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VOL. 45. NO. 8011
CHARLOTTE N. C.. SAT RDAY fcVENING, AUGUST 19. 191 1
PRICED « Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDJly-6 Cents Sunaay.
« Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a “ ~ '
Little Rioting
Marked Labor War
In England To-day
c SideFjom One Instance
Rioting When Troops Fired etrikc of docknien went througlf'the
o'lMob Killing 2 wo Men meT
There Has Been Little Pis-,Sf”aboul^^nd^
order.
Copy Dally «nd Sunday
to observe it strictl\ and loyallv. Then
:.'lr. Burns hurried back to the govern-
offices to take a hand In the ne-
Igotiarions with the railway men.
'fduced But Elective Train , Loudon and throughout the couu-
tnousands of men responded to*
bervtce was Oteiated cn ® enroll themselves as special
, . constables. • A long line stood outride
i ines in 2 he London Dis^ ^o^ay waiting in turn to be
4 j n j ^ receixe a button and
. net-Port of London Work-,
r 23 i ^ ^^bcniselves comfor-
rg Full Capacity, the parks and at the railway
statlonE and apparently were prepar-
■'dated Pres? stay any length of time. During
i.iM .\u^ labor war *°ng processions of army
. ■ tht L , Vo ambulances passed*through the streets
,1 a 1,. the Amalgamated bociei^ conveying supplies to the
: ,-.:va: Servants and three allied cami^s.
ies 'vab attended with corapara-1
I'ftle rioting today, though the ^ ZJ,o
• i-Tousht rcrortfi of blood-j ITSt fVljC
■ - .*■ Lenell> . \\ ales, where troops TTu.
:i a mob killing two men and 1 llTTlCu. Uu
Jinc a third. *
befoie thio was received ! tj,. * ,
■ '.u' home office received an opto-
lletip on the strike situation him ‘ 1^.—“I lov
^ n m and I cannot stay away from
ranquility and order nre-' Uuisia is his wife," de
aroughout the London district, ' aCatharine Sharp,
.. buf eflective train service Is .^ X® Peter C. Sharp, of this
•-J a' all stations. The port of f returned here yesterday
ai ]’ is working at its-full activitv ^ Orleans, where she went
' ex«'eniion of the lighter men * „^ Sharp's sec
various
'p -rii! on strike
ond wife, Louisia.
t’hief railw-ay companies of Enr- ^ -Mrs. Sharp last night was
' iving up to their promises, again at the Sharp home,
r.'aln restricted train .servicesas she wants
'ho protection of soldiers andi Louisia Sharp last
'■ p Tniins were runnirig this i ^ I,u ^ boss.”
on all lines, although in great* L-, wife, Anna
nunibe!?. Catharine, were parted in the great
prcen'age of the men re-' F years ago he came
I' al. while a large number ofi married hii^ second
! “H> were made by outsiders |,’ I^^isia. Anna Catharine locat-
Even some of the union' Sharp througli the United States
’inued at their duties, j)eing * ^^e came here but
" strike while negotiations married. As she had been
flement were proceeding. i dead many years she had no
' unions adopted resolutions > standing in court. Sharp, how'ever
' ■-e until some decision had I home and for sev
at be'ween the govern-1 ^eeks the tx^o wives lived in the
•Ts and the railw av mana-' ^ame house, the first one as a guest.
. Quarrels caused Anna Catharine 'to
io':i-Geoige. chancellor of New Orleans to live with
. f‘:‘, has now tiiken charge ’ over a month ago.
* a' for the government j ;
- . good offices of James* Atwood Delayed Flight.
; Ma ^ na!d. M. P., chairman,®'' Associated Press,
i succeeded In indue- Erie, Pa., Aug. 19.—Harry N. At-
• 'OT Irish and Scottish ''"ood, after a trial flight, said the air
'■ ' 5 K;.,ii3h unions to meet!''as bad and that he will not attemut
' ’'H • - , He was assisted ! start from Swanville for Erie be-
' n.i evident of the local fore 3 or 4 o'clock thi& afternoon and
‘ r.i and as both Burns perhaps not at al Itoday.
i' ’ ''ii ire known as sympa- —
■ ij >n3 and have the con- Serious Fire at Baton Rouge,
aiiway managers, the ! By Associated Press.
