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THE CHATHAM RECORD fi A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion $1.00 One Square, two insertion SUED One Square, one month $2 50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts wtH bo made. VOL. XXXIV. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JULY 17, 1912. NO. 49. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY MAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From AH Parts of World. Southern. Charles Kirby and H. Rape are dead and seventeen others are seri ously injured as a result of being stricken by lightning in their mess tent of company B, Second Alabama infantry, at Anniston, Ala., command ed by Capt. C. H. Seals of Birming ham. Pandemonium reigned in camp for several hours after the bolt had struck. The mess hall was not de molished, although nearly all metal about the structure was melted, in cluding several metal cups. While sitting in the window of his room, Charles C. Birchmore, sixteen years private secretary to Hamilton McWhorter, fell from the seventh sto ry of the Pickwick apartment build ing, Atlanta, Ga., to his death upon the street below. His body was found by the night janitor of the Pickwick, who, from the basement furnace room had heard the sickening thud of the impact. Birchmore's skull was crush ed, and numerous bones were broken in his body. The approximate value of the Ken tucky endurance stakes, which will be run on October 7, at Louisville, Ky., will be $15,000, more than double that of last year. The best long distance horses in the country will be enter ed for this four-mile race. The race last fall was won by Messenger Boy, owned by Eugene Lutz, and the same horse will be trained again for the race. General. As a result of a forest fire the vil lage of Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, a settlement near the entrance to Port Hawkesbury, is in ashes, being practically wiped out by the flames. The town of Port Hawkesbury itself was seriously threatened, but was saved when the wind died down. The heaviest single loss at Point Tupper was sustained by the Inter-Colonial railway, whose freight sheds, coal sheds and transfer piers, together with many loaded freight cars, were destroyed. To determine exactly what line for mer President Loubet of France de cided upon in 1900, 'when as arbitra tor he fixed the boundary line between Costa Rica and the portion of Colom bia which now forms the republic of Panama, Frank W. Hodgdon, chief engineer of the port of Boston, and P. H. Ashby, a Xew York engineer, have sailed for Port Limon.- The com missioners expect to finish their work in Central America by October 1. Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer at Zion City, has predicted the destruc tion of Chicago, Xew York and other large cities, and now he calls on his followers to hurry to Zion City, which he says will be the only place spared when the devastation comes. "God's judgment is going to fall on the cit ies of the nations," he said. "You must come out of Babylon. There is no choice in the matter. I command you to come to Zion City. Chicago will answer for rejecting Dr. Alexan der Dowie, and you must be in Zion City to escape." Charles D. Hilles, secretary to Pres ident Taft, has been selected by the committee on organization of the Re publican national committee, to act as chairman of the national commit tee. The selection of Mr. Hilles was made at the direct request of the president, and followed a short white house conference. The sub-commitfee has practically decided upon Otton Brannard of Xew York for treasurer of the national committee. The Camorrists who have been on trial at Viterbo, Italy, for nearly two years on the charge of having murder ed Cenhara Cuoccolo and his wife in June, 1906, were adjudged guilty in varying degrees. The Camorra trial stirred the world by revelations or the ramifications of the criminal as sociation. The direct accusation v.hich brought to light the operations of the Camorra was the murder of a member, Cenarro Cuoccolo, ordered ''' the Camorra. The verdict proved a surprise, and all are agreed that the severity of the sentences is the last blow to the Camorra, Increases of 9,328 tons in produc tion, 4.827 tons in shipments and of tons in stocks on hand are re parted for May by the American Pa Pr r and Pulp associations to the com missioner of corporations. frundas Slater, ex-manager of the London (Eng.) Coliseum, shot him self with a revolver in a taxicab. A collision with a whale on the Prand banks off St. Johns, N. F., has caused such serious damage to the to-masted schooner Empire that the vessel was abandoned by her crew of spven men, who reached St. Johns in Safety. The Pacific mail steamer City of Panama, reported by wireless to be hitting 250 miles southwest