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gbe Chatham TKecorfr. hTaTTondon EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. r TEbe Cbatbam Kecorfr. RATES OF ADVERTISING'.. One Square, one Insertion $i. One Square, two Insertions.., 1.5 One Square, . one month 3.09 Ay 1ST AM II TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 1.50 Per Year Q STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From All Sections of the Bsy Tar Heel State DuilSing and I;oan Associations. Raleigh, Special. The report of Commissioner Young on building and WP.11 associations was made public last week. It is for the jear up to tiic first of last April He says that those associations have increased very rapidly and that the rapid increase in number, as well as in the volume cf business, speaks well for" the in dustrial progress of North Carolina. Under the set cf 1905 the idea seems to hr.ve been to put as few burdens and restrictions cn these associations possible, only doing what is neces sary for protection cf shareholders. He s:ns that for associations to suc ceed, they must be run in a public spirited way mil not solely for the f-nriehiicnt of a few individuals. lie pays a very high compliment to Mr. S. AVitikowsky, who has built up an association at Charlotte which has al jrrs: a million dollars of business. Commissioner Young: says there is no ror.se :i why the principle upon which tin so associations are conducted . terested in, or dependent upon, indus shonl.! not be applied to help country trial agencies, mills, railroads, stores ptcple 1:1 buying .-Kid owning their ! and mines. Some of them are active fair, s. and he believes this would .ly concerned for the well-bein of the evens ly benefit the farmers cf the j workers in the enterprises from which State, who would do well to organize their incomes are drawn. Some are i!;-n-s. Ives for this purpose; and he; members of our department and we vould be -lad to give any aid in his. feel sure that. manyothers will join power for such a movement. In Eu-: in onr efforts when they realize ' the rope, l:unr associations or banks of opportunities which they Have at this character are found in great hand. numbers. Here in North" Carolina "The country has grown so rapidly v " utiai- cd en the same principle as building and lean associations, and be known f.s land and loan associations. The re pert shows 85 associations with leans f mounting to $1,663,875. S'lemTTcll Fcils to Answer. ... Greensboro, Special. The case renin st Mr. Baxter Shemwell. of T,ot- iii'ik !!. chared with carrving eon- rod d weapons and with an assault en Conductor Sraitbers, of Southern Kail way train No. 37, at Lexington a few months arc. Avill not be tried dur ing the present term of court, on ac count of the absence of the defen dant, who is said to be in Hot Springs. Ark., receiving treatment for nuunian-in. Air. MiermvelL Avas "called out" in court and his appear-i ance bond of $1,000 declared "forfeit- i cd. The bend was signed by the de fendant and his son, 'Mi". Dermott Shennvell. Sisty Additions to Durham Chain- Durham, Special. The recruits to t.ie county chaingang by reason of! tue recent court were 60, 53 men and 2 wemrn. lb.e sentences range in - V.. , ' Y rerauingTo ..... i .u U.UI..IUU J.1UU1 tnom.is lor sellin? whickpv in ft months for double shooting and at tempt at minder, with a woman as one of those shot; from a sentence cf 00 days cn the road for retailing, to a fine of ?300 cn the man w'ho orated the cclcssal blind tiger through inortant negroes and wore white men. Judge Jones gave gen eral satisfaction in his court here. The?? sentences are far nearer justice than wc- generally get. North state Brevities. Elkin Times says new quarters are tcir? built for the convict force at jyerk en the Elkin and Alleghany ha head. The new camp is" near the i onn; Can road and about eight n--.- f,r. Vim,-, Vi-r-rn thi twv wn"'' ' i l ."s l0-;(,( v- 11 completed to the 'ci cf tha Bl'ic Ridge, leaving only 'bent throe miles cn the Elkin end ff tho read to be graded. At the rate rf nrce-ross that has been made 1 !V5rnc hc entire lino to the foot of the mountains should be rmipletcd by the spring of 1910.; -ny farmers in the Piedmont sec t fri do net think peanuts can' be auc rpssfuiiy gvovrn envwhero except in c c?''y Pert of the State, but Mr. iderv vr caver, cf Arcadia township Davidson cr.nnty. Fas demonstrated to hi.? Re'srhbcrs that ra:s:ng peantits bests mi tcn. Th's year ho had in and eno-balf ceres cf peanuts ar.cl made 105 bushels for which he n-civcd $105. He had two acres in pcUoi and it b-cught him $40. -Irs. A. L. Smcot of Salisbury, did heroic deed, on the 14th, of Knatcli:ng her umbrella frcm a negro a'd thief and, after failing to affect his cn-rst, fircc at him twiee wjtn a P-stei with Avhich she armed herself when she discovered the culprit. Farmers in the northern part of avi(b-cii county are very much ? arni;r,d over a peculiar