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Sharp County record., 1905-03-24
T. ]. DAVIDSON, Mp.
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lGREBMENTS OF LEASE, ACKNOWLEDGE
~ iaents, aiidavits to accounts, Dispositions and
,renewal Of mortgages taken. Abstracts OF
'"r.fnrnished. Bills of sale, bonds for title.
n. As of truSt-pcrsonalty and realty-,ieeds,
"Nt-clnim, husbands, unmarried persons, wiics
farA~warrantj with REIMBURSEMENT OF dover
"NtGohtracts, mortgagcs-real estate, chattl
IL ,l:8p-and powers of attorney, written and
r.eiged on reasonable terms.
qualifications for h0nescads and pre- -cmptiais
jfnonatons prepared and pa,ents procured
heyications for redemption Of lands from
md petitions to refund taxes crr0neously
ou'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
HELLO. DOESN'T .IIs STIR YOU?
Prof. Ono. of Japan. and Big Tom FTis-
bee. of Madison. to Wrestie at
AshevilIe Next Week.
lSnecial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
AsheviIle y. c., July 14.-Prepara-
tions are making for wrestling match
here next week between big Tom Frls-
bee. of Madison county, and Prof.. a.
Ono a native of Japan, an instruc-
tor i'm iiu- -itsu and a representative OF
his country at the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. The match
will be pulled off at the Auditorium
and the American and Jap will prop
ably meet for mat honors on nexs
Thursday evening.
Prof ono in company with Pro1.
ii. Koizumi of Harvard University, L.
Sezawa. a post graduate of Yale ana
DR.. l. Hiramo of Yale. are spending
a time in Asheville, the guests of Rev.
Y. Minakuchi pastor of the Christian
church. Prof Ono, this week signi-
fed his Willingness TO meet all comerS'
on the mat. and local sports imme-
diately undertook to secure match
between the Jap and the we'll known
Madison county wrestler.
A purse of $50 has been made up
for MIR. Frisbee to come here and
meet Prof. Ono, and Asheville sports
are looking forward to the event with
considerable interest. Prof. ono is a
magnificent specimen of physical man
hood although with scarcely half the
weight end fully q foot shorter IN
statue than Mr.. Frisbee, who stands
over six feet and who tips the scales
at over 800 pounds. 1t is probable
that the match will be held under the
rules of "catch- -as-catch-c and
both the Jap and the American nave
strong hackers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION.
Flynn Advocates this of Organized
CombinatiOns-Becl Talks of
MOneyphObia.
(Bv the Associated Press.) }


Frontenac, \. Y, July 13.-At the
annual convention of the New York
State Bankers Association here today
r. r. Flynn, president of the National
Live Stock Bank, of Chicago, and
former Assistant Attorney General
James NJ Beck, of New York. deliV-
cred addresses. Mr.. Flynn advocated
government supervision of organized
combinations.
Mr.. Beck's subject was "Moneypho-
bia." He said in part:
NO charge is more false than that
we are a money-loving people. No
people of any time or cline ever cared
less for money when earned than we.
Prodigality of expenditure rather than
a narrow desire to hoard unnecessary
wealth is the distinguished character
iStic of the average American. IL he
has a strong purpose and an earnest
desire to amass wealth, it is in most
cases because money is the necessary
material for further constructive work.
To achieve rather than to acquire is
his ambition.
THAT industrialism has not degrad-
ed the moral nature of man can only
be determined by comparing the ideals
of human character as set forth III
the literature of other periods than
ours. Thus the great hero of our colo
NAL ancestors was the pleasure loving
gallantS of Fielding, SmOllett and Con-
greve, whose chief exploits and pur-
suits were in the drawing room, the
duelling field or the card table. Hon
est industry as an ideal of life never
seemed to have occurred to our great
Observation-Disclosures. Tom Jones was
their hero, who, if in the flesh today,
would be socially ostracized by re-
Spectable SOci.Sy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
ITS HOT AND DULL
Damage to Cotton by
Heavy Rains.
Widespread Activity in Demand for
Cotton Goods. A Fine Yield of
Cereal Products Seems
Assured.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, July 14.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
Midsummer influences still govern
general trade and industry; but bet
ter weather and crop reports make
for quite optimistic trade reports in
the surplus cereal producing sections
of the West. Very favorable reports
as to fall trade orders come from
nearly all points east of the Allie
ghanies, north of the Ohio river and
thence westward to the Pacific. Large
though, except in a few cases, not
record breaking crop yields now ap-
pear reasonably assured in that en-
tire region, and there is a general
agreement that fall business already
booked exceeds year ago at this date.
Less assurance is found in the reports
from the western half of the South,
where it is feared serious damage has
been done by incessant rains to cot
ton, wheat and other crops, this par
TALLY offsetting the favorable intu-
ences of the recent heavy advance in
cotton prices.
point deserving note is the wide
spread activity in demand for cotton
goods of nearly all kinds, which lc-
cepts steady advances in prices and
clamors for more goods.
Business failures for the week num-
Der 166 against 203 in the like weeR
of 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
RANDOLPH SUPERIOR COURT.
II Conyenes .Monday-Case Against
spain and Preston Williams Most
Important.
Especial to News and Observer }

