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Htye Chatham Eecorb. H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor. "terms of subscription, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly fin Advance A Remarkably Able Communi cation to Che Legislature NEEDED LAWS ARE SUGGESTED Says Our State is Enjoying a Period of Unbounded Prosperity Favors Education and Morality. The following: is the substanee of the message of Governor R, B. Glean io the General Assembly of North Carolina : To ihe Honorable, the General Assem bly of Xorth Carolina: You meet to-day under most favor able circumstances. Never before was ihe State in such a prosperous con dition, and its increase agriculturally, educationally and morally, has been phenomenal. Since the General Assembly last met. crops have been generally good and have brought prices above the average, so that our farmers arfc in ood condition and out of debt, and (heir lands much enhanced in value. New enterprise? have everywhere sprung into existence, and the rattle !t ihe.lcom. the hum of machinery and the scream of the steam whistle make sweet music to the industrial i';u To-day our State has taken the second place in the United States in the manufacture of cotton guods and furniture, and first ia the production of plug tobacco. Labor lias received good wages, but 1 here is a great scarcity in every line of work, and a growing demand is therefore being made to devise soma remedy for an increase in laborers, provided they be the right kind. The cause of education has greatly advanced. Good school houses and equipment, a Higher grade of teachers, longer teitu. and a more general in terest in. school work, are evidences of an advcational awakening that prom ises great things in the future. The B'.ral trend has gradually been on ward and upward, until to-day our people were never more industrious 01 sober, or took a greater interest in things religious. The credit of the State is first-class: we practically owe nothing, as our assets are in excess of our liabilities, and there now seems no further dang er of our being harassed by conspira tors seeking to vex us with suits on ol'.l repudiated bonds, as the Gover nors of sister States refuse to lend themselves to such fraudulent and mercenary schemes. Taxation. No subject will come before you at tin's session fraught with more vital interest to the State than the devising f a proper scheme for ascertaining the true value of all property in tho State, to the end that each individual r county, by proper taxation, shall bear his or its part of the State 's bur den, and that there be 110 false valua tion or unjust discrimination. The Constitution. Art. V, Sec. 3. provides that "laws shall be passed taxing by a uniform rule all moneys, credits, etc., and also all real and per sonal property according to its true value in money"; and yet this simple but vital provision is universally vio lated both in the assessments not be ing uniform, nor according to their true value. While impossible to devise any scheme of taxation that shall fall equally on all, still the nearer we can approach to requiring all to value their property correctly to its true worth, just so much the nearer Ave come to fulfilling the constitutional demand for uniformity. This subject, there fore, requires your deepest thought and most careful examination; and if the session should end with your hav ing accomplished nothing else but set tling this troublesome question on a fair basis, 3 on 'still will have earned the plaudit,, 4 'Well done, faithful servants." The assesed value of all property in the State is $461,520,668.32; but in my judgment, if personal property was fairly given in, and realty justly assessed, and railroads and other cor relations fairly taxed, its actual value v.:-uld be a billion dollars, enabling us to have a much lower rate than at prerent, and still have a much larger revenue to meet all the growing needs of the State. A fair valuation and a low rate are necessary to get more people and out Side capital, while a low rate and high valuation frightens away both the hoLieseeker and investor. ' Railroads. Much has been said of late about railroads and railroad rates, both passenger and freight, and how. best to regulate and control them. In