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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance ... THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions. - $1.50 : One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 8, 1916. NO. 31. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Foreign t lm.c- airont o t PattiIiqv TnHia rP- ports that the Portuguese ' flag has PPn hoisted on all the German steam- 10 .. ivine at Mormaeue and that the Germans who were aboard have been totaling 756 five-men teams, 2,573 two-i.- prned at Panjim. men teams and 1,540 individuals, the . I Germany has sent an ultimatum 110 Pnrtneai aemanaine ine resiuiauuu within forty-eigth hours of the Ger man shins seized. There is a well defined feeling in Portugal that the treaty with Germany should be permit ted to lapse, and there is no indica lion what the answer to Germany's ul timatum will be. Felix Diaz has been prociaimea geueral-in-chief of the reorganized na- tional army of Mexico, and has estaD- usueu w auyuai m o ai do, in the state of Vera Cruz, accora- ins to copies of a manifesto bearing Diaz' signature received ia San Ante- nio, Texas. , The AnglchFrench answer to the pro- test of the United States regarding -the seizure of mails in transit between America and Europe will be delivered in the near future. The German government has offi- cially expressed its regret to Denmark nermn .Prnnlfine flew over TionicVi t.Hfnrv near nnnenhaeen on February 12. It is ordered that such flights be discontinued. According to Rome dispatches, the Italian government has not yet decid- ed whether it will yield to the popular demand for a war with Germany. Barefoot and ragged women in large 1 numbers, many with babies m tneir arms, proceeded from the quarters of the workine classes to the Greek par-1 liament at Athens, stopped in-going deputies and pleaded that the cham- ber relieve the distress caused by. the mobilization of the men and non-pay- ment of allowances to their families, The women were orderly. Several deputies addressed the crowd and promised speedy relief. Washington a vnto nf fiS tn 1 4 the senate car- rA t PrABirfpnt Wilson's wish and viliPd Senator Gore's resolution to warn Americans off armed belliger- ent ships. The president's position on the in ternational situation as revealed fur ther is that he has told congressional leaders it was months after the res ignation of former Secretary Bryan before the government could convince Germany that the United States is in earnest in its position on submarine warfare. Lewis H. Haney, economist, of Aus- tin, Texas, has been named Dy tne federal trade commission to direct the commission's investigation of oil and gasoline prices and production. Joseph H. Shea of Seymour, Ind., has been nominated by the president for ambassador to Chile. ift0. o orioc of hnt PTchansfis be- tivpcn COvprai representatives over lQt, iniwort in reimbursement nf piti-zena nf tbe Southern states for property seized by the Union troops during the Civil war, the house pass- ed a bill to restore the right of the court nf claims to consider claims to such reimbursement aggregating five hundred thousand dollars. President Wilson has decided that v.- J 1 nrmciT, we caimui proceeu ,-r, co eoirona bis nnsition hpfnre the world ro he called for a showdown nn the' nending proposals to warn Americans off merchant ships of the European belligerents armed for defense. Artminictratim, lexers who have been working steadily for many days strengthening their lines and count- mg on the support of the Republlr cans, are sure they will now end all agitation regarding foreign matters by a vote of confidence in the ability of the president to handle same. The senate has unanimously rati-1 fied the treaty with Haift under which the United States assumes a protecto- rate over the turbulent island repub- lie. ; .,1 te nrnt. Vl .1 IIIM II V- 111 n. I IJ1 Iliai XJ.Vyi.Vk vuAiV hv no,iTit mn Remstnrff tn Secrft- tarv T.ori reiterates assurances regarding the future conduct of, sub- marine warfare given in the Lusitania oaqp " The state' department insists that while the TTr.iteH stnt-s stands unal- V!.. ... iciauiy lui iiie I is u L a mcimoui i Shir, tn rarrv nns fnr defense it will 1 o " l ""I UUW CUUIKIIU tlllU ucvci una k,vjh- j, j i tnrieri thQt Americans rnnld travel with immnnitv nn shins havine orders to art nffensiveiv A brnart Histinrtinn Is made bv the . j. i government between resistance and offense. The state department holds that a merchant shin has a