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he cbatbam. 1Recor&. H A- LONDON tjdITCS AND PROPRIETOR. J TRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: O jso Per Year Mil m RICTLY IN ADVANCE y VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORQ. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY ; JUNE 23, 1909. NO. 45. Zbc Cbatbam tiecorfr, ' RATES OF ADVERTISIII6: One Square, one Insertion. One Square, two Insertions.... L One Square, one month... sop For Larger Advertise-; merits Liberal Contracts -will be made. - : i TH STATE NEWS NOTES - , ( ..... ir . -3 cf Slate Interest Gathered from Here and There and ' Told Brief ly for Busy Readers. tb IV: i ('' 1 : . 1 i Lcccbers Assembly Ended. . ::tal City. Special The twen Vh annual meeting cf the North a Teachers' Assembly was i to a dose Friday afternoon v the annual business session was -.: the nice ting- President T. R. n ; presided and R. D. W. Connor , - tvetary. The usual vote of :hs v.as extended those who had a ; in making the assembly a suc A. nominating committee, ccn h u E. C. Brooks," W. H. Rags 11. I. Craven, II. L. Smith and :.s Mary Applewhite, nominated ;, 1; vi!.! officers for the coming Dr. I). II. Hill, president; C. O Wilson, vice ' president ; " K. W. Ccir.ior, secretary, and II. B. and A. E. Woltz, members of , -. -,it ivo committee. A number r. l.iiions were read and adopted: , Vising Superintendent Joy- , r president of the National u. ailcr.al Association, another ak ! ; . State to provide an educationl hvv.z i'-t Raleigh ; anoiver calling ;; ;! e State teachers to attend the ,; !;'r:i Educational Conference at ;!-! to in December; endorsing Stonewall Jackson Training .! : to send delegate to National :u atii.'uil Assembly at Denver in y: thanking Dr. Brooks for his I i i editing North Carolina Edit- a. The motion to send dcle ; ti Denver created much diseus i. I rcsidcnt Fcust, of the State was elected, no provision be-- v;:;.ii' tor paying his espouses. A:i i'.:! cresting paper was submit i y ('. L. Coon. It was not a I : cr report. but some ..iv'.iii by Mr. Corn. If all the :r..s .v.':;esied by the paper are nu 1 t it t'io educational system cf : s::-'o will snow many changes. things it was suggested that :ate board of education consist ; a.!:ers. The report was ordered hi- jOhnod with other proceedings 1 a i ora'r iitce of five was" appoint to make farther, investigations. Eliot His Father. Spencer, Special. Mr. Phillip :wcr.s, a well known farmer near :p?nrer, was painfully shot Satur ay by his son, Mr. J. C. Sowers, ;::!: ti.e two were out hunting near :r (cr.ntry home. The fon fired i a si-uirr-.-l. not knowing that his was in range, and a part of ' a !-ad accidentally took effect in '''i.-as of Mr. Sowers, who is a :!;t y( ars eld, though hale and ar!v. Alter bving shot, he fired his v a a'; -, killing the squirrel, after h he was given medical atten ;' a. :::!. it is thought will soon re '!:. as the shooting was at long ana- and the shot made only flesh a;' V. No blame attaches to Mr. . V. Sowers on account of t!3 ac- ( a Encampmsnt of Guards. Raleigh, Special. A readjustment (J atrs for the encampment of reg Hi tiUs of the North Carolina Uation-t-l rjuar-l v.-as made Monday and the 'nera orders were issued by Adju-bint.(e-!seral J. F. Armfield. The ':aa finally agreed upon are: See- i ue-nnent, July 8 to 14: Third - -:ment, with Reidsvilla Hosnital l,05'ps Battei'v A, Charlotte, July id to 25, and First Regiment, with 5 -lotte Hospital corps, July '23 to Vi:Vi;";' 3- The advisory board had "' !' d on July 5 for the beginning rf the encampments, but it has been " iit Fmce that necessary equip :aent f-annot bo gotten to certain -!-;q-a:ik-s in tine for the earlier ( ; la rj': t!i !!.! sr DnrfcansiSe, Arrested at :"-rcit-arg, Ya., Fcr 'Kwder. a.n, Special. The authorities eeived Avord hers that Anglo hon, a former Durham man, lm3 ; -.rrested in Lynchburg, Ya., and hc-M there charged Vv'itli the ' 'r cf Sallie Hicks. There is 'I telling the story of the crime, -ail was unknown -there and is the simple suggestion of i a i ' (t cic-iers Convene at Mcrehead. va!:ead City Special In the ; ' (' of a farge audience the y-saxlh annual meeting of the Carolina Teachers' Assembly '; hegun Tuesday evening at 10 lii,fh at the AtianticJIotel as ' !..- rcom.- Dr. D. II. Hill, of the ;; a:l M. College, made the opening ' : - of the meeting and introduc Covcnior W. TV.' Kitehin. The araiir did not make a speech but : tf-lk that dcllghterhis au- ; c- ilo tell pome geed jokes and v' l s2iorr cf bouqels. 