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Hues . 1 Associated Press Service Associated Press Service mm 7 Vol. LXIX. No. 157 The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper F " Wide Awake Raleigh " First Appeared On Large Street Sprinkler Today HANDSOME AND CATCHY Brand New Slogan Heprcsonis Awakening of Capital City. Dates of .Slogan Will Ito (Jiven Printers and Merchant and Oilier Business Men Will tso "Wide awake Raleigh" on Their Station, ery Advertising and Publicity Committees of Chamber of Com merce Doing Splendid Work. "Wide-awake Raleigh." This is the sign that greeted per sons on the street today when the most modern street sprinkler in the state was run out, and it means that Raleigh has a new slogan. Across both sides and both ends of the gl gantlc sprinkler the words are dis played in such a manner that all who run mav read: " Wide-awake Raleigh." The advertising and publicity com mlttees of the chamber of commerce. recently re-organized with over 500 mombers, determined to select a slo gan representative of the new awak enlng undergone by the Capital City at this time, and it hit upon "Wide awake Raleigh." The Rreat sprinkler brought out the first information of the new slo gan whon, it appeared today. Instead of "B. ,13. B. RalelghV the sprinkler now has painted on It in four places "Wide-awake Raleigh." The. back ground is white, tho two letters "W" and "It" are red, and the other let ters in the slogan are black. The whole makes an attractive display The. advertising and publicity committees of the chamber of com merce have ordered plates contain ing this slogan and these will be furnished the various commercial printing houses. Merchants and other business men will be asked to have this slogan placed on their sta tioncry. No city in the state has shown mole progress In the past vear than Raleigh, and this progress has been a matter of comment everywhere People no longer look on this town as a sleeping community, but on the contrary regard It as a city that is doing things. "Wide-awake Raleigh" is a slogan that tits "Wida-awake' Raleigh." WOMAN KIIXS fa MKIXKS. Dayton, O.. July 3 Holding a magazine gun with the use of which sne is familiar, Miss Ruth Abel stood at one side of a hole in the ground. and while two boys, discoverers of a polecat den, drove the animals out she blazed away at them. The boys used extra long sticks to evict the animals, and as fast as the undesirables emerged Mrs. Abel greeted them with a discharge of shot. Two largo and 10 litle ones fell in the fray. LONG DfiOUTH PARTLY When rain began falling shortly before 10 o'clock today the hearts of farmers, gardners, merchants and others were made glad. Not since May 31 has a really good shower fallen In this section and no heavy rains have fallen since March. Dur ing the entire month of June, accord ing to the weather bureau, the pre cipitation was much below the aver age, and as result crops have suffer ed' in every section of the state. While the shower today is of a lo cal nature, It is hoped that it will be come general and that the entire sec tion will profit by it. So slight has been the rainfall that many streams have almost - ceased to flaw. The shower todaj has already been or great benefit to the crops, which were in sore need or moisture. Prisoners Make Key Out of a Spoon. '. Unlontown, Pa., July 3 Three prisoners, one a murderer, escaped from Jail here today. A key. was wade out Qt a spoon, Fa vors Reciprocity -l-F:?: :l'$&t - ;' ': :i",i i 'V:..;.'S:.'::'::;:' .". ..'". M": - "v"-" -V Senator Holes Penrose, chairman of the senate committee on finance, who predicts that the ( unudlan reci procity lull will be passed in the sen ate by a large inaoiily. FOURTH WEEK IN NOW The 1'nited States court recon vened at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon, after