FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3 ly.
$1 00 A YEAR
VOL. 1. NO 31
Spof Coffon Above 14;
May Futures 15 Cents
Belief in Short Crop
Makes Prices High
lump of 55 io $6 per Bat Last
WetkPattea,Cates.riaynes,
Salts, Brown and Others Re
ported Big Buyers Mills are
Curtailing Excitement in
Wall Street.
nuriru? the feast week cotton
has passed the 14 cent level and
16 or 17 cent cotton has been
predicted. Already May deliver
ies have sold at 15 cents, while
spot cotton sold in Charlotte St-
"jrusy aiiernoon tor a.io.
Associated Press's weekly review
. . vTv..i. i'o i.
hort crop and that there is noth
ing for it but much higher prices
before the season is ended.
Whether this advance will culmi
nate by the end of the calendar
y-ar is of course a matter for the
future to determine, but bulls
are talking of a crop of only
10.000,000 to 10.500.0UO hales and
a consumption of 13,M0o,w0 to
13,000.0), though to many It is
not clear how the consumption
:an reach such a quantity unless
the present crop estimaU'is are
too low. Only 1,400.000 bales of
American cotton were carriwl
over from last season. But while
there may be a disagreement as
to the precise size of the crop
and the consumption the belief is
almost universal that the yield is
at any rate only moderate and in
adequate to the needs of the
world's cotton trade, ltisanrued,
too thatif the cotton crop of the
south is to be worth this year
tome 1500,000,000. the purchasing
rower pf the south will be greatly
increased and with the high pric
es whieh western farmers are
.oKaininj-f tor their grata it W$
greatly stimulate the use of cotton
goods and enabl manufacturers
to obtain prices there than com
mensurate with the h!gh price of
raw material. There ar; those
who think a new era of otton
values has set in and that
is not Jikely to be much rwrmrf
ivent decline in the price unti
there is a radical increase in the
production through an increased
cultivation of a vast area at the
southwest suitable for cotton cul
ture.
The story is that Patten. Gates,
Haynes, Scales, Brown and other
interests have been big buyers,
and though taking profits from
Jime to time are still very bullish
n their convictions. Many other
operators in Chicago, New Orle
ans, Memphis, Wall Street and
Liverpool nave also bought, fol
lowed by the general public. The
Waldorf-Astoria contingent and
people in the tobacco and metal
trades have also, it appears, still
been buying. Cotton is one of
the chief topics, rivaling steel at
the clubs and big hotels. Kxports
have been large, cotton goods ac
tive and rising and Liverpool
straddlers, in some cases at least,
appear to have got hold of the
hot end of the poker. In other
words, it is said there was a very
Urge amount of this arbitrage
business originally done by sell--
ing m New York ami Liverpool.
The liquidation-of such straddles
by buying here and selling in Liv
erpxl explains in part the
strength of late in prices here
and the sluggishness or weakness
of Li verpool.
On the other hand it is feared
that this speculation is too much
of a wild fire aifair. There is
said to be less pyramiding than
there was last spring and sum
mer, but for all that the market
is considered by many dangerous.
They seriously doubt whether
the recent advance is justified.
Prices are some $25 a bale higher
than a year ago, and the actual
size of the crop is as yet unde
termined. it Kd Page sad Miss Klu
J&at Williams vera married at the
home of the bride's parents. Mr
attd Mrs. W. W. William, at Ofcun
eat, Suadsj afteiaooa, Oct 2Uh;
1 ,000 Soldier Boys
To Greet Mr. Taft.
When He Visits Wilmington
Nov. 9 list of the Mil
itary nd Naval Organi
zations to be f res net
One thousand men representing
the United States and State mil
itary establishments will partici
pate in the magnificent Taft Day
parade when President Taft
makes his memorable visit to
Wilmington Tuesday, November
Ninth.
There also will be numerous
crack musical organizations: Lm-
S oart anbury
Carolina Regiment Band, t wen tr
nve pieces, irom uaiesgn, v.. ,
the Delgado Band of Wilmington,
sixteen pieces, and others.
The inspiring military pageant
with its pomp, its bands, its drum
corps, and its colors flying; the
ensemble of two thousand school
children, dressed in red. white
and blue to form a human United
States flag, the spectacular mar
ine parade, an exhibition drill by
United States troops, profuse
decorations, magnificent illustra
tions, and other features will in
deed make the Taft visit a red
letter day tot North Carolina.
