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Three Cento the INDEPENDI IN ALL THIN Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XIV. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, W08. NQ. 18. I IOMS NMItB . -1 cpubfican State Names Standard Bearers 1 IE MEETING WAS HARMONIOUS ate Republican Convention Ad- Ijourng Alter aasuoua Lsang Two pays Mr. J. Ehrood Cox, of High I Point, Given First Place on Ticket and Mr. Charles French Teat, of HendersonviUe, the Second Dr. Cyrus Thompson Named For Sec retary of State. Charlotte, N. C, Special. At 30 o'clock Thursday afternoon the epubliean State Convention which sembled here at noon Wednesday, mpleted its; work and adjourned e die. A platform was adopted d a State ticket nominated. Judge Adams, as leader of the publican organization in the State, lievered the opsninjj address of the nvcntion. Judge Adams declared that the epubliean electors would carry orth ( arolina and that Taft and ermau would sweep the euonfry cause the Republican party stands r and has always stood for, the st interests of the whole people. After listening to the speech of tate Chairman Adams, the conven- -. t on iook a reeess untu a o eioca rednesday night. The Night Session. At 8:45 Judge Adams called the eeting to order and announced that would appoint Mr. Daniel A. Ra pe, of Marion, sergeant-at-arms. his had a quieting effect upon the ys. Mr. KanijK' is a formadible cit- en and able to throw out an ordi- rv citizen. The report of the committee on edentials was made by Mr. Charles reneli Toms, of Hendersonville. The allowing counties were not repre- nted: Anson, Ashe, Graham, Hyde, aeon, Northampton and Yadkin. here were no contests. Mr. Charles A. Reynolds, of Win- on-fcalem, put in nomination fox rmanent chairman of the conven- oo, Mr. A. H. Price, of Salisbury, a brief speech. He said that Mr. nee was eminently fit for the posi- on. Mr. Virgil S. Lusk, of Ashe ille, seconded the nomination of r. Price in a characteristic speech. e declared that he had been voting e it epubliean ticket in Buncombe tint y .for 43 years. The first speech e niade for the cause was to three hite men and 500 negroes. In the raintr election, he said, Buncombe epuhlieans would east 3,000 votes. prediction of victory was made. Mr. Price was escorted to the chair George W. Depriest, of Gaston, d Mr. Lusk and Mr. Adams intro- ced him. On talcing the ehair as permanent airman Mr. Price made a strong eech, declaring for the interests of e party and claiming that Repub- can victory this year is sure. The convention re-assembled htirsdav at . w u uiiu r VUVl W e work of naming a State ticket. Mr. J. El wood Cox was placed in mi nation for governor by Prof. J. i'liit. In acepting the nomina te Mr. Cox sai(j. Mr. Cox's Speech, r. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: I reCOffniZfl it ie o muat linnAT t Governor of the Great State of orth Carolina. I appreciate the fact dl if is a great honor to be eonsid W and to be nnminnto fhr this feh effice by a great convention like s, representing as it does one lkun- thousand or more white Repub- P?s' mostly native bom, and as Pod men as ever trod shoeleather or lOngCij it. nnv nnlifino I noWw 1rtxr UlibLOUl JUllJ Uii J friends, you well know I have 11 ught this honor, but have re atc"lv said that T eonld not stand candidate. Mv business interests d the interests of others under mv .v W e, fully occupy my time and atten- on. But wl !en a man is drafted, as it ri e, jv crrT. - :c ape of representative North Caro- lans. what can he do but accept, desire to emohasize one feature 4 III s great convention, whieh oas SOd mo mrrn nnrnene f lion onv t I ''SSpn mo mni'a nnrlionD Hion onw h er. ;, iij i , ; u i a i ...v. iuvi v irt. .1 im lj.i ( nail tL J w ""icii uppiais strongly iu and which has had largely to do r".v decision, and that is the u uiauy intelligent, siai- t VOUnfr men tt,s U-n Knrl "lor I do x mi iicfjuuncau siauaara. inis 'Pnaticailv men a KufF 1v W . V..fi.J.V. . . f '" :l- I thftnt vnn imntltimon u.; ,,sn tonon you must-un- ' however- that in -tr ,asa li,. ----- . mm v Ul T .... win oe a quiet one, , x ui-ninea manner, n Convention - w a uign pune, and an ap peal made to the reason and intelli gence and not to the prejudices of cur people. I shall later in a more formal way make known my views upon those issues in which our peo ple are so vitally interested. Few Words From Mr. Toms. Mr. Z. Y. Walser, of Davidson, in troduced Mr. Toms, who said that he considered it an honor to be the nominee of his party for Lieutenant Governor. At Chicago, where he aa the convention that nominated Taft and Sherman, he thanked God that he was a Republican. Again, when he read that Bryan had fed the ne groes on chicken, he rejoiced. At 2:30 the convention adjourned to meet again at 3:30, on motion oJ A. A. Whitener, seconded by Judgje Spencer Adams.' Mr. J Elwood Cox. Fifty-two years of age is the Re publican nominee for Governor oi North Carolina. On the 1st day cd November, 1856, Mr. J." Elwood Co was born in Northampton county anc since that time he has been continu ously a resident of this State am playing, since the attainment of the years of manhood, a potential part in its commercial