a recess since Friday after noon."' No evidence was introduced in the Ware-Kramer Tobacco suit against tho American Tobacco Com pany, but counsel for plaintiff an nounced that thev would lie ready by 2:;:o. It. is . probable that only one session of court will lie held to morrow. Tins makes the fourth week in the trial of this case. Contrary to expectations tho plain tiff's counsel announced when court reconvened lnm tho dinner recess that. Mr. 1 I). Ware, president, of the American Tobacco Company, would not. be placed on tho stand for re direct examination. The deposition of Mr. C. C. Dula. ot New York, one of J,he vice-presidents of the Ameri can Tobacco Company,' was I lien in troduced. MR. WALTER LA ROQUE OF KINSTON DEAD (Special to The Times) Kinston, July I! - Mr. Waller D, LaRoque, of this city, died suddenly at his home here yesterday morning. About 5:00 o'clock in tho morning he got up and complained of a pain in his breast, but went back to bed as it was not considered serious. Af ter going back to bod he fell into a stupor and never could be aroused, and died at 9:00 o'clock. He was a man of prominence in this city, be ing 05 years old and the owner of an extenslvo livery and sale stables here. He is survived bv his wife and five sons. The funeral will be held here this afternoon. Mrs. ,T. J. Rogers, who is a niece of tho deceased, left this morning for Kinston, to attend tho funeral today. MKXCAN RAILWAY MKX QI IT. Two Directors .Make Iloom for Kor nier Ministers. Mexico City, July 3 Pablo Mace- do and Jose Slgnoret have resigned from the directorate of the National Railways of Mexico and been suc ceeded by Lean d ro Fernandez, for mer minister of communications, and Jorge Vera Estanol, former min ister of education. The changes, it appears, were made at a meeting of the board of directors a month ago, but had been kept .secret until now. It is said that tho resignation of Joaquin D. Casasus, formerly am bassador to the United States from the railway board, may be presented within a few days, and it is believed that he will he successful by Uustavo Madera,-the former provisional min ister Ot finance. A BIG COTTON CROP . 1 Reports Indicate Biggest Crop Ever Produced Condition of the ip llctter Than I'lvcr Heloie at Tins Time ol the . Yciil- Then, Too, There is n 1 S j Average Condition in North Car olina. Washington, Julv : 'I he. rondi Hon of cotton on June 2.1 is osli mated bv the depart ment of ngrioul turo to lie SS.l! per cent, of. normal compared with S7.7 Mav 2f. k0.7 las; veiir. and .SO, ten vear average, ll.v slates the condition is: Virginia. H North Carolina, SO: South Carolina Hi:. Georgia. 01: ; Florida. '." Official estimates of the cotton crop report of I ! 1 1 indicates it will lie - the largest in the oonnlrv s his tor-, a'Miroxiniating. according to present: figures. 1 l.l 2r,.000 hales, of BOO pounds each, exceeding bv al most 1,000,(100 bales the record crop of mm. : Dr. N. A. Murray; acting chair man ol the crop reporting board, de partment of agriculture. made the lollowing 'statement, subsequent to the issuance ol tho cotton -crop re port : "The .report shows t lie condition of the crop higher than on anv cor responding date in the late ten veais A month ago the ''general 'condition was R.'i per cent, above the 10-vear average. Today it is 1 0.;t per cent. above the 10-voars average. The acreage of cotton this vear is about 3.1,000, 0;)0, allowing for the aver age amount of abandonment. about 1.000,000 acres indications" are ap proximately 34.000.000 acres of cot ton will be harvested. "The condition, indicate a TrtTtT" able yield of 202. S PQmjrta peA mtf. wnicn on .ii.utiii.iniij : acres would mean G.xfio. 000, 000 pounds, or about H. 4 25,000 bales. ''This .calculation allows for aver age depreciation. The critical pc nod in cotton growth is in August and September, so nnv estimate at this time must be taken with some allowance. ' The largest previous production of cotton in (his country was in IIMil, when it aggregated I.J. (i7!