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VOL. XXXII. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1910. No. 25.
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
One Square, one laertlon $(.
One Square, two lnertloa,., Uf9
One Square, eoe mtk...
For Larger Adfertiso
monts Liberal Contracts
will be made.
MANEUVERS TO
BE REPEATED
Regulars and National Guard to
Camp Together.
Cbickamauja 1 One of the Summer
Camp Included in the Plan of the
War Department.
Washington, D. C. Last year's
ioint maneuvers of the regular army
and the national guard will be re
lated during the summer, according
o present plans of tne war depart
j0t one set at the government's
grounds at Pine Plains, N. Y., and
the other probably in Maryland or
Virginia.
General Frederick D. Grant will-be
in command at Pine Plain3. Tie
uthern maneuvers probably will be
under the direction of some members
of the general staff at Washington.
Other camps this year will be at
Leon Springs, Texas; Atascadero, California-
American Lake, Washington;
Chicka'mauga, Georgia; Fort Benja
min Harrison, Indiana; Fort D. A.
Kussell, Wyoming, and Fort Riley,
Kansas. - t
FJRMSHIXQ RABIES HER BUSINESS.
Los Angeles Woman Had Supplied
Over 300 Infants to Customers.
Los Angeles, Cat. That she has
provided homes for more than 300 ba
bies in Los Angeles and that until
no none of the supposed "fathers'"
las been any the wiser, was the tes
timony of Mrs. C. E. Smith, who fur-nis-ied
Mrs. W. W." "Wilson with 10
children, which the latter tried to
palm off on her husband as quadru
plets borns to her.
Mrs. Smith's story, was told in Use
investigation before . Judge Wilbur re
garding the parentage of the foui
children which Mrs. Wilson had ad
mitted were not hers.
The four homeless babies were
trougat into court and Identified as
nearly as possible. Judge Wilbur ad
journed the hearing for a week to al
low the officers time to summon the
real parents Into court. One -rl
baby was tagged "Jane Doe No.
No Rehearing in Tobacco Case.
Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky
court of appeals overruled a motion
for a rehearing in the case of the
Burley Tobacco Society against J.
E. Gaitskill et al. The Clarke county
court some time ago appointed
a receiver for the society, but the
case was reversed by the court of
appeals.
Big Freighter Ashore.
Ne York City. The big freight
liner El Mar, of the Southern Pacific
Steamship Company, went ashore at
Jiockaway Beach during a heavy fog.
Eockaway's life-saving crew are su.
din? ready to take off the crew. The
liner sailed from Galveston with a
valuable cargo.
Chicago Grafters Got $254,CC0.
Chicago, III. Paul Redieske, who
recently resigned as a deputy com
missioner of public works; Michael
H. Mcti&vern, a wealthy contractor
who has had many big city contracts,
and nine otner men who are city of
ficials or employees of McUoveri
were indicted by the county grand
jury. The men are charged with con
spiracy to defraud the city of 5254,
O'JO, according to the true bills.
Too Many Children; Father Suicides.
Monroe, La "There are too many
children in my family; all the mea:
boycotts from now back to Adam
would not save me from the poor
house," declared Will Skinner to a
crowd in the Iron Mountain depo
Then he shot himself through the
heart, dying instantly. Skinner was
s2 years old and was the ' father of
nineteen children. He was formerly
a rich planter. He lost money i?
speculation.
American Shoes for Dutcfi Heir.
Washington, D. C An American
sice firm has been commissioned tc
rake tiny shoes for the heir appar
ent to the throne of Holland. Queen
Wilhelmina in giving the" commission
stipulated that the shoes must be
cade from materials which she would
supply. The materials are pieces ta
feen from the queen's wedding gown.
These include cloth of gold an.1 silver
and brocaded satin, valued at ?100 a
J'rd, to be used for linings.
Comet A 1910 Doubie-Tailed.
Tucson r-r.o. 0
i-ouglas, observer at the University
of Arizona, reports that Comet A
is couble-tailed. The second tail
as noted branching off due ' south,
";lu lue otner pointing straight up
th 1 Professor Douglas estimated
icugin or the double tail at 26 de
&res, the longest since the comet
of m'2.
COTTON CROWING IH MEXICO.
Consul Freeman Writes of Improved
Methods.
Columbia, s. C Of peculiar Inter
est to the southern cotton growing
states is an article in the consular
reports which has been called to the
attention of local cotton oil mill men.
