North Carolina Newspapers

- ' Year, la Advance. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. Slnct Copy 5 Casta, VOL. XIX. PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908. NO. 14. IT IS COX AND TOMS 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 and 'Mr Charles French Toms,, of Henciersonville, the Second Dr. Cyrus Thompson Named For Sec- ' retary of State. Charlotte, N. C, Special. At 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon the Republican State Convention which assembled here at noon Wednesday, completed its work and adjourned sine die. A platform was adopted and a State ticket nominated. Juige Adams, as leader of the Republican-organization in the State, lelievered the opening address of the invention. I Judge Adams declared that the Republican electors would carry North Carolina and that Taft and Sherman would sweep the criontry becausa 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 called the neeting to order and announced that ae would appoint Mr. Daniel A. Ka nipe, of Marion, sergeant-at-arms. This had a quieting effect upon the boys. Mr. Kanipe is a forrnadible cit izen and -able to throw out an ordi nary citizen. The report of the committee on iredentials was made by Mr. Charles French Tcms, of Henciersonville. The following counties were not repre tented: Anson, Ashe, Graham, Hyde, Macon, Northampton and Yadkin. There were no contests. Mr. Charles A. Reynolds, of Win-.tfon-Salenj, put in nomination for permanent' chairman of the conven !i&VjkA. H. Price; of Salisbury, in a Dnei speecn. ne saiu mat Air. Price was eminently fit for the posi tion. Mr. Virgil S. Lusk, of Ash e ville, seconded the nomination of Mr. Price in a characteristic speech, lie declared that he had been voting the Republican ticket in Buncombe tounty for 43 years. The first speech he made for the cause was to three white men and 500 negroes. In the soming 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 Juced him. On taking the chair as permanent shairman Mr. Priee made a strong ipeech, declaring for the interests of the party and claiming that Repub lican victory this year 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. J. Britt. In aeepting the nomina tion Mr. Cox said : Mr. Cox's Spsech. 0Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the v Convention: I recognize 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 be nominated for this high office by a great convention like this, representing as it does one. hun dred thousand or more white Republicans,- mostly native born, and as food men as ever trod shoeleather or jelonged to any political party any- My friends, yc: 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 md the interests of others under my jare, 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 Willi IIIj ucciaiuiii ciiut mm, j.t presence of so many intelligent, stal wart young men who have enlisted under the Republican standard. This emphatically means a brighter day for the Republican party in North Carolina. I thank you, gentlemen, for this high honor. You must un derstand, howecer, that in my case this campagn will b; a quiet one, conducted in a dlpnJrwi'uer. It will be on a bLihy arJ an aP" peal made to the reason and intelli gence and not to the prejudices of our people. I shall later in a more formal way make known my views upon those issues in which our peo ple are so vitally interested. Few Words From Mr. Toms. 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, he thanked God that he wa 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 Elwcod Cox. Fifty-two years of age is the Re publican nominee, for Gorernor oi North Carolina. On the 1st day of November, 1S56, Mr. J. Elwood Cos was born in Northampton county and since that time he has been continu ously a resident of this State anc playing, since the attainment of the years of manhood, a potential part in its commercial 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 came from England, settled in the county of Perquimans and built a home 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 Rojrerson, 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 superintendency 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 received the train ing that fitted him for the important station in life he has accepted. On the 23d day of October, 187S, he was married to Miss Bertha E. Snow, the only daughter of Capt. William H. Snow, who has been spok en of as "the 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 ee-etior-, as it led to the asso ciation of Mr. Cox and Captain Snow m the manufacture of hardwood, at that time an industry practically una known in North Carolina. With what success this industry was nursed un til it sprang into power all North 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 Avork of Mr. Cox in other fields of commercial advancement. In I8S8 S9 he was one of a half dozen citizens of High Point who combined with feading 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, 1B89. He was one "of the first directors of that company and has been one of ite directors con tinuously since. Hq has been one of the executive committee for years- Again he was an active promoter of the establishment in 1S91 of the Com mercial National Bank of High 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 Home Furniture Company, of High 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 idea of the consolidation of the two into the Globe-Home Furniture Company, making it the largest furniture plant 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 institution. 