Especial to News and Observer.)
Asheboro, \. c., July 14.-Randolph
Superior court will open here next
Monday, Hon. r. B. PEBBLES, judge
presiding. 1t is expected that the
criminal docket will be disposed of by
Wednesday. The most important case
on this side of the docket is State VS..
Spain and Preston Williams for shoot
ing Shufe Russell last February. Court
will probably continue until the latter
part of the second week.
1t has rained here nearly every day
for the past week and if it continues
much longer the corn in this section
will be in the grass.
The work of paving the sidewalks
and macadamizing the depot street
will begin just as soon as the weather
will permit.
Mr.. T. j. Reddings handsome new
residence on Fayetteville street is
nearing completion. The new dwell
ings of Mr.. c. J. Cox, on Salisbury
street and Mr.. j. S. Lewis. on Sunset
avenue. are among the incest in town.
Business is good in every line and
our town is in a most prosperous con-
dition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
Manipulated in Favor OF
the Trust.
SUCH is THE CLAIM
This Leads Secretary Wilson to Begin
an Investigation into the Statistics
Given Out by the Bureau OF
the Agricultural De-
partment,
partment.
CBv the Associated Press.)


Washington, July 1i.-Through the
receipt of numerous communications
from the South and statements ap-
pearing in the press at various times
that the statistics of the Department
of Agriculture on tobacco were being
manipulated in the interest of the so-
called Tobacco Trust, Secretary VIII
son has begun an inquiry into the
subject Pending the investigation.
the publication of the tobacco sta
tistics of the several districts will be
held up, although the regular monthly
figures by States will be given out on
Monday next.
1t was stated at the department. To-
day that special agents have been
sent to the dark tobacco districts OF
Tennessee and Kentucky for the pur-
pose of verifying or correcting the de-
partment's figures. This action Mr..
HYDE, the chief statistician said, was
in Difference to the sentiment which
had been engendered that the depart
mcnt's figures were wholly incorrect.
Mr. HYDE has been given direct
charge of the investigation which it is
expected will be concluded within two
or three weeks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
TO BAR OUT LIUOR MEN.
Southern ElI<s Fight for This Which is
Opposed by Northern Elks.
(By the Associated Press. }

Buffalo, NJ Y, July 13.-When the
grand lodge of Elks met today it was
with the intention of completing busi-
ness before final adjournment. One of
the important matters remaining to
be considered by the grand lodge is
the future of the Elks' home at Bed
ford, Va. which is costing a large
sum of money to maintain, and has
but sixteen inmates.
At the afternoon grand lodge ses-
sion the Southern lodges led "a fight
to secure passage of resolution de-
barring saloon Keepers and others con-
nected with the liquor traffic from
membership in the order. The North
ern lodges opposed such a move. The
matter was laid over. 1t will probably
come up at Denver next year.
The committee on parade prizes an
nounced it's decisions as follows:
Best appearing lodge in parade To-
ledo Lodge No So, first prize of $500:
Detroit Lodge No. "a, second prize of
800, silk banner.
The most unique uniformed single
prize $500. awarded to Cleveland
oLdge No 49,,
Greatest mileage $500, Ell Paso
Lodge No. 1877.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
SALOON NEWS SCARE.
Not Believed That There Are Over
Two Hundred Names on the
Petitions.

