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V t . . ; -j . - . .. PU fi IT i .ill . . I ?. I J KN I 1 ! ! III.. 11. I 3 I 1 I r II V V . VVIY X Vv xjH a 7 AA. V5 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE . $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ifTCQ nT.inVftWPnsTn.iuY A v BBUJJANT BOCLU EVENT runraa Yandertllt Mansion In New York To-Day Noon Long fmlked-Of and Much-Planned Mar. ' rtage of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and - Count Esocwanyt will e boiemnixea . -Tne Bride 1 One d.' America's Richest HeiressesThe Groom is a Young Hungarian Nobleman or An. V-lcnt Lineage Prominence of Both - . - Parties and Romantic circum stances of Miss Vanderblit's Chok-3 of a Husband Lend Unusual Interest to the Ceremony. New York. Jan. 26. In the famous Vanderbilt mansion, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street to-morrow at . ttoon, MiM Gladys, youngest daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, cousin of the Duchess of Marlborough, and one of the richest of American heir esses, will become the bride of Count Tjinrln Jeno Maria Alenrik Simon Bzechenyi. a young Hungarian noble of ancient lineage and comfortable for' tune. Both the prominence of the bride's family in the social and finan ciai me or mis country ana mo ru ,,roantlo circumstances of her choice as a husband, lend the ceremony ah un usual degree of public interest. Last summer Mise Vanderbilt became of age and Under the provision of her fathers will, entered Into possession, of a share of his great fortune, esti mated at from twelve millions to fif teen milll6ns of dollars. A HANDSOME MAN". 'Count Laszlo is a handsome man of ?8 lamnixM, his hearing betraying his military training and devotion to out- or-door portwHe Is not even the head of his family, being the youngest of the four sons of that Count Enwr Ich Sxcchenyl who was for many years the Austro-Hungarlan ambassador at Berlin, and who played an important jrt In the regotlatlon of the Gsrman Austrian alliance. Tlie present head of the house' of Sxcchenyl. one of the oldest and proudest of the Hungarian nobility. Is Count Dlonys. who unUl . very recently was first secretary1 of tho Austro-Huns,'arian embassy it, Eerll . Cf unt Diony's wife was a CountM Da araman-Chlmay. and a cousin of that Prince Chlmay who married Clara Ward, the American girl, whose ssn wrtionnl elopment with Rigo, the Gytsy vlollnlbt. brought, her into no torlety a few nights ago. , INCOME OP $80,000. 'y Count Laszlo Is said to have an in come of some $60,000 a year, an! ovn both town and country estate, although he is not, as has been r Ijorted, the owner of the magnificent domain of Horpaca Castle. That U the hereditary scat of the Szechenyl ........j .u aB ducii in neia oy count Dlonys, th eldest brother. WTher hasbeen much talk' of the money settlement to be made upon the Count, but dpse friends of the family aver that unlike naarly all of the recent ipternatlonal marriages, there will in this case be no money settlement of any kind. The Count ess Szechenyl will retain her great fortune and has told her friends that their Joint means will be used in com mon, In the American manner. DETAILS OF CEREMONY. The marriage ceremony will be per formed by Monsignor Lavelle,- rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the bride's attendants will be Miss Ruth . Vanderbilt Twombly and Miss Doro thy Whitney. Count Anton Slgray will be the best man. One of the onae s brothers, nrobab v Reelnald. will give his sister In marriage. After the ceremony a, breakfast will be serv ed, to which some 2.0 Invitations have been issued. " The Vanderbilt home has been superbly arranged and decorated for the occasion. - The wedding gifts are said to ex ceed one million dollars In value and . are guarded day and night by detec tives, and special police arrangements have been made to handle the curious throngs which usually gather on such , occasions. The young couple will leave Mon- day afternoon for Newport, where Mrs. Yanderbilt's home, "The Break ers,' has been prepared for them. They will sail for Europe February 4th. Even gosslpsp concede that H Is purely a love match.' -MRS. EDUY LEAVES CONCORD. rhrixtliin Science Leader Moves Ftoiik Pleasant View to Hrookllne Hen Departure Causes Great frinrprlse .imnng l'eople of Concord -lrofes-or Hcrliijr Left in Charge of Es tate. . . .. . ... . Concord. N. H.. Jan. 2. Mrs. (Mary O. Baker, founder and head of ine nrst lnurch or J'hrtet Scientist, to-day left her home,' Pleasant View, in this city, and by a clrcutlous route in a special train went to Chestnut JiiM, Erookline. to a house recently yurchased by the Christian Science denominstlon. Mrs. Eddy was accom panied by her secretary. Calvin A. J'rye, Archibald McLennan, one of the trustees far Mrs. Eddy's proper ty. Rev. Irving C. Tomlinson, a Chris tian Science "reader" and a .dozen other men and women of the Chris tian 8,'lonce belief: ' - . Mrs. Eddy's departure caused the greatest surprise among the people of this city, very few of whom suspect ed that such a move was contemplat ed. Prof. Herman 8. Hering. first reader of the Church of Christ, Scien tist, in" this city, and h!a wife have ocen left ia charge of Pleasant