Consul Freeman writes of the ' pro
duction of oil in Mexico:
"The cultivation and . manufacture
of cotton and cotton seed products is
a most important industry in this con
sular district. In contradistinction tc
the implements used in the western
part of this state such as wooden
plows, brush harrows and other equal
ly crude tools, the haciendas of the
j-.agune district in the eastern sec
tion of this district which, are devot
ed to the raising of cotton are " em
phatically up to date in agricultural
methods and implements. On these
plantations are to be found gang
plows, cultivators, gins, presses, and
tools of the latest design all run un
der the direction of a sunerintendent
or manager, who thoroughly under
stands cotton growing and who re
ceives a salary commensurate with
his resDonsibilitv. In this district-
there ars no small farmers, and, so
far as I am able to learn, no land
cultivated by shares men, as is the
rule in the corn-raisine Dart of this
district. Each plantation is a busi
ness proposition. Under the super
intendents are the overseers, the of
fice staff, and thn lahorers. These
last receive on the average perhaps
?0.7o, Mexican currency, (37&c) per
day of eleven hours for work.
AWFUL "BLACK HAND" OATH.
Constitution of "Society of Banana"
Read in Court.
Toledo, Ohio. The alleged consti
tution of the "Society of the Banana
and Faithful Friends" was introduced
in evidence by the government at the
trial of the fourteen men charged
with Elack Hand conspiracy'. This
document provides penalties of death,
stabbing, two to live cuts with a
knife, branding on the body, designa
tion of "tratiro.f or "swindler," of
deprivation of a share in tne profits
for their months, according to the
gravity of an offense against the ob
ligations placed upon the member.
Death, is prescribed for revelation of
secrets.
Among offenses mentioned were
cowardice, failure to use the knife as
ordered, dealing sparingly, refuting
calls of command, attempting to harm
a fellow member or his family, neg
lect of "inspectors" to , "keep order
and pass the news around," and ab
senting one's self without notifying
the local."
The constitution declares that there
shall be no excuse for failure, but
that there may be extenuating circum
stances on account of drunkenness.
WORST OF FLOOD OVER
Situation in Stricken Paris is
Greatly Improved.
AMERICANS-ARE ALL SAFE
Over Nine Square Miles of French City
Were Flooded, Causing Great Dam
age and Much Suffering.
WANT $1,000,000 1U 1MTOVE ROADS
Resolution Passed at the Meeting of
League for Highway improvement.
01. Augustine, 1-ia. .tdiang an ap
propriation of $.1,000,1)00 for tne estao
usnnient of a national commission on
highway improvement, a bill was ap
proved by tne International League
tor Highway Improvement and reso
lutions were adopted asKing for its
passage by congress.
The commisvion is to consist of
one senator, one congressman, four
civilians to De appointed by tne pres
ident, a representative of the postoi
fice department and one of tne de
partment of agriculture. It shall be
tne duty of the commission to nave
surveys made ior a national system
of good roads. Omciais reported
that President Taft has promised to
approve the bill for survey, for cordl
nation of all highways into one sys
tem. A committee was appointed to
go to Washington to urge the pass
age of the bili by congress.
Sent Lincoln Pennies Back.
Wasiiington, D. C- Hearing the
government desired to withdraw all
the new Lincoln pennies, Mis3 Mary
Benson of Cresco, Iowa, inclosed four
of them in a letter to President Taft.
The president turned over the letter
and its contents to Secretary Mac
Veagh, of the treasury department,
and Robert O. Bailey, his private sec
retary., in returning the pennies to
Miss Benson, told her there was no
intention on the part of the govern
ment to recall the coins from circula
tion.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
A A
A AMERICANS IN PARIS A
A ARt REPORTED SAFE A
A ' " A
A Paris, France. The aulhori- A
A ties request the Associated A
A Press to announce that all the a
A Americans resident in Pans are
A safe, and, so tar as reported, a
A hav not suffered. The thou- A
A sands of Americans in Paris,, A
A especially the artists and ' stir- A
A dents in the Latin quarter, are a
A being bombarded with cable- a
A grams from anxious relatives; a
A All are safe and none of them A
A have experienced accidents, so A
A far as reported. A few have been m
A obliged to leave their quarters A
A in the lower part of tne city, a
A but the Latin quarter is hign .
A and safe. A
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Paris, France. It was officially
stated that tae river Seine here was
stationary, and that its tributaries
an falling.
The situation has greatly improved.
