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WEDNESDAY, March 31, 1909. JK. A. LONDON, Editor- -One of the best speeches which has so far been delivered on the Payne tariff bill which is now be fore the House o Representa tives was made last Friday by Representative E. W. Pou, of this (the 4th) district. Being one of the Democratic members of the ways and means committee, the committee which is supposed to draft the tariff bill but which is in reality done only by the Re publican members thereof, Mr. Pou has had opportunity to give much study to the tariff question which he has done. His speech was accordingly listened to with much interest by his fellow members, and at its conclusion many of his Democratic col leagues congratulated him upon his capital speech, the Democrat ic floor leader (Champ Clark) saying that it was just to the point. In the course of his speech, Mr. Pou showed that the Payne bill is a worse measure than the present 'Dingley law, that in stead of revising the tariff down ward, as the people were promis ed during the campaign, the re vision was made upward, for the average ad valorem rate of 44.16 per cent obtaining under theDmg ley bill is increased to 45.72 per cent under the proposed Payne bill. The marked discrimination in favor of the manufacturer as against the consumer was shown in the fact that the tariff on shoes was reduced very little while hides, which last year yielded nearly $3,003,000 in tariff duties, has been placed on the free list, a clear discrimination against the cattle raisers of the country. The raw material is thus given no nrotestion while the finisheaed pro-duct gets all the protection. Mr. Pou's attack on the pro posed duty on woolen goods was especially scathing. He showed that here was the opportunity to help the consumers, if the Re publican party was really sincere in revising the tariff, but that the wool schedule under the Payne measure would yield ap proximately as much revenue as that under the infamously high Dingley bill. Wearing apparel, women and children's dress goods and blankets, all of which must be used by a larg eper cent of our people, will continue to be taxed as high as ever. The speaker further pointed out the unfair discrimination against the South in taxing jute bagging with which cotton is baled at five cents a bale and the twine used in tying wheat in the Northwest exempted, in the unprotection to , the Sea Island cotton of the South and the mica mines of Western North Carolina and in the cutting in half of the duty on lumber due to the in fluence of the North where the forests have long ago been de nuded. The reduction of the lumber duty is but another illustration of broken promises by Republican politicians. On every stump in North Carolina Republican speak ers declared that should Demo crats get control of Congress the tariff on lumber would be reduced and that the Republicans would not reduce it. - Now, after the election, we see the Republicans doing just what they declared would be done by their opponents. The attempt of the Washing ton authorities to remove the proprietors and certain of the editors of the New York World and the Indianapolis News to Washington and there try them for libel under the English com mon law as it was in 1662 is not received with favor by the best lawyers or newspapers of the country. If these publishers have been guilty of libel in publishing certain statements in connection with the payment of the Panama Canal money,, the forum for pass ing on this should be al New York and Indianapolis. The gov ernment's district attorney at Indianapolis, only a few days ago, resigned his position rather than be forced by his superiors at Washington to bring the indict ment as directed, and he has been generally commended for his action. Washington Letter. Washington, D. C, March 25. Kemresen tative Champ Clark,! the minority leader, has made his. long looked-for speech on ine Pavns tariff bill and some parts of his arraignment made the Re publicans squirm. He pomtedout that except for a few commodities which haye been put on tne iree list the rates were one ana a half per cent higher in the Jfayne bill than in the Dingley bill. He urged that the ax on tea be re- moved, asserting that it was a tax on ,fthe poor man's breakfast ta ble" and one which many could ill afford to pay, while there had been no Increase whatever of the tax on beer which could easily stand an additional 50 cents a barrel, which was a luxury which no man needed and many were better off without. He showed the sub terfuge by which the Standard Oil ComDanv is protected, petroleum bein2 placed on the free list but a differential provided for in the case of any other country placing an export tax on oil which results in saving the Standard Oil Company from all competition. His.speech was vigorously applauded by the Democrats but the Republicans looked very much unhappy as he proceeded. Mr. Clark said he was connaent that if the House were afforded