WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 1909.
H. A. LONDON, Editor.
Every Legislature appoints a
committee to examine the books
of all the State officers and report
to the next Legislature. Usually
this examination is only formal
and perfunctory, the committee
meeting at Raleigh a few days
before Christmas and going
through the form of an examina
tion. The committee appointed
by the last Legislature, however,
seems to have abandoned this
custom and to have made a sure
enough examination. Their re
port was made to the Legislature
last Saturday and it has caused
somewhat of a sensation.
While there is not the slightest
evidence or even suspicion of any
corruption or malfeasance, yet
this report discloses some bad
book-keeping and irregularities
that should not continue. This is
notably true of the office of in
surance commissioner, where a
better business system is recom
mended. The committee also re
port some vouchers, which they
say were not drawn by the State
Auditor according to law. Amonr
these vouchers are those issue
for $30 a month for servant ta
in the Governor's Mansion. It
seems that, before the present
mansion was built, the Legisla
iure in 1885 passed an Act to pay
the- Governor $30 a month in
commutation of rent. After the
mansion was built this monthly
allowance was continued" to be
paid to every Governor (Russeli
included) as servant hire, and the
committee say there was no law
for such vouchers.
The most deserving of criticism
is the conduct of Fish Commis
sioner Meekins, who violated re
peatedly the plain letter of the
law in buying supplies from p.
firm in which he was a"! partner.
If the statements made in the
committee's report about him are
true, he ought to be removed from
office at once. .
As soon as the committee s re
port was read in the' -House ,of
Konrooontativea n snar-ia rnm-
mittee was appointed (with Mr.
Currie of Cumberland as chair
man) to consider the same and
report what action tlie Legislature
should take.
The Republicans will not be
able to make any political capital
orj,' 'campaign thunder" out of
the attempt of the Republican
senators, on last Saturday, to
play "peanut politics." A num
ber of the senators on that day
were absent on a visit (by order
of the Senate) to some of the
State's charitable institutions,
and some others were absent by
leave so as to spend Sunday at
home. When the Senate met the
Republicans, findingthat a quo
rum was not present, demanded
a roll-caU'which showed that only
twenty-five senators (one less
than a quorum) were present,
and thereupon forced an adjourn
ment, thus losing a whole day's
work, which otherwise could
easily and lawfully have been
done.
If no roll-call is demanded, and
if there is nothing done to show
that a quorum is not present, it
is presumed that a quorum is
present and any business can be
lawfully done that does not re
quired a roll-call, as is frequently
done in Congress and all legisla
tive bodies. And yet the same
Republicans who thus forced the
Senate to lose a day's work pre
tend to be anxious for an early
adjournment of the Legislature!
WiflELESS telegraphy was the
means of saving nearly eight
hundred persons from a watery
grave,' a few days ago. On last
Saturday morning the large ocean
steamship Republic collided with
anothey steamship, or rather was
run into," and a large hole was
made in- her side which caused
her to sink next day. Immediate
ly af ter " the collision wireless
messages were sent from the
Republic for help; which mess
ages were received by several
ships and they at once went to
the rescue and took off every per
son on the sinking ship, 761 in
number. But for these wireless
messages the doomed ship might
have sunk with all her passeng
ers and crew, and their fate
never be known:
are nending in the Leg
islature for the creation of sev-
counties, but it' is hard
ly probable that any of them will
be passed. Two of these bills
are for new counties trom parts
of Robeson, one to form a new
pmintv out of the northern
part of Robeson and the other
bill to form a new county, to be
palled Glenn, from a part ot
Robeson and a part of Cumber
land, with Raeford as the county-
x r unJnnl'a ronrAapnta-
seat. VjUiuuciiauu o i t"-
tives in the last Legislature voted
for and advocated the creation
of Lee county, but her represen
tatives in this Legislature are ot
nrse onDosing the proposed new
county, which takes a part of
Cumberland.
