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QLXV.
SATISFACTORY YEAR.
IMstreet, Eeviews Business Por tin
' . . Year .1909.
New ' York." Snppinl- - "Rrfl!-
Jret 's- veeekly review,, of trade ,
I
Quiet shas folowed the pre
eding. weeks, rush ef business -f
retail , lines, while in whole
,e - lines salesmen are in rlrom
d and inventorying is general.
obtainable , information
nts to i satisfactory in
my sections, indeed, a record"
-l'rtlnTVIO " tf ... . Knotnaco . Jinirtn i iv
year just closed. The least
siactory reports ; as to the
: ys result , come ;. from those '
ions pf the South where crop
lage 'has precented . fullest
kntage being, taken of 1 the
prices tf . cotton. - ,
In j wholesale i and iobhinsr
a large if nott indeed roe-
spring business ;has been
edv.-.v Prices ot commodities
r .andiminished strength' 'and
e of the highest prices of the
were made in the last week.-
pn,
for instance, reached
11 16 cents, a price never be-
Reached at this date since
piTESSEB GOE DRY. ;
Breweries -Affected. -ile,v;
Tenn.'. .Special' The
ssed by the last Legislature
mg the manufacture of in
ns', liquor in Tennessee went
Vet at midnight December :31.
he distilleries and- - five big
.i c , uueciqu v ana , an an
a suspension- of operations
; close ', of the '. business, : day.
pneeded, - however, ... that some
them will cimmit a deliber-
t act for the purpose of test-
statute. 4 -
ize to English Aeronaut, i
;s Sur Marne, -By ; Cabled
aelin cup for t duration and
covered in the air during
to , Henry Farman, the
ronaut who on November
ed a ; since unbeaten rec
miles in 4 hours, 17 min
3 seconds. The trophy is
f. Michelin, -a wealthy
the Aerb Club of France
i of a beautiful prize
. to be " competed for dur
1 of eight years. Each
phy and $4,000 or one
ijcash prize goes to the
ng the longest flight in
f ie trophy was first of
9f and was won by Wil
4 with a , mark of 76.5
in France in competition
i and others. , i
Oil Men Form
ganization.
an Or-
i SpeciaL-Cotton seed
.Tew York , have complet
ization known as the Oil
iation of the New York
hange with la ' charter
of one hundred,; Its ob
xrther the cotton sed oil
all parts of the world,
tton sed oil on the New
ce exchange last year ag
2,303,500 barrels. J. G.
le American. Oil Compatiiy,
d president, j : ..
Birmingham a Reality,
'jam, . Ala., Special. At
1 of midnight December 31,
orated suburbs'of Birmirc-
large , amount of nnincor
srritory automatically . . be
irt bix the city of Birming
ig the v city an- estimated
J of 035,000. The Supreme
kitly'M sustained the act
reater Birmingham and to
a of the new city is slightir
i
ss or iorty-two- square
!,000,000 to Nippon.
I Wash'., Special.-Sixteen
I money orders payable in
irth in the aggregate $1,-,
ere sent' from the ; Seattle
' : during the -7 Christmas
h; The money came from
e ' of 'Washington, Idaho,
and Minnesota and the
fpf Alaska. ; :. - . : ..
Watson to Public Debate.
K Special. . Thomas W.
Vs been challenged : to", a
ate ' by representatives of
I protestant churches of
The challengers want the
,o held in Atlanta January.
. e named as Watson 's bp
lliam T. Ellis, a Philadel-
aper man.. '
'.s Left Only. j $300. ''fv-'M
k, " Special. William ". E.
publisher who was slain
iter . C. Hains, Jr., at, the
'Jit club, in August, 1908,
ite valued at . "only $300
CQLUMBUb,
mmm 1 11.
