North Carolina Newspapers

ipElillProw*” Vi anted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Found, Borders, Rp or Roomers-Page Eight Edition PAGES. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS i Ol • 80T8 CHARLOTTE N. C., WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER. 8 191 a Copy Dallr-^ Cents Sunflay. * I Outside Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Parties Divide wrs In Elections Y es t er da y creased republican majorities and tne \eW MtXiCO And (iemocratic counties nearly all report Increased majorities. ’ Democratic, But ^ Tn Bernanillo county, in which is . ’ Albuquerque, the democratic majol'- « GCLin GTOUnd in ity is more than 1,500. This county in the last general election gave a ma- Ana New Jersey• jority of from 1,500 to 2,100 for the I republicaii ticket. The republicans still hope to have a ma.iority in the " ^fr^nnfh in If'K^slaturc and thus elect the two 0.>es oircttyiii senators, though this \. ity - Foss Rt ^.Massachusetts— larmon Predicts Landslide. claim is contested by the democrats. Kentucky Back In Demociatic Fold Ix)uisville. K^., Nov. 8.—After fo\’^’ I Maryland years of republican rule, Kentu'^ awoke this morning to con’^ j counting majorities her voter-^ ^ v'e yesterday to practically all t dem ocratic candidates in the r* . The next administration goes u / office with a heavier endorsement than ac corded to any set of candidates in years. James Bennett McCreary, governor of Kentucky thirty-two years ago, ; has been re-elected at the age or , 73 years by a majority ranging over ! 30,000. His opponent was Edward C. a tri-! The state legislature, in Joint as sembly, w^ill have a democratic ma jority, probably of 85, sufficient to dispel any election of the doubt or Congressman Ollie James, democrat, to the United States senate as succes sor of Senator Thomas H. Paynter. , . James is the nominee of the state returns are com ng i democratic primary. O. k this morning ■ Lexington voted to adopt the commission form of govern ment two years hence. mn Taft Took Part In Unveiling Statue Of Ahraham Lincoln us this morning iin‘'prtalnties ap- ! of last nicht. 1 Governor. '.. trnor Eugene I t head of the r. but he will, as ‘.d 1.1 by republl- Democratic. t„;s morning indicated rn'ic party. This •!' in New Mexico, . Tht republicans, rop'rol the leg- 1' two I'nited > Lee Goldsbor- pcovemor, was ap- to rntucLv and Ohio. reversal® from the re- to .te democratic party in ' 0^^o. In Kentucky ma- .-n to practically all fir- candiriates. and James w elecfpf! Governor by ■" - Btiiie legislature will » - -r • majority of probab- ' rt TO secure the election Stares senate of Con- ctinns in 01.io resulted • - ! in ot (leorjre J. Karb, dem- Ai ,or of Colur.ibus, Demo- . ■inf'-innati an^CJ«w-- '"T.L also ww elected. New York and New Jersey. "^0 : : N . '’'irT? and New Jer- - ■ . Tf . ' der u . Mc assemblies ar*: ' Uca* a. N«’: York elected an : tiiai ^\W hare a republican rr;. gr* iter than he preeent dem- !Ts,--fy in the lower branch New York Cfty. la y T y the republican*. frr7m-^:^y Vnd the best of It. T r.inrrfiinpd grip in Manhat- ■*j3 ’*?d the P'^nx. hiir it loet Brooklyn • ' - )i of the board of alder- Irt fC.-.TT wtilrh has a demo- ' ^ republican sen- - *- rArr.: li-.ng will have control of ho!>‘: A jr. governor and state of. - electprl in Mississippi and ^ «n v.as chosen in " = 0’ r ior Pnthler defeat- " e "tan, democrat. . -5;e'- Estimate. . 8 E. rly estimates ---.t by later re- ■ 'iiflUons this after- ' • . ■ lorough would riijrr»litv, K- Allen Poe, 1 ‘-r state s at- ‘ hei .1 elected. ^hmon Predicts Grace lickzt Wins In Charleston Charleston, S. C., Nov. 8,—On the lace of complete returns from yester day’s democratic primary election, John P. Grace, candidate for mayor, has a majority of eighty-ttve over Tristram L. Hyde and Edward VV. Hughes, and the Grace ticket for city council, with two exceptions, was also nominated. The election was the most bitterly contested -■ftxte re construction days and through the night wild demonstrations were made by Grace supporters. In several in stances private property being dam aged. Hyde was accepted as the ad ministration candidate. Grace’s total vote was two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, and Hyde’s two thou sand eight hundred and five. The Hughes vote was inconsequential. D^invcrctic Landslide Bilbo Has Small Lead tn Mississippi Jackson, Miss., Nov. 8.