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STEDNESDAY, July 7, 1909. A. LONDON, Editor. The Fourth of July is enjoyed nowhere more pleasantly than at the White Oak Mills, near Greens boro. On every fourth of July the owners of those mills (the Cone, brothers) give the day to their operatives and furnish free to them and their families a bountiful supply of the "creature comforts," which are most ap petizing. Last Saturday was, according to their custom, celebrated in grand style. The crowd in atten dence was estimated at over fif teen thousand, and all were sup plied with plenty of good things to eat and drink. To give some idea of what a big feast it was we will mention some of the bill of fare, to-wit: 20,000 sliced ham gandwiches, 1,000 canteloupes, 40,000 bananas, 25,000 saucers of icecream, &c. This costly contribution to the pleasure of their operatives by the Messrs. Cone every year is most creditable to them and in dicates the pleasant relations there existing between capital and labor. Prohibition prevails through out Tennessee, the State-wide prohibition law having gone into force on the first day of this month. The night before witnes sed some scenes that were in striking contrast. In the large cities the barrooms were crowd ed with drinking and drunken men enjoying(?) their last chance, and rarely have such scenes of debauchery disgraced any civil ized city as were, then enacted. In most pleasing contrast to these drunken orgies were the scenes witnessed in many churches in the same cities, where the advo cates of prohibition had met for praise and thanksgiving for the deliverance of their State from the whiskey traffic. 1 1 as t year a ma.ii, uamcu uai i , was taken into custody at Wash ington, D. C, as a suspected lep er and ever since he has been kept isolated from the rest of the worlds Recently a New York doctor examined him and said he did not have leprosy and has had him carried to a hospital at New York, where it is said he will soon be cured and discharged. It is now said that Early will bring suit for his unlawful de tention and confinement at Wash ington. It is certainly not very creditable to the doctors who have had this man confined a year as a leper, When he did xnot have that loathsome disease. The advance in the price of cotton will not be of benefit to many farmers, for most of them have long ago sold their entire crop. The only persons benefited ire the speculators, who bought much of the cotton at nine cents a pound. As some ignorant Republicans think (or at least say) that Presi dent Taf t is entitled to the credit of this advance in cotton, what a pity he did not advance the price some months ago when it would have so greatly benefited the farmers who raised the cotton! The Fourth of July celebration this year brought its annual or usual loss of life and property. It seems passing strange that year after year the same things should happen, and no efforts made to guard against former re sults. The press dispatches say that in New York alone, the fourth of July celebration was respons ible for forty-four" deaths, three hundred and eighty-four fatally injured, more than a hundred fires and a total property loss of over $50,000. News & Observer; Appendicitis need give nobody any alarm in the future. The story comes that an old man who lives near Kerners yille claims that be can cure any case of appendicitis vith water melon seed tea. He has planted five gallons of melon seed and will soon be ready to make cheap quick cures. The fashionable folks will have to find some more exclu sive disease that calls for more costly treatment. Durham Sun; When a medical prescription can be sent by wire less from a surgeon on land to a sea captain 150 miles at sea, as was done from New Orleans, it comes pretty near being absent treatment. Letter From China. . We copy the following extracts from a letter written to his par ents here by Ensign J. J London on the Yangtse Kiang river China, in May: "We are- on our way "up river" at last, though tonight we are only 14 miles from Shanghai. We never steam at night on the river, unless in emergency. We get under-way at 6 in the morn ing and will reach Kiang Yin about 4:30 p. m. where we will spend the night. For the last hour we have besn amusing our selves with our pet dOg and her puppies. She is a Chinese poodle, about the size of a terrier; She has three puppies about three weeks old, and they are very in teresting to watch. They look like guinea pigs! We expect to have much fun with them when they are a little older. At pre sent their eves are just opening and they can only crawl a few inches. The Captain is sitting by them now laughing at the way they crowd each other away from their mother! "May 14, Kiang Yin. We had a very pleasant run up the river today. The river bank and the fields were covered with green verdure, in great contrast to the snow-covered fields when we came down in February. Then, too, the