All the religious denomina
tions in this State seem to be
well rem-esented among the stu
dents attending our State uni-
versitv. From President vena-
ble's last report, made to the
trustees last week, wellearn that
there are among the students
now at the University 224 Meth
odists. 157 Baptists, 133 Presby
tirians, 110 Episcopalians, 19
Lutherans. 19 Roman Catholic?,
17 Christians, 7 Hebrews, 6 Mo
ri vi an s. 4 Disciples, 3 German
Reformed, 2 Adventists, and 2
The Legislature could easily
save $750 a year to the State . by
abolishing the position of watch
man at the Governor s Mansion.
There is no more need of a watch
men there than at any ..private
residence in Raleigh.
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Struck in Face by a Tree.
IK:lt lo Charlotte Observer.
Anderson. S. C, Jan. 24. Mi
EJgar Farmer, a prominent young
planter of the Fork section, met
with a verv serious accident a few
days ago. He was cutting a tree
;u "the woods, and after it waa
partly released from the stump it
e and lodeed on the surround
mg trees. When he attempted to
ut it entirely loose, a portion of
the tree split off suddenly and
struck biin in the lace with ter
rific force. The nose and cheek
.u m were broken and he was
emitted unconscious, in which
; unlit ion he remained for some
ime, and it was at first feared thsl
the Kknll had been fractured: lu
it was later seen that it had "not
'OOU.
. Al&basia Mob Lynches Negro.
Mobile, Jan. 23. A mob of- a
tew men early this morning took
Dougtas KobersoD, the negro who
on Thursday killed Deputy Sheriff
Latch in a pistol fight here, from
the county jail and hanged him to
i tree on a residence street just
outside of the business section of
the cit
Wheu trying to arrest Roberson
Thursday morning Deputy Sheriff
b atch and Deputy Sheriff William
McCarron were fired on by the
uerro at close range, the first bul
let from Roberaon's revolver
striking Fatch in the stomach and
the second hitting McCarron's left
ankle. Fatch died Thursday night.
Blind Man Drowned in Neote.
Newbern, Jan. 25. While the
draw iu the Neuse river bridge
wag open today about 11:30 to al
low a gasoline boat to pass, J. W.
Gaboon, a blind white man living
iu BridgetoD, walked off the
bridge and was drowned in sight
of a dozen wittesses. Within
few minutes several gasoline boats
were on the scene and the body
was recovered, but life was extinct.
ine a raw was temporarily in
charge of a 15-year-old boy, who
left the guards down when he
opened the draw.
Farmer Invents a Feed Bag.
rtyeeUl lo News and Observer.,
Spencer, Jan. 2G. Mr. G. .
Boyd, a farmer of Speneer, has
invented a feed basr on which he
expects to secure a patent from
tip. United btates. It is so ar
ranged that it can be attached to
the neck of a horse which may be
fed from the bag without unhitch
ing from a conveyance, but may
be supplied with an abundance of
food while driving along the road
or street. The bag is portable
and cau be folded away in a con
veyance The inventor expects a
large sale of the invention.
Preacber in Fisticuff.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
Canton, Jan. 21 Rev. M. R. N
Caldwell, a Baptist minister of
this place, and Mr. Robert Hipps,
one of Canton's aldermen, had a
fist ie encounter Friday, over a
buisiuess settlement. Friends in
terfered arid separated them be
fore any serious damage was done.
Rnth Bryan Leavitt, daughter
of William J. Bryan, has filed suit
for divorce from Wm. H. Leavitt.
The reason given is alleged non-supporfc.
Washington Letter
Washington, D. C, Jan. 21.
After spirited debating the Sen-
ate this week succeeded in passing
bill increasing- the President
salary to $100,000, but striking
out the appropriation of $25,000
for traveling expenses the propos)
ed salary will not be doubled but
only increased by $25,000. Mr.
Roosevelt is the first .President to
have enjoyed an allowance for
traveling expenses aud,;it is said
that of the $25,000 he received for
that purposejlast year! he spent
only $9,900. Should the House
concur in the action of the Senate
and vole 'Mr. Taft $100,000 ana
should he confine his wanderings
to the distance traveled by Mr.