rieht to resist Pantre b,it nnt tn art nffensive- lv. it i admitted that a vessel loses all immunity while in the act of resist- ine Domestic A wind and electrical storm attain ing the velocity and fury of a cyclone swept through Turner county, Geor gia, doing great damage to property. A patch from two to three hundred yards wide was swept almost clean through the entire central portion of the country, Attorneys for Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Innes, acquitted in San Antonio, Texas, on a charge of murdering the Nelms sisters of Atlanta, Ga., from whom the Inneses were charged with borrowing considerable sums of mon ey, are co-operating with a life in surance company in an effort to find the missing women. Two fire insurance companies an nounce their withdrawal from busi ness in South Carolina. The law for bidding insurance company from en- Bering into compacts to regulate rates ltlsuu- At Toledo, Ohio, with entry list sixteenth international tournament of tne American Bowling Congress, has opened. Bowlers from all over the country and Canada are in the num ber. A Norfolk, Va., dispatch announces that the German government contends that under existing treaties between this country and Germany, the Appam is entitled to exemption from any le- gai process. This is answer to libel proceedings instituted by the African steamship company of London. Col Everett O. Foss, formerly a newSnaper publisher of Dover, N. H., h caim(ftd the distinrtinn nf heim? the only man tQ witness tne assaSsi- nation of two presidents Lincoln and Garfield i3 dead. Col. Walter H. Taylor, who served as adjutant to Gen. Robert E. Lee and who took command of the Con federates at Richmond, when General Joseph E Johnst on wa a severely wounded, is dead at Norfolk, Va He wa the author of a book entitled "Four Years With General Lee," and was an authority on Confederate his- tory. The sckeduled onenine of the new submarine campaign of the Teutonic finds according to New York newspapers, 'twelve big liners in or near the war zone in which the Aus trian and German undersea boats are opening. Former Congressman Morehead was chosen national committeeman by the North Carolina Republicans This throws the state of North Caro lima into the Roosevelt column, as Morehead was backed by the Progres- sive wing of the party. Unofficial returns from St. Louis, Mo., show that both of the two'ordi nances proposing segregation of ne groes carried in the election by a ma jority of 34,344. Wireless warnings that a German commerce raider, possibly accompa- nied by consorts, was attacking ship P5 in the Atlantic were received by the Standard Oil tanker Commumpaw which arrived in New York City from Algiers. European War In the sinking of the mid-Mediter ranean on February 26 of the French auxiliary cruiser Provence II,. the in dications are that there occurred the greatest marine disaster in the his tory of the world, so far as loss of life is concerned. The loss of life is estimated to have been more than three thousand. The French admiralty reports that there were nearly four thousand per- sons on board the Provence; and up to date it has only accounted for 870 Df the men. The story of how the Provence was sunk remains to be told. Around the village of Douaumont, I m'U;jV. -I . nTTf i-n 4ti1d rf triD rial. 13 mans, is raging a battle of great in- tensity. From the region oi ma ancoun, west oi tne Meuse, w me wuvi xBu, east of Verdun, the bombardments are of violent character. The Germans admit that in the re gion of Ypres the British recaptured the positions the Germans took from tv..nm T?oJn.iiorr 11 but flaim tbe "Rrit. i cuz ish were driven out of most of them. ' .mere nas ueeu cuusiueiauie "i- ierylv"llueai6uu'":iu'Miauu hn uPPeT Alsace. Comparative quiet prevails on the Russian front. The Russians have captured the im- portant town 'of Bitlis, in the Lake Van district of Turkish Armenia. The Ottoman forces m Persia are reported fleeing from the onrushmg Russian army. Tke official French report anent the (jisaster to the Provence II says that no submarine was noticed either be- fore or after the sinking. The Germans in the battle-scarred region of Verdun continue their bom- bardment west of the Meuse in the region between Maalncourt and Forg- p.s. across the river eastward about r Vaux and Damloup Heavy artillery duels are taking Place daily in Alsace, and many at- tacks are reponeu in iue uuu. district. The tide of battle arouna veraun apparently nas lurneu m iavui ui uci- ther side. The