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1; v.. ".' - id 11 I i - "v . K A i n 2 - i'' i in: if V 0 It .4 4 W 1 1 IS IS Vt-I 111 " ' " ' " ' " '' "'-' " ' ..... - , ...t, Yar, la Ataac. F0I COD, FOK COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. " ."" . ; ' . - SiasSa Cfj 5 Cmt. ' ' VOL. XXI. PLYMOUTH, N, C. RID A Y JULY 29, mo. ' . - ; ' NO. 7. r r TEXAS LOOKING DRY Prohibitionists Split and Anti Candidate is Nominated. W EMBARRASSING SITUATION. Wet Man cn Dry Wav3 Vcte on Prohibition Amendment to Consti tution Carried by '20,000. i , - $450,000,000 Cotton Exported. Washington, Special. Cotton, cop- S per, illuminating oil, wheat these ar .jj tiflps in the order named, formed the most important articles exported from ' the United State3 during the fiscal year ju.yt dosed. The value of the cotton exported was $-150,000,000, of the copper 4-33.500,000; of the illumi nating oil .$02,500,000, and of the J wheat $47,000,000. Dallas, Tex., Special. Oscar B. Colquitt, .fin anti-prohibitionist, was Saturday nominated for Governor by a plurality which will probably reach 00,000.. Co:ie Johnson and William Poindexter, the prohibitionist Candi da res, have only about a thousand votes diffcrance between them. These are now in favor of Poindexter, but may change as some heavy ohnson counties are .yet to come." Former Attorney General Davidson is about 20,000 vofe3 behind Poin dexter and Johnson. -The proposition to submit to popu i lar vote a prohibition amendment to the constitution has carried by probably 20,000. This presents the situation of an anti-prohibition Democrat being- nominated with a party demanding the submission of a prohibition amendment confront ing him. This was caused by the prohibitionist split on candidates. 25,000 Less Bars. St. John, N. B., Special. There are approximately 25,000 'less open bars within t fie jurisdiction of the national division Sonsof Temperance of North America than existed two years ago, according to a report rriade at the 'annual convention of the organization in session here" last week. "John D.'s Place" Cause of Protest. Cleveland, O., Special Because he placed in the window of his saloon a sign reading "This is John D.'s place," John D. Schnapps was ar rested, i The complaint was filed by Frank F. Marmann, who says he 'is a friend of John. D. Rockefeller. Marmatm says Mr. Rockefeller is known as' "John D.," and be asked what the oil man's Sunday school " pupils would say if .they changed to ''pass the saloon and say that sign. Senapps argues as his name is John D., he has a perfect right to use it on his sign. Hit Bank for a Million. Louisville, Ky., Special. August Ropke, assistant secretary and book keeper of the. Fidelity Trust Com pany, one of the soundest financial institutions in Louisville, is believed to have made away with $1,140,000, the entire surplus of the concern, according to a statement made by John W. Barr, president of the com pany. Ropke is in the county jail, where" he has been for ten days, un able to furnish the sum of $25,000. Ropke was a heavy speculator and lost large sums, it is said, on Wall Street and the Chicago board of trade. Can Market Molasses Whiskey. ; Washington, Special. A complete agreement has been reached regard- J ing the way in which molasses-made whiskey may be marketed by the in- ' ternal revenue officials and all that is now necessary is the perfunctory approval, of Acting Attroney-Genera Fowler. Church Will Operate Grccsry Store. Washington, Special. As a means of raising funds, with which to erect a new church here the congregation of the Second M. E. church will operste a grocery stcre. The congre gation lias purchased a store and the pastor, Eev. William Hogan, has been put incharge. The name has been cbanirett to the "Square Deal Gro cery." Eight Hour Limit. Washington, Special. Attorney General Wickersham has ruled that the eight hour limit will apply to work lone on and for a battleship in the government shipyards. This decis ion allows the manufacturers of ar mor which is intend.! for a warship to be built in a'overnmcnt yard to work their employes cn such armot as many hours as the employes will stand. The attorney general hells that the recent act making appropriations for vessels to be capable of no ether con-struction. FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY North Carolina News Prepared and Published Tor the Quick Perusal of Our Patrons. Mastodon Skeletons. In charge of State cara-tor II. .II. Brimley, who will have them on ex hibition in the museum shortly, are parts of two giant mastodon skele tons, which were dug up in the-eastern part of the State at Maysville and Jacksonville. In both cases' parties were digging ditches, when they dis covered the bones. In order to secure the part of the skeleton in Jones county (Mayesville) it was necessary to dig for, ten feet and only a skull, a set of teeth and the tusks were un earthed. "" At Jacksonville the skeleton was discovered by a drummer, who report ed it to the curator. Mi. Thomas