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Tuesday, March 2, 1909.
CANNON'S DEFENSE OF HIMSELF.
Edward E. Higgins, president of
Success Magazine, has sent a circular
to its subscribers, asking whether Can
non should be elected Speaker again
and whether the rules of the House
should be revised. The Speaker is
criticised in the circular. This has
f-i v i t i i i i f i m r nr i i i i 1 1 u . u 11 u vs i
has written a long letter to a friend in
Illinois, who sent him one of the cir
culars, it. which he defends himself
and the rules of the House. He says
the circular shows on its face that
Higgins knows nothing of what he
writes.
What we do not understand is why
the Speaker should be so incensed at
this particular criticism of the rules
and of his maaner of enforcing them
and should go to the trouble of writing
a long letter in defense of himself and
of the rules if the criticism showed on
its face that the writer thereof knows
nothing of the matter on which he
wrote. Cannon says he receives hun
dreds of letters giving him instruc
tion as to how to conduct the office of
Speaker. He ignores these; but the
Higgins letter to subscribers to Suc
cess Magazine seems to touch a. vul
nerable spot. How is that? The
Speaker would have ignored that let
ter as he does all the others, but for
the fact that there is danger of it
having weight in the selection of a
Speaker of the next House of Repre
sentatives. Writing to the Speaker
personally and criticising his official
conduct is very different from a letter
to each of the thousands of subscrib
ers to a popular magazine calling at
tention to that official's short-comings.
The letter is something which the can
didate, for re-election can't afford to
let go unanswered.
DAMAGE
SUITS FOR
INJURIES.
PERSONAL
It seems that up ' in Union county
when a fellow gets the worst of it in
a fight instead of taking his medicine,
or, if he finds that too bitter, going to
a magistrate for a warrant for the
other fellow, he applies to the Superior
Court for a summons in a civil suit
and demands reparation in damages.
Here are two items from last week's
issue of the Monroe Enquirer giving
accounts of two such suits tried in
Union during the present term of ;
court:
"The jury found that Mr. Y. M. Bog
gan was entitled to $50 damages on
account of personal injury received in
a fight with Mr. Kemp Helms at Win
gate last August. This was a fight
growing out or pontics. jo weapons
used- just a fist fight. Suit was
brought by Mr. Boggan for $2,500."
"In the case of J. L. Davis against
Pearl Sturdivant, which was tried in
Superior Court last Tuesday and yes
terday, the jury rendered a verdict for
the plaintiff. This was a suit for
damages on account of personal injury
caused by the shooting of Davis by
Sturdivant at Marsbville some months
&go. The jury placed the damages at
$2,000."
THE NEBRASKA SENATO RSHIP.
The Nebraska tesislatur- has nass-
ed thp hill nrnviriinp- fnr olpfMnn rf i
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plan.
The idea is to get Bryan in
the Senate in 1911 ven if the nexti-ve seen in the papers for some
Legislature should have a Republican !timc-" Boston Herald-Courier. Dem-
majority. But Bryan's closest friends M' ught
cn , 0 , . , - ;not to be nominated a fourth time are
saj the Senate is not the place for thus set down as his enemi-ss. That
him. They still look higher. But if is a played out business, just as Mr.
the Democratic Legislature paves the 'Bryan is played out , as a Presidential
wav for him nver a BpnnMiMn o
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jority how could he refuse to accept?
There is another obstacle in the way
however, which might prove more
formidable than Bryan's seeming ob
jection to become Senator, which is
that the Republicans in the next Leg
islature, if they should have a majori
ty on joint ballot, would prefer elect
ing a Senator of their own choice,
as the Constitution provides, to being
dictated to by Democrats under an
unconstitutional act of the Legisla
ture. BILLION DOLLAR CONGRESS.
' The appropriations made at the
present session of Congress, it is said;
will exceed tho-e of the first session.
A yesterday's Washington dispatch
says:
"Now that billion, dollar sessions of
Congress are the rWe little other
than appropriation legislation can be
enacted during the short sessions, and
the one to end this week is no except
ion. The appropriations for the ses
sion probably will be the largest on
record, exceeding the $1,008,000,000
of the first session. As only one of
tne fifteen general appropriation bills
of this session has been sent to the
President for his signature, an accu
rate statement of the amount to be ap
propriated is impossible."
CHICAGO'S GOVERNING BODY.
Henceforth members Qf the Chicago
city council will receive salaries of
$3,000 a year. Thfe is the largest sal
ary paid to councilmen of any city in
the whole country. In fact, members
of no legislative body in the United
States get v larger salaries,- except
United States Senators and members
of the National House of Representa
tives. The Chicago council has more
legislative powers than the governing
body of any other of our cities. Chi
cago is, in fact, a council-governed
city, and because of this fact the peo
ple of the city have assented to this
increase in the salaries of members of
its governing body, hoping thereby to
secure ;the best talent possible in its
membership.
The American Review oi Reviews
for March is just from the presses.
'The articles under the. two headings,
I "Progress of the World" and "Record
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of Current Events" are alone worth
the price of a copy of the magazine.
