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GEORGIA TOWNS JOINS RANKS-
Secretary Wilson Says Farmers
Should Raise More Meat Tie
Orange Judd Farmer's Statement.
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i ix xomxw. vjiAinAni uuum 1 1, U., WliJJJiNliiJAy , J AJN U ARY 26. 1910
COMMITTEES NAMED
NO. 24.
TTbc dbatbam "Rccorfc.
Chicago, Special. The most no
table acquisition to the ranks of the
anti-meat cause came from Louisville
Saturday where twenty-one lodges of
a fraternal organization adopted res
olutions that all members refrain
from eating meat more than once a
Jav during February.
Cleveland, O., credited with being
the originator of the scheme, now
lias 30,000 names enrolled while Kan-
sas City reports 80,000.
The heads of the leading packing
houses of Kansas City and Chicago
refused to discuss the effect of the
movement on their business.
Many other northern, western and
southern cities are to join . in the
meat boycott fight A
Indianapolis, St. Paul and Toledo
reported that the attempts to launch
a 'crusade against prevailing high
p.rices in those cities had so far fail
ed. From St. Paul came the infor
mation that Labor Commissioner Mc
Evan had declared the inhabitants
of Minnesota were too prosperous
to feel the effects of the high prices.
Apropos of the movement, The Or
al; Judd farmer makes the state
ment that 19C9 was the most pros
perous year ever known in the live
stock industry according to the an
nua! census review of farm stock.
"The total value of all classes of
live-stock in the country of January
1. 1910, was $4,880,068,000," says
that periodical. "The increase dur
ing 19C9 was the greatest ever re
corded in twelve months, amounting
to 1560,000,000.
There is an increase in the num
bers of all classes of animals except
beef cattle and hogs, showing an in
crease in numbers and a'heaTy ad
vance in average values per head at
the same lime!: Cattle, ather than
milch cows, total 8,780,000 head,
worth on an average, $20.76 each.
The number of sheep is increasing )
rapidly and now stands 54,Jb,U0U
worth $4.07 each. Hogs showed a
marked decline in numbers, reaching
onlv 44,968,000 but the price per
Lead. $9.15 is the highest on record.
"With the exception of beef cat
tle, every class of animals showed
the highest average price ever, record
ed." "
Secretary Wilson Says Farmers
Should Raise More Meat.
Washington-, v Special. ' Undoubt
edly if the farmers were raising
more meat the price would be re
duced." said Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture in
commenting upon the widespread'
boycott against meat products.
"There are not enough people on the
farms raising food and too many
people are going to the towns to be
fed.
"Three-quarters of a million of
people," said Secretary Wilson, "are
coming to the Cnited States annual
ly from abroad. They do not go to
the farms where they might help
raise food for the nation. Farmers
cannot get help. They go to the cities
and they have to be fed. The cities
produce nothing to eat although they
do produce something to drink." "
"Have you any plan for inducing
people to go to the farms where they
may help to raise foods f" the Sec
retary was asked.
"Jim Hill says they will go there
Then they get hungry," said the Sec
retary after shaking his head in re
ply to the question.
To Investigate Alleged Meat Trust
in Missouri.
Jefferson City, Special. Attorney
General Major filed petition with the
Supreme Court for the appointment
of an examiner to take testimony in
proceedings to ascertain whether
there is a trust or combination of
meat 'packers in Missouri to eontrol
prices of meat.
To Abstain Thirty Days inMacon.
Macon. fla.. Social. The Central
Labor I'mon pledges its members to
abstain fr
v.
1 ..H't y days. .
Taft Gaining Support and Shows
Tact in Avoiding Clashes.
. Washington, D. C, Special. This
week probably will see the begining
of work by the joint special com
mittee which has beenlnamed to inr
vestigate the subjects popularly
grouped together .under the title of
"the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy,"
and from now on this affair will 'oc
cupy an increasingly , conspicuous
position in the news- of Congress.
The President's Federal incorpor
ation bill is expected to have the
hardest sledding of any measure in
his legislative program. Land bills
and measures designed to carry on
the work of conserving natural re
sources will receive careful attention
at the present session.