deal ing with this question, I would urge upon the General Assembly to care fully examine the whole matter of ra?Iroads, and while doing everything the law allows, in protecting the peo ple against unjust discrimination, heavy rates, and unnecessary hard ships, at the same time to treat the railroads with perfect fairness and give them every legal right which be longs to them. VOL. X'XIX;-? TJTISBO&CK fe&ATHAM - Corporation Commii&ifc. The Governor KcommencU' that the Corpsrahon Commission be given ample powers to regulate complaints against railroads and . thf. corpora tions; also tbtd passenger' fares be fixed at 2 1-2 cents per mile. with 2 cents mileage fare in books. Insurance Commissioner and Insur ant. Sines the Insurance Department was established, the revenue collect ed from insurance companies doin business in the Stale has greatly in creased. In Hie last year tinder &e 0id system, the Secretary of State collect ed taxes to the amount of $3.1 7Q oa and as his compensation received fees' and was allowed $000 for clerk hire During 1005 the Commissioner of In surance collected $205,124.07 from the companies, and for the seven years s:nce the Department was organized, $1,046,804.23 has been received, which makes an annual Average of -$14fV 43.46 The Commissioner is paid $2,000 and some fees paid bV the in surance companies-, and allowed $1,600 lor clerical assistance, while if ' Ihe old system of fees had continued, it would have been $83,283.50 just $03,083,-30 more than under the pres ent laws. The Commissioner handles over $200,000 each year, arid keeps at least four hundred accounts; yet has no regular bookekeeper. The work is growing inmiensly each year; he needs more help, and I earnestly hope you will allow enough ttf obtain the assistance required; Bureau Qf Labor and Printing. -l Pome people seem to think that the work of the Department of Labor and Printing does little if any good; but if they will only remember "that it is the only bureau that gathers statis tics from all classes of labor, thev will at once see its utility. The report fur nished me in regard to child labor, and the Views of the neonle of compulsory education, is more than .n,,(i " i v wth the small amount we spend for Its maintPiinno T 1 i . its maintenance. I hope each member or ine general Assembly Avill care fully read the Commissioner's rPn,irt as it will furnish him with a srreat deal of helpful information for use in nis legislative work. Vagrancy. I also urge that the vagrant law be amended, giving adequate punishment ii. me discretion oi. the Superior Court. Vagrants furnish a great per cent, of the burglars, trespassers, mur derers, etc., proving the truth of the old adage that "an idle brain is the devil's workshop." Putting these idiers to work will be a great stride towards answering the vexed ques tion as to where labor will come from. Agricultural Department. The Agricultural Department is do ing good and useful work, nnd tv- means of its test farms, farmers' in- shtutes, its Bulletin Hilled with prar- ? tical suggestions and scientific results, " and its other methods of teaching H13 peopie, a growing imperus has been given to farming, horticulture, stock raising, and darying. The amount collected from the tax on fertilizer lias largely increased and now with its new facilities, a well-equipped force of competent experts and a sufficiency of funds, still larger benefits may be expected in the near future. The State National Guard. The Guard in some respcts is in the best condition it has been for years. It has a beautiful location for a per manent encampment at Morehead City, and will soon have a target range not equalled by any other State, save that of New Jersey at Sea Girti Heretofore, limited means made our equipment inadequate. Since the pas- - ' ' lonerress. known as thf TliVI.