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.VOLUME XX.
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920.
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NO.-12H.
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- tj:e r:o::::::j::G sr:ECiiES c:::.:: this
lil011i:GUITIHLLE'SSFcCHFORi;
Convention Met Today Un
der an Agreement to Stay
; in Session Till a Candidate
Has Been Nominated. .
- POSSIBLY AN ALL
NIGHT SESSION
i:.;:y.'Tr-'-l'i-i:
Arkansas Yielded to Illinois,
, and. Representative Roden-
. berg Placed Gov. Lowden
: in Nomination. , v ; ,
' iBr the' AwMeUtea Prrts.)
- Coliseum. Chicago;' June '. 11. '-The
" hig three l-owloii,.'Johnoii and Wood
were all plnre'd ';lti nomination he-
. fore the Republican convention iwiuy
- duprthg the first fourlionrs of J welt er-
' ing session.' j. s .- ''
Each of the nominations wag ncjeom--pniUed
with v tnmnltuorta . demonstra
: '. Hons on tho floor ami in the naileries
In .-which the usnal,wnventlon .scene,
.inarching, snouting, sweating delegat
prancing around th Iialls.. carry-
. Inn flags, lianner anil iiKenesses or
. their favorite caniHttatb were wltnesi
VltneH-
at I
me lost
ed. -.-..., ,y ;
" Forcing tN convention along1
cxDi-esa Ki)cpfJi make un for time
on the treaty issue, efforts were maue
to hold down to. a minimum the time
for demonstrations, tho second fcpeeehes
were limited to live minuted, and to
two minutes when more than two see
' onrttj. An effort wan made to reach
balloting before adjournment tonight
. All- of the nominating speeches not
ready response from the" convention.
Chan.' H. Wheeler, of California, who
nominated . Johnson,. ; got roar and
" cheers from the convention when he
' referred to the Wilson administration
as the "royal family" end by infer
enoe to Wm. G,HcAdpe as the "crown
prince." . -,-
"Are yon prepared tor four years
'more of thenf ' A shouted. The
!i rrewtl answw-.l -N.'l.iror iWc whcU
: Mr.. Wheeler refer..: til ' hcjmtnr
i.iolinson as bavin had tna.lMimiU
i. v.i'oh iiaii .funds.. the crowd let goj a
:; ,i of boos, cbpers;and guffaw: '
noVHiMisU BeverWiit'JiKr-
f.. lineif the crowd to remallt trlltet and
' OollHcum. Chicago, ' June 11. tAtt
again In getting .underway, the Repub
lican national convention met tinder an
' " agreement to slay In session until a
Presidential rairtlldate had-beeu. nom-
tinted. Prospects are for an all day
'. and iossHly an all night session. . ,
At 10:0(1 the secretary began call-
lug the roll of state for nomlnatloiL
Alabama passed and Arlsona yielded
to Kansas for the nomination oi uen.
'ood bv Governor Allen. ; ' ' v
Described as . the "outstaudin can-
' didate In the. minds of the whole peo
ple,", Major General lieoriard ' Wood
waa formally nominated today' by Gov
ernor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, for
the Republican presidential nomlna
' tlori-M,.,.,.--.-' l'1".
"A plain, blunt tna'n,-( with a blunt
belief in .facts,','. Governor Aei said
f General Wood, "he, is today the
'best known American.".- Governor Al-
- leu said further in park: ... -'
"No man in America has been given
i io many oonstr.uctlve.ihl.ngs to do In'
' this generation, and no one'denlea that
whatever he , hns. nmlertakpu. he h
done superlatively jxrell. . .-. - .
'A nnespectel period of confusion"
has on upon jls in the aftermath.
Of the great war. Old. ways, are los
and leadership 'hesitant and Indecls
l e, drifts upon an t uncharted , sea,, ; ;
"tfnder' the 'weak"hohds of tlmv
orons government .the-' social disorders'
. and class-mtnded-Tsms ' caught v. fromif
the, world struggle have grown" to
- alarming proportions. --:.' - - - '
The unchecked ' encroachment "-of
sinister greed, the appalllrtg waste of
public money, the immoral pandering
to 6as Interest and class prejudice
have brought us to a point where tho
nation demands and the world expects.
. from this great council a leader chosen
nnt of the great need and not through
"he cunning of political expediency."
A ; GoodThinjj
Through Building
Don't v Fernet a Tlis Opprtiniity
I Through C llh IB :r::3 now enen in tlie
t --.... .- '.. .. .,. i , , , -, . - -
A Ccnccrd Pcrp- iv A at tho Ccb?,rri:3
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' .v , .iM : ' . - -
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"A president .must lie a business mri
and more; He must he. H ''statesman.
