ALL THE NEWS
WHILE IT IS NEWS.
VOL 9
SEliiltE fiND HOUSE
SILL Of MEMBERS
The First Correct List Yet
Published. The Men who
Are to Make Laws for the
State Will Assemble in
Raleigh To-morrow.
\ficr a full examination of all the
returns the News and Observer gives
{T, fivst . full, accurate and complete
v ,,f the members elected to the
fm-,. , and House of Representatives
~ r n Yhe session of 1907:.
State Senate.
First District: (Currituck, Camden,
Pa--ouotanb, Perquimans, Gates, Chow
an Hertford). Roscoe W. Turner,
,D.) Elizabeth City; A. P. Godwin,
in i Gatesville.
Second District: (Dare, Tyrrell,
u-ishinston. Martin, Beaufort, Hyde,
pVmlico), Harry W. Stubbs, (D.) Wil
liamston; R. B. Etheridge, (D.) Man-
K Third District: (Bertie, Northam
toni C. W. Mitchell, (D.) Aulan-
U 'Fourth District: (Halifax), W. E.
Daniel. (D.) Weldon.
Fifth District: Edgecombe), W.
Stamps Howard, vD.) Tarboro.
Stab District: (Pitt) J. L. Flem
ing (D.) Greenville.
Seventh District: (Wilson, Nash,
Franklin). T. T. Thorne, (D.) Rocky
Mount: J. D. Dawes, (D.) Elm city.
Eieiith District: (Greene, Lenoir,
Jones. Onslow. Craven, Carteret) Y.
T Ormond, (D.) Kinston; J. W. Bur
ton. (D.) Jacksonville.
Ninth District: (Wayne), B. F. Ay
eock. (D.) Fremont.
Tenth District: (Duplin, Pender),
Thomas Perrett, iD.) Faison.
Eleventh District: (New Hanover,
Brunswick), George H. Bellamy, (D.)
El Paso.
Twelfth District: (Columbus, Bla
den), Jackson Greer, (D.) Whiteville.
Thirteenth District: (Robeson), N.
A. McLean. (D.) Lumberton.
Fourteenth District: (Cumberland),
J. W. McLauchlin, (D.) Raeford.
Fifteenth District: (Sampson, Har
nett, Johnston). T. W. Harrington,
(D.) Harrington; C. M. Wilson, (D.)
V.'ilson's Mills.
Sixteenth District: (Wake), John
C. Drewry, (D.) Raleigh.
Seventeenth District: (Warren,
Vance, Tasker Polk, (D.) Warrenton.
Eighteenth District: (Granville,
Personi, A. A. Hicks, (D.) Oxford.
Nineteenth District: (Durham,
Orange, Alamance, Caswell), J. W.
Graham, (D.) Hillsboro; C. H. King,
(D.) Blackwell's.
Twentieth District: (Rockingham),
R. D. Reid. (D.) Wentworth.
Twenty-first District: (Guilford),
J. Alien Holt. (D.) Oak Ridge.
Twenty-second District: (Chatham,
Moore. Scotland, Richmond), A. A. F.
Scuwtil. (D.) Jonesboro; J. R. Rives,
ID.) Goldston.
T venty-third District: (Randolph,
Montgomery). .T. R. Blair, (D.) Troy.
T, y-fourth district: (Davidson,
Stanley, Anson, Union), J. S. Ffird,
(D.) Albemarle; R. B. Redwine, (D.)
Monroe.
Twenty-fifth district: (fMeeklenburg,
Cabarrus), H. N. Pharr, (D.) Char
lotte; W. R. Odell, (D.) Concord.
Twenty-sixth District: (Rowan),
Whitehead Kluttz, (D.) Salisbury.
Twenty-seventh District: (Stokes,
Surry), . Guy Carter, (R.) Dobson.
Twenty-ninth District: (Davie,
Yadkin. Wilkes), Solomon Brown,
(R.) Hamptonville.
Thirtieth District: (Iredell), Zeb
V. Long, (D.) Statesville.
Thirty-first District: (Catawba,
Lincoln), J. F. Reinhardt, (D.); R. F.
D. Stanley.
Thirty-second District: (Gaston),
0. F. Mason, (D.) Dallas.
Thirty-third District: (Cleveland,
Rutherford, Polk. Henderson), W. A.
