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VOL XVI.
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CONCORD. N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1908.
Single Copy S cents
No. 155. '
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LOYAL DEMOCRATS
STILL IN DEADLOCK
No Nomination Yet in Sight, Although
the Craig Forces are Inclined to Go
to Home This Afternoon Much In
terest in the Outcome, and Dele
gates are Relieved Alternately from
the Strain of Attendance Will
Probably Adjourn Tonight Until
" Monday, Unless Something De
velops Rapidly Kitchin's Vote is
Gradually Increasing.
At 6:30 o'clock this morning the
Democratic State convention in ses
sion at Charlotte adjourned until 10
o'clock, when further consideration
of the nomination of a candidate for
Governor was taken up.
The convention auditorium pres
ents one of the most magnificent
scenes that has ever been the pleasure
of the North Carolina Democracy to
witness, but the long, hard strain on
the delegations from all sections of
the great State is beginning to tell on
the robust manhood, and many stal
wart men, from mountain tops to sea
shore are feeling badly the wear on
their nerves. When the thirtieth bal
lot was cast last night, there were
many vacant seats in the liall, the
delegates having left for a little rec
reation and restT At 10 o'clock there
were fully one hundred men who en
tered the hall, coming from the moun
tain counties to relieve the Craig del
egates, and later on a similar crowd
came from the central and eastern
part of the State to relieve the Kitch
in and Home forces. The delegates
are taking rest alternately and the
business of the convention is carried
on without interruption, except for
an occasional demonstration over the
gain of a fractional port of a vote
given to some one of the three candi
dates. The entire voting has not var
ied more than ten votes from the first
ballot cast during the three days of
the session. The delegates are deter
mined and arc not inclined in the least
to break away from the regular in
structed vote as carried np from the
primaries into the county conventions.
. It is a conceded fact that whenever
a break comes that Kitchin will get
the nomination. Harne cannot deliv
er his vote to Craig, and it is gener
ally believed that if the Craig forces
would attempt to deliver his strength
to Home that there would be an im
mediate stampedeTCor Kitchin.
The meeting adjourned this morning
after the 46th ballot, and there wan
practically no change from what was
given in the Tribune- last evening!
The vote stood, in round numbers:
Kitchin 385, Craig 334, Home 142.
From the Observer we clip t ho ac
count of the motion made last night
at 10 o'clock to adjourn until Tuesday
morning, which follows:
At the close of the thirty-third bal
lot Mr. B. Townsend, of Robeson
made a motion to adjourn until 12
o'elock Tuesday. This was voted down
by 756 to 1. Immediately after this
vote Col. Peg Leg Graham and a num
ber of Buncombe county delegates
played steal partners in the aisle in
front of the rostrum. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Winston was turned once by the
Mecklenburg veterans. Mr. Harry
' Martin did a stunt, too. At this bour,
9:30 o'elock, everybody was trying to
keep np appearances. Colonel Gra
ham was a blessing. Several minutes
later a eard reading: "Col. Teg Leg
Graham for Governor." were circu
lated about the halL Colonel Graham
has been one of the features jot the
convention. Those who know him ap
preciate his sterling qualities of
heart and hand. A loyal Home ad
herent, his spinas have never lagged
on the contrary, they have increased,
notably so as the rest of the delegates
grew tired and sleepy With the long-drawn-out
contest. Every gain, no
matter how small, recorded by the
Johnston county man has been , the
signal for Colonel Graham to blow,
his ancient fox-horn and shoot for
joy. His jig-dancing in the aisles jn
full view of the whole house last night
served a good end in arousing the
slejr delegates and injecting new life
in' the routine proceedings. The sight
of the old soldier, with one leg gone,
eyes Sparkling and face beaming, as
be gave Lieutenant Governor Winston
a torn made a picture not to be for
gotten. He was all to the good I
Ballots of Today.
. 46th at 5:30 this morning was:
Kitchin, 385; Craig, 334; Home, 142.
47th Kitchin, 387; Craig, 317;
Korne, 151.
TLe 4",h give Mr. Home a leader
in,! LI L'ieft vote, the ballot stand-
GRADED SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The School Board at a Recent Meeting
Selected Teachers for the Next
Tear's Work.
