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IT IS COX ANDTOMS - r Republican State Convention Names Standard Bearers - THE MEETING WAS HARMONIOUS State Republican Convention Ad journs After Sessions Lasting Two Days Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, Given First Place on Ticket Md Mr. Charles French Toms, of Hemfiersonville, the Second—Dr. Gyros Thompson Named Fcr Sec retary of State. Charlotte, N. C., Special.—At 5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon the Republican State Convention which assembled here at noon Wednesday, eompletcd its work apd adjourned tine die. A platform was adopted and a State ticket nominated. Jue'ge Adams, as leader of the Republican organization in the State, ielievercd the opening address of tho sonvention. Judge Adnms declared that the Republican electors would * carry North Carolina and that Taft and Sherman would sweep the cuontry because the Republican party stands for and has always stood for, the best interests of the whole people. After listening to the speech of State Chairman Adams, the conven tion took a recess until 8 o'clock Wednesday night. The Night Session. At 8:45 Judge Adams colled the neeting to order and announced.that »e would appoint Mr. Daniel A. Ka oipe, of Marion,' sergeant-at-arms. This had a quieting effect upon the boys. Mr. Kanipe is a foimadible cit izen and able to throw out an ordi nary citizen. The report of the committee on sredentials was made by Mr. Charles French Toms, of Hcndersonville. The following counties were not repre- t lented: Anson, Ashe, Graham, Hyde, Macon, Northampton and Yadkin. There were no contests. Mr. Charles A. Reynolds, of Win iton-Salem, put in nomination for permanent chairman of the conven tion, Mr. A. H. Price, of Salisbury, h a brief speech. Ho said that Mr. Price was eminently fit for the posi tion. Mr. Virgil S. Lusk, of Ashe ville, seconded the nomination of Mr. Price in a characteristic speech. He declared that he had been voting tile Republican ticket in Buncombe county for 43 years. The first speech he made for the cause was to three white men and 500 negroes. In the toming election, he said, Buncombe Republicans would cast 3.000 votes. A prediction of victory was made. Mr. Price was escorted to the chaii by George W. DePriest, of Gaston, and Mr. Lusk and Mr. Adams intro • iuced bim. On taking the chair as permanent chairman Mr. Price made a strong ipeech, declaring for the interests of the party and claiming that Repub- this ye.ir is sure. The convention re-assembled Thursday at noon and proceeded to the work of naming a State ticket. Mr. J. Elwood Cox was placed in nomination for governor by Prof. J. f. Britt. In ncepting the nomina tion Mr. Cox sai l: Mr. Cox's Speech. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: I recognise it. is a great honor to be Governor of the Great State of North Carolina. 1 appreciate the fact that it is a great honor to be consid ered and to ba nominated for this high office by a great convention like this, representing as it does one hun dred thousand or more white Repub licans, mostly native horn, and as food men as ever trod shoeleathcr or xdonged to an; r political party any where. My friends, yo~. well know I ,have not sought this honor, but have re peatedly said that I could not stand for it, or in any sense be considered i candidate. My business interests, •nd the interests of others .under my esre, fully occupy my time and atten tion. But when a man is drafted, as it were, by such a magnificent assem blage of representative North Caro linians, what can he do but accept. I desire to emphasize one feature of this great convention, which has impressed me more perhaps than any other, and which appeals strongly to me, and which has had largely to do with my decision, and that is the pipsence of so many intelligent, stal wart yonng men who have enlisted under the Republican standard. This emphatically means a brighter dav for the Republican party in North Carolina. I thank you, gentlemen, for tbi* IT igb-honor. You-must un derstand, howerer, that in my case this campagti will be a quiet one, conducted in a dignified manner. It will be on a hi;h plane, and an peal made to the reason and intelli gence and not to the prejudices of our people. I shall later in a more fonhal way make known mv views apon tho c e issues in which our peo ple are so vitally interested. Few Words From Mr. Tom*. Mr. Z. V. Walser, of Davidson, in troduced Mr. Toms, who said that he considered it an honor to be the nominee of his party for Lieutenant Governor. At Chicago, where he saw the convention that nominated Taft and Sherman, ho thanked God that he was a Republican. Again, when he read that Bryan had fed the ne groes on chicken, he rejoiced. At 2:30 the convention adjourned to meet again at 3:30, on motion of A. A. Whitener, seconded by Judge Spencer Adams. Mr. .J Elwood Cox. Fifty-two years of age is the Re publican nominee for Governor ol Norlh Carolina. On the Ist day ol November, 1856, Mr. J. Elwood COJ was born in Northampton county and since that time he has been continu ous-lv a resident of this State and playing, since the attainment of the years of manhood, a pofeutial part in its commereiil upbuilding. His life history is the story of steady, ener getic self-development