Maunay, (D.) King's Mountain; T. T.
Ballinger, (D.) Tryon.
Thirty-fourth District: (Alexander,
Caldwell, Burke, McDowell), W. F.
Wood, (D.) Marion; B. F. Davis, (D.)
Morganton.
Thirty-fifth district: (Alleghany,
Ashe, Watauga), E. F. Lovill, (D.)
Boone.
Thirty-sixth District: Mitchell,
Yancey, Madison), . E. Burleson, (R.)
Marshall.
Thirty-seventh District: (Buncombe)
C- A. Webb, (D.) Asheville.
Thirty-eighth District: Transyl
vania, Haywood, Jackson, Swain), W.
E. Brecse, Jr., (D.) Brevard.
Thirty-ninth District: (Macon, Clay,
Grcham, Cherokee), Allen H. Dickey,
(R.) Culberson.
House.
Alamance, Dr. J. A. Pickett, (R.)
Burlington.
Alexander, A. L. Watts, (D.) Tay
lorsville.
Alleghany, R. A. Doughton, (D.)
Sparta.
Anson, J. A. Lockhart, (D.) Wades
boro.
Ashe, G. L. Park, (D.) Jefferson.
Beaufort, W. K. Jacobson, (D.)
Washington; F. B. Hooker, (D.)
Idalia.
Bertie, Thomas Gilliam, (D.)
Windsor.
Bladen, F. D. McLean, (D 4 Bladen
boro.
Brunswick, C. Ed. Taylor, (R.)
South port.
Buncombe. Zebulon Weaver, (D.)
Ashoville; R. J. Gaston, (D.) Cand
ler.
Burke, I. T. Avery, (D.) Morgan
ton.
M. B. Stickley, (D.) Con
Caldwell, W. N. Harshaw, (R) Le
noir.
Camden, D. H. Tillett, (D.) Shi
loh.
Carteret, M. L. Davis, (D.) Beau
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
• ; ' Sri $ "■ '" -
fort.
Caswell, Julius Johnston, (D.) Yan
coyville.
Catawba, M. H. Yount, (D.) Hick
ory.
Chatham, H. M. London, (D.) Pitts
boro.
Cherokee, S. W. Davidson, (D.)
Tomotla.
Chowan, C. S. Vann, (D.) Eden
ton.
Clay, Dr. R. T. Coleman, (R.) Hayes
ville.
Cleveland, O. M. Mull, (D.)
Shelby.
Columbus, Donald Mcßackan, (D.)
Whiteville.
Craven, W. C. Brewer, (D.) Vance
boro.
Cumberland, Dr. J. W. McNeill,
(D.) Hope Mills; H. H. Bolton, (D.)
Fayetteville.
Currituck, Pierce Hampton, (D.)
Waterlily.
Dare, C. R. Pugh, (Ind.) Dan.
Davidson, G. F. Hankins, (D.) Lex
ington.
Davie, A. T. Grant, (R.) Mocks
ville.
Duplin, H. D. Williams, (D.) Ken
ansville.
Durham, . S. Manning, (D.) Dur
ham.
Edgecombe, Dr. M. B. Pitt, (D.)
Old Sparta; P. C. Vestal, (D.) Rocky
Mount.
Forsyth, W. T. -Carter, (D.) Win
ston-Salem; R. L. Cox, (D.) R. F. D.,
Rural Hall.
Franklin, T. W. Bickett, (D.) Louis
burg.
Gaston, A. G. Mangum, (D.) Gas
tonia; F. Dilling, (D.) King's Moun
tain.
Gates, R. W. Simpson, (D.) Trot
ville.
Graham. W. W. Flemming, (D.)
Robbinsville.
Granville, B. S. Royster, (D.), Ox
ford.
Greene, Swift Galloway, (D.) Snow
Hill.
Guilford, E. J. Justice, (D.) Greens
boro; Dr. J. R. Gordon, (D.) James
town.
Halifax], A. P. Kitchin, (D.) Scot
land Neck; J. B. Neal, (D.) Scotland
Neck.
Harnett, J. C. Clifford, (D.) Dunn.
Haywood, D. L. Boyd, (D.) Waynes
ville.