disease which has killed seA-eral horses. An ani ai which eats v,-ell and appears to bein "j1 ''iii hiumeruy uie, mere S r.ot the slightest symptom of "!"a?e lin In tha vorw ol-iT-f Vvo lo-o the death cf'the horse. The v-ork on the rail road from pnng Hope to Louisburg is being Pusued to completion. It is being -'Jut by the Montgomery Lumber ompany, but is of permanent con-J-ruct:cn and will make a good link n a railroad system. John S. Fullam, formerly chief of PHice of Ashcville, on Saturday, the fell from a flat ear and was cveredv if not fatally injured. For i.iauiy he landed betAveen the lccls and saved himself from a horrible death. VOL. XXXI. HAPPENINGS Mrs. Taft at Spray. Spray, Special. There was a meet ing here of-the woman's section of the welfare department of the Nat ional Civic Federation. The meet nig was preside 1 over bv Mrs. Wil liam T Harris, of Danville, Va. Mrs. William H. Taft is honorary president of this department of the federation and she was the guest of honorxof the occasion. In the course of her remarks Mrs. Taft said: "The opportunity of women to in fluence the economic well-being of the world's workers is greater per haps than they realize. They are stockholders, and too often the silent partners in many large industrial en terprises. In one of the great rail ways alone, it isstated that of 28,003 stockholders practically one -half are women, their holdings -amounting to 143 million dollars. -Besides those who hold stock in their oavji names there are many others who ihronsrh family relationship are financially in- iu poiiuiauon ana aoveionn so enormously in a. short time that its public institutions often have help lessly fallen behind the best ideals In the State and" municipal institu-1 tions, such as asylums and hospitals, and in the police and tire departments cf our cities, much remains to ce oone betore the employes of the public can be said to be respectably, i 1 r . . Rot to say comfortably, cared for. and wlien we tllink hat interests arc con fided to them, it seems superfluous to insist and argue-that they, should be well-housed, furnished with proper feed and given opportunities, daily not only for rest, but recreation and exercise. "That wemen have a real and le gitimate interest in these matters is aPParent "R"hen we stoP to think how mucb - of the world's work is done for women and the home. Women's in terests are almost commensurate Avith the whole field of industry. The employes of railways and of mine, the stationary firemen and engineers Avho work in ill-ventilated basements and sub-basements, the- coal passers who toil in aR.sorts of narrow and crowd ed quarters, hotel employes, bakers and the thrones of mill hands in the textile industry, the teamsters of rpat cities all these and many J others are engaged m work in whose ultimate results Avoman has a person al interest.-" . Innocent Man Suffers. - In 1S98 Jesse Talcr was instantly killed near Red Springs, Robeson county, Avhile peacably entering the home of Thomas White, whose sick wife, Mrs. Talar, was nursing, An other tenant was at the time present, named A. B. Norton. The circum stances were such that White and Norton each charged that the other man was guilty. With no chauce to prove himself innocent, Norton, through his lawyers, submitted to a verdict of second degree murder and j?. on wi lv ' i tiary for 30 years. White died recent- y at the NorthomDton State farm, : . Ua , ,u - ' men were sent to the peniten- but before he died made full confes sion that he -had killed Tolar and wished Norton to bo ssnt home to his family. Two affidavits, including White's last physician, Dr. IL B. Ferguson, are offered to prove Nor ton 's innocence. Ho has gerved ten years. "To Ee!l For a Purpose." Henry Harvey, the murderer of Hugh Price, another negro, was hang ed at Rockingham on the 17th. He was immensely ccol and indifferent. When spiritual advisors applied to him he declined the service and said he wanted to go to hell for a purpose. He did not state the purpose. Tho Killing Accidental. In the Superior Court the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty in the case charging William D. McAdoo with the murder of Ed Aired, a companion on a hunting trip in the eastern part of the county last Jan uary. The jury rendered the ver dict after-delibrating 30 minutes. The public generally accepts the ver dict r as a righteous one. It estab lishes the contention of the defendant, who went on the witness stand in his own behalf, that the killing was an accident. The State asked for a ver dict of.murder in the second degree.- Inhuman Act. Wilmington, Special. A reward Of $25 is effered for evidence to convict the party or parties who left an in fant on the dcor-steps of Mrs. How ard, in the southern part of the city during an extremely cold nightTthe child dying later from the exposure. The police have been working, on the case but have been unable to"get a clue to the perpetrators of the .out rage. ; . : ., . PITTSBORQ. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. 0., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1908 NO. 19. COt, TAYLOR ON STAND Companion of ' the Victim of the Night-Rider Band Relates the Da tails of the Lynching of Captain Rankin. Union City, Tenn., . Speeial. Fol lowing his caution to the press not to print the testimony in the night rider cases, Judge Jones Saturday cautioned the ministers of local churches not to refer to 'the cases in their sermons Sunday, since the i i rors might be present. He took no further action regard ing the prss, . although he conferred personally with the correspondents of seA-eral cf the State papers, im pressing upon them the necessity of folloAvmg out the court's orders. The first witness was Coh II. Z. Taylor,. Avho was companion of Cap tain Ranken. Mr. Taylor is a veteran of the Con federate army and a Avealthy man. Colonel Taylor and Captain Ranken went to Reel Foot lake to lease some land to a carpenter. They drove over the proposed propertv on the night of October 19th and "left orders for horses, for another trip the day fol loAving, then they retired. Colonel Taylor related the storv of his experience the night -Ranken "was murdered. He said he and Ranken Avere taken from the hotel. Ranken was led under a tree when a rope was adjusted and throAvn over the fork of tho tree. "Give him time to pray," said a night rider. l liaA-e attended to that," v.as Ranken 's .quiet reply. Ranken then was raised from the ground until his toes scarcely touched the ground. 'You are choking me, gentlemen, I pray you let me down, " said Ran ken. Some one fired a shot, the Avit ness said, Avhich Avas instantly fol loAved by a fusillade, most of the night-riders firing into the air,"hoAA' eyer. Taylor told his captors he Avas tir'-.d and Avanted to sit doAvn. He crouched to his .knees ready to spring and .when the firing stepped he jump ed into the Avaters of the slough. The firing Avas immediately renewed. Taylor dived but heard the bullets strike the A-atcr. He swam to a los; and clung to it Avhile the bullets struck it like a hail storm. When all sounds ceased he swam to the op posite side of the lake and took to tho Avcods. After telling of the hardships he endured during his Avanderings, Col onel Taylor said he hid in a cane brake until thirst drove him out and into the arms of friends. Colonel Taylor suffered from delu sions during his Avanderings, seeing bands of masked men. Just before the night-riders killed Ranken, Colonel Tavlor said, "Gen tlemen, I am an old man. I cannot exnect to Ra'c many years more. By killing me yen aa-HI not be cheating me of much. But Captain Ranken is a u unger men Avnn manv vears before lifti. Do not kill him." ' The leader curtly, repli : "Shut up." The President 'r Hunt. President Roosevelt has entered in to an agreement (his own proposi tion) with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, b.y which all the rare and A"aluable specimens of game he may slay in his African hunt will be taken charge o,f by an expert taxi dermist and sent back for mounting in the Institute. The program the President has in mind is to start about April 1st, ar riving on the hunting ground of British and Dutch East Africa about May 1st. His course will bo toward Ugenda, striking the Nile about Jan uary 1st, 1910, and Avorking his Avay to tide Avatcr about March 1st. The President says he is no game butcher andAvill hunt chiefly for game of special scientific interest. His son Avill- accompany him and is ex pected to share with him in the dis tinction of adding specimens to the national exhibit. Georgian Hanged For Wife Murder. Swinesboro, Ga., Special. For the murder of his wife, six months ago, George Joyner was hanged here Fri day. Although Joyner confessed sev. eral months ago that he killed his wife during the last weeks of his life he protested innocense and on the gallows reiterated his denial of the commission of the crime. Laymen's Movement. Salisbury, Special. The lajTnen's movement in the Methodist Episcopal church, South, was given quite a help forward by the late meetings held in connection with the meetings of the steAvards of the Salisbury district. Nearly all the charges were repre sented by one or more laymen. Prof. Walter Thompson, of Concord, Avas elected district leader of the move ment for the coming year and a leader was chosen for each church in the district. There was general discus sion of the aimsand scope of the movement. A feature of the meet ijjg was a banquet Robbers Hold up Oregon Train Portland, Ore., Special. Robbers successfully held up an Oregon Rail road train near here. The amount of money obtained is not known definite ly but it is feared that it is large The train had many Chicago pas sengers Avho lost money and 'valua bles. The handits flagged the train about six miles from the city, clean ed up the express car and