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V Chatham H.cor5 H. A-.LONDO EE;Xr- AIID PEOFErETOE. TRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SI SO Per Year 2 a 1 1 STRICTLY IN ADVANCE . VOL. XXXII, PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1909. NO. 19.- Zhe Cbatbam TRecotb. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion. One Square, two Insertions.... 1.50 One Square. yOne month......"., For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made, i BR. COOK VINDICATED Loose Confesses He L-"ed About Selling Records to Explorer. STORY FRAMED FOR MONEY Men Were After Money Regardless of Trnth, and They Succeeded in Selling False Story to New York Paper. New Ycrk City. Captain B. S. Os tc:i of this city, secretary of the Arc tic Club, has -written Captain Joseph Bernier and others that Captain August W. Loose has stated that his dealing with Dr. Cook, as published in a New York newspaper, was con cocted for sale w -Nhout regard to uu truth. "In th.j prsssJice of witnesses," saia Captain Obon, -I heard Loose say: "i was out Tor the money, and I didn t cart how 1 got it." Captain Oscon does not believe that Loose's narrative as supported by his affidavits was a part of any polt to discredit Dr. Cook. Captain Osbou was not at liberty to name the person who had obtained and drafted fhe confession. "A ship owner" he designated him, " a former employer of Loose and a man who has persoifar-'innuence with hin." I know enough shipmates of the doctor who went into tne antarctic vith him to be sure Lr. Cook needed notcdy to fabricate observations for Lira. No doubt he set problems toi Loose by which to cneck nis calcula tions. ' Ottawa, Ontario. "Captain Loose has confessed that his story puDiisn ed in a New York newspaper, is a lie from beginning to end. We hope to have his conression sworn to in a lew. aajs." This, in- substance, is" the statement made inV.a letter received here by Captain Bernier, commander . of the Canadian exploration steamer Arctic. The letter,"' Captain Berniefstates, is Irom Capta'ia B. S. Osbon oil New York, secretary -of the Arctic Club, ci wnich the Canadian explorer is a member. - J,4 It was Captain Bernier who receiv ed the first 'letter from Dr. Cook after his dash to the pole announcing the success of the journey. Copenhagen, LenmarK. The exami nation of Dr. Frederick' Cook's data regarding his alleged discovery of the poie is almost completed. The com mittee declined to consider the state ments of Captain A.. W. Loose and George S. Dunkle of New York, who declared they 'prepared data for Cook. "?!. HING LEOPOLD II DEAD miMAL AID FOB UOOJJ GOADS. Pvesvdent Taft' Says Let the States Make Good Highways. Tcpeka, Kans. National aid for permanent roads, a system of na tional highways connecting the cap ital of the various states, and ot state highways connecting the various county seats, use of federal prisoners for building roads and the establish ment of road making on a strictly business basis, are some of the sug gestions made at the opening sessions of the tenth national good roads con ention here. A letter from President Taft declares against national aid to any great extent. The president says : "My own views of the good roads question is that it is cnietly a state function and that all the states ought to unite in an effort to promcte gooa roads. I don t think that the farm ers are as much interested as they ought to be. "Next to education a system of good roads is the greatest eivilizer.' Arthur C. Jackson, national presi dent of the Good Roads Association, suggested the plan of national and state highways Diplomas of Merit Awarded for Agri cultural Proficiency. Washington, D. C. Diplomas of merit were presented by Secretary Wilson in his office at the department agriculture to Bascomb Usher of South Carolina; DeVVitt Lundy of Mississippi; Elmer .Halter of Arkan sas and Ralph Bellwood of Virginia, all under is years, for special profi ciency in agricultural pursuits. The recipients are among the 12,d00 en gaged in the boys' demonstration work in the south. Eacti planted one acre of corn and cultivated it under instructions fjom the department of agriculture. Dr. C. G. Knapp, who has charge of the park demonstration work in the south, offered a trip to Washington to the" boy in Mississippi who should obtain the best results. The State Bankers Association of Ar lsansas offered a similar reward in that state, while citizens of Virginia and South Carolina duplicated the of fers in those states. 