- hiil if uuBCtci, 01 me tWO DlllS UY , - the Guard will only take care of what it gets, and not waste and destroy its property, its condition will be in evrv S reserjet first-class ? resepet first-class. Pensions. What do the old veterans need? From 1S61 to 1865, with a voting population of only 115,000 North Carolina during the Civil War sent 125,000 of the truest and bravest men to the front. The entire eleven Con federate States had killed in battle 74,524. Of this number North Caro lina lost 19,673; and when Ave add those who died from wounds and dis ease, it foots up 40,275. Our soldiers Avon the right to chisel on their' monu ments at Appomattox, "First at Beth el, farthest to the front and Chieamauga, and last' at Appo mattox." This is history. These sol diers were heroes. ' Education. Our State in the last five years has made rapid strides in educating both the brains and hands of our youth, and every boy 01- "girl in the ' State with pluck and energy can get all. the knowledge needed to make them use ful citizens. Much, hoAvever, still remains to be done, and Ave should double our "ener gies in order that all classes and races he educated in the manner best suit ed to fitly prepare them for that sta tion in life in which God has placed them. ,1 feel very much like saying, in unqualified language, that the time is ripe for compulsory education, mak ing children between certain, ages gt to school, v.hether they or theii parents desire it or nof; for a parent has no more right to dwarf his child N mind than his body, and every child should have the right to get the knoAv ledge that might make a giant, insteac of, uneducated, being left an ignor- . ant pigmy. Here the goA-ernor takes up the work of the several State institutions and highly commends the splendid work they are doing. Lynchiags. Mob law is to be deeply resetted and if possible should be stopped at all hazards. , I recommend the re-en wim sucn amendments as will make it nipre efficient..' Let the sheriff, or "infer sembl disvjei ah remaining be declared an unlawful assembly and liable to arrest. Make such officer after making the procla mation; alSo lake the nameS of all re fusing to go; aiid give them to the so licitor for indictment: Such precau tions ill ni jnarjy nstances save all trouble. Authorize"; also; Silf peace officer; iii eases where .it is absolutely necessary; to call but the military and take every needed step to disperse the disorderly crdwd, for mbti law' ik a blot 011 society and injures most seri ously the entire State. Penitentiary. Perhaps the best-managed institu tion in the StfHft cert.ninlv cn -:innn- It is , self-supporting arid . Mi A sur plus today over ail liabilities of $242, 131.84. Owing, however to the fact (hat most of the. persons how convict ed of felonies are sent to the chain gangs of the various e'ouutiesj add bu i.v Avotnehj titid old rind decrepit men, with a few ioiig-tefmers, come to the State's prison, it will again become a burden on the tax-payers. For this reason; and for the further reason of humanity 1 dO not belieVe" that per sons mider sentences of over 4 years should go to the county chain-gang; for the county authorities, even when they do the best they can, cannot take the care of convicts that the State does; and bo from exposure and hard ships many of the long-term convicts die. I recommend that you fix a limit, requiring all persons sentenced for four years to be assigned to the State prison. Corporations. The governor recommends that for- Aiic- minimi recomiuenus mat lor eign corporations be required to lim , .1 . ...... 1 it their landed holdings to 300 acres. School for the White Deaf and Dumb. At the gathering iast year in Mor gan ton of the various principals, teachers, send promoters of the dif ferent schools for the deaf and dumb, it vaf agreed by all that the school fov the White Deaf and Dumb of North Carolina was one of the best, managed and most efficient schools of the kind in the whole country, and Mas doing a noble Avork for the un fortunates from whom God had taken hearing and speech. Since then charges were made against the man agement, and I felt that a full inves tigation should be had. This was done, and I am glad to say the report shows no corruption or mismanage ment, and the condition of the school first-class. J aniestcvn Exposition. It is urged that the legislature ap propriate an additional $25,000 for the State's exhibit at Jamestown. State Hospitals for the Insane. The Governor recommends that ample provision be made for all the indigent insane, and also lor all the insane who are not indigent, but that the latter be required to pay for their treatment enough to reinburse the State. Salaries. It is recommended that salaries Oe increased la to 90 per cent to correspond with the measured cost ox living. Also that the a-overnor's salary be fixed at $6,000e per annum. 