CONGRESS HEARS
ILSOMESSAGE
President's Address to Both
Houses Is Quite Short.
sRAIL TROUBLES COME FIRST
'Further Legislation on That Line Is
Strongly Recommended Bill Giv-
Ing Foreign Commerce Promo
ters Free Hand Necessary.
Washington, Dec. 5. President Wil
ion today delivered his message to
Txth houses of congress In joint ses
sion. The address was as follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In fulfilling at this time the duty laid
upon me by the Constitution of com--municatlng
to you from time to time
Information of the state of the Union
nd recommending to your considern
'tlon such legislative measures as may
ibe judged necessary and expedient I
hall continue the practice, which I
fiope has been acceptable to you, of
leaving to the reports of the several
fieads of the executive departments the
elaboration ' of the detailed needs of
the public service and confine myself
to those matters of more general pub
lic policy with which It seems neces
ary and feasible to deal at the pres
ent session of the congress.
I realize the limitations of time un
ler which you will necessarily act at
this session and -shall make ray sug
gestions as few as possible; but there
were some things left undone at the
last session which there will now be
"time to complete and which It seems
necessary In the Interest of the public
to do at once.
In the first place, It seems to me Im
peratively -necessary that the earliest
possible . consideration and action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which I had occa
sion to recommend to you nt the close
of your last session In view of the pub
lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom
modated difficulties which then existed,
nd which still unhappily continue to
rlst. between the railroads of the
country and their locomotive engineers,
conductors, and trainmen.
Railway Troubles First.
I then recommended :
First, Immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganization of the Interstate commerce
commission along the lines embodied
In the bill recently passed by the house
of representatives and now awaiting
action by the senate ; In order that the
commission may be enabled to deal
-with the many great and various duties
now devolving upon ft with a prompt
ness and thoroughness which are, with
"Its present constitution and means of
action, practically Impossible.
Second, the establishment of an
olght-hour day as the legal bnsis alike
of work and of wages In the employ
ment of all railway employees who are
actually engaged In the work of oper
ating trains In Interstate transporta
tion. ' Third, the authorization of the ap
pointment by the president of a small
t)ody of men to observe ti jctual re
sults In experience of the' adoption of
the eight-hour day In railway trans
portation alike for the men and for
the railroads.
Fourth, explicit approval by the con
gress of the consideration by the in
terstate commerce commission of ah
Increase of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditures by the rail
roads as may have been rendered nec
essary by. the adoption of the elghr
liour day and which have not been off
set by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts dis
closed Justify he Increase.
Fifth, an amendment of the existing
federal statute which provides for the
mediation, conciliation, and arbitration
of such controversies as the present
ly adding to it a provision that; In case
the methods of accommodation now
provided for should fall, a full public
Investigation of the merits of every
fraeh dispute shall be instituted and
completed before a strike or lockout
may lawfully be attempted.
And, sixth, the lodgment In the
bands of the executive of the power,
In case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such roll
ing stock of the railroads of the coun
try as may be required for military
ose and to operate them for military
purposes, with authority to draft into
the military service of the United
States such train crews and adminis
trative officials as the circumstances
require for their safe and efficient use.
Renews His Recommendations.
The second and third of these rec
ommendations the congress Immediate
ly acted on : It established the eight
hour day as the legal basis of work
and wages in train service and it au
thorized the appointment of a com
mission to observe and report upon the
practical results, deeming these the
measures most Immediately needed ;
but it postponed action upon the other
suggestions until an opportunity should
be offered for a more deliberate con
sideration of them. The fourth rec
ommendation I do not deem It neces
sary to renew. The power of the in
terstate commerce commission to grant
an Increase of rates on the ground re
ferred to Is indisputably clear and a
recommendation by the congress with
regard to such a matter might seem to
draw in question the scope of the com
mission's authority or its Inclination to
do Justice when there Is no reason to
doubt either.
The other suggestions the Increase
In the Interstate commerce commis
sion's membership and In its facilities
for performing Its manifold duties, the
provision for full public Investigation
and assessment of Industrial disputes,
and the grant to the executive of the
power to control and operate the rail
ways when necessary In time of war
or other like public necessity I now
very earnestly renew.
The necessity for such legislation Is
manifest and pressing. Those who have
Intrusted us with the responsibility
and duty of serving and safeguarding
them in such matters would find it
hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to
act upon these grave matters or any
unnecessary postponement of action
upon them.