Hamlet of Holland, Near ; Suffolk
' Practically; Wiped Off the Map ;
RLchmondjV. ViL,-: Special. Fire de
stroyed the. - Mjaiestic theater, . the
postoffice and fall but one of ! the
twenty-six - business places in ; Ham
let of Holland,1 JL2 miles from Suf-
folk, ; Va., on the Southern Railway
Saturday nighty and rendered . half of
the town two hundred inhabitants!
homeless. There v was : only the ' crud
est apparatus mm which to nght,'the
flames, and aidlsked ef Suffolk - was
rendered nugafttrjr by , reason' of the
absecnece of water facilities. -. -t., v
The total loss is estimated c at
$115,000. - The ! total insurance . is
about $63,000. More than $0,000
worth of peanuts, were- burned.'
Only twenty-one homes are left . in
the .-town, ?"and-; these are - housing the
homeless. Five! of these caught fire
but were saved. .. -
HOSTILITIES CONTINTJE.
Belief That Two More Battles . Must
Be Ponght.
Blufieldsi a Nicaragua. Hope r that
the war should be brought to an end
through the recognition of the pro
visional - government ; by - the United
States has been abandoned. J Many
believe that two more battles must .be
fought; one in the State of Chontales
and the other near Managua.'
The insurgent generals have sign
ed a. solemn pact to the effect that
they will stand as a unit with Esri
trada until theJast vestige of Zelay
,aism is blotted out of the government
of 'Nicaragua. n. . N v '
The peace commissioners which
President Madriz announced that he
was sending' to ' negotiate with Estra
da httve not arrived. . r ' '
FIRST NEW YEAR RECEPTION.
President Shook Hands With More
,Than 5,575 Callers..
- Washington, D. C Special. Pres
ident , land Mrs. Tflf t held their first
New" dear's' reception Jan. 1st, at the
White - House. All classes passed in
revifiw,,ijuid ,i wo hours iand flf ty-
five minutes more . than 5,575 people
shook hands with-jthe Chief Execu
tive. Thediplofiratie, display sur
passed afl previous ones, and all
membererof the-icabinet were present,
except Knox and Dickinson. .
Will Wage Determined Fight.
' - Atlanta, Ga., Special. ' To wage
an organized and determined fight
against the methods of dealing in
cotton- in vogue at the . New York
cotton .exchange, N President Charles
S. Barrett' of the National Farmers
Union has issued a call for a meeting
of the officers and leading members
of the union to takes place in Wash
ington during the present ; month.
In the call, Mr. Barrett announces
the determination of representatives
of the union to remain in Washing
ton until Congress takes some ' defi
nite action in the matter.'; '
Greetings to All Nations.
Washington Soecial. Precisely at
midnight on Dec. 31st an-employe of
the Navy Department pressed a but
ton in the naval observatory. In
stantly there leaped from it a spark
that encircled the, globe. It lost
only a comparatively few seconds,
which did not discommode those who
heard the news that anew year had
been born. New York gt the word,
both started from Washington and a
few seconds later aftej rit had encir
cled the globe. ;
Banker Trask Only .Victim. . - i
i New ' York, Special. t Spencei
Trask, the 1 head of a firm of bank
era, which for many years acted as
fiscal agent of the late Queen Vic
toria, was crushed to death by a
rear-end i collision of a Pullman and
freight train in 'hi private compart
ment while returning to New " York
from Yeddo, his country - place at
Saratoga. ' -
Florida Crops Not Injured.
Jacksonville,- Special. The- dam
age to Florida crops from the recentN
cold weather ) is trivial. It was
thought' the low .., temperature " had
ruined early vegetablesr. but 'only,
trifling, damages have been -wrought
and this can be remedied by , replant
ing. The orange crop had been mar
keted, j.
Kills Two and Puts Three in , Jail.
Guthrie, Okla.rK Special. ' Five
men who ' intended 1 to rob the bank
and postoffice . at Harrah, Okla,, ran
into a party headed by United
States Marshal "Jack" Abernathy.
As a ; result two of the bandits are'
dead, ' one is in jail ; "at Guthrie
wounded, andtwo others are held in
jail at Oklahoma City as suspects. ;
; It ls Now Judge Lurton. ,
Washington, J). C, pecial.-: Judge
Horace H. ; Lurton, the: new associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, was sworn Yiu Ust Monday at
noon. .1 ' . , ' - .