This is, in part, attributable to the
change in tne weather, which sud
denly cleared. The temperature also
dropped.
Tne city presents a weird specta
cle, the soldiers, sailors, firemen and
police nastily constructing temporary
walls by the light of camp tires and
torches in an endeavor to keep out
the invading floods, while pickets pa
trol these sections of the ' city, whtc
are plunged in darkness by the burst
ing of tne gas mains and the stop
page of the electric lighting plants.
President Failieres anu Premier
Briand drove in automobiles to tat
flooded suburbs, where distress is
greatest, speaking words of comfctt
to the homeless and encouraging the
soldiers and others engaged in sai
cage and rescue work. On their re
turn they said that everything hu
manly possible was being done to aid
the stricken and prevent further rav
ages by the flood.
Charitable organizations are co-operating
with the authorities in throw
ing open their buildings and succor
ing refugees. Several convents and
a number of public buildings have
been equipped with military cots and
bedding, and transformed into hospi
tals. The Red Cross is performing
splendid service in distributing food
and clothing.
Nevertheless, numerous pitiful in
stances are cited of women and chil
dren, who had refused to leave the?r
homes in the submerged districts,
shrieking from their windows for
bread.
It is difficult to present a mental
picture of the geographical limits of
the submerged area of Paris,' but
roughly speaking it is estimated that
the surface inundated from the Seine,
which must not be confounded wit.
the overflow in the back streets iron
burst sewers and subterranean rivers
covers about nine square miles, or
one-quarter of the city.
Roosevelt an Idol in Japan. ,
New York City. "Japan hopes
that ex-President Rooseyelt will re
turn from Africa by way of Asia. Mr
Roosevelt is a great popular idol in
Japan. He is regarded as a type o
the American people, and his wel
come in Japan would be an over
whelming one."
Glhrist Gives Parks to Waycross.
waycross, Ga Probably the big
gest individual gift tae. city ever re
ared is that just tendered by Gov
Jjor Albert W. Gilchrist of Florida,
ao offers all streets and parks of
""Christ T3or.ii- u i m
pi, "-u Luc: yit-j iree 01
thQrge" At considerable expense tc
trpt iiuuureus 01 snace
rill were Panted and a number of
pilii;eu m ine recent adt.
lCU to Waycross.
Columbia to Admit Women.
York City For the first time
the hiStnrV nf Pnh.mW.
nr J umuiuia university
cour-00 - auuiitiea 10 tne
frill b m w and medicine. Tbe
"c '-eivea at the summer se.3
' vfcleh opens in July.
Smallest Man is Dead.
hom onn Reuben Steere,
ciai, 1 rnum cailed the smallest
h's h WorM- Qie(l of pneumonia
year3 ftri V r e- He was' 72
2afl is 7: .bleere weighs 55 pounds,
In-. . 11 inches tall.
AnnieMyeranother Liliputian.
Caj?0 fr Aviator Latham.
Prench'avi9ptHubert Latham, the
bet Mlator- 'eu a distance of 15V
rZ ":al"ns a flight at Heliop-
but
. .
Latham opiane was wrecked.
- was not injured
Newsy Paragraphs.
It is not so certain that the presi
dent will be able to force througn the
ship subsidy bill. Middle western
members are showing a disposition
to abide by the wishes of their con
stituents and vote against the bill.
Hearings upon the half dozen or
more bills introduced in tho house
dealing with the subject of cotton fu
tures and other options, most of
them prohibiting gambling in futures.
will be held by the house committee
on agriculture, beginning February 9.
inopnh A Tlanna. house surseon 01
the Charity hospital at New Orleans,
thinks there is a good deal of hum
bug about the hook worm. "Tne very
fact that Rockefeller gave a million
dollars to help stamp out the hook
worm has added much to the talk of
the disease. Candidly, 1 think much
of this talk is poppy-cock." Such
was the opinion rendered by Dr. Dan
na. "An Italian physician," contin
ued Dr. Danna, "recently told me that
the reports of the prevalence -of this
distase had the effect of scaring Eu
ropeans away from the south."
The executive committee of the
National Education association an
nounced that the forty-eighth annual
convention will be held in Boston,
July 2 to 8, 1910.
Boasting that he had not taken a
bath in fifteen years nor tasted food
in nine weeks, J. P. Peterson, for
three years a lodger in a Spokane,
Wash., hotel, with $4,800 In bank
certificates and S80 in gold securely
strapped under his left -arm,, was ar
rested by order of the Spokane city
health department and bathed in a
tank at the county jail.
