INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, SLOP PeiYear in AdvnncW t. VOL XI. COLUMBUb, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN UAKY 18, 190(5. NO. 38; Three Cents the Copy. INSURANCE BUREAU Plan for a New Department of Government V -1-'' V " v .;;;. REVISED DRYDEN BILL READY New Jersey Senator and President of the Prudential Will Soon Re Introduce His M easure Designed to Correct Practical y all the Evils Ex posed by the Ney York Inquiry. Washington, Special.- Senator Dry fleu has revised his bill contemplating oveiimient control of insurance and will re-introduce it in the Senate soou. He has followed very closely the investigation now being conduct-' ad by tbe New York legislative com mittee anl this has aided him in per fecting his measure, until he expesse? the 'belief - thaat it will correct par ticularly all of the insurance evils exposed by the New York inquiry. Publicity is the keynote, and coupled with are safeguards for the detect ion of wrongdoers and the punish ment of . those - so offending. It de fines politics, or insurance contracts, as instrumentalities of commerce, and provides for the regulation of the business through the , medium of a Comptroller of Insurance and along lines similar to the control exercised over netioual :, banks. The Senator says that the bill has the endorsement of the President, administration offi cials, and eminent cnstitutional law yers in and out" of Congress. Discus sing the -principal features of the bill. Senator Dryden said: ''The bill contains some 50 separate provisions, of Avhich the first 13 relate to the organization of the proposed Bureau of Insurance in the Depart- ment ot commerce . ana ..Labor, in charge of (Comptroller of Insurance, bondede at $100,000. ' Dominician Rebels Routed. Cape Haytian, Hayti, By Cable. A sanguinary and what probably will prove to be the final battle has taken place near Guayubin, between the troops of General Caceres, . the tem porary President of Santa Domingo, and the insurgents. The former were victorious. Several generals on both sides were-killed or wounded. The gunboat, Indipendencia, which recently went over to the insurgents, intends on the advice or former President Morales, to return to Santo Domingo and surrender if the govern ment will guarantee the safety of its officers and crew. It is expected also that the Governor of Monte Christi will follow the advice of Genera Morales and'- surrender that place. provided the necessary guarantees as to safety be given. $25'000 Fire At Ayden. Greenville, N. C, Special. Ayden this countv; had a fire Sunday. Five stores, all wood Avere destroyed. The total loss is about $25,000, fith not over one-third insured. Those burn ed out were the following named: W. C. Johnson & Co.; S. W. Tyson, P. S. Cannon, Mack Staucil; W.H."Dew, J. H.-rTripp - & ; Bro.; and - Horton & Mackbone. ; The two last named saved uaost of their stock. J. J. Edwards & Co. and J. W. Quinerly & Bro., on the " opposite; syie'of thejreetfrojtt. 1 slock.: Friday night the . Quinerly school building, . neai Grifton, , was burned. It was the. best rural sehool building in the country, and had good library, which was lost with the build- ing. Girls Have A Dcwel Ove$ Lover. Mexico City, Spciah Two girls. Nicolasa Elizalde "and Francisca Funte,'' rivals in )6ve,; decided to set tle, the pueiition of possession of their lover Ijy a dewel and met in a field in the, suburbs of the city and. fought Tth knives. The Elizaide girl was stabbed fieve times and fatally injur ed. The sarviving. duelist has been arretted. : "' Schooner Goes to Pieces in Hampton Roads. . ' "'; - - . . 1 ,r ' . .1 - ' 'r- Richmond,' Special Marine . ex perts on the coast believe ? tlt)( the schooner, Samuel L. 'Russell has gone to pieces infHampton Roads, arid that Captain Jbns and" four: men ' are . lost. Tugs coming in report wreackage Avhich has been identified "iis being timbers from the . Russell., A, 60 mile mIb has 'been blowing off the coast for several days .and - it is al most certain that the schooner is lost. STATE'S TEXTILE STATUS Highly Interesting Document Issued by The Department of Labor and Printing. -.',;;; ; C- v - R aleigh, Spcial. - Commissioner Varner has issued the following' sum mary as to cotton woolen and knitting mille in North Carolina : "The followin table indicates the present condition of the cotton, wool en, silk and knitting mills onw being operated in the State, 287 of these be ing represented. "There appears to-be a strop tendenee toward the consoli dation of textile institutions in sever al counties and a number of instances of the kind have occurred since the publication of the department report of 1904. The reason assisned for this is scarcity of labor, a condition which is not confined to any particular sec tion of the State. A number of new mille have been constructed and are soon to be operated, but the list does not appear in this as it was impossible, to obtain from these such; information as the tables present.