Not only does the Interstate com
merce commission now find It practi
cally impossible, with its present mem
bership and organization, to perform
Its great functions promptly and thor
oughly, but It Is not unlikely that It
may presently be found advisable to
add to Its duties still others equally
heavy and exacting. It must first be
perfected as an administrative instru
ment. The country cannot and should not
consent to remain any longer exposed
to profound industrial disturbances for
lack of additional means of arbitra
tion and conciliation which the con
gress can easily and promptly supply.
And all will agree that there must be
no doubt as to the power of the execu
tive to make Immediate and uninter
rupted use of the railroads for the con
centration of the military 'forces of the
nation wherever chey are needed and
whenever they are needed.
This Is a program of regulation, pre
vention and administrative efficiency
which argues its own case In the mere
statement of It. With regard to one
of Its items, the Increase In the effi
ciency of the Interstate commerce com
mission, the house of representatives
has already acted; Its action needs
only the concurrence of the senate.
For Control and Operation.
I would hesitate to recommend, and
I dare say the congress would hesitate
to act upon the suggestion should 1
make it, that any man In any occupa
tion should be obliged by law to con
tinue In an employment which he de
sired to leave. To pass a law which
forbade or prevented the Individual
workman to leave his work before re
ceiving the approval of society In do
ing so would be to adopt a new prin
ciple Into- our jurisprudence which I
take it for granted we are not prepared
to Introduce. But the proposal that
the operation of the railways of Hie
country shall not be stopped or inter
rupted by the concerted action of or
ganized bodies of men until a public
investigation shall have been instituted
which shall make the whole question
at issue plain for the Judgment of the
opinion of the nation Is not to propose
any such principle. It Is based upon
the very different principle that the con
certed action of powerful bodies of men
shall not be permitted to stop the In
dustrial processes of the nation, tit any
rate before the nation shall have had
an opportunity to acquaint itself with
the merits of the case as between em
ployee and employer, time to form its
opinion upon an impartial statement
of the merits, and opportunity to con
sider all practicable means of concilia
tion or arbitration.
I can see nothing In that proposition
but the Justifiable safeguarding by so
ciety of the necessary processes of
its very life. There is nothing arbi
trary or unjust in It unless It be' arbi
trarily and unjustly done. It can and
should be done with a full and scrupu
lous regard for the Interests and liber
ties of all concerned as well as for the
permanent interests of society itseff.
Other Legislation Urged.
Three matters of capital importance
await the action of the senate which
have already been acted upon by- the
house of representatives: the bill
which seeks to extend greater freedom
of combination to those engaged in pro
moting the foreign commerce of the
country than is now thought by some
to be legal under the terms of the laws
against monopoly; the bill amending
the present organic law of Porto Itico;
and the bill proposing a more thor
ough and systematic regulation of the
expenditure of money in elections, com
monly called the Corrupt Practices Act.
I need not labor my advice that these
measures be enacted Into law. Their
urgency lies In the manifest circum
stances which render their adoption at
this time not only opportune but neces
sary. Even delay woufd seriously
jeopard the Interests of the country
and of the government.
Immediate passage of the bill to reg
ulate the expenditure of money In elec
tions may seem to be less necessary
than the immediate enactment of the
other measures to which I refer; be
cause at least two years will elapse
before another election in which fed
eral offices are to be filled ; but it would
greatly relieve the public mind if this
important matter were dealt with
while the circumstances and the dan
gers to the public morals of the pres
ent method of obtaining and spending
campaign funds stand clear under re
cent observation and the methods of
expenditure can be frankly studied in
the light of. present experience ; and a
delay would have the further very se
rious disadvantage of postponing ac
tion until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
It might be thought to be in the mind
of those who urged It. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
without suspicion of partisan purpose.
I shall not argue at length the desir
ability of giving a freer hand In the
matter of combined and concerted ef
fort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will Immediately assume,
has Indeed already assumed, a magni
tude unprecedented in our experience.
We have not the necessary Instrumen
talities for its prosecution; it is
deemed to be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
and create a basis of undoubted law
for it which will give freedom without
permitting, unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape us
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of Por
to Itico is brief and conclusive. T!
present laws governing the Island ait
regulating the rights and privileges of
Its people are not Just. We have cre
ated expectations of extended privi
lege which we have not satisfied.
There Is uneasiness among the people
of the Island and even a suspicious
doubt with regard to our Intentions
concerning tliem which the adoption of
the pending measure would happily re
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do In any essential particular. We
ought to do it at once.