10 oegin tne next governor. Reports. As required by law, I send you all the reports from the heads of denart ments and State institutions, and ask ,7 i" luiun mem luio iue waste act-ot j ... i you not to throw them into the waste- UU1L lu taictuny leau ana con- sider them, for they will assist you greatly in your work, and if you carry them home and let vour neighbors and v,,., i w ,? . friends read them, thev will sive them a higher idea of the State's greatness and fill them Avith more patriotism and pride. Geological Survey. The excellent work of the geological survey is highly commended. State Capitol. The governor recommends an ex penditure' of $700,000 to $750,000 for the improvement of the State capitol building, and urges the importance of Suggestions. :,The governor suggests that no bonds be issued unless necessary, but that if necessary an issue of tAvo or three million dollars worth of bonds at a Ioav rate of interest might prove beneficial to the State finances. Conclusion. My message is ended. I have only suggested what I earnestly believo was for the State's best good. If I haA'e made mistakes in mv'rppnmmot,. I dations, you Avill in your patriotism huu wisuom correct tiiem by your acts. I am ready to aid you allVcan. All" papers, documents, and records in my office or that I can obtain for you, are free to you,. and :ny information I possess will always be gladly given. My door, whether before or after of fice hours, .will always be open to you. Only make it knovn that vou are a member of the General Assembly, and you shall haA-e preference over all vis itors, for your time is short and A'alu able and you have a right to expect such a preference. Hoping that your stay in KaieigL will be-both pleasant and profitable, and believing that your acts Avill prove beneficial beyond comcare to th State, in the uplifting of humanity and the ; amelioration of suffering-, J bid you God-speed in all your arduous labors, and ask Heaven's blessings on what you may accomplish. R. B. GLENN, Governor of North Carolina. GOtM-fY N G THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, TAR HEEL LAWMAKERS North Carolina Legislature M$$i$ and Gets Down to Business. , The General Assembly of North arolirM ihSt irt bi-annual session on Wednesday at noon Shvd 6'fgSmy.edi Mr. Justice, the caucus nominee 6f the democrate, was elected speaker of the ouse, and the Senate wras pre sided ber by the lieutenant gover 1 or. A number 81 bill? ,rrd resolu tions were presented and rea'tf by' their titles. On Thursday Governor Glenn. read his message in person. Friday the Ho'ftF? committees were apointed, arid 3. rjumber 6'f Jffjportant bills and resolutions introduced,' filcl both ths Senate and House got doAvri steadiiy to work. Mr. DoAvd submiftCd the report of the committee on rules, recommend ing those in force at the last' session with some changes, among them be ing that each Monday the speaker slimi'd appoint, a committee of three to examine daily the journal before the hour of openiiig aiid re'poft to the House Avhether it Avas correct; further, that the speaker take the chair, at 11 o'clock CAery day, and that iii lib ease' he should be alloAved to Vote twice1 oil the1 Rarite" question, that is, as a member and a speaker. That no person except members or officers be alloAved on the floor or in the lobby in rear of the speaker's desk except those" Specially invited by the Speaker: That sifioking be alloAved. when the House was nbt in session; that the committee on judi ciary be divided into two sections; that the committee ond congressional appouitemeilts be abolished and that there be a committee oil public serv ice corporations and one on the cor poration commission, in place of the place of the usual one committee. The rules as amended Ave re adopt ed. Bills Introduced. The following bills were liiitrodue ed: By Fleming of Pitt, to pay solic itors a stipulated salary instead of fees and by Long, of Iredellj one of the same tenor, both going to the committee on salaries and fees; by Webb, of Buncombe, to amend the charter of the Cabarrus Savings Bank ; by Pharr, of Mecklenburg, to incorporate