—Further returns early today from yesterday’s election tend to show that Theodore G. Bilbo, democratic candidate tor leiutenant governor, will not lead his opponent, James E. Lester, socialist, by more than 3,000 out of 3,000 to 35,000 votes polled. Lester’s heavy showing is the re sult of a factional fight in the demo cratic party, the greatest opposition being made to Bilbo. Natchez, Vicks burg, Biloxi, Gulfport and Greenville gave majorities for Lester. Full re turns will not be received for several days. In many precincts work ot counting the vote did not begin until today. The light vote is attributed to heavy rains yesterday, which were general throughout the state. FIGURES IN POISONING CASE From left to right are Richard T. Smith, Mrs. Louisa Vermilya and Arthur Bissonette. Mrs. Vermilya has been arrested by the Chicago police on a warrant charging her with the death of Smith, and Bassonette, the latter a Chicago policeman, by giving them arsenic. Besides being accused of the death of the two specified on the police warrant, Mrs. Vermilya is suspected of killing eight others, by the same method. While under arrest the accused woman took a quantity of arsenic in an attempt to commit suU clde, but quick action on the part of physicians saved her life. Fomth Census Bureau Report Shows 9,968, - 172 Bales Ginned IIT NANKING T >*.—Baling his -Its in Massachu- ’hlo, and other candidates ) . Cinvernor Jud- • riicted a national nt x» vear. Reform Candidate Won in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Nov. 8.—Rudolph Blankenburg, independent republican and popularly known as “the war horse of reform,’* yesterday defeated of trif ^f- olcctlons have George H. Earle, Jr., the republican ’"-1'!i." he said, ‘‘and i organization candidate for mayor ol a ■■r. f a>t of what I Philadelphia by the small plurality of ; the -tronpest j 4,364. - y that has | The fight made by Blankenburg was tera in recent | remarkable. Facing a normal republi- 1- -1 elections do I i can majority of between 75,000 and : • "i» also the elec-1100,000 and a candidate backed hy . ’asf-arhusetts and United States Senators Penrose and State Senator James P. McNichol, the organization leader of this city Blankenburg. running on a reform ticket, battled his way to victory against terrific odds. The significance of the Blanken- irdinK the (Mncinn- j burg landslide can b© appreciated iiion ^aid; "Person- when the total vote of 268,224 is • ••'“f t ions in Ohio ‘il> t 1,1 tli» public is 1 rrp.::n' adniinistra- Ttns ihat have been i.iiiaKemenl of state !iocratic sway.” Washington, D. C., Nov. 8.— With a toltal of 9,967,178 bales of cot ton of the gi’owth of 1911 ginned prior to November 1st, as announced today by the census bureau, the promised record breaking crop of this season is fast being made ready fox* the manufacturer. At no time in the his tory of the American cotton industry has so great a crop been ginned to this time of the year. The amount^ ginned to November 1st exceeds by 1,777,000 bales ginned in 1908, the previous record. It also Is greater than the gitint5tg“tty^"?*ft»v^m- ber 1st of any year, being about 200,000 bales more than was ginned to that date in 1904, the record year. This would indicate that the crop was at least two weeks earlier in maturing and reaching the gins than in pre vious years. Calculations of the year’s total crop, based on the ginning re ports would, therefore, probably be more accurate if figured on the No vember 14 reports of other years. In previous record years, about 50 per cent of the total crop has been ginned to that date and a rough estimate of this year’s crop might be placed at a minimum of 14,000,000 bales. Commer cial experts estimates, however, range up to more thap 15,000,000 bales. Washington, November 8.