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take early action. He says, however, he
understands that the w. c. T. U. at Viii
mington will fight him on the ground
that once in his career ne was engaged
III the liquor business.
Governor Alva Adams, of Colorado, is
in Washington to deliver an address be-
fore the woman Suffrage convention, on
the workings of woman suffrage in Colo
rado. Interviewed about how the expert
ment had worked out in Colorado, Gov
ernor Adams is quoted as saying:
Colorado has found woman suffrage an
entire success, and more of a success
every year since it was adopted. At the
last election, in one of the best residence
precincts OF Denver, the women voters
cutnumbered the men. In all of the pre-
cincts the vote cast by women was large,
and had an important influence on the
result
THE women have an especially good
influence in school elections. There has
not been a dishonest election or a mis-
take made with regard to the schools
since 1876, when they were given the
privilege of voting in the school elec-
tions. Women are intensely partisan on
udllOIdI QuGSllOuS, UuI OH Cue loCdl pIoN
blems affecting their children and their
families they vote for principles and not
Tor party.
woman suffrage should be adopted.
Colorado is a big and a prosperous State,
and it and other good States have found
it a success
Most of the gentlemen who came here
as representatives of the American Cotton
O. h. IrnC
dent, Secretary Hay and Secretary Cor
telyou to address the annual meeting, are
North Carolina manufacturers. The pre-
dominance of North Carolinians shows the
primacy of North Carolina in the cotton
mill industry. This is shown not only
in numbers, but also in the character and
ability of the Tar Heels who are here.
They are a company of leaders in their
callings and rank with the first cotton
manufacturers in America. The delega
ton here is composed of the following:
w. c. Heath, president of the American
Cotton Manufacturing Association and
president OF the Monroe Cotton Mills:
C. B. Bryant, of Charlotte, secretary and
treasurer of the National Association; S.
B. Tanner, treasurer and manager OF the
Henrietta Mills; J. P. Leak, treasurer of
member Of the Board of Governors OF the
National Association; j. p Wilson, presi-
dent of the Louise Mill, Charlotte; j. c.
Smith, member of the board of govern
ors of the American Association and
treasurer of Newton Cotton Mills; r. M.
Miller, Jr, president and treasurer of
Elizabeth Mills. Charlotte, r. S. Rein
hardt, chairman of the board of govern
ors of the American Association and
president of Elm Grove Cotton Mills,
Lincolnton; A. P. Rhyme, member OF the
| board of governorl of the American AS
sociation and president of Tuckaseegee
Manufacturing Company, Mt. Holly; f..
| A. Smith, member of the board OF gov
ernors of the American Association and
| president and treasurer of Chadwick
| Mills and Hoskins Mill Charlotte; W.
T. Jordan. agent of Mountain Island
Manufacturing Company, Mountain Is
! land. North Carolina; George B. Hiss,
member of the board OF governors of the
American Association and president of
/ the Rhodhiss Manufacturing Company,
Charlotte; J. NJ Rhodes, vlce-president
and general manager of the Rhodhiss
Manufacturing Company, Rhodhiss; John
Van Landingham of the firm of Heath
Brothers and Company, Charlotte; A. IA.
| Washburn Cotton mill machinery, Char
lotte; f. Dllling, president of the Dllling
Cotton Mills and Cora Cotton Mills,
Kings Mountain J. A. Alternately, presi-
dent Abernathy Cotton Mills, Lincoln
ton; Or D. O'Donoghue, Charlotte; H.
M. Eddy, treasurer of the Charlotte Sup
ply Company.
The annual meeting will be held here
May 18th and 18th.
The Senate today confirmed the nomi-
nation of William Holt as postmaster at
Graham, N G..
Representative Webb, of North Caro-
lima, introduced bill today directing the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor to have
the United States represented at the ex-
position to be held at Cape Town, South
Africa, in December, 1904, and January
1905, with display of the textile manu-
facturies and agricultural products of the
United States The bill carries an appro
priation of $4,000 for this purpose.
DR.. E. A. De Schwelnitz, Chief of Divis
ion in the Agricultural Department, and
cne of the foremost chemists in the coun
try, died here today of unaemia. In re
cent years he had been dean of the medi
cal school of the Columbian University
Dr. Schweinitz was born in Salem n. c
FRED I. MERRITT.