View, but neither of them could be neen to rtlght to find out what were the ulti mate plans concerning the estate. Mrs. "Eddy first came to this city in 1889, sna in ouut Pleasant view. hlch except for carriage drives about he city, she hns not left, so far as .nown, since 18SI. Dewltt C. Howe, who 1 associated with Senator Wil liam E. Chandler as counsel for1 the "next friends." said he did not see how Mrs.rEddy's departure would have any effect on the peading suit In court which relates to the custody of the fund of $125,000 set aside by Mrs. .Eddy for her son, George W. Cover, and his family. California Orange Crop Will Break ' Record. Ran Francisco, Jan. ?6. The or aupe -crop harvest of California, now In full season. In quantity and quail-? ty promises to break - all previous records.- The fruit exchanges of the Stale- estimate that the total output of oranges will reach 30.000 car ln.id. about 9,000,000 boxes, or 1, 50.000.000 oranges. The harvest will last until July 4th. FLOTILLA. IN PORT. American Torpedo Boats Attended by ' Argentine Ships .Enter J'ort at Bue nos Ayres American Commander Pleased at Hearty Welooin EiUmmI ed by Government and People Ho- tuia is in Airst-Clasa Condition. Buenos Ayres, Jan. 16 Attended by a division of Argentine torpedo boats the American torpedo boat flo tllla, -which left Rio Janeiro January 21st, entered the Port of Buenos Ayres at. 8: JO this morning, the arrival being witnessed by a great crow 1 of spec tators. A few minutes later. Com mandant Moreno, of the Ministry of Marines, went aboard the Whipple and welcomed the American officers in behalf of the government of the Ar gentine Republic. The entire extent of the public docks where, berths had been prepared for the visiting fleet. was lined by Jetachmenta of marines arid prefecture guards. Almost up to the moment of entering port, the weather had been extremely stormy, but It gradually cleared and brought increased hundreds of spectators down to the harbor to give silent but hearty welcome to the American sailors. On entering the basin one of the tugs which had the torpedo boats In tow was passed off, leaving the tug Enriqueta to conduct the Whipple to her moorings. : . Lieutenant Cone, commander of the flotilla, was greatly pleased with the hearty reception. He said but for the fog which delayed the little vessels about twelve hours out side of Rio Janeiro the passage to Buenos Ayres had been fine. The Americans were met by the Argen tine flotilla oft Flores Island yester day afternoon at 2:30. The welcom ing fleet saluted and steamed arouni the flotilla and for half a hour there w.as a warm exchange of greetings. Commander Cone subsequertly board- ea me Argentlno flagship e.hi the trip to this port was continued.' The tor pedo boats anchored in the roads shortly after midnight am! came up to the dock as early as possible. ' Every boat in the American flotilla is in excellent . condition 1 and made the passage here without a hitch.-The boats will remain here until Thurs day morning when they will steam for Sandv Point on tho Magellan straits, to Join the battleship fle?t. NOTORIOIS CROOK TAKEN. YVIniiton-Saleni Pollca Have a Man W lio They Believe la Such Was Ar rested Yesterday on tlio Charge of Forging a Draft. Speclat to The Observer. Wlnston-Salem. Jan. 28. In the ar rest here late this afternoon of R. M. Pool, alias R. J. pool, on the charge oi rorgery, the police .believe they nave succeeded in rounding up a no torious creeK .'who has operated ex tenslvely in' this and other cities by passing worthless checks. Pool was committed to the countv lull In de fault of a $1,000 bond. The warrant against Pool was sworn ui at me instance of Mr. J. A. Me Dowell, otthe firm of. McDowell & Rogers, who last night accepted from me aerenaant a 1100 sight draft sup posed to have been given by Mr. A. J, uraugm, a wholesale grocer of Dur nam, in favor of Pool. This morning mr. suL-uoweii wired Mr. Draughm concerning the draft and this aftar noon received a reply to the effect that he .had not given Pool a draft on mm. fool purchased about $50 worth of clothing from Mr. Mrnowt.ii and the remainder of the $100 was pma in casn. Pool does not denv e-lvl nir thA A ft but says emphatically that he la not guilty of forgery. He claims that he csn prove ,that Draughm wrote the rai. me ponce have been watching Pools movements for several lav on arrested him once on suspicion of of fering forged checks. When arreatej Pool had two cheek In his pocket. XL' nlnlf niiA'Viii. . ' ......... ,. ucuevea to nave Been forg -u. , came nere a few weeks ago from the eastern part of the State and had, been -working in shoe .-factory. H A 1 (a- m all .f'ai.t a. " .. .cwi oj. niHiure ana has a rath er weak face. , HUE AT TIIOMASYTLLE. Thrertpri(lo7nT!r Destroyed arnn Karly Hour VrMordayupants : ""5 with Snclal to The Observer. . Thomasvllle, Jan. 26. This morn lb0.ll 2 'f'k.'the Are alarm was e,-T.., ,... icaiuence or Mr. Frank Ev . V. B ,,re' erore the - flr Mi-uvm-a ine Kitcnen and.dlnln room had been consumed and the main part of the housi. ... v..-7i ,,. iD iiuiiuies neiay would have burned every member of the in h- K.,, :y "eI! " eeP'"K -oundly 'o ii was they e. VXt? n th.elr n'Knt clotheg nJ aved nothing.