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ALL STATE LINES ARE DESTROY
3 FOR THE RAILROADS
OF THE COUNTY.
STRONG DISSENTING OPINION
Dscision of Far-Reaching Import Ren
dered by Interstate Com
p merce Commission.
v-as)liIngton. The Interstate com
Msrce commission, in an opinion
made public, established the far-reach-tng
principle that a railroad must so
adjust its rates that justice will be
done between communities, regardless
of state lines. If a railroad makes
a low rate upon traffic wholly within
a state, even when forced to do so
by a state commission, it must accord
the same, rate to interstate traffic
moving under" substantially similar
conditions,
It puts on a radically different basis
the relations between state and Fed
eral railroad commissions.
The decision directly affects . the
Western and Atlantic railroad case,
in which the Georgia railroad com
mission la claiming the right, under
the terms of a lease for the state
road to fix the rates from Atlanta
to Chattanooga. It would also affect
the rates from Atlanta to Augusta,
Atlanta to West Point, or any other
local rate that might be shown
have an effect upon the interstate
commerce business of the carrier. A
sweeting extension of the power of
the interstate commerce commission
is here indicated; and notice is served
on" atatu rnmTnlssinriR that thev must
take into consideration the interstate
business of carriers in passing upon
the justness and reasonableness of
rates entirely within a state.
The principle was laid down by a
voteof 4 to 3. The minority held that
the powers of congress were usurped
by the majority opinion, and that the
remedy for such a situation should he
applied through additional legislation.
The decision was in the case of the
railroad commission of .Louisiana
against the St. Louis and Southwest
ern railway and other carriers oper
ating between Louisiana and Texas.
The case practically precipitated a
conflict between Federal and state
authority over the control of inter
state traffic. The opinion of the ma
jority of the interstate commerce com
mission, prepared and handed down
by Commissioner Lane, is a definite
assertion of the supremacy of nation
al regulatory authority over the pow
ers exercised by any state.' It is the
first time this assertion has been
made distinctly by the commission.
Cattle Quarantine Lifted by Wilson.
Washington. These counties were
released from the cattle tick quaran
tine: King and Pecos counties, Texas,
also portions of Howard and Terrell
counties; portions of Ripley, Ore.;
'pwtnn and McDonald counties In
Mo.- Panola and Adams counties,
Miss.; Hart county, Ga.; Union, Lau
rens, Cherokee, Spartanburg and
Greenwood, and portions of Abbeville,
York and Chester counties, S. C;
Iawrence and Benton and portions of
Hardeman, Hamilton and Polk coun
ties, Tenn.
Attack Made on Americans.
Ichang, Province of Hu Peh, China.
A telegram received here from Wu
Shan, Province of Sze Chwan, says
that three, Americans, Messrs. Hicks,
Hoffman and-Sheldon, who are pre
sumed to be missionaries, were attack
ed while exploring the gorges In the
Yangtse river in a boat, and all three
were robbed and wounded. Soldiers and
SL UOClUl uavc uvu.
this city to Wu Shan, which Is about
seventy-five miles to the west.
Health Certificates for Bridal Couples
Chicago. Dean Walter T. Sumner
of the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and
Paul delivered a sermon upon the
"Sacrament of Marriage," during
which he made the following an
nouncement: "Beginning with Easter
no persons will be married at the ca
thedral unless they present a certifi
cate of health from a reputable physi
cian to the effect that they are nor
mal, physically and mentally, and
have neither incurable or communica
ble disease."
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Lawrence Strike Declared Off.
Boston, Mass. The great Lawrence
strike, which brought in Its train in
creased wages fr 273,000 textile
workers in New England, was official
ly declared off at all the mills in
Lawrence, having accomplished its
purpose. In this connection, it Is gen
erally believed too that advances in
wages or reduction in hours to paper
mill employees, bagging and burlap
workers, machinists are all traceable
directly or indirectly to the movement
which had its origin In Lawrence.
GOVERNOR W. R. STUBBS
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Gov. W. R. Stubbs of Kansas has Is
sued a statement announcing his In
tention of becoming a candidate for
tho United States senate against Sen
ator Charles Curtis, whose term ex.
pires March 3, 1913.