'lie said octhbg new or startling 'to ' '' -long educational lic.?. Porty-Tkree Pints Captured, arlotte, Special. Ed. C. Caton, 5'e-sident of Sharon township, was 1 -"" Friday for having in his iT'n- 43 Pints of whiskey, the 'V allowing a man only two and a -.Ka.Ions at a time. A charge of suing was sworn out against him ;,i ' ond of $2C0 fixed for his ap ?;nnfe at court. Mr. T. L. Caton, !ot,ior of the accused man, went I "is bond and it is said the case 'L be fought. .. Jailer Struck Over Head. Greensboro, Special. When Jailer W. II. May, in company with Deputy Sheriff John W. Wcatherly, went, into a cell of the jail at noon Mon day to take out a prisoner who was wanted in the court house, John Spease, who "was occupying the ceU with the prisoner wanted, suddenly began larruping Jailer May over the head with a big linked iron chain, cutting a bad scalp Wound on his bend through his hat before the as sailant with the aid of the deputy sheriff,, the jailer and the other pris oner could get him down and tie him. Spease has been in jail eight weeks awaiting admission into the asylum, having been sent here from High I'oint. He has been very quiet and orderly, showing no signs of being dangerous until the sudden attack on the jailer Monday. His companion in the cell says sometime in the morn ing, Pease twisted an iron chain from a bunk, remarking that he was going to make the jailer who hael him lock ed up without a cause turn him out. The man seemeil perfectly cool and unexcited . aneLJiis remark was not considered amounting to anything un til the sudden attempt to carry out the throat recalleel it. There are now two white men from High Point in jail, on account of failure to get them in the asvlum. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Wilmington Man Makes a Bungling Attempt at Suici&3.v Wilmington, Special. Milton Kreekenridge, a well-known young man, formerly a bank clerk in this cityuntil he lost his position on ac count of dissipation, made a bungling attempt at suicide by shooting him self in the mouth on North Fourth street early Tuesday afternoon. After sb toting himself he became frighten ed anel urged those about him to hurry with the summons for a phy sician anel cautioned the policeman who disarmed him of his pistol to mind how he handled the weapon for fear it would go off while pointed in his direction. He was hurried to the hospital where it is stated the wound is not fatal, the ball having lexlgeel in the roof of the mounth. Kills Father to Save Mother. Selma, Special. Mr. Frank Craw ford, who liveel about eight miles north of Selma, was struck on the head with an axe by his thirteen- earmold sen, Herman JMonday morn inb about six o'clock and instantly killed. The particulars, cf the homi cide as can be learned are that Craw ford anel his wife hael a quarrel over Crawford's cursing the boy Herman, the result of which was Crawford, threw her to the floor anel was beat ing her. She askeel her son to get him off and not being able to elo so without force he picked up an axe and struck his father, crushing in his skull. Herman was taken to jail at SmithfieM. Lightning Struck Factory. Wilson, Special. Monday after noon during a heavy downpour cf rain lightning struck the Contentnea guano factory in the southwest sec tion of Wilson and in a few mo ments the whole structure was a seething mass of flame. The factory and contents were the property of P. L. Woodard & Co., and was in sured for only three thousand dol lars, a policy for $3,500 expiring on June 4th and another one for $1,500 on May first. The loss was. $15,000. But fcr the heavy rain and the ex cellent work of the firemen the Wil son Oil Mill would have gone up in Mnoke. Eoy Drowned in Eiver. Lincelnton, Special. George, the 11 -year-old son of Mr. Christopher James, of Worth, was drowned while bathing in the river last Friday after noon. The burial service was con ducted Sunday by Rev. Risinger. George was born the day of the bat tle of Manila was fought and was named fcr Admiral Dewe3 Fomcna Mills Sold. Greensboro, Special. The Pomfnia Cotton Mills of Greensboro, bank-, rupt, was. sold by trustee Thursday jifterncon for the second time, bring- v ing two hundred and eighty-five thou sand dollars, E. P. Wharton, repre senting the sjmelicate which hael pur chased the claims against