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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of tfc& People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
VOL. IX NO. 24
SALISBURY, IM. O., WEDNESDAY. MAY 28TH, 1913.
Wm, h. Stiwart, Editor
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WILL SUSPEND ORDER OF TAFT.
Utl fttftti Both Branchis of Congress
Uosdiy If Senator fliermao. .
Washington, May 24. A reso
lution to impend the executive
order of President Taft which
laseified . all fourth class post
mastera for four yean will be
placed before both branches of
Congress Monday. The measure
is fathered by Senator Lae S.
Overman, of North Garolina, and
it ia understood to . hare the en
doraement of several Treasury
department officials, including
Ool. W. fl. Osborne, commis
ioner of internal revenue. He is
known to favor the measure, and
it ia said that even Secretary
HoAdoo ia likewise interested.
The first section of the joint
resolution suspends President
Taft's post office order. The
eoond section throws outside the
pale of the civil service regula
tions any officer or employe of
the United States government
who ia required to give bond to
a superior cfficer. This is the
section which will vitally affect
the internal revenue service of
the Treasury department and
which has the endorsement of
the commissioner.
Senator Overman is unaware of
the scope of the seoond section,
and the faot that his intention
was kaown late this afternoon,
and then only by a few news
paper men, has prevented a
general inquiry as to how far
civil aervioe employes in various
departments will be affected.
The second section is understood
to be aimed at the deputy col
lectors of internal revenue.
These deputies are bonded by the
collectors themselves. The Post
sfioe department, however, is not
affected by the section, for
cashiers, assistant postmasters,
and other employes who are bond
ed to the United States govern
sunt instead of to their superiors.
The resolution is as follows :
"Section 1. Resolved, That
the order issued by President
Taft, under date of October 15,
1012, plaoing fourth class post
masters nnder civil service rules,
be and the same is hereby sus
pended until March 10, 1017.
"Section S. Resolved, That any
officer or employe of the United
States, who may be required by
law or regulation to execute a
bond to a superior officer or any
officer of the government, to se
cure a faithful performance of
ofSeial duty, may be appointed
by the officer who may require
each bond without regard to the
provisions of an act of Congress
entitled 'An aot to improve and
regulate the civil service of the
United States, approved January
16, 1888, any amendment -thereto
or any rale or regulation made in
parsuanoe thereof, and the effloer
requiring said bond shall have
power to revoke the appointment
f any such subordinate officer or
employee and appoint his suc
cessor at his discretion without
regard to the aot, amendments,
rales or regulations aforesaid."
The first seotion of the resolu
tion is defended on the ground
that the oivil servioe commission
itself, which was appointed by
President Taft, has declared that
the civil aervioe is merely a cloak
for the spoils system.
Senator Overman does not be
lieve that fourth class post
masters should be placed under
the system until Congress has
had time to complete its probe of
the svstem and clean it out . The
ordsr of President Wilson re
quiring fourth class postmasters
to pass a competive examination
in order to hold their jobs would,
if this resolution beoomes a law,
be unnecessary.
The seoond seotion is defended
on the ground that a man who
has to be responsible for the cast
of a man nnder him to the extent
of taking his bond should be al
lowed to appoint that man in the
first place and to discharge him
if he so desires r The working of
this seotion, it is believed, will be
eon fined mainly to deputy in
tiernal revenue collectors though
IMPROVEMENTS FOR NAZARETH HOME.
New Dormitory, Ki'chen, Etc., to be Con
structed at Cost of $8,000,
Crescent, May 24. The board
of managers of Nazareth Orphans'
Home of the Reformed church,
met at the home yesterday at 11
a. m.
The Nazareth Orphan's Home
was established.December 2, 1906
and hss at present 85 children
and property worth at least $10,
000. Rev. J. W. Bell and wife,
the superintendent and matron of
the home, are well liked and give
almost universal satisfaction.
The following managers of the
home were present: Rev. J. M L.
Lyerly, Rev. Shuford Peeler, Rev.
