A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. I.
BURLINGTON, N. C, DECEMBER 2, 1908.
NO. 29.
WASHin IE1TEK.
From our Begular Correspondent.
will he urgently advucaeeJ, though
The p«st week has been stirring
in a political way. Of course every
thing centers around the tariff ques
tion although it is conceded bv all
O
parties and interests that there will
be no*ihing done at the regular sess
ion, but that everything must wait
until the called ses'sion which was
promised after the fourth of March,
1909, President-elect Taft has an
nounced that he Avili call this special
session for the consideration of the
tariff question as soon after the
fourtli of Mar;h as is practicable.
Nevertheless, the tariff discussion is
heard everywhere for it carries with
it the election of a new speaker ol‘
the House and a presidential policy.
Whether there is really a wide
divergance between the policy of
tlie President-elect and the Speaker
of the House and the Committee on
-Rules or not, cannot be aiBrmeii
with absolute certainity. JS'either
p-\rty is disposed to magnify
the difference, but iuasmuch as
there was a pronounced difference
between the policy of President
Roosevelt and that of Speaker Can
non on various subjects, it may be
fairly assumed that anyone so “set
in his ways’’ as Speaker Cannon
will not agree with the policy of the
President-elect.
The tariff investigations through
the Ways and Means coramitee, now
being Iield in the annex offices of
the House at the Capitol, are, of
course, to a great deg'’ee perfunc
tory ami fai’cieal. Ko new facts or
views aie elicited. It is the same
old fituation. Everyone is quite
willing ts have t’ue duties on his
neighbor's ^oods lowered, and Gen
eral Haticoek’s remark tliat the
tarid was a local question for which
he vras so much >'idiculed, is proven
:n many ways. News couk^s tl^at
preachers in a number of towns aiul
cities throu!ihv,ut the Missourian
and Kansan zinc niining districts,
took (>ccasit»n to invoke divine aid
on 'I'hanksgiviiig Day for the tight
beii:g can ied di b)' their Represen
tatives in C'oiJgress for a protective
tiu’itl'on zinc ore, without which,
the pastors informed the Aiaiighty,
the industry would be ruined. There
are no doubt tliousands of other and
quite as effective prayers preferred
by beneficiaries of the tariff through
out the United States for the defence
of high duties.
Speal^er Cannon and his power-
it may be Mssnmed tliat in these pip
ing times ot peace, there is not
much prospect of such increase.
The Inland Waterways Commiss
ion which will be in session in
Washington in a few days will pro
bably hold its meetings in the con
ference room of the House Office
Bijildmg. A number of Congress
man are members of this commiss
ion and it is probable that the re
quest for the room will be granted.
The movement for waterways im
provement is a very ijopular one
and it is expected that fifty millions
of dollars a year will be asked for
this purpose. The demand for the
conservation of the natural re
sources of countiy, to which Sj)eak-
er Cannon l.!as been stubbornly op
posed, will, if eflectivo, involve a
considerable ap])ropriation. Ina.s-
much as Gifford Piuchot. head of
the Forestry Division, has been be
yond all others insistent for these
measures and has been most enthus
iastically sustained and put fbrwaid
by the President and it is said will
have the Agricultural Department
portfolio under President-elect Taft,
tliere is in this situation, another
trround of dilferenee ijud contention
between the Adniinistriit.i()n and tiu-
House of Representatives a?^ at
present organized.
PRESIDENHLrefTAFT
SENDS CONORATULATiONS
TO N. C. FOR VICTORY
It should be gratifying to the Re
publicans of North Curolina to know
that the national administratu)n, as
Well as the national committee,
deeply appreciates the efforts of iie-
piiblicans or the state in the recent
campaign.
As an evidence of th(‘ii- apprecia
tion (yUiairnian Adunis ha.s received
from President Pboosevelt, and Na
tional Cluiirnian Hitchcoe.U congvat-
ulalt>ry commLUiieations, as well as
the loliowiug letter i'rom J’re,si(kM)t-
elect Taft:
Hot Sjirings, \^a., Nov. 21.
My Dear .Judge Ailanj.*^:
I have your letter of November
9, but have been delayed in answer
ing it for reasons tliat y(ju will u!>-
derstand. It is very gratifyir.g to
get from ytm a suitemeiit of the vote
in North Carolina, showing what a
great Repubiican victory in fact the
'/ote was.
TWO MORE NEW STATES.
Arizona and New Mexico Pretty
Sure to Be Admitted Soon.