Wilmington will be the beauty
spot of NV.rth Carolina-the mu
nicipal gem of Dixie the Mecca
of countless throngs.
The military and musical fea
tures, in charge of Col. J. Van B.
Metts as Chairman of the Parade
and Escort Committee, are being
announced on a scale that will
prove a source of great attraction
to Wilmington's thousands of
Visitors. Already he has received
ge&nite acceptances from twenty
or more military companies, and
others on the eve of rT.aklnsr up
their decision to come and take a
place In the parade. The follow
ing military organizations have
been booked and will be heref
United States Coast Artillery
Corps', from Fort Caswell, three
hjmdred men, under command of
Captain Hancock. U.S.A. Twen
ty companies North Carolina Na
tional OuarxJ, representing the
First, Second and Third Regi
ments, Naval Reserves, Marines,
etc.. as follows.' fkwnpany F, Fay
ettevilie, Capt. E. R: MacKeth
an: Company K. (loldstsoro, Capt
J. V. Bizzell; Company IV, Kins-
ton, Capt A. L. lull; Company
II, Clinton. N. (.., 1 apt. rair-
cloth: Company L, Lumber
Bridge. Capt. J. B.Malloy; Com
pany C, Rocky Mount, Capt. J. S.
I e w is ; Com pany A , Tarboro, Capt.
Paul Jones; Company B, Raleigh,
Capt, W. F. Moody; Company L,
Concord. Cant. Louis A. Brown;
Company F, Franklinton, Capt.
I. H. Kearney; First Company
North Carolina Coast Artillery.
from Newbern, Capt J. II. Wed-
dell; Second Company North Car
olina Coast Artillery, from Wil
mington, Capt. h. A. Metts; New
born Division, North Carolina Na
val Reserves, Lieut. C. J. McSor-
ey: Wilmington Division, North
Carolina Naval Reserves. Lieut.
Outhbert Martin; Wilmington
Boys Brigade. Capt. W. R. Dash
er; Donaldson Military Academy
Cadet Corps, of Fayettevilie.
Col. II. V. Bragaw. of Wash
ington. N. C. Second North Car
olina Infantry, will be here with
his staff and will command the
State troops. Other State Mili
tary otlicers who will also be in
Wilmington are: Major J. J. Ber
nard, of Raleigh, Third North
Carolina Infantry, and staff; Ma
jor T. B. Pace, of Wilson, Second
North Carolina infantry, ana
staff; Capt.T.C. Daniel, of New
bern, commanding North Caroli
na Naval Battalion, and staff.
Wilmington, N. C. Oct. 2l!
Superiot Court.
Cumberland Suerior Court for
the trial of civil cases is still in
session. We w ill give an account
of the more important work of
the court in next issue.
Week of Throngs
in Fayettevilie
Cumberland Fair and Wild West
Shows Bring Thousands to
the Cape Fear GtyThe
Fair a Success Financially
and Otherwise. j
l'nnav,!!auni tl.p rfnter of
J attraction for all the upper Cape
x a v kin. uiv w"-fc
Fear section laat week- It was
a o-ala week in LaFayeUe town,
TheFavetteville Fair Wednesday,
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Thursday and Friday and BuSalw
Hill's Wild West and Pawnee
Bill's Far East shows Saturday
brought perhaps the largest
number of people to Fayettevilie
that has been seen here in one
week since the Centenial. From
every part of Cumberland, from
Robeson, Bladen, Sampson, Har
nett and elsewhere tney came py
hundreds and thousands, on
trains and bv nrivate convey -
ances. The Atlantic Coast Lino,
lch gave special rates, brought
train loads over all its five lines
.leading into Fayettevilie. It
opera tea a special iram iroiu me
north that brought hundreds from
along Its line between here and
Selma. The Raleigh it South
port brought great crowds at
special rates from Harnett and
upper Cumberland, while the
Virginia & Carolina Southern and
the Aberdeen & Rockfish operat
ed through trains from Lumber
ton and Aberdeen, respectively,
at reduced rates and brought
train loads from southern and
western Cumberland and from
Robeson. About the noon hour
on Thursday and on Saturday
six trains came in from as many
directions bringing their loads
of human freight - from Wil
mington, from Jacksonville, from
Bennettsville.from Aberdeen and
Wagrara and from Raleigh.
