VOL. I.
NO.
34:
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THE EbUCATlOFiAt EXHIBITS
Wealth of Exhibits in
Commercial,
Industrial,. Educational- Agricult
ural, Stock and Poultry Departments
Immense Crowd Attended.
Greensboro The . Central " Carolina
Fair came to a close ; after ' a four-day-
exhibit which ;iwas generally
a ereed to.; nave been ; thej best
of any previous effort during the 13
-years' history, .of ' the ' association.
During, the, four days mQrethan 53,
.600 admission tickets Were sold, the
big.day being Thursday. w.hen slight
ly more than 25,000 people were pres
ent during the day and . evening. J-.". V
" The wealth of exhbits ? in commercial,-;
industrial, educational, agricul
tural, stock and poultry departments
typified the" great interest of people
of all callings in the fair ; and evi
denced the wonderful progress being
made in these lines in central Caro
lina. The stock and agricultural . ex
hibits were by far the most com
plete ever shown Vhere, including ev
jjery product of the farm and the. fam
jjous herds of , the- v Hanes of Forsyth ;
Shufords or Iredell and Youngs of
Guilford. The Sharpe family of far
mers . of jGuilford won first honors in
their general agricultural exhibits.
In the v. educational department
splendjd1 exhibits , were made ' by the
A. & M. College, Greensboro Female
College, the city schools, High. Point
schools "rural, schools of the county
and by the girl's Tomato Clubs and
Boys Corn Clubs. The display from
the betterment-department of . the
ConeMUIs was One ClnnTCsTTnand- 8,000 eubscribed byr Jesse
teresting of the - fair, showing the
wonderful work which the Cones are
doing for the cnildrenof their opera
tives. . ' ": . " ' ' '.
The carnival ; spirit- was J rife
throughout the four days along the
midway and remarkable good order
was preserved in the face of such
a cosmoplitan attendance. The races
during the week were all well con
tested and interesting. One horse,
Bulk of Melft, Va., equalled the local
track record, pacing the mile in
2:11. . . . y-: -
Wake County. Convict Escaped.
If the . convicts at camp No. 2 of
the Wake county . road forces ; were
compelled to wait for Garland Curtis,
a negro convict "trusty," to con
tinue bringing them water; to drink
they-would probably die of thirst For
Garland has gone hence, where the
gobd ' trusties go. The negro made
his escape several days ago and the
county authorities have, so far failed
to locate him. Curtis was a , trusty
at the ' camp and was assigned by
the supervisor as water carrier. He
went -to .'.-the well aer a 'bucket of
water for. the prisoners, decided that
they could wait until another water
carrier was appointed, and madea
sprint for the woods.", Curtis is a
Raleigh negro and was sentenced for
larceny. He had thirty days of his
sentence yet to serve.- A reward of jl
$10 is offered for him.
StartCampaign lnRovwin:
The Republican candidates for of
fice in Rowan county opened their
campaign in Franklin recently. The
leading speakers included Mayor J.
D. Dorsett ' of - Spencer ' candidate
for sheriff, T. J. Rosemond ,of Spen
cer, the nominee for the-legislature,
and others. The candidates are
at Woodleaf , and from ; there will
take in the whole county. While the
Republicans are shelling the ' wodff
on one side of the county the Dem
ocrats . are throwing up . breastworks
across country, and Sheriff S. H. Mc
Kenzie, the Democratic, nominee for
re-election, P. S. Carlton, the nomi
nee ?or the House, C; Kelser.'for
county treasurer, and others are mak
ing speeches in the county,
Politics In Alleflhany 'CountyV
The Alleghany Democratic ' county
convention held and nominated the
following ticket unanimously, by ac
clamation: Representative,: R. A.
Doughton; sheriff, S. C. Richardson;
register of deeds, O. D.; Brown; cor
oner, G. G. Nichols; surveyor, C. G.
Fender; commissioners, J. - A. 1 v Mc
McMUlian;; J. M. Wagoner and H. O.
Edwards. After; the nominations were
made the convention .was addressed
by E. S.j Coffey. . of Boone, candidato
for state senator, and W. ; R.s Levin,
elector. , vi ..-.
CharlotteThe Great Agricultural
and Stock Shows,- horse races, fine ex
hibits and Merry Midway are some of
th attractions :
; ; 'vCs V ;;-': Free.'
