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Bulletin Just Iss tied
Shows 8,878,277 Run
ring Bales of Cotton
Ginned From. the 19.09
Growth to Dec 1st.
7 his is Compared to 11,
007,661 lor 1908
Fuli Report by States
Local Opinions of The
Report.
r Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. S. There wore :
v7.277 running bales of cotton)
-'''oil I'roni tbf (vvrra-t h nf KSftO !
I'ember 1. as compared with 11.00$,
i'i i for IPOS, according to the census
' r.Hotin issued to-day.
These figures count round as half
bales and exclude linters.
Piwocrtion of the last three crops
ulrned to December 1, is S4.1 per
c. nt icv 100$, 75.$ per cent for 1D07
mi a 77.2 for 1906.
Rcund bales included this year are
i::3,91D against 201,480 included fcr
Mates uiciuaeci are n,uO tor iuy, t$,
for 190$ and 55.209 fcr 1E07.
Effect on Markets.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. S. Census bureau"!
lvport showing decrease in cotton
ginned this year compared with last,
caused increased activity and excite-
ment in the cotton market with May
contracts selling up to 15.39, or 17
points jabove the closing figures last
night, and a new record for the sea-
Report by Stniss.
Distribatina Sea Island cotton .for
3309. is Florida, 25.90G; Georgia, 43,-
llj; South Carolina. .S,o2. ;
Total cotton crop for 1903 was 13,- ;er to Mr. Lackey and this puzzled him,
'.-6.005, and for 1907, 11.057.S22.' !bui he immediately wired to have the
Corrected statistics of the quantity remains sent to Statesviile. Tney
f rotten ginned this season to No vein- t were expected to reach here about No
14, 8,112,199 bales. ' vember 10th. and arrangements were
Cotton ginned frond 19f3 growth, to made to have them interred at Stony
lv . ember 1st, in the following state's: point. But the corpse never came, and
Vlciida. 55.958; Georgia, 1,677.232; Mr. Lackev wrote for information to
Xrth Carolina, 536,163; South Caro- no avail. "
SSJ.340. , j The mycte'ry was - deepened a few
; ' days ago when Mr. Lackey, of States-
IL 9 y 7 viile, received a letter from a relative
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At Copenhagen
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Copenhagen, Dec. 8. Dr. Frederick 1
A. Cook's North Polar observations
!c-if hod here today.
They were placed in the University
v'"!t and will be guarded until the
i xamining committee begins its
v.ork.
"o Honor Peckfcam's Men-.orv.
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X. Y.
Dec.
hwt;.' have been concluded fcr the j 1S32. The poet is now m Pans, wmtn-
".''( :v: : iiieeiing of the New York State er he was brought from his home in
Ur Association tc be held in the As- j Ncrway in the hope that an opera-s'-i:rly
Chamber tomorrow evening jtion might afford relief from the com-
"r the purpose of commemorating the j plication cf ailments from which he
li:'" ur.d public services of the late has suffered, for several years. His
.b;:-.; iff Rufr.s W. Peckham. of the j present condition is -regarded as criti-'
rn:ud States supreme court. The ) cal in the extreme. The physicians,
No-vr-nmie fcr the memorial meeting i in. fact, hold out no hope that ne
!-:.vHes tor addresses by United will ever be able to leave his bed. and
'-r.qtor P.cct. Governor Hughes, tin view of his age it is -not believed
ana others. j that he can long survive.
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Cut of J. h,. Foster, D. D., the Newly . Installed Pactor at Wilm.nnton First
Church.
'Z- Forecast Till 8 p. rrs. Thurs- O
$ day. Fcr Charlotte ar.d vicin-
ity: Fair and eclder to-night. 5
Thursday: Fair and ccntinu
ed cold.
House Was
Dynamited
By Associated Press.
Smith ers, Ohio, Dec. S. The house
occupied t-r tin workers imported
to break the strike, was dynamited
this morning.
The hovse was wrecked and a
number of persons seriously injured.