- - " The 287 mills reporting show an inVesfment of $37,494,025. and the employment of 2,267,625 spindles, 45, C63 looms, 3,933 knitting machines and 107,058 horse power. Seventy nine per cent, have consumed 251,796, SS4 pounds of raw material. Twenty one per cent, to not report this feature of their business. Total number of employees reported by eighty-five per cent, of the mills is 44,222, of which 19,793 are males and 16,874 are fe male adults, and fifteen per cent, do not report the number emploj-ed : 113, 363 persons are dependant upon the mills for a livelihood ; 88 per cent, of adults read and Avrite, and 79 per cent of the children. - " In response to the question with reference to children under twelve years of age working in the factories, 76 per cent, of the manufacturers answer in the negative, one per cent, in the affirmative nd twenty-three per cent, express no opinion, upon the subject. ' r The average number of horn's con stituting a day's work is 10:4-5. High est average wages for men $2.67; low average for men 68 cents; highest average for women 99; lowest wag es for. children about 43 cents. Forty three per cent, of the mills pay wages weekly ; forty-eight per cent, semi monthlj'; six per cent, pay monthly; one per cent, on demand and two per cent, do not report upon this matter at all. Sixty-nine - per cent, report that wages have increased during the year; twenty-two per cent, say there has been no change, and nine per cent. do not answer " the question. Ci.rty- seven per cent, report financial condi tion of employes as being good ; twen ty per cent, say, it is fair; two per cent.say excellent, and nine per cent, failed to respond to the inquiry, This summery has been prepared m two tables, showing first the mills by counties, year of incorporation post office, capital stock, class and name of mill, name of officers or owners, capacity, power, hours worked, etc., while the other indicates class of goods produced, with number of em ploys, male V and female, their condi tion intulectually and financially and the amount qf wages paid. ;, The " re" port also tinbodies expressions of mill men with respect to compulsory edu cation, the child labor law and other questions suggested in the original blanks sent out by the department of labor. - : :;.'. ' North ; State'Btevities. v Governor Glenn has ordered Judge T. S. McNeil to hold the Columbus county court in the absence of Judge C. M. Cook, wlio is detained at his. home by illntss. Lexington, is having" a mad dog n . i i :ii - craze, seventeen aogs nave Deen kiu- ed in the last few days, and the police force is still armed with shot guns f oi the -purpose of canine' destruction. Last Sunday-a dog manifested mad ness" near the cotton , mills in west Lexington, ; and on his way through town is said to have bitten 27 dogs in all, and was finally killed. As yet only dogs have been bitten. , f Governor Glenn is being urgedl to commute to imprisonment for life he negro -Jess .Mitchell, off Bertie1 county, wlio; is sentence to bd hanged on the ,224 of thismonth: ; ' t ; Charters were issued last week to liay-Good Co;y Selma, for the conduct of a general .merchandise, Dussiness, with It. L. Ray, C - Goodwin and others as corporators ; $5,000 ,is sub rrihed out of $10,000. capitalization. Kelly Suspender Co.,Fayetteville was incoorated for $25,000, with $5,000 naid in. V. r . Jveliy. ana oiners are inf Prpsted :. the company .will manu facture suspenders, garters and othei kindred goods. ' . '; . NORTH STATE NEWS Items of Interest Gleaned From Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE Minor Occurrences of the Week.oi Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para-, graphs ' , ' v . - Charlotte Cotton Market. These figuies 'represent prices paid to wagons Jan. 8. Good Middlinf 1 1-4 ....11 1-8 .. 