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VealharTq-Day m AND (OLDER 10 Pages To-Dry one sccnos SUBSC5EIBTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE. N. C, SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i S- JUSTICE WANTS "TEETH' MANNING MAS A SUBSTITUTE Luckhart Amendment to Anti-Trust U Further Considered by Sen- - ate Judiciary Committee Speaker Of 19Q7 House Argues oeajoinuy Sub-fcoctkm "A", Declaring Party Platform Demand It At-llon on Mew Judicial District Matter De (erred by Senate ODnunlttee 8ev oral Important Measure Become Iaw Kubautute tor wmuud wu Made Special Order For Tuesday-- jutports 01 vomnuwocw - Details. Special to Th Observer. . Raleigh. Feb. -Sub-ctlon" "A," the proposed Lockhart amendment to the anti-trust act. giving- it "teeth." waa' further considered this afternoon by the Senate judiciary committee, K. J Justice, of Greensboro, Speaker oT th1807 Houae of Representatives, feeing heard in advocacy ot the bill, and senator Manning, chairman of the committee, offering at the cloee of Mr. Justice' speech a substitute that propose merely to amend the present law, section 1, Chapter Sit, Puelie Laws ot 1907. by adding a sub-section "F the following: MANNING'S SUBSTITUTE. "For ny person. 'firm or corpora tion or aeaociatloa to conspire with any other person, firm or corporation or association to put down the price of any article produced In thia State by the labor of other, which eatd article the aald person, firm, corpora tion or association Intends to buy.' In hla long argument for -aub-aecUon "A," Mr. Justice had Insisted that the party platform apecincally re quired thia aectlon to be enactea. On 'the other hand Senator Manning, In presenting the aubatltute, declared that It waa carefully drawn to comply with the platform specification; that the Lockhart bill did not. The com mittee took the bill and aubaUtute tor further executive consideration.' 0ubaection "A," advocated o seal ously by ex-Speaker Justice, provides that it ehall be unlawful "for any person, firm, corporation or aasocla tlon to make or have any agreement, expressed or implied, to lower or pre vent the increase In price of any ar ticle or thing of value, which any such firm, corporation or association may desire to .purchase within the atat t North Carolina." BELIEVES THE BILL RIGHT. In his argument' demanding the en actment of the Lockhart bill Mr. Justice reviewed the "rise end tall" of the section in the HOT Legislature, it passage in the House with only (our 'Vote reoorded. against It and Its death In the Senate, i to 10, 'Which, he aald. waa brought about by Sena . tor Buxton changing hi vote Then he gave what he aaid waa "Inside his tory" ot the Charlotte convention as showing that the party le clearly committed to enact the Lockhart bill He was for the bill because he be lieved it right without regard to .expe diency. He believed it expedient, ha said, and the party is pledged to it enactment and it would In. no way hamper .the legitimate. cotton, furnl ture and other maaafacturies'ln tho State. He declared that opposition, to the platform pledge es to sub-section "A" "vanished from ! the Charlotte convention as miasma before the rising sua." x HEARp "IMPUDENT TALK." He declared that the "most impu dent talk" he ever heard was by a 1007 crowd of lobbyists. He charged . that there waa a secret meeting In Raleigh at whloh it waa determined to damn every man that did not get the praise of those in the meeting. They raised the cry of "the wolf." the mill men came down and found bo wolf, and this time, they are not at ell alarmed. Every Deraoc ratio member of the Legislature is pledged to the platform and the right course Is to follow it, he declared. If the Democrats of the Legislature do this eight thing, the only harm the trusts can do is to "subsidise the newspapers and send men over the State who will lie like the devil and stick to It." In spite of even that, right would cer tainly win. He had gone to Charlotte mlth this same speech but didn't And it necessary to deliver It He hoped this Legislature waa ready to do the party bidding. Following this speech, Mr. Manning offered his substitute and the' whole matter went over tor further con sideration. , , IMPORTANT MEASURES 1 PASSED". Several Important measure passed on final reading in the General As embixV to-day and only require ' the signatures of the Lieutenant Oovernor and the Speaker to become taws. One provides for the protection from fire of forests lying 2.000 or more feet above the sea level; another abolishes the crop pest commission and delegates Its duties to the board of agriculture, and a third directs the State Treasurer to return to the Stat prison an amount from its earnings for the past year to pay Its running expenses for the current year. The State now has on hand about $$$,000 left front the total earnings of the prison turned over to the State, Treas urer to cover the prison bond issue. JUDICIAL DISTRICT BILL CON , , . SDERED. ...... ,,v -,, The Senate considered Senator Bar ringer's bill establishing a new judicial district, composed of Guilford and Alamance, but deferred action partly because -of a -feeling by some Senators that each a