Bostt)Ti Tranycl'ipt,
Chief Justice Kent, of Phoenix,
Arizona, who liappens to be a son
of the famous governor of Maine
whose name survives in campaign
versification, has received a letter ,, ,, • i , i-, r .m
r n • 1 A r> u ■ • world,^ said Capt. R. L. (iroos, of
from President ixoosevelt, savingly i w. .. i ’
,, , , . , . ’ . -I .London, an oilicer of the 1 vventy
that he will urge in his coming - ’ -
message the admission of Arizona
and New Mexico as separate States,
and will also assist Gov. Kibbey in
preparing tht; enabling act. This
was expected. ]^>olh national party
platforms declared last summer for
the ad.mission of the Territories,
Aft(!r t})(- defeat by jiopular referen-
(bim oi the plat of M'^elding then:i,
President Roosevelt announced that
he would make no furtlier attempt
ill that (direction, iuid so nothing re-
naiins but to admii them a.-> separate
States. Conservative people would
l>refei' to sec tiiis delayed until the
cotnniuuities are better equipped for
Statehood, but this would practical
ly amount to littk'. Since thtir ad
mission is inevitable, neither party
!iKCS t:> make itself unpo])ular by
IViiitless resistan{,’e.
Tlie Repuliciui ler.ders have made
up their minds tiuit tiiey might just
as well look pleasant aV)out these
accessions to the Union as to do
anything else. It is doubtful if tiiey
could prevent admission in any long
session of Congress. All the Demo
crats win vote to admit Arizona and
New Mexico as separate States; the
Ilei)ublieans of the Rocky Mountain
region always have a sympathetic
feeling for other cDmrnunitiee simi
larly situated; large investment in
terests in the East also have a rely.-
tion to the ])roje(‘t, .sfanetirnes C!;un-
tiug for Statehood and sonietina s j,
iigii.inst it, but the noshot ha.s been
.■>onie Eastern St;uchood suj'ipori:,
notably ifrom PeunsvlvaniaJis. 'i’hese
THE GREATEST
AMERICAN GENERAL
British Army Officer Reviews Some
of General Lee’s Wonderful Feats.
Wa.shing'ton l*ost. ^
‘‘Robert E. Lee was the gi’catest
genereal America has ever kno'^^n
and one of the foremost in the
fourth regiment, South Wales Bor
derers, British army, at the Arling
ton, Captain Gross has been in this
country since October making a
study of the battlefields of the civil
war from a strategical point of view.
He spent several days at Gettys
burg, which he savs affords the
o. »'
greatest panoramic view of a battle
field in this or any other country.
‘‘Lee is regarded in Europe as
great a strategist as any European
anny officer in history, ranking with
Napoleon/-’ continued Captain Gross;
“I have no prejutu'ce in favor of
either army in the civil war, and
have studied the topographical con
ditions of the battlefields from tha
viewpoint of an army ofKcer, solely
to determine the points of vantage
both sides had and the manner in
wdvieh they utilized them. I have
no hesitancy in saying that had the
Confederate forces had the same
number of men that tiie Federal
army had the South would have
been victorious.
“At Gettysburg the Southern
army would have won had Lee been
able to make a bold stroke on eitiier
tlie first or second day, but no food
for his men on the diirdday he had
to give way. Lee’s genius was de
monstrated more strikingly, perhaps,
in the peninsular campaign aijainst
McCiellan, in which he (livided his
! ai’uiy and reunited it on the field of
ful staff of standpatters effect to be- gressmen and
The jiain of tiiree cou-
reduction of tlie
tiie
lieve that there is nothing alarming
in the effort to elect another man a.v
speaker (,»f the Sixty-first Congress,
but there is no doubt that the pres
ent administration would like to see
and more progressive
Speaker’s chair and
recalcitrant element
a younger
man in the
there is a
large
in the House against the domina
tion of the S|)(;aker a”d his clique.
Iveprebentative Charles Towsend
from Michigap, has been approach
ed by a nvimber of members of Uon-
gress who were disposed U> support
fiim for Speaker of tl:e House. Mr.
Eowler of New Jersev, is also prom
inently mentioned as are a number
of other gentlemen and if the oj>-
position would unite upou one man,
it is not impossible that another
speaker would be placed in the chair
after March the fourth.
