VOL. XXVIII.
RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMDER. 1. 1910.
No. 34
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
Oi l Miss Democracy, of North
Jr.
Mr. Hoke Smith turned out to be
i so much of a "hoax" or a "myth"
after
all.
From the returns, it looks as If the
Smiths outnumbered the Browns In j
( Georgey." !
Th-ere is danger of the Democratic !
.rty meeting its death while walk-ithe
in its sleep
Mr. Godwin says he Is satisfied;
Mr. Clark, being a good church mem
ber, won't think out loud.
There's something wrong; we have
not had a read-headed issue of "Old
Unreliable" in a long time.
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The News and Observer is making ! the friend of all classes, farmer, la
mighty wry facets, but it is gobbling ! bring man and business man.
,!, ,mu- inct oa iw oC it ! Th platform, which was a ring-
We suggest as a campaign slogan
for the Granville Democrats: "Ex
pose graft and bust the Democratic
party."
Mr. Bryan's Metcalfe was defeated
in Nebraska last month and his Buf
faloe Calf will be defeated in North
Carolina in November.
Wasn't it Dr. Sykes that bolted
his party in 1S9G and refused to sup
port the Wake county Democratic
nominees a few years ago?
If what the Atlanta Constitution
has been saying of Hoke Smith be
true, then Georgia is mightily in
need of help from somewhere.
Since Mr. Bryan said he would not
be a candidate for President in 1912,
the News and Observer has been aw
fully busy trying to locate the band
wagon.
After being accused of being an
Esau and selling your vote for a
drink of "likker," how do you like
being called a "lazy, idle guzzler,"
Mr. Farmer?
If Dr. Sykes is to be known from
"Cherrisuck to Cherrisee" he is
making mighty poor progress. Ac
cording to the "Roaster" he is just
being heard from in Rhamkatte.
When the Democratic politicians
are talking of the Republican tariff,
they probably lose sight of a certain
Democratic tariff law which was an
"act of party perfidy and dishonor."
Democratic "harmony" in the
Sixth District consists of two con
ventions, a primary, an investigating
committees, a committee to run the
thing all over again and still not a
man named.
May be it was the typesetter's
fault, but there is no doubt that Mr.
Clark was the "awfully" nominated
candidate in the Sixth District, as
well as the "lawfully," according to
Mr. Kluttz.
Two prisoners in a Georgia jail
attempted suicide because the jailor
wouldn't tell them of the progress of
the Democratic primary last Satur
day. They exhibited a spirit worthy
of a Sixth District Democrat.
A high official or. the state was
charged to his face with saying that
the exposure of graft in Granville
County would mean the "busting" of
the Democratic party up there. Then
let her '-'bust."
If it is true that the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan will not be a candi
date for the Presidency in 1912, it is
probably equally true that there will
be no more fried chicken lawn par
ties at his Nebraska home.
According to the Richmond Times-
Dispatch, an Omaha man has invent
ea an apparatus which, attached to
the jaw of his gum-chewing wife,
runs a sewing machine. Now, If the
ii. t
mms can only he attached to the
jaws of certain North Carolina Dem
ocrats, the power problem down here
is solved.
rmvauc
ames a Strong Ticket and Goes Into j
ums 1 igm in Excellent Shape
Democratic I Lows Further Compli
cate Their Trouble.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Lillington. Aug. 26. 1910 The
Republican County Convention re
j assembled here to-day for the Dur-
pose of naming candidates for coun-!
ty offices and the Legislature.
In the absence of Chairman Klvett,
tne convention was called to order by
Secretary, and Mr. Zack Taylor,;
f Dunn was elected as chairman. ;
I Committees for the purpose of or-1
ganlzation were appointed and while i
the platform committee was prepar-j
Ing Its report, Mr. Lester F. Dutler, j
chairman of the Wake County Re-1
publican Executive Committee, was!
called upon for a speech. Mr. Butler j
spoke for half an hour, dwelling on;
the issues before the people and !
graphically showed how the Ilepub- j
lican party had proven itself to be
; ing Republican one, was adopted.
