RETURNS CHANGE
FIGURES UTTLE
IN STATE ELECTION—OFFICIAL
TABULATION RECEIVED IN
FEW COUNTIES ONLY.
ESTIMATES ARE BORNE OUT
In the Senatorial Primary As Well As
the State At Large By Later Figures
—The Informal ts Are Very Careless
In Reporting.
Raleigh —With the added vote of a
few counties, the result in the sena
torial primary if unchanged, Senator
Simmons having about 25,000 majority.
No table is printed because the
changes were too inconsequential to
make necessary a new one. A few
counties have sent in their majorities
but few of their total vote. It is
therefore impossible to say how many
votes were cast in the senatorial pri
mary.
The sweeping character of the vic
tory makes the difficulty of detailed
statement greater. The Democratic
headquarters will wire a local lead
er in a county asking how the county
went. And that gentleman will tele
graph the senatorial vote, say "the
county is safe," and that's all that can
be secured.
The majority of the state ticket is
equally unknown. There are estimates
from &0.000 to 70,000. These figures
Indicate the highest and lowest
guesses. There is probably not a
state ofllcer who has received ICSB than
60,000. The electoral ticket has been
given substantially the same majority.
The general assembly complexion
Is unchanged. They are pretty nearly
all Democrats. Former Lieutenant
Governor R. A. Dougflton brought the
good news that E. S. Coffey, conced
ed the opposition, was chosen from
the Boone district.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of Btate granted
charters to the Hart Brothers Com
pany, of Wadesboro, and the Pink
Hill Tobacco Company, of Fink Hill,
Lenoir county. The Barth Brothers
corporation with capital of |50,000 au
thorized and $6,000 paid In. W. V.
Hart, W. H. Belk, of Charlotte, J. E.
Hart and W. L. Little of Wadesboro,
are the Incorporators. The Pink HUI
Tobacco Company is chartered for
16,000, but begins with 1750. George
Turner, lvey B. Smith, Thaddeus A.
Turner' Lonnie Smith and W. J. Smith
are the charterers.
Freshman Held on 9500 Bond.
On the charge of an assault, Gordon
Rhodes, the freshman who, on the
night of October 28, shot and serious
ly wounded Frank Powers, when the
latter attempted to haze him, was
bound over to the next term of the
superior court under a SSOO bond. At
torney Rauss, of Kinston, counsel for
Rhodes, waived the right of exam
ination. The case will be tried in the
January teim of the superior court
of Wake county.
The Next State Senate.
The next state senate in North Caro
lina will have but three Republican
members in it. And there will be
forty-seven Democrats. The three dis
tricts with Republicans elected af
senators are the twenty-seventh, Sur
ry and Btokes, John W. Hall; the
twenty-eighth, Davie, Wilkes and
Yadkin, A. T. Grant; the thirty-fifth,
Avery, Madison, Mitchell and Yancey,
Charles B. Mashburn. In the house
there wilt be 106 Democrats and 14
Republicans.
Actor Beriously Stabbed.
Alonzo Ditto, an Italian vaudeville
actor playing at Salisbury, was seri
ously stabbed four times with a knife
near the Orubb Theater. Officers are
looking for two fellow-boarders who
are supposed to know something of
the crime.
Cutting Affray Near Kinston.
News reached Kinston of a serious
affray which occurred at the polling
place at Prescott, a rural community
in Duplin county, four or five miles
from the Lenoir line, on election night
in which Oscar Stroud was severely
cut and Marshal Grady slightly hurt
It is stated that the quarrel which
smarted the fight was not connected
with the election, but was over a prl
vate matter. Knives were drawn ant"
Grady cut Stroud terribly with a sin
gle slash. The wounded man was con
sldered In a precarious condition.
Cleveland School Commencement.
At a recent meeting of the teacherr
of Cleveland county it was unani
mously decided to have a county com
' mencetnent next spring. The plan is
to have five or six thousand school
children form in a long procession and
march over the principal streets of
Shelby. State Superintendent Joyner
has consented to come and deliver an
address and Governor Locke Cralff
will also be invited to speak on tbl?
occasion. To the children who have
finished a prescribed course of study
Mr. Joyner will deliver a diploma.