There is much talk in these ante-
Coiigressional days abont the legis-
latiui) to be enacted in the coming
short se.s.7iiou, but it may be predict
ed with some certainty that it will
be con lined mostly to appropriation
bills and that economy will be on
the lips of such Congressional speak
ers as are able to catch the Speak
er’s eye, but whether economy will
appear in the appropriation bills is
another question. Pres.'.ure will
probably be brought to bear for a
large Rivers and Harbors bill and
so many members of Congress have
ii’-terests in their districts, favoring
'!''.provernente of rivers and harbors
'hut economy has small chance in
'I'i' apj)ropriatiou. Then there are
ii'iends of a Urger navy and
will cotne forward for the four
|"‘Utl(‘ships that were so much urged
the Prosident and his friends
'"’nig the first session of this Con-
gn;,^s. Au increase of the ar«ay
Democratic majority some twenty
thousand voles, are certainly enough
to call for the most sincere congrat
ulations and to sh\)W that if the par
ty continues to ini)»rove in discip
line, organization and enthusiasm,
as I have no doubt it will under
the guidance of the present leaders,
North Carobna will be a Repubii
can State.
With congratulations and grati
tude to you and all your workers in
the political vineyurd m North Car
olina, believe me, my dear Judge,
Adams,
Sincerely yours,
WTLIAaM. H. TAJ^'r.
Hon. Spencer B. Adams,
Greensboro, N, C.
Hunting Tragedy Proves Fatal.
Hillman Barnes, t he eighteen-year
old son of .Joshua Barnes, of near
Hendersonville, who was accidently
shot Thanksgiving Day by his
cousin while out hunting, died Fri
day. The boys had been out hunt
ing and becoming worried .sat down
on a log to rest when tliey decided
to thro shells into the air and fire
at “them. Hillman was r^ady to
tiirow the shell up when his cousin
foot slipped which caused his gun
to fire, the load entering Hilhnans
chest which caused his death. Sel
dom a holiday pass that we do not
hear of a number of serious acci
dents. It .seems that the days on
which we plan to have enjoyment
and pleasure are turned into grief
and sadoess, because of not being
careful. The Chistmas holidays
are coming and may w'e be more
careful than we have been in the
past so that our homes amy not be
niade sad in this v/ay.
factnr.s ;irc snilicK'ut to caay tlie
day, and f^x'sldi';;! Roos('vclt real
izes ii-
The admission >if Arizonu and
New M('xic,(.) wiil cican n-i the
'JVrritoriii! .systori, in the-contiuental
part of oiu' republic, bringing the
luiiijber of States iiere up to forty-
eight, where it will, in all probabili
ty, remain for the centuries. This
number permits the division of the
Senate into equal thirds, a sentimen
tal consideration not without value.
It leaves a certain geographical
symmetry in the southwest corner
of the country, the only point in the
Union where four States will com(;i
together. Two small changes should
be made now or never. Tlie name
New Mexico ought to be changed
to Monte/uraa or some other single
word whic,h does not j)erpetuate the
traditions of a foreign power. That
part of Arizona to tlie northwei^t of
the Grand Canyon should be annex
ed to lJutah, with which it can have
•some assoeiati->n. In the event of
its ever becoming peojiled the gash
through the earth, a mile deep and
fourteen miles wide, would make a
rat.liar effective barrier to transpor
tation. People in the part of Ari
zona beyond the canyon w(?uld find
it harder to get to l\icson than to
the captal of almost any other neigh
boring State. Wit.h these changes
the Territories might as well come
in, and a long and wearisouie per
plexity be termimted.
i);.itlle. Again,
in the same y'ar,
in J’ope’s cainp'dgn,
18t}2, lie
august,
NIGHT RIDERS BURN GIN.
Wilson County Giuiners Suffer Loss
of Plant by Depredations of
Lawless Element.
Wilson, Nov. 28.—The new cot
ton gin of the Walstonberg Gin Co.,
located fifteen miles east of Wilson,
was destroyed by fire last night, pre
sumably by night riders, as several
fiins that section have been recently
warned to shut down on account of
the low prices of cotton. The loss
is |4,500 and insurance |2,000. A
party on horseback was seen to
come from the direction of the gin
on a run a few minutes befere the
fire was discovered.
the genius of
O
general.
again separated his forces, in the face
of a superior opposing army, and re-
uniif'd it on the Manassas battlefiold,
winning a victory. He did it jigain
bct'oi'e iVntietam,
‘•Jint the boklest, the grea'te.st,
battb' Lee over fought was at Chuii-
colk>r.‘-vilJc, in May, 18G3, w'hen he
sent Jackson around Hooker’s right.
That was the stroke of a genius.