district would be but a patch . upon the judicial sys tem : and If anything were done it would be preferable to redistrict the entire State, and partly to await the action of the House on the bill; to allow the Judges extra compensation for holding , special terms of court. This measure was passed ' by the House to-day, allowing the judges pay. ' at the rate of $100 a week for such duUea - Several of the Senators were . of the opinion that it would be mack easier and cheaper to hare special "Tem"ofeoortllB;gaw counties -msn-- tioned if the dockets were congested , than to create the new district. The bill chartering the association ' of. county commissioners was passed by the Senate and recommitted by the House. -: It was . reported unfavor ably to the lower branch this morn ing . by - the committee on counties, cities -and towns, bat by special re quest was sent back to th com ml t . tee in order that President C B. Foy, of the association. , might be - heard. Jn the Senate the House bill making allowance for certain service to the Justices of the Supreme Court not provided for by the act of two yeara ' ago,' bat which has been rendered for many, years and recently put Into" (Continued on Peg Three), LIVELY TILT IN THE HOUSE MR. GAINES LOSES HIS TEMPER Becoming Riled at Mr.' Macon's Ob jections to Bill After Bill, the Tennetatee Representative . Throws . we House Into an Uproar br,JL- . claring That Under the: Rules a i "Square Deal" , Is . Impossible Speaker's Vigorous Pounding is Un heeded and the Sergeant-at-Arsns is called Mr. Gaines, - However. Voluntarily Take His Seat and the Trouble Blow Over Old . Custom Of Reserving Objections Pending .Explanation is He-Established. SENATE SUMMARY. . -The Senat yesterday concluded consideration of the District of Colum bia appropriation bill, carrying an ag gregate of about 111,500.000. A confer ence report on the urgent deficiency bill was" agreed to. It appropriates IU0OO for the "purchase, cars and maintenance of automobiles for tb President." and $150,000 tfi enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue ' to combat the foot and mouth disease In horses and cattle. , A resolution was adopted directing the committee on military affairs to investigate military posts and various phases of army administration. - , After an executive session, In which the nomination of William D. Crum . to be colleclor'of customs of Charles son, 8.' C, was considered, the Sea ate at i.il p. m. adjourned. HOUSE SUMMARY. Private claimants by the score had their lnnlpgs in the House of Repre sentatives yesterday, the whole ses sion being given over under a special order to their consideration. The de bate was not without Its incidents, both humorous and exciting. Mr. Mann provoked the House to laughter by Questioning the value of two Ken- tucky thoroughbred horses, and he charged that the committee had ac cepted the valuation of the animals as fixed by "an Idiot" aa against that of the claimant's committee to conduct his affairs. But it waa left to Messrs. Hepburn (lews); Macon, of Arkansas. . and Gaines, ot Tennessee, to furnish the exeltlng feature ot the proceed ings. , The Iowa. member, protested, against the reservation of objections to bills, ol aiming that object tone should be made outrlgat or not at alt Mr. Maeon, Who was doing much of the reserving, declared that his sole object was to elicit explanations which . would enable htm to "object intelligently." The Speaker became involved in the controversy and was called upon to make' a ruling, and then Mr. Gaines threw the House Into an uproar by charging that the rules prohibited a "square deal to claim ants. He grew so vehement that the Speaker-ordered. a deputy sergtidnt-at-arms to require him to take bis seat Mr. Galnea, however, sat down ' before' the official, reached him. , The' President's Ineaeeg vetoing the OSRSQ bill waa read Just before adjournment - It reaahed the Bouse . shortly after noon, Cot its reading was held up for tear that discussion of it might jeopardise the passage' of a number of private Mils which were entitled to consideration under Special order.' -?v. ' ' ' ' r At i:3S p. m. the Bouse adjourned without any action having been taken on the message. . '"Washlhcton,' FeU. 8. Mr, Hepburn, ot Iowa, waa to-day again one of the central figures In a tilt with a fellow member, which led -to an exciting incident Mr. -Macon," of- Arkansas, hss for some time been reserving ob jection to certain bills and then after getting explanations, nauy oojecieo. This is a' grotesque performance,1? Interjected Mr. Hepburn, "and I insist that members - be t required . to. take one poaitlon or the . other." Mr. Macon explained that his sol purpose had been to put himself in the position where h could "object Intelligently and not without con sideration." He would not, he said, allow bills to go through that . he "I haven't the slightest desire to control the gentleman," said Mr. Hepburn, with a bit of sarcasm. "'He may object unl&telllgently if he de sires to." This rejoinder set the House to laughing. . The Sneaker held that tn practice had been to allow brief debate by unanimous consent, bot-an objection would be equivalent to a withdrawal of such consent "GAINES TAKES THE FLOOR. Bill after bill was mowed down by Mr.