POLKiCOp'NTTi N. C,
US
It
Labor 'Commissioner Shipman "
on
,.- Textile Industry, in State.
, Raleigh, Special.T-According ,tojre
turns to the State Labor- Comiiis
sioner, North Carolina ;has!:;312v4ot--ton,
woolen and silk mills lwith43,
14311 spindles, : 55,692 1 looms; iJiO,
355 horse-poweri 55,12810 01
whom 23,358 are females, n Sixty ?six
per cent of the millR report improve
ment in general proficiency, financial
condition and education of employes;
89. per . cent- report the ; labor jilws
complied with; 84 per cent of opera
tives read and" write.- The. avertge
number -of . hours - in - a work rs davt is
10., Eighty-one mills-, -use elecnc
power.; Sixty-three 'knitting mills
report 74,440 J spindles, 6,954 ' i ta
vt!hines,' 6,867 employes rGasJon
county- leada with 48 cotton "m:ils,
Mecklenburg having 22, Alamaitce
21. , . t A
. The cotton, woolen . and silk inijUs
return . capital stock - totaling ' $5,
083,550,' and: knitting mills; : $2,853,-;
004. . ; !
The. textile industry" represents hy
far the largest investment in any ,Qie
line in North Carolina also in nuii
ber of , employes and amount of waips
paid. ; Gaston reports $7,000,000 cdb
ital stock in -mills, 452,000- spindl s,
5,550 looms and 17,858 horse-powti;
Mecklenburg, ' $4,247300 capitjil
stock, ,223,116 spindles, -4,957 looms,
3,955 horse-power ; Alamance $2,85 -715
capital; 136,448 spindles- 5,5
looms, . 7,103 ; horse-power; Cabarn,
15 mills, $2,415,530 capital, 243,174
spindles, 5,096 looms, - 7,670 horse
power; Guilford, 12 mills; $2,117,5:0
capital, 204,580 spindles, . 5,26a loonrk
ORDER BONDS . PRINTED, j
Transcontinental Officers Authorise
$50,000,000 IFirts Mortgage Bonds
Printed. , - J
Asheviler Special The stockhold
irs ,und directors of the v South At
lantic, Transcontinental Railroad held
a meeting heer at which- important
busmes matters, '.were transact Li.
wnicu xena w snow inai construction
work will soon be begun. A resolu
tion was pased authorizing the print
ns in French ; and Enerlish of $50-
100,000 first mortgage bonds of the
transcontinental, which,, it, is said,
bankers in France have arranged to
3oat. Another important matter
was the election of H. R. Neikerson
Df New York as vice-president of
the railroad and A. H. Berry of
New YoTk as assistant secretary.
These two men are said to be repre
sentatives of Mc Arthur feros., con
tractors, who; itl is said, have the
contract for building the road. The
election of C. "J. Harris of v Dills-
boro and Dri E. B. Glenn of Ashe-
ville as members of the board of di
rectors was confirmed.
Colonel Jones' is of the opinion
that early in the spring actual con
struction 'work will be begun. ' .
61 Candidates Installed.
Charlotte, Special. The Mystic
Shriners met here last week in an
nual session and after initiating 61
candidates, elected the following of
ficers: Illustrious Potentate, H. . A.
Murrill, of Charlotte; Chief Rab
ban, A. J. Crampton, of Charlotte;
Assistant Rabban, J. F. sRhem, of
New Bern; R' H. Bradley,. Raleigh,
was elected Outer Guard.
' -A 1 -
, ' ,( Tar Drppiugs. . v
The Anson Building and Loan As
sociation, during its 20 years of life
have not changed' officers. Dec. 31st
26 shares matured amounting to
$200,000. ' - ,
The ' Charlotte postoffice did oyer
$135,000 business in ; 1909. 4
, Mecklenburg issued 610 marriage
license last year, white 292; colored
318.