water level of the river was higher by 8 or 10 feet, enabl ing us to see over the dykes and embankments into the fields be yond. Everywhere could be seeu rice in different stages of cultiva tion, some of it ripe. Later on the river will get much higher and in places overflow its banks which will mean ruin to the un harvested fields. Then the country will be so inundated that it will resemble a large lake, ex tending as far as the eye can see We arrived nere at 6:60 ana im mediately lowered our motor boat to take us to Dr. Worth's mission by way of the canal. The Cap tain, doctor and Woo Sang went along with me, they intending to return to the ship and leave me to spend the night. I was to brin . TTT . m m t 1 cue Yortn lamiiy DacK witn me tomorrow and have them to lunch, the ship to sail at one on t t a .it rue distance to tne mission is about 3 miles by canal and wi were anxious to know what pro srress we would make through the canal with the motor boat. "To begin with, we got a ground before we got into the canal but backed off and proceed ed. We found junks banked up two deep on either side of the canal, leaving a lane in the mid die about 12 feet broad. Through this lane many junks were tryin to go in both directions and the way seemed hopelessly blocked We stopped our engine and hook ed on behind a large junk whose crew were by might usurping the right of way and pushing through the other junks. In doing this they used long bamboo poles and, by placing the pole against another junk, they shoved that junk out of the way and them selves ahead. There seemed to be no quarrelling among these boatmen and absolutely no one in sight to regulate the traffic along this water-way. I under stand that the distribution of dried fish brings so many large junks here at this time. You could tell they had fish all right, the odor was so penetrating. Our passing was the cause of the sus pension of all work for the time being. The Chinamen gazed at this boat in wonder, that a boat could move along without oars or without steam! We had the American flag flying. Finally, after 15 minutes of this pushin along, we persuaded our big junk friend to let us pass him, so we went merrily along the canal. Further inland we found it not so crowded. The puff, puff of our gasoline engine attracted crowds of Chinamen from their houses ,and to the banks of the canal. The children seemed delighted at sight of us. The tide was ebbin i . and consequently against us so we did not make such rapid pro gress. It had been ebbing ,for some time so that the water was getting shallow. We bumped over shoals in several places. We reached the mission in due time, only to find that Dr. Worth was in Shanghai to see his two boys who had started school there May 1st. "Well, when I found most of the family away I decided not to stay all night but to return to the ship. Dr. Worth and family have a lovely place but my! how lonely I would get livibg in China always! However, it is their life-work and so are resigned to separation from relatives and home. Our return trip was with out incident, the passage being somewhat cleared in anticipation of our return. "Nankin; . May 17. This place simply means the American con sulate to us. The family of the consul (Mr. McNally) are most hospitable and always make us feel at home. I continue to gaze and wonder at the magnificent city wall here whenever I see it. There is something so awe-inspiring about it. Our motor boat bids fair to be the source of great pleasure to us up the river in exploring and nosing around in small waterways. We leave at 7 a. m. tomorrow lor Wuhu, .the next river -port 42 miles. "Mav 18, 20 miles above Wuhu. Stopped at Wuhu this afternoon only an hour and steamed up here until dark. We are finding the current in the river stronger as we proceed. Today we have been making only 6 knots an hour, though our speed through the water has been 10 knots! Further up we expect to encoun ter a 5 knot current. At this place the water is 18 feet higher than it was in February and is still rising. The Yangtse is in deed a mighty river. We are anchored now near the bank-in comparatively shallow water, only 60 feet. Further out in the stream the river is over 150 feet deep. We have 270 feet of anchor chain out which keeps us from dragging our anchor. "This morning we passed a long column of Chinese war junks, 3 in all. . I have no idea where tney were bound. There were two opinions advanced, one that they were going to render honors to some official, and another was that they were going to raid some river pirate stronghold. They were proceeding up stream, close into the bank, each junk being rowed by 12 or 15 men. It reminded me of pictures of the ancient galleys. These junks have sails but there was no breeze this morning, and they are the best looking Chinese boats on the river. Most of them have an old muzzle-loader cannon mount ed in the bow and I doubt if they have