Ad dicks was immediately sent to inves tigate and found that the skeleton was -buried in the bed of a strern. With a great deal of difficulty a part of it. was unearthed. To accomplish the task it became necessary to divert the waters of the stream and to'build several dams, and even then there was greaat difficulty, as tha water rose ropidly, the location being-very low. It is supposed that mastodons were once common throughout the country that now ...composes the eastern part of forth Carolina. They are supposed to have existed 50,000 -to 300,000 years ago and were somewhat larger than the average African elephant. Receiver For Electric Line. Mr. Charlie A. Scott, a prominent banker of Graham, was Saturday ap pointed by Judge J. Crawford Biggs receiver for the Burgrahaw Interur ban Company. The petition was made by the holders of the bonds, the Inter state. Construction Company of Rich mond, Ta., and the North State Realty Company, of Burlington. . The receivership proceedings were brought on by the great number of suits against general and petty contractors who got behind in their payments for labor and material. . The company Avas chartered to con struct an' electric-line. from Burling ton to Haw River via Graham, and after grading the track the entire dis tance, placing the ties and laying the track as far as Graham work was stopped last October. Since then nothing has been done toward com pleting the line. A prominent officer 'of the company stated that he believ ed the company through the receiver ship would be enabled to go ahead and complete the line". The power plant, located between Burlington and Graham, is about seventy-five per cent completed and it is believed that work will soon be renewed upon the line and .the power plant and rush ed to completion. 1 A Jewell Lost and Recovered. The romance of Miss Rena G. Jew ell of Charlotte, and Arthur D. Thom as of Washington, who eloped last Friday night from Washington, D. C, and were married early Saturday morning at Rockville, Md., has been shattered. After the return of the young couple Saturday with the an nouncement of their hasty marriage, Miss Jewell's 'mother and Washing ton relatives took the young bride from her husband and Sunday she was was taken to her home in Char lotte. Thoma's appeal for the parental! blessing were unavailing. What fur ther action jhe family of the young woman will take in the matter was not announced, the mother -of the bride wishing to consult her hus band. The couple had not kfSown each other but 24 hours. T ' , 135th Annual Meeting. The last Sunday in-this Month will le a great -day at Rocky River Baptist Church, Anson county. From the sur.ou ding eoant'es and-from Sou in Carolina viil gather the peo ple ' who are looking forward now to the annual "July meting" which has been held at this point for 134 uears with hardly a break. A Strange . Looking Eird. -Mr. John McDowell has on exhib ition at his store at Morganton a cur iosity in the shape of a young rain crow. It is -snow white and has pink eyes or in other words is a full fledged abino. The strange bird was captured near town a few days ago. Second Hosiery Mill for Hickory. Hickory is to have a second knit ting mill. A charter has been isssued The capital stock is-$25,000. Hk-kery already has one hosiery mill, the Hickory hosiery mill, which has had a verv successful career under the management of Mr. Cline. NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS Life in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine Rates to Rockingham Unsatisfactory. That satisfactory through routes and. joint rates between Rockingham and various points in South Caro lina, not only do not exist, but are refused by the railroads, is the bur den of a complaint filed Thursday with the interstate commerce com mission. The complaint was institu ted by the manufacturers' freight de partment of Rockingham, represent ing the cotton mills at that place against the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. It is alleged -that the rates charged by the carriers on cot ton piece goods from Rockingham to points in South Carolina are un reasonable a;id discriminatory." The commission is requested to require the railroads to establish through rates and joint rates and schedules of charges that are lower than the pres ent rates.' Ysggmen Leave $150 in ChurcKT" A .mild sensation was created at Catawba Tuesday. While several ladies were, cleaning and re arranging the interior of the Meth odist church, . they found a stack of papers which they decided to de stroy. In removing it one of the la dies saw a package that she was prompted to investigate. An Atlan ta Constitution and Asheville Citi zen, bearing date of October, 1907, were unrolled, in the folds of which a large number of sheets of postage stamps, of several denominations (mostly 2c) were revealed A count was made, and $151.25 was -the amount. How the stamps got into the. church is a puzzle; but the supposi tion is that some yeggman passed that way and slept in the building, accidentally leaving his. booty or purposely hiding it.