North Carolina Newspapers

ill FMlffii; '-fc- . - A Big Conflagration " Disturbs Sunday's Quiet.- "... SWEEPS OYER THREE BUCKS Firemen Enjoyirs Their Arjrsrl; Pic nic at Suburbm Pari aadv li Blaze Gets a Good Hsaiwaj Be fo They G:t to WcrS ca ii ' New Orleans, Special. FIre w'aicb broke out in the centre of tbo com mercial district here Sunday after oooa swept over portion of three blocks, destroying a br? cumbtrr 1 wholesale housa?, niinufacuiing plants and small stores. Originating at Bienvilla and Chartres streets, the flames worked - -(heir "way north as far as Conti street and west toward Royal, bringing about a property loss of between one and two million dol lars before they were finally - sub dued. Several" circumstances combined to give the fire a headway which proved hard to overcome. At the "time the alarm was turned in, shortly before 3 o'clock, the . New Orleans firemen were in the midst of their annual pic nic at suburban park and the engines and patrols responded with a mere handful of men. It was fully an hoar before the department was in a posi tion to make anything lite a suc cessful fight against the fire, and even then the handicap against it was added to by an inadequate supply of water. The fire was one of the most spse- taeular that has occurred in New Or leans during recent years. The sec tion devastated was made up largely of old buildings, some over a half century in use. ' They proved like to much tinder 'to the flames, and fan ned by a high wind, the . fire made rapid progress. Two warehouses, ' filled with wines and liquors, were among the build ings destroyed by the fire. As they burned the barrels of whiskey and brandy exploded with thunderous rears which could be heard for blocks and which fhook the walls of ad joining buildings and endangered' the lives " of: firemen engaged in fighting the names. ' - Gen. A. P. Stewart Dead. Biloxi, Miss., Special. Gen. Al exp ander P. Stewart, one of tb4ast-t surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederate States army, died at his home here Sunday. Although in his 87th. year and suffering from the in firmities of old age. General Stew art's death was sudden and earns as a distinct shock to his relatives and friends. General Stewart had been in failing health here at the home of his son, Dr. A. P. Stewart, for a year or more. Death was due to heart disease. A native of Tennessee, Gen eral Stewart lived the greater part of his life in that State, but of late had been making his' home in Biloxi, where he found the salt air and pine woods of great benefit to his health. Nearly Stabbed to Death.-:? "Winston-Salem, N. C, Special.. Dangerously, perhaps fatally wound ed, Sid Chandler, a voung white man," was found early Sunday morning bleeding and unconscious, on. the ground near the home of Millie Bui-; lock, a white- woman, on. Crawford street He bad been cut and stabbed on the body. At the -Twin CUy'Hos pital. where the young man was tak-. en, it was said that he was doing as well as could be expected. It is be- lieved by the police that Chandler was in a general fight among several men. Several -arrests will be made, it is said. . ' - --, . Killed In Family Quarrel Tallahassee, SpeciaL In a shoot- jing affray Sunday night at this place lim 1 innaan -wr wt? fe-i IIaI 1 f tion has consumed all day to deter- -mine whether the man was shot bv one Harvey," who was visiting at the Duncan home, "or by the wife of 'Will Duncan, a brother of the dead man. Harvey and Will Duncan and bis wife were -all arrested. - - Aged Man Watts a Hundred; Miles to rulfill Promise. . - Huntsville, Ala., - Special. Charles Eaton, an aged one-armed man, who had been: released , from jail by Federal Judge Handley to visit his sick wife, surrendered himself Sat urday night after having .walked; over 100 miles to fulfill his ; promise s to return. After v visiting - Lis- ? wif at Winchester, TeniL, Eaton fow'nd - bim self without; funds and was forced, to walk back l to Huntsville. r where ' he was serving" a sentence for-illicit dia tilling. - V; . - -" Tom. A Dead in HI "Office- --' Raleigh, NG Special. Cold and stiff in death the body of Mr. S. G. Rvn a 1 -J -! nt tM ' W&8 found Sunday-nigt at? IT o'clock n hisipf- xJans; timlding. r3ir. nyan naa.proo ably been dead for twelve-or fifteen lours, as. he .had--not -been; seenall day. For some time h ' had" beetr a sufferer from, asthma but death : is puppesed-to have beetu front , .heart trouble, " t --- - ,. . - " - - Atlanta City Dry, Sunday;.' .;: Atlantie City,- N. J : Special, A real blui Sunday caat to r'Atlantie City Sunday.