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MEWS. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. X V-NO. 6455 CHARLOTTE, N. C. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1906. PRICE: 5CENTS V. rc - ; . BUfiGLAfOTGOl FIGHT DUEl 1 T W 0 JUCfflH Two Policemen on Foot Fight Hot Duel with Burglars in Wagon. One Policeman Shot Three Times. May Die. Burglars Escaped. Policemen Found Burglar in Cel lar. He Fled to Wagon and While Dashing Away Many Shots were Fired. Policeman Shot Twice Before he Fell. By Associated Press. Xey York, Oct. 2o. A duel w ith revolvers between two policemen on li.ot and a burglar wagon ended in Brooklyn today with the escape of the burglar and the fatal wounding tf Roundsman James McGarry. In company with Roundsman Car ney, McGarry found a grating re moved from the window of the cellar or a drug store at Kingston avenue ;.nd Degraw street, and went into the cellar to investigate. While they were searching a man climbed out of the cellar and jumped on the seat of a wagon where an associate awaited him. As they whipped up their horse the roundsmen reached the sidewalk and ( pened fire on them. With the roundsmen in hot pursuit rlcwn the street a running battle took place. The police shots went wild, but at first the reply of the burglars McGarry was wounded in the face. A second "bullet pierced his arm and a third brought him c'own with a wound in the head from which he is not expected to re cover. His companion pursued the burg lars further but they disappeared in Jrcstsect Park. INTER-UNION STRIFE. Leading Chicago Manufacturers Ask President Gorroers to Stop Strife Among Unions. Bv Associated Press. Chicago, Oct. 23. President Sam uel Gompers, of the American Federa tion of Labor, was asked yesterday by leading Chicago raanufacurers to com pel the local unions to cease fighting among themselves. If this lighting was net stopped, he was told, "open shops" would be es tablished in large woodworking fac tories cf the city. He was informed that either unions must abide by their written contracts or else a great lock-out will follow. After receiving the complaints of the employers, Gompers admitted they were right and declared that the inter union strife must stop at once. MIDSHIPMAN RESIGNS. At Request of Japanese Embassy Mid- shicman Asahi Kitigaki Resigns. P.v Associated Press. Annapolis, Md., Oct. 23. At the re quest of the Japanese Embassy at Washington, Midshipman Asahi Kiti gaki, of the third class of the naval academy submitted his resignation, which will be accepted. Pending the department's action on the case, an extended leave of absence was granted. Kitigaki is a sen of Baron Kitigaki, of the Imperial Privy Council. He en tered the American Naval Academy Sept 19th. No reson is assigned for his resignation. Washington, Oct. 22. The inquiry at the Navy Department brought out the statement that the sole reason for the resignation of Midshipman Kitigaki from the Naval Academy was deficiency in studies. The fact was first reported by the superinten dent of the academy, who communi cated it to the Japanese Embassy with the result that the young man was requested to tender his resigna tion. CONDEMNED TO DEATH. MAmhoK of Socialists Fighting Or conization Condemned May End in Striks Tomorrow. Bv Associated Press. TTnrcow Cirt 9,?.. Fourteen mem bers of the Socialists fighting organiza tion, arrested October 2d, have been mimnp,! tn death by drumhead r.niirfm9rHal It is expected that this action will result in a eeneral strike tomoirow. The military authorities continue their domiciliary visit in the residen- iol Hctri(tB . . They recently searched the house of Count Krasinski, the most - prominent of the Polish nationalists. STREET CAR ACCIDENT. Many Persons Injured and Probably One Killed in Street Car Accident. By Associated Press. Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 23. A trol ls on the Schenectady railway from Troy, filled with passengers got beyond control of the motorman m morning at the junction of the Troy and city lines, slid some distance hit a big pole and overturned. Another car following ran into the wreck. One passenger is reported killed and a score or more injured. Ml THE MATTHEWS' CASE. Up To-Day for Hearing Before Su preme Court Mr Dixon in Eastern Part of the State. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C . Oct. 23. M.nior "R V ! Dixon, state auditor, left this morning ror tne eastern part of the state for campaign work in Samnson. Ppndor Duplin, Columbus, Robeson, Scotland ana union counties. He will close his work with a speech on Monday be fore the election. The first case called on the 9th dis trict calendar in the Supreme Court to-day was State vs. J. B. Matthews, from Greensboro, under sentence for 20 years in the penitentiary for pois oning his wife who was Miss Zola Briggs of Durham. The counsel for Dr. Matthews are Guthrie and Guth rie of Durham and Stedham and Cooke of Greensboro. The principal ground for the appeal is that there are no degrees of murder in poisoning in this State and that, if Matthews is guilty the court erred in. not finding first degree murder and sentencing the prisoner to be hanged. The de fense set up a denial of the whole charge and claimed that if Dr. Mat thews did commit the crime it was when he was under the influence of dope and insane from its effects. Since his conviction and sentence he has teen under a ?53000 bond and has spent practically all of his time in a sanitarium near Baltimore where he is being treated for his dope habit. Di T. P. Jerman died at the home of his son. Dr. T. P. Jerman. Jr.. in this city yesterday evening and his remain were carried today to the old home in Ridgeway for interment. Dr. Jerman was SO years old and was a typical old time gentleman who was a very useful citizen. He married a Miss Lucy Svdnor of Mecklenburg county, j He leaves two sons. T. P. and B.. S. Jerman of this city and Mrs. Carrie Dargan, his only daughter. TROUBLE IN MOROCCO. Bendaras Tribesmen Terrorizing Town, Pillaging Shops and Beating Jews. By Associated Press. Tangiers, Morocco, Oct .23. Mo hammed El Torres, representative of the Sultan, has not sent any troops t'j Areilla, which is still is posses sion of Bendaros Tribesmen, who are terrorizing the town, pillaging shops end beating thS Jews. The Spanish legation here is pro testing energetically against the out rages, as many Spanish subjects hove been maltreated. Thanksaivinq Day Named. By Associated Press. - Washington, Oct. 23. The President issued a proclamation naming Thurs day November 29 as the day of Thanks giving. . As Result of Discharge of Ten Machinists at Algiers Shops of ' Southern Pacific Railroad 10, -000 Machinists, May Strike in Day or So. By Associated Press. New Orleans, La.. Oct 23. It is aid that as the result of the dis charge of ten machinists at the Al giers shops of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and because of the alleged discrimination of long standing t.gainst their organization, 10,000 members of the International Associa tion of Machinists may be called out on strike on that system within a cay or two. Thomas L. Wilson, a vice-president ol the International Uunion, says the national officers will first -endeavor to secure the co-operauon of Mr. 1-larri-nan himself to have the discharged men re-instated and also will try to negotiate an agreement whereby the arbitrary powers of the master me chanics in discharging the employees without a cause will be abrogated. FIERCE SNOW STORM. Storm in for West Grows Worse Muc.'i Snow Falling. Denver, Colo., Oct. 23. Cheyenne, Wyo., this morning reported that the storm which has continued there for three days without r-nterruption is rag ing with increasing ?"ury accompanied by a heavy fall of bnow. The Union Pacific is trying to keep its line open with snow plows and the passenger trains arriving several hours late. . Freight traffic has been abandoned. Telegraph wires are down east of North Platte Neb., and west to Raw lins, Wyo. Ohio Library Association. Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 23. Libra ries and library trustees of Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky are in atten dance on the 12th annual meeting of the Ohio Library Association, which began here to-day. The value o the free library, and what it should afford to the people of the city, the smnu town and the rural districts, is the main topic of the gathering, which will remain in session until Saturday. Mr. Harrison Injjured By Associated Press. Turrmtroni Oct 23. Mr. Carter Har rison former mayor of Chicago, was -ninred recently While moose uuui.- injured recemiy 10,009 MACHINISTS Mtt GO OH STRIKE The Progressive Farmer is Enjoying His Prosperity by the Use of SOUTH CAROLINA FAIR. Now in Progress First Features To day Football Thursday Excellent Exhibits. Special to The News. Columbia. Oct. 23. The South Caro lina State fair opened yesterday. Mon day is always a "slack day" at the fair ns the e-xhihits are hardlv ever ready ami the people not yet come, but the attendance and preparedness of things yesterday were far in advance ol tne usual. It was a "big Monday." The first features of the fair took! place today. The automobile racing from noon to 2 p. m. were something new to most of the visitors and drew large crowds, the contests being open to all comers, with no restrictions on power or price of the machines. At 2 o'clock the horse racing began, with plenty of entries. There are to be four days of horse racing this year in stead of three, as usual, the horses be ing entered from many sections as well as South Carolina raised. j Butler's brigade holds its reunion this afternoon, -and Gen. M. C. Butler is here for the purpose of greeting and meeting with his old soldiers. There! will be a number of meetings in the pirv tomorrow, the annual meting of the Law and Order League, the meet ing