VOL. IV.
TROY, N. C, TTOTRSBAY, NqVEMBER 19,1908.
NO. 35.
f0RTH STATE HAPPENINGS
OccurrtAces of Interest Gleamed From All Secticoa of the Busy
i ' - ftr Heel Slate
Thirty Yean for, Jap.
, Newton, Special. Henry Yamo
kuchi, the Japanese showman who
killed his fellow showman' and
countryman in Newton October 11th,
was found guilty in Catawba Su
perior Court of murder in the second
degree, and was sentenced by Judge
Murphy to thirty years in the peni
tentiary at hard labor. Sympathy
was very strong for the accused man
throughout the trial on account of
the general belief that the quarrel
over the cruel treatment of the two
little Japanese girls by Kikuchi, the
man who was killed. The bearing
of the little Jap on the witness stand
ftl.n tiMrAi$ iim TTa AA tint nlA.d
- self-defense or endeavor to explain
how ' he come to shoot the man in
the back, only claiming that, he was
so much excited that he could not
remember how the killing occurred.
He was ably defended by ' W. C.
Feimster, of Newton, and W. A. Self,
1 of Hickory. v-
Lonnie Rader, who killed Miss
Ballinger in the Startown Baptist
church in September, was declared
insane by a jury and sentenced to
the department of criminal insane
in the State penitentiary.
f The Governor's Thanksgiving Procla
mation. .
Raleigh, Special Governor Glenn's
Thanksgiving proclamation was is
sued last week as follows:
"We have much for which to be
thankful; no pestilences or famine
'or other dire evil, -save rains and
floods in cen.al53istricts, have visit
ed our people; but with this one ex
ception our (crops have been abund
ant, bringing fair prices; and in
spite of a panic producing distress in
, other states North Carolina to a
great extent has been entirely free
from want, employment paying profit
able wages, 'Not a single instance of
' mob violence has occurred during the
year, but all have acquiesced in and
obeyed the law. Tremendous progress
has been made along alt lines of in
dustry and thrift. The State is out
of debt and prosperous and aggressive
in business activity. Educatninally
we have -mode greater advancement
than ever before and are spending in
' the education of our youth as large
a per eent., ccording to the value of
onr property as any State in the
Union."
A Sood Showing.
Ralcigh Soecial. B. C. Beckwith,
of the Stat board of internal im
provements, the duty of which is to
. inspect and report upon the various
v State-aided institutions, railways,
etc., says that everything is progress
ing without trouble at these and that
there arc no complaints as to manage
ment. Most have been inspected and
all will be by the end of the year.
The number "f pupils at the State
school for tlu- white blind and the
school- for cr loioil blind and deaf
" mutes reached .""0. 25 more than ever
' before. Nexf Thursday the contract
will be let for .the. 5,00ft -library
building at the school for the white
blind. It wiJ face to the south and
'Wjll bebafween the main building
and the auditorium.
Four Convicts taxSoned.
Raleigh, Speeial. Governor Glena
pardons conditionally four convicts
as follows: Edward Horton,v larceny,
Durham county, nine years, the Gov
ernor not believing him guilty and
having no confidence in the prosecu
tor; John Atkins, larceny, Stanly,
one year, on account of his age and
good behaviour in prison; William
Davis, Beanfort, larceny, one 'year,
he having been seriously and perman
ently injured on the chaingang; Wil
liam Wilcox, secret assault, Mitchell,
four years, because if guilty he had
great provocation, the prosecutor
having wronged "him fearfully, caus
ing him and bis wife to separate.
The Governor refuses pardon in six
eases: William Lav. larceny, Cataw
ba; J. C. Black, Jr., forgery, Colum
bus; Charles Horey, larceny. Bun
combe; Ernest Murray, assault, Dup
lin; Horace Welton, highway robbery,
Buncombe ; William ' Zeigler, gamb
ling, Mecklenburg. ' -
Thanksgiving Day Orphans' Day
The good people of North Caro
lina have chosen Thanksgiving Day
as a time for special offerings to the
orphans' home of our State.