Henderson, W. C. Rector, (R.) Hen
derson ville.
Hertford, B. B. Winborne, (D.)
Murfreesboro.
Hyde, Claude W. Davis, (D.) Engle
hard.
Iredell, Thomas M. C. Davidson, (D.)
R. F. D.,., State?ville: Zeb. V. Tur
lington, (D.) Mucresvuie.
Jackson, Dr. J. M. Candler, (R.)
Webster.
Johnst ii, Josepbus Johnson, (D.)
R. F. D, Benson; George L. Jones,
(D.) R. F. D., Wilson's Mills.
Jones, J. C. Parker, (D.) R. F. D.,
PollocVrtville.
Lenoir, J. A. McDaniel, (D.) Kin
ston.
Lincoln, W. N. Keener, (D.) Lin
colnton.
McDowell, Lee W. Crawford, (D.)
Old Fort.
Macon, W. J. Jenkins, (D.) Leath
erman.
Madison, Louis J. Bailey, (R.) Mar
shall.
Martin, J. A. Whitley, (D.) Ev
eretts.
Mecklenburg, W. C. Dowd, (D.)
Charlotte; E. R. Preston,- (D) Char
lotte; W. A. Grier, (D.) R. F. D.
Charlotte.
Mitchell, J. C. Bowman (R.) Glen
ayre.
Montgomery, R. A. Bruton, (D.) Mt.
Gilead.
Moore, R. E. Buchan, (D.) Man
ley.
Nash, M. S. Griffin, (D.) R. F. D.,
Nashville.
New Hanover, George L. Morton,
(D.) Wilmington.
Northampton, G. E. Midyette, (D.)
Jackson.
Onslow, E. M. Koonce, (D.) Jack
sonville.
Orange, I. AV. Pritchard, (D.) Chapel
Hill.
Pamlico, S. M. Brinson, (R.) Ori
ental.
Pasquotank, J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
(D.) Elizabeth City.
Pender, T. H. Wells, (D.) Bur
gaw.
Perquimans, W. S. Blanchard, (D.)
Hertford.
Person, H. J. Whitt, (R.) Rox
boro.
Pitt, J. J. Laughinhouse, (D.)
Greenville; S. M. Jones, (D.) Bethel.
Polk, Henry Morgan, (R.) Landrum,
s c
Randolph, W. P. Wood, (D.) Ashe
boro; W. T. Foushee, (D.) Ramseur.
Richmond, W. L. Parsons, (D.) Rock
ingham.
Robeson, E. ,F. Mcßae, (D.)
- Maxton; M. H. John, (D.) Lumber
. Bridge.
Rockingham, John L. Sharpe, (D.)
, R. F. D., Summerfield; R. PP. Price,
, (D.) Price.
Rowan, Walter Murphy, (D.) Sal
isbury; John M. Julian, (D.) Salis
) bury.
Rutherford, Solomon Gallert, (D.)
- Rutherfordton.
Sampson, Thomas E. Owen, (R.)
> Clinton; James T- Kennedy, Matton
ville.
i- Scotland, Jonathan Peele, (D.)
Laurinburg.
Stanley, E. F. Eddins, (D.) Palmer
) ville.
) Stokes, Joseph H. Helsabeck, (R.)
Danbury.
) Surry, J. E. Albright, (R.) Mt,
Airy.
l. Swain, J. U. Gibbs, (R.) Whittier.
Transylvania, T. H. Galloway, (D.)
) Brevard.
Tyrrell, George L. Liverman, (D.)
) Columbia.
L- Union, R. L. Stevens, (D.) Monroe
James N. Price, (D.) Monroe.
i- Vance, Thomas Taylor, (D.) Towns
ville.
1- 1 Wake, Charles U. Harris, (D.) Ral
.eigh; W. C. Douglas, (D.) Raleigh
2- Millard Mial, (D.) Shotwell.
Warren, T. O. Rodwell, (D.) War
i- renton.
Washington, Thomas W. Blount
j- (D.) Roper.
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HE WILL BE SAVED!
A Mysterious
Murder Case
One of Most Mysterious
Tragedies Ever Occur
ring in Northwest was
That of Dr. Phillip Ed
wards Johnson.
