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a LONDON CSITO A?H PP-OPRIETOR. mToTsUBSCRIPTION: 51.50 Per Year SICILY IN ADVANCE , VOL. XXXII. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDSS&SDAY, MARCH 9. 2910. No. 30. XLbe Chatham Tfccorfc. RATES OF ADVERTISIHG: Om Square, oas iasertla Oce Square, twe Iartla.... & Om Square, en For Larger Advert iso mcnts Liberal Contracts will be made. SYMPATHETIC STRIKE 5 039 Msa Have Quit Work In 1 ' Philadelphia. SSHOUS TROUBLE FtARED v-& Suffering Will Be Caused By Determina tion of Unica nembers to Aid Striking Em ployees of the Transit Company. Philadelphia, Pa Between 50,000 -d 7V,000 union workers on strike, different branches of industry af Lted and a renewal of rioting, in two men were shot, is the sit- cation which confronts Philadelphia. The sympathetic strike which was attei W tiie Central Labor Union Mid tne Allied Building Trades Coun cil in an effort to force the Philadel oiiia Rapid Transit Company -to arbi. irate the differences witii its striking en jlovees. is in full swing. The police are apprehensive as to tfce outcome. With thousands of men ile forced to quit their usual voca tion, it be an easy matter to fan tne sparks of discontent into a fame of lawlessness. Diraetcr Clay, however, has no hes itant in declaring he has enough Uta at his command to crush any rioting- . The Ra?ii Transit Company stated tiiat every effort will be made to nantain trolley service. Cars will te dispatched from all barns, they y;'.e. st as near regular intervals as vssitle. and will be increased if y jic-j protection is given. Here is no question that the sym pathetic strike will cause much" sur fering and inconvenience. Word was received that practically all drivers of bakery wagons, milk wagons am. teaststers lor fruit and produce deal ers will stand by the strike order to ta? letter. Ot'ner reports state that 10,000 taii cr? and cloakmakers, 6,000 bricklay ers. ho are unaffiliated with tne Centra! Labor Union; 40,000 mem bers of the building trades, which, it is said, comprises 75 per cent of this class of men in the city; 3it Et rubers of the International Golc Beaters- I'nion, and between 400 and 5');' cabinetmakers are among those who have obeyed the order for a general strike. Word was also received tat SCL waiters had quit. Union cab drivers and chauffeurs a'.o abandoned their posts and the hc.:I and railroad cab and automo bile service was badly crippled. The drivers of both taxicab services in the city are members of a union ecia refused" to tak? out their machines ter the strJlca-iiad gone into effect. Viny associations of employers have sent letters and telegrams to & officials or' the Philadelphia Rat)i Transit Company and the city officials cormendiDg the stand taken ana urging them to remain firm in their determination not to submit to tne strikers' demand for union recogni tion. All policemen, firemen and specials who have be-n on duty sines the strike began, received orders to re main at their posts. The emergency automobiles in the city hall court yard were increased in number anc measures taken to send a force o men to any section of the city at a moment's notice. .Many of these machines are driv en by their owners, wealthy men, who tare volunteered for police duty and have ben sworn in by Director Cla?. TO FIGHT LABOR UNION. Organization to Combat Political Ac tivities cf Federation of Labor. Wachinc.-.cn, D. C Leaders among those in the American Federation ot Labor opposed to the federation's par ticipation in political affairs, as ex emplified in t-ie last congressional elections, when the federation made strenuous efforts to defeat certain coniressmei:, among them Speaker tasnon, organized here the National poor Alliance. The alliance is to f ye the tacking of the Knights oi tor in the labor world of the Amer ica Federation of Labor, and others u!e to the polidcal policies the itencan Federation. vNational Labor Alliance plans , t!r-brace in its membership all in ependent labor organizations in tne States not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Its P.'&cipal object is to actively fight e .ration wherever the latter or- polatin attemPt3 to interfere in si I affairs especially in congres sional elections. "alUance Plans to send speak ers ana money into any congressicn- aistnct wherever the American laS"'?? f Labor is making a figni hL' , re-election of representa we to the next congress. $10 Hog in Chicago. the rh20' IMll0SS soul at $10 on On, in ?S0 mai'k8t- a record price, the Z ' veraing 264 pounds, was m first sale at the new price. Berlin"400 SeckendorfT Dead. Cl5erman-CouDt Goeiz Von ucenaorrr, tormer court marsiial, rasri,e . S years. He officiated a aser of the court to the late ttani vl mp, 3SS Frederick, and i. Won l ?ccuP'ed a prominent po- wun in society. Arnr'BilT Rejected. cal opS18.'