Roosevelt during the year he wiii
in reality have $41,000 more than
Mr. Roosevelt. , The Democratic-
side of the Senate as was to be
expected held out for the simple
ile and was emphatically of the
pinion that the Presidential job
was not worth more than $50,000
and Senator Bailey of Texas who
scoffs at the dress suit and other
.ppurtences of fashion believes
that the President should pay. his
own expenses for entertaining;
that he should hot be supplied
with a conservatory and that if he
wanted flowers to tame his savage
Oreast he should buy them out: of
his own pocket. He is of the
opinion that the Chief Executive
should go down into his jeans for
his railroad tickets and his car
nages and horses. But the Re
publican Senators, many of "Whom
arc very wealthy and know , what
it costs io live in these "days of
the full baby carriage and the
empty dinuer pail stood out for
the increase and - succeeded in
dragging it through with five
votes to spare. The increase will
no doubt be .very acceptable to
Mr. Taft and especially to the
wife of the Presidentfelect. who is
a practical woman with wide ex
perience in the science of making
a littlejnohey go a. long way, Mr.
Taft is a poor man as riches are
reckoned these days. Hehaslhed
on a salary since his college days
and he has beenoo busy to make
money. His brother Charles, as is
well known married a fortune
which he succeeded in promptly
doubling and he has been the Taft
bank ever since. Still it was not
to be expected that he would help
out with the White Heiise expense
and it must have given the Presi
dent-elect some concern as to how
he should keep up the Roosevelt
ait ou the Presidential salary
Mr. Taft is an essentially social
being and he finds his greatest re
laxation and pleasure iu keeping
open house. His tastes are not
extravagant but he has a fine dis
i egard for cheese paring and the
White" House will probably be
conducted in a hospitable way for
the coming four years. Congress
appropriates $35,000 annually for
its upkeep and in the rural dis
tricts this looks like a huge sum
bnt'one has only to visit the exe
cutive mansion and glance over
the small army of door-keepers,
lackeys and domestic servants all
of whom are under the lax surveil
lance of other paid employees to
4ee that economy is the last con
sideration here. It is said that
the Vice President pays more for
the house he rents furnished here
than his salary and that his house
hold expenses are over fifty thou
sand dollars a year. . Mrs. . Fair
oauits does not Know now many
servants are employed in the
kitchen and would not know her
cooks And scullery maids and hos
tlers if she were to meet them
From this small fact it may be
imagined what the expenses of the
White House are where each de
partment of the domestic service
is under the charge of a chief re
ceiviog a good salary himself and
where accounts are simply audited
to prevent graft and without re
gard to waste and extravagance
which under a better system might
be prevented.
The appropriation bill of the
Senate which provides for the
doubling of the Presidential sal
ary also calls for an increase of
salary for the Vice-President who
will have $20,000 and Speaker of
the House who will receive $15,-
000 with no additional amount for
carriage?, and a two-thousand dol
lar increase in the sauries. of the
Supreme Court Justices, making
the income of the Chief Justice
$15,000 and that of the Associate
Justices $14,500 each. The bill
will provoke lively discussions in
the House but it is probable that
it will be passed before the end of
the session.
President Moosevelt nas been in
telegraphic communication with
the Governor of California for a
few days and is using all of his
personal influence to prevent the
introduction and passage of bills
in the California legislature der
signed to prevent the Japanese
from holding land and being direc
tors iu corporations and for the
purpose of segregating their chil
dren in the public schools. . -The
President believes Hostile legisla
ticn toward the Japanese at this
time by any state iu the Union is
illadvised and he is acting on the
assumption that Japan will not
send cheap laborers to the United
States and that more Japanese are
now leaving than are coming into
this country. The prompt-manner
in which the Japanese press has
resented the action of the Califor
nia legislature makes it apparent
that the passage of the bills would
serve to quickly revive the hostil-!
ity of a year or;twaago and that
all of theprogressFiriade since in
ostering : friendly .v'eJations be
tween the tw'eountrias would le
undone. Our position in Asiatic
matters is decidedlv a delicate ote
and the cordiality of our relations
with Japan at present is easily.
menaced by these hot headed
statesmen. 'l "
Insurance Commissioner's Report.