Thursday was the Dig day the
fair and the crowd that came
Saturday, attracted by the circus,
was still larger perhaps.
The fair was a success. The
exhibits were never better nor
was the racing ever surpassed.
And the officers say it was a sue
Cess financially.
The agricultural exhibits were
said to be the largest and best
ever seen here in the 47 years
history' of the fair. Mr. D. K.
Taylor, of Seventy-First, who
had charure of the Cnmberland
exhibit at the State fair and did
so much to show up the county
to advantage there, had one of
the ftnest-if not the finest- ex
hibits ever seen at the Fayette
vilie fair. It was a very valuable
obiect lesson as showing what
can ie aone nere in uumueraiw
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county in the way of improved
and remunerative farming.
Other agricultural exhibits that
were very meritorious were
those of Messrs. John Owen, L
H. McArthur and L L Pate, of
Seventy-First; M. Bill, of Car
ver's Creek: W. C. Fields, of
Celar Creek, and others.
The officers of the fair were
rather discouraged at the lack of
interest taken in the com grow
ing contest. Forty premiums
were offered, amounting to $250,
and yet there were only 23 con
testants and L0 of these were
from Cumberland county. The
fair management saved money
but it was the farmers' loss. Un
less there is more interest shown '
in this department next year it
will probably be eliminated after
that. Let's have a hundred con- j
testants in the corn growing con
test next year.
The exhibits in floral hall were
splendid and very meritorious.
Worthy of special m'ention was
a splendid piece of tapestry by
Mrs. C B. Riddick. There were
many other fine exhibits of art
and fancy needle work and other
works of beauty by the ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dates
had on exhibition a couple of large
and luscious looking grape fruits
which were grown at their home
on bt. James square, beveral
others were left on the plant.
which is about six feet tall. Mrs.
N. A. Sinclair had an excellent
display of garden products. Mrs.
W. H. Powell and Mrs. C. E.
Ayer each had a fine display of
potted flowers.
the exhibits in all departments
were pronounced by prominent j
parties who had been visitors and
exhibitors for many years to have
909 To Die To-day
of Consumption!
vierysv or west 'fl
- m v I " a I li ' i. J
Hse Ikea Prevailed -Why Hon
Cumberand County Anti-
Tuberculosis Association to Or
ganize Nov. 15.
The Index is pleased to pub-
ih herewith the call of Dr. J.
i lish
I j, .
!K Highsxnith, secretary oltne
umoeruuiu ksjjmij auu-iuw
iculosis Society, for a meeting to
,be held in FayetUsvida Saturday.
November 13. for the purpose of
perfecting the organization of,
are
in his
C.reat
!f . lS
i the Wvtaira of action j;
rected toward prevng
a rA a ar. T. .. i "rt f 7
, , -
dread dWi Uie better for
. us.
Let every teacher and
J minister and parent who possibly
can ao so attend the meeting
next week t&a use ms or her m-
floence to have others attend.
Tell those who do not see this
notice. IteaJ
open letter:
Dr. HlghUllth Sl
As secretary of the Anti
Tubereulosia Association of Cum
berland county I am authorized
by the President of the State
Association to call a meeting in
this county on Saturday. Nov.
13,1909, at 12 o'clock, for the
purpose of organizing and elect
ing officers for e a d Association.
Many have already given their
names for membership. The
public is urged to come and join
with us in making ours the Ban
ner Association in this State.
We are so fortunate as to have
with us at this meeting the secre
. mn V 1 1,1
tuberculosis and that three
fourths ot 3 preventable.
At all times in the United States
about three million persons are
seriously ill. Fully half of this
illness is preventable, If we ap
prise each life lost at $1,700.00,
and eath year's average earnings
for adults at only $700.00, the ec
onomic gain from prevented dis
eases,, measured in dollars, a
mountsto one and one-half bil
lions. As an evidence of the general
interest being taken in prevent
ive medicine, Mr. Rockefeller has
just contributed $1,000,000. for
the study and treatment of the
ilook-W onn disease, said to be
very common throughout the
South. Remember the date
Saturday, Nov. 13, 1909, at the
Court House, Fayettevilie. N. C
and lend your presence and help
in this great and worthy cause.
