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Vol. L
Statesville, C, Monday Evening, November 23, 1908.
No. 371
Report On
Coin
Crop
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
Up to November 14th a Total of
9,630,563 Bales Had Been Gin
ned Number of Active Ginners
26,663. - ,
Washington, J). C., Nov. 21. A
fnial of 9,6:30,563 bales and 26,638
active pinners art announced in
the census; bureau .report issued
today, summarizing the cotton' gin
ned from 'the growth of 1908 to
X . cniher 14, and the number of
active ginneries, against 7,300,665
bales, and 26,521 active ginneries
fur the corresponding date last
yea r. - . .
The report counts rounds as half
bales and excludes linters.
The report includes 1?1,112
r..uml bales for 1908, 142,210 for
.1!))7 and 200,866 for 1906. 'Sea
Island bales included 57,135 for
1!I0S, 44,698 for 1907-and 30,671
for 1906. Sea Island cotton in
cludes Florida, 23,634 bales;
V:rgia, 27,283; South Carolina
.6,218. .
Hah s ginned to November 14,
.1906,. numbered 8,562,242. The
final crop of 1907 aggregated
1 1,057,822 bales, and 1906 reached
12,982,201. The per cent, of crop
ginned to November 14, was 66 in
1907 and 65.9 in 1906.
The report gives the corrected
statistics of cotton ginned this
season to November 1, as S.,191,557.
bales. - The distribution of run
ning bales by . states, ginned to
November 14, and active ginneries
follows :
Alabama 1,027,488 bales, and
3,101 ginneries. Arkansas 667,248
bah s and 2,045 ginneries. Floridn
r,l),448 bales, 247 ginneries. Geor
gia, 1.566,865 bales, and 4,534 gin
neries, Kansas, Kentucky, New
Mexico 1,155 bales and 'live gin
neries. Louisiana 341,509 bales
and 1,605, ginneries. Missisippi
1,090,356 bale and 3,367 ginneries.
Missouri 38,173 bales: North Car
olina 450,961 bales and 2,647 gin-
nenes. Ukiaiioma 661,666 oaics
and 958 ginneries. South Caroli
na 941,050 bales and 3,161 gin
neries. Tennessee 242,773 bales
and 621 ginneries. Texas 2,874,
541 bales '-ami 4.068 ginneries.
Virginia 6,663 bales' and 00 gin
neries. '
- Thetotal Sea Island cotton is
57.135 for 1908, as against 44,698
for 1907, and 30,671 for 1906.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
John Ramsuir, a well known
colored farmer of thiscommunity
died Satuiday, and ' was buried
yesterday. John was a member
of the Knights oLPythias, and vvTis
buried by that border.
Manager Gregory, of the Gem
Theater, opened the doors of that
institution this afternoon free of
barge to the Female College and
Graded school students.
TM. - I A i- 04- eATnnonv
" ill fill a weeks engagement here
nnv i
Mr. A. W. Perkins of Charlotte
-it v iciv. I
is in the city, and has accepted
a position with the Metropoletan
late Insurance Company at this
place, under R V . Tharpe.
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Merchants May Organize.
Mr. E. E. Andrews, of .Ashe
ville, State organizer of the Re-
tan .Merchants Association is m
the city attempting to reorganizc
the Retad Merchants Association.
-1 ins association was iormed in
Statesville some time aro. but
was never kept up.
Vlready a large number of mer-
hants have signed .'the petition
therebv sicrnifvinsr their interest
n the matter. "
A meeting- will be held tomor
row night to organize- a perma
nent association.
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Some Sharpsburg Returns.
The following is the returnsm
the elepfinn fnr mnmstrates in
Sharpesburg township, which for
some reason was omitted before
KB. Dobson, 77 votes : S.''C. John
son, 78 voes; P. . W. Eagle, 71
votes. ' v
PERSONAITNOTES.
Some Happenings Among Those
People You Know and Others
You Don't Know;
Mr. James Deaton of Moores
ville, is in the city today.
Mr. Gales White , of Taylors
ville spent yesterday in town.
-Mr, llenrv .VfKpn
idativcs iu the city.
AO Y lOlliUi
Mr. Ernest Holt on.
of Moriran-.
ton, was m the city yesterday. '
Dr. S. D. Crowson, of Tayiors
viLle, Avas in the city vesterdav
Mr. E. Moffiu of Ashboro is
registered at the Iredell Hotel.
