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CONVENTIOI! CQS;
rStCOKD PRIMARY
Afterfojir days of fruitless" bal-
loting in which the roll . of 'countis
had 'been 'called 519 times, tWDem -
ocraticXotigressionol conVentioii at
Waynesvme was apparenuy dq
nearer to vajnoininatioii tlian atlthe
first ballbVthe conyention abjourn
ed by passing -a resolution - proyid
ing for a primary" to be Theldi)n
August island if at that - tirrle -no
candidate.shallrreceive" a-majQrityJ
of the vote ail hut the- two. leading
candidates' shall be eliminated and
another primary, will be held" two
weeks later. T- " j-; ' - .
The convention was called to
order by Chair man :c OweriJ .Gudge'r
and prayer was onered by Ke,v. AV
B. Andersonpastor of ? the Presby-
terian church after wmcn non.
James M: JEef guson delivered fthe
address of welcome. The chairman
called Mr. J. S. Adams to jha" chair
and Mr, Goforth of Jutherf ordi and
R B. Wilson of Hay woodweretiiade
temporary secretaries. Upon' mo
tion the temporary : 'organization
was made permanent" : :
Hon. JameiM. Gudger.wos placed
ii nomination by R. R. WMams, of
Buncombe. Robert R. Reynolds
nomiiiating speech was madeby-
Marcus Erwin of Buncombe, . Judge.
Merrimon w as named by Gen Theo.
F. Davidson; Sam. L. Rogers of. Ma
con, placed John 0. Harrison's name
before the con vention jmd Thomas
a. ox. in me ausence ou r eux : x.
Alley, noniinated rWalter E. Moore.
The seconding speechesr;werelmade
by W. E. BeeseJforliGudgef,
Capt. W. RjTBellior Mr. Reynolds,
a. nan Jormson4orJJuageMern
mon, T. G. Bryson of SylvavforMr
Harrison.
All the five candidates - remained
in the race uotil fhe last with - the
exception of ? Mr. Harrison; hose
name was : withdrawn." Saturday
night by mis floor manager Sam. LJ
Rogers.
CLASS BATES TO SOUTH.
Washington J n n e v2.rC 1 a s s
freight rates- fromWashingtorir:to
points south including thearoUnas;
were held unreasonable ; today - by
the interstateCommerceC
sion, in that thejTeVceed the agre
gate of the intemediate iratesV The
proceedingsiwef e Jheld open to? per
mit the railroadstorTeadjustAn
application b the, railroads fo coni
tmue lower-.: -rates between eastern
points and Richmond;-; than
charged to Richmond were i'dehielN
GBAHAM NOW ' PR ESI D EHT.
RaleighNC. June;,2. Edward
K. Graham, whb'for 'the. yearpast
has been acting president pr iEe'
University of North CarolinaVwas
knight unanimously elect fdYpjesH
dent at a meeting of the trusteesf
Chapel Hill ! Dr; Francis; R Vena
We, who since 1900 has 1 been presi
Qent resigned because of .impaired
health. . , J r 7- - ; - -
President Graham Wa3 bbrnfin
1876 at Charlotte, N. C and gradu
ated in 1898,at -Un!ycr8it5t tt
North Ciiafath
iree. In 1902 he received the U&
egree at - Columbia UniversVv
ce 1908 he his been professor, of
Wish and dean of the college .of
liberal arts at thestate university.'
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DR. E. ABERNETHYjS: 1
0rj; ErAbernethyr graduateof 5
Rutherford '(!tegeanvevangeliat?of
" . k"" vua spienaia
Biblenferenceatylva beginning
AugusiMSL vueis a cousin ofErof.
L;B.JV.berhemy-6fVjCml6w
is well kno wn in Jackson tfeounty.
Jlrsttwork in thejministrywas
m tins mitymenrhe was ih
Washington, Nlay 31The United
States Department s of i Commerce
has lust ,r issued -a comprehensive
report on'South 7 America ' as 1 an
Export FieldT which i36f;'speciai
iv.' . r-' r
.u.c r ; - i- V z-A":
SouthenrRajl way Company andthe.
