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""v A-R- EX k. tems Gathered from AH To Continue Curtailment. Wilmington, Special. Practically all the business befoi'j the '"" Cotton Manufacturers' Association of North Carolina in its second annual meeting in the auditorium of the Seashore Ibtcl was completed at the one ses sion and adjournment was to a date and place next year to be decided later by the executive -committee. The most important action taken with reference to the textile industry in ihe State revolved upon recommen dations contained in the annual re port of President F M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte. The matter,. of most vital public concern was in res-arc! to the curtailment of the, product of 11 10 mills which was strongly urged bv Mr. Mill rr, who advocated letting m- -irn i ' - . the demand get hungry before feed in"" it" and at the -same timp Ipf enmp of the commission houses and buves S remain hungry, for some time. It "was ended to continue the programme of curtailment until September 1st, the ro) lowing resolution bv A. A. Thorn r,- son. of Raleigh, being unanimously : '( -,)t( el. "Resolvea That we recom :ne;il that the curtailment suggested by the executive committee in-Char-lea iuite be continued until September 1-t end that no orders be accepted thnt will noj; return to a mill a new lollnr for an old one." Thirtv-five of the loading mills in the State were represented in person at the meeting, while a great many other spinners r.u letters approving of the program aii'I io;nifying their willingness to y ': the action of the convention in :' carters affecting the trade. The r;o:;:inu' session of the convention v:;;s dispensed with on account of the iYiiiuro of a number of the members to ir.'iive on the early trains. Meeting of Ycung Women. A!ieville, Special. Much interest is being manifested at the Young Women's Christian association con ference, in session at the Kenilworth Ir.n, near Asheville, and a large num l.H'r of delegates and visitors attend ed, the session- Tuesday. In the morale.- Dr. W. W. White led the Bible study class. Another class wes ad- : i ''s-ed bv the Rev. Dr. Teach on "development of , the Spiritual led' while ' ' The Book "of Mark ' ' the subject of discourse by Miss i f : i. r. On the adjournment of the J'iVe study classes the mission work cir.sse-; convened, Dr. Murray ad-iln-ssing his class on "The Evangeli st i-m of the World," Miss Taylor ?u on "Mission Work in Japan" eid Mis Head spoke on "The City Problem." During the afternoon the 'eiouates enjoyed a drive over the Pill lr ore e-tate. Thursday's pto ut ermine was featured by an address Miss Helen Barnes, national sec rt teerv of the association, following ih.e Bible study classes. The associa lin;i celebration wa held, witnessed bv a large throng of visitors. Each Sttie was represented in the parade bv its various delegations., dressed , in e opriate costumes; deckedi in their "ilcLie colors and singing college I: Ebbs Debarred From Practicing Law. Asheville, Special. The I. K Ebbs h barment hearing was resumed be f(.re Judge leebles in Superior Court TVuday afternoon at 3 o'clock v 'e n Judge Thomas A. Jones, repres- e.iing the prosecution, was heard in j -"ply to the argument of Jeseph S. A 'lams, of counsel for the defense. After hearing Judge Jones, who cited iiune-vous authorities', Judge Peebles Volo an ordr debarring Mr. Ebbs i! ml or the statute from the practice "f law in the courts of North Caro lina. Chautanqna Threat to be Carried Out Hendersonville, Special. It is ru mored that Plendersonville is to have a chautauqua this summer. The old auditorium which felLin under a bur uen of snow last winter is being re built and it is thought that Dr. Clar ence Strouse will make good his threat to hold another session in Hen--dersonville. Invokes Pardon.; Raleigh, Special Mr. W! L. Reece, of Dobson, has applied to Governor ;ienn for the pardon of Asbury Bale, a white man convicted of stealing- a mule and sent to the penitentiary to serve a seven-year term. t The prison er has served three and a half years of his sentence. Mr. Reece invokes executive clemency on the ..ground that the prisoner's health is bad and his previous good record, and made: a strong presentation of his case to the Governor. He is, hopeful of se curing the. pardon, the Governor havr ing taken the