North Carolina Newspapers

j7; i , f ;ii milium nut mm CflUfJTY firCftXD. 1 1 i l tl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5& Medium m Through which you reach the J rHENCH DUO AD NEWS, ' EetabJUhed May 16. 1907. people of M&.dion County. 3 Consolidated, : : Nov. 2nd, 1911 mini mmimniii u J Advertising Rates on Application 4 i I 1 I I r I H III II II I II III I I THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912. NO. 37. , .'.tfbjhj Madlao County. i Bstabtlshsd by Ux Legislator I ilonl8.0-'5L , ' ' Population.. 20,121. . County Sea. Marshall lius faat above sea levoL Naw and modern Court House, cost fS3.000.00. K. ejid mndarn U1L Mat 118.000 Naw and modara County Horn, coat 110.000.00. . . Officers. Hon. Jas. U Hyatt. Senator;" S3 ni.trtn Ruffiavllla M f! Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative Marahall. ti C. ' W, H. Henderson, Clehk Superioi Court Marshall, N. C. W. M. Bucknar, Sheriff, Manhall, m n . James Smart. Register of Deeds, Marshall. N. C. 0, F. Runnlon, Treaaurer, Marshall, N. C R. F. D. No. is R. U Tweed, Surveyor, Whlta Rock. N. C. ' . Dr. j. h. Balrd, Coronar, Mara Hlu. N. a lira. Eliza Hendaraon. Jailor, Mar tball, N. C. . John Honeycutt Janitor, Marshall N. C. Dr. C N. 8prtnkle, County Physician, MarabaU. N. C - - Jamaa Haynle, SupL County Home, ManbalL N. C. Homa located about two mllaa south west ol Marshall Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore rirat Monday in Marcn, worn manclng Feb. 26th, 1912. ' CItU 11th, Monday aftar Pint Mot day In March, commence! May 20, 101 Criminal and Civil. Flrat Monday aftar Flnt Monday In Sept Com- . mencet Sept th, liz. Civil th Monday altar First Mon day In September. Commences .Ooto aria, 1912. v BOARDS. Cnuntv Commlsalonera. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, If C. C. F. Cassada, Member, Marshall, N. C. R. F. a No. 1. ' . Reubln A. Tweed, Member. Big Tnral M fi. - C. B. Mashburn, Atty, -Marshall, N. C. ;"' Board msets first Monday in every . month. , - w . - Road Commlsalonera. A. K. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall. N. . e, R. . u. x. - . v- J. A. Ramsey, SecreUry, Mara Hill, N. C R. F.D.2. 1 Sam Cox, Member, Mara Hill, N. C R. F. D. No. S. i Q. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C. Dudley Cblpley, Road Engineer, Marshall, N. C. U ' George M. Prltcbard, Atty., Marshall, " N. C. Board meets first Monday in Janu ary, April. July and October each year. Board of Education. ' Jasper Ebbs, . Chairman,-, Spring Creek, M. C.' - , Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 8. W. R. Sams, Marshall. "N. C, R. F. ' D. No. 1. Prof. M. C. - Buckner, . Supt. of Bohools, Mara Hill. N. .C, R. F. D. No. 1 v Board MeeU first Monday la Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Colleges and High Schools. Mars HiU College, Prof. R. I Moore, President. Mars HIU. N. C. Fall Term begins August 17. ml. Spring Term begins January 8, 1912. - Spring' Creek High , Sobool, Prof, a a Brown, Principal, Spring Creek, N. C I Mo. School opened August i 1911. Mafllsosr Seminary Hlrt Sehool. Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall, N. C. R. F. T. Ko7 f 1 Mo. Sohool began October 2, 1911. Bell Institute. Mlsa Margaret B. , Griffith, Principal, Walnut N. C 8 Mo. Sohool began September 9, 1911. MarabaU Academy.- Prof. R. Q. Anders, Principal, "Mars'haTl. "N. C, f Mo. School began' Sept 4, 1911. ' . Notary Publics. ', v,' ''l, ' ' . J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C. Term : expires Jan. 11. 1912. A. J. Roberta, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. No. E. Term expires May 30. 1912. ' Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C. Term expires August 10, 1912. ' V C C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. . Term ex piree December 6, 1912. . J. A. Leak, Rerere, N. C. Term ex pires January 10, 1913.' ' W. T. Darls, Hot Springs, N. C. Term expires January 10, 1913. J. H. Southworth, SUckhouse, N. O. - Term expires January II, 1913. N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C. Term expires February 6, 1913. J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. F. , D. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 1912 J. F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C. R. P. p. No. 1 Term expiree April 2, 1913T a J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. .Term expires April 31. 