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NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS life in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine ; The Democratic Primaries. Primaries were held ,in all the counties of the State Saturday to elect delegates to the Democratic State, congressional and judicial con ventions, and in many of the counties for the nomination of county and legislative tickets. The results in some instances are in doubt. The conven tion will have a lively time in settling the contests. In the State at large there was a lively contest for the Supreme Court Justiceship between Justice J. S. Manning, appointed to the Supreme Court bench by Gov. Kttehin to succeed Judge Conner, re signed, and Judge W. R. Allen, cf the Superior Court bench. (Chief Justice Clark and Associate Justice Walker having no opposition for re nomination) ; and in the contest for corporation commissioners, there be ing two vacancies to fill. The friends of Mr. Allen claim that lie has won over Manning. Return from 4S counties, which cast a ma jority of the vote of the State con vention, give Allen 2S9 and Manning 233. Iu the other 50 counties it is claimed that Allen will have a largef majority. While the result is close and it is net safe to say who is nominated. ' For corporation commissioners the ret?.ni3 are not so clear, but it is probable H. C. Brown, appointed to succeed Aycock, deceased, will be nominated to till out the term, while the .indications are that W. T. Lee, of Haywood, will be nominated to suc ceed Rogers. J. II. Pearson, of Burke, "will, however, have a good vote in the convention and it is dcub'.i'ul if Lee can be nominated an the first ballot. In the fmt and second congres sional districts Congressman iSmali and Congressman Kit-chin were re nominated without opposition. In the third, where there were ' many candidates, Congressman Thomas appears to have won. In the fourth Congressmain Pou was renominated without opposition. In the fifth the result is to be determined in the con vention. In the sixth, where there was a great fight, Congressman God win appears to be in the lead but his renomination is not assured. In the seventh and ninth Congressmen Page and Webb had no opposition. In the tenth, where there were many candidates, ex-Congressman Gudger appears to be the favorite, but the result is still somewhat uncertain. In the eighth the result is to be settled in convention. Each candi date, it is supposed, has his own county. In Cabarrus, one of the few counties reporting, Doughton led, with Caldwell a close second. Judge Long appears to have won over R. Lee Wright, of Rowan, in the contest for the nomination for Superior Court judge. So far as iheard from Long appears to have all ithe counties except Rowan with no returns from Davie and Yadkin. It is supposed that Rowan voted for Wright. In the Charlotte judicial district there is a warm fight for solicitor, especially between Smith and Shan nonhouse, of Mecklenburg. Smith .appears to have won in his home county by a narrow margin. The contest will have to be settled in the 'convention. :' -The result in the thirteenth, judi cial district, where there are a num- Jber of candidates for judge, is not known. In Caldwell county, where there were two candidates for judge Lawrence Wakefield and Edmond .Jones it was agreed that the candi date who lost in the county would retire. Jones carried the county by about 200 and this eliminates Wake field. In the fourteenth district, where JSolicitor Spainhjour contested with Judge Justice for the nomination for judge, Justice appears to have won. In the sixth district F. A. Dan iels, of Wayne county, is nominated for Superior Court judge to succeed W. R, Allen, defeating J. C. Clifford, of Harnett. The fight in Wake which attracted the attention of the State by reason of its fierceness, resulted in a great victory for thes insurgents. Thy defated all the regular, or machine candidates, with the possible excep tion of the sheriff. Clerk Russ lost by a narrow margin. The office of solicitor was also closely contested in several of the sixteen districts. In the first there is an active contest between E. A. Dan iel and N. L. Simmons, both of Beaufort, Solicitor Ward not being a andidaie for re-election. In the Second district, Solicitor J. TT Kerr has no opposition. In the Third district Solicitor Aber- tiolhv has no ooDOsition. Tn the Fourth district theer is a close contest between R. A. P. Cooley, of Nash, and R. G. Allabrook, of T,W-Pomhe. The present solicitor, Mr" C. C. Daniels, of Wilaon, is not a panMdx.te for re-election. In the Sixth district, Solicitor istftad Jones is not a candidate o candidate