One can keep posted on current events"
by readinghe articles n these depart
ments of this most valuable publica
tion and they are not the only inter
esting ones in this issue. Among the
others are "In Africa With Roose
velt;" "Improved Method of Fruit
Handling," "Safety of Travel on the
Modern Liner." This magazine is pub
lished by the Review of Reviews Com
pany at No. 13 Astor Place, New York,
at three dollars a year or twenty
five cents per copy.
That seaman of the Kearsarge who
left his ship and went to Monte Carlo
in order to break the bank will be
mighty apt to find that he has a big
ger job on his hands than he supposed.
Because he was sharp enough to win
eight thousand dollars out of his ship
mates in throwing dice does not prove
that he has the qualifications neces
sary to successfully buck the Monte ,
Carlo tiger. The probabilities are he I
will soon be calling on friends to sup
ply 'money with which to get home or
he Will be laid away in the suicide's
grave yard where so many of his
class have preceded him.
Photo-Era, the American Journal of
Photography, which is published at
Boston, improves with every issue.
The March number is a heauty and
shows to what perfection photography
has been developed. This magazine
will be of interest to both the amateur
and the professional photographers.
Its home office is No: 383 Boyston 1
street, .Boston, tne price ?i.5U a year
or fifteen rents a copy.
The President, in accordance with the
usual custom, has issued a proclama
tion convoking the Senate in 'execu
tive session at noon on the 4th instant
"for the purpose of receiving such
communications as may be made by
the Executive," the most important
of which no doubt will be the nomina
tions of Cabinet officers.
Colonel Cooper's friends took pe
culiar measures to prevent him being
assassinated by Carniack. One left
him as soon as he got sight of the
latter and another asked a woman to
stay close by him all day. It looks,
rather, like they were expecting Coo
per to do the shooting.
CURRENT COMMENT.
It will hardly be necessary for
Mr. Bryan to deny the story from
j Texas that he is going to write a play
and go on ths stage in it. He may
write the play, but he can make more
money by sticking to the Chautauqua
!5:ircuit tha?. he could on tne stage.
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Bryan's announcement that
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not discourasrerr is t.hpi mnst rHa-
couraging item of news his enemies
euiiuiaaxe iNQrioiK landmark
If Mr. Roosevelt had been a law
yer in the first place, and a good
enough lawyer to have been a corpor
aation lawyer, in the second, the
chances are that we would have had
a more constitutional and a less im
pulsive .government the past seven
years, and, moreover, that his efforts
at reform would have been more effec
tive and less destructive. Courier
Journal.
One report is that Senator Hale
and Speaker Cannon have assured Mr.
Taft that the tariff will be revised
and ready for business by June 1st
Another tells us that there Is to be a
50 per cent, cut in the Dingley tariff
duties on iron, steel, glass and lum
ber. Our private opinion is that both
these reports are to be taken with a
large degree of allowance, judging by
those who will control tha tariff mat
ter. Montgomery Advertiser.
As "the 4th of March approaches
a few Senators and a good many -Con
gressmen are looking forward to a
permanent divorce from, tne nation's
payroll. Their colleagues will natur
ally make their drop into obscurity as
easy as possible, and provide such con
solations as the- circumstances will
permit for their bereavement In the
loss of their salaries. A number of
commissions will Je created with the
expectation that they will be filled
with members of Congress who were
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and made my life worth living. I would not be back,
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not re-elected. Philadelphia Record.
The women of Paris have discov
ered a new method of stimulation in
the tea cigarette. To make one about
as much tea is required as would
make two strong cups1 of tea. As
many Paris women are reported to be
smoking on an average of ten a day,
it is easy to see why the doctors
should be taking measures to nip tfre
fashion in the bud. They describe it as
a horribly easy 'method of stimulation
and sure to undermine the strongest
constitution In a few months. New
Orleans States.
Those who may incline to resent
the terrific ordeal through which the I
State's attorneys put Colonel Duncan
B. Cooper should remember that that
is a part of the tragedy. Colonel
Cooper took not only his life, but his
caracter is his hand when he contem
plated a violent reprisal for an insult,
and while the attorneys for the prose
cution .appear to some to be resorting
to many useless and altogether uncall
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and discredit him, who shall say that
their method is not demanded to se
cure the exact truth upon which alone
justice can be done. To the laymen
who reads, the detailed story of the
trial in The Chattanooga Times many
of the questions put to Colonel Cooper
seem cruel and heartless and they
doubtless are but a judicial investi
gation in that respect is much like
what General Sherman said of war.
Feelings and nerves have no day In
court when the State has declared a
crime has been committed. Chatta
nooga Times.