' Acrobatic acts by troops of 6 people
Walloon : sensations,- unrivaled v aero
nauts, one, two and v three parachute
drops; Dog and pony shows, dazzling
and" thrilling aeroplane flights by, ex
perts.. Realizing , the importance of
Qtock raising nd the greatagricultiiral
growth of this section, the promoters
of the Charlotte Fair have spared no
expense 4n collecting the best exhibits
possible for this big event and bring
additional ; attractions of.- Jhe highest
order, guaranteeing to it, patrons that
all past; efforts, will be far surpassed
this year; Estate utesK-tarms will liaye
on grounds a -solid car of products
grown by them. ' with ' instructor in
charge . to give full information 7 as to
the method used in growing them as
well its the fertilizerstlsed.; Greatest
display of North Carolina Grown Ap
ples ever assembled. "
Double .track car line plenty of
cars, ho waits.'- 3 minute schedule to
yiind from the'city). - " ; ;
Music by. one of the best bands in
the country. , Midway brilliantly
lighted. Open until midnight. " '
Ncrth Carolina New Enterprises, v 1
The Colonial Trust .Company of
Charlotte filed with the secretary of
state an amendment to its charter
increasing its capital from $100,000' to
$200,000. Charters are issued for the
Sterling . Fjirniture Company, Greens
boro, capital $50,000, to take over the
business of the Cate City Furniture
Company in the manufacture and sale
of furniture, M. W. Thompson, J. A.
Kellenberger . and Marion M. Thomp
son incorporators.; the House Furn
ishings Company of Glbsonville,' cap
ital $10,000 authorized and ; $1,000-
subscribed by Z. H. Morgan and oth
ers;' the Davis Motor Company .of
Farmville, capital', $50,000 authorized.
Speight and others ; the. Carter Fur-,
niture Company of -Sanford, capital
$125,000 authorized and $6,000 sub
scribed by Benjamin May .and others.
To improve Rowan Roads.
The farmers of Rowan County held
a meeting sin the Salisbury Industrial
Cllub's. assembly room,, at which time
they were addressed by E. W. Perry
and R H. Millsaps. Mr. Perry is " the
agent for the. Southern in this dis
trict in the farm improvement de-
partment and Mr. Millsaps Is txe dis
trict agent for 4he . United States De
partment of Agricuture. Much, inter
est, snown . in the work that the hew
department of the Southern is doing
in this section and the farmers are
asking for an agent for this county
then, have more work than- he could
do The meeting 'was presided over
by James H. Warburton, secretary
of the Salisbury Industrial Club.
Elizabeth City to lave Fair.
Everything is being put in readiness
for the big agricultural ' fair to be
held at Elizabeth City on October 22,
23 and 24. The racing events have
all been arranged and the purses
for the three days racing will amount
to more than a - thousand dollars.
There will be nine races in all, three
each day; and some of the best
rac-
tag stock in North Carolina and1 Vir
ginia will take part in these events.
Secretary Lambhas secured many
attractions and , the, midway -will sur
pass 'anything tnatthe people 'of -this
section have ever witnessed. One of
the principal features of the fair will
be a Wright's flying machine, which
will make flights each day.
Great Patents to Tar sHeels. ,
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washing
ton' patent attorneys, report the grant
to citizens . of North Carolina or- tne
following,, patents:; C L. Alexander,
Charlotte, plastic ; metal .. compound,
two patents; L. W. Dock,' Wilmingr
ton, turpentine-box; C. V. Fite, Char
lotte, internal-combustion engine; W.
U Harding, Raleigh,, casting appara
tus ; J. L. ' Schoolfield, Greensboro,
fountain , blackinebrush .' J.-B. Tuttle
and R. P. Robinson, Asheville "clothes
line.- ."
As has beeil hoted . the regular Re
publican Executive Committee of the
Ninth Congressional Distrct will meet
soon . at- Hickory, to take -. some action
in V- regard to . putting ,a man in v. the
field against Representative WebbN for
Congress. , Charles - F. McKesson of
Morganton was nominated at : the
Charlotte convention but when he
found but ; that- he. -would' have to give
up the postmastership if he stayed in
the race te.. came down: quickly, re
membering that-adage "a . bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush."
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NICARAGUANS
Leon Occupied by Americans,
But Not Without Bloodshed
Zetedon Was a Coward Revolutionary
General Flees from Battle and
Slays Women in Order 'to
: -. Keep Destination 8ecret.