There are other matters already ad
vanced to the stage of conference be
tween the two houses of which It Is
not necessary that I should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion I shall have to
address the Sixty-fourth congress, I
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and satis
faction I have co-operated with you in
the many measures of constructive pol
icy with which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. It
has been a privilege to labor In such
company. 1 take the liberty of con
gratulating you upon the completion of
a record of rare servlceableness and
distinction.
Bound to Make Good.
The well-dressed stronger stepped
into the drug store and, passing by
the boy who usually attended to casual
customers, approached the proprietor,
who was arranging some goods In the
show case.
"Mr. C , I presume?" he re
marked, pleasantly, and the druggist
turned and bowed gravely. "I have
heard my friend, Mr. Quorn, speak of
you often," said the brisk man. "lie
told me if ever I needed anything in
this line to come to you. He spoke of
you as a man on whom one could rely
with perfect confidence, who had only
the best of evrything and with whom
it was always a pleasure' to deal."
'Mr. Quorn Is very kind," answered
the other, beaming wita gratification.
"He Is one of by best customers. What
can I do for you this morning?"
"Well er this morning, as It hap
pens," said the stranger, with just a
little briskness, "this morning I should
like, if you will allow me, to consult
your directory."
"Certainly." was the calm reply. "We
also have a good selection of one and
two-cent stamps as well as railway
time tables. If you need anything of
that kind."
Franklin Objects Seriously.
She Isn't very large, that's true, but
hinT n ronnfv sent, and boasting of
a college, several factories, flour mills,
railways, Interurbans and her lately
acquired Masonic heme. Franklin feels
that shf is,, not a town to be passed
lightly by, in fact, she knows her im
portance, and thought that everyone in
the state realized it until 'she was
taken down a bit lately. During the
big conference of the Methodist
churches held recently in the town .a
meeting of the Indianapolis presbytery
was in session at the same time at
Hopewell, a country church In a pros
perous fanning community a few
miles out. One of the Presbyterian
delegates, on leaving the train joined
in the throng headed for the Method
ist church. When It came to regis
tering, some of his inquiries caused
someone to suggest that probably he
was in the wrong place, and he asked
Innocently: "Isn't this Hopewell?"
"No, this Is Franklin," was the proud
reply. Indianapolis News.
Rather Embarrassing.
Irvln Cobb, the war correspondent,
home from Europe long enough recent
ly to get his breath and look over the
proof sheets of a new book, attended
an authors' banquet in Nev York.
A deaf man sat next to Cobb. Far-
llier UO II Hie inuie uuuiuci -.
i fnntu' wtjkl'V n whon hp fini." -'
the deaf man laughed and applalwens,
louder and longer than any "fatts
rest.
"Good old boy!" shouted the
man. "That reminds me of a story jfficials
added to those near by. trance
"Get up and ten it, unarne, (
several. The toastmaster sa
the suggestion.
Then the deaf man got up and
.
the same story the other man had
S 11
He Was on the Job.
The undertaker arose and sale glad
the mourners assembled : ia?m
"If anyone present wishes to sa,dfm
few words of tribute to the deceae in-
now is the time, when the family llt-u
be glad to hear such."
A stillness prevailed, and after a
few moments of silence it was broken
by a young man, who arose and
asked :
"Do I understand that no one wishes
to make any remarks?"
"It would uppear so," replied the
undertaker.
"Then," asked the young man, as a
light came Into his eyes, "may I be
permitted to make a few remarks
about southern California and its won
derful climate?"
IN CAVALRY
01 BORDER DUTY
BOTH TROOPS RECEIVE LAURELS
WHILE DOING DUTY ON THE,
MEXICAN BORDER.
WITH TAR HEELS IN TEXAS
North Carolina Soldiers Along the
Border and at Camp Stewart Are
Enjoying Life and Winning Many
Compliments From Officials.
Camp Stewart, El Paso, Texas.
Troop A. North Carolina cavalry, un
der command of Captain Fair, has been
assigned to Annapra, New Mexico, for
a month of border patrol, beginning
December first. This is considered
tho most dangerous post on the bor
der. Troop B, under Capt. Rutledge,
has been assigned to Ysleta, 12 miles
south of El Pa;so. A division review
was given in honor of Representa
tive Kahn of Pennsylvania. Con -gressman
Kahn will be chairman of
the house military committee of the
next congress if the house is Republi
can. Troop B, N. C. cavalry, from Ashe
ville, Is all puffed up over the -words of
praise heaped upon it Saturday at in
spection by Colonel Morgan, command
ing officer of the provisional cavalry
regiment of the Tenth division, in
which the two troops of North Caro
lina cavalry are serving. Col. Morgan
said that Troop B led the regiment
Saturday and was one of the best Na
tional Guard troops on :the border.