Beyond all argument, Lee was the
greatest; genera! America ever pro
duced, ai'.d I do not in any sense
desire to detract fnim
Grant, who w'as a i
The wonderful fighting qujdlties dis-
jjkiyed by both armies in the civil
war make the American soldiers one
of the foremast in tlie Wv>rld, and
there is notiiing to fear from the
Japanese or any other nation if ihe
Americims show the same pluck they
displayed in the civil war. Eng
land’s army is more akin to that of
the United States than any other
Eurojiean n«ti(tn because we have to
depend largely nj)on volunteers. I
have the greatest admiration for the
American people and the American
soldier in particular, and, as I have
suggested, ttie battlefields of the civ
il w^ar provide a study for army of
ficers the world over that they can
profit by immeasurably.’’
The State canvaosing board finds
that Bryan received 136,927 votes
and Taft 3 14,084, rnakiiag Bryan’s
majority 22,843. The board today
completed the canvass of the Stare
vote. The following are the figures;
Secretary of State — J. Bryan
Grimes, 145,268; Cyrus Thompson,
107,858. Treasui’er—B, R, Lacy,
145,146; W. F. Grigg, 107,790.
Auditor—^B. F. Dixon, 145,066; J.
T. A. Wood, 107,848, State Super
intendent of Public Instruction—J.
Y. Joyner, 145,329; J. M. Lyerly,
107,733. Attorney Genersl — T,
W, Bicketl, 144,955; Jake F, New
ell, 107,872. Labor Commissioner
—M. L. Shipman, 145,078; C M.
Ray, 107,844, Corporation Com
missioner—B. F. Aycock 144,989;
H, U. Elmore, 107,864. Com
missioner of Agriculture—W". A.
Graham, 145,049; J, M. Mew-
borne, 107,721. Insurance Com
missioner—J. K. Young, 145,069;
J. B, Norris, 107,791. Judge Four
teenth district—J. S. Adams, 145,-
005; Y. S. Lusk, 107^698.
THE INUND WATERWAY, gfntleman AND servant.
First Step Should Be Taken Toward
Development of the Rich Resourc
es of Eastern North Carolina.
Baltimore Sun
The remarks of Prof. Collier Cobb,
of the Universitj; of North Carolina
in the waterways convention should
arrest the attention of the country.
There can be no doubt that the most
important section of the entire pro
posed inside route along the Atlan
tic Coast is that leading from Che.sa-
peake l>ay through the N.>rth Caro
lina sounds. This fact Professor
Cobb shows with force and clearness.
The portion of the route, which leads
through Maryland, Delaware Penn-
wylvania and Massachusetts, he said,
is developed country. It is abund
antly provided with railroad facili
ties and, he might have added, al
ready has. canals over which traffic
is moving. “The North is develop
ed,” Professor Cobb said in his ad
mirable address. W hat Baltimore
is irterested in, as well as every oth
er producing city, is the devekip-
ment of that vast Southern territory
now reached ineffectually by scatt^'r-
ed railroad facilities, taxed to their
utmost by normal trade.’' A water
way for coasting ves.seb from Ches
apeake through the sounds, with a
deep outlet into the o'^ean near Beau
fort, would open up to the markets
a territory rich in re>sourceB and with
a soil capable of producing enor
mously More than this, it would
save a vast treasure which is thrown
upon the flnts of Cape Hutteras from
vessels which ai'c wrecked upoii the
treucherous and dangerous shoals of
that graveyard of the sea. North
Carolina has in her great territory
a system of rivers which afford nav
igation for some 2,500 miles. And
yet there is no outlet more; than six
feet tleep by whicli the vessels
wiiicli navigate these rivers, or
wiiicli could navigate them, can
reu;h outside wjiters.
if ste;iniers of good carrying ca
pacity had a suificient fi'ce channeJ
IVotn the North ('arolina River.S into
the UliOSHpeak(', where they could
go direct to the markets of B:.;]ti-
more, Norfolk and Washington it
would cre;ite a great industry in the
North State and be, as Professor
C\)bb truly said, of inestimable ben
efit to Jialtimore and other cities.
If is likely that the saving of prop
erty and of time by providing a
channel behind Cape Hatteras would
go far to pay the cost of the im-
prov'ements. North Carolina is rich
ly endowed v'ith nature resources.
Her soil is fertile, the climate mild
and eqimltlc; she has vast forests,
vast mineral wealth and her manu
factures are growing. She wants an
outlet from the extensiN^e navigable
rivers to the markets ot the world;
That should be the first care of the
government if the inside of the At
lantic coast waterway is ever under
taken. That it will be undertakan
and gralually made is the well-
founded- expectation. This water
ways convention will, doubtless, do
much to bring this'about and to
hasten the day.