SEVENTY MINERS KILLED
kS COAL COMPANY'S MINE
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At TvW&O'RTAI N, OK LA., SCENE
OF HOLOCAUST.
More Than Half of the Mine Victims
, Are Americans and Leave
Families.
McCurtain, Oklahoma. Seventy
lives . is accepted as an approxi
mately correct estimate of the human
toll taken when mine No. 2 of the
Sans Bois Coal company here was
wrecked by an explosion. . Of 115' men
of the day shift only 4 ate known
to be alive, while the others are en
tombed behind the debris.
In the opinion of government ex
perts and mine officials they are
dead and a special train which
brought physicians and nurses from
Fort Smith, Ark., returned. Five phy
sicians remained with the faint hope
that some of the imprisoned men
might be found alive. Among those
unaccounted for are a surveying par
ty headed by W. D. Roper of Clio, S.
C. Forty-three Americans were em
ployed in the mine.
The explosion occurred shortly af
ter nine o'clock in the morning. Those
on the surface heard a faint rumble
and an earth tremor. When those
nearest to the mouth of "the mine's
mouth reached the opening a cloud of
dust and smoke belched forth.
Then came tense moments of wait
ing for those in the mine to emerge.
Frank Fields, a miner, was the first
to stager out. He was walking in an
entry and heard the explosion, he
said. He jumped into side room and
the explosion passed and he made
his way to the mine opening. Nine
other miners escaped through a "man
way." A "rope rider" who was com
ing to the surface when the explosion
occurred was the eleventh man toes
cape. NORTH DAKOTA PROGRESSIVE
Returns Show That LaFollette Will
Have 15,000 Majority.
Grand Forks, N. D. Robert M. La
Follette'a majority will not be far
from 15,000 when the final presiden
tial preference primary returns are
received and may be heavier. Of the
total vote LaFollette has polled about
32,000 votes, while Roosevelt has poll
ed about 18,000. Ttie Taft vote in
the state has only been about 3,000.
The trend of the vote throughout the
state as indicated by, the incoming
returns was interesting.-
It is in the western congressional
district that the greatest surprise was
found. The entire northern part of the
district, consisting of a group of eight
counties, went to LaFolette solidly,
giving him a plurality of about 3,000.
In the southern part of the district
this lead was increased.
Bombs Placed to Murder Knox.
New Orleans. As the result of the
discovery by the government of Nica
ragua of a plot to assassinate Secre
tary of State Knox on the occasion
of his recent visit to the capital of
that country, it Is not improbable that
a number of prominent Liberals will
be put to death. Thirteen dynamite
bombs placed beneath the roadbed
over which Secretary Knox's special
train traveled from Corinto'to Mana
gua and connected with, an electric
battery were discovered by govern
ment agent,
A
1911 COTTON CROP
6.053.815 BALES
PRELIMINARY CENSUS BUREAU
REPORT SHOWS AN UNPRE
CEDENTED YIELD.
ANOTHER REPORT IN MAY
Greatest Crop Heretofore Was In
1904, When 13,679,954 Bales
Were Gathered.
Washington. The census bureau's
preliminary report on cotton ginning,
giving the government's first figures',
other than estimates, on the size, of
the 1911 cotton crop of the IJntted
States, shows the total crop tohave
reached the unprecedented size of
16,050,819 running bales, counting
round bales as half bales, and includ
ing linters, which is equivalent to 16,
205,097 five hundred-pound bales.
i The crop reporting board of the de
partment of agriculture in its? estimate
of the 1911 cotton crop, issued Decem
ber 11, last, reckoned the total pro
duction at 14,885,000 bales of , 500
pounds, gross weight. The country's
1910 production was 12,005,688 "bales
of 500 pounds. In, previous record
years the total crop was 13,587,306
bales In 1908, 13,595,498 in 1906, and
13,679,954 bales in 1904.
Included in the figures for 1911 are
239,146 bales which ginners and de
linters estimated would be turned out
Sea island bales included in the
1911 total are 119,252, compared with
90,368 bales for 1910, and 94,791 bales
for 1909.