Messrs. v. li. ALiindav and J:
M. Connelly were in Charlotte
Saturday.,
-Miss Anna AYeeden of Blowing
Kock, is visiting Mrs. Jno. Turner
on J' ront street-
.Mr. Jno. Seott of Davidson
spent yesterday with his father.
Pr.of.-J. A. Scott. "
Mr. DeWitt Lcdbetter of-' Bur
lington is visiting his father Mr.
Win. Ledbetter. v
Messrs. Dick 'liahir and -Troy
Peters of East Monho wt re in
the city yesterday..
Mr. W. T. Nicholson and son
Henry visited Mr. J. A. Ilenes-
see at Salisbury yesterday, v
Mr. Jno. Lackey, express mes
senger from Salisbury to Aslic
yille, is-visiting in the city.
Mrs, Sallie Rogers of St. Pet.-, s
burg, Fla., is visiting -Mr. S. R.
Brown's home on Kelly stieet.
Messrs. Nute and Noah Sum7
mers and Geo. Archer of Salis
bury spent yesterday in the city.
Mr.' and -Mrs.- Fred' Deaton of
Mooresvile .spent yesterday with
Mrs. Deaton rs mother Mrs. J. II.
Ha.ynes.
Mr. E..CT Sloan and family re
turned from Taylorsville this
morning, where they visited Mr.'
Sloans father. -
Mr. Will Kimball, of Rock-Hill,
who iius ueen visiting nis
mete, Mr. D. J. Kimball, left for
;is home this morning.
.Miss .Mary Lois Milled will
leave tonight for Philadelphia to
visit her brother Mr. Grier Miller
who is in college therei
Mrs. W. It. Sloan visited rela
tives at Stony Point Saturday and
yesterday.- Her sister Miss Mary
KIlis-accompanied her home.
Mr. -AY". A. Meacham and wife,
who have been visiting Mr. Meach
am 's brother at the State Farm
went to - Norfolk this morning.
Mrs. E. Xr. Gilmer, necomnnnied
by her sister, Mrs.. Dr. Duncan oY
Greensboro, went to Asheville yes
terday to attend the conference.
Miss Marie Norwood spent Sat
urday and Sunday with her father
Mr. Vance Norwood, returning to
Moorcsville yesterday afternoon.
mo. CHARLIE VERY LIBERAL
J. Pierpont Morgan, Andrew Car-
negie, vvm. uromweii ana.
Whitelaw Reid Also Liberal
"Teddy" Gave His $1,000.
Ntw York, Nov. 21. W hen
tho renorfc of Geo. R. Sheldon, Re
publican national treasurer filed
with the State Auditor of New
York at Albany it will be found
rupaiKn which elected m
H. Tafb was conducted with a
fund of about 1,700,000.
Charles P. Taft was the heavi-
... - a
est contributor, having added
160,000 to the fund.
The following is the "list of lead
ing; contributors who gave over
5";ooo.
Charles P. Taft,. ..........1160,000
J Pierpont Morgan....
25,000
Andrsw Carnegie......
25,000
25,000
25,000
William N. Cromwell...
Whitlaw Reid
D. O. Mills.. !
5,000
j lolphus Busch 5,000
R C. Kerens........... o,000
W. G. Dickey 5,000
Teddy Roosevelt also came to
the rescue with 1,000 bones.
Gov. Glenesterday afternoon
delivered the dedicatory, speech in
the new $50,000 Y. M, O. A
'building at Durham.
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Ethel Coley, a woman of bad
- repute attempted .suicide in Char-
mtte inursua.y .ingui uy
'Bichloride tablets.
talnner
Trustees Meet
at Concord
THe JACKSON INSTITUTE.
Project hiidiig Headway An
jnmu-iauc ivieeting oi tne
iruiLifccb oi the Jacuson Train
ing iscnuol titi(X at Concord.
rciy u rives Out and Inspects
tiio rounds, Being Favorably
impi contra.
Cliarioit.
V, iV U. iOV. ZZ )m
f T C . V
aig
uie past week the trustees oi."
aie eiacivsun irammff School, itn
vayviaru. boys, met in Concord
ana iiansaeted mueh business con
nect eu witn this important work
uiauguiaied by the Legislature oi
1907.