't housands of dollars of prizes were awarded this year throughout the south, the basis of the awards being the profits, written records, exhibits of products and yield per acre. All southern states are making ar rangements to send the prize winners to Washington next year. In a brief address to the boys, Sec retary Wilson declared that they and the boys engaged in "like work are 'the only hope we have for the con tinued greatness and prosperity of the country." He pointed out that the south now, in agriculture and manufacture, was prosperous as never before, because the men and Women of the south had put into the work their own energy and ability, and, in no sense, were de pendent upon the capital or the in dustry of the people from other parts of the country "These diplomas," he continued,"are unique. No boys ever have received a simiiar. recognition of their merit. Nothing I have done since I have been secretary of agriculture has given me more pleasure than to present them to you. You have earned them. You have begun right Six Die In Flames. Philadelphia, Pa. Five girls and Fireman Joseph T. Toner are known to have lost their lives when the six-story building occupied by Schrack & Sherwood, manufacturers of undertaking supplies, was destroy ed by fire. Twenty girls were work ing in the building. t Death Claims Aged Ruler of the Belgians. PRINCE ALBFJTON THRONE The Crowa Passes to Nephew of Leo pold, there Being No Hereditary Heir ' to the Belgian Throne. Killed in Salisbury, N. C, Fire. Greensboro, N. C As the result of a fire in the business section of Salis bury, 49 miles sotuh of here, one per son is dead, another fatally ana a third slightly injured. Damage to the Empire Clothing Company's building to the extent of $50,000 was done. Magic Would Not Quiet Winds. Juneau, Alaska. Because She Shen Jim, an Indian medicine man, insist ed that by his magic he could quiet the winds, he and six relatives were drowned while trying to reach Juneau from Gambler Bay in acanoe. CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION. Agriculture Department Will Help the Soutnern Farmers. Washington, D. C. A somewhat unique campaign of education is ?j be undertaken in January by Dr. S. A. Knapp of the department of agri culture in charge of the farm demon stration work in the south, which will have for its object a discussion of the farm methods and policies of the vari ous states Visited and the means for bringing about greater agricultural prosperity. There will be a series of eight cr nine addresses, each treating directly of the agricultural work and condi tions in the community or state visit ed, the entire series making a collect ed study of farm life, methods, op portunities and possibilities in the southeastern states. The meeting will be t-ild at T.vnrhhnrp- Va Phnr- lotte, X. C.;: Greenville, S. C; Macon,. Jacksonville, Fia.; Anniston ana Huntsvilie, Ala.; West Point and tireenvillfc, Miss.; Memphis, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky. ' CONGRESS TU FME EXPOSITION. Proposed Emancipation Show at Sa vannah to Ee Looked Into. Washington, D. C. Before congress wakes an appropriation for govern mental participation in the exposition at Savannah, in 1913, to commemorate fiftieth anniversary of the Issu ance of the emancipation proclama "on, Senator Jones proposes that a Decision Shan De reacned as to wheth er such an exposition is advisable. He introduced a resolution providing for t&e appointment of a commission of r-ve to decide that question. She De Pfcw bill, making an appropriation for tRe commission,- has been sent to the committee on expositions. TOM ROBINSON HAWKED. Alabama Murderer Pays the Death Penalty. Russellvilie, Ala. Tom Robinn as hanged here for the murder of "'s wife and- mother-in-law. The ex ecution was: in public at the request 01 Robinson, and-was witnessed by a Sreat concourse of people. In a speech to the crowd, Robinson pG? a,i to ake warning of his fate lead upright lives. He died just even minutes after " the "drop was sprung. Newsy Paragraphs. aptain Thomas Franklin, United States army, accused of embezzling $5,000 Irom the cadets' mess lund of the West Point military academy, ot which Franklin was treasurer, plead ed guilty in the United States circuit court. A question ot jurisdiction will take the case to the supreme court. Patrick Francis Sheedy, who for the last two years has owned an art store in New York city, but who for years before was prominent in sport ing circles of all kinds under the sim ple name of "Pat" Sheedy, died in his rooms over his are galleries. He succumbed to heart disease. A movement is on foot in Rich mond, Va., looking to the removal ot the body of Patrick Henry from its resting place at Red Hill, Cnarlotte county, Va., to ' the burying ground around old St. John's churcn, in Rich mond, in which the Virginia patriot made his famous "Give me liberty or give me death ' speech, and to erect a suitable monument over the Red Hill grave. It is thought probable that the