ever been fired or could do any damage. You see these junks at intervals up and down the riv er. It seems quite a useless ex pense having so many of them but, it is asserted, the river would swarm with pirates if it were not for the war junks. Even as it is, a Chinaman does not care to be out on the river at night. Up here our anchor-watch is armed with a revolver with orders to hail and fire at any suspicious boat that comes too near the ship. I wrote yon about- the German gunboat that was boarded by river pirates some years ago. times more noisy protest than one hundred consumers whose en forced, contributions to the pro tected manufacturers have left them with hardly sufficient ready cash to pay for a ten word tele gram between then. Nothing but Hobson's choice between the cor poration tax and tLe income tax would induce the . Republican leaders to vote for the, .corpora tion tax at this time. . To the Democrats, on the other hand, the corporation tax amounts to half a loaf, for practically, all its pro visions are contained in . the in come tax amendment fathered by Senators Bailey and Cummins. Army officers are greatly re joiced over the first modification of the ninety-mile ride prescribed ( by President Roosevelt as a physi- , cal test for all field officers. The Secretary of War has determined to make exceptions in the case of certain senior officers of the ord nance department and the engi neer corps, and of all omcers who have reached the age of sixty two. These will be required to take the ride but surgeons mak ing the subsquent physical exam ination will be instructed to be far more lenient with them than with the younger men and officers of the line. Another change which is confidently expected is an equal division of ; the twenty -four-hour period during which the ninety miles must be covered, into three equal parts instead of, as at pres ent, requiring that one Up of thirty miles be made in six hours. Of course these changes are not particularly . radical, . but they are taken by army officers to indicate that President Taft is disposed to be more reasonable iu bis demands for physical prowess on the part of army omcers than was his predecessor. Referring to the tariff, some in teresting facts were brought out in the debate regarding the growth of ta in South Carolina. Senator Tillman asked the Senate to im pose a duty of ten cents a pound on this commodity in order that the industry might be further de veloped in his State. His motion was defeated by a vote or 55 to 18, but Senator Smith of Mary land gave notice that at the proper time he would move to amend the bill by providing for a bounty of ten cents a pound on tea grown in this country, and in the course of his remarks he' pointed out that at the present time South Carolina produces more tea each year than was grown in the island of Ceylon in 1875, yet Ceylon now grows a sufficient amount to sup ply the entire demand of the Uni ed States. Would 'Prevent Oil Inspection. From Tbe KalelgU Times. 6th. An unexpected turn in the oil inspection work was taken Satur day when representatives of tire - i t -i : ;j..eij-:- independent on companies uieu. j complaint with Judge Connor of j the Federal court bench and asked foran injunction to prevent the going into effect of:,the oil inspec tion .law. Messrs. : Ay cock and Winston, representing the "Red C Oil Company," ..filed the papers. The complainants attack the act and file a bill in equity to restrain the Board of Agriculture from en forcing said act. The complaint alleges that the act "is unconstitu tional because it levies a tax of half a cent per gallon, not for in spection but for revenue; and be cause the act confers on the Board of Agriculture the power to fix the rule of standard for oil com panies, a legislative function which the board is not allowed. The regulations adopted by the board are attacked as unfairand it is further argued that the oiL is not a subject for inspection. The outcome of tbe litigation is awaited with much interest. It is not thought that the suit will be sustained. I iA&flM Jrfh II II l - II Oppose Negro Enumerators. Washington, July 5. Concern ed about what they suppose to be the possibility that negroes may be sent into the homes of white residents of the South as enumer ators to gather information for the thirteenth decennial federal census, democratic members of Congress will urge President Taft to give instructions that only white enumerators shall be em ployed in districts south of "Ma son and Dixon" line. Representatives of the Southern States in Congress say that they have little hope of preventing the employment of negroes unless the President interferes. Washington Letter. f rrom Our Regular Oor respondent . Washington, D. C, July 1. Senator Aldrich with more frank ness perhaps than is characteristic announced his belief, when the corporation tax proposition came up m the Senate, that it would be repealed within two