial school for
negroes.
Fayetteville. A stick of dynamite
and a match cost 11-year-old Franklin
Bunce the fingers from his left hand
and his right thumb. He found the
dynamite near the Aberdeen and Rock
fish railroad, being built near his
father's home, carried it home and ap
plied a match to it.
Statesville. The annual Iredell
county singing drew about the usual
crowd of song lovers to Statesville,
but the number of classes taking part
in the singing was not as large as
usual. i
Asheville. That the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson for president by the
Democratic party has united the Dem
Dcrats of Asheville and Buncombe
county was indicated here when the
first returns of the nomination were
received, and Underwood and Wilson
men joined in cheers for the New. Jer
sey man, and formed a parade in his
honor.
COLONEL
ISSUES
CALL TO BATTLE
THE STATE DELEGATIONS WILL
MEET IN CONVENTION IN
CHICAGO, AUGUST 5. .
HAVE NAME FOR NEW PARTY
Senator Dixon Who la Campaign
Manager For Roosevelt, Asks That
Friends of the "Progressive Move
ment" Follow the Flag Into Fight.
New York. A call to the people of
the United States who aie in sympathy
with the "National progressive" move
ment" to send delegations to a nation
al convention- to open in Chicago
August 5 was given out by United
States Senator Joseph M. Dixon of
Montana, Theodore Roosevelt's cam-,
paign manager. The call is signed by
members of the committee chosen at
the meeting held in Chicago. And
also includes signatures of the Roose
velt followers in forty states.
"The Territories have no place in
a national convention and will not be
considered," declared Senator Dixon,
in commenting upon the signatures.
"As for the missing eight states, the
most of them probably will send del
egates although they have not taken ,
part in the call. Maine, for instance,
postponed definite action because
there is now a strong fight on in the
primaries, with the sympathy running
in favor of the progressive movement.
Delaware, North Carolina, Arkansas
and Nevada probably will take part
in the convention. Mississippi and
North Carolina may possibly be un
represented. "Each state will , be i expected ' to
select its delegates by its own para
phenalia. The representation will be
cut down to just one half that of the
previous conventions. This was con
sidered advisable since this convention
is to be notably a deliberative body
and it will certainly be composed of a
class of men altogether different from
those who usually attend conventions.
"In all probability the convention
will adopt the name 'National progres
sive' for the new party. Thus far no
issues have been authoritatively
stated."
Four Killed, Many Injured in Wreck.
Marion, Ind. Four persons were
killed and more than a dozen serious
ly, some perhaps fatally injured in a
head-on collision between two inter
urban cars on the Marion, Bluffton and.
Eastern Traction line in this city.
The dead: William Lentz, Marion,
glass worker; George Dolouffee, Up
land, Ind., school teacher; Benjamin
C. Slivers, Marion National Military
Home, barber; Garrett Van Weldy,
Marion, postman. The collision was
between a regular car and one loaded
with merrymakers, bound for Goldtn
waite Park, an amusement resort.
Governors To Meet Soon.
Macon, Ga. Reports received at the
headquarters of the Southern States
Cotton Corporation indicate that the
conference in Atlanta, July 12, to in
vestigate the plan for marketing the
cotton crop of the South on a 15-cent
basis, will be largely attended. Gov
ernor Mann of Virginia has announc
ed that he will attend and Governors
Colquitt, Texas; Brewer, Mississippi;
O'Neal, Alabama; and Hooper, Ten
nessee, have signified their intention
of being present or having men there
to represent them.
Triumphantly Rides Into City.
At General Huerta's headquarters,
Chihuahua, Mex. Triumphantly Gen
eral Victoriano Huerta, commander in
chief of the government forces' in
northern Mexico, rode into the city of
Chihuahua. General Telez and Gen
eral Rabago, in command of two bri
gades of cavalry, entered the city a
short time before, but were imme
diately dispatched northwest toward
Casas Grandes to head off the fleeing
rebel army.
Steamer Rams New Hampshire.
Newport, R. I. While groping its
way through a dense fog in Narragan
sett Bay, the Fall River line steamer,
Commonweafth, rammed the United
States battleship New Hampshire near
the Newport naval training station.
Both ships sustained considerable
damage, but no fatalities or injuries
resulted. The Commonwealth's bow
was stove in where it rammed the bat
tleship, while the New Hampshire's
stern was cut about the protective
deck. The after ' compartment was
also crushed through.
Believe Lorimer Will Be Ousted.
Washington. Congress will inaugu
rate a mid-summer week of activity
with final action on the Lorimer elec
tion case continuing in the Senate
and probable impeachment steps in
the House against Judge Robert W.
Archbald of the Commerce court, in
connection with coal bank dealers in
Pennsylvania. It was declared that
the unanimous report of the House
judiciary committee recommending
Archbald's impeachment by the Sen
ate w.ould be adopted by the House
without protracted debate.