Activity, such as has seldom if ever
before been displayed by committees
so early in the first regular session
of a Congress, is now in evidence in
both wings of the Capitol? Although
there are practically three parties
the "regular" Republicans,, the
"insurgent" Republicans and the
Democrats maneuvering for politi
cal advantage, there are signs on
every hand that President Taft by
steering his characteristic "middle-of-the-road"
course, is daily gaining
supporters for his legislative pro
gram. When the House satisfies the selection-
of Representative Graham the
investigation of... the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy will begin in earnest.
The committee consists of the follow
ing: , ". .
Senators Knute Nelson of Minne
sota (chairman) ; Frank P. Flint of
California, George Sutherland of
Utah, Elihu Root of New York,
Thomas H. Painter of Kentucky and
Duncan H. Fletcher of Florida.
Representatives Samuel W. Mc
Call of Massachusetts, M. E. Olm
stead of Pennsylvania, E. H. Madison
of Kansas, Edwin Denby of Michi
gan, OIlie James of Kentucky and
James M. Graham of Illionis.
HOOKWORM DISCUSSED
Warning Sounded on Disease
Which Attacks South Most.
SUSCEPTIBLE TO TREATMENT
The Hookworm I Declared to Be the
Mot Serious Infectious Disease in
the Southern States.
TAX ON OLEOMARGARINE.
for
House Committee on Agriculture to
Hear Evidence February 9th.
Washington, Special. Representa
tive Burleson of Texas, Saturday ap
peared before the House- committee
on agriculture in behalf of his bill
repealing the tax on oleomargarine,
which tax, he asserted, was respon
sible for- the present high price of
buttre throughout the country.
Before this tax was imposed, Mr.
Burleson said, there was manufactur
ed annually 130,000,000; pounds of
oleomargarine which he characteriz
ed as a pure and wholesome food pro
duet and which sold for from 12 Jx
18 cents per pound. The price -of
butter was then 20 and 30 cents jer
pound.
The production of oleomargarine
has been diminished 66 per cent, he
said, as a result of the tax, and the
price of butter has gone up from 23
to 60 cents a pound.
Passage of the law. was secured,
Mr. Burleson charged, by the Na
tional Dairy Union, and by a "stup
endous lobby which, it is said, ex
pended a vast sum of money."
Mr. Burleson said that ' lie rep
resented many associations of cattle
growers, cotton seed crushers associa
tions, national retail grocers associa
tions and Western and Southern
chambers of commerce in demand
ing the repeal of the tax and the
lowering of the price of butter.
The House committee on agricul
ture will hear evidence on February
9th.
Atlanta, Ga. "The most serious in
fectious disease in the south is that
of the-hookworm," declared Dr. Cha's.
Wardel Stiles of. the United States
public health service in addressing
the first national conference called
for the study of the bookworm dis
ease. ' -
While specimens of the hookworm
have been found in the New England
states, the middle west and northern
Pacific states, the disease is prima
rily one of warm climates and is gen
erally prevalent in the south Atlantic
and gulf states. .
On -the negro is placed ths respon
sibility for the presence of the dis
ease in the United States. Dr. Stiles
said that the hookworm found here
has been traced to the west coast ot
Africa, "and it undoubtedly was
brought here by the negro."
In this connection Dr. Stiles called
attention to the fact that while the
negro had given to the whites the
hookworm, tuberculosis had been pre
sented to the negro by the whites,
and the death rate among the ne
groes from consumption is three
times the toll of -.that disease among
the whites. r
Twenty-live per cent of the cotton
mill employees of the south are af
fected - with the hookworm, said Dr.
Stiles, who based the statement on
personal visits to 128 mills in North
and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi. The mills in the
sandy sections of these states show
ed a "much higher percentage of in
fection than did those of the pied
mont or clay sections. In the mills
of Atlanta the infection was found to
be less than 5 per cent.
In some, of the rural communities
of the south where there is an abso
lute lack of sanitary arrangement, 90
per cent of the inhabitants are in
lected.
More than 250 physicians and repre
sentatives of life insurance compa
nies and commercial organizations
from all sections of the United States
were present at the conference.
Dr. H. F. Harris of Atlanta, of
whom Dr. Stiles spoke as the first
man to recognize . the hookworm in
America, discussed the treatment ot
the disease.. He declared it to be
most susceptible to treatment.
HOUKWURM IS ABUSED.
Southern Factories More Deadly to
Children Than Parasites.
