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T ;I-H-M"1 I 1 Mill r Ml HM I IV ;; MADISON COUNTY RECORD, ; ,. E.tafcLKedJ-n.28. 1901. " FRENCH BR.OAD NEWS, ; Established May 16. 1907. ; ; Consolidated, : : Not. 2nd, 1911 ' rnnmiiiiimn-nmii' m 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 n i ii G6e Medium T Through wkich you retch the pec pie of Madison County. ! ', J Advertising Rues on Application ' US li rTTTTTTTTT THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 7. 1912. NO. 23. THE KESG?D. Madleoaj Oetinty, Established by the Legislator Mm iloa lMO-'li. . Population, 10,111. County Seat Marshall 1641 feet nbova sea level New and modem Court House, eost 131.000.00. New and modern 111. eoat $15,000.00. New and modern County Horn, eoat 110,000.00. Officers. Hon. Jas. L. Hyatt, Senator. SI District, Bumavtlle, N. C. Hon. 3. C. Ramaey, RepreientatlTa. Marshall N. C, W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superioi Court. Manball, N. C W. M. Buckner, Sheriff. Marshall N.a Jamei Smart, Regtiter ot Deeds, Marshall. N. C. C. F. Runnioh, Treaaurar, Maraball N,CR.r. D. No. I. R. U Tweed. Surveyor, White Rock, N. O. Dr. J. H. Balrd. Coroner, Mara Hill, N. a Mra Ellia Henderson, Jailor. Mar- ihalL N. C. John Honeycutt Janitor, Manball N. C. Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Manball N. C, James' Haynle, Supt County Home, Maraball N. C. . Home located about two miles south- weat ot Maraball. Courts. Criminal and ClTll First Monday be fore rirat Monday in March. Com mencing Feb. 2th, 1912. ClTll 11th. Monday after Flrat Mon day In March, commences May 20, 1911, Criminal and Civil First Monday after first Monday In Sept. Com mences Spt 9th, 1912. Ctrll 6th Monday after First Mon day In September. Commences Octo er 14,1912. BOARDS. County Commissioners. , W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall ft. C. C. F. Cassada, Member, Marshall N. C, R. F. D.-No. 1. Reubln A. Tweed, Member. Bit Laurel, N. C. C. B. Mashburn, Atty, Marshall N. C. Board meets first Monday in ever;, month. ' " Road Commissioners. A. E. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall N C, R. F. D. 2. J. A Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill N. O.R. F. D. 2. Sam Cox, Member, Mars Hill N. C R.F. D. No. 2. O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C. Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer Marshall N. C, , George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall N. C. Board meeta first Monday In Janu ary. April, July and October each year , Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creek, N. C 7 Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall N. . F. D. No. . ' , W. R. Sams, Marshall N. C R. F. D. No. I. Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of Schools. Mara Hill N. C, R. F. D Na. S. Board Meets first Monday in Janu ary, April, July and October each yeai Colleges and High Schools. Mara Hill Pnllnn Prof R. L Moore. o..7. m. Hiii wr m Term? begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1912. Spring Creek High Sohool. Prof, a C. Brown. Principal, Spring Creek N. C 2 Mo. Sohool opened August ' 1, MIL ; "7 7 Madison Seminary High School Prof J. M. Weatherly. Principal. Mar shall N. C, R. F. b" No' 2? t Mo Sohool began October 2, 1911. Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E. Griffith. Prlnolpal. Walnut N. C 8 Mo Sohool began September 9. 1911. Marshall Academy. Prof. - R. 0. Anders, Principal, "Marshall, "n C, f " Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911. , Notary Publics. -' J.j C. Ramsey, Marshall N. C. Term expires Jan. 11, 1912. A J. Roberts, Marshall,, N. C, R. F D. No, t, Term expires May 30, 1912 Jasper Ebbs. Spring Creek, N. C Term expires August 10, 1912. . C C Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex . plrea December 6, 1912. ; J. A Leak, Revere, N. C. Term ex pires January 10, 1913. j W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, X. C. Term expires January 10, 1913. J. H. Bouthworth, Stackhouse, N. C. Term expires January H, 1913. . W. Anderson. Paint Fork, N. C. Term expires February 6, 1913. J. H. Hunter, Marshall N. C, R F. D. No. 3. Term expires April 1, 191? J. F. Tllson, Marshall, N. C. R. F. D. No. I. Term expires April 3, 1913. C J. Ebbs, Marshall N. C. Term expires April 31. 1913. J. W. Nelson, Marshall N. C Term expiree April 2. 