That he might tame his wife of
constantly quarrelling with him,
Frank Morris of Memphis dipped hei
in the Mississippi river, according to
his own testimony in the divorce
case instituted by her.
Senator Culberson is Seriously Sick.
Austin, Texas. Grave rumors are
current in democratic political cir
cles of Texas concerning the healtr.
of United States Senator Culberson,
who is ill at Atlantic City, N. J.
Among the rumors is one to the ei
feet that Senator Culberson's physi
cal condition is such that he. con
templates resigning his seat in the
senate.
Cattle Boycott is Waived by America
Washington, D. C. Germany's
place among nations which are to be
declared exempt from the 25 per cen
increase in duties, which the Payne
Aldrich law provides shall be impos
ed after March 31, was practically as
sured by a decision of this govern
ment to leave the German bov--on
American cattle out of considera
tion in determining whether the hat
ser's people shall be granted mir
mum tariff privileges. Word has beer
cabled to Germany that the cattk
point is waived by the United Stater
in the present discussion.
Joplin Keeps Liquor.
. Joplin, Mo By a majority of V1
in a total vote of 6,504, prohibition
was defeated at a local option elec
tion here after a bitter campaign.
Women and children took an import
ant part in the campaign, marchiner
and singing in the streets and serv
ing free lunch at the polls,
in 1SS7. ' . "
Longboat Outruns Smallwood.
.; Pittsburg, Pa. Tom Longboat, the
Indian runner, beat Percy Smallwood,
the Welshman, in a 12-mile indoor
running race by 4 minutes. Longboat's
time was 1 hour S minutes 37 sec
onds; while Smallwood, who finished
almost five laps behind, did it in
hour 12 minutes 37 seconds.
Enforcing 4!ie Prohibition Law.
Gary, I nd. Thirty persons were
fined ?50 and costs and sentenced to
thirty days in jail for violating the
prohibition law her . ..
Hargis Mu Serve Lifetime.
Lexington, Ky. Beach Hargis must
serve hi3 sentence of life imprison
ment for the murder of his father,
James Hargis, the feudist, according
to a finding handed down by the Ken
tucky court of appeals at Frankfort.
Hargis had asked for a rehearing of
his ayp9al to the court.
CYCLONE SWEEPS OYER GEORGIA.
Considerable Damage Done in Several
Counties.
Cordele, Ca. A hurricane oe
fourth of a mile wide passed over
the western portion of Cordele. It
swooped down on the plantation of
Dr. Warren Williams, destroying sev
eral houses. The plantation of I. M.
Powell, three miles northeast of the
city, was - completely wrecked, de
stroying the dwellings of the over
seer and six tenant houses. The
storm, continuing its course, wrecked
three tenant houses on the plantation
of Colonel O." 'l Gower and seriously
injured several negro tenants.
One cf the most peculiar, freaks " or
the cyclone happened on . the planta
tion of I. M. Powell, .where the house
of his overseer was blown several
yards from its foundation and barely
damaged. There were thirteen occu
pants in the house when the storm
struck it, and all escaped witnout se
rious injuries. 1 ';
Damage in Sumter County.
Americus, Ga. A wind storm of cy
clonic proportions and accompanied
by heavy rain, passed over the south
ern portion of Sumter and the north
ern edge of Lee counties, resulting in
considerable damage to property; and
near Americus several tenant houses
were likewise destroyed. No loss of
life is reported.
Damage at Dawson.
Dawson, Ga. Considerable damage
was done here by high wind. " The
Armory building was partly unroofed
and d&mage done by heavy rainfall
following the storm. On Mrs. bailie
Janes' farm, near Doverel, a barn was
demolished , and several mules killed.
Eight Hurt at Orangeburg..
Orangeburg, S. C. Seven pupils
and a teacher were hurt when a very
nei'ce cyclone demolished the Two
Mile Swamp School house, 12 miles
from here. One of the pupils, a. son
of Dan Garrick, was seriously injured
about the backT The injured teacher
is Miss Julia Reed. None of tne pu
pils were seriously hurt.
INDIANS TO HAVE NEWSPAPER.
"DeGwann's Ahcheeta" Will Be Pub
lished by Five Tribes of Indjans.