-,"d Tfae state-wide lo Saioon i 1 PrePared by the aui. aryiaM tsue' va3 ejected by the votes ouse of delegates by six r D- c the narrow iown an to 64' the nouse voted Ppronrint- ndment the postoffice Native rbi11 offered RePre" for the ebeI of nio Providing fiers in p;omotion of all letter car- rade. 8e citles to the l,2x - 1 l"nc!or. p Und'. Army. lies f ' , '"a'anu. The army esti- atenanr. J'1911 SQOW a total for " iacrea 1 f la.aOO.OOO. This i 'ecea'n 0ver the fcilKiates of the 'nS year3 of $1,625,000. CAROLINA POLITICIANS SHOT. State Legislators and Deputy Sheriff Attacked By Wealthy Man. Scotland Neck, N. C State Sena tor E. L. Travis and Representative A. P. Kitcain, brother of Governor W. V. Kitchin and Congressman Claud Kitchin of the second North Carolina district, and Deputy Sheriff C. W. Dunn, all of Halifax county, were shot down on the main street ot ;he town by E. E. Powell, a wealthy and prominent citizen. Travis and Kitchin are seriously and Dunn fatally wounded. Details of the shooting are meager. According to the best information ob tainable, Powell met his three vic tims Avalking along the street togefh er. He approached Senator Travis, and asked him his reason for not re plying to a letter he had written to him. Representative Kitchin, think ing that Powell was out of humor, placed his hand gently on his shoul der and uttered words intended to placate him. Without further words, Powell drew a pistol and shot Kitchin down, and in quick succession fired on Travis and Dunn, both victims fall ing to the ground. Powell then walk ed to his store, and, securing a shot gun, . barricaded himself, resisting ar rest. No effort was made to arrest him, and later he surrendered to an officer and was taken to the county jail at Halifax. The nature of the letter over which the tragedy centers cannot be learn ed, as Powell refuses to talk. Both Travis and Kitchin are among the most prominent citizens of the state, Washington, D. C Representative Kitchin, when informed of the trag edy in which his brother was shot, declared that he knew of no cause for the shooting. He said that he had been of the opinion that Powell was friendly to Senator Travis and his brother, as they bad appeared recently as attorneys for a son of Powell Aquilla by name and had succeeded in getting him off with a very ligit sentence. He said he knew nothing of any correspondence wt-ch might have led to the shoot ing. AVALANCHE VICTIMS SAVED. Buried 80 Hours, Ten Persons Taken Alive From Snow Slide. Spokane, Wash. ..It is reported at this place that ten persons have been rescued alive from the trains buried by the Wellington avalanche, after having been entombed SO hours. The passengers were nearly crazy from their sufferings in the dark under the hard-packed snow. Everything indicates that the death list may reach a total of 150. Already 37 dead have been taken out and des perate efforts are being made to reach those believed to be in the piled-up gorge sepulcher. With the masses of snow and ice rising mountain-high and interwoven with tons of deu there is a probability that many of the bodies may remain in the ice until aimost midsummer. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the 100 rescuers who are tunneling through the ice. Warmer weather has started the snow melting and there is fear of another ava lancae. Thirty laborers in the em ploy of the Great Northern Railroad at Wellington are missing, and it is believed all are dead. Since the blockade occurred the force of workingmen has been daily augmented. Not including those kill ed, there are from 250 to 300 men engaged in blockade removal and the rebuilding of the wrecked road. The lives of these are menaced all the time by threatened slides. j WHY CHILDREN DESERT FARM Greater Chances Are Offered for All Degrees of Culture. Indianapolis, Ind. The reason that young men and women in the south are nocking from the farms to the cities is not that they dislike field and stream, but that the cities offer so much greater opportunities for all degrees of culture. This was the opinion expressed by Samuel E. Weber, state inspector of high schools of Louisiana, before the department of su;jerintendency of the National Educational association. The enormous hoard of potential wealth in the thousands of acres of . uncul tivated land in the south is to be realized through extension of the ru ral school system, Mr. Weber said. He did not regard the establish ment of state agricultural schools of so iuch importance as the institution of agricultural courses in the local schools, where the children of the im mediate plantations, while studying scientific methods of developing the land at t-.eir command, can at once gin acquaintance with those arts of conversation that brighten life and that are now eagerly sought in the cities. Improvement of the rural schools, Mr. Weber also believed, would solve the problems of the idle negro in the south. YOUR SHARE OF MONEY. $34.87 Sum Is the Per Capita In Circulation in the United States. Washington, D. C Have you ?34. 87 in your pocket or in the bank 7 If you have not, then you are shy on the per capita circulation cf money In the United States, as shown by the books of the treasury depart ment The department, in reacaing this calculation, estimates the popula tion of the United States at 89,883, 000 and announces the amount ol money in circulation on March 1, as $3 1344,093,250, which if equally di vided would give every man, woman and child in v the country $34.87. There is in circulation today $49. 