VOL 31
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912
Number 19
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WILSON WINS WITH
DELUGE OF VOTES
IHinois Leads Break Which Becomes Land
slide When Underwood Withdraws
His Final Vote Is 9901 Result Made
Unanimous After Missouri Sticks tc
Clark in Forty-Sixth Ballot.
Baltimore, July 2.—Govenor Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey, was
made the Presidential nominee of
the Democratic national conventioi
atithe afternoon session to-day, when
on the forty-sixth ballot, he received
990 votes, to 84 for Champ Clark. Tht
Missouri delegation, which had re
mained faithful to Clark to the
end, then moved that the nomination
he made unanimous. There was a
great chorus of approval and the long
fight was over.
Only four ballots were necessary to
day to reach a nomination. When the
convention adjourned last night, it
had seemed to be in an all but hope
less deadlock. Wilson had begun to
lose ground, and Clark had made a
few temporary gains.
This encouraged the Speaker to
rush over to Baltimore from Wash
ton this morning in the hope of still
further turning the tide and rallying
his forces to a final stand, but when
he reached here he learned that the
Illinois delegation, at an early morn
ing conference, had decided to switch
from Clark to Wilson. This meant a
change of 58 votes, and was as fatal
to Clark’s chances as it was inspir
ing to the Wilson forces. Illinois had
been expected to “break” all day
yesterday, and there was deep gloom
in the Wilson camp when it failed
to do so.
With the change this morning, how
ever, the Wilson forces went to
the convention hall at noon in the
firm belief that the New Jersey Gov
ernor would be nom!nat"d before an
other ajournment was taken. As
they had anticipated, the votes of Illi
nois marked the beginning of the
end. West Virginia joined hands
with Illinois in going over to Wil- j
son on the forty-third ballot, V e
first cast to-day.
Wilson jumped from his final vote
of 494 last night, to 602 on the first
ballot to-day. The figures told their ;
own story. The Wilson delegates
were jubilant as Chairman Jhmes di
rected the second call of the day—
the forty-fourth of the convention
The most important change on this
ballot was in the Colorado delega
tion, which had been voted 11 for;
Clark and 1 for Wilson. This time1
Colorado divided 10 to 2, in favor of
Wilson. Altogether the ultimate
nominee gained 27 votes on this
ballot. Then came the forty-fifth.
It was disappointing in a way, for
Clark held his own and Wilson made
a gain of only four.
Underwood's Withdrawal Sittles It.
The forty-^ixth ballot had been or
dered when Senator Bankhead, of Ala
bama, was seen mkaing his way to
the stage. Word f lashed over the
great armory that this purple was
to withdraw Mr. Underwood from the
race and release his delegates to
vote for whom they saw fit. The
delegates, wearied by the long
sessions of the past week, realized
all at once that this was indeed the
climax. There was a confusion of
‘cheering, applause and calls from
one delegation to another. The gal
leries caught up the disorder and ad
ded to the din. Senator Bankhead
stood for a long while before he
could proceed. He had uttered but
few words when the meaning of his
remarks became clear and these
were frequent interruptions of ap
plause and noisy demonstrations.
The only display of temper mark
ing the nominating session came from
some of the Missouri delegates. They
demanded to know of Senator Bank
head why Mr. Underwood had not
withdrawn when Clark appeared to
have a chance for the nomination,
and accused the Underwood delegates
of “faking.” Senator Bankhead paid
no heed to the questions hurled at
him. He said Mr. Underwood desir
ed the success of his party above ev
erything else, and would not lend
himself to any plan to prevent a
nomination.
From the moment Senator Bank
head reached the platform the heavy
dragging wheels of the convention
machinery, which had been slowly
turning over and over again, accom
plishing nothing, began to revolve
with an energy that meant results.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, who
had been in consultation with Speak
er Clark, climbed to the stage, and
when he could make himself heard
released in the name of the Speaker
all of the delegates who had been
pledged to him.
“As for Missouri, however,” he
added, “she will cast her 36 votes
for old Champ Clark to the end.”
Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, fol
lowed Stone. The convention was in
an almost continuous uproar. The
Wilson forces already were cele
brating their victory. There no long
er was any doubt as to the result.