Chicago, III. The hookworm is
much abused, according to Professor
C. E. A. Winslow of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, the eas
tern scientist, who says:
"Inconceivable conditions in the
southern factories are causing more
deaths than the hookworm. Children
under the legal age' are working Iz
hours a day in cotton factories. The
hookworm is mentioned when the
blame really should fall on industrial
conditions.
"I do not say the hookworm is not
an evil that has to be combatted. But,
while we are on the subject of deaths
in the south, why not mention this
other parasite?"'
Prottssor Winslow named the habit
of -walking barefoot as conducive to
the hcokworm disease.
- New Hope Given Morse.
New York, Special. By Judge
Hough's ruling .that the "presence. in
the grand jury room of- John P.
Femsier, an . expert accountant, in
any capacity except that of a witness
was prejudicial to Heinze's legal
rights. He gnashes1-the indictment
against him thereby giving new hope
to Morse for a new trial.
Pinchot Chosen President.
Washington, Special. The election
of Gifford Pinchot to succeed Dr.
Charles W. Eliot as president of the
National Conservation "Association,
is announced.
Boycott in Augusta.
Au-usta, Ga., Speeial. A boycott
to all meats for a period of 30 days
as a practical protest against "trust"
methods is the substance of a reso
lution which was adopted by the local
typographical union. The central la
bor union adopted a similar resolu
tion. Baltimore Ministers Applaud the
Meat Boycott.
Baltimore, Md., Special. Many
t tin; ministers of this city in their
seramns applauded the meat bovcott
and nnred the members of their'eon
grcgatioas to support the movement.
Nashville Enters the Fight,
asuvjlle, Tenn., Special. Be
cause of the prevailing high prices
Jt meat the Nashville Trades and
J-ahnr Council unanimously adopted
esnh,t,(js urging labor union mem
mid sympathizers in Nashville
rl" m for 30 dayg from eating
v lKUnion Men t0 Take Action
frorr7"!' Va' SPecia1- Delegates
v j ,lllrty-two unions, wljose mem
6i V! 'fsists i thousands of
met, workmen, will meet to consider
lTii blIlty of boycotting meats
Pet r P.resent hiSb Prices prevail.
Pleaagi,,; the signers.
Secession Movement Falls.
Atlanta. Ga., Special, PresidenH
Chas. S. Barrett, of the. National
Farmers' Union, says the Texas and
Oklahoma farmers will remain.
being
circulated
New Comet VisibleV-rNot Halley's.
Washington, . Special. A new
comet, outshinging Venus in brli
liancy, is visible in the sky. Along
the Atlantic seaboard in the. South
where the skies are not clouded it
can be most clearly seen. Although
unidentified by the scientists.it is un
misakably distinguished from - Hal
ley 's comet and the astronomers at
the naval observatory here have
trained their telescopes upon it. night
and day for nearly a week. ,
In North and South Carolina, be
tween 6 :30 and 7 p. m., it was visible.
Richmond Views the Comet.
- Richmond, Va., Special. Hundreds
of people viewed for the first time
here just before and during sunset,
the comet recently discovered from
Johannesberg.
Watson Challenges Bryan.
Atlanta, Special. Thomas E. Wat
eon, the Populist, is so eager to meet
William J. -Bryan in debate on the
subject of foreign missions, that he
offers to ffive the Nebraskan $10,000
I if he .will accept the challenge. ;
SOUTH POLL TRIP PLANNED.
the
Antarctic Trip to Be Made in
Interest cf Scientific Work.
Washington, D. C. An expedition
to the South Atlantic and the Antarc
tic snow regions in the interest of
economical and scientific work by the
Fish commission steamer Albatross
is under consideration, by Secretary
Nagel of the department of commerce
and labor. It was suggested by Hen
ry F. Obborne, president of the Amer
ican Musejim of Natural History at
New York. -
Mr. Osborne said he recently has
received confidential information from
one who has just returned from th?
Antarctic that there still remains on
certain remote silands herds of south
ern fur seals in such number as to
promise commercial importance. For
a few . years past a whaling industry
has developed in the south, rivaling
theindustry of the north.
Mr. Osborne says he is credibly in
formed large numbers of elephants
also exist in the Antarctic region. Men
of science desire definite infor
mation in regard to the question of
the sea bottom, the" life of the ocean
abysses and- the distribution of land
masses in the southern Atlantic'
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FARMERS URGED TO HOLD COTTON.