an opportunity to vote on the ques tion it would take the tax on oi tea and increase the tax on beer, an opinion which apparently is shared by the Republican lead ers for they are plotting to secure the adoption of a rule which will make it impossible for the mem bers to secure a vote on any amend ment whatever unless it is first re ported by the ways and means committee which Speaker Cannon named and which, of course, he dominates. The leaders now count on shutting off general debate with a rule next Wednesday after which, if their plans carry, there will be debate under the five min ute limitation to each speaker for ten days, then three days will be set apart for voting on amend ments and it is expected that the House will vote on the entire bill about April 15. The President has given notice to the Senate leaders that if they so change the bill as to make it a high protection measure or to re duce its revenue producing powers he will veto it, that he will prob ably recommend the adoption of a tax of 2 percent on the dividends of all corporations except banks aud a few others. It is estimated that such a tax would yield at least 15,000,000 of revenue and possi bly considerably more. President Taft is disappointed at the show ing that this tax would yield so little. Of course it would not ap ply to bonds and a large part t f the capitalization ol the corpora tions, especially of the railroads, consists of bonds. Unfortunately the Democrats in Congress are not making as good a showing as they might on the tariff bill because so many of them are urging protection for certain interests within their own districts. This makes it impossi ble for them to attack the protec tion principle of the Payne bill with the strength thejT could otherwise possess. It is a surprise to many people that President Taft should have urged Governor Curry of New Mexico to retain his position as governor until his term expires. Curry resigned and with good rea son, for there are serious charges against his sdministration in the Senate committee on .territories and, moreover, he was seriously offended at the order of the Secre tary of the Interior that all terri- tonal omcials should, remain in their territories instead of com ing to Washington to lobby for statehood and other legislation Generally the order will be com mended as it has been little short of a scandal the manner in which the territorial officials have induc ed their legislatures to appropri ate funds for travelling expenses and then have expended them, coming to the national capital and stavinsr at hierh priced hotels while they sought to influence leg islation. The Secretary of the Interior has asked for and accepted the resignation of the Assistant At torney General of that Depart ment, although of course the res ignation had actually to be called for by the Attorney General. This means that the all powerful in fluence of Gifford Pinchot, the national forester, in the Interior Department is at an end, for As sistant Attorney General Wood ruff was an employee of the bu reau of forestry before going to the Interior Department and his chief conception of the law was that Mr. Pinchot's word was law. There will be a general diminu tion of the influence of Forester Pinchot in this administration, which will be very different from the last when anything Mr. Pin chot said went with the President, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior. Representative Bennett, a Re publican Congressman from New York, has introduced the annual Republican measure providing for the reduction of the South's rep resentation in Congress on account of constitutional amendments re stricting the negro's right to vote. Letter From China. The following letter Avas written from Hankow, China, by Ensign J. J. London to his parents here, under date of February 6th: "We have spent our week here in Hankow and every day has been a delightful one, like spring weath er. Although the ground-hog did not see his shadow on February 2d, still we don't regard the win ter as being over. I have taken advantage of this fine weather by drilling my crew ashore as infan try and also as artillery. In the afternoons I have played steadily at golf which game I thoroughly enjoy and which I am beginning to play quite well. What with my recent hunting, drilling and golf playing, I have had a great deal of exercise and now feel in better phvsical condition than I have in vears. That much I can say for duty on the Yaugtse and, in addi tiou, the fact that 1 have spent verv little money. I am always tempted to buy various beautiful things out here bul do not buy principally because I cannot get hold of my money. As we have no paymaster aboard, we can only draw monev whenever we fall in with the Wilmington. "We leave here the 8th and gradually work down the river to Shanghai, arriving there some time after March 1st. This is our last month of hunting and we are going to make the most of it. During onr last stop at Kinkiang we bought a few silver trinkets, so ridiculously cheap. 