Paul Barringer, R v. J. W. Bell,
George Moose, J. W. Hedrick and
L. M. Peeler.
Progressive steps for the home
were taken. First it was decided
to enlarge the diningm and
kitohen at a cost of "VaJOv The
committee having this work in
charge consists of Rev. J. M. L.
Lyerly, Rev, J. W. Bell and
George Moose.
Secondly, it was decided to
erect in the near future a dormi
tory and chapel bnilding. A
pencil sketch by a Wilmington
architect was submitted.
It was deoided to adopt this
plan whioh calls for a building
whose dimensions are 48x100 feet,
has 18 rooms and will accomodate
36 boys. It also- contains a
ohapel 41x75 feet to be used for
school and church purposes. The
estimated cost of the building is
about $8,000 and will be built of
Rcwan granite. J. T. Hedrick
was elected treasurer of the build
ing fund.
The building oommittee is: J.
T. Hedrick, Rev. J. M. L. Lyerly
and L. M. Peeler.
For the purpose of making a
more systematic canvass of the
churches in North Carolina for
rnnos tor cms Duiiaing, it was
decided to divide the Olassis of
North Carolina into three sections
known as the eastern, western and
central diitrict. Each church in
the olassis will be canvassed for
unds.
The finance committee consists
of Kev, J. C. Leonard, D. D.,
Rev. J.- L. Murphy. D. D.. and
Rev. Paul Barringer, D. D.
It is hoped that work on this
building will be started within
the next 60 days, and that the
corner stone laving service will
be held on Orphans' Home Day
Thursday, August 7th.
investigation may show that
others are also affected. Senator
Overman said he did not know of
any employes other than deputy
revenue collectors who would be
affected.
Senator Overman has prepared
the resolution without consulting
President Wilson or the Post
master General. The Postoffice
department is likewise expected
to question the wisdom of the
move, from the standpoint of
party policy. The order of Taft
amended as it has been by Presi
dent Wilson, gives Democrats an
equal chance with Republicans
for fourth class postmasterships.
The attitude of Senator Over
man is, nowever, that the civil
service as at present administer
ed is rotten to the oore, and that
the choosing of fourth class post
masters under it is farcial. He
favors the old spoils system in
preference to a civil servioe that
is a joke from start to finish.
Best Medicine for Colds
When a druggist recommends a
remedy for oolds, throat and lung
trouble, you can feel sure that b.9
knowB what he is talking about.
C. Lower, Druggist, of Marion,
Ohio, writes of Dr. King's . New
Discovery: "I know Dr. King's
New Discovery is the best throat
and lung medicine I sell . It cur
ed my wife of a severe bronchial
cold after all other remedies had
failed," It will do the same for
you if you are suffering with
cold or any nroncmai, throat or
lung cough . Keep a bottle on
nana an tne time ior everyone in
the family to use. It is a home
doctor. Price 50o and $1.00.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
HOW 10 KEEP OUT ALIENS.
More Small VYblte Farmers trie Hope of
the South.
There is great need in the South
for us so give attention to the very
evils that overthrew Rome and
are poisoning the life of Mexico,
the increase of tenantry and ab
sentee landlordism, and the other
forces that make against the in
create of independent small farm
ers among us. And with us the
problem is further complicated
by the Negro problem .
We should like to see the Ne
groes own the land they till, as
we should like to see all other
olaBses, bat we want to see them
buy in colonies of their own. In
faot, it is very important, in our
opinion, for our people to see that
this policy prevails. In commu
nities where considerable numbers
of white people are living, we
oannot afford to have the the Ne
gro population become relatively
so much more numerous as to
leave the white population too
small for an adequate white so
ciety. The writer knows that
in his old home neighborhood, for
example, not a few white people
hava moved away because the Ne
gro population has become propor
tionately too large and the white
population too small, too small to
furnish enough white neighbor
hoods for the women and chil
dren .