>ui early settlement | Baton Rouge, La., Auc- 19.—Fire
ro.iay. Some of the j v. as discovered In the $3,000,000 re-
’ • !fii-rters of the men ex-j finery of the Standard Oil Company
■ ' ' viiiion that the strike i here shortly before noon today. At
more than a few days. 12 o’clock the flames had spread be
yond the control of the Are depart
ment.
!' :s on a small scale
■^ered points through
■K London remained
'vav centers were close-
Yeggmen Blow Safe.
e iresentatlves of the By Associated Press,
i' ,f. were prevented by j Anniston, Ala., Aug. 19.—Two yegg-
a.-8 ^nd police from having .men blew the safe in the store of
'ou^pe with the men at work. Thomas & Sons here last night and
•^a stations presented a, obtained seventeen cents. The safe
■ ■ appearance during the w'as shattered by nltro-glycerine or
*^he porteis being ^ (jynamite. The men were flred on while
ms attempted to trav-, leaving town, but as far as is known
1 i?il .ash was confined to ^neither was hit.
' i.fcrating suburban servl-
naintalned a fairly regu-
and did not suffer the
• Uich th^y were compell-
:> "ith yesterday.
Peacemaker Lott Life.
By Associated Press.
New York, Aug. 19.—Edward Ca-
, , ,, I nissa, a well-to-do Italian, is dead at
as mo\ed In small quan-. his Brooklyn home as a result of his
»ii the stations under armed efforts to act as peacemaker between
mtjre important still, Lp^'i two of his friends who drew revolv-
■ ° ° which I Qn each other last night. When
^Vestem and | t^e revolvers were brought into evi*
i> n '-nfl .Northwestern roads, | (^^gjjjggg^ rushed forward just
^1 . recial)ly reduced. |j,j time to receive a bullet from
• central railway lines revolver. Both bullets pierced
• >nipletely paralyzed yes- ujg heart and his two friends w’ere
rned operations today, the gj,j.ggjg^ charged with homicide.
'•iinp successful in moving i
i in anM out of London. The
!f‘rn railroad, upon which a
■ ’ion of^ the men remained,'
- jiined a good service and
"■.!! in a manifest thanking
r*? annoiinced that all who
" strike would be given dou-
'i '13 the strike period.
' iianrj Railway abandoned its
ains and did not book pas-
■ . '•mo branch lines, but sent
> Scotland and the Midland
-^'1 oschedule.
' ;a* .\orthern Railway also
a f-, irlv good passenger ser-
tlie other lines running
TBOOPS FIfiE
1
\\
Planning Now For
Redistricting Oj
Custom Tenitory
Britannia—Well, it looks as THESE waves may rule ME.
Atwoods Progiam •
For To - day
By Associated Press.
Swanville, Pa., Aug. 19.—With a
flight of 11 miles from here to Erie
before noon and a flight of 95 miles
from Erie to Buffalo in the after-
noonfi Harry N. Atwood, the Boston
aviator, planned today to add 1U6
miles to his credit in his attempt to
beat the world’s cross-countrys re
cord by flying from St. Louis to..
New York.
Atwood's biplane had been kept
under trees near the Lake Shore all
night after it had been, brought to
earth in a corn field because the
aviator found he had not sufficient
gasoline to take him into Erie, was
wheeled out into the field again early
today. Atwood said he expected to
land in Erie about 11 o’clock and
start for Buffalo at noon.
Having in five days gone more
than half the 1,265 miles from ‘his
starting point in St. Louis to his pro
posed landing at Coney Island, in
New’ York, Atwood is confident that
by Monday he will be well beyond
Rochester, N . Y'.
“As soon as I get into New Yoi'k
state I will be safely out of these
treacherous lake breezes,” said At
wood. “The wjnd in the run from
Cleveland here almost' disabled my
machine. I ran into regular gales
from the north and part of the w'ay
1 had to go ahead at an angle that
almost threw me out of my seat. At
one place I made a sheer drop of
400 feet but luckily caught my bear
ing before 1 got too low\ The trouble
with most aviators is that they be
come too recklcijs. After one is ac
customed to being up higher he in a
large measure loses his fear of grav
ity. After being up a thousand feet
or more he feels comparatively sale
when he is as low as two or three
thousand feet, as if he could step
into the air at that height without
experiencing so much as a jar when
he hit the ground. This forgetfulness
of gravity I think accounts for some
of the fatal rists which some avi
ator’s attempt.”
mCHT
MOTHER-IN-LAW
LITERALLY DEPORTED.