of San J,edro, was taken in tow by the steamer Rose City and taken to San Francisco, Cal. Fred Storbeck, the South African heavyweight, went down in defeat to Jin Stewart of Brooklyn at New York. The national Prohibition convention concluded its labors in Atlantic City, N. J., with the nomination cf the party standard-bearers of four years ago Eugene W. Chafin of Arizona for president and Aaron S. Wattins Df Ohio for vice president. In each case the nomination was made by ac clamation after a single ballot had in dicated the preference of the dele gates. Eva Munn, eight years old, spent $40 in toy shops in Newark, N. J., and divided the wealth of dolls and things which she purchased among her girl friends. She was arraigned in the first criminal court later, charg ed with having stolen the $40 from the pocket of a painter, who was working at her home. Accompanied by the police, she went among her friends, recovered her gifts and ex changed many of them for cash at the toy shops. Electing as president E. T. Fair child of Topeka, Kan., after a heated contest, in which Chicago teachers were severely criticised by New York members for being "behind the cur tain tactics," the National Educa tional association, representing more than 15,000 educators, went on record as favoring woman's suffrage. The baseball diamond took over the functions of a court at Wilkesbarre, Pa., in connection with the convic tion of 30 tramps recently arrested by the police of Plymouth borough. When the tramps were arraigned be fore W. D. Morris, the burgess, who is an enthusiastic baseball fan, order ed that the men be divided into equal squads from which two teams were se lected to play a full nine-inning game on the town common. The winning squad went free, but tL losers were compelled to pound stone for two days. The efforts of Governor Carroll, a Taft adherent to have the "Iowa Re publican state convention pass. a res olution indorsing the platform adopt ed at the national convention, failed, being tabled. 773 to 342, and his ef fort to eliminate from the report of the majority of the resolutions com mittee the section condemning as fraudulent the Chicago convention also failed. The progresives controll ed the convention throughout. A three-year-old Chicago boy got hold of his mother's pocketbook and fed $36 in bills his father's wages to his pet guinea pigs. The father sent the remnants of the pigs' meal to President Taft with an appeal to the government to redeem the entire roll. The man is the sole support of a big family on $1.75 a dag. "You being the only man in Washington I know," he wrote President Taft, "I am sending them to you." The treas ury department will call upon the fa ther to prove conclusively that the bills were eaten by the pigs. While hunting for a lost cow in the woods adjacent to her father's home stead, seven miles north of Kinney, Minn., Miss Mary Mclnnes, fifteen years old, encountered a black bear with two well-rown cubs. She was al most upon the animals before she saw them. Screaming, the girl ran to a tree which she climbed, and she remained on a high bough for six hours before being rescued by mem bers of her family. She collapsed when taken from her perilous posi tion. Twenty-five Americans, including American Consul T. D. Edwards, were held in the office of the Mexican Northwestern railroad at Juarez, Mex., for nearly two hours while an armed guard of rebels prevented them from leaving the building. Rebel officials had become angered at the officers of the Mexican Northwestern, on ac count of the alleged worthlessness of a $5 000 cheque, payable to the reb els as an export duty Wnahinrton. The national house of representa tives adopted by a vote of 222 to 1 ar ticles of impeachment against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the United States commerce court. Representa tive Farr of Pennsylvania cast the single vote against the bill of im peachment. Mr.. Farr is a lifelong friend who has all along voiced con fidence in Judge Archbald's integri ty. Of the total membership of the house in their seats only nine voted "present." The lines are drawn for a great diplomatic struggle between the Unit States and great Britain over the ques tion of whether this country may dis criminate in favor of American ves sels in the administration of the Pan ama canal. The wordy war may ter minate in the submission of the ques tion to The. Hague tribunal. A series of diplomatic and legislative confer ences developed the fact that the forces in the American government which favor allowing the American ships free passage through the canal are in control. James P. Hawkins of Louisville, Ky., who was arrested in Washington and' sent to Washington asylum hospi tal after offering himself as the com promise candidate for president on the Republican ticket, was