Muskogee, Okla. An Indian news
paper will be establishedt here next
month, the first copy appearing prob
ably on February loth. Chiefs of the
five civilized tribes and other influen
tial Indians are backing the move
ment. The paper will be edited by
Augustus W. Ivey of Stilwell, a Cher
okee, and will appear weekly. It will
be known as "The DeGwanns Ahchee
ta," which means "farm and fireside,"
when translated into English.
Every department on the paper will
be printed in some Indian language.
The Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Semi
nole andChickasaw tongues will be
represented. It will be free froom
politics.
WANTED FAME AS MOTHER.
Woman Assembled Four Foundlings
to Boast of Having Quadruplets.
Loa Angeles, Cat. In Biblical times
it required the wisdom of Sciomon to
adjudicate the claims of two mothers
to one child. But Judge Curtiss D.
Wilbur, of the juvenile court, was
called upon to decide the question in
the claim of one mother to quadru
plets. Mrs. W. W. Wilson faces the cu
rious charge of having assembled four
foundlings in order to achieve the ce
lebrity of being a mother of quad
ruplets. Not only that, but it is al
leged that on previous occasions she
went through the same proceedings
with twins, then triplets.
LACK OF WHISKEY COSTA LIFE.
Arizona Druggists Refused Liquor to
Save Child's Life.
Provo, Ariz. The druggists of this
city having entered into an agreement
among themselves neither to sell nor
give away liquor for sixty cays, T.
J. Smith was unable to procure whis
ky or brandy, declared by a pnysician
to be necessary to save the life of
Smith's two year old son. The child
died from pneumonia. The prescrip
tion was endorsed by the presides:
of the city council and one of the
councilmen.
Balloon Trip Across the Atlantic.
New York City. A balloon trip
across the Atlantic will be undertaken
in May. New York and Berlin are
behind the scheme. It is planned that
the balloon snail leave Berlin on May
15, with Vancouver, British Columbia,
as its ultimate destination.
Traded Land for Whiskey.
San Antcnio, Texas James B. Ai
ken cf Forth Worth is responsible for
the statement that he had exchanged
100,000 acres of land for 100,000 gal
lons of whiskey with Dayton, Ohio,
distilleries. The land is valued ar.
11.10 an acre, and the whiskey also
valued in the same sum.
LIBEL CASE DISMISSED
N. Y. World Held Guiltless of
Slandering Government.
ROOSEVELT-ORDERED SUIT
Government's ProsecutJWfc of Newspaper
tor Publication Anent Canal Purchase
Ends in Quashed Indictment.
New York City. The indictment
igainst the Press Publishing Compa
ly, publishers of the New York
World, charging Joseph Pulitzer and
others with criminal libel against
Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft
md others, wa3 quashed in the Unit
sd States district court. Judge Hough
ruled that the statute upon which tne
indictment rested was not sufficient
in authority, or, in other words, that
ihe court had no jurisdiction.
The decision of Judge Hough is of
international interest, the now fam
ous libel case having at its inception
involved ex-President Roosevelt .and
lis brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson,
and President Taft and his brother,
Charles P. Taft. The publishing - by
che New York World and the Indian
apolis News, just before the close of
che last campaign, of an article in
which it was asserted that relatives
of former President Roosevelt and
President Taft were members of a
syndicate to purchase the stock 01
the French Panama company from
the French stockholders when it was
certain the United States would buy
the stock, creaied a sensation The
American syndicate was. said to have
made millions.
President Roosevelt sent a special
message to congress on the matter,
and made public correspondence In
which he characterized the publica
tion of the Panama story as false, and
asserted that Delavan Smith, one of
the owners of the Indianapolis News,
was a "conspicuous ; offender against
the laws, honesty and truthfulness."
Joseph Pulitzer, owner' of the New
York World, came in for a severe
scoring by President Roosevelt. The
federal proceedings in Indianapolis
against Delavan Smith and Charles R.
Villiam3, proprietors of the Indian
apolis News, were thrown out of
court. Judge Anderson declaring the
publishers should not be "dragged
from their homes- to Washington to
be tried.
Among lawyers, the opinion was
general that the collapse of the gov
ernment's case marks an end of fur
ther prosecution.
GOVERNOR PATTERSON M NEW YORK.
Tennessee's Executive Says South
Holds Key to Lower Prices.