Mayor Fitzgerald withdrew the name
of Governor Foss, of Massachusetts,
from further consideration and de
clared that the “Old Bay State"
would wall in line for Woodrow Wil
I son.
i Then a second Fitzgerald was re
cognized. This time it was the Con
! gressman from Brooklyn, a member
of the New York delegation. He
I made a plea for harmony and end
ed by suggesting that a further roll
i call be dispensed with and the nom
: ination of Wilson be made by accla
mation. New York, he said, was
I ready to vote for the man the great
vote a last time for Speaker Clark.
The faithful Missourians objected
to this plan because of their desire to
vote a last time for Speaekr Clark.
It was a foregone conclusion what
the result would be as the last call oi
the States began. Alabama, which
had started every other call with
24 votes for Underwood, changed to
»WIlso|h, and State after State fol
lowed suit. It was just 3:15 o’clock
when the solid 76 votes of Pennsylva
nia carried Wilson over the win
ning line, making his total at the
time 733 votes.
Too Tired to Stampede.
The rush to Wilson did not en$
until 990 of the 1088 votes in the |
convention bad been cast for the
nominee. Missouri, with her 36, j
had been joined on the last ballot j
for Clark by 24 of California’s 26
votr-s, by five delegates from Flor
ida, two from Louisiana, all six
from Nevada, four from New Jersey, j
tile State of Governor Wilson; six
from the District of Columbia and
five from Ohio. This little hand
ful readily joined in the chorus of
acclamation when Senator Stone mov
ed that the nomination be made
unanimous. I
It was 3:35 when Chairman James
officially declared Mr. Wilson the
nominee of his party. There was an
attempt at another demonstration,
but the delegates were too tired to
keep it up long. Then, too, the lo
cal appropriation for a band had
run out last Saturday night and there
•was no inspiring music to help along
the enthusiasm. In this respect the
convention was unique. Every one
in the convention hall seemed in
happy frame of mind that the end
had come.
William Jennings Bryan, who had
taken absolutely no part in the
proceedings of the day, other than to
cast his vote with a majority of the
Nebraskan delegation for Governor
Woodrow Wilson, was surrounded by ,
many admirers, but would say noth
ing at the time.
WELL MERITED PROMOTION.
Johnston County Man Is Made Route
Agent Fop General Claim De
partment of N. & W. Railway.
P. A. Richardson of this city,has
been appointed route agent of the
general claim department of the Nor
folk and Western railway, with head- '
quarters in the Terminal building.
Mr. Richardson, who has been chief
clerk at the Philadelphia warehouse
of the railway for the past six years,
will assume his new duties on July
6 with a traveling territory covering
New York, Philadelphia, Wash
ington and Eastern North Car
olina. has made a splendid record for
efficiency since he first became con
nected with the railroad in Durham,
N. C., sixteen years ago, and he has
a host of local friends who are con
gratulating him on his well merited
promotion.—Norfolk iVrginian Pilot.
Mr. Richardson is a son of Mrs. j
Clem Richardson, of Selma, and has
many friends in Johnston County who
are glad to learn of his success.
i
BALLOON EXPLODES
HIGH IN THE AIR
Fire Aviators Meet Death One Thousand
Feet Up In The Air
Spectacular Tragedy Witnessed By
Horrified Thousands When Vani
man’s Pirigible Exploded To
day.
Atlantic City, N. J„ July 2.—Melvir
Vaaiman and hia crew of four men
were killed when hia Dirigible bal
loon, Akron, exploded half mile up
in the air to-day. Three thousand
spectators witnessed the tragedy.
The accident happened half a mile
off the shore over Absecon Inlet.
The huge bag, containing a thousanc
cubic feet of gas’, was rent by the
terrific explosion, probably caused
by expansion from the sun’s rays.
Those instantly killed were: Melvin
Vaniman, who built the airship with
the idea of flying across the At
lantic ocean; Cavin Vaniman, his
younger brother; Fred Almos, Wal
ter Guest and George Brilliant. The
balloon burst near the middle and a
mass of flames hid the ship from
l view. For ten seconds the half
1 million dollar dirigible was invisible
;'The ship was then seen to fall
| like a plummet. The understructure,
or the car in which were pinned Van:
man and his crew, broke away from
the envelope. In the descent a man's
body shot out to the left of the
! wreckage and hit the water before
! the rest of the descending mass. It
| was reported this was the headless
I body of Calvin Vaniman. The lat
j ter’s body was recovered by rescur
ers. Efforts are being made to
drag the other bodies to the surface.