of ,-the Farmers' Union, the South Carolina Postmaster Association, Fur niture Dealers executive committee, and others of a-minor character- The annual meeting of the. State Fair So ciety is to be held Thursday night. . The number of sidesnows - on tne streets and in the fair grounds is un usually large and the shows are of a high class, the Barkoot Carnival Com pany having the exclusive street priv ileges. Down at the fair grounds there are excellent exhibits of cattle, swine, stock, field crops and farm machinery, while the display of horses and mules in the arena every day will show the visitors something of the progress that South Carolina is making in these di rections. On Thursday at the fair grounds, the only football game of ' the week will take place, that between Clemson and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of North Carolina. This will be one of the best drawing attractions of the week, as the crowds at the fair always enjoy a football game. The I University of South Carolina usually plays a game here fair week, but last week the trustees passed a resolution forbidding the playing of the intercol- legiate games and this put an end to football at tne aoutn jaronna umvw sity. WOMEN MAY ASK TO VOTE. New York League Investigating Con ditions in Colorado. Denver, Col., Oct. 23. Miss Helen Sumner has been sent here by the Collegiate League of Equal Suffrage of New York to investigate woman suf frage as itjs practiced in Colorado. "It is very amusing to me to see the women as they act at conventions," she said, in speaking of her observa tions. "They jabber away among themselves just as they do at a club meeting until a subject conies up to be voted on in which they are directly interested. Then they stop talking, prick up their ears and begin election eering:. Thev do not act a bit worse than the men do, though, except that; the men are not quite so noisy. "I really can't say yet whether I am a believer in woman suffrage. One thing I have learned, that women do take advantage of tneir voting privi lege. - The registration books of the last election show ttat 44 per cent. the votes cast vere cast by women If Miss Sumner's report is favorable the league may start a campaign for woman suffrage in New York. NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION. Applications for. Increase in Bank Cir culation To Be Acted Upon. By Associated Press. ,l Washington, Oct. 23. Acting Sec retary Keep of the Treasury Depart ment announced that the applications fcr increases in the National Bank circulation under Secretary Shaw's of- jfer Gf yesterday will be favorably act ed upon in the order in wnich tney are received at the treasury. If, however, the national bank should apply for an increase of two or three mililons or even less,-it probably would be necessary, in the interest of smaller banks, to grant the application as to only a part of the sum asked for, and so extend the privileges con- icneu uy ocuai, - & number of banks as p0ssibie. PRES. SYHODiOPEKS AT STATESVILLE The Ninety Third Annual Session of Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina Opens at Statesville To-day. Officers were Elected. To-day's Program, Special to The News. Statesville, N. C, Oct. 23 The 93rd Annual Session of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina met at the First Presbyterian church of this city this morning at 11 o'clock. President E. R. Reyburn of Durham preached the opening sermon. He chose as his text, . "For we are His workmanship," Eph. 2:10. The ser mon was strong and a large crowd heard it. Mr. George W. Watt of Durham, re tiring moderatior called the Synod to order. One hundred and five dele gates answered tohe roll call. Rev. R. Y. Duncan of Lincolnton and Rev. Z. G. Bardell of Red Springs nomi nated Rev. W. R. Copperedge of Rock ingham for Moderator. Rev. Dr. How erton of Charlotte placed in nomina tion Rev. Dr. E. C. Murry of Grahanj. Rev. Mr. Copperedge was elected by a vote of 72 to 29. Rev. E. R. Bland of Mecklenburg and Rev: C. G. Smith of Taylorsville were appointed temporary clerks. Prof. J. II. Hill of Statesville deliver ed the address of welcome, after which an adjornment was taken until three o'clock this afternoon. From all prospects the Synod bids fair to be well attended and successful in every respects. WOULD RETA N SUPT. JOYNER. West Central District Association of County Superintendents of Public Instruction to Make Effort to Retain Mr. Joyner. Special to The News. Raleigh, Oct. 23. State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Joyner ! received from the West Central Dis- i trmt A Rsnr la.tion or Countv SilDenn- trict Association of County Supenn tendents of public schools, the resolu tions just adopted, urging that Mr. Joyner not consider any proposition to give up his duties as State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, until the work he has so admirably set on foot is more nearly carried out. This