New York City. The south holds
the key to lower food prices, accord
ing to Governor Malcolm R. Patter
son of Tennessee, who is in New
York for a few days. Here is what
Governor Patterson had to say when
asked for his solution of the prob
lems presented by the higher cost ox
living:
"We are not feeling the pinch near
ly as much in the south as you are
up here. The principal reason is the
plentifulness and productiveness of
our land. There is no congestion of
population in the south. What we
most need is an increase in popula
tion. "If a method could be decised
whereby millions of the poor in the
crowded sections of the east could be
scattered over the agricultural land3
of the south, the problem of the ex
cessive cost of living would soon be
solved.
"I hope soon to see ah organiz
movement led by able men to scatter
the people back to the soil. Our vast
domain Is yet undeveloped. There is
where the fortunes of the future are
to be made. Any man who comes
to . the south willing to do the work
of a man will find profitable employ
ment and an open road to independ
ence. "Our land, though better than most
western land, is cheaper because the
demand has never been stimulated by
the adventitious use of subsidies for
railroads as the west, which has been
settled and developed through the ne-ces-ty
of great railroads to entroJj
people to occupy their lands. '
PROPOSED SOUTHERffCANAL
To Connect Chattahoochee River With
St. Andrew's Bay.
Washington, D. C The army engi
neers' estimate of the cost of a ca
nal connecting the Chattahoochee riv
er with St. Andrews bay places the
figure at $350,000. The canai
which estimates were submitted to
the committee is to be 70 feet wide
and accommodate vessel drawing six
feet of water. Representatives Adam
son of Georgia and Clayton of Ala
bama are united In trying to secure
the appropriation for the canal.
Will Give Millions to Colleqes.
IaSmmma fit A ff il o tt f m rr rirAn
vnibayvi t 1115 b vu
more than $4,000,000 to struggling
colleges m many parts of the coun
try, Dr. D. K. Pearsons, on the eve
of his 90th birthday anniversary, an
nounced that he intends to give away
every cent he possesses before he
dies. Dr. Pearsons is reputed to be
worth many millions.
Pronounced Dead; Woman still Lives.
Marion, Ind After the doctor had
pronounced her dead and the under
taker had come, Mrs. Ora C. Gunions
revived and has a chance to get well.
She is suffering from the effects of a
surgical operation performed a week
ago.
NO RAIO ON CORPORATIONS.
President Denies That He is Planning
a Crusade.
Washington, D. C. President Taft
made public the following statement
as to his reported crusade against
corporations:
"No statement was issued, either
from the attorney general's office or
the white house, indicating that the
purpose of the administration with
reference to prosecutions under the
anti-trust lav is ether than as set
forth in the message of the president
of January 7, l'aiu. Sensational state
ments to the effect there were to be
a new departure and an indiscrimi
nate prosecution of important indus
tries have no foundation.
Deatn Ciaims General Draper. J
Washington, D. C. General William
F. Draper, former American ambassa
dor to Italy, died at his home here,
after a prolonged illness, aged 6S
years.
Brigadier General W. F. Draper was
born in Lowell, Mass., April 9, 1842.
He served in the union army from
1861 to 1S64, holding commissions
from second lieutenant to lieutenant
colonel, commanding, and alsoo colo
nel and brigadier general by breve..
He was twice wounded.
OUTLAW EONDS REJECTED.
Rhode Island Returns North Carolina
Bonds to the Donors.. 4
Providence, R. I- The embarrass
ing position of the state of Rhode
Island with regard to the repudiated
North Carolina bonds was terminated
when Governor Pothier affixed his
signature to a legislative resolution,
providing that the half million dol
lars' worth of these bonds given ta
the ' state for collection be returned
to the donors. The bonds will be
sent to the bondholders committee.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
CeneraL
The new-fangled storage battery
treet car created by Thoma3 A. .Ed
son was tried out on a New Jersey
rolley line and is said to have made
rood, several trolley officials riding
n the trial trip. The batteries ara
equipped to run the car one nundred
md fifty miles without recharging, at
in average expense of about 1 cent
1 mile. It takes four hours to re
marge the batteries, but It is expect
sd that by installing wires at inter
nals along the track the recharging
:an be done wnile the car is in mo
Jon. A large number of money prizes
ire awaiting winning in England by
lerlal flights of different distances
md under different conditions, but
the one great condition attending
nearly all the prizes is that either
the machine or the aviator, or both,
aiust be English. The most impor
tant prize is the ?50,000 otter of the
Daily Mail.
A settlement has been finally
reached regarding the Hankow-aze-Uhuen
railway loan "of ?30,000,000,
and the allotment of bonds will be
announced in the near future. Eng
land, France, Germany and the Unit
ed States are each to share a one
quarter interest of $7,500,000 in tne
loan.