- - Hiny pnon ftBiUar with tba biitory of tbii ftr-fimid-.ri-aort-have been inelinid to doubt tbf possibility of aueh a thing", but Son day every- on of tbo 220 aaloons and hotel bars were-eloaed. Tbey ; wert elcsed alike t$ bona fide jroeat a writ as vto strangers just -. arrived wi bin. the gateau It is said that this was'4he fourth time intbs- fifty-four years of its existence that a drinkless day was experienced at Atlantic City. i t EPOJIT-ON f LOOD DAMAGE tinting LaacV Danaied Lloro Than ' r.", A llillicn DoHsra "-Tbe: recent- heavy rains hate-J"!rjot .nly"dne- an- enonnoustamount ; of lamaje to crop, "bridges, roads and, aihoads; hut according to- a esti late aaade by-W . Ashe, f-State oi-ester of North ' Ccroiina tba up--.ind farming' lands-Lave been vrash- : d to an extent of more than a mil--.on dollai-s, the.jdainags bein heav--st lu those sections nrherQ. the ooun y is most hflly-rnd-Trhero tbo raiu ail waa most . concentrated , Tbeso eatimata,r " baled -; to tbt mount of soil in Hbe water - of - the iverj, as"ahown-: from previous reo rds of freshets ;.of the same height -ndieato that more than 1,500,000 tons if. soil iwere-washed r from the pied mont region of North Carolina dur ing the past, week;" more than 500, 000 tons from the farms of northern' Georgia, 700,000 ton from MppeT Sooth Carorins, and -400,000";- tons from the bills of Virginia. "Analyses have shown that more than one-third of the earth- which ' causes . the mud-? diness of the rivers during: the high Xresnets is humus- which is andoubt- edlywashed - ehiefly f 1 orn - the farms. At one dollar a ton .for-this - humus, which is leas than it can Je replaced for, ihe . loss to these States .in im poverishment of the soil exceeds $1,- 200,000.. This is a loss which is larger ly overlooked and under-estimated by the farmer," because it is a lois waieh takes place so constantly, la the ag gregate it is so enormous -that it is one of the chief, if not the chief rea son for the povertjr.of -vEO-many southern soils,- keeping' them' depleted of their humus, or the manure! por tion of the soil. This is a loss to which northern eoils are not so- sub ject, on account v of the lighter rain falls and the more gentle character? , . The ranfall at Raleigh and at many other points in - middle North .Car' olina exceeded 12 inches in four, days. In parts of upper South Carolina it was 15 inches ini three days, .while more than 4V inches fell at ymany places during - one day. Such . preci-r pitation is tropical -in character -but it is not uncommon in" the south. It is necessary for the farmers of the south if they wish to preserve ftheir. hillside lands to employ not only the same means which are used- at the north but - to take extra- means of. protection besides, so as to. lessen ex cessive' erosion; deep plowing, plenty pf humus -and where the slopes 5 are at all steep and cultivated crops are raised,. level terracing besides." " : ' But hillside ditches should not - be used. - The policy . of - the farmers should be to have small cleared areas, eulthrate more intensenly, so that it .Bhy '-nwwr. hf; any' land idle without eorer erop;on it to hold the soil, and protect land which is not in cultivate morej; intensely, so "that There are more than 2,000,000 acres of idle farmrng land from Virginia to. Georgia which should . be ' planted in timber, if for no- other-reason than to prevent- jits washing away, though the timber on' it 'wilLmake it eventu ally a good investment besides. - lv Company of Infantry and Begimen- : tal Band v for Greensboro Pair. Greensboro, SpeciaL If appears that -Greensboro's centennial eelebra tio'u is to fare' "better than ' was ex pected at the" hands of the War De partment..' Several months . ago- Senr ator Overman and a committee - from the "centennial board of managers se cured from the"department a promise that-a troop of cavalry and the ma rine Band y would- be sent to Green boro, and since - that time the chief of staff , has agreed to send a . com pany, of infantry- and - a, regimental band," and it is not. improbable that artillery , will be sent - also.-v Senator Overman7 who has shown a 'deep in terest in t"e centennial, and who has been ofL. material assistance to"- the board of managers, is in receipt '- of a letter from Maj. Gen: J. IVBelLehief of staff giving this pleasing informa tion. . T - - Tin Destroy Handsome New Home. "r . Ashcville, Special. Fire Saturday morning at 6 o'clock completely des ifoyed the residence of Bonnie lace Henderson on Black street, xestulting in a loss of probably $3,000."; The fire was discovered a few .minutes before 6 o'clock and.-an nlarm tnrned.Tin. -The department got away.'- in s- good time but owing to the. distance it reached the scene to late to save the structure or any great amount of per sonal effects. Members of the - .de partment went into the blaiing build ing in an effort to get out trunks, furniture, etc, but wereguiekly 'drivr en back by the smoke and the flames. 4 . r Pockets , of Circus-Goera tpicked. -:Morganton SpeciaL-Friday ? ;was gala day -in Morganton: - Fully: four four thousand, people eanme. into town from all parts of ;the eounty to- see John- Robinson's circus. -.'Everybody went to ihe show.j. Pickpockets got in ertmo trnnA "work, -j. One man. . a ;- Mr. Whistnantj was; relieved of a."pocket-J DOOK COIlLILLUlUg fivu. vuitc a jiiuip her of other- people was,- relieved of scalier amounts.' Mr. 12. A; Ward, the liveryman, lost $200. , . V The- y onng ; men U of 'A Thdmasville have decided to organize a fire- com pany; forthe purpose, of .successfully., operatingthe town fire, .engine. The machine is the best c.hand- machine made and if properly operated ' will da ageat deal of good.