The Caucasian from Clinton, North Carolina • Page 1

I VOL. XXVIII. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMDILR- 1910.

No. 34 Itm IIAR.YETT COUNTY REPUBLICAN ooxvExnox. FARMERS' MEETING conou TMS Man" Dr. H. Q.

'Alexander, of Mek- lenberg ir- 8:30 "Farming. rotafbtilUeaL lie; LEAPi I. EDITORIAL BRIEFS 0)1 Miss Democracy, of North Carolina; must be wearing a hobble Tiller of North Carolina Soai1 ot ttf0 jProf FleecyStaple Hi2heitS Since the GrU War, Reach iiuMUic.fr tu -mm Otm. ing Twenty Cents, NEW YORK SPOT AT-19Qu u. Au for Mr.

Hoke Smith turned out to be not so much of a "hoax" or a "myth" after, From the returns, it looks as If the Smiths outnumbered the Browns In ok- Georgey." is danger of the Democratic Xas4 far Worrf9 WtiSs IK ia 1 lf Uaarra. Iy scctsttllios iJI ttrAJ4 Carr ta tM DuuJrt jtLat will rst tfr "fi hr Dctaecrats, as hf Ur, Htarra, aUo adl4 tv relations s4 f4stferts ta fpreested with th bf ha4 represent. Aasut Cot ton Sold on New York Ex- change at Twenty Cents, lleins tb. I tl Hifitiot Irtc Since Wj salting Froa Drainage" 5lr. John ods of Famine" Mr kicx, of Wake County.

as laiervsiuzK prexrmza arrasx-1 ed for to-day. Whole Train tft Track. Athevllle. X. C.

Aug. 25. Train Ko. 22. which left Aiheville this morning at'S o'clock for Goldiboro.i was wrecked at two miles west of Connejly Springs.

None i of the passengers was Injured to any extent Only slight bruises were sustained. The whole train left the track near a 150 foot gorge, ran its length and stopped, I oa the brink of the gorge, almost and about twenty; feet from the track. The John Lenoir, had his left jaw scald-j fed, his left wrist and left hip bruised and two slight scalds. The engineer was shaken JrXrZZl w. A- siop-j.

party, meeting its death while walk-lthe of lroath Situation ulhet jtrki, oa rr4 at fxtsrfag largely Itrponsible Sell Gor a i 1 per la tali district tnpotm i roment Report to Ijsue4 onfesusa of th rsrty. Frtday Awaited With Itfiere Every totiatr la lh dittHet ti I- A temporary orgaaixatloa was j. floa eoia al cenu a tn lor. of Southportas chslmss. Af ter was sent to the sceneNcw york conoa mJkTut ttUlay r.ih.n o-aay ater tal Catherine had been railed I-to at Bridgewater of the wreck, while a relief train i jwas nt from A8nTlile to transfer ishorU.

who had postponed cotcring! TtUirr of with westbound passenger train No. until thc jast moment, in the hope! Col A II 11. About fifty yards of track was'! the increasine net trob mokLwI .1. 1. ras oi iracK wasij tne increasing new croo mote- lt tvW ti.ii Iealing Must Spextaeular llall Ever Knunn on Excliange August COt lr New York.

Aug. 39. urgent demand for spuUUvc imnt in thu RnnthvAtt mirHt iirv control of the bull leaders. Thisj? price; the highest reached cotton any delivery since the Clvu war, exceeamg oy nearly 5 ceni4 pound the highest figure reach in me xamous duu year pi lua-i 11901, which until now had stood asager 0f tne nominee. ded by ag tQe pont of the bul, moven sianaara oi comparison, was re- culminating mrvmn In nrnr.

rpgs hrA for thA sl. montijdlir Ing a season which? when it ends next Thursday, will go down as the most spectacular In the annals of the cotton trade since war times. Not a great many bales-iperhaps 15,000 actually changed hands oa the advance from 16.82, the closing price of last week, to 20 cents for August this morning. At 30 cents, offer from W. P.

one of the bull leaders, to sell 100,000 bales checked the upward movement, and was the general Impression around the ring that this was a level fixed in .1 the open market as a basis for settle-1 ment of the' entire August interest remaining. Later, however, this vie? of the situation was somewhat shaken by the fact that, after reacting from 20 cents to 18.20, under scattered selling of a few. hundred August again advanced on renewed buying by shorts touching 19.20 in the ternoon, or within 10 polntls of the high record. At the close August! was quoted at 19.75 bid. Names a Strong Ticket and Goes Into the Fight In Excellent Shape-Democratic Rows Further Complicate Their Troubles.