We have abundant cause for grati
tude to God. Can we in a better way
express our thanks to Him than by
heartily joining in to care , for and
train aright homeless, orphan jf child
ren 1
When, impelled by a spirit of grat
itude, we do for thoso little ones.
does the great Father of the father
less not accept. it -as-done for Him?
At present the demands upon and
needs of the orphans' homes of North
Carolina are unusually large. . The
Thansgiving offering will be a great
factor in enabling these institutions
to continue their beneficent work.
The cause appeals to our sympa
thies, to our reason, to our sense of
justice.
We hope even a larger number of
our people will unite this time in
the interest of this work and that
the gifts will be, in , all respects
greater than any of the-offerings of
former years. We bebeve the in
terest of our people in this cause is
deepening and we look for "even more
liberal support to our orphanages
v ,
Apology Met With Bullet.
Asheville, Special. James Moody,
son of ex-Congressman Moody, shot
and probably fatally wounded Dave
IB. Vaughn, a traveling salesman, at
v aynesviiie early Thursday evening.
The affair occurred on the main s-eet
just at dusk. The difficulty leading
up to the shooting js not definitely
known, but is is stated by eye
witnesses that Vaughn stopped Moody
on the street for the purpose of apo
logizing for an alleged insult that
Moody called Vaughn a d -d rascal
and immediately shot him, and then
made his escape before he could be
apprehended. The bullet penetrated
the abdomen. Bystanders picked up
the wounded man and medical aid
was given him. Later several physi
cians-were catted-to the wounded
man from Asheville.
THE CUBAN ELECTION
CHINA IS AFFLICTED
Somes, liberal .Candidate, Elected
President By Large Majority. '
Havana, By Cable At the close of
in election which was conducted with
great enthusiasm and complete ab
sence of disorder,' it appears practic
ally certain that General Jose Mig-
Qel Gomez and Alfredo Zayas have
been chosen President and Vice Pres
ident respectively of the new Cuban
republic, with strong 'liberal ma
jorities in the Senate and House.
hroughout the island, according to
the reports, an extraordinary heavy
vote was cast, vastly in excess of
that cast in the August election
where 182,000 failed to vote in. a
total registration ' of 450,000. This
was especially so in Havana City,
where the vote pobably will reach
56 per cent of the registration
against 49 per cent in August. The
heavy vote was due, not only to the
prevalence of fine weather, but the
strenuous efforts made to bring out
the silent vote. The slow incoming
of the returns is attributed partly to
the heavy vote and partly to scratch
ed ballots on Representatives. In
complete official returns from the
precinct of Havana indicated that
the city was overwhelmingly Liberal.
Few returns have been received from
the provinces but estimates give the
island to General Gomez by from
25,000 to 30,00. The Conserva
tive leaders generally admit the de
feat of their party.
Emperor and Empress Die On
: ; Same Day : '
THE PEOPLE TAKE IT QUIETLY
Shortly After 5 O'clock, Saturday,
the Emperor Breathed His 'Last
" Prince Chun, His Brother, Now Re
gent, May Be Accepted as .Sucoes
eor. 7 - v
FUNERAL OF MR. GARMACK
Negro Kills Eight.
Okumulgee, Okla., Special. Eight
persons were killed and ten others
were wouijfled Sunday in a fight be
tween James Deckard, a negro des
perado and officers.
The dead.
Edgar Robinson, sheriff of Ok
mulgee county.
Henry Klaber, assistant chief
of police of Okmulgee.
Two negroes named Chapman,
brothers.
Three unidentified negroes.
The wounded:
Steve Grayson, Indian boy, probab
ly fatally beaten Victor Fa?T, chief
of Sioux, shot through shoulder; De
puty Sheriff, arm broken.
- Seven others, slightly wounded.
President-Elect Taft Invited to Spar
tanburg Banquet.
Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Pres
ident-elect iTaft has been invited by
t
the chamber of commerce to be the
guest of Spartanburg upon the oc-
casion of a banquet to be given No
vember 20th, celebrating the build
ing of the Carolina, Clinchfield &
Ohio Railroad to this city. A com
mittee of citizens from the chamber
of commerce, the city council and
the board of trade will go to Hot
Spnncrs and extend the invitations,
The banquet will be attended by the
Governors of five States and the
presidents of half a dozen railroad
systems.
Pekin, China, By Cable The ,
Emperor of China died shortly after
5 o'clock Saturday" evening As
early as 3 o'clock in the af(jj?rnoon,
it was reported that the Emperor
was so low that his death-was re
garded as imminent.. The, --Pe-ieign"
Board of the government has con
firmed the report circulated Fri
day that the Dowager Empress is
also mortally ill.
The Emperor had been ill for a
long time and during recent audi
ences with foreign representatives he
was unable either to sit up on the
throne or even in an erect position.
It was evident for a long time that
he would be unable to' withstand a
crisis which sooner or later must de
velop in the disease from wtiich he
was -suffering. Recent climatic ex
tremes caused the develomeint of
fatal complications that resulted in
his death. '
At the moment of death the Em-
perer. tee uowagrer impress- own
death chamber chair was waiting in
the courtyard. She, too, had been
in a serious condition, and word that 1
was brought her earlier in the day
that the Emperor was dying, caused
her to collapse. This has prevented
her from assuming the relationship
of errand, mother to the successor to
the throne, which, according to the
Chinese system Would enormously
ingment her authority.
Tuere is little indication ot emo
tion among the people over the
events which have been transpiring.
The Emperor's death and the prob
able death of the Dowager impress
ivitbin a very short time have had
but little effect upon the Chinese,
who are pursuing the even tenor of
heir way without signs of mourn
ing.
Kuang-Hsu's -later life was a pit
iable spectacle to his attendants. His
feebleness had rendered him a mere
Duppet and he had suffered long
Handsome Building for Fayetteville.
- ".Fayetteville, Special. At a meet-
ing of the executive committee of the
Southern Life Insurance Company
' here last week, it was decided to im-
mediately erect a handsome build
ing for home offices of the company
at. the eorner of Hay and Burgess
streets. The building will cost $30-
000, and will stand directly opposite
" the Federal building to be erected
toon.- '
Big Snow in Haywood.
Waynesville, Special. Sunday
morning Wavnesville and' Haywood
county are in the grip of another
seemingly premature snowstorm. It
commenced Saturday about noon and
continued until about 10 o'clock p. m.
when it turned into a rain. For two
hours the rain came down, when it
turned into a regular northeast snow
storm which raged the remainder of
the night. Sunday morning it was
snowing fiercely with' about three
inches upon the ground on a level and
some ten inches in the mountains.
: North State Notes.
Charters are granted the Bnrgra
how Company, capital $125,000. the
-North State Realty Company, $150,
000, and the Burgrahaw Inter-urban
. Company, $.500,000. All these -companies
are intended to develop the
three towns of Burlington, Graham,
and Haw River. The purpose is to
connect these by an electric railway,
. furnish power and heat and to de-
velop real .estate at all the points.
Rv "W. ; Bishop, ' patent attorney,
Washington, D. C., reports the issue
of the following patents on the 10th
Instant, to residents ' of North Caro
lina Mail box, J. T. Denhy, Cromar
tiej safe, L.' N. Davis, Charlotte"; cul
tivator, Al, J. Compton, Cedar Grove.
. ' The Governdr offers, two reward,
each of $50, for murders at Durham
where there have been four homl
'!.'' in the past. three months, one
1 cinjf for Charles Merritt, who killed
wife with' a razor, and the other
- Susannah ;Hinton, ,alsiaa'-. Ray,
' lied Roena Harm, colored. ,
! :;! "citizens of Washington, N.
'.have Bew , il-jintcd delegate to
A tlacrtie .-and waterways con
ioti, and it Is intended to have a
il etrt for them and the other
is. 'This car will ; be .gaily-
' with streamers bearing the
"Washington Boosters." T !-
Big Fire at Henderson.