1 must tell vou about them. Kinkiang is not ed for its silversmiths. They make their own wares out of pure silver and charge about 40 per cent of the value of the silver for their work. I bought such trinkets as lady's card case (12.50), belt ($5.), Delt buckle(.80), pepper cruets(.bO), salt sellars (.80), ash tray ($1.20), match box case (.80), napkin ring (.80), one half dozen spoons (.30 each), everything pure silver. 1 hey have beautiful silver tea sets lor 824. With a heavy silver tray the set costs S60. there being: $40 worth of silver in it. The Chinese can make almost anything and their labor is verv cheap. In the Chinese foreign convents here and at Kinkiang can be bought the finest kind of embroidery and lace work in grass linen. The other day I saw a table cloth of grass linen of magnificent workmanship which sold for 815. Such a piece sould not be bought in New York for $100. "You have probably heard that Chinamen are great gamblers. Well, they are. Every month in Hankow a syndicate holds a lot tery and the prizes are large enough to make the lucky winners rich i'or life. A great many for eigners buy tickets in these lot teries, but you seldom hear of any prizes being won by them. Fan tan is the great Chinese gambling game, but here it is against the law to play that game, so they play a game similar to our play ing cards. My Chinese servant, Wong Kim, tells me he has been very lucky ashore, winning over $200. You see the kids gambliug along the water front. At Chinese New Year the head of a family gives his children a small amount with which to gamble. Often they use dice. The other day I was walking down the steps of the Band (river bank) and I noticed several young venders of rice cakes throwing dice. I approached the group unobserved and looked on. In a moment one of them saw me and giving the alarm grab bed his basket of cakes and ran. The others quickly followed, leav ing the money on the steps. As they seemed afraid, for some rea son, to come back and claim the money, I picked it up and walked on and not a word of protest came from them as each one seemed glad to escape. I suppose they imagined that I was some foreign officer of the law. The spoils ot my raid consisted of six cash, amounting in all to six-tenths of a cent. I am keeping them as sou venirs." The Chinese coolies even gamble for their daily meals. Nearly every booth which sells food to them has a gambling de vice whereby a purchaser can either secure his food free or pay double for it. The cost of a meal is usually one cent! "American trusts have their far reaching arms out here. The Stan dard Oil Company furnishes prac tically all the oil out here. Their steamer flies the only American flag (merchant) on the river. The American Tobacco Company is as sociated here with the British Cigarette Company. They have a splendid factory in Hankow. The managers and omcers are Ameri can young men most of whom are Southerners who were trained in . 1 T-V the tobacco business in xjavaaui. One of these gentlemen, Moore, is from Mebane. We see quite a good deal of these fellows, enter taining them on board and being entertained by them ashore. This factory makes only cigarettes and pipe tobacco. Its employees are mostly unmese gins, xi is mol esting to see them leave the facto ry when the day's work is over. A crowd always is gathered at the factory gate to meet their friends and relatives. You might almost call some of these girls pretty, but when you look at their feet you cannot help but pity them. The practice of breaking the bones in the girls' feet when they are ba- bies still continues in China. The feet are bound up and kept bound until they grow up. I he result is that their feet are terribly deform ed, being pointed and only about 3 to 4 inches long. Nothing is leit of their feet but the heels, and they appear to be walking on short stilts. I hear that the Em press decreed last year that this practice should be discontinued, and the decree has generally been obeyed. "We have lust received news from Shanghai that we must be down there by February 22d in order to be present at the Ameri can ball on Washington's birth day. There we remain a month, and we are delighted with the idea. "I have everv reason to be sat isfied with this vessel (the Villa- lobos) which has a complement of 58 men. There is practically noth ing to be desired more than she has already, except an ice ma chine. She was . built for the Spaniards, from whom we bought her, but then she did not have electricity, distiller, etc., which we have since installed. We have put in a request for a gasoline engine and it has been granted. So when we are at Shanghai we will install this engine in one of our boats and will thus",! be better able to copes with the 'strong current in the Yangste Kiang river." Indians and Deputies Still Fighting. Oklahoma City, Okla., March 29. A detachmest of Crazy Snake's band of belligerent In dians was