The following were named for of
fice by the convention:
For House of Representatives.
Geo. D. Spence; Clerk of the Court, j
N. T. Patterson; Register of Deeds, 1
Willie Wilson; Sheriff, Everett 4ard- j
ner; Treasurer, R. M. Coats; Coro-
ner. Dr. C. R. Youne: Surveyor. Prof. !
N. E. Cox; County Commissioners, j
D. H. Senter. R. F. Dunrpp. Ft. F. !
McLeod, F. M. P. McLeod, and M. L.
Jones.
Mr. A. F. Surles, of Dunn, was
fleeted chairman of the county execu
tive committee ana waiter r. Byra,
of Lillington, was named as Harnett's
choice for the Senatorial nominee in
the Fifteenth District.
Mr. D. H. Senter, who was named
for chairman of the County Commis
sioners, made a speech that was en
thusiastically received, in which he
served notice on the Democrats that
he was in the fight to win.
The Republicans of Harnett Coun
ty are in fighting trim and the Demo
crats realize that there is trouble
ahead of them. The congressional
fight has made conditions far worse
for them and the Republicans feel
hopeful at the outlook.
CLOSE TO THE 100,000,000 MARK.
Population of United States as Esti
mated by Census Director.
Enthusiastic persons who haVe
been claiming that the completion
of the present census will show that
the United States has a population
of 100,000,000 will be disappointed
when the returns are all in, accord
ing to the belief of Director E. Dana
Durand.
Not coutning" the Philippines, if
the census shows a population the
United States proper of 91,000,000,
Census Bureau officials will be sur
prised. "This is only a rough guess," said
Director Durant yesterday, "but I
believe the returns will show there
is a population of 90,000,000 in the
country, not counting the Philip
pines. It may run up to 91,000,000,
but I doubt it. Of course, if the pop
ulation of the Philippines be includ
ed, the figures will be close to the
100,000,000 mark.
"I expect the tabulation to be com
pleted by November 15 th, and imme
diately afterward we will be able to
announce the population of the coun
try.
"The net gains from immigration
during the last ten years has not
been so large as would be supposed.
"For example, immigration from
1901 to 1907 into the United States
was only 6,219,000, in round num
bers. Of this number, 1,927,4)00 re
turned to the countries from which
they came, leaving a total increase
in population from immigration dur
ing those years of only 4,292,000.
So it will be seen that about 31 per
cent of all immigrants in those years
did not permanently add anything to
to the total population.
"The figures for the three years,
from 1907 to 1910, show that 2,
576,000 immigrants came into the
United States, and 790,875 of them
returned. A larger proportionate
increase in total population from im
migration occurred in the last three
years than in the previous seven
years.
Robeson's First Bale of Cotton.
Maxton, Aug. 29. Col. E. F. Mc
Rae, who is a candidate for the State
Senate from this district, brought in
the first bale of new cotton Saturday
and cold it en the street for 16 c.
per pound. This bale, of course,
was ready for the market yesterday
afternoon, but the distance to town!
was too great to haul, being about
twelve miles, and this makes ' the
sale of it one day later than it
should be. The cotton was planted
on Good Friday, on All Fools Day.
FARMERS' MEETING !
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Tillers of North Carolina Sofl;
vuuo wm
Gather in Annual Confer-
ence and Discuss Mat
ters of Interest.
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT
,WltMu
Economy Considered
Many of IU Hearings Two Pa- j ml!es west of Connelly Springs. None
pers Ircpared and Head by Boys!of the passengers was injured to any
.... ... (extent Only slight bruises were
Who Have Acquired a Practical : ,UBUIned. The whole train left the
Knowledge Program in Detail track near a 150 foot gorge, ran Its ;
. , . I length and stopped, on the brink of
Jleetlngs on Tuesday, Wednesday , ' , .
' the gorge, almost and about twenty
and Thursday a Fine Program feet from the track. The fireman.