- It is. recalled that about 1907 robberies of coun try stores and small t postoffices oc curred. The find has been reported to the'department.' Cark Defeats Congressman Godwin. After a most turbulent session the Sixth Congressional Convention, at Wrights nlle Beach Friday, on the 43rd ballot, nominated Hon. O. L. Clark, of Clarkton. Congressman Godwin was defeated. Eook for Hook-wormers. "Hookworm Disease," by John A. Fen-ell, M. D., assistant secretary of the North Carolina Board of Health, "for the Eradication of Hookworm Diseases," is the title of a booklet just issued by, the North Carolina Board of Health. It, is to be .given circulation in every section of the State, with special effort to get a copy in every rural home. The book let gives the history -and the geo graphical distribution of the. -hookworm and a detailed presentation of its nature and characteristics and its attacks on the human system. The treatment for eradication and the sanitary precaations- necessary for prevention of the disease are also giv en in a remarkably clear and, effect ive manner. It is profusely illus trated. New Law Processor at University. Prof. A. C. Mcintosh, assistant professor of law at Trinity College, is elected to a law professorship at. the University of North Carolina to suc ceed Dr. Thomas Ruffin. Values in Winston-Salera. . The ,exact figures for the valuation of real estate and personal property in .Winston-Salem have teen comple ted, and show a total valuation of $11,741,005, against $J0,4G3,79S last year, an increase of $1,277,S07. The State After a Rascal. The State is taking a hand in the effort to capture Levy Maynard, the young white man charged with being concerned in the death of Bessie Thomason. at High Point. - Governor Kitchin offered a reward of $200 for the capture of Maynard, who has skipped out from High Point, and whose location is unknown. The authorities are making a light to locate him. Chapel Eill Bank in Distress. The business quiet of Chapel Hill was disturbed Thursday by the clos ing of People's Bank. Mr. J. K. Dbughton the State bank examiner, posted a notice on the door that the bank was closed by order of the Cor poration Commission.' The condition of the bank is by no means precarious and it is not thought that the de positors will lose a single penny. The officers of the bank are making every effort to straighten out its affairs. It is not known yet whether the bank will bo reopened or whether it will be absorbed bv its older rival, the Bank of. Chapel Hill DEMOCRATS IN DIVISION. Two Congressmen Nominated in Sixth North Carolina District Godwin Paction "Independent" Republi cans Will Enter Field. Wilmington, N. C.,1 Special. Be cause the chairman of the executive committee,, and temporary chairman of" the . sixth district congressional, convention in session here, refused to recognize delegates from New Han overiand Cumberland counties for the reason that they had been "appoint ed" insfead of elected, in violation of the Democratic plan, it is claimed, the executive committee, during a re cess of, the convention, deposed the chairman and re-elected another chairman who admitted the delegates from the counties in question. Osortr L. Clark, of Bladen, was nominated on the 143d ballot at 1:20 a, .m. Friday, defeating Congressman Godwin and the. other : three candi dates. The Godwin faction held a "con vention" Friday morning and by tie-, claring that Godwin should have eleven 'of New Hanover's votes and six of Cumberland's, nominated Han nibal L. Godwin of Harnett on the first ballot. , - Supporters of Godwin declare that no matter who makes tlje race for Congress in this district II. L. God win wili be in the fight and that .no effort will be made to have the mat ter submitted to the State executive committee. There is no doubt about the Re publicans putting out a nominee and it now looks" like a three-cornered fight. Godwin's forces deelare that he can win out over the field no mat ter how many 'are in. the . race and in fact this declaration was made by J. C. Clifford of Harnett in placing Godwin in nomination. Sheriff Sill3 Seven With Two Pistols. Elliott, Miss., Special. Five ne groes were killed and two . others were mortally wounded Thursday when Deputy Sheriff Cauley, who was endeavoring, to take them into cus tody on a minor charge, advanced on the officer with farming imple ments as weapons and with the avow ed intention of "cutting him down." Bearing a warrant charging the seven with assault, Cauley and two citizens, Deputized to assist him, went to the home of Henry Beck, a colored farmer, near Elliott. As the posse approached, the negroes ceased their work in the field and grabbing pitchforks and other farming tools, made for the deputy Cauley, how ever, opened fire with two revolers before the billigerents came within striking distance, and, before the others of the posse had gained their wits five of the attacking party were -Iead and