the con cern, being the highest bidder. At the former sale Mr. Wharton was fcha highest" bidder, at two 'hundred and twenty-five "thousand dollars. Judge Boyd did not confirm the sale order, ing another, x Arre3ted fur Murder. Winston-Salem, Special. Detec tives who have been investigating the death of Ted Bently, a wealthy farmer of Wilkes county, supposeel to have been killed three weeks ago by drinking poisoned whiskey, ar rested and jailed at Wilkesboro, Fri day night Foot and Marshall Fletch er, their sister, and Lee Hubbard, charged with committing the crime. Most of the Senate 's attention Mon day was given to discussion of Philip pine sugar and tobacco tariff, finance committee's substitute for the House provision being considered. It was argued on the one hand that . the American sugar trust and not the Philippine producers would benefit thereby, and on the other that to ad mit into the islands sugar free of duty would open the way for its free admission into this country. An amendment to admit sugar into the Philippines free of duty was lost, 11 to 49. Senator Aldrich said that President Taft has endorsed the Phil ippines paragraph. , For several days it has been recog nized by the opponents of the income tax question . that the only way they coutd make certain the defeat cf the , proposition wpuld be to offer some thing m its stead, which would be ac ceptable to the country. Tax on net earnings of evapora tions, gross receipts of corporations, dividends., of corporations anel other forms of corporation taxes were brought forward one after another .lily to meet rejection from aelvccates ff the income tax. It became known that President Taft disagreed with the uppcrters of a tax en incomes and would lend the administration's influence to bring about their defeat. But the income tax faction, number ing all of the Democratic Senators and a number of progressive Repub licans, variously estimated at twelve to nineteen, have been keeping up a hold front, refusing to be diverted from their purpose by the suggestion of different forms for corporations taxes. .. The Senate Saturday covered a multitude of subjects in connection with the tariff, but made final dispo sition of nothing of importance. Be-idirning- at 10 o'clock, tha income and corporation tax questions received attention for some time anel ulti mately wei-e postponed, with the uli derstafiding that they should Hot be ttikcn up again until after the tariff provisions proper should be final ! v stttleel. Senator Aldrich, of the committee on finance, brought in the commit tee's amendment to the wood pulp paragraph, which proved to be a pro vision for doubling the dutv on wood pulpa coming from countries which undertake to prohibit the exportation cf" logs to this country. Senator Bevcrdige presented an amendment for the cutting in two f the House ad valorem duty on caJi registers. Mr. Aldrich also present ed the finance committee's side pro vision. There has been deposited in the library cf Congress anel placed on exhibition in the Manuscripts Divis ion, the original engrossed "Perman ent constitution of the Confederate States of America." The constitution was adopted March 11, 15(51, by the Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Ala., .and signed by delegates from South Caro line, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana and Texas. When the capital was moved to Richmond it was carried to that city and upon ihe evacuation of Richmond was sent with other papers farther south where it was rescued by Mr. F. G. DeFontain at Chester, S. C, from land of looters, Mr, PeFontaine kept this and otiv?i documents fcr s rr;e years cud in 1SS-. it passed into the bands of Mrs. G. W. J. DeRenne, whosa sen, Mr.- W. J DeRenne, of Savannah, Ga., nov cwns it and has recently deposited it. as a loan with the librarian of Con gress. - Vigorous-criticism of the tariff bill in its entirety was made in the Sen ate Tuesday where, technically, the Philippine amendment to tin bill was under discussion all clay,, by Senator Owen, who declared that the bill was written to gerve the purepiseg'of the masters of monopoly in this country, which was to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer. He said the bill was contrary to the will of the American people. Senator Burkett declared that the finance committee's action in changing front over night on the subject of tobacco importa tions from the Philippines