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stone R!!ETIRES
IN CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.--The
State Central Committee
met at the Fairmont Hotel today, Sc
lected Oakland as the place for hold
ing the next State Republican Con-
vention, and named August 81 as the
date for holding the convention. The
purpose of the coming convention is
to nominate ten candidates for elect
ors of President and Vice-President
of the United States and nomina,e
such State officers as are TO be voted
for at the election to be held Novem
Der 9 next.
The executive committee Of tn
Republican State Central Committe
effected permanent organization b
| the election OF Philip Steller, Of Ala
media. Chairman. and VIII ii. Davis
OF San Francisco, Secretary. A vot
Of thanks was extended to retirin
Chairman George Stone and Assis
ant Secretary Jake Steppacher, VIII
are about to leave the active polite.
field.
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SERVICES TO Be
WITHOUT pOMp
Extreme Simplicity viii Mark
the Placing in the Tomb of
the Body of Ex-President.
tBy Associated press)

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 25.---
To every naval station and naval
vessel in commission throughout the
world, all military posts and stations,
to all United States diplomatic ano
consular OFFICES in every quarter,
went forth instructions today for the
observance of the Presidents procia-
nation announcing former President
Clevelands death. Orders were tele
graphed the War and Navy Depart
ments directing the half masting or
the colors, wearing a badge OF
mourning until July 25. firing OF sa-
lutes every half hour from sunrise
until sunset tomorrow, the day of the
| funeral, at all posts and stations
aboardship. The salute at military
posts include thirteen guns at dawn
| and forty-five at sunset. The colors
| in the army will Also be placed In
mourning.
Brazil has accorded special honors
in memory of Cleveland. The name
of Cleveland is intimately aseociated
with the history of Brazil, because
during his first term as President he
was selected by the Argentine Re-
public and Brazil as arbitrator to de-
termine the boundary line between
the two Republics. His decision ia
vored Brazil The President Of Bra
I'll ordered the sending of three
wreaths to Princeton. A cablegram
from Baron De Rio Branco states
that the Brazilian flag was order'd
placed at half mast over the Presi-
! dents palace, over all public buill-
ings throughout Brazil, as well as d
all war vessels and over fortresses as
tribute of respect.
( Tomorrow at the hour of the fu
n neral all the war vessels of the Bra
q lillian Navy will give a funeral salute
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BANK CASHIER ENDS LIFE.

COLUMBUS, June 25.-Harry
Huggett, cashier of the Peoples
Bank OF the East Side, was found
dead in an open field in Bullet Park,
a suburb, today with a bullet hole in
his head. Indications pointed to sui
eide. Huggett was last seen at the
bank last Saturday night when he
said. he was i'll and was going home
Investigation has developed an al.
legged shortage of about $1,000 In h''
accounts at the bank. Huggett was
about 40 years OF age and married
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YALE'S
COLORS
Lowered
HARVARD WINS THE GREAT
VARSITY RACE FROM HER
OLD RIVAL.
[By Associated Press. ]

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 25.-
Amid the deafening din of whistles
and horns, amid the shouts of col
legians, the Harvard Varsity eight
shot their boat over the finish line to-
night, winning from the crippled aui
distanced Yale crew, that classic of
American college aquaties, the Har-
vard-Yale Varsity boat race. n
stead of a race, Harvard finished the
last mile and half alone, while far
behind Yale limped along with but
seven men at the oars, with Girls
void, stroke man, who had been re-
He'd upon to set winning pace, bent
forward, faint from the terrific strain
Of the opening two miles. Up to this
unexpected climax it was conte 1t
which has been seldom equallad
along the regatta course for brill
fancy and magnitude. The Roosevelt
family witnessed the contest from tn
deck Of the Presidential yacht. The
President was unable to be present
Yale was more fortunate, having hel
distinguishedchampion Secretary Taft
present. The race was rowed undel
the most favorable racing condition
Earlier in the day the honors wer'
divided, the Yale four defeating Har
ward by two lengths, the Harvar
freshmen eight defeating Yale fresh
men three lengths. The time for tn
main event was: Harvard, 24:10
Yale's time was not taken. At tn
Yale quarters it was found Griswol
simply suffered from complete ne
vous breakdown.
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ENFORCE STOCK
TRANSFER Law