-- Macon's objections in conse quence of Mr. Hepburn's utterances. Members appealed to mm to reserve his objection, but he protested that he was not allowed to make' inquiry. The Speaker threw himself into the arena by remarking that "up to this time I have heard no objection." Mr. Macon, : taking this as his cue, reserved objection on the particular bill then tip, , but before it could be discussed - Mr. Gaines, ot Tennessee, got the floor and' set the House tn a furore, of excitement by charging that the rules prevented a square deal to claimants. ... -.J ; "I submit to the House," he said, "is it right that by simply rising here and saying 'I object,' a member may defeat a claim and stUle the voice of some - unfortunate man, woman -' or child somewhere." .- v . - - ' The Speaker, called Mr. Gaines to order 'and pounded his gavel vigor ously. - ' . ; Ignoring the Speaker, Mr.- Gaines continued, declaring amid confusion, that there should be a rule by which the people could have their claims paid. He- was . proceeding, ( further when the . Speaker ordered the sergeant-at-arms to require him to take his seat Thia however, was not necessary,' as the Tennessee mem ber sat down voluntarily. - . The Incident created an uproar, but above the din Mr. Macon,, wildly gesticulating and pointing his finger at Mr. Gaines, could be heard to say: MySod. r I -reervoI-tk4ght -to object then." : f " "j i From that time on, the custom of reserving objections pending explana tions was re-established. S York Brewers la Session. - Buffalo, N. Feb. 8 Nearly 809 leading brewers were .in -attendance to-day at the opening of the annual eonveation of the New Tefk State Brewers' Association. - The , sessions of the .convention are betngk held at the Iroquois Hotel, and will last over to-morrow. The principal subject slated for discussion ha to do .with th' better regulation ot the liquor trafac and it is expected .the associa tion will frame measures for that pur pose to be introduced in tha General Assembly. - -..., : .:?'."- T0BNAD0ES CLAIM A SCORE SOUTH El IN TOWNS HIT HARD. Secre Rain, Hall, Wind and Electri cal Storms Swero Over South Cen tral states, ; Killing and Injuring Blany and Destroying Property ; Valued at Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Storm Reach From Texas to Kentucky and Small Towns ana uountry Districts Are usaiy Damaged Large Buildings Shaken by Tcrrimc Lightning lioK Viu municatlon is Cot Off in Many Places and the Extent ot the Dam age is Unknown. Louisville, K-., Feb. S. Death for probably a score of persons, losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars in property and the crippling of many telegraph wires resulted between noon and dusk to-day from a series of small tornadoes . which swept the south central States from the Ten nessee line to the Texas Panhandle. The storms were accompanied in most cases by hall, darkness,- terrific light ning flashes and sheets ot rain. Most of the towns where loss of life occurred are off the railroads, so that news from them has been com ing In slowly. Known casualties are: Stuttgart Ark. Mrs. Garfield and a child of Will Story. Mra Story is reported fatally injured. r Sulphur Springs, Texas.. Mrs. James Ardlaand Mrs. C. Caldwell, from Rolling Fork, Miss., just before the telephone wires broke word came that four had been killed. Booth, Miss., reported to Birming ham that six 'had met death there. In other towns such aa Ennl and Waxahachle, Tex., and Boscoe, La., many dwellings are said to have been demolished by the wind. Arkansas and upper Louisiana rice fields were injured to the extent of many thousands of dollars, while the larger cities experienced rains and darkness and lightning bolts that made large buildings quiver. At Chattanooga there was a terri fic storm of halL Reports .to-night from Birmingham, state, that several persqn were kill ed by a tornado at Cullman, Ala., this afternoon. ONE DEAD XX, RIOT. Striking' Garment Worker Break Into Non-Union -fchop and a Genera! Fight Follow. New York, Feb. g. -One man was killed and three others injured In a riot incited, th polio declare, by walking delegate f ' garment mak-. rs 'Union, "who nesessiusu tipon1' 4 no tailoring establishment, v. of Jacob Greenfield In ' East Second street lata- this 'afternoon . and attempted to 'co erce the employes of the plaos into quitting work. .