? - y'l* npt much chAnge l^ttypera(urf. NORTl CAKUUNA, TtJESPAY AFT?RNOQ>I, OCTOBER 5, 1909. I RED BUCK Tnenr POLITIES ? and Jr ?R. Gwallneytjf Alexander, arfc spoken of. A Democrat to redeem the dis trict must carry Rowan by 1,200; Stanley, 150; Cabarrus, 150; Iredell, ,700; and AlleghanyV llHT;' ahd hold the Republican majorities la Wilkes to 1,260; Alexander. 100i Caldwell^ 280. uud IUUIU4 40U. ifid'flMlf ?V?n In AsEeT" ThaL.would glvo hlnfc the election by' 8,600, .* Cowles may not be renominated. There is trouble brewing in his own camp. On account of this the Demo-' crats are beglhnlng to ?bc hopefu*:*' ? There la promise of Interesting de velopments ? la the ? eighth'. ? Some think that the Democrats should -ngasa ,pilth*>r Mr Jjjn S. Hendergon or Mr. Theo'P. K 1 a t i Tn Co ha fn e sb! * The nliith -Is looming up.?. Mr. Webb la going to have opposition. Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, has led friends to believe that he jvould run. If he does Mecklenburg will Jiave two or more oandldates ,ln the convention. The names of J. D. McCall and W. C. Maxwell are being used in thta connection. There la an other man who has almost regained his old-time popularity by several jSCSBt legal battler that is Judge I. Osborne. Some of his' ardent ad mirers wduld have him enter the Judge W.'B. Council, of Hickory, will be in the thick of the light. He wllT not ask for a renomination. Mr. Avery, of Burke, la said to a receptive mood. The ninth' la full of pTOrtlse, with the odds in farot of Mr. Webb. So long as ttaston and Cleveland Btand shoulder to shoulder and Mecklerihurg- continues to re member the differences of fifty years ago Mr. Webb has a cinch. MT Up In the tenth a doten or more ^Rpocrats are getting ready to swat OoIt John Grant. - A numoer or <*orr*? ? Jii succeed Judge Council. Messrs. Ed mund Jones of Caldwell*- Mr. Thomas Flnler of wftfcea. and^Mr. E. B. Cllnc IS CONVALE8CENT. COUNTY BOARD I ? _ OF EDUCATION I Established a New School Dis trict at Hunter's Bridge to be Known as No. 15. ~ The County Board of Education met In regular jnonthly session yes terday at the courthouse with all thd members oC the board- present. _ The. following business was dis pensed with: It' was decided that all the public schools qf the bounty should open, on the first Monday In. November next. ? In reference to the application to establish ? a imw school district at Hunters Bridge, the people ln .that section offered one and one-half acres of land on which to erect a school building. The board decided th^y| would .establish the new district and accept the deed fm* the land with the understanding tttat the citizens In the district erectf a building to cost cot less than $500, the County Board o> Education ttf* furnish 92*00 of this amount. This ? agreement Is not to take effect, however, until -next year. The new district will be known as Bath district No. 15. A number of committeemen ap peared before the board and an nounced much progress on the school* buildings in districts Nos. 5, 4 an^H, I .on g Acre township. _T in ? :_J Several other matters of minor 1m [ portance were dispensed with by the LbOAVd. ? .r? - ? - ? .. . CENTRAL office completed. The central office of the Carolina Telephone and? Telegraph Company has been completed, but It will be at Tea*t"~^-'Tnonth before the new ex change 'Is ready for operation.* SCHOONER .IX PORT, The schooner Mary Oalllard, P. W. Mldjette, captain. Is in port, loaded with general merchandise for ?. R. Mlxon ? Co. *8he *wlll carry adge NH TUItlB. brMhran cordiaHy Invited to be present. rnE^grcAit i>kraiuu>. In* C?UM() M? holdup fft the outcelnic trains, and punlnh f?r Norfolk Almost Indistinguishable against Jbft-graY.hn^P'* ??1oiiria Hhc I soared past Old Castle William and 1 soon "elite rFd the canon made by the giant sky sorap'efe of Manhattan Is land -and the Jersey hltys. Over the w^brshii;- bt four great powers ?he passed, his progress mark ed by cheers from the Bailors of his own country and those of Great Brl -CaiiiT- Germany, ftance Italy. _ When the air vpsifl?l reached the British cruiser Argyll, anchored