ALBANY. y. Y. JUNE 20.- State
Controller Martin H. Glynn has an
nounced that he has begun an inyes-
tigation to compel corporations y
obey the law taxing the transfer OF
shares of capital stock. There are
about ~, 900 stock companies in this
State which come under the pre-
visions of the stock-transfer act
"The investigation, said a stat 3
ment given out by Glynn, has been
under way but a few days, yet th1
results demonstrate that there has
been a wholesale disregard OF this
law on the part of corporations WIN
the attending loss of large revenue
to the State"
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IDENTIFIES MOTHERS SLAYER

BELLINGHAM, Wash, June 25.--
THAT Is the man who killed
mamma" declared little Mary Morri-
son at the County Jail this morning,
picking James Jenkins out of a crowd
of two dozen prisoners and positive
ly identifying him as the man who
assaulted and murdered Mrs, Mary
Morrison near Hazlemere, y. c., June
9th. Jenkins was arrested at Wick.
ersham, this State two days afte'
the murder. and has been held her
under vagrancy charge since.
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.SMELTER TRUST
MAKES Big GUT

NEW YORK, June %. = The
salaries and incidental expenses OF
officials OF the American Smelling
and Refining Company have been re-
duced s75O,0OO, according to Daniel
Guggenhelm, chairman and president
OF the company.
Before left for Europe" said
Guggenheim, on his return from a
four months trip abroad, Il set the
ball rolling by reducing my own sal
AIRY. My brothers, who devote thei'
lontire time TO the affairs OF the com
| pany. also reduced their salaries vol
UNFAIRLY
Like all weIl-managed companies
We cleaned out the Augean stable
last. spring"
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BIG PLANT SOLD
Fur SMALL sum
CBy Associated Press. }

NEW YORK, June 25.---The prop
erty, franchise and entire rights Of
the Brooklyn Ferry Company, saii
to be worth $10,000,000, were sold
at public auction today for $4,000
to the Terminal Company, corpora
ton specially organized for the pur-
chase. 1t is predicted that all but
two companies of the several ferry
lines will be shut down because the'
are operating at a loss, unless th,
city takes them over or makes az
agreement with the new owners
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DIDN'T KNOW Her
own HUSBAND

ST. LOUIS. June 25.-The suit 1T
Mrs. Mary Leafgreen for a widow 3
dover from the estate of the late Le-
Clede j, Howard. appealed from the
Probate Court, was commenced IN
the Circuit today Mrs. Leafgreen
contends that she was married ~
Howard in Decatur. H., in 1888, and
that he left her two days after the
ceremony.
The defense contends that the mar
Mrs. Leafgreen married was not lie
Clede ]. Howard, but Thomas Jeffet
son Miller, who was Mayor OF Tnm
water. Washington,
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NEGROES FLEEING
FOR THEIR LIVES

HOUSTON, Tex. June %. Fright
oned by the hanging of FIVE and the
shooting of four OF their race, ne
groes are leaving Sabine County
abandoning growing crops ana
homes, fearful of the vengeance ol
the whites in the event there Is an
other outbreak.
AT Hemphill, the county seat, an
is quiet today and the men went back
to their business in their shift
sleeves and unarmed, but there are
still many out in the county who are
prepared for whatever emergency
may be presented
OF the negroes who were supposed
to have had part in the killing o'
Hugh Dean, who were ont under ar
rest and. who escaped the hangina
sunday night, several are unaccoun''
ed for, and It Is impossible to lear
whether they have mysteriously beeE
made away with or have left th'
county in fear rhere has been "
effort made to ascertain who too'
the negroes from the jail, and there
will not be- The entire county wa
much wrought up over the murd9
OF Dean and the assassination ,
Johnson, and there is no dfsbositio
to move the laws machinery again
any who were participants in tn
midnight affair.
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OPPOSED TO BRYAN.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 25.-At =
meeting Of the Georgia delegates to
the Democratic National Convention
al Denver, It was decided to appls.
:. - IN thA dalsaati0n T.
the unit rulc = =
became apparent at the meeting that
practically the entire delegation wa.
opposed to the candidacy OF William
J. Bryan, and that Ceotgia's vote
would be east for some other candi-
date.
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WILL RESUME
On FULL time
,~~~~~>>~>>~~~>~ -
lBy Agsoeiated Press. }