went through the passengers. KNOX SEC. Df STATE Pennsylvania Senator Accepts Highest Ptece in Cabinet MR. ITAFT IS MUCH GRATIFIED After Receiving a Telegram From Philander C. Knox, Signifying His Willingness to Accept, Mr. Taft Announces His Appointment &s Secretary of State. Augusta, Ga,, Special. William H. Taft, ..President-elect of the . United States Friday night announced the appointment of United . States Sena tor Philander C. Knox, of Pennsyl vania, as Secretary of State in his Cabinet. The announcement folloAved the re ceipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram, Avhich came late in the afternoon, eomeying the information from Mr. Knox that he Avould accent the Dre s miership cf the Taft Cabinet.' Mr. Taft without delay made the an nouncement that the matter was set tled. In ging the details of the ne gotiations he said thatx the offer Avas made to Mr. Knox last Sltnday morn ing in NeAv York. : That since the offer : he had not heard from Mr. Tnox until the telegram he receiA-ed Friday. After a consultation with Secretory Root in Washington last Sunday afternoon, Mr. Taft said he made an effort to see the Pennsylvan ia Senator there but was informed he AA-as in New York to attend the dinner of the Pennsylvania society. He Avired Mr. Knox to see him at the Henry W. Taft residence Sunday morning. The appointment was kerst Mr. Knox concluding bis visit in time for Judge Taft to attend morning church services, Jbut remaining at the Taft residence until after Judge Taft had gone to church. "I feel that I am to be congratulat ed in securing the services of Sen ator Knox in my Cabinet' Judge Tatf said in making the statement with the understanding that ha was to be quoted. "In selecting a Secretary cf State I wan ted first a great law 3er, and, second, a man who would fill the public eye, not only here but abroad, as man who stands out pre eminently as a great American. ' "Mr. Knox AA-as a great Attorney General; he was a prominent candi date for the presidency, and he is recognized in the Senate and else where as one of the great laAvyers "bf that body." Judg Taft also feels that from a political A-ieAvpoint the selection of Mr. Knox is most happy. He ex plained that there was often a feel ing that the State of Pennsylvania, with its assurred Republican major ities, often AA-as slightly in the mat ter of recognition in the high couu sels of the party. That thiswill not be the case in the next administration was indicated by the announcement by Mr, Taft that he should invite Senator Knox to come to Augusta, Ga., that he might consult him freely with reference to filling other places in his Cabinent. -In fact, he said that he felt the need of such advice a she should be able to obtain from Mr. Knox regarding not only the Cab inet, but many matters preliminary to the beginning of his administra tion. That Mr. Knox's influence will be potent was freelv admitted by Mr. Taft. The hesitation of Senator Knox to make a more speedy decision is inter preted here to his desire to arrange with due regard for the interests of the party and his State for relin quishing his seat in the Senate. Mr. Taft evinced many evidences of- grat ification at the decision which has been reached. ' Five Millions For Canal. Washington, Special.- A request for an urgent deficiency appropria tion of $5,553,000 to carry on the Avork on the Isthmian canal at the present rate during the balance , of the fiscal year and for new projects was received by the House Friday frcm, the Secretary of War. Last year a deficiency appropriation of $11,990,000 was made. Harriman Caso Decided. Washington, Special. In deciding the cases of .Edward H. Harriman and Otto H. Kahn vs. the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the commission is not entitled .under the interestate commerce law to press questions relate to private transac tions, even though they Evolve deal ings in the securities of interstate railroads, when the investigation-pf which such questions are a part has been begun on the commission's in itiative. . Root Will Not Resign. ' Washington, Special Reports that Secretary Rcot contemplates resign ing his seat in the Cabinet in the im mediate future because of the trouble which he is experiencing ; from his knee Avhich was injured while he was in the West making a speech in be half of Mr. Taft, are denied in re sponsible quarters. .. . .. WE MAKEA PROFIT K Favorable Characteristic - of tha Foreign Trade cf the United States for 1E03 Decline in Valu of Im ports is General and Acounts for Decrease fn Toa! Value Prices of Foodstuffs : Remain x stationery Gains in Prices of Com, Wheat and Bacon Exported. ; Washington, Special Tailing, prices for imports rising prices for Jxports, are declared by -the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com nerce and Labor, to be a characteris tic of the foreign trade of the United States in the fical year 1908. Thir s especially