- 0.11 bales of 500 pounds each." SO IMtHACIIKKH III lUHIKS. Treasury limply, Tliey Will Help Construct a Methodist Church. .Spokane, Wash., July :s Twetilv Methodist ministers ol Spokane and nearby places will on Julv 11 invade Minnehaha settlement to assist Willi the building ol tae new Minnehaha church which has been under con struction since May 1. Through lack of finances the lew members of the church, which was organized bv the. Rev. H. E. Croon ing, pastor of the Wesley. Memorial church, have found it impossible to employ labor, and when the congre gation appealed to the Methodist ministers of Spokane for assistance every minister ol the faith in Hie citv volunteered to lend his strong right arm lor a day as a laborer. lilliglai'S Kill Itoadhouse Proprietor. New York, July 3 Bloodhounds were put on the trail of three men who this morning rifled the cash reg ister of a road house and shot dead Proprietor Welgle. COTTON GOES UP ON GOVERNMENT REPORT New York. July 3 The cotton mar ket was very quiet late in tho forenoon with prices easing off slightly under scuttered realizing and the forecast for unsettled weather in' the western bolt and showers in southern . Texas Shortly before government report was Issued the market shower a net loss of from 9 to 13 points, but at this level there was .bull support, immediately following the publication of the gov ernment condition figures showing SS.2 percent which was no better If not a shade, worse than expected. The mar ket firmed up on covering advancing some IB to 19 points from the low level of the mornlpg and to a net gain1 of rrom to 11 points on new crop months. New Orleans was a seller on this Improvement. There was consid erable local pressure as result of which prices reacted 3 or 4 points' from the best after tho first rush of covering had subsided. Talk of deterioration In the west ern belt since tne government figures were compiled inspired considerable buying on reaction and the market. during the middle afternoon, was quiet but steady, with new crop po sitions ruling aboub 8 to 10 points net higher, - Jewelry Smugglers MtfM:Msmm I mi S t 8ff It VI i m 1 k i$RS J Ivvo promiiicnt ligures ill llie al leged siiiiiggling into this country ol .s:(lil,(l()(l worili of etiels belonging to Hie myslerioiis .lr. Ili'len Dixclte jciikuis, ol Ncv oik. Miove, .Nath an Allen, of hanoslin. Wis., lormer president oldie Leather I rust, who is saiil to have mcn (lie p-vtcls o k s. .lenkins in l.iii'ope; and Ih-Iow I. K. ( (illms, ol .Mempllls. 'I clili., lu is saiil to have been in the parly ol Mrs. .lenkins ulien :be arrived at New uik Iroiu I lie l.iiropciin trip. GUILTY OF BRIBERY Columbus. ()., July :1 -The urv in the case ol Rodney .1. Miogle, sergea'nt-at-armii i'f tile Blnie senate. wlio has been on trial charged Willi lidiii.c and aliening in (lie alleged lirilierv ol Slate Senator Andrews relumed 'ii verdict of guilty. Tho liirv had been nut .since Friday ul tor noon. .' ( VI-I.S TOItACCO TltfST. Druggist Invokes Law and Hlops Opening of Two New Stores. Cleveland, ()., Julv 3 Bv appeal ing to the depart ment or justice- Clifton M. Rawlins, druggist, has succeeded in having the recent de cision of the t niied States supreme ouit in the tobacco case brought, to hoar on the t inted Cigar Stores Company, and tho opening of two new stores bv that concern here has been abandoned. This is said to bo the lirst lime the decision has been pin into effect. The 1 lined Company was fitting up a store near Mr. Uawlins' drug store, lie pointed out to Attorney general W ic.ktTshairi that the decis ion staled that the American Tobacco Company or its