looked to him "like a game of petty politics." Late in the day Chairman Aldrich presented the finance committee's amendment to the silk schedule. President Taft discussed with his Cabinet the plan for a tax upon the I undistributed net earnings of cor porations and expressed satisfaction over the finance committee's plan to bring it to a vote in the Senate. The ' Senate Thursday adopted th; window-glass schedule, placing s lower duty on suh glass than is pro vided cither by the Dinghy law ot by the IIpusc bill. Because of in tense competition .by German manu facturers, the duty on illustrated post cfircl3 was increased 32a per cent above the Dingley law. The sched ules relating to lithographic paper calendars, cigar bands and similai products were adopted. The Senate adopted the scheduh placing a lower duty on window glass. The President 'a meseage urging a tax on corporations read in the Sen ate Wednesday was read in the House Thursday. The House tried but fail ed to obtain the passage of a resolu tion asking the State Department foi reports on wages an&jcosts of" produc tion in foreign coufitries except Germany.- 4 Accident Caused by Disobe dience to Orders. TEN KILLED BY TROLLEY CLASH Big Suburban Electric Cars Como Together Near South Bend, Ind., Killing Ten Persons Outright and Injuring Forty More or Lsss Seriously. CENTRALOFGA,RY.SOLDl:;S Georgia Line Is Bought By the Illinois Central. STEAMSHlPilis INCLUDED The Central of Georgia Wat Controlled By E. H. Harriman and the Illinois Central Is a Harriman Line. South Bend, Ind., Special. Ten persons were killed and forty injured in a wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Ben Railroad in Por ter county, Indiana, Sunday iiight two of the big electric cars collided heaelon. According to General Man ager II. U. -Wallace, the wreck was due to a disobedience of orders by Motorman George A. Reed, of the east-bound car, who was killed. Reed received instructions at Gary to wait at Wilson, a short distance west of Bailey town, the point at which the elisaster occurred, for the westbound car to pass.--The impact : cf the cars were so great they Avere reduced to a mass of wreckage. The dead are: George A. Reeel, motorman, Michigan City, vInd., formerly of Villa Grove, lib; Ray F. Mcrrimau, married, South Bend; Charles John son, Porter, Iiul; Edward Gilbertson, Porter, Ind.; A. Barber, Mishawaka F. T. Moore, residence- unknown ; William Leon, secretary of the Dow agiac Motor Works, Dowagiac, Mich.; F. A. Lake, president Dowa giac Motor Wwks,- Dowagiac ; II. IL llutson, Niles, Mich.; Charles Swan ten, Porter, Ind. The tastbouud car was going fifty miles and hour to make up lost time. Yhen the-crash occurred, the east bound car was tel3scopeel and almost demolished. In this ti-ain were all of the killed anel most of the injured, passengers on 'the westbound train es crping with bruises. The two cars were welded togeth cr in a mass of debris. The cries for help caused a scene of confusion for many minutes. Scon, however, the cool-headed passengers brought order out of chaos, and while some con verteel the heme of E. R. Borg into a hospital anel morgue, others rescued the injured. Car Wrecks Automobile. Anelerson, S. C, Special. James II. Cobb, superintendent of the- Bel ton Cotton Mills, is dead. Rev. D. D. Richarelson, pastor of the Second Baptist church, of Belton, and the Glnck Mills Baptist church,--of this city, is in a critical condition, in a hospital here, his wife is slightly in jured and Rev. E. A. McDowell, of Ninety-Six, field agent of The Bap tist Courier, is seriously hurt, as the result of a collision between an inter urban car of the Anderson Traction Company, and an automobile, which occurred at Breazeals's crossing, nine miles east of Anderson, shortly be fore noon Sunday. The dead and injured were occu pants of the automobile. The acci dent occurred at the foot of ft smart grade as the car was coasting at the rate of about 15 miles an hour. The automobile party was sighted by those in charge of thenar, Conductor C. P. Burriss and Motorman E. F.. Sanders, and the usual signal given, there being plenty of time for th machine to clear the crossing well in front of the car. "When the front wheelsof the automobile, however, bad cleared the first rail of the track the engine seemed to come to a dead standstill and in a few seconds the car struck it. Rev. Mr. Richardson's skull was fractured and his left leg and arms broken and he is yet unconscious. Rev. Mr. McDowell was remover from the scene of the accident to the Belton Hotel, .where his injiiries were dressed. He is suffering from a brok en shoulder and arm and while seri ously hurt his condition is not ser ious. He was removed to his home at Ninety-Six late in the afternoon ap parently restiug well. Ohioan Shoots Neighbor and Wife and Tries Suicide. Stubenvillc, Ohio., Special Meier Osman shot and killed Mike Demick, shot and seriously wounded his wife and then attempted to commit suicide Sunday. Osman quarreled with a neighbor over a cat and ran into his house to obtain a shotgun with which to shoot him.'