J. F. HlGUSMITH,
Secretary
been the best in twenty years'ex-
ccpt live stock, which was very
good. Cotton and fruit exhibits
were especially notable.
The Johnny J. Jones' Exposi
tion Shows furnished the midway
attractions and these were said
to be of the highest class ever
seen here.
The fair was formerly onened
Wednesday with a spectacular
street parade, consisting of deco
rative noats, automobiles, car
riages, advertising floats, about a
hundred mounted marshals, etc. .
that did credit to Chief Marshal
C. N. Dunn, who is to be con
gratulated upon its success. The
first prize for decorative automo
bile floats in street parade was
won by Dr. Seavy Highsmith,
while the second prize went to
Dr, J. V. McGougan's machine.
First prize for decorated buggy
was won by Mrs. Belie Carson's
turnout, driven by Miss Annie T.
McMillan. The Manchester
school float, which was artistical
ly beautiful, won first award in
its class. This float was pure
white, and drawn by two fine
iron gray horses furnished by the
Croaian Club of Manchester. In
the center of this float stood the
statue of liberty, holding the
torch in her hand, like the one in
New ork harbor. This statu a
n the person of Mrs. W. A.
Nicholson, who was well known
Icontlnueu on routtm faue"
ury ofthe feute.iioara 01 iteai tn,'jntere6t of the presbyterian
Dr. W.S. Rankin. Dr. Rankin , standard. Reports were heard
is a fine speaker and an enthuJKon contributions to home and
'-"jMS porker. foreign missions from various
This is an age of preventive (vj Rocky Mount was then
medicine. Remember that 150.-! ieccd as the next meeting
Vho 1V7 Own
That
. lC r
AlHlUal DeSSlOIl Ol
Presbyterian Synod
At Red Spring. U jr
I Meet Next ler .t
Mount eeo w t
Col lege presented S and
Newspapers assailed.
Th Prsbv-terian Svnod of
vrth Tarolina. after a four days
on at fled Spring,
IbjtM Coileze
, TheJSynod convened Tuesday
T' T 1 , 1 I ' I '
first day was the sermon by the
retiring moderator, Rev. A. R.
Shaw. The attendance was good.
Wednesday the attendance Wis
larger. Rev. A. A. McGeachy
and his committee on special
.! . 1 A .J -.nA;A
Mmnrf.l cv,Vc
were held in which tributes were
paid to the memory ol two minist
ers who had departed this life
within the year, these being Rev.
K. M. Mclntyre, D. D., and Rev
Peter Mclntyre. A number of
interesting visitors were intro
duced to the Synod.
Thursday the needs of David
son College were set before the
Synod. President Henry Louis
Smith and Dr. T. W. Lingle, of
the college, presented to the
body the necessity of a larger
endowment for the college, if it
is to do its most efficient work.
1U11AI I. . AW J0.V Pf'VAV
tVsfifrM- l Is I on cnL'n in
the
nlace.
Friday, the last day, was filled
with interesting addresses and
reports. Rev. Dr. R. C. Ander
son, pastor of the church at Gas
tonia, made a caustic attack upon
the Sunday newspaper. While
pleading before the Synod for a
strict observance of the Sabbath,
he called upon all Christians to
withdraw their 6'jpport from
papers issuintr a Sunday edition.
He said he believed the Sunday
newspaper is doing more to des
ecrate the babbath than any
thing else.
Capt. J. H. Currie, a ruling
elder from r ayetteville Presby-
terry, said he was opposed to
such condemnation as coming
from the Synod. He said he
knew many of the editors of
secular papers in North Carolina
to be Christian men and that in
the entire State there is not a
paper that comes under the head
of yellow journalism.
W ATKINS WRY HUNG
No Agreement After 50 Hours of De
liberation Trial lasted a Week
All North Carolina has watched
with interest the trial of Constable
Watkins of Black Mountain, oharg
ed with killing John Hill Bunting.
The trial oonsuoied all last wesk.
An Ashevilla special to the News
and Observer, dated Monday night,
says:
After being out more than 60
hours, the jury in the case against
F. 0. Watkins, the Black Moun-
tain constable, charged with the
murder of John Hill Bunting,
eiu8 us hopelessly at sea as ever.