entered except Mr. Her bert E. Norria, of Raleigh, who se cured all the votes cast. In tke STa-th district there is no opponent to Solicitor N. II. Sin clair. The. same is true of Solicitor A. M. Stack, of the Eighth; S. M. Gattis, of the Ninth, and S. P. Graves, of the Eleventh. In the Tenth district Mr. R, E. Austin, of Stanly, is a candidate against Solicitor Hammer. There is no tight in the Four teenth district, for solicitor. FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY North Carolina News Prepared and Published For the Quick Perusal oi Our Patrons. Col. McLean on Fraudulent Bonds. The Norih Carolina Bar Associa tion held not only an interesting and profitable meeting at Wrightsville Beach, but there was something of the sensational in it. This was caus ed by the address delivered by Col. N. A. McLean, of Lumberton, who took for his topic, much to the eur 2rise cf the members, the "Old North Carolina Bond Question." Further to their surprise Colonel McLean dealt with the matter with gloves off, con tending that the State should never have fought the South Dakota case, bift should have recognized the jus tice of the claim and should have, in all honor, paid these bonds without the slightest hesitancy or question. Touching the carpet-bag bonds, issued during' the times of corruption, 'just after the war, he contended that the legislators, although- rascals and eor ruptiouists, were' agents of the State, and consequently if people innocent ly purchased the bonds, North Caro lina is bound in law to pay them, and that the State should meet these obligations, even if her citizens have to be taxed treble what they arenow taxed. His speech 'created quiteN a sensa tion and was instantly sharply replied to by Cameron Morrison, of Char lotte, who was a member of the North Carolina Legislature in 1901. 1 He bitterly attacked the position taken by Colonel McLean. Young Girl Dead and Another in Serious Condition As a Result of Illegal Operation. Bessie Thomasson of Statesville died at the home of Dr. W. L. Vestal, at High Point, on account of an il legal operation which had been per formed by Dr. W. L. Vestal last Thursday night. The police were notified about the condition of the young girl just a short time before she died and when they arrived at the home of Dr. Vestal they not only found the one who is now dead, but also found an other young girl who gave her name as May Owen, from Linwood, and who was in a serious condition. She had also gone through the same operation. Sunday afternoon a coroner's in quest was held by Coroner W. W. Wood, of Greensboro. The verdict of the jury was as follows: "The deceased came to her death by the unlawful 'act of one Dr. W. L. Vestal and that Levey Maynard and Mrs. W. L. Vestal were accessories to the same." Vestal and his wife have been lodged in the Greensboro jail. He is almost a physical wreck, caused from the use of deadly drugs. Maynard will be arrested. Ho is a widower with two children. It is not reported who caused the visit of May Owen. Thomas Settle G-ets Good Job. Thomas Settle, of Asheville, has been appointed by Attorney General Wickersham to assist Assistant At torney General Lloyd in the conduct of customs cases. His headquarters will be at rsew York and Ins salary will be $5,000 a year. Thirty Tears for 70-Year-Old Powell. The acceptance of a verdict of mur der in the second degree on the part of the defense and agreement by the State to the imposing of a sentence of 30 years in the State penitentiary for the defendant brought to an un expected close at "vVarrenton, the case cf the State of North Carolina against E. E. Powell for the killing of Chief of Police Charles W. Dunn of Scotland Neck on March 4 last. Maj. James Wilson Passes. Mai. James Wilson, who built the Western North Carolina railroad through the Blue Ridge mountains, which at the time was conceded to be the most .wonderful piece of en gineering in America died at Char lotte Saturday, at the age of 84. The greatest part of his life was spent with this railroad and for many years he was its president, rising from the position of civil engineer. Enormous Output Tobacco. The output of tobacco by Winston-Salem factories in the month of Jnne was nearly double the amount for the same month la.st year and gives the immense total of 8,729,557 pounds. The government stamps amounted to $523,77:5.42, a big cash business for Unck Sam. The enor mous output was brought about hj the desire of the factories to get as much stock manufactured as possible before the new 8-ceat tax on tobacco went into effect on July 1. Th3 tax has been 6 cents heretofore. CUR BIG EXPOSITION. "Thousands Win Attend Great Appa lachian Show Sept. 12Oct. 12. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. For the Appalachian Exposition, to be held in Knoxville, September 12 to October 12, the railroads of the southeastern. territory have granted extremely low rates' which insure the success of the enterprise, making possible the at tendence of thousands. The exposi tion being especially designed for the 6tates of the Appalachian region, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama and Kentucky, there is sure to be a large patronage of the coach excursions to be run on Tues days and Thursdays during the ex position period, for which the rate will be approximately one cent per mile traveled. Tickets sold for these excursions will be good only ia coaches. Tickets at approximately one and one-half cents per mile traveled will be on sale during the exposition. Tucse will be good in Pullman .sleep ers and will allow a ten days' stay in Knoxville. It is expected that at least 350,000 persons will visit the exposition. One of its most enthusiastic boomers ia Passenger Traffic Manager S. IL Haxdwiek, of the Southern Railway Company which has several lines con verging at Knoxville. The Southern is very much interested in the suc ce.v: of the exposition, as has been its uniform policy with such enter prises in the South, and is co-operating with its management to the fullest extent. Carolinians Graduate at Harvard. Cambridge, Mass., Special. Nearly a thousand degrees were conferred upon graduating students and dis tinguished citizens Wednesday in the most enthusiastic and best attended oommencement Harvard University has ever held. Col. Theodore Roose velt was present and received an ovation which continued throughout the day end well into the evening. J. Pierpont Morgan and Governor Hughes of New York, were the prin cipal recipient's of honor degrees. The Carolina degree winners were Master of Arts Daniel linger Bacot, Jr., Charleston, f S. C; Charles A. Cornelson, Orangeburg, S. C; Both well Graham, Jr., Clinton, S. C; Walter B. Moore, Yorkville, S. C; Augustine T. Smvthe, Jr., Charleston, S. C. Doctor of Philosophy, Sidney Swaiu Robins, Asheboro, N. C; (A. B. Uni versity of North Carolina, A. M. and St. B. Harvard.) ' Doctor of Medicine, Yates W. Fai son, Charlotte, N. C. Doctor of Laws, John Wadsworth Hutchison, Charlotte, (Graduate Trinity College, A. B.) Gilbert Thomas Stephenson, Pend leton, N. C, (Graduate Wake Forest College and Harvard.) Mr. Robins, who received the philosophy degree, has taken a spec ial course in the history of philosophy in the Harvard graduate school of arts and scenes. The thesis which won for him the philosophy degree is entitled "Heceli Pragmatism." Oder on Christian Scisnce. London, By Cable. The first days of this week will be marked by the announcement of the publication of a volume embracing the results of two years' inquiry by prominent church men, physicians and scientists into "Christian Science and other forms of faith healing." The former cult is emphatically re jected as false and dangerous. It is held that "Christian Science" may quiet sufferers from nervousness, but that it has killed far more than it has cured. It is asserted that its aim is profit for the promoters and the inner few. Dr. William Osier is among the con tributors to the volume. General Average for Cotton 82.3. Memphis. Tcnn.. Special. The re port of the National Ginners' associa tion issued ednesday gives the con dition of cotton up to June 25 at 82.3 ner cent. The renort bv States I x follows: Alabama 81; Arkansas, 77; JVlorida, o(J ; lieorgia ou; Louisiana, 80; . Mississippi, 84; Missouri, 83; North Carolina, 77; Oklahoma, 90; South Carolina, 77; Tennessee, 86; Texas, 85; general average 82.3. Roosevelt and Abernethy Boys. New York Special. The Abernethy boys, aged 9 and6 years old, re spectively, who rode horseback alone across the continent to welcome Col. Roosevelt, talked with Roosevelt an hour in The Outlook office in New York. Taking the youngest boy on his knee, he said: "Did anybody refuse you a stop ping place?" asked the eminent edi tor. "Only twice." "Where was that?" "In Missouri." . Col. Roosevelt drew his lips tensely over his teeth and exclaimed. "I'd like to know who they were." Thirty-Third Degree Mason Dead Savannah, Ga., Special. Dr. Rich ard Joseph Nunn, an eminent phy sician and one of the best known Masons in the world, died here Wed' nesday at the age cf 79. lie return ed from Europe in 1S76 to fight yel low fever at Savannah. He was a captain in the Confederate army, commanding a Georgia battery. lie was a thrity-third degree Mason and had a wide reputation in several branches of that order. TflE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD Th Heart of Happenings Carrol From the Whole Country. The dry dock Dewey at Manilla has been rased. It is now restored, to its normal bouyancy and apparent ly is not very, seriously damaged. George R. Putnam, of Davenport, Iowa, has ben appointed commis sioner of lighthouses at $5,000 per annum, and Arthur WCanover, of Passaic, N. J., deputy tender at $4, 000. These appointments mark, the first mprovement of the reorganiza tion in the lighthouse service. A bill intended to knock out prize figMs and glove contests of any kind in Georgia, has been introduced in the upper branch of the General As sembly. Boxing contests at present are staged in Atlanta, Savannah and Macon. The President has signed an order abolishing the Bureau of Equipment in the Navy Department and dis tributing its functions among the other bureaus of the department, in accordance with the recommenda tions of the Swift board. The upper branch of thjo Louisiana legislature has not only gone on re cord as opposed to woman suffrage, but refused to allow women to act aa members of board of an educational or charitable, nature, even though ap pointed to such boards by men. By failing to act on the joint reso lution providing for the reinstate ment of the West Point Cadets who were dimissed for the hazin? of young Sutton last summer, the llouse Committee on Military Affairs has knocked out the chances of the cadets in question for reinstatement at the coming session of the Military Aca denry. One man is dead, one is fatally wounded and seven other persons are in a hospital with more or less seri- ' ous wounds as the result of a duel fougjit on one of Cleveland's most crowded thoroughfares Thursday. The trouble started in a quarrel between Frank Viena and Antoine Mercurio, over the alleged treatment of Mer curio of his wife, Viena 's sister. Though it had first decided to meet in Mobile, Ala., the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, in annual session in St. Paul, Minn., has reversed its decision and selected Washington for the 1911 convention. W. C. Riddick, a telegrapher of West Virginia, and Miss Thelma Smith, of Amerieus, Ga., met at Bristol,-Va., after a eorrespondonce of a year, and were married by Rev. II. W. Leslie. They were well pleased when they met, and neither favored a postponement of the marriage. Word was received at Des Moines, Iowa, from Chicago, that Rudolph J. Faas, driving a car in the Glidden tour, has fallen heir to a fortune of $1,500,000 through the . death of his grandfather, Rudolph A. Faas, of Wurtemberg, Germany. The news found no more surprised man than Faas himself. The one bright thing about the exodus of congress this year is the absence of typewriters and other freight matter going through the mails with a Congressional frank stuck on. The great moral wave which has been riding the country from four directions has had its ef feet. The college trained lawyer will solve the great legal and economic questions of government of this and the next generation, declared Attorney General Wickersham, who was the princpal speaker before the law school graduates at Harvard commence ment exercises Tuesday. Five men were killed and eleven injured, two of them probably fatally, by an explosion which first wrecked and then set fire to the saloon of Edward Bushay, five miles north of Minneapolis, Thursday. Charged with poisoning the chick ens of John Conde by feeding them macaroni mixed with soaked-mateh heads, Dominic Maturo, a lamp-light er, was fined $4 and costs by Justice Cramer at Derby, Pa. United States Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery of Louisiana, died at New Orleans. Senator McEnery arrived from Washington Tuesday suffering from an attack of indiges tion. Armed with knives, and keeping their word to meet at sunrise in the woods near Macfarland Park, in West Tampa) Fla., Mario Adalo and another Cuban, whose identity has not yet been established, fought until both fell from loss of blood. . Adalo died within a few minutes. The , un known man escaped. Mrs. Jas. S. Sherman, wife of the Vice President, who is a patient at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, was Thursday reported in an improved condition. Though all1 information as to her ailment is refused at the hospital and by her physicians, it ia understood that she is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Former State Senator E. J. Em mons, of Bakersfield, Cal., who was expelled from the Senate on Febru ary 27, 1M5, and later sentenced to five years in prison for accepting a bribe, became a free man Thursday, when Governor Gillett signed an ab solute pardon. The Academy of Medicine at Paris listened with deep interest to