-ur. J. i Cook, the chairman,
jaded me hoard together to in-
peet me work and to legislate to
cumpvte anj to furnish the build-ai-s
wiui the vieAV of opening the
iiisiitutmn about the tirst .of the"
year. Among the board members
ers present were: Mrs, AY. II. S
iiurgwyn, of Weldon; Mrs. D. Y.
oivoper, oje Henderson; Mrs. A.
L. Coble, of Statesville; Mrs. D. B.
Uoltraiifi and J JbV Cook, of Oon
Mr. K. O. Everett, of -Dur-uam;
Dr. H. A. Royster, iof Ra
teighj Mr.: J. II. Tucker, of Ashe
vJile, and Prof. John J. Blair, of
'iiniington. These were carried,
out the grounds, two and one-half
.idles from Concord. It was the
first time the board, as" a body met
on the grounds.
''The site of three hundred a civ
following" the railroad for a half
mile is an ideal sone," said Mr.
Cook, yesterday. "It is elevated
and healthful, and nature has.
done. so much for the building site
rhat the view is picturesque. A
splendid graded and macadamizqd
road reaches it from Concord
iwo handsome substantially; con
strue led buildings of brick, with
slate roof, are' ncaring completion.
Thess will have all modern con
veniences, that the control and
nanagement may be-reduced to a
minimum. From-rhe third lioor
one can see the smoke from the
manufacturing plants in Charlotte
a distance of eighteen miles.
Ladies to Assist in Bazaar. '
The following ladies have been
ppointed to assist in raising funds
for the bazaar to be given for the
Billingsley hospital on December
3rd next.
It is hoped that all will partici
pate in this cause, and render all
assistance possible.
Eagle Mills Mrs. P. B. Ken
nedy. Turnersburg Mrs. L. F. Stim
son. '
Olin Mrs. W. D . Tomlin.
New Hope Mrs. J. L. Reid.
Sharpesburg Mrs. R. R. Hill.
.Concord Mrs. W. F. Sharpe.
.Shiloh Irs. R. L. Bradford.
Cool Springs Mrs.-D..P. Sar
in. -
Fallstown Mrs. J. M. Patter
son.
Davidson Mrs. C. II. Cornelius.
Coddle Creek, No. 1 Mrs. J.
II. Ileathman.
Coddle Creek, No. 2 Mrs. Lee
Smith.
Barringer Mrs. J. C. Shinn.
Chambersburg 3Irs. Ed Long.
Bethany -Mrs. W. H. Crawford.
Union Orove Mrs. , J. P.
Howard.
Singing on Thanksgiving.
The Iredell County Singing As
sociation will hold forth in the
csourt house Thanksgiving day,
Air. E. O, Shaver, presiding.
All persons are rcqursted to
h ring their Christian Harmony
s on g" books. Mr. Shaver will
li old a singing in the Holiness
e Imrch in South Statesville Tliurs-
Bay night.
COTTON MARKET.
Local. Market.
Prices paid at wagon:
trict good middling. ; ...... .
9.00
i food middling. . . . . . .
addling
tains and Tinges....
.67y2
I
j Tlis market was firm.
News From
State Capita!
SUBJECTS, FOR GOV. GLENN.
Chautauqua Bureau : Has Issued
. Leaflet Giving Sketch of Gov
ernor an Subjects on Which he
Will Make Addresses, i 1
Raleigh, Nov. 22 The Nat
ional Chautauqua Bureau at
Washirgton, D C , has issued a
very beautiful leaflet giving the
subjects on which Gov. Glenn
will speak next year afr,er the re
tirement from othee. On the first
pige of the leaflet is a very strik
iag picture of the Governor, who
is termed a peerless chautauqua
lactureu, and there is a sketch of
SW& life, in which it is stated that
4iGovernor R. B. Glenn was &orn
August 11th, 1854, in Rucking
ham, N. C. His father was of J
Scotland, a nd his mother a)
great-neice c;f Wabhiogton Ir
ving. With such aucesters Rob
ert was entitled to do some
thing.'' Then the leaflet tells ol
his studying law under Chie!
Justice Pearson cotnrneocing
practice iu 18 7S in Stokes c juu
ty and sjven years later going to
Winston-Salem. He represented
Stokes in the Legislature, was
district elector for Cleveland in
1884. was solicitor of the niuth
district, and in 1892 elejtor-at-large
for Cleveland, andju 1893
United States District Attorney.