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 played in the educational and governmental realms. He lias been an unfailing friend to Guilford College, giving both of his ability and his means to its effectiveness. TICKET AND PLATFORM OF N.' REPUBLICANS Declaration of Priciples of the State Republican Party as Given by the Charlotte Convention. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Governor J. Elwood Cox, of Guilford. Lieutenant Governor Char 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. Griggs, of Lincoln. . Superintendent of Public In structionRev. Dr. J. L. M. Lyerly, of Rowan. Attorney General Jake F. Newell, of Mecklenburg. Commissioner of Agriculture J. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir. ' Corporation Commissioner Harry G. Elmore, of Rowan. Insurance Commissioner J. B. Norris, of Wilkes. Commissioner of Labor and Printing C M. Ray, of Meck lenburg. Electors-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 the wisdom of the national Re publican convention, and congratu late the people of the United States on the nomination of William H. Taft for the presidency of this great republic, and Ave endorse the prin ciples and policies of the Republi can party as enunciated in its plat form at Chicago,' June 10, 1908, and we endorse the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. We appeal to the peole of North Carolina to set the Avelfare of our State above party and above preju dice; to exercise their freedom to conscience; and to choose those men for public office Avhom they deem best fitted to serve the public interest. We ask the people to consider Avhetk er they will best promote the welfare of the State by committing itb af fairs to the radical faction now in control of the Democratic party or by A-oting for the candidates and policies we offer. 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 recently passed concerning railroads and the violent measures they have taken to give these laws effect. We belie-e in regulating railroads and other public carriers strictly and carefully and in compelling all cor poration:.! tb obey the law as faith fully as the humblest private citi zen. But avu do not believe that Legislatures are competent to fix ab solutely the precise rates at Avhich passengers and freight shall be car ried. We are sure that the Legis lature of this State, which attempted to fix passenger rates absolutely and neglected freight rates much the more substantial grievance of out people had neither the special know ledge nor the right spirit for such an undertaking. They disregarded the constitution of the United States and they 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 the 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 less than half their A'alue. We pledge ourselves, if the people entrust us with power, to set our selves against two kinds of injustice: The injustice which permits Avealthy corporations and individuals to 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 favor 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 improvement and extension at AvhateA'er cost, of the public school system, embodied in the constitution of North Carolina by the Republican party. We favoi the education of all our children up to the very limit of our., available means. We also favor a liberal policy with our higher institutions of learning. The South needs highly trained men, and we would have the necessary training provided here, so far as Ave have the 'moans, and put within the reach of our young men of talent and industry, to the end that Southerners may guide our people in the develop ment of our resources in government in business, in the beautifying of our towns, our cities and our homes and in the elevation of our daily life. This is also true of our institutions of charity, particularly the provision made for the blind, the deaf and the insane, for the efficiency with which any community ministers to such un fortunate beings i3 a measure of its civilisations . It is equally true of our Confederate veterans Avho ha'e not the means of self-support; the State loves and honors them, awd they must not be permitted to suffer want. We denounce the Democratic party for not keeping its repeated pledges to provide our Confederate soldiers and their AvidoAvs with suit able pensions commensurate Avith their services to the State and Ave be lieve that whenever practicable they should be giA-en the preference in matters cf employment, and all things being equal, they should be honored Avith the emoluments of of fice. We demand a fair election law. Avhich will -permit an elector to cast a ballot privately, without interfer ence or dictation. We favor, as Ave 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, county superintendent of public instruction, county eommis sioners, tax collectors and justices of the peace. We favor an extension and im provement of the public roads of the State, and believe that the employ ment of the State's convicts on such work is the best use that can be made of criminals convicted of crimes; Ave further faA'or a. law pro hibiting the use cf striped