true, he says, as to the manufacturers' material imported ind foodstuffs exported. In manu facturers' materials, whether raw or partly manufactured,- the average Jrices for the jear are, says the re ?ort, materially lower than those for :he preceding year, and Avere also such lower at the end of the fiscal fear than at the beginning cf the rear. The average price per ton of lemp in June, 1903, was but $141.02, igainst $174.78 in June, 1907 ; 'of ma lila, $137.74, against $202.01 in June, 1907; of sisal grass, $100.20, against 152.57 in June, 1907; of goatskins, 3er pound, 24.5 cents in the closing nonth of 1908, against 31 cents in ;he corresponding month of the pre ceding year; of hides of cattle, 10.9 cents is June, 1903, against 15.4 2ents in June,Jl907; of India rubber, 6 cents per pound in June, 1903, against 7.1 cents in June of the preceding year; of raw silk, $3.23 per sound in June, 190S, against $4.63 in June, 1907; of pig iron, 27 cents per pound in June, 1908, against 39.1 -eiirs per pound in June, 1907; and )f clothing, wool, 17 cents per pound n June, 1908, against 25.7 cents in Tune, 1907, while other classes of K-ocl also sIioav a similar reduction in price during the year. The decline in' the total value of imports, which occurs in nearly all )f the principal articles forming the rreat groups, foodstuffs, manufactur ers materials and manufactures, is Jue in a considerable derree to this falling off in prices, though in many. 2ases there is an actual decline in piantitAV This is particular tmc in manfacturers' raAv materials, which '"Y " iiiuiiveu uecmie in prices per mit of quantity, the decline in A-alue being thus much greater than- that (" quantity. In fibers, for example, the fall m A-alue is from 42 m;U;on Jollars in 1907 to 35 millions in 1903 i decrease of 10 per cent., Avhile in luanhty the fall is from 312,983 tons to 303,848 tons,, a decline of but 3 per cent. In Indian rubber the fall in value of imports is from 59 millon ?nilarS iirim t0 361-2 millions in 1908 a decline of 3S per cent.; but the fall in quantity is only from 77 million pounds to 62 million pounds, i decline of but 20 per cent. In hides ind skins the fall fii value of imports is from S3 million dollars to 55 mil lions, a decline of 34 per cent.,whiJe on gnantity the fall is from 371 mil lion pounds to 283 million pounds, a decline cf but 24 per cent. In pig copper the value of imports fell from 39 millons dollars to 24 millions, a Jechne of 40 per cent., and the quan tity from 193 million pounds to 145 million pounds, a decline of 27 per sent. In pig tin the value of. the im portations fell from 38 million dol lars to 23 millions, a decline of 20 per cent., while the quantity fell from 96 million pounds to 77 million pounds, a decline of 20 per cent. In raw wool, the value of the importa tions fell from 411-2 million dollars m 1907, to 23 1-2 millions in 1903, a decline of 44 per cent., while the quantity fell from 204 million pounds to 126 million pounds, a decline of 33 per cent. Thus in practically all the principal articles used in manu facturing the falling off in the value of imports as compared with those of last year is due in a greater or less degree to a reduction in prices per unit of quantity, though in most of these articles there is au actnaj reduction in quantities, much less, however than would be indicated by a mere consideration of figures of value only. t Food stuffs do not share, as a rule, in the decline in values, either as to imports or exports, which is charoe tenstic of manufacturers' materials. The average import price of coffee m 190S was 7.6 cents per pound, against 7.9 cents in the preceding year; or raw sugar not .abo'e Ko. 16 Dutch standard in color, 2.33 cents per pound, against 2.11 cents in the preceding year; and of tea, 17.3 cents per pound, against 16.11 cents per pound .in 1907; Avhihrin manufactur ers' materials fibers show an average price in 1908 of $117 per ton, against $135 per ton in 1907; hides and skins, 19.3 cents per pound, against 22.5 cents per pound in 1907; India rub ber, 5.8 cents per pound, against 76.6cents per pound in the preceding year; raw silk, $4.13 per pound, against $4.20 in J907; clothing wool, 22.5 cents per pound, - against 26 cents, per pound in 1907 ; combing wool 27 cents per pound,, against 30 cents per pound in 1907; and carpet wool, an average price of.J.4.5 cents per pound, in 1908, against 15 cents per pound in-1907; all of the above being import prices. On the export side, corn shows an average export, price of 64.7 cents per bushel, against 53 cents in 1907; wheat, 99.3 cents per bushel againt 79 cents in 1907; bacon, 10.5 cents per pound, against 10.6 cents per pound - in 1907 ; and lard, 9.1 cents per pound in 1908, against. 