Dr. Henry Leffman of Philadelphia
"s working to develop a series of
noving pictures of flowers in process
of growth, so as to show the changes
in minutest detail from bud to iIi
bloom. Usually ae prefers to study
the more rapid blooming roses. Hs
plan is to take a photograph of the
selected flower every half hour for
several days till several hundred pic
tures have been taken. These, wnen
run through a film machine, simply
hasten the rate of change, so as to
make all clear to the spectator.
Dr. Octave Chanute, who now at
the age of almost eighty is regarded
as the father of modern aeronautics,
and who began experiments witii
soaring devices in 1874, in a New
York interview denies that the
Wright brothers were the first to dis
cover the principle of warped wing
tips by which tneir machine is bal
anced and which forms the basis et
their suit at law against Curtiss and
other aeroplane bunders. He says the
tlp3 were actually used in liight by
Mouilliard, a French engineer, in
1885.
Washington.
President Taft has selected ex
representative Charles H. Grosvenor
of Ohio as a member of the Chicka
mauga National Park commission.
General Grosvenor desires to have
the headquarters of the commission
transferred from Washington to Chat
tanooga, Tenn., so that it will be
close to the park.
It is reported that Senator Culber
son of Texa3 will not be a can
didate for re-election to the sen
ate. Ill health has caused tue sena
tor to be absent from the city during
the present session. He resigned
the minority leadership in tavor ol
Senator Money of Mississippi last
month and following this come ru
mors that the senator will not con
tinue in public life. The senators
time expires one year froom March
4. He has made no announcement
of his future plans. The senator ia
a native of Dadevllle, Ala.
President Taft announced that he
favors a provision for-two new battle
ships of the improved Dreadnaught
or "all-big-guns" type in the forth
coming naval appropriation. He de
clared that his predecessor's policy
of keeping the American navy well
equipped with modern fighting ma
chines could not be abandoned and
that it would be false economy to
provide for any less than two battle
ships a year.
The following nominations were
confirmed by the senate: To be
United States marshals, Clarence G.
Smithers, Eastern district, Virginia;
John F. Horr, Southern district, Flor
ida; Asbury B. Patrick, Eastern dis
trict, Kentucky; Frederick W. Co.lt
lin3, Southern district, Mississippi.
To be United States attorneys: Luns
ford L. Lewis, Eastern district, Vir
ginia; Ernest F. Cochran, South Car
olina; John M. Cheney, Southern dis
trict, Florida. To be collector of in
ternal revenue: Lawson Reno, Sec
ond district, Kentucky.
A question having been raised con
cerning the right to transmit labels
for seed packages through the m;.llg
under congressional franks, the law
officer of the yostoifice department
has ruled that sut-h labels are- not
public documents within the meaning
of the law, and that, therefore, they
cannot be mailed free of charge. Thia
appears to be a very simple ruling,
but, as a fact, it will affect a good
many niombers of congress who have
been sending to postmasters in theii
district seed labels with instruction's
to mail the sseds also sent iree in
packages- .
Signs of the approaching comple
tion of the Panama canal are mani
fested in the summary of the worU
done on that great project last year.
During the year more tnan thirty-five
million cubic yards of material were
removed, two million yards less than
the record of 1U0S. The reason foi
this decrease is that the field of op
erations in .dry excavation has been
narrowed by the completion of tae
work in certain sections, while in
the wet "excavations the work has be-,
come more difficult cn account oi the
ce:;th obtained by the dredges
Meanwhile great progress has been
made in the construction of tne enor
mous locks at Uatuir., vn-re ' twe
thousand yards; of concrete were
placed in a single day.
The census report -shows the total
supply of cotton for the four months
period ending December 31, 1909, tc
have been 10.791,454 running bales,
made up as follows : One million
four hundred thousand live hundred
and eighty-live September 1, . 1909
baled during the period 9,259,095, nel
imports 4s,784.' The distribution ' I;
1,747,244 bales consumed, 3,774,7 .'1
exports, 1,597,187 held in mills, 2,548, .
70z held in independent warenouses,
other stocks 1,123,607.
; Senator Bankhead ha3 introduced
a bill appropriating I75.JOO ior a yur
lie building at Jaeper, Ala.
FARMERS
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Wholesale Meat Sale Off 20 Per Cent
At Atlanta Farmers Holding"
Meetings.