Portland, Oregon, Jan. 8. —The mur-)
cer of Dr. Phillip Edwards Johnson,
a physician recently arrived here
lrom New York, is one of the mcst
mysterious tragedies that has oc
curred in the Northwest. Mrs. John
son is a daughter cf the late Gover
nor Hoadley, of Ohio. Dr. Johnson
was son of Archdeacon Johnson, of
Staten Island.
Last evening Dr. Johnson left his
wife, intending to call upon one of
the State medical examining board.
On the wav\he called upon his cousin,
W. C. Alvord. A short time after
leaving there Johnson's mangled
body was found in Jefferson street,
, U7 feet below the bridge.
His pockets ha? been turned in
' side out. His empty pocketbook and
keys were found on the bridge above
There was no evidence of a struggle.
N. C. HAS BEEN CHEATED.
Governor of South Dakota Says Money
Collected From This State Should
Be Returned.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. B.—Samuel H.
' Elrod, retiring governor of South Da
, kota in his farewell message severely
assails the North Carolina bond deal,
by which South Dakota collected $25,-
- 000 from the Southern state on pa
per which had been repudiated. He
1 ; says South Dakota has no moral right,
to the mcney.
The message urges the legislature to j
. pass a bill returning the money to 1
North Carolina.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WRECK.
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At Beginning of Sixth Day it Seems
That Jury Must Decide Matter of
> Who is Telling the Truth.
Washington, Jan. 8. —With the be
ginning of the sixth day, Coroner,
Nevitt's inquiry to determine the re
- eponsibility for the Baltimore and j
Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta, looks as
though the jury must decide between i
the testimony of Operator Dutrow,
) Jof Silver Springs, who says he dis-,
r played a white signal and Engineer
Hildebrand of the "dead" train, who j
) testified he was given a double I
green light.
PALMETTO LAW-MAKERS.
General Assembly Me'c Today, Or
' ganized and Heard Governor's Mes
) sage.
L " Columbia, S. C., Jan. 8. —Upon the
convening of the General Assembly
' today Mr. Whaley, of Charleston, was
, elected speaker of the house, and
Senator C. L. Blease, of Newberry,
) was elected president pro tem of the
senate.
t After the organization of the' two
branches Governor Heyward's mes
sage was received and read.
) Wayne, J. M. Hollowell, (D.)
Goldsboro; J. M. Edgerton, (D.) Golds
-3,1 boro.
Watauga, (Republicans.)
s- Wilkes, Charles H. Cowles, (R.)
Wilkesboro, Dr. C. G. Bryant, (R.)
,1- Roaring River.
i; Wilson, T. M. Washington, (DJ
Wilson.
r- Yadkin, Frank W. Hanes, (R.) Yad
kinville.
t, Yancey, J. F. Byrd, (D.) Ramsey
town.
HICKORY, N, C.. THURSDAY JANUARY 1 O, 1907.
MAIL CAR AFIRE.
I
Mail Clerk Has Narrow Escape—Dr.
Lingle Undecided.
Rock Hill, S. C., Jan. B.—A combi
tion mail and express car caught
fire this morning on the track near
; depot and came ve*y near scorching J
j the mail clerk who was sleeping in
! the car. Some of the mail did get
i scorched. The fire company got on
| the grounds and soon had the fire
i under control, though the car was
damaged pretty badly.
Dr. Lingle, who has been called
i to the First Presbyterian Church of
i Atlanta, said last Sunday morning at
the morning service that he hoped ]
oatient with him as he had not yet (
come to a decision relative to his
call to Atlanta, but that in a few
days he would let them know. s
Machinery at the bagging factory
of Messrs. T. L. Johnson and J. B. (
Creighton |s being installed and t
they hope to be ready for business ,
3hortly.
NAVAL AND MILITARY DISPLAY. 
Nearly all Foreign Countries Will be ,
Represented at the Jamestown (
Exposition. |,
Washington, Jan. B—ln response 11
to the request transmitted to other: •
governments by the State Depart-j'
ment at the instigation of the Navy
Department, nearly all the foreign .
countries have accepted the invita- (
lion of the Jamestown Exposition (
Company to be represented by a mil- ,
itary or naval display. It is expected j
that a full list of the countries which ,
will be represented together with.
the exact names of the vessels as
well as a number cf army officers i
comprising the various delegations
will be completed in a short time. ]
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Presidential Nominations.