-' - .. Th alleged walking delegates - ao- oompanted by a half hundred strik ing garment workers broke into tne work rooms of the- establishment and proceeded to wreck the. place. Jacob Greenfield and Wolf Greenfield, ' a brother, employed a foreman, at tempted to preyent the wholesale de struction ot the shope and a melee ensued In wblch clubs, shears and pressing- irons were freely used. A call for-th police -brought-out the reserves and th rioters dispersed. Samuel Hann waa found with a broken skull and later died. Jacob Greenfield, Wolf Greenfield and Baego Cassello, an employe, wera badly bat tered. ' Seven Dead la Alabama Birmingham, Ala., Feb. C. Mayer George H. Brier, of Cullman, Ala., wires that seven people are known to have been killed in that. county thia afternoon by th cyclone which pass ed over this section of the Stats but that wire communication is Impossi ble with th stricken locality. At Kayosa. a mining camp west of Birmingham on the Southern Rail way, to-day, live houses were blown down , but only one man waa injured, a Mr. Logan. Th property loss In the' territory north of Birmingham appears to have been very large. Numerous tree were blown down on Red Mountain within a mile of the corporate limit of Birmingham. : Telephone com munication to th North is impossible to-night WOMAN1 BRUTALLY MURDERED. Negro Kills Wife Because Rhe Would ...... Not Lire With Him. Special to Th Observer.' ' ' WInston-8alem, . Feb. 8. Charles Ferrell, a negro about 14 years old. brutally murdered his wife, Chriasle, this afternoon as she sat in 'her horn on Highland avenue. : He fired four shots from a revolver, killing her In stantly. An eye-witness says Ferrell began firing after bis wife told him she was afraid to live with him long er, she having left hint after a fight Christmas . week. There are three young''chlldrn, Ferrell escaped. Immediately, but his capture will soon be effected, th police say. Haskell Memorial. Home Burned; r ;v , Three Missing. ' Battle Creek. Mich.. Feb. 5. The Haakell Memorial Home was destroy ed by fire this morning. Three of th thirty-even members of the orphan- i age are missing. Seven little girls i Jumped from a third story window. I but it is not thought any of them are ! fataUy hart. James Armstrong, H a oirtlnguished party oT Delaware years-old. standing on a shed under, vWtorB wn0 Will attend th launch tha window from whieh' the girl had , ,n The christening ceremony will to- Jwmpi direesd- them how -to make-f . performel by the (Governor's niece, iu.ii . ,1 mum corj uniui, c caught two of the' smaller ' girls in his arms. v.'. -,xr . Jones' Fate tn the Hand of the Jury. Union,' S. C, Fb.,5.W., T. Jonesi 0 trial her on the charge of pois oning his wife, will probably know his fate soon., for his case jras' given to the jury at 8:49 o'clock. to-night" v The afternoon was devoted to ar gument of Colonel p: -- H. Nelson (or the defense. James H. Tillman and Solicitor 'Thomas. 8. Seaae. . t or . th prosecution and . Cot. George John stone, who closed for thf defense. The court house was .crowded. ' In terest is intense - though the general public sterns to expect a mistrial or an acquittal. ' ' - , NEGROES KEEP UP ATTACKS. Pittsburg Negroes Continue Assault Upon White Women and Young Girls Feeling Grows More Acuta and Serious Trouble Is ixpeciea. Pittsburg, Feb. 6. To bring Jus tice to the perpetrators of the many recent attacks on white women and girls In the Herron Hill, Lawrence vllle and South Side districts of this city, and to take steps to prevent a re currence of the crimes, the better element of the negroes have Issued a call for a general mass meeting to be held next Tuesday night. The feel ing between the white people and the DOKToea is becoming more acute as each day brings Its quota of attacks and reported attacks on white Klrts by hegrces. The populace of the af fected districts is highly wrotht up over the existing situation and only the most careful vigilance on the part of a double force of policemen pre venta a serious clash bctweon the races. Blanche Smith and Roo 8(sock, re siding In a suburb, were attacked by negroes to-day, but their screams frightened the assailants, 'ho e seep ed. Two negroes, aecuwd of being those who attacked the Rlrls, were later arrested and sent to the work house for three months. John Stokes, a negro aged 12, waa arrested on charges preferred by Mrs. Jane Thompson, of the South Side, who alleges he entered her home and the room-of her daughter, but was frightened away by the screams of the girl. The man will be given a hearing to-morrow. Eighty-Year-Old Woman Assaulted. Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 5. Mrs. Mary Krulse, aged (0 years, was attacked at her hom near here to-day by a negro. Th aged woman's screams frightened, her assailant who escaped, leaving his victim In a critical condi tion. Shortly after the assault a ne gro, giving the name of Arthur Coch-v ran, and said to be the one who com mitted the crime, was arrested and is being closely guarded, as the neigh bors of Mrs. Krulse threaten to do the prisoner bodily harm. Fires on Her Assailants. Unlontown, Pa., Feb. $. Mrs. An na Davis, of Lynn station, near here, shot and fatally wounded James Donahue to-day. when he, another white man,' and three negroes, at tempted to fores an sntrance Into her home. The men laughed at the wom an when she warned them to leave.. Seising hei husband's revolver, she fired through th door. SPERRY APPROVES FINDINGS. Commander of the Georgia Is Con ' rioted of Drunkenness -Relieved of His Command and May Be Dismiss .. ed From the Service. Gibraltar. Feb. 5. Tha findings of the court martial which heard th evidence against Captain 1 Edward F. Qualtrough, of the oattleshrp Oer i atfnmK4 ijliafge'wp 1 liitoaleaWoTrafr Tangier, during ' reoeption given there by th American minister, 8am uei R. Gummere, and which were presented last night to Rear Admiral Sparry, commander-in-chief--r of the Atlantic battleship