-r;:. ""'It is now almost 'certain' that .the Gregson street underground crossing matter that has heen op between the Durham, aldermenjand the Southern Railwav . for. many months,-and re cently, before' the ' - Corporation -Commission, will end in the courts v ilisj Xifti, if early Leit.:- t ' t Tryod; Special Paisengert . on train , No, 13weBtbound, j on .- tbe Southetn 'tiyitjik''- eapa-from :.6eath here -Saturday. One car is derailed and overhangs a steep embankment. Outside": - of a- .severe shake-up no one . was injured". ' AFTEBMATH OF RECENT FLOOD 1 . . - . rurther Loss of Life and -Damage' f to Property is Revealed by.the Jle . ceding Waters at Aujusta. , August a; Gaj; SreciaLV-Th -flftoil water at4 Augusta" is receding rapidt ly an4 as the, water leaves the itrcets ttr if apparent that the loss' ha; been, anderestimated. -In ladditioa tu" X&i iisasters alreadyreportecTit ls: fonnor tnat the - Riverside Mills,' in damage to iarit rand Joss of cotton,;: vhich" aMeI away, ' ustana - a : loss -1 ( f t 00 .000 r Keid - Cotton Tfareboj'sw, ine vBneBt in j the South, la damnxel m. large : aum but it will require a survey, to determine.lthe amount; Triangular - block, where ibe " whole ale houses- are assembled, U bad! v injured,; . . The Nelson Morris 'A -warehouae. baa , collapsed," "and la "be ing razed ; tbo-Augusta Groeery Com pany 'a buildine is . damaged -to the- sxteht - of t. $6,000; - Hill &- Terrj escaped serious loss; C- D.-Carr Co Paul Mus tin & Murphy are coin-' paratiyely. slightly damaged; the Na-r tional Biscuit Company 'a building is wrecked. The Central " Grammar School is"- badlv hurt and tin TtovM. on Grammar -.. School is damaged se--rerelyr. - r-s-:: z V. . bcarration Tnreatenea. . c .- -"In some districts -people who can not leave their houses, have not tast ed food: since Wednesday . night.; AuV gusta is. trying -hard to measure up to the. demand upon her. 'At Ike pub lie r meetings it was - decided not tv make an appeal for 1- outside assist ance,, but 4o accept any contributions" offered, c . It is a question if the citi tsens meeting and '.city i council -did not err in declining to make apublie appeal 'for. assistance, and inanyx.be Ueve thev will vvet be crtrmwllnH 5 in ask; aid of the outside " world, It ts certain that the mayor.-WU gladly accept' contributions -and' he so pub-' licly said 'in '.reply: to , Atlanta's :in-quiry..-. - - The immense cotton manufacturing establishments" are not only idle . because- of the breaksvTin the r canal banks, but they have -received flood damage. v - The - water reservoir Is "fuU.V V-It capacity is 60,000,000 gallons. But the service pipes are broken and., the eity is without water.'" - The gas sup- ply is nearly restored. '." .. -"-.. -. - The electric companies will start up in twelve ; hours using steam power instead r- of water-power. -EIeetrie-Ughts - will not' - be - turned- on - for- a week. - . - ' .i - Estimated losses are as' follows: : ? Total damage from ,$1,000,000 " to $2,000,000. -- -"T!' r Damage to city . property. $200,000 to-$250,000.",77-l7r- ' - i Damage - to -.-steel .railroad. $25,000. r Damage, to railroads $50,000.: i T Damage to telephone; and telegraph - AAA AAA . - . L -Damage to merchants' and local in- I . A- A AAA A. . . AAAA AAA V V . ausines ?iau,uw iqu.wy.'-!- :i. Damage to residents $50,000..- -' .Probable loss la swages to - mill operatives: and .others $50,000. - :- Loss by firc-.r -- . - , FLOOD FAST, 'RECEDING. K Bodies of Two White Men and Eijht ; : Negroes Hare Been Fouid-. Cabs 0 Now -.' Taking c Place .of rBoats- Property Loes Placed at a Million and- Half. - s J '-Augusta,' Ga-rSpenaXWftter - i. fast receding from the streets of Au rjtsta7and the eity will soon for most part be 'dry again.---Merchants" will probably : begin to look -.over their stock by npon. Bodies are v being found. - So far two white ' men. and eight negroes lhave - been . f oundT- It is believed that about 25 persons, mostly negroes, have lost' -their lives. The city is now fre from water ex cept in 'the extreme-lower portions; and cabs are: taking the place" of boats. V The property. "loss-' is now estimated at not less than $1,500,000. " ."Tell From Train.: ' ' : Lake City, " SpeciaLr Robert CoOk, a-young' white manv was? painfully injured here " last-Week n by falling from train No. 82 'as it -was passing. He had enlisted in the army at cnar leston and -was on; hisway.to -New York - to" enter 7 service His' family live near here, and thinking he might see- some of - them,- Tie- went : down on the teps . of , the- - ear.? -. Losing ;- his balance, Jie was hurled to the ground. Physicians.ay he! will recover! , - .Relief in thePiedmoit. - dwarlotte,N." dj. IspeciaU--The good situation here is only' a memory, except great damage -Tto -s crops, to streets and public roads and bridges. Train schedules are being rapidly, re sumecL . c---" ' S?