1913.; ' J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N, C. Term expires April 25, 1913. , - Roy I Gudger, Marshall. N. 'C. Term expires May 3, 1913. Geo. M. Prltohard, Marshall, N. C. . Term expires May 25, 1918. . Dudley Chlpley, Marshall. N. C Term expires July 29, 1913. ' f. (J. Connor, Mara Hill, N. C. Term earplras November 27, 1913. POST. Georgejy. Oahagan Post No. It o. a. r. '- ; B. M. Davla Commander. J. II. Eallard, Adjutant !'' at the Court Kouae fjatnrdsy Itfyre tSie soond Esinday U etrl i t ll A. K. STRAUS CHOSEN BY UNANIMOUSLY ACCLAIMED NO Mi. NEK BY PROGRESSIVE PARTY. ' DRAMATIC SCENES ENACTED Former Cabinet Member, While Act : Ing as Chairman, Placed In Nomination. Syracuse, N. Y. Oscar S." Straus, former secretary of commerce and labor, In the cabinet of President Roosevelt, was unanimously acclaim. ed the nominee for governor by the Progressive party in a stampeded oonventlon under circumstances not only unexpected, but dramatic ' The former cabinet member, acting as the convention permanent chair man, was about to entertain a motion from former Lieut Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff to expedite the roll call on the names of State Chairman William H. Hotcbklss and Comptroller Wll Uam A. Prendergast of New York, when a delegate from New York county leaped to his chair and de manded to be heard. "It's 'Suspender Jack' McOee," cried a voice from the gallery. Chair man Straus looked puzzled.' McGee, Who got his name In the Indian country by riding a broncho Into camp, with suspenders used as reins, moved resolutely toward the plat form. "They say I'm crazy, but I know what I am doing," he cried, as be swung up the platform steps. ' McGee, a flaming .bandanna around his neck and hie coat blazing with badges, tossed his rough rider hat on the floor and demanded the right to make a nomination. "Whom do you wish to nominate?' asked Chairman Straus, but McGee gave ony a meaningless shake of the head. Delegates cried: "Put him out!" But McGee stuck to. his pur pose, t - ' ''-. Delegates and spectators booed and Jeered as he began to speak. There waa a general laugh when he cried - TH name a man, the mention of whose name will bring tears of aym- pathy to the eyes of ': almost every nnan and woman In the civilized land.' ; He palsed a moment and then cried: "I nominate the illustrious and honorable Oscar S. Straus." The delegates seemed stunned Then a few of them cheered. Mc Oee kept on with his speech and the first few cheers, at first from a half dozen delegates, gradually grew Into a pandemonium that swept, the con. vention ball. Standards were wrench' ed from their supports and delegates, yelling) and ' cheering for Chairman Straus, paraded the aisles, turning the convention Into a bedlam. Chairman Straus at first shook his head deprecatlngly. He turned to his friends and remarked: 'This must not be. I cannot accept" Chairman Hotchkiss rushed to the platform. Placing his hands on Mr. Straus' shoulders, he said: "You must ac cept; you must accept; all the dele gates are for you." i , Scores of delegates pressed . for ward to urge Mr. Straus to make the decision. Then Mr. Hotchkiss burst from the group that surrounded Mr. Straus and held up before the crush of excited delegates a sheet of yel low paper on which was written: "He accepts." U.S. SOLDIERS FIGHT REBELS 18 Troopers Hold Bsek 25 Raiders, Killing Flvs'and Wounding One. Douglas, Ariz. Mexican rebels crossed the boundary and were en gaged by United States soldiers on the Lang ranch, 50 miles east of Douglas, according to a report re ceived here. -. , v , ..-' Fourteen America n troopers held back 25 rebels, killing five and wound' ing one of the Mexicans, It is report ed. The rebels are believed to be In command of Inez Salazar, whose men also -engaged American soldiers below Hachlta, N. M., farther to the east " Airships Claim Two Victims. Stevanaae. England. Two more British army officers lost their lives while flying. Captain Patrick Ham ilton had taken Lieutenant Stewart with blm aa a passenger In his bi plane. The wo officers had flown forlr-eonslderable time when one or the wings of the aeroplane collapsed. The machine fell to the ground from an altitude of 260 feet and was de- trnved. The bodies of the two offi cers were found in the wreck. Cap tain Hamilton had obtained his pi lot's certificate