sui rounded by deputy sheriffs this afternoon near Urazy Snake's home, and a lively battle ensued. More than 200 shots were fired and one Indian was killed. Eight Indians were captured and the remainder fled with the de u ties in pursuit. There were about 50 Indians in the band, and they had taken re fuge in a house. The deputies had tracked them for some distance. Advancing from all sides, the posse fired a volley at the frail house The Indians rushed out, scattered !imoDr the trees and made a val iant defense. The posse, firm steadilv, advanced aud routed the band, None of those captured are seriously injured but it is said that a number of other Indians were hit with bullets. Ciazy Snake's baud apparently has broken up into numerous small groups. It seemed at night fall that each Iudiau was trying t accomplish his own escape with out regard for the grand dreams of the chieftain, to realize which they were called together Sunday bv the smoke of the signal fires. All efforts at organized resistance seems to have been dropped. Unequaled as a Cure for Croup. "Besides beincr an excellent remedy for colds and throat troub les, Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy is unequaled as a cure forcroup," says Harry Wilson, of Wayne town, Ind. When given as soon as the croupy cough appears, this remedy will prevent the attack. It is used successfully in many thousands of homes. For sale by G. 11. Pilkington. Bandit Held Up Train Crew. Fairfield, Neb., March 29. A masked robber stopped the local passenger train on the Burlington last night, boarded the train and forced the conductor to carry a sack through the passenger coach and collect 200 and 17 watches from the passengers. He pocketed the booty and escaped. will save the dyspeptic from many days of misery, and enable him to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent SICK HEADACHE, cause the food to assimilate and nour ish the body, give keen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar r tinted imii - - Take No Substitute. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of the power of sale con tained in a certain mortgage deed ex ecuted by Neill Knisjnt and Sarah Knight, his wife, to Sam'l T . Worn ble, which mortgage deed is duly re corded in the office of register of deeds for Chatham county, N. C, in Book C. E. of Deeds, at page 2G1 et seq. and duly transferred under seal by the said Sam'l T. Womble to the undersigned for value, said transfer being duly re corded in the office of register of deeds for Chatham county, in Book K. i3. at ptige 54 et seq., I will sell on Mon day, April 5th, 1909, at 12 o'clock m., at the Court House door in Pittsboro at public auction, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described tract of land: Beginning at a stake and pointers, J. M. Mitchell7.? corner in VV. II. White's line, formerly the Ed.' Finch line, running thence east 63 poles to a sweet gum corner, J. M. Mitchell's corner, thence north 166 poles to a post oak in W?n. Woinbl's line. thence west with his line 67 poles to a light wood knot corner J. M. Mitchell's corner, thence south 166 poles to the first station, containing sixty-nine and one-half acres, Jno. A. Knight, Assignee of S. T. Womble, Mortgagee. i This March 1st, 1909. - 1 . &mWmimWmm J? 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Train 43 tonLt tts at Salisbury with train So for AsLevilie, Kroxie, Cbatlaito g;a, 3Iru.pl.js, Cincinnati, Chicago and other points. For Puliinan reservations, call on or write to VV. H. M Glatnery, P. & T. A., Kaleigh. or II. H. De Butts, P. A: T. A., Greensboro. K. L. yr.RXGX, T. P. A., Chariot fe, N. C. Seaboard R LiHE RAWILAV SCHEDULE. Effective Nov. 29, 1908. Direct Line Between NewYorl Florida, Atlanta; Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans and the Southwest, subject to change with out notice. Figures given below are for the information of the public and are not guaranteed. Trains leave Pittsboro as fol lows: No. 138 9:00 a. m., connecting- at Moncure with No. 38 for Portsmouth -Norfolk, which connects at Weldon with the A. C. L. for Eastern Carolina points, at Norfolk with all steamship lines for points North. No. 140- -4:10 p. m., connects at Moncure with No. 41 for Cbai lotte, Wilmington, Atlanta, Bir mingham, Memphis, and points West. No. 41 connecting- at Hamlet with No. 43 for Jacksonville and Florida points. No. 139 will arrive at Pittsboro 11:10 a.m., connecting- with No. 38 from the fc'outb. No. 141 arrives at Pittsboro G:20 p. in., connecting- with No. 41 from points North. Trains between Moncure and Pittsboro operated daily except Sunday. For further-information apply to B. M. Poe, agent, Pittsboro, or write to C. H. GATTIS, Traveling Passenger Agent, No. 4 West Mai tin St., Raleigh, N. C. Coffins and :: caskets:: A full stock of Coffins and Caskets always on hand and sold at all prices. All kinds and sizes. B. Nooe, Pittsborc,N. Jan.l, 1909.
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