-. ueorge x-. aqwvu w -J Poland 'pringsV f'-Me., Special.-- George Rbwell of. New York, prominent "Joe- many ?t years, in the newspaper advertising - business,-- died Friday night at the Poland Springs House,? following - an illness of more man a muuiu. - A Part i of - Seaboard: Bridger Near Bock? 'c Ingham Gone. , - Rockingham;- N. a, Speciat-The flood situation is - getting better, the water receding. -The- trestle on. the island connecting" the ' steel.: parts ? of the Seaboard, bridge on the rPee - Bee. river is washed away..- The fiock ingbam Power Company damage- at Blewett tFalls is: not as great, as at first -feared. Crops in the lowlands are ruined. Z. ' i- Uses Chra on Alleged DespoIIer -"of - - HI Borne, .."-v, ; . nrfitolr Tenn.rr.:- SpecialCharlei Ateitron ji proalnent aad .wealthy cattle raiser ihot and killed Andrew Arnold, a - merchant fourteen ailea north of Rogersville, (in Hawkini county). ?" The shooting waa .--caused, it is aaidf because of Arnoldfa alleged Intimacy with Mra. Armstrong. : , No arrest has yet heen made.: Afmstrong left home presumably for.,-Rogers-ville". but returned ..'unexpectedly; and found "Arnold at his home. .;. " . -- ,tio nuiiiianiLUi Rep t bllcaa- State r Convention ; Nmes - Standard Beercrs : THE MEETING WAS HARMONIOUS - -. State"s-" Jlepabllcan 'Oonrentlon wAd Z journs After Ssssions Lasting Two' Days" ' Mr. J. Xlwood Cox, of High - Point, Giyen-First FEaca on Ticket tit Mrv. CharlesFreach Tomi,; - of - KendenonviHe, ' the J Seco'ni-Dr. zCjtom Ibompsoa Waited For Bee? ' rotary of. State, . -i " '- ;-cr - , Charlotte: N.,. C.t Speciil.-Af 5:30 o'clocf Tbnrsday afternoons the Bepublican v State ; Convention Twhich assembled here atjjioon 'Wednesday, completed its work - and. adjourned sine -die, - "A platform: was' -adopted and a State ticket, nomina'tedi ; ' i Judge- Adams, "as leader' of the Republican organisation"in tb Stated deEeveredthe opening-address of the convention..-- x- : " " r J udffe- Adams declared' - -f.bat lh Uepublican electors, would North. Carolina ..and that Taft and Sherman, v would . sweep .. the"' cnontry occause. tne itepunlican party - stand for and. has -always stood '-for,'5 the best interests -of the , whole people. - - - -After listening to,, the speech . of State Chairman Adams,: the conven tion took ; av recess until i 3 i-o'clock Wednesday night.' - Ihe Night Sesdon, " - - - "At-8:45 "Judge x Adams ealled the meeting to order, and announced thal bet would appoint Mr. Daniel A.' Ka. nipe,'"of .Marion, s-ergeanE-at-ai-ms.' This had a quieting, effect upon - the boys. Mr.. Kanipe is a formadible" cit izen and able to thro'w.' out; an; ordi nary citizen.; . ' ..'The report - of .-the. committee ' on credentials was made by Mr. Charles French.Toms, of Hendersonville.' The following Acounties tere ' not repre sented vAnson, Ashe, '. Grahani Hyd, Macdn,--rNorthampton vand -V Yadkin. There were "no contests'. - ' - Mr' Charles; A. Reynolds,? of Win ston-Salem,"-v put in nomination for perms nen t chairman - of ; the5 -. convey? tion, Mrr Kt EL, Price f Salisbury, in brief speeeb.lHe said that Mr. Price was- eminentIyifit"for the posi-tion.Mr.-Yirgil S. Luskv. of -Ashe-ville, " seconded the nomination . of Mr. Priee in a characteristic speech. He -declared'lhat ; Ire had been voting the .-Republican ticket in Bnnjeom.be county for 43"yearsr"Tb first speech fie made for the cause was to three white, men 'and 50Q.-negroesI - Jn the coming election, he said, ' Buncombe Republicans would cast 3,000 ' votes. A-predlction of victory was made. - J -?.-JHr. JJrnee- was eseorted to-the chair by George - W. DePriest, of 'Gaston; and Mr. Lusk and Mr. Adams intro duced himT " , . ' . -. On taking"; the hair -as permanent chairman Mr. Price "- made a strong speech, -declaring for therinterests .of the party and claiming that Republican- victory, this year- isj sure. r . - The - convention re-assembled Thursday Jit noon and proceeded to the work of naming a State ticket. x Mr. J. Elwood Co -was plaeed. in nomination for: governor byProft J. J. JJril t; "t ' Jn acepting - the nomina tion Mr. Cox said: . '- - v Cox's Speech;-; Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the " Convention r - "V-" V'F recognize -it is-a "great honor? -1o be Governor : of -the Great State'-, of North Carolina. I appreciate"the fact thaf it is: s great honor to be- consid ered, and to be nominated for 'this high office by a great convention like this,' representing as it does one hun dred thousand or more-white Republicans- mostly native - born, 'and ae good men as ever trod shoeleather or belonged ; to any political party; any where. , . ; ; ' - -"My 'friends, you, well know ;I .have not -Fcught this thonorVvbut have -repeatedly 'said that I could not stand for it, orrin- any sense be considered a candidate: -,"Myr busiriess-interest and the-interests of others underjmy care, f ullyoccupy my time and atten tion. - " - s' V, . " But when .a man - is drafted, as it werej,- by -such - a rmagHificent assem blage jf , representative tlTortlr-Caro- liniass, what can he do hut accept." ' I- desireto .emphasize one feature of this grea convention, whicte has impressed me more perhaps than 'any other, : and'.which appeals strongly Itc me, and whieh has had. largely to? dc withTmy decision, and that '-is the presence of-so many intelligent stal wart -young men; -who ...have enlistee? Under Ihe- Republican standard. .Thif emphatically . means . a -brighter - da for the " Republican party in :Nortt Carolina. - I . thank you; r gentlemen for this bigh-honorj ' You must un derstand, however, that in' my case this campagn willlbe a qniet one Conducted in- a dignified manner. t H will be on a high plane-and an ap peal made to the reason ; and intelli gence "and "not: to-" the" prejudices ol mr; peoples 1' shall latertin i a-morr formal ; wajh make ' known fm tiewf upon" those "issues in which our . peo ple are so vitally-interested.!- ? r Pew " Words From Mr Tomsr' -" 7' Mr. ZJY WalserT of- Davidson, in troduced Mr.- Toms, who fsaid that ht considered" it an - honor 'to bo- thf nominee of his - party ' f or -lieutenani Governor.." At Cliicagowhero -he saix the "convention that: --nominated ; Tafl and Shermanr 'he Ibanked- God that he was a .Republican. -Again,, when be -read that Bryan had fed the ne groes on chicken, he rejoiced. - ,At 2:30 the convention adjourned to: meet . again at 3 s30, on 'motion pi. A, 'A. '.Wbitenerr'ieeoadedby Judg Spencer Adama. . : ."r'.- V Hr..,J Elwocd Cox.-""" ' . Fifty-two years of age.ia the He publican nominee for Governor rol North Carolina.- On the 1st day ol November, 1856,-Mr. "J4 Elwopd -CoJ was horn in-Northampton county, and since that time he nas Deen commu; ously a resident of this-State am r-illi MflTLIlIP1?111 ince 4he attainment of the years, of manhood, a potentiar part in ii a i. .commercial c upomiaing. , . jiis jiie history is the. story of steady, ener getic, self-development ; and of untir-, ing exercise of , his fine husiness -qualifications in a way whiehhas -womf or him. aThigh place" among t&ejbusiness. men- of the Comopwearth. " Mr Cox i of 'a sturdy English -de-; -scentHis earliest known ancestor in this State was Joseph Cox, who came from England,- settled ia "the county of -Perquinians:;and"- -huilt - s a; - home there; He, thevgreat-graudf ather of Mr Jllwood Cox, was "a teacher- and a preacher, a flrnf believer in the tedf ets bf the Quaker belief and influen tial in promulgating-thii faith among the settlers la that section, William Rogerson,- a Revolutionary -soldier, was i anotEer - great-grandfather,-- The father of Mr. Co v Jonathan E. Cox, waslalsoa teacher and .a-preacher. In 1858, when his sorr-was two yeara of age, he,lef t his Northampton farm and. ; accepted - the tuperintendency :o .the43uaker school at-New , Garden, Guilford county, - which, after "-years of - successful managemen t by -'- him Avas converted into -"Guilford College.: Here young- Cox 1 received the. train-: ing that fitted hinvfor the important station in life he has 'accepted. On the 23d day pt, October, 1878, he Wasjnarried to Miss Bertha E, .Snowj the" only daughter .of - Capt. William H. Snow, who has .been spok- can7TJas "ke father and founder of year '1830 he. moved AThismarriage, as events transpired, was an Import ant eyeut -in the hie of Mr .Cox and of the -section,- as it led to the asso ciation of Mr. Cox and Captain Snow in- the' manufacture of .liardwoodoat that time an, industry practically nn known -in North ; Carolin a.i Wirhr what success 'this " industry -was nursed un til it' sprang into power - all North Carolina- knows. " "Today the- business has-'grown tnntilj"' through its'; branch plants, : it, covers - nearly - every State uj .the South and its finished- product .reaches ;irearly. every country in Eu- rope, .c ilr. -Cox' now. supplies the de mand of -nearly the " entire" world for f shuttle blocks. , , - " - . - Scarcely "less '-important I has been the work; of -Mr.Cox Jn other fields of commercial - advancement. In 1333- "I 89 he was one-of a half dozen citizens of High - Point who- combined & with leadirTg", citizens of -i Randolph : to se erre - a . railroad - from Asheboro to High Point. The- result was: the se curing .of a' charter- for the -orgariiza- "tionof .the High Pointy Randleman, -Asheboro & Southern-Railway. Com pany, -which was "- put into . operation in July, J839. -; -He was one of the first directors of that company and has been - one of its-- directors eon? tinuously . since. ;' He- has been - one of the- executive committee for years. Again" he was' an active promoter "of the" establishment in 1891 of the Comr mercial National Bank, of . High Point when: betters banking facilitiesjwere demanded. At the first meeting, of the directors he" was chosen, presidents' a position ' which : he has occupied ; with signal ability for seventeen years.,.. " . Mr. Cox was one of the backers' of the Home Furniture "Company, of High :Point.