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THE CHATHAM RECORD THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, msartioa $L0O r One Square, two kwrtioas $1X0 On Square, ooe month $2'?? For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will bo made. H A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Torms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance VOL. XXXV. PITTSBOKO; CHATHAM COUNTY; N. C, NOVEMBER 20, 1912. NO. 15. m I A u n I E H V t II tt B U. II FIGURES OF STATE 10 GUBERNATORIAL THE LATEST FIGURES THAT CAN BE OBTAINED UNTIL AFTER THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS MEET AT RALEIGH AND MAKE THE OFFICIAL COUNT. REVISED TABLE GIVES FIGURES OF THE CANDIDATES Through an Error the Figures Gave Wilson 100,000 Votes More Than the Returns Justified at Last Report. Seventy-Five Counties Report 111, 749 Votes For National Ticket For Governor Craig 116,239., Settle 36,. 027, Meares 38.615. Raleigh. Below are last figures on the election, which will be obtainable until the board of canvassers meets and makes the official count. A' trick of the adding machine gave Governor Wilson more votes by 100,000 than the retiirns at that hour justified. The Counties Wilson Alamance 2,132 Alexander .. 852 Alleghany 653 Anson 1,510 Ashe 1.643 Avery Beaufort 1,605 Bertie 1.582 Bladen (1 missing) .. 1,140 Brunswick Buncombe 3,716 Burke Cabarrus 1,791 Caldwell .. .. 1,627 Camden 303 Carteret Caswell 705 Catawba 2,113 Chatham (1 missing) . . 1,591 Cherokee 906 Chowan 663 Clay 372 Cleveland 2,357 Columbus Craven Cumberland 1,678 Currituck 621 Dare Davidson 2,484 Davie Duplin 1,757 Durham 2,100 Edgecombe .. .'. .. .. 1,851 Forsyth 2,186 Franklin 1,858 Gaston ..' 2,325 Gates. Graham Granville 1,561 Greene ! 894 Guilford 3,830 Halifax 2,300 Harnett Haywood 2,068 Henderson (Dem.) Hertford 744 Hoke i... yde Iredell 2,530. Jackson . . . . 1,211 Johnston 2,159 Jones Lee 862 Lenoir (Dem.) Lincoln 1,280 Macon 1,020 Malison .. .. .. . 897 Martin 1,251 McDowell .. 1,039 Mecklenburg $,995 Mitchell . 200 Montgomery 112 Moore 1,167 Nash 1,062 New Hanover 2,000 Northampton Onslow .... Orange .. 997 Pamlico 695 Pasquotank 948 Pender Perquimans 647 Person 833 Pitt 2,311 Polk Randolph 2,665 Richmond ,. 1,319. Robeson 2,706 Rockingham Rowan ... 2,740 Rutherford 2,286 Sampson 1,265 Scotland 753 Stanly 1,697 Stokes 1.144 Surry . . .. A .. . . 1.919 Swain Transvlvania 631 235 22 1,509 33 126 102 2,096 71 215 192 124 460 42 354 61 393 332 1,349 60 49 134 430 229 343 246 138 144 252 176 139 172 74 77 44 701 433 374 82 154 280 279 84 9 105 1,450 2,277 107 224 92 168 24,137 112 384 420 95 331 Tyrrell Union Vance -'ake . barren .... 298 .. ... 1.786 . . . . 1,204 .... 116,605 . .. .. 987 Washington 503 Watauga .v 933 Wayne .. V 2,293 Wilkes 1,636 Wilson Yadkin1.. Yancey .. 1,112 1,036 Total 121,749 23,660 Edgecombe County Teachers Meet. The first meeting of the Edgecombe Teachers' association of the year was neld in the graded school auditorium at Tarboro. R. G. Kittrell was unan imously elected president of the or ganization and Miss Agnes Moore as chosen secretary. Plans for the Jear's work were discussed and every tacber was urged to begin prepara tions at once for the big county com mencement to be held next spring. Mrs. G. W. Thrash, of Tarboro, was chosen leader of the county Woman's Betterment association. PRESIDENTIAL seventy-five counties report for the national ticket 111,749 votes and for Governor Craig 116,239. .The table, revised to date, gives the figures of all regular candidates for the presidency and the governorship. Presidential Taft Roosevelt 150 1,468 523 497 204 219 109 128 478 1,241 i 295 548 43 66 33 511 426 2,285 312 1,397 313 1,263 40 62 154 . 45 203 " 1,872 61 1,254 734 477 60 77 17 385 81 943 Gubernatorial Craig Settle Meares 2,168 324 1,416 871 852 141 675 384 50 Xy&Ol 1,700 1,027 641 1,825 293 482 "1,636 28 57 1,229 43 414 3,875 1.045 1,493 1,667 822 614 1,661 593 828 317 29 48 830 302 10 2,136 300 1,763 1,618 152 1,129 949 1,165 54 695 48 60 381 9 386 2,398 114 813 1,749 482 477 629 10 3 2,505 2,118 567 . 