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GOnSTRUCTiNG ft
LRQAD AT SOI
Trip f to; Cuba Vithbut
Change !df Cars
FLAGtERS iCIIlffllT
Florida East Cosat Railway One of
tho Most Novel Engineering Enter-
r prises of Moderrt ,Tlmc9-i-12i Miles
or tho 15G Miles of - Tf act
from Miami to key; West Already
? Built and Work: Being? Pushed; on
tlio Remainder, since, Peonage Cases
Have, Been Closed Hugo Railroad
s Car FIoats ; to Take Cars f from. Key,
West to Havana Without Arousing 1
. - "Passengers from Their Berths.
By EDWARD STAATS LUTnER,
New . York, Dec. k- 5- Hundreds of
; men ' are being rushed southward to
workion the completion of the great
Florida East 'Coast Railway following
the decision, of Judge Hough'of Hhe
United States .Circuit j Court, in fois
inlssing, as -without cause 'of action,
the so-called peonage cases vnat had
been brought by the United States
I jrovernment againsC' the labor agents
, pf the, railroad. ; , L -:. ,
' While these actipna were pending
: in:'tho; courts the inen in icharg of
.I the construction work !on this! $ eago-
RA
ing railroad, which tis to be Henry; M.
s Flagler's i greatest achievement, ?ere
: loath 'to push forward with, the s&me
amount" of energy that had! been-is-:
played, prior to the, action of the At-
tornej-General In. .taking - cogniiance
r tho'roptlfiaa fttaiftrfm nf lihnr KJnv-
i, er-J" tnat had been made. Every effort
"to- make's up for losi time now. wiU be
put forward by VlcerPresidenVJosppn
K, Piarrott, who has been in charge
jHTsqnaliy since thjft ' work began; fn.
June of 1905: . . Pully 2,000 men fare
,, , now employea south; or.Knignt s iey
t" and more workmen; are being Beni to
. the nem or operatums oacn aay.
'. ij'in- New. York on i business "connected
- with the great extension whlc(i is
- jumping over & stretch of thirty miles
moreJ of submerged-keys and lagoons
, to connect .Key Wpst by direct line
' with Miami, now estimates that this,
one of the most noVel engineeringr;en
,i " terpriges of modern times, wlll be
completed and trains running for: its
,lill lehgth within ar year '
Already the , line ;'is ; completed , and
trains! are runnlne for eighty-tour
l miles south of Miami,' right do wn to
" Knight's Key. Work .also is btfng
pushed forward from1 Key Wests up
i itind11 over forty miles of road-bed ihas
": -..tur-en Constructed tby the gangs that
t.:Vre working northward to'meetithe
y tither workmen, who rapidly are movf
nig auuin. xnia means inni. it, imica
has beenrrcompIeted out of the 6
. ' miles lof. road surveyed from Miami
! to Key West, i The greatest; of all the
. engineering feats on this wondeHul
line, jiowever, is ye 10 ue cumpiueu.
This, is the eleven; mile gap from
, , Knight's Key to Ba)ila Honda, where
' the line Is being carried 'over Jthe open
ocean ! on concrete? arches. ' 'r "
(,Tne eneci or tne jreai extension on
traffic f to Havana, tiowever, already
i has been felt'ecauSie now the steam
' crs for Havlana meet the trains' at
. . Knight's. Key and take passengers
uhd freight from hat point to Jthe
'nV.on unitul InnMiul nf olsrhi t v f ru r
miles north at Miami. When the Ijne
Is completed to Key vvest huge l rau
! road Car floats will take entire trains
, across the Florida Straits to Havana,
1 a, distance of ninety miles, without
'-. compelling passengers" to leave their
car erata or sltepiiig car berths, fend
without theneces8lt' of breaking hulk
r n!a single ; conslgirment, of freight.
. "Tbls-'will mean' that the Cuban sugar
.planter .will be enabled to load Shis
product on a freight far side-tracked
nt hisj plantation, hare the car. hauled
. by ra!ll to ; ,Havana, floated to Key
' ! i West land i then re-hauled to Kew
, York or any other potnt without kny
. of the expense, trouble or damage
i dangers of a second handling. ,
- 1 .This great proJce1v which, is -btlng
' financed, from beg'nning -,to end by
. M rV FJagler.personany. generally la re
! garded 7 by .engineers as the most ex
' pensive tret6h Of Railroad ever bhllt,
oind to end. exceeding 1 00,00 Oj per
r mile., while the additional capita rc
' .V. .... 1 j i ! B
... quiremenis ior uocni ciittuucmits.g
floats! and eoulDment will bring! the
total cost approximately to $30,000,-.
000. I Already Mr. ; .Flagler has ex-
x" ; Xjehded upwards of .$15,000,000 onthe
-work-l H' " - ' " '".!