He. must have a broad view of the In
ternal situation. : He must know'txill
tics, for piMltlcs is what gives us our
government, be It good or bad. Govern
ment Is no better than its politics and
to improve the one yon must Improve
me outer,- ' ..... ... . .
-' "A president Innst be able? to Interpret-
the shadow of coming events. We
do not need vte speculate, concerning
Jeouard .Wood s foresight. V ! '
7 "As president he ' wlU nit seek to
create for hlmxelf :: a , neutral , back
ground out of mediocre man. The na
tion will; have, that to' which the. peo
ple are entitled in Its' councils the
united brain .power of real leaders, .
': ."Thf sum total of preferential ex
pressions marks him as the outstand
ing candidate. In the minds of the
whole people. -. ; v , '
"With full appreciation of the chal
lenge, of the hour, I present the name
of life- map who fits the hour Jon-
tfrd Wood."- ' 'i.? ';'- .' a I
The demonstration which 'followed
Gen. Wood.' nomination lasteI 40 min
utes. When it quieted 'down. Frank
Knox, of "New- Hampshire," the Wood
floor manager,' and! Mrs: Douglas Rob
inson, of New ! York; made ." speeches
seconding . Wood's nomination. ; , ' :-
when Arkansas was called, the
state yielded to Illinois the Domina
tion of Governor jUiwrtpn.'--' Represen
tative 'Roilrtiherg took . the! ' platform
to deliver the address. '" V ' '
Likening Governor Frank O, iaw-
len ,unti Lincoln and telling the dele
gates to toe Republican national con
vention that once before 'many rears
ago Illinois was called upon to furnish
a nut ii when the nation was In dire
distress. Congressman 1 William A.
Rodenberg; of Illinois today : placed
the name of the Illinois War Govern
or in nomination for the presidency of
the United Stares, ' v ., .',,,-.'..-; .
"Three score years "ago,""" Congress
man Rodenberg said, "at a time when
the passions of men were stirred to
their depths the nation turned- for
leadership to Illinois. - We gave them
Lincoln and grandly, jiobly, he met the
test. . Illinois Jn 10-JO stands ready to
consecrate to the' service f the Re
pnldlc another of her-great sons.' We
present tho patriotic governor of a pa
triotic urate.. Frank, . Irfiwden," '
The con rent Ion then called for the
tinmi.,H " or M...Mt..r -....T
nomination of Menntor jonnso was
prentml. It was then 12 :40 e'clock.
( ! - THE COTTON MARKET ' .
ArKve Montlw Bold 13 to Points' Be-
' low Yesterday Closing.
' ' tBr he AwrlMtl rr .):;'
Xew York. June tl.-Coutlnned good
weather and improving crop accounts
led to selling in the cotton market this
morning and ,after.;bpening" steady un
changed .to 13 pointy -lower, Active
months sold alMitr 13 to to pinms be
low last, night's closing figures. - '
. CothJh ' futures opened steady :N July
3855 ; Ostober 3S.30-; ' December 64.32 ;
January 33.72'; March 88.18. '
' ! Four en Boai Commit Suicide, f
CBy the Amtmt Vn. . -
Washington, June Il.-Vfour persons J
on -'tuei. army . iranwiMtri. .jsi. lt-riioii
cinommltled 'sniclde after one of the
shins propellers, broke, according to a
d ispa tch recel ved . here toda y. ' , Their
names or the circumstances . were not
given, ,i . ;;'; .. : ; ' '. . ' -'
The.- transport has ahoarn 1 4,(Mi
Cxecho-Slovnk troops who are being
taken to their, native land from Hllieriii,
000 German war -prisoners' under a
lihltetd Htatea aruiy jntarit' a"nl ' 250
women and.ehlldren. She Is heading
for Norfolk 'and Is dne there tomorrow.
The Ceclu8lovak legation here ha
annealed .to the American. Red . Cross
for aid when the ship arrKes. 'Nurse
In and around Norfolk are being mo
bilised to meet the ship and others are
held. In readiness here to go-to4 Nor
folk should they be needed. ' ' ;; '
The Czechb-Slovak troop- and pris
oners wl lpe quartered at the Norfolk'
Navy base and he'd in qnarantlne ten
days , ; , - .' . : ':.',.,.'":."'