1,829 46 970 1,823 93 ;43 3,119 2,646 312 1,941 133 202 2,352 . 383 1,070 1,670 289 198 921 100 161 3,874 661 1,685 2,334 40 120 2,087 561 625 764 88 53 2,645 512 1,000 1,233 764 260 2,959 1,761 '502 888 96 394 870 11 1,143 1,066 1,213 77 2,096 346 1,309 343 152 1,979 135 861 105 1,046 709 1,129 , 452 1,066 841 1,320 234 773 390 950 846 678 576 99 1,056 925 1,264 1,062 3,985 227 1,132 1,208 1,922 1,990 906 1,096 703 1,014 686 8 9 2,420 2,828 1,357 3,103 2,839 2,241 1,209 777 1,742 1,168 2,006 640 1,724 1,223 314 842 231 886 349 172 291 464 200 211 53 516 108, 73 210 803 457 475 116 211 808 247 1.762 5 600 1,585 2,527 310 114 199 37,202 88' 471 723 131 528 . 1,066 50 614 89 18 189 298 847 663 410 426 69 . 445 468 279 116 42 58 239 1,759 85 344 971 821 x 329 184 228 184 347 1,810 174 660 1,537 . 1,427 2,520 72 1,548 210 608 537 100 457 234 . 1,433 2,366 48 1.005, .48' 288 321 326 151 48,525 22 390 455 948 2,333 430 1,028 57,592 121,551 46 149 819 990 2,571 1,044 509 981 2,448 1,622 773 1,187 69 55,368 116,239, 36,027 38,615 Officers Destroy Distillery. Recently Sheriff Deaton received word of a still being operated in Un ion Grove Township, .whereupon he summoned Deputy Sheriff Ward and Chief of Police C. W. Connor of Stat esville and went out to take a look. The still was found going at full blast near Warrens ' Bridge, on Big Hunting Creek. The 'still was cut up along with the tubs, 'boxes and othe" accessories, and as there were be tween seven and 10 gallons of "white lightning", it was poured over the outfit and the whole of it burned up. STATE SENATORIAL PIGURES But Four Counties Are Still Missing. The Majority is Nearly 20,000. Table Given Below. Raleigh. In the ten congressional districts in North Carolina with fig ures obtainable, Senator Simmons has a majority of 10,106 over both Kitchin and Clark, and has polled 80,507 votes. Govenor Kitchin ran second with 46,016 and Judge Clark third with 15,383. The closest of the districts were the first and the second, the home of Governor Kitchin once be ing in the second, now the home of Congressman Claude Kitchin. The latest Senatorial report follows: First District. S. K. C. Beaufort.. .. ,. 967 428 355 Camden 87 135 91 Chowan 367 258 86 Currituck.. .. .. 270 235 128 Dare ..116 -197 13 Gates 205 178 252 'Hertford .. .. .. 360 332 86 Hyde 423 173 157 Martin.. 625 443 221 Pasqoutank . . . . 328 554 121 Perquimans .. 445 155 65 Pitt 1.278 946 431 Tyrrell .... . . 104 255 22 Washington .. 301 173 63 Total.. 7. .. .. 5,876 4,462 2,091 Second District. Bertie 909 772 57 Edgecombe .... 658 1,086 15 Greene 171 747 21 Halifax 324 1,604 427 Lenoir 1,124 576 75 Northampton .. 908 694 158 Warren 520 320 233 Wilson .. ... .. 1,011 861 56 Total 5,625 6,660 1,042 Third District Carteret . 909 263 15 Craven 1,658 209 62 Duplin . . .... 1,278 332 161 Jones 582 125 5 Onslow ...... 595 271 64 Pamlico 449 223 25 Pender 721 178 62 Sampson 992 165 120 Wayne 1,423 838 130 Total . 8,607 2,604 644 Fourth District Chatham 997 501 156 Franklin 1,147 4S3 345 Johnston 1,669 990 280 Nash.. 883 988 153 Vance 575 445 214 Wake 1,823 1,580 830 Total.. ..' .. 7,044 4,987 1,978 Fifth District Alamance .... 513 1.249 281 Caswell 246 531 49 Durham 587 1.378 198 'Forsyth 1,183 1,461 299 Granville ..... 629 797 275 Guilford 1,772 1,811 242 Orange 310 790 90 Person 56 755 9 Rockingham ... 562 1,032 400 'Stokes 102 1,012 55 'Surry 877 767 174 Total 6,837 11,583 2,072 Sixth District. Bladen 774 283 35 3runswick .... .... Columbus .... Cumberland.. .. 1,258 278 276 Harnett ....... 681 430 275 New Hanover .. 1,555 459 175 Robeson 2,409 757 144 Total 6,677 2,307 905 Seventh District. Anson 734 96 680 Davidson .. .. 1,896 464 28 Davie.. .... .. 527 222 53 Lee ........ 540 220 93 'Montgomery. .. 740 233 96 Moore 742 235 199 Randolph 2,049 - 361 230 Richmond .. .. 666 ,628 106 Scotland . . . . 472 '38 63 Union 555 633 769 Tadkin 461 226 75 Hoke .... ... 339 179 133 Wilkes 1,182 357 80 Total. 10,903 4,097 District. 