, . It waarmore thad a year an apialf
, ego wheaF this great work was inter
niititri lv- the nltAl Ktates Attorney-
General and charges were made J.hat
laborers on the railroad work were
N- liekl in bondage, ' Compelled to work
' practically without pay -and were
imbjected to varIou" sorts of,opires-
., t.i J i it M h I i S t", 4
The-case was presented to the Fd-
'ral grand Jury in JNew yorKna in
' iilctmcnts,, charging conspiracy., were
found aerahist fcdtiard j. TTiay. of
Jackonville,-Fla. resident labor agent
-.for the road: against Francisco aD
ibla. who has a private bank at225
llowery "in tHis clty2 an against-Ffank
A, Hough an David E. Harley, .rho
: were. ir-mployed by. i the company to
take ! South the i gangs of workmen
- ?that were engagedIn New York: jAt
eipense that, has oeen ssumaiea
; in hf ua bic-h as IS0O.00CT iho scvern-
. menfs aUorneys.' after th?29 ys?s.of
rna ration had the! cass literally
' thrown out of court, as bein tylihoirt
iouhdation, Judge Hou.?n rot sven r
' t i.i At.. ti. .... A.tf r m n icy ft ,
to nresent their defense. v
:lt .Bince has b(4n thiv i.iatf tlu
- whole so-called "eonaT3"' t-Iutilca
Mirti ,&irolInia
, . .... ..... .... ... ...
men who had , been' sent South by the
company and. then, after . the usual
manner, or "hoboes," : had run away
from their work and sought, by their
tales of V'slavery" to Justify their leav
ing. . , h : - . , :(.
Several JxC these men had them
selves, interviewed for ' newspapers
purposes but later; when. i& came to
making affidavits as . to the truth of
their statements, they were forced to
recants woefully : nd to admit they
were, well treated While worklnsr on
the .keys. A . v'- - '"
When the Florida East Coast Exten
sion was projected, the Florida State
authorities offered the railroad, which
has done all its own construction work
without sub-letting a single contract,
the UBe of every, convict under sent
ence. Had this offer been atef nted the
road would, have had a sufficient num
ber bf men at work at forty cents a
dav without ' the Imnortatlon of a
single, bit Of labor s
When the . proposition 'was outlined
to Mr. Flagler by his representatives-
he declined to bulla the Toaa4y bands
other than free American labor, and
thework, of bringing 'in this labor 'was
begun, : At first the men were paid
$1,25 a day and ' had to make their
contributions 'toward their, own com
missary : department.-' ThIs, as was
found early In the proceeding, 'was
unsatisfactory and ..within a short time
the' railroad .was panvlng. a minimum
of $1.50. a day. to its men and was pro
viding, them with; their , food and
Quarters., FIguresconnected with the
work -show .that z has cost the com
pany $1.08 a, day to feed each man.
employed and both Generals hattuc
and Brooke, of the nited States Army,
on tours of inspection 'of, the work,
declared hat the; sanitary conditions
of the camps and, of the commissariat
for the men were better than Was to
to be found. In the regular United
States 'Army. , . . A
It Is a . significant fact that while
the f . so-called j, peonage i cases : were
pending in the .United States court
fully .1,500 letters were .received
by the men ir charge of the construc
tion work and the litigation, written
by men whjo had? been engaged In,
building the road and who voluntari
ly Offered jLhelr if?rvlces as' witnesses,
to til of the conditions of . the camps
and of the work. The government,
on the other hand, had to pay expens-
ve mileage cnargss ana expense ac
counts for various witnesses that its
attorneys brought from long distances.
without evei establishing so much as
a sembianse cf substantiation for Its
charges.V '.
It is noteworthy,, in connection with
all that ha3 been said and Written
vnnjr7ilnr ih wnrlr on this exeat
lji!S.h3Lv each falli- when construction J
months, nore than jBfiftjeper cejiW of
--,- T-v-rt - rr'7 rt t)n.fLtnna rf t"!.''
jnea who havier4vorked -On the ..line
during previous fCjnteTS.
Tfte ..camps' in wnicn tne men live
are provided . with well-built , bunk
hou3e3,each consisting of a large
sleeping room with two tiers orhunks
efcteadlns down the centre and down
each side. Each, bunk Is supplied
with clean bedding and a clean-' mat
tress filled with, cut sponges, and is
covered . with afc mosquito : netting.
There is a Janitor employed ateach.
housa to make the beds and keep the .
plale clean. Then there Is a camp
eating house, where fresh, meat Is
served at least ' twice j a week, ; al
though in hot climates meat cannot
be eaten so heartily as in the North.
' The houses .of. : the superintendent
and of the engineers are located in the
camps and there Hilsoj are libraries
Well stocked with papers ' and mag
azines to which th? men nave rree ac
cess, and hospitals, in charge of sur
geons, where all talnOr dases of 111-:
ness or Injury are treated. c The more
serious cases are sent to tne mam hos
pital of the road , at Miami. f All of
these institutions1- are maintained by
the rallrod. whtcbU already has spent
upwards of $75,000 for medical ser
vice. - '
What this vast enterprise will mean,
when completed, to commercial oaba.
belongs to the realms of fancy, but it
is doubtful If its (importance cOuid be
exaggerated, v .Its oUUzatlon also
would lve the United .State a tremen
dous strategical i advantage, - from a
mllitaryj standpoint, were it necessary
at any a time to rush troops to the
Island Republic, FTurthermojfe, in view
of the i tremendous possibilities ior
the future ot Cuba, Panama and
South America, Hhe Flagler road will
supply the1 closest link connecting the
United States with those countries.