9.2 eents per pound in the preceding year. THE WORK OF CONGRESS Synoptis of the Proceedings cf National HcuiFe and Senate. the i Saturday's Session. The House of Representatives Sat urday Avas in its old-time form. No particular programme bad been map ped out, but under a call of commit tees several measures in which the members were especially interested, and in eome cases vitally concerned, were considered. With few excep tions they engendered .the liveliest sort of debate, and it was disclosed that the ftfrces for or against them were fully lined up for the fray. Parliamentary tactics were freely re sorted to, Avith the result that five times the-roll'". was called. The first rangle occurred on a reso lution fixing the boundary line be tAveen the States cf Colorado, Okla homa and New Mexico, which was agreed to bv a majority but not with out tAvo roll calls. The House then by a decisive vote refused to further consider the bill providing for arbi trary settlement of disputes between employers and employes. Next turning attention to the bill providing' for the protection of aliens in the United States the subject was threphed cut. at length. The measure had rough sailing and it was passed by a slim majority after the roll had been called twice. The Brownsville Affair. - The Brownsville affair consumed! nearly the eutire session of the Sen ate Monday. Senator Foraker obtain ed.. the floor early in the dav and read letters frcm a former soldier of the Twenty-fifth Regiment telling of the procedure of government detec-tiA-es in attempts to get confessions frcm him. Mr. Foraker introduced an Amendment to his original bill for the re-enlistment of these soldiers proA-iding that a commission of three retired -army officers be created to de termine -whether discharged soldiers are innocent of complicity in the shooting up of BrownsATille as a pre requisite for their re-enlistment in stead of leaAring that duty with the President as provided by the Warner bill. FclloAvinff closely upon these re marks the President's message giving the results of the War Department's iiiA-estigaticn of the BrownsA'ille, af fair was read and Mr. Foraker again tcok the flcor to comment upon the message. Senator Cafter announced that he would speak upon the postal savings bank bill and would ask that it be made the unfinished business of the Senate. ? In the House. While considering bills dealing with affairs in the District of Columbia I the House" passed a measure pro-iol- ing for 85-cent gas in Washington. The bill row.. -goes to the Senate as AArell as another bill abolishing "buck et shops" in the District. A bill providing for free lectures in the , public schcols Aras - A'oted down. An attempt by Representative Henry, of Tejcas, to obtain a change1 in the reference to a bill prohibiting the marketing or future contracts on agricultural products brought forth the premise from Chairman Scott, of the agricultural committee, that his committee Avould scon grant hearings to farmers' unions and others on this subject. The House voted to adjourn Saturday, December 19th, to Monday, January 4th, and adjourned for the day at 5 p. m. A Special Message. On Tuesday Congress received a special message from the President bearing upon the Panama Canal mat ter. The message was directed against the New York World and was verv bitter, demanding that the editor of The World: be put in prison and otherwise punished. .; Repeated peals of laughter greeted the reading in the Senate of the open ing paragraph of the President's mes sage on the Panama canal charges. As the secretary read the statement that the charges were "false in every particular," Senator Bailey laughed outright as he was passing along the rear of the chamber to his seat. Oth er Senators on both aides of the cham ber joined with him, and when 'the reader reached the statement that a statement in a -newspaper which he mentioned would not be believed, there was general merriment from both sides of the chamber. There was only a small number of Senators present when the reading was begun and it was hurried through, the papers accompanying the message not being read at all. The House Interested. " The message elicited the greatest interest in the House of Representa tives. The members gave close at tention during the reading of the doc ument and there was a ripple of laughter orer the President's charac terization of Joseph Pulitzer, publish er cf The NeAv York World. The message with its accompanying pa pers was referred to committee. Accompanying the President's mes sage was a large bundle of documents bearing upon the transfer of the canal property to the United States. Many cf these documents were in French, without English translation. There was nothing which showed di riectly the persons who received the $40,000,000. paid by the United States, but there wa sincluded a list of about "7,000 stockholders in the eld and new Panama canal companies, all of them citizens of Franco and of the Colom bian republic. There was not the name of a citizen of the United States in the entire list. For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. PHILIPPINE The Conditions On he Islands En'JrcIy S. tisf sctct REFORT CF BRIG. GEN. EDWARDS Process of Feacs aal Orjicr An nouncsd in the Pvcport of the Bu-N - reau of ..Insular Affairs General Edwards Commends tlie Wcrfc .of . the PfciJlipins Scents. Washington, Special.