Slump in Futures Hasn't ''Affected the
Value of Real Cotton.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General. " .- i
Nine billion dollars' worth of Rg- !
" New Orleans, La. -Apropos of the rlcultural products have been export-so-called
bear raid in the New York 8d frm the United States during the
cotton market. President W. B. last ten years, those exported in the
Thompson of the New Orleans cotton fiscal year 1909 having alone amount
exchange, issued a signed statement, ed "to practically ?900,00(",000, against
in which. he says; i ies3 man 8uu,uuu,uoo in 1899. - - -
"If there was ever a Urns when the I The will of Darius O. Mills, dispos-
cotton producer and the holder of ing of property which his business as-:
spot cotton should make a stand that sociate and friend, Henry Clews, the Idaho Senator Makes Spectacular Exht-
OPPOSE LEE'S STATUE
Senator Heyburn Objects to Hon
' cring Memory of General.
MADE UKPLEASANT SPEECH
tional of Sectional Venom Statue
Already Up.
Washington, D. C. Senator Hey
nine is me present, we nave re-' banker, said would amount to 'SGO..
cently passed through one of the 000,000 or more, has been filed li
most trying and unwarranted declines New York city. The bequests include
in the history of the cotton trado. $100,000 each to the Museum of Nat-
bpot cotton is intrinsically worth lit- . ural History, the New York Hospital bum of Idaho renewed his hosUllO
tie if any less than it was two weeks for Incurables, and American Geo- fc ans movement honorine the mem
ago, yet in the meantime, through the 1 graphical society; $50,000 to the ory or RoJIrt Lee wh?se stltuTS
manipulation of a few bear operators Bronx Park Zoological gardens and Sects to heii accented for Statuan
ttthne ,NT York -hot. the entire -the Metropolitan . Museum ,of Arts, ultly oSsTv&otJ Xml
hp!rn,? been for tfle time S25 000 to the American Red Cross lng 't0 know why the United State,
being demoralized J'. balance to . his son. . collector of customs - at . Newport
. mat iuo-uguen iuius, ana nis aaugnter, Mrs. f News joined in the celebration o
- -wcv-v ixao uu cjuj.a.ui.ix item, me wire oi tne am- Lee s birthday
affected the intrinsic value of cotton, bassador. J The Tesoluti'
The law of - supply . and demand de
termines this value. The New York
raid is not a legitimate, incident of
the cotton trade either in spots or
futures. It represemts the efforts ot
a few men with much money to gain
Washington.
, President Taft was elected an ac
tive member of the society, of May
flower descendants by virtue of a dis-
The references to traitors an
on considerably sur
prised southern democratic states
men and probably many on the re
publican side . of the . chamber. It
was such ah unexpected ' waving - o;
he red Cag that it astounded every
It is as if a man or set of men for i who 1nded at Plymouth, in 1620
the sake of gratifying a personal I Hereafter when President Taft
grudge and of reaping a personal
profit should endeavor to stampede
tions.
Benedict Arnolds in that speech, be
the occupants of a crowded building
by the cry of 'fire.'
"The issue is a large one. it com
prehends more than the interests ot
the bear or bull operators in cotton.
g0e3 forth as commander-in-Chief Of came lirmleasantlv KieTiiflnant.
the army he will have a flag more j jn his speech Monday on the ac
In keeping With his Size. 'War de- 1 nentanre nf the statue nf ae.nrira 1.
partment officials decreed' that his
dag should be changed in order to
make it more symmetrical. It- will
be fashioned on a pike eleven-feet
It raises the question as to whether long, instead of ten feet. The four-
a few manipulators shall demoralize Inch American eagle that has stood
a great trade system and go unpun- alert on the globe that adorned the
ished therefor. It affects the best top of the pike during all these years.