Cardenas Out
Against Zelaya
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Dec. S. Former Pres
ident Cardenas cf Nicaragua, over
thrown by Zelaya in 1891, has taken
the field against his old enemy, head
ing a expedition from Ccsta Rica into
Nicaragua, according to advices re
ceived here. Cardenas is at the head
i ci aoout oO'J armed men. Mangua is
Mysterious Telegram
Still lutsplicable
I Special to the News,
I Statesviile, N. C, Dec. S. As was
mentioned in these columns at the
'time, on the ICth or 17th of November,
Jlr. W. B. Lackey, of Statesviile, and
i Ir. Walter Lackey, cf Charlotte, were
.'.advised by telegram that their sister,
i Mrs. E. E. Gibbons, was dead at Kan
sas City, Mo., and the sender of the
! message asked what disposition should
'be made cf the body.
The telegram was signed by a Strang
enclosing a card which had been receiv
(ed from Mi
led from Mrs. Giboons, showing that
liive and well at Kansas City.
sent the death message and
the reason for sending it is yet unex-
plained. Mrs. Gibbons has a husband
and a number of children, but Mr.
Lackey's letters to them have not been
answered.
Bjornson's Condition Critical.
Paris, Dec. ?. Bjornstjerne Bjorn
son, the famous Norwegian poet, play
wright and publicist, entered upon his
0th year today, having been born in
Osterdalen. Norway, December 8th,
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B. Carlisle as Moder
ator of Convention N.
B. Brought on Elected
Secretary for 27ih Time
5cc'i'. Johnson Read Re
pjrtof Board of State
Misiions at Morning
Session His Rvcorn
mendations.
Special to the News.
Wadsboro, N. C, Dec. S.Just be
fore noon today the report of the com
mittee on ministerial education was
read by C. M. Beach. ' The report asks
the convention to go on record as op
posed to the use of tobacco by young
ministers. .
The report carefully designated the
young ministers and was adopted.
Wadesboro, Dec. S. The largest at
tendance of Baptists in years gathered
in state convention last night and af
ter a splendid sermon by Rev. George j
i. watliins, Ol u-oiusuuro, rresiueui
J. B. Carlisle called the body to or
der in 79th annual session.
The election of a president was the
issue for the evening and after a good
natured contest of their ballots the
convention elected William Carey
Dowd, of Charlotte, as president.
Mr. Dowd, in a brief address, took
the chair and the organization was
perfected by the re-election for the
27th time of N. B. Broughton as sec
retary. Report en State Missions.
This morning Secretary L. Jbhnson
read the report of the board of the
state missions. The report makes the
following recomtnendations :
"We respectfully submit the follow
ing recommendations:
"First, That the amounts appropriat
ed to the . missionaries and Sunday
school work be left to the discretion
cf the board provided ' svich amount
(shall not exceed $40,000.
"Second, That all of the money con
tributed by. the women for state mis
sions, or so much of it as may be
deemed necessary, shall be used as a
church building fund. The disposition
of this fund shall be left to the ex
ecutive committee of the beard of mis
sions, provided that not more than half
shall be granted as donations, the re
mainder being used as loans on such
terms, and with such securities as the
executive committee may deem wise.
"Third, That we employ no evange
list next year but that W. R. Brad-
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CONGRESSIONAL VAUDEVILLE.
Is Crowded '
ih De leg ates-- y '..
evorts
shaw, our present evangelist, assist the I
corresponding secretary in preser
iug to the churches and associati
the missionary objects cf the conven
tion. ;
"Fouith, That the asscciationai exec
utive committees respectfully, but ear
nestly request these churches to give
the financial plan submitted in this re-
jport'a fair and faithful trial.
"Fifth. That the executive commit
tee of the mission board he requested
to prepare a table based on last year's
contributions, adding to each object
the percent of increase necessary, in
their judgment to meet the demands
cf the coming year.