. - - ; -. wr
companies associated with it m.de-..t
by way of theSotffterhporserved
bjrtheir lihes. ? : :
-This report contains some interest
lng lnlormation: as to tne metnods
'puraueiTbtiieiUnited KingJomand
Germany hicli; are: tJieiWoj;great
cdmpetitora of the JJnited States An
supplying S6uthencan
aid ;Presideii Harrisomof -the? South-?
ert-'Iwa-C6mpaiiyay;iBalifid
duehtion i to t&" foirowmg extract
from it a containing valuablesugr
gestions for Southern manufacmrers
admefchantV who are lintefested
in "the trade bpportumdesofuhi
Amencaj;
-The Gefmansowe agreat deal to
theirv banks;whichV iendr- active
assistance toschemes of ' tralde :pro
motion; anclthejf acility witlwhich
shipmentsrare financed and credits
handled , through rftheml. has :: been
noted akcneof tfie s atestejman
assetsin Buiffini?iip JtEeiBSoii
Amerfcatrade. Trrirnosti mportant,
influence:fbr j'effecting1 this result;
hbweyer,rias;v beenr- the" thofough
manher4nwhich the Germans; have
investigated the; special features of
each particular markef and the
pains thehaveltakenv to ecethat
v ,
I x ' ; $ v
I oj-Vv.i-. jit 1 trf ... "-.p C. -r'1 .
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2" c -
4J
charge, of the TiS'arcuiCifc
Aberhethy js now vstadonerat 5as-
toniaT 'His entertaining indf for
.hsiv-jwi itcuiiu uieL gospel
.J9 r-Y "i'"f; -crueuiy-isjrec
bgnized as one brttie ireatest dra-
5V -11,2 o , "
Jounfom
theirgpods mted iri ith "what the
people desired It ifthe establish
djjustom for young memfrom Ger
many .who intend.' tq engage in.- the
export tfadetb spend'some years in
&uthefica: as a part-of their
"uuu, warning tneMississippi, Tennessee. Kentucky.
uage and studying;therhabits of
0 Ivvj -
nand afdetailed knowledge the
' .v. l, - -fu..
vu5;oiiowijem
-;.alsoyn(r
fandsemi'officlai associations dev
ed especially;tb:thCfu tif
the; German export trade, anditheie
not .only disseminate information aa
totheLkinds
required by ihec&adelBuft sub
, 5 85nistv1?- ooutn America and
other foreign fields wib f make- a
sjutty of mirMti;TSe
operation of 'all , German' influences'
in South America toward the one
object of furthedng;trade"ha4;of
BeerjL remarkedr and it has iiesuiteS
iriithe - present1 high- cbmiriercial
yusiugn
of
United'States trade m
methods, but; as-intfae case'pf thess
countries ;the;in
iericrcapitalfand'tfie
attehtiorl to tJihyjtf
Americanexporters
portant factorsjn the tiaxie increase
of theiast few years."
-1 I-,
J Mr. Hal Mckee' ; returned, from
Trinity ttllejeyesterday ;:: t
m uie cuuuiry m an Darts we wmprisw .ow.uuu.uuo acres.
.the.contihenfc The. promotion bf4 If all; this - could ? be - gathered-into
T'JO Sj'.Ll GOVS
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luiflvKFn'JT r.;iiRPHY
rvurphy; wasAshocked .yesterday
afternoon, about .4. o'clock, oveipj'rte
drowningof WadeFain the Bttle
son oMr and Mrs; aa Eainf:and
little n;ChristoDher, ; son bfVMrl
miss. j. yunstopner, :
:; ine little fellows,vho were taking
aswim in :the Hiawassee River,
below the J2 :.N.: trestle.f with a
nunlber,x)f other Ijoys were dro wned
together, and it.isjsaidttat one was
trying fo. save the other, causing the
ioss'crf both these happy childhood
liyesV-- i ' 7;, 2
:i uuuitjs were recoverea aoout
63a yesterday afternoon," both find
ing their col4 watery death' locked
m;eacli othefs'-armsu""' r -
Thus,-theyrrest in the atnis "of
their Savior. In their ; early. !death
they gain their early jeward.and
avoid the troubles and trials that is
man's inevitable reward while';here
on earth. - 1
We join in with the entire I com
mujiitymcxteiiding sympathy ;and
condolence to Tthe-grief-stricken
mothers and fathers brothers -"and
sisters. Cherokse:Scout. r - . t
LAND STILL UNTILLED - -
. IN THE UNITED STATES
IfalLthe arable land of the Unit
ed States;iivhfcrii is not J under plow
ould: be piit in neVhuge iarmT it
v v uiu, oa o - jesue a v - vv wiuy .cover
1 Missouri .and Mississippi rivers Ac-
cdrdmg 'to statistics 'I whichr have
'ucc" wuipucuuyme aeparcment
is
eqmvalent tpsthe combined ; acres
ofthe states of Mairie New Hamp-:
shire Vermont,:;; Massachusetts,
Rhode , Island, Connecticut, New
York, New- Jersey, Pennsvlyania,
Marylandi Delawkfe, Virginin, West
Virginia, Noith Carolina, South Car
olina; :Ge6rgia,: PloridaV " Alabama;
Ohio; Indiana, Illinois, Wa.rMinner
sbtaV North Dakota, SouthDakota
and, Montana. v ; ,;; -
-Accdrdingo the same statistics,
the- tillable lanb! of? :the United
States actually in: crops represents
about 27 per
,00,000 acres avail
able,: fThis" is equivalent to a ;farm
Jar'asjthe states Wyoming, Ne-
sas and Iuisiaha'cbmbined. ; ::
C t The Tanswhich; while hot' avail
able fbrcfops, can . be' .'devoted to
pastnragaTrbnd orchards comprise
35f jD00,00O"acres.. iThis .equals'the
area of lexas, New; Mexico. Colora
do ' and1 Utah.. ;Thearea bMand in
the United which, cannot bemused
forTaricuIture;either; how or in the
futures-land considered irreclainiar
PregonVashington Idaho; Nevada
and1 Arizona. "
This giye3 a" striking accduht'.of
: ill - - " : . Ttfr rrr rrtn ' '
tWast territory which still can be iJCT ";tae caprc-;
mpcito ppH Vtht; h.n. niiPatwai tcerLiver-iad:;f
iised to feed jthev hungry millioris:
notr only of the JJnited States; but
also of the tfbrldV' Ih -other vorda.