an eighth of a mile above Grant's tomb, Wright ^escflbed an easy, and grace ful curve and started on his return J Journey do^cn 'the river. The wind conditions which had bothered, him on the Journey up wore now more fa vorable and- ltT was here that the speed possibilities of the machine [ were demonstrated. ' * - . TOKUo- I cupied nearly twenty minutes, the re turn flight was made..in little more than thirteen minutes, or at a rate approximately Of forty-two miles an hour. ? ? Nearlng the harbor entrance again, he was confronted wlth^is same ar chitectural cdtidUions which caused him to vary his altitude on the vay up.~ Aga.in he lowered- ?ImseTY and -when he reached the open water of the bay he was flying -barely sixty feet~nbov? the surface. Thence on ward -he gradually lessened * his heights Past Governors Island the machine sped, an eighth of a mile over the-bay, then veering Sharply around Wright headed swiftly for the ? landing place on which he settled with the ease of a bird amfd the er.-| thuslstli vlllans. PRR IX)I>GR. IlUrhr l'tj tir ( IjAvIRU TnK "MERCHANT OF VENICE." Edward M.- Roberta, representing the Shakespearean actor,. fidouard D'Olte, is in the city/fot the pm^*se oT arranging for an appearance of [Mr. D'Oixe in "The Merchant of Ven-^ rice. ""Under the management of Guy P., Gregg, Mr. D'Olze Is calling forth th? best endorsements from the press In the cities of his appearance. The sumptuous production compels extra ordinary care fn booking, The |?ro dlfttloh Jg complete and enmnglvft tQ i^rry;' Mr. Roberts hdpes to receive iWaaSST to warrant" the coming of the attraction. "The Merchant ofr Venice" is the sole offer ing of Mr. Gregg for Mr. D'Oixe JhJs season. With ene^uragement he hopes I to reckon Washington among his ctt les of annual visitation. He will hare | a n^^ offering each season with Mr. WRIGHT MM GREAT LIGHT Up the Hudson and Abound Tomb of Grant? His Crowning Achievement, Aeroplane dome of I New York, (lashed past Grant's tomb, gracefully In mid-air o 6i the Hudson, shot 111 to Governor's Island, I Wilbur Wright, of thus placed his name i: Hudson and Pulton most spectacular ffcata [aL aeronautics. Over the masts Of ' ?. hose decks hoarse chq&"B of the sail ?ors were borne up to Am In his ele vated seat, he flew fpmtwentv miles ? -ten mile3 up and teKmiles back remaining, In the air fflr thirty-three minutes and thlrty-tbi alighting at the aero#* mishap. During the flight busfc< tlcally at a standstill if of Manhattan from w#ch a view of irshipB from ! seconds and ome without ess was prac all that part his v remarkable perl available. Harbor e frmance was .ft shrieked fhelr applause, cheef after cheer swept up from the I of the Hud Eon and the lower bttyf-for the Day jood," crown of the HgdzJ Ith a flight up the 1 >4. finished at ton aviator had _ng the aviation son-Fulton -cele Wf Ight started ^n Hudson at 9:56 a. &. I0:29:SS. ' Jflj^H He had Intended -to improve upon his achievement of morning by making a longer and more hazardous -flight at sunset but Qijp "frrippltftg of his motor just as he *was about to start on the evening attempt dashed his hopes as well as ? those of the thousands who had assembled Governor's Island ami along the | jvaterfront to cheer on. The flight was midp under condi tions only moderately favorable. The wind was, blowing about ten miles ah hour, while an otereapfc sky added to the uncertainty of theifreather. Amid the clatter of the machine's exhaust whfc~h sounded like musketry flre, Wright climbed to Us seat In his aeroplane. In a moment the machine was off. m _ .With the plsneaJtttiijjil slightly to one side the man-bird slowly ascend ed into the air, rising to a height of barely twenty feet, > till*, it swooped In a semi-circle toward* the water's ledge. Here the preseace of many ; craft. . all hyatrlcally 'tooting ..their whistles, caused him to aaeend furth er into the air before making for the mouth of the river. ONE AMELn,, . TOW IN JUL 816 RACE Seventeen Make Start They Start From Zurich for the James Gordon Bennett Cup ? The Course Seems to LiejOver Southern Russia. Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 5. ? A beautiful sunny autumn day, follow ing yesterday's discouraging down pour, made the^ start in the inrejtti^ tional balloon~"race for the Gordon Bennett cup a splendid success, and more than 200,000 persons watched the 17 balloons soar skyward and dis appear on the horizon in what Is like ly to prove a stirring battle to cover the greatest distance. Tt?? nlchau r\ f tha hnllnnnlntn voiced by the American entrant, Ed gar W, Mix, of Columbus, Ohio, were realized In a measure,' for the south west wind which was blowing at the start seemed certain to carry them toward Russia Instead of to the sfca, JUid th?? a genuine teet will be af forded of the endurance of the bal loons and the skill of the pilpts, in stead of. as In the past, premature descents to avoid a plunge Into the. ocean- ~ * " . Perfect organization enabled the carrying out of the program without TT'hllclf. The solo (Ttaappolntment was the receipt of a dispatch Troop Count Zeppelin that he would be un able to visit the grounds wfth his air ship Zeppelin III, but this was coun terbalanced by the ascenslof of the Parseval. which went through a va riety of evolutions, to the great de light of the cheering spectators. ? Edgar Mix was the sole represen tative of the United States. He was elated at the prospects as he made a final Inspection of hia balloon, Amer ican. "It will be the greatest race oif rec~ ord," he said, "aid a real long dis tance contest In which the best bal loon will win. If the southweatet holds, it will drive us over Southern Russia. We aro carrying provisions -for three days, but are discarding our mountain garments." The Italian balloon, piloted by Sig nor Piacenza. was the first to leave, -and- the others followed at flve-min ute Intervals. The band broke out with the strains of "America" as Mix and his companion climbed into the bfr*?kgir-_r-Thfr- wlfrh the best wishes of all the Americans, wfio joined in tfie hearty~cEeer~ as the ? balloon gracefully mounted and dis appeared like the others In the direc Uon of -Vienna. The wind was slight In the valley, but about 12 miles an hour at a height of 4,000 Xeet. America's chances- for victory are Following is a list of the starters by countries and pilots: America ? Edgar W. Mi*. - Austria ? Dr. Anton Schleln. Belgium ? -J .eon de Brockere, Geo. Ceerts. France ? Alfred LeBlanc, Einile Dubonnet. Maurice B^enalme. Germany ?Captain Von A be r cron. Dr. Brockelmann. Paul Heckel. ? England?Frank MqT.ftRtv y?lw f-i'liln pi'jnnnTa Pa ijfttln Frasslnetti. \ Spain ? Alberto .Oettll. Switzerland ? V. de Veauclair. Cap tain Messner, Colonel Sebaeck. oted by the Marquis Salvetiera; th? Belgian balloon Henrietta, In com mand of M. Vlemlnex, and the Italian Ruwenzeri, piloted by Slgnor Uauelll, I were entered, but did not start. Shot Because She . Refused Marriage . Ch'.cogo. October 5. ? Refusal of Miss Phoebe Armstrong. 28 years old, to marry Charles L. Mlller^E stationary engineer, ' aged BO years, terminated in a doable tragedy In the boarding house at 519 Rush street early yesterday. Miss Armstrong, employed as a cashier for a tniainese Arm, roomed On the first ^loor and her admirer who had been attentive for two years. Ian the second floor. M4ee Armstrong alentjwjth Ler.wlndOBLjQDen aud it Is said by the police that Miller, having stolen down a b#ck stairway, entered the room by this means at about 3 o'clock in the morning. ^ 1 ji body seemed to Indicate that she was shot at the slept, her body being in a natural Meopiut poeltluu iliia ils covered. Miller was fully clothed. He Is believe* to haw shot the glr{ and t^ea ended his own Ufe. ininm ? " LEFT BABY ON THE TRAIN Woman Boards Train at Rteb mend With Bundle and De -parts Without 4t, ROcky Mount, Oct. -i' ? A case of evident abandonment and a muhi kh inotherlj' act was that commit trd on trftln So. 31 between Richmond and this city yesterday afternon. A young white woman neatly dressed boarded the southbound Atlantic ..Coast ' Line train at Richmond yesterday after noon and It was noted that she car ried a bundle in her arms. She made the trip to Jarretts, Va., and