only on March 15. Massachusetts Wins Trophy. Match. RISe Range, Seagirt, N. J. The Dry den trophy match, regarded aathe most important event of the Seagirt shooting - tournament was won . by Massachusetts with a score of 1,104 out. of a possible 1,200. The winner receives the $4,000 trophy, presented by the late United States Senator Dryden of New Jersey, and $150 in cash. Second prize, $100, was cap tured by the District of Columbia, which scored 1.0S8, and third irize by Maryland, acore 1,066. New York scored 1,058 and finished fourth. PROGRESSIVES MAHARAJAH OF BHAVNAGAR f . A : f ( W .. r i J v? ' BhavslnhJI, Maharajah of Bhavna- gar, la one of the most progressive and enlightened rulere of India. He Is a lovsr of literature and music, and has done much to slevate the status of Indian women. . 36 UVES LOST IN STORM DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AS RESULT OF FLOODS IN PENN SYLVANIA AND W. VA. Hundreds of Houses Toppled When Struck by the Water. Tranpor. tatlon Stopped. Pittsburg, Pa. As a result of tor rential rains throughout Pennsylva nia and West Virginia, thirty-six are dead and others missing. Added to the list of fatalities are the foreign ers at Colliers, W. Va.( bringing the Ust there up to eighteen; three at Burgettstown, Pa., bringing the list there up to four, and one at Wood lawn, Pa, near this city. In addition, others are reported missing, but It Is believed that the above will probably cover the number who met death. In a number of western Pennsyl vania towns, citizens became panic stricken.. At Newcastle. Pa., churches were dismissed when It was ' an nounced that a flood was headed for the town. - After twenty -four hours of exces sively hot weather, the storm broke. In addition to an extraordinary rain fall, the electrical features were most spectacular. Within a short time the water had washed away railroad tracks In many places and loosened tons of earth which came tumbling from surrounding hills, choking thor oughfares. A cloudburst devastated the valley in which Colliers, W. Va., Is situated. The entire valley was deluged, hous es swept from foundations, railroad tracks torn up for long stretches and roads made impassable by landslides. Colliers seemed to suffer the brunt of the storm In West Virginia. , Debris floated down the creek, piling high at Holllday's Cove, and" a score of hous es were washed away by the gorge. CAUSED REIGN OF TERROR Lon Callla Wounds Three Men and . Shoots at Two Women. Memphis, Tenn. Three men were wounded, two women fired upon nar rowly escaped, and the entire com- munlty of Massey Station, near here, was kept in a state of. terror for hours by Lon Callis, who ran amuck with a shotgun. - Posses are search ing the countryside tor the man, who was, some time ago, liberated on ball of $15,000 on a murder charge. Callis drew a revolver, it Is charg. ed, but was overpowered by men In a store and ejected after having been disarmed. His demonstration with the pistol is said to have been without apparent cause. Later he returned with a shotgun, and those remaining in the store barricaded themselves. Callis then went to a residence near by, where he is said to have fired through the windows at two women. Firing the shotgun and reloading at Intervals, the man created a state bordering on panic among the Inhab itants, keeping sharp watch mean time on the men hurdled in the store. Will Demand Arbitration. London, . England. It Is officially announced that the British govern ment will make a formal demand upon the United States government for arbitration of Its claim that the Panama canal toll act passed recent ly by the United States congress, vio lates the Hay-Pauncetote treaty. Noth ing definite Is known here beyond the brief official announcement that the formal demand for arbitration, would be made, but it is believed instruc tions already are en route to the Brit ish embassy at Washington 4 Militiaman Shot While Asleep. Norfolk. Va. James A. White, a private In 'Battery C; First battalion, Virginia field artillery, Is In King's Daughters' hospital, Portsmouth, with a bullet wound In bis head, received while In camp with a platoon of ar tillery. White was shot by. one of the outposts accidentally, It. la assert ed by the soldiers, who say that the firing waa done when Intruders, ap proaching the picket lines' in the darkness, refused to stop at