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fe toenindSAhromrlf (S) 1 ' . VOL.17. NO. 291. WEATHER: Showers tonight or "Wednesday CHARLOTTE, K 0, TUE' Y, JUNE 4, 1912. TAnT n n niTnumn mnnm 1 PKWSMIJHIS NARRATED BRIEFLY FIGHT TO UNSEAT Cnrreel Eyents Of News Interest He Day In Paragraphs By Telegraph And Cable . Of CRBM OF THE HAPPENINGS (F THE DAY IN CONCISE FORM WASHINGTON, tion cotton 78.9. June 4. -Oondi- LORIMER REOPENED MOXS. Belgium, June 4. Two thousand miners went on strike to day in protest against the mainte nance of the present government. 0 SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 4. Con gressman E. H. Hubbard of Sioux City, representing the eleventh Iowa dis trict, died here suddenly today. CINCINNATI, O., June 4. Five per rons perished as the result of being overcome bv gas fumes in a grain well gt the dairy of Jacob Sachs in Fair mount, near this city, today. IN SENATE TODAY Senator Kera Of Indiana, Who Sip ed Minority Report Against Lorimer Opens The Argument SENATOR LORIMERPRESENT DURING BIS ARRAIGNMENT TAFT WINS VI IN OHIO President Gets Six Delegates-At-Large And Bis Administration Is Endorsed WASHINGTON, June 4. The yacht Hayflower, with President Taft and party on board, reached Washington Roads, where the President yesterday welcoimed the German fleet. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.t June 4. The elimination flight of the 12th annual tournament of the Southern Golf As sociation begun at 8:30 o'clock this morning on the links of the Chattanooga Golf and County Club with more than 150 entrants. PES MOINES, Iowa, June 4. United S ates Senator W. S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge defeated former Sena tor Lafayette Young of Des Moines by a majority of approximately 50,000 for the Republican senatorial nomina- tion in Iowa's primary election WASHINGTON, June 4. Senator COLUMBUS, p., June 4. President TafT won his fight for the six Onto delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention in the State con vention today by a vote of 390 1-2 to 862 1-2. He was also victor by a slightly larger vote when the conven tion adopted the majority report of the resolutions committee as follows: "We do heartily endorse the admin istration of President William Howard PRICE ONE CENT f.S,n- ALDERMEN DEFER ' ACTION ON MATTER OF -THE ABATTOIR - M A Vigorous And Acrimonious Passage At Anns Results From Discussion Of Visits To The Butcher Pen Speaker Gives Special Attention to the Plea That the Case Had Been St-i-tled by the Senate's Vindication Last Year and Contends That the I Taft." Senate May Proceed at Any Time in j Immediately after the election of Any Matter Involving the Integrity ! the Taft delegates, the convention re of Its Membership Indications cessed until July 2, when a State tick- w r"Ji averse to I lie UU- et will be named nois Sena. or. WASHINGTON, June 4. The sec ond trial of Senator Lor'mer of Illi nois on the charge of having been elected by corrupt metlods, was be gun in the Senate today with speech by Senator Kern of Indiana, a member of the investigating commit tee, who signed the minority report against Lorimer. Senator Kern gave special attention to the plea that the case had been settled by the Senate's vindication last year. That plea, he said, had been raised only at the last moment. He said the plea itself was "res judicata." Reminding the Senate that under the constitution it is the judge of the qualfications of its own members, Mr. George F. Nixon of Nevada is dan- rern contended it was competent for gercusly ill here in a hospital with an that body to proceed at any time in attack of meningitis. Chaplain any matter involving tn intpcrritv nt .la nnnnina- I " vo"' delegates-at-large were Pierce of the Senate, in his opening . ,0k.,v,i prayer today, spoke of Mr. Nixon as , its membership lingering between lire ana aeatn. HOAQUIM, Wash., June 4. Rev. Harry Ferguson was recalled yester day as mayor of Hoaqulm as a result of the Industrial Workers of the World disturbance here se -eral weeks ago. Ferguson espoused the cause f the Industrial Workeio iu their fight against the Hoaqulm sawmills. NEW ORLEANS, June 4. Reports read before the meeting of the Public School Alliance in this city yesterday showed that 49 per cent of the white children in New Orleans schools are over age as far as their grades are con cerned, and that 35 per cent are "repeaters." Senator Kern refused to concede that the proceeding was analagous to a civil action at law, but argued that, if it were, the granting of a new trial, even on the sole ground of newly dis- These named: Delegates-at-large; United States Senator Theodore E. Burton, Cleve land; Harry M. Dougherty, Columbus; a j Warren G. Harding, Marion; Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati; Ar.hur I. Voreys. Columbus; D. J. Cable, Lima. Refuse to Endorse Teddy. The first test of voting strength came on the report of the resolutions committee, when a roll-call was tak en on the minority report endorsing Theodore Roosevelt. The convention refused to endorse the former Presi dent by a vote of 393 1-2 to 359 1;2. The uninstructed delegation of 53 from Cuyahoga county (Cleveland) was the chief center of in .e est dur ing the vote. The vote was cast 48 for Taft and 5 for Roosevelt. Both factions expressed claims to control ling a majority of the Cuyahoga dele gation. Taft's victory ip Cle'elnd and his strength in the cities of the State gav him his victory- Of the &8 counties CITY FATHERS AGREE THAT UNSANITARY CONDITIONS EXIST Report of Special Abattoir and- Cre matory Committee Tame Compared With the Actual Conditions, Declar ed Alderman Webb Aldermen Urg ed by Committee to Close Down the Probability of Mr. Barnes hoM WARD WILL LEAD ROOSEVELT FORCES Will Be Pitted Against William Barnes, Jr., In Fight Before The National Committee CHICAGO, June 4. It seems cer tain now that William L. Ward will lead the Roosevelt forces in the Re publican national committee and William Barnes, Jr., Mr. Ward's chief antagonist in the New York delegation, may hold a proxy in the committee. Mr. Perkins, committee man from Washington fixate, cannot be present because of an accident and MESSRS JONES NEW MEMBERS OF CITY WATER BOARD Former Member Of The Aldermanic V- '.' ' "i":- Board Wins Out Over Water . Commissioner D. Parks Hutchinson FIRST READING OF NEW REVENUE ACT IS BEGUN HAPPENINGS Abattoir at Once Until Improve ments Can Be Made Many Alder men Visit Place and Agree That It Is 3ot What It Should Be Alder man Wilkes Waxes Warm. The report of the special commit tee appointed by Mayor C. A. Bland for the purpose of inspecting the city crematory and the abattoir, was sub- mitted-at the meeting of the aidermen last night and measured up in all re gards to the foreword given out Sat urday by Mr. Thomas M. Webb, one of the committeemen. Along with the report. Alderman Matthews, Alderman Webb, Alderman Anderson, Alderman Hunter and Al derman Kistler, composing the com mittee, spoke of the conditions. It was stated by Mr. Webb that the con dition at the abattoir was ten times worse than reported, that the report had been cut, boiled down and made as little revolting as possible. The old style of butchering was said to be ten times preferable than the manner of today and it was unanimously rec ommended that the place be closed down immediately and improvements be made. The screening at' the place is torn Ninety Thousand Dollars of Special OF THE ' DAY IN CHARLOTTE News Of The (Sty And Its Peopla Sketched In Brief As Seen By The Chronicle Reporters UTILE THINGSOFINTEREST TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE CITY WASHINGTON, June 4. The money trust investigation will be ta ken tip in New York Thursday. The bank and currency committee of the House today came to that decision. Preliminary hearings will be held in the New York Clearing House and the New York Stock Exchange. N'EW ORLEANS, June 4. Rising flood waters from the Hymelia crevasse are threatening the tracks of the South ern Pacific Railroad 36 miles west of this city, and it is said that if the rise .con tinues two more days, it will be neces sary to detour trains via Baton Rouge, using the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rails into this city. in 34. Warren G. Harding, former candi date for Governor, whe addressed the convention for .Previa an: Taft, was hissed by Roosevelt sunpcitcrs when he declared chat in suppjiting the former President "they weo! driving their Titanic full speed ahead into the Ice." WILSON DELEGATES IN OHIO WILL FIGHT HARD AGAINST INSTRUCTIONS FOR HARMON XEW YORK. June 4. Bishop Thomas Seeley