1 (irial>le to accept goods. Bv Associated Press.
' ’lied a cessation of Ashing (' Cardiff, Wales, Aug. 19.—^^Two men
and the fishing fleets in were killed and a third wounded
ri *)f Fo»-th and on the east | when troops flred into a mob at
tlod ui). Llanelly today. It is asserted that a
-''urea of ihr strike affect- crowd of strikers invaded the railway
! ' do. the working classes, lines and resisted soldiers who w’ere
' * make the strike unpopular sent to disperse them. The mob fled
■ ' not directly concerned. | when flred upon. It is reported that
are liufferlns much more those killed were non-strikers who
■r.'. as all the roads have been ‘were w'atching the scene from adjoin-
■ to f|is«ontlniie the usual ing gardens.
' ") working men and the'
"f the latter to get to their ' PRESIDENT SIGNS
-  -o;U(d in some instances a I CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY BILL
’ 'flltig towards the union. This'
i 111 open warfare at Stratford ' By Associated Press.
*‘n the (Ireat CentraJ Rail-1 Washington, Aug. 19.—President
\ number* of i)ickets who were ; Taft today signed the campaign pub-
; ‘iig to Induce the trackmen to i llclty bill.
■ ri: were attacked by workers The 1)111 requires publicity of all
:iven from the place. congressional campaign funds before
Mtlenient of the London dock election and extends publicity fea-
1 '^'■fher eased the situation as ture tc primary'campaigns and nomi-
a continuance of the food nating ■conventions. It limits and $10,-
.metropolis. Work went O'OO for senatorial candidates. They
^ ^ the docks today and, as the I are aloo required to make public all
or reeling prevails, it is felt that j pledges of political appointments.
Bv Associated Piess.
Philadelphia, Aug. 19.—Among pas
sengers who sailed from here today
for Liverpool was a mother-in-law,
who had been literally turned out by
her son-in-law^ and daughter and was
being deported by the national gov
ernment because she was likely to
become a public charge.
The mother-in-law is an 'English
woman and her son-in-law la a resi
dent of this city. When the woman
arrived here last .Monday on the Me-
rion to make her home with her
daughter, the son-in-law protested
to the immigration authorities against
her being landed.
In his formal protest he declared
the mother-in-law. .who had visited
him before, was a perpetual trouble
maker, obejctlonable in many ways
and it was impossible for him to live
under the same roof with her. His
wife joined in the formal objection to
her mother. »
The mother-in-law, being well up in
years, and the son-in-law refusing to
receive her, there was nothing left
for the Immigration officials to do
but deport her.
By Associated Press.
' New Haven, Conii., Aug. 19.*-r-Wire-
le&s messages received here early to
day gave meagre details of the rescue
of the crew of the sinking yacht Zin-
gara off Horton’s Point, in Long Island
Sound, this morning. The rescue was
effected ^by Col. Jacob Astor’s yacht
Noma, on w'hich Col. Astor and his
flance, Miss Madeline Force, were
cruising to Newport. Col. Astor and
Miss Force watched the rescue from
the deck.
The Zingara left here yesterday and
ran into a squall off Indian Neck,
which washed the decks clean, opened
up the beams of the boat and left the
crew of five helpless ia a high sea.
The sailors had to man the pumps
and keep them going while the vessel
drifted before the wind. The water
in the hold was gaining rapidly on
them when the Noma was seen off
Norton’s Point. ^
The Zingara sent up a rocket as
soon as the lights of the Astor boat
were sighted and Captain Roberts of
the Noma, at Colonel Astor’s direc
tion, put his high-powered electric
searchlight into commission and turn
ed it on ^the Zingara, quickly making
clear her plight.
The rescued men will be landed at
New London.
Dates When Crop
Report WillheIssued
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 19.—The Septem
ber crop reports of the department of
agriculture will be issued as follows;
Cotton, Friday, Sept. 1. at noon
(Eastern time) giving the condition
of the crop on Aug. 25.
Grain, Friday, Sept. 8, at 2:15 p. m.
(Eastern time) giving the condition
on Sept. 1 (or at time of harvest) t>f
corn, spring wheat, oats, barley, buck
wheat, potatoes, tobacco, flaxseed,
rice and apples and the yield and
quality of hay.