Twenty thousand women are em
ployed In the fruit and vegetable pick
ing industries in California..
to Save-r ;
.- v.- -; ': ' " '. ' '--'-' ,';.. -'
Gccd ' Way to Save - ,
arid Loan Stock
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ETilXLlANT t
io i..r:Uj::)
living Proof That birth Certiflrste
. May rkmetlmes Prove aft. jMSttttUM
'. Dertiment. f ?' .V":." ) ,
(ttr k Ammrintr Ptm ' 1
"' Jfew York Jiiiier llFrancis, G'nrlen
ft young stripling famous-on. Kill Is
land as a stowaway "and as a tenor of
promise who is on tiw high seas to
day on Ills return voyage to ireiawi,
is a tiring proof (lint . birth certiflcata
may sometimes prove an v essential
document In J he pursuit of a career as
a singer. . ."' -, 'i- ' - -. ";,
Were It not for his lack of such a
docinnent : as proof of his contehtloh
that he -was horn In Philadelphia on1
that his parents took him tp Ireland
when he was-four' years old, young
O'Brien might now lie- winning the
hearts of American music lovers, as
diil . John McCormnck.. the emulation
of whose career led ttw lad to secrete
himself flu on Amerlcan-houi(d vessel
some three weeks ago. , ''.
Instead. Immlerntinn Offlcials. whii
have only cold leetl Instructions to
guide them 1A making decisions, saw
fit to place bim.on an outgoing ship
and let him try to establish the' essen
tial facts conwrnlng his birth affijr
his return.' O'Brleir, howe'er. des
paireoS of being able to prove much
alxmb his origin. Itecjuse . his Jather
and mother are both dead and he ban
no relatives in Ireland. ,'. , v
- The young tenor's fame' as a. singer
probably would never have startet) to
spread had It not tieen tor a ailgnt pi
ne contractml on Kills Island, caus
ing him to be placed in the hospital
for treatment.' The nurses there be
came enchanted with his singing,' and
before lie was deported he was giving
concerts for the other inmates of the
hospital as well, as for the Inhabitants
of the island generally, As a result
O'Brien's name today Is on the lips of
all Ellis Island. The hospital attend
ants were calling bis name with ten
der eulogy and expressing - extreme
sorrow that he had to go hack.
O'Brien Is only one of hundreds of
such cases that are sent hack to their
original place ' of embarkation every
month.', There are 50 stowaways on
the Island now awaiting orders to go
back, never having seen more of .ew
York than Its enchanting skyline. Ev
ery Incoming ship from,, -no matter
what -port, according to immigration
officials, brings from two t ten stow
aways, and almost all of them have a'
fruitless voyage to thts conntry "
NEGRO IS CONFIRMED AS '
GEORGIA COMMITTKKmN
Hmry Unrein Mintea Seeures Twelve
Yotea t inree Agaia, wae.vr
t'ttliseunC i (!MenBa... .iMnQbM
selection of Henry Mitroln Johnson, an
Atlanta negro, as a memlier o,tlp R,e
piilillcan, .national, .commltte,, Jrpm
Georgia ' Was; eonnrmel , ..today, ny a
vote of the- Georgia delegation, taken
on the floor of the oonventlon,, He got
13 votes Mi agalus thrge for his op:
ponent,,.Roacoe,rieketf, a, white nlnri.
C, -VS. Goree, the, state bnlrmiii; caf
his vote for the pegri?; ";
The vote was 1 for Henry tllieolii
Johnson to three against biml' Sena
tor , Lodge declared ' Johnson ; elected
ami put It up to the convention, sig
nify, Its apiwrflva.1.; . There, was a lour
chorus of, aye an' loud, chorus of
noes, Senator rlge brofce the gavel
whacking for1 order. ' However, he (an
hounceU that Johusori was declared
elected... J" -.-?'
EXQUISITE HUMOR " ABOUNDS !
Charalng Star Seen Fir Adwii
' tags in "Hulda. From HoUand.
, .Never was there anything so. funny
as wheri Mary Plckford In the oharao
ter of the Dutch girl in "Hnlda From
Holland,", a ! Paramount picture, pro
duced by the Famous Players La sky
Corporation; picks up a two-year-oM
child who Is co-stttrrlng with her in
the production and lugs him around
on her right'arm. ."; ' " ,
With' tears in his eye and stamping
bis feet, as only a child of two years
caiu little Haral HoIWcher,' the little
Dutch boy who plays with Mary, abso
lutely refused to be pictured while in
his bathtub. All the coaxing in the
world had no effect until the director
said, "Little, Mary wants yon to do it;'
And It waa necessary " to have "the
Nation' sweetheart". glvoj the child
bath. .-. . , . . t"'
i That episode Is one of the funniest
ever screened. It will he seen ln."Hulda
From Holland," which will be shown
at the Piedmont Theatre today.
Birthday Party -at HairUburr.
; On Thursday, June .10, at three
oV-lock, ;Master William .Lewis ,81oop
was "delightfully: urprlsed when about
fortyflve of hl friends, gathered at
his home in "Harrisburg for. a birth
day party, planned by his mother;.
-. The home was beautifully decorated
with sweet peas; and, pampas grass.