- The work of the Phillipine scouts is highly commended, the bill to amend tho Phill'pinc tariff aet noAY pending iu the Senate is endorsed, encouraging -progress in the Philippines and the maintenance cf peace and order in Cuba throughout the year are an nounced in the annual report of Brig. General ' Clarence R. EdAAards, chief cf.thc bureau of insular affairs,, which was made public last Sunday night. General EdAvards says the Phillip pine sccuts are an important factor in the education cf the Filipino peo ple and in the ctenticn of a higher standard cf liA-iug ia the islands as well as in the extension of American influence. - The report recounts the settlement of Catholic Church claims, and refers to the bill Avhich passed the House at the last session, but Avas still pending in the Senate before committee when Congress ad journed, -;to provide free entry into the United States of Philippine pro ducts, Avith certain exceptions, and free entry of United States products into the Philippine islands and free trade between' the United States and the Philippines Avithout exceptions after April, 1909. The report says the friends of the measure are en tirely agreeable to th inclusion of a clause limiting Philippine sugar to be admitted under its provisions to 400,000 tens annually. This the su gar people admit Avould be sufficient to restore some of the former pros perity to the sugar interests in the islands. A reduction of the present duties cn tobacco, the report suggests would afford the moral encourage ment of Avhich proolucers in the is lands noAT stand so seriously in need. The other principal products in the Philippine islands, henvrv copra and rice, haA7e the advantages oAcr sugar of not requiring such enormous cap ital for development and of not en tering into competition Avith inter ests of this .country. . The expenditures of the Republic of Cuba on account of American in tervention frcm Cctober'lst, 1906, to June 30th, last, AAer.c $757,343, these expenditures being made from funds allotted by the provisional govern ment from time to time for army expenditures due directly to the army service in Cuba. The statement of extraordinary expenditures on ac count of the army of pacification in Cuba which under congressional leg islaticn arc to be reimbursed from the Cuban treasury, sI:oavs a total of $5,311,822, cf which $3,376,735 was from October 1st, 1906, to June 30th, 1907, and the balance from then un til -June 30th last. The settlement of the Dominican debt, tho steadily Avideneing actii tics in the Philippines and the admin istrative control of Cuba continuing to bring up important questions of law, making the demand upon the law officer of the bureau, constant . and serious, legislation for retirement of certain civjJr emplojres of the Phil. ippine government cn part pay, after ten .years of satisfactory service are among other matters discussed. Adjournec-. For the Holidays. Washington, Special. Both hous es of Congress on Saturday took a recess until after the holidays. Up to this time no real Avork has been done. It is presumed that upon re assembling the body will get doAvn to work in earnest, as the session, closes by limitation on March 4th, Former Congressman Loud Dead. San Francisco, Cal., Special. Former Congressman. Eugene F. Loud died Sunday night in this city. For several months past he has been in J poor health. Ilia condition Avas ag. gravatod by the death of his daugh ter five months ago and the loss of his wife, who died cn December 6th. Mr. Loud served 12 years in Con gress from the fifth- district. Tar Heel Shoots Broker. New York, Spscial. Following cn altercation over an alleged debt of $650 incurred in connection AA'ith the financing of an electric vibration company, of AvWh he was treasurer, . Henry B. Suydam, a, mining stock broker, member of the curb market, was shot in his oCie at 39 Broad street Saturday by John C. Lumsden, an inventor. Suydam A'as probably" fatally wounded. Lumsden claimed that the money in question was due him and that an attempt was being made to defraud him of it. Former Governor Fleming of Florida Dead. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Fran cis Philip Fleming, Governor of Florida from 1889 to 1S93, died at his residence in this city Sunday at l:30p. m. Ex-GoA'ernor Fleming i;-!' a native Floridian and served in the Confederate army through the civil war With distinction. After the war he was admitted to the bar and soon became, one of Florida's ables law years and politicians. MARS ,
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 23, 1908, edition 1
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