a lec ture by Dr. Caumont, who proved that typhoid fever was propagated by dogs, who, he said, easily contract the bacilli. CAPITAL FACT& 'J Interesting News Gathered In the District of Columbia, THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. Personal Incidents and Important t Happenings of National Impt Published for the Pleasure and la formation of Newspaper Headers. Committees Work Thi3 Summer. During the Congress recess legisla tors will be busy making inquiries that were ordered bfore adjourn ment. There is a suggestion of scandal in some of these- investigations and re ports may be made at the December session calculated to stir up more or less excitement. Foreshadowing all other investiga tions ordered by 'Congress is that to be made into Indian affairs in Okla homa. This particular inquiry was pro voked by the sensational charge of Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, that he had been offered a bribe of $50,000 to withdraw his opposition to a pro vision in the deficiency bill, directing the President tp approve a contract made with the Indians by a firm of lawyers, that has been active around the halls of Congress for many years. Much to the surprise of a great many people, the House ordered an inquiry into charges of impropriety in the .disposition of Friar lands in the Philippines. This investigation was forced by Representative Mar tin, of Colorado, a Democrat, who. has undying hatred of the sugar trust. The seat of a member of the Unit ed States Senate is involved in one of the inquiries to be 'made this summer and fall. Senator Lorimer is the man under fire.' It is charged that he got his election to the United States .Senate by means of bribery. The aft'air will be inquired into by a committee of Mr. Lorimer's col leagues. The investigation will be be gun in the fall. The inquiry in the ship subsidy scandal, which will be resumed in the fall, has been in progress several weeks. Up to date the scandal has not developed. There will be a good deal going on in the Ballinger-Pinchot affair in the fall. The committee that is throw ing the ligl'iv: on this affair was busy the better part of the late session, but it did not complete its labors. During the summer the committee men will go over the evidence and the briefs, and meet at Minneapolis to make up tho report. It is known in Washington that the majority report of the committee will throw down the charges against Sec retary Ballinger by Mr. Pinchot and the others associated with him in the " prosecution " The Ballinger-Pinchot report is likely to be given to the public in advance of the election. An inquiry ordered at the Instance of President Taft is likely to result in important enactments further re gulative of the business of the rail roads of the country. The railroad bill authorizes the President to ap point a commission to make inquiries into alleged watering of railroad se curities. This inquiry grew out of the failure of the toek and bond's provis ions of the railroad bill. There is a strong likelihood that this ommittee will finish its labora i tk fall. Patent Inventions Barred. The government will no longer be permitted to use, without authority or compensation, patented inventions that are passed upon by the United States Patent Office. For years com plaint has been made that Uncle Sam has had a habit of using without awarding compensation various pat ented devices. Inventors made com plaint. Population of Washington. The population of the District of Columbia Js 331,069. In the last de cade, according to the returns of the thirteenth census, made public, hti3 is an increase of 52,351 Over the popu lation of the District in 1900, which was then 278,718. The population in 1890 was 230,392. The increase from 1900 to 1910, therefore, was 18.8 per cent, as compared with the increase of 48,326, or 21 per cent, for the preceding decade. The city of Washington is ean eidered for census purposes to be co extensive with the District of Colum bia. Corporation Division Created. Beginning July 1 there will be or ganized a Division of Corporations in the office of the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue. It will consist of a chief, a dozen clerks and a mes senger.. Their work will be that of classifying, indexing, exhitibing and caring for the returns of corporation which are liable to a tax of 1 pr etwt on their net incomes. UNCLE SAM AT MEECY OF JAPAN. 