By states the cotton crop grown in
1911, with that grown in 1910 and the
big crop years 1908 and 1906, express
ed In equivalent 500-pound bales, fol
lows: Alabama
1911 1,753,484
1910 1,223,285
1903 , 1,374.340
Arkansas
1 1911 971,311
1010 847874
""" ' ' 1908 ....... 1,913,402
Florida
1911 84977
1910 . 60,049
190S 63,221
Georgia
1911 9 2,838,571
1910 1,820,610
1908 1,980,077
Louisiana
1911 399,523
1910 255,733
1903 J...... 486.350
Mississippi '
1911 1,243,521
1910 ' 1.306,668
1903 1,704,592
Missouri
' 1911
1910 62,159
1908 64,532
North Carolina
1911
1910
1908
1,101,138
726.850
663,167
Oklahoma
1911 1.060,138
1910 .'. 958.955
1908 .... 706.815
South Carolina
1911 ............. 1.677,204
1910 ......... 1.190.929
1903 ............ &U93.235
Tennessee
' 1911 478.429
1910 349,476
1908 359,859
Texas
1911 4,437,876
1910 3,172,483
1908 3,913.034
Virginia
1911
1910 14,815
1908 12,326
All Other. States ,
1911 154,137
1910 8611
190S. 5.439
Sidna Edwards Is Captured.
Hillsville, - Va. Sidna ' Edwards, a
tall, rugged mountaineer of 22, sat
calmly in the darkness of the little
brick jail here, the first catch of the
posses who have been scouring the
mountaiis for those of the Allen gang
who got away after the court house
assassination of March 14, when a
judge, prosecutor .sheriff and two by
standers were killed and two others
were seriously wounded.
Jap Expedition Didn't See Scott,
Wellington, New Zealand. The
Japanese antarctic expedition return
ed here. They report having seen
nothing of the British polar epedltion
of Capt. Robert Scott. The Japanese
reported all well.
Paraguay Has a Revolution.
Buenos Ayres. A fierce battle be
tween revolutionaries and the govern
ment forces in Paraguay has been go
ing on for several days and is still
raging according to telegrams receiv
ed here from Asuncion.
CONGRESSMAN CLARK
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Representative Frank Clark of Flori
da Is pushing the congressional inquiry
of the Everglades affair before the
house committee on expenditures In
the agricultural department.
BANDITS RAID M. & 0. TRAIN
FOUR MEN HELD UP MOBILE AND
OHIO TRAIN NEAR CORINTH,
MISS., AND LOOT SAFE.
Two Robbers Forced Engineer to Halt
the Train While Two Others
Dynamite Safe.
Corinth, M"ias. Mobile and Ohio
passenger train No. 4, northbound,
was held up and the express safe
dynamited and robbed, seven miles
south of Corinth by four men, heavily
armed and masked.
After accomplishing the robbery,
the quartet took to the dense under
brush of the Tuscumbia river bot
toms. ' :
While definite information is not
available, it is reported the safe con
tained considerable money and valu
ables. One report has it that $60,
000 in currency was among the con
tents. Where the robbers boarded the
train is not known. Engineer Wilder
and Fireman Kulman first learned
of their presence when two of the
men crawled over the engine tender
wieh revolvers drawn and command
ed that the train be brought to a halt
at a point designated. The command
was obeyed.
In the meantime the other members
of the band had gained entrance to
the express car, and after subduing
Express , Messenger Snoddy, set the
explosive which was touched off when
the train came to a stop. The con
tents of the safe was quickly gather
ed and at the signal of the man who
seemed to be in charge of operations
the four took to the woods without
attempting to rifle the mail or molest
the passengers.
INCOME TAX BILL PASSED
The Democratic Excise Measure Pass
es House by 250 to 40.
Washington. The Democratic ex
cise bill to virtually tax everybody's
Income when it is $5,000 or more a
year passed the house, 250 to 40. The
Democrats voted solidly for it, and
carried eighty Republican votes with
them. Forty regular Republicans
were the opposition.
The bill now goes to the senate,
where Its fate is a guess. Many sen
ators declared that if upon analysis
they found the house measure would
tax all classes of 'people alike they
would support it. Democratic sena
tors with a few exceptions are ex
pected to vote for it. Democratic
Leader Martin expressed the hope
tha tthe Democratic senators and the
Progressive Republicans might put the
bill through. Republican leaders are
depending upon the president's veto
to check revenue revision bills from
the house.