1913. Roy L, Ondger, Marshall N. C. Term expires May 2, 1913. Geo. M. Prltchard. Marshall N. C. Term expires May 25, 1912. - Dudley Cblpley, Marshall K. C Term expiree July 29, 1913. - Vf. 0. Connor, Mara Hill N. C. Term esplroe November 27, 1913. POST. . George W. Gahagan Post, Ma U O. A R. ' B. M. Darts, Commands?. J. H. Ballard. Adjutant Meets at the Court House ftatnrda? eiore the second Sunday ta month at 11 A. M. GOMEZ PERMITS MARINES TO LAND UNITED STATES GUNBOAT WILL PROTECT PROPERTY AT " DAIQUIRI. SEVERAL RUMORS OF BATTLE Cuban Commander Expecta to Make a Decisive Move Agalnet Rebela In Orlente Province. Havana, Cuba. President Gomes telegraphed General Monteagudo, the commander-in-chief of the Cuban army, who Is at the scene ot hpstlll ties In the province of Oriente, stat ing that the general might permit American marines to land on Cuban soil to guard foreign property. The dispatch added that the Cuban forces then might retire from guard ing such places and devote themselves to pursuing the insurgents. The message of President Gomes waa a report covering the history of the present revolt and the means taken by the government to suppress it The message said the government bad been successful in all the prov inces except Orlente. It transmitted copies of the correspondence relating to the uprising which had passed be tween Cuba and the United States, and also the copy of a dispatch sent to' General Monteagudo by the com mandant of the American naval sta tion at Guantanamo, acquainting Gen eral Monteagudo of his. Intention to send the marines ot the gunboat Pa- ducah to Daiquiri to protect American property there. Interest in Havana centered on the question whether the United States gunboat. Paducah would land marines at Daiquiri to protect the property of the Spanish-American Iron company. It overshadowed completely all the re ported occurrences from the theater of hostilities. The American legation received ad vices from Daiquiri that the plant of the iron company had been attacked, but that Its assailants were held In check by forty guards, who later were reinforced by 100 other men. This combined force drove off the Insurg ents and on the arrival of the Padu cah the fighting was over, and ap parently there was no necessity for the aid of American marines. - There was great excitement this evening In Havana when several of the newspapers issued extra editions announcing that a battle had taken place not far from Santiago. In which many rebels bad been killed by the fire of the Cuban artillery. WILSON LOSES RH0DEISLAND Incompelte Returns Indicate Great Victory for Clark. Providence, R.' I. Democratic vot ers of Rhode Island, at the presiden tial primary, favored Champ Clark by a large majority over Woodrow Wil son and Judson Harmon, the other two aspirants, whose names were on the ballot With the towns of Ex- tere and four wards In the city of Providence missing, the returns gave: Clark, 5,016; Wilson, 1,422; Har mon, 433. Altnougn ine corneal was veij uiuoo the returns Indicated that George W. Although the contest was very close Green had been re-elected national committeeman, defeating Congress-j man George F, O'Shaughnessy. Speaker Clark's supporters made , the only active campaign in the state, the work done in the interest of Gov- ernor Wilson being confined to placing advertisements was light in papers. The vote More Strike Trouble at Lawrence. Lawrence, Mass. Three hundred operatives In the mills of the Amer ican Woolen Mills Joined the opera tives of the carding and combing rooms ot tbe wool mill, who went on a strike on Tuesday because other operatives in those rooms refused to become members of the Industrial Workers of the World. The strike is being conducted by William Yates, the national secretary of the textile branch of the Industrial Workers, and Archie Adamson. treasurer of the lo cal branch. "Both men were among the leaders in the general strike in Lawrence. Wild Man. of Borneo Dead. Boston. Plutano, " -the last of the famous pair ot "wild men of Borneo," died at the home of Mrs. H. A War ner, in Waltham. Plutano is believ ed to have been about 92 years old, and with his brother, Walno, who died in 1905, had traveled all over the world. Plutano and Walno were brought on a ship to New York In the early fifties, and were aald to have been captured on the island of Bor neo. Since 1867 the "wild men" had been In the care of Capt Hansford A. Warner, or one ot his descendants. Sufferers Want Food and Seed. New Orleans. An