(Special to The Caucasian.) Lllllngtbn. Aug. 26. 1910. The Republican County Convention re assembled here to-day for th niir- pose of naming candidates for coun-j ty offices and the Legislature.

TnCe 0t ChTman the contention was called to order by Secretary, and Mr. Zack of Dunn as elected as chairman. Committees for the purpose of or-! ganizatlon were appointed and while the platform committee was prepar-j ing its report, Mr. Lester F. Butler.

1 chairman of the Wake County Re-j publican Executive Committee, was called upon for a speech. Mr. Butler spoke for half an hour, dwelling- on the issues before the people and graphically showed how the Republican party had proven Itself to be the friend ofall classes, farmer, laboring man and business man. f- The platform, which was a ringing Republican one, was adopted. The following were named for office by the convention 1 For House of Representatives, Geo.

D. Spence; Clerk of the Court, N. T. Patterson Hegister of Deeds, Willie Wilson; Sheriff Everett Gardner; Treasurer, R. M.

Coats; Cpro-ner, Dr. C. R. Young; Surveyor, Prof. N.

E. Cox; County Commissioners, D. H. Senter, B. F.

Dupree, B. F. McLeod, F. M. P.McLeod, and M.

L. Jones. Mr. A. F.

Surles, of Dunn, was elected chairman of the county execu tive committee ana waiter F. Byra, of Lillington, was named as Harnett's choice for the Senatorial nominee in the Fifteenth Mr. D. H. Senter, who was named for chairman of the County Commissioners, made a speech thatjwas enthusiastically received, in which he served notice on the Democrats that he was in the fight.

to win. The Republicans of Harnett County are in fighting trim and the Democrats realize that there is trouble ahead of tbem.j The congressional fight has made conditions far worse for them and cixe Republicans feel hopeful at the outlook. CLOSE TO THE 100,000,000 MARK. Populationof United States as Estimated by Census Director. Enthusiastic persons who haVe been claiming that the completion of the present census will show that the United States has a population of' 100,000,000 will be disappointed when the returns are all in, accord- ng to the belief of Director E.

iDana Durand. Not coutnlng the Philippines, if the census shows. la population the United States proper Of 91,000,000, Census Bureau officials will be sur prised. "This is only a rough guess," said Director Durant yesterday, "but I believe the returns will show there is a population of 90,000,000 in the country, not counting the Philip pines. It may run up to 91,000,000, but I doubt it.

Of course, if the pop ulation of the Philippines be includ ed, the figures will be close to the 100,000.000 mark. "I expect the tabulation to be com4 pleted by November 15th, and imme-j diately afterward we will be able to announce the population of the coun try. "The net gains from immigration during the last ten years has not been so large as would be supposed. "For example. Immigration from 1901 to 1907 into the United States was only 6,219,000, in round numbers.

Of this number, 1,927,000 returned to the countries from which they came, leaving a total increase in population from immigration during those years of only 4,292,000. So it will be seen that about 31 per cent of all immigrants in those years did not permanently add anything to to the total population. "The figures for the three years, from 1907 to 1910, show that immigrants came into the United States, and 790,875 of them returned. A larger proportionate increase in total population from im migration occurred in the last three years than in the previous seven years. Robeson's First Bale of Cotton.

i 1 Maxtok, Aug. 29. Col. E. F.

Mc-Rae, who is a candidate for the State Senate from this district, brought in the first bale of new cotton Saturday and cold it the street for 1 6 c. per pound. This bale, of course, jvas ready for. the market yesterday afternoon, but the distance to town was too great to haul, being about twelve miles, and this makes 4 the sale of it one day later than it should be. The cotton was planted on Good Friday, on All Fools' Day.

Gather in Annual Confer ence and Ductus Mat i ten of Interest WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT Iomestlc Economy Considered in 3Iany of Its Bearing---Two Tapers Irepared and Read by Boys Who Have Acquired Practical Knowledge- Program in Detail Meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday a Fine Program Prepared. i About two hundred farmers from different parts of the State gathered last Tuesday at the A. M. College in Raleigh and began a three days inree nays conference, he opening session of their annual The rain fell heavily on the day, and but for this fact It Is likely that the attendance 'would have been i much larger. As it was, the attend- ance was considerably larger cn the second day and a decided degree of interest marked all of the proceedings.