the Tryon Light and Electric Company: by Loiic, of Ire dell, to increase the number of com missioners of that county from three to live and that the tAo additional ones be appointed by Webb, of Bun combe, to amend Chapter 616 Pub lic Laws 1905, relating to the issue of bonds, by Buuermbe and creat ing a highway commission in that county; by Keinhardt, of Lincoln, to amend the landlord and tenant act. The General Assembly listened in joint session on Thursday to the read ing of Governor Glenn.s message. The message Avas read by the Gover nor himself, thus establishing a r.eAv precedent, to Avhich a few of tho house of representatives took excep tion, having their objections entered upon the journal. After the reading the folloAving business Avas gone into: Bill to Frovide for Insane. A bill introduced to provide for mental defectives creates a commis sion composed of the hospital super intendents and four business men to buy land for Avhite and negro hospi tals for defectives and also addition al land for the preesnt hospitals for the insane; and to provide buildings sufficient to gi-e accomodations for tAventy years. Long's bill regarding Iredell coun ty commissioners Avas passed, ap pointing H. C. Somers and J. W. Ha ger commissioners to begin their term upon the ratification of the act. At 11:30 o'clock the senate formed in a body and went to the hall of the house to hear Governor Glenn read his message. At 1:30 o'clock the senators i-e-turned to their hall and adopted a joint resolution on Mr. Buxton's mo tion to print 500 copies of the Gov ernor's message. Committees Appointed. President Winston announced the appointment of the folioAving com mittees, stating that the remaining ones would be named at Friday's session: Judicial districts: Stubbs, McLean, Blair, Red wine, Kluttz, Ma son, Breese; fish and fishierie3: Bel lamy, Mitchell, Fleming, Ormond, Burton, McLaughlin, Goodwin, Bal linger; finance: Odell, Aycock, Drew ry, Mitchell, Levill, Ballenger, Hicks, McLoughlin, Effird; internal im provements: Breese, Ormond, Mc Laughlin, Efird, Levill; mines and mining: Wood, Mauney, Reinhardt, Wilson, Rives; claims: Ballinger, Buxton, Odell, Fleming, Harrington, Brown; federal relations: Davis. Graham, Mason, Bellamy, Daniels'. Buxton, Dickey; judiciary: Daniels Graham, Mason, Buxton, McLean, Stubbs, Reid, Blair, Howard; election hiA,-, Thome, Long, Webb. Ormond, Breese, Greer, Godwin, Wood, Cart er; insurance: DreAvrv, Aycock, Mitchell, Holt, Ormond, Thome; Pharr, Harrington, Howard; revival of the laws: RedAvin'e, Fleming, Pharr, Seawell, Hicks, Torne, . Polk, Kluttz, Turner; appropriations: Mc Lean, Lovill, Efird, DreAvry, Daniels, Davis, Baiiinger, McLaughlin, Burl eson; corporations: Buxton, Mason. SeAvell, GoodAvin, Fleming, Longj Breese, Polk; railroads: Graham, Hicks, Mitchell, Holt, Aycock, Or mond, Etheridge, Seawell; counties: cities and towns: Pharr, Webb, DaAes, Burton, Long, Odell, Howard, King, DreAvry; corporation commis-" sion: Mason, Seawell, Long, Hicks, Reed, Aycock, Rives, Webb? Turner; pensions and SolWs' home: Rein hardt, Graham, Mauney,- Irtng, Per rett, Ballinger, Brrlison. Hcuse. TM. hoyse session began at 11 o'clock, Speafce ttntiee presiding, and Rev. E. Y. Foot, 0$ th9 Baptist church, offering prayer. Bills Introduced. Mrtiihy of RoAvan : to appoint jus tice of the' pPafg for Rowan county. Laughinghouse, 61 Piil' tv reduce passenger rates on railroads iii $?otth Carolina, committee cn railroads. lfmee; To declare burden of proof. CtfiEB&iit? on judiciary. Bickett, of Franth'ri :T repeal dog tax in Franklin county, and to' iLftnd eonstitution of North Carolina. To jftii"f$ for the mentally- deficient. Owensy Ot smpson: To provide for roads of Sampson.- Hollowell, of Moore: To' iMke in dictable assault upon an innocent woffiafl.-. Manning: jt'd" allow Durham county to issue road bonds", id provide for election of school committee fc? Dur ham city. To provide for election of board. of education for Durham county.