Washington, Jan. 8. —The President '
rent the following nominations to. the
J Senate today: (
Collectors of Customs —George A.
| Alba for the district of St. Augus- (
i line, Fla.; Antoine J. Murat, district
; of Apalachicola, Fla.
Postmasters —Alabama, C. Hays, Jr. (
Eutaw;, N. C. Fuller at Centerville. (
Georgia—N. F. Brimberry , Albany;
F. P. Mitchell, Americus; J. B. Craw
! ford, Cairo; A. B. Sharp, Jackson; C.
;E. Head, Tallapoosa. North Carolina
| —W. J. Flowers, Mount Olive,
i South Carolina—B. H. Massey, Fort
Mill; J. P. Bodie, Leesville; L. S.
Eowers, Prosperity. Tennessee
I L. Williams, Oliver Springs; W._F.
| Millicam, Rockwood; Annie E. Mar
tin, Waverly.
Shot Saloon Keeper.
Memphis, Tenn., January B.—Ernest
Miller, local politician shot and prob
i ably fatally wounded Morris B. Hedge
i peth, a saloon keeper.
The dispute was over a license said
' to have cause cause the shooting.
Miller is under arrest.
Fell 21 Feet,
Died Later
Carpenter a t Durham
Died This Afternoon
From Effects of Injuries
Sustained in Fall From
Building Yesterday.
Durham, N. C., Jan. 8. —James A.
Henderson, a capenter, died today
shortly after 12 o'clock from the result
: of a fall received from the factory of
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Compa
ny in East Durham." ,
He fell from a scaffold on the side of
the building co the gTound, a distance
i of 21. feet, landing directly on his head,
i Death resulted from cohcusssion of the
brain-
I From the time he fell to the moment
of his death he never regained con
- sciousness.
He is survived by a wife and twoj
- children, also a father, who lives in i
Danville, Va. . J
AND PRESS
Caucus T
Held To-night
%
Democratic Legislators
Will Meet To-night and
Elect Speaker. Hot Con
test Between Three
Candidates.
Raleigh, N. C., Jaa. 9.—The mem
bers of the legislature are coming in
on all trains and it is thought that a
full attendance will mark the opening
sessions tomorrow. _
The Democrats will hold their cau
cus tonight in the halls of the legisla
ture and a speaker will be chosen.
The Republican members will also
meet in caucus tonight in the Senate
chamber.
. Tine; situation In the speakership
contest is little changed from yester
day and it is impossible to forecast
the outcome. The friends of the three
leading candidates, Murphy, Dowd and
Justice, claim victory for their respec
tive candidates.
At the opening session tomorrow
the program will be merely the swear
ing in of members and the election of
officers. On Thursday the message
of Governor Glenn will be read. The
Governor will ask a joint session of the
legislature and senate called that he
may be permitted to read his message
himself. It is probable that this will
be granted and if so it will bo some
thing new in this State. >
A special branch postoffice will be
provided in the capital building for
the members of the two bodies. There
is only one other State in the Union
which has this privilege, it being isew
York.
The High Point Veneer and Panel
Company, of High Point, was today
granted permission to increase its
capital stock from $50,000 to $125,000.
J. A. Clinard is president.
The Edgecomb Publishing Company,
of Tarboro, was chartered at a capital
of SIO,OOO by L. L. Statton and others.
WANT SUB-TREASURY.
Hearings Began This Morning Before
House Committee—Delegation Pres
ent.
Washington, Jan. 8. —Hearings on
the location for the new sub-treasury
in the Southeast began before the
House committee on ways and means,
with large delegations, representing
Atlanta, Savannah, Birmingham and
ether Southern cities in attendance.
John Temple Graves and Joseph A.
McCord, presented the claims of At
lanta; A. R. Lawton spoke for Sa
vannah and former Governor Joseph
Johnson, of Alabama, urged that Bir
mingham be given the sub-treasury.
PRINTERS MAKE DEMAND.
Union Printers of Norfolk Demand a
$3.50 Per Week Increase of Wages,
With Same Hours.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. B—The union
printers of Norfolk have made a de
mand for an increase in their wage
scale of $3.50 per week, this includ
ing job printers, newspaper handmen,
machine men, foreman, floormen and
machinists.