Henderson, Special The second
largest fire in the history of this
town for thirty years occurred Sun
day morning at 4:30 o'clock, when
Parham Bros.' four-story brick build
ing bagging factory was totally de
stroyed, with its adjoining buildings
ron Wyiider avenue. By strenuous
efforts the residenc -n the opposite
side of the street v... a saved.
, Eeceiver for Daily News. '
Greensboro, Special. In the Unit
ed States Court Judge - James E.
Boyd" named W. Underwood ' as
receiver of The Daily Industrial
News, the appointment - being made
on the . petition of certain ' creditors
presented, to the court by O.- S.
Bradshaw as attorney. The receiver
is ordered' by tne court to continue
the publication of the paper, and he
is ' directed to employ any and all
necessary help in the advancement of
his trusts." The subpoena on the
bankrupt corporation is made return
able next baturday, :
W. H. Q. Conference at AsheviSe.
Asheville, Special. The Methodists
of Asheville have completed arrange
ments for the mf ertammcnt of '. the
annual session of the Western.' North
Carolina Methodist Conference. .It is
expected that there will -be between
400 and 500 .ministers and ; lay dele-ftf8-:
sad 'convention', visitors pres-
Deep Gloom Pervades His . Native
City Business Entirely Suspended
' and . Public . Buildings Draped.
'.While the Distinguished Son is
Laid Among His Fathers.
Columbia, Tenn., Special. Busi
ness was entirely suspended and the
people , of this city 'and county, to
gether with large delegationa from
many other-Tennessee counties turned
out t in force to do honor to the
memory of the' late Senator Carmack.
Public buildings were draped out of
respect to his memory and , a deep
gloom pervades this entire community.
The funeral was help at 11 o'clock
in the Methodist church. The sarv-
ices we're very simple, but impressive,
and . the scenes at the church and at
the grave where the distinguished
statesman was laid to rest were such
as will never be forgotten, by the as
semblage present.
The funeral services at the church
were in charge of Rev. W. T. Boah,
pastor of the First Christian church
here, the church of which Senator
Carmack Was a member. Rev. Lin
Cave, of Nashville, delivered the ad
dress -at the church. At the grave
the burial was conducted with Mas-
sonic honors, the deceased being an
honored member of the Masonic
order. These Maconic exercises were
presided over by Major John Wil
liamson, of this city, past grand
master.
Floral offerings were sent from all
parts of the State. The offering from
the citizens of Columbia and Maury
county was a magnificient pall, which
covered the entire casket.
When thfe funeral train reached the
church shortly after 11 o'clock, there
was a deathlike hush over the great
conereeration. For a full hour before
the time for the funeral great crowds
of sorrowing friends began to gather
at the church and the auditorium was
paefced to overflowing by 10 :30
o'clock, while hundreds were turned
away, being unable to gain admission
Within the chancel was a large
likeness of Senator Carmack draped
in black.
There were prominent men present
representing all sections of Tennessee
leading supporters and personal
mends of the dead Senator.
Hel3 on Murder Charge.
Nashville, Tenn.,' Special. A State
warrant charging him with the mur
der of former United States Senator
... -ii i.-ii.i- i. i i: j v.----.cu
7 ....-w. ...... - ifcc.ward vv. Carmack was served on
wun iear ana aespair . uu J m: . Robin Cooper at a hogpital Cooper
Taft Renders Tribute.
New York, Special. While can
non boomed, awakening patriotic
memories of those sailor and soldier
heroes who died in British prison
ships in the revolutionary war, the
prison ship martyrs monument at
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, was
dedicated with impressive ceremonies
Satujday in the presence of President-elect
Taft, Secretary of Wai
Wright, Governor Hughes and thou
sands bf people who thronged the
knoll on which the tall doric column
stands. Mr. Taft made the oration
of the occasion and after the cere
monies left for Washington, where he
will meet President Roosevelt.
Pushing Work on C. C. and O. Road.