of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who was retired recently on half-pay, addressed the Methodist traehors here yesterday at their week meeting, arraigning in scathing Utaa the Methodist Oeneral Conference a" Minneapolis which took action against him. MANILA, June 4 The general Insular elections were held today. The indica tions ar that the Nationalists have captured a large majority of the as sembly and the provincial offices. The mon striking features of the election we the number of candidates and the large expenditures of money in the campaign. NEW YORK. June 4. President Lynch of the National League receiv ed a telegram today from President E A Steininger of the St. Louis Na tional League baseball club, announc ing that he had resigned that posi tion. Mr. Steininger was defeated re nly in a legal contest with Mrs. Helen H. Britton, owner of the ciub. House judiciary committee decided in executive session today to undertake Pre! minary investigation of the "eef trust. The committee agreed to jPort the Edwards resolution call 8 for the investigation but before 0'ng so a private inquiry will be ftade. BRUSSELS, Belgium. June 4.-The Post-election riots in Beleium have taken Nf last on a revolutionary air. Follow- night's trouble at Liege and . iik; ouiaiisi v. 1 1 . i a i . win mitter. declared today that it would pro- Uipr.p one battalion of grouts and a wwn of artillery of the civil guard Jlnd the manifestants. toM X June 4- J- Br"c? Ismay da u Britlsb court of inquiry to ZZ lht it had been planned to a e the Titanic at full speed during ew favorable hours of her maiden Pm:,und that he considered Captain , " th fu"y just!fied in going at full a, rhrough the ice region so long - weather conditions made it possl- ie to see ice ahead. Ban Rue FY; FRANCISCO, Juune 4. Abraham oonvicted nolitical boss of San dneisco T,-hn i ; of ,k f 0r havinS given a bribe to one WmhVn-. Su?ervisors during tne In" oP-, ; "l -Mayor Schmitz, was dis- from supreme Court yesterday cn,, practloing as an attorney in the MediL nis State as tne re8ult of -"5! Deiln at mcico Bar Association. pro- the instance of the luereu eviaence, openea up tne case deiegate9 In 51 and President Taft ior a complete re-lnves Ligation. - 'It is now too late for Senator Lor imer to be permitted to urge this re markable defense," declared Senator Kern. i First Inquiry Incomplete. Mr. Kern said he believed the first investigation had been utterly incom plete and had failed to develop facta which must have been accessible. Senator Lorimer occupied a seat near Mr. Kern, giving careful atten tion to his arraignment. There were many visitors in the galleries. Senator Kern praised the personal reputation of Mr. Lorimer and said that but for his convictions, regard ing the gravity of the charges, he would not be found engaged in the disagreeable task of a prosecutor. While the whole question of the validity of the election is the prin cipal consideration before the Senate, an important factor, which promises to precipitate the first fight and the first test of strength, is the contention that Lorimer's case, in legal parlance, is "res judicata" or has been once decided by the Senate and cannot be reopened. A majority of the com mittee which made the second inves tigation holds that Lorimer cannot be tried again on practically the same charges on which the Senate, by a vote of 46 to 40, acquitted him March 1. 1911. The minority holds that this reason ing does not apply to Senator Lori mer's case at all. Advised to Resign. But the complexion of the Senate has been altered considerably since Mr. Lorimer's vindication and thla condition leads to much speculation. It has been reported that a poll made by Mr. Lorimer's friends convinced them they could not expect more than 4C supporting votes, and so many Senators had declined to indicate their views that Mr. Lorimer v - advise to resign. It was even said that Vice President Sherman recently carried that advice to Mr. Lorimer Sn Chicago; Neither, however, has confirmed it, and Sena tor Lorimer today reiterated his re fusal to talk about resigning He will be in his seat during the attack and defend himself with a speech, If his health permits. In the two years that Senator Lori mer's election has be--n "rder fire, it has furnished -probably more sensa tions and sudden developments than any other case of Its kind. Mr. Lori mer was elected by the Illinois Legis lature on May 27. 