-. He was a charter share holder in the.orsranization -and: crea-. tion : of ;7 the Globe Furnitura. Com- 1 1 . . ' M -lS f.-l. 3 pany, wnicn mases me nigner graues ot' furniture. : His was .the -idea of the consolidation of the two; into the Globe-Home - Furniture ? Company: making it the largest, furnlrure plant in the South;" with a capital of , $170,- 000, Since the; consolidation .of the company he tasbeen' its - president. Mr." Cox isalso : a - director tf .the Greensboro-: Loan - a nd Trust c . Com pany,' one "of Greensboro's strongest financial -institution?, i He is.- presk dent of : the -Southem:-Car: Works vof High Point end other manufacturing companies-in different towns v. ': - L Quite apart rom'-his activities in theWorld cf commerca has been xne part" whch Mrv Cox" has; played in the- cncaticiialp nd' governmental realms.-v He has been an unfailing friertdto" Guilford .College, .' giving both of Instability, and ihis meansMo its effectiveness. " PK03UNENT PKOPtB.T - :Falrf aST If." CartwrighT.the -. firltlsh' minister at Municli. haa been appoint eUamhassador at -Vienna. 4.; -: ...Sightr-eight thoroughljred - J-ace horsefl belonging to James -Ri Keene and James "B. ."Haggln -were- shipped to South America; s - - .i -r, usman Ka Isixami Vasha has .been appointed Minister of War of Turkey, to succeed - Redjeb -Pasha, who died suddenly of apoplexy. v - V 'Governor. Magoon,- of - Cuba, . pre dicts that no trouble ot any sort: will follow the, evacuation- of Cuba, by American troops next winter. . " At a banquet in honor, of his forty years as a bishop and sixty years as a priest Bishop McQuald, of Rochester N. Y., was prostrated, but revived. ;rr ; 'Chancellor - Muiidelein of the Brooklyn-diocese, was made a doctor of sacred -theology:' by the Roman College or the Propagation, of the Faith. , f -, ' Count " Zeppelin- 'announced,- at Friedricbshafen, Germany, , that out of the surplus of S750-.000 given him to replace his destroyed ' airship be would found an. aeronautic institute. Governor Magoon of Cuba, accom panied by Captain J. A; Ryan, of the Fifteenth Cavalry, has' left Havana for 'New ; York; to visit - President Roosevelt for a discussion of .Cuban affaire. r ' - - .V Sir EdwafdC Grey', the British For eign Secretary: became irritated be cause Winston Spencer Churchill and David JJoyd-George have discussed questions - within , the sphere of the Foreign Office. - ' --' David Bennett Hill, " former 'Gov ernor of New York', had aweek's visit at ' Glencarln, Ireland," with Richard Croker." The- latter's - yisit - to the United - States has been - postponed mntil Novemher.- ."-. v - PreBld ent -- Roosevel t -: received -at Oyiter Bay-the . automobile;: drivers who won the New York to Pari race.; For hsadaaheOa Maes': AatMPaJn PWs. D. L. CARLTON - - 1 ; Attorn cy-at-Lavr ff ... , c UCn.n5VIIIC,, VV" flEPUBUCAN STATE TtCKEt - AND PtATFORM IN FULL Declaration of r Priciples of the State -' Republican Party as' Given by the - Charlotte Convention. -. J-, REPTJBLldAN v STATE - -"--. -r:- -TIOKBT----- Governor JElwood Cox," of Gnilford . "--L"- " . J Lieutenant ' -Governors-Char-1 les Jrench Toms, of -Henderson. Secretary, of State Hx. Cy rus -Thopmosn, of Onslow, . - Auditor John Qvuncey Ad- . ama WoJd,"'ef 'Pasquotank.' " - . - TreaaurerW - ta. , Gnggsjor -lincoln. Tv'- - -l,'"'' Superintendent ot r- Public- In- "Cttruction Hey, - Dr.. J, Ifr M. -JLyerly,. of Rowan, - -- -, Attorhey. - General J ake - IT. - " I Newell, of Mecklenburg. Commissioner of Agrieutiure -,J. M. Mewborne"of Xenoir. T- Corporation; Commissioner , Harry G Elmore, of .Rowanr- - - Insurance Commissioner J. B. Morris, of Wilkes: vOV - ' "Commissioner . of , Labor and . -Printing C. "M". Ray, of.Meck- - Jenburg. z " , ' Electors-At-Large At A. -Whitener, of Catawba; " and ' ..-Thomas Settle, of Buncombe-" V" " Platform: - . " ". .'We, Republicans of Norths, Caro Una,-? itu convention - assembled,--eom mend the wisdom of the national Re publican convention," and. - congratu late the people of th United- States on the -nomination ; of." William. M. Taft for: $he presidency? of ; this great republic, ?aad we endorse ? the - prin ciples and policies of the Republi can - party as -enunciated in tits - plat form at Chicago, June 16,11908, and we endorse the JaSministration of Theodore Roosevelt. - " , - We' : appeal' to ,the7peole of z North Carolina to set the. weltaTe or.- our State above "party, and . above preju dice j to rexercise s their freedom to conscience;, ana- to- enoosetinose men for public, office . whom they j "deem best tttted to serve the public interest. We ask the people to- consider wheth er they will best promote the welfare of 2 the State by committing .its L af- rairs 10 - ine . raaieai j lacnon .