products uf
south and
' Permanent ExfiM to Be Opened Bj
'the Southern Commercial
; Congress)
:'ivi
REWARDS TOR BRAVERY
Southport the T'lrst Town in North
Carolina to' Secure Spare fur' l'or-
' manent Exhibit Jn Southern Com-
mercial Congress Building Plans
of Exhibits Life Savers at Cape
Hatiejras and Creed's Hili to le
Rewarded for Act of Bravery Two
t Years Ago Gifts From Germany
(By PARKER B. ANDERSON.)
"Washington, D. C, Sept. 2C. The
permanent exhibit which will be
opened here 'October 2nd, by the
Southern Commercial Congress, re
presenting sixteen southern states.
will be an important step forward in
the development of the south. "For
a M-eatcr nation through a greator
south'' has been adopted as the cam
paign slogan of the congress.
An Immense room on the first floor
of the new southern building, is to
be reserved as a permanent exhibit
and will be one of tho show places
of Washington.
North: Carolina occupies one of
the best places In the room. By rea
son of the Old North' State being the
fifth stato to enter the union, she
is the fifth pillar from the front en
trance to the show room. Georgia is
the first, and has the first, and most
conspicuous place in the large room.
Southport, N. O, a. village of only
about 1,600 Inhabitants was the first
. town In North Carolina to secure
space , for. berjrmaBcnt.jriXbili.
Wilmington followed with a'- close
second and Winston-Salem was third
and Raleigh and Charlotte, and pos
Slbty other towns- in the. State are
lighting for tho only remaining space
allotted to North Carolina. When
It Is considered that tho space allot
ted to each town is not a temporary
affair, but permanent, it can be ap
preciated how valuable an asset in
tho way of advertising a concession
Is to any city.
hxbiblts of oach state are to be
.grouped about sixteen pillars in the
exhibit hall in the southern building,
Each pillar will bear the state Hags
and - seals as decorations, with a
mammoth United States flag, as the
decorative keynote, symbolizing the
national scope of the congress, -
Bight pannels painted by an artist.
Ilegof Ically portraying the great gu
perioruy ot tne soutn in as many
natural resources, wll be decorations
for . the walls. ' In addition to the
booths of tho sixteen states, many
railroads and great commercial or
ganizations, sucn as tne American
Tobacco Company, the Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical Co., two large corpor
ations which are Identified in North
Carolina, will have exhibit booths.
The booth of the Southern Rall
way Company, which has headquar
ters here, will be peculiarly distlno
tlve, constructed of sixteen varltles
of marble Which is to be brought
froni quarries In the Southern's tor
rltory. - v
Last summer It is estimated that
i: (Continued on Pago Two.)
Lo;:pp;i opposed to
JOIiilSOWuFIGHT
London, Sept. - 26 Opposition
aroused by the efcrgy over the sched
uled fight between- Champion Jack
Johnson and Bombardier Wells, the
English, title holder, assumed a legal
character when the police court mag
istrate,' upBh the public prosecutor's
application, granted six summonses
against .principals and promoters.
This action followed Ho Die Secretary
Churchill's, decision .that the , fight
would, be Vilogal and announcement
that unless the event was voluntarily
abandoned an attempt would be made
to -stop It: James White, promoter
of the ma'tch, declares he would test
the legality ot Churchill's decision
and if the latter was sustained by
the courts he would withdraw from
the .enterprise immediately. ' White
stated If the match was made im
possible in London, it might be
staged In Paris.: The campaign
against the fight la baaed on moral
grounds, .
heii secretary mm Mm mmm
Mr. Edgar M.Hall of Newport
News Begins Duties
Raleigh, , Y. M. C. A. Now Has pilot
To Guide; Us Course Executive
Committee Met Today '.Mr. and
Mrs. Hall Will Be Warmly Wei
coined.
Mr. wugar M. nail, general sec
retary of the Raleigh Young Men's
Christian Association, arrived in the
city last evening from Newport News
and will ut once take up his duties.
Mrs. Hall accompanied her husband,
and they are residing for the present
with Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Fort-
Mr., Hall will have his oflico tem
porarily In the Tucker building with
Mr. Carey K. Durfcy.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Hall will be warmly
welcomed to Raleigh.'.- Mrs. Hall is
a musjeian of talent. Mr. Hall was
In conference with the executive
committee of the association todav,
when steps were taken looking to
the furtherance of the work of col
lecting subscriptions. The first in
stalments on the pledge have been
practically all paid. .
SEARCH -OK WRECKAGE.
IH-ad, Missing and Wounded Between
330 and -100.