CONFESSED HIS GUBuT.
Henry Cook, Caught in Tsurboro Witli
v. Goods : on Him; Taken From Store
in Wilson He U Bronglit-to Wilson
for Trial. s
Tarboro, N. CI Dec. 4. The man
who was arrested here Wednesday,
giving - his name i as Henry Cook,, on
suspicion of being, connected with tho
recent robbery of a store in Wilson,
has admitted rhis guilt and has been
taken back to Wilson, upon identlnca
tioh of the property, Jewelry and rare
coins, by witnesses from Wilson, as
being the goods stolen
When witnesses from wuson came
here and Identiifled ' the property , the
man weakened and said that two oth
ers were parties to the ourgiary, inai
be ohiy got his share of the plunder.
Wednesday morning Chief Pulley was
telling several.! gentlemen, in front of
Hotel Farrar that he- had received a
description of articles taken by burglars
a few nights since from a store in
Wilson.' Whilfe the list was being read.
C. B. Keech came up and said that
the old coins described tallied with
some he had bouKht a few hours be
fore from a rather poorlyv dressed
man. He then described the man, and
Capt. Pulley left to look tor him and
arrested T hlm. , On his person was
found 30 pieces of old coins, two gold
watches, a pistol and a razor
The man gave1! his name as Henry
Cook, aged 35,, and said he was. born
in Wayne county,
. i Arrested ior Enticing Hands. .
' (Ran ford Express.)
i Arthur Blackwood, of Fayetteville,
was - arrested at Jonesboro on last
Thursday upon the charge of employ
las hands at the Sanford Cotton MJfl
to work in Fayetteville mills. After
taklntr tBlackwood in charge th
Jonesboro oXhcer liberated him, claim
lnr that he had no authority to hold
hi..i upon tha -strensth of a .'phono
BAPTISTS' GREAT
AIIIiUALlEETlfIC
Warm Welcome Within
Wilson's Open Gates
FOB STATE Cflll VEflTl
North Carolina Baptist State Convcn
" tlon Begirts Its Annual Session Wed
, iiesday Night j With "ConvenUon
1 1 Sermon" by Dr. William lAmsforu
' of Asherlle, and Continue Thh)ugh
Sunday Pastors Conference Con
venes Tuesday Prof. J. B. Carlyle,
pf Wake j Forest College,! President
of Convention -Large Attcndanco Is
Promised Y ' A '
Jr ' I 1 ' -1 , " 'i . t
Wilson, N. C. Dec. B.Delegates
to the State Baptist Convention will
begin to arrive ) tomorrow in fact
some of them are. already here from
distant counties. By every mall com
munications! are being received from
those appointed by various churches
throughout the State notifying the re
ception committee at what time they
will be in attendance at the great
gathering. -. . - f
The pastor of the First Baptist
church,! Rev. John T. Jenkins, says:
''Wilson has shown a larger spirit of
hospitality in opening its hearts and
homes to this, convention than I have
ever observed in any town or city
wherever I have been; yes, one and all
are waiting with open hearts and glad
hands to receive the large number of
delegates that will, soon bei with lis."
When he was asked by this reporter
as. to the number that would be pres
ent, he said: "From five to eight hun
dred probably many more." v
The convention proper will hot mVt
until next Wednesday, but the Pastor's
Conference will assemble" on Tuesday
evening and continue until Wednes
day afternoon. The followlne is the
pTbgraltrfcs" arranged for ? the two
jdays: ! , V'7""k- t
i" f-' r Tn"sna V Tii-ruilnn'- ' .."",71.
7:30 p. m. (1) Devotional
eerV-
ices, led by Rev. A. V. Joyner.
I z j ermon oy uev. J. D. Huf ham.
(3) Organization.
8:45 p. m. First subject: !"The Pas
tor's Relation to the Training of His
Church."
12) In Systematic Giving, Rev. W.
B. Blorton. . ',
(3) In Doctrine. Rev: Fred D. Hale.
Wednesday Morning.
8:30 a. . m. Devotional exercises.
led by .Rev. J. Paul Bowers, who will
deliver an address on 'The Relation of
the Pastor to . the Prayer Meeting."
10:10 a. m. Second subject! "The
Pastor's Relation to His Congrega
tion," S
(1) To the Children. Rev. R. A. Mc-
Fariand. !..'.. , .:. 1 1 ,
2) To the Young People.' Rev. L. R.
Pruitt-
(3) To the Home Life of His Peo
pie, Rev. G. M. Duke, t
(4) To the Outside Community. Rev.
T. B. justice.
11: 40. a. m- Third subject: 'The
Pastor's Relation to Soul-Winning."
(1) fThe Pastor as an Evahgelist in
His Own Congregation.": Rev. A. J.
Mohcrief. ' " - :
(2) "Wlnnlne Souls Through His
Members," Rev. G. T. Watklris.
(3) "Placing and Tralnlrtg Young
Converts," Rev. J. R. Doan.
. . Wednesday -Afternoon,
3:00 p. m. Devotional exercises,
lei by Rev. J, L Shinn.
3:20 d, m. Fourth subject, "The
Pastor's Correspondence Course."