1 representative Humphrey Qaeka His Startling Declaration With ..Soma Humiliating Facts "On the Pacific Ocean tho United States to-day Is actually in a far worse condition for war than was Russia at tho beginning ot her con test with Japan," declares Represen tative William E. Humphrey in The Travel Magazine. "I am not prophe sying war with Japan," he continues, "but it is not given to man to know what the future holds. A comparison with our progressive, patriotic and pugnacious neighbor over the sea cer tainly cannot tickle American vanity. "Japan pays the two steamship lines engaged In American trade $830,000 annually in gold. The Uni ted States has steadfastly refused to assist American ships running on the Pacific. "Our merchant marine has practi cally disappeared and our flag to-day is 'but a memory in most of the ports of the world. Japan has on her ways to-day under construction more than fifty ships for the foreign trade. The United States haswt one, and has not had one for nniyears. Japan has more thaa 560 vels fit for use as transports and as a naval auxiliary. The United States has on the Pacific six merchant vessels rnnning and four or five old antiquated transports. Japan could easily carry 200,000 troops at one time. The United States not more than 10,000. Japan has in her merchant marine to-day more than 500,000 men, probably the best trained seamen in the world, from which to pick crews for her vessels of war. The United States has not on the Pacific Ocean to-day 1000 Ameri can sailors, naturalized and American born. We cannot even get complete crews to man the naval vessels we al ready have constructed. Japan could easly place 200,000 men in the Phil ippines, 100,000 In Hawaii, before we could get 10,000 ready to embark for either place. We could not to day, even in time of peace, using our own vessels (as we would be com pelled to do in time of war), place 50,000 troops in the Philippines with in a year." . The Rope of Ocnus. Few persons who use the phrase "Like the rope of Ocnus" to denote profitless labor know the significance of the expression or its great an tiquity. "The Rope of Ocnus" was the name .of a picture painted by 'Polygnotus, a distinguished Greek, who died in the fifth century B. C. He is reputed first to have given life, character and expression to painting. According to Pliny he opened the mouth and showed the teeth of his figures, and he was the first to paint women figures with transparent draperies. Ocnus 'was a poor but industrious Greek whose extravagant wife spent money as fast as he could earn it, and he related his troubles to his friend the painter. Polygnotus there upon painted the picture of a man weaving a rope of straw, while behind him stood a donkey eating the rope as fast as it was woven. It is pleasant to relate that the silent lesson had the desired effect upon the wife of Ocnus and that it was through her subse quent frugality and thrift that Ocnus ultimately rose to a positiou of great prosperity. London Globe. The Radium King. .Mr. Harry March, the British engi neer who was recently made a knight by King Manuel in recognition of his discovery of. valuable radium mines in Portugal, is popularly known in scientific circles as the Radium King. Mr. March has mined in almost every corner of the earth. In the Gup-da Belt Mountains, 4000 feet above the level of the sea, he suffered terrible privations. When hungry he would have to trust to his gun for a meal. Sour wine was the only drink pro curable, and even that difficult to oKr tain. For nearly three years this liant young engineer endured great hardships, till his perseverance was rewarded by the discovery of the world's richest radium mines'. Mr. March is taking a great interest in now "MnMi-m?! T? n r7 i n m Tinrtlr . Tit-Bits. Poker or Rolling Pin? A friend of the late Father Tabb said in Ellicott City: "This fine poet- and good man thought that class hatred was due to ignorance that the rich knew too little of the poor, and vice versa. "He once illustrated this ignorance with the story of a Methodist bishop's wife, who addressed a meeting of slum housewives on their home du ties. The address made the home life seem all very fine and ideal, but one housewife voiced tho opinion of the rest, perhaps, when she said to her neighbor, with a sniff: " 'She's all right as far as she goes, but what I'd like to ask her is this: What does she do when her old bishop comes home pay night with his en velope empty and a fightin jag on?' Minneapolis Journal. Such Excellent Milk. A simple-hearted and truly devout country preacher, who had tasted but few of the drinks of the world, took dinner with a high-toned family, where a glass of milk punch was quietly set down by each plate. In silence and happiness this new Vicar of Wakefield quaffed his goblet and added: "Madam, you should -daily thank God for such a good cow." Once a Week ; for re-election. In the Wake primary
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