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MAKES A REPORT TO BOARD
Major Graham Commissioner of Agri
culture Reviews the Agricultural
Status in North Carolina Re
ceipts of Department $132,253.75.
Kalcigh, Special. For the annual
met'ti: of the State Board of Agri
ulnm l ieli convened here Wednes
day lor probably three days' session,
i lie iValr.re for the day was the an
nua 1 re-port of Commissioner W. A.
iiraham treating farm conditions in
rth Carolina and the work of the
various divisions of the department.
The report declares the results of
farming operations this year were in
different section of the State and
bar while the yields were very good
in some sections they were quite in
ferior in others. So that the North
Caroliua crop census in connection
with t lie general census by the United
Stares govern ment will not show an
nverace yield for the State. Farm
ers, says, have given far better
attention to their Avork this year than
i;i the ast, especially as to improved
tulture of corn, due in a large mea-5ui!-
to institute work and corn clubs
in tor: tetion with demonstration
work. Me says the great interest in
iiiini-.i'u'.ral work is phenomenal and
irues the board to devise some met
hod of assuring its permanency.
Soil Improvement and Divesity of
Crops.
The report urges the necssity of
mvrv more effectively for per
manent improvement of soils and
ihir.-:;;. of crops through raising all
fann supplies. Attention is directed
to the fact, as he stated it, that
North Carolina pays to dealers in
-liter Slates for supplies that could
he pii'liK-ed on the North Carolina
farms more money than is gotten for
the entire cotton crop of the State.
As lent: as this is the case the only
.ot ton ir.or.ey left in the State is that
i(-aii:ei: hy profits by the deaiers
stiii::, the supplies.
The yield of cotton in this State
will, he says, be the smallest per acre
morii. This will also be the
;ase as to corn. At the same time
some yields of both crops will be
ibnormallv large.
Receipts For the Year $132,258.75.
Commissioner Graham reports re
ceipts of the department for the fiscal
vear ending Dee. 1, 1909, $132,258.75.
the amount remaining in the treas
ury at the end of this fiscal year was
tor uiven in the report. He report
3tl f 15.000 paid on the debt for the
A. & M. Agricultural building and a
balance due of $15,000. This he re
commended to be speedily liquidated
by special appropriation from the re
ceipts ef the department.
The commissioner reported the
finest agricultural exhibits at the
State ar.d the district fairs this fall
ever male in the State, due largely
(o the attractive' supplemental pre
miums provided by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture He recommend
ed that the amounts especially the de
partment of Avomenrs work, be in
creased. He recommends definite effort and
provision by the State Department
for raising improved breeds of stock
and -attle. And stated that the
mountain test farms will undertake
to demonstrate the possibilities of
sheep raising.
Progress in Horticulture Shewn.
Progress in horticulture as demon
strated by the very creditable high
preiiiinms carried off by North Caro
lina at the National Horticultural
Congress at Council Bluff in the con
test with all the other apple-growing
States, was presented with special
compliment for State Hortieultura
list Y M. Hutt.
Treating soil survey work the re
port mentioned the resignation of Mr.
Diane to take an appointment in the
Cnited States assay office at Char
lotte and the substitution of Mr.
Brin kley to take up his work in
co-operating with the national gov
ernment the last work being in Pitt,
pastor: and Scotland counties, there
leing 22 counties and special sec
lions already mapped.
rri at.n animal industry, the com
misiortr recommended the appro
priation of $500 for the preparation
iid distribution of hog cholera serum
Jo check the spread of this disease,
-especially in Eastern Carolina.
He recommends legislation that Avill
check hydrophobia among cattle,
declaring that sevral thousand head
t cattle were lost the past year from
ase. Cattle tick eradication
was riedared to be progressing well.
. f-ne. progress in dairy demonstrat
itpartrcent, the department of
nto;r.( logy and iu the deDartment of
at-
nre-
introduction of -the boll
v"''x:: this State which, he said
J-1 '-"r'fted to recall this State
;!11('i''t natural progress in 1923.
lK're -..as special mention of the
1 ' : .