This is a tendency that calls
for very serious consideration;
and is the main reason whv the
writer believes every Southern
State should set about bringing to
us just as many thrifty Northern
and Western white settlers as we
can get. We need them and need
them badly, need them to save the
rural South to the white race and
provide the thickly settled, intel
ligent, thrifty white communities
that we must have in order to get
the needed good schools and roads
and libraries and telephones and
social centers that the rural South
vet lacks .
To make the rural South a great
democracy of thrifty, home-owning
small white farmers, this is
our only hope of becoming a per
manently great and forceful seo
tion. And the success of educa
tion, co-operation, and equal leg
islation in the South is largely
wrapped up with this very matter
of getting a greater proportion of
independent small farmers, each
man sitting under his own vine
and fig tree. The Progressive
Farmer.
It seems to us a better solution
for sush troubles would he for our
native southern people to refuse
to sell an acre of land to any for
eigner, but hold it for his posteri
ty. This would be a little longer
process of division and settlement,
but would keep out the undesir
ables and create a home loving
and patriotic influence that would
be irreoistable.
Two Children Scalded.
Two children of Secretary B. F.
Stevenson, of the Spencer Y. M.
0. A., aged three and one
year, respectively, were badly
scalded at their home here late
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Steven
son waB bathing the children, who
were seated beside the bath tub,
and in pouring scalding water in
to the tub it was spilled on the
children. The youngest was more
seriously burned. Medical at
tention was promptly given and
while the injuries are painful, it
18 thought the children will re
cover. For the Weak and Nervous
Tired-out, weak, nervous men
and women would feel more am
bitious, energetic, full of life and
and always have a good appetite,
if they would do the sensible
thing for health take Electric
Bitters. Nothing better for the
stomach, liver are kidneys.
Thousands say they owe their
lives to this wonderful home
remedy. Mrs. O. Rhine vault,
of Vestal Cedter, N. Y., says: "I
regard Eleetrio Bitters as one of
the greatest of gifts. I oan never
forget what it has done for me."
Get a bottle yourself and see what
a amerenoe it win maxe in your
health. OnlyoOo and $1.00. Re
commended by all druggists.
WILSON SLOW MAKINSlAPPOINTMEKTS
Pie Hi'flters Setting leii and Pale and
Utile Hopejllefftr Things.
Washington, kayl 26. Grant
ing that a large proportion of the
voters who contribute! to the suc
oeBS of a party 'expect office or
other advancement thereby, it is
quite evident that j aj correspond
ingly large proportion of those
who voted for Presiieni Wilson
last November are distinctly dis
appointed over the; painfully de
liberate way the ne president
has of reaching conclusion's about
dispensing patronage.'- They are
making comparisons; with former
administrations, - ah especially
the two Cleveland administra
tions, to the marked ' discredit of
the Wilson administration, now
on its third month, "with but few
important changes: made outside
of the cabinet. As a bonsequenoe
the countenance of the office
seekers in the lobbies of the
Washington hotels and in the
corridors of the capital are "sick
lied o'er with a; ple cast of
thought." They recall that be
fore either of the Cleveland ad
ministrations was a month old,
the bulk of the more ; important
-nominations, alobglwith the
prizeB in the diplomatic and con
sular service, bad baep given to
Demoorats, not to spak of Cleve
land's greater patronage burden,
having more offices ta give, not
then covered by th classified
service. ' ; 'I
Apropos of the 1 melanoholy
condition of the . ojoae ! Beakers,
Private J)hn Alien, ;of Missis
sippi, sixteen years fa member
of the House, serving during
both Cleveland adn?;niBtrationB,
while here a few dayvag6, recall
ed the story he
Cleveland when
had to Id Mr.
thai president
was alow appointing favorite of
Mr. Allen's to '-f9!Mt was of
a Tupelo young man whose father
died leaving a large estate that
waB somewhat entangled in
chancery litigation,; with the. pro
verbial chancery delay 5 in reach
ing a settlement. So ioften was
settlement deferred that; the heir
apparent exclaimed in despair to
a grcup of his creditor : "Boys,
I'm gittin' almost. Bory the old
man died," i
It is by no meaus likely that
the tariff bill as it came from
the House will have easy; going in
the Senate. Sufficient opposition
has developed to put in doubt the
success of the Wilson-Underwood
plan of tariff oampaign. The
margin of jaxty control, narrow
enough as it is, is in danger of
being whittled away before the
long impending struggle: is over.