upbuilding. His life history is the story of steady, ener getic self-development and of untir ing exercise of his fine business qual ifications in a way whieh has won for him a high place among the business men of the Conionwealth. Mr. Cox s of a sturdy English de scent. His earliest known ancestor in this State was Joseph Cox, who came from England, settled in the county of Perquimans and built a home there. He, the great-grandfather of Mr. Elwood Cox, was a teacher and a preacher, a firm believer in the ten ets of the Quaker belief and influen tial in promulgating this faith among the settlers in that section. William Rogerson, a Revolutionary soldier, was another great-grandfather. The father of Mr. Cox, Jonathan E. Cox, was also a teaeher and a preacher. In 1858, when his son was two years of age, he left his Northampton farm and accepted the supsrintendency of the Quaker school at New Garden, Guilford county, which, after years of successful management by him, was converted into Guilford College Here young Cox received the train ing that fitted ' him for the important station in life he has accepted. On the 23d day of October, 1878, he was married to Miss Bertha E. Snow, the only daughter of Capt. William H. Snow, who has been spok en of as "the father and founder of the real High Point," where in the year 1880 he moved. This marriage, as events transpired, was an import ant event in the life of Mr .Cox and of the section, as it led to the asso ciation of Mr. Cox and Captain Snow in the manufacture of hardwood, at that time an industry practically un known in North Carolina. With what success this industry was nursed un til it sprang into power all North Carolina knows. Today the business has grown until, through its branch plants, it covers nearly every State in the South and its finished product reaches nearly every country in Eu rope. Mr. Cox now supplies the de mand of nearly the entire world for shuttle blocks. Scarcely less important has been the work of Mr. Cox in other fields of commercial advancement. In 1888 89 he was one of a half dozen citizens of High Point who combined with leading citizens of Randolph to se er re a railroad from Asheboro to High Point. The result was the se curing of a charter for the organiza tion of the High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railway Com pany, which was put into operation in July, 1889. He was one of the first directors of that company and has been one o its directors con tinuously since. He has been one of the,executive committee for years. Again he was an active promoter of the establishment in 1891 of 4he Com mercial National Bank of High Point When better banking facilities were demanded. At the first meeting of the directors he was chosen president, a position which he has occupied with signal ability for seventeen years. Mr. Cox was one of the backers of the Home Furniture Company, of High Point. He was a charter share holder in the organization and crea tion of the Globe Furniture Com pany, which makes the higher grades of furniture. His was the idea of the consolidation of the two into the Globe-Home Furniture Company, making it the largest furniture plant in the South, with a capital of $170, 000. Since the consolidation of the company he has been its president. Mr. Cox is also a director of the Greensboro Loan and Trust Com pany, one of Greensboro's strongest financial institutions. He is presi dent of the Southern Car Works of High Point, and other manufacturing companies in different towns . Quite apart from his activities in the world of commerce has been the part wheh Mr. Cox has played in the educational and governmental realms. He has been an unfailing friend to Guilford College, giving both of his ability and his means to its effectiveness. REPORT ON FLOOD DAMAGE. Farming Lands Damaged Mere Than A Million Dollars. The recent heavy rains have not only done an enormous amount of damage to crops, bridges, roads and railroads, but according to a esti mate made by W. W. Ashe. State Forester of North Carolina, the up land farming lands have been wash ed to an extent of more than a mil lion dollars, the damage being heav iest in those sections where the coun try is most hilly and where the rain fall was most concentrated . These estimates, based on the amount of soil in the water of the river?, as shown from previous rec ords of freshets of the same height" indicate that more than 1,500,000 tons of soil were washed from the pied mont region of North Carolina dur ing the past week; more than 500,- 000 tons from the farms of northern Georgia, 700,000 tons . from upper bouth Carolina, and 400,000 tons from the hills of Virginia. Analyses nave shown that more than one-third of the earth whieh causes the mud- diness of the rivers during the higli freshets is humus which is undoubt edly washed chiefly from the farms. At one dollar a ton for this, humus, which is less than it can be replaced fori the loss to these States in im poverishment of the soil exceeds $1, 200,000. This is a loss which is large ly overlooked and under-estimated by the farmer, because it is a loss which takes place so constantly. In the ag gregate it is so enormous that it is. one of the