W::ray were reported, speeial
teii!:,i:i )eny: asked' to action to i
sued by the various divisions. In
creased diversification of crops. Mar
ket value of 87 counties. Decrease
in fertilization is reported in four
teen counties. The great majority
ot the counties. The great majority
ward smaller farms. Reports from
9o counties claim that negro labor is
unreliable. General increase in the
cost of living is reported.
. Report as to wages show hio-hest
average for men $24.11, an increase
over last year. The lowest average
is $14.76 an advance of $1.39 over
last year. Reports show financial con
dition of working people good in 20
counties, fair in" 42, poor 30 ; bad 3.
Improvement is reported from 71
counties.
As to costof production 68 coun
ties . show cotton produces at aver
age cost of $33.39 per bale; wheat
in 77 counties at 77 cents per bushel;
corn in all counties at 53 cents; oats
38 cents; 51 counties tobacco aver
age 47.71 per hundred pounds.
In the general introductory to the
report covering the whole scope of
to work of the department Com
missioner Shipman says the disinclin
ation, especially on the part of
some manufacturers to furnish the
required reports has largely disap
peared, but there are still many that
give trouble by neglecting to prompt
ly fill out and return the blanks.
The effort to give statistics of organi
zed and unorganized labor failed this
year but it is the purpose itj. have
such a report for the next' year.
Commissioner iShipman or Assistant
Commissioner George B. Justice haye
gone into, every section of the state
wherever necessary to make svwe of
getting the fullest and most , accu
rate reports uossible. In spite of
great effort, the commissioner"- says
it has been impossible to secure ab
solutely complete, reports of mieel
laneous factories. 'Hoever. the re
ports of cotton, woolen arid',' silji
mills are complete. -
Politics in Great Britain. :
London, Special. "The whole of
Great Britain immersed in the po
litical campaign which has been in
augurated by the refusal of the
House of Lords to consent to the
budget, "he country is divided in
to two great camps, composed of
those who support the Lords' action
and those who contend that the
House of Commons must have ' ab
solute control of the finances of the
nation. There are, of course, many
other issues, such as tariff reform
versus free trade, but these are be
ing pushed into the background by
the conflict between the two houses.
While the various local organizations
are busy selecting candidates and
preparing for the contests in their
respective districts, the leaders of the
great parties are carrying on a gen
eral campaign. The radicals, who had
long forseen the fate of their finance
bill, are not allowing the grass to
grow under their feet.
In London Saturday afternoon one
of their organizations the National
Democratic League, held a demon
stration as a protest against the ac
tion of the Lords which was one of
the most notable ever held in the
metropolis. Fully 20,000 persons,
mostly of the laboring and artisan
classes, gathered in Trafalgar square
and cheered the radical speakers,
who condemned in unmeasured terms
the members of the upper chamber.
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From All
Parts of the Old North State. '
Claims Toxaway Site Will Carry
Case to Court.
Asheville, Special. George Wash
ington Fisher, a farmer of Polk
county, it is learned here, claims that
he is the rightful owner of the pro
perty that is now occupied by the
Toxaway Inn at Lake Toxaway.
"While I was in the asylum at Mor
ganton for about one year," Fisher
is quoted as sayings " returning in
1896, two of my brothers sold the
land, of which I have an interest,
to the Lake Toxaway people." In
making out the . deeds, it is alleged,
for the company the Fisher boys
signed the paper for their insane
brother as his guardian.
Some time after the deal was made
it was found that the title and deed
of this land was void for the reason
that George Washington Fisher never
had a guardian appointed by the
courts. So it became necessary to
sign an entirly new deed with Geoige
Washington's signature to the papers.
On this ground Fisher expects to win
his suit and regain the lands or a
part thereof.
Fisher was only temporarily in
sane, staying at the asylum one year.
He is now a farmer of Polk county,
3 miles from Tryon. where he owns
considerable lands. For the past
three months he has been working
hard in getting up records and having
a survey made of the whole tract
in question. The lands were known
as the William Barton and Frank
Barton places, Johnnie Bagwell tract
of land and a part of the Tom Can
trell lands. An interestinglpart of
the deed covering this land and sup
posed to be signed by George Wash
ington Fisher and wife, Addie, is that
his wife also sa3rs that she knows
nothing about the paper which bears
a clear handwriting of the signatures
ofthe two parties. Fisher is a man
of no education and can barely write
his name so that people can read it.