appeal from the Plauchevllle, La., flood relief commit tee, asking for the immediate dis patch of food supplies, field and gar den seed for 60 families In that sec tion, has been received here by the local relief committee. The appeal haa been referred to Captain Logan, United States army, at Baton Rouge. The families were recently ordered to concentration eampa by Captain Ben nett but they found it impossible to comply. The Plauchevllle committer, requested an investigation. HAROLD C0TTAM. Mr. Cottam waa the wireless oper ator of the Carpathla who received the signal of distress from the Ill-fated liner Tltanlo, and who, transmitting same to Captain Rostron, caused the Carpathla to turn her prow In the di rection of the doomed ship and save many hundreds of Uvea. NEW JERSEY FOR ROOSEVELT THE COLONEL BEAT PRESIDENT TAFT DECISIVELY IN NEW JERSEY ELECTION. Governor Wood row Wilson Won Ma jority of Delegatea from Ex - 8enator 8mith. . Newark, N. J. One of the most sweeDlnur victories Theodore Rnoae velt has won in the primaries since be began his campaign for the Repub llcan presidental nomnaton was re' corded by the Republcan voters of New . Jersey. Colonel Roosevelt car ried every congressional district in the state, and that all the twenty- eight delegates New Jersey-will send to Chicago will be Roosevelt men, Governor Wilson won his own state against a strong opposition beaded by bis political enemies within the state rt n r, .nno.. V.... ........... .. the twenty-eight delegates, Including the delegates-at-large. Colonel Roosevelt's plurality on the preferential vote Is 10,000. Senator La Follette's vote, as far as counted, indicates he would not get more than 2 per cent of the total. REPORT ON TITANIC DISASTER Senate Committee Tells of Results of nvesiigaiion or Tiiamo Disaster. Washington. Blame for the Titanic disaster is chargeable directly to the failure of the dead Captain Smith to heed repeated warnings of Icebergs ahead, but . responsibility . for unnec- essary loss of life must be shared by Captain Lord, ot the steamship Californlan, through his disregard of distress signals. This Is the finding ,ul uio douuib cuuiiuuioo wuiuu m- vestigated the sinking of the Titanic, of the senate committee which In as prepared In a comprehensive speech delivered by William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the committee. Senator Smith declared that respon- slbllity also rests upon the British board of trade, "to whose laxity of regulation and hasty inspection the world is largely Indebted for tbe aw ful fatality." In denouncing Captain Lord of the Californlan, the senator said the Titanic's distress signals were plainly seen from the deck of I his vessel a short distance away. America will leave to Enaland the chastlsement ot those guilty, assert- ed the senator, and he quoted British law to show that Captain Lord might be prosecuted for a misdemeanor. Before the Tltanlo departed on her maiden voyage there, were not suffi- I ' dent tests of boilers, bulkheads, of the 28 delegates, including the oeie equlpment or signal devices. gates-at-large. His opponents aban- Captaln Rostron of the rescue ship I Carpathla waa praised by Senaotr Smith and he urged that congress recognize his valor. ' Rockefeller on Witness 8tand. New York. John D. Rockefeller. retlred head Of the dissolved Standard Ing of the members of the cotton ex Oil comDany. was placed on the wit- chanae. the special committee ap- nesa stand here to tell whether he be- Heved the company had been really dlssolved. The alleged millionaire could not be Induced at all times to give direct answers to questions. Mr. Rockefeller appeared as a witness in the action brought to compel lnsnec- tors of the election ot stockholders ot the Waters-Pierce Oil company to vota proxies of the Rockefeller inter- eats. House 8ays No Battleships. Washington. Tbe house passed the naval appropriation bill without pro viding for any new battleships. In the final hours ot consideration, how- ever a radical amendment waa added 9 I by which government contracts tn the fiftieth anniversary oi tne Dame. i future must be filed under the eight- a Joint meeting of the Pennsylvania hour law. . The proviso applies not Gettyeburg celebration commission alone to naval contracta, but to all and the representatives ot the states work that hereafter may be done for th. government The bill . carries approxlmately $119,000,000. The adop- tlon of the