Thirty days befor. Colonel Morgan
had watched Troop B work and in deep
disgust muttered:
"And they call this a troop of cav
alry. ' It looks more like a howling
mob."
Hart, work has done the trick. The
Tar Heel troopers have brains and pep
and that sort of combinatiln works
wonders.
Troop B, North Carolina cavalry,
Asheville, commanded by Capt. Fred
erick Rutledge. continues to win lau
rels. Yesterday in competitive tests.
Troop A stripped tents, made up their
rolls and packed saddles and were
-eady to move in xactly ight minutes
ready to move in exactly eight minutes
ahead of any other troop in the regi
ment. The army officers here paid quite
a lot of attention to Hon. Julius Kahn,
representative from Pennsylvania,
ranking Republican member of the
House Military Committee. He is slat
ed to be chairman of that important
committee if the Renublican gain con
trol of the House. Major General Cle
ment, commanding the Seventh Divi
sion, tendered the congressman a di
vision review Thursday afternoon and
Thursday evening Brigadier General
Bell of the regular army, commanding
at El Paso district, gave a tea in his
honor at the officers' club at Fort
Bliss.
The officers' mess hall of the Sec
ond Regiment is nearing completion.
The officers of the First and Third
have had their mens halls completed
for several weeks. Work is expected
'n begin this week on offices for bri
gade headquarters The business of
".a Vvr?rif Vias hen carried on in a
tent. Several of the officers have
bought lumber at their own expense
and have erected houses but the ma
jority are waiting on the lumber to
be issued later by the government.
General Young, brigade commander,
ta sm slrpninar outdoors with his
men. His tent is no warmer than the
tents occupied by the enlisted men
and he says that he does not want
anything done for him until the men
have been taken care of.
Private Paul W. Poarson, machine
gun company of the Third Regiment,
is under arrest at Tuczon, Ariz., on
the charge of being absent from his
command without leave. Sergt. Ottls
W. Duke, of the Third Regiment ma
chine gun company, was ordered to
proceed to Tuczon and bring Pearson
back to camp. He will have to stand
trial for desertion.
unci! past midnip-h Cor
firave themselves un m fi,J a
sion.
qJ w ""fates
L.
Those attending xxrava I cor
Cadell, Miss Mary smith. Us
Dixon Miss Julia Bond of legi
ton, E. S. Blount- a;, Utt
nCti,ion at 'Roebuck, of Williamston ltR-smentjL-
Roebuck. Miss Louis' '
h' LBlount Miss Stella Ward
V ',bon Ahoskie. Miss
DorothyPederofT-
B. ftan uta Dorothy Willy
U b. Ausbon, Miss rkirp1-- ua rl
wav. oi, t-quipijeu with a piUarx
patrol and is now prepared to Vliss
them up in a hurry. The guard, fc,
atts
rtv nil rpfiilnrs hna hoon r-Viontro
late and now has 104 National Gu; loyd
men and 76 regulars. It is belhruill
that if the Guardsmen stay here Q
number on the provost guard will
materially increased. The regij
feel a contempt for the Guardm of
that Is in no way merited. It is '
lieved that it would be better to '
the Guardsmen in charge of keep
the eace since the Guardsmn cGr,
number the regulars Ave or six to
Of
e
The following promotions have beea
made in Company A, Second regiment,
Tarboro: Corporals Paul C. Zimmer
man, Paul T. Jones and Albert M.
Thompson, to be sergeants. Privates
Forest H .Smiley, William K. Griffin,
John I. Howell, Claude S. Savage, Wil
liam B. Swindell, Joseph A. Gay. Rob
ert D. Whitehurst and David E. Bailey
to be corporals.
in Company B, Second regiment,
Kinston, the following promotions have
been made: Corporals Edward A
Hammond, Leo Grubb and Thomas J
Askew to be sergeants. Privates Eu
gene Sumrell, Carl D. Gardner, Nor
man E. Hudson, Charlie Daugherty.
Walter H. Kennedy, William Ken
nedy, John W. Leggett, Hugh B. Mar
tin, Walter J. Rhodes and P. H. Mid
yettte to be corporals.
In Company C of the Second, Selma,
the following promotions have beea
made: Corporals Albert F. Futrell.