years. He ex plained that in his estimation the tarin Din would yield ample reve nue after that time, and that the continuation of the corporation tax would prove prejudicial to the protective system. In the estima tion of many able judges, includ ing no less capable a statesman than President Taft, the Senator from Rhode Island is wholly mis taken in his prediction. It is the belief of Mr. Taft and a number of able judges in both houses of Congress that the corporation tax is graven upon the statutes it will remain there, that the force of public opinion will be too strong ever to permit of its repeal. As to whether or not it will prove a menace to the protective system is a question determined by each man's conception of that system. To men of the old school of Re publicanism, like Aldrich, Hale and host of others, it certainly win, irom tneir standpoint, any thing which must tend to the low ering of the protective duties con stitutes a menace to protection. o men of the more modern school of Republicanism, like Taft and many members of his cabinet, the salvation of the. protective system rests on the gradual lowering of the duties. They argue that the continued maintenance of the ex isting high rates must inevitably result in turning the great volume of consumers against the tariff and that if this is to be avoided the duties must be gradually lowered. President Taft and those who espouse his view will not, how ever, quarrel with Mr. Aldrich's prediction. They are sufficiently thankful to secure the services of the able Republican leader at this time to get the corporation tat on the Statute books and are entirely content to deal with any effort he may make to repeal it, when that time comes. A majority of the Democratic Senators will vote for the corpo ration tax for the very reason that Mr. Aldrich dislikes it. They share the view of' President Taft that once enacted the tax can never be repealed and that it will soon yield so ample a revenue as to make a reduction of the rjrotective duties imperative. They believe! sincerely that Mr Aldrich and , since Thursday afternoon from or kjx uio ouui uavmaiieei to ior points north of hero or ovpr yay, wiuu tutj pupmar senu- tne Matamoras division of tho On the Inter national Railroad, the steel bridge over tne Sabiuase river has been washed out. Officials say it will be several days before through trains can be moved. Tallest American is Dead. Vernon, Tex., July 3. Col. H. C. Thurston, known as the Texas giant, believed to have been the tallest American, 7 feet 9 inches in height, a Confederate soldier under General Price, is dead at his home here, aged 76. He was the father of four children, one son being over 7 feet tall. Thurs ton toured America and Europe with a circus, and made a compe tency, came to Texas and buying farms and ranches spent his de clining years in quiet. He was a conspicuous figure at the recent Confederate reunion at Memphis . Four Drown on Sunday Frolic Detroit, Mich., July 4. The drowning of four men, ail laborers, brought a Fourth of July fishing excursion to a sad end near Gib ralter, on the Detroit river today. With two other men, the four victims put out into the river in a small gasoline launch and when in the middle of the river some of them attempted to change places in the boat, overturning it. Two swam ashore. The others sank. Heavy Rains in Mexico. Monterey, Hex,, July 4. On account of unprecedented rains no train has entered or left the citv ment of the country, that they do ; National Railroad. not realize tne extent of the de mand for lower duties, that they attach far too little importance to the popular sentiment that corpo rations, most of which are direct ly or indirectly beneficiaries of the tariff, should contribute their share to the expansion of the govern ment. Even now number of cor porations are protesting violently' againsi tne enactment tax and the Democra ranliKA far mnrn lroon Republican leaders that'onft nnr.! lValmU iS? on Reeifoot New Trial for Lynchers, Jackson. Miss.. Julv 3 -TIir , - eight night riders, cases of the Si V if ir unm . I t I 1 , l oi the Tatr ',liU'u " uuuer jyie aeam ts seem to -ntpucp, chared with the murder lr k 'Or Oantain Ouetitin T? v hi Took Carbolic Acid for Whiskey. Durham, July 5. Ex-Police man L. D. O Kelly met an awful death yesterday morning as the result of a mistaken drink, which proved to be carbolic acid. The unfortunate man had been ill during the night, and when he arose in the morning he took what he thought' was whiskey from the mantle board. In forty minutes he was dead, despite ev ery effort to save him. Mr. O'Kelly was the brother of Dr. J. M. O Kelly, who was with him in his awful mist ike. The dead man served two years on the police force and because of his abounding good nature he was known as "Happy Hooligan". He was 53 years old and leaves a fam ily of wife and seven children. The Many Uses of a Good Sewing Machine i There is