11 1-4 .. .. 11 1-8 . . ,. . 11 Middling. ........ Strict Middling. . .. . Good Middling:. . . . . Strict'Middlingr tinses Stains.. .... .. ..11 1-2 10 3-4 General Cotton Market. Galveston quiet. ., New Orleans quiet.. Mobile easy. . . . Savannah nominal.. Norfolk steady. . . . Baltimore nominal . . New York quiet.". .. Boston quiet. . . T Philadelphia. . . . Houston easy. . .. . Augusta steadjT. . . . Memphis quiet.. .. Memphis quiet . . St. Louis steady.. Louisville firm. . . . 1 1 i "" .11 9-16 11 1-4 11 1-4 11-1-2 . 115K . -use HSrt .' 120: ; 11 1--, 11 1-1 U 11 7-16 . (P z . irs-a 11 3-4 Tar Heel Items. ' - "i The jreport of the North Caroling Grand Lodge of Masons fchows : only three lodges voluntarily Surrendering ther charters while new lodges were instituted in the various counties ovei the State. Charters were restored to each of the following three lodges:. Wake Forest No. 268 at Wake Forest; Linville No. 480, Montezuman, Mitch ell county ; Mecklenburg Lodge No. 170, Davidson, Mecklenburg county. The report further shows 15,528 mas ter Masons in Nortkv Carolina agaiiia 14,578 the year before. Other inter esting figures are ,1,174 raised to the degree of Master Masons; 1,154 past. 1,250 initiated. Of deaths there were 243, exclusions 23S, expulsions 18 and 40 suspensions. Charters have been issued to the Richfield Manufacturing Company, at Richfield, Stanley county, D. A. Frick, E. L. C. Miller and others being the stockholders. The company will manufacture from wood and iron, also farm products, capital stock $20,000 with $5,000 subscribed," another "wood working industry is that of the Moore Furniture Company, at Lenoir, with a paid in capital of $25,000, which is subscribed by J. C. Moore, J. P. Cof fey and others inxthat section. Tho Corbitt Buggy Company, at Hender son, amends its charter by increasing the capital stock from $60,000 to $100,000. The officers of the com pany are: A. C. Zollincoffer, presi dent -and R. J. Corbett, secretary. The legal aspect of; the sensational shooting of John C. Dockery by po- liceman Isaac W. Rogers in Raleigh last June came to an end in Wake county Superior Court, Judge George D. Ward, . pronouncing judgment against the def endan t for $50.00 and costs. The original bill of indictment was so amended as to charge secret assault at a hearing in July before a magistrate. Rogers was released on $5,000 bail. ' " - "' Dr. J. F;" Miller, superiritendent" of the Eastern- Hospital for ' the. Insane at Goldsboro, died on Tuesday night Dr. Miller -was an excellent superin tendent as well as a splendid Chris tian gentleman, and his place will be difficult to fill. Struck By Train; Fatally Injured Caroleen, Special Mr. Burgess, a well-known magistrate of this place, was fatally injured at the Cliffside railroad junction, being struck by a passing tram. The top buggy m which the old gentleman was riding was 'demolished; the horse was only slightly injured. It is feared that Mr. Burgess will not survive his' injuries. Killed by His Friend. Washington, Special. One .of. the saddest accidents that has ever taken place in this city occurred when Hart well Thompson, the 17-year-old son of Rev. . L. E. Thompson, accidentally shot and ' killed ; his friend and play mate, David 'Nelms, son of 'Mr. and Mrs. A.. L. Nelms, of this city. It seems that Nelms .- had purchased a new- pistol and he and young Thomp son were out in the yeard trying it. Thompson was holding the pistol and, in some way, it was discharged, the load taking effect in Nelm's head. The ball entered at 'the chin .and, passing upward, pierced' his brain. THE. 1 5 CENT LIMIT f '' - -'" " Committee . Agrees to Report Favorably AMID BOUNDLESS ENTHUSIASM In View of Reports Alleging Discord Sent Out by Supposed Agents of New York Bears, Decision of Hold- 'ing Committee is Announced Be " fore Due and Resolution to Make i -Fact of Harmony Tin own is Passed vNev; Orleans, Special. With; a large and representative attendance from the cotton-growing states, the Southern Cotton Association opened a, three days' session here. The hall was crowded when President Jordan called the convention to order. A feature;' that attracted attention was the presence of a negro delegation Jf TT -r' ' ' xrom nines county, iiiississippi. ec- retary Woods of the Mississippi asso ciation said they were regular dele gates and entitled to seats. President Jordan