Chas. S. Hicks and Lawrence E. Brad
sher to be sergeants. Privates Carl
L. Dickerson, Herman L. Owens, Ludy
F. Royal, Barney A. Henry. Clifford H
Walker, Ernest W. Gordon. Tames W.
Gordon to be corporals.
? For the trial or certain cases sched
uled for investigation in the Second
the following court martial has been
appointed: Major Cyrus M. Faircloth,
Captain Anthony L. C. Hill. Captain
Robert J. Lamb, First Lieutenant R.
C. Derr, Second Lieutenant W. H.
Dunn, Captain Fred L. Black, judge
advocate.
Corporal Jerry Brown, of B Com
pany, Third regiment, Raleigh, is a
sign painter of considerable skill. He
has the contract to plant the gables
of all the mess halls fronting on
Pennsylvanal avenue for the Thfrd
regiment.
Corporal Lloyd W. Wood, Company
H. Third Regiment. Warrenton. wa9
promoted to sergeant Wednesday. Pri
vate Norman E. Rogers, of the same
companv. gets a step forward by rea
son of Wood's promotion and becomes
corpora!.
Plans for a division hike that will
be one of the biggest ever undertaken
by an American army unit In time of
peace are being made for the seventh
division. If it is put through as plan
ned the division will be out fifteen or
twenty days and traverse more than
two hundred miles of rough going. It
is understood that every surgeon in
the seventh, division is opposed to the
movement n the groand that nights
are too cola for such trip to be taken
in safety unless there was urgent
need of it. Because of their opposi
tion the movement may be abandon
ed. Not all of the hazing that is done
in the land is done at colleges and
schools. Quite a lot of it. and all of
it good natured and harmless, is done
in the army. An instance of it occur
red a few nights ago in one of the
North Carolina regiments. The re
cruiting officers had sent down with
a bunch of others a New Yorker of
Jewish extraction, who expressed a de
sire to join the mgdlcal department of
Mie outfit. The one he wanted to join
happened to be full but they very kind
ly offered him sleeping space in the
hospital tent, with the understanding
that he was to be transferred to an
other regiment next morning. Along
In the night, while the New York gen
tleman slept profoundly, there came a
solemn procession bearing a stretcher
on which lay a "dead" soldier wrpp
ned in. a bloody sheet. The leader
explained that the man had been killed
by a Mexican and that they had no
where else to place the body for the
'light and would the New York rookie
object to sleeping with the corpse? He
thought he could stand it. but his
eyes rolled in fear. The conspirators
sneaked away and left him alone with
the dead man. He stood.it as long as
he could and was cautiously edging t.n
ward the door of the tent, slipping
alog the edge of his cot. when the
dead. man sat "P ,n bed and d-e
at him with an empty knamack tl?
happened to be handy. The rookie
flew and after scouting around - tn
hour or more sought shelter in the
guard tent.- One of the guards coming
in from sentry duty foud the rookie
curled up on his cot. Some one put
him wise to the joke and he carried It
still further by striding into the tent
and sitting down an another cot about
a j;ard away. He looked the frighten
ed rookie over from head to foot and
never spoke. He drew out his shin
ing bayonet, felt of the edge of it and
looked at the rookie doubtful. Then he
felt of the bayonet some more, shook
his head and started stropping it on
the bottom of his F-hoe. Just outside
somebody said: "It's too bad about
Bill. He's on another of them cazy
spells of his'n and is fixing to chop
up that poor little Jew, just 'cause he
happened to get on his cot."
But the "poor little Jew" hadn't the
slightest idea of being chopped up if
he could help it and he did a back
turn off that cot and under the edse
of the guard '"f -ti
, I ivissers. S. J. Wondly, V
d for
mnurose. Asniey Davis an
M. Ainslev made n hueino,-.,
now
t of
to Plymouth Saturday p. ni
it.
Quite a number from C.
the
community have been enidpro-
4"ici, uter, ana Dear hurfiny.
pi late, nearly all beinrsuce3'ant
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in miuing pienty ol game
TV ft. V T r-i -ii
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u "j 1' i aum met wit
uu inouffnnot serious accid ?
atMr.G.F.Woodley'smmVM
iicsuay. ine lever of mi31"
truck him under chin tnftlPt.
out and breaking several ted
Teachers and nunii, u Jab-
Graded School will nrcsentl
comedy in three Act, SiK
1 he Courtship of the DoacoA
Friday night Dec. w -1
BAPTIST RECEIPTS $170,035
Treas'-er's Bioks Show a Gain f
21,119.23 Over Collections of Last
Fiscal Year.