2,605 135 19 106 362 177 54 163 133 Eighth Alexander .. .. Alleghany . . Ashe Cabarrus . . Caldwell Iredell Rowan .... Stanly .Wautagua . . .. '" . " " Total.. ' . . .. Ninth Avery . . Burke . . .... Cataw.ba Cleveland . . . . Gaston . . .. . . Lincoln . . .... Madison, Mecklenburg ... Mitchell;. : . .. Yancey. . . . Total 600 405 1,220 1,317 1,278 1,992 1,202 1,226 200 197 253 452 192 . 595 1,291 304 - 9,240 3,484 1,149 District 1,039 187 63 156 161 112 17 588 -27 101 1,513 1,441 887 635 2,718 231 554 800 790 263 201 982 105' 366 9,018 3,694 JL225 Tenth Distirct Buncombe . . . . 2,683 627 395 Cherqkee ... . . "743 101 93 Clay. 275 , 66 36 Graham .. .. .. 270 84 49 Haywood .. .. 1,441 452 70 Henderson .. .'. 276 21 ,54 Jackson ....... 791 115 590 McDowell .... 747 S8 176 'Macon 803 89 177 Polk . . . , .... Rutherford .. .. 1,696 288 221 Swain ....... 550 75 75 Transylvania- . . 405 132 36 Total.. .. .. 10,680 2,138 1.672 BRIEF NEWS MOTES FOR THE BUSY Ml MOST IMPORTANT ' EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. Documents found in the possession cf Lieut. Fred D. Mannerfelt, who committed suicide at a Tampa, Fla., hotel by shooting himself through the heart, identify him as the son of Maj. F. Mannerfelt of the personal staff of King Oscar of Sweden. ' Lieut. Col. Joseph C. Gibson, in charge of the troops which hanged John Brown at Harper's Ferry; is dead at his plantation at Verbena, Ala, aged 79 year. William O. Neff, one of the jurors who sentenced to long imprisonment a member of the Allen clan, is near death at Rural Retreat, Va. It is thought that he tried-to- take his own life. Donald C. Livingston, a conductor on the Tampa-Sarasota branch of the A. C. L., was shot and killed by his wife. Mrs. Livingston stated that her husband went to his home in Tampa, Fla., and abused her all day. She says she sought safety in her room, when he forced the door, and com menced beating her. She seized a pis tol! she stated, which was in his hip pocket, and shot him. She fired four times. J. T. Beargess, an aged farmer of near Mcintosh, Fla., 20 miles from Ocala, and his 15-year old daughter were murdered near their home by a negro. Beargess was shot down from ambush, while the girl had her throat cut from ear to ear. The sheriff and his posse soon captured the negro, and, fearing mob violence, started with him for Gainesville. Neighbors hearing of this quickly formed a posse and at last accounts were close on the heels of the sheriff and his pris oner, swearing vengeance. General. Augustin Max, known throughout France as the "Blind Banker of Par is,'' has confessed that he misappro priated two million dollars of his cli ents' money. An open switch . at Indianapolis, Ind., which permitted a passenger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, to catapult, head-on, j track, was held responsible for the death of fifteen persons and the in jury of seventeen more. The crash occurred at Irvington, a suburb. The majority of the injured reside north of the Ohio river. ' Jose Canalejas y Mendes, the prime minister whom Spain has regarded as one of the greatest of statesmen, was shot and killed by a young anarchist named Manuel Pardinas. The assas-' i sin attempted suicide and it was first thought th tahe was dead, but, when he had been carrried to the hospital, he was found to be living. No event since the throwing of the bomb at the carriage of King Alfonso on May 31, 1906, while the king was returning from the church after - his marriage, has caused such general consternation and such public sympathy. John Schrank pleaded guilty of at tempting to murder Theodore Roose velt, and in his plea he sought to distinguish between an assault on Roosevelt as a "menace" and an at tack on Roosevelt as a citizen. Judge Backus announced that he would name a commission to examine Schrank's mental condition. The dis trict attorney read the complaint on which Schrank was accused of having made an assault on the person of "one Theodore Roosevelt, with a dead ly weapon, and with