The case went t- the jury at 3 l"
Saturday afternoon aud up to 7
o'clock ta-nikcht thev hsl not
agreed.
As far as could be learned to
night the jury stands exactly where
it baa stood ail the time, six tot
oouvicttou and six for acquittal,
and neither side seems tu show
any sigu of giviu in. The report
that the jury stood five to seven
was correct at tint time, as one
jurymau made a mistake and voted
other than he intended
Sunday the jury spent the day
alternately in tne jury room, walk
ing about the streets and loanging
in the oourt house yard Last
night and this morning it ia said
the jury wrangled right sharp.
Witf rfv; f, ;,,, " thpjTbis is positively the last cbaaco
! moderator. The feature of the , . , . ,rr . r ' . . , . , n .
Don't fail to vote when you
pay your subscription.
aud Play
Beautiful Piano?
iirin is
(1211 VUiCi lUf J
, Hiffr fir n Wc
Dollar for a Week.
500 Liira tor Every Dollar Sent
in Before Monday, November
15. The Last Time Such an
Oiler Will be Made The
Field is now Pipe to hinnst.
Litis nUkl dftCMXdd U
ir'
k.s uiie ai'jn 'fcuous oSrr is
November lOib, we will give lM)
rote for every 60 cents 150 votef,
'and for every 20 cent votes.
that will be given to get this oiauy
extra votes for the money.
Since last report new oontest.
aote have entered the race and
some of those whs were behind
hare made rapid progress. We
hall not be surprised if some of
those who had but few votes last
week torn out to be pri.s winners.
You cjsy just put this in your
pipe and smoke it: the prizes are
going to those who work for Ihein;
not to these who depend upon
getting them without much hust
ling TUt $300 00 Ki Uibali piano
is just ready and waiting to be
sent to the home of the lady who
is determined to win it. Tnat is
what it is going to take to get it
UETlKMlN'ATlOK, JjETEfcMl NATION,
UETEEMiSATios ! That's it. No
half-hearted work is going to win
it. The reason is toat some are
determined to win But there are
yet many chances for big surprises.
There are five counties in the ter
ritory of The Index Cumberland,
Robeson, Bladen, Sampson and
Harnett, la these counties irshirujr
dredi of thousands of people. Less
than 3,000 art taking the paper.
Figure a little. How many are left
Now isn't the field a good one for
you? There is no good reason
why almost every family in the
five oounties should pot bavt Thf;
Ikuex. Many, yea hundreds, in
all these oounties are already tak
ing it and enjoying its weekly
visits. And with the growth in
circulation the paper is going to
improve and beoome more inter
esting to the people of these.
counties. We have alms aud at
pirations that we have not an.'
nooncea, v &? determined to
make The Index a nswspaper in
a class by itself in North Carolina.
We have only just begun the task
that our ambition marked out
when we started. You can well
afford to push The Ihdex.
Did you see the piano last week
that we are going tj give away?
It is a thing of beauty and to her
who wins it it will bs a joy forever.
It is on exhibition at the mnsio
house of W. F. Blount, from whom
we bought it especially for this
contest. Read:
Mr. A. B Pearsail, a prominent
citi.an of Red Springe, says:
"If anybody wants to know how
durable the Kimball Piano is, let
them be referred to me. We have
used one about lo years, and the
children have played on it con
stantly during that tims. The tone
is about as good as ever."
If you have not seen the desks
we are going to give away, you
have no idea of their beauty. Do
go to the Fayettevilie Furniture
Oooipany'a store wheu you are ia"
fayettevilie and see them They
are genuine beauties they ara
not cheap. They sail at 121 each
anywhere. One of them is going
to dud a home in Harnett, one ia
Sampson, one in Robeson, one ia
Bladen and three in Cumberland
uo niatteT where the piano goes.
Tbe deaka are just like the one
awarded to Misa Baulah Averttt
as the graud prize in the oontest
last spring
Get busy The names and stand
ing of the contestants will be pub-
liahed next week.
WHERK THE PRIZES GO.
F.r the purjioaes at thi contest we
Lave divvlKl our territory into vt
district, &ad will give ouo'desk to mu
woman or girl m each district. T&w
districts are m tulki:
First Distkht-Cross Crk towa.
ship.
Sin. van LrraicT All oi CuoitxsrUa is
CTumy w8t 01 ta yp ptm, r,vf mXm
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