The Talcum Puff Co., of Asheville,
the second largest talc concern in
the " world, shipped 3,000,000 cans
last year. An issue of $25,000 7 pei
cent preferred stock is authorized.
Sheriff Rides Into Clothes Wire;
Statesville, Special. While class
ing a desperate negro, ' whom he
thought at the ! time had committed
murder, ' Sheriff J; M.-Deaton ran in
to a patent, clothes wire and - was
seriously injured. . , .
The ' Scottish flites Masons closed
their session at Charlotte last Wed
nesday. The event was one of, the
busiest in the history oi the, order
in this State.
Falls Between Cars to Death. -
v MorgantOn, ' Special. J. L. Davis,
engineer in charge of through freight
No." 74, was instantly r killed two
miles west ' of Morganton.- The tires
on the wheels of the engine, broke,
due it is supposed, -to the cold weath
er and Davis, thinking the engine off
the track, started back on the train
when the tender and the next car ad
joining became uncoupled and he, fell
between - on v the .jtrack . causing ihe
train-to pass over him, - horribly
mangling his body,' botlj v arms and
legsbeing severed r and his : head
mashed beyond recognition:-.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6,t910.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA!
. THREE BROTHERS JAILED.
Charged, With Obtaining Money on
Bogus Bill of Lading for jCotton. -
Wilmington, Special. .Sheriff E.
W. Summersille and -Deputy W.
Kellum, of Onslow ; county, . 4 passed
through - the city on December 28th,
conveying to jail r at Jacksonville,
Carter Fisher, B.k B. Fisher and G.
HJ 'Fisher, charged i with defrauding
L ike banks x&t Hichlands and Jackson-
vile, Onslow county, of about $460
on bogus bills of lading for cotton
alleged toy have been ! shipped from
Verona in-the same county.,
,They were captured at Cerro
Gordo, Columbus "county, by. Mr. C.
S. Hicks,!' formerly cashier of the
Bamk of Whiteville, who is said to
have been defrauded by a fourth of
the. Fisher brothers,' and Deputy
Sheriff Ammons, of Whiteville. The
Fisher brothers are said to be natives
of Onslow, but have been living in
Georgia forfsome time, and are said
to be wanted in several. States for
swindling banks in much the same
manner as they operated in Onslow.
As result; of the, trial of the Fisher
brothers, charged- with conspiracy,
two of the brothers are in jail in
default of bond, also the stepfather,
John D. Fisher, was placed in . jail,
according to developments of the
trial. .
Rockingham Power Company.
Wilmington, Special. It is an
nounced here that at a recent meet
ing of the bondholders of,., the Rock
ingham Power Company;- in New
York, at which 97 per 'cent of the
bonds were represented the indepen
dent bondholder plan proposed by
North Carolina inteerst was substi
tuted for the plan of the reorganiza
tion committee and a meeting com
posed of J. . P. Council, Hugh Mac
Rae, of North Carolina, and Robert
E. McCormick, of Chicago, was ap
pointed to put the plan-in effect.
It -is believed now ' that the 1 ob
stancles to the successful financing of
the development are out of the way
and that the property will be
speedily completed along the lines
contemplated by the original pro
moters. .-.
Rifle Found in Hollow Tree
Greenville, Special. Don Carson,
a young man of Bethel, this county,
while setting mink traps in a creek
near his home a few days ago found
an old rifle in a hollow tree. Inquiry
"as to the gun brought out the 'fact
that it was hid there in 186, by a
Confederate soldier who was being
pursued by ' a posse with dogs. The
rifle also bore marks of having been
used in the Mexican war,: and not
withstanding the long time ". ifr had
been in this hollow tree, with a Uttle
rubbing-up it "wag ready for use
again. . ! v
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v Our Industrial Conditions.
Raleigh, Special. A showing of in
dustrial conditions in North Carolina
that is highly gratifying is reflected
in the Department of State, the Cor
poration Commission and the De
partment of Labor and ; Printing.
The records in the office of the Sec
retary of State show that during the
past 12 months there have been is
sued 978 charters to new industrial
corporations, 542 of this number hav
ing been granted within the past six
months. Thee were charters for 26
new cotton mill corporations.