Sixth, We suggest the following
schedule of collections as perhaps the
best that can be arranged for church
es: Heme missions, December, Jan
uary, February; Foreign missions,
March, April, May; Ministerial Educa
tion, June; Orphanage. July and
Thanksgiving: Optional, August. State
missions, September, October, Novem
ber; for the Sunds. school: Orphan
age, first Sunday in each month; Sun
day school missions, June 7th: that the
corresponding secretary m preser I V-T, i 11
corresponding secretary be given au- expectancy came during the diseus
thority to prepare a hand book on state sion of the subject of church letters,
missions for the use of mission study Every Baptist church has a covenant
causes, the same to be printed as
cheanly as possible, covered with paper
and scld at actual cost."
The report of the board of education
was read by Kev. . K.. uiuium, or soon as possieie unue wnn some om
Wake Forest. The report shows Go er church, when we may carry out
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W. C. DOWD, THE NEW ELECTED
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ministerial students aided by the
board.
Report on Sunday Schools. .
Mr. J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, read
a report on Sunday schools and ad
dresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. I.
J. Van Ness, of Nashville, and Rev.
Dr. E. H. Dement, of Louisville, Ky.
Proceedings of Day.
In the pastor's conference this af-
. ternoon, the only incident out of the
i taken by members which contains this
clause:
"We, moreover engage, that when
we remove from this place, we will as
PRESIDENT, STATE ASSOCIATION.
By Associated Press.
Panama, Dec. 8. Passengers from Nicaragua state that the people in
the republic are kept in ignorance of the happenings in the country, b
cause of Zelaya's strict censorship. Honduras's president is reported to be
an ally of Zelaya.
General Toledo is besieged at Grey town, and surrounded by land and sea
by Insurgents. Foreign newspapers are not allowed to enter Nicaragua.
The situation in the interior is desperate.
Mysteries P i I e d
Up In The Bath
Tub Murder Case
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 8. Mysteries piled up today in the bath-tub murder
case. The question of whether chloroform was used in murdering the
young Southern girl, Ocey Snead, looms up as a result of the druggists
story that a woman resemblingone of Miss Snead's relatves sought
to buy a bottle of chloroform a day or two before the body was discover
ed in ths East Orange house-of-the-dead .
He refused to sell the drug w7lt&cut prescription.
The police believe Mrs. Snead was chloroformed then drowned. An
other complication injected is the disappearance of Mrs. Martha Wardlaw,
grand-mother of the victim. The wo-man who died so mysteriously was
buried today. No friends or relatives attended the funeral. Miss Virginia
Wardlaw, the victim's aunt is still locked up charged with murdering
her niece.
the spirit of this covenant and the
principles of God's Word."
in tne discussion the tact was :
brought out that in many instances !
church members would not speedily ':
change their membership and that I
sometimes the pastors themselves j
were negligent in the matter. Rev.
Mr. Dowd introduced a resolution urg
ing pastors to persuade all members
of their churches to take their letters
from the churches when they leave
and place them in the church where
they locate. The resolution provoked
opposition and one pastor stated that
he would not be pledged to any such
action. When the vote was taken the
resolution was lost.
The morning session of the pastor's
conference opened with a devotional
service led by Rev. W. R.. Collum, D.
D. The early train brought in a large
number of pastors from all parts of
the state and the third session of the
Conference is beyond all question the
largest in attendance ever held. The
opening address was delivered in the
morning by Rev. J. R. Doan of Hen
derson on the subject, "The Holy
Spirit in the Work of the Preacher."
Rev. Baylus Cade of Shelby followed
with a delightful masterpiece on the
theme: "The Preachers Opportunity
in the Twentieth Century." Rev. R.
G. Kendrick of Greensboro opened a
discussion on "The Great Work of 1
the Preacher," with an "address on
"Soul Winning." The organization
and training department cf the preach
er's work was discussed by Rev. T.
W. Chambliss. During the afternoon
the pastors correspondence course was
considered and ministers endorsed thef
plan in their speeches. Rev. H. A.
Brown, D. D... for 32 years pastor at
Winston-Salem read a splendid paper
on the subject of the permanency of
the pastorate and was followed by
Prof. J. B. Carlyle of Wake Forest in
his pleasing style. "How May, I Get
the most Help from my Deacons" was
the topic discussedj by Rev. John G.
Hughes of Hendersonville.