. In the room where Os man kept his gun he found Demick, a boarder"caressing Mrs. Osman. Se curing his gun Osman shot and al most instantly killed Demick. Mrs. Osman was shct in the back.. Osman then turned the gTin upon himself and fired, but did not -wound seriously. . New York City, The sals of the Central of Georgia Railway to tha Illinois Central Railroad, carrylns out plans forecasted mre than a yea? ago w&3 announced. The transactions originated in negotiations culminating in November, when the entire capital stock of the Georgia passed into the trr.ds of William Nelson . Cromwell and John W. Castles. The purchaser, it was announced a few months laiei", was E. H. Harriman, whose intention, it was then stated, was -to transfer It to the Illinois Central. The price paid by the Illinois Central was not given out. Announcement of the transfer was made in this city by John F. Hanson of Atlanta, president of the Central of Georgia. The price paid by Mr. Harriman for the stock, to the par value of $5,000,000, it was stated, was SS.OCO.OOOj or at the rate of $60 per share. t The entire capital stock of the Can tral of Georgia Railway was original ly held by the reorganization compa ny of Richmond and West Point Ter minal Railroad and Warehouse Com patty. In June, 1907,- the stock was sold to Oakletgh Thome of New York, and Marsden J. Perry of Providence, R. I., who agreed to retain voting control for at least two year3. It was from these gentlemen that Messrs, Cromwell and Castles secured the stock and they sold It to Mr. Harri man. - The transfer of the Central of Geor gia carries with it the control of two steamship lines, one from Savannah In New York, and the other from Savan nah to Boston, operated by the Ocean Steamship Company. Tbe Cen tral of Georgia operates a little over 1,900 miles of road. Its system touches that of the Illinois Central at Birmingham, Ala. It is recalled that the Southern, re cently, Eold its stock. In this road to Oaklelgh Thome, who "sold It subse quently to Mr. Harriman, who also owns and controls the Illinois Cen tral Railroad, with which the Central connects in Birmingham, and which gives Mr. Harriman an ocean to ocean system. RESTORE UQUJK BY P'OITON. This is Prediction of Speaker at the Liquor Convention. Atlantic City, N. J. "Members of the trade may dilicr in their opinions of 'what is whisky?' yet there is one common ground on which all can stand shoulder to shouMer, namely: fighting the aggression of anatical pio hibition," said G. F. Deiterle of Cin cinnati, president cf the National Wholesale Lic-uor Dealers' Asociation. in his report, which was read here at the annual convention of the as sociation. He d 3 voted much of the report' to the work of the association in counteracting the prohibition wave. A. J. Sunstein of Pittsburg, in a;, address, declared his belief that the people of the country who favor open vendingof liquors would not readze the power of the prohibition move ment until tbe liquor interests have ben entirely slaughtered. He stated his belief that there would be a revolt, which would destroy all the results obtained by the reformers. He insisted, however, that the grow ing broadness of the puDHC gen3raiiy along with the power of the combined liquor interests, might save the liquor men before the final annihilation, and advised general organization for the fight. Tho speaker also accused, the antl-e&locn and prohibition forces ot 'using tbe methods of ring politicians to secure tne state ana aidtnot vioio ries which they have gained." BIG SMUfltiUNG TTOT. Inspectors Discovered Nina Nude Chinamen cn Steamship. Seattle.- Wash. Immigration ofil- ttxls, after picking up on tha wharf - . . 