. RENO, June 25.--Assistant .
= Superintendent Rowlands. of .
. the Salt Lake Division of the .
= Southern Pacific, announced to- =
= day that after July all depart =
. ments at Sparks will be operat- .
= ed with a full force. The order =
. means the employment of sew =
. eral hundred men who have been y
. on half time for. several months. Z
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POSTMASTER sent
TO M'NEIL'S island

PORTLAND, June 25.-Alfred
Grant. former postmaster at Bend,
Oregon convicted of embezzling
Government funds was today sen-
fenced to three and a half years on
McNeils Island and pay line oil
"A 3sl 76, the amount appropriated
TO his own use.
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both men DIE
OF THEIR WOUNDS

GOLDFIELD, June 25.--E. W.
Priest and Mayo Taylor, who fought
a duel on the streets of this city on
account of the aspersions about the
wife of Taylor made by PRIEST are
now lying on slabs in the morgue.
The injuries acquired in the pistol
fight proved fatal to both.
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MURDERED FAMILY; GETS LIFE,
tBy Associated Press,)

LEWISTON, Mont June 24.--ole
Nordahl, convicted last Sunday morn
ing of murder in the first degree for
the killing of Mrs. Bertha Schleute
H. January last, and who must alsa
be guilty of staying the other fou
members of the family ii he mu.
dered the mother, was today sen
fenced by Judge Cheadle to life i'm
! prisonment.
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BRYAN
FIRST
BALLOT
PREDICTION OF TAGGART, The
CHAIRMAN NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC COMMITTEE.
. sS.H.~~~~"sssss.
lBy Assoeiated Press.

NoJ hSpSNA0NSA q ~Sst
. DENVER, June 25.-Thomas q
. Taggart, chairman of the Ma .
. tional Democratic Committee, .
. arrived today bringing along .
. Presidential boom. Bryan .
= will be nominated oil the first .
. ballot, without doubt. and his .
. running mate will be John Hern,~ .
. of Indiana. The latter will be .
= placed in nomination by John .
. Lamb, or B. F. Schively, both OF =
. that State, and his nomination =
. ought to follow" This was the Z
. greeting Taggart gave newspa- 4
. per men Chairman Taggart 4
. has called a meeting of the Ma I
. tional Committee for Saturday, I
y July 4, when the principal busi-
y ness will be to hear and deter 4
. mine contests for seats as dele
= gates.
A~AA%~~%~N~H~%% = 80
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Limited RUNS
into Open SWITCH
CDy Nssociated Press. !

Reno, June 25.-The eastbouni
overland limited on the Southern Pa
cific ran into an open switch hum
dred yards east of the depot as it WAS
pulling out this evening. No one was
hurt. the engine only being derailed.
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(By Associated Press.)

. Princeton, June 25.-The fu- .
. neral of Grover Cleveland to- .
. morrow will be marked by ex- =
. treme simplicity. Although .
. twice President of the United .
. States, no ponp, no splendor =
. will have a place in the ceremo- .
= MES. The half mile of thor .
. oughfare through which the =
. cortege will pass from West =
. land, the Cleveland home on y
. Bayard Lane, TO the cemetery. y
. will be policed with mounted .
. troops and blue-coated soldiers. =
. They will be there on duty and =
y as measure OF precaution in .
. protecting the life of the living y
70 President. rather than as an .
. element of display in paying a .
. tribute to the departed chief ex- =
. ecutive. Only those invited to =
= the funeral and few newspaper Z
= men will be permitted TO enter =
. the cemetery, which will be I
= guarded by mounted troops and I
. members of the National Guard I
. OF New Jersey The simple 4
. Presbyterian service will be said
. at the grave.
90 . q . q . q q . y y . q . y 4
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DEMAND ALMOST sTAGNANT.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, June 25.--shifting
fluctuations in prices today marked q
lack OF speculative conviction on the
part of smaller operators who made
up the market. The demand for Sc
curitles was almost stagnant Bonds
were irregular.
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CASTRO MAY ADD
TO COMPLICATIONS

. WASHINGTON, June 20
. The American government is not
. looking for any trouble in Vene-
. zuela, and the recall of Jacob
= Sleeper, Charge d'Affaires, ana
. Lieutenant Ruegles, of the Le-
. CATION at Caracas, apparently
. ends the diplomatic incident
. except SO far as President Cas-
: tro may add to complications
= by some official action.
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Foreigners DO
NOT FEAR TROUBLE
~1oAAAA>~A%~As~~'
tpy Associated Press,)