Interests of not only the spot market, 13 to give way to a bird measuring
but the future market as well. The five three-eighths inches. The globe
most powerful agent of retribution is Is to be reduced from three to two
within the control of the farmer and Inchesin diameter,
spot holder, if they will use it. ' j Preparatory to the increased num
ber of stamps which the internal
revenue department will have to keep
on hand on account of the growth of
the country's trade and on account
of the new stamps which will be Is
sued to meet the demands of the
new tariff, orders have been given to
have the present storage vault of the
bureau enlarged. When completed
the vault of the bureau will be about
ceventy-flve feet long and twenty feet
wide. At present the bureau sends
annually by registered mail to vari
ous parts of the Uinted States about
eighteen tons of stamps. It is be
lieved that during the present fiscal
year there will be issued from the
revenue office about three billion
stamps..-
Domestic exports for 1909 were
S77.000.000. less than in 1908. Cotton
Charlotte, N. C. Prominent men of nlnne is the one redeemine. feature.
this city in rapid succession affixed it shows an increase of over $22,000,
their names to a petition praying 000. Breadstuffs led the decline with
President Taft for the absolute par- a falline off of more than S57.000.0WO.
don of Charles W. Morse, the New and meat and dairy products fell off
York banker, who was convicted of a more tiian S2S.000.000. Mineral oils
violation of the national banking act, about held their own with losses of
and is- now serving a fifteen-year ft little more than S5.000.000. The in-
sentence in the federal prison in At- dividual losses in four classes brines
BUTTEfi TO STAY HIGH.
Bad News for Housewives is Sent Out
From Elgin.
Elgin, III. Housewives, who ex
pect the price of butter to drop from.
40 cents to 25 cents a pound as the
summer approaches, are 10 cents off
on their guess, according to mem
bers of the Elgin board of trade, who
establish butter prices for the middle
west. Every spring the quotations
from 30 to 40 "cents wholesale to be
tween 20 and 25 cents. This year,
creamy men declare, there will be
no decided drop in the market. A 30
cents wholesale quotation means but
ter at the grocery stores at 35 cents.
Petition for Morse's Pardon.
lanta, Ga. The petitioners declare
their appeal is made because of their
belief and firm conviction that the
sentence imposed upon Mr. Morse is
a pitiful miscarriage of justice.
5 Persons Turned to Death.
the gross decrease to more than
$100,000,000, but this is reduced by
the Increase in cotton exports.
The agricultural appropriation bill
reported to the house takes good care
of the south. Two hundred and fif
teen thousand dollars is appropriated
for the study and demonstration of
the best method of meeting tae rav
ages of the boll weevil. For the investigation-
of Insects affecting south-
Philadelphia, Pa. Five persons-
four girls and one man leaped to
their death in a panic caused by a
fire in the four-story factorv build
ing on- Chancellor street. Five oth-' ern field crops. $47,000 is given. The
ers received injuries from which they bill also carries $12,900 for the con-
will probably die, and many more trol of diseases of cotton and truck
were less seriously hurt. crops. The secretary is authorized
Nearly all of the dead and severely , by the existing law to fix the stand-
injured were employed in the shirt- ' ards of certain grades of cotton and
waist factory of Joseph Cnachkin,
which occupied part of the fourth
floor of the building. Chachkin him
self was injured. One of his daugh
ters is dead, and another dying.
WOULD, SHORTEN FUNERALS.
Tennessee Ministers to Reform Order
of' Conducting i Burials.
Columbia, Tenn. There is a move
ment von foot with the preachers. ; of
this section to refor"ni the order of
conducting funerals. The ministers
hajre suggested the following, rules:
First The service: shall be very
brief. . " .- ' . - ;
Second There shall be few, if anff
comments by the pastor conducting
the service and comment only in ex
ceptional cases.
Third--The family should not re
main in the cemetery until the grave
is filled, especially-in the winter.
Fourth Sunday funerals should, as
far as possible, be discouraged..
MOTHER ANMHILD BURNED.
Charlotte Woman and Baby Roasted
to a Crisp.
Charlotte, N. C- Roasted . to a crisp
the bodies of Mrs. J. A. Mullis and
her three-weeks-old infant were dis
covered in the fireplace of their hors
near Lincoln ton. A few feet away
lay the two-yeanold girl suffocated by
the- smoke, from her- mother's gar
ments. She may recover., . .
"Mrs. Mullis, was subject -to faint
ing and it is presumed she swooned
and fell into the grate.. . -
Millions Used Fighting Tuberculosis.
New York City. Eight millions of
dollars wercspent for the prevention
and treatment of tuberculosis during
the year 1909, according to the com
pilations just completed' by the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association. Of
this amount $44,255,000 was spent
from public moneys and the remain
der from funds voluntarily contribu
ted. Twice as much will be spent
in. 1910. - - .