(1) "The Work and Methods," Rev.
W. R. Cullom. . v
(2) 'The Necessity for a Fraternity
of Study Among Baptist Ministers and
Workers," Revs. J. H. Tucker. Qsl
Powers, C. L. Dowdy, and J. S. Far
mer. " . "
AH ' addresses will be ' limited to
twenty minutes. . . '
llecepuon juommittee.
' The following, gentlemen have been
appointed, to receive the delegates and
look out iot tneir comfort ana assign
them to homes: D. S. Boykin,. R. E.
Hagan, T. F. Pettus, E. B. Mayo, 8.
W. Worthlnirton. K. H. Watson. An
drew McGowan, A. A. Privett, E. B.-
Churchwell, R. C. Day, John Stalllngs,
C. K. Blount. O. P Dickinson. W. JM.
Moss. C CulDeDPer. Wi G. Carr. Ben
nett Barnes, J. D. Taylor, T. A. Hln-
nant and E. . Taylor.
! Convention Sermon.
' On Wednesday' night Dr. William
Lunsford, .pastor of the First Baptist
church Of Asheviue, win preacn tne
convention sermon.
Committee Meetings. "
The pastors of the various churches
have 'tendered the use-of their bouses
of worship to the convention for com
mittee meetings or for whatever pur
pose; they may wish to use them.
v Music. '
. " A splendid, quartette from the Wake
Forest I Glee Club will discourse de
Hghtful music through the delibera
tions. : - ' -.
ItevL E. T. Mnllins, of Kentucky.'
The following letter from Rev; E.
Y. Mulilns president of The Southern
Baptist ; Theological ' Seminary at
Louisville, Ky.V will be read with in
terest: - , - .
''.'''' Louisville. Ky..
-''':; ; : . Nov. 30. 1908,
Pastor, Baptist Churoh. - .
Wilson. N. C.
' Dear Brother: 1 am. expecting to
represent the Seminary at , your ap
taroaehlnfir State convention. I Will.
however. ' attend the South Carolina
convention first. , and will hope to
reach Wilson as soon as I can do so
after presenting our cause at the South
Carolina convention. ! Tne South Caro
lina meeting ; begins Tuesday "night.
and I understand your eonventlon
meets on Wednesday. I am writing
jto request that .you be kind enough to
look, out for me on the projrram, and
ree that I have an opportunity to pre
r:t ov.r v.orX I r-.uch rrcfer -Rein 3
TTV ; ofl o .
present at the opening of the conven
tion when I can do so. but the North
and South Carolina conventions are
so near together that we cannot ar
range It In this way. I hope you will
haye a great meeting. y
Yoursn very sincerely, etc., 1
t . E. Y. MIJLLINS.
nistory of tho First. Baptist Church
of Wilson. i
About sixty years ago when Wilson
was but a small village early in the
50'sseetng the ' need of a house of
worship the Baptist denomination In
our. midst. --Mr, "John Farmer gave a
lot on Green street, near where the
Atlantic Coast . Line " Railroad now
passes, and he and ' a slave belonging
to him named Hardy built a house
which was used for worship until the
breaking out of the . Civil War, when
the congregation was disbanded the
members being Mr. and, Mrs. David
Lt Hardy; Mr. and Mrs. John Farmer
and a faithful woman by the name, of
Mrs. : Winbourn, whd now resides in
Richmond. Va. - .
After the war the church was re
organized and the little band of five
was swelled to the number of twelve,
viz: Mr. George W. Blount. Mrs.; John
T. Barnes, Jdr, and Mrs. Cobb Moss,
Mrs. Benj. F.: Briggs, Mrs. . John
Barnes, Mr. John Farmer. Mr. ' and
Mrs. David L. Hardy and others,
The first pastor after the war was
Dr. LInsey.-who Is now in Columbia,
.S. C, where he has remained in con
tinuous charge of the First Baptist
church of that eity ever since leaving
Wilson. Rev. Thomas R. Owen suc
ceeded to the pastorate made-vacant
by Rev. Mr. Linsey. .Then came Rev.
George W. Murrell. after which was
Rev. -Thomas LIde. After this Rev.
F. M.' Jordan held a series of revival
meetings which resulted in sixty addi
tions to the church. Then the follow
ing pastors In1 the order given: Rev.
James R. McMannaway, Dr. John E.
White. Dr. Mundy. Dr. H. W. Battle.
Rev. Tdr. Roode, Rev. W.:H. Reddish
and Rev. J. J, Douglass. . -
It waf through the untiring zeal of
Dr. Mundy that the little brick church
which formerly stood on the corner of
Nash and Pine streets, was erected.;
This little church for twelve years or
more was where devout Baptists met
to worship God,, t
The. Present Pastor.
. Rev.' John T. Jenkins, the present
pastor, took charge of this church in
June, 1904. He is a native North Car
olinian. He was. called here . from
Kansas Cltyt Mo,- He is an eloquent
preacher and . an excellent business
man. - Oh his arrival here he found
the Hflock" to number one hundred
and flfty--now there are in the "fold"
four hundred or more well organized
and faithful Christians. 1
Imposing Houfle o Worship.