- T"cf repeal law requiring 4 days' work on Durham fti&&. To eompel telephone companies (G maintain joint stations. Douglas, of Wake: Regulating rule of soft drinks. To protect primary elections arid conventions. To reg ulate the speed of atitomobiles in Wake countj'. Jones, of Johnson: Returning to Johnson the manufacture and sale of wine aiid eider, London: To amend Section 1,673 of ReA'isal. Caudler, of Jackson : To correct State grant, 1,278, in Jackson coun- ty. Colemaiij of Clay: To repeal stock laAv in Clay county. White, of Person : To incorporate the Roxboro Real Estate & Trust Company. The following Avere appointed the committee oil rules: DoAvd, of Meck lenburg; Whiborns, of Hertford; and Royster, of Greenville. The Senate resolution providing for printing 500 copies of the govern or's message' rras concurred in. The house resolution to pay John 1L Kerr per diemand mileage for ofganizim the house, being sent back by the senate Avith mileage stricken out, the house refuses to concur and a com mittee of conference Avas appointed. Saturday was a dull day in the leg islature. About the customary num ber of new bills Ave re introduced, many of them being of purely local import. Winborne introduced a resolution appropriating $25,000 additional for the Jamestown Exposition fund, pro-A-iding for the purchase of land as a site for the State building there. Eilli Introduced. Bills were introduced as folloAVSj To regulate pay of jurors in Union. By Haynes To promote education in Yadkin. By Young To allow the Avorkirig of convicts 011 Catawba road. By Winbonie To provide courts for Beaufort and Washington. By Hooker To regulate pay of jurors in Beaufort. By Autry To prevent the sale of liquor in Burke. By Blount To establish graded schools in Tyrell. By Liverman To increase th number of commissioners in Tyrell. By Wells To amend section 1892 of the ReA-ised regarding Pender county. By Pou To promote education in Dare. By McNeill To amend section 3299 of the Revisal regarding curelty to animals. By Royster To allov Granville county commissioners to apply money arising from profits of the dispen sary. By Whitt To amend section 2120 of the Revisal regarding mill tolls in Person. By Cowles To amend the Revisal regarding probate of deeds. . By HolloAvell Regarding passen ger rates and providing for the sale of interchangeable mileage books. By Taylor, of BrunsAvick To so amend the fish law that it will not apply to the catch of Henhaven Avhen they are manufactured in this State. By Grant, of Davie To amend the revisal of advertising sales under mortgages and execution. Japanese Gettng a Foothold. Tokyo, By Cable. A Philippine Japanese association has been form er! here to cultivate commercial rela tions between Japan and the Philip pine islands, develop navigation be tween Japan and the islands and found a Japanese bank and an in surance company at Manila. The as sociation, whose leaders are members of the progressive party of Japan, Anukal and Oissi, will publish a pa lter which Avill be printed, in Japan ese, English and Spanish. Rabid Dog Bites Eight People. Richmond, Va., Special. After it had bitten eight people, a blood hound dog afflicted with rabies was killed in Norfolk at an early houz Sunday morning by two policemen. who Avere among- its victims. Police Officer McBride and Cooper, who killed the dog, together with tAvo children, were terribly bitten. Foui others Avere less seriously wpuiidec by the rabid; animal. 1907. NO. 23. BIDS LOW OH CANAL CONTRACT Cast of Construction of Canal by These Contractors Would be $9, 450,000 if Estiiaate of $140,000, 000, Frequently Spokea of in Con gress, is . Accurate Much Discus sion Made as to Great Difference in the Only Four Estimates Sub mittedBoth Olive and Bangs Have Done Much Important Con stiiictka Work According to State ment Submitted. Washington, SpeciaL Proposals opened by the canal commission for the entire construction of the Pana ma canal were a low as had been ex pected by experts on construction work. For some time it. has been known that several members of the commission believed .7 per centum upon the estimated cost of the con struction would be a fair remunera tion for a contract, or under the fori2 Of contract prepared by the commission1. The loAvest proposal, that of Wil liam J. Oliver, of Knoville, Tennes see!, and Anson M. Bangs, of New York ?ity, who offered to do the Avork for 6.