The excise bill, though prlmarly In
tended to produce anywhere from
$20,000,000 to $60,000,000 a year to
make up for the losses on free sugar,
s also expected to be one of the off
sets to general pension legislation
Scientific Basis for Grading.
Washington. Dr. B. T. Galloway,
chief of the agrlcutlural department's
bureau of plant industry, believes
that to get a more scientific basis for
grading cotton than the present one.
If a "community type" of cotton can
be raised the farmers of the South
will get more money for their prod
uct, said Mr. Galloway and the de
partment of agriculture is planning to
make extensive efforts to have groups
of planters la various sections raise
exactly the same grade of cottar.
V i
HE LOCATED
THE WAREHOUSES
FIRST ONES ARE TO BE ERECTED
IN CITIES OF RALEIGH AND
GREENSBORO.
MANY TOWNS WANT THEM
Ten Thousand Dollar Structures For
Storing Cotton Will Be Erected As
Soon As the Stock Has Been Sub
scribed. Greensboro. Officials and commit
teemen of the . state farmers' union
were here in conference with Na
tion President C. S. Barrett relative
to the proposal to establish a string
of warehouses in the state. All the
members of the state council were
present, except President Alexander
of Mecklenburg and C. C. Wright of
W'ilkes. At the meeting representa
tives from Raleigh, Wilmington,
Charlotte, Sanford, Fayetteville and
Greensboro renewed propositions and
requests submitted1 at the Raleigh
meeting of the council last month.
Before adjournment it was decided
to locate warehouses in Raleigh and
Greensboro, to cost $10,000 each. They
will be built as soon as the stock
soliciting committee announces tin
subscription of the stock. The sum
of $10,000 has already been guaraiv
teed and the rest will be secured
from farmers of the state. These
warehouses will mark the beginning
of a system of warehouses In the
state, which will be located from time
to time as the experiment justifies.
A board of directors and the officers
of the warehouse company were
named as follows: Directors Ir. H.
Q. Alexander, Mecklenburg; E. C.
Faires, Moore; I. P. Coggins, Chat
ham; W. G. Crowder, Cary. Officers
J. J. Green, president; W. H.
Moore, vice president; E. S. Faires,
secretary. I. P. Coggin3 was elected
temporarily treasurer and general
manager. The head officers of the
company will remain in Raleigh
temporarily.
Boy Killed With A Toy Dart.
News was received at Elizabeth
of a horrible tragedy which occurred
on Roanoke Island. While several
youngsters were playing about the
school house at Manteo and while
their amusement included the shoot
ing of darts, in which were stuck or
dinary brass pins, the little 6-year-old
son of Mr. Jack Shannon, a well
known flsheman of Roanoke Island,
residing about one mile from the town
of Manteo, was struck in the ear by
one of the toy Instruments. The acci
dent, while causing, the little boy con
siderable pain, was not considered Ber
ious until next morning, when lockjaw
set in and all hope was despaired of
shortly afterward.
Seeking Pardon For Tweeds.
An effort la to be made to secure
the pardon of Robert and Major
Tweed of Madison county, who were
convicted over two years ago, of kill
ing Arthur Franklin and sentenced to
the penitentiary. Judge P. C. Cocke
has gone to Raleigh for that purpose.
The killing was doe in Madison coun
ty and the men were convicted of mur
der In the second degree. The Tweeds
are prominently connected in Madison
county and, the case was brought here
for trial and much interest was felt
In the outcome. Judge Cocke was
provided with a petition signed by a
large number of people, including
some of the jurors.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
A charter was issued for the Pam
lico Co-Oeprage Company of , Wash
ington, N. C, capital 525,000, by A. M.
Drewry, George T. Linch and C. F.
Freeman. There is also an amend
ment to the' charter of the Durham
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Durham that provides that the affairs
of the corporation shall be under the
immediate supervision of the State
Commissioner of Insurance of North
Carolina and that It shall be subject
also to Chapter 100, Laws of 1905.
Fight For Preferential Primary.
There is certain to be a renewal of
the fight for preferential primary in
the state Democratic convention,
which has the power to change or ab
rogate entirely the action of the com
mittee. However there is understood
to be a general agreement that the or
der for the primaries shall stand,
whatever changes may be made as to
the character of It or the regulations
governing it. E. J. Justice of Greens
boro gave notice that he would move
in the convention to make changes
that the committee had voted down.