--- residence occupied by Mr M fJrernart'- whfch only about 50 feet away, next caught and It soon burned, as did another small residence owned by Mr. Georfeo Co m, rnsnk Everharf. loss was abut $ 600, witn 750 murahcerMr Ed Ev THREE KILLED BY EXPIQSIO.y, PrKmtUXr EP'"'on of Dynamic wTklnioS seriously ln,ure(1 by t BpV explosion from an unknown caT of dynamite In the Bergen Hill tlon of the Pennsylvania tunnel, at Homestead. N. J., to-day. The dead- RORERT AITKEN, . JOSEPH COVA. LEO. H. MACKERLY. - The bodies of the meii were badly mutilated. The injured are so ee. verely injured that recovery Is doubtful, . I When the explosion occurred the' nlpht shift was leaving, the tunnel! j-u teen men naa Deen at work tamping the holes In which the nne chargV. were" C eight had remain, to finish wynam only the work. lUest Returning With Gifts From Klug to Fpe, Rome, Jan. 2, It Is announced that Rev. Father Maria Bernado, of the Capuchin order, who was sent by the Pope in July last to Ad1l Alx'ba with a decoration for King Mt-nelik, is returning here with, en autograph "letter from Menelllc and two 'lions as a present for the Pontiff. Father Bernado will bring with him to Rome an Abysinnlan CuthQlic priest, who suffered perse cutions and . Imprisonment at the hands of the Coptic priests, and whose liberation was securecLihrouzh King Menelik. v SUIPS SUFf JEBFE0M STORM OCEAN- TRAFFIC DEMORALIZED Belated Steamers Brlnsr Newi of Shipwrecks at i Sea and loll)le v. Loss of IJfo as Result of Severe Storm Which hwept the Atlantic Unknown Se'hooner Believed to Be . lost Off Deleware Capes Many Ileees of Wrecked Vessels Pk-ked ' 1'p by Iiicomlns; Klilps Llghtslilp - Probably Broke Loose From Her Mooring Barges Break Lootte FrOm Tug and Are at Mercy of the Waves: I New York. Jan. 2. Tales of ship wrecks at sea and possible. loss of life are the echoes of the recent severe storm, that were brought to port to-j day !by belated and tempest tossed J steamships. ' v 'Fears that an unknown three mast ed ischooner, 'with her crew, have been lost In the etorm off the Dela ware capes are expressed by officers of. the steamer Manna Hata, which limped Into harbor to-day from Bal timore. The schooner was seen strug gling In the trough Jof the sea off the Delaware capes and when the Manna Hata. which had been blown off her course, neared the locality where the schooner was last sighted riding out the storm, many pieces of a wreck ed vessel and quantities of railroad tie swere seen floating in. the water. Captain Charles of the Manna Hata, further reports that the winter Quarter shoal lightship probably has broken loose from her moorings as the light vessel was not sighted in Its accustomed position. TWO BARGES MISS1NO. The Italian .steamer San Giovanni reached here to-day with Captain Morse and the crew or nve of ine on barge Matanzas, which with two ok her barges, the Fall River and the Grafton, in tow oe the tug Concord from Philadelphia for Boston, broke adrift during the storm and for hours was at the mercy .of the waves wnicn "wrenched off the rudder and opened her seams. The Matanzas was filling rapidly when the Italian merchant man hove In signt ana rescued cap tain Morse and hta crew. The barges Fall River and Grafton are still mfes. ing. The battered superstructure or trans-Atlantic liners, arriving here to dav were mute evidence of the as saults of raging seas encountered In the storm, while incoming vessels in the coastwise and lesser trades ail re port Incessant battles w(th waves thsrt kept the decks In a smother of spume and spindrift and knocked angrily at the battered hatches. i ne uuirn sieaiiisuiu x-rius " V, from West Indian ports, arriving to-night, had a turbulent trlp. Tho hurricane struck the Piinz Willem V on January 2ad and the waves smashed the decks, carried away the life boats and loosened tho steering gear. The steamship was stopped for 8 hours while repairs were made. The White Star steamship Georglc, from Liverpool snowed the effects of a rough voyage. Captain Thomas Kldwell. of the Georglc, .died . from pneumonia during the voyage. . - - UNABLE TO MEET DEMANDS. Continuous Drain on Bank's Funds Causes President Havemeer to Ask CoiiiiMrollcr of the Currency to Take Charge of National Bank of North America. New York. Jan. 26. President W. F. Havemeyer of tne National Bank of North America, announced in a statement Issued to-night that the directors of the. -bank nad decided to request the Comptroller of the Cur rency to assume charge of the affairs of tne institution. President Havemeyer sal.l that ow ing to persistent rumors afloat-for the past ten days, there had been a continuous drain on the resources of the Institution and the indications were that the withdrawals would be so heavy to-morrow that the bank would be unable to meet them. Pre ident Havemeyer Bald that the action placing the aftttirs of the tank under the. charge of the. Comptroller of the Currency hod been taken to insure that ail depositors would be trrbted alike. Two meetings of the directors were held to-day and at the co: elusion of the last the directors decldel to with draw from the clearing house associa tion and ass the Oompiroller. of the v-urrency to lae c.iare of the liqui dation