and of untir ing exercise of his fine business qual ifications in a way which has won for him a high place among the business men of the Comonwealth. Mr. Cox s of a sturdy English de scent. His earliest known ancestor in this State was Joseph Cox, who camo from. England, settled in the county of Perquimans and built a homo there. He, the great-grandfather of Mr. Elwood Cox, was a teacher and a preacher, a firm believer in the ten ets of the Quaker belief and influen tial in promulgating this faith among the settlers in that section. William Rogerson, a Revolutionary soldier, was another great-grandfather. The father of Mr. "Cox, Jonathan E. Cox, was also a teacher and a preacher. In 1858, when his son was two years of age, he left his Northampton farm and accepted the superintendence - of the Quaker school at New Garden, Guilford county, which, after years of successful management by him, was converted into Guilford College. Here young Cox recoived tho train ing that fitted him for the important station in life ho has accepted. ' On the 23d day of October, 1878, he was married to Miss Bertha E. Snow, the only daughter of Capt. William H. Snow, who has been spok en of as "tho father and founder of the real High Point," where in the year 1880 he moved. This marriage, as events transpired, was an import ant event in the life of Mr .Cox and of the section, as it led to the asso ciation of Mr. Cox and Captain Snow in the manufacture of hardwood, at that time on industry practically un known in North Carolina. With what success this industry was nursed un til it sprang into power all \orth Carolina knows. Today the business has grown until, through its branch plants, it covers, nearly every State in the South and its finished product reaches nearly every country in Eu rope. Mr. Cox now supplies the de mand of nearly the entire world for shuttle blocks. Scarcely less important has been the work of Mr. Cox in other fields of commercial advancement. In 1888- 80 he was one of a half dozen citizens of High Point who combined with leading citizens of Randolph to se cure a railroad from Asheboro to High Point. The result was the se curing of a charter for the organiza tion of the High Point. Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railway Com pany, which was put into operation in July, 1839. He was one of the first directors of that company and has been one of it* directors con tinuously since. He has been one of the executive committee for years- Again he was an active promoter of the establishment in 1891 of the Com mercial National Bank of Hisrh Point when better banking facilities were demanded. At the first meeting of the directors he was chosen president, a position which he has occupied with signal ability for seventeen years. Mr. Cox was one of the backers of the Homo Furniture Company, of Hicrh Point. He was a charter share holder in the organization and crea tion of the Globe Furniture Com pany, which makes the higher grades of furniture. His was the iden of the consolidation of the two into the Globe-Home Furniture Company, making it the largest furniture plan* in the South, with a capital of $170,- 000. Since the consolidation of the company he has been its president, Mr. Cox is also a director of the Greensboro Loan and Trust Com pany, one of Greensboro's strongest financial institutions. He is presi dent of the Southern Car Works of High Point, and other manufacturing companies in different towns . Quite apart from his activities in the world of commerce has been the part wheh Mr. Cox has plaved in the educational and governmental realms. He has been an unfailing friend to Guilford College, giving both of his ability and his means to its effectiveness. FEEDING OATS IN SHEAF. There will be an uncommonly large amount of oats cut this season to he fed oat la the sheaf. The object is twofold—getting both grain and rough age from the one crop. If oats are cut at the proper stage It makes first rate feed. It should be cut Just after the berry reaches the dough stage and before the straw colors up very mhch. At this stage horses will eat the straw up clean. If one Is as careful as to the time of harvesting and meth od of handling oats as of clover hay the bundles will remain nice and fresh until away along the next winter. Many put np a few acres of their oats In this way and for winter feeding run the bundles through a cutter. The main thing is to harvest the crop before the straw becomes woody. If it is left un til the straw is well colored, then I should, rather trash out the grain and use the straw for coarse feed and bed ding.—iL. C. Brown, In the Tribune Farmer. TICKET AND PLATFORM OF N. Declaration of Friciples of the State RepubUcan Party as Given by the Charlotte Convention. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Governor—J. Ehvood Cox, of Guilford. Lieutenant Governor— | les French Toms, of Henderson. Secretary of State —Dr. Cy rus Thopmosn, of Onslow. Auditor—John Quincey Ad ams Wood, of Pasquotank. Treasurer—W. E. Grigys, of Lincoln. Superintendent of Public In ! struetion—Rev. Dr. J. L. M. I Lyerly, of Rowan. I Attorney General—Jake F. Newell, of Mecklenburg. Commissioner of Agriculture —J. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir. Corporation Commissioner I Harry G. Elmore, of Rowan. Insurance Commissioner J. B. Norris, of Wilkes. Commissioner of Labor and Printing—C. M. Ray, of Meck lenburg. Elect ors-At-Large —A. A. Whitener, of Catawba. and Thomas Settle, of Buncombe. The Platform. We, Republicans of North Caro lina, in convertion assembled, com mend tho wisdom of the national Re publican convention, and congratu late the people of the United States on tho nomination of William H. Taft for the presidency of this great republic, and we endorse the prin ciples and policies of the Republi can parky at, enunciated in its plat form at Chica o, Juno 1(1, 1908, and we endorse the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. We appeal to the pcole of North Carolina to set the welfare of our State above party and above preju dice; to exercise their freedom to conscience; and to choose those men for public office whom they deem best fitted to serve the public interest. We ask the people to consider wheth er they will best promote the welfare of the State by committing itt, af fairs to the radical faction now in control of the Democratic purty or by voting for the candidates and policies we offjr. We ask all thoughtful North Caro linians to consider particularly whether the present Democratic Gov ernor and Legislature have dealt wisely or justly with all classes of our citizens in the laws they have ricently passed concerning railroads and the violent measurec they have taken to give these laws effect. We believe in regulating railroads and other public carriers strictly and sarefully and in compelling all cor porations to obey the law as faith fully as the humblest private citi zen. But we do not believe that Legislatures are competent to fix ali •olutcly the precise rates at which passengers and freight shall be car ried. We are cure that the Legis lature of this State, which attempted to fix passenger rates absolutely and neglected freight rates —much the more substantial grievance of our people —had neither the special know ledge tior the right spirit for such an undert'king. They disregarded the constitution of the United States? and the} threw thousands of North Carolin ians out of employment. We denounce in unmeasured terms the unwarranted and uncalled for at tack of the Democrats on capital, culminating in tho fight on our rail roads involving the State as it did in costly litigation; paralyzing business threw thousands of laborers out of employment, drove millions of capi tal from the State, and sent railroad securities down to le3s than half iheir value. We pledge ourselves, if the people entrust us with power, to set our selves against two kinds of injustice: The injustice which permits wealthy corporations and individuals -t-o prey upon the poor, and the injustice which sacrifices property and de ranges business in order that cheap demagogues may get to keep office. We lavor the policy of the State furnishing free of charge and under proper regulations to every child in the public schools all necessary text books; the further jmpro"frement and extension at whatever cost, of the public school system, embodied in the constitution of North Carolina by the Republican party. Wc favoi the education of all ourMiildren up to the very limit of our available means. We also favor a liberal policy «*ith our higher institutions of learning. The South needs highly trained men, and we would have the necessary training provided here, so far as we have the means, and put within the reach of our youne men of talent nnd industry, to tpe end that Southerners may guide o,rir people in the develop ment of our reeources in gt/vernment in batuiessj in the beautifying of our towns, Jour and our homes and in the/felevation of our dailv life. This is also true of our institutions of charity, particularly the provision made for the blind, the deaf and the insane, for the e3ciency with which any community minister* to such un fortunate beings is a measure of its civiluatioss . It is equally true of oar Confederate veterans who have not the means of self-support; the State loves and honors them, and they must not be permitted to suffer want. Wo denounce the Democratic party for not keeping its repeated pledges to provide our Confederate soldiers r.nd their widows with suit able pensions commensurate witb their services to the State and wp be lieve that whenever practicable they should be given the preference in matters of employment, and all tinners being equal, they should be Vcnored with the emoluments of of fice. We demand fair election law, which will permit on elector to cast a ballot privately, without interfer ence tr dotation. We favor, as we have ever favor ed, local self-government, and de mand the right to elect by the peo ple all members of the county board of education, eouuty superintendent of public instruction, county commis sioners, tax collectors ami justices of the peace. e l'avor an extension nnd im provement of the public roads of the Stale, and believe that the employ ment iif the State's convicts on such work is the best use that can be made of criminals convicted of crimes; we further favor a law pro hibiting the use of striped Uniforms upon all persons convicted of mis demeanors in the courts of North Carolina. We favor the establishment of one or two reformatories for the correc tion of youthful