. tBy Associated Press.) y
. LONDON. June 25.--Priyate =
. messages from Teheran say the =
. situation is improving, and mat =
. ters are well in hand. Accord =
. ing to these advices the artillery =
. will be no longer employed IN =
: the city, but domiciliary visits :
. on the part OF the military will
Ne continued The latest infor
= nation from the British Charge
. d'Anaires says no danger to for
. eigners is anticipated, Thirty
: prominent members OF tho opr
. position were arrested by orders
= OF the Shah
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TONOpAH MINING IS
AGAIN IN THE LIST OF
DIVIDEND PAYERS
Twenty-Five Gents Per Share
on the Stock Will Be Paid
in Middle of Next Month.

PHILADELPHIA 25The Tonopah Mining Company at
quarterly meeting held In Philadelphia yesterday declared d
. idend OF a Its sock
II is presumed be made payable some time
Is *25O-
AS meeting Eastern exchanges had
closed the price Of affected 1t remaining at
$3.50 asked 1t is expected that there VIII Dc
. lively advance n the next few days
. . 80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . =
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THE METAL MARKET.
(By Associated Press.

Nbg AssUVIdIVU FFVss.I
NEW YORK, June 25.-Lead q
) steady. $4.47is to Sassy Lake
copper weak, $12.75 to $1S
Silver, So ga
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Results of Yesterdays Game.
Philadelphia. 3 New York. 0 (irst
game).
New York, 2; Philadelphia, | (sec-
ond game).
Cleveland, $; Chicago. 2.
st. Louis, 4; Detroit, /.
Boston, 2; Washington, (thir-
teen innlngsl
COAST LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Games.
San Francisco, Z Oakland, 6.
Portland, Is; Los Angeles, Q.
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BASEBALL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Game.
Boston, IA; New York, 10.
Philadelphia, c; Brooklyn, o.
Chicago, Z; Cincinnati, 0.
Pittsburg, 4; st. Louis. 3.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
SUPERIOR COURT.
liuht Docket and Short Term.

Halifax Superior Court is in ses.
sion this week, Judge 0. H. Allen
presiding. Soon after the opening OF
court Monday. the following grand
jury was drawn:
S. G. Whitfield, foreman; F. L.
Pitts, T. B. Wheeler, J. H. Hocka-
day, R. H. Pittman, j. G. Moore,
Geo. L. Powell, Gid Aston, Dallas
Collins, L. C. Savage, j.. H. Smith,
A. A. Strickland, J. A. Terrell, Hy-
man Holt, William Barfeld, F. c.
Pittman, R. V. Kitchin and Berry
Price.
Judge Allen delivered his usual
strong charge, giving all needed in
structions to the grand jury concern
ing their duty as a part of the court.
His charge covered the general GRIM
inal law, laying emphasis upon such
things as he regarded of special inn
portance.
The criminal docket is light and
the civil docket is short. 1t was
thought Monday that the court
would not continue more than three
or four days.
Sheriff Patterson and his deputy,
Mr.. Hux, and Clerk Gary had things
in readiness for the work of the
court, and Solicitor Kerr was in good
trim to prosecute the evil doors.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

The farmers who have cotton
on hand ought to feel in good
spirits now. The price of spot
cotton is pretty good and the
crop prospects have not been
better in several years. The
only serious trouble is the labor
question, and it begins to look
like that will not be settled
until farmers can do their own
work. When day laborers want
to commence work at 7 O'Clock
IN the morning and stop at 6
o'clock in the evening and call
it a farm days work, things
are getting wrong.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Died at Panacea Springs.

(Greenville Reflector. Juno IL
A message received here Sunday
from Littleton announced the death
Of Mr.. George S. Pritchard which oc.
Cured Sunday morning at Panaces
Springs. Mr.. Pritchard was prom.
inent tobacconist of Greenville and
made his home here during the to-
bacco season, living at Panacea dur
ing the summer. He was member
Of the Methodist church here, and
Rev. NJ. T. Plyler went to Panacea
Springs today to conduct the funer-
al service. Mr.. Pritchard leaves a
wife and several children.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Tafb0fO Ladies' to Europe,

The Tarboro Southerner Of Nav
9th said:
Misses Kate Cheshire and Ara.
bel Nash will leave Tarboro for Phil.
adelphia, where they will sail Satur-
day on the 'Friesland' Of the Amer
lean Line, for Liverpool, to attend
the Pan-Angelican Convention.
Misses Cheshire and Nash will be
absent three months. At the con-
clusion Of the convention they will
visit Paris and tour the Continent, re-
turning by the Old Dominion Line
to Montreal. and after visiting the
Northern cities will arrive home the
latter part of August
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
MR.. s. S. ALS0P DEAD.

The sad and shocking news
has come from Enfield that Mr..
S. S. Alsop died at his home
there Sunday. He was one OF
the best and most widely
known citizens of Halifax
county, and his death is a great
surprise and inexpressible grief
to the people of the county.
No special particulars of his
death have been learned, at
this writing, and a more ex-
tended notice will appear in
next issue Of this paper.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

The Morganton News Herald
observes that "what the Gov
ernor of North Carolina said to
the Governor of South Carolina
is applicable to the occasion. /"
The. whole. people of North
Carolina have had somewhat
to say, and it has been heard
rather beyond South Carolina
lines. 1t has been heard we'll
nigh around the world.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
No! Much cotton I.eit.
(Tarboro Soathernor.)

W. A. Hart and S. S. Nash, the
largest cotton buyers in the county,
express the belief that the cotton is
finished in this county, will not ex.
coed 1000 bales and that 1,5OO bales
will include this and all that.is stor-
ed with the factories.
This quantity is not unusual and if
these gentlemen are right in their
estimates, the number of bales held
this year is under what has been on
hand at this season one or two pre-.
vious years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Suicide at BdttlebOP0.
Enfield Prcgress.)

tEnfleId ProGress.J
News was received here Saturday
that Mr.. Sol Edwards, young mer-
chant of Battleboro, had committed
suicide Friday by shooting himself
in the head. The reason given for
the rash act was that he was heavily
in debt. He was about twenty-five
years old and unmarried and was a
son of Mr.. w. E. Edwards.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Save Your Bank Account,

Have your painter use the L. GIN.
PURE PAINT, because L. & M.
guarantee the L. & M. PAINT. and
thus guarantee your painters work;
it's double insurance. A gallons L.
& M. Paint and 8 gallons linseed oil.
make Z gallons paint at cost of 81. 20
per gallon.
Hardy Hdwe. Co., Scotland Neck.
K. II. Salisbury & Bros, Hamilton.
N. c. L. & NJ. Paint Agents,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Claims the Banner,

Editor THE COMMONWEALTH:
We claim Swansboro to be the
Banner precinct for Prohibition in
eastern North Carolina. 121 votes
cast only 10 of which were against
prohibition. The town proper only
gave 4 votes against prohibition.
We gave IS votes for Kitchin.
Yours truly,
T. H. PRITCHARD.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

The friends of the three can
didates for Governor are watch
ing with growing interest the
developments in the various
county primaries and conven-
lions. There has not been such
a gubernatorial contest in the
history of the State, perhaps,
and it will be four years at
least before we witness another
like it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

Elsewhere on this page we
give numerous clippings from
our exchanges showing the
attitude of the press concern
ing the prohibition election in
North Carolina May goth. It
is interesting to note with what
favor the press regards the re-
suits, and how the index finger
III it all points to the necessity
of enforcing the law once it
goes into effect January l,
1909
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

1t has been given out from
the Agricultural Department
that, taking 1907 as a basis, the
cotton acreage for 1908 is 81,
the corn acreage 100, and the
tobacco acreage 101. We have
not seen an estimate of the pea
nut acreage, but it is pretty
safe so say that it is at least
100 as compared with last year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Southern CottonlAssoCiatlon

The Halifax county division of the
Southern Cotton Association held
meeting in Halifax Monday. There
was not large meeting, but good
enthusiasm existed, and it was the
sense of the Association to continue
the work of the organization, the
unanimous opinion being that the
Association has done great good.
1t was estimated by the reports
from the various parts of the county
that the cotton acreage this year is
no larger than last year, but the to-
bacco acreage perhaps little larger
and the acreage in corn certainly
larger than last year.
FARMERS DINNER.
A motion prevailed that the Asso-
citation hold a meeting in Halifax
Friday, August 18th, and that a
general farmers dinner, or basket
picnic, to be given. Committees were
appointed for each township in the
county, and they will be notified in
ample time to make good prepara-
tons for the occasion.
1t is proposed to make it great
day for the Southern Cotton Associ-
alton and the farmers interests gen.
orally.