' Spartanburg, Special. The con
tractors are pushing tho work on"thf
C. C. and O. Road. They are re
eeiving steam shovels and all sortz
of road machinery and the noise joi
the blasting is like the cannonading
around Charleston in' 1864, only it if
not so constant and dangerous.
Passenger Trains Collide.
Jacksonville, Special. Passengei
trains - Nos. ,39 and; 10, of - the At
lantic Coast Line, came together ir
a head-ori collision near Camden,.' s
small station about ten miles frcoi
this city Saturday morning, killing
James A King, 'of Sanford, Fbjw ac
Alenxander A. Bell, of Palatka, hot,
negr mail,, clerks, ' and - slightly in
juring several ' others. . A relief, trait
Was sent out from here and the dead
and injured' brought to JacksonyHle.
The' trains, it is said, had orders ft
meet at Camden, .but No. 39 rim bj
with the fatal results. .
- '
.k ; Morris Saas a' Snidd.
; . San Francisco, Special. Morrii
Haas, who shot Francis-' J.. Honey
committed suicide at the bounty jal
by, BhopUng Mmaelf through the bend.
"One report says that' the pistol 'witl
which Haas shot; himself was -con-
-".1 in his Fvoe wWre he hi! it ba
liowed marked signs of mental dis
turbances, and ev.en went so far
last August as to declare himself
nad.
The foregoing dispatch from Pekin
sets at rest the conflicting rumors of
:he past two days that have origi
nated in Pekin and been published
around the world. The Emperor of
China is dead. The report from
London of his improvement probably
rcferre1 to a temporary dilion
only. The Pekin message is the first
unqualified statement to come from
the Chinese capital and' it specifi
cally gives the time of the passing
away of His Majesty.
The regent is Prince Chun, the Em
peror's brother, and if he is accepted
by the government before the Dow
ager Empress dies, the likelihood of
any revolutionary outbreak in China
will be materially reduced. .
Dowager Empress Dead. ;.
Pekin, By Cable. Tsze Hsi- An,
the Dowager Empress of China, the
autocratic bead of the government,
which she " directed without . success
ful interference since 1861 and with
out protest since 1881, died at 2
o'nlnck Stindiiv afternoon. ;' ''
The announcement of the' Dowager
Empress' death was official' and fol
lowed closely upon the announcement
that -Kuane-Hsu the Emperor, : had
died Saturday at 5 o'clock in the af
ternoon, but it is believed .'that the
death of . both the Emperor nd i the
Down per Eitinress occurred a consid
erable time before ihat set down in;
the official statements.
An ediet issued at 3 o'clock Sun
day mprninsr placed upon the throne
"Prince Pu-Yi, the 3-year-old; son .pf
Prince Chun, the Regent of the. Em
pire, in accordance withi a ; promise
given by the Dowager Empress soon
after the marriage of Pripoe Chun in
1903. . An eiet issued on Friday
made . Pu-Yi heir presumptive.
4
'Prominent Coiif derate Veteran Dead
Washington, - SpeeiaL-rAlbert .- J Q.
Holland, a . member of the first, com
pany organized, in -.Washington: to
I fight, for the CJonfederacy; -died sndt-
denly vin thiscity, Sunday. "Mr. Hol
land tooV?psrt in the first, battle of
Manassas, fought A valiantly' V until
jeaptured ';and sent ;to Camp. Chase,'
- where he wa s released at the close of
the war - He was a''rnmbeT'rof the
firm at Copeland ,&CoJ and itlwaa
staid manufactured flags for the Fed
eral government while it rwas his aim
to destroy them during the war... ( .:
GREAT YIELD OF CORN
A Total Production of 2,642,687,000
Bushels Indicated in the Prelimi
nary Estimate of the Department
of Agriculture.
Washington, Special. An average
yield of 26.2 bushels of corn per acre
and an indicated total production of
2,642,687,000 bushels of corn are
preliminary estimates announced in
the report of the Department of Ag
riculture, summarizing' corn and five
other crops. The yield of corn per
acre in 1907 was 25.9, as finally esti
mated and averaged 25.6 for ten years
while the production is compared
with 2,592,320,000 bushels finally es
timated in 1907. Quality of corn is
86.9 per cent., compared with 82.8 in
1907, and 84. 3 ten-year average.