At a recent meeting of the city
school board the matter of election of
teachers came np for consideration,
and the following teachers were chos
en for the next year's work:
Misses Laura Leslie, Nina Bayvault,
Ora Hoover, Grace Watkiris, Mabel
Means, Zeta Caldwell, Rosa'Phifer,
Constance Cline, Mary King, Clara
Harris, Mary Lewis Harris, Annie
Hoover, Belle Means, Zula Patterson,
Mrs. E. C. Misenheimer, Misses Addie
White, and Myrtle Dayvault.
Mr. A. S. Webb was" unanimously
elected principal of the Central grad
ed school at a salary of $1,000 per
year. Mr. J. W. B. Long, of Cabar
rus' was selected as principal of the
No. 2 school at a salary of $60 per
month. A teacher is yet to be elected
for the 0th grade. Dr. L. A. Bikle
having declined to make application
for re-election to the position he has
icld with the school for so many
years, l lie election ot any further
teachers for the white schools was de
ferred until another meeting of the
boards
On motion, the city school board
proposes to the county board of edu
cation to admit the children of the
Vorke Furniture Factory section in
the graded school No. 2, and care for
them provided the county board will
pay a teacher's salary of $30 per
month for the school year.
Colored Teachers.
F. T. Logan, principal ; A. M. Gil
mer, Abbie Greeley, Nina Eury, Ber
tha Blake, and Carrie Reed.
The board will not likely meet again
until t'ir regular meeting time in
Jul v.
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.
BRYAN AND KERNE.
Chairman Tom Taggart Says that the
National Ticket Will be Headed by
Bryan and J. W. Kerne, of Indiana.
Denver, Col., June 26. Thomas
Taggart, chairman of the nationa
Democratic committee came, to town
today bringing along" a Vice-Presi
dential boom which he put forth with
much enthusiasm.
"Bryan will be nominated on the
first ballot, without doubt, and his
running mate will be John W. Kerne,
of Indiana."
This was the greeting Mr. Taggart
gave to newspaper men. A little la
ter, when he had visited the conven
tion hall, he exhibited little less en
thusiasm.
"The arrangements for the con
vention are fine," he said. "I eannot
see how they could be improved upon
The auditorium is a wonderful piece
of architecture and everything seems
to be in tip top shape."
Chairman Taggart has called a meet
ing of the national committee for
Saturday, June 27, when the principal
business will be to hear and determine
the contests for seats as delegates,
which have been filed. These are com
paratively few in number. So far as
filed with Secretary Woodson, tbey
include contests from the Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Sev
enth districts of New York ; the Ninth
Ohio, and the delegation from the Dis
trict of Columbia. It has been re
ported that a number of seats from
Illnois were to be contested, but as
yet no official notice of such inten
tion has been received.
Mt Pleasant Boys Win.-
There was an interesting game of
baseball at Forest Hill park yester
day afternoon, when the, Mt Pleas
ant team crossed bats with the Con
cord boys. The eontest was spicy and
full of excitement, but the eastern
Cabarrus boys stood their grounds and
walked away with the honors all to the
good, winning in a score of S to 7.
It is hoped that these clever foung
baseballists will come again. -There
will be an interesting game
at the same park this afternoon when
Rimertown and the Brown Mill teams
will play. . The game will be ealled at
4 :30, and promise great entertainment
for the enthusiasts.
Many of the Cabarrus Republicans
spent one or more dsys in Charlotte
this week, taking in the Democratic
State convention. Tbey are showing
no definite preference for the Demo
era tie nominee, bnt are all eyes and
ears at alt times, day and night.
ing: Kitchin, 38&93S; Craig, 307.695;
Home, 1G2J7.
The 49th was as follows: Kitchin,
386.435; Craig 307.695 j Ilorne, 162J7.
The 50th ballot gives Kitchin, 386.-
905 ; Crsig, 297.B35; Home, 172J4.
51st Kitchin, 3S3; Crsig, 252;
Iliirne, ITS.
North Carolina Delegation to Stop
Over In Lincoln, Neb., With Mr. W.
J. Bryan on Way to Denver The
Inst of Delegates by Districts.
The delegates from the 10 North
Carolina congressional districts to the
National Democratic Convention, in
Denver, Col., July 7th, held a meeting
at the Selwyn Hotel yesterday at noon
for the purpose of making arange
ments for the trip. A sub-committee
consisting of Mr. Josephus Daniels, of
Raleigh ; Col. Paul B. Means, of Con
eord, and Mr. George A.'Mcbane, of
Spray, was apopinted to select the
route and perfect all other necessary
details. This committee heard a num
ber of railroad men representing the
different roads, Maj. C. H. Gattis, of
Raleigh, traveling passenger ogent of
the Seaboard, and Mr. R. L. Vernon,
traveling passenger agent of the
Southern, appearing for the initial
lines and the following-named repre
senting foreign roads: Messrs. E. J.