1 I A. A. 1 J.1 A. a stray umnese, wno aanmien luae he came over a stowaway on the Great vnrthprn liner Minnesota, searched the vessel and discovered nine more smuggled coolies and a quantity of silk ana cigars. Tr.flneMnr n E. Keacev. who is f heavy man, stepped into the sail lock er of tbe steamer ai fell twenty fAt thmmh a hole in the floor, alighting squarely on top cf nlno nude Chinese. Furtner invesugauua brought to light several leather sack reoTTihiinr eovernment mail Douches, filled with raw silk and a number of boxes of expensive Manila cigars. The bags of silk are supposed to have been taken aborjd with the mail sacks. -- U. S. Exported $200,000,000 Lew Mcr- chandise in 1909 thrn in 1903. Washington, D. C. The United States exported 200,000,000 less mer chandise in the fiscal year which ends with this month than in 1903, accord ing to a report issued from the' bu reau of statistics. The cause of tho falling off is not known, although there Is a general decrease in the sale of merchandise In the greater part of the world. The total valuo of domestic merchandise exported in 1903 was $1,885,000,000,. while in 1907 the figures show exports of $1,854,000, 000. The figures made public show that the decrease is approximately $50,000,000 under the exports of 1906. There Is a marked falling off. all the way round, for - instance: the total imports of our largest customer, the United Kingdom, were in the tea months endiDg with April, 1909, $123, 000,000 below those of the correspon ding months in the previous year. Canada shows a decrease of $tS,000, 000 In her imports: German, $101,000,- 000, and the. other nations correspon ding decreases. Manufacturers of iron, steel copper and wocd show a falling off in demand abroad. The greatest falling off, how ever, was in foodstuffs and manuic tfures, each being about $90,000,000. The decrease in cotton is about $10, 000,000. - Tho principal articles in which the falling off in our own ex ports occurs in cotton, corn, wheat, meats, manufactures of . copper and manufactures cf good. The figures cf the bureau of statistics, show the total value of cotton exported in the eleven months ending with Mayr 1909, at $4,302,925,707, against $3,673,997.- 416 in the ccrre3pondmg months ct the preceding year. ' TAX ON CORPORATIONS WRIGHT BROTHERS GIVEN MEDALS; Nation, Stats and City Honor the Aviators cf Dayton, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio. The nation, the state and the city in which they live paid tribute to Wilbur and Orville Wright the aviators. Standing on a platform not far from thrfr unpreten tious little aeorplane factory and al most within sight of a field where thoy first struggled with the problem of aerial uavigatJon, General James Allen, chief signal omcer of the army, presented to the Wright brothers the gold modals authorized by congress. At the same time he gave them a diamond-studded medal bearing the of ficial seal of the state of Ohio, and an other from Dayton, their home city. Man With Gun After Taft. Washington, D. C. A tall western er walked up to the front door of the executive mansion and demanded ad mission. His actions attracted the at tention of the police and he was ar rested. v- When taken to the station and cearciied a revclver and a bait filled with 44-calibre steel bullets were found in bis possession. The man a!d he was Colonel James Strickling of Roseberry, Ark. "I don't intend to divulge my busi ness," be said. "I came here to sea the president that I might talk over matters with him. I shall go back to the white house when I get out of this station house and wait for Mr. Taft to return. I am here for a pur pose, and that's all I mean to say." President Taft Aski Congress to . Amend Constitutions. INCOME TAX AMENDMENT Democrats Will Stand lor Incoma Tax la Present Tariff BUI Hard Fight Comimg. - Husband's Aim is Bad. 