Seven Prisoners Escape.
Smithfield, Special. Tuesday night
there was a jail delivery here, seven
prisoners making their escape and so
far none have been apprehended.
One prisoner, a negro man, Avas
held on the charge of murder.
It is reported that a prisoner who
was a "trusty" was responsible for
the escape. He is said to have se
cured a file by which the prisoners
affected an exit by sawing the bars to
a window of the jail.
It is also said that the prisoners
were on top of the cells when the
jailer locked the doors the evening
before.
CONGRESS
y
Appropriation Bills Give Eight of
Way,
LIVELY TIMES EXPECTED.
Much Interest is Manifested in Presi
dent's Message on Account' of
Many Questions he Will . Have to
Deal With.
Snow Ties Up Trains.
St. Paul. Minn., Speeial. Cold and
snow are now delaying freight traffic j
on the Northern Pacific and some
parts of the Great Northern railroads
more than the strike of switchmen,
according to statements issued by the
general managers of those roads Sun
day night. According to General
Manager Slade of the Northern Pa
cific, freight is more or less tied up
all along the system on account of the
snow and especially pi northern Min
nesota and Norths Dakota. Pasenger
trains are from, one1 to four hours
late in St. Paul Sunday night.
Lee H. Battle Not Guilty.
Greensboro, Special. The jury in
the case of the government against
Lee II. Battle, cashier of the City Na
tional Bank, on trial in- the federal
court here for the past two weeks, re
turned a verdict of not guilty at 10
o'clock last Saturday.
District Attorney Holton announc
ed that he would nol pos two other
cases against Battle and he was dis
charged. Judge Boyd, in thanking
the jury, said it was evident that the
community believed Mr. Battle had
committed no intentional wrong.
The 20th annunal coference of the
Southern Educational Conference will
be held at Charlotte, 28th, 29th and
30th of this month.
Verdict For $7,500.
Oxford, Special. A remarkably
interesting case was argued in court
here, that of Sidney H. Usry against
Southern Railway. The jury render
ed verdict of seven thousand five hun
dred dollars in favor of the plain
tiff, who was sriously and permanent
ly injured, by having his hip frac
tured. The accident occurred in Sep
tember, 1908, near Oxford, while the
train was at a water-tank. Mr. Usry
was suddenly thrown down by unex
pected motion of thp car.
A Good Trade.
Mamma: 'Have, you been takin?
vrmr couerh medicine, like a good
i;;cvs institute work under T. B. ! boy?" Tommy : 1 1 No ma 'am, , I Jet
. ..('Ml Pnrh too i . i ni-Avi. i .-i i-t I T ) 1 ! . . fncifn i i - i 7 c!-i lilrorl it. Crk I
' ; peJusiou the commission re
ijrH'! ihnt the new oil division turn-
.: th treasury Nov. 30 the sum
C0rissicNEa7M. l. dkip-
A;7'S-ANNUAL REPORT.
I;h. Special". The forthcoming
;in;.i r;j)orl t)f Commissioner of
' an,l Printing, M. . Shipman
ij ,S"' 'V (loc'ed improvement in
' ' '"'-"Pter of farms and farm labor,
tsl'.c.)a!ly j,, application . of better
'!tl:(!iS '' farming,- in the efficiency
01 lahor :,.i j '
Hiat.r n'Vilr- TQe report declares
grat if y'uip- increase in hreadtb
"1 V'v
Chair Factory Organized.
Murphy, Special. At a meeting of
the Murphy board of trade Monday
night it was decided to organize a
chair factory, to be capitalized at
$15,000. C. E. Wood, J. M. Vaughn
and C. B. Hill were appointed to
solicit subscriptions. The stock was
taken up immediately. A meeting
of the stockholders will be called at
once, when officers will be elected
and the business will be pushed right
along, it is thought the company will
rent power from the Murphy Power
& Light Co.
39,480,326 Pounds Plug.
Winston-Salem, Special. Local to
bacco manufactories have shipped,
the past eleven months of the present
year, 39,480,326 pounds of plug to
bacco, an increase of 4,446,700
pounds over the same period of last
year. The manufacturers have paid
out to the United States government
for revenue stamps, the sum of $2,
368,819.93 this year, an increase in
favor of the present year of $266,-802.47.