eight hour amendment tol- lowed a lengthy debate. i 0 ATTACKS UNITED STATES LEADER OP MEXICAN REVOLU TION SAYS THIS COUNTRY IS AIDING MADERO. AN AGREEMENT CHARGED Orozeo Intimates That United States Haa Been Promised a Huge Recompense. Chihuahua. Idtlmatlng that the revolutlonarlea may be unable to re strain the populace In Its indignation when it realizes the extent of the as sistance being given the Mexican government In its fight against the rebels, General Orozeo and his fel low officers have protested to Marlon Letcher, consular representative of the United States, against the attitude of the American government in permit ting Mexican authorities to recruit and equip soldiers north of the Inter national boundary. The protest has been ordered published widely in both Spanish and English. It Is directed to Madero and the United States. After a recital in detail of many Instances In which the American au thorities have aided tbe Madero gov ernment, especially in permitting Con sul Llorente at ElJPaso to recruit and equip men for the force commanded at OJInga by General Sanjlnges, and the failure of the authorities to turn back Federals defeated at Guadalupe when a few swam the river to safety, It Is Intimated that there exists be tween Madero and the government at Washington some agreement regard ing a huge recompense. It is suggested that possibly the American government has been prom ised by Madero some concession in the nature of lend holdings. Back ot all Is the tact that the American government has crippled se riously the rebels by Its stringent ap Plication of the laws, preventing the lmoortatlon of ammunition. The reb els characterize the attitude as emi nently unfair. , Madero In the protest, is styled a traitor, and the American government Is accused of assuming, an attitude that Is little short of intervention. At tention is called to tbe fact that here tofore the revolutionary authorities have given, every guarantee ot aafety to foreigners, and especially Anerl- CBnS. &UQ BUCU KUUrUUlOTD BU11 " Promised, but with reservations. It is suggested that in some in stances the populace might become so incensed as to take revenge on Americans, and that in some cases tbe authorities might be unable to furnish restraint, in case the declara tion Is made that the revolutionary authorltlea will not consider them selves responsible. STATES CHOOSE CANDIDATES Clark Gets Arizona; Minnesota Vote ; Favors Wilson, phoenix, Ariz. Speaker Clark car- rled Arizona in Democratic presmen- tlal primary by a vote of at least three to one over Governor Wilson St Paul, Minn. Returns from about twenty counties where conventions were held show that a large numoer oi uuiubu-imjmju ub""- "-v elected to the state convention at Du of unlnstructed delegations were luth. This was true, even wnere aei- egates selected at the caucuses had been instructed. The returns indicate, however, that a larger number of del egates were Instructed for Wilson than for the other candidates, in sev eral counties William J. Bryan was named as first choice and in others as second choice. Champ Clark will make a good showing in the conven tion. . .' '-' Newark, N. J. Theodore Roose- velt's clean sweep of the New Jersey primaries was emphasized when late returns cave him small but substan- tlal nluralitles In the few districts about which last night's figures left ( any doubt and Increased nis ieaa elsewhere in the state. Governor Wilson carried all bat two or tne iz congressional districts and gained 24 doned hope that taey cameo me Eighth district, where the vote waa close but which Governor Wilson won by a liberal majority apparently. To" Investigate Bremen Adjustments. Savannah, Ga. At a general meei- pointed to look Into penalizations of cotton at Bremen on appeals recom- mended that a special committee be appointed to Investigate conditions at Bremen. The committee stressed the tact that It was yet to be determined whether, or not any unfair or unjust penalization had been exacted. The Bremen cotton exchance urged that a committee be sent over to investigate for the local exchange. Peace Jubilee on Gettysburg Field. . Washington. - The senate passed unanimously tbe bill appropriating $150,000 foi-lhe government's partic ipation in the peace juonee at ueitys- bura - tn 1913 on the occasion f the . . t . - . a A I it waa decided to aoanaon ior in present the movement for an appro- priatlon ot $500 000 or mora tor the