the remainder wounded. The deputy surrendered. Several days ago ah attempt was made to effect the capture of the ne groes but the arresting officer with drew when they employed similar tactics to those of Thursday. R. R. President Left Scandal. Chicago, Special. Death came to Ira G. Rawn, president of the Monon Railroad, supposedly from a bullet fired by himself, but certainly on the eve of possible exposure as a central figure of what is declared may be one of the greatest railway scandals of the country. Counsel for the Illinois Central Railroad when confronted with var batim copy of questions and answers at a recent investigation of the com pany's affairs, admitted that the foundation had been carefully laid with intent to show Mr. Rawn as pri marily responsible for years of crook ed car contracts. His answers, how ever, had been steadfast denials of the implied charges. Flour Jumps Fifty Cents a Barrel. Jcffersonville, Lid., Special. The high price of wheat and prospects of a poor yield in man"loca!lties are the reasons assigned by dealers foi the jump of 50 cents a barrel on flour, which has been announced here Farmers say that orchard grass ha begun to sprout in the shock because of the recent heavy rains, and that the loss will be heavy. ' Boy Dives Upon a Stingaree. West Palm Beach, Fla., Special. Death in an almost unheard-of form waited for Laurence S: Baker, an 11-year-old Jacksonville lad, when he dived from a boat while in Lake Worth Thursday. A stingaree, a hto;e, flat-bodied and gruesome species of warm-water fish was lurking under the boat. One of the barbed spines which this fish car ries on its whip-like tail, pierced the boy's npek, cutting into the juglar vein. He rose to the surface, crvin for help and bled to death within four minutes. BANK ROBBEJ $600,000 Cashier Erwin Wider is Badly Want--, ed By Police Description Given. New York, Special. "Wanted: Erwin Wider, about 32 years old, 5 feet 5 inches in height. Weight about 135 pounds, swarthy of complexion with a small black mustache curled at the ends. Wears rimless nose glasses' j talks with a German accent and is timid in address." Such is the general alarm sent out by the police for the missing cashier of the Russo-Chinese bank, although, oddly enough, the district attorney's office says that no aid has been asked of it by the bank and that no appli cation for a Avarrant had been filed. But this contradiction is only one in a series that have kept step w.ith every development of Avhat is now ad mitted to be at mice the most puzzling and the most serious defalcation in the history of Wall Street since Cor nelius Ah:ord stole $006,000 from the First National hank, served a term ift Sing Sing and then retired to the se clusion of a orincely country place. " When the Russo-Chdnese bank first made public the fact that its strong box Avas short, the amount Avas given as $80,000, all in negotiable bonds, a list of Avhich was furnished. Monday afternoon, the Amount suddenly jump ed to $000,000, of which the addition al $520,000 is said to be in stocks pa-fly owned by the bank and partly by its customers. Bids Opened For Building Sites. Washington, Special. Bids for the sal.e of ites for the erection of Fed eral buiklings authorized by act of the recent session of Congress were .Mon day opened by the supervising archi tect of the Treasury of the cities of Rocky Mount, Wilkesboro and Bur lington. There Avere fifteen offers of property in Rocky Mount, the prices ranging from $10,500 for corner of Main and Thomas streets to $26,000 for prc-pertv on comer of Washington and Hall. There Avere tAvo offers of Burling ton property, each for $10,000 and located on Davis street. ' ' Three offers Avere made of Wilkes boro lots alomr Main street at priee3 from $0,000 to $7,500. No seleetionwill be made for these sites until the towns are visited by an agent of the Treasury, Avhd Avill personally inspect each offer. The visits Avill probably be made early in the fall. Virginia Ex-Mayor Assassinated. Ridgeway, Va'., Special. Ex-Mayor A. II. Bousman Avas assassinated by a dvnamite bomb, Avhich was thrown Sunday evening. He died an hour after the explosion. No cine to the identity of the murderer, or the cause of the crime, has been found. , Mr. Bousman had been spending the hot evening in a hammock swung between two trees on the lawn in front of his residence. The dvnamite bomb Avas thrown about 10 o'clock by some one passing along the street. It landed on the hammock at his feet and in another instant exploded. The ex-mayor's feet were torn away by the bursting shell and his legs frightfully mutilated. In great agony he died an hour later. As mayor of Ridgeway, Mr. Bous man presided OA-er the police court of the town trying petty cases. It is thought some person upon whom Bousman, in his court, had passed sentence of punishment, held a grudge against him. No State Taxes Gee Whiz! Minneapolis, Minn., Special. There won't be any State taxes in Minne sota in 1911. The State government expenses Avill all