fleet, were approv ed by the rear admiral at S o'clock this evening and forwarded to Wash ington. ' . .. ' The findings were not mad publlo hers but It is stated with certainty that Captain Qualtrough was not ac quitted, it la believed, on the con trary, that the findings ars of so grave a nature 'that he will not be restored to duty. The rumor Is abroad in the fleet to-night that should the findings be approved by the Navy Department at Washington,' Captain Qualtrough will be disgraced and pos sibly dismissed from the service. it was learned to-night that Lieu tenant Commander George W. Kline will be In command of the Georgia for the voyage home from this port Among the officers of the fleet-much Sympathy is expressed for Captain Qualtrough. Coal and Iron Company Goes to the WalL Birmingham, Ala-, Feb. 4. The Birmingham Coal and Iron Company was thrown into the hsnds of receiv ers this afternoon and Judge Thomas G. Jones, ot the Federal Court nam ed .A. W.. Smith and James Bonny man receivers. The petitioning cred itors are th Aetna Powder Company and others. The Birmingham Coal and Iron Company has properties In the Bir mingham district valued at between 10,000,000 and $8,000,000. It was in a mine of the. company that 18 men were killed by an explosion this week. The company la closely allied with the Atlanta, Birmingham a- Atlantio Railroad interests, of which H. . M. Atkinson was recently made receiver. To Re-Consider Location of" Wlrx ' ' Monument Atlanta, Ga., Feb. I. The Georgia Division of the United Daughters ot the Confederacy is called to meet in extraordinary session at Atlanta, March 11th, for . the purpose of re considering it action- in annual con vention at Savannah in ordering tne Wlrs monument located at Richmond, Va. A storm ot protest was aroused by the aetlon of - the convention at Savan nah and so many appeals reached the president Of the daughters 'to call an extra session that the formal call was issued. - - Amsrlcus and ' Macon each will rank an effort to secure the monu ment Battleship Delaware Win Be Launch ed To-Day. Newport News, Vs.. Feb. E. All .mnMiniiiiti. tiava KMtn nmnlntid K h v.wnnrt Nm fihinhuiidine ad Dry noc Company for the ; Uunchng to-morrow , of the giant 20 $o0 ton battleship Delaware. Gov-I sim... a Ptniuviii vtn hd I Miss Anna P. CahalL Xteht Firing Tests at Fort Caswell Satisfactory. : Washington. Feb: 6. In testa mad at Fort Caswell, N, C, February 1st and 2d of the new system of fire con trol for rapid-fire guns, the coast artillery-corps made an average of It per cent of hit In night firing at a moving target at range from. 1,70$ to 2.000 yard. The projectiles were provided with lighted tracers, and the target which was 10 feet by 24 feet was Illuminated by searchlights. The test we conducted by a $-lnch gun battery. ' ' This is the first time th cos st artillery has conducted night firlno; with service projectiles, and the resmlt ta esinaldarsd moat satisfactory. NEWS OF CAPITAL CITY SCORE OF INQUIRIES FOlt LAND. Department of Agriculture Gives Out Another List of Out-of-state Per sons Desiring to Buy Land and Set tle in North Carolina T. B. Parker .Makes Report to ConunisKioner of Agriculture on Winter Institutes For Farmers and Women Bank of Davidson at Lexington Gels Charter -Aaxletant Secretary and Treasurer of State Fair Resigns Fronts of Fair in 1908 $2,500 New Odd Fel lows Lodge at Plymouth. Observer Bureau. The Holleman Building, Raleigh, Feb. 5. The Department of Agriculture has issued another list of persons who desire to obtain lands In North Caro lina. The publication of these lists has attracted much attention in tho State, and Secretary Carr. of the Ag ricultural Department, said that one man who desired a tract has, as a result of the notice, received 25 letters from persons with land to sell. The list follows: R. B. McCoy, Peotone, 111., farm In esstern North Carolina. Rev. L. C. Smith, Box 617, Wau kesha, Wis., land for colonization. Thomas W. Blddie, Elmont, Va., stock farm in northeastern part of Stat. John W. Thompson, 0 Court Ex change, Bridgeport, Conn., farm In southwestern part of State. J. D. McCarty, Stanton, Pa., infor mation regarding farms. W. M. Robins. Light Street P.. farm in south central part of State. F. H. Bendig, Jr., 700 Walnut street Philadelphia, information regarding farm lands. Walter & Newell, Udall, Kan., In terested In section near Raleigh. C. W. Newby, Plalnvlew, lit, wants farm. Sidney F. Stockweather, Woodland, Pa., farms. J. F. Phillips, im Bummer avenus, Bcranton. Pa., farms. H. O. Matter, lit North Seventh street Herrisburg. Pa,, farm suitable for scuppernoftg grapes and pecans. . Charles Edmund, tt Maple street Norwich, Conn., farm in western part Of Stat. ;' ' I. W. Tlnsley, Havre d Grace, Md, William Lewis Woodruff. Ph. D.. toralne, O., small farm tor homo. Charles E, MUler. Chauncey, O., farma '','.' T.' A.-Williams, 121 Dewey avenue, Spartanburg, 8- C, lands In piedmont section. -'' J. Hopkins Smith. Jr., 60 Chestnut Street New York, farm lands. Henry Devletlan, 817 East Twenty eighth street. New York, farm. Ralph Hlbbard, Evans MUla, N. farm. I. H,-White. 