was given an ovatibn when he ascended the platform. v The invo cation was offered by Rev. Dr. Bever ly Warner. .;: ' - ' John M. Parker of New Orleans, planted 7,000 acres in cotton last year, and one of the most progressive and successful men in the entire South, as chairman of the reception committee, welcomed the delagates to the South ern Cotton Association convention. -New Orleans, Special. That the sum of work of the Southern Cotton Association was to be a declaration for 15-cent cotton, with reduction in the form of diversification, was prac tically settled at the afternoon session of the convention when Chairman Dancy, of the committee on holding in advance of the presentation of its report, announced that the committee had unanimously decided favorably on that proposition. The announce ment provoked the convention to a whirlwind of cheering. The premature announcement of the conclusions ' of the committee was forced by advices from New York to the effect that newspaper dispatches and Wall Street reports printed and circulated there indicated a lack of harmony among the elements making up the convention and dissesions over the 15-cent proposition. Secretary of War At Charleston. Charleston, Special. Secreary Bon aparte and a "party of officers of the cmiser ,Charleston visited the "navy yard, which followed an excursion around the harbor on the light house tender Wistaria, he reception com mittee . had looked carefully after the wellbeing of the guests and the trip was a very pleasant event. At the navy yard full honors were paid the distinguished head of the navy. A specially fitted car was prepared for the party and they were wheeled over the grounds, visiting each of the build ings in turn and the dry dock. Secre tary Bonaparte followed the govern ment work with keen and intelligent observation. Commandant Nickles and the engineers and inspectors of the navy yard were on hand to en lighten the visitors about the work. The secretary and officers of the ship seeded 11 pleased with all that they sawl Secretary Bonaparte did not hesitate to express his , interest and satisfaction m the construction of the yard, and his favorable conments were greatly appreciated by the Char leston people in the party. The kindly criticism,; coming on top of Admiral Dickins 7 . hearty commendation of the liarbor and the ability of the largest battleships to enter the port, whoch is capable of sheltering scores of ships the kind, proved a source of pleasure to those interested in the welfare of the port. v Same Time and Place Tor Sons of Veterans. Montgomery, Special. Dr. Thomas M. Owen, commander-in-chief of .the Sons of Confederate Veterans, ' an nounced' that the reunion of the or ders will be held in New Orleans April 25, 25 and 27, coincident with the reunion of the United Confeder ate Veterans, r Dividends by Dallas Mills." Dallas, Special. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Morowebb Cotton Mill Company Tuesday, the resnilar4 tier cent, sehi-annnal divi dend was paid, and Mr. J- R White was elected vice president and ; Mr, Fred Smyre-of Gastonia director to succeed Mr.' C. B. .Armstrong. At a meeting: of the stockholders of the Dallas Cotton Mill, on the same day, a 4 per cent, semi-annual dividend was apid and the f olowing gentlemen elected directors: John O. Rankin. J. O. White and H. B. -Moore, all of Gastonia. - THE WORK OF CONGRESS What Our National Law Makers Are Doing Day by Day. - : Admit Congress Shirked. . , - The . Senate gave attention to the Panama Canal, the situation is Santo Domingo and the merchant marine shipping bill. The canal question came' up in connection ; with a letter from the President, in which, among other things, he invited the closest scrutiny into all that had been done by the government in" the Isthmus of Panama. Mr. Gorman made tha utterance the text - for a speech in which ' he critisizeVl the salaries paid for work in connection with the canal and urged congressional inquiry.'