is in view ol the general im pression that Mr. Joyner is to be of fered the presidency of the State Normal and Industrial Colleges, of Greensboro to succed the late Dr. Chas. D. Mclver. Runaway Horse Makes Things Lively on S. Tryon Horse Being Driven By Mr. Lindsay Whitaker Makes Sensational Run This Afternoon. A horse being driven by Mr. Lindsay Whitaker made things lively this after noon on South Tryon street about 1:30 o'clock. The young man was com- re- tnwarrl the srniare drivine the ofhorE.e to a wagon when the animal began to kick. The harness broke and one of the shafts broke loose from the strape and fell to the ground. This incited the horse to greater ex ertions. He wheeled around in a jif fy and started back down South Tryon street. Mr. Whitaker leaped from the wagon but lost his hold on the lines and the horse was given full freedom. ! With the wason swayine from cne side of the street to the other, the an imal darted along with increasing speed. Several persons were on the streets in vehicles, and at times spec tators held their breath seeing the extreme peril of pedestrians and the people sitting in their buggies. At the juncture of Third and Tryon three ladies coming up town in a car riage, jumped and pulled their horse to the side of the street just in time to prevent a serious collision". The horse maintained its high rate of speed across the railroad and was lost sight of by many persons who had rushed to the street to witness the outcome of the runaway. all Modern Conveniences. ROCK HILL NEWS. The Problem of Late Trains Busi ness Houses Closed During Funeral of Mrs. Davis. Special to The News. Rock Hill, Oct. 23. The problem of late trains is getting to be . quite a serious and and it seems to be getting worse. The machinists are still on a strike and no one knows when that will be settled. A lady from this city left last week for Mem phis, and got Into that city twenty four hours late. It seems that the business of the South has outgrown the facilities for handling it. A con ductor on the Asheville and Knoxville division, on being asked if he would not be discharged if he would bring a train in on time, replied he expected he would. A series of special meetings will be held at the Baptist church begin ning Sunday Nov. 4th, Rev. L. R. Pruitt, one of the leading ministers of Charlotte, will conduct the meetings. Mr. Pruitt is recognized as a very suc cessful pastor and evangelist and the Baptist congregation of Rock Hill are confident that they will have a great meeting under his leadership. Commissioner Watson cables that he will bring on the WIttekind, which sailed Thursday 482 immigrants of whom 16& are Belgians and the remain der Germans, Austrians and others. . , Rev'. ana'MTsTTJbsfraiTlYed in Rock Hill on Saturday night and are now at home in the Manse on East White street. Upon their' arrival they were met and welcomed by Rev. and Mrs. Lingle. E. D. Smith, of Magnolia, president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association and a member of the ex ecutive committee of the South Car olina Association, and Miss Annie Brunson Farley, formerly of Charles ton, but now of Florence will be mar ried October 31 at the Presbyterian church in Florence. Miss Mamie Reid left last Saturday morning- for Beach Island, near Augus ta, to be present at the marriage of Miss Milledge Wilson which takes place Wednesday. Miss Wilson is well known here, being a graduate of Win throp College. Mr. W. L. Law who is surveying the new trolley road from Charlotte to the Catawba river spent Sunday in town with his family. The state convention of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy will be held at Greenville on December 6th next. The general convention of the Daugh ters will be held at Gulfport, Miss., during the same month. - Miss Myrtle Bfankenshlp is visiting her sister Miss Ursula in Dilworth, Charlotte. The local editor of the Rock Hill Record while in Atlanta last Friday visited the capitol where the remains of the Rev. Sam P. Jones lay in state that day. An old lady, Mrs. Osborne, of Atlanta, while viewing the corpse fainted and died before she could be moved into one of the offices. St. John's church bell was tolled and all the business places in Rock Hill were closed during the period of the funeral services of Mrs. Jefferson Da vis at Richmond on Friday. , Our new broom factory is about rea dy for operation. The president says he will soon have a man on the road soliciting orders. Carriage Makers' Convention. Atlanta, Georgia, October 23. More than two thousand members of the Carriage Builders' National association were present this morning when the association's 34th annual convention was called to order by President A. G. Brunsman of Cincinnati. Governor Terrell welcomed the visitors to Geor gia and Mayor Woodward extended the greetings of the City of Atlanta. Re sponse for the association was made by Perrin P. Hunter of Cincinnati. Other