Atlanta, Ga Special. "The"sal
of trust handled meat by the whole
sale has' fallen off fully 20 per cent
since the Atlanta boycott was put
into effect the first of the past week,"
said T. R. Sawtell, the well-known
Atlanta wholesale and retail meat
dealer Saturday night while discuss
ing the present meat situation.
Beginning Tuesday of this week,
40 labor organizations of Richmond,
Va., began a 60-day 'fight against the
trust by agreeing to eat no meat,
going it on vegetarian diet.
Other towns and sites in the South,
as well as the north and middle west
are joining the ranks of "We Do
Not Eat Meat."
Reports from New York say the
entire city is placarded , with eat no
meat signs, and butchers, are join
ing the crusade.
Meat prices were down in local
retail markets.
New York., Special. The United
Master Butchers of America, in a
statement given out here, decry the
meat boycott as "misdirected energy
which is defeating its own end." The
statement urges the removal of tariff
on all live stock. It says in part:
"It is not the packer who receiv
ed the most severe blow from the
boycott, but the retail butcher, the
man who must earn his living and .
support his family through the sale
of meat. .Why not go to the root
of the evil; why not seek the cause
of the disease f
"High meat prices are due mostly
to the great scarcity of live cattle.
The national government exacts a
tariff on live stock, shutting out out
side sources of supply. Therefore '
we demand, in the name of the great
American consuming public, that the
federal government take immedate
steps to have the duty on all live
stock removed.'
Farmers Withhold Produce From
Sale.
Nevada, Mo., Spacial. Three hun
dred farmers at a meeting here adopt
ed a . resolution agreeing not to sell
any cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs or
butter for 60 days, beginning Febru
ary 1. Their' action is a protest
against the statements of the large
packing house interests that the
farmer and stockman is responsible
for the high price of foodstuffs.
A letter will be -sent to all the
farmers' associations in the United
State requesting them to withhold
their products from the market.
Retail Prices of Meat Show Decline
in Boston.
Boston. Special. The agitation
against the high cost of food has be
gun to show results in Boston, a
general decline in the prices of meat
being shown in the markets. Retail
prices fell from 2 to 4 cents a pound
011 the higher . grades of meat.
Prices Continue to Drop; Retailers
Cut Figures.
New York, Special. The effects of
the anti-meat campaign are still
strongly reflected in local markets. .
Retailers are cutting prices on all
kinds of provisions.
Sales Off in Baltimore; Meat De
clines 25 Cents.
Baltimore, Special. For the first
time since the meat boycott started
here the beef market showed a weak
tendency, declining about 25 cents
a hundred pounds. Pork sold for
$2 less than at this time last week.
Many large dealers report that sales
have fallen off 25 per cent.
Meat, Butter and Eggs Have Reduced
in Rochester.
Rochester, N. Y., Special. Whole
sale meat dealers here have reduced
prices 20 per cent. Butter has been
reduced 1 to 2 cents per pound and
esrsrs have dropped in price.
Will Turn Light on High Cost of
Food.
Washington, Special. Unless plans
fail a congressional investigation of
the causes for the increased cost, of
living will be made, despite the op
position. ' -
No Boycott in Lynchburg.
Lynchburg, Special. Although the
widespread agitation against high
prices of foodstuffs is apparently ef
fective elsewhere, local dealers and
brokers report no change in quota- ,
tions to them. There has been no
effort here to boycott meats, and the '
sales are up to the usual.
Meat Boycott Indorsed.
Norfolk, Special. At a meeting
held last Friday the civic department
of the Woman's Club of Norfolk in- .
dorsed the present boycott on meats,
and pledged its moral support in in
creasing the number of those who sign
pledges to abstain from it for sixty
days.
Jackson Smith Dead.
Knoxville, Tenn., Special. Jack
son Smith, a native of South Caro
lina, but of recent years a citizen
of this city, died at Portland, Oregon,
last week. He was a well known
railroad man. He was formerly a
member of the Panama canal commission.
Want Tax Repealed.
Atalanta, Ga., Special. Declaring
the tax 10 cents per pound' on oleo
margarine to he largely responsible
for the increased cost of living, the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce health
committee have adopted a resolution,
memoralizing , Congress to repeal the
tax. The resolution . sets forth that
the tax is "class legislation, which
deprives the . Federal Government of
$2,000,000 revenue, while it shuts out
of the market a wholesome product