In the fall of 1905 me handsome
twenty-five, thousand . filar. - church
which now stana u he corner ,,of
Nasbra.nd Pine streews; Vas completed,
and the membership, . as stated, 'is
more than four hundred. The little
brick church? is an annex to the church
building proper, and is used for class
meetings, Sunday schools, etc. A roll
ing partition is used between the two
buildings, and when the screen! Is
raised and both . auditoriums are
thrown into one the seating capacity
Is for one thousand."
The attendance is large: the Sunday
school Is large and well organized: the
young men's prayer meetings promise,
to be one of the strongest" factors in
the church for developing and evangel
izing the young people of the commu
nity. Another Chnrcli House. .
For some time Pastor Jenkins has
advocated the erection of ' another
house of .worship in a different sec
tion of the city, and possibly this
structure would have been erected but
for the panic that we are now passing
through. . t ':.
The Town of uiison.
There is no need for this writer to
say any thins: about beautiful Wilson
and its hospitable people. We leave
that to those who come among us.
There -are all - kinds or people In the
world, but we can't believe that there.
will be one dissatisfied visitor among
the throng that will return tOthelr
home after the adjournmentof the
convention which meets In Wilson
next week.
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FOR PERSONAL INJURIES
Suit for Damages Brought Against a
Livery Company and a Doctor pf
Gafctonla.
CWadesbcro Messenger and Intelligen
cer,)
Mr. W. PJ Cox, through his attorney,
Mr. J. W. Gulledge. has brought suit
In thA Siinrlor Court Of this county
against the Gastonia Livery Co. and
Dr. H. M. Eddleman; ootn .or uas
tonla. for personal injuries received in
an accident in Uasionia auoui inree-
years ago. Mr. Cox alleges tnat ne
was run over on the streets of Gas
tonia by a buggy and horse, anven dv
a colored man in the employ of the
livery company, the team being, the
property of Dr. Eddleman, Mr. Cox
was badly hurt, being confined to his
bed several months. He has asked for
damages in the um of $5,000,
HERE IS SOME COTTON.
Mr. John R. Pender, of Edsewmhe,
Picked 60,000 Pounds of lint .Cot
ton. From 105 Acres.
(Tarboro Southerner.)
-John R. Pender on his farm three
miles from nere has picked 60,000.
pounds Of ,lint cotton from not more
than 105 acres. . x
XTonsidering the number of acres, Is
not this a record crop? ,
. Mr, Pender manured liberally. He
attributes much of the yield to the
second application he gave the crop.
He expresses the opinion that this al
most' doubled the yield. ,
r i i 1 ,f ri" 1
The Times-Democrat's Estimate of
- tlio Cotton Crop. A
. ; ? ' -"'- ''." f - ' '' ' '."Vy I '-,--
(New Orleans Dispatch.)
The Times-Democrat's estimate of
thj cotton crop Is 12.800.0,00 bales,
The yield by States: "
Alabama 1,200.000. Arkansas 900,
000. Georgia and Florida 1,900,000,
Louisiana 500.000, Oklahoma 73 0,000.
Mississipil 1,500,000, North Carolina
675.000. Uouth Carolina 1,150,000.
Tennessee 400,000, " Texas 3,825,000.
Total 12.800.000. . " ' v. ' 'A i
- These . figures relate to the actual
growth and are exclusive of linters,
repacks and similar additions.
The crop- has been ' picked and
marketed With great rapidity but the
farmers are Inclined to hold the rem
nants for better pricca. -.-.. -j -
! JJ . . 1 j.,'.! ' ' ' ' i . r - hi ii t ii - - n i a-.
TNMH IN THE
SUPERIOR COURTS
They, Convene in Eight
Counties This Week
LAST TERM FOR
ST
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Counties of Buncombe Burke, Beau
fort, Durham, Forsyth, Greene, New
Hanover and Randolph nave- Their
Last Term of Court ! for This "Year
This Week Judsro Long's First
Term In Randolph Short : Term In
New Ilanover-IJght Docket in
, Beaufort. -' ' ' liw'J
The last regular term 'cif Superior
Court for this year in eight counties
will be held this week. The counties
are Beaufort, , Greene, NeW Hanover,
Durham, Randolph, Forsyth,. Burke
and Bunpombe, In the first third,
fifth, seventh tenth, eleventh, i four
teenth and fifteenth districts, respect
ively. . The judges scheduled to pre
side are: Guion in Beaufort, O. H.
Allen In Greene, Lyon in New ; Han
over, Biggs In Durham Long in Ran
dolph, Council In Forsyth. Ferguson
in Burke and Ward in Buncombe.
'-'" - '!-.. - . -v.' - 'I:,-' -;.,s-. ";,- .' ' "''
JUDGE LONG IX It.XDOLPn
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His First Term There Though ' the
County Helped to Nominate Him
- Criminal Docket Exceedingly Light.
(Special to News and Observer.)'!
Asheboro, N. C, Dec. 5. Randolph
Superior Court begins next Monday,
with Hon. B. F. Long, Judge presiding.