'Anmiston, Ala., Special. A sensa tion was created here Sunday after noorrwhen A. W. Falls, a prominent cotton factor, firad four shots from a revolver at R. Ripley, of Spartan-hnro-. S. C when be found the latter at his home in the company of Mrs. YaU Although the shots were-fired at close range, none took effect. Both Ripley and Falls were arrested and placed in jail, Falls later furnishing bond. CHAPLAIft-fiENEKAL OF U, C. V. Appointment of Dr. R. L. Cave An nounced by General Evans. Atlanta, Ga. General Clement A. Evans announces the appointment of Dr. R. Lin Cave, as chaplain-general of the United Confederate Veterans to succeed the late Dr. Wiiuam jones, whn wna a well known . Baptist di vine of Nashville, Tenn. ... ' Dr Cave was for several years pas tor of the Christian Church, in West End and i-3 now pastor of the Chris- tian Church in iaanie, auuu. tja n nreaeher of distinguished abtlity and an ex-confedorate soldier and a bravo cno, wnicn enimuiiu Qualifies him for. this honorable ngsi tlon. " BANKLE MORSE- RELEASED. Bond fcr $125,CCO Signed by Twenty Friends. New York City. Chyles W. Morse, convicted banker, was released on $125,000 'bail pending the taking up of his appeal in the " United States court of apepals next October. For nearly four months Morse will be free to go and come as he pleases. At the end of that time the court of ap peals will either order a new triel or affirm the sentence of fifteen years' Imprisonment. Difficult Surgical Operation. Chicago, 111. The grafting cf a section cf the bone from the leg of a lamb into the right leg of Docearl TowBEend, who was taken to the Prances Willard Hospital suffering from & compound fracture of the leg, is interesting CMcago physicians, who declare it is the first time such an operation has been attempted in Amtri.ca, Newsy Paragraphs. Truck shipments to the north from South Carolina have practically come to an end, after an average sop- n. Tomatoes are now being shipped, ut this business will clwe soon also. A reunion of brother and sister af ter forty-two years of separation, has made a red letter day1 for one Chica go family. Charles Fisher left Alaska with a fortune after five years ot ar duous to:I, dettrmined to find long lost relatives. He went first to New York, where his investigation directed him to the home of Mrs. J. P. Clyens in Chicago, his sister, - A serration was -created In the English house of commons when a member practically made an appeal fcr tb.3 assassination cf the czar of Russia when he visits England. - In the first supplemental report of the Chicago subway bureau, there is included tbe census ofho army cf traphanger3. The roll shows that cn an average day, 136,861 Chlcagoans cling to the loosely hung bits of leath er in etreet railway cars and elevated lines. The total for a year would show that between 45,000,000 and 50, 000,000 passengers had failed to find seats in the trolley or elevated lines. TTfr hn.ir rato.hiner in the shaft of fa washing machine at her Jiome in V . . ... r- . r T 1 T H . . i toners Vine, ia, lurs. jouii u. r.iai- ;;hall was literally scalped. Mucn oi per clothing was torn off and she re vived severe bruises ana cuts. TTnr tho first time in the history of the organization, a woman was elect ed head of tne-National uonrerence cf Charities and corrections, mat honor being conferred cn Miss Jan& Addaras ox Chicago. A. "J. McKel way cf Atlanta was elected a m&niber cf the executive committee. Two "men named Wocdy and Eng lish, entombed in a cave-in at the mica mice in MitcieU county, Ncrtb Carobxa, were ' found tcrty-eight hours later. Wctdy was dead and English died in a few hours. Tho supreme court of Illinois has decided 4hat tho primary election law was unconstitutional. Katherlne Gould, in her suit for di vorce, eays that since 'her husband has Introduced her to a life of lux ury, she can not make ends meet with less alimony than $12,000 a year. The world's record for cottojit pick ing i-3 held by. Miss Margaret Mont gomery of Stillwater, - Oklahoma. Re cently in a four-hour contest she pick ed three hundred and fifty pounds or eighty-seven and one-half pound an hour. Washington, D. C -Recommendins legislation looking to the placing of a 2 per cent tax cn the net inccma cf corporations, and also the adoption of an amendment to the constitution providing for the imposition of an in come tax without apportionment among the 'several states, President Taft tent to congiess a message em bodying his views on tho subject. This action followed a protracted special meeting of the cabinet. In his message the president speaks of tLe apparent inability of congreorf to agiea to an inheritance tax, and, as iegard3 an income tax, he refers to tbe decision of the suyreme court in the case of Pollock against the Farm ers' Loan and Trust Company, in which, the court held the tax to be unconsti tutional unless apportioned according to population. "It is," says tbe president, "undoubt edly a power which the government cught to have. It might be indispensa ble to the nation's life in great cri ces." The amendment, therefore, ho