legislature will take ttre mat ter up at its next session. Miss Annie Morgan, daughter of J. P. Morgan, is a recent applicant for membership in the Woman s Trade Union league of New York city, and when her name has been passed upon she Mil become a regular member, paying $1 a year, which is the fee. This is the league to which the strik ing shirtwaist, makers belong. The will of Charles N. Crittendon, name of his daughter, Florence Crlt tenton, in fourteen cities of this country, and in Shanghai, Mexico City and other foreign cities, filed for probate ia; New. York city, leaves half his estate, estimated at between $3, 000,000 and' $5,000,000, to the National Florence Crittenton mislson. After being put out of business for several months, the lottery men of Charleston, S. C-, have combined forc es and resources, hired attorneys and are now operating in deliance of the authorities. As fast as eir ticket sellers are arrested the men are promptly bailed out of the police sta tion and a jury trial demanded. This lottery business is done on a five and ten-cent scale, but involves hun dreds of dollars at each daily draw ing. The highest recorded price for hogs was exceeded at the National Stock yards in St. Louis when a buyer gave $8.65 a hundred pounds for some flno specimens. Nothing approaching this price has been known in the open market here since 1893. The cost of living in New Jersey has gone up 37 per cent in the past ten years, according to Chief W. C. Garrison of the state bureau of statis tics. His figures, " moreover, do not take any luxuries Into acount, but are based merely in the prices of actual necessities. A wonderful torpedo which picks up sounds and tracks it down is re ported to be in the hands of the British admiralty, by whom it will be subjected . very soon to -exsaustive trials. The .principle of the micro- 1 Brussels, Belgium. Leopold II, king of the Belgians, died at 2:35 o clock , Friday morning. The collapse occur j red suddenly and at a moment when the doctors seeminsly had the Ereat- egt hopes for his recovery from the operation performed upon him lor in testinal trouble. Courts, schools and theaters are closed, parliament and municipal coun cil have adjourneti, and flags are at half mast in every city, wn and village of the kingdom of Belgiu-m out of respect for the dead monarch. Leopold II. Under the constitution, the affairs of the nation are in con trol of the cabinet until Prince Al beit takes the oath of succession next Thursday, the day after the funeral of his uncle, before the joint houses of parliament in the senate cham ber. . An official decree lauds King Leop old's career, and declares his crea tion of the Congo independent state an act unique in history. "Posterity wttl judge Leopold a great king with a grand reign," it says. The filing of the will of King Leop old shows that he divided $3,0U0,uoo between his three daughters, Princess Louise, Princess Stephanie and Prin cess Clementine. Tnis practical dis inheritance of his children signals the I beginning of a gigantic legal battle to obtain the kings weaitu, siuuiar to that which ensued on the death of their mother, Queen Henrietta. The exact amount of Leopold s for tune probably never will be revealed. Senator Winer, the king's friend and confidential legal adviser, told the As sociated Press that Leopold turned over a considerable portion of it to the Baroness Vaughan and her chil dren, and created a stock company of his estates in order to forestall a possible raid upon them by the Prin cesses Louise and Stephanie or the:, creditors. Leopold II, king o" the, Belgians, son of King Leopold I, upon whose death, which occurred December 10, 1865, he succeeded to the throne, was torn at Brussels, April 9, 1837. His father was the former prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his mother. Prin cess Louise, daughter of King Louis Philippe of France. On August 22, 1853, he married the Archduchess Ma rie Henrietta, daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria. She died Septem ber 19. 