of jjie inu. William A. Nash, ac;!ng chalr.nan of the oieirln house cutnmittee, is sued tha foibwia statement u- n.ght: "The National isin'x of Nrth An n. lea has JeciJjd t3 withdraw item member!iip in the clearing h-iac as sociation, aid i-y ,4uiiace undr ho authority of the Comptroller of the Currency. This retirement of th" bang to regarded as tho simplest w.?hh0,,.0r?lqUjdat,.on- T!,a "changes with the bank will not be made at f h ft rlnarln r . iiuuto iu-morrow morn. mfftelUie,th8 C,earln house Tom: L"" the r"vvng surplus and improveed condition f the anks urement of thel an rcrfu. .J. statement that the bank are hin, iornCe?nt0'- . Vt?S& BRYANLV WASHINGTON. Re.f"tf Ta'k antics oii the S.I.. Washington, Jan. 28. Contrrvi expectation William J. BryanM nol, according to his .tot.T- J'd cuss the subject ot, politics with had been understood that Mr. Brva r0,HldCOnfcr wltn h, PP0rtersyan both House, of Congress, at w"lch time hi. position as tT,the presi. dential nomination would be df. cused and a definite decision reached. Mr. Bryan did. how ver eii-t number of prominent Demo crats during the day. but he il?d that they were social calls and that he did not talk presidential-politics with anybody, and moreover, that he did. not come here for that purpose rjan aeciineo also to discuss ' fng'lo sTLT' ilnV?t to SS"?1,?' eschew politics on Sunday. . Mr. Bryan delivered an address at the First Presbyterian church this morning, and took luncheon with the pastor. Rev. Donald C. Mac Leod. This afternoon he called st Providence Hospital to see District Commissioner West, an old ' friend, who ,Js convalescing, fro man opera tion. To-night he spoke on "mis sions" at the Mount Pleasant Con gregational church-. Mr. Bryan wifi go , & the Capitol to-morrow and will hold Informal conferences with Democratic Sena tor and Representative. Tuesday night Mr. BryBn will have for Roanoke, Va., where a daughter Is at school. , ACO0WLEDGii-IlIS GUILT YOrNG THIEF IS TAKEN AGAIN Floyd Whltaker Makes Clean Breast Misdeed In Tennessee and Aorth Carolina Officer Accom panied Convict to Seat of Crime Confession Now Allows Employ of the Alias Three Ways Made onderful Em-ape From Aslievllle t.uards at Chain Gang Flayed Jlavoc In MorrlMown and Broke ; I p Camp Ontfit Accepted Kind nesses From Minister and He atcrted Innocence End of Char lotte's Skle or Unhappy Episode. The name, Floyd Whltaker. has come within the last few weeks to be regarded as a household term, from which has sprung a oroeenv of In- teiested and interesting comment tor and against the young fellow who rests behind the bars of the Char lotte prison-house. The simple an nouncement that Whltaker will be taken back to Morrlstown, Tenn., thin morning opens still another chapter in the vital history of ex periences, and will perhaps silence the speculative and exaggerative de liverances of quite a-namher of peo ple. Whenan Observer man called to; make up the prison lists last night, 1 Floyd Whltaker was ready for con fphslon. The weight of a human. presence effected this. Deputy Sheriff Hall. of Hamlan county, Tennessee, arrived In Charlotte yes terday evening, bringing with him tho Dapers for the Ill-fated man When Mr. Hall entered the door to the lock-uD he was immediately arr eted hv Whltaker. who sooke his name. Many people called at the s director of the State experiment sta ofHce of Chief of Police Chrlstenbury tions. In this work very fr'.endly re yesterday and expressed solicitude ; latlons exist between the bureau of about his Drisoner. and would do varlous thlnas for him. Prominent among such callers was Rev. W. M. Kincaid, D. D., pastor of the; reducing the cost of the work to the First Presbyterian church here. He (national department and, at the same had called before, .and had per- formed his kindly offices. Whltaker led this Christian man to believe him' innocent, and even on the oc - cation of this last call said not a word of the truth as he gave It In, a confession when -the Tennessee aric. of the law had encircled hlrn SENTENCED TO GANG. The main local . Incidcsts draw to a close - and there is re vealed by the words of the young prisoner the hard, bare fact that he is a convict so named by the courts of North Carolina and Tennessee. By his own oath Floyd Whltaker was 1 years old last November. He ap pears to be two or three years oldi-r. 1I) was born In Bristol Tenn., and has by all accounts done little or nothing toward his own support, or the support of his mother and 13- ytar-ohl sister, both of whom llvol . . ... - . in Ashevlllo. The chief offense he acKnowieages is that of stealing a suit of clothes from a Morrlstown concern. This, he says, was not be cause of real want, but becauselm d'nired . to "look dressed up." He was tried and sentenced to serve 30 days on the chain gang., In company with several boys In Aslievllle he appropriated 10 oranges. For that act he was sent to the chain gang for 10 months and 20 days. From each place of detention ne broke away. It was Itf Ashevllle that he made a real break. While his angles were weighted with double irons Whltaker declares he made tho run, escaping the guards and avoiding their bullets. In the convict camp near Morrlstown. ho destroyed the furnishings of