Toulon, France, Sept. 20 Search
of the wreckage of the battleship
jiberte, blown to pieces , yesterday, as
the result of cxploisons In the powder
magazine continues. Official esti
mates this afternoon placed the num
ber of dead, wounded and misslng-pt
between three hundred and fifty and
four hundred. It Is difficult to de
termine the actual fate of tho miss
ing . Many bodies wore burned. Dur
ing the night fifty bodies woro rocov
erea una eight wounded men were
rescued from that part of vessel re
maining, exposed when the hull sank
These men had been jdnued Jn the
ruins from sixteen to twenty-four
hours. Most of them were insensible
from pain.- '
Official Estimate.
Toulon, France, Sept. 20 The of
ficial statement, giving casualties In
tho Liberie disaster, places the dead
at 235 and tho Injured at 82, one
man missing.
JACKSON TA IH.ET I'NVKILKl).
Hirthplncc of Great General Marked
With Bronze Tablet.
Clarksburg, W. Va., Sept. 26 A
bronze tablot marking the birthplace
of the late confederate general,
"Stonewall" Jackson, was unveil
toaay. Dedicatory exercises were
held In the court house. The princi
pa) address was oy. Br. James Powers
Smith, the only surviving officer of
Jackson's staff. Miss Isabel Arnold,
o Beverly, W. Va., Jackson s grand
niece unveiled the tablet. - Crosses
of , honor were bestowed on sixteen
confederate veterans.
, To Adjust Cotton Claims.
New York, Sept. 26. An Import
ant conference was held at the New
York Cotton Exchange today between
representatives of the Southern Cot
ton Exchange and delegates from the
Arkwright Club of Boston and the
New England Cotton Buyers' Asso
ciation. It is believed that the con
ference will result in a satisfactory
settlement o the various differences
that liavo long existed between the.
sou thorn dealers and the buyers and
spinners in the New England States,
relating pricnlpally to weights, tare
and claims., j ,
IliK London Bank Suhwii1.
Londou,' Sept. 26 The Bnnk of
Egypt, , limited, suspended, payment
today. . In notice to depositors, the
directors say advices from Egypt
make it apparent the ..bank cannot
provide sufficient leash to meet cur
rent obligation. .The suspension is a
big surprise - The batik's authorized
capital is one and one-half million
pounds. It is expected tho bank will
be able to meet Its liabilities.
Primary In New Jersey.
Tronton, N. J., Sept," 26 Reports
from different sections indicate that
teh primary eelction throughout tie
state lit progressing. No state offl-
cera are. being, voted for. : The- pri
maries are confined to . elgislatlve,
city and county offices.'' ;
. Election in San Francisco. -San
Francisco,' Sept. 26. This city
is holding Its first municipal election
under the direct primary law today.,
Six candidates are out for the mayor
alty, .P.; H. McCarthy, incumbent,
and James Rolph, Jr., are leading
candidates. . "
Itan&y of Commerce Starts
Advtrlising Tiara Tomorraw
Advertised Trnile Excursion in ("ivor
Two Bays' Trip to Nearby Towns
V .Nannie Mines to Stale Prison
for ' Seven ear tor
Jubilee Convention.
Mlllllei
(Special to The Times.)
GroonBh'oro, Sept. 2U The widely
advertised trade cxeursin of (lie
chamber of commerce will leave here
tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock lor
Its two day's trip, embracing, among
other towps, the following: Slier
Citv, Sanford, Ramseiir. Vranklin-
ville, Liberty, Jackson 'Springs, Pnio
hurst. Southern Pines, Trov, Jit.
Gilead, Asheboro, High Point, Wiu-
ston-Saleni, Lexington, Rural Hall,
Stokosdale, Summerfield and a num
ber of Intermediate towns, tit ops
of fro.n Ct o GO minutes will be
made. In each place. Tomorrow night.
will bn spent In Jackson Springs.
Dinner tomorrow will be taken at
Santord and Wednesday at. Lexington."-
The trip will embrace over the
Southern, Seaboard, -Ashelio.ro unrt
Aberdeen, Capo Koar. ami A adliin
Vallev and Southbound . r.i II roads.
From Soul hern Pines io Jackson
Springs the parly v. ill be carried by
a number of automobiles thai v. ill
be provided by the -progressive. poo.
(Coiiinuod, on Page Two.) T
The visit to fJovcrnors Island of
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Above is Hear Admiral Citing, vnlkln: uitli (n iicr.il I-iciln-rick IH-iil (.liinl, !-;il .in I
Below are (he other members of the dyne sc von'-c! s st-ill Ik-iiis; escin ted aroun: il
derbilt (tbii-d finm : left, 'weiirin-; tli-rliy) ;inl .h'd'.'.e I.llx'i t II. ai v, pron'i nt ot l!
pora'ion (third from right.)