1902. There were three daugh ters born of this union Louise, Ste phanie and Clementine. The two eld er princesses have been estranged from their father, but Clementine re mained in his affections. Always conspicuous before the pub lic on account of the nature of his private life , particularly in recent years, King Leopold has latterly had much of the world against him on account of his attitude towards the Congo independent state. His great interest lay in the development o. that country, for he was practically the founder of it, and was its ruling sovereign. King Leopold was looked upon as one of the shrewdest and ablest men of the time. He was essentially a man of business, cold, reticent ana calculating. He was of a particular lv independent spirit, and more than once is said to have told other sov ereigns, who attempted to advise him in connection with his private affair t mind their own business. For this reason, King Leopold had become es tranged from many of the courts o- Europe. Baroness Vaughan, who is said to have been the king's morganatic wife, occupies a chateau close to the pavil ion where Leopold died. She is the mother of two children. There being no direct hereditary heir, the crown passes to Prmce A. bert the only son of Leopold's broth er the late Phillippe. count of Flan ders The new monarch was born April 8, 1875, and on October 2, 1900, married Princess Elizabeth of Bava ria They have three children Prince Leopold, 8 years; Prince Charles, 6 years old. and Prince Ma rie Jose, who was born on August 4, 19prince Albert is one of the most popular members of the reigning house of Belgium. His wife is equally popular, their home life being sucn as to attract the admiration and love of the people'. He dearly loves clean and healthy sport. He Is an .accom nlished horseman, enjoys motoring, and has taken a flight or two in a dirigible balloon. phone is utilized. WOULD INVtTlGAlE CONGRESS. Resolution Introduced Asking That Corruption Charges Be Prooed. Washington, D. C. Charges cf cor ruption against members of congress and of the subsidizing of newspapers for and against ship subsidy whicn iave been made in various American newspapers are recounted in a resolu tion introduced in the house by Rep resentative Hardy of Texas. He asks that a committee of two democrats and four republicans, three opposed to ship subsidy and three fa voring it, be named to learn to what extent money has been spent by those favoring and opposing ship subsidy and to what extent newspaper writeii. and lobbyists have been hired, if any. GREATER BIRMINGHAM ASSURED. - 1 1 Supreme Court of Alabama Holds the King Bill is Valid. Montgomery, Ala. Greater Birming ham is a legaly determined reality. Npt only has the legislature passed a comprehensive act for the enlarge ment and extension of the city, but the highest courts in the state, in an opinion handed down, declares that act to have passed in full accordance with the organic law of the state. The court is agreed, the chief justice and every judge concurring. ZELAYA HAS RESIGNED. President of Nicaragua Quits Office to Avoid Bloodshed. Managua, Nicaragua. Joe Santos Zelaya has resigned from the presi dency of Nicaragua. He placed his resignation in the hands of congress. Apparently there was no other couree for him to take. The people were at last aroused. The guns of the rev olutionists threatened. The warships of the United States lay in Nicara guan ports. Managua has been seething for days. The spirit of revolt has spread even to ,the gates of the palace. Ze laya surrounded himself with an arm ed guard. Unchecked, the populace have marched- through the streets, crying for the end of the old, pm claiming the new regime. There is no doufct, that congress will act quickly on his resignation, for the people have demandeu it. A,.2ompanying his resignation, Ze laya sent the following message to congress: "1 ne pamful circumstances in which the country is plunged call tor acts of abnegation and patriotism on the part of good citizens, who are the wit nesses of the oppression of the repub lic by the heavy hand of fate. The country is staggering under a shame less revolution which threatens the nation's sovereignty and a foreign na tion unjustly intervenes in our ax fairs, publicly providing the rebels with arms, whicn has only resulted in their being defeated everywhere through the heroism of our troops. "To avoid further bloodshed, and for tne reason tnat the revolutionists nave declared that they would put down their arms when 1 surrender the executive power, I hereby place in the hands of the national assembly the abandonment of the remainder of my term of office, which is to be- filled by a substitute of their choosing, wltn the hope that this will result in good to Nicaragua, tne re-establishment 01 peace, and particularly the suspen sion of the hostility of the United States, to which 1 do not wish to give a pretext for intervention." News, of the president's action spread through the city, and soon great crowds moved through the streets, shouting tor the United States, Estrada and the revolution. United States to Press Zelaya. Washington, u. C News of the resignation of President Zelaya of Nicaragua, was received with evident satisfaction at the state department and elsewhere here, but not one syl lable of comment could be elicited from any responsible officer of the administration. It is said, however, that Zelaya's resignation, welcome- as it is, has by no means