It is to be for the trial of both civil
and criminal cases and will probably
last for two weeks. While our people
had the pleasure of helping to nomi
nate and electVudge Long, he has not
held a court in our county up to this
time. He has a large number of friends
in this county, who will be glad to see
him again. i
The, criminal docket Is .exceedingly
light, nearly every. case .on .the docket
being misdemeanors. '- '
The civil cases are calendared to
besrin on Wednesday,, the fith.l The
cases attracting most general Interest
are Charlotte Hill et al. vs. Emily
Bean et al., a suit in ejectment in
volving the title to some good ! min
ing property about four miles west of
Asheboro; and R. L. Johnson vs.iP. A.
Williams et al. for the purpose of es
tablishing disputed boundary i lines.
There is also a personal injury suit by
T. W. Craven vs. Worth Manufacture
Ing Co., on account of injury received
while working in the cotton milU
Work on the new court house is
progressing very nicely, but Itr will
probably not be ready for occupancy
before early summer.. . '
JUDGE GUION IN BEAUFORT '
Docket Composed Mostly of Unim
portant and Minor Civil Cases. :
(Special to fews and Observer.) '
Washington, N. C, Dec. 5. Beau
fort county Superior Court will con
vene lnthls city in the rounty -court
housenext Monday. December r 7th,
with Judge O. H. Gulon. of New Bern,
presiding, and If. a. Ward, solicitor.
The docket is composed mostly of un
important and minor civil cases, chief
among which are:
Leggett vs. Leggett, Johnson vs.
Johnson, Beacham vs. Beacham, Rol
lins vs. J. G. Chauncey et al., William
E. Swindell vs. W. H. Pettiford and
Peyton, J. D. Thomas vs. W. and V.
Railway Company, F. Wilkinson vs. J.
G. Whita and Co. et al... R. and P, S.
R. R. Co. vs. J. F. Godley, Washington
Horse Exchange vs. .' Frank R. i Spen
cer. One Week
in New Hanover;
Cases Only.
CjTil
Special to Kews and Obseryet.)
Wilmington, N. C... Dec. 5.-A one
week " term of New Hanover. Superior
Court for the trial of civil eases . only
convenes here Monday, Judge Lyon
presiding, but owing to the shortness
of he term no cases of pubilcjlnterest
are set for trial. , , ;
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; 3IAY BE IX)n THE ODjELIu ,
Equipment Recently Purchased By
Mr. W. A. lirwln, of Durham, May
Find Its Way Into the Odcll Ulls,
i Concord Tl te Ileal Purchasers the
Dukes. ', - j .-I ;
i Charlotte Observer.)
iThe presence of Messrs. Si B. and
B. N. Duke, in tho city, and the ar
rival early yesterday morning of Mr.
W. A. Erwln. of Durham, directed at
tention of those engaged in the cotton
mill Industry to the Odell Mills, of
Concord. It will he remembered that
these mills were sold at ! public! auc
tion last Wednesday by order of the
jcourt and 'were bid In by U syndicate
of creditors represented b Mr.
Henrv TV Deckeru of Philadelphia.
Pa., for the sum. of 166,000. .i It. Is
currently understood that this syndi
cate pf creditors Is made up largely
of the Duke interests, which were not
only among the heaviest creditors of
the defunct concern, but also f very
large stockholders. ; - Tho bidding in
off the 'mills was In the nature of self
protcctldn, the sale being subject to
an ordr of 'confirmation by the Court.
' Having purchased these mills, the
question mos frequently asked just
now is as to what disposition will be
made of them. Those who are watch
4ng the situation closely see something
in the presence In the city, just at
this time, of ! the Dukes, aside from
outhem Power Company business.
This they say is evidenced by the
presence here also of Mr. W. A. Er
wln, the right-hand man of the Duke
4 cotton mill interests. The fact that
Mr. Erwln recently purchased i from
the Whltin Machine Works : 50,000
spindles they say is significant. These
tplndhs '.wcr bousht ostensibly Cor
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Installation at ' Duke, but no 'omclal
announcement of their destination
has ever been given. , Those : who' are
on the alert say that a large block of
these spindles Is to be placed in the
Odell Mills at Concord as , soon '.as
confirmation of the sale Is secured, "at
which time everything will be ope
rated by electricity secured from the
Southern Power Company. Whether
or not these reports will, prove ; true
remains to be seen, but they are of
interest. '' - . i
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. OltLAHOMA'S INCOME TAX,
An Interesting Field for Exercise of
State Power.
A
(Arkansas 'Gazette.)
There will be general Interest In the
Oklahoma income tax. ' This taxi will
not be collected until next year, so as
the test has not come yet. As soon as
Oklah organs who have a good share
of this world's goods are railed on for
the Income tax there may be things
doing. ;
This law provides that all .Incomes
in excess of . $3,500. a year , derived
from salaries, fees,1 trades, professions
or property upon which a gross reve
nue or excise tax has" not been paid,
shall pay a tax ranging from 'five mills
on the . dollar of income, from, $3,500
to $5,000, to 33 1-3 mills on the dol
lar on all gross Incomes of more than
$100,000. - . -
- Thus a man with an Income of $3,
500 wll pay an income tax of $17.50.