The tragedy caused the greatest ex
citement. This morning’s flight was
the second air trip taken this year.
The Akron’s dimensions were:
Length of bag, 258 feet; diameter, 47
feet. The bag was made of a com
position of rubber. Beneath the im
mense cigar-shaped bag was a small
car about one hundred and fifty feet
long. The bottom of the car was com
posed of a round steel tank, about
two feet in diameter and about one
hundred feet long. In this tank
was stored the gasoline. The car
was connected to the gas bag by a
steel tubing. On the platform rested
a one andred horse-power motor, two
eighty horse-power motors, and one
seventy horse-power motor and a
small dynamo. The sleeping accom
modations for the crew were ham
mocks strung up in the car. The dis
aster has shocked people here.
The airmen had been planning the
flight for some time and only await
ed favorable winds. At daybreak the
morning conditions seemed favorable
and to those who watched Vani
manis many flights, this one seemed
at the start, the most successful of
all. The crew seemed to have perfect
control, and she rose rapidly. After
circling about the inlet and over the
mainland the ship’s nose was pointed
out to sea. Thousands crowded the
beach and boardwalk to witness the
event.
When about one thousand feet in
the air the spectators saw7 a puff of
smoke from the forward end of the
bag. Then it exploded.
Votes To Move To Greensboro.
Raleigh, N. C„ July 2, 1912 —
At a special meeting of the Direc
tors of the Jefferson Standard this
afternoon it was voted to move to
Greensboro by August 1st and a com
mittee was named to make arrange
ments. The stockholders will meet
July 25th to finally accept the re
port.
The oldest member of the House
of Commons, and undoubtedly the
oldest member of any deliberative bo
dy in the world, is Samuel Young,
Liberal member for East Cavan. He
is 92 years old, though one unac
quainted with him would not think
him over 60. He made a half-h°nr
speech in favor of home rule during
one of the recent debates.
Never use the eyes when they are
tired or painful, nor with an insuffi
cient or dazzling light. Lamps should
OUR FOREIGN
TRADE GREAT
Billion of Manufactured Articles Sent Out
During Fiscal Year Just Ended
Pood Stuff*, Hides, Rubber and Raw
Silk Leading Commodities Let
In Untaxed.
Washington, D. C., June 30.—The
> foreign commerce of the United State
1 made a new and remarkable record ir
( the fiscal year just ended. The total
[ value of the merchandise entering an<
leaving the country in its trade with
( foreign lands and its own island pos
sessions in the fiscal year 1912 was
$4,000,000,000; the value of manufac*
, tures exported was more than $1,000,
I 000,000, and the value of non-dutiable
merchandise entering the country
t during the year ending June 30th,
i 1912, about $900, 000, 000 worth was
i from foreign countries and $100,000,
. 000 worth from Hawaii and Porto Ri
co.
, Of the merchandise coming from for
eign countries only (and not in
cluding that from Hawaii and Porto
. Rico) 53.5 per cent entered free of
,, duty, against 44.3 per cent during the
: entire period of the Dingley law, 48.8
| per cent under the Wilson law, and
■ 53 per cent under the McKinley law
' when the admission of sugar free of
, duty made the percentage of duty-fret
.| imports unusually large, but not so
high as that of the year lust ended.
, In fact, the value of duty-free mer
chandise entering from foreign coun
tries in 1912 not only exceeds by far
I that of any earlier year, but also
forms a larger share of the total im
ports than in any previous years ex
i cept 1892 and 1894, the opening and
closing years of the operations of the
j McKinley law, when the imports of
| sugar free of duty were abnormally
large.
Highest Duty-Free Figure. ’
Imports of duty-free merchandise
j never reached as much as $100,000,
'000 prior to 1873. They touched the
; $200,000,000 line in 1880, the $300,000,
000 line in 1891, the $400,000,000 line
in 1892, the $500,000,000 line in
j 1905, the $600,000,000 line in 1907,
| the $700,000,000 line in 1910, and in
; 1912 approximated $900,000,000; and
j the addition of the merchandise com
ing from our own islands brings the
grand total of non-dutiable merchan
I dise in the fiscal year 1912 up to a
| round $1,000,000,000.