a clerk in the Louisvile postoffice more than 22 years. Plans for continuing the corn club work in the South have been complet ed by the state agents in charge of the work at a meeting in Washington. A bronze bust of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, founder of the corn club work, was offered by the agent for South Carolina to be presented to the Southern state making the best show ing each year through its boys and girls' corn clubs. The first award of the bust will be made at the national exposition school for boys, to be held in connection with the national corn exposition in Columbia, S. C, January 27 to February 8, 1913. G. A. WEBB GBOSEN STATE CHAIRMAN ASHEVILLE MAN NAMED BY AC CLAMATION TO MANAGE DEM OCRATIC CAMPAIGN. BROCK IS MADE SECRETARY A Fight Precipitated Over The Adop tion of The Rules For Holding The Senatorial Primary. The Meeting Was Well Attended. Raleigh. The state Democratic ex ecutive committe elected by acclama tion Charles A. Webb, state chairman and re-elected by acclamation W. E. Brock of Wadesboro, secretary. , Mr. Webb was the personal pref erence of Hon. Locke Craig, nominee for governor to succeed A. H. Eller who declined to serve longer. The name of Mr. Webb was presented by John C. Mills of Rutherfordton, as a man eminently fitted for the place by past distinguished service as re peatedly district chairman and as state senator and other public ser vice.. There were numerous second ing tributes. When brought into the hall and in troduced by the chairman Mr. Webb expressed his deep appreciation for the expression of confidence and the honor and hoped that he realized ful ly the great responsibility and de clared that in the conduct of the im pending campaign the state com mittee feels that it will have the hearty support of all loyal Democrats. He declared that there is a glorious prospect of a great victory. "Demo cratic candidates give universal satis faction and the principles enunciated in the party platforms, state and na tional have the enthusiastic approv al of all Democrats. So that with e harmonious Democracy and divided opposition we are sure to win," de clared the new chairman. Continuing Mr. Wrebb said: "The Democratic party in the state is in the overwhelming majority and speaking for the committee, it will be our purpose to perfect an organi zation that will insure the active co operation of all the Democrats in the state and secure an unprecedented majority at the election. To Hold Goods Road Meeting. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geolo gist and secretary of the North Caro lina Good Roads Association is rapid ly completing the plans for the annua1 convention of the association, which will be held in Charlotte August 1st and 2nd, and in a personal letter re ceived he declares his belief that there will be' 1,000 delegates attend ing the convention aside from the other visitors to the city at that time The present plans include two meet ings to be held in the assembly hal1 of the Selwyn hotel, one Thursday, Au gust 1st and the second the following day. Officers Raid Blind Tiger Still. Deputy Sheriff H. M. Williams and Chief of Police J. M. Whitaker made a raid on a small blind tiger still two miles south of Chapel Hill. The op erators of the still had turned out about 500 gallons of beer and had the fires burning prepartory to manu facturing some corn juice when the raid was made. The officers failed to land the operators but have them spotted and their early capture is as sured. Monuments To Confederate Soldiers. The board of commissioners of Gas ton county recently voted to appropri ate the sum of $500 as a contribution from the county to the fund which the Daughters of the Confederacy are raising to erect a monument to the Confederate dead of this county. The commissioners also granted; -the J. D Moore Chapter of the Daughters per mission to erect the monument on the grounds at the court house . in Gas tonia. It is planned to lay the cor nerstone August 8, when the annual reunion of old soldiers will be held. The Longest Bridge In The State. The reinforced concrete bridge which is being constructed by Meck lenburg county across the Cajtawba river at Sloan's Ferry, will be one of the longest bridges in the South, and longer than any coastwise concrete bridge, with the exception of the Gal veston causeway, and the various crossings between keys on the fam ous over-sea railroad from the Flori da mainland to Key West. The Cataw ba river bridge, including Gaston county side, will have a length of 1,970 feet. Roosevelt Supporters Confere. Republican leaders in the state w,ho were active in the recent campaign in support of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, held a conference at Greensboro for the purpose of agreeing on some plan of concerted action