Newsy Paragraphs.
The "farm census for the last de
cade shows that on a basis of three
acres or more the number of new
farms brought under cultivation was
one million, and that thev value of
all farms in this country increased
from $20,512,000,000 to $29,730,000,
000, the greatest increase being in
the west, and next in the south. -
The Frankfurter-Zeitung is inform
ed that Dr. Frederick A. Cook has ar
ranged for a strictly incognito stay at
a sanitarium near Heidelberg,- Ger
many. The health of the explorer. Is
represented aS having been seriously
affected by recent events." -
The final verdict on Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, . the discredited ' explorer,
was passed by the University 7of Co
penhagen examining committee. Hav
ing gone through the original notes
in their entirety, the committee con
firmed its previous decision that Dr.
Cook had not reached the north pole.
David Shapeiro, widely ; knowu
throughout the cotton states, : - who
about two years ago promoted a cot
ton warehouse scheme in Texas, and
who disappeared after numerour cred
itors had instituted bankruptcy ' pro
ceedings against him, was Indicted
by the Harris county grand jury on
several counts, all alleging forgery.
The whereabouts of Shapiero is un
known, but he is believed to be-in
-LNicaragua. -
Rejecting many of the demands,
Germany sent to Washington v an out
line of her final stand in regard to a
tarinV agreement with the United
States. ; If America seeks to force
more advantageous terms "than Ger
many grants in the memorandum ca
bled, the . only result will .-be a tariff
war. Germany has not backed 3own
from her stand against American
meats," which-has '. been the : principal
point -of contention in the ; negotia
tions conducted; between the ' state
department and 'the German ambassa
dor at Washington. :
to prepare sets of samples which will
illustrate these standards. ' The work
of standardization has been complet
ed and it is believed that at least one
hundred sets of samples will be call
ed for during the coming year. The
law requires that these samples shall
be paid for at the actual, cost of prep
aration, but of course the expense
must first be incurred and the com
mittee gives $25,000 for that purpose.
Horace MacFarland, president c
the American Civic association, made
a plea for state legislation to promoia
public control of privately owned -forests
before the conference on uni
form state legislation. "Using every
day three times as much as we grow,
and wasting as much as we use, we
can see the. end of wood in the Unit
ed States," declared Mr. MacFarland.
"Four-fifths of the timber standing
in the United States is privatel own
ed, and all is being cut destructively.
The remaining one-fifth is in govern
ment possession, and if it were cut
clean there would only be enough
left to last the; United States ten
years at the present rate of consum
tlon." . . . .
Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian ambas
sador to Washington, died, suddenly
at the embassy in Washington. He
was sixty ' yeare old.' . The immediate
cause of death- is said to have been
the rupture of. an artery in the brain.
: There is no buzzing of the 1912
presidential bee in the bonnet of Gov
ernor Hughes of New York, accord
ing to his statement.. The governor;
who .is in Washington, to attend the
meeting of the governors, was ask
ed; "Does your declination to run
for the governorship - of - New York
a third time mean you .will" consider
the republican nomination for presi
dent in 1912?" "It means-nothing of
the sort," Mr. "Hughes, promptly re
plied. "It means simply that I In
tend resuming .the practice of law
when I finish my present term and
that I will be out of politics. This
talk of my being a presidential pos
sibility comes from my friends and
not from me, as 1 have not given the
matter any thought." - ' .
All but four or ' five . of the . three
hundred" and twenty-nine supervisors
of the census appointed by President
Taft were favorably reported to the
senate. . , :
The east and south have a right to
ask the came attention to the devel
opment of the forests on the water
sheds of the .Appalachians at the
hands of the national government as
has been already given to the west,
declared - former -Governor' Curtiss
ceptance of the statue of George L
Shoup, presented by the state of Ida
ho, Senator Heyburn asked if it wer
the , Intention of congress in passini
the act of July 2, 1864,to provide tha'
any traitor should ever have a plac
In statuary, hall, or that a Benedic
Arnold should ever be so honored? H
held that no statue "was of right ii
the hall unless accepted by congress
Senator Money of Mississippi, li
speaking of Heyburn's address aftei
the senate adjourned, said:
"It is strange to me that here 5(
years after the war, a man who nsvei
heard a gun fired should make suchi
spectacular exhibition of-- sectiona:
venom. Even his own colleagues wil.
condemn hni. Nobody would hav
done so more quickly than that greal
soldier and magnanimous man, Gen
eral Grant. During several weeki
spent with General Grant at a note
in Mexico he frequently spoke of Le
in the highest terms of admiration. .
hope Senator Heyburn will not pur
sue hisunwlse course further, but le
this matter drop."