chief, if not the chief rea son for the poverty of so many southern soils, keeping them depleted of their humus, or the manure! por- uon ox ice son. rnis is a loss to yhich northern soils are not so sub ject, on account of the lighter rain falls and the more gentle character. , The ranfall at Raleigh and at many other points in middle North Car olina exceeded 12 inches in four days. In parts of upper South Carolina it was 15 inches in three days, while more than 4 inches fell at many places during one day. Such preci pitation is tropical in character but it is not uncommon in the south. It is necessary for the farmers of the south if they wish to preserve their hillside lands to employ not only the same means which are used at the north but to take extra means of protection besides, so as to lessen ex cessive erosion, deep plowing, plenty of humus and where the slopes are at all steep and cultivated crops are raised, level terracing besides. But hillside ditches should not be used. The policy of the farmers should be to have small cleared areas, cultivate more intensenly, so that there shall never be any land idle without a cover crop on it to hold the soil, and protect land which is not in cultivate more intensely, so that There are more than 2,000,000 acres "of idle farming land from Virginia to Georgia which should be planted in timber, if for no other reason than to prevent it3 washihg away, though the timber on it will make it eventu ally a good investment besides. Company of Infantry and Regimen tal Band for Greensboro Fair. Greensboro, Special. It appears that Greensboro's centennial celebra tion is to- fare better than was ex pected at the hands of the War De partment. Several months ago Sen ator Overman and a committee from the centennial board of managers se cured from the department a promise that a troop of cavalry and the ma rine Band would be sent tor Green boro, and since that time the chief of staff has agreed to send a com pany of infantry and a regimental band, and it is not improbable that artillerv will be sent also. Senator Overman, who has shown a deep in terest in the centennial, and who has been of material assistance to the board of managers, is in receipt of a letter from Ma j. Gen. J. F. Bell, chief of staff giving this pleasing information.- Fire Destroys Handsome New Home. Ashcville, Special. Fire Saturday morning at 6 o'clock completely des troyed the- residence of Bonnie Mace Henderson on Blaek street, restulting in a loss of probably $3,000. The fire was' discovered a few minutes before 6 o'clock and an alarm turned in. The department got away in good time but owing to the distance it reached the scene teo late i;o save the structure or any great amount of per sonal effects. Members of the de- Dartment went into the blazing build ing in an effort to get out rraAilieycou,t4( nfeti of T?lbrtlf Carolina furniture, etc., but were quiefcfy drivTby ?thc Repuwican party. We favoi en hack by thsmoe and the vflames.4fhe education oi ail our chudren up "fr""-' 1 to fhp vprv limit of Our available Many lives Nearly Lost. Tryon, Special. Passengers on train No. 13, westbound, on the Southern Railway had a narrow es cape from death here Saturday. One car is derailed and overhangs a steep embankment. Outside of a severe shake-up no one was injured. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET AN D PLATFORM IN FUy. ; Declaration of Pricip lee of the State Republican Party ah Given by the Charlotte Convention. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Governor J. Elwood Cox,- of Guilford. Lieutenant Governor Char les French Toms, o Henderson. Secretary of State Dr. Cy rus Thopmosn, of Onslow. Auditor John Quincey Ad ams Wood, of Pasquotank. Treasureir W. Griggs, of Lincoln. Superintendent of Public In struction Rev. Df. J. L. M. Lyerly, of Rowan. Attorney General Jake F. Newell, of Mecklenburg. Commissioner ofi Agriculture -J. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir. Corporation Commissioner Harry G. Elmore, of Rowan. Insurance Commissioner J. B. Norris, of Wilkes. Commissioner off Labor and Printing--C. M. Rapr, of Meck lenburg. Electors-At-Large A. A. Whitener, Of Catawba, and Thomas Settle, of Buncombe. The Platform. We, Republicans oi North Caro- 3 J ina, in convention assembled, com- menu me wisuuiu UJ. uie uauuiiai zic- publican convention, pnd fou"'itn late the people of the United States on the nomination of William H. Taft for the preside, of tins great republic, and we endorse the prin ciples and policies of the Republi can party us enunciated in jts plat form at Chicago, June 16, 1908, and we endorse the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. We appeal to the eole of North Carolina to set the welfare of our State above party anxT above preju dice; to exercise thir freedom to conscience; and to chpose those men for public office wh0m they deem best fitted to serve the public interest., We ask the people to jjeonsider wheth er they will best promote the welfare ol the State by. committing its af fairs to the radical faction now in control of the Democratic party or by voting for the candidates and policies we offer. We ask all thoughtlul North Caro linians to consider