regarding the course to be taken by the republican organization in North Carolina. Of -the retaining thei party regularity while voting for Roosevelt electors as against Taft electors. The conference was the result of a recent call by Na tional Committeeman Richardson Pearson. FRUIT GROWING IN STATE It Has Been Demonstrated that Any Kind . of Fruit Can Be Grown In This State. High Point. Than North Caro lina there is no state in the union more adaptable for all kind of fruit growing. Take apples, for instance. There is 1 not a known variety, not even, excepting the apple of discord, or the apple of Hesperides, or of love, or of Sodom, or of the eye, but grows in the old North state. The Alber marle pippin is as much at home as the York imperial, or the golden rus set. The Baldwin and Ben Davis, the winesap and willow twig, the red as trchan, the Rhode Island souri pippin, Hoover, Smith cider, Northern Syp, Japanese chestnut, all ' grow side by side in the Appalachian mountain re gion of the state. And it is quite natural they should, for wild or seed ling, trees, remarkable healthy, pro ductive and long lived, are found here almost everywhere, ranging in alti tude from 500 to 4,000 feet, from black bottom to upland clay. And, too, from the tiniest seedling to the largest ap ple tree in the world which grows in Wilkes county, at present appar ently sound, promising a good crop of apples this year, measuring 16 feet and 5 inches in circumference at the ground and twelve feet and six inches just below the first limbs. Lands producing the finest kinds of fruits can be purchased at such rea sonable prices that with very limit ed capital any one can get a start in commercial orcharding at very small cost. The business of apple raising, if conducted properly, pays because there is no fruit so extensive ly used, none so extensively known since in the begining of the world's history Eve plucked it from a tree and gave it to Adam, "and he did eat." And all the world has been tasting and eating it since. There are a great many beautiful orchards all over the Appalachian mountain re gion, ranging in size from the' back yard individual tree to the orchard of 2,000 or more acres. North Carolina New Enterprises. The Piedmont & Eastern Railroad Co., with principal office at Burling ton, was chartered for the purpose of constructing and operating an In terurban electric railroad from Winston-Salem to Durham, through the towns of Greensboro and Burlington to Graham, the distance being near ly 100 miles with Burlington as the central point. The incorporators are J. W. Murray, J. M. Cook, J. Har den, A. L. Davis, - Charles A. Scott, Burlington; J. R. Paschall, James Millen, Warren Moore and C. Boice of Richmond. The capital stock is $100, 000 authorized with $9,000 subscribed. Other charters are for the Armstrong Cotton Mill Company of Gastonia, capital $200,000 authorized and $51, 000 subscribed by C. B. Armstrong, A. G. Myers, R. G. Rankin and others for general cotton milling business; Tafts Conciliatory Attitude. President Taft wil adopt a con ciliatory attitude toward North Caro lina Republicans. President Taft cor dially approves of the proposed nom ination of Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow county, by the Republicans of North Carolina for Governor. -The president will be controlled by the advice of former national committee man, E. Carl Duncan, in all matters relating to the campaign in North Carolina. These three announcements came from an authoritative source at the White House after a conference between President Taft, National Chairman Hilles, former National Committeeman E. C. Duncan and Re publican leaders from West Virginia and Indiana at which campaign plans were considered. Still Planning East Carolina Fair. Although but little is being said just at this time in regard - to ' the Eastern Carolina Fair Association, work is steadily going ahead on the grounds and the directors hope to be able to hold their first fair this fall. The site of the fair grounds is loca ted some three miles from New Bern, one of the best points that could pos sibly have been selected. The grounds have been surveyed and everything is In readiness for the construction of the buildings. Just when this will begin has not been announced. Soon to Complete New Railroad. J. W. Edwards, of Sanford, Is push ing rapidly now the construction of his railroad from Broadway to Lilling ton and has completed the financial arrangements for' extending the road 40 miles further for Lillington and 5 miles of the road is completed. He built the Gulf line and the Atlantic and Western, both of which have prov en highly successful. The-road from Broadway toN Lillington and Goldsboro opens up splendid territory and prom ises important lines in future com binations that are to link up