In Demand.
"That's a very popular man."
"Yes; he'll listen . to ' the details' oi
your summer trip itbout insisting on
telling about his own." Kansas City
Journal.
CHARLEY'S SOMNILOQUENCE.
I "No," said , young .Mrs. : Torkins,
"Charley wasn't playing cards las?
nigiht. He went to the theater, and
the performance evidently pleased
him." " !
"How do you know?" inquired ihj
severe friend.'
"Whenever he gets auTthvng on his
m m mm . . A '
Ie Jar-olv i l m x- --I----j mma t&iks in nis sicep.
very prnestly, "That's oou:
Washing ton Star,
ig increase m hreadth
fan K0!! ls 11(,ticeable among the
lue"!JCH?all says the report,
io me effective effort
state department of agri-
iiic )
th
-uH
ure
ad the speeial bulletins is
, Lincolnton Mill Burns.
Lincolnton, Special. The entire
plant of the Miehal Gheen Manufac
turing Company, manufacturers of
sash, doors, blinds, etc., here was de
stroyed by fire at an early hour Fri
day morning. The machinery, build
ings and raw material are a total
loss. Insurance for $7,300 was eai
ried but the loss will reach higher
figures than this. Mr. Victor F. Motz
of this place was the principal owner
in the company. The fire had quite
u good , headway when discovered
about 3 o'clock in the morning..
Washington, D. C, Special. Con
gress assembled Monday on the
"long session," which will probably
run into the summer. Senators arid
Representatives who have arrived ex
press a determination to take up the
wrork of the sssion vigorously with
the . hope of having it well advanced
before the holidays. The House is
alreday organized by the election of
Speaker and officers at the extra ses
sion, and the . appointment of com
mittees, so there will be no excuse
for that body not getting down to
business at once.
The appropriation bills are to be
given the right of way at both ends
of the capitol and pressed through
with all possible haste. When the
appropriations bills have been dis
posed of Congress will turn its at
tention to more interesting if not
more important measures. -'
Here are some of the things Con
gress will find ready to hand to
work on:
Sweeping changes in the railway
laws, giving added power to the in-'
terstate Commerce Commission.
.An amendment to the Sherman an
titrust act exempting labor unions
from penalties for combination.
Subventions- for the upbuilding of
the merchant marine and extension
of the ocean mail srvice.
Authorization to railroads to pool
under strict supervision of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Legislation regulating the boycott
and the issuance of injunctions
against labor organizations.
Internal waterway improvements,
according to the policy outlined by
the President m his recent addresses
in the South and West.
A proposal to reduce the present
tax on oleomargarine. ' - -
An investigation of the sugar, trust
scandal will be proposed, and ' may
or may not be undertaken.
Much interest is manifested in the
President's message on account of
the great importance of the many
questions it will have to deal with.
No presidential message in years,
it is safe to say, will have been lis
tened to with a greater amount of
eagerness and interest. In the course
of his recent tour of the country Mr
Taft outlined in his various address
es the views he held concerning
the great public questions of the day
and which he is expected to incor
porate in his message.
The President will propose to Con
gress important legislation upon at
least ten subjects. Each is a matter
which will provoke discussion and
arouse opposition in Congress. The
chief subjects to be dealt with are:
Supervision of the issue of stocks I
and bonds by interstate corporations;
readjustment of the duties and power
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission; expansion of the duties of
the Bureau of Corporations; crea
tion of a new bureau in the Depart
ment of Justice to deal Avith viola
tions 'of laAV by inteterstate carriers;
establishment of a so-called "rail
road court"; amendment of the
Sherman anti-trust act; creation of a
postal savings bank; ship subsidies;
amendment of the procedure regard
ing the granting of injunctions, and
the conservation of natural resources
In addition to these it is probable
that currency reform will be recom
mended, not as something to be im
mediately undertaken, but to be con
sidered Avhen the report of the Mone
tary Commission is completed.