Many - games were .played ; . then de
licious Ice cream and. sake were serv
ed by Misses I-aura Belle. Taytorjuid
Hvelyn Morrison. . -,, -.,
Quite a town bee of pretty nd useful
gifts were presented y" the children.
Late In the afternoon the .children
left for their homes wishing William
many, many more happy birthdays.
World-Wide Baraea-PUIatheM bi Se
j sin
It
(Br k I'hmIM rViJ
I Cleveland. Ohio, June 11. Severn
hundred' stodent from.; the. Baracil
riiilathea Bible School classes In 12,
OiX) hurche tbrot;hout the eonntrj
were here today for the four' day corf,
vention of the world-wide Barca-Phi,s
tthea nnion which epeos'totiight, j 4
Among the speakers on the prograit
wait Liiwrence. J. ..pace,;pf Alpuderso j
ille, NV'C. , ' y
The Rochester Baptist
Tneolojil
, ILVitliOMTH
The JIan2"": of All the
President.' 1 - Candidates
Try to C .' j Each Other
7 in Ejcpres. Confidence.
ALLEN aTAK::S WHACK ,
1 AT W:i. J. BRYAN
"It's Wood, Let's Go!" Yell
ed the WccJ Men For 40
Minutes ter HeWas
Put in Nor., .nation.
' - (By tk .isawlatM Prraa.)
Coliseum, June 1 In spite of the
swelterlug temperatitre inside the con
vention ball the delegates . began to
pile Into their places full half an hour
before today's' selon was to begin.
They all were ready to have it over
with, and the possil ility that the noin
Inatlon might be.muite today' and the
convention ended, tended l to' take
some of tho edge olf of their distress
fronj the befljt.1; It g4e promise of be
ing the hottest day jnf the convention
Jn all respects.. -f-H-iv' ,:n
- Most of those .on the convention
floor and galleries, eame with' flago
and many of . theH delegates took off
their coats before they took their seat
During the wait the delegates were
still asking one another who was. to
be nominated, and the usual reply wus
of the "damflno" character. The man
agers for all of the candidates tried
to outdo one another liii confidence
Aver the results. I ?.
' General Wood's Managers, who had
planned to have a airing of seconding
speeches for their- candidate, revised
at the last minute so that Frank KnofcV
of New Hampshire 'alid -Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, of New Tork, would second
General 'Wnod's- nomlnation. '. , !
For the flrst.time since the conven- j
tlon began the candidates for -. tho
presidency wei . missing from the
floor. . '.'-: V. I- - .' "
: The Delaware delegates said, thnt
the plan to nominnte T. Coleman Du
Pont had been abandoned, -but that
delegates would rote-, for him on the
nrst ballot.. ' -
A robust , delegate 'Vrom Weaf Vir
ginia Manifestly- prrlng3arstr
pestunmi time, took oK, his- galluses
and put them s In his ..pocket; Just
amnit 'that ' 'time tho baud played
Reulien; Reuben, I've Been ,.r Thlnk-l
In."
At'OiRA Senator Lodge enllpd.the. eon,
vehtion to order. ' . ' !,-.. i( .!.-.
ed !prayer.-, - . .
- By a' rising vote, and in a roar, of
ipplause, the convention adopted- a
resolntion by Alexander ?. Moore; of
Pittsburgh." exprewiing. , "inexppeesibw
loss"' over - the deatli.r. of h Theodore
Roosevelt "loved unatterably now. and
to be loved as long as our nation cher
ishes itg"fioble pairiota.'' ;. .. y. -Senator
Lodge announced, amid more
sheers that the tlmd had come for the
convention toheai' the nominations for
the Presidency; Alabama passed when
the roll call began and Arizona yield-
ed to' Kansas. In a -noisy demonstra
tion Governor Allen -was escorted, to
the platform-' to -nominate General
Wood. - v'..: - -. '.''.
' When' 'the - Governor.' made a' whack
at William J. Bi yanla celebrated dic
tum about a- million men springing to
arms over hight, lie looked down where
Mr. 'Bryan was sitting in . the .press
tw.r.' Hut' the NebraMluin hail his nose
to his manuscript, trying' to write on
Industrlotisry.Plf he heard the.-refer'.
ence he did not let xn ' . v..:. . ,;; , .
. While the speech was oing on. ar
rangements were 'made,, for Governor
Lowden'a nomination aeepcb to ...fol
low General Wood's: The Arkansas
delegation, next on the rollu said, that
State would yield to- Illinois.. , , . - :,
California waa next la line to name
Senator Johnson, disposing ot the "big
three." .-
t At the con chiding tif tbeJaat speech
thousands of many. colored . turkey
feathers,' which had been the badge
of the ' Wood- followers. - were v loosed
from the celling of the Colisenm and
floated down. The -llghta were turn
ed on to give photographers a chance,
i Approximately 200 . delegates were
taking part In the cheering esd flag
waving.- Manr of those on the floor
yelled like Indians, and they looked
live Indians with the hairs of women
and collar of -me-decorated by the
falling feathers. ( "If i Wood, liefr,
go seemed to be ranulng through the
shouting. Jn one'cbrneri a bunch ol
'rooters kept up th. to torn of Iggo
rote Philippine music. Tlta . Wood.