Prepared.
bout two hundred fanners from
different parts of the State gathered
last Tuesday at the A. & M. College
in Raleigh and began a three days'
session of their annual conference, i
The rain fell heavily on the opening
day, and but for this fact it is likely
that the attendance w?ould have been
much larger. As it was, the attend-
anc was considerably larger cn the,
second day and a decided degree ofj
interest marked all of the proceed-jQk
ngs. One of the features of the con
vention
was the exercises conducted
by the Woman's
ladies showing a
Department the
great degree ofj
skill inhe preparation of the several j
papers read and in the resulting dis- i
cussion. Still another feature was !
il t a -1 iL . - .
me aeveiopment oi ue young iarmer""bcio omnuuciu auu oul ;
as illustrated Dy two papers re a a uy ;
mere boys, who had become practical
agriculturists and demonstrated their i
understanding of the subject by
showing how they raised corn crops
much above the average.
The Daily Program, i
A complete program for the con
vention had been arranged and this
was followed out in detail. Many of
the papers brought out a prolonged
discussion and it was evident that
the farmers of the State believe in a
thorough course of education in all
matters pertaining to their affairs.
The program is here given:
Tuesday, August 30 Morning.
11:00. Address of Greeting by
Major W. A. Graham, Commissioner
of Agriculture.
11:10. Address of Welcome by
President D. H. Hill, of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College.
11:15. "The Twentieth Century
Farmer" A. L. French, Rocking
ham County.
Afternoon.
12:30 "Farm Machinery" John
W. Robinson, of Catawba County.
2:15. "Why, When, Where, How
to Use Lime" Director C. B. Wil
liams of the Experiment Station.
Discussion.
3:00. "Does it Pay to Fertilize?"
B. W. Kilgore, State Chemist
Discussion.
4:00. Demonstration, in the field,
of the proper way of selecting seed
corn, conducted by Messrs. C. B. Wil
liams, T. B. Parker, I. O. Schaub,
C. R. Hudson, C. L. Newman, and
W. C. Etheridge.
Evening.
8 : 0 0. President's Address Hon.
Thos. W. Blount, Washington Coun
ty. 8:30. "Wealth In Fruit" Prof.
W. N. Hutt, State Department of Ag
riculture. Wednesday Morning Session.
7:00 to 10:00 "Live Stock Judg
ing." Dairy Cattle Prof. J. A. Con
over and Prof. W. F. Turner. Hogs
Mr. R. S. Curtis and Mr. A. L.
French.
10:00 "Ease With Which to Get
Rid of Cattle Ticks" Dr. T. M.
Owen, United States Department of
Agriculture.
10:45 "Cover Crops" Prof. C.
L. Newman, A. & M. College.
11:30 "How I Averaged More
Than Forty-Six Bushels of Wheat on
Fifty Acres" Mr. J. Walter Myatt,
of Johnston County.
Aftenoon Session.
12:15 Business Meeting of Dairy
and Live Stock Association.
2:15 "Building Up the Dairy
Herd" Mr. Henry P. Lutz, of Ca
tawba County..
3:00 "Results of State Demon
stration Work" Mr. C. R- Hudson,
State Agent.
3:45 "How I Raised My Acre of
Corn"--Master Chas. F. Phillips, of
Randolph County (134 bushels), and
Master Lee Blackwell, of Granville
County (weighs 76 pounds .raised 76
bushels). Both members of the Boys'
Corn Clubs.
Discussion.
4 : 1 5- Demonstration of blowing
ont stumps.
Evening Session.
8:00 "The Farmer as a Business
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8:20 "Farming roMibilltie U-
lulling From Drains Ur. John
V1?.3- ot lort CoBty ,
S;00 "Money From Better Metb-
J?f of Famir -Mr. w. a. simH
ed for to-day.
Whole Train Left Track.
Asbevllle. X. C. Aug. 25. Train
No. 22. which left AiheviUe this
j morning at S o'clock for Goldtboro.