crimiuals convicted of minor offenses, and we favor a separate reformatory for females convicted of similar offenses. We pledge ourselves to a liberal appropriation for the care nnd sup port of our charitable institutions. We favor the exemption from tax ation of two hundred dollars worth of personal property owned by each ''older in the state of North Carolina. We believe in the dignity of labor and the elevation of the wage earner, and pledge our party to the enact ment of such laws as will best pro mole this end; wc believe that labor and capital are co-ordinate branches of our industrial life —each neces sary to the other—that neither can prosper without the otlwr, and look ing to this end we pledge our party to the enactment of such laws as will so far ns possible create the kind 1 lest feeling between labor and capital, remove all causes for conflict between the two and promote the upbuilding of both classes in North Carolina. We favor restricting immigration rigiillv, admitting none but the bet ter class to our shores, and protect ing American labor against foreign cheap labor of Europe and the Orient. Wo believe the South should no longer hold itself politically separate and apart from the rest of the coun try We believe the time has come when no interest or principle uny longer demand such isolation. We nsk the people of North Carolina to □rive us their suffrages, not merely because the Democratic party under its present leadership, both in the State and in the nation, is unfit for power; not merely because the can didates were here nominated and the policies we reecommend, are worthy f acceptance, but because every Re publican vote cast in the South is a vote for freedom, a vote for the right of our children to enter fully into the life of the great republic, which our fathers labored and fought and ■> ffered to establish. • Flood Sufforera In Augusta. Augusta, (in.. Special.—Flood suf ferers are receiving lirsl attention Car loads of provisions sent from At lanta lasted less than an hour. Mat)} lialf-naked white women with child ien in the s'rects for foot nid clothing nn 1 there are manj others clamoring for something to at and wear. Relief associations aid individuals are doing all they can to relieve tiie distress. Streets 11 leys, gul leys and sewers are it I.ad condition and there is not enougl v. ater to flush them. Republicans Win in Vermont. White River Junction, Vermont, special.—The Republicans won the lection in Vermont Tue-day by ca"- i ing the State for Lieutenant Gov ■ :jior Gkorg-' 11. Polity, of Newport, .J, a' governOr bv about 2ft,000 votes over James K. Burke, of Burlington, '>is Democratic opponent. His plu ■ alitv vas the smallest on a presi ntm! year since 1 -S!V2. when it was i>nly 17.*).%, and was followed by a democratic nationrl vctory, but it v !,s larger than in 18SS and only vichtly lefs than in 1900. Usee Gun on Alleged Daepoiler of His Home. Dristol, Tenn., Special.—Charles Armstrong, a prominent and wealthy cattle raiser shot and killed Andrew Arnold, a merchant fourteen miles n >rth of Rogersvillc, (in Hawkins county). The shooting was caused, it is said, because of Arnold's alleged Brtimeey with Mrs. Armstrong. No arrest has yet been made. Armstrong left home presumably for Rogers ville but returned unexpectedly and found Arnold at his home. TRAVEL, AS TEAjCHER. ' 'Travel forms the young" Is a French proverb. So It does, and It also helps a teacher to become forma tive Travel Is good for teachers pro fessionally, became travel is good for everybody who Is hale and sane. "There's fools o' fowk what never haves their toes off their door steps, little brother," a grpsy said to me forty years ago. I am glad I have never been one of those.— J. H. Yor all, M. P.. In T. P.'« Weekly. WILL IMPROVE SERVICE -j-jr * Southern to Shorten Time Between New York and Now Orleans. Washington, Special.—ln antici pation of a reviyal in business condi tions in the South and as a result of cortain improvements made during the summer, the Southern Railway w:ll improve its New York and New Orleans train servisc. Commencing September 7th the run of the South bound Limited will be shortened by two hours and the Northbound Limit ed will make the run in three and s half hours less* than tho present sche dule calls for. Snow Falls in Maryland. Baltimore, Md., Special.—There' was a light fall of snow here Wed nesday night and also in other parts of Maryland and West Virginia. New York, Special.—-As a result of the cool weather two hundred men and women, many of the latter with babies in their arms, slept in the city jnqrgne Wednesday night, glad to accept the gruesome hospitality of the dead house. This is the first time in the biskory of New York that tho morgue has had to be improvised as a lodging house. They appeared in ■uoh numbers at last that the relief association could not take care of them, and hundreds were turned away, even with the morguo open to tfcem. No Ball For the Haind Brothers. New York, Special.