About 2.7 per cent, or 71,124,000
bushels, is estimated to have been in
the farmers' hands on November 1st,
against 4.5 per cent, or 130,995,000
bushels a year ago, and a ten-year
average of 4.5 per cent.
The preliminary figures for import
ant States, giving in bushels the yield
per acre and total production, re
spectively, include:
Missouri 27 and 203,634,000. Texas
25.7 and 201,848,000; Kentucky 25.2
and 84,823,000; Tennessee 24.8 and
74,747,000; Georgia 12.6 and 56,438,-
000: .Alabama 14.7 and 44,835,000;
Virginia 26 and 48,828,000; North
Carolina 18 and 50,166,000; Arkansas
20.2 and 52,540,000.
The preliminary estimates of pota-.
toes, tobacco and rice growing aver-r-,
age yields per acre and comparisons
with final estimates for 1907 and for
periods of years as follows:
Potatoes yield 85.9 bushels
against 95.4 in 1907 and ten-year av
erage 88.6. Production 274,660,000
bushels against 294,929,000, in 1907.
Quality 86 per cent, against 83.3
last year, and ten-year average of
87.6.
Tobacco yeild 825.2 pounds
againsst 850.5 pounds in 1907 and
ten-year average 797.6. Production
629,634,000 pounds against 698;126,
000 in 1907. Quality 87.9 per cent as
against 90 a year ago and a ten-yeas
average of 85.8.
Rye yield 34.7 bushels against
29.9 in 1907 and a ten-year average
of 30.6. Production 22,718,000 -bushels
in 1907 and a ten-year average of
30.6. Production 22,718,000 bushels
against 18,738,000 in 1907.
A 10 CENT MINIM
Set By Convention of Sou&eca
Cotton Growers
"NIGHT RIDING" IS CONDO
Governor Patterson, of Ti iiiwiiiBp,
Welcomes Delegates to Mzmg&m
Officers of Conference Chases.
Industrial Education .to Be Promoted
r Atlanta; Ga. SpeeiaL The. second
atmual convention of ' the .,- national
society for the promotion of Indus-
trial , education, , the membership . of
which includes s'oine'of the-jnojst dia
ticirtiishei' educators in' the country,
.'l be hdd in Atlmti Thursday, Fri-
is now in -harge of three deputy
sheriffs. lt will be removed to
the county jail as soon as his con
dition permits. It developed, ac
cording to the physician who is at
tending young Cooper, that two shots j
were fired at the young man, one
penetrating his shoulder, the other
going through his coat sleeve.
The excitement in this city over
the -terrible tragedy Monday after
noon in which Edward W. Carmack,
former United States Senator from
Tennessee, this city, "as shot and
killed by Robin Cooper a young at
torney of Nashville, and son of Col.
Duncan B. Cooper, a close personal
and political friend of Governor
Malcolm R. Patterson,: has to a cer
tain extent abated yet the tragedy
is still the s'6le topic of conversation
in political circles., both in thi city
and throughout the ,Sta,te.
Colonel Cooper; who' was with his
Son when- the latter shot Mr. Car
mack; has been -remanded to jail
without bond, charged with murder
Young Cooper remains under guard
at a local hospital; where his wound
ed arm is being-retreated. His pre
liminary trial, on the charge of mur
der wilr be held -as soon as he is able
toleftv,e the" "hospital. Both the
Cboperi.iand Sehator Carmack have
manVi'friert'ds . here1 and throughout
the State. Cooper's statement is that
the , affair was merely" a street duel
in which both sides inet and both
l-bee-an firing. .