' was wrecked at 10:45 a. m.. two
John Lenoir, had his left Jaw scald
ed, his left wrist and left hip bruised
and two slight scalds. The engineer
was shaken up.
The wrecking crew
at Bridgewater was sent to the scene'
of the wreck, while a relief train
was sent from Ashevllle to transfer
with westbound passenger train No.
11. About fifty yards of track was
torn up. The cause of the wreck Is
unknown.
JOHXSTOX COUNTY HOMICIDE.
h KU M b
som Bridge
Released on Ilail by
Judge Allen.
Saturday afternoon, just across the
Johnston County line. Ransom Bridg
ers shot and fatally wounded Okra
Coats, death resulting that night.
W f A ITMfi -n Am rv Cm
;
it seems that therehas been bad
feeling between thetwo men for
some time. Saturday afternoon
Coats met Bridgers and told him he
was going to whip him. Brfdgew
,v , jl . v,t .. I
thought he was carrying a shot-gun.
attempted to avoid a fight and ran "r ' Tl " Vi. . ..
some distance After running a i ff r from u P' Brown, one of ; Republicans In November.
short distance e turned and fired. checked tne upward movcment, and j result If the citizens of the dlatrict
hiLlfM 11 was the general imPrssIon around ! had the manhood and courage to rote
f Je" Utend a hflpiH Rr the rlQS tnat th!s was a ,evel fixed In ? their convictions. All the .peaker.
rJti J f l T tL w ! the 0en m& as a basIs for "tile-i referred Tote-winning arguments
placed in jail. wasment of the entire August interest j to the Democratic muddle in this dls-
Bridgers was released under a ! " Latehowever. this view of ttJtrICt"
iiQ bond in a-habeas corpus before !,tn.tJ tt.a, rnmiJtthnt fihnVln hv,
juuge Aiitsu. i uesuay at uuiusuuru
r.. J ill rr j i n.u.i
Death of Postmaster Brantly of
Spring Hope.
Spring Hope, N. C, Aug. 27. Mr.
Mack Brantly, the postmaster here,
died Thursday, aged eighty years. He
had been in feeble health for some
time and his death was not unex
pected. He had been confined to his
bed for two or three weeks. The
fnnoral tniV nlona roetordav
Mr. Brantly was an old-line Re -
publican and had been postmaster at
Spring Hope for a number of years.
There wasn't a stronger or more
staunch member of his party in the
county, and in the years gone by he
has been a leader. He was respect
ed by men of all parties. He, was a
native of Nash County, and for years
and years was one of the most prom
inent surveryors of the county. He
was too old to be in the war, but was
a member of the home guards. He
was a member of the Primitive Bap
tist Church, and always a prominent
leader at the various meetings of the
organization. He was of the old
school type of gentleman, gentle in
nature and accommodating even to
a fault.
Surry County Farmer Gored by In
furiated Bull.
Elkin, N. C Aug. 27. Mr. J. S.
Harris, a farmer living in the coun
try two miles from here, was bad
ly hurt yesterday morning by being
gored by a Jersey bull belonging to
Captain Roth. Mr. Harris was haul
ing wood in a pasture where the ani
mal was grazing and had lain down
on the grass by the woodpile to rest
when the animal made a dash at him
and before he could make any de
fense it had him at its mercy. A
gash about eight inches long was
torn through the flesh on the inner
part of the thigh and had it not been
for the timely assistance of a man
who happened to be near and suc
ceeded in driving the infuriated ani
mal away, Harris would undoubtedly
have been killed. It took nine
stitches of the surgeon's needle to
close up the wounds.
Struck his Aged Father.