THE PROGRESS OF TAXATIQN
Every County in tho State of North
Carolina Except One Has Special
Tax For Schools.
Raleigh. The development of local
taxation in North Carolina for the im
provement of public schools is treat
ed strikiugly in two bulletin just is
sued from the State Department of
Education. One reviews the rise and
progress of local school taxation from
1875, when the start was made, to tha
present time. There were only four
local tax districts in 1880 and the de
velopment to date has been to 1,275
districts, with annual taxation of $1,
228,826, the taxation for this year be
ing $157,028 more than the tax for
1911, the bonds and loans for special
school districts having been $252,319
for 1311. There are 27 counties that
have from 18 to 47 districts; 23 have
as many as 11 to 15; 21 have from 6
to 10; 22 have from 2 to 6 districts
and every county, except one, has at
least one district for local taxation.
The bulletin on local taxation and
its development since 1875 treats the
subject under the capitons, "What It
is and How to Get It;" "The Need of
It;" Popularity and Success of It in
North Carolina;" and "Some of the
Benefits of It."
To Return, Flags to This State.
The Adjutant Genearl of New Jer
sey, carrying out instructions from the
Legislature, has written the Adjutant
General of North Carolina desiring to
return to this state a flag of the
Twenty-second North Carolina Infan
try that was captured at Chancellors
ville in 1863 and also a flag believed
to belong to North Carolina, which la
described as being made out of a
lady's dress or shawl and having white
stars on a blue field and bearing the
Inscription, "Surry Marksmen" and
"Traitors Beware." Also In a worn
section of the flag there are the let
ters, . "Car," the belief being that
this really read "Carolina." Adjutant
General Leinster is also in receipt of
a letter from John Mayer of Richmond
offering to furnish" copies of the orig
inal pay-roll of Company E, Fourth
Regiirnt, North Carolina Confederate
troops, February, March and April
1863, and December, 1863. .
Pleased With Progress of Work.
Chairman Ashley Horne and Con
missioners J. Elwood Cox and J. A.
Lang of the state building commission
are much, pleased with the progress
that is being made on the state ad
ministration building, now that the
weather conditions have opened up.
The walls will be completed to the top
of the first floor in another week and
the contractors, the John T. Wilson
Company of Richmond, have the larg
est force of men they have yet assem
bled to push the work, and are striv
ing to procure more. They ars also
putting in the foundations now- for
the territory bank and office building
to be erected by the Commercial, Na
tional bank, Martin and Wilmington
streets. This building Is to be erect
ed in half-sections, so the bank will
not be deprived of quarters. '
Has Issued Call For Convention.
Chairman Harshaw of the Republi
can county executive committee has
isaued a call for the Republican coun
ty convention to meet in the court
house in Lenoir at12 o'clock Satur
day, April 20, to elect delegates to the ,
state congressional and senatorial
conventions. In the election two years
ago this county went Democratic by
a small majority. Prior to that tims
the county officers were Republicans
for several terms. This county Is a
close one between the two political
factions and the fight this year will
be a hard one. -The cutting off of a
i -n!j lf t . A
eounty was established had a tendency
to hurt the Republican ticket In thia
county materially. ,
For Passing Worthelss Checks.'
A young white man named Ed Pad
gett was arrested in Shelby, ' being
wanted In a number of places on the
charge of passing worthless checks
Under the name of Fred Blanton,
young Padgett came to Gastonla a few
werks ago and deposited $10 in a locat
bank. He began issuing checks in
various amounts and one or two local
merchants, as wejl as parties at Shel
by, Bessemer City and Mooresvilie,
were the victims. He will be held for
trial at Shelby.
Convict Shot by Two Guards.
County convict guards shot George
Wilkins. who was serving a 20-days
sentence, he having attempted a dash
for liberty at the state fair grosnds,
where a squad of convlc'.s are stock
aded for road work. He made a dash
to climb a fence and a bullet enteral
the small of his back and came near
penetrating through to his chest. The
shot was from a 38-callber revolver In
the hands of Guard A. V. Ross. Aaj
other guard peppered his back witr"
buckshot. It is thought At 'llkl
will recover.