speakers heard at the opening session were Lucius Gregory of Chase City, Va., president of the Southern Vehicle Dealers' Association, and Max Robinson of Martinsburg, W. Va., pres ident of the S. E. D. National Wagon Makers' association. - America Not Represented : Paris, France, Oct. 23. The 3rd international congress of suppression of traffic in women began its business sessions to-day, with former Premier Bourgeois presiding. Considerable re gret is expressed that the United States is not officially represented at the congress, as it is recognized that the co-operation of all the civilized world is necessary if the measures for the suppression of the "white slave" traffic are to be made effective. SMALL STRIKE AT MILL. About Ten Speeders at Highland Park Go Out Seven Return Work of Agents. Yesterday afternoon about ten em ployees in the speeder room of High land Park Mill No: 3, two miles e,ast of the city, went out, throwing up their jobs and claiming that they could get more pay elsewhere. This morning all but three of those who went out returned to their work and the matter Is regarded as settled as far as the mill is concerned. The most serious feature about the matter appears to be that the em ployees who walked out were per suaded to do so by agents or repre sentatives of mills outside the city, who told the . employees that they could get more money at the other mills. There were ten of .fifteen of the employees in the speeder room who were disposed to listen to the promises of higher wages, and en deavored to get up a walk-out' but only a few of the mill people were willing to risk their jobs for others away from home, and the affair ac cording to the mill men was a signal lailure, the hands, - or the majjority of them returning this morning at the oid scale of wages. The few who are still out are supposed to have left town as they have not been seen today about the mill. . ' If it should prove that the employ ees have been tampered with by agents from outside there would.be most likely a good case for the mill men here whose employees have been solicited to leave the mill at v-hich they have been working, to go to another mill under promise of more pay, and other inducements. To Dedicate Great Cathedral. Pittsburg, Pa., October 23. High prelates of the Roman Catholic church are gathering in Pittsburg to take part in the ceremonies to-morrow accom panying the dedication of the new St. Paul's Cathedral. The cathedral is one of the most magnificent church edifices In America. The dedication will be acompanied by all the pomp and ceremony customary to the occas ion. His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, five archbishops and many bishops of the church will take part. Fairbanks In Indian Territory Vinita, Indian Territory, Oct. 23. Following his whirlwind tour in Okla homa yesterday Vice-President Fair banks is booked for a strenuous day in Indian Territory to-day. The 'day begins with a speech at Coalgate this morning and ends in Vinita to-night, with South McAlester, Muscogee, Tul sa and other cities and towns sand wieteed in Taetween- - ONLY SURVIVOR OF E Solitary Survivor of 33 Men who Perished on Houseboat Brought into Port ard Tells Story of Terrific Gale. Saw Eight Drown. By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 23. The solitary survivor of 33 men who went adrift on the barge, or the houseboat, Halfy, from lower Matacombi Key, on the coast of Florida, .during the terrific gale of October 13, was brought into this port today by steamer El Pare. He Is John Russell, of Salem, Tay lor county, Florida, and declared he saw 'eight of the 32 others drowned and declared that all of them went down when the barge founded. "BROKE" ON HIS HONEYMOON. Bridegroom Has to Sell Auto to Raisa Carfare Home. Denver, Col. Oct. 23. William R. Armstrong and his bride, who are on their honeymoon tour from Coshoc ton, Ohio, came overland in their auto mobile as far as Denver. Here the bridegroom's finances became so low he had to sell his machine to get mon ey for carfare home. There is said to be a provision that it can be re deemed. When he became of age a few months ago the parents of Armstrong gave him the car. "It was the only one of the kind in Coshocton," he said today. Because of this the young women of the town vied with one an other for the distinction of riding in it. Miss Sarah Marshall got more rides than any one else. One day Arm strong counted his cash and told her it was enough for a wedding trip, and they were married. For Champlain Tercentenary. Montpelier, Vermont. Oct. 23. The partiotic and historical societies of Vermont are foremost in a movement which may result in provision by the legislature, now in session here, for the election of the three hundredth anniversary of the discovery by Sam uel de Champlain of the lake which bears his name. This anniversary falls on July 4th, 1909. It is suggested that the anniversary be commemorated neither