Walker, S. E. P. A., N. C. & St. L.,
Atlanta, Ga.; H. II. limit, T. P. A.,
Rock Island System, Atlanta, Ga. ; R.
II. Bowers, T. P. A., C. & O., Rich
mond, Va.; R. O. Beom, T. P. A.,
Union Pocific, Atlanta, Ga.; J. D.
Carter, T. P. A., Santa Fc, Atlanta,
Ga.; I. E. Rchlander, T. P. A., Mis
souri l'acilic, Uinttanoocra. Tenn.:
Egbert Blair, T. P. A., Wabash, At
lanta, Ga.; and T. W. Robinson, T. P.
A., Burlington, Atlanta, Ga.
The Southern will start two Pull
man cars from Raleigh Wednesday af
ternoon, July 1st, to be handled by
way of Ashcville, Knoxville, Louis
ville, St. Louis, and on over the Bur
lington route to Denver.
The list of delegates to the National
Convention by districts is as follows:
First S. C. Bragaw, Beaufort,
Walter Jones, Hyde.
Second Plato Collins, Lenoir; T.
W. Washington, Wilson; E. L. Travis,
Halifax; J. O. W. Graveley, Edge
combe. Third G. B. Richardson, Craven;
L. A. Bethune, Sampson; H. L. Gibbs,
Pamilco; E. M. KoonceOnslow.
; Fourth J. T. Ellington, Johnson;
John W. Thompson, Wake.
Fifth George A. Mebanc, Rocking
ham; B. S. Graves, Caswell.
Sixth J. D. Williams, Columbus;
J. D. Bellamy, New Hanover.
Seventh Frank Armfield, Union;
R. R. Ross, Randolph; S. W. Finch,
Davidson; J. R. Blair, Montgomery.
Eighth Col. Paul B. Means, Cabar
rus; E. F. Lovell, Catawba.
Ninth Jas. A. Bell, Mecklenburg;
J. A. Redunon, Madison.
Tenth John C. Mills, Rutherford
ton; W. J. Cocke, Buncombe.
The committee has arranged for the
delegation to stop over several hours
in Lincoln, Neb., on the way out in
order that a visit may be paid Col.
William Jennings Bryan. This will be
on the Fourth of July, Independence
Day.
Aside from the district delegates
there are to be fbur delcgates-at-large
selected by the convention. Charlotte
Observer.
AT THE CHURCHES.
Services at the Various Churches of
the City Will be Held Tomorrow,
the Following Announcements Hav
ing Been Handed in:
Usual services may be expected at
the First Baptist by the pastor, Rev.
S. N. Watson, both morning and
night, at 11 a. m., and at 8 p. m. At
the evening service baptism will be
administered to several candidates for
membership to the church. Sunday
school will be held at 10 o'clock, a. m.
Usual services will be held at the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church tomorrow. Sabbath school at
9:45 a. m., preaching at 11 a. m., by
the pastor, Rev. J. Walter Simpson.
The Young People's Christian Union
will meet at 6 p. m. Preaching at
Glass at 3:.'!0 p. m.
Regular services Tsill be held at
the Epworth Methodist church tomor
row morning and night by the pastor,
Rev. J. W. Long. The services at this
church tomorrow will be the last held
in the old edifice. By the courtesy
of the St. Andrews' Lutheran church
the Epworth congregation will worship
in the Lutheran church until they get
their new church ready for service.
Services will be held at 11 o'clock
tomorrow at Kerr Street Methodist
church by the pastor, Rev. W. C.
Jones. He will also preach at Brown
Mill tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. At
the Westford church tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock an address will be
made by Mr. D. M. Ross.
Regular service at the Second Bap
tist church tomorrow. Sabbath school
at 9:30. Preaching at 11 a. m., and
at 8 p. m., by the pastor, D. F. Helms.
There will be a baptismal service
at the First church at .'!:.'!().
.
Usual services may be expected to
morrow morning and night at the
First Presbyterian church by the
pastor, Rev. Dr. J. M. firier.