One of the features of the convention was the exercises conducted by the Woman's Department the ladies showing a great degree of skill inthe preparation of the several papers read and in the resulting discussion. Still another feature was the development of the young farmer as illustrated by two papers read by mere boys, who had become practical agriculturists and demonstrated their understanding of the subject by showing how they raised corn crops much above the average. The Daily Program. A complete program for the con vention had been arranged and this was followed out in detail. Many of the papers brought out a prolonged discussion and it was evident that the farmers of the State believe in a thorough course of education in all matters pertaining to their affairs.

The program is here given: Tuesday, August 30 Morning. 11:00. Address of Greeting by Major W- A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture. 11:10.

Address of Welcome by President D. H. Hill, of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. 11:15. "The Twentieth Century Farmer" A.

L. French, Rockingham County. Afternoon. 12:30 "Farm Machinery" John W. Robinson, of Catawba County.

2 15. "Why, When, Where, How to Use Lime" Director C. B. Williams of the Experiment Station. Discussion.

I "Does it Pay to Fertilize?" B. W. Kilgore, State Chemist Discussion. 4:00. Demonstration, in the field, of the proper way of selecting seed corn, conducted by Messrs.

C. B. Williams, T. B. Parker, 0.

Schanb, C. R. Hudson, C. L. Newman, and W.

C. Etheridge- Evening. 8:00. President's Address Hon. Thos.

W. Blount, Washington Conn-ty. 8:30. in Fruit'' Prof. W.

N. Hutt, State Department of Agriculture. Wednesday -Morning Session. 7:00 to 10:00 "Live Stock Judging." Dairy Cattle Prof. J.

A. Con-over Prof. W. F. Turner.

Hogs -Mr. R. S. Curtis and Mr. A.

L. French. 10:00 "Ease With. Which to Get Rid of Cattle Ticks" Dr. T.

M. Owen, United States Department of Agriculture. 10:4 5 "Co ver Crops" Prof. C. L.

Newman, A. M. College. 11:30 "How I Averaged More Than Forty-Six Bushels of Wheat on Fifty Acres" Mr. J.

Walter Myatt of Johnston County. Aftenoon Session. 12:15 Business Meeting of Dairy and Live Stock Association. 2:15 "Building Up the Dairy Herd" Mr. Henry P.

Lutz, of Catawba 3:00 "Results of State Demonstration Work" Mr. C. R. Hudson, State Agent "How I Raised My Acre of Corn" Master Cnas. F.

Phillips, of Randolph County (13 4 bushels), and Master Lee BlackwelL of Granville County (weighs 76 pounds 76 bushels). Both members of the Boys' Corn Clubs. Discussion. 4:15 Demonstration of blowing out stumps. Evening Session.

8:00 "The' Farmer as a Business i In the local spot markets the price principal issue being, the matter of was marked up to 19.75, put the! putting the county officers on a sal-Southern spot markets showed no ary. A citizens convention held In such gain, the greatest advance 1 re-! Statesvllle some time aga appointed in its sleep. Mr. Godwin says he is satisfied; Mr. Clark, being a good church mem- kr won't think out loud.

There's something wrong; we have not had a read-hea'ded issue of "Old Unreliable in a long time. i Tlie News and Observer is making mighty wry faces, but it is gobbling down crow just as fast as it can. We suggest as a campaign slogan the Granville Democrats: "Ex pose graft and bust the Democratic party." Mr. Bryan's Metcalfe was defeated in Nebraska last month and his Buf-faloe Calf will be defeated in Noyth Carolina in November. Wasn't- it Dr.

Sykes that bolted his party in 1896 and refused to support the Wake county Democratic -nominees a few years ago? If what the Atlanta Constitution has been saying of Hoke Smith: be true, then Georgia is mightily in need of help from somewhere. Since Mr. Bryan said he would not be candidate for President in 1912, the News and Observer has been aw- fully busy trying to locate the band wagon. After being accused of being an Esau and selling your vote for a drink of "likker," how do you like being called a "lazy, idle guzzler," Mr. Farmer? If Dr.