declares, was the only proper course. Such an amendment to the constitu ticn, he contended, was preferable to the cne ptopoeed cf reviving a law judicially declared to be unconstitu tional. The amendment which he proposes to be made to the tariff bill provides for the imposition upon all corpora tions and joint stock companies for profit, except national banks" (other wise taxed), savings bazk3 and build ings and loan associations, of an ex cise tax of 2 per cent upon the net income of such corporations. This tax, it is ea.d by him,will bring an annual revenue cf $25,000,000. "This is a tax on privilege and not on property," he says, "and is within tha federal power without apportionment according to. population." The president points cut that an other merit to the tax cn corporations is the federal supervision, which will give to the government, the stock holders and the public knowledge of . the real business transactions and tho gains and profits of every corporation in the country. ' The adoption of the amendment, ho eays, will make a long step "toward that supervisory control of corpora tions which may prevent a further abuse of power." . .. ... The message concludes: "I recommend then, first, the adop tion of a joint resolution by two-thirds of both houses, proposes to the states granting the federal government the right to levy and collect an income an amendment to the constitution tax without apportionment among the states according, to population; and, second, the enactment, as part of the pending revenue measure, either as ?. substitute for, or in addition to, the Inheritance tax, of an excise tax upon all corporations, measured by 2 per cent of their net "incomes." .. The message was referred to the finance committee. Five progreslsve republican sena tors, Messrs. Borah, Brlstow, Cum mins, LaFollette and Clapp, conferred to determine what their attitude is to be in the fact of President Taffa special message to congress favorins the submission of the question to tha state-3 for a constitutional amendment and the enactment of a law taking the net earnings of corporations. They decided that the president's plan la' not inconsistent with their demands for the adoption of an amendment taxing incomes, and that both may be adapted in harmony. They assume that the president' plan, indorsed by leading republicans on the finance committee, i dseig nated to "chloroform" the incomo tax amendment, but, neverthelas, an nounce that- they will continue tha fight for its adoption. What the position of the democrata in the senate will be when President Taft's program is submitted for a vote bas not been determined.7 5,000 RliSSlAKS KILLED. Troops Slay Tribesmen in Northern Russia in Uprising. St, Petersburg, Russie. Dispatches from Tabriz, northern Russia, receiv ed here, state that Russian forces have taken a hand in the Shaksavleu uprising in the Ardabill district in Azerbaijan, where 5,000 persons havo been reported killed. Fifteen troops cf Russian mountain cavalry with two Maxim rapid-fire guns, have been dis patched from the Russian frontier against the Shaksavlen tribesmen. They were seat in response to ap peals made upon tne consul by lead ing citizens of the ..province. "AMEHlCAfl fcUiTRAGETIE." First Number or New Organ of Mili tant Woman Suffrage Party. New York City. With "Vote for Women" . printed tcr ess the cover, the first number of the "American Suffragette," the r.e? organ cf tho' militant woman suffrage party in this country, was placed cn tale. Five cent3 i-s the pi ice ar.d issues will be monthly. The cover is yellow, tha suffrageito eoler, and cairies the an nouncement: "For tte leng work day; "Fcr tho taxe3 we pay; "For the laws we obey; "We want sometiiing to fty." Mrs. Sophia Loebinger is manage inj editor cf tha i.apsr. TO CHANGE NAME OF CHURCH. Ministers Urged to Drop Word, South, in Methodist Church. Memphis, Tenn. Dropping tho word "south" from the name of the South ern Methodist Episcopal Church at the next general conference of tho church at Asheville, N. C, will bo urged by many ministers. The failure of missionaries to be able to explain tbe meaning of tho word "south" in the church's namo while working in foreign fields is di "ctly lespcnsible for the movement.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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June 23, 1909, edition 1
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