Already the more deliberate upper
body has members who ; are find
ing flaws in the bill, particularly
with reference to the administra
tive features, which not a few
Demoorats agree o tight to be
eliminated. !
The most interesting news from
the Canal Z?ne this year came
with the dispatches telling of the
admission of the Pacific on Sun
day to the ohannel of tlte canal.
A blast of 82,750 pounds of
dynamite which turned a' mighty
rush of the western waters into
the displaced dyke bellow the
Miraflores locks, an. event wit
nessed amid. great enthusiasm by
many thousands of people. It
brings vividly near ' realization
the splendid achievement of
Uncle Sam's engineers and scien
tists. Evidently the wor on the
canal will be pushed with greater
interest than ever, loe uncer
tainty of the situation; in the
Orient, with a growing apolitical
party in Japan muttering against
the United States, because of
alien land laws in the 1 Paoifio
coast states, is giving such con
cern as-inoites increased jvigor in
the realm of public workj
The offices most sought-after in
the new administration; are under
the Post Office Department.
Something like two thousand
nominations of postmasters had
not been acted upon by the Sen
ate at the expiration , of Ithe Taft
administration? including nomi
nations, and to .fill . Vacancies
WILL WILSON VETO SUNDRY CIVIL BILL?
Provision Exempting Labor Unions
Prosecution The Hitch.
Washington, May 25. Presi
dent Wilson may have actually
before him this week for his ap
proval or rejection the much
buffed $117,000,000 Sundry civil
appropriation bill, whioh includes
the provision exempting labor
unions and farmers organizations
from prossoution through, funds
appropriated ior the enforcement
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
What the President will do
with the measure beoause of the
exemption clause whioh caused
former President Taft to veto it,
is engaging countrywide attention
and it is reported tonight that the
President has not made up his
mind what to do with the bill.
Although the bill ia in confer
ence there being a disagreement
over a Senate amendment relating
to funds for a National Soldiers'
Home, President Wilson has had
it under consideration for mary
weeks. Daring the weejc just pour
ed the Executive office has b i
flooded with letters and petitKLS
regarding the measure, some urg
ing him in emphatic language to
veto it because of the exemption
clause and others appealing to
him to give it his approval.
Roosevelt's Libel Suit Begins Today.
Marquette, Mich., May 25. At
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
scales of justice will be weighted
in the Circuit Court of Marquette
County with the editorial asser
tion of publisher Geo. A. Newett
that Theodore Roosevelt "gets
drunk," and that not infrequent
ly, on one ije, and the latter's
declaration that the charge is un
true and libelous, and the proper
basis for punitive damages in the
sum of $10,000, on the other.
Judge Richard C. Flanagan, of
Norway, Mich., who will Bit, was
of the opinion tonight that as
only four challenges are allowed
each side, the jury might.be sworn
in before night.
The Judge has reserved half of
the main floor seats and the en
tire balcony for women.
The Roosevelt party is expected
to arrive at 8 o'oiock tomorrow
morning. Colonel Roosevelt will
be the guest of George Shnas, a
naturalist, who has a big library
of rare books of which Colonel
Roosevelt is very fond.
Aftermath ot Collapse ot Pier.
Long Beach, Cal., May 25.
Prospective damage suits aggre
gating probably $1,000,000 or
more and a grand jury investiga
tion engaged the attention of the
city offioials today as the most
imminent outcome of the disaster
yeiterday, when 35 persons lost
their lives in the collapse of a
portion of the municipal pier just
after the close of the British "Em
pire Day" pageant.
caused by resignations or deaths.