Washington. A dispatch from San
Juan del Sur, . . Nicaragua, ' received
here reports that, contrary to first
reports, the town of Leon was not
taken without bloodshed. . -
On Sunday, when the American ma
rines and bluejackets under Lieuten
ant ColonelTLong marched into , the
city' of Leon, to. take posaeasion they
were met in the streets by an Irre
sponsible mob, who opened fire. Three
Americans - were killed and four
wounded. The marines returned the,
fire, killing fifty of the mob and
wounding forty. The - others " were
driven out of town. '
Chinandega is the capital 'of the
department ; of the same name, lying
about twenty-four miles norjhwest of
Leon. Both towns have been in the
bands of the insurgents for weeks
past and the residentsof both places:
have suffered much distress. V-
V Additional advices : showing the
treachery and cowardice of General
ZeledOn, who was killed while fleeing
from Barranca shortly before the bat
tle fn which the rebels were routed
and four American marines killed,
were received by the State Depart
ment.x,. It was" reported - that one of
the rebel! officers who was captured
while fleeing with Zeledon "declared
that the tatter-killed three women in
cold blood sobnf ter. 'he departed
from Masaya tn order that they migfat
hot carry back nes fit his moyenjents.
: Minister Weitzel reported .that refu
gees say that "after Zeledon urged his
men in the Barranca hills to resist any
attack to the Vend ; he l fled first; to
Masaya and took shelter in a church,,
and vthon- left the city at the first, sigp
of the battle at Barranca. The rebels
hoisted a white flag -from the church,,
but when ' three federal 4 officers, in
cludingColonel Alberto Chamorro, ap
proached to accept the supposed stir
Tender they opened fire oh'ttfem.
BAR 500 I. W. W. AT LAWRENCE.
KILL 4 MARINES
M il Is D ischarge I ntimidators of Other
Employes During Textile Strike. .
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, Lawrence,; Mass.With the excep
tion of 500 all the 30,000 textile oper-.
atives in this cUy resumed -work in
the .woolen and cotton millS. The
force of the Ettor-Giovannitti "pro
test", strike has .spent itself and mill
officials look for no more trouble for
a while at leastt The 500 employes
barred from the mills , were . L- W, W.
agitators.. , . , - -
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WAR DECLARED
8Y MONTENEGRO
Troops Cross Frontier and At
IK tack Turkish Towns
Powers Now Fear Peace Efforts Are
Frustrated Turks Fights All- ,
! Night Battle With Malissori
; Tribesmen.?
Londbn.--Montenegro has declared
war against Turkey, and it is expected
Servia, Bulgaria, and Greece will make
a similar declaration as soon as their
armies can be mobilized.'
Montenegrin troops crossed the
frontier at. once and surrounded
Berana, where one detachment was
nnnilillnt&jl Vv.. 1A 'I'll ' I 'V vv itra cf
-skirmishing on the Servian border
and encounters between Turks' and
Greeks near Diskata. Bulgarians ex
changed, shots with Turks near Djum
bala. , - ' ;
. One million men are . facing each
other on the Turkish-Balkan States
frontier. . , ,
It is predicted that the first great
battle, probably, at Adrianople will
be as bloody and decisive as the battle
of Mukden. ;
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King Nicholas of Montenegro and
Prince Mirkoleft Cettinje for the
front as guns roared and bells pealed.
European diplomats are bending
every effort to prevent the spreading
of the war flames ' to the great powers;-
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Greek vessels recently seized by the
Turks are being loaded with troops at
Constantinople.'
; Af dispatch ; to the Neues Wiener
Tageblatt ; from pltenitzar Roumania,
reports a massacre otjTurks by Bulr
garians at . Turturkala; Bulgaria, -According
4 to C the despatch, ' agitators
from i Hustchutt . inflamed local Bul
gars and these, in1 the dead of night,
attacked the Turkish residents of the
town slaying all but a few wlio es
caped across the border to Oltenitza.
Eye witnesses . are quoted as saying
that the police shared in the slaughter
and pillage. . . , ,
' On the .next morning, the despatch
states, the streets of the Turkish quar
ter were lined with piles of corpses,
among them the bodie y of women and
children. . '. .: .". .
Should the unexpected come about
Land -Greece, Servia and Bulgaria de
dine to join Montenegro in a declara-
tibn of war, the hostilities would not
be likely to be serious to Turkey ex
vept as, she assumed the offensive and
invaded - the mountain State. The
Montenegrins have a fighting reputa
tion when they can do battle in their
own 'mountain and a guerilla warfare
there? would cost Turkey dear. . Out
side of their own country the Monte-,
negrins, it is thought here, are too few'
in numbers to be dangercus to a power;
of the size.of Turkey; unless the little
State can get the help of her neigh
bors. That such a' tmng can happen
as that she will be nut to fight alone
seems very doubtful, however.' '
Tremendous Harvest" of t Corn,
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A
atsilwfl SpringlVbeat
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HAY HEACH E$ TOP JfOTDH
Corn . ToUl 34)1 6f0bp.0dD Bushels and.