Minor crops: Saturday, Sept. 9, giv
ing the condition on Sept. 1 of sugar
cane, sweet potatoes and minor crops,
the production of peaches, watermel-
Inspecting Lands
For Forest Reserve
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 19,—Agents for
the forestry service who have been in
specting’lands offered to the govern
ment for the establishment of the Ap
palachian forest reserve, will complete
the work of examining the lands al- • By Associated Press,
ready offered about Oct. 1 and prob- San Francisco, Aug. 19.—Delegates
ably will have their data ready for the 1 to the International Typographical
German Fi tends
Appear in Cow t
Paul Proger, a young German, w'as
charged with the larceny of a coat,'
in court this morning, the property
of his young friend, August Wiegand.
ihe alleged theft occurred some time
ago at the house where the young
men roomed together in this city.
Both were employed by the Char
lotte Steam Bakery. Broger decided
to go to Winston-Salem, and, on the
evening before departing, packed his
grip and carried It down to the
oouthern Cafe, so as not to have sucli
a heavy bundle to carry through the
hoi sun next morning to the depot,
he said. He came back and slept A^ith
his roommate that night and caught
the tr^in next morning as he had
planned. Wiegand remained here and
missed his Coat shortly after Prager
had left, also a white sweater six
top shirts, collars, cuffs, etc. to the
value of $50, according to his esti
mate. He took out a warrant for Pra-
ger’s arrest and a Charlotte officer
brought him back to Charlotte. He
stiil had on the coat, which/ Wiegand
identified as his.
Fraser has no lawyer when placed
on trial this morning, and conduct
ed his own defense and that in a
manner that made members of the
Charlotte bar sit up and take notice,
even thought it was in broken Ger
man. He admitted taking Wiegand’s
coat but claimed he did so through
mistake. A letter, which he had writ
ten to Wiegand explaining that it
W’as a mistake and begging Wiegond
to withdraw the v/arrant, was pro
duced in court. It was written in
German and both the plaintiff and
the defendant took part in trans
lating it for the court.
When all the evidence bad been
heard and the defendant was asked
if he wanted to say anything, he said
yes, and took his stand facing the
twelve jurymen in very lawyer-like
fashion, arguing to them that he was
innocent of stealing the coat of his
friend whom he had befriended every
time he had the chance and had
bought him medicine and waited on
him like a brother when he was sick
and unable to work. He also argued
that the plaintiff’s accusation contra
dicted itself. Wiegand had said that
the »tolen goods amounted to $50
Prager enumerated the articles Wie
gand accused him of taking and
placed an ordinary value upon each
and argued that by no figuring could
the goods he rated at $50. If they were
not worth $50, he argued, then the
plaintiff’s testimony was not to be
believed. He finished with the declar
ation that the charge was brought
Ij the Plans of Treasury De-
pattment go Through The
Number of Custom Bouses
Will be Reduced From 124
tc 73.
Atlanta House Will be Discon
tinued—New Paris Of Entry
to Be Created—Holders oj
Important Political Jobs will
be Reduced. *
By Associated Press, v ‘
Washington, Aug. 19.—if the treas
ury department’s plans for redistrict
ing the customs territory of the Unit
ed States are approved by congress,
the number of customs houses will
be reduced from 124 to 73 and many
collectors who now hold important
political offices will find themselves
reduced.
Atlanta, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Knoxville, are among those
wihch will be reduced to substitute
ports in the new districts. Some new
ports of. entry will be created.
Maine s fourteen customs houses
would be reduced to four; Massach
usetts from 11 to 4; New York’s
from 10 to 6; Virginia’s from 7 to
2; New Jersey’s from 6 to 1; Plori-
da’s from 8 to 4 and California's
from 4 to 2.
In some instances the collection
districts of important collectors
would be enlarged and deputy col
lectors added to their staff.
Assistant Collector Curtis, in
charge of the customs, who devised
the redistricting, is sanguine that
congress will approve.
—1
PROHIBITION IS AGAIN
AN ISSUE IN ILLINOIS,
on^ and cantaloupes and the number
of stock holdings and their condition.!, against him by his former friend for
j ^ite, and, stating that he had noth
ing more to say, took his seat and
NEW ORLEANS CABLES
VIEWS ON LADING ISSUE.