There was rain and plenty of it in
Raleigh yesterday, but there was, a
~dearth of saloon petition" talk. In
fact what there is of it is being kept
strictly on the quiet.
Said prominent business man to
me yesterday, Il don't believe TINS
talk about 800 or 400 or 500 or 900
names on the petition. don't believe
there are more than 200 bona tide
names on the lists"
From many business men comes ap-
proVal of the determination OF the
News and Observer to print the full
list of names of the signers of the
petition for saloons. 1T will give us
chance to see who are the eligible
voters on the list said one. and in
this connection l will say that. be-
lieve there are on the lists the names
of people out of town who have no
right to vote"
From sources to be relied upon
comes the report that there are names
on the list of men who signed Just to
be accommodating. When the cleo
ton arrives, if unfortunately for the
city it does come, these men are going
to vote against saloons, for they know
that the return of these to Raleigh
will be step backward, ana is IN NO
way best for it's interests
Then there are men who have signed
the petitions thinking that an election
being held they could cast a vote that
would count for prohibition. This is
not so, for under the petitions as cir
culated the only question that is to be
voted on is saloons against the d|s-
pensary Do not sign under misap-
prehension.
In fact, do not sign at all. There is
no need for the agitation. The af-
fairs of the city are moving along, and
an election on the liquor question can
do M good
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
uEsTEI's COTTON LETTER
The Total Visible supply and Other
Information Given Out.

New Orleans La. July 14.-Secre-
tary Hester's statement of the world 9
visible supply of cotton issued To-Day
shows the total year to be 3,207.S22
a against 33f6196 last week and L.,
S49669 last year OF this the total
of American cotton is 1,975,S22
against 2,04S.19S last week and 905,
$50 last year and of all other kinds
including Egypt. Brazil. India, etc.
1882, 900 against 1,26S,000 last week
and 96b.D00 last year.
OF the worlds visible supply of
cotton there is now afloat and held In
Great Britain and continental Europe
1.655,000 against 1.074.000 last year:
in Egypt 103. 600 against $4,000 last
year: in India $4,000 against ASP. 900
last year, and in the United States
571,00 against 22S.000 last year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
HAMPTON CONFERENCE CLOSES.
Raya~e4s of COnsumption-Impo
Negro Girls North for Immoral
PurpOSet.
(Ry the Associated Press }

Newport News, Va, July l4.-Ine
closing of the Hampton negro confer
ence was held today at the Hampton
Institute. In a discussion of the raw
ages of consumption among negroes.
DR.. Joseph j. Frances, of Portsmouth,
Va, showed that the death rate of the
colored population from that disease
was twice as great as the death rate
of the whites from the same disease.
1T was pointed out that the conference
is cooperating with the National
Tuberculosis Association and the es-
tablishment of sanatoriums for the
treatment of negro consumptiVes was
urged
The expectation of colored girls
from Southern communities to North
ern cities for immoral purposes was
touched upon and the conference
pledged its cooperation in efforts to
stop the nefariOus traffic. Negro
savings institutions, negro education,
religious work in it's relation to social
settlement reform prison reform and
to organized charity and improved
methods of farming were among the
subj1"ts discussed in practical way
by the delegates to the conference
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
ONE STEP HIGHER
Prof. {. Mex Goodwin
Elected President.
Next Meeting of Instructors OF the
Deaf will he Held in Ogden
Utah, Three Years
Hence.
lRv the Associated Press.)

Morganton, n. c.. July 13.-This,
the last day of the convention of the
instructors of the deaf, was busy
one Papers were read in the morn
ing by Prof. Percival Hall, of Gallau-
det College by Mrs. j. S. Anderson,
OF New York, on "a practical method
of developing hearing; its scope ana
limitations" by Miss Enfield Joyner.
of Alabama, ON letters and journals
i'm first and second years of oral in
instruction.
A deaf and blind North Carolina boy
identified sprigs Of shrubbery, the
names of which he had been told only
tnce before. while pupils from Ohlo
also showed the result of careful train
ing.
The formal session Of the convention
adjourned tonight 10 meet three years
from now at ogden, Utah. The pres
ent officers were all reelected with the
exception that the viCepresident. b.
Nick Goodwin, of North Carolina,
was elected vice-president
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
AN UP-TO-DATE VERSIFIER.
How He Turns the Every Day Affairs
of Life Into Rhyme.