subsidiaries were not to enlarge their business. Mr W ick, ersham notified the United Company that tho decision would bo violated In the event the store was opened and Its counsel replied thai it would nbidc by the decision and not open new store!. Mr. Wiekersham com municated this information o' Untied States Attorney Denm here. About tho same time ac ties in the new : United stores another which was being fit t ceased, . .. . . r "i r .0 'V EXTENSI The Company Will Greatly Extend Its Service Many New Neighborhoods Will lie liii'lmleil in the Districts Sup plied With ias .Addition In I iiiipiiiciit at I lie Aiiviliary I'lanf nl Hie I. Iri d ic Company. The- Times ' was Informed today ol S'.oine nil piiitaiil extensions to lie ui'ide liy tlie '.'Standard (las 'and Kico t.ric 'Company,' which was recently takeii over by -t he ' . Carolina Power am! Night Company. This company wll cMenff its mains on inanv new slrei'l.s of the city, ; 'including .New HeVn, Jiiooijworl h, .iimes, l.ane, Klin,' lOiist, Ni.ii th'-'Jaston,' Dcyereaux, Til den, Wills Forest, I'eison Martin. Ilargeit. Swam. Linden. Hovlan, (itenwooil, arid. .'perhaps -others.' . All (lie mateiial for lli. wort, In": been ordered ami: t lie , 'aetual extension will lie begun as soon us it arrives,, in-nbal'ly in two n.r llii'ee weeks. Tlieso extensions have long lici n needed, ns thev will reach neighborhoods- which have hereto fore been unable to obtain gas. Most of the streets -mentioned .have gas I 'iocs now,,. but not all the length of the si reels.- 1 ins extension work will give gas service lor nearly the whole-length ; ot'- all these 'Streets. The extension of the "service will ho of great benelit to the people in these sections of the citv. 'Another matter of interoHt conies, from (lie Carolina Power and i.iglit ( iimpany. As is well known this company has installed an anxlliarv Kteam e(tiipiiieiit. -as a reserve. This equipment is the.- most iii-to-dale 1 1) at. could be Retired and has io su perior in the smith. - The ompajav is now adding to this - equlumcpt bv installing a new i1l- hoMe-ijpv boner, this in addition to iho great extension of the plant made last fall The purpose in f urt Iter increasing this steam auxiliary equipment: is to protect t!ie . users of electric power fully against any possible mishap to transmission lines. V I.'alouh is the electrical power center, for east erri .S'ortli Carolina.: I'owcr trnnsiiiissioii lines will soon cover all Hits section, being extended on the north to Henderson and Ox ford, on Hie oast to (lolilslioro, while the towns to the south are 'already lieing served. SI VI I. S( 'l(M), (illtlS IN KIOC. Seven liiinalcs Taken to Jail localise ot I in-ill r oiiiIik (. . I.os Ami;. ,tolv :i - Knllou iuK ,i il.iy "I iil'i '.-n at !!. Wli it tier in -tiiui ion. - yen gii l ijiinaii s were- Iu'miirIi'i : licre last n'igh'i Mini JucUcd in the jail. Swiii-'h I'll: ' knives.' and hatchets yitlt which ome i if" the girls hail ..armed thein clvcs is licing i.Miii,lu,-tecj ;it llu- insti t ill hill. V ' .-' : '.' Troll I M a'rtei'i . when .Roe 1:1, i; 4l 'Seapi-i.1 ... .Tuesday - bight : ami ' yv.-i.-, brought" hack; ; C'poii h'er return 'oiliej-'.'i-ls. . asscrl ing tlial.'.slic had hcf-ii hand led with Miirea'siina hie'., i-'oiigtuies, si a i t i-d a deiiT'Ostra I inn, . a rnusing 1 he io iglili"! 1 1 . with cri.-.s aiid liou Is uhii h cunt inueil until nficr inidniytit: ,: Tnday , the , gltlx .. ticca inc. iiiniilj again. Windows were .-mushed, dir. disln-s .'in- the girl's department.- w.