The increase demanded is to date
from March 26th, and is based on
the increased cost of living.
The working day is to remain at
eight hours.
Panama Canal Affairs.
Washington, Jan. B—The terms of
the proposed contract for the con
struction of the Panama canal on
which the commission invited bids
was considered by the Senate com
mittee on interoceanic canals.
The members of the committee
agreed unanimously to support the
bill by Senator Morgan to place the
affairs of the Panama Railroad under
tne Isthmian Commission and thus
have all the government's affairs on
jthe Isthmus under one head.
Senator Overman Made
Strong Argum
the Rights
SUPT, JOMB'S
SGHOQLREPORT
Urges Compulsory Attend
ance Law for Children
From Eight to Twelve
Years Old. County Com
missioners to Levy Taxi
Raleigh, N. C., January 8. —State j
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. Y. Joyner in his recommendations
ana report to Governor Glenn and the
General Assembly just made public
urges the enactment of a compulsory
attendence law for children eight to
twelve years of age, to be enforced in
counties or districts when voted
for by the people of that section.
That the General Assembly declare
schools a necessary expense and au
thorize the county commissioners to
levy special school taxes on recommen
dation of county boards of education
the tax not to exceed ten cents on
jone hundred dollars valuation and
30 cents on poll. Also that no county
can receive apportionment from second
hundred thousand dollars for four
months school until this special tax
is levied.
, That the assembly make a special
annual appropriation of SIOO,OOO to aid
and encourage high school instruction
in public schools to be available only
where equal instruction in public
schools to be available only where
equal amounts are raised in the local
ity applying for aid.
That ten thousand dollars be appro
priated annually for five state district
1 summer schools and ten thousand dol
i lars annually for permanent plants and
r proper equipment of state colored nor
mal schools.
That the terms of office of county
board of education be six years, one
expiring every two years.
That the appropriation of $200,000
, annually for public schools be contin
-4 ued because there is little hope of get
' ting four months schools in many
counties without it.
) " n rhar - counfles***se" requlreSTlo appro"
. priate at least S2OO, annually, for hold
ing county teachers institutes.
Other than the above recommenda
-1 tions he appeals that there be as few
[ changes in the present law as possible
the present being the best law in his
opinion the state ever had.
Summary Work to Be Done.
; In conclusion Superintendent Joy
; ner's report says:
[ "It is apparent to any thoughtful,
| observant, interested student of "educa
| tional conditions in North Carolina
| that this great work of developing and
! improving our, public school system un
til it shall be adequate to the stupen
dous task of placing within the reach
of all thee hildren of the State equal
educational opportunities such as the
( age demands, and such as most of our 1
| sister States and all progressive for
. eign lands are giving to their children,
is scarcely more than well begun.
L Most of this glorious work still lies
, before us. Many new school-houses
( are to be built, many more to be re
paired, enlarged and equipped; school
grounds are to be beautified, many
unnecessary little districts must be
[ abolished, many more schools with two
or more teachers, prepared to give
more thorough and more advanced in
struction, must be established; the
work of unifying and systematizing
the course of study and of bringing
all the parts of thep üblic school into
harmonious co-operation must be car
ried to completion, for the improve
ment of the rank and file of the public
school techers now engaged in the
work and unable to quit to put them
selves into long and expensive train
ing for their work; a better system of
county institutes with advanced
courses of study and trained conduc
tors and a number of district State
summer schools must be provided;
county supervision must be strength
ened and improved and the salaries
of County Superintendents increased
until every county shall have a com
petent County Superintendent of pro
fessional training and practical expe
rience devoting his entire time to his
i work; some means must be found and
t enforced for overcoming non-atten
' dance, irregularity of attendance and
illiteracy by bringing into the schools
L and keeping them there, the thousands
• of children of school age that are not
5 enrolled and are, therefore, on the
- straight road to illiteracy; adequate
, provision must be made in the rural
1 public schools for high school instruc
tion for all the children of the people
3 desiring such instruction and capable
i of receiving it so as to give the coun
try children a chance to get at home
(• preparation for college of better pre
paration for life through a fuller de
velopement of their faculties, and an
increase in their intelligence, power,
. and earning capacity; there must be an
increase in salaries of .good teachers
to make these salaries somewhat equal
I to the salaries and wages of other pro
-3 fessions and other callings and some
what commensurate with the value
and importance of the teacher's work;
e means must be devised and enforced
e 1 for getting more money for all this
e needful work by getting the taxable
E property on the tax-books and secur
-8 ing a uniform, just, and reasonable
a assessment of it; by supplementing
the general State taxation for school
THE BEST JOB PRINTING OF
ALL KINDS AT THIS OFFICE.