Frank W. Tilley was brought be
fore Justice R. A, Harris on last
Friday charged with threatening to
murder Miss Sallie Lashiey becausa
she w'ould not agree to be his cook.
He wrote her a letter stating that
if she would not be his cook that
she should not be the cook of anoth
er. He also stated that lie intended
to kill her because she would let
others have pleasure with her com
pany and not him. Tilley is about
forty-two years old and the girl
fifteen. He is supposed be insane
over a little love affair. The court
demanded a |750 bond which he
was unable to give,—Durham Her
ald.
The M^er of One Toward die
Other—“We Live In Deeds/
Not Words.
Charleston an^ Courier.
About six months ago the Society
of the Cincinnati held its genera!
convention in Gharieston and on an
afternoon when the sessions had elps-
cd one of its distinguished mettibers,
reputed to be a u»an of great wealth
from a Southern point of view, and
au ex-Confederate soJdier, was at the
union station, in this city, to take
the northbound train for his home in
Virginia. A tall, bearded man of
about 65, plainly dressed and wear
ing g, slouch hat, he looked to be the
unpretentious but virile So>nthem
man that he was. The eagle and
ribbon insignia of the Cincinnati was
still on the lapel of his coat; he had
come from a gathering of the society
to the station, The usual crowd of
arriving and departing travelers
thronged the rotunda about the tick
et oflfice,
“Here, Jtohn, rake this grip into
the car,” said the gentleman to the
negro who had accotnpauied him
fi’om tbe hotel, a rather humble and
shabby appearing black boy without
the natty livery that hotel porters
commonly rejoice in. When the
negro had done halff a dozea little
chores and reported, hat in hand, to
inquire if anything further was
wanted, the gentleman handed him
a tip,
“i'hank you cap’n,” said the ne-
gro. “I hope you’ll cotne down
and see us agin,”
“Much obliged to you, John,”
replied ihe “cap’n,” and extending
his hand, shook the hand of the ne
gro bo'^ aud said, “Good-bye.”
The liegro was not surprised,
there was nothing remarkable in tlie
incident, it was not the fii*st time
that he had ‘‘waited on” a Southern
man of dlsf|»GtvMf biit the bystaad-
er, who was not surprised either,
wondered if it would occur to any
of the delegates to the convention of
the Cincinnati from Massachusetts
or Pennsylvania to show publicly
this kindly, gentle, consileration for
the humble ’‘darkey” who bad faith
fully attended to their little needs
as he had ministered to the comfort
of this geutlenian, Mr, Joseph Bry
an, described as the ‘^foremost citi
zen of Richmond,” and who laat
Friday night was called to his re
ward.
Sheriff Jackson Stanland of Bruns
wick county was shot down Sunday
night while he and three other offi
cers were attempting to arrest a man
named Walker. Walker is said to
be a deserter from the army, and
when the tnen attempted his arrest
fired on them with an army revolver.
IMeliaDe Notes.
The H. E. Wilkinson Co. have
moved into their new f6000.00
storehouse, which,is one of the hand
somest stores in the State.
The Commercial and Farmers
Bank have moved into their $4000.-
00 bank buildiiig, which is a beau
ty, although some of their haudsome
fumiture has not arrived.
The Tyson-Malone Hardware Co.
will move into their new sto»e next
to H. E. Wilkinson Co. on Janiiarv
1st, '
Mr, P. L. Cooper will build a
handsome store house on the loi
which he has recently Ixuight next
to Dr. Yorks store.
The marriage of Mr. Wesley O.
\’^^arren and Miss Addie Scott, the
accomplished and beautiful daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hetiie A. Scott, occurred
last Tuesday at the Pre-sbyterian
church. The attendants were Mr.
B. F. Warren, the best man, Miss
Mary Ed Scott, sister of the bride,
maid of honor. The Greemsmen
were Messrs. W. \V. Corbett and
S. S. Vincent. The church was
beautifully decorated and a large
crowd of their, friends were present,
among whom were a great many
out ot town visitors. The ceremony
was performed by R. T. Listen, the
pastor. The presents were beauti
ful and the number of them attested
to the popularity of the bride and
groom.
The Skating Rink Co. gave a
Masquerade Party Friday night,
over 200 being present and a great
many being in eostumes, Miss Ruby
Satterfield, Miss M:^dar Malone
and Mrs. C. J. Kee being the win
ners of the priaes offered. I learn
that there will be quite a namber of
different attractions at the Kink
d uring the month of December,