Wilson, N. C-, Aug. 26. Last eve
ning, near Saratoga, Albert Gallo
way struck his father, James Gallo
way, over" the head with a barbecue
stick. This morning at sunrise the
father applied to a justice of the
peace in Saratoga for a warrant. Just
as the paper had been issued the old
gentleman fell, and up to 6 o'clock
this afternoon he had not regained
consciousness. In default of a five
hundred dollar bond, the young man
was placed in the Wilson JalL
COTTON TAKES LEAP
Price of Fleecy Staple Highest
Since the Ova War, Reach-
NEW YORK SPOT AT 19
Attut CM ton Hold on NVw York Cm
t ha use at Twenty Cent, Ilriai the
!licM-l pHc Sine W
I tr porta
of Drouth Sitnatiofi in
largely ltriKnalb!
erumeoi Iteprt to IW
FHday Awaited With
Sottthet
ieac Gov
liuHted cm
lntertwt l
Mu.t S,ctamUr Hull IralinS ; UrctU ,h,(h bo remsu.
Ker Known n Kitruuige. Uoa.
A teraporary orraaUatlon was f
New York. Aug, 29. August rot- ftv i, ,v i?tft ftf r iA r..
ton sold at 20 cents a pound In the
New York cotton market to-day on
urgent demand for spv-culailte
shorts, who had postponed covering
until the last moment. In the hope
that the Increasing new crop move
ment in the Southwest might break
the control of the bull leaders. This
price, the highest reached by cotton
for any delivery since the Civil War,
and exceeding by nearly 2 1-2 cents
per pound the highest figure reach
ed in the famous bull year of 1903
1904, which until now had stood as
a standard of comparison, was re-
garaea oy many as tne culminating
; point of the bull movement In proR- ;
ress here for the last six monU. dur-:
Ing a season
wnicn. wnen it enas!whlch bis nomination was made
next Thursday will
go down as the
most snwtacular in th annaU of theiM.t i .v.- . .w. .
,
cotton trade since war times. j
Not a great many bales perhapB j
i5,uuu actually cnangea nanas on ;
i Aupiict this mnrnlnp. At ?A rAnts
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'the fact that, after reacting from 20
; cents to 18.20, under scattered sell-'
i ing of a few hundred bales, August
j again advanced on renewed buying
by shorts touching 19.20 in the af-
Tv' "II Tr sV VrM.ii,.V , . . i . .
price of last week, to 20 cents for of them would vote their true eonTlc-
ternoon, or within 10 points of the j Democrats have "insurged" and are
high record. At the close August ' demanding certain reforms of th
was quoted at 19.75 bid. ; Democratic county organization, the
In the local spot markets the price j principal issue being, the matter of
was marked up to 19.75, but the j putting the county officers on a aal
Southern spot markets showed no j ary. A citizens' convention held in
such gain, the greatest advance re- S Statesvllle some time ago appointed
ic?rde,d hig 3-8 cent at Savannah,
showing the local character of the
S extensive advance.
Latterly, reports concerning the
prospects have been confusing. Ow
ing to drouth in the Southwest, de
terioration has been reported in that
section, but weather conditions over
other parts of the cotton belt since
August have been considered much,
more favorable. The next report of
the Government on condition will be
issued at noon next Friday and ow
ing to the conflicting nature of re
cent private advices, opinions as to
Its showing largely vary.
Opinions as to whether the bulls
will extend their operations into the
new crop months are conflicting.
Some think that the old crop cam
paign will be carried through Sep
tember at any rate, but as the new
crop season opens next Thursday and
new crop cotton is now moving rap
idly, in the Southwest, the weight of
the new maturing crop must be fig
ured on.
Effort to Blow Safe in Seneca Post
office Fails.
Greenville, S. C, Aug. 29. A
somewhat crude attempt was made
to burgallze the Seneca post-ofice
last night or early this morning.
When the postmaster entered his of
fice to-day he found about $6 worth
of stamps missing and noted that a
hole had been drilled in the combi
nation lock. In the waste basket
near the safe he found a stick of dy
namite and, fuse, while on the fbor
a number of tools stolen from a
nearby blacksmith shop were fouad.
Post-office Inspector Brown is inves
tigating. Georgia Corn Contest.
Americas, Ga., Aug. 26. The
greatest corn producing contest ever
attempted in south Georgia will soon
be witnessed in Americui, in Sumter
between thirty progressive farmers.