Germans claim fur- tber aavances, um me rieutu llv . .. n i . i ; oniia v emnnauc ill lueu assei liuix --a - that these advances nave Deen cnecx- ed. Military , critics say it is so rar a deaatau. ..... , ; i 1 JNOtning OI espeumi iiuyui Lttu uaa occurreu aiuug G "-" the enect oi me Mviuiau. shown m the lengtnenmg oi tne urn- 'sh front in order to release French soldiers for the reinforcement of the Ui my opposing the German advance at erdun. MILITARY BILL NOW III CONGRESS MORE SWEEPING CHANGES IN POLICY THAN PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT. FOUR STRIKING FEATURES Federal Volunteer Force; Enlisted Re serve; Federalization of National Guard and an Officers' Reserve. Washington. The first of the na tional preparedness measures to reach either house of Congress for consider ation was introduced in the senate by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, which perfected it after weeks of hearings and confer ences. It proposes an even more sweeping change in military policy than that outlined by President Wilson in his annual message, and was de scribed by Mr. Chamberlain, as the most comprehensive piece of military legislation ever offered in Congress. There is no vital difference between the Senate and Mouse measures and both committee believe that when the final bill, which will be agreed iipon in jointc onference committee, , has passed both houses, the president will be able to affix his' signature to a measure that will do more than he has asked toward building. up an adequate national defense. Aside from its plan virtually to double the regular army and national guard, the senate bill has four strik ing features. They are: Authorization ofa purely Federal volunteer force in peace times, the object sought by Secretary Garrison in urging the continental army plant. Authorization for a definitely enlist ed reserve in peace times among men of every profession or calling whose training fits them for special duty either with troops, on lines of com munication or supply, or in machine shops and munitions plants. Federalization of v the National Guard under a pay provision designed to bring this force immediately into such relations with the federal govern mnet that its training, equipment and personnel will be under supervision of the war department. Authorization for an officers' reserve and a reserve officers' training corps, which would take, in graduates from military schools and colleges and pro vide for ther further development to command. MOEWE- REACHES HOME PORT. German Raider Reports Sank Fifteen Vessels. Berlin, via London. An official statement issued by the General Naval Staff states that the German cruiser Moewe arrived in a; German port. She had on board of large number of British prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars. The announcement says 15 vessels were ' sunk by the com merce raider. : - - The statement follows: "The Naval General Staff stattes that H. M. S. Moewe, commander Captain Burgrave Count von Dohna Schlodien, after a successful cruise lasting several months, arrived at some home port witT four British of ficers, 29 British marines and sailors, 166 men of crews of enemy steamers, among them 103 Indians, as prisoners, and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars. "The vessel captured the following enemy steamers, the greater part of which were sunk and a small part of which were sent as prizes to neu tral ports: "The British steamers Corbridge, 3,687 tons; Author, 3,496 tons; Trader, 3,608 tons; Ariadne, 3,035 tons; Drom- onby, 3,627 tons; Farringford,. J,l4b tons; Clan MacTavjsh, 5,816 tons; Ap pam, 7.781 tons.Westburn, 3,300 tons; Horace, 3,335 tons; Flamenco, 4,629, tons; Saxon Prince, 3.471 tons. The British sailing vessel, Edinburg, 1,473 tons; the French steamer. Marohi, 3, 109 tons; the Belgian steamer Luxem bourg, 4.322 tons. At several points on enemy coast the Weowe also laid out mines to which, among others the battles-hip King Edward VII fell vic tim." Colonel House Returns. New York. Col. E. M. House, who sailed for Europe on December 28 on a confidential mission for President Wilson, arrived here on the steam ship Rotterdam from Falmouth. As soon as he landed from a special coast guard cutter, which .met the Rotter dam at Quarantine; Col. House an nounced he would leave at once for Washington to meet the president. He declined to comment on his mission or what he had seen or done while abroad. He stated that he was treated with courtesy everywhere- " , Ask Austria