matter, under advise ment. TO-PI h: c Sections of the State S To Double Its (Capacity. - Iialeigh Special. Jhe committee from the First Presbyterian church, ot this city, who have the reorgani zation, of Peace Institute in hand at present, have issued an announce ment concerning the sucess of their undertaking, and they propose to double the capacity of the institution, as well -as build a residence for the president. Prof. Henry Jerome Stockard will continue at the head of the school, concerning whose manage ment the committee snvs- "Tn 4p work, accomplished bv President $.S.tockard, with his willing and effi f Oil 1" nr irAnlrn a J " xxl '-vj-vvuj.j&.eis, our expeciaiions have been more than realized. With the capacity of the buildings taxed t0.1!1111 exteilt, a corps of teachers laitltul and painstaking in their . K' , anclv a stunt body irom the veTry bst class of patrons of this and otner States, we have had one of the best years in the 'history of the insti tution. Everything has worked smoothly, and the work accomplish- nas Deen gratnying." Odell Committees Meet. Greensboro, Special. A joint meet ing of . committees of the creditors and stockholders of the Odell Manu facturing Company, of Concord, of which Mr. Ceasar Cone, of this city, is receiver, .was held ehere last week to consider plans looking to a reor ganization of the company and the future disposition of the plant. It was agreed that the stockholders be allowed to submit a plan to a meet ing of creditors to be held in Coneord about July 1st. It is believed that the stockholders will agree on a plan that will be acceptable to all concern ed and that a reorganization of the company will follow. It was made clear in the meeting here that the creditors desire to protect the in terests of all stockholders. Young Man Drowned. ' Durham, Special Waylbn Mc Cloud, a young man about 20 years of age, was drowned in li.no river, some six miles north of the city. He was in seining with several others when he was dragged under the water by the eyelet of his shoe getting caught in the seine. He called for help and several went to his rescue, among these being W. H. Matthews anc!i his son, Callie Matthews, about 15 yeras of age. Both were carried under the water and but for the presence of the father of the Matthews boj; there is no doubt that he would have been ceowned. The boy was torn loose from the grasp of the drowning man and placed in a point of sefty and before McCloud could be rescued he had gone down the last time. Elects Teachers by Month. Salisbury, Special. The school board of the City of Salisbury met last week and elected a superintendent and teachers for the following year. Before the board elected the teachers a resolution of significant effect was adopted. It reads as follows: "Re solved, That each teacher employed for the ensuing year shall be employ ed by the month an dnot by ther year, and no teacher shall be paid except for actual time taught at the monthly rate." This resolution was passedin view of the fact that there is no cer tainty as to the amount of funds available for school purposes for -the ensuing, year. The present superin tendent, Mr. I. C. Griffin, was re elected. Loom Fixer's Arm Torn Off. High Point, Special. & horrible accident occurred at Randleman, a cotton manufacturing town. Green Ivey, a loom fixer at the plant of the Randleman Manufacturing Com pany, while engaged in his duties be-K came entangled in the machinery and his right arm was - torn off at the shoulder. There is no hope for his recovery. Temperance Workers1 Eentertained. Spencer, Special, An entertain ment of unusual interst was given here by the gentlemen of Spencer complimentary to the ladies of Spen cer who took part in the recent tem perance "campaign. W. EL Burton, a veteran ; temperance worker, presied and introduced a' number of speakers who made short addresses expressing appreciation for the work , o ta neiA which -Trefreshments were v seryed, "forty tyourigi men acting ,as waiters. The - occassion " closed with a theatre party.. : : -r . . . , SON SHOOTS BIS ; FATHER William Padgett Shoots r. His Parent, . JNear Cliifside The Slayer Arrest ed and Taken to , Jail . at Rutker fordtcn. ' ' , Cliffeide, Special. Sunday evening Laboiit sundown John Padgett, 50 years of age, and his son, William Padgett. 