B.v Associated Press.
New Orleans, Aug. 19.—New Or-
lean’s opposition to the foreign plan
to validate cotton bills of lading as
proposed by the recent Liverpool con
ference was cabled yesterday to the
Liverpool, Bremen and Havre cotton
exchanges by Acting President J. F.
Clark, of the local exchange.
Mr. Clark declared the plan was
opposed as “being impractical, com
plex, cumbersome and because it re
flects upon integrity of legitimate
handlers of cotton.”
In reply he received from the Liv
erpool exchange a cablegram that
bankers, merchants, ship-owners and
insurance men, at a meeting Monday,
had determined to send to Charles
Haight, American representative of
the foreign interests, instructions
that their former position could not
be surrendered.
Further ^action on the matter pro
bably will- be determined at addition
al conference.
INSURGENT TYPOS LOST
EVERY POINT IN FRISCO.
left his fate in the hands of the jury.
The judge delivered his charge to the
jury, who then retired to reach a
verdict.
To say that the spectators, law
yers, witnesses, judge, clerk and
eveeryone present gave the case
close attention is stating it mildly.
Every neck was craned forward and
hands placed behind ears of imper
fect hearing in order that not a
word of the young foreigner- defend
ant might escape. Both plaintiff and
defendant speak English imperfectly
and their attempt to state their
side of the case clearly before the
court was absorbing.
The jury after being out for 25 or
30 minutes returned a verdict of
guilty. Sentence has not yet been
passed.
B. OF L. ENGINEERS
MEETING COMES TO END
average value per ACRE
OF ALL FIELD CROPS.
By Associated Press.
W’^ashington, Aug. 19.—The average
farm value per acre of all field crops
grown in 1910 in the United States
was approximately $15.47, as just es
timated by the department of agricul
ture. This Is a decrease of 99 cents
from last year when the average was
$16.46 per acre.
commission charged with carrying out
the terms of the Weeks act by Jan. 1.
This is the opinion of William L. Hall
of the forest service in charge of the
work of examining the lands.
About 130,000 acres have already
been examined. For these lands, says
Mr. Hall, prices ranging from $6 per
acre for cut over up to about $20 an
acre for heavily timbered properties
have been asked.
Much progress, he says, has already
been made in the work in the southern
states, from which offers of more than
a million- acres have come.
No Call As Yet
For hoops
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Aug. 19‘.—Up to a late
hour this morning Governor Smith
had received no request for troops
to put down the riots' in Jakin, Ga.,
‘where, several negroes have been kill
ed and houses burned as a result of
the murder of City Marshall ' New
berry Tuesday night. It was re-
IMjrted in despatches from there last
night that the militia might be call
ed out. No reports of further trouble
had been received here up to 9
o’clock.
Union completed their labors today.
All important matters were disposed
of yesterday when the delegates gave
emphatic evidence of their confi
dence in the administration.,
“Insurgents” lost on every occa
sion where they attempted to obtain
condemnation of the decisions of
President Lynch.
Many delegates will depart tonight
for Los Angeles, where a two-d^y
program of entertainment has been
arranged by the Los Angeles local.
FAVORABLE REPORT FOR
COTTON REVISION BILL.
Bill of Adjournment.
Washington, Aug 19.—Formal an
nouncement that congress would ad
journ either Tuesday or Wednesday
W'as made in the house today by Ma
jority LeaJder Underwood.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 19.—The house
ways and means committee today de
cided by strict party vote to favor
ably report the c®tton tariff revision
bill as amended and passed in the
senate and to call it up for passage
Monday. Meets * of the committed
predicted adjournment of congress
by# Tuesday night.
TO INVESTIGAE WRECK.
By Associated Press.
Columbus, Oio, Aug. 19.—An Inves
tigation of the wreck on the Big Four
passenger train No. 46, just west of
Columbus, yesterday noon, in which
half a hundred persons and trainmen
were injured, will be conducted by the
public service commission of Ohio.
Of the injured less than a dozen
remain in the various Columbus hispl-
tals and none of these will die, accord
ing to reports from the physicians to-
i day;
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 19.—Urging to
tal abstinence, both on and off duty,
thriftiness and the payment of debts.