Sykes is to be known from "Cherrisuck to Cherrisee" he is making mighty poor: progress. According to the "Roaster' he is just being heard from in Rhamkatte. When the Democratic politicians arejtalking of the Republican tariff, they probably lose sight of a certain Democratic tariff law which was an "act of party perfidy and dishonor." Democratic "harmony" in the Sixth District consists of two conventions, a primary 4n investigating committees, a committee to run the thing all over again and still not a man named. -May be it was the typesetter's -fault, but there is no doubt that Mr. Clark was the awfully" nominated candidate in the Sixth District, as well as the "lawfully," according to Mr.

Kluttz. Two in a Georgia jail attempted suicide because the jailor wouldn't tell them of the progress of the Democratic primary last Satur day. They exhibited a spirit worthy of a Sixth, District Democrat A high official of the State was charged to his face with saying that the exposure of graft in Granville Cpunty would meani the the Democratic party, up there. Then let her "bust." If it Is true that the Hon. William Jennings Bryan will not be a candi-ate for the Presidency in 1912, it is probably equally true that there will be no more fried chicken lawn par ties at his Nebraska homer According to the Richmond Times- uispatcn, an Omaha man has invent ed an apparatus which, attached to the jaw of his gum-chewing wife runs a sewing machine.

Now, If the thing can only be attached to the jaws of certain North Carolina Dem ocrats, the power problem down here is solved. oraer by a White, of IlUden, see- eieeutlve commute. AtmK A fr V4i sl a wia wo years axo. was pr mxntnl chalmsn. and It, 8.

White secreUrf. i iter on In the taeetlng. Irvta II. Tucaer. of Wblievllle.

was elated chairman of the exeeuiiv eommlt tee and will act as the campaign man- Mr. Meares wss nominated bv TL II. Freeman, of New. Hanover, and the same was seconded by Brunswick. Robeson, and Columbus, after which his nomination was made unanimous, there being no ther can dldate in the field for the honor.

In his speech of acceptance Mr. Mearcs said that he proposed to can vass every nook and corner of the district and tell the people that if all of them would vote their true convictions they would be found with the Republicans in November. He said that he had no fear of the result if the cltlsens of the district had the manhood and courage, to vote their convictions. All the speakers referred in vote-winning arguments to the Democratic muddle in this district. Iredell Ddtiotracy Is fllt.

Statesvllle, N. 1 6 The political situation in Iredell, Is getting quite Interesting and there! may be a lively campaign. Some of the Democrats have "insurged" and are demanding certain reforms of the Democratic county organization, the a committee, and this committee has passed resolutions setting forth its demands. The resolutions were submitted to Chairman Hartness, of the Democratic Executive Committee, and as his reply was not pleasing to the citizen's convention committee, this committee has called a convention of citizens to meet in Statesvllle September 5th to nominate a county and; legislative ticket. It is charged by the Democratic that the "Insurgents" are soliciting the aid' of the Republicans, who are expected to "fuse" (with the Insurgents.

Dr. Carpenter Arrested. Newton, N. Aug. 29.

To-day D. J. Carpenter, former owner of the Newton Hosiery Mills a director of the North Carolina Railroad, placed himself in custody upbn finding that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, charging him with complicity in the burning of a warehouse at the mill cm the night of October 1. 1909. Some weeks ago John Rader made an alleged confession, stating that Carpenter hired t4m to set the building on fire.

The warrant was issued at the direction of the State Insurance De- partment The defendant gave bond in the sum of $1,000, and the hearing is set for September 13th. Tfco aflir Is and has been the talk of tier town. Boy Fo-ind in Starred Condition. New Bern, N. Aug.

27. A small colored boy was found yesterday morning in the woodshed of a citizen who lives on Pollock Street in a perfectly nude and almost starred condition. The boy was" unable to give much account of himself and his family, but managed to tell that his name was Jim Bryant and that his mother waa dead, had been burn- ed to death in a house In Jerkins Al ley and he was taken from the burning dwelling In an unconscious condition. One of his hands was burned ofT, this giving seme color to his story. The county officials were notified and the unfortunate boy was wrapped in a tow sack, put in a cart and sent to the County Homewhere he is being cared for.

1 torn up. unknown, The cause of the wreck is i JOIIXSTOX COUNTY H03IICIDE. Okra Coats Shot and Killed by Ram-1 som Bridgers Released on Bail by Judge Allen. Saturday afternoon. Just across the! Johnston County lln4.