. He said that the President was not so much to blame as Congress for his assumption of control on the isthmus,1 and that the chief, mistake had been made when Congress released its hold upon canal affairs. Philippine Tariff Sole Topic. Washington, Special. The, Philip pine tariff measure , was the single topic of conversation in the House. The speeches were, uniformly against the measure and w-cre allowed" to go in general . without answer. Digres sion in the fornvof tariff revision dis cussion was made in a brief speech by Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, who fa vored Canadian reciprocity. V $200,000 For Confederate Graves." The Senate made it plain that it had heard all that it wants to hear for the present on the Moroccan. ques tion. There were two opportunities to resume consideration of the subject; but both were avoided and apparently with the assent of all the members Having had its day in court, the reso lution dealing with the subject as placed on the calendar, and when it .was reached in regular order no one manifested the least disposition to dis turb it there, and the Senate ad journed at a comparatively early hour rather than take it up. Notwithstanding the early adjourn men, a great deal of business was dis- rosea oi. ivooui ou Dins were pass ed, leaving on' the calendar only six or seven measures. Of the bills pass ed a large majority grant private pen-' sions and many ..we're bridge bills. One of the bills favorably acted upon ap propriated $200,000 for the appro priate marking of the graves of Cen federate soldiers who died in North ern prisons during the civil war. ; Row Over Patronage. , Representative Overstreet ". (Ind.). secretary of the Republican congress ional campaign committee, announced thai the President 's i failure to, allow him to name the surveyor of the port at Indianapolis has discouraged ,him so badly that he will not again serve on the committee. In . a written statement-issued by Mr. Overstre6t. he discusses the fail ure of President Roosevelt, to appoint Frank D. Stalnaker, the Overstreet candidate for the Indianapolis sur veyorship an4 the appointment of L. G. Rothschild, Senator Beveridge's candidate. The. statement sa3Ts the surveyorship has always been regard ed as the patronage of the Indian apolis Representative. Mr. Overstreet says Senator Beverage has more than his share of Federal offices in In dianapolis. He says he feels he has been badly treated by the President. Philippine , Tariff in the House. , t The Philippine tariff debate in the house consisted more of party manbe vonring for advantageous f campaign material than a discussion of the pnestion at issue. The tariff was the text of a speech by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who began the debate,, and of an extended reply by Mr. Williams, the minority leader. ' Mr. Adams of Wisconsin, opposed the bill, but advocated a readjustment of the tariff on business principles." Mr. McKinley of California, deliver ed his first speech in the house in favor of the pending measure and pointing a finger of warning toward the growing industries of Japan. In secret session the senate discuss ed the status of Senator Bacon's Moroccan resolution for. three hours and in the end it was left on the calendar. Vice-President Fairbanks declared that' his course in . placin the resolution on the calendar had L been the unvarying: practice "and ? he produced- as a precedent, a , ruling made by Vice President ilorton m an identical situation. Several -: other precedents were quoted in brief speeches. . Senator Teller and Morgan defended - the contention of - Senatoi Bacon that the . resolution had been placed on the calendar wrongfully; the first mentioned making & long speech in support of his position. , No Republican members talking on the resolution, leaving the "course of' th presiding officer to himself to defend. A Rose By Another Name. In the long and aracnifiirg cbronlclei of dramatic contretem none is more Twdlcrous thn something : of CSara Morris. It 'raijpened years ;or dur ing a New York run. of "CamUle," but it-'-waw so far' from the "aort of i thing tiat i-s efiv forgotten tnat . M'as Mcrriv still love ttf tell tiVe -story, usually " prefaci-ng- it wlta:. Somewhere In the wide, wide world; there is an actor and a rod actor : Who -can Sieve. at celery witiiout thinking of me." Then fce explalnfl: "la the first er:e ot 'Cann lie as you remember, Armaiid talcta a rcse from his '.tnistr f a lo-e-token. But this particular night, just before r?-hed that To4it, I svAdeaAj m'ed the flower frorri te acenstomed nbee on my breat. I , Siad to haye te blossom, or. wnaething for a sub wtitute; the 1 streuigth of ; the scene bung on 4t As I talked my lines I bunted tbe stage with eager eyes, but no rose was there, aod, the only pos s'.ble something in its place wa tho celery on the! dinner table of the eet tit?'