particularly whether the present -Elemocratie Gov ernor and Legislature have dealt wisely or justly withl all classes of our citizens in the lfws they have recently passed concerning railroads and the violent measures they have taken to give these lws effect. We believe in regulating railroads anc1 other public carriers! strictly and carefully and in compelling all cor porations to obey the! law as faith fully as the humblesf private citi zen. But we do not; believe that Legislatures are competent to fix ab solutely the precise rates at which passengers and freighf- shall be car ried. We are sure that the Legis lature of this Sfate, wjbich attempted to fix passenger rates absolutely and neglected freight ratfss much the more substantial grievance of our people had neither th0 special know ledge nor the right spirit for such an undertaking. They disregarded tb;e constitution of the United States, and the threw thousands of ifTorth Carolin ians out of employmen. - We denounce in unmeasured terms the unwarranted and uncalled for at tack of the Democrats on capital, culminating in the fighjjt on our rail roads involving the State as it did in costly litigation; paralyzing business threw thousands of laborers out oi employment, drove millions of capi tal from the State, and sent railroac". securities down to less than hali their value. We pledge ourselves,! if the people entrust us with powei, to set oui selves against two kindfe of injustice The injustice which permits wealthy corporations and individuals to prey upon the poor, and Ithe injustict which sacrifices rjroDeftv and dc ranges business in order that cheap demagogues may get t keep office. We favor the policy of the State furnishing free of ehafge and undei proper regulations to very child in the public schools all necessary text books; the further improvement and extension-at whatever! cost, of the public school system, embodied in ..... -k jAr " f rto the very limit of pur means. We also favor a liberal policy with our higher institutions of learning. The South needs highly trained men and we would have the . necessary Gaining provided here,; so far as we have the means, and put within the reach of our young meri of talent and industry, to the end that Southerners may guide our people in. the develop ment of our resources in government in business, in the beautifying of oui towns, our cities and our homes and in the elevation of our daily life. This is also true of our institutions of charity, particularly the provision made for the blind, the deaf and the insane, for the efficiency with, which any community ministers to such un fortunate beings is a measure of its civilizations . It is equally true of our Confederate veterans who have not the means of self-support; thf State loves and honors them, and they must not be permitted to suffei want. We denounce the Democratic party for not keeping its repeated pledges to provide our Confederate soldiers and their widows with suit able pensions commensurate wit! their services to the State and we be lieve that whenever practicable tbej should be given the preference ir matters of employment, and all things being equal, they should b honored with the emoluments of of fice. We demand a fair election law which will permit an elector to cas' a ballot privately, without interfer ence or dictation. We favor, as we have ever favor ed, local self-government, and de mand the right to elect by the peo- pie aii memoers oi tne county ooard of education, county superintendent l Df public instruction, county commis sioners, tax collectors and justices of the peace. We favor an extension and im provement of the public roads of the State, and believe that the employ ment of the State's convicts on such work is the best use that can be made of criminals convicted of crimes; we further favor a law pro hibiting the use of striped uniforms upon all persons convicted of mis demeanors in the courts of North Carolina. We favor the establishment of one or two reformatories for the correc tion of youthful criminals convicted of minor offenses, and we favor a separate reformatory for females convicted of similar offenses. We pledge ourselves to a liberal appropriation for the eare and sup port of our charitable institutions. We favor the exemption from tax ation of two hundred dollars worth of personal property owned by each householder in the state of North Carolina. We believe in the dignity of labor and the elevatieei of the wage earner, and pledge our"1 party to the enact- - . ., mm 1 - ment t such laws as will best pro mote this end; we beiieve that labor and capital are co-ordinate branches of our industrial life each neces sary to the other that neither can prosper without the other, and look ing to this end we pledge our party to the enactment of such laws as will so far as possible create the kindliest feeling between labor and capital, remove all causes for conflict between the two and promote the upbuilding of both classes in North Carolina. We favor restricting immigration rigidly, admitting none but the bet ter class to our shores, and protect ing American labor against foreign cheap labor of Europe and the Orient. We believe the South should no longer hold