The friends of the Coopers claim
they had tried to aybid a meeting
with1- Carmack, ;it is said, and they
were on their way to the State capi
tal in response to a telephone mes
sage fronv Governor Patterson when
the - tragedy occurred; V that Senator
Carmack-had been warned and was
expecting trouble. " - :
iFriends of Senator Carmack stren
uously claim, that the .killing was the
result of a conspiracy, purer and sim
ple; that When Senator Carmack left
The Tennessean omce for his board
ing' house7 the 'fact was telephoned
from fe ftouse near The Tenn&sean
office and the. Coopers were notified
thai the: Senator-was on his way and
to be on the "-alert-' ' w ;
i,..It , now : develops; according y-fo
friends 'of Mr. Carmaek jiat there
was a thifd - party - mlth, the Coopers
just', before the shooting,, a, fonner
county, official who is a close pexsoni
al - friend of - both ' the Coopers !.and
Patterson. Friends of the dead Sen
ator- intimate that there will be sen
sational ' developments .within the
next day or so regarding the aiTair.
Cotton Ginned to November 1.
Washington, Special. There wer
26,295 active, ginneries and 8,199,782
bales of cotton ginned from the
growth of 1908 to November 1st.
These figures, announced by the Cen
sus Bureau are against 26,069 ginner
ies and 6,128,562 bales at the corres
ponding date in 1907; 27,370 ginner
ies and 6,906,395 bales in 1906, and
27,802 'ginneries and 6,457,595 bales
m 1905. The report counts ronnd
bales as half bales and includes 149,-
340 round bales for 1908; 125,785 for
1907, and 169,741 for 1906, and 183,-
870 for 1905. The number of Sea
Island bales included for 1908 is 45,-
495; for 1907, 33.331; for 1906, 21,706
and for 1905, 49,161. The corrected
figures of the quantity of cotton
ginned this season to October 18th
are 6,296,166 bales.
The number of bales and active
ginneries respectively by States on
November 1st, 1908, follows:
:. Mistrial In Case of Postmaster.
Norfolk.' Vav. Special, Tho aury
In the' case' of James T Red, former
assistant ' : postmaster, " at j Newport
News. .'Vol charged- with the 'embez
zlement of $6,462 1 in money order
fund-j'arr'ounced.its hopeless f dis
8,rer:Et and was discharged. The
State.
Alabama' .. ..
Arkansas . .
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi.. ..
Missouri ,
New Mexico ..
North Carolina
Oklahom
South Carolina
Tennessee.. ..
Texas
Bales. Ginneries.
. 894,123 3,363
. 43,065 241
. 43,065 241
.1,385,816 4,321
..954 4
. 290,099 1,559
. 893,548
. 30,409
954
. 373.1S8
, 219,860
. 822,369
. 199,621
.2,504,886
Virginia 4,607
3,309
69
4
2,606
941
3,133
605
4,046
82
Great Playwright Sardou Deal
Paris, By Cable, France's great
est playwright and one of the great
est the world has has ever known is
the general verdict heard regarding
M. Victoria Sardou, who lies dead
at Ins Paris apartments. Sarou died
Sunday of congestion of the lungs.
He was 77 years old. For fifty-eight
years Sardou wrote plays for the
-French stage.
Memphis, Tenn., SpeeiaL -Tfa
Southern Cotton Conference was call
ed here last week. Gov. M. &. Pat
terson welcomed the delegates. T
responses were made by Charles SL
ijay, or Montgomery, and
Jordan, of Atlanta, president of
southern Cotton Growers'
tion. Governor Noel, of Missiswv
also spoke. Harvie Jordan was aaA
permanent chairman, and GeaegB
cloppe, of Memphis, and W. IL Gil
bert, of Chiclet, Ark., were ebasam
secretaries.
An address by Bishop Thomas X.
Sainor, of the Episcopal Dioecse
Tennessee, on "The Keynote of (km
Conference" concluded the fotnsdl
addresses of the opening session.
Mr. Jordan, in his remarks a
chairman, said it was fitting that
conference should be assemble
this, the largest interior cottcv :
ket in the world.