1t is generally supposed that ver-
sifier is a man of dreams; long
haired, SlumbreuS-eyed romantic look
ing creature whose head is eternally
lifted into Olympian mists and who
knows about as much of the practical
side of life as a bird of paradise is
presumed to know about the haunts of
mermaid. That this popular con-
ception is away off from the mark is
most ably demonstrated by a young
man down in the lower part of Wake
Having occasion to write to brother
on matters involving both business
and pleasure, he Vaulted into the sad
die of his Pegasus and galloped into
rhyme thus:
Dear Brud:
| guess the oats will reach Varina to-
day,
] don't believe you want any hay.
The chops, / think. will be there also
This is all you want, so far as | know
Except the sugar, which l think it best
To get at Archie's with the rest
OF the things. such as coffee and flour
Which you can get almost any hour.
You can meet me Sunday at Narlna.
Now do not forfeit your subpoena;
For I'd like to see my folks at home
And down TO the old mill place roam.
And see if they are building there
Mill houses or castles in the air.
| hear Mr.. Askew is at work on the
dam,
/ guess he's enjoying Susannahs good
ham.
Let's hope they'll soon have this work
complete,
So that we again may wet our feet
In the deep blue waters of that old
pond
Owned by our father, whose name was
John.
Now | think it best to write no more
For another week will soon be DER;
And then I shall see you face to face
And of those delicious apricots taste,
And dine again in the same old room
But something's going to happen SO
SoCn,
] have to take that bitter pill
And start right back for Barclaysville.
Is that practical and wide-awake
enough for you? Anything dreamy
esque about those verses? And they
say it didn't. jar his gray matter in
the least. He just reeled 'em off with
the ease of a young shanghai picking
up corn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
SMASH THE SYSTEM.
Lawson Gives :. Talk at the People 5
Church.
CRv the Associated Press. }

st. Paul, Mimi, July 13.-Thomas
w. Lawson gave a talk to a large aud
ience at the Peoples Church tonight.
Mr.. Lawson declared that should
his so-called remedy, which he did
not make public, be put into effect,
there would be great financial revo,
lution; there would be no more stock
initiation; the money stolen from the
people by the System" would be re-
turned to the people; and because
railroads and industrial corporations
would have only to earn a fair per-
centage on the true value of their
investments, the cost of living would
be reduced and wage earners would be
able to enjoy greater luXuries and to
lay by greater portion of their earn
ings."
Friends" said Mr.. Lawson, wall
street is nothing but a trick machine.
Every year Rockefeller, Rogers, Nor
gan and others of their class run the
American people through that ma
chine from one end to the other, and
as they pass through the money IN
their pockets falls into the systems
bucket. What l propose to you Is
simply to reverse the operations run
the system through the other way
and in that manner separate them
from their i'll gotten gains and return
their stolen millions to the rlght1ui
owners. the American people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
TWENTY-FOUR HANGED.
Russia Considers That the Best Agi-
tators Are Dead AgitatOrs.

Odessa, July 13.-Twenty-tour
leaders of the recent disturbances mere
were hanged today in various prisons
Another batch of seventeen VIII De
executed upon the arrival mere OF
General Ignatieff, president OF the
special conference for the revision OF
the exceptional laws designed for safe
guarding public order.
The battleship Georgi Pobiedonosetz
has arrived here with a fresh crew
for the purpose of taking sixty-seven
mutineers to Sevastopol for trial by
court martial.
Of 202 persons arrested and charged
with robbery or incendiarism in con-
nection with the recent riots here "A
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
SALISBURY TAKES THE FIRST.
And Charlotte the Second. Wherein
Salisbury Writes Cypher.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, n. c., July 14.--Charlotte
and Salisbury broke even today on the
double header. Salisbury won the first
game by score of to 2, Charlotte
won the second. which was a brill
liant exhibition of professional bail,
by score of l to 0. The score by
innings for the first game follows:
Charlotte ........ 0 0 q o 0 . II
Salisbury .......0 0 O So
The score by innings of the second
game was as follows:
Charlotte O0001*-1
Salisbury .,.......0 0 0 0 O 0 Go
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
DISCUSSION OF WAGES.
The Fall River Operatives Meet But
Take no Action.
(By the Associated Press.) }

Fall River, Mass, July 13.-The
weavers of the Fall River Cotton Mllls
tonight discussed the refusal of the
manufacturers Association, and M. 6
d. Borden, of New York, owner of the
Fall River Iron Works, to restore the
old scale of wages, and at the conclus-
ion adjourned without taking definite
action toward pressing the demand.
The meeting referred Mr.. Borden
reply, refusing an advance in wages,
to the weavers IL his mills, with the
understanding. that they would act
upon the advice of the executive COM
mittee, of the union. The refusal of
the manufacturers association was re-
ferred to the executive committee,
which was given full power to call
special meeting whenever in the judg-
ment of the committee, conditions
warranted another demand for re-
StOratiOn in wages
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
THE TOOTHSOME 'LOUPE.
AIaxton is Doing Bio Business Ship
pin~ These Baby Melons
Especial to News and Obs