-now xu control of -the TDemocratic . party ? or bv voting for the candidates and policies we offer. We ask all thoughtful North Caro linians. tof- consider , particularly whether the present. Democratic- Gov ernor t and -Legislature. :-haver. dealt wisely or"-justly withTall 1 classes - of our cuizensrs m - the laws ' they nave recently passed conceining. railroads and the violent "measures ifheyThave taken' to'' give" these laws "effect. We beueve in regulating - railroads . and other ' public .earners strictly and" carefully and in : compelling all cor porations ' to obey,; the law --as-- faith fully as ; thehumblest private 2citi zen. Butwe do not .- believe that Legislatures are competent to: fix . ab solutely Vthe -precise Urates.; at which passengers and? freight shall be'" car ried, i We - are "sure that the -Legis lature of this State, which attempted, to. fix' passenger - rates absolutely and neglected freight "it rates-much tle more substantial grievance of " oui people-had neither the' special know ledge nor- the -right " spirit for such an undertaking.. - I, ' They f disregarded the constitution of thfr United' States, and "they threw . thousands of - North , Carolin ians -put of-employment. ' i We denounce in unmeasured terms the unwarranted and uncalled for at tack z of 7 the - Democrats ? : on leapital, culminating in the' .fight on our rail roads, involving the btate as it -did in eestly litigatidn paralyzing ibusiness. threw . thousands 01 laborers, out toi employment -drove' millions tot capi tal rom the state, and sent railroad securities"1" down .to .less . than. , half their-value. v, z , r W e pledge ourselves," if .the peopU entrust us. -with power, to set pur serves against two kinds of injustice ;i The injustice rwhich. permits "wealthj: .corporations " and individuals. o, prey upon.-the -poor, and,' theVjmjustic whieh -sacrifices - property aid .-deranges business in order " that cSear demagogues - may get to keep" office. We "favor the1 policy f the State furnishing free, of .charge; and under proper, regulations lo every child..in the- public schools all necessary . text books the further- improvements and extension at; whatever cost,of the public "-school system, --embodied in the "constitution of North Carolina byr the- Republican - party. .-We f avoi the education - of "all - our; children up' to the - very limit of our available means.'-, " " J.-C- We also favor a liberal policy' with our -higher institutions ot; learning The South needs highly trained men and we would ' have the. necessary training "provided here, so far as we have the means,' and put within the reach of our young men of talent and industry',: to the end that Southerners may guide our people jn the develop ment of our resQurces in government in business, in- the beautifying of ,oui townsf our- cities'and - our. homes and in 'Ihe elevation of our'daily life. -i 'This is also true of our?;institution "of -charity, particularly ?-the provision made for; the blind, the deat and ttu insane, for the" eSciency with-which any cmmunityfniniBters"io "such , un fortunates beings: a measure -of , itsl civilizations V It' is - equally true ol our Confedp'-ate veterans ,whoT havt not" the'neas.. .of self-support ; th State loves -and a honors .-rthem, and they must. not-ba permitted to snffei want." JWe 'denounce- the democratic party for aot keeping" Its "repeatec jpledges tQ proves '"our - Confederal soldiers and their wiaowa wmu suit able pensiona. " commensurate wit! their services to the State and we be lieve that whenever practicable the snouia 00 given, ids - pnuer bubb x u matters' of employment,- ana aj thinars -.being "eoual; they should ' b of - employment,-; and aTtuhlican"vote .east in the South is a honored witlr the emoluments $t . of ce. 1- " ., - i " . -' " 1- v J, We -demand -a fair election ".law which .will permit an elector to cas a. ballot privately,;, witbbut-interference 'ordictation. .- ' V . ..THE HOIYIE OF ''if- TOB.THBTOLD; '.We have bought for our -Fall Trade" 2,000 pairs of Shoes', and we are prepared to fit" the entire"family;from the baby to' the .father . with the best rOOTWEAR that comes to'Mount Olive,- rt , . k 5- , - ' We handle 3 of. the. best factory fact that you get -nothing but' -V'i SOLID LEATHER SHOES - S'Xj .Ij - that Irive-service and comfort, whenyou huy ...Shoes of usand we stand behind, every pairi backed by the largest " and most successful: Shoe Fao . tories in-the country, r . atnWitlliri'lltKt'J' "" WE'CAN SAVE YOTJ MONEY; BY GIVING YOU SHOES OP QUAL ITY,- COMPORT AND EASE! -. We have thelargest assortment, to select from,' the most comfortable tt Wear and made Of the best LEATHER-that grows on the back of any Iticks iBrot 1 JLeader jn'oltd Leather S'hoes,:" j , - - iMOUNT-OLrVEf N., - . . ;-:,UlfftRSAWN.::C; -Si- -t il v . 1 Verjr Truly.- iS'z ? 'v " BANK OF?WASAW. MM A " -!5Thc Store' that's always Busy."- . ; v-" Opposite PostoffiC3. - WiImington N, C. v-We invife outocalf to see 113 when you visit Wilmirfj ton. k "Our new S pring s Dress -GoodSilks" : and .Milli n ery Rr a arriving daily. ,rWe "are showing .,the' largest assortment of Laces and Embroideries" ever shown under one roof in our city. Prices moderate;'; Hr r "''X.-'X-' l' r - 'v'.'--; Our Garpei Djpartmeivt; -'".