DURHAM AND WAKE BOUNDARY
The County Attorney Will Take th«
Matter Up For Final Settlement
—Case of Long Standing.
Raleigh.—The county commissioners
instructed county attorney B. C. Beck
with to force a settlement of Durham
in the matter of the change of the
Wake county line, the delay of the
settlement being due it is said by
the failure of the Durham county at
torney to make a final report.
Last fall a petition was presented
by a large number of citizens of
White Oak township, m Wake county
to change the line in order that part
of the township could be annexed to
Durham. They wanted the transfer
because Dtirham was really nearer
than Raleigh. The change of the
township line waß arranged and thoae
citizens have been annexed to Dur
ham county for several months. Mr.
Beckwith has made several trips tc
Durham in arranging a settlement,
but BO far nothing has been done.
Mr. Beckwith stated that there wat
no friction between the two counties
and the action of tne coasmtsslouers
was only to give him the crcper au
thority. He will go to Durham with
in a few days.
The commissioners adjourned their
regular monthly November session af
ter two days' business, most of which
was principally of a routine nature.
A synopsis is as follows:
The matter of the petition fro«
certain citfzens of Leesville township
In regard to a change of line, which
was deferred from the last month'r
session, was again brought up by the
board and after discussion was de
nied.
The road leading from Raleigh
through the Franks settlement in
Swift Creek township was discon
tinued as a highway and placed in the
hands of supervisors as a public road
Are Active For Good Roads.
Members of the Ashevllle and Bun
combe County Good Roads Association
elected Dr. C. P. Ambler and E. C,
Chambers as delegates to the South
ern Appalachian Good Roads Associa
tion, which is to meet in Atlanta, No
vember 20 and 21. The local delegates
will go to the Atlanta meeting armed
with invitations from the mayor, th'
board of trade, the motor club, and
the good roads association, asking
that the next year's meeting be held
in Ashevllle.
Daughters of Revolution Adjourn.
The twelfth annut i congress of the
state organization of the Daughters of
the Revolution, whlnh has been in
session at Ashevllle closed with a
speech by the honorary president gen
eral, Mrs. Donald McLean, of Wash
ington, and the election of officers.
Mrs. Williams Reyno'ds, of Winston-
Salem, was re-electe-1 state regent,
Mrs. A. L. Smith, of Charlotte, re
elected vice-regent; Mrs. W. P. Mer
cer, Tarboro, recorllng secretary;
Mrs. Edwin Overman, Salisbury, cor
responding secretary) Miss Cora Lee
Vail, Charlotte, re-elected treasurer;
Miss Laura Orr, Charlotte, re-elected
historian; Mrs. Theodore Morrison.
Asheville, chaplain; Miss Grace Jones,
Ashevllle, registrar, and Mrs. John
VanLandingham, Charlotte, vice-pres
ident general.
Returns From Catawba County,
Complete returns from Catawha
county as to county candidates show
the following majorities for the Demo
cratic ticket: W. B. Council, sena
tor, 180; W. B. Galther, house. 111;
R. Lee Hewitt, sherllf, 399; E. D. Gam
ble, register of deeds, 247; W. L. Sher
rill, treasurer, 19. Hewit and Gamble
are the present incumbents. Sherrill *
Republican competitor was ex-Sheriff
Leonard, and the other Democratic
county candidates were elected by
good majorities. Returns from sev
eral precincts have not been obtained
showing standing of national and
state candidates. ~~
New Patents for North Carolina. \
Messrs. Davis and Davis, Washing
ton patent attorneys, report the grant
to citizens of North CaroHna of the
following patents: C. W. Abernethy
Pioneer Mills bridge clamp; L.- S
Garman, Oxford, machine for driving
spokes; D. H. and K. L. Melton, En
field, fertilizer distributor.
Ashevllle Bond Issue in Doubt.