removed him from the at tention of this government. Secre tary Knox's recent letter of dismis sal to Senor Rodriguez, the Nicara guan charge d'affaires, plainly indi cated the intention of the United states to hold Zelaya and his circle of advisers personally responsible for 1 the killing of the two Americans, Can-1 ncn and Groce, and nobody here De lieves that Zelaya's retirement mate rially mitigates his personal peril, as a defendant before the bar at which Mr. Knox has arraigned him on the charge substantially of murder in the first degree. Eluefields, Nicaragua. The Ameri can grip on Bluefields was tightened when Commander Shipley of the cruiser DesMoines, on the authority of Rear Admiral Kimball, in command of the American forces in Nicaragua, issued a proclamation formaly stating that no fighting would be allowed at Bluefields. THREE KILLED 1NWRECK. Central Train Collided With Train on the M. & B. Macon, Ga. Three persons were killed, one fatally injured and seven more or less seriously hurt when a Central of Georgia northbound pas senger train at Harris City, Ga., crashed into the comDination second class, baggage and mail car ot tr fca No. 42, eastbound, of the Macon and Birmingham road. Engineer Rogers of the Central, shortly after the werck, was arrested on a wrarrant charging him with man slaughter. He waived preliminary hearing, and is out on bond. He claims the track was rendered slick by the frost and that the sand pipe failed to discharge sand on the smooth rails, and for this reason he was unable to control his engine. He also claims that his airbrakes were defective. Passengers on the train say the engineer ran by two stations before he reached Harris City, and as he approached Harris City the en gine was running at a high rate ot speed. The dead: A. H. Hargue, a by stand er, of Harris City; J. U Williams, a bystander, of Harris City; H. C. Rawls, joint ticket agent, Harris City. The accident occurred at the cross, ing of the two roads and was due, ac cording to statements from railroad officials, to a frosted track. SOUTHERN RY. WRECK Disaster Occurred Greensboro, North Carolina. 12 KILLED AND 25 INJURED Coaches of Train Left the Track on a Trestle and Plunged Into Creek Below. , Methodist Minister txpelled. New Orleans, La Both expulsion from the ministry and from member ship in the church follow the decis ion by the. South Mississippi Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the case of Rev. J. W. Crisler. He was found guilty of a charge of gross immorality. Decision in Alabama Liquor Case. Montgomery, Ala. The supreme court established what is known as the locker club decision, wherein it is held that a man may own and store liquors where he pleases, and as much as he pleases, if acquired legally. Liquors, the court says, are legitimate property. A rehearing was denied. Grew of Schooner Drowned. Charleston, S. C. That the five masted schooner Governor Ames, bound from Brunswick, Ga., to New York, with a large cargo of crossties, grounded and went to piec3 off Wim ble Shoals, 25 miles north of Cape Hatteras, the captain, his wi f'e and the crew of 12 men all being killed or drowned, is the story told by Jo siah Spearing, the sole survivor of the wreck, who was brought ere by the steamship Shawmut of the South era Steamship Company. Grensboro, N. C. Local passenger train No. 11 on the Southern Rail way, known as the Richmond and Atlanta train, was wrecked at Reedy Fork trestle, 10 miles north of here. 12 persons were killed and 25 injured, are being cared for at the hospital. The dead are; A. P. Cone, superintendent of the Richmond and Danville division t the Southern Railway, with headquar ters at Richmond; H. C. White, trav eling auditor, Wasnington, D. C; Isaac Dammals, porter on the Rich mond sleeper; C. B. Nolan, Pullman conductor, Greensboro; Frank W. Kn by, an expert accountant of Anniston, Ala.; Virgil E. Holcomb, Mount Airy, N. C; Ed Sexton, Denton, N. C ; Ricn ard Eames, a prominent mining engi neer of Salisbury, N. C; Jonn G. Brodnax, Richmond, Va.; Ed Bagby, Richmond, Va.; Charles T. Broad field, Americus, Ga; Henry Stnbling, Atlanta, Ga. George J. Gould, who, with his son, Jay Gould, was in one of the Pull mans when the train jumped tne track and who was reported dead, escaped uninjured. He, with his son, Jay, and friend, R. H. Russell, of New York, former editor ot the Metropol itan Magazine, had just gotten out of their berths when the jump occur red. Mr. Russell was badly hurt by coming in contact with a car stove and is at the hospital. The derailment of the train was caused by a broken rail about 200 feet from the trestle that spans tne small stream. At the point wliere the first coach left the track the right hand rail be ing broker!, about 18 