Postmaster General Burleson, it
is said, has sent to the President
about a thousand names of pos -
masterB he has recommended fcr
appointment, and he advises cal
lers who throng his office every
day that it is no fault of his that
the places are not filled promptly
as was expected.
The women folks of the Wilson
White House circle have made a
most pleasing impression upon
Washingtonians . They are enter
taining frequently and graciously,
and Mrs. Wilson is leading in
manifesting interest in the social
problems of the national capital
She has been much about the
city and has marked the spots on
the sun of its beauty; Washing
ton has long been marred by the
huddlings of pauper humanity
here and. there, under conditions
that menace the health as well as
disfigure the comeliness of the
neighborhoods. Mrs. Wilson with
a number7 of other sensitively
humane women, is earnestly
studying the situation with a view
t3 some measure of practical
relief.
YOUR CHANGES FOR CONSUMPTION.
Trier Depend Upon Your Age, Occupation,
and Mode of Living.
Your chances for consumption
are good. Indeed, they are en
tirely too good . Here are some
interesting facts about your
chances.,
Last year over 18$ per cent, of
all deaths in North Carolina, or
one out of every seven, were caus
ed by consumption. You run
more chauces of dying from con
sumption than from any other
disease. , Pneumonia comes sec
ond, followed by diarrheal and
heart diseases.
Children and old people have the
least to fear from consumption,
bat about one death out of every
four occurring between the ages
of twenty and forty is due to con
sumption. Consumption 'x'sts ai d can be
onrtd all the way from th. q la
cor to tba p ;le. Y ur cba:.ces for
jonfua:ptiou d jpoud far m:re up
n what y u dj than cpon wh'-re
u 1 i ve. Th so who wcrk and
ive ui fw'iil, dusty, d i-1 y places,
uch as cigar niikin, tolhcco
vorkere, siloon keeper?, or st ne
cutters, run fire t'mc-s as many
chances if djiag from consump
tion as farmers or lumbermen.
But don't luse hope. You can
easily make your own chances
against consumption infinitely
better than those of the farmer or
outdoor worker. Their chief ad
vantage is in the fresh air they
get when thy are at work. But
they don't work all the time, and
so they don't get an abundance of
fresh air all the time. Very few
of them get enough fresh air in
their bedrooms if they can keep
it out. The same thing is true of
their living rooms.
' If you want to have as good
chances against consumption as
the farmer, get fresh-airten or
twelve hours a day If you want
to have better chances get it 21
hours a day.
It bas been found that the ma
jority of those suffering from con
sumption are persons who have
lived irregular or unhygienic lives,
or who are compelled, in order to
gain a livelihood, to work in un
healthful surroundings.
Remember that th9 dangerous
germs coughed and sneezed out in
the open air are not so likely to
infect us if we keep them well
swept out with a constant flood of
fresh air.
Bad living and intemperance,
unless a parson has a peculiarly
rough constitution, make him a
favorable subject for consump
tion. Pure food or lack of nutritious
fcod, not properly prepared, and
overwork and underfeeding foster
consumption.
Fatal Automabiie Ride Near Tarboro.
Tarboro, May 25.-VW, N. Arn
heim, a prominent business man
of thiB p'acc, and T$r Edna
Morris, socially well kuowa bjre,
were killed aud Mrs. Arnhim
datigerocs'y hurt this evening
ab:ut 7 o'clock nar Tifloro,
when a -j out mcbi'e in which a
party ccuua i:.g cl Mr. and Mrs.
Aruhe:m, Mr. aud M:. M;rris
and a Mr. Mntbewj won r.diug
plunged into a dirch half fi'lod
with water.- Mrs Morrij was
dead when taen from uader the
car and it is believed that she was
drowned. Mr. Arnheim lived for
almost an hour. Mrs. Arnheim
was thrown from the car when it
plunged into the ditch and in
some manner received a terrifio
blow on the head while several
teeth were knosked out. Mr. Mat
thews and Mr Morris jumped and
saved themselves .
it is saia tnat tne party was
proceeding down the road when
Mr. Arnheim, who was driving,
was asked by his wife to turn and
take another route to town; Mr
Arnheim turned the oar and sud
denly it shot forward with terrific
speed, plunged into a ditch. The
generally accepted theory of the
accident is that Mr. Arnheim as
he turned the car toward the oth
er read intended to apply the
breaks but that his foot struck
the accelerator instead.