—Capt. Pfcter C. Hams and his brother, T. Jenkins Ilaina, wore arraigned charged with the murder of William E. Annis, and held without bail for the grand jury. The most startling testimony brought out at the hearing was the testi mony of Charles 11. Roberts, who said that immediately aftor the shooting T. Jenkins liains snid he thought that drawing a gun and holding tho crowd in check was tho best way to prevent further blood shed. A motion of counsel for the defense to dismiss the chargo against T. J. liains was dismissed. Only three witnesses were oxamincd. Ne reference was made to the cane fot tho shooting. Shot by Oar Thieves. Savannah, (ia., Special.—Nows was brought to the city by an Atlantic Coast Line trnin crew, of the fatal shooting of a white merchant named Litchfield and a negro named Joseph Francis and the wounding of Town Marshal Soliman at Yemasse, S. C., by two negro car thieves. For some time the thieves had been at work. They were discovered at the edge of the towa in a strip of woods, and the town marshal formed a posse to arrest them. The attempt resulted in the shooting. Now Religious Sect. Chicago, Special.—Declaring that they received a divine manifestation from out of the clouds fifteen years ago, with a warning not to reveal its nature until August 29th of this year, Albert Blakely nnd his wife Jennie, are preparing to make •- tho revelation public . BJakoly is a car penter and has been a profound student of the Bible for many yoars He deoinrc# his intention of found ing a new religious sect based on his "revelation," and asserts that all who do not accept it will be sure ly darund. A Record for a Submarine.- New York. Special.—The subma rine has made fifteen dives during the present month. This, the offi cers say, is the woild's record. One dive was made under the training ship Chester and one under Bren ton's reef light ship. Both were ofceared without difficulty. „ NOWB of the Day. Tho German frown Prince Itns ■hocked bureaucrats by returning •ome reports with deprecatory com ments on red tape, -Sixteen coaches were held up by the lone highwayman who appeared in Yellowstone Park Monday. The Cuban elections are to be held November 14th. It is said that President Roosevelt will roturn to the White House at least 10 days earlier than in former years. The War Department has ordered Colonel Stewart, the armv exile at an abandoned post in Arizona, to take the 90-mile tost ride. The revolutionary movement to overthrow President Castro, of Ven ezeula, next October is said to be making rapid headway. Eight workmen were killed and a number of others injnrcd by the col lapse of a walT at Chelsea, Mass. Disastrous floods are reported from 6outh Carolina. An independent beef company has beer, organized in Chicago, and it promises cheaper meat. \ . Lieut.-Cem. Roscoc Spear, U. S. N., died of a disease contracted in the Philippines 1 years ago . Mr James P. Aeiee, 53 years old, a widely known Danville warehouse man, died after a long illness. Members of the subcommittee of the National Monetary Commiamoa were guests of Ambassador White, at a luncheon. I . ■ jjg The Ampripan Bar Association be gan its sessions in Seattle. The referee appointed to hear the charges against District Attorney Jerome ruled that shaking dice for drinks or money is not a crime, b*t that psrmiiung them to be shaken is. The referee who heard the charges brought agains: District Attorney Jerome eompleteVv exonerates h-m. King Alfonso arrived in London on his way to the I>.« of Wi«ht, where he is to meet Queen Victoria. Atlantic City's Dry Sunday. Atlantic City, N. J., Special.—A real blue Sunday came to Atlantis City Sunday. Many persons familiar with the history of this far-famed re sort have been inclined to doubt, the possibility of such a thing, but Sun day every one of the 220 saloons and hotel bars were closed. They were closed alike to bona fide guests as well as to strangers just arrived within the pates. It is said that this was the fourth time in the fifty-four years of its existence that a drinkless day was experienced at Atlantic City. tOW TO PREI'ARE FAT FROM SUET, ETC. Cut the fat la small pieces, cove* ■with cold water and let stand ovei night; pour off this water, add fresll, water or milk —a cup to each twf pounds of fat —and let cook very slow ly until the pieces are light brown i| color, and the fat Is clear and still sound of bubbling or cooking). Strain •hrouah a cloth and press the fat from for *. -»cond quality of fat. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Hake Impure Blood. All the blood In your body passes through your klaneys once every three minutes. fThe kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or Impurities in the blood, if they are sick or out of order, they fall to do their work. Pains, aches andrheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart la over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. ' It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning In kidney trouble. ,«► If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. 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It can always be depended npon, even In the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhoea ana cholera infantum in children, and is the means of Baring the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Every man of a family should keep thir remedy in his home. Buy it now. PRICE, 25C. LAROE SIZE, 60C. J. B. SFELLERi —Dealer in— Wood, Shingles, Poultry, Eggs and Furs. We carry a big line of Wall • Paper. WlHiamston, N. C.
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