Especial to News and Observer
Maxton, n. c., July 14.-There is
something doing in the cantaloupe
business here now. the season Is at
it's height and Maxton is the central
shipping point for this section. There
are a half dozen or more buyers
representing the Northern markets
and they are anxious and ready 10
take all the cantaloupes available. An
average of two cars per day are being
shipped from here at fine prices. Ihe
Cantaloupe Growers Association or
ganized here has made this point n
chief emporium for their product.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
Moore for DanviIIe Did
the Work.
MAKING 1T TWO TO ONE
Charlotte and Salisbury Take One
Each of a Double Header, the Sal
isbury Team Getting Shut
Out in The Second
Game.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, n. c., july 14.-Danville
won a twelve inning game here this
afternoon by score of two to one.
The tie was broken by Moore. who
landed the ball over the garden wall
and brought to a close a most exciting
game. John De Saussoure, the locals
new pitcher. was on the slab and
pitched great game, as did Moore for
the visitors.
Score: r. H. f.
Greensboro 600 600 0O1 0OO-1 4 4
Danville 49,. 900 600 001 001-2 3 4
Batteries: De Saussoure and Daley;
Moore and Benny. Time, hours.
Umpire Murphy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15

were acquitted today owing to lack of
evidence and IS We're sentenced to six
weeks Imprisonment, ths time to in
clude the two weeks which they have
already passed in prison. The extra
ordinary outcome of the trials has
aroused much comment here. 1t is
openly asserted that it is a political
demonstration against the military
government and furnishes evidence of
the conflict going on between the
municipality and the government, as
the judges are elected by the peo-
ple
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
HOT AFTER TAX DODGERS.
Two men Employed to Look Up All
Unlisted Property.
Especial to News and ObserverD

Winston Salem. n. G., July 13-The
county commissioners today employed
two men to look up all property in
FORSYTH not listed for taxation and to
make a report of theis findings at the
August meeting of the board The
officials also instructed the Sheriff to
summon several prominent citizens to
appear before the board at the August
meeting and show cause why certain
property should not be listed. The
sheriff was also ordered to summon
witnesses in the cases of the latter
being bankers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
ASKS A FULL INVESTIGATION
The Savannah Cotton Exchange Joins
in the Cry to the President.
(By the Associated Press.)

Savannah, Ga, July 13.-At specl-
al meeting of the directors of the Sa-
vannah Cotton Exchange today a res
olution was passed asking the Presi-
dent to insist upon a full investigation
and calling for the punishment OF
those guilty of selling information of
the Department of Agriculture in re-
gard to the cotton crop. The Savan-
nah exchange last September called
upon the Secretary of Agriculture for
an investigation of an alleged leak In
his department and received a reply
emphatically declaring that there was
no manner in which the information
could be secured in advance. Thls
entire correspondence has been for
Warded to the President.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
NEW BERN DEFEATS LIMA.
The Score is Two to One in an Exclt-
ing Game.

Especial to News and Observer
New Bern, n. c., July 14-The
Lima and New Bern baseball teams
met at Blades Park this afternoon.
The game was very close and exciting.
At times it was q question as TO winch
team would win. The home team won
ont nv a score of 2 to |. A fairly good
crowd was out
Batteries: Lima. Perry, Bland ana
Bland; New Bern Patterson and Arm
strong. Time, 1 80. Attendance, SUI
Jrmpires. Dawson and DR.. Rhem.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
TO BUILD \ BIG HOTEL.
A Company is Organized at Salisbury
for This Purpose.
lSnecial to News and ObserverD

Especial to News and ObserverD
Salisbury, n. c., July IA cor
poration to be known as the Salisbury
Hotel Company was organized here TO-
day with the following officers: Presl-
dent, Hon. John S. Henderson,; Sec
retary and treasurer, w. B. Strachan;
directors, Senator Lee s. Overman, A.
NJ. Boyden, n. Clarke, f. F. smith, j.
NJ. Maupin, Hon. John 5. Henderson
and w. B. Strachan.
The company is to have an author
lied capital of l25, 900 and will con-
struct a large and modern hotel for
Salisbury.