-n'-broken and ilic kilclicii i-ange, mi-s ri -duced to scrap linn. MEETING IN INTEREST OF CENTRAL HIGHWAY At .11 o'clock ' tomorrow ihprnlng Iti the chamber uf comineire rooms, there will he a meeting In show llaleigh's Interest In the Central Highway, which ; pusses - through Wake county and this city, traversing nineteen counties, llie purpose of the meeting is to show thai Raleigh rocognlncs .Un importance of this great public high, way, which will lie the llrst one ever constructed -.through a southern state, and realizes the higli -value it will he to the Capital City. It was ieitiesled sometime, ago thai all along this Rre.it route, twl miles in length thmv sliould be held on the 4th of July popular meellngs, and the one here will he of this number.- - These meetings will he held all across the state, from Hot Springs to Beaufort, anil thev will be very line expression of the public sentiment. Friends of Mr. W. W. Tucker, of this city, engineer on the Italelsh and Soulhpnrt : rallrnad will he glad to pnw that he Is giHiluallv Improving o a severe socll of Ivnholil fever. been confined to his bed for jUllS, i 1 ' 0)poses Reciprocity Senatoi. Kiiule Nelson, nl Mjniie sola, hIii, is one nl flat- strongest op pi neiifs ol (he ( aiiadiuii recipriicit v lull. Not niily is be ilirecl nig bis at Ineks nil the lull ilsell, toil be is also attacking I'l-csiileiil I alt's pari in iiii'thci mg Hie peiiiling incasiiic. u. s. ''aid'.-. A'!j-1i:'..-:-..T. I'l'mglii j-Vy,' ::uui iii f.iiii.ry';''' I.'. s: .A.v arrived iii -the -r ity tod iy f i .'nit' Wasiiiimioii n 11 , 1 .,i.i 'taken up "ills :! voi k Ih'.-r . as " insl riict'or ' aii'l insp.-cf'oi' ol . i I'.i-' X.nri Ii i 'ai 'Una Na -ti'rtia.1 ' III ;i 1.. i.'.ipt.iiii . 1 i iuuliei ly. wlio H ;is MSi-ned by' tin- n.;ir de.M:rt-iio-jil :l.o liii-i. :hili'. uill. '.irk' u'i.l'li: the "oi 1 b i ';) n it i ii i - iiiil.ii;:ii';:- a nl.lioi'i I ie. Iti.- .h'eadipiiirli is are in t':e nil:.-.- :o -VUm-liiT Criienil ,J... i-iisi:".r. but: he.wi'l g. I" ' 'iil'r-elll e -ijuhs - jil'., tjle-, stale :lli level, lle-.-d.-it; . Kentiiclvv I.iihvi'i- Malibcil.. , ; I ,oiiis illc. Ky.; -Julv ': ;; -,), din lioreiiig, an ai.hu n-., .son nf tiio late Cnlnlicl Itnr'eiiig,' vvas sialibcd .below t In- hear! ami sei-iinisl.' wounded at .Ha nc best ei- by I). Y... Wliite, lorhier .iinlge of Cla i i i iii i y . The. stabbing was I he result ol a dispute over liiiil KENTUCKY TO SEND JAMES TO SENATE l.ou'';"i ;be. -.' . Kv.. -.: ,'liily-' '" ' !; ro'ii ..I'l -eii' ; tne Wliite ( I.. "tii'.1 '..t ri't i i--" - priinai x Ir en - 'd on: ot i b, I v tji i-t i. -,' in- j'oli; pl.'I.e'' CXi'i-pl . :.e'l'i;j. ,Vr ".Kl.-ll- li.ii," ilnlieri led ' I b.'.i J' . J.'iliiis;' IV. .1 1 'leary lias : li'-en iH-iiiijhni.ed ox-i' i W .'111 hi Ad-!., n- I'-ii ' g.'ivei ii-r'' in I iliat. I 'oirnve-sinaii i.Hiii- .linn. .iiiinb a ruiiaoiiy ';i:tee .villi ; 'Tlioiii.j-i." .1 1 Pay in i -I- r.ir 'tii... Cu.ii.i'd - Si -i h---. i-.imi,-, I Kill T Willi A Wl I.I M 'AT. Wins, Cut at tin- l,pense nl Many Wounds anil lorn ( linlinig- lii'ings lino llmue Alne. .Marshlield. is., .inly :: W illi clothing torn to f-ags :. anil bleeding from uiany Wonmls, t In- I'oiirteeii-year-ohl son of Mr. and .Mrs, Scobiu, farmers'' residing in the town of. .AIc .Mlllan, came hoine Kunilay friuu tlie wiiods, carrying in: ais arms ii young wildcat which he captured in ii log, winning in I In- lijilit by niaiii si niggle and endurance. Tin animal .was about hall: groivnt and from I .In- kinks of the boy's lace, hatids ahd clothing; t lie, st rife for tlie survival itt fi Iii test nnist. have been a lierce one, ' A dog the bov ,iad with 1)1 til ran the cat in a Inc.. and Willi the aid ol an axe. tlie boy chopped him out, capturing him alive. ' ' : After ' getting him home Hie cat got nwav from his captor and hid in tlie basement, hut was soon alter recaptured by the plucky youngster, . who liv tills tune had all tlie fight ho wanted and put an end lo the cat s life with a club.. The board of . coitui commission ers, county board of .uliieaiinu and the county pension boaid held meetings r7 c 4F ' I5t&l . mW ' v 'V'4'H''":y'::i w I vuafl ' ' ' . E ake County Road Council Votes to Have Blatter Held Off Uutil FARM LIFE SCHOOL ALSO since t 'oiuily . oniiniNsioners Will o( Order (Separate Kloction For Two I'l-oposilions, Advocates of Xi-iv Instil ii (inn Have Decided to Wait I'or Another OcciiHion l-'iglit Not Abandoned by Iloal I'cople. : - tin motion of Mr. W. N. Jones, the Wake ( nunlv Koad Council, by a de cisive vote, this alternoon decided to ark i he hoard-of county commission ers In postpone until the first Tues day n. November tlie proposed elec tion on the iiestion of issuing $300, n io in bonds tor the purpose of Im proving tire roads in the county. Tins actum followed a lengthy dis cussion ot the matter, many of the members ot the council saving frank lv that thev had no idea the measure could he put. over as long as the : present npalhv exists. Incidenlallv (he action of the road council., while not so intended, post pones for the present the hope of tbS AD LECTION IS POSTPONED people of the countv ol securing a larm-lile scliool, as the hor.rd of county eoinniissiotiprs will Hot order a separate election, "i he commis sioners lnlormed both the good roads and I arm-life school people that the elections would nave to be held on the same .-.day. and since this Is the case the bdiool authorities will not t ask lor a separate election. y Jlr. U. il. Lewis, president of tho council, presided at the meeting this alternoon. Various members ex-pressi-il themselves on (he proposi tion, .some of them declaring that the bond issue could be carried, and oth ers declaring that the interest Is so slight .that more effective organiza- ion will first, have to be obtained. In order lo perfect an organization, I)r. Lewis appointed a wavs and means committee (if three to take up the innlfer. The committee is com posed ol Mr. M. A. Orilfin. Wendell, chairman; Col. Fred A. Olds, and Prof. Z. V. .liiild. out ttdiiiiix noi' immiiT. Home, -.fiily " 'llie bulletin Isr.ued b.v -t be nhTiia! ional tilstitute of Ag riculture savs that rop conditions are satislaclorv in Km nee. average in Hungary, and good in llalv, the Neth erlands. Sweden and Servia. In tlie I nited Stales the estimated percentage nl yield al harvest Is as follows: : Wheat, 1 nti.tl barley, 10S; oatif,' Mi. 7. ... llie percentage, ol area planted in franco is given as follows: Wheat, -:...:: rve: -sm.s : hurley, 1(13.7 oats, ! " I In ( anada. aecorduiK trti the liislitnle. i he. area under cultivation is: Wheal. I 1:1: oats. 11)1.2. V- llig llisiillciy Ituriieil. Clasgow. Scotland, July 3 Dai more s distillery was burned today. The. loss is $.".u(i,(iu(i. ANOTHER SITE FOR Y. HI. C. A. BOIL The executive committee of the T. XI. C. A. has- purchased the W. H. ilianisnn jiropcrtv. corner of Eden toii aiiilW llinmglon streets, 'the lot be ing CIV ir0 feet and tin- price $18,000. Tlie. lol .. purchased from Mr. Ed I'haiiilieis Siniih smne (line ago at tl.aou is 70 bv ion feet and the com nntii e will throw the lots together In order lo get a corner site large enough for the building -and sell part of the Mist lol. ,V! by r,0 feet. This will leave a frontage nt so feet on Edenton street Tor the X'. M. C. A. btllldlnR.. It is expected that the lot and build ings can be sold fur enough money to make the cost ol the Y. M. C A. site Slfi.lNW nr KI7.0OO. Mr. Cary J. Hunter, chairiuaii, has the matter of dlflposiTiK it the lot In hand. rresident Speaks on Hafe and Sane Fourth. : . Cleveland, O,, July,' 8 Arrlvina here at 8:00 this moTninii; -On the way to Indianapolis, president ttitft arose early.. Speaking on the obser vation of a safe and snnelfotirth ' July he addressed several thousand people from the roar platform of his private car, ' , . ; , : , ." s ; ; Us ,'-. i .' V "". -V- : y-
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