Of Interest and 'Profit.
Winston-Salem, Special. Officials,
division managers and North Caro
lina salesmen of the "Virginia-Caro-Hna
Chemical Company held a meet
ing here and discussed various, mat
ters relating to the affairs of the
company, such as busines conditions,
prospects for the ; coming year, etc.
! Judge Bynum is Dead.
-Charlotte,; Special. Judsre Preston
- LBynum;, one of North Carolina's
strongest, men, died last Thursday.
He , had served his . state as soldier,
lawyer and judge.- He was I a native
of Stokes county. .
i Murders Kinswoman. .
Wadesboro, Special. Jas. Smith
shot and kiledhis cousin, Cora Allen.
She . was ill in bed at the time.'
Smith after committing the deed,
mounted his horse and rtrcie away.
i Car Line By Feb. 1st.
- High.Point' Special. That High
Point will have street car's running
by February 1 is now a sure thing.
j Murdered Across line.' --r.
Asheville, Special.Sheriff Cole, of
Madison, says, the Chinaman who
was murdered across 4he line' in
Terinessee, 16 , years ago supposedly
by a Confession of Pardee Morris, is
up toj the Tennessee authorities.
Gigging Fish in Mountains. -
- Canton, Special Mountain streams
were frozen -over last week and sev
eral parties engaged in the, sport of
gigging 'fish. One party . killed 55,
and another ",40. -, . - ,.
The new phone line has been com
piled to Elkin. , V
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
rrofessor,. Charles Le Verrier ar '
rueu iium raris iu imure, . , - .1 a. joqk. snowing, uiat. ne was ' in a
General Wood is to receive another Norwegian city. -promotion,
Hhe- last x one possible at- The ' administration building of
present. - , j Santa Clara College, at San Jose, CaL,
Wu Tins-fane: told a renorter for i
the World of China's eagerness to
build railroads." '
Mark Twcin returned - from Ber
muda ill and saying: "My work in
this life is done."
Mayor-elec Gaynorsaid a thief had j
entered his country, home and appar
jntly rifled his' letters. ,
' William Loeb, Jr., Collector of the
Port, organized a new. police force,
300 strong, to prevent' smuggling.
Frederick Greenwoods author,, and
lournalist,' who founded 'Pall Mall
and St. James Gazette, died , at Lon
ion. ' .
; Professor Trevor Kincaid, of Bos
ion, is now on his way to Russia to
sollect parasites for the gypsy and
brown-tail moths. .' ' -
Commander Peary expressed grati
Ication at the rejection in Copenha
;envof Dr Cook's claim to have dis
covered the North Pole. -
. Representative F. W. Mondell at.
Washington, D. C, warmly defended
Secretary - Ballinger's administration
f the Interior Department.
Rival flocks" of Drakes are ln quest
5f the golden .nest egg of $125, 000,
) 0 0 more or less accumulated from
the estate of their" great kinsman, Sir
Fracnis Drake.
The congregation of the New Tab
srnacle Baptist .Church, New York;
bade adieu to the Rev. Dr. George E.
Jtees, its pastor for thirty-seven years,
it a public reception.
Ernest W:"Gerbracht, at one time
general superintendent of the Ameri
zan Sugar Refining Company's piers,'
pleaded not guilty to a charge of con
ipiracy in connection with fraudulent
sugar weiihing. .
' ... Fish Famine in Charleston.
, Charleston, SpecialJ Bad weather
kept fishermen from - going to sea,
thereby a shortage was occasioned
on the market,, which Wasted several
days causing even hardship to poor
families in . Charleston and along ) the
Atlantic seaboard. Fuel and coun
try, products was also decidedly
scarce, eggs were 40 cents per dozen;
-
The Pelzer Cotton Mills have re
seived two bales of' cotton from
India for experimental purposes.
Labor to Raise Large Sums.
Washington, D. C, Special.