TAFT APPROVES KNOX PLAN
Board of Examiners Will Pass Upon
the Fitness of All Applicants For
Position of Secretary and the Rec
ords of Efliciency Will Be Preserv
ed. Washington, Special. To improve
the personnel and efficiency of vthe
diplomatic srvice and to encourage
and commercial foreign relations of
for promotion to the rank or minis
ters, President Taft has approved a
plan suggested by Secretary of State
Knox, and published it as an Execu
tive order. J
The new prospect prorides for a
board of examiners to pass ' upon all
applicants for appointments as sec
retaries and prescribes the standard
plan to the President, points out the
remarkable groAvth of the political
and commerncial foreign relations of
the United States and the increasing
diffiiculty of the problems to be dealt
with.
Records of efficiency of all the un
der secretaries will be preserved in
the State Department and appintment
from outside the srvice to secretary
ship, will be made , only to the class
of third secretary of embassy; or, in
case of higher vacancies, of second
scretary of legation, or of secretary
of legation at posts Avhich have as
signed to them only one secretary.
Vacancies in secretaryships of the
higher class will in the future be filled
by promotion from the loAver grades,
and efficiency and ability demonstrat
ed in the service will be the tests of
advancement, -
All the secretaryships in the future
Avill T)e graded according to the im
portance or difficulty or other aspects
of the Avork done at each mission,
and these classifications Avill be made
known to the srA'ice so that every
man may knoAV just where he stands.
' The examining board " will deter
minethe fitness of candidates desig
nated by the President for examina
tion, t
The - examinations wrili be held at
Washington and Avill be both oral
and written. A physical examination
will.be supplemental.
Candidates must be between the
ages of' 21 and 50 years. The de
partment will aim to apportion rep
resentation fairly among the States
and Teritories.
COTTON MEN WRONGED.
Plans to Check Boll Weevil.
Raleigh, Special. The North Car
olina board of agriculture has passed
a regulation lmving - for its purpose
the keeping of the boll weevil out
of the State. The regulation forbids
the importation of cotton seed, cot
ton seed hulls, loose cotton in any
shape and baled cotton unless com
pressed from Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.
RECIPES.
French Creamed Dates. One scant
cupful of confectioner's sugar, y2-cupful
of Avater, white of 1 egg, mixed
with water, add' flavoring. Boil all
together, allow it to cool, then work
between the hands and cut in pieces
large enough to fill, dates from which"
the stones have fceen removed. Roll
dates in granulated sugar.
Dainty Molasses Wafers. A scant
quart of .flour before it is sifted, 2-3
cup of lard . rubfied into . the flour.
Then make a hole 'in-"the flour. ; and"
put in '1 cup of mclasses" 1-2 '-teaspoon
of salt, 1-2 teaspoon of ginger
and 1 tcaspoon of soda wet in two
teaspoons of cold water, then mix.
Take small pieces of the dough and
roll very thin, cut cut and bake. -
Tomato Soup. 'Eoil chicken or
beef four hours, then strain; add to
the soup 1 can of tomatoes and boil
one hour. Salt and pepoer'to taste.
This will make four quarts of soup.
Bisque of Oysters. Let two quarts
of milk come .to a boil. Take three
pints of oysters, drain off the liquor,
put in a choprdB.g howl and chon fine.
Stir two small tablespoonfuls of flour
in four of' melted, butter. Put the
oysters in the boiling milk, stir in
the butter and flour, season with pep
per and salt, let boil up once and
serve. -'
, Fried Bananas. Peel ripe bananas,
cut in half, roll in eggs 'beater .with
cold water or milk, then In fiourand
fry In deep hot fat until a go Wen
yellow. If you wish to serve them
for dessrt sprinkle .with sugar and
J lemon Jtlce; if as a vecetable, sprin
kle lightly with salt.
Commissioner of Corporations De
nounces the -Practice of Dealing in
Futures.
Washington, Special. Both the
producers of cotton and the dealers in
that commodity are the victims of
the system of trading in rogue on the
cotton exchange of the country.
This is the burden of parts 4 and
5 of the report of Commissioner of
Corporations Herbert Knox Smith on
the conduct of such exchanges. The
practice of dealing in futures, as it is
caried on at present, is condemned,
carried on at present, is condemned,
the existence of the exchange.