114 Cass avenu. Evansvllle, ind.. farm, Jake WhlttUr, l7 Corbett street, Denver; Cot, cheap farm landU. LK2a,VGTOjr"BANK: CHARTERED. A charter 1, grants the Bank of Davidson at Lexington, the amount of capital stock being $50,000. After seven year o faithful service. Mr, Claude B. Denson has resigned a assistant secretary and treasurer of the Stat Fair, as he will devote his entire time to th practioe ot law, The State Agricultural Society has elected him treasurer. The not profits of the last fair were found to be about $2,(00. There was Invested last year In permanent Improvements, Including new buildings, a thorough water supply eto., $4,i0. At th meting of the executive committee in April the matter of . extensive building Improvements this year will be taken up. ' Grand Secretary B. H. Wooddell. of the Qrand Lodge of Odd Fellows, to-day received notice ot a new lodge at Plymouth. , State Superintendent Joyner left to-day for Wilson, having received news of the death this morning of his brother-in-law, Mr. Haywood Edmundson. . WINTER , FARMERS' INSTITUTES. T. B. Parker, the demonstrator of the Agricultural Department, re turned to-day and reported to Com missioner Graham the result of the winter series of farmers' institutes and institutes for women In the northeastern counties. He says the attendance and the interest in these Institute very far exceeded anything heretofore. They were conducted tn Bertie, Currituck, Pasquotank. Perqui mans, Chowan, Tyrrell, Washington, Martin, Pamlico and Onslow. .DIES PROTESTING INNOCENCE. Win Foster, Colored, Hsnged at Spar tanburg, S. C For Marder of John Young, a White Man, in November, 107. Specie! to The Observer. Spartanburg. 8. C. Feb. S. Will Foster, colored, who was twice con victed on the charge of murdering John Young, a well-known white man of the county. In November, 1907. was hanged In the county jail this morning. The drop was sprung at 11:20 and his neck was broken by the fslL Foster went to his death declaring his Innocence. After the black cap had been adjusted hs waa asked if he desired to make any statement and he replied that all h had to ssy waa that he was innocent He waa perfectly calm and displayed no signs of nsrvoueness. About two weeks ago Foster at tempted to saw his way out of Jail. He removed from the inside of the sole ot hi shoe a piece of flat steel used for a spring, and of this fashion ed a crude saw and had cut through one of the iron bars of his cell befor being discovered. GETS LOUISIANA BRIDE. Mr. George E. French of Statesville, Wed Mis Sallie. Fort Butler. Special to Tb Observer. St. Franeisvflte, La., Fob. S. Miss Sallie Fort Butler, second daughter of Judg and Mrs. Thomas Butler, rec ognised to be on of th belle of this locality and a social leader of great prominence, waa . married yesterday afternoon to George Edward French, of Statesvllls, N. C, at th residence of th bride's parents, two miles from town. -r: Rev. R. O. Claiborne, rector Grace Episcopal church, officiated. After' the ceremony a brilliant reoep tion was tendered the young conpla, who received many handsom pres ents from friends far- and near. . Mr." and Mrs. French will- mak their horn la Statesvllls,. N. C. Rev'johtt W. ; Nicholson Dead, Norfolk. Va, Feb. Rv. John VT., Nicholson, aged- (t, a prominent Methodist- preacher of the Virginia Conference, died to-day at hla home In Pungoteagu. on tae eastern shore of Virgin!, of paralyaia- VETOES THE CENSUS BILL PRESIDENT RETURNS MEASURE. without His Signature Affixed the President Returns the House Meas ure Providing for the Taking of the Next Census Provision For Appointments on Non-Competitive Basis Instead of Through the Clvtl Sorvtae Commission Causes the Hitch Appoint menu Clamied as Personal Perquisites of Politicians Mean tlie "Destruction of Economy and Efficiency For purely Political Oonshlerations" No Action Taken by the House. Washington, Feb. I. "The evil ef fects of the spoils system and of the custom of treating appointments to the public service as personal per quisites of professional politicians are peculiarly evident In the ease of a great public work like the taking of the census a work which should em phatically be done for the whole peo ple and with an eye single to their in terest." In these words President Roosevelt to-day summed up a message to the Houwe of Representatives returning without his approval the bill provid ing for the taking of the next census, because of the provision prescribing that appointment shtil be made on the basis of non-competitive examina tions Instead of through the civil service commission. As passed by Congress the bill permitted members and Senators to designate persons for positions after they had undergone a simple examination. THE MESSAGE. The meaaatfs of the President In full follows: To the House of Representatives: I herewith return, without approval, H. R. 16 tit, entitled "An act to pro vide for the thirteenth and subse quent decennial censuses." I do this with extreme reluctance, because I fully realise the Importance of sup plying the Director of the Census at as early a date as possible with th force necessary to the carrying on of hla work. But It Is of high conse quence to the country that th statis tical work of the census shall be conducted with entire