to Apologize. Washington. The United States is preparing to make formal demands upon Austria-Hungary as a result of tie attack by an Austrian . submarine jpon the American tank steamer Pe trolite. A note on the subject will be dispatched within the next few days. It was' authoritatively stated that the United States would stand by its original contentions and ask an apology for the attack, punishment of the submarine commander, and rep aration for the damage done to th vessel. FLETCHER FINDS T EFFICIENT TELLS COMMITTEE OF SOME EXCELLENT TARGET PRAC- TICE BY FLEET. SHIPS ARE EQUAL TO ANY j The Dreadnaughts of the United States Lead the .World and Men . Are Just as Good. Washington. An encouraging re port on the condition and efficiency of the nation's sea forces was given the house naval committee by Admir al Frank Fletcher, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. . In individual fighting efficiency, Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread noughts of the United States led the world, while in the , skill of its, offi cers and men the navy had no rea son to fear comparison to that of any other power. Describing some of the things the navy is doing in the . light of lessons of the European war, the admiral said one ship of the fleet recently had hurled seven out: of 42 huge projec tiles through a target 20 by 60 feet at a range of eight to nine miles, or 10,000 to 18,000 yards. The longest ranges used in naval engagements of the European war thus far, he ex plained, were 16,000 to 17,000 yards. Judging from reports of target practice at Guantanamo during the last month, Admiral Fletcher said, it was probable that from 10 to 20 per cent of the shots fired could be land ed on a battleship at 18,000 yards. He said that inherent errors in gun fire and range determination, which do not seriously affect results at short distances, are greatly magnified as the range goes up. To bring out the effectiveness of navy shells. Admiral Fletcher told of target work by the Wyoming last year at 12,000 yards in which three shells penetrated a 10 inch armor plate. Five out of 30 shots fired, he said, struck the small target and from 80 to 90 per cent would have landed on a battleship. The committee took up at once the l.i'll rt r.ntlinri'7Q rkfFinerQ nf tbe TY1 J- rine corps to accept employment in the Haitien constablary. Col. Waller, commanding the marines in Haiti, tcld the committee that absolute qu5et prevailed there and that a new revolution could not be organized, as tho natives were enjoying peace and security for the first time in 112 years. GERMAN RAIDER TAKEN. Dispatches From Montivideo Report Capture of Moewe. Beunos Aires. Press despatches from Montevideo say that a steamer arriving from Europe intercepted near the coast of Brazil a wireless message stating that British cruisers had cap tured the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe. There is some doubt, however, as to the identity of the German vessel cfrlDtured. Another version of the ac count is that the vessel is the Ger man cruiser Roon The American uteamer Santa Bar bara has arrived at Montevideo, fcer captain making the announcement that a French cruiser which put out from Dakar, on the west coast ol Africa, encountered a German raider, name not given, md opened fire on her. Under cover of darkness the German ship got away, She was, how ever, damaged on her' upper works by the French. . . Trial Trip Completed. Newport News, Va. The battleship Pewnsylvama . returned to the ship- varH after successfully completing hei trials. : The . sunerdreadnaught was away 11 days and during that time was put through all the tests required by the government- - . James William Lee Dead. Dallas, Texas. James William Lee, a cousin ofthe Confederate chieftian, Robert E. Ltee, died at his home here. Mr. -Lee enlisted In the Confederate Army when he w?vs 16 years old, ser ving throughout Gu conflict. Germans Resume Operations. London. The Germans have resum ed their heavy offensive in the region of Verdun, with the French ' every where strongly opposing " it, iWhile over most of the front from the. east nf the Meuse down into the Woevre region, the Germa n ' big ' guns Tiave been active, arot nd Douaumont .. tne Teutons launched several infantry at tacks of extreme violence. These, he French war office declares, were put down by the French troops, whose, lira decimated the enemy ranks. . Fletcher Reports on Navy. " Washington An encouraging report on the condition and efficiency of the natinn's sea forces was niven the hnnse n aval committee by Admiral Frank Fletcher, ct mmander-ln-chief of the Atlantic fleet. .In individual fighting efficiency. Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread- naughts of the U aited States led the world, while i th skill of his otticers and men the na1 y had no reason to fear compariaon e that of any other NA power. SENATE IS FIRM IN WILSON'S SUPPORT flY VOTE OF 68 TO 14 GORE KfcSU- LUTION IS EFFECTUALLY KILLED. A WAPM DEBATE FOLLOWS Free Expression of Opinion of Sena tors Which at Times Was Shout ed and Out of Oder. Washington. By a vote of 68 to 14 the senate carried out President Wil son's wish and killed Senator Gore's resolution to warn Americans off arm ed belligerent ships. In a turbulent scene, such as is seldom witnessed in . the senate, the voting proceeded with senators shout ing objections, tutilely demanding recognition to explain their positions and making hot retorts to each other, all of which were out of order. At one time so many senators were shouting for the- Vice President's rec ognition that the Sergeant-at-Arms was called to restore quiet. After having maneuvered for two days to get the resolution In such parliamentary position that It was disDOsed of without debate the Sen ate then proceeded to a general dis cussion of the subject which continued all afternoon to the dismay of admin istration supporters. There were free expressions of opinion that the senate's action,, because the vote ac tually was taken on a motion to table the Gore resolution with a correction by the author and a substitute by Sen ator McCumber, was ii effect a "Scotch verdict" and hac lot actually accomplished the purpose of the Pres ident. Such statements aroused the President's friends, who feared they would produce an effect directly op posite to that intended a notice to the world that the senate stands be hind the President in his demand on Germany for the rights of Americans traveling the seas. In the house, however, the foreign affairs committee by a vote of 17 to 2 took a longer step toward meeting fully the President's wishes. It voted to renort the McElmore warning res olution with the recommendation that it be tabled. At the White House satisfaction was expressed with the senate's ac tion. Senator Gore voted for the motion to table and declared he considered the administration victory a mixed one. BATTLE CONTINUES TO RAGE. More Tfcan 3,000 Men Perished When French Cruiser Was Sunk. London. In the sinking in the mid- Mediterranean recently of the French auxiliary cruiser Providence II, the in dications are that there occurred the greatest marine disaster in the world's history, so far as loss of life in con cerned. The French Admiralty reports that there were nearly 4,000 persons on board, and up to date it has only ac counted for 870 of them. . Seemingly, therefore, more than 3,000 men perish ed when the former trans-Atlantic liner went to the bottom. The staff of the Third Colonial Infantry Regi ment was among the many soldiers aboard the cruiser. The story of how the vessel was sunk remains to be told. Around the village of Douaumont which is in the hands of the Germans is raging a battle of great intensity. Having captured the village and ex tended their lines west and south, the Germans were forced to give ground before vicious attacks of the French who regained part of the terrain they had lost. The fighting here is pro ceeding unabated. Injunction Against Conductors. Atlanta, Ga Suit to enjoin officers and members of the Order of Railway Conductors from "carrying out a con spiracy of threatened strikes" as pro test against the installation by rail roads of the White audit system was filed in United States District Court here by counsel for audit company. Deny Right of Federal Court. Norfolk, Va. The German Empire through Lieut. Hans Berg, command ing the former British liner Appam, and L. M. von Scholling, vice consul for the district comprising Norfolk, Newport News and Portsmouth, de nied the jurisdiction of the Federal Court in deciding the status of- the ship, in answering libel proceedings Instituted by the African Steam Navi gation Company, Ltd., of Liverpool, for recovery of the vessel. The an swer was filed but no date set foi hearing. Mayors Organize. New Orleans. A permanent organ ization of American mayors to pro mote the cause of National defense was effected here at a meeting oi mayors and their representatives from 80 large cities. The organization is to be Inown as the. - National