the camp kitchen and committed other acts that will add to the burden of his term by renewal. After those est apes had been effected he hid In the mountains and in odds-and-ends of places, evading his pursuers and eventually working over to Spartan burg, S. C, where he undertook some work. Charlotte was the place of climax, where the misled fellow was to meet - the fateful end - of liberty and know again the stress ot , the law. AGAIN HE FELL. When asked as to his endeavors to secure employmnt In Charlotte, Whltaker said Mr. W, T. Corwlth. of the Greater Charlotte Club, did all that was possible to assist , him in securing work. . The place with tho telegraph company was dis tasteful, and then came the ; night when old desires thronged again and lawless bands pried their way into the properties of another that hour when the shot was fired, as the law sees- it, and the all-too-yomig frame was brought down by an of ficer. The prisoner asserted he was alone in that venture, and that no one even knew of his plannlngs. The rest is known. Charlotte people ex pressed solicitude as to the young man so far from home and -homo ties. In some Instances indignation war boundless because the' shot hud been fired that reclaimed the un fortunate. Scores of kindly ones have desired to aid ami would, evfn as late as Saturday, have moved to liberate him. The officers knew the truth, and the prison cot again held the fo.rm that had erstwhile known tho tender ministrations of trained nurses and sure surgeons. To-day the criminal so yonng.ln years goes hack to the habiliments of crime, and the daring of other possible etcapes. , A tale gram nas neen sent to his mother, who lives in Asnevllle, to quest that she will meet her son at gone forward to relate In detail the manner of his falls and the sequel. Floyd Whltaker. alias Ed Trexlar, alias Herbert Gaddls! Such and so much has the fellow given to him self. The mother is to be found st a place on Rollins street in Ashe vllle, where the other and younger child, the H-year-old daughter, must face" the irregularities of her every day life. ' Violent Storm at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, -Jan-J. A violent storm with unusual features for the winter season swept over the city to-night. There were vivid flashes of lightning and heavy thunder anj for a roort time rain fell in sheets, while. the wind of terrific velocity' raged. The barometric pressure wa ex ceptionally low. 21.12 inches Indicat ing the storm centre In or near the city. Return of Italian Emigrants Gradu ally Mopping. Rome, Jan: J. The return- to Italy of emigrants from the United States is gradually stopping, while migration to that country Is being resumed. , Steamers leaving Genoa and Naples before the end of the moT.lh will take back to America at least 1,000 emigrants. SOIL SURVEY IN HID STATE THIS WORK VERY BENEFIOAL. 3Iany Counties and Sections Have Al -' ready Been Susveyed and Slapped and There Is Great Demand irons Other Communities For Sucli 3Ir. W E- Hearn, Graduate f l'nlver sity. In Charge of . Work Get (In Heady For Presentation of Silver Kervtie to the North Carolina Capo Lookout Sounded House Committee on Agriculture Seta Date, the 20th, For a Hearing on Appalachian Foret Reserve Heso- lutioo. by Congressman Godwin. BY H. E. C. BRYANT. Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, Jan. 28 In the past nine years Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of the bureau of soito of the United States Department of Agriculture, has had soil surveys made of the following counties and areas In North Carolina: Alamance, Chowan, Duplin, Edgecombe, Hender son. New Hanover. Pasouotank, Per quimans ' and Transylvania and the Asheville, Car - Craven, Hick ory, Mount Mitchell and Statesville areas. The work in Robeson county is now In progress and will be com plcted about June of this year. The total land area of North Carolina Is 48,680 square miles; of this amount something over S.000 square miles have been covered by soil - surveys. Much of this work has been done in : co-operation with the North Carolina apartment or Agriculture tnrougn , Dr. B. W. Kilgore, State chemist and soils and the North Carolina depart- ment. The State department furnishes a man and pays his expenses, thus time, making the expense to the State i very light. These aurveys have been so distributed as to include the soils tof each physiographic division and geological formation within the State, At present thirty-eight distinct and , separate types of soils, ranging from the coarse sand ' from some parts of eastern North Carolina, to the heavy elava in ths nlnrtmont section, have "'""ibeen encounterad In the State. These soils Include the trucking, cotton, to bacco and peanut lands of the coastal plains; the tobacco, cotton and grain soils of the piedmont section and the fruit soils of the mountain region Fortunately North Carolina, with such a wide range in altitude and with a number of different soil types, can produce a great variety of farm crops. MANY REQUESTS FOR SURVEYS. There are now on file fifteen urgent requests for soil .surveys In different . . . . . ( . . 1 i . 