LETTER FROM MR. H. B. PARKS
The Cones and Their Mill People.
Under the above heading the fol
lowing editorial appeared in yester
day's Charlotte Chronicle:
"Messrs. Cone, the cotton mill men
of Greensboro, have a loyal set of
working people, their loyalty being
born of constant kindness and con
siderate treatment. Tbey have ar
ranged for a big Fourth of July cele
bration for their employes, a feature
of which will be a dinner. The elab
orate scale upon which this dinner is
planned may be imagined from the
sise of the order placed for it.. It calls
for 35,000 pounds of watermelon, 30,-
000 saucers of ice cream, 30,000 ba
nanas, 12,000 bags of roasted peanuts,
20,000 pounds of ice, 10,00a slices of
pineapple 1,000 pounds of fancy cakes
10,000 lemons and 6,000 piekles. This
does not take into account the more
substantial eatable that will be pro
vided for the dinner, such as roast
turkey, roast beef, mutton, ham, etc.
Aa occurrence like tnat in a New
England mill village would startle the
world, but it is a yearly feature ia
the South." -
Fifteen Dead is a Collision.
Bombay, June 26. Fifteen persons
were killed and 270 injured in a eo
lision between an express and a
freight train on the Bombay and Bo
rods Railway today - near Barod.
Four of the passenger eo aches and
four mail ears ef the express train
and foar ears of tb freight train
were burned.
A man can't always dodge an argil-
ment with a woman by agreeing witti
her. -'
Social Affair Last Evening?
Misses Mary and Adeline Morrison
entertained quite a number of friends
last evening in compliment to their
guests, Miss McNair and Miss Mc
ver. A most enjoyable time was had,
especially when the "auction" was
indulged in. Many and sundry articles
were put up at auction, the one paying
the highest price generally getting
the most absurd and ridiculous prize.
Peas rerpesented money. Delightful
refreshments were served.
Following were the attendants:
Lillian McNair, of Maxtou; Flora
Mclver, of San ford; Marion Flem-
ming, of Augusta, Ga. ; Mary Louise
Thompson, of Alabama; Edith lioflf
ner, of Philadelphia; Margureite
Brown, Lucy Brown, Sudie Smith, Eu
genia Lore, Dora Burkhead, Mary
Bingham, Loula Craven, Frances
Goodson, Katherine Goodson, Sarah
Herring, Myrtle Pemberton, Ruth
Coltrane, Anna Sherrill, Maigaret
Wood house, Mary Morrison, Adeline
Morrison, Grace White, Willie White,
Edna Correll, Eva May Brown, Julia
Barrow, Miss Rose White, Miss Mary
Lewis Harris, Little Miss Isablelle
Goodson.
Crom St. Clair, Fred Bost, Bill
Wadsworth, Bill Moody, Sid Oberdor-
fer, Richmond, Va.; Clifford Porter,
Dr. J.. L. Ransom, Dr. J. W. Wallace,
Jno. Porter, -Joe Hart sell, Eugene
Bernhardt, Nevin Fetxer, Theo Har
ris, Ross Cannon Eugene Brown, Gus
Archibald, Sidney Buchanan, Harry
Hopkins, Frank Morrison, D. D., Jno.
Oglesby, Joe Morrison, V. S., R. Lee
Morrison, Henry Craven, Jas. Grier,
Robert Grier, E. Hutzler, Eugene Cor
rell, narold Correll.
El Paso, Texas,
June 22, 1908.
Editor Tribune:
Thinking a few lines from me would
be inftresting to your readers I will
give out the following: On the morn
ing of the 8th" inst., I left Concord
for El Paso, by way of Birmingham
Ala., reaching that place at 10 o'clock
the same night. I found that ample
preparations had been made for the
entertainment of the Vets, and was
but a short while in getting located
for the night and can say that they
were treated royally. Birmingham
is a great place, but is exceedingly
dry. On Wednesday I started on my
trip on T. and P. Cotton Belt route;
spent night in Memphis, thence to
Fort Worth, Texas, arriving there on
the evening of the lit li without spec
ial interest. I rested there for the
night. From there it is certainly a
lonely tiresome trip of about 800
miles to El Paso, and the last four or
five hundred miles seem the most God
forsaken country in the World. It is
many miles between stations, nothing
to be seen except a range of moun
tains on either side void of all vegeta
tion; not a sprig of grass to be seen.