Senator Lee S. Overman
Makes Elaborate and
Forcible Defense of the
Doctrine States Rights
in Senate To-day.
Opposed to Pending Bills
for Regulation of Child
Labor. Thinks States
Should Decide their Own
Laws in Such Matters,
Washington, Jan. 8. —In presenting
his objections in the Senate „to the
pending bills for the regulation of
child labor, Senator Overman, of
North Carolina, went into an elabor
ote defense of the doctrine of State's
light. His text was taken from the
constitution of his State, "A recur
rence to the first principles is abso
lutely necessary to the preservation
of our liberties."
The child labor bills of Senators
Lodge and Beveridge were read witli
the comment that the enactmeat of
either would be not only to stretch
to the breaking point the commerce
clause of the constitution, but would
be the usurpation of the'- rights of
States —rights which the people had
expressly reserved to themselves
v- hen the tenth amendment to the
constitution was adopted. *
There was in the days of the adop
tion of this amendment evidence of
a strong sentiment for consolidated
or centralized government, Mr. Over
man believed there were even strong
er evidence of this tendency today.
"This sentiment," he said, "had
grown with the inordinate desire for
the dollar, has increased with the
growth of commercialism, building
up of mighty fortunes, centralization
of great wealth in the bands of the
1 few, produced by great trusts and
monopolies, many of which are organ
-1 ized for the purpose of crushing out
competition and which have been
' robbing the people of untold mill
ions."
the State sovereignty as the result of
the present desire for encroachment,
on the reserved rights of the people.
If more power is needed, he sug
, gested, the way is clear:
, j "Let amendments be submitted to
' ■ the States. At any event, let the
people be consulted; let their sacred
.! will be known; let their consent be
j given to the surrender of any of their
: rights."
. | Mr. Overman held there was no
' limit to the power of Congress to
. | deal with commerce, interstate in its
nature. He heartily endorsed the re
cent measures exercising this control.
There was a decided distinction
I between regulating interstate com- i
] mefce and making regulations con
cerning commercial production which
might and might not become inter
state commerce, he said.
For this latter class of industry,
1 Mr. Overman desired no interference
1 from Congress.
Mr. Overman said he was in favor
of child labor for the district and
was not to be understood as object
ing to State laws regulating the sub
' ject.
His objections he based on broad
, ground, defending the right of States
! against the centralization of power
in the Federal Government.
TO WED QUEEN'S KINSWOMAN.
: LLicense Was Issued, But Mysterious
Marriafe Did Not Occur.
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 8. —The mar
riage of a wealthy New York clubman
and a Philadelphia woman said to be
a relative o£ former Queen Lilliouka
| lina, of Hawaii, was expected to occur
here last night. It was learned that a
license was issued to the couple by
' Magistrate Broman, but that the pair
failed to have the ceremony perform
ed.
Rev. George L. Wolfe, who has mar
ried more people than any other cler
' gyman in Wilmington, to-night an
nounced that sv.ch a couple made two
; engagements with him last night to
perform the ceremony, but did not
j appear.
THE SHAH'S CONDITION.
I Takes Decided Turn for the Worse.
[ Today.
| Teheran, Jan. 8. —The Shah's ill
; ness took a decided turn for the
worse today.
| At 2 o'clock this afternoon he was
[ declared to be in a critical condi
tion.
t
After Ballot Boxes.
[ New York, Jan. 8. —Following yes
-3 terday's service of papers on Mayor
1 McClellan in suit to oust himi the
. attorney general today began /steps
. to secure possession of the ballot
; boxes. New labels were put on the
; boxes containing Staten Island bal
-1 lots.
- purposes by special State appropria
-3 j tions, by special county and township
?' taxation and by local taxation in spec
-1 j ial districts.
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