1909, - a pro longed deadlock, in wh ch the names of more than 100 cand'dates, Demo crats and Republicans, " been pre sented unsuccessfully. White's Confession. However, 't was noL unti' nearly a year later that the validity of his elec tion was challenged, when the now famous "co-ifession" Charles A. White, a member of the Illinois Leg islature, was published, charging that he had received $1,000 from Lee O'Neal Brown. Democratic leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, Colonel Roosevelt had a majority of , and of no value. There is at least 250 loads of , manure around the es tablishment and the flies swarm in every room. They havj access to the fresh meats and the co-j'.ing room is in close proximity to the boiling room, where all of the unused parts of beeves are cooked. The stencil was described as so fearful that the" com mitteemen could not enter the room. ing his proxy is being given serious consideration. v Roosevelt's determination to renew the fight on Senator Elihu Root for temporary chairman and to bend ev ery effort to his defeat, when the Re publican national convention is open ed June 18, has caused general unrest among the Republican leaders and national committeemen who have reached Chicago. Members of the national committee and leaders in both the Taft and Roosevelt hadniiarters Koosevelt's statement witn reluctance today. But Alexander H. Revell and Edward W. Sims declaimed themselves this morning in hearty accord with Colonel Roosevelt in his decision to fight the selection of Senator Root. One of the active Roosevelt men on the national committee may bring up for review in the full committee the action of 'he sub-committee of which Col. Harry S. New is chairman. The committee, if appeale-! 1 undoubtedly- will sustain the sub-committee, throwing the temporary chairmanship fight onto the floor of the national convention. 'Marriage license was issued this morning to Hoyle J. Tucker and Miss Eunice M. Springs. -The weather man forecasts un settled weather with showers to night or Wednesday. Improvements Bonds to be Sold at r p. 1 118 meeting yesterday the Once-Appropriatum to Pro, i S5SSX Watering Facilities for Animals ensuing term: President Rav rn A. R Shaw; vice president, Rev. ennedy; secretary, n-. G. Carson. MIINlEY AND DIXON WILL ARRIVE IN CHICAGO TODAY CHICAGO, June 4. Congressman W. B. McKinley and Senator Joseph M. Dixon, campaign managers of Presidenft Taft and Colonel Roosevelt, respectively, were expected' to arrive The place very evidently had not been i in Chicago today to begin the final cleaned for some time. All in all battle for their candidates. Charles TOLEDO, O., June 4. Governor Judson Harmon faces a bitter fight on the adoption of the unit rule In the Ohio Democratic State convention, which is to meet for organization late today and adjourn until tomor row, when six delegates-at-large. to the Baltimore convention will be elected and a State ticket named. The Governor's friend insist that he is entitled to the undivided vote of the State's 48 delegates in the Democratic national convention, as he defeated Woodrow Wilson in the recent pre ference primary for President by a plurality of nearly 11,000. and are prepare to make a determined fight for the adoption of the unit rule. : In addition to this, they point' to his record as Governor for two term9 and urge the 'favorite son" argu ment. The Wilson forces have 19 of the 42 district delegates and insist inasmuch as they were elected at direct primary, they should not be bound by instruc tions for Harmon under the unit rut. They are said-to'be willing to endorse Harmon for President and g ve him a complimentary vote at Baltimore, but do not want to be tied up with instructions. PRESIDENT GOMEZ WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES Continued On raa Sevan.) HAVANA, June 4. There Is no question but that Congress, at a spe cial session this afternoon, will pass the bill authorizing the President to suspend the constitutional guarantees, but there is doubt as to whether the Pres'dent will make the decree apply to the whole island or to the province of Oriente only. - Many disquieting rumors regarding suspicious movements of negroes in Havana and vicinity "were