Plutocrats who. are so careless as to
let, their .incomes go over . $100,000 jsu
year, ) or are so careless as to permit
that fact to get to the. tax gatherer,
will pay more than $333.33 as income
tax. , - '' . V V- ; I - ; '
The ' Income tax Is hard to collect,
and, we believe,ls not levied by any
nation of the world, save as an abso
lute necessity. The Boer war made
the British tax-payer groan under this
impost. But. if an Income tax is to be
levied, why do so many people, and
especialy -Democrats, Insist that the
Federal government shall levy It? Will
not Oklahoma do better to keep its In
come tax receipts at' home than to see
those receipts sent to Washington and
probably sent to New Ycrk? Have the
States so much revenue that .they
should invite the Federal government
to come In and tax their citizens? y
6 WIDOWS AT BANQUET.
Guests of " 8 i-YcarrOld ' Widower,
. . Who is Seeking a Wife. . , ,
' (Washington Post.) .
W. C- Brown, known. In the little
town of Dallas. Oregon, as . '.'Uncle
Billy," entertained 7 8 widows at a
banquet today. The number included
all the "widows" In " hla town and the
immediate vicinity. - It was etrictly
an invitation affair, and -If ..any were
omitted It was by Inadvertence," '
"Uncle Billy" is a widower, and is
looking for a wife, He-is 84 '.years
old today and celebrated tne event Dy
inviting those whom he thought pos
sible candidates for that, position.
The oldest of hls guests was 91 and
the youngest 25. He presided at the
banquet and called upon many of the
guests for toast ' . .",
Another feature of the celebration
was a shower of nickels he scattered
from the court , house steps to the
small boys.. He distributed $100 in
this way. . He announced that a
similar banquet will be an annual
event, the rest of his life, provided he
does not marry meanwhile. - v
. Belief and Blisters.
(Dr. Frederick Peterson' in Collier's.)
It Is not generally ' known tthat
thought may produce a blister on the
hand or an ulcer on the foot, as well
as many other actual physical changes
in one's organism, . which are : little
short of miraculous I have no doubt
that Bt. Francis, of Assist received the
stigmata 'of the . 'crucifixion on his
hands and feet, as historically de
scribed I have no doubt, because its
possibility has been put . to the proof
within the last few years, and by a
friend.' of mine whom I ;,wlll. name..
Professor Kraff t-Ebing, , of Vienna,
told a young . woman he. would place
a small . fly-plaster ' upon her .which
would produce a blister - In a few
hours . He actually only put a postage
stamp Upon the skin, without her
knowledge, and covered ; it over so
securely with . bandages tthat she
could not Interfere with it . The
blister appeared as. suggested. !
The Youthful Cigarette Fiend.
f (Macon Telegraph!)
Out of 2.500 boys who smoke cigar
ettes an expert authority claims that
only six are bright. Prof. William Mc
Keever, of the Kansas Agricultural.
Department. . has tabulated reports
based on personal Investigation of the
condition of, 2,500 cigarette-using
school-boys,, and In ." describing them
has exhausted such adjectives as "sal
low," "sore-eyed,', "puny" "squawky
voiced." "sickly," "short-winded"i and
"extremely nervous."' . Cigarette
smoking boys and students. Professor
McKeever. found, suffered from J sore
throat, weak eyes, pain In the chest,
short wind, stomach trouble and pain
In the heart. The effect on mental ac
tivity was marked, several very youth
ful smokers were nearly1 imbeciles,
and out of nearly 2.500 examined lorily
six' were marked bright students, ten
were average and the rest , were poofr
or worthless. ...--'"".'
Vanity in S(x, Nations.
(Chicago Tribune.)
The Tahiti girl, to acquire a i flat;
broad nose, sleeps with a ; compress
on it. .'" . r;- " u " .i'-V
.Tho Arab woman' paints her brows
so as to give the appearance of meet
ing above her nose. '
Belles of certain Amazonian tribes
have con-shaped skulls, which aro ob
tained by wearing ft mold on the head
from babyhood until maturity. ; I
The turkish woman Imparts a faint
blueish tint to nails and teeth. 1 .
i The ladies of Macassar paint their
teeth red' and yelow, alternately.
The Paraguay girl eradicates her
eyebrows, declaring, that she does nofc
wish, to resmble a wiskered man. . ,
Y " , ; . Xan Decadent; ,; -v
In olden'times Pan piped "his lay, ;
But in these days of. triolets,
I fear he's thrown hla pipe away"
An substituted cigarettes.
itJXuted
LllCr
1HE BEll HATE
: 10 THE SOUTH
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Llayor Rhett of Charles
- ton Gives Figures h ;
flC.ll.P0E WECTEO
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Wldte Dead Rate From , Virginia- to
Mouth of Mississippi la Only ilIS
Pcf ' 1,000, Which Is Less Than .1.10
Average South - Carolina's A White
, Death Itate is Lowest. Cast df SILs
sissippl, Ecept West -Virginia. ''J,
(Charleston News "and. Courier.)
To the Editor "of . the. News and'
Courier: The figures : quoted byi you
In your editorial of ; the , 27th. Instant,
entitled, "The Death Rata in the
South, from an article of Mr. Clar- '
ence5 H. Foe, are so totally at' vari
ance with the facts, and do the Sooth
such injustice that . I must ask you' to
permit me to correct them and give
the eact government1 statistics. .