inches from .i joint, the rail was broken into frag ments for several feet and torn en tirely from the crossties. The truck wheels ran on the ties until near the trestle, when the outside wheels went over, allowing the brake beams and axles to fall on the guard rail of the bridge. As the last coach was about on the trestle the five coaches top pled over, broke loose from tne mail and express car and tumbled to the mud and water below. The Norfolk Pullman fell in the water, while the Richmond steeper, just in front, landed only partially in the water. The most of the injured and killed in the sleepers were in the Richmond sleeper, which was totally demolished. FINAL CROP ESTIMATE. Average Weights Per Bushel of Crops Also Given. Washington, D. C. The crop re porting board of the department of agriculture in a bulletin just issued estimates the average weight per measured bushel of various crops to be as follows: Spring wheat 57.1 pounds; winter wheat 58.4 pounds, and oats 32.7 pounds, against 57.3, 58.S and 29.8 pounds, respectively, last year. The quality of corn is 84.2 per cent against 86.9 last year. The final estimates in dicate the harvested acreage and pro duction, important farm crops of the United States, m 1909 and 1908, to have bene as follows: Crop Acreage. Bushels. Corn '09 . . .108,771,000 2,772,376,000 Corn 08 . .101,788,000 2,666,651,000 Win wheat '09 2s,330,000 446,366,000 Win wheat '08 30,349,000 437,908,000 Spg wheat 09 18,393,000 290,23,00O Spg wheat '08 17,208,000 226,694,000 All wheat '09 46,723,000 737,189,000 All wheat '08 47,557,000 664,602,000 Oats '09. . . 33.204.U00 1,007,353,000 Oats 'OS . . . 32.344,000 807,156,000 Bushels of weight. CONFEDERATES AID MEMORIAL. General Evans Gives Support of Veterans to Washington Memorial. New York City. General Clement A. Evans of Atlanta, Ga., commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, has pledged the support of his organization to the building of a $2,500,000 George Washington Memo rial hall at Washington, D. C-, in a letter received here by Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, who is heading a movement to provide adequate quarters tor all national patriotic and other societies. We commend every effort to con tinue in this country," General Evans wrote, 'the ascendency of the name of George Washington. Your purpose accords with the desire and Lope ot this great patriotic southern organi zation, that our country should be the most enlightened, usetul, united gov ernment in the world." HOOK WURI1 CONVtNTION. Rockefeller Promises to Favor Tampa for Meeting. Tampa, Fla. In a letter received here, John D. Rockefeller, who donat ed $1,000,000 for the extermination of the hook worm, promised to favor Tampa as the meeting place of the general conference of those named on the hook worm commission. The conference, if held here, will be one of the many Important events scheduled during the exposition to be held here during February, celebrat ing the benefits . that will accrue to Tampa on the completion of the Pan ama canal. Extensive arrangements are being made to entertain the commissioners. LABOR TO TIGHT U. S. STEEL CO. Stand Taken Against Open Shop by Union Labor. Pittsburg, Pa. War was declared upon the United States Steel Corpo ration by the leaders of organized labor throughout, the United States and Canada at the close of a momen tous two days' conference. The decis ion to battle, long and hard, againsf the stand taken by the steel corpora tion in its policy of "open shop" was reached by the labor conferees only after hours of debate. LATE NEWS NOTES. General. Many spindles in Massachusetts, New HanillshirA arH TVTnino r-nttnn mills will be idle during the latter ! part of the month because of the cur tailment policy enforced by the high price of the raw material. One large plant will be shut down for fen days and ethers will close for a week. Holding fast to a handbag in wnich were $12,000 worth of diamonds. and other jewelry, $2,000 in railroad and Industrial bonds and insurance poli cies for $30,000 on property in Oak land, a well dressed woman believed to be Mrs. Ina L. Cummings, of St Louis, was found lyinz ill in the street at Monterey, Cal. The woman ! couia give little account of herself. She said she had -a daughter named Mrs. Daniels, at Cafel-by-lhe-Sea, From papers found with the woman it Is presumed that her first husband was W. P. Stewart of St. Loui3, She is about fifty-five years old. China is planning to spend seven years in reorganising its navy. The most striking items in its program will be carried out from 1911 to 191.6, when the government will have built eight first class battleships, twenty cruisers, ten gunboats and three flo tillas of torpedo boats. China intends to proceed