afloat last nigtu. One band, is reported to have left the city during the n'ght ' Another armed band is reported in the vicinity of Wajay. Several arrests of suspect ed negroes have been made here. One of these is believed to be an emissary sent by General. Estenoz to start an uprising ;in the western provinces. The government today is still withr 1 out news from Orient. the report showed a fearful state of affairs. In defense of the abattoir and the stockholders, Dr. J. C. Montgomery stated that he visited thi place Mon day afternoon, that it may have been cleansed to an extent since the com mittee visited it Friday .afternoon, but that he did not find U in such condi tion as to justify the repor made. ''I recommend screens, but I don't see any use to close it up," said Dr. Mont gomery. Alderman Webb was on his feet in a second, scoring Dr. Montgomery in a mild sort of way for making such statements, especially as he is a prac ticing physician and should be inter ested in public health. Dr. J. A. Austin then spoke, stat ing that he too had visited the place (Monday afternoon and found that the construction of the plae was entirely wrong. "It won't do and they've got to get out," he said, following the re mark with the,: statement that they are going to move a j soon as they can construct a new cooling room some distance from the slaughter house and fertilizer mill. To questions put to him, Dr. Austin stated that the place needed screens, there is no ce ment floor and it is not properly cleaned. He and Dr. Montgomery stated that they had neve known in their practice any one o be made sick from the meats taken from the abat toir. Dr. C. M. Stnng was called on for a statement. Dr. Strong also had visited the place Monday afternoon and didn't And the plant what it E-hould be. He said it was a matter of sanitation after all, "it makes no difference as to the kind of abattoir, it is simply a matter of keeping it clean," he said. There is nobody to loolc after the place he said; it is ot sanitary and should be screened. Flies can come into the cooling room and infect the meats. Alderman Kistler told the members of the board, that the place is noth ing better than a guano factory and that he spoke to them of the condi tion more than a year ago. He an nounced that he didn't eat meat from it and never proposed to eat any beef slaughtered there. He spoke of the mill where bones are ground up, right at the cooling room and how the dust from it and -from the. .yard blew through - tlve 'windows and settled on the meats, v - - ' r 1 4 Alderman Guillett announced"" that.: he didnt 'knbw:anythig about abat toirs and' wouldn't know a clean one from 'a. dirty one. -He stated, however, that he thooght tie place,' as it is, is better than no slaughter house at all. : It. was then that the sensation of Dick, the former Ohio Senator, and Taft's attorney in the contests," and several other prominent leaders also were expected. Both rival camps are located In the Congress hotel, which is also the offl c'al headquarters of Col. Harry S. New. chairman of the sub-committee on arrangements. Advance guards of both the Taft and Roosevelt factions opened the headquarters yesterday in preparation for the coming of the two chiefs. With the arrival today of Vic tor Rosewater of Nebraska, acting chairman of the Republican national commitee, it was thought that the members of that body present would be called together informally. No reg ular meeting of the committee was scheduled for today, however.' GOVERNORSHIP CONTEST IN IOWA EXTREMELY CLOSE. Continued on page DES MOINES la., June 4 Returns collected today from 520 precincts in tlie State outside ot Des Moines and Polk county showed that tTnited States Senator W. S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge, received 37,000 votes for the Republican nomination for the Unit ed States Senate and Lafayette Young, the Des Moines editor, approximately 18,000 in yesterday's primary. It will be late today before the returns from a majority of the precincts have been compiled. The governorship contest on the Republican side was extremely close. Although G. W. Clark held the lead in the returns at hand, campaign man agers for P. G. Holden declared they expected Holden would be returned winner. The Democratic vote throughout the State was the lightest that has been registered in a number of years. John T. Hamilton, on the face of incom plete returns, led E W. Dunn of Ma son, city, for the Democratic nomina tion for Governor. TWO TAFT DELEGA1ES TO VOTE FOR ROOSEVELT. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 4. "We do hereby extend to President Taft our united and unshaken loyalty and will stand by him first, last and all the time." This was embraced in resolutions adopted .here .today by 22 of the 24 delegates from this State to the na tidnar convention.' They also declar ed against the initiative, referendum and recall. ; The two delegates from the third Alabama districi, who were instructed for Taft, announced they would vote for Roosevelt. They are Byron Tram mel! and J. B. Daughtry. Olub License May be FVxed at $500 and That on Drug Stores at $200 Instead of the Present Arrange ment Fights Will Center About Second and Third Readings. Mr. D. P. Hutchison was not re elected as a member of the water board and Mr. E. S. Williams was named to succeed him. Mr. J. A. Jones was re-elected. The voting took place at the meeting of the board of aldermen last night. The vote stood as follows: Jones 19, discussed ! Williams 11, Hutchison 10. Dr. J. A. Austin nominated Mr. E. S. Williams and Mr. E. W. Thompson seconded the nomination. Mr. R. F. Stokes nominated Mr. J. A. Jones and was seconded by Dr. J. C. Montgomery. Mr. A. M. Guillett nominated Mr. D. P. Hutcnison and received a second from Mr. E. L. Mason. Col. W. W. Phifer made an effort to have the election of members de ferred for several months until the work of the new Catawba river water works system is completed. He deemed it important that the present board be retained until this work, "which is the most Important this city has ever done," is completed. Alderman Kistler remarked that last season a member of the water beard went to Asheville and paid $2,500 for a piece of junk which has never been used and is as valueless as the stove in the aldermanic chamber. Mr. Kistler didn't think an inexperienced man would make any greater mistake and urged that the election be gone into. Will Sell $90,000 Bonds. Chairman E. W. Thompson of the finance committee made a motion to the effect that the finance commit tee be authorized to sell the "so called Tye bonds" after they have been advertised in local newspapers for one week. He remarked that several bids, almost as good as Mr. Tye's bid have been made and that this $90,000 worth of bonds can be disposed of readily. It will be at least one more month before the other street improvement bonds can be sold and there is no real advan tage in deferring action as to the ones under discussion, selling them at the same time the other will be placed on the market. The board voted unanimously that these bonds be re-sold. The board of directors of the Charlotte Humane Association asked for an appropriation of $110, to be used for the purchase of four water ing vessels in the city. The school children have subscribed .$2,7 to wards the fund and the vessels are much needed. Dr. Austin stated that he had recently seen farmers carrying water to their stock in buckets and urged that the appro priation be made. He made a motion to that effect, which was carried. Begin on Revenue Ordinances. Before the meeting adjourned, Chairman W. A. Watson began with the reading of the revenue ordi nances for the present year. The last year's work will have to be re vised and several nights will doubt less be required before the work can be completed. No discussion was engaged in on the proposed changes as read last night, but fre quent "objections" were made, in dicating that fights will occur when the matter comes up on second and third readings. It was decided before Chairman Watson began that the fights would take place on the second and third reading with indications only on his first reading which ordinances shall be the subject of these fights. Will Ra'so Licenses on Clubs and Drug Stores. "Social Clubs" will be taxed $500 and drug stores handling whiskey $200 as license taxes for the next year, according to the recommenla year. according to the recommenda During the past year the license for "social clubs" was $100 and $2 per locker. Drug stores handling whis key were taxed with, a license of $100. Some weeks ago the aldermen voted to refuse all