STATE REVENUE TO BE CONSIDERED.
By Sob-Committee of Constitutional Amend-
ments-Commission at.Oreeosboro.
Greensboro, May 24 The sub
committee of Revenue and Taxa
tion of the Constitutional Amend
ment Commission, will hold an
important session here Monday
and Tuesday, and possibly Wed
nesday, ofjthe ooming week. This
sub-oommittee willjmeet Monday
at 10 o'olook in the parlor of the
Guilford hotel. The following
are the members: Representa
tives, E. J. Justice, of Greensboro,
chairman ; .H..A.;. Page, of Aber
deen, and R. R. Williams, of
Asbeville; Senator A. T. Grant,
of Mocksville; Citizen N. J.
Rouse, of Kinston, and Chairman
of the Commission A. M.1, Scales,
of Greensboro, ex-officio member.
By speoial invitation, Governor
Craig and all the State officers, in
cluding ChairmanTravis, of the
State Corporation Commission,
have indicated their purpose of
being present, for ,the purpose of
submitting suggestions as to the
need of changes in the present
constitution to meet the demands
of modern raiting revenue, and of
distributing the burden equitably.
Besides these, suggestions will
be welcomed from all parties hav
ing special knowledge of or inter
est in these matters. During the
session of the committee, Editor
R. F. Beasley, of the State Jour
nal, at Raleigh, will be heard on
the question of land taxation, and
Prof. Charles Lee Raper, profes
sor of political economy at the
State University, will speak on
the science of taxation, with a
special view to the changes needed
in the state constitution to ao
eomplish that end. These ad
dressee will probably be made.
Monday.
Monday night, Prof. Thomas ft.
Adams, profssor of economics of
the University of Wisconsin, will
make an address on the question
of taxation as applied to the prin
ciple of political economics in the
United States and in other coun
tries. Professor Adams is recog
nized as the highest modern au
thority on these questions, and is
said to be a delightful speaker.
Besides being state tax commis
sioner of Wisconsin he is secretary
of the National -Tax Commission
ers' Association.
Took Fife Shots at Publisher Floyd Beam.
Lincolnton, May 28. Quite a
little excitement was in evidenoe
here this morning when five pistol
shots rang out at 7 o'clock. Lewis
Lee, proprietor of Lee's Printery,
had a dispute with Floyd Beam,
publisher of The Lincoln Times,
yesterday afternoon and the mat
ter apparently passed off. This
morning, it is said, Beam called
to Lee as he passed The Timet'
office and Lee pulled his gun and
emptied its five chambers in the
direction of the publisher, who
seeing his danger, made an effort
to escape through the back door
running to a nearby home for pro
tection. One bullet struck Beam
in the back just above the kidney.
Lee made no eff jrt to escape and
gave himself up to the authorities.
Beam was taken to the . Linooln
I Hospital, where an operation is
being performed at the time this
is written, in an effort to locate
the bullet. Until the operation
is completed it is impossible to
give the wounded man's condi
tion, although it is thought that
the wound is serious. Lee is in
jail, pending the condition of the
man whom he shot.
Both are young men with wives
and children. Mr. Beam is a na
tive of Gaston Oounty, having
lived in Cherry ville practically all
of his life, moving here about a
year ago to take charge of the pa
per. Mr. Lee is a native of Cleve
land County, being born and rais
ed near Boiling Springs. He, too,
has been a citizen of Lincolnton
for only about 18 months.
Beam has sinoe died from his
wounds.
Some of pie hunters are about
starved while waiting to be a&
mitted to the pie counter
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