erection upon the battlefield of a peace memorial SENATOR WM. ALDEN SMITH. I 'A 1 L . - ,. - J 8enator Smith was ohslrman of the senate sub-eommltte whloh gathered testimony relative to the horrible dis aster that befell the Tltanle and her thousands of passengers. FEARS OF CUBA ALLAYED PRESIDENT WIRES GOMEZ THAT U. 8. DOES NOT WANT TO INTERVENE. Mobolizlng of Warships Is a Precau tionary Measure and Doea Not Mean Intervention. Washington. President Taft re plied to President Gomez' telegram regarding the attitude of the United States toward Cuba. He declared tbe American government's activities In mobilizing war vessels at Key West and dispatching the Prairie with ma rines to Guantanamo was not in any sense an ' intervention move. The following is the text of tbe message r "I am sincerely gratified to learn of your government's energetic meas ures to put down disturbance and to know that you are confident of being successful. As was fully explained to the Cuban charge d'affaires here, this government's motive in sending ships to Key West, just as sending the Prairie to the Guantanamo naval sta tion, was merely to be able to act promptly in case it should unfortun ately become necessary to protect American life and property by ren dering moral support or assistance to the Cuban government. As was made quite clear at the time these ordinary measures of precaution were entirely disassociated from any ques tion of intervention. ' "WILLIAM H. TAFT." The state department emphatically declared that tbe present Cuban sit uation In no sense made Intervention necessary. No American troops, oth er than the marines already on their way to the Island, were expected to be ordered out, It was stated. It was shown that the fund available for the transportation of troops has run low, with the approach ot the end of the fiscal year, and any attempt to move troops from posts in this country to Cuba would be costly. DISTRESS FOLLOWS FLOOD Louisiana Flood Refugees Clamor for Food and Need Medicines. ' New Orleans. Stories of dire dis tress among 1,400 flood refugees In the vicinity of Jena, La., in LaSalle parish, were received here by Dr. Os car Dowling, president of the Louis iana state board of health, In a let-: ter from Dr. Newhauser Mayer, spe- clal inspector of the board, who is in charge of the medical and sanitary work among the refugees. j Doctor Newhauser states that scat tered about In the swamps within a radius of nine miles of Jena there were 950 negroes and 450 white peo- pie, among whom 120 tenta had been j distributed. Most of the refugees,! however, had built themselves wood en huts, but the sanitary conditions were reported bad. Permanent Home for Maine Pennant Chicago, 111. The pennant of the battleship Maine has a permanent home in Memorial hall here. It was presented with appropriate ceremo nies to the Grand Army Hall Memo rial association by the United Span ish War Veterans. The latter organ ization received It from George C. Mages, who came into possession of the pennant soon ' after the Maine was blown up. Mr. Mages was In" Florida at the time and was given the pennant by a sailor after he had rescued it '. Braxll Resents Coffee Trust Suit ' New York. The recent yisit of Sec retary of State Knox to ten of the Caribbean republics on a mission ol fraternal greetings from this country waa pleaaantly recognized by the w a i 0 -I -a a fa . . . Pan-American Society at Its Interna tional banquet here. The Brazilian ambassador was greeted with cheera, but startled the assemblage with a strong protest at the action, ot the United States government in recently seizing nearly a million bags of oof fee belonging to the so-called Brazil laa coffea trust STATE COUNCIL OF FARMERS' UNION TOOK IMPORTANT STEP FOR- WARD IN EDUCATIONAL PART OF THE WORK. TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL AGENT This Agent Will Devote Hie Entire Time to This Work Importance Union Will Attach to Rural Educa tion in the Future. Raleigh. At a meeting of the state ' council of the Farmers' Union In this city Friday, the 17th of this month, the state council took an Important step forward in the educational part of ts work. This was tbe decision to appoint an educational agent for the ' state and also educational agents for the various counties and local unions of each county. This state agent will devote hla entire time to the work, His function will be to look after the educational part of the union's