—The cen sus bureau’s fourth cotton ginning re port of the season issued at 10 a. m. to day and showing the number of run ning bales, counting round as half bales, of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned to November 1, with compara tive statistics to the corresponding date for the past three years, is as follows: United States: 9,968,172 bales com pared with 7,345,953 bales last year,* when 63.5 per cent., of the entire crop was ginned to Nov. 1, 7,017,849 bales in 1909, when 69.7 per cent, was gin ned, and 8,191,557 bales in 1908, when 62.6 per cent, of the crop was ginned. The number of round bales included were 68,343 compared with 81,183 bales in 1910. The number of* hales of Sea Island cotton included were: 56,133, compared with 40,504 bales last year; 55,237 bales in 1909, and 45,479 bales in 1908. The distribution of Sea Island cotton by states was: Florida, 20,974 b^les; compared with 15,191 bales last year; 19,740 )jales in 1909, and 19,064 bales in 1908. Georgia 33,796 bales compajped with 22,490 bales last year; 31,277"tales in 1909 and 21,- 802 bales in 1908j. South Carolina, 1,- 363 bales compared with 2,823 bales last year; 4,220 bajles in 1909, and 4,613 bales in 1908. Ginning by states, with comparative statistics and the percentage of the total crop ginned to Nov. ir in previ ous years, following: Alabama: 1,085^76 bales, compared with 748,878 of 62.8 per cent, in 1910, 676,331 or 65.0 per cent in 19Q9, 891,- 667 or 66.9 per cent in 1908. Arkansas: 443^583 bales, compared Associated Press, with 324,769 or 40.7 per cent in 1910; Peking, China, Nov. 8.—The situa- « S Sr cLaiSis" “36.786 Florida: 55,973 bales, compared with No overt revolutionary 38,924 or 57.9'per cent in 1910; 45,- movement is yet visible. The emperor, 234 or 61.2 per cent in 1908. the dowager empress and others of the 234 of 61.2 per cent In 1905. ' court, acording to the foreign board, Georgia: 1,906,256 bales, compared are still at tiie winter palace and do with 1,241,825 or 68.5 per cent in 1910; not Intend to leave. 1,384,913 or 74.9 per cent in 1909; and Fighting at Nanking. 1,387,641 or 70.2 per cent in 1908. f Jijfanking, China, Nov. 8.—Revolu- Louisiana: 232,047 bales, compared attacked Nanking today, with 154,634 or 62.7 per -cent in 1910; Injperial troops occupying the 188,112 or 72.8 per c^ in 1909; and heights of Purple mountain, which 287,885 or 61.7 per cent in 1908. . overlook? the town, .refused AIJ de- njands'ot the reformiei»,_.^**--.wiaiT »E- ' SHU! FIATt LUDEIISHir By Associated Press. London, Nov. 8.—A. J. Balfour has resigned the leadership of the opposi tion party. Throughout the day there had been rumors in the lobby of the house of commons that Mr. Balfour had -decid ed to retire from his position as chief of the Unionist party in consequence of the divergency of views regarding the efflcicacy of his leadership. This afternoon his purpose was def initely and officially confirmed. News of Mr. Balfour’s resignation caused the utmost surprise and in some quarters consternation. The unionists do not attempt to disguise the seriousness of the loss of one who is admittedly the greatest asset of the party. It is understood that Mr. Bal four’s decision is unalterable. He ad vances the condition of his health as the reason for his withdrawal, but there is no doubt that the bickering in the party ranks was the primary cause. He will remain in parliament, representing the city of London. Heroic Bronze Figure Stands in Capital of Martyred Pre sidents Birth State—Log- cobin in Which Lincoln was Born mu be Dedicated. Mississippi: 585,&21 bales compart' with 576,641 or 47.6 per cent in.1910; 572,131 or 53.3 per cent in 1909 and 893,148 or 55.1 per cent in 1908. North Carolina: 597,959 bales com pared with 386,096 or 51.3 per cent in 1910; 370,891 or 58.5 per cent in 1909, 373,713 or 54.7 per cent in 1908. Oklahoma: 55,755 bales, compared with 585,237 or 63.6 per cent in 1910; 412,631 or 74.7 per cent in 1909, and 217,629 or 31.6 per cent in 1908. South Carolina; 1,021,972 bales, com pared with 729,117 or 60.2 per cent in 1910; 791, 629 or 69.6 per cent in 1909, and 821,608 of 67.6 per cent in 1908. Tennessee: 212,579 bales, compared with 129,840 or 40.4 i>er cent in 1910; 148,670 or 61.8 per cent in 1909, and 198,783 or 59.5 per cent in 1908. Texas: 3,210,218 bales compared with 2,405,157 or 81.5 per cent in 1910; 1,- 920,188 or 77.8 per cent in 1909, and 2,502,862 or 69.0 per