Raleigh CorreapoaJont Charlotte Observer.
Insurance Commissioner. James
R. Young has completed his re
port, which says that before .1899
the insurance companies were' un
der the direction of . the Depart
ment of State and that the annual
taxes collected were from $50,000
to $80,000. Now the taxes and
fees amount to over $225,(100 an
nually. There is need for addi
tional help and also, for increase ot
pay of clerks already, authorized,
as they receive a third less pay
than is allowed fpr similar work
in other State departments. The
total cost of the department is
less than $12,000, and insurance
departments of other States which
do no more anare 'nVnibro effici
ent cost from $3O,000.! to; $40,000.
Xh;e ravenue invthe farm ,ol- licen
ses and-taxes increases each . year
from $700b to $10,000. Since, the
Insurance Department was formed
the total amount . collected, ana
paid into the State treasury has
been $1,4815,816. ., There is
reason to .believe .the amount to
be collected thia.vear will be over
$230,000. iThe commissioner says
he has never thought the depart
ment should be run for the collec
tion of revenues, though the work
is very important and of invalu
able aid in running the State gov
ernment; but in his judgment the
mo.t important work of the de
partment for the 'benefit of the
citizens is proper supervision of
companies, associations aud ord
ers. A verv marked improvement
has been brought; about in the
practices of companies and those
representing them.' All suspicious
fires are investigated and prosecu
tions brought, against suspected
incendiaries. . The result has been
the conviction of 100 persons for
incendiarism.
Penitentiary Report.
KtWlgU wrreaptmUeM of Charlotte Obeerver.
The annual report on the peni
tentiary has been issued. Most; of
it has already been summarized .
The report- of thei warden shows
that its brick dales-amounted to
$.5,521 and that the discipline of
the prison has never been better. :
The report of the physician shows j
that during the past two years'
there were admitted 324 convicts
of whom 43 were nueound and 281
sound. The mortality for all
causes except consumption has:
been very small,-and the death1
rate from tuberculosis has also
been small. The sanitary condi
tion of the entire prison was good;
the new sewerage system, connect
ing with the city sewers is a great
protection, while the drinking
wa'er from the lately driven wells
is abundant and pure. Not a case
of typhoid feyer has originated in
the penitentiary In 1907 one con
vict was killed by a guard trying
to escape. The report on the de
partment of the criminal insane,
which is in the west wing of the
penitentiary, shows its population
is steadily increasing, so much so
that some inmates have had to be
confined in prison cells in the peni
tentiary proper, 10 per cent being
thus looked after.
A Substitute for Matrimony.
"Successful business girls and
women," says Mrs., Anna Steese
Richardson in' Woman's Home
Companion for February, "are too
well off financially to want to mar
ry. "The" girl who earns twelve,
fifteen or twenty : dollars a week
sets for herself a standard of liv
ing, dress and s'mall luxuries
which would reqiiire a husband
earning twenty-five, thirty and
fifty dollars respectively. She re
gards as necessities what her
aaother considered luxxrries. If a
man who is earning' bniy as much
as the girfor a few dollars more a
week asks her to marry him, he
knows' that the'irl : rauejt ' either
depri ve herself ot some things she
lias ''grown 6 re'gard1 as necessities
or she must continue to work. And
there is many a home-hungry
young man today too proud to al
low 'his wife to work.
"Through agi tation and her own
honest effort at desk, counter and
loom, woman is rapidly Vearing
the goal of equality in v. oik and
wages with men. Her services are
worth today as much as those of
the man who might mairy her if
her services were worth less."
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Congress Will Do Nothing.
Washington, Jan. 25. As the
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