challenge. The Bntry, who fired the shots, says a..argel .his pistol in the air. ONE Ld BANDIT T LOUISVILLE AND' NASHVILLE PA38ENGER HELD UP JU3T OUt OP NEW ORLEANS." ROBBER WAS CAPTURED Robber Was Knocked In the Head by the Engineer and Fatally Injured. New Orleans. A lone train bandit held up the northbound express of the Louisville and Nashville railroad near Miehaud, twelve miles from here, looted the mail car, robbed the passengers in five Pullmans and a club car, and then, just as he was about to leave the tender, was struck over the head with a brass torch by Engineer Baer and captured. He was taken to Bay St. Louis and may die. The booty, except for one mall bag thrown from the car, was recovered and returned. The bandit would give no name. The Louisville and Nashville Ex press that left here was about two and a half miles from Mlchaud, a small station in the swamps, when the bandit appeared on the tender, covered Engineer Baer and the fire man with a revolver and forced them to stop the train. He then drove yiem ahead of him Into the mall car. There he made the negro porter throw one mall bag off, Secured some registered letters and continued his march into the Pullman. One after another be went through the cars, and, while the passengers held up their bands and the engineer and fireman' preceded him, he took his toll from the travelers and put It Into a small valise. He took noth ing but money. After securing his loot the lone bandit drove the engi neer and fireman back tp the tender, and made them again-, start the train. His plan was to have them drop him off after they left the swamps, but Engineer Baer, watching his op portunity caught him off his guard and knocked him senseless with a heavy brass torch. V-y :r.- CANALS STANDARD DEPTH Along Atlantic 8eaboard, Urged at Waterways Meet - New London, Conn. The standard ization In depth of all canals along the Atlantic seaboard was advocated, amid much enthusiasm on the part of the delegates by Congressman John H. Small of North Carolina In his address to the Atlantic Deep Wa terways convention at Its fifth an nual convention. Mr. Small had been Introduced as the apostle of deeper waterways and followed Charles Elmer Smith, secre tary of the Philadelphia builders' ex change, who read the report of Gen. W. H. Blxby, chief of engineers," in the United States, in -which a fa vorable report had been made for a canal twelve feet dsep from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet, N. C, at a cost of $5,000,000. Mr. Small said that while his state was to receive the first benefits of the movement for deeper waterways, It would work just as energetically for consummation of t a plan which would link Into one great waterway the 148 harboFs and rivers which In dent nearly seven thousand miles of the coast. The great end to be sought, be believed, was to make ev ery city and town of all these segre' gated inlets communicable for water borne traffic each with the other. ' Sixty Miners Killed by Fire. ' Lens, France. It Is officially an nounced that the total deaths from the explosion of fire damp in ; the Clarence pit near Bruay, numbered sixty. ' These Include several miners Who died after being brought to the surface. ; Most of the. bodleB were so mangled as to be unrecognizable. A further explosion occurred and the entire pit is on fire. Mining engineers say it must be sealed. ; Twenty-one bodleg had been brought to the sur face, before the continued explosion caused the rescuing parties to aban don their efforts. , Thirty Oris Leaped to Safety. ', Chicago. Thirty glrla were forced to leap out of second story windows to escape death when an explosion caused by benzine vapor wrecked a building occupied by a dyeing and cleaning , establishment Rudolph Spinner, foreman of : the establish ment, waa crushed to death. His body was dug out of the ruins by firemen. One girl who Jumped out of a window . was picked up uncon scious and with both: legs fractured. Others in rdstaing to reach the stair ways were knocked down, - Experiment 8tstlon Burned. Griffin, Ga. Lightning striking the big barn at the Georgia Experiment Station, at Experiment, near here, started a fire which destroyed the entire plant 'with the exception of the residences. Blown by a high wind, the flames rapidly spread from the bant to the other buildings, and, when the conflagration was finally