"The brief discussion of general
speculation in this report," says Mr.
Smith, "recognizes the possibilities
for good inherent in a great central
market like a cotton exchange, and
the need that this good be deAeloped
and evils eliminated by regulations in
line with economic laAV."
The report is especally condemna
tory of the dealings in futures, brand
ing this form of speculation as pure
gambling and highly injurious to legi
timate trade. In quotations for "fu
ture" deliveries of cotton, the market
is so uncertain and so many elements
of change enter into the transaction
that all bids are made at a much
lower figure than those offered for
cotton actually in existence.
The effect of these fictitious quota
tions, the report points out, tends to
mislead the cotton planted as to the
true Aralueof his crop, . honestly
grown. In addition it leads brokers
to "play" both sides of the market
to protect themslves against loss in
such trades, wuth the rsult that the
producer is forced to pay in the end,
Avhile the farmer loses likewise.
The report, while recognizing that
the exchanges in New Orleans and
New York are necessary, does not
mince words in criticising the New
York exchange. After declaring that
the New Orleans methods of conduct
ing the transactions in cotton follow
ed natural lines, the report draws at
tention to the fact that it has been
proAren that the abnormal depressions
in the future price in NeAv York
"Avere almost wholly due to improper
artificial conditions now maintained
by the Nbav York coton exchange. By
maintaining them the New York ex
change is responsible for a rery real
injury to the producer and merchant."
- TO REORGANIZE THE NAVY.
Naval System To Undergo a ' Radical '
Change.
Washington, D. C. Heeding the cry
for reform in naval affairs. Secretary
Meyer has inaugurated the most
sweeping changes in the navy depart
ment since the establishment of the
bureau system in 1842. Himself a di
rector of banks and manufacturing
I. r ijo. icn iiigiauu ill uui(.a
past, he hopes to put the department
uu a uuaiuesb oasis neyona me areams
of predecessors.'. The keynote of his
reforms is the subordination of the
bureau chief of the past. '
Summarized, the essential changes
in the Meyer plan are:
"The selection of four responsible
advisers on subjects within the four
groups Into which duties of the de
partment fall, to be known as the
aide for material, the aide for per
sonnel, the aide for operations of the
fleet and the aide fbr inspectors.
Grouping of the bureaus into two
divisions of : material and personnel,
according to the nature of their du
ties. . Establishment of a division of oper
ations of the fleet.
Establishment of a comprehensive
inspection system.
Establishment of a modern and , ef
ficient cost-keeping system in the
navy department and at navy yards.
' Separation of navy work into tvt o
divisions of hulls and machinery.
Abolishment of the board of con
struction. .0
. Abolishment of the bureau of equip
ment. Henceforth the officers who fight
the ships are to have more influence
in the navy department.
Chosen men from among them are
to be the official eyes and ears of
the secretary, laden with full respon
sibility for their reports, but not his
hands. The secretary will retain his
administrative and executive power
for his own exercise, and that of the
assistant secretary of the navy.
All the reforms went into effect
December 1, except the abolishing ot
the bureau of. equipment, which con
gress alone can do.
RESTRICTIONS ON RED CROSS STAMPS
Four Governments Bar Mails to Such
Stamps.
Washington,- D. C. Five foreign
governments have placed restrictions
upon the use of Red Cross Christmas
stamps. Four, of the countries
Great Britain, Orange River Colony,
Southern Rhodesia and the Trans
vaal refuse to admit to their mails
packages bearing such stamps, and
Germany admits packages bearing the
stamps if they be affixed to the back
of the letter or parcel, but not if
they are placed on the face of it.
The postoffice department issued a
bulletin saying that articles liable to
be refused admittance to any of the
countries because they bear the
stamps wil.be returned to the sender
if known. The loss to the Red Cross
fund as a result of the ruling wili
be small.
King of Sweeden Mingles With the
People. tj
' Stockholm, By Cable.King GustaA'e
on Saturday inaugurated a neAV de
parture for sovereigns. Disguised as
a steA-edore he spent most of the day
carrying sacks of coal from a lighter.