-73 per centum of the es timated cost, i'dlU even lower than had been hoped for. Granting that the estimate of $14000,GGO for the construction of the cana, Hhkh had been frequent ly spoken of in eWtgress, is accurate, the remuneration of the Oliver-Bangs combination would be $9,450000 iii cas -it were to be awarded the eon tract. AVilliam J. Oliver and Anson M. Bangs haA-e both been iii tlm contract ing business for many years', ttd the statements they furnished Avith their proposal fnhoAV that they haATe done much important work. . Mr. Oliver states that he has emnpleted $18, 100,000 worth of work Iii the past ten years hoav has $31,500,000 worth of work in progress. He giA-es his assets at $3,000,000. Mr. Bangs giA-es his assets at $2,000,000. The other bidders Avei'8 George Peiree & Company, of Frankfort, Main and NeAv York city, avIio of fered to do the work for 7.19 per centum upon the estimated costs, the North American Dredging Company, of Los Angeles, California, avIio of fered to do the Avork for 28. per centum of the estimated costs, and the McArthur, Gillespie Company, of NeAv York, Avhose bid Avas 12.-5 per centum. Strike Leaders Are Shot. City of Mexico, Special. Late ad vices from the Crizaba strike dis trict are to the effect that 5,562 of the 7,083 meii who were out, have re turned to work. Although everything is quiet at present, sAvift punishment Avas inflieted by the government upon the men who were leaders in the late rioting, just how many men were executed for the part whi?h they took in the trouble is not yet known, but peven of the ring leaders were shot in the sight of hundreds of wit nesses. The shooting Of these lead ers, among who were Rafael Moreno, vice president, and Manuel Juarez, secretary of the Working Men's or ganization, Avas dramatic. It Avas at 5:30 o'clock hi the morning when 5,000 of the "already half-starved strikers determined to turn back to work. The factory whistle Avas blow ing and throngs of men were about to enter the open doors AA-hen they saw a squad of soldiers leading the condemned men to the ruins of the stores that had been razed by the mob. Placing the men on the piles of smouldering rubbish the soldiers stepped back the desired number of paces and the" volley that folloAved closed this dramatic chapter of the strike. Walker Hanged. Graham, Special. The negro Hen ry Walker, condemned to' death for having shot Mr. L. Banks Holt, wft; on Tuesday hanged promptly at 1 o'clock. He was pronounced dead at the end of 17 minutes. James B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Company, testified for the defense in the licorice eases. Letters to Pope in Interest of Inter national Peace. Rome, By Cable. W. T. Stead, in connection with his efforts to inter est Pope Pius in an international peace movement, Avrote Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of State, enclosing a letter to the Pope in Avhich he described his ideas as to the action the Vatican should take and pointing out the enormous mortal influence such action by the Pope would create. It is reported that Mr. Stead's desire is that Pope Pius issue an eucyelical i-i favor of peace a.vd the limitation of armament:?. Revenue Cutter Launched. Wilmington, Special. The reve nue cutter Pamlico, built for the government by the Pusey & Jones Company, was launched Saturday. The vessel was christened by Miss Appie Camilc Cahoe, of Newbern, N. C. Officers of the revenue service were among the invited gr.ests. The Pamlico is 158 feet long and vill cruise on Albemarle and Pamliqo sounds. 4l)t Chatham Retort. - RATES OF ADVERTISING, On iquar, on inmrtloa 1.00 One square, two Insertion 1.60 On square, one month 8. W For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. REVIEW OF WORK OF CONGRESS What Our National Lawmakers Are Doing From Day to Day A War Of Words. The House took on the appearance of the clog days of the 55th Congress commonly known as the "war Con gress," when altercations betweea members became frequent. Mr. B. Gaines, of Tennessee, and Mr. Ma hone, of Pennsylvania, Avere only pre vented from meeting in personal en counter by the intervention of other members. Mr. Gaines was making a, speech on his bill to "dock" members pay for absence from the House and was being twitted by both sides of the chamber, to his evident embar rassment, when he charged Mr. Ma hone with being absent from the House 95 per cent, of the time. Pre vious to this sweeping assertion, Mr. Gaines