Let' 'Go,1 was ahw painted on th
banners over the Wood group. .,.-;..
When the-demoostratloo' hd been
on about 10 minutes. tha Inevitable
procession started. It was led by del
egates from Minnesota:' and started
; snaking la way about the convention
hall just as1' Senator. Lodge tcaroe fo
the front of the' platform. and rapped
for order; He1 weat- back agajn aud
sat down for tho payade. i,.xrt.!' . x
'"'It looked strangeto.mairy-of the old
tlbers t see wmne-fr'tbe - flrst time
in the' marchers.. Hhanglng, itbeir slo
gan the tlrcuhtrlhg'.Wood people took
up : "We1 want Wootl" a helr martli
Ipg cry. ' , s- . v.
; California aupplied flags ifco various
frlemllyaelegations. to-j bi, waved; br
the interests of - Johnson. -Theevera I,
dob'Piitlbns front Mebraska. .(.favqraUlo
to Wood 4mmediHBly commaudeereil
them whn the. prwcCKsion tart i(, J
' T'onventum Biaorn saw: pronpect
APPEALS TO MOTHERS TO '? r"
' i, - ui'i o mvn tic-ir mrtv
.Mother of 13 Mentha Old Bay Kidnap--ped
Three Weeits Ago Heads Out
, Appeal.; . - j I -
(By I be AiuHi'lat4 PrrM-)
Norrlstown. June ll.-Mothers and.1","1" "ueciauir t2r
.... .. .. 'nlirht nt tha .antral n.hnl CtAte
ennuren uirougnout tno country are
appealed to by Mr. George H. Cpngh-
lin, mother of the W months ;: old
BlnKely Cughlln. who was kidnapped
,, .' i,. , '!,., .,. J ,
two weeks ago to, help-And her bnb.v.
Kjjrnn uy fvoi v iiitriiicr UL II VI1IIU
In the United States to help find oiir
"I Ansuvnl l.ll A
baby, said Mrs. Coughlin. "Hnrely
some one will see-and know my boy.
"lr there Is a strange bahy In your
neighborhood, .-please, oh please, "nd
who It is. for. it mar he " m.v child.
I ain't he afraid . to send us informa
tion, VX harm will come to any one.
Vlavl f anj is my ba()v.
j INDICTMENTS QUASHED 1
Charting : Profltermg Against the
' American Woolen Company.
, . (Br the AaaaelatMl Prru.1
New lork. June 11. Indictments
charging proflteering against the Am
erican: Woolen Company of New Tork
and Boston and Wm. M. Wood,pres.
dent of the corporation were quashed
tooay ny federal judge Mack.
Judge Mack sustained the demurrer
interposed by Chas. E. Hughes, special
counsel for .the defense, which held
that woolen good did jiot' constitute
wearing apparel, ohd Is- not Under the
Iver act.
Austrian Cabinet Resigns.
(By th AMHMlatcd Pr.)
Vienna,'- June)- 11. The Austrian
ca bluet headed by Dr. Karl Renuer, as
chancellor, which 'has held office moVt
of the time since the armistice,' hat
resigned. . , - -.
Oustration went on and " on.' ' The
guessed-the support of the other dele
gates might try- to outdo the others..
In the gallery behind the platform a
big group of men and women started
yelling "Wood; "Wood, '.Wood," In van-
endless cry, while the enthusiasts un
masked a noise maker that kept time
to the yells and sounded like a big
buck saw, .
When the noise had lasted for fifteen
minutes. Senator Lodge tried to get
order, but the demonstrators only re
plied with new outbursts of noise. At
that time the parade had aliout. died
down hnt the General's , supporters
were-not wlUlng tokeep quiet or to
sit down' . . . . , v. . - .
J " A4 tho twefif riilnnte'nost th del
egntiw snowed--signs. nttuj.JJija
the galleries kertt irp the. dln. Cheer
lenders stood; Itr-mOily f -flie sections
aho whooped' 'tf tip an'v time It eemed
powdble that' the lemoMiTntln;-would'
eni, ," ' i ' ,-" hiu-iU' ..t,nt ,.