INCREASE IN SUPPLY
OF RAW COTTON
Washington, Sept. 26 -The supply
of raw cotton increased over twelve
per cent during the cotton year in
tho United States, ending August Kl,
19X1, according to the census bu
reau's preliminary report on the sup
ply and distribution of cotton. Tho
supply amounted to 13,6f5,479 bales
compared with 12,138,021 bales for
the, previous year, when there was
a 'decrease of twenty percent from
that avallablo in 1909, Notwith
standing this increased total supply,
cotton consumption in the Uuited
States' showed a decrease -of slightly
more than two percent over last. year
and was the smallest consumption
during the past three' years, it be
ing 4,66,316 bales; It was said
semi-officlally that raw cottons high
price during the year was principally
tho cause for the decreased growing
states than the previous year. In
all toher states it was smaller during
the cotton year, exports were twenty-
two percent greater than 1 during
1910, the amount bolng 7,781,414
bales, Compared with 6,339,028 tales
a. year ago. The year7 was - fourth
largest in export trade history. Net
imports increased more than lif ty-
two percent, total amount-. 231,191
bides, being greater than any year
in the industry's history". .
Dog Ivost IMamonds.
Washington, Sept.. 26.-Tli play
f nl throwing of a pet terrier caused
Mrs. Robert I. .Miller great concern
last. night. Diamonds alleged to be
worth 116,000 were kept by Mrs.
Jtfl'ler In a bag in bed. Missing it,
T4
5 t
4. 1
'
the
oil. its of tlie Cliineso liiiHIcs-liip
the called
laov
dos. All !
c police and u s
io lew els in t"i'
were scattered In
v three or lour
i i
the
ve.ro
recovered. DiivIikIh
reveal tlio'(.'.
is expected t
Ih-ntist Killed While 1'nlliim Tootli.
KnliimaKoo. ilirli. Sept. Dr.
Burr Bannister was-.perhaps l.ainlly
injured lu pulling the toot :i ol. a pa
tient, The patient, tipped tJie ciiair
over diirnin' -the oimratuin, mumivs
the dentist beneath; Tho chair arm
struck the dentist in tuo stomacii
causing internal heiiiorrliaOT.
MAY BE THREE NEW
Now York, Sept. 21! Plans for
tho reorganization' of tho American
Tobacco Co., Io be submitted i short
ly to the United States circuit court,
It Is said, provide for the formation
Of three new companies out ot the
disintegrated pails of the pieiont
qoippany. There have ; been many
previgus reports tlmt - the . toimceo
trust would bo dissolved into many
small companies. Fiobablv Tl. will
be necessary to noil tho American
Tobacco Company's plants used for
making licorice, us it Js slated Hie
government contends that licorle.a,
which is used in swoelening tobacco,
must be accessible to all tobacco nion
ufacturers. During the engagement she hopes
to make him a good wife; after
marriage she hopes he will make her
a good husband,.
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liar hi. Tun h-i 1 1 ml -u oil.
i ' '('t.-ir: .-in-iil ol the r.iisl.
l In' ( oni''liii'. in
l ii -1 t-l St-:'.--s ( ir-
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BIG GrltBI
Hutchison, Ktis,, -Sapti
dcit Tiii't. was Ilie cetitr
tho celebration ot the fi
2. u I'resi
1 uguro in
tielh antii-
versarv ol the bi-rur- ol
isrtita. - (n)Veriior Stub
iv.aiisas as a
u .senators
i'uators Curtis and Hi-i.-tow and sev
ral members 01 congress Were -pres
ent; Politics -were, laid aside. . All
parties and all: fuet.ioirs. joined in
greeting .the' president.' The presl
dentlauded Kansas ctlizens.for their
independence ot thought. -.
-'Tlie trials throntth'-v.-lvich the state
lias come," he oeclnrud, ".undoubtedly
have given c-liaraeter to us inhabi
tants. Tlie.v are bold mid original
in thour.nt. are coiiraiieous in exe
cution. One may difler with (hem in
their conclusions, (.illier upon poli
tics or other Issues, but ho must, re
spect tlio sincerity, enenrv, Independ
ence, ami courage wit'i which they
support their poutlusions and carry
thhm to logical results."