uniforms upon all persons cqnvicted of mis demeanors in the courts of North Carolina. We favor the establishment of one or two reformatories for the correc tion of youthful, criminals convicted of minor offenses, and Ave favor a separate reformatory for females convicted of similar offenses. We pledge ourselves to a liberal appropriation for the carci and sup port of our charitable institutions. We favor the exemption jkm tax ation of tAvo hundred dollars worth of personal property oAvncd by each householder in the state of North Carolina. We belieA'e in the dignity of. labor and the elevation of the Avage earner, and pledge our party to the enact ment of such laws as will best pro mote this end; Ave beiieve that labor and capital are co-ordinate branches of our industrial life each neces sary to the, other that neither can I prosper Avithout the other, and look ing to this end we pledge our party to the enactment of such laws as will so far as possible create the kindliest 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 rigidly, admitting none but the bet ter class to our shores, and protect ing American labor against foreign cheap labor of Europe and the Orient. We belieA-e 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 any longer demand such isolation. We ask the people of North Carolina to give us their suffrages, not merely because the Democratic party under its present leadership, both in the State and in the nation, is unfit for poAver; not merely because the can didates were here nominated and the policies Ave reecommend, are worthy of 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 suffered to establish. The young men of Thoraasville have decided to organize a fire com pany for the purpose of successfully operating the town tire engine. The machine is the best hand machine made and if properly operated will do a great deal of good. It is now almost certain that the Gregson street underground crossing matter that has been up between the Durham aldermen and the Southern Railway for many months, and re cently before the Corporation Com mission, will end in the courts . Atlantic City's Dry Sunday. Atlantic City, N, J., Special. A real blue Sunday came to Atlantic 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 Avcre closed. They were closed alike t-) bona fide guests as well as to strangers just arrived within the gates. It is said that this Avas the fourth tima in the fifty-font years of its existence that a drinkle;s day Avas cxnerienr-ed at Atlantic City. At one point along the Australian coast the line is unbroken by any , stream for nearly 1000 miles. THE GREATJLOOD LOSS. Fanning Lands Damaged More Than A Million Dollars. The recent heavy rains haA-e not only done an enormous amount of damage to crops, bridges, roads and railroads, but according to a esti mate made by W. W. Ashe, State Forester of North Carolina, the up land farming lands have been Avail ed to an extent of more than a mil lion dollars, the damage being heav iest in those sections where the coun try is most hilly and Avhere the rain fall Avas most concentrated . These estimates, based on the amount of soil in the water of the rivers, as shown from previous ree ards of freshets of the same height indicate that more than 1,500,000 tons of soil were Avashed from the pied mont region of North Carolina dur ing the past Aveek; more than 500, 000 tons from the farms of northern Georgia, 700,000 tons from upper South Carolina, and 400,000 tons from the hills of Virginia. Analyses have shown that more than one-third af the earth which causes the mud diness of the rivers during the high freshets is humus which is undoubt edly washed chiefly from the farms. At one dollar a ton for this humus, which is less than it can be replaced for, the loss to these States in im poverishment of the soil exceeds $1, 200,000. This is a loss which is large ly overlooked and under-estimated by the farmer, because it is a loss Avhich takes place so constantly. In the ag gregate it is so enormous that it is one of the chief, if not the chief rea son for the poverty of so many southern soils, keeping them depleted of their humus, or the manurel por tion of the soil. This is a loss to which northern soils arc not so sub ject, on account of the lighter rain falls and the more gentle character. The ranfall at Raleigh and at many other points in middle North Car olina exceeded 12 inches in four davs. In parts of upper South Carolina it was 15 inches in three days, while tore than 4 inches fell at many places during one day. Such preci pitation is tropical in character but it is not uncommon in the south. It is necessary for the fanners of the south if they Avish to preserve their hillside lands to employ not only the same means Avhich are used at the north but to take extra means of protection besides, so as to lessen ex cessive erosion, deep plowing, plenty of humus and Avhere the slopes are at all steep and cultivated crops are raised, level terracing besides. But hillside ditches should not be used. The policy of the farmers should be to have small cleared areas, cultivate more intensenly, , so that there shall never be any land idle without a cover crop on it to hold the soil, and protect land Avhich is not in cultivate more intensely, so that There are more than 2,000,000 acres of idle farming land from Virginia to Georgia Avhich