attract ed no notice, and it was here that she left the train, so It 1b believed. Shortly after the train had left Jar retts the flagman flTseove FiRI ttUflfDy ?but a few months old in the car, and the matter was at once imported to ( the conductor. The conductor left the little one in charge of the station master at Emporia and wired to Jar retts to detain the woman could aha be found. Thn Ami ? at ? ? miioHod l ? the officials of the company here and the matter Js being given a rigid In-, vestlgation by them. In the mean"-' time the infant, which appears to be_ only a month or two old. remains In the^-eare of the agent at Emporia. Va. The wire to Jarrettadld not have the effect of detaining the woman; and according to the statement of the agent, it seems that these; ls^ some doubt as to whether or not the woman left the train there. " BUSY l>AY FOR PRESIDENT Oakland, Cal., Oct. 5.: ? President Taft put la a busy forenoon today. After a brief visit in Berkeley he ar* rived in this city shortly after 10 a. m. and was met by Mayor Mott and a reception committee of prominent citizens. Thousands of people turned out to greet the distinguished visit or, who was driven to "The Willows," where the children of the public schools were massed to listen to a brief address from the- president. Im-, mediately after concluding his ad-i dress the president was escorted to ?the-boat vrh ieh-was to convey him to San Francisco across the bay. Four teenth street, Broadway and* Other loading thoroughfares through which the president passed were elaborately decorated In his honor. Welcomed in San Francisco. I San^ Francisco, Cal.. Oct. 5. ? Pres ident Taft arrived in San Francisco i shorUy before l o'clock today, hav ing crossed over from Oakland on the ! I*. S- revenue cutter Golden Gate. An I enormous crowd was gathered to wel- 1 como-iunr. Ttrp official greeting was j TOVggeir ufTETyffl? ' / WW** BtfVrPgn mtttee representing the qpramerrtal | organizations of the city. The deco-J rations of public and private build-1 Ings were profuse. Vhe program of entertainment was $uch as to keep the president busy from the time of his arrival until he close ot an eiaDorate TiiinqutJt ul the' Falrnrant hotel. _lncluded among the features arranged for the afternoon are a drive about the city, a short ad dress at the laying of the cornerstone for the new Y. M. C. A. building and a reception at the Union League club'. TEACHERS TO . . BE EXAMINED White Teachers Will Be Exam The County Superintendent of Schools, Mr. W. "L. Vaughan. an Tiounces;that there will be an exami nation for public school teachers In the courthouse, th'ls city, the second Thuraday of thlif month," II being Oo-* tober 14. This will be for white teachers. The colored teachers will be examined the next day. The ex aminations begin promptly at l^" o'clock. . . * Jlie gtato-flnperintendent of Public flTTstructlon has prepared the exami nausa'tbis year, it bwlug uniform alt over Nortn Carolina. He also has the authority to examine all papers sub mitted by the teachers if he so de sires, to see If the papers have been properly graded, etc. GOOD ROADS MFKTlN'fi IN ASHB VflULB. N. C.. Oct. 5. ?Public fffi ALDERMEN : TliPK _ THE CITf HALL Work Starts at Once" Second Story on Engine House to Be Used as Office for Clerk, Supt. of .Electric Light Plant and Storage Room. The city aldermen met In regular monthly session. at ttee city hall last night, with all (Jhe members present. Mr Joseph o. Chatmcvy was elect ed as alderman from the First ward, t^pucceed Mr. Frank C. Kugler, re signed. Mr. Chauncey being present, was duly Installed. .Policeman William R. Pedrick, was granted one week's vacation. All the annual bonds for the rent of Hw uiai kei liuuse stalls weie sub" mitted and approved by the board. [In connection with this matter, The News will have further to say in a future issue.] Mr. G. W. Foreman was relieved of poll tax, due to infirmity. Mr. E. Wv Myers, a. civil engineer of Greensboro, appeared oeiore tbS~~: board and made a proposition to do the surveys for the city with refer ence to the street pavfng. sidewalks, etc. 'H