'I he proj-itdent. arrived earlv this
inch'nlng and will spend the entire
day- here, . leaving, nt 'midnight." for
fopeka, . .His prdgra-tn inelnded a re
view ol 4he hi,".'. -parade and address
at (lie state "lair grounds,' laving the
corner stoito ol a new convention
hall, uad dinner at .tho Country Club.
liwovecuiir I loin Wound In ilcnit.
Siofirehiriuu Miiin. i-ejit. 2 That
it is pohiihle to recover lrom the ot
fects of a, Vnile (hrust. In the heart,
Is being proved bv Frank Crover,
recently stabbed in a pohor game,
drover had tlve ribs removed. Sev
eral stitches were taken in the heart.
Recovery is vrobahlo.
S.' 4 ill
I
PHOTOGRMWRS-.-IET
Virginia-Carolina &ciatioii
la 1 heir Annual Meth,
I'lioloufuplicrs of A ir'liilu ami the
t uroliiius Now in Sewxion at Aslie-
villc.(lilili(Hinl Ueporls of Kill
inx ot irolieit .'McKay North
tiioliiui Day at .iiiiliicliiiui i
pOMlll'Ul.
(Special to 1 no Time;.)
(Special to The Times.)
Aslieville, N. C, Sept. 26 The
opening session of the fourteenth
, convention of the Virginia Carolina
Photographers Association was held
j tins morning at 10 o'clock in Swan
i niinoa Hotel hall room. The exer
cises consisted in an address of wel
come, b.v Judge . Cocli, on behalf ol
the city, response bv Mr.. Peterson,
ol Spartanburg, reading of. communi
cations, an address bv the president
i and two addresses on the work of
photOi,rapl!Cis, one by :. O. Towles,
of tho Hanniicr Dry Plate Company
land Hie oilfiif hv II, ,M. J-'eJl, of the
! V-jutn,!!., V,im,iin.. .-..V l.tiol.
Hess poiiiters. the room is open
tins aiternoon to ilie public lo wit
ness tlie fine exhibition of photo
praplis whu-li render the -hull verv
attraolive,. Some ol them .. weie
liroii!ht from the 'exhibition- ol the
Niiiioiiiil -Assoi lalion and represent
the best - photography ol the eoiiii-
I he lollov.-ina are the ol'.n ers ot
the association:. James A. urd. ol
liHiiiiiioiid. president : .M.-'nlev 1 vice,
ol r.a!eie:;, drst vicc-pre-iaent; N.
I or. Asncv illo, .'second vu-e-
presi'ieiit ; .1. I'.McKimrv. of t old m-
bl.l t
i r 'm
V. Italsin
tKiIM III
ham nftci-e
1J. Howie.-
'Additic,
tuinl vice-jireMdciU: (ieo,
ot NorlolU. secretary: R.
:er. m Chai Ioilesvtlle, Va.,
Walter Hallirlav. of Dur
urv tor North t:aroliYia; .1.
of ('olumhiu,- secretary lor
;'na, :.' '. "- -
..I reports conceinins. .tne
killing of a white man in ancev
county a tew (lavs aq;o, are to the ef
fect iiifit ihc; (io;id man was Robert
Mt. Kiiv. vv.io had gone to fincev
(o;;mv in the interest of a railroad
ee. '1 he ollicers' are looU-
iirce Petersons, as slated
two ol liiem brothers and
,i v.
i.-c ui tlie fhoo.in is said
ecu, on account of some,
e Ppierson. had with a ne-iiii-i.
been lined bv .McKay,
tiiat-- taey started to arrest
hi that AIcKav mterlerred.
result.. Other reports are
that McKay did not interfere, and
was shot while -Holding tip his hands.
aud'-csking'that- the.v not regard imii
as interested in -the matter.
"1 lie niumigenient-'-ol 1 lie .. Appala
chian -exposition at: Knoxviile, has
sel n.si.lo. tomorrow as Ashevillo and
Xonh Carolina day, and it is expect
ed Ihalin.iiiy pcoplo lrom this btatc
and Abbeville, will v isjit tae lair
ilien. . An especially attractive, pro
gram ha ; necii prepared and besides,
n. is hie Inst day of I he races. There
arc a dozen or more tree. attractions,
which hav hceii especially arranged
for the visitors. Included in these
me two daily dirigahlo- balloon
lilnhts. . Ilabcock a daring "loop
tae loop ' and "."living the
flume... The Moore luiiuly or acro
bats and two daily ronc.erls bv
Weber s $r(l.0il n. prize bund. " The
cren-t. poultry show is also iroo on
Ims ilalo and 2.HH0 birds of evevv
kind are exhibited.