practically no limit to the variety of work that can be done with a Singer Sewing Machine. Whether for the finest embroidery, the plainest home sewing or the most elaborate tailoring, the Singer is equally efficient. - (9 Every woman takes pride in having these things, but if they be her own handiwork, the satisfaction is complete, because her own personality is reflected in every seam.1 The woman who uses a Singer may have everything in needlework she can desire she is better dressed at much less cost;' her children are clothed according to her ,' own taste and ideas; she has attractive V table linen, and an unending supply 0f dainty underwear. ' ' '. - .fl Moreover, she is free iromj the (worry and delay which always comes with the use of a "cheap" machine. Sold onljr by Singer Sewing MachineGompany y BINGHAM SCHOOL 1793 1910 FOR 1 It Y KAILS bar bsT bMn pnpmd for COLLBOI and for LIFE, asd fc bwa traistd to b MKH itTHE BINGHAM SCHOOL. Idrall? located on Ashevill. Plateau- OrmiMUonllUJTAJlTfordieiphi, control and earriifo. Baft .xpellod from etaar lehaola not roeotood. A ViClOUB b7 xnt bono a aoon as diieotuM. Hazing axoialUd by plodfa .( honor. Limited to 130. Katoi naaonabU. AddraM COL. B. BIHGHAM, Snot., K. t. D., Box II, ASHETIUt, H.0. Twenty Hurt in Panic. Detroit, Mich., July 3. One child is dying- and about 20 more women and children are suffering from severe injuries received to day in a. panic in the Kress Five and Ten Cent Store on Woodward Avenue, following the cry of "fire" after a scuffle between two women on the crowded second floor of the establishment. About GOO women and children with here and there a man or boy swept across the lloor to the stairs and jammed them into a panic stricken, screaming1, fighting mob, which broke down the guard rails on one of the atairwav s and tramn- ed over all who lost their footing, Balloon Caught Fire. Ileddiug, Cal., July 3. During an ascension tuis atternoon the balloon America caught fire and Captain James Moore, the aero naut, was probably fatallv imured. Several spectators also were hurt. Littleton Female College One of the most successful and best equipped boarding schools in the South with hot water heat, electric lights and other modern improvements. 28th annual session will begin Sept. 15, 1909. For catalogue address J. M. RHODES, President, Littleton, N. C. Advice to the Aged. Age brings infirmities, such as slug jrish bowels, weak kidneys and blad der and TORPID LIVER. TitfsPi have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, causing them to perform their natural functions as in youth and fMPARTiNG viftnp to the kidneys, bladder and LIVER. They are adapted to old and young. poration with ample funds to pay i ctfbel9tb, last, teWranh tolls can malrA a bv the State Supro C3 L - - ten Lake, were reversed Supreme? ennrf fnUw and were remanded for new trials. Seaboard Airline SCHEDULE. Effective Jan. 3, 1909. Direct Line Between NewYorl Florida, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans and the Southwest, subject to change with out notice. Fijrures eiven below are for the information of the public and are not guaranteed. Trains leave Pittsboro as fol lows: No. 138 9:00 a. m.. con necting at Moncure with No. 38 for Portsmouth -Norfolk, which connects at Weldon with the A. C. L. for Eastern Carolina points, at JNorlolk with all steamship lines ior points JNortn. No. 140- -4:10 n. m.. connects at Moncure with No. 41 for Char 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 South. No. 141 arrives at Pittsboro G:20 p. m., connecting with No. 41 from points North. Trains between Moncure and Pittsboro operated daily except Sunday. " For further information apply to B. M. Pqe, agent, Pittsboro, or write to C. H. GATTIS District Passenger Agent, No. 4 West Martin St., . EaleiiN.C. READ SOMETHING DIFEERENT. 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Effective Sept. 6th, the Southern Railway will inaugurate through Pullman car service between Ral eigh, N. C, and Atlanta, Ga. This sleeper will be handled on tram 139, which leaves lialeigh at 4:05 p. m. and on train 43 from Greens boro, arriving at Atlanta at C:2j a. m. Northbound on train 44, which leaves Atlanta 9:25 p. m., arriving at Raleigh 12:30. noon, following day. Train 43 connects at Salisbury with train 35 for Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanoo ga, Memphis, Cincinnati, Linear and other points. For Pullman reservations, call on or write to W. H. McGlawery, P. & T. A., Raleigh, or R. U. De Butts, P. fc T. A., Greensboro. R. L. Vekkon, T. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. PROCURED AND DETCN D E D. , f r,port. Free advice, how to obtain piiti-nts. in" i coryrUEhta. ete. N ALL COUNTRi". . BttsiHes.1 direct wUJk Washington vne l l j ttoney end cf leu the f aunt. f f , ?9lert ard Infrinronen: IT...--- - ' Write or come to ai at . nct WASHINGTON, W.
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