I The principal articles forming the
'$1,000,000,000 worth of duty-free mer
jchandise entering continental United
States during the fiscal year 1912 are
according to the latest reports of the
| Bureau of Statistics of the Departmer
' of Commerce and Labor, foodstuffs
J and manufacturers’ materials. The
; foodstuffs entering without payment
of duty included about $120,000,000
worth of coffee, approximately $35,
000,000 worth of tea and cocoa, over
$20,000,000 worth of fruits and nuts,
$5,000,000 wmrth of spices and about
$90,000,000 worth of sugar from Por
to Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines.
The manufacturers’ materials enter
ing free of duty included approximate
ly $100,000,000 worth of hides and
skins, over $100,000,000 worth of Indu j
rubber and substitutes therefor, about
$65,000,000 worth of raw silk, $50,
000,000 worth of tin in bars, blocks
and pigs; $45,000,000 worth of copper
in ore and pigs, $30,000,000 worth of
fibers, including hemp, jute and sis
al, and about $20,000,000 worth of raw
cotton.
Manufactures Leading Export.
Of more than $1,000,000,000 worth
of manufactures exported during the
year those of iron and steel aggregat
ed about $275,000,000 in value; copper
and mineral oils, each more than (
$100,000,000; lumber and other manu- j
; factures of wood, nearly $100,000,000;
leather and manufactures thereof,
about $60,000,000; and cotton manu !
factures, about $50,000,000. Manufac
tures exported in the month of May
amounted to $108,000,000 for the sin
gle month, and formed 63 per cent
of the total domestic exports of that
month. For the full fiscal year man
j ufactwes formed about 46 per cent 1
1 of the total domestic export.
During the 34 months in which the j
present tariff law has beep in opera
tion manufactures exported averaged
$73,000,000 per month and formed 45
per cent of the total exports. Dur
ing the entire existence of the Ding
ley law they averaged $46,000,000 per
month and formed 37 per cent of the
total exports; during the entire ope
rations of the Wilson law exports of
manufactures averaged $22,000,000 pe:
month and formed 29 per cent of the
total exports, and during the exist
ence of the McKinley law they aver
aged $16,000,000 per month and form
ed 21 per cent of the total exports.
THOMAS R. MARSHALL VICE
PRESIDENT.
Selected by the Baltimore Conven
tion by Acclamation After Two
Ballot* Had Been Taken Without
Result.
When the convention at Balti
more nominated Woodrow Wilson for
President Tuesday afternoon on the
46th ballot, it adjourned at 3:30 tffl
9:30.
When the convention re-assembled
at the appointed hour the platform
was read by the chairman of the com
mittee, Senator Kern, and adopted
without a dissenting v®te.
The only thing left was to nomi
nate a candidate for vice-president.
The following names were placed
before the convention: Champ Clark,
whose name was withdrawn; Govern
or John Burke, of North Dakota;
Governor Thomas R. Marshall, of In
diana; Senator George Chamberlain,
of Oregon, E. W. Hurst, of Illinois,
and Mayor Preston, of Baltimore.
Bryan’s name was presented, but he
withdrew in a short speech in which
he turned over the leadership of the
party to Governor Wilson.
The first ballot resulted: Mar-1
shall 389; Burke 395; Chamberlain!
157; Hurst 77; Preston 18.
Second ballot: Marshall 645; Burke
387; Chamberlain 12.
Burke and Chamberlain were then
withdrawn and a Marshall nominated
by acclamation.
The convention adjourned sine
die at 1:56 A. M., Wednesday, July
3rd.
SAW BURGLAR IN DREAM.
Miss Schwartz Awakes To Find a
Negro In Room.
Dreaming that she was being pur
sued by burglars, Miss Emma
Schwartz, 15 years old, 2215 East
Monument street, awoke about 12:30
o’clock yesterday morning in time j
to see a negro leaving her bedroom.
The girl cried aloud for help, and 1
Mr. Frederick Riess and his son,
John, who live in the same house,
went to her assistance. The father !
sent his son for a policeman, while
he himself ran to the street in pur
suit of the negroe, who had escaped
by jumping from a window to a
brick yard in the rear of the house.
Patrolman Patterson helped in the
search and soon found Luke Fow
ler, a negro 25 years old, of Madi
son street. He took then egro be
fore Miss Schwartz, who identified
him as the negro she had seen leav
ing the room.
Arraigned before Justice Dean, at1
the Northeastern Police Station, Fow
ler was committed for court on the
charge of feloniously entering the !
house. He denied the charge.—Balti- |
more Sun.