The convention year closed Novem
ber 30. There are 61 associations in
the convention. 55 of which made their
reports for "1909, which are larger
than those of any previous year. For
these associations that have not made
their reports the reports of 190S will
be used at the Convention.
There has been an advance at every
point. There are now 1,899 Baptist
churches in North Carolina wuth 1,
61 Sunday schools. The total mem
bership in these churches. is 217,967;
the total Sunday school membership,
153464. Besides these figures there
are a number of churches that have
not reported membership. These
would add nearly 3,000 each to the to
tal church and Sunday school mem
I ershio.
During the past year there have
been 12,752 baptisms. Financially
there has been an advance at every
point. There are seven objects to
which our people contribute state
missions, home missions, foreign mis
sions, orphanage, ministerial educa
tion, aged ministers and Sunday school
missions. To these objects has been
contributed during the year 136,8So
.33. This is a net gain ever last year
of $13,300. There has been a marked
gain in the contributions to state and
foreign missions. We have given to
state missions $39,327.95 and to Sun
day school missions which is a part
of the funds to the same board $2,-
018.18 an agreement of $41,346.13 used
in state missions work this year. To
foreign missions our people have con
tributed over $37,000. All objects
show splendid gains.
In the Sundav school work there
have been gains along all lines mem
bership of schools, number of officers
and teachers, perennial and evergreen
schools and ratio of Sunday school
members to church members.
In our denomination, as in all others
there are individuals and churches
that are doing nothing.
Proposed Monument
At Gettysburg
Bv Associated Press. -
Washington, Dec. 8. The proposed
monument at Gettysburg to Virginia
troops will stand at a point where the
extreme right Confederate line rested
and General Lee watched the charge
of Picket's brigade. .This was decid
ed by the Virginia commission.
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Boiler Makers
Walk Out
By Associated Press.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 8. Over one
hundred men in the boiler shops of
the American locomotive works walk
ed out to-day following the order
changing the system of pay from daily
wage system to time or bonus sys
tem. ,
Zelaya bails to
Incite People
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 8. Senor
Castrillo, representative of the revolu
tionists, received a telegram from
Bluefields signed Estrada, stating in
dications were that a decisive battle
between Zelaya's forces and the revo
lutionists would be fought tomorrow at
Rama.
President ' .Zelaya, recognizing the
growing sentiment in Nicaragua favor
able to the revolutionists and to the
part the United States is playing in
the contest, has recently been mak
ing every possible effort to incite the
people to an anti-American demonstra
tion.
This information was received at the
state department from official sources
together with statements that Zelaya's
efforts have been utterly futile.
Boys' Club Is Victorious.
The Charlotte high school basketball
team went up against the Boy's Club
of the Y. M. C.,A. yesterday afternoon
and met another defeat. Boys' Club,
IS; Charlotte High School, 9, is the
way the score stood at the end of the
contest. The high school boys must
have had an off day, as they failed to
play their usual good game. The Char
lotte high school team will go to
Salisbury Saturday to play the high
school team of that city.
M.'s. C.'s.
Thos. Stewart .... . . Junius Smith
Right forward..
Ben Maffitt i . . . A . . . . R. Willman
Left forward.
S. Alexander (capt)..F. Macrae (capt)
Center.
J. F. Smith .... : ...i W. Bradneld
Righi guard.
E. Page F. Potts
: Left guard.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 8. Still ahead of
all records, leaders in the six-day bicy
cle race to-day set the pace lowering
existing marks. Early this morning
thousands of spectators witnessed the
sprint by teams at a terrific pace, one
team losing a lap in the wild scram
ble. "Bobby" Walthour of Atlanta, Ga.
and his team mate Collins, by won
derful sprints, slid up to' fourth place.
Distance covered thus far is 1,184
miles.
The score at 11 o'clock stood:
Rutt-Stol.
McFarland-Clark
Lawson-Demara.
Walthour-Collins. s
Root-Folger.
Mitten-West.
Cameron-Krebs.
Halstead-Lawrence.
Pye-Hehir.
Anderson- Vanor. i.
Hill-Stein.
Galvin-Keegan.
Girge-Gcreet.
German-Carapezzi. . -
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