accuracy. Thia is as Important from the standpoint of business and industry as from the scientific standpoint. It is, therefore. In my Judgment, essential that the result should not be open to the sus picion of bias on political and per sonal grounds; that it should not be open to the reasonable suspicion of being a waste of the people's money and a fraud. THE SPOILS 8TSTEM VS. CIVIL SERVICE. Section 7 of the act provide in ef fect that appointment to the census shall be under the spoils system, for this is the real meaning of th pro vision that they sbaU be subject only to noncompetitive examination. Th proviso is added that they shall be selected without regard to political party, affiliations. thrJaiinly on way to guarantee that they shall bs selected without regard to politics and on merit and that is by choosing them after competitive examination from the list of ellglbies provided by the civil service commission. Th present Director of the Census In bis isst report states th exact faot about these noncompetitive examinations when he says: "A noncompetitive examination means that every one ot th many thousands who wul pass the examina tions will hav an equal right- to ap pointment, and that personal and po litical pressure must in the and, aa always before, become th determin ing factor with regard to th great body of thes temporary employ ments. I cannot too eameatly urge that th Director or tne census oe relieved from this unfortunat situa tion." To provlds that th clerk and other employes shall be appointed af ter noncompetitive examination, and yet to provlds that they shall be se lected without regard to political par ty affiliations, means merely that the appointments shall be treated as th perquisites of tha politicians of both parties, Instead of as the perquisites of the politicians of one party. I do not believe In the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils shall bs divided without a firht by the professional politicians on both sides: and this would be the re sult of Dermtttinsr the bill In Its pres ent shape to become a law. . Both of the last censuses, the eleventh and the twelfth, were taken under a pro vision of law excluding competition; that Is, necessitating th appoint ments being mad under th spoils system. Every man competent to speak with authority because ot his knowledge of and familiarity with the work of those censuses has stated that th result was to produce ex travagance and demoralisation. Mr. Robert P. Portr, who took th cen sus of 1890, states that "The efficiency of th decennial cen sus would be greatly Improved and ha cost materially lessened if It Were provided that the employes should be selected in accordance with the terms of th civil service law." Mr. Frederick H. Wines, ths As sistant Director of the Census of 1100, state as follows: "A mathematical seal was worked out by which th number of 'assign ments' to each Senator and Repre sentative was determined In advance, so many appointments to a Senator, a smaller number to a Representative, half as many to a Democrat aa a Re publican, and in Democratic States snd congressional districts the assign ments were made to the Republican State and district committee. The assignee named In the first Instance ths persons to be examined. They were afterwards furnished each with a list of those named who had 'pass ed' and requested to nam those who they desired to have appointed. Va cancies were filled in the same man ner. This system waa thoroughly satisfactory to the majority ot the politic tans Interested, though there were a few who refused to hav any thing to do with It Th effect upon -the bureau was; a may readily be Imagined, thoroughly demoralising." LEADS TO IOS8 OF . TIME AND -..,"-- MONEY.; . V ; - Mr. Carroll Wright who had chargs of the Census Bureau after th census -of 18 H. estimate that $1,000,000. and more than a year's time, would have been saved It the census fore had been brought into th classified .service, and adds: - V "I do not hesitate to say one-third of the amount expended under my own administration was absolutely wasted, and wasted principally on ac count of the fact that ths ottoe was not under civil service rules. In October, 182. when X took charge of th census office, there was an o- iCenUsued en Pag 8irn.) BIG EDUCATIONAL RALLY GREAT DAY FOR ANSON SCHOOLS Teachers and Pupils From Forty-One Schools of County Gather at Wades- "' boro and Hear Addresses by Stataa Auditor Dixon, Dr. F. L. Stevens and Others Gay Procession Through Town, Followed by Speak ing at A odi tori um Agricultural Training; Urged by Dr. Steven Dr. Dixon Emphasises Importance of EdurationPriae Awarded tn -Axe-Handle Content Leading Spirit . of the Rally Mr. John T. Patrick Legislature Osked to Pass) Dos; Tax. -Special to The Observer. ... Wadesboro, Feb. 5. This has been the greatest day educationally ever known in this town. People from the country districts began com in- in early this morning and continusd till -noon. Teachers and pupils from 41 country schools, with many parents, spent the day here and beard address- . ea on industrial education. Tho weather was ideal and oven th most distant country districts wera represented. Fully twelve