checked, about two hours and- a half after, It had wiped out the guano house, the carpenter shop, the pack ing house and the silo. Several head of cattle were burned alive. HOLDS RAIN ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE Former Senator of Indiana, nomi nated by the Progresslvss for govern, or of his stats. VERMONT f LECTJON RESULTS FOR FIRST TIME IN VERMONT'S HISTORY REPUBLICAN MA JORITY VANISHES. No Election by People Governor Must Bs Chosen by the Legislature. White River Junction Vt The strength of the new Progressive party in its first line-up against the older parties and the disappearance of the Republican majority for the first time in ten years and the first time in the history of the state In a presidential year were oustandlng features of the state election in Vermont. It Is apparent that there has been no election by the people, although a sufficient number of Republican rep resentatives were successful to seem to Insure the choice of Allen M. Fletcher by the legislature. For many yearg political students have, pointed out that any decrease in (he Republican majority . In. . Ver mont In September below the normal of 25,000 has been followed almost invariably by the party defeat in the presidential contest in November. These majorities, which have aver aged close to 30,000 in all the state elections In Vermont in presidential years since 1892, were represented by a bare plurality. RURAL TELEPHONES. Durham, N. C, Sun Tells in Editorial Value of the Telephone to .' Farmers. ., We are glad to notice that quite a number of farmers of this county have recently Installed telephones In their country homes with connection with the Durham exchange. There is nothing that adds more to the comfort and pleasure of living in the country than a telephone. It brings to the. home assurances of safety from many evils that come to the country home. The telephone places the home in instant connection with medical aid; it commands Instant as sistance in case of accident fire or other calamity; and in case of busi ness 'it Is of very great importance. - The farmer who has a telephone in his home saves his horses and teams many needless trips. He can know when to go to market by phoning and finding out the price of products on the day he expects to go. to market. If the prices are low he can wait un" til next day, or next week. In fact the advantages of the tele phone In the country home are so numerous that It is Impossible to mention them in detail. We are glad to know that our farmers are waking up to their value, and we predict that aa a few live, progressive farmers in stall these conveniences that others will follow. o . At present we have several lines running .out from Durham. We hope to see the day come when the entire county will be covered by rural phone lines. Durham (N. C- Sun. . Troopa on Guard. Jackson, Mich. Five companies of Michigan National Guardsmen, with rifles loaded to kill, are camped within and outside thel walls of the state penitentiary. ;, The convicts, whom the authorities allege were re sponsible for an outbreak probably the worst In th ehlstory of the Insti tution are locked up in the heart of the worst in the history ol the insti chained to their cells. Every convict waa in custody and not a single pris oner was badly hurt, according to the statement of the warden. : Martial Law for 8trlk)ra. - Charleston, W. Va. Conditions are qntet in the Kanawha strike sbne. Governor Glasscock's declaration of martial law seemed to have a sober Ing effect Throughout Paint . and Cabin creeks, 'however, a tense situ ation exists and state militia, strik ers, mine guards and operators all are alert .. A number of incorporated towns are included In the district placed under martial law. All civil authorities have ceased to perform their duties, and the execution of laws, Is under regular warfare. SETTLE HEADS THE STATEGMTIGKET THE PLATFORM DECLARE8 FOR LOCAL OPTION ON LIQUOR QUESTION. BULL MOOSES WERE OUSTED The' Taft Men .In 8addle Re-elect Morehead and Recommend Duncan For the National Committee. Much Interest 8hown at Convention. Republican State Ticket Governor Thomas Settle of Bun- combe. Lieut. Governor J. R. Gasklll of Edgecombe. Attorney General David H. Blar of Forsyth. Secretary of State W. J. An- drews of Wake. . Treasurer Daniel W. Patrick of Greene. Auditor J. Q. A. Wood of Pasquo- tank. Superintendent