lines. Second Regiment at Camp Glenn. The second regiment of the North Carolina National Guard under the command of Lieut. Col J. Van Metts, pitched camp at Camp Glenn for a 10 day school of instruction. The offic ers and men of the regiment are working like old regulars and every thing moves with military promptness and precision. At a recent officers school conducted by Captain Dough tery, U. S. A., he stated that the promptness with which all military duties were performed was unkhown to him in military experience. LARIMER OUSTED FROM THE SENATE DRAMATIC SCENE AS ILLINOIS MAN IS EXPELLED AS MEM BER Of body. HIS FRIENDS REMAIN TRUE After His Fate Had Been Decreed, He Walked Out of the Chamber Door and Left His Official Title Behind Makes Statement. Washington. Overturning the ma jority of its own committee, and re versing its vote of March 1, 1911, the Senate took away from William Lori mer his seat as junior senator from Illinois by a vote of 55 to 28. A mem ber of the Senate since June 18, 1909, Mr. Lorimer was declared to have been the recipient of votes secured by "corrupt methods and practices," a- his election was held to have been in did. Technically Mr. Lorimer will pass out of the records of the Senate as a member of that body, notwithstand ing his more than three years' occu pancy of his seat. Facing his asso ciates with the declaration "I am ready," Mr. Lorimer sat in the cham ber and heard his fate decreed as the roll call showed the adoption of the resolution of Senator Luke Lea, of Tennessee, the Senate's youngest member The man who for three days had held the Senate to close attention with his remarkable speech of de fense and attack upon his enemies, rose wearily from his seat, and pass ed back to a cloak-room door. Sena tors and members of the House gath ered about him, grasping his hand, and patting him on the back. Out side the Senate door, as Mr. Lorimer stepped into the corridor, friends greeted him again, and a party of Sisters of Charity pushed forward to express regret at his expulsion. At his office later, when a physician had attended him, he said he would not leave Washington for a few days. The outcome of the vote was not a surprise, but the leaders of the fight against him had not estimated a greater vote than 50 to 35. Would Be In a Severe Strain. Washington. The Hague Tribunal would be subjected to the most severe strain ever placed upon it, in the opin ion of officials here, should the settle ment of the issue between America and Great Britain regarding the use of the Panama Canal be refused to it. This strain w.ould be felt in the impor tant initial attempt to secure an im partial court of arbitration. In this peculiar case, the United States would stand almost alone, against the nations of the world, in her assertions of the right to discriminate in favor of Amer ican shipping. Want to Improve the South. Washington. All deplomatic and consulars officers in Central and South America have Instructed to urge the countries in which they are located to co-operate with the Southern Commer cial Congress at the meeting to be held in Mobile, Ala., in the fall of 1913. The instructions were embodied in a bulle tin issued by Secretary of State Knox endorsing the purposes of the Con gress. It directs the officials to aid in every way the co-operation of the Latin American countries in the improve ment of the commercial relations of the South and its Latin neighbors. Fight on Beall Cotton Bill. Washington. Charging bad faith against those behind the Beall bill prohibiting dealing in cotton futures, which was discussed in the House under a special rule, Representative Rucker of Colorado, Democrat, waged such a determined fight on the meas ure that he forced an adjournment. Mr. Rucker declared he had the as surance of the leaders that he would be given opportunity to offer his amendment including in the measure "w.ool and all food products." Physician Lured To Death. New Orleans. Following an at tempt to segregate school children of mixed blood at Grand Isle, Dr. R. O. Seay, a prominent physician, was lur ed from his home on a fake call for his services and shot by unknown par ties. He was wounded seriously and brought to this city for treatment. Grand Isle is near the delta on the Gulf of Mexico and is populated by many foreigners engaged in truck farming and the oyster business. Ber nio and Bobin Rigaud, brothers, are under arrest. Thirteen Killed In Wreck. Chicago Thirteen persons were kill ed and fifteen to twenty were injured in, a wreck on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Western Springs, a suburb of Chicago. Coming through a fog with supposedly clear track ahead train No.-8, a fast mail, ran at full speed into the rear of train No. 2, known as the Overland Express from Denver, which was standing still on the track, telescoping two of the Overland's pullman' cars. 