immediately to develop naval gases, expand the naval school and enlarge the dockyards. She also plans the creation of an admirality board and the establishment of a new naval academy and to recruit a force of marines. Washington. Senator Depew introduced a bill appropriating $250,000 in aid of the American emancipation exposition, whl&h it is proposed to hold at Savan nah, Ga., in 1913, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the emancipation procia-" mation. The first break in President Taft's cabinet probably will come with the retirement of Secretary of War Ja cob M. Dickinson to enter the United States senate as successor to James B. Frazier of Tennessee whose term expires March 4, 1911. Mr. Dickin son has practically decided to enter the contest, and there will be wit nessed the unique spectacle of a member of a republican president's cabinet seeking election to the senate as a democrat. Moreover,, another democrat, General Luke M. Wright, one-time member of a president's cab inet, and the immediate predecessor of Secretary Dickinson in the Taft cabinet, will direct the Dickinson campaign. Representative Hobson spoke in the house on the "Philosophy of the Naval Policy for the United States," and said in part: "I believe it is of great importance that the. sixtyrlirst congress at this session should au thorize the construction of at least four battleships of the first class." Congressman William M. Howard of the Eighth Georgia district was re-appointed regent of the Smithson ian institution. Tne appointment was made by Speaker Cannon. The other regent3 on the part of the house are Daizell of Pennsylvania, and Mann of Illinois. What an important factor in the commerce of the United States is furnished by paper and.-its kind Is shown by a bulletin just compiled by the bureau of statistics of the depart ment of commerce and labor. Imports of paper and products have increased from $3,000,000 in 1889-to $12,000,020 in 1909 and the exports have increas ed at a large rate also. During the last ten years American manufactur ers have sold in foreign markets pa per and manufactures value at $e0, 000,000, and during the same period the United States has spent for the same products of foreign manufacture about $70,000,000. Congressman Lee, of the Seventh Georgia district, introduced a bill for the improvement of the Coosa river. The measure carries $241,069 for a lock and dam at Horse Leg shoals; $2S2,000 for lock and dam No. 4, and $134,000 for a lock and dam No. 5. All these are located on the Coosa riv er below Rome. The congressman has secured surveys of the river and favorable recommendations for the project, and If there is a river and harbors bill at this session of con gress he hopes to get substantial ap propriations for the work, which means so much to Rome. A bill providing for a central na tional bank of America to be estab lished at Washington, D. C, with branches in various cities throughout the country, was introduced in the house by Representative Fornes of New York. The bank is to nave a capital of $100,000,000, three-fifths of which is to be subscribed for by the United States trasury through an Is sue of fifty-year gold bonds. The re maining two-fifths is to be offered to the various national banks of the country. Branches are provided for In New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Denver, St. Louis, Atlanta, San Francisco and Portland, Ore. Representative Hardwick of Geor gia wants to know if it Is true thcTc the navy department helped to search for the yacht of Colonel John Jacob Astor when it was reported lost re cently in the West Indies, and if so, why, and how much money was spent by the department in the quest. He Introduced a resolution indicating this desire and requesting the secretary of the navy, "if not incompatible with public welfare," to inform the house as to the facts in the case. Major General Leonard Wood, now in command of the department of the east, will be the next chief of staff of the army, Secretary Dickinson an nounced. General Wood will succeed General J. Franklin Bell, whose term expires next spring. The abolition of beer halls at the national soldiers' .'homes did not make for sobriety and religious observance among the veterans, according to the report of the inspector. This report says that there were 1,026 more trials for drunkenness in the various homes in 1909 than there were in 1906, when the beer halls prevailed. Decided business improvement is shown throughout the country in the receipts at the fifty largest postoffices. Every office reported an . increase varying from 5.08 per cent at Brook lyn to 34.08 per cent at Seattle, Wash 10 DE CHARLOTTE'S GUEST Southern Educational Associa tion to Gather This Month. MANY SUBJECTS ON