cent in 1908. All other states: 57,511 bales com pared with 24,835 or 29.3 per cent in 1910; 34,437 or 59.9 per cent in 1909, and 36,602 or 50.0 per cent in 1908. BISHOPS BEGIN INVESTIGATION. “•ve pleased me bet- or 25 vf*ars to free '.f- sway of republi- rtainly delighted to taken into consideration. While Blankenburg was successful for mayor, the other regular republi can candidates won, with the possi- 'lins that bound her.' for tho democratic "Vf-rywliere. Next this part.' will win incliuiinc: the pres- ' ‘''rspiucnt of the ‘i‘i o policies and : ’itornied by that ■■ 0. f lif} ' ’’ ra have awakened ible exception of the ofiBce of quarter sessions court. , In New York State. New York, Nov. 8.—The next New York state assembly will be whelmlngly republican. The republi cans will number 101, the democrats 48 and the socialists 1. The state senate holds over from last year and therefore continues dem ocratic. Republican Govern or In Maryland By Associated Press. Baltimore, Nov. 8.—Incomplete re turns from Baltimore city and the Contiau^d on Pase Nln«. ^i' Ociats Triumph In New Mexico M., Nov. 8.—Re- ’oriny indicate a complete the democratic ticket In strong republl- ^_uj.ie8 come reporta of de- By Associated Press. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 8.—The commit tee of bishops of the Methodist Epis copal church appointed to investigate the charges brought by Mrs. Carrie Cope against Bishop David Moofe, be gan its session in Topeka today. ♦ MR. F. A. GORDON ♦ DROPPED DEAD. ♦ Special to The News. ♦ ♦ Hickory, N. C., Nov. 7.—Mr. ♦ ♦ F. A. Gordon, an International ♦ ♦ Harvester Company man, drop- ♦ ♦ ped dead here this morning as he ♦ ♦ was aranging his display for the ♦ ♦ fair. ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Gordon came ♦ ♦ here from Charlotte several ♦ ♦ months ago and have made many ♦ ♦ friends whp are grieved at Mr. ♦ ^ Gordon’s sudden passing away. ^ ^ No funeral arrangements.have ♦ ♦ been made as yet. ♦ ♦ ♦ Crowds Witnessed Gruesome Spectacle Of Man Eating Shark Devouring Seaman By Associated Press. Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 8.-~Death be tween the jaws of a monster man eat ing shark was the fate of Jules An toine, an aged seaman, in the harbor here yesterday afternoon. The grue some sight was witnessed by the crew of the British steamer Aldergate, on which Antoine was employed as a watchman, and by half a hundred bay* men engaged in loading the vessel with lumber. Antoine evidently had fallen over board by accident for the first seen of him was wken tli« shark swam l«la- i urely out from between the ship and the lighter of lumber with the body of the man clampedj between its jaws, the head and shoulders protruding from one side of its mouth and the legs from the other. For a moment the shark remained on the surface, then sank to arise a moment later with on ly the head in sight, the remainder of the body apparently having been, swal lowed. The shark remained on the sur face the second time for nearly a min ute and then was seen no more. One of the watchers fainted from the spec tacle. Several thousand new troops at tacked the stronghold with rifles and field guns, but were repulsed with the loss of more than 100 killed. They are now occupying the lower ground and are preparing to renew the assault. The Manchus are strongly en trenched and well armed, but the re formers are short of ammunition. At Ching Kiang 3,000 rifles with ammunitions of war have been turned over to the reformers. Proclamation Issued. Shanghai, Nov. 8.—The military gov ernment today issued a praclamation calling upon all Chinese to join in the life and death struggle and exhorting the population of the lower provinces to refrain from disorders and to regard the rights of foreigners. The proclama tion further promises the abolition ot many taxes hitherto imposed by “the five million nomadic tribe which 200 years ago was supported by the liver and brain of 400,000,000 descendants of Han.” The situation at Peking, news of which is being widely circulated, has created a strong impression among the reformers. A wireless message from the Ger man vessels at Hankow reports that the imperialists there are losing heart. Tai Chow, 75 miles southwest of Ning Poo, surrendered to the revolu tionists today without resistance. HH BUTl SERI 11 THE By Associated Press. Richmond, Va., Ifov. 8.—Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., condemned to die Novem ber 24th for murdering his young wife, was removed from the city jail to the peniteiiitlary this morning to await ac tion. He was locked in a cell in the condemned ward adjoining the electro cution chamber. Beattie^was driven to the peniten tiary in a closed carriage, accompanied by a jail guard. He entered the peni tentiary quietly, smilingly, chatting with Guard Mullins. The supreme court, with which Beat- tie’s'appeal from the Chesterfield coun ty jury’s verdict was filed Saturday, convened this morning. Should the su- preme court decline to grant the ap peal, Beattie’s only hope lies with the governor, to "whom a strong plea for clemency will be made. TOBACCO TRUST PLAN IS APPROVED. ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ ♦ Washington, Nov. 8.—United ♦ ♦ States circuit court approves ♦ tobacco dissolution pian with ♦ ♦ modification. ^ By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Nov. 8.—The crop reporting bou.rd of the bureau of statis tics of the United States department of agriculture in its November crop re port issued at 2:15 p. m. today, esti mates, from the reports of its corres pondents and agents, the yield per acre, total production and quality of the principal crops, not already an nounced, as follows: Corn. Production,' 2,776,301,000 bushels, compared with 3,125,713,000bushels last year. Yield per acre, 23.9 bushels, com pared with 27.4 bushels last year and 26.0 bushels the 10-year average. Qual ity, 80.6 per cent., compared with 84.5 per cent., the 10-year average. The per centage Qf 1910 crop of corn on farms, Nov. 1, 1911, is estimated at 4.2, per centi, 132,063,000 bushels, against 4.3 per cent. (119,056,000 bushels) of the 1909 crop on farms Nov. 1, 1910, and 3.3 per cent., the average of similar es timates of the past 10 years. Buckwheat. Production 17,051,000 bushels com pared with 17,239,000 bushels in 1910. Yield per acre 23.3 bushels, compared with 20.9 bushels last year, and 19.1 bushels, the 10-year average. Quality 87.9 per cent., compared with 90.9 per cent., the 10-year average. Potatoes. Production, 281,735,000 bushels, com pared with 338,811,000 in 1910. Yield per acre, 80.9 bushels, compared with 94.4 bushels in 1910, and 92.8 bushels, the 10-year average. Quality, 85.3 per cent., compared with 87.7 per cent.,.the 10-year average. Flaxseed. Production, 21,692,000 bushels com pared with 14,116,000 bushels in 1910. Yield per acre, 7.2 bu^els, compared with 4.8 bushels in 1910 and 9.0-bush els, the lO-year average. Quality, 83.5 per cent., compared with 90.3 per cent, the 10-year average. Tobacco. Production, 790,663,000 pounds, com pared with 984,34^^000 pounds in 1910. Yield, per acre, 885.2 pounds, compared with 797.8 pounds in 1910, and 813.6 pounds, the 10-year average. Quality, 86.1 per cent., compared with 86.8 per cent the 10-year average. Wheat. Average weight per measured bush el, 57.8 pounds, compared with 58.5 pounds in 1910 and 57.6 pounds the 10-year average. Oats. Average weight per measured bush el, 31.1 pounds, compared with 32.7 pounds in 1910, and 31.2 pounds the 10-year average. Barley. Average weight p€j^r measured bush el 46. pounds, compared with 46.9 in 1910. Apples. Average production of 1911 crop 62.4 per cent., of full crop against 43.5 per cent., of a full crop in 1910, and 49.4, the 10-year average percentage of a full production. The production of com by states as given by the reports includes the fold wing: Georgia, 73,232,000. Alabama, 65,970,000. North Carolina 55,910,000. President Tajt Pays Ringing. Tribute to Lincoln—Govem^^ or Wilson Accepted Monu ment in Name ojState-For- mer Slaves Present. By Associated Press. Krankfort, Ky., Nov. 8.