Grand Chief W. S. Stone and other
grand officers yesterday carried by
storm thee losing session of the con
vention of the Southeaster Division
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers. ^
.Jacksonville, Fla., was selected as
the next place of meeting and with
T. J. Hoskins, of Nashville, chosen
for another term as general chair
man, and Mrs. J. R. Crittenden, of
Knoxville, Tenn., as secretary-treas-
urer. The following were named as
state chairmen:
North Carolina—D. K. Wright.
Georgia—J. L. Fickling.
Kentucky—W. B. Curlee.
Alabama— J. D. Jessee.
Florida—J. C. Loeb.
South Carolina—H. G. Sensey.
Virginia—W. R. Cline.
Tennessee—T. J. Hoskins.
Mississippi—C. H. Brown.
Louisiana—W. T. Christie.
CURTAILMENT’AMONG
NEW ENGLAND MILLS.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Hass., Aug. 19.—The cur
tailment among the New England
cotton and woolen mills extended to
day to New Bedford, ' Fitchburg,
Amesbury and Wakefield, where sev
eral thousand operatives were given
two weeks vacation without pay. Be
tween thirty and thirty-five thousand
mill employs will be idle for the next
two weeks.
Rioting Has Ceased at Jakin, Ga
By Associated Press.
Donaldsonville, Ga., Aug. 19.—Riot
ing has cea&ed at Jakin, Ga., where
an avenging mob is reported to have
killed three negroes yesterday as a
result of the killing of Marshall New
berry by a negro last Tuesday night.
The marshal’s slayer has not been
captured.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—The liquor ques*
tion was precipitated into Illinois pol
itics yesterday and promises to b®
one of thel ive issues at the coming
state-wide primary, ,
B; A. Scrogin, state superintend
ent of the lllinoie Anti-Saloon league,
in a statement warns tne “drys” to
go slow in selecting candidates whom
they can support. Immediately after-
Scrogin made this statement public.
Secretary A. C. Cermack, of the Unit
ed Societies, came back with one.
Cermack announced that beginning
tlje early part of next month ‘‘wef’
speakers will invade the districts of
all members of the legislature
against whom there is a . suspicion
of favoring the “drys.”
‘We intend to start the most thor
ough state-wide campaign this state
has ever seen,” said Cermacki “We
are against county local option, and
the members of the legislature who
voted for it will be defeated.’*
It is expected that when the polit*
ical atmosphere has cleared every
candidate for a state office from
governor down will be asked by both
the “wets” and “dry” to pledge him
self.
THIRTY-FIVE GOVERNORS
- TO HOLD A CONFERENCE.
Sprinklake, N. J., Aug. 19.—Plana
for the national conference of gov
ernors to be held here on September
12 are going rapidly forward under
the direction of Gov. Woodrow Wil
son, chairman of the committee on
program. The governors of 36 states
will attend.
Last year there were too many so
cial doings and Governor Wilson will
see to it that this year most of the
time is devoted to business. The set
speeches of the meeting will be by
Governors Dix, of New York; Foss, of
Massachusetts; Wilson, of Kentucky;
Norris, of Montana; Aldrich, of Ne
braska, and Carey, of Wyoming.
Among the seven declinations re
ceived so far are two. from pnogre^
sives. They are Gov. Hiram Johnson,
of California, who will be busy ar
guing in favor of constitutional
amendments before the people of his
state, and Gov. A. O. Eberhart, d
Minnesota, who is also too busy to
get away. Governor Harmon, of Ohio,
who is supposed to be Governor Wil
son’s principal rival for the demo
cratic presidential nomination, has
not said yet definitely what he will
do, but he is expected to be present.
President Taft may also come.
Mrs. Thad Summers, of Statesvillei
is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Young
of Statesville.
Mr. Boyd*s Fvst
Bale Delayed by Court
Mr. C. D. Boyd of Pineville market
ed his first bale of cotton today. It
weighed 584 pounds, brought 12 cents,
and graded strict good middling.
Mr. Boyd sleeps on this side of th€
state line, but his cotton grows or
the other side of the line. He got th«
first bale to market last year, but was
huled out of the Mecklenburg growers
competition on account of the cotton
being raised across the line. He and
Mr. J. A. Balkney are arch-enemiei
in competition as to marketing th«
first bale.
I would have been here with thit
bale Tuesday afternoon or Wednesdaj
morning,” he sa^, “but was tied uj
as a witness iri court.”
u