Since the opposition to the accept
ance of the Lee statue by congresi
has developed, there has been con
siderable talk of not insisting upoi
this mere formality. The statue h
already set up in statuary hall.
Asked if he thought the usual cere
monies would be dispensed with ii
this case, Senator Money said:
. "Rather than havs a statue of Gen
eral Lee sneaked into statuary hall
I think no means should be sparec
to make the ceremonies of acceptanci
the most elaborate and impressive o:
any ever held. No man whose statut
now stands in the hall deserves mort
praise for his noble qualities as i
man, a soldfer and a Christian." Gen
eral Grant would have echoed taai
I greatly admired General Shoup
whose statue was accepted from th
state of IdaSio. Had I been able t
spare the time to prepare it, 1 woulc
have delivered a tribute to his mem
ory. But, if Senator Heyburn persist
in his present course, I favor havint
every can-.p ot old confederate veter
ans in the south come to Washingtoi
in their gray uniforms and attend thi
presentation exercises
TAFT HONORS GEORGIA.
President Takes in Mrs. Brown a
White House Dinner.
Washington, D. C President Taf
took in Mrs. Joseph M. Brown" o
Georgia at the white house dinner Ji
honor of the visiting governors. Waiv
lng the usual formality which pre
scribes that the president shall taki
In one of the cabinet ladies, prece
dence at the dinner was fixed ac
cording to the order in which th
states entered the union. Georgu
was the third state to adopt the con
stitution of 1787, which replaced th
old articles . of confederation.' As th
wives of the governors of Delawan
and Pennsylvania were not present
tbo wife of Georgia's governor tool
precedence. v This was the historic ex
planation given by Captain Archil
Butt, the president's military . aide.
SCU IH OBSERVES lll'S BIRTHBAY.
Exercises Were Held in Many South
- ern Cities.
New Orleans, La. The 103d birth
day of General Robert E. Lee wai
celebrated throughout the south. Be
ing a legal holiday in a number o:
states, it was attended : with a par
tial suspension of business activity.
The distribution of crosses of Jion
or to confederate veterans by th
Daughters of the ' Confederacy ii
practically every town and city of thi
south constituted a prominent featurt
of the day's commemoration.'
NORTH SiATLJEWS NOTES
Jumps Into 30-Foot Well.
Winston-Salem, Special. Mrs. Lee
Kelly, wife of ex-Sheriff Kelly of
Yadkin county, is suffering from the
effects of la peculiar accident, hav
ing either jumped or fallen into - a
30-foot well at her home in Yadkin
ville several days ago. Her husband,
assisted by 'Squire John II. James
and Dr. T. R. Harding, rescued her.,
Mrs. Kelly had been bordering on
nervous prostration, it is said, fol
lowing a pitiable breaking down of
the mental faculties of her daughter,
Miss May Kelly, several months ago,
which, necessitated her confinement
in the asylum at Morganton.
Early in the morning her husband
awoke and heard her voice calling
outside. He traced it to the well and
discovered his wife at the bottom, .
swinging to the chain. Rushing -across
the" street to neighbors, Mr.
Kelly secured their assistance and
dragged the half-dazed woman from
her dangerous position. She knew
nothing of how she had fallen into
the well, and the physician thinks
she must have wandered to the place,
in a semi-conscious condition.
Last of Bond Issue.
A special from Rhode Island says:
The State of Rhode Island was sav
ed from litigation with the State of
North Carolina when the House of
Representatives concurred with the
Senate and voted to reject a gift of
half a million dollars worth of North
Carolina State bonds. An act re-
jjuiring the acceptance of all gifts
and their collection by legal proceed
ings, was amended so that the Gov
ernor is given discretionary powers.
The bonds in question will be return
ed to the donors, the North Carolina
Bondholders' Commission of New
York.
For National Park at Fort Fisher.