of Publio Instruc- tion Cyrus P. Frazier of Gull- ford. . Commissioner of Agriculture A. L. French of Rockingham. Commissioner of Labor and Print- Ing J. B. Goslen of Forsyth. ' Corporation Commissioners W. E. White of Alamance and John Sharp of Iredell. Insurance Commissioner J. H. Cook of Guilford. e . . e e Charlotte. The Republican state I convention met here and nominated ' Thomas Settle of Buncombe for Gov- ernor, and a full state ticket and by ! a vote of 606 to 150 adopted a plat- form demanding local option on the I liquor question. The convention ad journed at midnight Wednesday, hav- ing crowded considerable work Into a very short time. It was in actual ; session only threa hours and a quar i ter. . I The rejuvlnated steam roller was I never in finer shape. It began Its deadly work at the morning meeting of the state executive .committee, which turned the far-famed engine of destruction upon Itself and expelled six members who were avowedly anti Taft When this resolution, introduc ed by J. J. Mott declaring that no person except supporters of Presi dent Taft had a right to voice or vote In the committee had been adopted by a vote of 8 to 6 after a prolonged discussion, an inquisition followed of Charles H. Cowles, C. E. Green, George E. Butler, J. J. Jenkins, I. B. Tucker, and J. D. Parker. The big game thus disposed of, Thomas Settle introduced a resolu tion even more sweeping in Its na ture. It slammed shut the doors of the convention hall to all delegates who' do not purpose casting ballots for the present President It passed 9 to 5 and the withdrawal of the Roosevelt men became inevitable. With most of the unruly elements safely out of the way the course of true love ran smooth. ' Unanimous was the re-election of Chairman John M. Morehead. By acclamation was the nomination of Settle. , Only two squalls blew up during the night session, and in all the actual work not done In committee rooms, was put through. The first was over the question whether the convention should proceed to nominate a full state ticket or should stop tor the present with the nomination of a can didate for Governor, and leave the other positions open for negotiations by a committee. ; . Mr. Harry Skinner favored the postponement of action and engaged in a sharp verbial tilt with E. C. Dun can, precipitated when Mr. Skinner Intimated that Mr. Duncan had got what he was after from the conven Demonstration Work In Gaston. E. S. Millsaps, district manager of the farmers' co-operative demonstra tion work, which is being carried on throughout the country under the su pervision' of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, went before the board;, of county commissioners at Gastonla and presented plans and prposltions for the inaugurating of the demonstration work in Gaston county. It is probable that the com missioners will accept a proposition to begin this work, but action was deferred until the October meeting. Wants Dressing For Roads. The report of W..L. Wlggs, super intendent of Wake cointy roads, for the month of August waa filed with the county commissioners and snows the amount of road work, road con ditions, etc., for the month. In the report attention Is called In regard to the work being done on the Hillsboro road from the city limits to the fair grounds. The road haa been repaired, but will be useless In its present con dition If some kind of dressing is not applied, Mr. Wiggs asks the board to order the dressing. tion and was not further concerned for the party's good. This storm blew over. The second fight was over the lo cal option plank In the platform by the majority of the platform com mittee. The opening session of the conven tion lasted but 20 minutes. About 700 delegates representing 72 of North Carolina's 100 counties occu pied seats on the first floor of the Auditorium and a few hundred spec tators were In the balconies when Chairman John M. Morehead called the convention to order. The post-. ponement from 12 o'clock had been. necessitated by fights which develop ed In the executive committee Inci dental to the preparation of a tem porary roll. Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe, S. T. D pas tor of Tryon street Methodist church, opened the convention with prayer. Secretary Gilliam Grlsson. ofSay, then read the official call of the con vention published some weeks ago, reminding the delegates of the pur poses which bad brought them hither. The deelgates applauded a number of times while the reading was In pro gress, especially at the endorsement of Taft's administration, and then at the close they applauded once more. "The secretary will announce reso lutions passed by the state executive committee, said Chairman Morehead. The secretary read: "Resolved, That It is the sense and action of this com mittee that no member who proposes to vote for the Democratic or Pro gressive tickets In the nation Is enti tled to voice or vote in the sessions of the committee." The reading of the resolutions waa followed by applause. By direction of . the chairman. Secretary Grlsson then read the temporary roll prepared by the executive committee. The fol lowing countlea were recorded aa represented: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Beau fort, Bertie, Brunswick, Buncombe, -Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Craven, Cumberland, David son, Davie, Durham, Edgecombe, For syth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Haywood, . Henderson, Hertford, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Ma con, Madison, Martin, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Nash, New Hanover, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquo tank, Perquimans, person, r iu, Kan--dolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rocking ham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stokes, Surry, TyrrelL Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wash-1 Ington, Wayne, Wilkes and Yadkin. "There being contests Involved In the case of a number of delegations seated by the commlfee" said Chair man Morehead,; "I will- now. proceed to appoint a credentials -committee which shall investigate these cases and report to the convention. I ap point the members as follows: First district, Wheeler Martin; second dis trict, J. R. Gaswlll; third district H. L. Grant; fourth district, H. McGee; sixth, J. A. Colvln; seventh, J. M. Burres; eighth, T., O. Teague; ninth, J. D. Albright; tenth. T. F. Roland." , All the fights with which the cre dentials .committee had to deal con cerned factional disagreements among Taft followers. The Roosevelt men had been counted out by the execu tive "committee, which had shoulder ed that burden, and the "Bull Mice" were not even contestants. Shortly prior to adjournment the platform committee, of "which W. J. Andrews of Raleigh was chairman, announced its readiness to submit Its report embodying the party platform. This was read and Its adoption was moved. Just before this could be done, Mr. C. E. Taylor of Brunswick offered an amendment, striking out Section ' 1, which read , as follows: "That we favor , local option . and pledge the party to the enactment of such a law as . the wisdom of : the party shall dictate." ; This was sec onded' and on the aye and nay vote, the roll-call of counties showed that it was lost by a vote of 606 to 150. The platform waa then adopted as a whole. With the endorsement of the plat form, there was a motion made to leave the filling of any vacancies not supplied by the several' districts in ' the hands of the state committee and , also the ratifying of any actiofl of the several districts necessary. ' It was then almost midnight and the con vention,, on motion,-, adjourned sine die. -i:"...r. .': Want Experimental. Post Road. i A resolution was passed by the Dur ham county commissioners directing . the chairman to take up with the sen ators and representatives from this state the matter of getting the gov ernment to build an experimental post road In this county, carrying out the plans of the recent bill passed by the national house. The chairman was directed to announce to the trustees of this national road building fund that Durham county was willing and ready to pay her part of the expense of building this road. Illicit Distilleries Destroyed. Deputy United States Marshal h. A, Grant who in company with Deputy Collector Theodore Shelton , made a successful raid on a number of block ading quarters in the Big Cane Brake section of Transylvania county have returned to Hendersonvllle. Mr, Grant and Special Employe J. repres entative that as a result of the r U four Illicit distilleries were c" '-' two of which were corpr on' '" jt another was nada cf f - t 1 owners of the four'i I 1 i the cap.