In an interview, after it was all over,
the King said that this Avas only the
beginning. He intended to mix with
all classse of laborers, so that he
might ascertain their opinions and
wishes. Already he added, he had ob
tained many A-aluable hints from the
men Avith Avhom he worked.
W. J. Colhoun Likely to Accept the
Chinese Ministership.
Chicago, Special William J. Cal
houn, a Chicago attorney and diplo
mat, Sunday night admitted that Sec
retary of State Knox had offered him
the post of minister to China. The ad
mission came in denial of a report
that, he had declined to accept the of
fer. Air. Calhoun, explained that he
had been induced by Secretary oi
State Knox to reconsider a determi
nation not to accept the appointment
which was offered two weeks ago.
ZELAYA WILL PROTEST
Will Fight the Ultimatum of the
United States.
FORCES MOVE M NICARAGUA -
President of Nicaragua Will Be Held
Personally Responsible for the Death ' '
of Two Americans.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
A ten thousand mile trip in a thirty
foot launch is the program mapped
out for Stanley A. Beadle, who arriv
ed in Chicago. Mr. Beadle started
his tour from Muskegon, Mich., and
intends to return to the starting point
within twelve months, his route tak
ing him through the Illinois-Michigan
canal, the Mississippi river, the Gulf
of Mexico and around the Atlantic
seaboard to the Gulf of St. Laurence,
up the St. Lawrence river and
through the Grea Lakes back to Mus
kegon. .
A $1,000,000 mortgage has been re
corded in Murphy, N. C-, to secure a
loan to a like sum, the right of way
has been purchased and a one hun
dred and fifty-foot dam will be built
on Hiawassee river below Murphy,
in Cherokee county, which will fur
nish power for the copper mines at
Ducktown, Tenn., and other cities
within a radius of one hundred miles.
Partly as a result of new economic
conditions and partly as a result of
those causes which brought about the
curtailment movement among the
cotton mills in the south, a silent
but widespread and general revolu
tion is setting in among southern
manufacturers that may have the ef
fect of the determination of manufac
turers to make finer goods in both
yarns and in cottons. This will be of
value, because it will reduce the out
put of coarse yarns. On the other
hand, the better grade of goods and
the finer yarns will bring to the pro
ducer quicker buyers and better
prices.
Washington.
Under a recent ruling of the com
missioner of internal revenue, drug
gists who put up alcoholic medicinal
compounds must pay a special tax
as rectifiers if the compounds are not
sufficiently medicated so as to be un
suitable -for use as a beverage.
r.nnis fvHpnbere. a diminutive
New York newsboy, came to Wash
ington to see the presiuent. ine uoy
was tilainlv disapuointod Avhcn told
that the president, who vas at a cab
inet meeting, was too Dusy to see
him, and declared he would remain
here until he aoes see the president.
"You see," he said, "I have already
met such prominent gentlemen as
Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Gotch. 1 also
want. to meet Mr. Taft."
A proposal that the government
shall enter suit against the state of
Colorado to recover the value of thirty-live
thousand acres of mineral
land, which, it is alleged, passed into
state control through - misrepresenta
tion, is under consideration by th3
department of justice.
Officers of the Fie '. Salesman's
anion of Now York sort word to
Washington that Papin and Rankin,
the members Avho were intrusted with
the delivery of the big Thanksgiving
mince pic to President Taft, have dis
appeared. Papin and Rankin Avere
selected to deliver the pic because
of their record for trust worthiness,
according to their comrades, 'luey
were to recport on Thanksgiving
evening on the delivery of the pie
at tho white house. They never re
ported and at present their where
abouts are a mystery.
Washington, D. C President Ze
laya has not only refused to take of
ficial cognizance of Secretary Knox'j
note, which was practically an ulti
matum, but he is declared to have dis
patched speciaL agents to Washing
ton to endeavor to have the state de
partment's ultimatum set aside, first
by appeals to that department, and,'
secondly, by direct appeals to mem
bers of congress. The state depart
ment is entirely aware of ths pres
ence and identity of these emissaries.
While they are being watched in a
general way, the United States is
maintaining over them, nothing could
be construed as espionage. , ,
In addition to this, it was reported
that any attempt that Zelaya might -make
to escape from the country,
would receive the direct and vigor
our attention of the American war
ships now lying off the coats of Nic
aragua. Secretary Knox's note inti
mated in the plainest language that
the state department looks upon Ze
laya as the man responsible for the
torture and death of the two Ameri-.,
cans "(Iroce and Cannon.