Until the board of canvassers hat
had time to check up the registration
books in both city and county the fat«
of the- $50,000 school bond issue ir
Asheville remains in doubt. The act
under which the election was held
provides that the bonds must recelvf
the votes of a majority of the regis
tered voters-, and as many of the reg
istered voters failed to register theii
ballots the result is conceded to b«
very close. Very few votes were cast
against the issue, but the men whc
failed to vote cast a vote against It
No Special Term For Orange.
At a recent meeting of the board o!
county commissioners of Orange coun
ty, held at Hillsboro, Solicitor 8. M
Oattis recommended to the commie
sioners that they ask Oov. W. W
Kltchin for a special term of Orange
County Superior Court for the trial o!
the four hazers Indicted on the charg*
of manslaughter. The recommend*
tlon was fought by the attorney foi
the county, Prank Nash, and by a rot
> of two to one the board of com mis
r sioners defeated tin proposed propo
sltkm. ,
ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
7llson Roosevelt Taft Debs Chafln
K5w3M3 K 3 'M 5
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2 * 3 3 "* 3 3
Alabama 12 75000 .. 15000 .. 18000 .. 2600 .. 745
ArUona 3 16465 .. 11755 .. 4755 .. 3200 .. 76
!| Arkansas 9 75000 .. 28000 .. 26000 .. 13,000 .. 1300
> 1 California 280618 13 281367 .. 3085 . . 80000 .. 14220
■ Colorado 6 120000 .. '79000 .. 55000 .. 10000 .. 62^
Connecticut .. 7 73601 .. 33546 .. 67268 .. 11700 .. 8620
j Delaware 3 22669 .. 8269 .. 16144 .. 500 .. 802
! Florida"* 6 31000 .. 6600 4100 4220 .. 1429
M Georgia 14 93657 .. 21657 .. 5167 .. 637 .. 1134
' Idaho 32000 .. 28000 4 35000 .. 2420
Illinois 29 407470 .. 391365 256626 .. 85000 .. 35000
Indiana 15 300000 .. 160000 .. 165000 .. 32000 .. 18250
! lowa 13 169162 .. 149540 .. 111084 .. 20000 .. 10402
1 Kansas 10 98800 .. 80000 .. 50100 .. 18000 .. 6307
' Kentucky .... 13 214860 .. 102676 .. 110270 .. 8200 .. 6409
• Louisiana ... 10 72000 .. 13000 .. 4000 *.. 3500 .. 380
Maine 6 60946 .. 48387 .26504 .. 2700 .. 1660
Maryland 8 111738 .. 67640 .. 52984 .. 4600 .. 3684
! Massachusetts 18 170995 .. 140152 152265 .. 5500 .. 4620
Michigan 190000 15 220000 .. 150000 .. 18000 .. 18507
Minnesota .. 97495 12 113384 59123 .. 20000 .. 13711
Mississippi .. 10 65000 .. 6500 .. 3000 .. 2000 .. 735
' Missouri 18 325000 .. 128000 .. 210000 .. 30000 .. 5500
Montana 4 44920 .. 22540 .. 27760 .. 12000 .. " 1007
| Nebraska !... 8 109000 .. 74000 .. 58000 .. 6000 .. 6382
I Nevada 3 8852 .. 6112 .. 3705 .. 4675 .. 107
1 New Hamp... 4 34743 .. 17802 .. 32964 .. 1640 .. 1087
New Jersey.. 14 170722 .. 139994 i. 56448 .. .. 5307
New Mexico.. 3 15100 .. 7800 .. 11250 ~ 300TT .. 504
New York 45 650721 .. 382463 .. 450456 .. 75000 .. 26650
• Carolina.. 12 145000 .. 60000 .. 30000 .. 500 .. 476
North Dakota. 5 35000 .. . 25000 .. — 3000 .. 1807
i Ohio 24 405120 .. 209793 ~ 273287 .. 100000 .. 13007
Oklahoma ... 10 120000 .. No bal't .. 90000 .. 52000 .. 2754
Oregon * 31664 .. 25434 .. 23600 .. 30000 .. 3506
i ( Pennsylvania. .. 384259 38 428570 .. .. 100000 .. 20502
, j Rhode Island. 5 30197 .. 16442 .. 27703 .. 1950 .. 1105
i South Carolina 9 ,61000 .. 2100 .. 1200 .. 200 .. 603
, South Dakota. .. 66000 5 60000 .. No bal't .. 3500 .. 4602
i Tennessee ... 12 140608 .. 35000 .. 78325 .. 5000 .. 581
Texas .. 20 212950 .. 26900 .. 26375 .. 14000 .. 1866
Utah j.. .. 28418 .. 21030 4 35756 .. 6000 .. 325
, Vermont 15367 .. 22112 4 113036 .. 501 .. 972
Virginia 12 86000 .. 23000 .. 22000 .. 800 .. 1242
Washington 94130 7 126266 .. 75145 .. 43000 .. 5300
| West Virginia 8 92096 .. 68613 .. 39451 .. 8000 .. 5620
Wisconsin ... 13 215000 .. 80000 .. 180000 .. 60000 .. 13540
Wyoming 3 12314 .. 6300 .. 11589 .. 2000 .. 94
„ 429 6291637 90 4001107 12 .1487670 .. 927023 .. 280957
I
TARICUnWINP T u ' SENATE OEMOCRATIC -
I ADLLO UllU If 1111 l Thi' make-up of the Senate will be
; RESULTS OF
THE ELECTIONS E= 1 •:
California 2
I- - - . Colorado 2
Popular and Electoral Votes Connecticut 2
Delaware ....... 1 1 77
' for President, the Governors Florida 2
rl Chosen and Their Pluralities,"^^777:";;; *•
II the Political Complexion otjj 2
the Next Senate and House. lowa 2
j Kansas 1 1
i Kentucky 1 1
The tabulation of the results of the j jOU i g i ana 2
, | election has been made, and it Is now Maine I 1
- possible to get a comprehensive Idea Maryland 2
•; of Just how the various States ballot- Massachusetts . 2 ..
ed. The accompanying tables show the Michigan 2
. votes for Presidential electors in every Minnesota 2
. Stato In the Union, giving the elec- Mississippi 2 ..
toral and popular votes for Wilson, Missouri 2
I Roosevelt and Taft, and the popular Montana 2
votes for Debs and Chafln. Also the Nebraska 1 1
make-up of the next Senate, and a re- , Nevada 2
i capitulation of the standing of the next Hampshire. .. 2
House. One table shows the Govern ; New Jersey 2
ors elected and their pluralities. An New Mexico 2
i impressive table shows the Presiden- New York 1 1
[ tlal vote with the Solid South ellmi North Carolina... 2
nated. Valuable for comparative pur North Dakota 2
poses are the two other tables. Ohio . . 1 1
Oklahoma 2
Popular Vote for President at Oregon 2
Election of 1908. Pennsylvama .. 2
Rhode Island 2
Taft. Hryan. Chafln. npt)H South Carolina... 2
I State. Ri'P. Hem. Pro. Hue South Dakota °
• Alabama 25.305 74.374 062 1.317 I'aKOld - ••
, Arkansas 67,791 85,584 j.ißi 8,7r,. Tennessee 1 .. 1
California 214.3!*) 127.49:' 11.770 8.669 Tpxai 2
I Colorado 123,700 120,044 6,559 7,974 ' , " "
, Connecticut .. 112,815 65.25S 2,380 6,in Utah 2 2
Delaware 2.J.007 22,072 077 24" Vermont '1
■ Florida 10,054 31,104 1.836 3.747 ; ... . .
Georgia • 41,092 72,3.70 1.058 6M Virginia 2 . .
IdSho 62,0.17 36.195 2.003 6.405 VVashlllEton 2
Illinois 629,932 450,810 29,364 34,711 , , J ,
. Indiana 348.993 335.202 .18.4)43 13.470 West Virginia... 1 1 ..
' lowa 275,210 2«0,771 9,837 8.287 Wisconsin 2
i Kannas 197,210 101.209 5,038 12.420 I , ,
[Kentucky ~.. 235,711 244,092 6,887 4,1®,, Wyoming 1 1
Louisiana 8,958 03,508 2.E3S
Maine 00,987 35,403 1.487 1.758 Tnli.l 51 41
Maryland 118,513 115,908 3.802 2,323 total ol 11 t>
Massachusetts 266,986 155,543 4,374 10,779 Whole number, 96; necessary to a
| Michigan ..... 333,313 174.313 1 0,705 11,527 rnninrltv 49
Minnesota .... 195,835 109,401 10,114 14,409 "'ajoruy, *».
1 Mlsslaslppl ... 4.505 60,876 1,048
Montana ~ :;::: 3 32.333 mh Electoral Vote for President at
i Nevada ... ::::'la??! "o:®? , 5 :!! 9 Election of 1908.
New Hamp.... 63.144 &3,655 906 1.299
New York .... 870.070 607.468 22.067 83.461 Tnft R rVHn
I New Jersey... 265.298 182,522 4,930 10.249 g (ate iaii. oryan.
North Carolina 114,824 130.928 300 337 Alabama ii
j North Dak.... 67,741 22,935 1.150 2.424 Arkansas »
j Ohio 572.312 502,721 11,402 33,795 California 10
Oklahoma .... 110.558 122.406 21.779 Colorado " s
Oregon 62.530 38.049 2.082 7 339 Connecticut 7
Pennsylvania.. 745.779 448,785 30,094 33.91.3 Delaware J
Rhode Island. 43.942 24.706 1,016 1,305 Florida 'k
80. Carolina.. 3,903 02,288 100 Georgia I't
So. Dakota.... 67.406 40,200 4.039 2,840 : Idaho ?
Tennessee ~.. 118,519 135.819 268 1,882 Illinois T
Texas 65.602 216.737 I Indiana"'.'.'.'.'."!'.'".'.' 15
Utah 81.015 42.601 4,895 I lowi 13
Vermont ...... 39,552 11,490 799 Kansas li)
Virginia 62,573 82.946 1.111 Kentucky ! ij
Washington .. 100,062 68,691 4.700 14.177 ! Louisiana 9
4"West Virginia. 137.869 111.418 5.139 3 079 | Maine 6
Wisconsin 247,747 160.032 11,504 28.104 Maryland 2 '«
Wyoming ..... 20,846 14,918 66 1,715 Masnachusetts 16 ~
Total 7,877.021 6.40MK 250,481 412,330 Minnesota 'l.'.' 11
—— Mississippi .. 10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Montana '5
BIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Nebraaka .. 8
Nev4da 3
! Democrats 296 h \ re .!!!!!!"!i!!!"!!! i 5 ... ::
: 39 a
ProgTeaslves rrrrr m,. 17 North Dakota 4
Ohio 23
Democratic plurality over Oregon'".*..."" i .!
Republicans 174 Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4 ..
South Carolina 9
Democratic majority over all ....157 gouth Dakota 4
Tennessee 12
~ Texas IS
CARRIED FOR WOMAN BUFFRAGE. Utah 3
Vermont 4
Virginia 12
Arizona, Washington /. 5
Xanana West Virginia 7
Kanßaß ' Wisconsin .Vr. 13
Michigan, Wyoming 3 ..
Oregon. ToU ,
GOVERNORS ELECTED, THEIR
PARTY AFFILIATIONS AND
PLURALITIES.
Colorado— ' Plurality.
E. K 1 Ammona, Democrat.... 20.000
Connecticut —
Simeon E. Baldwin, Democrat 10,351
Delaware —
Charles R. Miller, Republican 912
Florida —
Park Trammell, Democrat... 30,000
Idaho-
John M. Haines, Republican.. 78G
Illinois-
Edward F. Dunne, Democrat. 110,654
Indiana —
Samuel H. Ralston, Democrat 135,000
lowa —
George J. Clarke, Republican 2,751
Kansas —
George H. Ilodges, Democrat 300
Massachusetts —
Eugene N. FOBS, Democrat... 49,311
Michigan—
Woodbridge N. Ferris,
Democrat 10,436
Minnesota —
A. O. Eberhart, Republican.. 35,000
Missouri
Eliot W. Major. Democrat... 115,000
Montana-
Sam V. Stewart, Democrat.. 12,000
Nebraska—
J. 11. Morehead, Democrat.. 15,000
New Hampshire—
Franklin Worcester, Repub
lican Legislature elects
New York —
William Sulzer, Democrat... 203,000
North Carolina—
Locke Craig, Democrat .... 50,000
North Dakota —
L. B. Hanna, Republican ... 2,000
Ohio-
James M. Cox, Democrat.... 90,000
Rhode Island—
A. J. Pothier, Republican.... 3,000
South Carolina-
Cole L. Blease, Democrat... 50,000
South Dakota —
Frank M. Byrne, Republican. 2,000
Tennessee —
Ben \V. Hooper, Republican. 5,000
Texas —
Oscar C. Colquitt, Democrat. 193,050
Washington-
Ernest Lister. Democrat 839
West Virginia—
H. D. Hatfield, Republican... 4,000
Wisconsin —
Francis E. McGovern,
Republican ..*. 5,000
ELECTORAL VOTE.
Roose- Wil
velt. Taft. son.
Alabama . • • 12
Arizona . • 3
Arkansas .. 9
California 13
- Colorado .. .. ■ --r-. — 8
Connecticut .. 7
Delaware .. 3
Florida —r. S
Georgia • • 14
Idaho 4
Illinois 29
Indiana .. 15
lowa • • 13
Kansas .. 10
Kentucky .. 13
Louisiana ■. 10
Maine .. 6
Maryland .. 8
Massachusetts .. 18
Michigan 15
Minnesota ..., 12
Mississippi .. 10
Missouri .. 18
Montana .. 4
Nebraska .. 8
Nevada .. 3
New Hampshire .. 4
New Jersey .. 14
Now Mexico .. 3
New York . . 45
North ( arolina .. 12
North Dakota .. 5
Ohio 24
Oklahoma . .. ' .. 10
Oregon . . o
Pennsylvania 38
Rhode Island .. 5
| South Carolina .. 9
South Dakota 5
I Tennessee .. 12
| Texas . . 20
| Utah 4
Vermont 4
Virginia .. 12
Washington 7
West Virginia .. 8
Wisconsin ......... .. .. 13
| Wyoming .. .. 3
POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT,
WITH SOLID SOUTH
ELIMINATED.
State. Wilson. Roosevelt. Tuft.
Arizona 11000 8000 3000
California ... 297611 298416 3600
Colorado 89683 57811 45925
Connecticut .. 71836 32364 65427
Delaware 22632 8886 15998
Idaho 37000 20000 38000
Illinois 399428 389991 250297
Indiana 279887 160903 151157
lowa 162860 145482 114547
Kansas 125000 135000 KOOOO
Maine 51006 48440 26625
Massachusetts 174057 141925 156012
Michigan 200000 145000' 190000
Minnesota ... 96451 113553 59720
Montana 2150,0 16600 13000
Nebraska 109732 72591 56140
Nevada 10000 4000 7000
New Hamp... 34743 17802 32964
New Jersey... 182000 140000 8800Q
New York.... 647994 382672 451426
North Dakota. 33000 28000 27000
Ohio 490000 260000 320000
Oregon 44000 35200 33000
Pennsylvania. 407447 443708 315145
Rhode Island. 30299 16488 27766
South Dakota. 60000 65000 No vote
Utah ....7... 40000 20000 46000
Vermont 16397 22323 23247
Washington .. 90000 125000 75000
Wisconsin ... 136224 50656 24924
Wyoming.... 14160 6164 13328
Totals 4440000 3523354 2834015
FOII MINIMUM TERM
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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
TEACHERB' ASSEMBLY GO ON
RECORD.
r OR THE CHILD LABOR LAW
The Meeting That la to Held In
Greenaboro on November 26-28 Will
Have a Number of Queatlons to
Conalder.
m /
Raleigh.—The legislative committee
of the North Carolina Teachers' As
sembly, In session in the office of . Su
perintendent of Public Instruction,' de
cided to recommend to the assembly,
which meets in Greensboro, November
26-28, a minimum school term for each
district In the state of six months.
To accomplish this the committee will
-ecommend that the General Assem
bly pass an act authorizing the min
imum term of six months and that
funds be raised by levying a 6-cent
state tax on the hundred dollars, these
to be apportioned from the state treas
ury by the Board of Education. The
six-months term will be exclusive of
special tax levies by districts.
The committee also recommended
that the county instead of the town
ship be made the unit of the appor
tionment of school funds.
The committee endorsed the rec
ommendations of the child labor com
mittee in regard to raising the age
limit to 16 years of children employed
at night labor In factories and pro
hibiting the employment of women at
night labor, and recommending the
employment of an inspector to enforce
these laws by state inspection.
Other recommendations of the com
mittee are:
Uniform examination and certifica
tion of teachers, urban and rural, by
a state board of examiners.
A minimum professional and schol
irshlp requirement for teachers after
a fixed future date.
An amendment providing for a more
businesslike method for the employ
ment of teachers, and a minimum
qualification in scholarship and ex
perience for county and city superin
tendents after a fixed future date.
Amendments to the compulsory at
tendance law providing more effective
machinery for its enforcement and
th# recommendation for an active
campaign for its adoption by coun
ties, townships and districts.
Endorsement of county farm-life
schools and agricultural and domestic
science courses In rural high schools.
Uiilon County to Have Fair.
Monroe.—Union county Is to hold
its first fair at this place November
15-16. It will be under the auspices of
the Farmers' Union. A good list of
prizes have been subscribed by mer
chants and Other business men of the
town and county. The farm and
school exhibits will be shown in the
hall over P. B. Ashcraft's Btore and
the live stock will be exhibited on the
vasant lot of Fowler & Lee's stable.
Good Roads Sentiment.
Scotland Neck: —Now that the elec
tion Is over the people of these parts
are turning their attention to the bet
terment of conditions and one hears
considerable talk of good roads, a
question that has been greatly in the
back ground for the past several
months, so much so that some were
saying that the good people of Halifax
county had abandoned the Idea of road
improvements. The three combined
twonships in this end of the county,
Scotland Neck, Palmyra and Hose
neath, have recently enmpolyed from
the county commissioners tho ser
vices of the county convicts.
Burke County Poultry Show,
Morganton.—The premium list for
the Burke Poultry Show which will
be held in Morganton November 20-2,'t
is just off the press and in a very neat
piece of work and the premiums offer
ed in the booklet are very attractive..
This association adopted three years
ago at its initial show the policy of
giving gold cash prizes in place of the
customary silver cups and that the
poultrymen sanction this plan is prov
en by the number of exhibits.
Fortescue In Dying Condition.
Belhaven. —Billie Fortescue, who
was shot and perhaps fatally injured
by Joe McClaud, alias Joe Neal, sev
eral days ago, is still living though he
Is said to be in a dying condition.
Fortescue, an employe of a local coop
erage company, was shot when he
came home from his work as night
■watchman and found Neal in his
house. After he had shot Fortescue
five times with a revolver, Neal went
to a store, bought shells for his shot
gun and fired both loads Into his own
head, dying instantly.
High Among Granite Making States.
Washington. North Carolina was
one of the fourteen states of the
union which in 1911 produced granijte
valued at more than $500,000. The
states which passed the half million
mark were In the following order:
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Cali
fornia, Wisconsin, Washington, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Georgia,
Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina,
Oregon and Connecticut. Of these
states, the first seven produced gran
tte valued at more than $1,000,000;