work just as the business agents looks after the buslnes interests of the union. Hitherto the state union has not had an educational agent and the fact that such an office Is to be created is highly significant of the Importance the un ion will hereafter attach to rural edu cation. The name of tbe organization, and Educational Union signify that the matter of rural education is one of its leading interests, and the action of the state council of North Carolina In appointing a state agent of education indicates the paramount interest of the union In this matter. The National Farmers' Co-operative and Educational Union has an educa tional agent In the person of Mr. C. C. Wright of Wilkes county, who has al ready organized the work in several states and the action of the state coun cil at Raleigh on the 17th was In keep ing with the national plan for enlarged Interest in and attention to education al work in the rural districts. The plan of appointing an agent instead of a committee to look after this feature of the unVn's work is the one also ap proved by the national council dT the union, it having been found more sat isfactory in every way. Senatorial Districts Committee. The executive committee of this Senatorial District met for the pur pose of deciding on the time and place of holding the convention to se lect candidates for the next state senate. It was decided to hold this convention In New Bern. This will be convenient for the delegates from all the. counties in this district as New Bern is centrally located. The date of the convention Is to be Friday, June 14th. There are four candidates In the field: Mr. A. D. Ward, of New Bern; Mr. Leslie Davis, of Beaufort; Mr. Tom Whltaker, and Mr. Albrlt- ton, of Greene county. A New List of Election Judges. For the first time in the last thirty years almost a new list of judges of electIons and Pu holders had to be named in place of those appointed by the Wake County Election Board, In exact figures thirty-six Democrats and seventeen Republicans had to be re-named. At an adjourned meeting of the eelctlon board at Raleigh in the office of Mr. W. H. Pace it was point ed out that since the appointment ot election judges and pollholders last Monday a large number of these same officers of election were , candidates for precinct committeemen, executive committeemen and delegates to the county convention. Hit Negro on Head With Hammer. Struck in the head with a hammer by the engineer of the steam roller used on the streets of Wilmington, after he had hit the foreman of the force, T. E. Koonce, with a shovel and was lashing him with a whip, R. Cos by, colored, lies in the hospital In a precarious condition. H. E. Beane, the engineer, who hit him, Is held at the police station but is not locked up. Trucking Activities In This Section. - This section of Eastern Carolina is at this time, in the midst of trucking activity and the trains and boats op erating to and from Elizabeth City are being taxed to -take care of the business. Peas and beana continue to go forward to the markets in large quantities and Iran potatoes are be ing rushed to the market as fast as they can be handled. As usual Cur rituck county ,1s leading in the early shipments, and every day steamers ar riving from Currituck point are carry ing immense cargoes ot the product Turned Into Automobile Highway. The old roadbed of the Aberdeen ft Ashboro Railroad from Troy to Bis cbe wll soon be turned Into an automo bile highway. The cltlsens of Biscoe and Troy are putting tbe road Into ahape, and the county Is fixing the bridge at Little river. The railroad bridge la being used. As it is. some tfty feet high and nearly 700 feet long It will be a moat remarkable bridge for a dirt road. It will be used principally for automobiles. There are 8 machines already In Troy and aa order for a carload haa been placed. STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Is Ti Be Held at the Atlantlo Hotel, ' Mnnhurf Cltv. Julw 2a. 24 and 25, 1912. Raleigh. The meeting of the North Carolina Press Association will be held at the Atlantic Hotel in Morehead City on Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday, July 23, 24 and 26, 1912. A rate of $2 per day haa been secured at the hotel. The principal address at the meet ing will be made by Mr. Don. C. Belts, of the New York World. This alone wil make the meeting well worth at tending. Other addresses will be made or papers read by