. "We have assembled." he
tinued, "to safeguard and pniaefi
the . great staple crop of the Sofc
from the artificial and depressing -
uuences or tederated interests
operate to the detriment of
business interest in this sectxw ff
America. We face a serious
dition, and whether we will
equal to the emergency and
our interests as men of brain msM
business sagacity, or indifferently ac
cept the situation and parade beStsMt
the world our voluntary weakness, m
the issue whieh presents itself to
convention. ' '
Mr. Jordan said raw eotton is
only great staple commodity in O
word today which is selling beSwr
the cost of production, notwithstand
ing the fact that it represents one rf
the world's greatest necessities.
"That this great staple should war
sell at a price to the cotton growers
of less than 10 cents a pound," Jft
Jordan continued, "is a reSeefjaar ,..
upon the manhood and intelligent
tht Sosthern people. If the cot&n
growers, bankers, merchants adi
Hied business interests of the 'SoaSb
will determine that the price of spatt
cotton must and shall jro baek to 19
cents before November passes, t&tt
price will be protected the finamciai
future of the South will be save,
and not a spindle in the world wiM
bo injured."
Mr. Jordan stronylv condennwJ
"night riding" and urged that t&e
convention give its attention to tie
boll weevil menace. He also reccj
mended the formation of a chain 4t
warehouses wherefrom receipts eeAA
be issued which would be aceeptaWte
as collateral for short-time loans
the leading financial institutions m
this country and in Europe.
Ten Cents as a Minimum.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. Djums
ciation of "night-riding," and a fiary
defense of the "night-riders" threw
the convention of the Southern Ch
ton Growers' and Ginners' Associa
tion into disorder and nearly ieraei
nated the session before ihe pijogrwa
had fairly begun. While excited del
egates hurled charges and eomrter
charges, T. U. Sisson, of Mississippi
moved that the convention adjoin
sine die.
President Jordan finally brongfct m
semblance of quiet and made a pEa
for order.
The general committee on rearfb
tions presented their report, wtidh
was unanimously adorned.
mending that so far as possible
each individual case, none of the ea
of -1908, still in the ownership ot I
producer, be sold below 10 cents
pound for short staple cotton.
urging growers to hold the erofi ast
as to prevent selling in excess of mm-.
tenth per month of the remanrins-'
crop of 190S. ' The cotton ftiunm
are urged to apply to the local basSoi.
for loans secured by warehouse aav ,
ccipts representing cotton to be MSI
for the purpose of being martcrtril
only when demanded for. actual
sumption. . 'c
' ; 1 .;
Re-
Wants Tariff on Jute Bagging
duced. .- . v-..-.-'
New Orleans,": La,, SpeciaL-r-Xhe
New Orleans exchange passed resolu
tions - calling upoir- Congress to re
duce the present tariff -on jute' bag-
'ging1 used tor, baling cotton. " This
tax is a direct burden on the cotton
raising industry of the South for the
benefit of. a few ' manufacturers . who
are enabled to thrive at the expense
of the most important class of agri
culturalists in this country,'?' declares
the resolution,
. The Case of B. Clay1 Pierce.
. Austin, Tex1,, Special.-Arrangfr-mants'
havetbeea made for the- trial
ox xi. a viay . .fierce, neaa.i oi ine
Waters-Pierce Oil Comfanv." a Stand
ard auxiliary:' wfio f was indicted in
this county on th charge of ' false
stearin?. The case will be called
Over 300 Men, Entombed. '
Hsaan, Westphalia, Germany, : Ef
Cable, The greatest mine disaster is'
many years in Germany
Thursday moinine in . the
mine, about three miles from
trface. -There was a heavy
Most immjediately the mine tocjSp. '
tho ground at the time and only cis
escaped witnout injury. inircj urn -were
taken out slightly injured
37 were dead when brought f
month of the pit. The remaining 33
have been given Up for lost. f . t
Tog Ginks In Pamlico
. "r't,.. Espaes. ,
Norfolk. Va.. 'Srecial-New '
reached the 4tf of the sinking f C
tr.g' Hamptott in .Pai'ulico Soaa Z, IL
during tae-prevalence til a.s:-
northwest gale, and of fha" I t 2
Cpta;n W." J. Hawley, c
-et