should be planted in timber, if for no other reason than to prevent its Avashing away, though the timber on it Avill make it eventu ally a good investment besides. Company of Infantry and Pwegimen- tal Band for Greensboro Fair. Greensboro, Special. It appears that Greensboro's centennial celebra tion is to fare better than was ex pected at the hands of' the War De partment. Several months ago Sen ator Overman and a committee from the centennial board of managers se cured from the department a promise that a troop of cavalry and the ma rine Band would be sent to Green boro, and since that time the chief of staff has agreed to send a eom pany of infantry and a regimental band, and it is not improbable that artillery will be sent also. Senator Overman, Avho has 'shown-a deep in terest in the centennial, and Avho has been of material assistance to the board of manageis, is in receipt of a letter from Maj. Gen. J. F. Bell, chief of staff giving this pleasing informa tion. Many lives Nearly Lest. Tryon, Special. Passengers or train No. 13, westbound,1 on the Southern Railway had a narrow es cape from death here Saturday. One car is derailed and overhangs a steep embankment. Outs-id of a seven shake-up no one Avas injured. Fire Destroys Handsome New Home Asheville, Special.. Fire SaturdaA morning at 0 o'clock completely des troyed the residence of Bonnie Mace Henderson cn Black street, restultinj in a loss of probably .$3,000. The fin .was discovered a few minutes bei'on 6 o'clock and an alarm turned in The department got away in gooc time but owing to the distance i! reached the scene too late to sava tin structure or any great amount of per sonal iticcts. Members of the de partment wont into the blazing build ing in an effort get out trunks furniture, etc., but were quickly driv- ta back by the srnok uud the flames WILL IMPROVE SERVICE Southern to Shorten Time Between New York and New Orleans. Washington, Special. In antici pation of a revival in business condi tions in the South and as a result of cortain improvements made during the summer, the Southern Railway will improve its NeAv York and New Orleans train service. , 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 a half hours less than the present sche dule calls for. Snow Fall3 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. NeAv York, Special. As a result of the cool Aveather tAvo hundred men and Avomen, many of the latter with babies in their arms, slept in the city morgue Wednesday night, glad to accept the gruesome hospitality of the dead house. This is the first time in the history of New York that the morgue has had to be improvised as a lodging house. They appeared in such numbers at last that the relief association could not take care of them, and hundreds Avere turned, away, even with ' the morgue open to them. No Bail For the Eaing Brothers. New York, Special. Capt. Peter C. Hains and his brother, T. Jenkins Hains, Avere 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 H. Roberts, who said that immediately after the shooting T. Jenkins Hains said he thought that drawing a gun and holding the crowd in check Avas the best Avayr to prevent further blood shed. A motion of counsel for the defense to dismiss the charge against T.. J. Hains Avas dismissed. Only three Avitnesses Avere examined. No reference Avas made to the cause for the shooting. Shot by Car Thieves. Savannah, Ga., Special. News was brought to the city by an Atlantic Coast Line train crew, of the fatal shooting a white merchant named Litchfield and a negro named Joseph Francis and the wounding, of ToAvn 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 town in a strip of Avoods, and the town marshal formed a posse to arrest them. The attempt resulted in the shooting. New Religions Sect. Chieasro. Special. Declarin? that they received a divine manifestation from out of the clouds fifteen rears ago, Avith a Avarning not to veveal its nature until August zmn oi this year, Albert Blakely and his wife Jennie, are preparing to make the revelation public . Blakely is a car penter and has been a profound student of the Bible for many years. ' He declares his intention of found ing a new religious sect based on his "reA-elation," and asserts that all Avho do not accept it wil'. be sure ly damned. A Record fcr a Submarine. New York. Special. The subma rine lias made fifteen di'es during the present month. This, the offi cers say, is the world 's record. One dive was made under the training ship Chester and one under Bren ton's reef light ship. Both were cleared Avithout difficultv. News cf the Day. The German Crown Prior hns shocked bureaucrats by returning some reports with deprecatory com ments on red tape. . Sixteen ..coaches Avere hold up by the lone highwayman who appeared in YelloAvstonc Park Monday. The Cuban elections are to be held November 14th. It is said that President RooseA'elt will return to the White House at least 10 days earlier than in former years. The War Department has ordered Colonel Stewart, the army exile at an abandoned post in Arizona, to take the 90-mib test ride. The revolutionary movement to overthrow President Castro. of Ven ezeula, next October is said to be making rapid headway. Eight Avcrkmeu. were killed and a number of ethers injured by the fol lapsc of a v.-:-,;i at Che! -ca, Mj's. Disastrous feeds are reported from South Carolina.