Fiv? years later he v.as Stale
Senator and in 1903 was elected
Governor. The leaflet says that
amoug.the things he was largely
influential at-Jbiingiiig about dur
ing his term as Governor are
getting the State out of debt;
making provision for the iusaae.
deaf mutes and blind; taking ac
tive part in the rate war of the
railroad and establishing the
great principal of the right of a
state over its creatures; leading
the fight fop prohibition and
making 77 speeches in the state
canvass, having had much to do
in carrying the state against
liquor b7 a majority of 44J.9G.
The following are "given as
Governor Glenn's lecture sub
jects: 'Our Country; Its Han
gers and Possibilities;" 'The
Negro Problem From the South
ern Man's Point of View;" "The
South, Its Possibilities and
Problems;" "Stte Rights
Viewed From the Standpoint of
the North Carolina Railway Con
test;," "Sowing and reaping;"
"Cause and Effect as Illustrated
in Our National Career." Among
the religious addresses which thej
Governor will deliver under the
auspices of this bureau are the
following: "Are Our Boys Safe
and What More Can We Do F.or
Them?" and4 Our Country's
Need of Sterling Men and Wo
men.
BIG JIM GANT AGAIN.
But Not for Hunning a Man This
Time Charge, Assault With a
Deadly Weapon.
Mr. Jim Gant was arrested this
morning on a warra-nt sworn out
before Judge "Sloan by Major
Foote, charging Gant with an as
sault with a'deadly weapon. v
Foote swears that Gant atlack
d him on circus day Oct. 13, and
struck him on the head with a
larjjfe rock.
Gant was put under bond and
will be tried next Saturday, the
23th,- at 2 :30 by Judge Sloan.
Will Play Basket Ball.
The basket baU team of David
son college and Statesville will
play a game at the Statesville
skating rink ton next Thursday
afternoon at 2:30. A close game
is anticipated.
REV. SILEll MAY LEAVE.
It is Rumored That he is Slated
for an Atlanta Appointment
A Great Loss to the North Car
olina Conference.-
Charlotte Observer 22nd:
A grapevine message from
Asheville yesterday brought the
unwelcome tidings to the city that
Rev. Frank Siler, presiding elder
of the Charlotte district, would
likely be sent to Atlanta, Ga.,
next year t- take charge' of the
new institutional church there.
This information, while unau
thentic, is currently accepted as
probable and it is believed that
Mr. Siler will hardly make Char
lotte his home next year. Mr.
Siler has done a great work for
Methodism in this district and his
departure will be regretted by all
classes and conditions. A more
energetic and painstaking presid
ing elder never ministered to this
charge. The institutional church
referred to is a new establishment
in Atlanta, and is something like a
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion and church combined. Re
cently several hundred thousands
of dollars wTere raised for the pur
pose of properly equipping it. Mr..
Siler is regarded by the leaders in
tne church as avht man to under
take the active management of it.
Mr. Siler has just - closed his
first year as presiding elder of the
Charltte district, and the year was
one of the best the district has
enjoyed. The news of his .trans
fer has created considerable sur
prise in the Conference, and con
siderable comment as to. who will
be his successor, th& being one of
the largest district in the confer
ence. Mr. Siler came to this con
ference from Missouri in 1897,
and he has-served the following
charges : Trinity -church, Char
lotte, four years ; Central church,
Asheville, four years; .First
Statesville, two years and one
year as presiding elder of the
Charlotte district. It was during
his pastorate in Asheville .that the
church in which the present ses
sion of the Western North Caro
lina conference is now being
held, was erected.
This is indeed a heavy loss to
the Western North Carolina con
ference and it is regretted by aii
that we are to lose brother Siler.
During his two years pastorate
m fctatssvnie no. accoaipiisaea
many great undertakings and also
much good. Tho Msscot.
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STATESVILLE MAN LUCKY.
Gets Contract For a Big Job on
Governor Glenn s Mansion at
Winston.
Mr S. Johnson, the painter
and decorator of this city, has, in
competition with five other con
cerns, been awarded the contract
to redecorate and repaint Gov.
Glenn's mansion in Winston.
Mr. Johnson went to Raleigh
last Mondav ami completed the
trade.
