Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-09-27

Friday to succeed the Senator
William Frye. Mr. Gardner wa,
democretic candidate foa Govsnol
of Maine in 1905.
Cheaper sugar within a fort.
night is predicted by Edward F
Atkins, vice president of the
American Sugar Refining Com.
pany. He says: "Deliveries OF
the domestic beet sugar crops OF
the west will be made IN two
weeks. This will be $50, 600 tons.
The Louisiana crop, of 1926, ,OOO
tons will be on the market No
vember 1. These are sufficient
for all requirements until new
arrivals from Cuba, January L."
Tired of the reign of lawless.
ness that has existed for many
years, and has made Brethitt
county, Kentucky, a by word for
lawlessnsss all over the country,
the city of Elkpapa, of that
county, joined IN a mass meeting
to discuss the situation and to
restore law and order over the
section. This meeting was pre-
liminary to one that will inset in
Jackson, the county seat, early in
October.
Progressive republicans have
begun their warefare on Presi-
dent Taft in earnest. They will
hold nation wide progressive re-.
publican conference in Chicago,
October Is, to consider the name
of some man other than the presi-
dent to head the republican tick
ct in the 1912 campaign. This
announcement was made at the
headquarters of the progressives
in Washington Saturday.
The first United States mail
ever transported by aeropIans was
carried today from the aviation
field on Nassau boulevard, Long
Island, to Garden City, distan
of 5 miles, by Earl L. Lovington
in q Blerlot machine. His flight
for this purpose was the leading
feature of the International
meets opening day. Lovlngton
took only one bag of mail, held
it between his knees when he was
over Garden City and dropped it
on the signal of a man who
waved o flag as pre-arranged.
This bag contained about 75
pounds Of letters and postcards.
At a conference, which was
concluded Saturday afternoon at
5 O'Clock between Vice President
and General Manager Francis II .
Knox of the Spsrtanburg, S. c.,
street car company aud repre-
sentatives of the newly.organized
union Of carmen, the company re-
fused to grant the demands of the
locked.out men and asked to Le
given until Monday, when it was
possible that they woald submit
8 counter proposition. The
news of the action spread like
wild fire among the laboor sym.
pathizers and demonstration
quickly followed. On Magnolia
street, opposite the court house,
when car stopped for the car
men to turn q switch, Conductor
R. W Gossett was attacked and
severely beaten.
Former Governor Joseph M.
Brown, Of Georgia, who was ds-
feated for re election by Gov.
Hoke Smith, Saturday announc.
ed his candidacy for the governor
ship, to be made vacant when
Governor Smith resigns next
month to assume his duties az
United States Senator. This
makes three avowed candidates in
the field, the others being Judge
R. B. Russell and J. Pope Brown.
In q raid on the stock invest.
ment Offices of Jared Flagg on
West Fortieth street, New York,
Saturday, Flagg and seven othel
men were arrested on charge ol
fraudulently using the mails in 8
species of endless chain scheme te
defraud investors. Among tht
prisoners were former Unitoe
States Treasurer Daniel N. Nor
gan. Of Bridgeport, Conn. Th'
prisoners when arraigned plead no
guilty. Bail was fixed for Flagg q
$25 900, assistant district Attor
ney Smith asking for high bsi
because. he said, he understood
that Flagg had $1,000, 600. Nor
gan was required to furnish bal
to the amount of $4,000. H.
will be given q hearing today.
While acting as peaoemaker il
; a difficulty between two negroe
Sunday. Fletcher Warn, q Whit
man, of Branchville, 8. G, wal
probably fatally stabbed by ont
of the blacks named Will Schuler
Warn shot the negro but the lat.
ter made his escape.
Ar;o+or Go;lhroith p Rodoera