intent then and there to kill and slay the said Theo dore Roosevelt." Fourteen lives were snuffed out and ninety passengers injured when a through freight train crashed into the rear end cf a northbound excur sion train on the Yazoo arid Missis sippi Valley railroad near Montz, La. Of the -dead . four are white women, one a white infant, four negro wom en and five negro men.' Forty one of the injured are white and forty-nine negroes. It is expected that all of these, except, possibly three, will re cover. - After having lost $60,000 in busi ness in eight months in Chicago, Pat rick, Carraher, 33 years old, appealed to the police for lodging. He was for merly a successful farmer in Ne braska. According to tabulations made in the Socialist vote, the returns show an increase of 100 per cent. Robbers blew open the safe in a saloon at Chicago and escaped with $2,500 after binding the bratender and, porter with ropes. The thieves wrap ped a large rug about the safe and executed their work so skillfully that 100 guests above . were not awakened. Mrs. Eliza Bower, 45 years of age, was found on the floor of the kitchen of her home, in New Washington, Ind., with three deep gashes in her head, made with a hatchet. She will die : .- Gov. Woodrow Wilson has an nounced that immediately after his inauguration as president of the Unit ed States he will call an extraordi nary session of congress to convene not later than April 15 for the pur pose of revising the tariff. Convicts of the Illinois state peni tentiary who have been paroled but who cannot be freed because they have not "secured jobs have hit upon the unique plan of advertising for work through the want columns of the Chicago papers. The plan Is working out-very successfully. , That the Turkish porte has entered into direct negotiations with Bulgaria for an armistice is confirmed. Nazim Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, has received instructions to open communication with the Bulga rian generals, and he has sent an envoy to the Bulgarian headquarters. What is practically a general strike in Russia has been declared by St. Petersburg factories and workshops in protest against the recent sentencing to death of seventeen sailors of the Black Sea fleet for instigating muti nies. Demonstrations were stopped by the police and many arrests have been made. President elect Woodrow Wilson proposes to keep the door to his pri-. vate office in the white house always open and accessible to the public. Gov ernor Wilson says he has decided to maintain as far as possible the "open door" policy which he inaugurated at Trenton. During his term as gpver nor he has insisted that the door to his private office never be closed while he is in it. A landing force of at least 2,000 men is now available from the inter national fleet in the harbor of Con stantinople and could be instantly sent ashore should a Moslem outbreak endanger the lives of foreigners in the Turkish capital. This force is considered by the state department to be fully adequate to meet any emerg ency that might arise jeopardizing the safety of the nations represented by the score of vessels mobilized in the Ottoman harbor and any anxiety pre viously felt for Americans is entirely relieved by assures made to the de partment. J. A. Wayland, a founder and own er of The Appeal to Reason, a So cialist weekly newspaper published at Girard, Kan., shot and killed himself in his home. - Between the leaves of a book lying on the bed the fol lowing note was found: "The struggle under the competitive system isn't worth the effort; let it pass." The friends of Mr. Wayland attribute his act to despondency over the death of his wife, who was killed in an auto mobile accident a year ago. Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, now British minister to Sweden, will suc ceed James Bryce as aanbassador to , the United States. Sir Cecil is re garded as one of the ablest men in the diplomatic Service. The outbreak of cholera in Con stantinople is assuming serious pro portions. Twenty-three cases had oc curred among the troops along the Tchatalja lines. There are many more suspected cases among the j dressed by Acting Secretary Oliver to wounded. A trainload of wounded j the Governors of all the state and ter has just reached Constantinople, eight ritories, inviting their co-operation in of the soldiers having died on the the War College plans for the organ way, presumably from cholera. ization of the militia into 16 divisions. News has reached Charlotte, N. C, The letters point out that if the mili of the death at Red Hill, Charlotte tia is to be used as a field force effect county, Va., of Dr. Thomas Stanhope ively in war time it can only be done Henry, last surviving grandson of Patrick Henry, of revolutionray fame. The death of Doctor Henry occurred at the ancestral Henry home. He Washington. . President Taft has issued a proc lamation fixing, the rates that the for eign shipping of the world shall pay . L , for passage through the. Panama ca nal. The proclamation made under the authority of the canal act, passed by congress in August, establishes a merchant vessel rate of $1.20 per ton of ' actual carrying capacity, with a reduction of 40 per cent, on ships in ballast. American ' coastwise ship ping was exempted from toll payment by congress. It was to this provis ion of the act that Great Britain dip lomatically protested. No reference to the incident was made in the presi dents proclamation a P!,tpr nnnortnnitv tn rv thfl South "a feeling of ownership" in indicated the report of the War the government will be given the .Department announcing the total de Woodrow Wilson administration than i struction of several small towns and was accorded the present Republican i JillaSes in the northern mountains of regime, President Taft told the Unit-1 axaca- were the revolution has been ed. paughter of the Confederacy at ! the opening session of their annual convention , in Washington European powers most intimately concerned in the Balkan . situation have undertaken to extend protection to Americans in Turkey. - Various American embassies in Europe were ; years wua meiigiDinty to either a instructed when informing the nations succeeding or non-consecutive term of the decision of the United States j and President-elect Wilson's enrose to send the cruisers Tennessee and ment of the Democratic platform, fav Montana to Asiatic Turkey, to in- orinS such a limitation ,are believed quire whether provision had been made in the interest of American citizens in Turkey. Replies indicate that instructions issued . by Great Britain and Russia anticipated the de sires of the American government. . James Bryce, the British ambassa dor to the United States, has tender ed his resignation, and will return to England. Tbetfe has been no break in the harmonious relations of this distinguished Englishman and his government, but it has been an open secret for some time that Mr. Bryce, advancing in years, desired to sur render his post and give entire at tention to the completion of the lit erary work which has occupied so large a part of his life. His book on South America, written since his tour of that country two years ago, is just off the nress. OUTLOOK FOR CUBA APPEARS BRIGHTER POPULAR FEELING HAS RISEN FROM SOMETHING OF DISPAIR TO CONFIDENCE. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION In Taking Office General Menocal WMI Have Advantage of Friendly House and Senate. Think Days of Upris ing in Cuba Are Past. Havana. Within a few weeks pop ular feeling regarding the political situation has risen from something bordering on despair to confidence. The outlook for the republic -of Cuba appears brighter than for many years. The presidential election looked for word,to with apprehension , passed without violence and there is a grow ing disposition in all quarters to ac cept the verdict as the honest expres sion of the majority. Those most dis appointed have vented their feelings in threats that were never taken very seriously, and now seem inclined to accept