'Railroad of ficials refused to fix the blame until after the wreck had haen investigated. LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Short Paragraph of State News That Have Been Gotten Together With Care By The Editor. Raleigh It was announced that the $150,000 endowment of Meredith Col lege, a Baptist school for wpmen, has been raised. The general education board appropriated $50,000 on the con dition that the Baptists would double the amount. Raleigh. The corporation commis sion is "working upon the corporation tax incident to the listing all over the state and It is. busy for a time. The commission has yet another hearing upon the Hamlet matter in which the Rockingham railroad wants to be ex cused from the burden of supporting two tower men all night because the Rockingham crosses the Seaboard in two places. Statesville. Iredell county is right .low In the midst of a progressive era. With the $400,000 voted for good roads In the county and the city of States ville improving her streets it appears that the county is rapidly forging tc the front. On account of the work be ing done on the streets the city is now in a very rough and muddy con dition but soon this will be through and it will then be a clean, smooth lit tie city. Washington. Information as to the relative standing of the states in the amount of postal savings bonds ap plied for July 1 and a comparison of this standing with that of January 1, the date of the last conversion given out by Postmaster General Hitchcock show.s the following record for North Carolina: 41st in July, 37th in Janu ary; $1,340 in July, 1,100 in January; increase $240; percentage of increase I 21.8. Asheville. Clyde Melton, whot shot and killed Ed . B. Swinney on the street here recently is either feign ing insanity or is really insane, ac cording to reports from the county jail, where he is confined. Melton was removed to the county jail after Swinney died, and is being held with out bond. The officers in charge of the jail say that Melton spends his time muttering in an irrational man ner, and that he paces his cell ner vously while muttering. Elizabeth City. Alonzo S. Cox. 21 years old, clerk in A. F. Toxey's wholesale grocery in Elizabeth City, was drowned at Nag's Head, while in surf bathing. Men on shore formed a chain in an endeavor to save him. Joshua Dawson, of Elizabeth City, nearly succeeded in rescuing him. The drowning man's strength failed and a strong undertow, ' swept him out of reach. Dawson, overcome by his bat tle with the waves, was carried sense less ashore. Hendersonville. A number of the leading citizens of the town have de cided to have a horse show some time in August. K. G. Whistler, of Colum bia, who has a summer residence near Hendersonville was elected president of the movement and will begin work at once preparatory to giving the show. It is planned to have it just after the Asheville show ends in order that the exhibitors may participate in the one to be given in Henderson ville. Wilmington. Alfred Hurst and i Scott Murphy, colored, were shot at Macomber's, a station on the subur ban line, and it is thought that John Quince Everett, colored, did the shooting. Hurst appears to be dan gerously wounded, while the other ne gro is not hurt much. Hurst and Everett were quarrelling over the former's wife. Scott rounded the cor ner of house about this time. The shooting then began with the result that both Hurst and Murphy were shot. Burlington. The 19-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Roney of this place, died a violent death from drink ing kerosene oil. The child went to hi3 father's store near the house and when the father was not looking drank some oil from a measure on the counter. Asheboro. Election was called for Concord township in this county, to be held on a railroad bond issue, and feeling has been running high, espe cially on the part of the opposition. It is stated that threats of violence have been made against a number of per sons who favored the issue. Raleigh. Political matters in Wake county are now to occupy the atten tion of the people, as the primary to nominate county officers takes place in August. The first to announce him self as a candidate for office is Mr. Roy H. Mitchell, of Wake Forest. New Bern. While a score or more of thirsty citizens watched the pro ceedings, several barrels of beer and a number of cases of whiskey were broken in the rear of the city hall in this city. The booze had been confis cated in various raids made by the police during the past few. months. No one would lay claim to it. Washington. Among the patents granted to North Carolinians, Davis & Davis report the following: A. L. Pat terson, Albemarle, paper plies to boxes; D. G. Tatum, Hendersonville, running gear. Raleigh. While at work ditching along the tracks of the Southern rail way near Garner, Harvey Fowlkes, a young white man stumbled and fell under the wheels of a moving work train, crushing both his legs so that amputation was necessary. Fowlkes was brought to the Rex hospital at this city where the operation was per formed. His condition is critical. IRE COIN FOR N.C. SENATOR OVERMAN IS WELL TO THE FRONT FOR PUBLIC -IMPROVEMENTS. CHARLOTTE TO GET $90,000 The Other Cities In North Carolina Have Been Well Provided For By The Senate Appropriation Commit tee List of Same Follows. Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states that Senator Overman of the committee on appropriations was able to keep manjj items in the bill reported from the committee. He made the report of the committee to the Senate. The following items for North Carolina are in the report: For continuation of the enlarge ment and improvement of the Char lotte postoffice and court house, $90, 0000. For commencement of Greenville postoffice building $15,000. For commencement of Monroe postoffice building, 515,000. For commencement , of Oxford postoffice building, $25,000. For commencement of Hickory postoffice building, $15,000. For continuation of the enlarge ment and improvement of the Ral eigh postoffice building $60,000. For rent of temporary quarters for government officials and moving ex penses at Raleigh, $9,000. For additional land and completion of enlargement and improvement of Reidsville postoffice building, $10,000. For rent of temporary quarters for government officials and moving ex penses at Reidsville, $3,500. For completion of Washington postoffice and court house, $37,000. For continuation of the enlarge ment of the Winston-Salem postoffice building, $80,000. For rent of temporary quarters for government officials and moving expenses at Winston-Salem, $7,000. For Edenton fish hatchery station, $3,600. Two Special Tax Elections. Raleigh. Two special tax elections are reported to the department of edu cation at very different points of the political compass. Margaretsville, al most on the Virginia-North Carolina line, held an -election "and carried the tax almost unanimously. Thirty-one voted for the tax and three against it. What was the levy and how much it raised were not mentioned in the report to the office. Earlier than this, sometime before the close of June, Wilson's Mills had an election that gave $30,000 to , the schools. That means a new school house, this con test being one for the issuing of bonds. Decrease in Durham County Values. Durham. The first proofsheet of thev county taxes for the new year indicate that there is a decrease in the total property values for the past year of about $600,000. However, there are a great many who are on the "allowed to list" after the regular time. The register of deeds, who has charge of listing the taxes, said that about the only way in which he could account for this decrease was the fact that the amount of tobacco and cotton on the hands of the Dur ham manufacturing plants was not so large as it was last year. Waynes ville. Plans and specifica tions for the new school building were presented and accepted at the meeting of the board of aldermen. Equalization Board Holds Meeting. Charlotte. The county board of equalization, consisting of the county commissioners and the county tax as sessors, held a meeting in the com missioners' room in the court house to hear any complaint that might be made as to whether any citizen thought his property had been listed at too high a figure. One complaint only was heard and that was soon ad justed. The board will again hold a meeting to hear the report of Assess or J. A. Henderson who was not ready to make his report. Movement For New County. Granite Falls. A movement is on foot to form the new county of Gran ite by taking a part of Caldwell and Burke counties. The county seat would be Granite Falls, which will be the center of the new county. It is understood that a large number of people in the boundry that. the new county would take in are in favor of It as no part of the county would be over ten miles from Granite Falls the county seat, while it Is 20 miles to Lenoir and Morganton, the present county seats. Located Cuban Check Flasher. Statesville. There is now no doubt that the Alvarez serving a term In the reformatory at Jeffersonville, Ind., for forgery is Francisco Alvarez, the Cuban wanted in Statesville and Charlotte for passing worthless checks to the amount of about $300 a few months ago. Mr. C. V. Henkell, of Statesville, who has been spending two weeks at West Borden, Ind., went over to Jeffersonville, visited the reformatory and lndentified the Cuban, wiring Cashier of the First National Bank to that effect.
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