by a monument nor an expo sition, but by a programme of exer cises in which Canada and France, as well as the United States, might offi cially take part. Mr. Grose .Northey was brought to the Mercy General Hospital yesterday, where he will undergo an operation for appendicitis. Mr. -Northy was a form er resident of this city, but now lives in High Point. BARG ARRIVED BIG BID OF WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS MAKE GREAT JEHSATIOII Great Excitement Caused at Re opening of Parliament by Pre sence of About 200 Women Suffragists who Sought to Plead their Cause. Many Passed Police and Created Disturbance in Lobby of Houses by their Hysterical Shoutingand Screaming. Police Finally Ejected Them. By Associated Press. London, Oct. 23. The unusual ex citement in connection with the re opening of Parliament today caused by the presence of about 200 women suffragists, many of whom despite the protest of the police, managed to find their way into the lobby of the House of Commons, with the intention of buttonholing the members in the sup port of their movement. A number of suffragists mounted the vacant chairs in the lobby and began to harangue the few members of Parliament present in that part of the house. The police after being reinforced made a stragetic advance against the invaders, taking the women singly, and gradually ejecting them, cne by one from the house. The most militant of the women struggled so desperately that two ofli eers were required to remove them. Their hysterical shouting and scream ing brought crowds of members from the house and the unwonted scene cre ated temporary excitement such as has seldom been witnessed in or about the house. During the height of the tumult a small band of the strongest suffragists determined to attempt to break into the house itself, and as though by con certed action, this band suddenly charged towards the entrace of the inner lobby. Some of the women tried to climb over the barrier and others attempt ed to crawl under it; For several minutes the utmost dis order prevailed and the police had all they could to eject the stern, deter mined women, without utilizing the more vigourous means which would have been employed in the case of men. The women resolutely refused to leave the house without bing ejected by force. Suffragists Arrested. The police were forced to carry out several women bodily and the strug gling and shouting suffragists all were ultimately deposited in the palace yard where, for some time, they continued their vehement protests. A procession of the house of com mons attendants followed, bearing the hats, cloaks and fragments of mil linery and finery dropped in the scuf fle. The police arrested several of the suffragists. UNDERWRITER'S ASSOCIATION. Seventeenth Annual Convention Met Today in St. Louis Many Matters cf Importance. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 23. More than 400 delegates and alternates, repre senting nearly all the states, met in the Olympic theatre today at the open ing of the 17th annual convention of the National Association of Life Un derwriters. Very little business was transacted on this, the opening day, the time being consumed with address es of welcome and routine business. Owing to the exceptional conditions existing in the life insurance business at the present time there are weighty question to be discussed by the under writers, and before the convention closes Thursday much that i3 now be ing thought will be expressed and de termined. Among life insurance men it has been a foregone conclusion for months that the present convention would be the most important in the associa- . tion's histon'. This is due to the al most revolutionary changes which have overtaken life insurance during the present year as a result of the eastern investigations and the passage of the Armstead law in New York ; association is virtually facing a crises in its history. It is believed that the : membership is almost unanimously against some of the main features of ' the recent New York legislation, but just which form the opposition will I take is problematical. Section 97 of , the New York law will likely receive j much consideration. This limits the ' commissions to be paid agents and its enforcement means a reduction on the , first year's commission of 90 per cent. ' of all agents in the country. Another ! move forecasted is an effort to amend j the constitution, making it impossible for any one connected with a company ! in an official capacity to hold office in a. i ri 1- . p v ; , . ' tne association, ouppurteis ui lui , step argue that as the association is j composed of active field men it is ! neither fair to them nor to the com- panies to have any but active agent3 1 in official capacities. -, Mr. John Moore Kirkpatrick, a j brother of Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, of ithe Charlotte bar, is ill with malarial I fever at his home in Sharon town-'ship.