22 years of age, were drink ing at their home 5 miles north of Cliffside, and while at the -barn got into a fight. The son went to the house, and securing a gun started back to the barn and met his father and shot him, killing him instantly. The killing was witnessed , by the family, who were standing on the porch of the residence, but were un able to interfere. William Padgett was apprehended and sent to jail at Jlutherfordton and John Padgett will be buried. at Race Path church. The , Board Adjourns. Raleigh, Special. The State hoard of agriculture has adjourned after fixing the half-yearly budget, which approximates $60,000, and embraces a great many lines of effort. The. work of the department is State wide and goes into many fields. It will soon have another test farm. There was a movement to have an auditor to keep the books and , ac counts, but this arrangement was mot made and the acting secretary, or registration clerk,' Mr. Elias Carr, will look after these matters as here tofore. Resolutions were adopted expressive of regret at the death of Secretary Thomas 'K. Bruner, these having been prepared by a committee composed of Messrs. Dunn, MCal ium, Graham, Mitchell and Laughir-g-house. The board adopted a resolu tion introduced by Mr. Laughing house, directing that active immigra tion work be done in Northwestern States. The State has appropriated $5,000 for immigration work, the board of agriculture giving a. like sum, but the latter has to"spend its money before it can call on the State for the appropriation made by the latter. The Board decided to make co-operative experiments at the test farm in Pender county in irrigation of truck crops, the United States Ag ricultural Department joining; in these, the purpose being to ascertain the best methods of the application of water to such crops in that sandy soil. A committee was appointed to choose a location for another test farm, at some point in the northwest ern part of the State, very probably m Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, or some county in that immediate sec tion. Killed By a Live Wire. Thomasville, Special. Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock John White, a lineman for the Thomasville Lie;ht and Power Company, was - put ting up an arc light in front of John Mver's residence and while working unthoughtedly he stepped from the box to the ground, still holding the live wire. Instantlv 2.300 volts of electricity passed through him. Arch Tavior, colored, his assistant, saw him craw up and asked him what was the matter. Receiving no answer, he grabbed him and pulled him loose from the wire. Taylor was shocked but not seriously. Physicians were called, but White was already dead when they arrived. Artificial respir ation and all means available were used to revive him but failed. Charters Granted. A charter is granted the Confeder ate Granite Company, at Wise, War ren county, capital stock $25,000. Ro- bert Micnaei ana otners siocKiiomers. Another charter goes to the Electri cal Laundry Company at Concorci, $20,000, John L. Laughlin and oth ers; a third to the ijprth Carolina Rental and Collection Company, of Winston-Salem. The Hickory Railway and Power Company is authorized to change its name to the Hickory Railway Com pany, M. E. Thornton is its president. Soldiers' Get Two Years Each. Jacksonville, Fla., Special Joseph L.r Henry and George Roberts, soldiers of : the United States Coast Artillery, who pleaded guilty last week of robr bing the Eggmont Key pqstofiice, were sentenced by Judge Lock in the TTnitflrl States. Court to serve two " years at hard labor in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. Claim tfb Go Before Court. Statesville, Special. A claim filed -by the late J. W. Gray, of Statesville, for $250,000 for a cotton mili burned by the Federal army during the clos-' iiig days of ther civil was,t has been rp 'the Courts of. Claims m;eansvthat it. will Be paid to the Grav estate if the loyalty of the 1 claimant : can "be- established,, which if q 5iiH there will , he, no anneuiiv in doing ( Hr. Gray was for many' iyears - tle .ropritof e 6f 1 Hotel - Iredell, then" the old Cooper House, of States ville. His widow lives in. Charlotte. VETERANS': REUNION j . ,. ' -4 - . ' " I ' I Confederate Veterans Gather At Birmingham, Alabama WITH VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE Eighteenth Arual Reunion of Con - federate "Veterans Opens