Defense Conference oi Mayors. Mayor Kiel of St. Louis whe preside'd, appointed a committee on resolutions of 11 men. The principal speakers" at the sessions were Mayoi Mitchel of New York and Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York. BUSINESS GOOD IN ALL SECTIONS HEFLECTED IN REPORTS OF AGENTS OF FEDERAL RE SERVE BOARD. INCREASE CROP OF COTTON Southern Agents Report That. Larger Crop of Cotton . Will Be Planted , This Year. , Washington' Generally good busi ness conditions throughout the coun try are reflected in reports of Federal reserve agents made public by the Federal Reserve Board. Growing scarcity of raw materials used in many American industries is noted, however, and the southern agents pre dict an increase in cotton acreage this year unless steps are taken" to prevent it. The Boston district reports trade generally In continued acticity, with the uncertainty as to the European situation restraining undue expan sion. Unrest of (labor and increasing cost of raw materials, however, are said to be disturbing factors. From New York comes the report that there are more products and workers in that district, and that the Industrial activity there is of record character. On account of scarcity of raw materials, however, some houses anticipate a shortage in merchandise stocks. Th6 Richmond report describes conditions throughout that district as good, and points to railroad construc tion, increased manufacturing and new credits extended to back up the statement. The cotton acreage in the district, the report says, probably will be slightly increased this year but the practice of crop diversification will not be abandoned. Although February is said to be usually a quiet month in the Atlanta district, the report says there has been "very little lessening" of busi ness activity. St. Louis reports a degree of pros-' perity unknown for several years, but, with manufacturers reporting an in crease in the cost of raw materials. , LAST DOUBT IS REMOVED. Congress Knows Just Where Presi dent Wilson Stands. - Washington. President Wilson served notice on Congress that ha will consent to nothing less than, a record vote on the anti-Administration reso lutions to Warn Americans off the arm ed ships of European belligerents be fore he goes on with the German sub marine negotiations. , - No compromise proposition, such as a vote of confidence in the Presi dent's foreign policy will be accept able. Such an action, it is held, might be construed in Berlin ;as justifying the opinion that the President lacks the support of Congress and his own party in his demands for a . full ob servance of international law, while its only purpose would be to. afford members of Congress a way to avoid recording their positions before the country on the straight,' out and out question. ... President Wilson made his position clear to congressional leaders in un equivocal terms, as the climax to a day of confusion, uncertainty and poli tical maneuvering - that marked the opening of his first real fight with congress. Ultimatum to Portugal. London. Germany has sent an ulti matum to Portugal demanding the res toration within 48 hours of the German ships recently seized .by that country, according to a dispatch from Madrid to Reuter's. Wilson G'ves C1.000. Atlanta, Ga. Donation of one thou sand dollars by President Woodrow Wilson to the Ellen Wilson memorial for the education of the mountain youth of the South has just been an nounced. British Steamer Thornaby Sunk. London. The British steamer Thor naby is reported to have been sunk all the members of the crew having been killed or drowned. The steamer Devereaux has arrived in ' the Tyne, bringing steward Cartberg, who was rescued from the wreckage of the Thornaby. The capta'n of the Dever eaux reports that two other persons from the Thornaby were saved by the steamer Highgate and that a Nor- weigian vessel was also in the vicinity where the Thornaby went down. . Compliments Consular Service. London. The j merlcan consular system received a notable tribute during the discussion by the British chambers of commerce of the im provement of, tho British Consular Service. ' Preside it Stirling, of the Belfast delegation anl one of the larg est linen produce's !n Great Britain, said whenever he required expert tech nical details concerning linen, he wa3 obliged to seek 1. In the American consular reports, v'nich contained bet ter information concerning linen than the British goveznment possessed REPUBLICANS HOLD STATE CONVENTION JOHN M. MOREHEAD