Condition 82J2 Per Cent. Against
i '.. 70.4 -' Year AgoOats 1,417 - ,
jWasainlgtohkeyer before haV.ttie
great cereal crOpsot the .United State's,
been so bountifjil as those" of thi?
year. - Records of Vproduction1 f or al
most every cereal i have beeh surr
passed in some instances ; by millions
of bushels.!"-:;. t..r; ' ""; :"""r".1"J'
;jrhe' Oct )be? crop report of the De
partment i f Agriculture shows spring
theat,; oats, barley', rye and hay .'all
have exceeded the . best : record pro
ductions, while the crops of corn and
potatoes, from :f prcent indications,;
also will; be the greatest , ever yet har
vested. : -: , ' "J-:Vr-'
' The indicated corn yiel was parti
cularly . .surprising being given at
3,016,000,000 bushels, -compared with
2,995,000,000 .bushels a month ago. -:X-r
The spiring wheat . crop "was ;- placed
at 330,91,000 bushels, with the quality
the finest' in years, while the 'total
crop of this country is expected to
reach 720,000,000 bushels. The oats
crop; also . showed a large gain with
that of a-month ago. - r -
The: barley and potato crops have
been in line .with the big staples and
haye exhibited remarkable increases
in size since, the f rst of September.
Hay ao d flaxseed are record crops:
The haycrbp Us .7523,000 to'ns, aa
compared, -with 47,444,000 tons - last
year and 61,000,000 tons the year be
fore - Flaxseed is 29,000,000 bushels.
The rye crop is 35,422,000 bushels, and
the buckwheat crop is 18,000,000
bushelsi , ; " '' '7- ' ': ''
In barley the large increase of 15-
619,00e bushels-was.-recorded dUTing i
the month, bringing the total crop to
224,619,000 bushels for the year, as
compared with, the crcp tf 160,240,000
last year! This is the largest: Crop
the country has ever produced.
The white potato crop is estimated
at 401,000,000 bushels, as ; compared
with 398.000,000 bushels last month
and '292,737,000 last year. The yield
per acre is 108.8 bushels, as compared
with Jf08 bushels last month' and 80.9
last year. " -
CONFESSES TO GRAFT IN OHIO.
Legislator Pleads Guilty and Involves
Higher Ups" -Sentence Deferred. -
Columbus,; Ohio With the unex
pected plea of guilty by Representa
tive George B. Nye t v Waverly to so
liciting a bribe of $1,000 from Repre
sentative B. , F. Kimble h of Adams
county, and a subsequent confession
of eyery thing he kct w of legislative
graft to Attorney General Hogan and
Prosecutor Turner, came assurance,
State, attoreny that further legislative
graft exposures, completely overshad
owing thos3 made a year and a half
ago, and Involving the much talked
of higher-ups will be made forthwith
by a grand jury investigation.
. Judge E. B. Kink ad accepted the
Pike county legislator's plea of guilty
and upon request of the attorney
general aeierrea sentence
MEXICAN
REBELS
BURN
A ..
TOWN.
Americans . and British In Polizada
Menaced by Zapatitas. .
Washington. 'The "sacking and burn
ing 'of the town of Rods about, 70
miles , north , of thirango, by Mexican1
rebels was reported to, the State De'
partment This town numbering about
L000 inhabitants, was attacked by 400
rebels, under GrejSorio Sanchez. One
hundred and twenty-five ' state, troops,
stubbornly defended the place against
the rebels, .but were overpowered.
Heavy losses were suffered by both
sides. . " -'.':
After defeating the defenders of the
townt the'Tebels looted the houses and
stores, and thenvset fire to the build
ings. Sixty . American and Briish
residents of Polizada are menaced by
a force of several hundred Zapatistas,
according to State Department ad
vices. . !
TEST PUBLICITY LAW.