had read excerpts from The Record in relation to the withholding of pay in the 53rd Congress and the part Mr. Mahone had played at that time. When Mr. Gaines had concluded Mr. Mahone rose. He explained how, in the 53rd and 55th Congresses, he had had $7,000 due him and that the then Speaker, Crisp, had given him an order on the sergeant-at-arms for ths amount, Avhich was paid. Then com ing to the cruix of Mr. Gaines Mr. Mahone thundered: "Any man Avho charges me with being, away from this House 95 per cent of the time, tells an untruth." Mr. Gaines started down the aisle from his peat. "No man can call me a" liar," ex claimed the Tennessean. Mr. Mann Interferes. Then Mr. Mann, of Illinois, who was in the chair, took a hand in th altercation. Both men AA-ere ordered to their seats, Mr. Mahone obeying tli command, while 'Mr. Gaines stood tAo seats away from the centre of the chamber shaking both rfists and head at the Pennsylvanian. When order had been restored Mr. Mahone again rose. Having been catitinoed by the . chair that it was against the rules to, address a mem ber in the second person he measur ed his words saying he would speak in "the fourth person, He then said; "The charge of the gentleman froni Tennessee that I am away from this House 95 per cent of my time is a deliberate falsehood." Senator Pettus Votes Alone. By a vote of 70 to 1 the Senate" passed a bill providing that railway employes engaged in the handling of trains shall not Avork more than 16 consecutive hours, Avhich period is to be followed by 10 hours off duty. The one negative vote Avas cast by Sena tor Pettus. This accomplishment was reached after an entire day spent ia consid eration of the subject. The parlia mentary situation Avas confused dur ing the entire time, caused by the 40 pending amendments and the threes substitutes for the original bill, al! of which had to be disposed of. The bill, Avhich was finally passed is the one introduced by Sena tor LaFollette and is not in print. It was amended in several resepcts by the Senate. The bill pro vides that under certain contingencies and in case of accident, the time fix ed may be exceeded. The enforce ment of the law is placed in the hands of the inter-Stale commerce commis sion and the Federal Courts, the pen alty provided being a fine of not les3 than $100 nor more than $1,000. The act is to apply to trains doing an inter-State" or foreign commerce busi ness. Senator Overman on State's Rights', Senator Overman, of North Caro lina, discussed - States-rights and the tendency of the Federal government to encroach on them. He said that bills regulating child-labor in fac tories and mines of States (referring to the Lodge of Massachusetts, and Beveridge, of Indiana, measures) Atottld not only stretch to breaking the commerce clause of the consti tution, but would be a usurpation of the rights of States and an assump tion of the power which. they reserved when the Tenth Amendment Avas adopted. "If Congress regulates cotton mills, why not let it regulate business generally," said the Sena tor. He favored . reasonable child labor laws but they should be pass ed by State legislatures'. , . 12,000 Acres Open to Entry. Washington, Special. Upwards of 12,000 acres of land east of the east ern boundary of the former' Nez' Perce reservation in Idaho has been throAvn open to entry in the Lewis ton Land Office. The land lies a few miles east of Kamiah and Koos kia on. the Cleanvater Shore Line Railway and much of it has been squatted on for several years. The State will reserve precedence of right of entry for 60 days, and in tha meantime no fillings -will be allowed at the land office except those offer- ed by prsor bona-hde homestead set tlers. Three Held For Grand Jury. Danville. Va., Special George Stevens, Fletcher Harris, and Albert Adkins, young Avhite men Avere held for the grand jury for a primary hearing on the charge cf robbing J. hT TV-moc r.f T?r!inokn. whose bodv X41V-auJ, - -7 - j Avas found cn a ravine hear the city on the morning of January Znd. bte vens turned State's evidence and tes tified that Harris and Adkins rob bed Thomas while, he was in a drunk- . eu stupor, If. 17. i'i ill
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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