the new. order of things philo sophically. The attitude of the Liberals has summered down to a proposition to attack the legality of the elections on the ground of fraud, upon the con vening of the National Liberal Assem bly November 23. When that day ar rives it is probable the question will be quietly shelved and that Dr. Alfre do Zayas will find himself engaged in a fight with Gen. Jose Miguel Gome for leadership of the Liberal party, the President having let it be under stood that he has no intention of re tiring from active political life on the expiration of his term, and that it is his ambition to lead the Liberals to victory in the presidential campaign of 1916. In taking office General Menocal will have the inestimable advantage of friendly Senate and House. He will have the aid of the better ele ment throughout the island and the personal counsel of many distingished Cubans. He also will have theloyal support of any army organized, uniformed, equipped and armed like American regulars and drilled by American of ficers which has so won the respect of the people that many are convinc ed the days of armed uprising in Cuba are past forever. Plans For War College. Washington. One of the most Im portant moves in recent years to pre pare the National Militia for use in time of war, is proposed in letters ad- by this system of divisions, Formal Opening Panama Canal. Washington. Some time next sum mer or fall, no exact date being speci fied, a vessel will pass what is now the Isthmus of Panama, which conse- i quently must disappear from the 7 ! human agency, the Western Hemis phere will be divided into two contin ents. The vessel will not be the Ore- gon nor any other famous ship, but will be one of the many small water craft in daily use by the canal build ings. Determined to Carry Out Threat. Mexico City, Mex. That the Mexi can Government is determined to car ry out the threat recently made to resume the tactics employed so suc cessfully by General Robles in the state of Morelos some month ago, is Favors Single Six Year Term. Washington. President Taft's dec laration in favor of a constitutional amendment to limit the presidential tenure of office to. a single term of six to foreshadow strong pressure for leg islation along this line. Numerous measures have been introduced . in Congress looking to a change in the presidental tenure. ' Former Senator Terrell Dead. Atlanta, Ga. Former United States Senator Joseph M. Terrell, twice Gov ernor of the state of Georgia, died at "his home here after an extended ill ness. Senator Terrell was stricken with paralysis in February, 1911, a few. months after he had been ap pointed to fill the unexpired term of the late United 'States Senator A. S. Clay. Although his illness made it necessary for him to retire from pub lic life Senator Terrell's condition did not become critical until a week ago. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Short Paragraphs of State New That Have Been Condensed For the People of the State. Raleigh. An amendment to the charter of the South Atlantic Trans Continental Railroad . Company, just filed, changes the name to the South Atlantic & Western Railroad Co., H. R. Hickerson, president, and J. L. Council, secretary. Shelby. Eulon Runyans, the eight-year-old adopted son of Mr. Fletcher McMurry, who lives three miles west of town, was killed when the mule he was riding in from the field became frightened and threw him off. The boy's foot caught in a trace chain and he was dragged 200 yards or more. Salisbury. Under the supervision of Civil Engineer C. M. Miller, of Sal isbury, Surry county has just com pleted her first stretch of sand clay roads. The people' of that county are much pleased with the road and are preparing to vote bonds for a general Improvement of roads. Washington. The Interstate com merce commission ordered the South ern Railway to refund $1,200 to the Snow Lumber Co., of High Point, N. C, for alleged unreasonable rates, col lected on a shipment of eighteen car loads of building