itself politically separate and apart from the rest of the coun try. We believe the time has come, when no interest or principle any longer demand such isolation. We 1 CENTS fljnUa HI BELOW any other DO HOT or on any kind of terms, loames il lust rat me and bicycles, old patterns and MWmmm JPKIUKS and wonaemu new oners made direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP OM APPROVAL -without a cent deposit, allow lO Days Free Trial and make other liberal house in the world will da able information by simply We need a Rider Aamnt in every town and can to make money to suitaoie fi Rfl DIIUftTIIDC Pr ice $8750 To h 4 WO Wilt Soil NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS turtNT LET Pals for Only OUT THE AIR A (CASH UICTH ORDER 4.56) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Pscn1t 'vf tc wars "rrerience in tire making. No danger from THORNS. T1TC NAll.S TACKS or G Serious punctures, like intentional knife be vulcanized like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual fctvafltv.five Theasaad ealrs sold test year. DESORIPTHJMt Made in all size. It is wffl a special.quality of rubber, .which never lfll wltnout allowing mc bii-uj wa- "u' . r that their tires haveonly been pumped up of161 an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being gwenby several layer prepared fabric on the tread. That -HoldingBach -f7'11 V. mt m 'mWMMtB' BMt- -1 w M. .... ... Vint tn t ii Tim Yon do not pay accent until you have eQk We will allow a eaah discount of 5 per xPt (thereby making the price FULL CASH WITH OEDKK and enclose this KjrtMMrmcjiL We platen Drass nana PV l " .TVir. ouncture ciosers 10 uc dku u uk v at UDB expense if for any reason they arc ' it .t i:.vu ..j r,nnw crmt to Banker. Express or Freight Ant or theEditorcf th pP- tn?fie tttCB. tuU wlu null iuBi Liicry ww ' -, - finer ttananytire yon have ever used or seen at any price. 7e knew that you willbe that when you want a bicycle vou will give as tout order. We want jou to send 1 order atnce, hence this remarkable tire offer. . fir vnn will unci icai mcy wu QO ASTER-BRAKES, everything - a a a. Drices charged by dealers and repair men. Write - m!ww ufiir Ait write us a DO HOT WAFT bicycle or a paV EK? CYCLE COMPAIY; ask the people of North Carolina so give us their suffrages, not merely because the Democratic part v under its present leadership both in the State and m the nation, n power; not merely because the didates were here nominated and the policies we reccommend, ate worthy of acceptance, but because every Re publican vote cast in the Sooth is a vote for freedom, a vote for the right of our children to enter fully into, the life of the great republic, our fathers labored and fought suffered to establish. Pockets of Circus-Goers Picked. Morganton, Special. Friday gala day in Morganton. Fully fo3 towW four thousand people can mc into to from all parts of the county to see John Robinson's circus. Everybody went to the show. Pickpockets cat in some good work. One man, a Mr. Whistnant, was relieved of a pocket book containing $100. Quite a num ber of other people was relieved of scalier amounts. Mr. L. A. Ward, the liveryman, lost $200. The young men of Tbomasville have decided to organize a fire com pany for the purpose df successfully operating the town fire engine. The machine is the best hand machine made and if properly operated will do a great deal of good. It is new almost certain that the Gresrcn slreet underground crossing matter that has boen up between the Durbcm aldeimen and the Southern Raihvav for many months, and re ccn'l before the Corporation Com missicn, will end in the courts . 4 1 T ow to prepare: fat frou SUET, ETC. Cut the lat Ja small pieces, with ccid water cni let stand ovet night; pour off this water, add trest water cr tpaVz a -cur) to ezch twf pound 3 cf fat and let cook very nVxm ly until the nieces arc Tight brown ecler, aril the fat is clear and stilt (n ccuid of bubbling or cooking). Strain hroueh a cloth and press-the tat from v'o y'ees for -cond quality of lat. Ars ft Noc6S8tty in the Country HORHS. The farther vou are removed from town to railroad station, the 9 more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has a right to compel one of the family . i r i -i nc ui agony ur nours wmie ne drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the sufferim?. Our Free Book tells how to or ganize, build and operate tele- pnone lines ana systems. Instruments sold on thirtv davsf trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC 201 CCC Building, ALL IT WILL COST YN write for oar big rwinr tne most BICYCLES. TIS manufacturer or dealer in the BUY A BICYCLE until you have received descnbme every kind at latest models, and learn of oar Yon will learn everything writing us a postal. young men wno apply at - DDAftC TIDCC ONLY CAC- LASS cuts, can use. Over 9 Hyly and easy riding, very durable -J , not saHrtictory ca os is as safe as m a per about ns. 3f -v Deuce well trial . n - iu the bkycle line are tor our nig o i posuu uwy. w of tires from anyone - - - EASY RLDOMk s cf'tiriasmSov Cld-D. on approval. SL'vS) U yon send Irfft sod QWtT BSClcCl n paid ord (tbese Metal toes). Tire to be returned BttJHaav. Lfili.