in Bir mingham With the Largest Crowd in the History of the Organization. Birmingham, Ala., Special. The eighteenth , annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was opened in this city Tuesday at the Hippodrome, Birmingham's largest convention hall, with a record break ing attendance. The day's sessions were devoted to , organization and welcome addresses, the real business of the meeting coming up later, wjien a commander-in-chief to succeed the late General Stephen D, Lee, and the place for, holding the next reunion will be chosen. In addition to the first session of the veterans' conven tion there were meetings of the Sons of Veterans, the Confederate Sur geons '- Association, the Confederate Memorial Association and other or ganizations allied with the veterans. When the convention was" caiied to order by Major General George P. Harrison, the Hippodrome,, which seats 5,000 persons, was crowded to overflowing and many failed to gain admission. The weather ; was ex tremely -arm and many of the old veterans suffered much discomfort. A gloom was' cast over the -reunion by the recent cath of the commander-in-chief, the late General Stephen .D. Lee, who was to have pre sided over the meetings of the veter ans, and whose annual address had already been prepared.- This address was printed and distributed to the veterans, but the reading of it was postponed on account of the extreme heat. ' The convention proper was opened with a prayer by the chaplain gen eral, Rev. Dr. J.'' "Villiam , Jones, which was followed by a children chorus of 200 voices. Mayor Ward, of Birmingham, then welcomed the veterans in behalf of the city and Governor Comer for the State. Other welcoming addresses were made by Representatives of the local veterans association. General ,E. L. Russell, who was in vited by General Lee, to deliver an oration to the veterans, was the next speaker. He paid a high tribute to General Lee, describing him as he ap peared in battle and discussed the conditions leading up to the war. When the business .session of the veterans had been concluded, many of the veterans went to Capital Park, where band concerts were given and many old acquaintances were re newed. At the State fair grounds where the Hotel John B. Gordon which was opened for the free accommodation of veterans, is located, the visitors assembler1 to witness a grand fire works display. Among those whose names are mentioned for commander-in-chief are General Clement A., Evans, of the Department of Tennessee; General Cabell, of Texas, and General Gordon of Memphis. Gsn. Evans Commander Second Day With the selection of Memphis as the place for -the next reunion and the election of General Clement A. Evans, of Geordgia, the United Con-' federate Veterans adjourned their an nual convention late Wednesday afternoon. The selection of the place of meeting aroused great rivalry be twen Memphis , and t Atlanta, these two cities being the only ones put in nomination. Strong speeches were made for each place but when Vir ginia came over to the side of Mem phis the Atlanta supporters realized that 1 the fight was lost... . Hearst Makes Good Gain. New York, Special. William R. Hearst mac good gains in the re count of the ballots in the disputed mavorality election of 1905. The ex amination of the contents of 99 boxes during the dav gave him a net gain nf 53 votes. The ballots in -390 "boxes' ( have been examined in' the proceed ings before Justice Lambert, and Hearst has gained 1SS votes. StoleHig; Wife. Spartanburg,; S, ,C., Special. W. F. Burns, - of Jackson r county; North Carolina,' while yon a - bridal trip across Panther. Mountain in Green ville county, says he was robbed! of- his pretty young- wife by a gang "of six tnenV "after he ;had "been bounds beaten and' robVed. He and his wife I stopped at a cottage in the moun tains and during ' the night ' the ; men entered ther room of the i couple, at tacked Bnrns and took his wife down the mountain. ' He says ' he has, not seen her- since. - The authorities, are irievestigating.his story;; "'." PARADE; OF VETERANS ! With j Sprightly;, Step ' Measured:; to ; ' Stirring Airs, Ten : Thousand, Old Warriors Parade tho .e Streets, of f " Birmingham. . .