, .. fh ,Jbod,; iirtM;' WdoM' ' 'repetttloa
nlnile au'e'itsTTy rexioj.iib!erftnItatiotT'of
sollliers machinfr. It broke-oof liiter
in'ilentiy and 'cOmliThed' with toih torn
and .-. bucksaw . contriiptron '"almost
drowned the Wurlne of tifr' bonis and
cheerlngin othfs p3r j6t thehaH.;''
, v DurliiK tlie .,(tcmonHt rat fon '' Frank
Hitchcock, supreme, chief Of the Wood
forces, w'as.oUj t?e ptirfforin 'oohferrtng
wK .Frank, Nofc,hia floV TJerfde'l'.
: When, the noloR wak8.had been at
It for half , an-hour and were still goliig
strong Senator Lodge "renewed the
pounding withtha grtttel,biitall "good
It jdld hiitt-'was t he Jnnaile.ei'ilKC. j
' Most of tim'detlegatQ femed, wlllliig 1
tor; agree witn Kennior Joge tnat tne
cnnvvntlon otfght, to, go,, of ,vltl -l.tf ,
work. For the:uioit;nrt jtley sat giuni'
ami emlttetl never a peep,. but thy gal
leries replleir to the Chairman's .rat
tat with a reuewe burst, of noise.' .
After Xf minutes, the, llrst; hushing
was .attempted by. the. .delegates ahil
g Uerles, ; The licnipiistrn tjion. tpl leted
down somewhat- as' , noises llke'.esipiip
ing steam perYadeft, the hall, but thet-e
were also many -renewetl cheers';1 '
!The Relegates fcaretl. 'rtjh'en' Senator
Lodge at,, the. eiid of 40 mmuts feald
delegates must lie In all seats and i'ul-
lejrles would' be , Clueared Unless thej
became quiet, ? '"V ' '
, .lie n tin ,,,,,,, . . i.'b. v " . ... , x ,,
result and at once: Senator Lodge ''pre
sented Frank Knox, of -New Hamp
shire to seconi) CRpneral Wood's nomi
nation. , . ( ' - - ,H
j Mr. Knor, a former "jW-ivate of the
Rough Riders, told the delegates that
New Hampshire, the General' native
state, regarded' him "not as a son jpf
that state, but a sorfof the Whole na
tion." --'v5 '-: ,- .
The sneaker' got some cheers, but
not sb many as Mrs. Robinson; of, New
York, stll ltn mourning for her broth
er. oCl. Roosevelt, She 'was :the flrst
woman tolvef"perform.ithat function'
at a contention, and she received -a
roustng. ovatlon''Whell';he' took' the.
plat,form.;, ,.-; , !
1 ' ' 11 ' ' 1 W t ;:"!'
.' Forthe'flrst? time since-the flnst rail.
was laid In the 'Wilted State the" In
crease in' the mileage of the country'
railroads last' year eame' utmost to a
fitandstUL - .' ..
H nill .. ;.
Viihv'e ' rubber' 'irAthers' In tho Congo
get'fio tents a veekund pay their own'
expenses. ''"';' ' " "j ' ! i-..
,,,EYANq.3E,LINE,i..
, :;Th6;,jmWf)ral .dramat--
ing- fd the Pastime- Wad;
' S .-.II.
1 nesdayrinrre-16th;
t w.U-hU -iriql 'il.d-;n;l '"r
L0SING KXERCTSES OF ' '
. inr.u uuuti irkwiinrtrr
Reriratlon-neriamation Contest '' For
Two Gold Medals To Bo Held at the
Central Krliool Building. - : -
Ihe recllatiim-decluiuation' con--
. ,"' " "". ... . . . 1
ut, ,,e "n M
I T1,e, M' re contcs HngKr gold
"" ' nr2. . ,
iM. o. 25. and the boys ore to contest
t n mini nfremi nnminllv hr vtr
" . . . , .
Class song,
Apiximattox William Inle.
An the Mmm Rose Virginia Walker.
The New Hwuth Kd. Ilelllnger.
'The Lost Word Mary Propst.
... Music. . . ' .." '
A Message to - Gun-la Thomas
White. '
The Soifl of the Violin Dora Elsta
Iiundy. '
The Murderer Rhea Morris.
The Triumph of pence Carl Mills.
. Music. . vf . .
Decision of judges. ; . '
America. : ' ' - ,
The following are the marshals, who
were chosen on their class records:
' Cottrell Sherrlll. chief: Heleu Phil
lips. OKbnrne t Miller, Sarah I.onls
Cline(j" Adelaide Harris, '.Katherine
Wolff;' Rosa Caldwell. Nevl'n Happen- j
Held, Stonewall Sherrlll, Mary Donnell
Kmoot, Margaret Hartsell, - ijeorge
Butte, Earl Delllnger, . "i .':
The exercises during the commence
ment will begin at 8 o'clock each
night.