I6r eVety. 100 acres : tlfat-aie noVaVF -7 Ieea??i
tiliM nhohVsi mw Kt in.l. 4.? Effective end-
tilled abouV575: may -,b'e -put into
cropa.'when'ths oTuntfy" is fully'de-
yeloped
.Da THE YEAR llf ADVAffCE
. wvuu.iu ijaiiv. wnii, inrmri v hi on
?4;Ps?tQQ :ahI wwked for the i Cham-: -
re mpany; is reported to .
have; escaped f fromf nharantihe inZ (
tie: statXofWasgU :
was ueiamea as a ipnr- " hoJMQo ,
f E rly has" been bner of ntihnnl
interest.' Tbe m:an Vsuffering frqin
some skin disease -"and the doctors " -who
naveexaminedhrm hffrW rfifc
xereu as lownetner it was tne dread ,
disease of leprosy 6x something else.-'
UWith the, doubt existing'-. Early -
uccu ucuuuea wry a - numDer -Vears-i;
-r-'r:'
aomejew aavs- aso a Canton man -
receiyed five 'dollars f rorn Early ; in
a letter,saying Early had stolen r it . '
from him while they were in the.-',
army together. - This was. the' first
hun wi news - received ot -Jh.arlym -
sjuie time, ana was loiiowed titm . -
ly.by the dispatch ur.ttie papers
iwimg ui uio cavsapt uuin uie- quar ;
iuuuc siuuiMt; itJiquowing- is tne
story carried in the daily papers: i
. .-VYasamgtoa,.Mayy.ffici3is of - r;
tne united states pubhcJhealthjser-: w
vice were exercised oy6r. the report
ed .escapeof JohV. ft- Early; the t
1".. - - j -..-.." -I "- ' ' '
Ill attention for p.vpmlj vAr , frfur :
iuc jlsiuuiuuu neau quaranune sta-. ,
.fi nn na r Pnrt Tnwn c AnH WoK - - '
ReTOrtsSurjebi &neral Bluel i
stated ..; tnatJbarly escaped some
time last Friday, and isbelieved to
beqnlhisyaytto ,tBiLtcity,J:where
he asonce; confinedc -J;, : ;4 ;; -; ;J
,;:The'escaperiy)
necessity foi; a ; leprosarium . wheie-
anci saieiy,. guarded. -rWaynesviiie .
Courier. - -
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tion to the Editci and Chief, Division :
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Dublicatibna-cah "be" .obtained' fromri,:
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Hovprnmpnl- PrinHnd OfflfA "WSeV.'
av w, - Mwvvif- vyi aVXAVaV - 44 AA -
ltj.iii Li.n 1 1 1 -fTrv- ai nn 41111 im iiiitrni ifiii- !
of. Documents -direct.-'His offipp Iq ;"
not a part of ,the Debartmentrof
Agriculture
Mr: and MrsJames Ronef of V;
Speedwells arendaSewdavs
with relalives'andiriends ih
: ALWAYS LEADSTO BEI7ER
HEALTH.
;;rSeriousr sicknesses start;in disi
-
Jin.MissTimmie Clouse:ofr Sylya; w
is visiting at theJioine of Rey'randfer1
I.I. ! - m 1 1 . mm a I V . n W ' . . 1 . . V - KHi k - '
orders, of- the "stomach liver and
kidneyk'-ThebWt ;
preventive is Dr. tng's Newu'fe
neyrand Bpwel3;in:;healtey condi-
tfon.:;Giyeyou better ;healthlby
mildL 25aM-ct your Drulict
- Bucklens Arnica? Salve for. AIL
Hurts: