F7EDNESDAY, April 28, 1909. KL A. LONDON, Editor. To what extent the State should assume the guardianship of chil dren is a very debatable question Some of the States have more legislation than others for the protection of children, but no one of the United States has gone as far in child legislation as has Ena-land. On the first of this month there went into effect in Great Britain an Act of Parlia ment that goes further than ever before known in any country for the protection of children. To mention only a few of its provisions, the Act prohibits to bacconists fronvselling cigarettes to boys under sixteen, authorizes constables to confiscate cigarettes or tobacco found in their posses sion, forbids an innkeeper to al low any child under fourteen in bar-rooms or a pawnkeeper to ac cept any article from them. It is a punishable offence for a va grant to permit a child to wander about with him; to permit a child to beg, or to live in evil surround ings, to give liquor to a child under five, . except in extraordi nary circumstances, to put out a child to nurse for more than forty-eight hours without regis tration, or to leave a child under seven in a room where there is an open fire. Foster-parents may not insure the lives of children under their care. Severe penal ties are imposed for the illtreat ment or exposure of children. The Act provides that all offend ers under sixteen must be tried in special juvenile courts and in stitutes special places for their detention, free from association with adult criminals. While our schools and colleges seem to be going wild over base ball we are pleased to note the interest also taken in literary and intellectual contests by' at least some of the higher institutions of learning. On last Saturday night there were two inter-collegiate debates in which the University of North Carolina took part. One was with the University of Vir ginia and the other was with Tulane University at New Or leans. Our University was the victor in the latter and was de feated in the former. On the same night, discussing the same question, there was a debate be tween the University of Virginia and Tulane University, in which the latter was the victor. So that, in the three debates on the same subject, held the same night, each of the three Universities won, the University of North Carolina defeating Tulane Uni versity, Tulane defeating the University of Virginia and the latter defeating the University of North Carolina. The "unspeakable" Turks are very much in the public limelight just now. A bloody and success ful revolution has taken place and the old Sultan forced to ab dicate. The successful revolu tionists thus far have conducted themselves very properly, and it is hoped that they may make Turkey a more respectable coun try than it has heretofore been. The situation in Asiatic Turkey has been most alarming and hor rible massacres have baen per petrated, many thousands hav ing been brutally butchered. These victims of Mohamedan fa natics are Armenian Christians, and their fate is terrible to think of. " Next Tuesday is the day for the biennial election for munici pal officers in most of the towns and cities of this State. The re sult of most of those elections is known in advance, because in nearly all our towns and cities the Democrats have a good ma jority, and the candidates nomi nated by the Democratic prima ries will be elected. While in only a few towns and cities there will be any doubt as to the result, and therefore no interest taken in the elections, yet there was quite a lively con test and much interest taken in the Democratic primaries. This was the case especially in Wil mington, Raleigh and Charlotte, where the friends of the opposing or rival candidates for the Demo cratic nomination carried on quite an exciting campaign. The women folks can get as excited over elections as any of the masculine sex. This was most forcibly illustrated last week at the meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution held at Washington City. There were two rival candidates for the presi dency, and the contest was ex ceedingly lively. The ladies attending this meet ing were as excited, and took as much interest in this election as if the fate of the nation depend ed on the result. There was great rejoicing among the victors and keen disappointment among the vanquished. The scenes at this meeting of the gentle dames were yery much like those at sour last State convention at Charlotte! The debate on the tariff bill drags along slowly in the Senate and attracts little attention. The income tax amendment is the chief feature discussed just now and is attracting more attention than any other partf the bill. The Democratic senators are all supporting this amendment (as favored in our national platform) and some Republican senators are in favor of it. There is a possi bility (if not probability) that the income tax amendment may be adopted. It will be remembered that when the Democrats had control of Congress they passed an income tax bill, but the Su preme Court decided it to be un constitutional by a vote of five to four. President Taf t (who is a very learned lawyer) says that an income tax bill can be passed that will ba constitutional, and many of the best lawyers in the United States concur in this opinion. Senator Overman has present ed an amendment to the tariff bill proposing a tax of $10 a head on every alien or foreigner. He says that this would protect labor and raise revenue, from six to ten million dollars annually. Jeff Davis Memorial Park. Hopkinsville, Ky., April 26. It was announced yesterday that options had been closed for the purchase of 16 acres of the farm on which Jefferson Davis was born and which, it is proposed to convert into a memorial park. The deal was closed Saturday by Col. Bennett H. loung, of Louisville, and S. A. Cunningham, of Nash ville, who paid $7,500, which had been collected "by popular sub scription in many parts of the country, principally in the South. I be Jefferson Davis home is at Fairview, 12 miles from Hopkinsville. A celebration is to be held there on June 3, the anniversary of Jef ferson Davis' birthday, and final details for the memorial-Dark which is to bear his name are to be completed then. Successful Balloon Flight. Baltimore, April 27. Howard W. Gill, a well known resident of this city, and an enthusiast in aeronautics, arrived here yester day after a successful balloon flight from Washington, lasting only seventy minutes, the same time required by electric street cars to make the trip from the capital nere. A newspaper man has been an. pointed a member of the civil ser vice commission, President Taft having named James T. Williams. Jr., of South Carolina, to succeed Henry b . Greene. Judge Hart has over-ruled the motion for a now trial of the Coopers, who were convicted of killing Senator .Carmack, and an appeal was taken to the Supreme vourt ot lennessee. It is said that the success of Prohibition has so diminished the demand for glassware of the tumb ler variety that many glass facto ries have shut down. A workman fell 425 feet from the 34th story of a New York building on last Mondav and was instantly killed, every bone in his body being broken. As the result of recent earth quake shocks in Portugal 12,000 persons are homeless, and hund reds are suffering from serious injuries. A civil action for the possession of a lot in Fayetteville of small value has been on docket in the superior court for more than 20 years. Ex President Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, are sick just after beginning their hunting trip in Africa. An old blacksmith at Salisbury says that he has shod over 80,000 animals since began his trade. Guilty of Peonage. Special to Charlotte Observer. Statesville, .April 23. J. B. Powers, of Buncombe county, for merly a walking boss in the em ploy of the McCabe Company. railroad contractors, was convict ed of peonage in the Federal Court here this afternoon and sentenced to 15 months in the Federal prison at Atlanta. Motion of appeal was given and a justified bond of $10,- 000 was required. It is doubtful if the bondjiari be given. The evidenco was that Powers, while superintendent of construc tionwork on the South & Western Road in McDowell county, had whipped hand3 and otherwise mis treated them to prevent their leaving until they had worked out the transportation furnished. The witnesses were four negroes and one white man. Farmer Usas Steam Plow. Special to Charlotte Observer. Gaffney, S. C, April 24. Mr. James F, Jenkins, who has about five hundred acres In cultivation in this county, prepares his land for cultivation by the use of the steam plows. He has a 22-horse-power engine with which he pulls two large plows which cut seven feet and in this way .be can break about ten acres of land a day. Mr. Jenkins says that quite a lot of his land is rough and hilly, but that this fact did not prevent his using the steam plow, he having broken nearly all of his land, both this year and last, with this plow. As a labor-saving device this plow is the greatest invention now in use on the farm. ' Opposed to Slang. Donald had been to Sundr.y school, and on coming home was asked what ho had learned. Ihe lesson was the stor' of Joseph, and the small learner was evident tly very full of his subject. "Ob," he said, "it was about a boy, and his brothers took him put him in a hole in the ground; and then they killed another bo3 and took the first boy's coat and dipped it in blood of this boy and - "Oh, no, Donald, not another boy!" his sister interrupted, hor rified. " But Donald stood his ground. "It was, too," he insisted; Then he added, "The teacher said 'kid,' but I don't use words like that," The Woman's Home Companion for May. - V V' Milt in Siberia. Baker's weekly. !' ' :'. . The people in Siberia; buy their milk frozen,; and for convenience it is allowed to freeze about a stick, which forms a)haudle to carry-it by. The milkman leaves one chunk or two, as the case may be, at the houses of his customers. The children in Irkutsk instead of crying for a drink of milk cry for a bite of milk. The people in win ter time do not say, "Be careful not to spill the milk," but "Be care not to break the milk." Brok en milk is better than spilled milk, though, because there is an opportunity to save the pieces. A quart of frozen milk on a stick is a very formidable weapon in the hand of an angry man or boy, as it is possible to knock a person down with it. Irktusk people hang their milk on hooks, instead of putting it in pans, though, of course, when warm spring weath er comes, pans or pails must be used, as the milk begins to melt. This popular remedy never fails to . effectually cure Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And ALL DISEASES arising from a Torpid Liver end Bad Digestion The natural result Is good appetite and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant ly sugar coated and easy to swallow. Take No Substitute. - ; : -y , ; . . W- THAT NEVER "a - Columbia guano C0a .. -jA- ' . KORFOLK, VA. . . ' Sold His Brains. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Prof. Joseph de Panott, of Clark University, noted as a mathematician, has sold his brains to Harvard University for 1,000. He will retain them for the pres ent, however, and during the rest of his natural life. The professor has been the wonder of the uni versity since he went there nearly twenty years ago. He has pro voked no end of comment and curiosity by reason of his long brown hair, worn Buffalo style, more so. Make Old Things New. A door, a mantle, kitchen chairs, benches, any small old things to be made new is quickly done by painting with a pound or two of our L. k M. Home Finish Do mestic Paint in all colors. Have you an old carriage? Make it new with a small can of L. & M. Home Finish Varnish Paint. Won't cost more than about a dollar and saves a hundred. We supply everything in paint and save you money. Sold by W. L. London & Son. Asheboro Courier: James, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. J. Carriker, was burned to death at their home on their farm near Salisbury on Monday after -noon. The barn was discovered on fire and the family rushed to the scene, when to their horror the charred body of the child fell from the loft burned beyond re cognition. It is believed that the lad carried matches into the hay loft and set it fire, making his own death-trap.. George Busbee, a young mar ried man, was accidentally shot and killed by Ernest Horn at Win ston on last Monday. The shoot ing occurred at rBusbee's home where Horn was a boarder. Be fore he died Busbee stated, that the affair was an accident and Horn was discharged after a short hearing. v Under the direction of Mayor Brandt, of Greensboro, the police officers on last Monday poured a quantity of confiscated liquor in to a sewer. A number of specta tors, thirsty and otherwise, stood by while the-officiatingpoliceman consigned to the sewer whiskey of all kinds and bottles of stale beer. Chapel Hill News: A mule, said to be 35 years' old, owned by a Chapel Hill man ever since it was 3 years old, was sold today at a very fair price. The animal is in very fine shape yetand does not look to be over 15 years old. For the first time in the history of the naval stores industry, the production of rosin in the United States during 1908 led turpentine J in value. SPECIAL RATES VIA SEABOARD. LOUISVILLE, Ky. Southern Baptist, Convention, May 13th 20th. Round trip from Ilaleigh S19.G0; Charlotte, $10 45; Wil mington, $22.75. Tickets to be sold 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, final return limit May 22ud. Exten sion can be secured until June 9th. CHARLOTTE, N. C.-Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. of N. C, May 11th 15th. Round trip from llaleigb, $7.0."); Durham, $8.05; Weldor, $11.05; Wilmington, $7.55; Henderson, $8.05. Tickets will ba- sold May 8th to 11th. Fiual return limit May 17th. For further information apply to any Seaboard ticktit agent Gi llie undersigned. C.H. GATTIS, District Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C. Summons By Publication. North Carolina, Chatham Count-. In the Superior Court. E. J. -Mclver et al vs. Josie Mclver and others. The defendant Josie Mclver, above named, will take notice tint an acion entitled as above, hs been com menced in the Superior Court of Chat ham County before the Clerk for the purpose of having the lands described in the cocuplaint sold for partition; and the said defendant will further tuke notice that she is required to ap pear before the undersigned, Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham County on or txfore Saturday, the 15th day of May, 100'J and answer or demur to the comp'aint now on file in my office or the relief therein asked will be granted. This April 13th, 1)0X JAS. L. GRIFFIN, C.erk Superior Court of Chatham Co. Hayes & Uynum, Attorneys. BIDS WANTED. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the county commissioners for the construction of an addition of two rooms to the house of the Superintendent of the County Home. All the framing will be furn ished by the county, and all the rest by the bidder. Plans and specilica- Ltionscanbe had by applying to W. H Wajd at the County Home. Bids to be sealed and to be op-ned on the 4th day of May, 11)00. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. , S. W. HARRINGTON, - Chairman B.C-C. April 6 th, V.lO'K Notice! Notice is hereby given that at May meeting, I'.lO!), the Board ot Commis sioners of Chatham county .will - con sider an application to change . the dividing line between New Hope and Williams Townships as established at a meeliDg March 15, 193.'. The change proposed follows the line established March 15 from Mt. Gilead to New Hope creek, then leaves the new line and goes up New Hope creek to a point west of and opposite the Martha Chapel lioac, thence with said road to Martha's Chapel, thence due east to the Wake county line, thence with the line to the beginning on Little Beaver creek. S. W. H A RRINGTON, ChmnT Board Com. x . CUT FLOWERS, WEDDING BOUQUETS, FUNERAL DESIGNS, PALMS, FERNS, BLOOM ING PLANTS, CABBAGE AND TOMATO PLANTS. All orders given prompt atten tion. M. J. MCPHAIL, 'Phone No. 94. Florist, Sanford, N. C. record of the proceedings for the!;.1 lhuHh voluntary dissolution thereof, by ; 1 .nlmu SCJ V? U 1 v ( ( 1J the uoauimou.s consent of nil the, elh ;'a1lJtl f tk,.li!' 'J1'is stockholders, deposited in my of-! .w.l be. L' C" ,riJ tlliu TAX SALES. ! CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION. f i To all to whom these Presents may j On Monday, -the 3rd day ofi come Geeetiko : May, 1909, I will sell for cash at w-eas, it appears to my sat-r the coart-honse door in Tittsboro, : 13faetion, by dulv authenticated! the following real estate for the j taxes due and listed by the fellow in persons: 1&LIVIN TOWNsmr. Names. Acres. Frances Norwood, 38 Johu Atwater, 37 T. S. liichardsoo, 9i BEAR CHEEK TOWNSHIP, Names. Acres. Taxes, I. F. Caviness, 178 4.78 Elizabeth Mann, 30 .GO Liwreuce Andrews, 24 Improved PasseDger Service Via Southern Railway. Effective Sept.Glh, ti c birr, them lice, that Stuley Chair Company, rnvps a corporation of this State, whose "J'ouuu.iJ umu- principal office is situated in the boro, amvn.ff at Atli.Lt ;t a$ I town of Libertv, County of Ran- 'm- orlljLoniid on J4, If, tiolph, State "of North Carolina wLl.ch leaves Atiaii a J:25 p. m , 201 (Jas. H. Johnson beiu-the a-eut arriving at ltaleisL 32:JJO lcu,, therein and in chai-e thereof, up- following- day. Ira in 4lUvvi cds l Tvfi.iT-iiiii.-rv wilt- ' t i v . i on whom I CENTRE TOWNSHIP. Acres. 10 135 54 20 90 GO 228 90 10 9 3 Names. . A. Boon, Aunie Ctoins Henry Hatch, G. W. IlarmoD, J. M. Leach heirs, G. W. Mansfield, Mrs. Ann Melton, J. W. & A. Mansfield, 90 Jas. A Thomas, 100 Gus Alston, agent S Atkins, Martha Bur us, Jane Davis, Mary McClenahan, Alvis Williams, 1 'lown lot Geo. Goins, 14 Mrs. M. Cooper, 140. G. W. Harmon, 50 Thos. Love, 1 town lot . G. Marks, 100 CAPE I EAR TOWNSIIIP. Names. Acres. Buchanan heirs, Mrs. J. H Farrar, J. H. Farrar trustee, J. A. Guuter, W. E. Holt, y Miss Arnette Mclv S. G. Adkins, .GO Taxes. .33 13.4G 1G9 1.49 4 50 1 39 G.77 2.39 2 39 3.19 .43 .68 .43 4.85 .44 2. 54 1.59 5.08 1.G0 Taxes. rer, 180 7.17 85 5.57 90 7.17 24 .94 24 5 94 G4 2.72 53 2.72 process niiy bo served), has complied with the require-1 meats of chapter 21, llevisat'bf 1905, entitled "Corporations," pre. hminary to the issuing of this Certificate of Dissolution, Now, therefore, I, J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of the Slate of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the said corporation did, on the 19th day of April, 1909, fi! iu my oirieo a duly executed and at tested consent iu writing- to the dissolution of said corporation, executed by all the stock holders thereof, which said consent and the record of the proceedings aforesaid are low on tile in vay said ofiiiv, as provided by law. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at ltaleijh, this 19: u day of April, A. D. 1909 J. BUY AN GlilMES, Secretary of State. Name. GULF TOWNSIIir. Acres- Taxes. Mrs. E. W. Beal, 3G 1.22 Florence Headen, 7 .31 Mrs. Hannah Newby, 105 3.56 Mrs. Pattie Oldham, 90 2.98 D. W. Pop, 2 .22 HICKOItY MT. TOWNSHIP. Names. G. W. Bright, W. T, Parrish, N. A. Bailey, liobt. D. Brooks, Weklon Watson, Emeliue Watson, Acres. Taxes. 