—While th® President of the United States and a' vast assemblage of people, including many of those who wore the gray in the conflict between the North and the South, looked on today, an heroic bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in the capital of the state in which the martyred president was born. “Proof of a reunited coimtry” said Governor Willson, of Kentucky in ac cepting the statue on behalf of the state, “is made evident in the selection of Henry Watterson, a Confederate soldier, to formally present this image of the great president of the people of his native state. The greatness and the nobility and the sweetness of Abra ham Lincoln are recognized as earnest ly by those who wore the gray as by those who wore the blue.” The unveiling of the* Lincoln statue in the rotunda of the new Kentucky capital proceeds the dedication of the Lincoln memorial at Hodgensville by a day. Many of those who came from distant states to Frankfort today to at tend the exercises here will continue their journey tomorrow to Hodgens ville. Near there is the Lincoln farm, where the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born j.s now preserved in a monumental structure recently com pleted. It is the dedication of this me morial which will attract President Taft and others to Hodgensville, morrow. ' ' . ^ ^ Taft'a Aidresa. - “We are now to dedicate in this, the capital of Kentucky a monument to her son, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s par ents were lowly people from Virginia, and their course was like that of many others who migrated from the Old Do minion into Kentucky and thence across the river to Indiana and Illinois. Though Lincoln lived here but eight yeat\s, he knew Kentucky well, and it is most fitting that It should have a memorial of him. “Those who were closest to, Lin coln have said that he was a many sided man, and that he gave differ ent impressions of himself to different people; that there were things unex plained about him, a continual sad ness and along that prevaded all his waking hours; and they describe him In tones of mysticism, as If to make him greater by reviewing the lines of his character. “I don’t think it is too much to say that Lincoln had the most judicial temperament of any man in history. “He considered the arguments of his opponents with all the fairness of John Stuart Mill, and preserved that calm judicial consideration of the views of every one that became important, and in his disagreement with them he left nothing more than the application of an apt story or a clear euclid-like dem onstration of error without sting. “With his love of truth, the supreme trait of his intellect, accompanied by a conscience that insisted on the riglH as he knew it, with a great heart- full of tenderness, we have the combin ation that made Lincoln one of the twc greatest Americans. “He hated slavery because he had reasoned out its injustice, and its de moralizing effect upon country and community in which it was a legal institution. He did not hate the slave owners and there is not the slightest evidence he ever had a feeling of bit terness toward them as a class. “He knew how the institution had grown, how it had become a part of so ciety, how closely imbedded it was in the economy of the South and from the time when he entered congress until he died, his mind was bent on problems for the solution of the diffi culty by which the cancer could be exorcised and no injustice done to those whose constitutional rights had become intertwined with these hated systems and inter-dependent unpon it. “The South knows, as the North knows now, that there is no soul that unites them in perfect amity like that of Abraham Lincioln; th^ South knows, as the North knows, that every ad- cause of misunderstanding between the sections, or that brings them closer together in any way, is acting under the inspiration of him who could love his entire country with undiminished ardor when nearly one half v^as seek ing to destroy its integrity. “Here then, at a place which knew battle, that knew family dissensions, that knew bloody conflict, that repre sented in the sharpest and cruelest way a division of the sections, here, now that perfect peace and amity and harmony prevail let this memorial be dedicated as typical of the love which he, in whose memory it Is reared, main- tainel for all Americans, with a kindly fatherly patience that has no counter part since Bethlehem,” Governor Willson Speaks. Governor Willson in accepting the Continued on Page Two.