Prizes aggregating $200 are ifered
for the best yield of corn per acre.
and some of the fields here are really
magnificent and promise yields of
90 to 120 bushels per acre, it is now
now estimated. The contest finally
ends September 5 th, and soon there
after the corn will be measured and
prizes awarded.
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XasxJ far t.l4trwa la UUi tH.
irk A lfarmMaJeMis CkmivmMtm.
!ntuca.
N, C AC, lv TV
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District, la csteatiaa httm
tali afurMfc. fces!ati3 trv4n
; Mar fcy tUsiUoa at tit ea&4i
data for CSfnes U tal t&trut 1
task tb rse afaJ&st t& eas4l4at
tbat will W p In itm tU f tk
Deesocrata. T cssat&atic af ar
crs4 hr Mr. Mrare.
Tb resstcaiioa alws a4cte4 tt
olutlcc a&4 tatfom, rlct4 tk
execatlte comtsltte;a for tk 4i
Ukt and ea record at fatcrtts
th etattufetiiftt of a ir?9t4!ca r
per la tblf dittrlrt a ojvauM tt
cause of the party.
Every county In th district u
lor, of South part, at chairman. Af
ter the gathering had Wen called to
order by It & White, of Bladen, sec
retary of the executive? comnaitte.
Col. A. II. Slocurafe. of Cumberland,
who ran acatntt Congreraan God
win two years ago. was made per
manent chairman, and R. 6. White
secretary.
!ater on in the meeting. Inria It.
Tucker, of Whltevllle. was elected
chairman of the executlrt commit
' tee and will act as the campaign man
lager of the nominee.
i Mr. Meares was nominated by K.
h. Freeman, of New Hanover, and
tne game wal ronded by Rruci-
wick. Robeson, and Columbua. after
unanimous, there belnc no ther can-
Uiuaic u mr uviu tut i uuuui,
in his apeech of acceptance Mr.
Meares laid that he proposed to can-
Tass eTery nook and corner of the
tun. ...i v. v. v
Irodell Democracy is rtpllt.
Statesvllle. N. C, Aug. 26. The
political situation in Iredell Is get
ting quite Interesting and there may
be a lively campaign. Some of the
j a committee and this committee has
passed resolutions setting forth Its
demands. The resolutions were sub
mitted to Chairman Hartness, of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
and as his reply was not pleasing to
the citizen's convention committee,
this committee has called a conven
tion of citizens to meet in Statesvllle
September Sth to nominate a county
and legislative ticket. It Is charged
by the Democratic "stand-patters"
that the "Insurgents" are soliciting
the aid of the Republicans, who are
expected to "fuse" with the insur
gents. Dr. Carpenter Arretted.
Newton, N. C, Aug. 29. To-day
D. J. Carpenter, former owner of
the Newton Hosiery Mills .and a di
rector of the North Carolina Rail
road, placed himself In custody upon
finding that a warrant had been is
sued for his arrest, charging him
with complicity In the burning of a
warehouse at the mill on the night
of October 1, 1909.
Some weeks ago John Rader made
an alleged confession, stating that
Carpenter hired him to set the build
ing on fire.
The warrant was issued at the di
rection of the State Insurance De
partment, The defendant gave boad
In the sum of $1,000, and the hear
ing is set for September 13th. The
affair is and has been the talk of the
town.
Boy Foaind In Starved Condition.
New Bern, N. C, Ang. 27. A
small colored boy was found yester
day morning in the woodshed of a
citizen who lives on Pollock Street la
a perfectly nude and almost starved
condition. The boy was unable to
give much account of himself and
his family, but managed to tell that
his name was Jim Bryant and that
his mother was dead, had been bnrn-
I cd to death In a house In Jerkins Al
ley and that he was taken from the
burning dwelling: la an unconscious
condition. One of hit hands waa
burned off, this giving seme color to
his story. The county officials were
notified and the unfortunate boy w&j
wrapped in a tow sack, put in a cart
and sent to the County Home, where
he Is being cared for.
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