. "J-f - -;-:"-. - "Any port in a sitorm. . I moved ov er to the tible. J twisted the celery tons into a tigt hunch and I be,?anr . he word?: 'Take this flower. , It h?ld and caressed ;it will fade in aa -evening.' ; 'Armand rose to the occasion, Jor he manag-ed to control hipaelf long DOu?!hf to . reioly : )x ."If la a coul scent less flower. It is a strange Cower "And I thoroughly agreed with. Wm!"- Harper's Weekly. tji Labor' Dawn. The toiler's day, begins to dawn, Its golden morn comes gently bn;: -Yon -mountain rises from the night With helmet gilded with its light. There high appears the morning's glow, While black extends the night, below. Where prowl the creatures of the dark. Where still is heard the-; watchdog's bark. The light that' tips on mountain' crest Portends the age of darkness past; That gloomy night shall lose its sway; The world of toil shaU have its day. t The clouds that clothe the mountain' side4 . ' - .-:" ' v -.- Begin to fall apart; divide; The day shaU follow break of dawn And labor come unto its own. Shair peace not usher 'lh! the day;" On cloud and crag shall lightning play Shall thunder's voice the vale awatke And wUd the storm in fury breakj Shall rather reason's ray serene With soft effulgence light the scene.' A World, where loye and labor reign. With peace ; on earthi; rood will to man Charles E. Milrcy. " The Careless Writer. Ohi careie.' supercareless wight! Why dost with pen or pencil write As either comes? And parer use Without distinction, none refuse? Whv do ycu like a -board as well - ' As desk inlaid with tortoise shell? Why write alike : amid , the bloom -Of garden and your cozv roon? ' In fine, lest you ge? somewhat mixefl. Why-haven't you your habits fixed? Why should ycu?, Slmplet -.Don't yon know - ' : ', - .. That If , some day fame's trump should blow. i a ':"-f- . - And some few people speak your name With loud and most admhed acclaim. And from' the papers cara around v Reporters with a : look profound ' And didn't find your stuff you wrot -Always . upon a . special "note." . And used a certain kind of .pen. -' Wrote always in your favorite "den." (Which den. of course, with artless craft. t AH ready to be photographed , - In disarrav vou-ver keep A state to make a housewife weep!) . And all the other smart details - They hand the "people but In bales, Why don't you know those persons bright Could not a single column write. ' And, missing them, most folks would sayi "He ain't no Ht'ry man! Go 'way." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Murders and homicides decreased more - than 2,000 In; the ; United States la the paat ten years. Lyuch inas decreased one-half. ' : All 1 the fun of - hugging a girl is guessing whether she"' really meau you mustn't: or not. u:sZ .So.3'06. UNSCONCIOUS POJSONINC. Hw It Of tsn ttappeas. From - - - - rr ' I had no idea," writes a Dulnth . man, "that it was the coffee I had been drinking all my. life that was'respensi ble for the headaches - which were growing upon me,, for the dyspepsia that no medicines, would reljeve, and for the acute nervousness which un fitted, me not only for workout also for the most ordinary aodar functions. :t "But at last the truth dawned' upon me, I forthwith bade the harmful bev "erage a prompt farewell, ordered ' In some Postum and began to ni it. The ' good effecU of the new food drink were .apparent within a, very iew oays. m headaches grew less frequent-and de creased In violence, my stomach trrew ; strong and able to digeat my food w lth :OUt dittress of any kind, my nervous nesfi has gone and I am able to enjoy life with my neighbors and sle.ep sound ly, o'nights." My physical strength and -nerve power, have, increased bo rntteh that I can do doulp tha work I used to do, aiid I fee!' no undue, fatigue terwardtiv,K'r .':':'vf;r -"This improvement set in jest -as 'soon " as ' the' old coffee poison bad so worked out of my system as to allow the food elements in tUesPostum to get a hold to build me up again. .1 cheer- fullv testify, that u was roiium n Postnm alone that did all this, fof when' I . began to drink it I 'threw pbvsic to the dogs. " Name given by Postum Co.; Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason.. .Kead the famous little book,; "The 2gad to WUviile,'ln pkgs. ' i! 1 i . i i . V m f if i 1 i. i 1 1 I-" 'A u - 'i'.iU' . 1 1 lit it -It