The mountains remind one of huge
ash piles, although in that vast
stretch of country there is nothing to
be seen but some little scrub bushes,
they call muskeet bushes and a few
Jack Rabbits; also a few little houses
made of cross ties set up on end and
covered with some material with dirst
on top of that- and possibly a few
donkeys and goats standing around;
not even a buzzard can be seen in this
lonely desert. I arrived at El Paso
on Sunday evening, the 14th inst.
Texas is a great big country and full
of possibilities. The climate here is
something remarkable with a great
many sick people, of which this city
lias a double share. There are many
large business houses here conducted
mostly by Jews. There are a great
many places of interest around that
would interest one. Tliere are a great
many Mexicans, and are a very pecu
liar people who live all to themselves,
mostly in houses made of mud called
"Doby" houses. They are covered
ivith dirt; they arc a very serious look
ing folk, scarcely ever seeing even a
smile. There is quite an interesting
city just over the Rio Grande river
of twelve to fifteen thousand people
a dirty filthy place. Every one that
goes over or comes back has to be
searched and pay a duty on any pur
chase made over a certain amount. If
an American has the misfortune to be
arrested for any trivial offense they
put him in jail and he has a lime get
ting out they are a very supersti
tious people, thev ore afraid of the
Americans. The writer made applica
tion to see through the jail but was
refused. An American told him they
were afraid he would let samebody
out. The Juarez Cathedral erected in
lfk)2 is still standing and is visited
daily by hundreds of worshippers.
One can go in any time in the day and
see them praying, sometimes for hours
at a time. You will find at every
nook and corner a beggar. Their
principal amusements being baseball
and bull fights. The bull ring is fitted
np in great style, it is round with very
high seats which will seat from 12,000
to 15,000, and is largely attended by
every nationality; it is extremely ex
citing from beginning to finish. There
are eight picked men to infuriate and
Diaden the animal; he is let into the
inclosed ring, as si n as t inters he
goes for the first filing he sees which
is six men with their red flags and
two men on horseback; when a horse
is killed there is nothing said, when
a man is killed tbey make a great
noise, hollow, hoop and. elap their
hands and think it awful fine. The
man is dragged to one side, amuse
ment goes on as though nothing bad
happened; after all ia over they take
out the horse first, the bull and then
the man. There are many other things
of. interest- but will close for this
time. '
Yours truly,
H. B. PARKS. ,
H. L. Pe
lAbvr'
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Department Store.
On Sale To-Day
Specials in Towels !
Odd Shapes and Sizes,
25 cent values, 15c.
15 cent values, lOc.
Big Turkish Towels
and Wash Rags, 5c.
H. L. Parte $ Co.
The Home of Good Merchandise.
Confusion and a Block at the Depot
About 2 o'clock last night Officer
Benfleld appeared at the depot to meet
the incoming trains, . and . when he
went to the window of the telegraph
office he found the night . operator
asleep at his post. There was consid
erable eonfusion on the yards, and as
a result of the operator's nap, a block
was brought about, several trains be
ing held np awaiting orders. If r. Ben
fleld did not awaken the man, bnt left
immediately in search of another op
erator, who waa at the borne of Mr.
Joe Walter. The relief earns in time
to avert any loss to life or property.
While Mr. Benfleld waa absent, the
crew to the freight train in the yard
had awakened the fellow, who was
incapacitated for work on account of
imbibing too freely in the elixir of
corn. The matter has been reported
to the city authorities and also to the
Mrs. C T . Hodges and children of
At the Taeatorina tonight: "The Salisbury, are the guests of Drl and
Colonel's TS" "Mrs. Smoot
Partial Eclipse of the Son.
A partial eelipse of the sun which
will occur tomorrow will be vsiiblc in
the United Ststes and ia known as the
annular eclipse. About two-thirds or
three-fourths of the sun will be ob
scured in this latitude near 9 o'clock
in the morning. An' annular eclipse is
so ealled from the Latin word "lu
nulas" and means thst the sun is not
wholly covered by the moon, but
leaves a ring of light around its bor
der.
Here's Your
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enough to secure a shipment
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a full sized Cotton-Felt Leader Mattress, sanitary and com
fortable for only $8.50.
For the next ten days we will sell
50 full roll Read Willow Chairs for $2.98,
the usual price is $4.00. This chair makes
a most comfortable Porch Rocker you
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