Iho North Carolina Apple and
Live Stock company which was incor
porated n few davs aso. held a meet
ing recently, at .which the charter
was adopted and subscription books
opened.- 1 1 is announced that the
purpose of this company is to eulti
vaio orchards under the direction oi
the State Department .or Agriculture,
and that options have lieen secured
on a -.number ..of tracts of land in
Western -North Carolina, for or
clinrds. It is planned to enter the
live slock business -Inter, When tne
land has been developed to such an
extent that it will support the stock.
The plan of the company also liir
eludes tho raising of vegetables and
other food stuffs. The Ashevillo in
corporators uro A. W. Faulkner and
J. C. Tcobetis. -
Arthur Anderson, who has been
held in hill lor several davs ponding
an- Invest milium info tho shooting of
0. C. Stanley, near the passenger
depot about ten davs ago, has been
.released under bond of $1,000.00.
Mamey hns been In the Mission hos
pital since he was shot and It in said
that his condition has improved so
that he will be abje to return to his
home. ' . . -
Anderson admitted shooting
; (Continued on Page Two.)
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Convict CaiiipAusrlcaTinf Ci
Am
WRirOFMANDAliOSKExf
Officer Elected by County ifcard oi
HeiiKli Will Bc Kefused adinlsslofe
1i County Institutions and' Judge
Will be Asked to Compci County
Authorities to Permit Hlirt 'to iHw
charge His Duties Xo Chance of
.Settlement Now.
I)i. J. J. h. McCulIcrs, elected su
perintendent of health by the count
board of health, has ceased to dally
with the county commissioners and
today put. his authorit yas health oft
liter to the test. He served tlie
order oi the board of health on
Sheriff .Sears-and left fot the cod-vict-cunips
to make an inspection.
It is sale to say that ho will be
refused admission. Sheriff Sears was
asked whether be would admit tSr.
Met tillers into the jail .and rerjlfe'4
tinit ho would iirst set the opinion
of his attorney. Solicitor Herbert
K. Noma.
V hen Dr. McCullers is refused ad-
m.-sion to the county . institutions,
he will serve notice on the commis-
loners and at the end of ten days-
it may be October 15th will swear
out a writ of mandamus to compel
the ; commissioners, jailor and oth
ers to admit him to tae county in
stitutions tor the discharge of his "
duties.-
The commissioners are standing
pat on their order of June last, and
the differences between - them '''and
the board of health will have to b
settled by the courts. 1 "
AVIATION MOKE DAItGEROVS.'-
i.oop-tlielioop Man Killed When He
Ahiiniloiicd Those IursuiU) for
1-lying.
New ork Sept. 2C. Aviation is
more dangerous than looping the
loop, it amatuer aviator C. D. Clarke
I Nassau Doulcvard yesterday may
be taken as in indication. Clarke.
whose real name is Charles Bunt
ing, orginatcd the loop the loop per
formance alter becoming proficient
In bicycle, tricit; riding. He followed
bicycle ' looping ' with a similar
stunt' willi tho automobile. His
ribandonnient of those past-times for
aviation- proved fatal.
I K. O. Meeting in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 26 St.
Louis is entertaining this week r a
distiiigiiislied gathering of women
visitors lrom all over the country,
who have come to attend tbe nation
al convention of the P, E. O. clubs.
1 he organization, which was first
formed in 1809 at Iowa Weslyan
Ijiiiversity, is the largost. woman's
secret society In tho world. JJo one
except members know what the .let
ters P. K. O. mean. Tho initial, ses
sion ol the convention this after
noon was devoted to tho exchange
ol greetings and tho work pt orgao
lzaiion. Mrs. Winona ,E. ttoeves of
Keokuk, Iowa, the national president
occupied the chair. ,.:- ; -i . -
Washington, Sept. 26 Permission
was granted by the Interstate coni
nieree coinnilssion to the Charleston,
and Western Curollna .Railway, a,iid
other lines, to establfsh, on, granite
and stone from Spartanburg1,
to all destinations, except ttiopfi In.
South Carolina, lower rates tnan are
in effect In Intermediate boinVs.
Large quarries have been opened i
Spartanburg. The railroads splW
cation to muko lower ratei ' Was
granted to insure parity of rates pe
tween Spartanburg and othr feouth-
ern producing points. " : -y;
Mother of Jauics J. JeffHes Dead,
i. Los Angeles, Cal Sept. 26. Mrp.
Rebecca Jeffries, mother of Jatpe J.
Jeffries, former champlbn - heavy
weight puglllBt, died, last night, of
cancer. Her husband, Rev. Alexas
B. Jeffries, is at the bedside of his
son In Alaska,
LOWER RATES ORM
SPARTANBURGGRAKITE