Officers of the - American Feder
ation of Labor have issued a call to
the 1,540,000 members of the organi
zation calling on them to subscribe
to a fund with which a bitter fight is
to be i begun against ' the United
Steel Coropration.
Georgia Town Wiped Out By Fire.
Crawfordsville, Ga., Special. The
business section . of Crawfordsville
has been almost wiped out by 1 fire.
The loss is $80,000 with insurance
of $25,000.
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HARMLESS COMMENT.
-"The Salome dancer has nothing
Kan" , ,
"Horrors!"
"Lemme finish, will you? The Sa
lome dancer has nothing on the new
classic school when t come to aban-,
don and grac;." Louisville Courier
Journal. , . '
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IvEW&Y GLEANINGS
A letter was received from
was destroyed .by :Hre.
Thomas OHarden was elected to
succeed the late State ' Senator" Mc
Carren, of ' Brooklyn. y , v ,
1 a.u vau. tuitA ucaacx ioi.AiiV4 iLi new
I York City that there was a good profit
ln ' tho eight-cent price
The American baseball players left
f Cuba, allegeing unfair treatment on
the part of their manager. ,
The AOantic battleship fleet, with;
10,000 sailors, anchored In New York.
Harbor for the Christmas holidays.
John Burns and Joseph Hart1 died
while attending early masses in Ro
man Catholic churches of New York
City. -
Kentucky wool growers met at
Louisville to form a wool pool, mod
elled after that of tshe Burley Tobacco
Society.
A Senate resolution calling , on
President Taft ior all papers bearing
Ott-pthje Balllnger-Pinchot controversy
wafs adopted. t , . , -
Prince Albert's title to the . throne
of Belgium was held impregnable by
friends of the late King, says a Brus
sels cable dispatch, r '.
The completion of the new $1,
000,000 trestle of the Norfolk- and
Southern Railway across Albemarle
Sound was announced. '
Timothy P. ( " Little Tim " ) Sulli
van; Vice-President of the Board of
Aldermen and Tammany "leader In
New York City, died after a long ill
ness. . -. - . ..
The contact with Fritz Brodt for
providing , food for 1 immigrants at
Ellis Island was cancelled by Govern
ment officials, who found the charges
that he did ' not provide contract
grade supplies proven. .
A BUSY BEE.
"Father thinks 1 ought to go in for
fcusiness a bit,' remarked - the gilded ,
youth. - . ! j . ' l, -
"Made a start as yet?".
"Oh, yaas. I've ordered three busi
ness ; suits and1 had me name- put up.
at a . commercial club.M-rLouIsvilla
Coui'ier-Journal, -, Lsf
Are af Necessity
Jn the Country
Home.0 -
The farther you are removed
from.tow.n to railroad station, the
more the telephone will " save in
time and horse flesh. No man has
a right to compel oneof the family
to he in agony for hours while he
drives to town for the doctoK Tel-:
ephone and save half the suffering.'
uur rree Book tells rioveto qr
ganize, - build and operate tele
phone lines "and systems.
. : Instruments sold on thirty davs
trial to responsible parties. :
- THE CADIZ ELEGTRIC CO.,
20I CCC DuIIdbg, Cadiz, Ohio.
olS ALL IT WILL 60ST Y03
llfcv Are a Mecessity
to write for our big FBE -BICrCLE caUlogo
showingr -the most complete line of higfe-er&d
BICXCXBS. TIRKS and 8CNDBTK8 at PHICE
manufacturer or dealer in the world. r Q
BUYA mOYGIUZ2ZZ
we need a tifae Agin m every town and can oner an opportunity
yuuug xacn wao appiy- at once
, 1 iiub llibpW O !'
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SpIgPAiJ
Notice the thick rubber trea4
"A" and puncture strips "B
jand "D," also rim strip ir
to prevent rim cutting. Thin
tire will outlast any other
make SOFT, ELASTIC and
KASYBIDINCk. f
twice in r. whole season. Thev weiirh no more that.
wre ucou wmcn prevents ail air from bcina
and found them strictlv as -represented.
postal to learuverythiag.
WriteitKOW.
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