city license taxes for, clubs and drug stores. As the matter is again to be thrashed out, there is no way of anticipating their action' in this regard. Mr. E. W. Thompson was very anxious that the assessments in the permanent improvement J district -be read, but Mr. Watson was not half through the first reading of the reve nue ordinances and the hour was 10:50 o'clock. The meeting was ad journed to meet at 8:30 o'clock th's evening when the revenue work will again be gone into and the street as sessments will also be read, with a date set for the citizens to bo heard. Rev. Mr. Manlius Orr, who has been assistant State oil chemist for the past two years, has resigned that po sition under the State Department of Agriculture. Mr. Orr is a Char lotte boy and his friends here will be interested in his future couurse. tht"""Miv H ndsay Field and Miss Mamie Brock were married Saturday night at the home of Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe, pastor of Tryon Stieet Meth odist church. The mother of the groom was the only one confided in as to the approaching marriage. --Catcher Malcolmson, who was re cently suspended by the Charlotte manager, has been reinstated, and left today for Winston, where he Joins the Hornets. The Hornets return to. Charlotte for a series of thre e-amew with Greenville, beginning next Thursday afternoon, after a week's ab sence on other diamonds. The condition of Dr. Fred Misen heimer was improved today. At the hospital this afternoon it was learned that he is some stronger than on yes terday and it is hoped the crisis is past. Dr. Misenheimer had been in a desperate condition for 10 days and It is hoped his continued improvement will be reported daily from row on. Messrs. W. L. Hand and Jes Hart this morning paid the $500 and costs . imposed by Recorder Smith In cases charging retailing to J. W. Moss and also paid the costs of the action in superior court, where the appeal had been taken. Judge F. L. Daniels was none too anxious to agree to the with drawal of the appeal, notice of which was given Monday. Messrs. W. B. Threat "and C. E. Thomas, representing . the Young Men s Club of St. Paul's Presbyterian church, will go to Spencer this after noon and tonight will meet in debate a team of the Spencer Baraca- Union, this team consisting of Messrs. J. Johnson and J. L. Vipperman. The query will be: "Resolved, That Solomon was a greater king than David." Since the plumbers' strike of two weeks ago, all plumbing work is suspended on Saturdays at 1:30 o'clock. For the public generally to know that it will be impossible to fill orders coming in Saturday morning and that it is desirable that all calls be made Friday afternoon is impor tant to the plumbing concerns of the city, who , find it hard to make their customers understand the new con ditions. Mr. Spurgeon Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. CoOke, , will return from Chapel Hill this evening. Mr. Cooke was a member of the graduat ing class of the university. Besides receiving his diploma, he received a certificate In history, being classed as the best history student In college. He also had the honor of winning the prize of $100, which was offered by the Colonial Dames for the best paper dealing with early North Carolina history. UNDERWOOD COTTON TARIFF BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED WASHINGTON. June 4. The Un derwood cotton tariff reduction bill was favorably reported to the House today by the ways and means commit tee! The bill is identical with that' passed by both houses and vetoed by President Taft last Augst. The Democratic leaders repeat their claim that its enactment would ave more than $80,000,000 a year to the users of cotton clothing. The' bill is expected to pass 'the House quickly, but may encounter complications in the Senate. r : Coc.on crop t onaition. , WASHINGTON, June 4. The Department of Agriculture, In Its fir-t cotton condition report of the seaapn, eHtimates the condition on May 25 of the growing crop to be 78.9 per cent of a normal. Condition by States follow: Virginia, 99. North Carolina, 87. , South Carolina, 83. Georgia, 74. Florida; 75. Alabama, 74. Mississippi, 72. Louisiana, '69. Texas. 86. Arkansas, 7$. Tennessee, 74. Missouri, 74. Oklahoma, 78. a California, 96. '
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