EDWIN BORDEN PASSES AWAY. |
General Superintendent Transporta-j
tion of A. C. L. Died in New York.
Wilmington, June 30.—Edwin Bor
den, general superintendent of the
Atlantic Coast Line, died this after
noon at Clifton Springs, N. Y„ where
he had gone for his health following a
stroke of paralysis suffered a few j
days ago. The body will be brought j
to Wilmington Tuesday for inter- 1
ment.
j Mr. Borden was 59 years old and j
had been with the Atlantic Coast:
Line since he was a mere lad, w'ork- i
ing up to his last position from tele- 1
graph operator.
He was twice married. Surviving arc
his widow and four daughters—Mrs.
Cannon, of Concord; Misses Alice,
Mary and Duralde Borden, of Wil
mington, and one stepdaughter, Mrs. ;
Gibbons, of Hamlet. j
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Filth and stagnant water breed flies J
and mosquitoes. Flies and mosquitoes c
give us typhoid, malaria and a lot o j?
intestinal diseases. See the point? *
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ORDERS A PRIMARY
Full Attendance And Unannon In TMt
Decision For His Method
On That Date- the Legislative ait#
County Officers Will Be Named by,
A Direct Vote of the People.
The Democratic Executive Com*
ralttee met here Monday and order*
ed a county primary to be held os
Thursday, August 15th, for the par*
pose of nominating the Legislative
and County officers. There was a
large attendance of the committee.
Chairman Z. L. LeMay presided
Mr. E. F. Ward, the secretary, wag
on hand to record the proceedings.
After the meeting had been call*
ed to order and its object stated, Mr.
F. T. Booker, the committeeman from
Cleveland, offered a motion for a
county primary* The roll was call
ed and every township was represent
ed in the vote except Clayton, In
grams and Smithfield. Every mem
ber voted aye until Bentonsvllle was
reached when Committeeman W. N.
Rose voted no. All the rest of thg
members present voted aye and be
fore the announcement was made Mr.
Rose changed his vote to aye, mak
ing it unanimous.
Rules and regulations were adopt
ed and Thursday, August 15th, se
lected as the date on which the prl*
mary will be held. It will be held
under the provisions of the Johnston
County Primary Law which was pub
lished in these columns a few weeks
ago.
The rules and regulations will be
published in our next issue.
GOLD IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Increase In Gold But Decrease In
Silver Production In North
Carolina in 1911.
North Carolina easily retained first
place among the Eastern States tn
1911 in the output of gold, its pro
duction being nearly one-half of tha
total yield of the Appalachian States,
according to IT. D. McCaskey, of tha
U. S. Geological Survey. The gold
recovered in 1911 was 3,399.89 fine
ounces valued at $70,282, an in
crease over the production of 1910,
of 108.21 ounces, and of $2,237 in val
ue. The silver was obtained solely
in refining the gold produced and
amounted to 943 fine ounces, val
ued at $500, a decrease of 8,110 oun
ces in quantity and $4,388 in valua.
No production of copper was report
ed by any of the mines and the largd
decrease in the silver output wai
due to this fact.
The total value of the production
of gold and silver in North Carolina
was $70,782, which is $19,996 less
than the value of the gold, silver,
and copper in 1910.
There were 22 producing placer
mines in 1911 and 9 deep mines. The N ^
deep mines treated 21,810 short tom
of siliceous gold ore with an aver
age recovery in gold and silver of
$3.01 per ton.
The placers of North Carolina
yielded 247.24 fine ounces of gold and
22 fine ounces of silver, which is
only about one-half as much as the
1910 production. The siliceous ores
yielded over 400 fine ounces of gold
more than in 1910.
Telegraphs of the World.
It is about 60 years since the
introduction of the electric tele
graph, as the system was known in
this country up to its acquisition by
the postoffice. The lines now in
existence are sufficient to go round
the world 138 times. Put in other
words, they would reach the moon 16
times. The total number of offices
is given at 130,000, with 160,000 ap
paratus, which send out annually
300,000,000 dispatches. The English,
we read, make the greatest use of
the telegraph, it being estimated
that tor every 100 persons there are
sen£ out 194 messages. France fol
lows, with 152 messages. Next come
penmark, with 118; Belgium, with
104, and Germany, with 91. The re
;ord telegram extended over 20,000
rords. Others of' 10,000 are men
ioned.—London Globe.