- ,7- i - v Birminchflm , A In ; Sroiol -JTa. : 1 parade of the heroes of .the Confed- ' eracy was a . fitting climax to "what is ; generally pronounced to be one of the . most - successful reunions of the ' Uni t- ' ed Coniederate Veterans , With - ""v Dlcf) uic&smeu. w iiie airs : of the South loves, the old warriors, no less than 10,000 strong, traversed the two miles, of the parade route, between thousands of sympathetic - and interst ed sDectators . and thtfreT . was not an accident, no .sign of a tottering step. V ': " Loving hands served ice water to the old men as they passed along the route, fans were distributed 7 and' eyrything possible was done to" re lieve the long tramp of its tedium. That the heroes were in excellent spirits was shown by the fact that many of them sang old camp' songs as they marched, such as " Butter milk Cavalry' "Old Time Confed erate," "Bonnie Blue, Flag. There were .many in the parade who had left a leg or perhaps both legs on some bloody battlefield, but they enjoyed the occasion as much as thft ntllPrs hpino- onrriP1 in rolii cles. Their appearance drew forth; if anything, greater applause than the sight of the foot soldiers. The parade formed shortly after 11 ' o'clock and required one hour and 45 minutes to pass a given pqint. The route was frm Sixth avenue on Nine teenth street to First avenue, "to Twenty-first street to Fifth avenue, to Twentieth stret to First avenue, counter-marching on Twentieth street to Capitol Park, where the reviewing stand was located. In . the vanguard were eieht companies of the local National Guard, including one hat tery of artillery and one troop of cavalry; Chattanooga had rone troop of calvary in. fine. Governor B. B. Comer, of Alabama, with his entire staff, was next in line.'' General Har rison, commander of the Alabama di vision, was chief marshal, and Col. E. J. McRossin, of Birmingham, was chief aide. The veterans of the Department of Tennessee headed the line of visitors of honor, these being followed by the trans-Mississippi and the Armv of Northern . Virginia. Among the more conspicuous were the Forrest : Corps,, mounted, and the mounted troop rom Nashville, which has attracted a great deal of attention during the reunjon. These companies are regu lar members of the National Guard, being the only Confederate body to have that distinction. Memphis rep resentatives also came in for ap plause. They were aeompanied by the crack fife and drum corps, which, helped to . give f he martial atmos phere. Probably no one person in the parade attractecV more attention than the handsome Miss Tommy Gentry, " a full blooded Indian maiden, who accompanied the Indian Territory T-V J '" 1 - ' TT I ueparrment as sponser. ner escort was Adjutant General I. D. Colman. Gen. Clement A. Evans, the new commander-in-chief , was at the head ofthe column with his rentire staff, consitinff of Gen. J. F. Shirro. Gen. W. E. Mickle, Col. J. H. Bankhead, Col. W. B. Leedy, Col. J. Thompson Brown, Col. J. W. Reed, and Colonel Bass. The Sons pf Veterans jf olio wed the veterans and they were accom panied by their sponsors. A notice able feature of the paracte was the fact that a number off the- sponsors preferred to walk with the compa nies they represented rather than ride in the carriages, which had been provided. Miss Mary Hall, clad in gray, aeompanied the Georgia divi- sion on foot. Mrs. Kelly, of New Orleans, a ladv 79 years of age, went t through the march on foot, as did Miss Edna Raub, of Memphis, who had the title of daughter of the com pany she represented. A Operation" for piles will not be nee essary if ydu use Man Zah Pile Rem edy. Put- up ready to use. Guaran teed. Price 50c. Try it. Sold by Morris Drug Store. . .. . Thaw to Stay in Jail. , New York, Special. Harry. Iv. Thaw will remain in the Poughkeep sie" jail, pending an, application of his counsel to Justice Dowling, pf the Su preme Court, fora change of the' or der, committing him to the State Hos pital for, the Insane at7 Mattewan. This decision was rendered by Justice Morschauser, of Poughkeepsie, after hearing i arguments ; of counsel in this city' on a. motion 'to; transfer Thaw to a New York' Sat'e' asylum, other - than an asylum for- insane ' cdnvWft. ' ; rz 1 'A , , AS TJSUAX. V V ' : -7 ; : Patience "Which is. your gift ( to : . .Patrkie 'T don't taiow; . There are eight hutteT-knives, .and - for' the; life ot me" I feah't -tell; which is; the one I ".sent .r Yonker v Statesman. : ; 7: V'- -
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