PROGRAM.' The Associaticng is Almost a3 Exten sive a3 That of the National Edu cational Association. ' Charlotte. N. C, Special. The next meeting of. the Southern Educa tional Association will be held here on the 28, 29 and 30 of this month. This will be one of the largest, most important and notable educa tional gatherings that ever assembled in the South. The last meeting at Atlanta was the largest in its his tory. The association has been large ly reconstructed and has now de veloped an organization almost as extensive as that of the National Ed ucational Association. Among the subjects that will be discussed in the general session are the following: Educational ideals and problems of the New South as com pared with the Old South; the indus trial development of the South the development of Southern rural life and public schools in relation to iti the movement for the improvement of school Louses and grounds: the eall for educational citizenship; nat ional aid to Southern schools; educa tional legislation and progress during the year; the trend of state admin istration to public schools;, present status of illiteracy in the Southern States; methods of state and local taxation for public schools; present conception of negro education in the South; methods of educational cam paigns; the service of the state uni versity; present status of college ed ucation; higher education of women; the movement for the education of" adults; the supervision of rural schools; the improvement of teachers; Southern summer schools; develop ment of rural, high schools; second ary agricultural education in the South; secondary education in Eu rope; European and Afnerican trade schools, etc. The most progressive Southern uni versity, colleges and normal schools will make exhibits of their equip ments, special facilities, etc., bear ing especially upon the professional preparation of teachers in secondary and elementary schools. Some of the leading Southern industrial high and elementary schools, also several kin dergarten schools, will exhibit 'the work they have done. The railroads have granted half rates and hotels will also give special rates. Charlotte is a large com mercial and industrial center, and an excellent place for meeting. Madriz Will Accept Office. Managua, Nicaragua, Special. Jose Madriz, judge of the Central American court of justice, at Carta go, who has been put forward as can didate for the presidency to sueceed Zelaya, received an enthusiastim re ception on his arival here. Long be fore he reached the capital Madriz was the object of cheering crowds.. He was met by delegations from var ious departments, and acclaimed all along the way from Corinto to Mana gua. I shall accept the honor which has been offered me. I am not the candidate of Leon, but of the entire republic. My chief concern will be to appease the ancient sectionalism which has divided certain localities'1' To Meet in Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C, Special. There is to be held in Charlotte Tuesday, Jan uary 4, a meeting of all the cotton yarn spinners of the South and rep resentatives of the leading commis sion, houses of the North, for the pur pose of considering conditions in the cotton yarn trade with the view to securing a better price of yarns. Superintendent and Guard Indicted. Atlanta, Special. After a rigid in spection of conditions in the city prison a grand jury indicted Super intendent D. M. Vining and Guard P. Corner, and pronounced the con ditions "inhuman, incrediable and vile." The jury's report told of overpowering ' stenches, infectious filth, torture machines and other al leged horrors seen in the men's and the women's quarters, whitb Paid Homage to Leopold. Brussels, By Cable. The body of King Leopold lay in state in the roy al palace Sunday, while thousands who had patiently waited their turn to be admitted, filed silently before the catafalqua and paid homage to their late sovereign. In the pres ence of Prince Albert and the officers and dignitaries of the court and gov ernment, the coffin had been borne to the mortuary chamber, while priests chanted the Miserere and a proces sion of nuns, with bended heads, told the rosery for the dead. The ceermonies were elaborate. Standard Oil Files Appeal St. Louis Special. The appeal of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, its subsidiaries and the seven individuals, against whom the govern ment recently won its dissolution suit ' in the United States circuit court, was filed here. Sixty-five instances in which the circuit court is alleged . to hae erred are cited as reasons for taking the case to the supreme court of the United States.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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