Ransom Brldg- ers shot and fatally wounded Okra Coats, death resulting that night Bridgers went to Smithfield.and surrendered. It seems that there has been bad feeling between thetwo men for some time. Saturday afternoon Coats met Bridgers and told him he was going to whip; him. Bridgers thought he was carrying a shot-gun, attempted to avoid a fight and ran some distance. After running a short distance he turned and fired, the load entering cdats' breast, from which death resulted that night.

Bridgers went to Smithfleld, surrendered to the officers and was placed in jail. Bridgers was released under a bond in a. habeas corpus before Judge Allen Tuesdair at Goldsboro. Death of Postmaster Brantly of Spring Hope. i Spring Hope, N.

Q- Aug. 27. Mr. Mack Brantly, the postmaster here. died Thursday, aged eighty yearsHe had been in feeble health for some time and his death was not unexpected.

He had ben confined to his bed for two or three weeks. The funeral took place yesterday. Mr. Brantly was an old-line -Republican and had been postmaster at Spring Hope for a number of years. There wasn't a stronger or more staunch member ofj his party In the county, and in the years gone by he has been a leader.

He was respected by men of all parties. He, was a native of Nash County, and for years and years was one Of the most prominent surveryors of the county. He was too old to be in the war, but was a member of the home guards. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and always a prominent leader at the various meetings of the organization. He was of the old school type of gentleman, gentle in nature and accommodating even to a fault Surry Comity Farmer Gored by In i furiated Bull.

Elkin, N. Aug. 27. Mr. J.

S. Harris, a farmer living in the country two miles from here, was badly hurt yesterday morning by being gored by a Jersey bull belonging to Captain Roth. Mr. Harris was hauling wood in a pasture where the animal was grazing and had lain down on the grass by the woodpile to rest when the animal made a dash at him and before he could make any defense It had him at its mercy. A gash about eight inches long was torn, through the flesh on the inner part of the thigh and had it not been for the timely assistance of a man who happened to be, near and succeeded in driving the infuriated animal away, Harris would undoubtedly have been killed.

It took nine stitches of the surgeon's needle to close up the wounds. Struck his Aged Father. Wilson, N. Aug. 26.

Last evening, near Saratoga, Albert Galloway struck his father, James Galloway, over" the head with a barbecue stick. This morning at sunrise the father applied to ja justice of the peace in Saratoga for a warrant. Just as the paper had been issued the old gentleman fell, and up to 6 o'clock this afternoon he 1 had not regained consciousness. In default of a five hundred dollar bond, the young was placed in the Wilson jalL the Wr Per ja a an it a I if 1 1 1 i i 1 1 i 1 1 V- i i if i i i i i I 1 1 corded being 3-8 cent at Savannah, showing the local character of the extensive advance. Latterly, reports concerning the prospects have been confusjng.

Owing to drouth in the Southwest, deterioration has been reported in that but weather conditions over other parts of the cotton belt since August have been considered much: more favorable. The next report of the Government on condition will be issued at noon next Friday and owing to the conflicting nature of recent private advices, opinions as to its showing largely Opinions as to whether the bulls will extend their operations! Into the new crop months are conflicting. Some think that the old crop campaign will be carried through September, at any rate, but as the new crop season opens next Thursday and new crop cotton is now moving rapidly. In the Southwest, the weight of the new maturing crop must be fig ured on. Effort to Blow Safe In Seneca Post- ofSce Fails.

Greenville, S. Aug. 29. A somewhat crude attempt was made to burgallze the Seneca post-office last night or early this morning. When the postmaster entered his office to-day he found about 6.

worth ot stamps missing and noted that a hole had been drilled in the combination lock. In the waste basket near the safe he found a stick of dynamite and. fuse, while on the floor number of tools stolen from a nearby blacksmith shop were found. Post-office Inspector Brown is inves tigating. Georgia Corn lY Americus, Aug.

2 greatest corn producing coniest eTer attempted in south. Georgia will soon be witnessed in Americui, in Sumter between thirty progressive farmers-Prizes aggregating 2 0 0 aret ered for the best yield of corn per acre, and some of the fields here are really magnificent and promise yields of 90 to 120 bushels per acre. It is now now estimated. The contest finally ends September 5th, and soon thereafter the corn will be measured and prizes awarded. 1m' 1 1 7 i i is.