1 . , . j , , A yuns vi ine eiaie. n win mm long tlma to comply with all of these requests, but the work of , making soil surveys is to continue at as rapid a rate as possible,- , - Mr. W. E. Hearn, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, who has been connected with the . bureau of soils for seven years, has charge of the work-In -North Carolina. Mr. Hearn's wide experience gained by his work in many other States fits him admirably for the North Carolina work. Mr. Hearn. at the request of Mr. Collier Cobb, professor of geology at the Unlvernlty of the State, will give a course of lectures on soils at that Institution this winter. NATURE OF THE WORK. , Soil survey consists of making an accurate map of a county or certain area showing roads, railroads, streams, postoiflces, churches, school houses, houses and any irregular top ographic features of the county such ns mountains, ponds, etc. On this map the various soil are shown by dif ferent colors. The reports which ac company the maps describe the agri cultural condition, surface features of the country, drainage and a detailed description of each soil typo, the cropa grown and yields. It also offers a suggestion as to the best methods of handling the soils, especially the adaptation of soils to crops with an idea of the liu induction of new-4-varled crops. Many samples of each kind of soils are sent hero and to Ral eigh for both a mechanical snd a chemical analysis. These analyses are Incorporated In the reports. It U the purpose of the national department to follow up the areas where soil sur veys have been made with the utilisa tion work and soil management. This work will bring trained men In close touch with the farmers and Instruct them as to the best methods of culti vation, seed selection and crop adap tation. Dr. Kilgore can make good use of these maps 1n locating various soils of certain localities. For In stance. If a fertiliser experiment is conducted cnTfie Norfolk sandy loam, at the Edgecomhe test farm, the re sults obtained thVre should be appli cable to the Norfjlk sandy loam in other counties in eastern North Car olina and similarly with certain crops, provided tho climatic conditions are the same. REPORTS IN DEMAND. The reports and maps are eagerly sought by real estate men, prospective settlers and Inventors who are seeking cheap lands and equable climate and conditions favorable to the produc tion of a variety of farm crops. The best men In the country appreciate re-r..,. .rrnin mn and the unbiased nf0rmatlon contained In the reports furnished by the department. These maps are also made use of by the Postofllre Department tor asslHtance in the location of rural free delivery routes. Many inquiries and requests are received for maps and reports from men in the middle West and also fom Canada. Several thousand of the reports and maps are published and distributed gratis by the ltepres?ntatlves in that district, byt the national Department of Agriculture and the United States Senators. V CRUISER NORTH CAROLINA. Representative John H. Small, of the first district, has received the fol lowing Information from . the chief constructor of the United States navy, concerning the silver service for the United States cruiser North Carolina: "Referring to your communication of the 11th lnt., requesting certain information In connection with the presentation of a silver service to the L 8- . North Carolina It Is expected that the North Carolina will be delivered, to the government at the navy yard, Norfolk, Va.. about the lt ot April -next, but will not be commis sioned and ready for receiving the sil ver service until a later date. As the Bureau of Navigation is In a position j be placed -between those of Ilayne and to answer your Inquiries as to a con-jWildo on Greene street. . the raaa venlent date and place- for the pre-lionable residential thoroughfare. sentatlon and the ceremonies Incident thereto, your letter has been referred to that bureau for reply to your in quiries as to date and place of pre sentation of silver service." - PILOT MAKES SOUNDINGS. Mr, Charles S. Wallace, a well- known merchant of Morehead City, Las. on the suggestion Of Mr. Small, had a pilot make soundings at Cape Lookout, with the best of results. Mr. Wallace writes: "I enclose a statement from our best nliot. who t KOt personally to go and make soundings; he states in his letter to mo that SO feet can be carrtua with 600 yards of the beach. He telto me In person that there' Is one place that a ship can stick her nose on the sand, and have 80 feet at the ster-i, but does not care to make his official statement so strong. There Is the b:st place at CaDo Lookout for this pre sentation of any place I knojy, and I arh sure the whole Stats .will he de lighted to have It made there. I trust you may be able to secure It. If I can b3 of further servlca to you In 'he natter, shall be' very glad to have you command me." The report of the pilot. Mr. Alfred iioore, reads: "As per your request I have exam tned the water at Cape Lookout har bor, and find that there Is a depth 30 leet easily, within 600 yards of tha shore, and that the harbor Is all that could be desired." . HEARING ON-FOREST RESERVE BILL. The committee on agriculture of th House has granted a hearing on the Appalachian-White Mountain bill, to take place at th, rooms of the com mittee, on the 80th. Of this meeting It is said: "The importance of this hearing can hardly be overestimated. The Appalachian bill has repeatedly ranged the Senate, and will, undoubt edly, again pass that body at this ses sion. Tho failure of the bill has uni formly occurred in the House; an I this, not from an adverse vote in that body, fcr a safe majority of tho Hous.j Is believed to have been favorable to it, but from the failure of the bill to reach a vot-.