Raleigh. The total receipts of tha
treasurer of the Baptist state conven
tion this year .are $170,035.09, a gain
of $21,119.23 over last year, according
to the annual report of Rev. Walter
N. Johnson, corresponding secretary,
which is now ready for presentation
to the convention at Elizabeth City.
The financial statement of Treasurer
Waters Durham shows that the Bap
tists gave $54,853 for state missions;
$33,699 for home missions, and $47,
923 for foreign missions.
The state mission work of the year
includes 11,568 sermons preached; 319
churches served, 116 out stations serv
ed, 3,211 baptisms, 1,583 added by let
ter, 447 meetings held, 3,487 conver
sions, 7 churches organized, $35,423.87
paid in salaries, $27,879.62 paid on
churches, $26.25 paid on parsonages,
$3,768 paid to orphanages, $481.25 pair
to ministerial relief.
Of the $344,348 received last year by
the Home Mission Board of the South
ern Baptist convention, North Carolina
gave $29,824; and of the $517,323 re
ceived by the Foreign Mission Bo&rd,
North Carolina gave $51,148, says Mr.
Johnson.
In his report to the convention he
urges that during the approaching
year stress be laid upon men's mission
study classes, regular giving by the
churches, compact pastorates and
church building fund.
He recommends also that one hun
dred and fifty Baptist pastors in North
Carolina be asked to give at least one
week jto protracted meetings and en
listment work with mission churches,
letting them meet in small groups m
about ten different places for a two or
! three day study and prayer before they
go forth to do the work assigned. The
board should pay all the expenses of
this, Mr. Johnson thinks, and he esti
mates it will be equivalent to keeping
one man in the field for an entire year.
"Unless we mistake the direction
and the force of the deeper currents in
the life and thought of North Carolina
Baptists," he says, "the hour has
struck for a great one mission cam
paign for all lines of our mission work
State, Home, Foreign Missions, all
$140,000 for all these by April 30."
State Officers Vote Certificate.
Raleigh. The State Board of Elec
tions canvassed and certified the vote
of Governor and all other state offi
I cers and the two superior court judges
voted for In the November election.
They will canvass nine of the con
gressional district returns and the
votes on the constitutional amend
ments and then "mark time" until the
litigation over their canvass of the
tenth district returns is settled. The
fc ate officers' votes, name of the
Democrat being first in each office,
follow:
Governor Eickett 167,761; Linney
120-151.
Lieutenant Governor--Gardner 167,
261; Jenkins, 119,999.
Secretary of State Grimes 167.263;
Stroud 119,065.
Auditor Wood 167.U9; J. Q. A.
Wood 119,950.
Treasurer Lacy 167,290; Harris
120,020.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Joyner 167,106; Pugh 120,o7S.
Attorney General Manning 187,
312; Parker 120,121.
Commissioner . of Lator and Print
ing Shipman 166,927; Jordan 119.517.
Corporation Commissioner -- Lee
167,282; Faison 119.87S.
Commissioner o? -A " "'t,irc - Gra
ham 166,947; French 119.538.
Commissioner of Insuicincj Young
166,903 Harden 119.624.
Judge Third District Kerr 1G;;.928;
Snipes 1 19.5 J7.
Judge Eighth District Stacy 166,
920; Meares 119,527.
Thanksgiving Wreck Near Statesvlile.
Statesville. The Southern Railway
reminding the public of former disas
trous wrecks suffered by the company
on Thanksgiving Day had a serious
wreck at Elmwood. eight miles east
of Statesville Thursday morning. Pas
esnger train No. 15 crashed into esat
bound freight No. 88 as the latter
stood at the station. Three trainmen
were injured and a number of the pas
sengers received minor bruises.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BPiFTS.
Complete reports to the state depart
ment of education phow that there
have been held in North Carolina dur
ing the school year of 1915-16 just 994
moonlight schools well distributed
throughout the state and having en
rollments that tota'ed 9,698 pupils,
who very generally signed petitions
for these schools to be continued
through the present school year.
Material is' being placed for a
$100,000 hotel and bank building at
Monroe.
The town of Shelby has just com
pleted 540,000 worth of asphalt street
paving.
Prior to November 14 Scotland coun
ty ginned 14,025 bales of the 1916 cot
ton crop against 23,749 bales of the
cotton crop up to the same date last
year.
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the plant of the Waecamaw
Lumber Company at Bolton, 20 miles
south of Wilmington entailing an esti
mated loss of $200,000, insured. An
electric power plant operated in con
nection with the lumber mill was also
destroyed.
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