hundred children were gathered together to day. Mr. John T. Patrick, called by Dr. Dixon The man who doe i things," originated the Idea and de serves the thank which war tender- ; ed him by assembled people to-day. BIO PARADE FLOATS. . The first floats to reach Wadesboro came from Flat Rock district and aa the wagons passed th court house their school yells enthused ..the crowds on the sidewalka Th early train from Raleigh brought Dr. B. F. Dixon, State Audttor, and Dr. F. L ' Stevens, of the Agricultural and Me chanical College, the speakers of tha day. The marshals on horseback , with the committees and the speak ers tn carriages mst the incoming'', school children just outside ths town limits, and a monster parade was formed. The children, with their teachers, were In wagons gaily deco rated and with thslr school marshals riding beside them. A number of young ladles with their sashes ; and , banners rode in th lead of th pro- ' cession, which traversed the princi pal streets before going to the audi torium. At th reviewing station ar rangements were made for the taking; of a series of photographs of the floats and tha children. ' "' ' - Mr. T. L. Caudle presided at th rally, which was held In the audito rium. Many Wadesboro people could not get Into th building. ' Mr. - F. E. Thomas was ths first speaker. Mr. -Thomas started Industrial training In Anson county when he was a teacher -and the address told of hi experiences In the beginning of tbe movement CoL R. T. Bennet in his own jiappy. style. Introduced the speakers of tha . day. In 'his opening remarks h oo ftned education as knowledge of what has been accomplished, and' added that he would not tell everything that he knew for fear It would revolution-'" lze th audience. ....., v.--; ..';;-. DRaVaTj:VENa.AN'D'.Dl3COX'l?PEAK Dr. F. L. . Stevens followed In a. splendid address on th need of ag ricultural education and urged the. training of boys lor th farm. He' endorsed heartily the plans, of tha rally and the work already accom plished. Dr. B. F. Dixon, State ' Auditor, opened his address with a, pleasing series of anecdotes which arrested ths attention of the audience, and h then proceeded ' to show tnat three thlnca are needed to mak a manl L blood, environment and ducation.1 Nona (jarouniaas bit. iiwa uu w. environment and now-th hnportantt thing la th education. Instead off th old idea that duction la for fsw It Is now for th Stat to reel-' is that th masses must be educated in head and hand. In closing Dr.. Dixoa said that he did not know a greater success than John T. Patriakyr, "a man who has been doing things." PRIZES AWARDED. After his address Dr. Dixon award ed th prises tn the- axe-handle con test Th five girls who won prisa for making th best handles wer: Classle Thomas, aged It; Emm Rat lin. 14; Maul Henry. 18; Virginia Spencer, 8; Nellie Waddell, 10. Th boys who mad the best handle were: M. F. Duke, Walter Braswell. George Pressler, aged 14; Craven, Smith, 18; David Hudson, 12; John Tlmmons. 8, and John Horn. 7. The handles were all mads with hom tools. Th school whose pupil hav th largest amount of money saved la pro portion to the enrollment was given a chest of tools. Diamond Hill sohoet won this prise. Another cheat of tools was offered the school wbtcb had the largest attendance at tha rally and two schools. Brown Creek and Flat Rock, had the entire, en rollment present Brown Creek woa by drawing. Resolutions calling upon the Legis lature to pass th bill taxing dogs wer adopted. . ;' BAD FIRE IN VIRGINIA TOWN. ; Charlottesville Lose Property Value! at $320,000. , Charlottesville, Va, Feb.'8.Th most disastrous fire her In 24 vears early to-day destroyed property val ued at $22Q,boo. Tne otaxe origi nated in the building ot th Char lottesville Hardware Company on East Main street Among th losses ara Charlottesville Hardware Company. $100,000: GUmor Furniture Company SS0.0OO-. J. B. and W. a. Wood, cloth iers, $35,000; James N. WaddelL shoo dealer. $20,000. Th People's Na tional Bank Building had a narrow escspe from destruction, th two up per storlea being gutted. Th fronts of five stores on th north side of Main street also were burned. Tha fire was gotten under control at T o'clock. r Aid was summoned from Lynchburg and Staunton, but ths fire companies were stopped before reaching Char lottesville, North Dakota Dairymen Meet Bismarck. N. D- Feb. S. The an nual convention of the North Dakota Dairymen's Association' opened her to-day. Tha train last night and this morning .brought large number et dairymen from all parts ot the State and a good attendance was on band for th initial session. Many busiom place are -decorated In honor ot the convention and several large displays Of machinery used in creamery and dairy -work are to be sn. V Fire la Bl Sugar Refinery. New Orleans, Feb. $. Fir which broke out lt to-day at the $S,0 0. 000 plant of tho American Sugar ftnery at Chalmette. La., was gt i under control before it had Camse-' i the main building. The rrfnry. u but a short distance from the f.i - Chalmette. field, where the bate ct Now Orleans was foujht in lSti.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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