-ir- r The -Largest in the State, is stocked with ' Carpets, ' Mat Jings Fiber - .Carpet; Art .Squares,-: BugrLace.: Curtains ; and Window SbadesV, ; Wwite us for Samples.-. -. " -. " Y -We favor, as we have ever f avor- sd, - local self governmelit, ? and - de mand the right to elect- by the peo ple all members of the: county . hoard if . educationeounty- superintendent )S "public- instruction, county commis sioners,, tax -collectors and. justices of the -peace. , -,-,""-" ,tW jfavor '. an' extension ; and '.- im provement, of the public roads of the State; and -believe- that the - employ ment of the. State'sconvicts on such work is the best use that, can be made of ;riminals .-convicted of crimes ; we .further, favor a law- pro-H hibiting the use of -striped -uniforms upon all persons : cpnvlctedofcmisKJ uemeanors; in xne cpuris :- oi .iMonu- Carolina.'.,5. " " ' ' ""C - -'.We favor the establishment "of -one or.lwo - reformatories for the correc-. tion ,'of - youthful, criminals convicted of minor offenses,:fand- We favor' a separate reformatory"? for fenjales convicted .of :simUar.'offenses ," We pledge ourselves fo-.a liberal appropriation'-for the . Care and -sup?, port of : ouri-charitablei institutions r -.-We' favor rthe exemption from tax ation of two ' hundred dollarsworth of personal property . owned : by -each householder -in the - state" of ltforth Carolina. - o.r -r-t " 5 : We believe in , the - dignify of labor and the elevation of the wage-earnerf and .- pledge; our :. party -to the enact , ment of", such laws as will best pro mote this end i we believe tfiat labor and capital -are co-ordinate: branches of our ' industrial Jife--ach . neces sary to the ..other-r-that neither;; can. prosper .without; the other, and .look ing to" this end -we pledge our, party io the- enactment of-- such; laws: as: will so f ar as . possible ' create the ?dndliest feelin , between: labor s and' ijapital removesall ;causes for conflict. between . the two , and. promote . the upbuilding of hoth- classes.Ja ; North Carolina -Z L' " V-"- -. .Wefavor restricting, immigration Tigidly admittfng ; none but the" bet-' terj class ; to our shores, and, protect-. ing';-American' -labor 7 against foreign cheap laoor or J-urope .ana me unenu. "We" believe Jhe South should - no longer hold 'itself politically . separate and- apart: from the' rest of the.eoun try.We believe the time has eome when . 110 interest :or- principle - any longer" -demand"- such' .isolation--? We. ask the rpeople of North Carolina toJment best express rates in the Sonth. givet'-us-their.Buffrages,i JiQt ' merely! Price: $1J50 per thousand up to 5.C03, because the Democratic. ; partv".;lind fir its ; present t leadership, ' both in T the State : and in the nation, ir-nnfit-f 01 power y not ' merely because the can didates were here nominated .and the policies twe, receommend,; are worthy of aeeeDtan'ce. -but because every Ee- vote for freedom,; a vote tor tne rigni. of our, -children : to enter t fully - into the life of the great republic, which our" fathers-- labored " and - ought" and suffered " to establish ' , - -' X' mm frzuz AND THE 70XJNG t ;! lines in-America and it i -a 'known iS&ihHMUA 't t .UkJUUu, t NONE SATEB-'r - - - NONE BETTEB" A- ' NONE MORE LIBERAL , t A FRIEND TO MEN. wi A ritlEND to WOMENf.i ; Vrsism tochilpeeit.:' " DEPOSIX.WITH U&.; HII DES. TBANS AND 0. .rpYXTTS, !r: 1 1; ; fraetieal ' ' ' OperatiTe ft Mechanical Deatiztx Bridg and Crown Work 4 Specialty. I OSea at Utaton aver, W.-B. fart rica?a Store.V: - U ' HWarsaw office," In Stevens A Pierce building, over Williams ' Drug Store, opposite Bank." -.r. 7X J-fl - :''. 11 v -i ' . , Attorneys at "Law. ' r -; .-: " v -Offices Warsaw, Kenansville and Wilmington. ' - -. - i ' - GEOEGE E." WAED,-5 , -" attoeney at. law. J V-v (- r ' Wilace, JT.- 0 ' " (jrahanr-Kenan.- :' Eobt. W Heniofr -"."JEEINAN AND HEEEING,' ' """t: V.;";i Attorneys- Law. Boom 317; Southern Building, ; i' t , -TSHwiinaton. C DR. I. L; HATVES -" - dentist: ROSE MILL - - ' ft C, Otttejt Hotel OvtrbnoQlc - - DO YOU WANT tARlXCALXZ AND PLENTY'.'OP THEM, TCOT If so buy yourplants from us. Tbe are raisedf fromthe beBt seed, ar crow on the sea islands of South Car olina," Which on account of.bcin 2 sur rounded -by salt-water,' raise jlar.t- -that are earlier and , hardier -tit . hose grown iu,lhe anterior, icey caa be set out sooner Without -. dsrf from frost, Varieties: Early Jc Wakeflelds, Charlestpnor Large TT 2 Wakefields.. Henderson's Succcioii and Flat Dutch, All plants carernliy counted and.'. packed ready for. sU; 5,600 to 10,000 at; $1.25 per thousand j 10,000 and upwards at $1.00 per thou sand.' Other Plasts grpliad: Cel. ery," Lettuce, Onions and Beet,,ready in December. "EjJcial Gaxdea Ter tiliaer $5.00 per sacs: of 203 ponnda Everything rt 0". b.'MeegetU, S. C The TJ.S S. Agricultural - Department h as ; established an Experiment St a tion on our: farms toi test all kinds oC vegetables, : especially' cabbages. Vti will be pleased"to give result. of fesa txperiments. - Write to us. - -- N. IL Blitch C4.' lleggetts, O. .