- "Late in the first session of the Fif ty-ninth Congress, the Appalachian till was grantoj a hearing before in ; committee on agriculture of tho Hous- of Representative. A strong pre sentation was made, and the bill was unanimously . recommended by, the committee for passage. It was not reached in the first session and the brevity of the second session prevent ed Its reaching a vote unless the ex traordinary powers of the Houso should be Invoked. Such action the committee on rules did not see fit lo take. 'i '. , With an early and favorable re port, however, from the committee On agriculture. It seems probable that the bill can be brought to u vote In the House In the present long session. And again, as . heretofore, there Is good ground to hope that. If reached. It will pass. In the clrcumatnnc.es, an early and favorable report by the commit tee becomes of transcendent Import- anoa. ; . . i ;' ; 'The friend .of . -the measure are sparing no effort to secure a strong and representative delegation to at tend the hearing and present to the committee every aspect of the case for the bill. Numerous Oovernors of States, North and South, together with tho foremost citizens In public and private life, are expected to be pre- nt and to furnish Infallible proofs of the constitutionality, wisdom and ne cessity of the legislation. There will undoubtedly be representatives from all Eastern and Southern States, and h Indications are that the attendance will run into the hundreds. "Experience has shown that the press of the country Is practically a unit for this legislation. It can now ender a notable service ty , widely announcing this hearing, and urging hs Importance of .such a representa tion as shall not fall to be heard and heeded." Governor Glenn and other promi nent North Carolinians will be here for this hearing. MR. GODWIN'S RESOLUTION. Representative If. L. Godwin, of North Carolina, has Introduced the following Joint resolution:' Resolvnd, by the Senate and Houso of Representatives of the Unltisd States of America in Congress assem bled. "That the Secretary of War 1 hereby authorised and directed to id point a board of three engineers who shh.ll make an examination and survey of the several available routes for an Inland waterway from Reaufort Inlet. North Carollnu. to the ' northeast branch of the Cape Fear river and thence to Wilmington. North Carolina, and select and recommend the best route, with an estimate cost and other details as to each route so surveyed, such survey and estimate of cost to be based upon a depth, of 10, 12 and 18 fet, respectively." JOHN I. AT COIXHtFJ) CIIUUCIL Oil King Spends First Sunday In Alt giiMfa LLHtening to "Black Spurgcon Walker. Augusta. Oa., Jan. !. John D. Rockefeller occupied his first Sunday morning in Augusta this Winter in lis tening to a sermon In the Tine.n"clo Baptist church (colored) br Tie. C. T. Walker, the "black Spurgea.i." Walker got out of a sick hod to pr sach When Informed that Rocke'elle. wou d be one of hla congregation. The oil king was accompanied by his physi cian. Dr. Biggar. After the sorrjoi Rockefeller heldta conference with Walker in the toiler's study, when he made a very generous donation ti 'he church," When here last winter R .-kefef-r attended this church befi e'goti t-J s-ny othr, and at tha tune gave Walker a neat sum. Brlstol Y. M. C. A. Bulldln Detll- catcd. ... Knoxvllle, Tnn. Jan. 26- A ne.w V. M. C. A. building was decidated to day at Bristol with appropriate exer cises. The structure has five floors and was completed at a cost of 275,- 000. . .. Dr. T. D. Henderson, president Virginia Institute, presided. of Monument to Rnrrlall. Augusta, Oa.. Jan. "2C Patriotic organisations and private e-itlsons of this city are arranging to erct a me morial ghaft to James n Rundall. au thor of "Maryland. My M.iryiand," to OUTLOOK .IN miLLIPLNES SECRETARY OF WAR'S REPORT. Nine Yean After Dewey's Victory at , Msalla Bay Secretary Tift Tells of ' Work Dune Under American Hule President Roosevelt Commends in Highest Terms the Secretary's Con clusionsNo Brighter Psgn In His tory Than That Dealing With tlio Relation Between the Strong snd the Weak A High Standard of Ad minlMtratlon of Juk-e Predicts Great Industrtaluture For Island Ire Duty Foi Philippine Pro nets. , Washington, Jan. 26. Nine years after the battle of Manila Bay, Sec retary Ta ft records the results of the American occupation of tho archipel ago and forecasts the future of the Filipinos, in an exhaustive 1 report transmitted to Congress by the Presi dent, with a ' letter written by the Chief Executive, commencing In the highest terms, the Secretary's conclu sions. The President declares that ruin would-Hav fallowed the adoption of any other policy towards