not more than four members of the association on practical topics. The memoirs will be read as follows: J. P. Caldwell R. R. Clark. H. C. Dockery R. M. Phillips. Dr. P. R. Law H. A. Banks. The program is now being defi nitely arranged, and will be complet ed In a few days. The first session will be held on Tuesday night All railroads In tbe state will make the uauil exchange of transportation for advertising to each member and one dependent member of the family of each. On Friday the editorial party will be taken to Cape Lookout and the proposed Harbor of Refuge. On Satur day morning they will be taken from Morehead City to New Bern by way of the Inland Waterway Canal, leav ing Morehead about 10 a. m., and reaching New Bern in time to take the afternoon trains, to all parts of the state. A special car will be ar ranged from Charlotte through to Morehead City, to leave Charlotte on train No. 44 at 6 a. m. , leaving Sails bury at 7:45, fireensboro at 9:40, Raleigh at 12:30 and reaching Golds boro at 2:30 p. m., and Morehead City at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, July 23. The membership of the Press As sociation now numbers about 150. Tbe editors and publishers of nearly all the leading publications in the state are members of the association. Conditions of Banka of The 8tate. The business of the state banks in North Carolina shows an increase since the last report of nearly eight millions of dollars, this in the past year. At the close of business on March 30, 1911, the resources were reported as $63,594,450.08 and on April 18, 1912 the resources were re ported as $71,331,067.80, the increase being $8,004,492.06. The loana and dis counts are reported at $49,919,463.21 in 1912 aa against $44,887,159.75, an Increase of $5,032,303.46. The capital stock paid in has increased from $9,- 200,767.78 to $9,419,788.89, an increase of $219,031.11. Tbe deposits of all kinds show an Increase of $6,274,718,- 35, the deposits of all kinds in 1911 having been $46,881,945.62 and in 1912 these had increased to $53,156,663.97. In savings deposits the increase waa $1,518,440.70, this from $7.885743.49 1911 to $9,404,184,19 in 1912. The de- . posits subject to check showed an Increase of $2,390,764.25. No Strings to State Delegates. It is conceded here that the county conventions held throughout the state by . the North Carolina Democracy clearly demonstrated the ' fact that there will be no strings tied to the North Carolina delegates to the nat ional convention at Baltimore. While honors seem closely divided between Woodrow Wilson and Oscar Under wood, the impression is strong and growing among party leaders here that Wilson will not get the nomination, . that Underwood has only a bare chance for it and that from a national viewpoint it is looking every day like William Jennings Bryan may be called into the running. ' i Crop Outlook In Caldwell County. m The crop outlook in Caldwell county this year doea not appear to be quite so good as It did tbe same time last year. The heavy rains that have visited this section during the past month did much damage to both up lands and the bottoms. Along the larg er streams in this section the bottom land waa badly washed, many acres of corn that had been planted, much of ' which waa up and ready for plowing the first time, suffered to a great ex tent The wheat crop in the county is oonceded to be up to the average. Soon to Start New Steel Bridge. The big concrete pier and abutt ments for the Statesvtlle-Buffalo Shoals Bridge have been completed, practically all the steel for the massive structure has been hauled from the railroad to the bridge site and within a few days work on the bridge proper will be under way. The builders say they can put the steel together within 30 days. This bridge will span the Catawba river at Buffalo Shoals on the line of tbe state Central Highway and will connect tbe counties of Ir dell and Catawba. Man Killed by a 8h If ting Engine. Frank Wall, a carpenter, original ly from Randolph county, but for sis months a resident of High Point and employed by the Southern Chair Com pany was killed by a Southern shift ing engine Just west of the station. He was struck on the head, knocked down and hla left arm cut off. He was at tended by Dr. D. A. Stanton, and taken to tbe High Point Hospital, where he died in half an hour. He -was identi fied after the accident by a last year Randolph county tax receipt found ia hla rocket