Wilmington, Special. Representa-.
tives of Wilmington were at Wash
ington, D. C, last week, urging joint
ly with a delegation from New York
for the establishment of a national
park at Fort "Fisher, which was the
scene of such a memorable struggle
during the Civil War. Senator Root,
of New York, will he asked to intro
duce the bill, which carries an ap-
jroprat:on of $30,000.
New Banks Organized Last Year.
Raleigh, Special. There are now
320 banks in the State, which have
resources totaling $55,852,329; this
being an increase of $7,837,221 over
the total a year ago, the report cov
ering the period up to November 16
last. The gain is the largest made
in one year id is very gratifying.
The increase in the number of banks,
during the year was seventeen.
RAILWAY BOBBED OF $850,000.
Chicago and Western Indiana Brinj
- Suit Against Officials.
Chicago, III. Charges that ,Benja
min Thomas, former president of th
Chicago and Western Indiana - Rail
road; Charles R. Kap pes,-former rea
estate dealer for the road, -and Johi
C. Fetzer, obtained at least $850,001
from the "railroad through a real es
tate conspiracy, are made in a bil
for an accounting filed in the circut
court. '
According to the bill, . the real es
tate transactions in question-. 4ool
place in 1905, and Involved the ex
penditure of $2,521,99. The defend
ants are "alleged to have divided tin
$850,000 profits. :
Opticians Name Officers.
. Raleigh, Special. North Carolina
Optical society last week elected the
following officers: President, Frank
M.- Jolly, Raleigh; vice presidents,
Samuel Rappert, Durham and A. W.
Dula, Lenoir; secretary, W. S. Grang
er, Goldsboro; treasurer, W. B. Sor
rel, Chapel, S. C. ,The society decid
ed to hold the next meeting in Ashe
yille, June 15 to 18, 1911.
Education and Good Roads.
Charlotte, Special. In reviews of
the State's progress during the year
19G9. our exchanges generally agree
that the best tilings about the State's
record for the year are the rapid
strides made along the lines of pub
lic education and good-roads build
ing, says The Observer. In these two
highly important matters the State
has made wonderful progress, and,
what is still better, the foundations
were laid for still greater progress
in the yeaTs to come.
Meet in Salisbury in June. ,
Salisbury, Special. Arrangements
are being made for the annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Merchants'
Association which will be held in
Salisbury in June of this year. " It is
expected that several hundred dele
gates will be in attendance.
FIVE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Alabama Race . Promises to Be Verj
. Hard ; Fought.
Montgomery, AlaT-Charles Hendei
son, president of the . railroad com
mission! announced for the democrat!)
nomination "for governor, making flvi
in the race,-the others being H. S. D
Mallory of S.elma; Emmett O'Neal a
Florence; Samuel D. Weakley of Bir
mingham, and Walter D. Seed of Tua
Guild. Jr.. of Massachusetts, presi- lcaloosa. .. . . ....
dent of the American Forestry asso- Mr. Henderson was against the pro i
elation, at its annual dinner, v hlbitlon amendment. , . v " ' 7- ;
" Briefly Told.
: At Albemarle a woman blind tiger
was given 12 months in the county
jail.
In a room at the Corcoran Hotel,
Durham, J. T. Paxton, of Philadel
phia, Pa., was found dead.
Rev. Wm. T, Walker, of Red
Springs, ras been chosen superinten
dent of , Barium Orpl'an's Home, to
succeed Rev. Johr Wakefield, de
ceased. - .
The grand jury of Anson county"
has declared the jail unsanitary nd
inadequate and recommends a ' new
structure.
The Southern Division of the
Association of County Superinten
dents of Public Instruction will meet
in annual session at Goldsboro Feb
ruary 3rd for a three days' session.
Sandford's new hotel, Colonial Inn,
is now. open to the public.
High Point, Special. An . election
on a $50,000 bond issue was carried
in Randleman township. "
: The citizens of Winston-Salem
have taken up the fight with Con
gressman Morehead on a larger and
more up-to-date postoffice.
At? Wilson police authority was
taken from Captain Watkins for al
lowing negroes to curse on the streets ,
and not arresting them.
Trinity College : is to have a new '
building. It is to be 173 feet long
by 80 feet wide, and of three stories
with ten recitation rooms. It is th'
first pair of twin buildings which will .
take the place of the present Duke
building.
Marven, in Anson county, is to have,,
a new Methodist cjmjcjij cpstiflglO
000. - - '