Rev. G. 'A. Martin,. , pastor of the
First Baptist, i'hurch, will preach to
the-graduating class ;8im lay morning
at 1,1 o'clock.-' and pr. Ilato T. Dur
ham' will make the literary address
Monday. , ;
PROHIBITION PLANK IS
LOST IN THE SHUFFLE
Is Not Read Before ' the ' Convention
But Leader Contend It Is Part of
the Platform, v. . L
'hlcago, June' 10. Tine Republican
platform jplank designed to- deal wlrh
prohibition got lost In the shuffle to
day, furnished a new thrill for "wets"
and "drys" and TBitied some ..question
of its legal status. "
The plank doetf" not mention prohi
bition but Is a "law and order" declar
ation for impartial enforcement, of all
laws. " ''";,-'-
lu a mixiip, from confusion of'plut
form work,-the plnuk wps left from
the great pile taken to the colisenm
and read by Chairman Watson, of the
resolutions committee. It was not read
to the. convention and was not In the
platform as offU'laHy announced., brtt
'Chairman Watsun. Senator Shioot and
'otliera-in-cuurge or, rne oocttmem te
elured It vnii adopted by ' the resoltt-
ftloiis committee and Is a part oft the
philform. - . V,H,'."-' '.'--' '''.'
-' VDry' leaders- were Bssnred before
thrt committee headedat breakneck
speed' tor' ' the col Iweuin, 'tttn t t h .flaw
and order", plank was . in .tie? platform
under Senats'Wratoii'. arm... No re
port of It abseuce was had , tonight
nntil : Senator .Watson's attention was
ca(led to the emission. .. ( ',. , , .'
STRIKING CUtRKS TO MEET : '
"r-t Tft HEAR OFFICL4L S REPORT
None, of the MetTwiw Took Striken'
f Places WUl. Be Difieharfed. . .
" (By tfce Atttl Prwia.) ,.V.,V ,
"' jducon." Ga., Juno . il -r-The striking
clerks ot,.the-Central of Georgia will
meet this vnMrning to. h,ir" reports
from, ,the grand officials' of 'the broth
erfiood of clerks, on ' the ' conference
with officials, of the: railroad company
la iiub,t,: -," . ."''" i
, jit is understood that it wlll' vote on
a proposal to end the strike, which has
been In progress' several weeks. '' : " i
' Ij. , A. l)owns,' vice-president of the
Railway Company, reiterated his state-1
ment that none of the men employed
to take the places of the'strlkfrs would
b? discharged, but that' he would give
ureference to the'strikers In' Ailing va-
cancles. It is believed this Is the basis
of .ending, ftte Striker;;
R4 1. Barger if Faith Is Dead by
-. jw-v ---.'. Shooting Self. I Y.,
SaiishuiT. June 10.-4 R. L." Barger, a
Lstone cutter of Faith, aged about-: 40,
killed himself at; his home In Faith
this morning, Mr. Barger had been lu
lmd health for, some time. Early this
morning be got out of bed and securing
a shot gun emptied a load of shot in
his own body lielow the heart lufllct-
ring a wouud that caused' death several
hours later. a widow ana tnree cnu
dren survive:- " " : ''-i
MeAae and "Dark JHorseT Senator
j . . i , : OverauuiV Gues, -:
j Raleigh, June lOvMtenator Ixe S.
Overman Is In Raleigh tonight, having
come over from Henderson, wher,e he
delivered an address, last night. ;
i He believes, with Senator Simmons,
that the republicans will nominate a
ilatk horse to lead them In the fight
foe the presidency and that the demo
crat will undoubtedly name McAdoo
st, the San Francisco convention.
I ? Mrs. Catt Ctiosen ITWidrtit.
'J (Br tli Aaolata Preaa.)
Cleneya, Jtfntf ' It Mr. Harris
Chapman.. Catt '. waW .unaulmously i re
elected President of the International
Woman Sttgrage" Alliance at this morn
ing's session of the1 congress here.
She bas-aareed to; accept Jlie Office, It
wis anuSduCd,' desplteiT"f vdeclara
tion yesterday that she felt compelled
to- retire. . . '.i ' '
' ' tt f I'll !',,Jf ji"j'-l : i Vf '! ' ' 1
(Miss E. F. Cunningham, who' enter
ed? the business Jn a, small, way six
teen yeaw;.ii"o.f ig nbw loner-of" s'the
largest ' and most. . successful real es
tate operators and rental agents In Co-
ipbucp?ftm wi io bioc
JmIss B. Pullen-Burry was the first
jrfographer to visit some of the un
1 lown parts of the, Bismarck ArchL-
Di.inii
lib
MrETi;;GOFf,iO!IT!l
Was Held at the City Hall,
Thursday NightOnly a
Few Matters of Importance
; Before the Board. I
FIRE TRUCKS
ARE PURCHASED
For the Cannonville and Ca
barrus Firef Departments.