The very best ol papers and
paints will be used, the paper cost
ing from xme and one-half to two
and one-half dollars per roll.
This tends in- a long way to
show the popularity of Statesville
enterprises.- '
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LOCAL BRIEFS.
Marriage license were issued
Saturday to . Lureco Phif er and
Fannie Roseboro, colored.
Messrs. E. E. Yates, M. F.
Smathers, and J. O. Ervin, of the
Statesville district were admitted
tohe ministry on trial by the con
ference Saturday .
Kit Stevenson, colored, was be
fore Mayor Crier A yesterday for
being drunk. His honor taxed
him $2.50 and costs.
Stores Ready For Thanksgiving
Trade.
The merchants of the city are
in fine trim for their Thanksgi
ing trade, there being no end to
eatables, wearables, and useable?
The grocers, dry goods, cloth
ing and all the other merchants
have attractive windows showing
this inThanksgiving display.
-' If you haven't the time to exercise
regularly, Doan's Regulets will pre
vent constipation. They induce a
mild, easy, healthful action of the
bowels without griping. Ask your
druggists for them. ,25c.
Conference Has
Day
DR. LAMBERT SPEAKER.
Principal Meeting Held Yesterday
That on Missions Local and
Traveling Ministers Ordained.
Asheville. Nov. 22. The audi
torium and Sunday school room
f Central chuach, including the
galleries and aisles, were filled
with people this morning who de
sired to hear the sermon of Bis
hop James Atkins to the Weast-
ern North Corolina Conference
and to witness the ordination of
the deacons, which took place at
the close of the sermoD.
The Conference love- feast
preceeded the sermon and was
conducted by Rev. K. W, Pickens
of Weaverville, and Rev. Frank
H Wood, of Trinity. The sub
ject of Bishop Atkins sermon
wes "The Soul-Stirred Man,"
md and he used as his text the
words found in Acts 16:17
At the close of the sermon Bis
hop Atkins ordained the following-named
preachers traveling
deacons: E. M. Avett, J. S. Haitt
local deacons: John H. Robert-
son, John F. Shelton, J. P. Luc-
a, T. H. Simily and . W. P. Fin-
cher. -
Rev. G. H. Detwiler, of Greens
boro, preached in Central church
to-nigjjt, and after his sermon
J. W 'Kennedy, C. H. Neal, C. R.
Ross, C. M. Short, and E. E Wil
liams, were elected traveling el
ders and W. I. Hughes and C. H.
Curtis local-elders. D. I. Millei,
who has fast been received into
this Conference, was also recog
nized with this class.
The large auditorium t which
seats three thousand are more
people was filled this afternoon
for the purpose of hearing the
speakers at the greatjmass meet
ting in the interest of missions,
which was held under the joint
direction ofHhe Board of Miss
ions and the laymen's movement
of the , Western North Carolina
Conference.
Quite a number of prominent
ministers and laymen of the Con
ference with Bishop Atkins, was
seated on the platform.
Mr. J. B Ivey of Chorlotte, in.
troduced Mr. Charles H. Ireland
of Greensboro, as first speaker.
Mr. Ireland spoke of the lay
men's movement and Its object.
He showed m a few well-chosen
remarks that this movement is
more than a mere organization
and that as a movement its ob-
jectsis educational, devotional,
evangelistic ana tnus in every
way a true neiper to tne pastors
of the Church.
The DrinciDal speaker at the
meeting was Rev. W. R. Lambu-
thD.D., of Nashville, mission
ary secretary of the M. C. Church
south.
Mr- W. T. Weaver, a layman
of Aehevill, in torduced Dr. Lam-
butlrwent to China as mission
ary and he was born in the em-
Pire. . .
tie labored lor years as amiss
ionary there until compelled to
return to America on account of
the health of his wife and him
self. He is now semor mission
ary secretary of his home church
and is a man who, on account of
his 'intellectual ability, consecra
tion and consistent lifework, is
known and-loved the world over
as one of the most Useful and suc
cessful representatives of the uni
versal Church; for the breadth of
his Christian spirit reaches jout'
and comes in close touch with all
other denominations as -well as'
his own. No man is in closer touch .
with the missionary interests ;;ol.
the world aritl the clean an eiiter'
tainlng manner ia which he pre- .
sents them makes him one of, the
moist popular of speakers upon
any occasion.
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