material from High Point to Philadelphia, made in 1910 Raleigh. The final statement by United States Senator F. M. Simmons of expenses in the senatorial cam paign, as required to be filed with the secretary of the United States Sen ate, was made publio and shows that his entire expenses for the campaign as required to be reported aggregated $7,240.89 and the total contributions of friends to the fund was $2,763. Statesville. At an enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Iredell Poultry Association it was decided to hold the next show on January 22 to 25. inclusive, so that they would not conflict in dates with the show and the one to be held in Charlotte. Addi tional coops have been secured and the association expects to handle practically double as many birds as they had last year. Raleigh. The latest railroad gos sip gives strong color to reports of the purpose of the Atlantic Coast Line to establish a line between Fayette ville and Wadesboro and thence to Charlotte. There is a corps of sur veyors at work between Fayetteville and Southern Pines and it is believed that this great railroad corporation desires to build thio road and connect Charlotte and Wadesoro. Raleigh. Charters are Issued for the Reitzel Auto Service Company, of j Greensboro, capital $25,000 authorized and $5,000 subscribed, by O. C. Kling man and J. H. Reitzel of Greensboro and L. G. Klingman of Rocky Mount, for dealing in, hiring automobiles and operating garage and repair shops; the Scott Brothers ' Drug Company, Leaksville, capital $5,000 authorized and $1,000 subscribed, by E. G. Scott and others. Salisbury. Steps have been taken by the Salisbury Industrial club look ing to a large amount of drainage in Rowan county. Preparations are be ing made to drain the principal swamps on the larger streams and the business men of the city and county are backing the movement.- Commit tees have ' been appointed to investi gate and recommend a plan upon which to work. Raleigh. The determination of the legislation committee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly to press upon the next legislature the matter of a specific state tax of 5 cents on the $100 property valuation, for a fund with which to assure to all pub lic schools in the state six months in stead of four months minimum school terms, is stirring considerable discus sion of the state's finances. Raleigh. The tobacco growers for the month of October show a total of 22,745,936 of first hand sales and 25, 224,279 with the resales. Greenville barely leads Winston-Salem in this list of Individual towns. The act reg ulating the publication of tobacco sta tistics was passed February 2, 1907. In its first shape, It carried a penalty of $500 for the violation of the act making compulsory the statement of the pounds of leaf tobacco sold at every warehouse In North Carolina. This was changed to $25. Fayetteville. Fire starting from the kitchen gutted the residence of F, H. Hobbes on Person street, this city, recently. W. H. Coffy and his family, t" occupied part of the house, bare ly escaped from the flames and lost all their personal property. Newbern. In a report recently Is sued by the state geologist he states that Craven county has 35P miles of public roads and that only 17 miles are improved roads. After careful computation it is found that the an nual loss to the county because of these unimproved roads is in the neighborhood of $100,000. Lexington. The board of .county commissioners has selected J. E. Mer edith, of Thomasville township, as county demonstrator to succeed Mr. W. C. Wilson, who refused to accept the place again. Kinston,. Work on the state school for the feeble-minded near the city has so far progressed that it was defi nitely announced that the institution would begin operations on the first of January. Only boys will be admit ted on this date, and these in limited numbers. Girls, will be admitted after the -.routine of the school w.ork has hen well established.
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