be met by the huge surplus' in the State treasury. No State taxes is an unheard-oi thing. The condition is supposed tc be Avithout precedent in the United States, as it is in Minnesota. Plenty Money. Atlanta, Ga.. Special. Forty-one new banks, capitalized at $2,612,000 in the aggregate, commenced business cr (tmiplei.'d organization in the South during the past month. Six existing banks added- $470,000 to their capital, making a total of -$3,-082,000 new banking capital added to the South's resources in the past thirty days Would Be Postal Bank Depositories Washington, Special. Among the applications for designation as post a1 savings bank depositories which 1kia- been received, are those of the Firs' National Bank of Gastonia, N. C and the National Loan and Exchange Bank of Greenwood. S. C, and a bank at Rock Hill, S. C. Ths Proper Way. Montreal, Special. Vice President Murdoch, of the Order of Railway Trainmen," has wired to the depart ment cf labor at Ottawa accenting Minister King's suggestion, of arbi tration by a board to b? named by the government. NEW CONGRESSMEN On Census Returns South Gets Increased Representation. NORTH WILL MAKE OBJECTION. South's Population Figures Creating a Sensation Presage Political Power, and Importance Probable Fight Ahead Eetween Sections. Washington, Special. The amaz ing growth in the South and South west already is becoming the sensa tion of the 1910 census. Fifty-one counties in Texas show a population of 817,475 in 1910, as compared with 552,906 in 1900, a gain of 46 per cent. This percentage maintained throughout Texas -will mean a gain of 1,4D3,G00 people in the State, or a total population of almost 4.500, 000. . . For Nueces county the Census Bu reau reported a population of 21,955 in 3910, as against 10,434 ten years ago. an increase of 110 per cent. . Knox county showed a 500. per jent adA-ance, and Tom Green couutj close to 400 per cent. Returns from other States are scattering. Without1 exception, the figures from Oklahoma and from the "Old South" Louisiana, Mississippi Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama record startling increases. On the present basis of represen tation in Congress, a member to every 194,000 of the country's population, the returns from only forty-one coun ties entitle Texas to another member of the House. If the ratio of increase is maintained, Texas will get seven additional members, and haA-e a dele gation consisting of twenty-three. The scattering figures from other parts of the South and Southwest, most notably Oklahoma, presage a like advance in political power and importance. For this reason, talk of renewing the Northern demand for . limiting Southern representation is becoming general. The Northern Republicans are practically sure to make another effort to pass a force bill, under which representation would he based upon the vote cast instead of upon the census returns. A bitter sectional fight is sure to folloAV. Finger Nail Growing on Nose. . Washington, D. C, Special.- There Avas a man in Washington Friday with a finger nail growing from the end of his nose. His name is J. B. Norris, and he hails from NeAvs Orleans. Some months ago he had ihe greater part of his nose cut aAvay, and the surgeons endeavored to mend the de fect by grafting his little finger into the gap. . After seA-eral months the root of the nail which the surgeons had failed to remoA-e, began to sprout, and now the patient is afflicted with a claw on the end of his phoboscis. He left for New Orleans, where he will re-enter the Torro Infimarv to have the surgeons rebuild his nose with their planes, saws, and chisels. Well, What is "Fitten T'eat?" Washington, Special. Prosecutions ' against manufacturers of ice cream cones containing borax are to "be in stituted by the government under the pure food law. Large seizures of cones were made recently in . different parts of the country by inspectors of the depart ment of agriculture. Analysis of the cones seized disclosed the nresenco" of borax, a property which has been held to be deleterious to the human stomach". ' 1 - ..- Buck's Stove Co. Surrenders. Cincinnati, O., Special. A peace agreement has been reached between the StoA-e Founders' National Defense Association and President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor. This, it is believed, will end the pros ecutions by the Bucks StoAe Com pany against officers ofithe American Federation of Labor. - Eie Gun Causes Another Accident.. Fort Monroe, Special. Eleven ar tillerymen are dead and a number of others seriously injured, including two officers, as the result of the blowing out of a breech block in a 12-ineh gun at the De Russey battery during the coast artillery practice Thursday. The accident happened- while stu dent officers were endeavoring to sink a fleet of towed targets, represent ing an imaginary hostile .fleet, pro ceeding toward Washington. The battery wrs under the immediate command of Sergeant Harry Haas, of the COth company, United Statics coast artillery.