IS ELECTED NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN OVER DUNCAN. MARION BUTLER RETURNS Convention Was Noisy and Unruly, Only Hushed Into Silence By Un expected Turn in Events. Raleigh. John Motley Morenead was elected National Committeeman over E. Carl Duncan. His election came after one of the most thrilling and dramatic incidents that has ever taken place in a political convention, wherein E. Carl Duncan, the Republi can leader of this state for many years, faced his arch-enemy Marion Butler on the platform and denounced him in terms that burnt and blistered, while that foxy individual . smiled craftily and stroked his whiskers. The convention, noisy and unruly from the beginning, was hushed into silence by the unexpected turn of events and they listened at first with rapt attention. Soon the tension snap-v ped and Carl Duncan, who had ruled . with a rod of Iron, for whose wisdom the party had always had the highest respect, for the first Urns heard him self hissed in a Republican conven tion. He stoofl his ground stubbornly, but it was no use. And this is how it came about. Butler had gone out with the platform, committee and the convention was sailing along merrily without him. A set of delegates to the National con- t vention had been selected, eight of them, and everything was ready for a vote that, apparently, wotild be all one way. Butler's Cumberlaad Coun ty fepresextative, McCaskill, had mov ed to sidetrack the list of delegates and elect , National Committeeman. The convention sat down or him, vot ing practically unanimously to pro ceed. Some one moved the election of Morehead, at Butler's suggestion, and there was a call for making it unani mous by acclamation. It looked like it was going through with a whoop when Cy Thompson blocked It with the nomination of E. C. Duncan. Then followed one of the warmest debates ever heard in a state conven tion, and it was some time before the crowd settled down sufficiently for a vote to be taken. The final vote stood 335 for Duncan and 761 for Morehead. The big fight was over, but the smaller conflict remained the election of four delegates to the Chicago con vention. Some argument resulted over the eight delegate plan, which went into the discard. A tedious roll call finally resulted in the election of the following: J. S. Lewis, of Randolph, who led with 92 votes; Thomas Settle and J. J. Britt, of Buncombe, and W. S. O'B. Robinson of Wake. Alternates were chosen as follows: Clarence Call, Wilkes; L. L. Wrenn, Chatham; H. S. Williams, Cabarrus; John E. Cameron, Leneir. Electors at large, John E. Fowler of Sampson and John A. Hendrick'of Madison. The naming of the State Executive Committee followed: First dirstict, Hugh Paul, Wash ington; second district, George W. Stanton, Wilson; third district, J. S. Basnight, Newbern; fourth district, J. J." Jenkins, Siler City; fifth district, Gilliam Grissom, Greensboro; sixth district, A. F. Sarles, Dunn; seventh district, R. . H. Besiecker, Lexington; eighth district, J. D. Dorsett, Spen cer; ninth district, John M. More head, Charlotte; tenth district, C. A. Dickey, Black Mountain. Fix Dates For Fairs. Greensboro. At a meeting here the Carolina circuit of fairs agreed upon the' following dates for fairs in the circuit this year: Rocky Mount, Sep tember 19-22; Salisbury, September 26-29; Winston-Salem, October 3-6; Greensboro, October 10-14; Raleigh, October 16-21; Charlotte, October. 24 27; Spartanburg, October 31 to No vember 3. Fayetteville Bank to Reopen. Fayetteville. Not in a long time has any single piece' of news borne a greater measure of genuine import ance to the people f the Cape Fear; section than the announcement that a majority of the stockholders of the Fourth National Bank of Fayetteville had unanimously taken action to re open the bank. The reopening will take place in '90 days- if the present plan. goes through. The action of the stockholders followed a meeting cf de- Lpositors which adopted an agremenl containing a 90-day limit. Employ no Children Under Age. Fayetteville. Denial of the testi mony of Miss Eunice Sinclair of Fay etteville before the senate committee investigating the Keating child labor bl?l, that the Necronsett Mills of Cum berland employed children under the lSgal age, is made by Clifton Corley, vice president and manager of the company. Miss Sinclair's testimony was given on 'February 18. In it she stated that in her investigation she had found children as young as nine and ten years employed ia the Ne cronsett Mills.