the Phil ippines than that outlined by William McKinley and carried forward through these nine years, and asserts tri umphantly that there Is no bright er page in history than that dealing with the relations between the strong and the weak In these lultnds. He adds that the FlHplnos "have yet a long way to travel before they will be fit for complete relf-government." WANT SOLDIERS - RETAINED. Secretary Taft's report reeorlshls observations on his recent visit to the islands to the extent of nearly eighty . printed pagea Generally speaking ' the Secretary Is optimistic In a hljh, degree In treating of this subject, even though he cannot fix a limit tor . declaring the InJependence of the Islands. In answer to the- critic, who have made "the most astounding and unfair statements in li total cost to the United States of the Philip pines." he figures out a tctal annual expenditure of $5,000,000, but he vig orously denies the failure of the Phil ippine policy. He says that great changes hive occurred in the IslanJs. The people are now anxious to have American soldiers retained. . There Is a high standard of administration of Justice. Nothing Is more popular to-day than the conatabulr.ry. ' Ther are no questions between the govern ment and the Roman Catholic Church unless the Agllpayan schism can b said to be involve J. Peace pre valla . In a greater degree than ever before In the history of the Islands. The magnificent Benguet road Is now Jus tified by the results obtained. ' GREAT FUTURE PROMISED. , "The Secretary Is willing to limit the -amount of sugar and tobacco that n do exported to tho Ur.lteJ States. He predicts a development cf bualaeas:. within 25 years that will make the Filipinos themselves stand high in the world's Industrial population. His recommendations are that Philippine products be admitted Into the United . 7. !f'..free of dutv under reasonable limitations: that present restrictions be removed on thu acquisition of mln- ' ing properties; thar the Philippine government be authorise! to conduct ?h-',,fCUJtu.1 tan n(1 that tne islands be exempted from the toastwlse shipping tws. roiPLOYKH WANT OLD RATE. Believing - That Restoration of Old Hates Win Prevent Proposed Cut In i?"' ."Kloyosi of Roads Will Petition Legislature to Repeal Pres. eiit ltate Uw Committee, (icttliig Signers to PeUtlon. . Danville. Va.. Jan. rr...i- that a restoration of the old passenger rate in North Carolina will prevent the reduction expected In their sala ries, the employes of the, combined railroads of the State win rvnM.-.- . Legislature, now In session., to the present 2 1-2 cent per mile law. Since the passage of the recent nM. railroad laws, the railway companies nave sireaay Degun cutting salaries in various departments, and it is believ ed that It will be only a matter of time before all employes will be af fected. A committee representing the railway employes has been at work-, all day In this city, which to th headquarters for tha northern district of the Southern, printing letters and petitions to be mailed the employes. The following to a copy of the petition which every employe to requested to Ign and mall to the chairman of the rate committee of the North Carolina Legislature: "Whereas, we believe that the net earnings of the several railroads en tering and giving service in the State of North Carolina have been material ly decreased by the passenger rate law now In effect. Ws therefore pe tition your honorable hody to restore the rate which "Vas In effect prior to the passage of the present rate lanr the same to apply from date to the. next session of the Legislature. We. the undersigned, believe that inch a course, if adopted, wilt materially aid the railways traversing the State to meet their obligations without a pos sible curtailment of salaries of em ployes, and that the traveling publlo will not- be materially inconvenienced, fwn a financial standpoint, by the adoption of this petition and at the iiv.n, ssstn of the Legislature the members composing your honorable body may use their every efforts in arriving at a fair compromise as to the future rate of passenger rate in your State. Should such a motion be adopted, the undersigned will use their utmost endeavor in an effort to give the public, our patrons, good and efficient service." COXFKUKNCE WITH PRESIDENT. Committee of Railroad Men Will Con fer With President lZoueevelt To Day tn Regard to legalizing, Poolins AgreenM-iit. Washington. Jan. 28. To-morrow In pursuance of an appointment maJe early in the month, President Roose velt will confer with a committee of the epemtlng vice presidents, of lead ing railroads. The object of the conference is to bring to '.he attention of the President matters which the railroad men regard as materially af fecting adversely the raiiray crea tions In the country and it s un Vr stood that among tha subjects t I discussed will be that tt legal;::'.: pooling agreements, a matter on w!v; the Presi-ient has heretofore exprc ed himself as favorable to an amor, ment of the extin law to jvr such agreements under prt-pcr -, vision of the ir.t-T-Stata comn. r commission.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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