The only ', statistics which the gov-,
eminent has published on the death
rate in the States of the Union lathe
past ten years was In connection with
the census of 1900,. There have been
a number of statistics published with
references to mortality in titles and
in States where the registration of
mortality is provided by law, but' the
registration States number only fifteen,
and include but one Southern State,
(Maryland) hence we must turn back
to the census of 19 00 for any reliable r
comparison whatever. . .
I enclose you herewith a table comr
piled from that census, which tells a1
totally different" tale from the figures,
given by, Mr, Poe. The death rate
in South Carolina is 12.3 per 1,000, in
stead of 37.5. , as you quote.- The 4
white death rate is 10.39. iind next to ,
the lowest death rate of all the twen-,
ty-seven. States east of the lli-issippr.
river- . ' ' .'-''.-'--
Insead of (-Mississippi having the "
highest negrddeath rate in the Union, .-.,
39.T per I.OfcO, ts "50a' give it, her rate
is third from the best, and Is only 1443
per L.000. - ' - -.
.The enclosed -table gives ' the ".total,
death rate th whl dtrri r"te the
cole. ' ih t. It','' rf -
the i..v.k..i.io:i'1cf i v. .-r-.
ritory In the UnU . ... t 3, rl 'xlso
for the District of Cclumlla. ' i
In the "Northwest and fir Win the
colored population Is largely com
posed, of Indians, Chinese; and Japan
ese;" v In the North, EacK South and ;
Middle West, the colore population
Is almost exclusively negroes. 0 ,
Any one can - verify these figures '
from a; World Almanac,' 1 1908. page
625 for population, and page 394 for
mortality ' 1' ; .
It will ; be seen at a! glance that
density, has much to do with the death
rate. . For example, the heaviest; r
death rate Is Jn the District of Colum
bia, where the density is greatest. The
next Is In 1 Rhode Island., where the
density Is next to the greatest.
The lowest death , rates with hut,
few exceptions are in the Northwest, -where
the density is very small. , r
Of tho eleven States having a death
rate under 9.90. ten form almost &'
rectangular block in . the , Northwest,
Minnesota, Iowa, ,' the . Dakotas, Ne-.-braska,
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington.5'. iThe high
est white death rate Is in the North
east Maine, New Hampshire, - Ver
mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and New York the av
erage being about 17.70 per 1,000; : v
The white death rate for the South
ern coast States from Virginia to the
mouth of the Mississippi, Is as follows;
Virginia.,-.. ... ..11.79
North Carolina. . ."Y. i' . . .V . .10.44
South Carolina., ;. . . . .. . vlO.S9
Georgia..... .; . : . . . . .11.08
Florida. ; . , . ; . .4 . .11.4
Alabama.; ..;.. ..'f.; ..12.91 .
Mississippi.. .J .'.ri. ..... 11.61
- This is an avrage of about 11.25 per :
1,000.. ; ' - . 1
The facts' are that density of popu- .
lation and climate- have . much to do
with the j death - rate, as well as san!
tary' measures. The .cities, of the
South, burdened with ' heavy debts' -from
past generations, have not been;
able : to avail : themselves of ; the ,ad
vantage? of Improved ; sanitation as
rapidly as dtles ;of other part? of the,
country, perhaps, but the salubrity of
the climate, has more than offset this
In all save her larger cities. In spite i
of these debts, however; her cities are'
gradually bringing themselves: in line, .
and another, decade, .will place some
of them, In1 the very .. forefront of;
healthfulness. '.."" .
" Charleston, for example, rwhlcK for "
many, years, has had. a ".mortality
among the highest, reduced her ratio .
of . white deaths to 15.75 in 1907. as ,
will be. seen from her Year Book for
that year. i ' f
The average death 'rate for regis- '
tratlon cities , for 906. is 17.8 per ;
1,000.
The death
rates for registration
States in .1900 1 and
1906 are as f ol-
lows: , - i j
1900.
15,21-
190$.
17.4
16.7'
'12.5.'
California.1.'
Colorado . . ;. i.
Connecticut.
. - lit. 1 .
. ,18.4 ".:
Indiana. . . .
Maine.. A.
Maryland. . ; . .
Massachusetts. . ,
Michigan . . v-; .
New Hampshfje.
New Jersey . ,
few York;.1 .. .
Pennsylvania...
Rhode Island . . ,
South Dakota..
Vermont
. 17.6
. i.17.2
. 17,7
..18.9s
. 18.0 -.
17.4
.17.9,
. 14.3;
.19.1 ,
16.2
15.7
16.5
14,3
17.S
16.2
17.1
16,5 v
17,5
7.7-
16.9
Five of these, California, Colorado.
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Maryland, PennEylvania, , and Bonth." '
Dekota. onl; -; hecaxre registration'
States,i:i 1(06. - - -
It will be iesrrt: t ' j rclt ct" -.ict1' '"
have ialtsa pU'c;,' ih cirenie chanse
being: S psr i,U ' r;y 14 per cent.
..(Continued ,.. - C:vcn.),