Budget Will Be Same as
. Last Year. . ;.
. The smallest audience of the year
greeted the aldermen when thev met .
in session at the city hall last night, -
less than twelve persons being ores-.
ent when the meeting was called to
order and less than twenty persons be- -
lng present at any time during the
session. . The small audience is attrib
uted to the hot weather and the unim
portance of the measures to be pre- '
sen ted to the Fathers ;:. ' , - : :r.v
t'nfinlslied' business was ' the order
of the evening, enough matters having
lsen postponed from the May meeting
to keep the board busy for an hour.
Action In regard to the sewer-on the ,
property of Mr. Frank Weddington r
was asked fort a report of tlie 'com
mittee to buy Are trucks for the Can
nonville and Cabarrus fire. departments
waa expected ; some action-in--regard '
to the claim for damages by the Parks
Bel k Company was necessary, formal
notification of the validity of the re--ported
action of the Supreme Court la -upholding
the "Jitney" case was ex
pected. These matters were all eith
er disposed of, or again postponed for
consideration. ' : ; . , ' r - ' -
Mayor Isenhonr "reported tlW a Re- '
public truck had lieen pitrcbaseil from
Mr. A. B. Pounds for the Cannonville ;
Fire Department The truck is now 1
in Charlotte having a fire-tlgbting lied
maile on It. : A Ford truck also has
lieen pnrrliased for the Cubarrus de- '-
part men t, and the lied of the old Can- "
nonville truck has been placed on the '
FOrd truck. The Republic truck., cost
approximately .Jf'.rsMI; the , Ford cost '
approximately 70uV - , v ; , , : '
"'Alderman Frieze showed his 'belief
In neVsnaier advertising when he
hniavcil .'Jiaf ah' ad.- be 'THttced - hi--tb- '
daily paiier stating that the old trik'k
of the Caiinouvllle department would'.,
lie sold, and bis motion was carried.
The Mayor Is to lnake; tho best possi
ble sale after the ad. has lieen Inserted v '
for ten dnys. , v-.. , , ,7f , ,
Alderman Barr, chairman of ,V the i'
health committee,' reported, that the
committee, with Dr.- 8. E Buchanan.
county health officer, had inspected the
rank on the property of Mr. "Wedding
ton .ami that they had found nothing '
wrong with the tank.' He was not'
rendy. to make any recommendation, ;
and again-the matter was postponed. '
Hon. A. B.' Palmer asked that the
board. amend the privilege tax law so
that auto, dealers will have; to pay but :
$10 for each make of automobile sold
by them. Tlie law heretofore requir
ed a tax of $20 for each make of car
sold.! .The hoard passed the ordinance' ,
as asked hy Mr. Palmer, the'-ordinance'
including a .tax of $10 for each truck ,
also, in place of $15, as charged here- '
torore. ; A non-resident ; dealer will .
still be required to pay $20 on each
make of car he sells in this city. r
Hon. H. S. Williams appeared for s
the' estate of the late Dr. J., W;.' Wallace-,'
and asked that the city pay a $A ,
hill w hich the late Mrs. Cox, of Allte-
matle, owed Dr.' Wallace. Mrs., Cx
was 'shot by her husband iu this 'lty
several years agot and was rushed, to .
a. local hospital after .the shooting and
tho hill-covers the' professional visits.
mude by Dr. Wallace to the wounded,
woman, a It was ontlered. that the City .,
Attorney take the matter up with Mr.'
Cox, and ask him to pay It.
; Messrs. palmer -aud Williams' ap
peared for ,tbe Parks-Belk Company '
and made- formal notice that the
Parks-Bel k Company is asking tbe city '
and the board iif -water and light for '
damages, to goods and property of the' -company,
caused by the overflow of a
water main, the water, according to
tbe claim of the company, having flood- -. -ed
the basement of the company,, in",,
that way damaging greatly a quanti
ty of goods, ,. The board ordered that
the matter be referretl to the. board of v
water and light, and some answer will ".
lie made to the claim, at the next meet
ing. : ...:':- ' '
; The North Carolina Public Service .
Company has not made monthly pay
ments in accordance with - Its agree- ,
IA (Continued on Page Eight) . .
CO VINGTON
SELLING OUT
' Lot " of Men's and' Boys'
Hats and Caps , 73c
(Women's V 5hoes, good
grade "and style cu $2.C0
Men's Gold Collar But-
tons u'-4---4 l"c
Lots of Other Bargains.
r.-co:ii:!',.;-
ltv,..l, AH. V..
Nc-.r n
I
Of -very: long etain when the dero
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