Journal of Commerce Seeks to, Enjoin
- Invasion of Private Rights. v
New Yorfc-rPapers in ' a suit
brought by the . Journal of Commerce
against the post office department and
the attorney-general to restrain them
from enforcing the hew publicity! Aw
for, newspapers were filed here. Mor
ris & Plante of 135 Broadway, counsel
for .; the American. Newspaper ' Pub
lishers Association,' of which the Jour
nal of Commerce is a member, are the
attorneys. ' " - - -.
in first mm
Ottomah TroopaStr
rjontenegrin Invaderi ,
'W: is -
BATTLE : RAGES 0 IIOOHS
Fore''
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Victors ; Engage Another,
" Tuzi ..' in Desperate Encounter
: Nichoiasand Prince Peter." 1"- -
CetttnjeDetchitch, the- fortified
position to "which taer Turks retired
whe'h - the guns' of the : Montenegrtna J
drbVe them from Mount PlawlnttTa. ,
was captured by J the Montenegrins. V
1 The? "Turkish commander and 'his
staff and a majority of the Turkish .
troops in the garrison surrendered
The Montenegrins . captured four
guns and their flags 'are now . flying :
on the fortification. jThe' losses on
both aides were severe. ' i '
; Witlt the capture 'of Detchitch tne
battle was continued on a big scale he
' fore Tuzi. s ;;;;, .::';
' A Montenegrin force under General
yukovitch crossed the frontier near
Belgrade. ' It is reported that the ;
Montenegrins' captured Berana. .
-Eighteen Turkish, battalions on the
left bank, of th Llm nver are lso-'
lated. Servian insurgents burned the
Turkish barracks at Hoykowats and
Berana and r killei some soldiers. ,
They captured eighty, : whom ; they
turned over to the Montenegrins.
Thel fighting ' was - hammer ' and
tongs, : King Nicholas and X his- son, ;
Prince Peter, were on the firing lines.
"The Turks, at first driven back by ;
the sturdy Montenegrin mountaineers
with an innate knowledge of-all' thi
Albanian border" country, managed to .
regain some ' of the lost' ground -Ssith '
the arrjival of reinforcements and for .
several -hours hung v grimly to their
forjificaadh-r f V--;' ':"';
; TheV fighting in'the mountains be-:
gan with: akU the advantage on' the
' Podgoritza had ' teen picked mst&e
headquarters of the Montenegrins and
when the" Kihg; and his son, rode ost
to) the firing line slung all along, the
foothills opposite the town there was
the wildest enthusiasm. '-
The bands ttttfndered i I out ; the? na
tional anthem and the popple' cheered f
the royal pair' all the way through5 the
city: , " ry--:y '',rf... .
Crown Prince panilo commander in
chief of the; Montenegrin's,, was up in
front-and he rode back, to confer with,
his; father Prince j Peter; who "Is a.
captain of the artillery, fired the first
shot at the Turkish lines on the nvmn
tains facing him- : ' :' . '
" The "Montenegrins soon had the
Turks on the run. and they; followed
up their 'advantage' with a general
infantry movement. " ,'.-"': '
Montenegro is still playing the , ,
game of war alone.; The other Balkan
States have taken nq. actual part In v:.
the sudden struggle forced so fiercely
by their diminutive allyy :'.'
It . was reported " from SaJonlca
however," that 1,000 Greek liTegnlars '
attacked the ' Turkish posts near Pis "
kata and were. repulsed. ;
' . OIL SHIPS BURN. "
Many Jump to Safety After English -Tartk
Steamer Bw Up. ,
NeV York. An '.explosion on the .
British tank steamer Dunhohne set -the
ship -..on - fire as she lay v in - her
slip at the ' Standard Oil Conpsirjrs
piers at Bayonne. ; j She and the hark: ';)
Concordia were destroyed and. Pier v
Ko. '3 was -burned up. Pier No. 4 wan?;
almost a total. loss. V The loss was
estimated at, from ISOO.pOO to f7S0,9.
.The; explosion ripped -off the upper .
half of , the Dunbolme, and the crev, -together;
with"the captain, ' his - wife .. -;
and two daughters, leaped overboard '
to . save 1 themselves . They Mven
picked, up.' The ship's carpenter was
burned to death.' ' -t
Five men are known to be dead, and ;
16 are missing. ,;:; V ;: '
SLAUGHTER FOERAL FORCE.
Mexican Rebels Annihilate . CoL Tel-
To's Detachment of 150 Men. v-;
Laredo, ' Texas.-r-A rebel force Of
1,800 men under the . leadership Vef :
Cheche Campos practically . annlhO
Lated a force of . 150 Tederals : near -
Herma, between Jiminez and Torreon. v
Of the Federal force .. only It, - ft" Is
said,- escaped V "; ' .:: ; ::r
- Among the dead are; four cftcrs,'
including Col. Tello, who" commanded
the Federals. After killing Tetto the
rebels hanged his body to a telegraph,
pole. 7- Eighteen 'Federals were esnr
tured: and their ears cut off;- JJhcrtar;
was offered the Federal -,fiag ' bearer V
if he wouldsurrender the flag, which
be kept after iie was captured. lie
refused and' was shot : - " i ;.
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