Naval ' forces . of the United States
are being moved forward to both,
coasts of Central America, for tho fc
purpose of protecting American life
and property in Nicaragua by force i
of arms, if the necessity arises.
With the departure from Philadel
phia of the troopship Prairie, with
700 marines aboard, for the Isthmus
of Panama, and, if it be so decreed,
for Nicaragua, and with the sailing
from Magdalena bay of the protected
cruiser Albany and the gunboat York
town for Corinto, on the Pacific coast
of Nicaragua, the warlike activity of
the navy department was becoming
manifest on both oceans that wash,
the Nicaraguan shores.
Besides, the cruisers DesMoines
and Tacoma and the gunboat Mariet
ta are lying off Port Llmon, Costa,
Rica, ready for any call upon them,"
and the guns of the little gunboat
Vicksburg are pointed toward the
custom house and town of Corinto.
In addition, the transport Buffalo,
according to what is said to be the
plans of the officials responsible, will
sail from Panama to Corinto, with
probably as many as 1,100 marines
aboard, soon after the Prairie, which
left Philadelphia with about 500 ma
rines, arrives at Colon.
On the Albany are about 280 blue
jackets, and on the Vicksburg, York
town and Princeton about 150 each.
These, together with the marines,
would make an army equal to any or
ganization reported, to be serving un
der Zelaya.
At the same time, the United
States will have a formidable force
within striking distance of the Atlan
tic coast in case of danger to Ameri
can lives or property in that section
of Nicaragua. At Port Limon, Costa
iRca, are anchored the cruiserB Des
Moines and Tacoma, each with- 280
men aboard, and the gunboat Mariet
ta with 150 men.
CHATTANOOGA SECURES FRANCHISE.
Little Rock Baseball Club Sold to
Tennessee City.
Chattanooga, Tenn. President O.
R. Anurews of the Chattanooga
League Baseball Association received
word from President Rather of the
Little Rock Southern Legaue Club
that the Little Rock franchise, reserve
list and other property had been plac
ed in tte hands of President W. M.
Kavanaugh of the Southern League,
wtiii instructions to receive Chatta
nooga's draft for $12,500. President
Kavanaugh , w as wired by President
Andrews to draAV on the loc&l club
for that amount. This closes tue
deal for the transfer.
CARNEGIE'S ANCESTORS.
Lowest Negro In .the South Excels
Millionaire's Forbears. . .
. New York City. Andrew Carnegio
said that the lowest negro of tne
south is more advanced than were
his (Carnegie's) ancestors in Scot
land 200 years ago. He was speak
ing before the Armstrong Associa
tion. "Talk about uplifting the negro
race," declared Mr. Carnegie, "those
who have attended the industrial In
stitutions now established are already
uplifted, and they, in turn, are now
spreading their knowledge into every
cotton field and pine belt south of the
Potomac."
WIFE SOLD FOR $1.50.
Buyer Gets Tired of Bargain and Is
- Arrested. '
Buffalo, N. Y. Ernest Phillips of
Akron and Edward Smith, a farmer
near Lockport, was held for the
grand jury on a charge of violating
the penal statute that prohibits the
selling of a woman. The case first
came to the attention of the authori
ties when Phillips' wife appealed to
the police for aid. She vas found
living in, a barn with her child. Mrs.
Phillips- said her husband had sold her
to Smith for $1.50 and that Smith
had turned her out. When arrested
Smith admitted that he had lived witu
the woman, but said he did not know
she was Phillips' wife.
BEACH HAKG1S SENTENCED.
Life Sentence for Boy Who Killed Kis
Father.
Frankfort. Ky. The court of ap
peals affirmed tne life sentence gJvcn
Beach Hargis for the murder of his
father, Judge Hargis, the noted feud
ist of Jackson, Ky.
Young Hargis' mother employed the
highest priced lawyers in the state
to defend him. The first triat result
ed In a hung jury, while the verdict
of the second trial was a We wru
in the penitentiary.