But the newest expedient has just
been started in the Swiss city of Basle,
nf "Rnzil. arr "has hpr adnntoil Vv th
Swioo rtrm rr stoto f Knt t.Qma
It is a system of insurance aarainst
losing one's ' employment. The per
son who takes the insurance, wliich is
backed up by the State, must pay a
regular fee or premium while employ
ed, and wkn the evil day comes will
be entitled to a given allowance for
subsistence. The system in use Is de
scribed in the London Nineteenth Cen
tury for February, and in order to in
sure against unemployment, a man
or a woman must pay every month a
fee of not less than fivepence or more
than one shilling, the exact amount
being fixed by Government decree. In
the case of persons who have insured
against unemployment for a number
of years without ever being unemploy
ed, th-a fees may be reduced. Under
ttoe Basle system a policy holder will
have no claim against the State Insur
ance office until he has paid his fees
for at least six months. Then he has
the right, so long as he continues to
pay them, to 'an unemployed allow
ance six days a week, for eight weeks
at most, every year, if out of work
through no fault of his own New Or
leans Picayune.
TWINKLINGS.
Maud Would you marry a widow
er? Ethel No, I wouldn't. The man
I marry I am going to tame myself.
The Tatler.
Hob Would you like to see wo
men voters at the polls? Nob Yes,
indeed. At the North and South
Poles. Sewanee Tiger.
"Do you believe in the superhu
man?" "I used to, but I don't any
more." "Why?" "I married him."
Chicago Record-Herald.
"See, Fritz, we have been engaged
now seven years." "Yes, dear; that
means so many years less of married
life." Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Maisie I'll only marry a man
whose fortune has at least six ciphers
in it Morton Then I've got a cinch.
Mine is all ciphers. Milwaukee News.
Him 'How does she manage to
keep her loks? Her Keep her looks?
Why, she can't get rid of 'em, or she
would, I suppose. Cleveland Leader.
"A case of love at first sight, eh?"
"No, second sight. The first time he
saw her he didn't know She was an
heiress." Boston Transcript.
Blobbs Tightwad claims that
when charity is needed he is always
the first to put his hand in his pocket.
Slobbs Yes, and he keeps it there.
Philadelphia Record.
1 "I sometimes think," remarked
the regular patron,' "that the snare
drummer should be the best musician
in the theatre orchestra." 'He usuallv
is," said the drummer. Chicago Tri
bune. Her Mothert-Mabel, dear, do yon
evel feel timid about asking your hus
band for money? The Bride- No, in
deed, mamma; but he seems to be ra
ther timid about giving it to me Chi
cago Daily News.
Weary (lying under the apple
tree Say. mister, kin I have on of
dem apptes? Parser Why. thenvte
f;8. l .t. I ain't in
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Rocky Mount, Feb. 27. Greatly
depressed and in a fit of despondency,
Mr. I. T. Burgass, a prosperous farm
er of. the Battleboro section, ended
his life Thursday afternoon about 5
o'clock by blowing off the top of his
head with a shotgun. 'The act was
premeditated for he had gone into
the bedroom at his home and made
everything in readiness for his self
destruction. He used a breech load
ing shotgun, which he placed to his
head and by the use of one of his
toes he fired the gun, which tore his
head from his' body and scattered his
brains in every part of the room.
Death came instantly, and it is hard
to picture the horrible sight that met
tba eyes of his wife as she rushed
Into the room, attracted by the gun
shot. The deceased was about forty
five years old and leaves a wife and
fivQ small children.
ROCKY POINT ITEMS
Strawberry Crop Trucking Outlook
News and Personal Notes.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Rocky Point, N. C., Feb. 27. The
berry growers are having ideal weath
er for the last scraping away of fine
grass from the plants. Quite a num
ber have commenced strawlng the
plants, not as a frost protector but
to keep the fruit from the sand and
grit. The condition of the crop is
good and a fair yield is expected with
no disaster between now and the 15th
of April. A fairly large potato crop Is
being planted notwithstanding the un
usually high price of seed. The Rocky
Point crate and basket factories are
turning out a large product and will
be ready to supply all reasonable de
mands. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pearsall, of Ken
ansville, are making a hurried , visit
here and will be guests of the Colonial
Inn while in Wilmington Our mar
ket is "wall supplied with fish, shad,
mullet and trout in abundance. With
plenty of home-made peanut hams,
sausage, pudding, country beef and
butter no one need suffer.
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STATE OP NORTH CADOLINA,
NEW HANOVER COUNTY.
C. I. McKeithan, Administrator--.
of W. T. Atkins, deceased
vs.
A. T. Atkins, Mrs. W. Q. Atkins, M. W.
Atkins, W. L. Atkins, S. H. Atkins,'
C. G. McKeithan, W. G. McKeithan
and H. D. McKeithan et al.
The defendants above named win
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su
perior Conrt,o New Hanover County
by the above mentioned Plaintiff as
administrator of the estate of w. T.
Atkins, deceased to sell certain lands
set one and descrioed in the petition
filed in said cause to make assets to
pay the debts of the said W. T. At
kins, deceased, and the defendants
will further take notice that they are
requested to appar at the next term
of the Superior Cour of said county to
be held at Wilmington in said county
on the 5th day of April 1909 and ans
wer or demur to the complaint in said
action or the Plaintiff will apply to
tne court for toe relief demanded in
said complaint.
JOHN D. TAYLOR,
Cleric Superior Court. .
February 12. 1909
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