63 . 169 200 100 25 50 40 MATTHEWS TOWNSHIP. Geo. Siler, 115 NEW HOPE TOWNSIIIP. Jack Panel!, " 50 17.61 .49 3.48 10.04 1.02 8.86 7.97 ltOCK REST TOWNSHIP. Names. Acres. Taxe??. D. D. Love heirs," 40 1 29 N. S. Live' heirs, 180 5 93 T. L. Love & Bro. ; 10 4 23 D. S. Sellars, 63 2.11 T. L. Love, , 70 2 98 WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP. Names. ; Acres. Taxes. John Bell, 115 - 4.23 Mrs. Aurelia Johnson, 79 2Tt G. S. Williams, G5 2 1) W. A. Jenkins, ' 33 "2.54 J. U. MIL LIKEN, Ex-Sheriff Chatham County, N. C. April 3, 1909. NOT I CE TO CRE D ITORS. II avlnjj qualified as Executor of the last will and les!ament of Mrs. -Rosa J Kimball, deceased, this is to notify all persons- holding claims against her estate to present them to the under signed on or before the 21st day of April 1910, or this notice will be plead j m bar of their recovery. This April 21, 1909. W. Cr-KIMBALL, Executor. Hayes & Bynum, Attorneys. TOUTGAGE SALE. By vir- TAtue cf the lower ( f sale contained in a certain mortga e deed by Robert A. Gleii'i and Ida L. G enn, his v, ife, to Euphesnia Griilin, which mortgage deed is duly recorded in the olhce of register of deeds for Chatham county, N. C, in book No. D R, page 510 ;ud duly transferred under seal by the.said Eiiphemia Griftm o the undersigned fur value, said tr;nsfcr being duly recorded in the olliec of register cf deeds for Ch thani c amty, Tsr" C, in book E G, p ige 3:4, I will sell on -Saturday, May 1909, at 12 o'clock M., at Ue coin t hou.se ".oor in Pilis boro, at public a.icticn, for cash, to ;h highest bidder, the following describ ed tracts of land. .Beginning at a Spa. ish oak stump A. 11. Merrill's corner in the old llaleig i ro.id, thence north 110 poles to a hickory John Hammock's corner in L-. M. Hatch's line, thf nee east w'th said line 27 3-1 poles to a pine, i hence south 11 1-2 t'c gnes east 37 poles to a willow oak on the branch, thenc cat ;H poles to a stake, thence sou-li 31 poles to a hick ory on the old Seven Island ford road V. II ...Hatch's cori.c, '.hence south 17 decrees west with V. II. Hatch's line 06 poles to the old Raleigh road", thence with said roa i nor'h 49 degrees west 85 poles to the beginning, con tainii g fifty four acres "more or less. Also oneother tract of land containing fifty acres on the south side of said landadjoini g same tract, for descrip tion see deed of Win. II. Hatch to R. 1. Hatch; also one other lot of two acres, for partieu'ars see deed of Win. Uaitacock to 11. J". II tc', adjoining Iheotlvj land herein onveyed, being in all one hu idrc.i a id six acres, more or less. Also one-half interest in "Mid lot" of land in Hadlty township, Chatham county, N. C., on which there is situated a corn mill and saw mill, and containing three acres, more or less. 'JAS A. PER LEY, Assignee of EUPHE.MIA GRIFFIN Mortgagee. This March 31, 1SJ09. ." V' Asheviile, Ixnoxville, CUttia to ga, Memphis, CiuciLLati, Chicago and other points. For Pullman i eservatioLP, cj:11 on or write to W. H. McGian eiy, P. & T. A., half ioh. or 11. 11. Be Butts, P. & T. A., Greeufeloio. B. L. Veenon, T. P. A., CL;uJot!e, N. C. Notice! Notice is hereby given that the Board of Comnvssioners of Chatham county will, at their May meeting, take up and consider the matter of establish ing a new township, to be known as "Haw River" lowcship, out of apart of Oakland, and including Haywood, Moncure, &c. April oth, 1500. S. W. II A It KINGTON, Chairman B. C. C. . Seaboard km Line SCHEDULE. Effective Jan. 3, 1909. Direct Line Between New York Florida, Atlanta, BirruiL,rhaiiJ, Memphis, New Oilcans aud I lie Southwest, subject to change with out notice. Figures civen below are for the information of the public aial are not guaranteed. Trains leave Pittbboro as fol lows: No. 1389:00 a. io., con uectiug at Moucnro with No. oS for Portsmouth -Noifolk, v. huh connects at Weldou with t Lc A. C. L for Eastern Carolina points, at Nptfo!k, with ail steamship lines for points North. No. 110- 4:10 p. in., eouncds .'it Moncure with No. 41 for C'liai lotte, Wilmington, Atlanta, Bir mingham, Memphis, and points West. No. 41 connecting at Hamlet with No. 4.3for Jacksonville-and Florida points. "No. 139 will anive at Pittsloro 11:10a.m., conijcctiog with No. 38 from the I outh. No. Ill arrives at Piltshoro G:20 p. m., connecting with No. 41 from points Noiih. Trains between Moncnre and PitUboro operated daily except Sunday. For further information apply to B. M. Poe, agent, Pillsboio, or write to C. II. GATTIS, District Passenger Agent, No. 4 West Martin St., Mnh ighN. 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. 1,1909.