315.24 more than a year ago. Ship's Crew Rescued. New York City From a thousand at sen was flashed from the .U..lJ.ic;a vu. " - liner Caledonia a wireless message, telling of the loss of the Dig kussiuu freight steamship Korea and or the rescue of her men. The message gave the agents of the Russian ship in this city assurance that every of ficer and every member of the crew was safe aboard the Caledonia The Korea carried a cargo of Iron ware and was bound from Narvik, Norway to New York and Daltlmore WANT PEART8 PROOFS Explorer Must Show Doubting Legislators at Washington. NO PROOFS; NO' REWARD Discovery ol North Pole Causes Row in a $?use Ccmmittee Committee Would Not Receive Proofs in Confidence. Washington, D. C Proofs of Com mander Peary's discovery of the North Pole caused a row in the sub committee of the house committee on naval affairs. Two members of the National Geo graphical Society appeared before the committee with copies of Mr. Peary's proofs to urge the granting of a 3uit able reward by congress to the noted explorer, but the committee declined to receive them in confidence, with the ultimate result that the commit tee has made it known that unless the P,ary proofs are forthcoming to the full satisfaction of the committee that every bill introduced for the pur pose of rewarding the North Pole dis coverer will be pigeon-holed. Three members of the committee were in favor of receiving the Peary proofs without making them public. Representative Macon hotly objected, and after declaring his position stalk ed angrily from the room. "I am against any legislation in the dark,' Mr. Macon sharply told the commit tee. '"Furthermore, if this commit tee decides in favor of Peary without inspecting the full records and mak ing them public, I will expose the whole business on the floor of the house or in a statement to the press. If we reward Mr. Peary the American people have a right to know what we are rewarding him for." Professor Gannett of the coast and geodetic survey and one of the mem bers of the National Geographic So ciety, which accepted Peary's proofs, told the committee that Mr. Peary would not let the committee have the proofs for public purposes, because he wanted them for use in newspaper and magazine articles. MARKING VETERANS' GRAVES. Good Progress Is Being Made in This Direction, Says General Oates. Washington, D. C. Good progress is being made in the work of mark ing the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the confederate army and navy who died in northern prisons and were buried in their vicinity. Provision for the work was made by congress in March, 190C, and $200, 000 was appropriated to carry it out. General William C. Oates, commander-in-chief of the work, has made a report on the subject to the secretary of war. From this it ap pears that 8.S95 graves of confeder ate dead in six burial grounds in northern territory have been prop erly marked to date. Confederate graves have been marked previously with headstones in thirteen other cemeteries. Commissioner Oates said it was im possible to identify the graves of confederates at still nine other points and it has been decided to mark the graves there with a separate large monument suitably inscribed, instead of providing individual headstones, as contemplated by the law. The monuments authorized will be com pleted this spring. General Rather Dead. Tuscumbia, Ala. General John D. Rather, one of the leading men of the state, died at his home here. Gen eral Rather served as president of the Alabama senate and speaker of the house of representatives, as n member of the constitutional conven tion of 1875, and was a factor in poli tics many years ago. He was some time president of the old Memphis and Charleston Railroad. General Ra ther was 87 years old. Cattleman Kills Three Farmers. Citronelle, Ala. Joseph Stokes, Charles Goldman and David Gort man, farmers, were shot and killed by Laurence Odom, a cattleman, at the latter's home, four miles from this place. After the shooting, Odom surrendered to a deputy sheriff at Citronelle. dom says the killing was the result of an old feud. He says all parties vere armed. Want Henson Made Admiral. Washington, D. C. In a communi cation received by Representative Loud of Michigan, Harry C. Smith, president of the Afro-American League, suggests that Matt Hensen, the colored man who accompanied Commander Pary to the north pole as valet, be made a rear admiral of the United States navy "because of his distinguished services to his country and the cause of science." For Monument to Jefferson Davis. Frankfort, Ky. The house of rep resentatives by a vote of 65 to 8, passed a bill appropriating $5,000 to ward a fund to erect a monument to Jefferson Davis at his birthplace. Offer Reward for Wreckers. Montgomery, Ala A reward of $1,000 is offered by the Louisville and Nashville railroad for the arrest and conviction of the wreckers of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train at Goree, near here, on the night of February 23. Mrs. Cleveland in Paris. Paris, France. Mrs. Grover Cleve land is spending a few days in Paris as a guest at the home of Professor and Mrs. Mark Baldwin. Alabama Aviation Field. Montgomery, Ala. It was announc ed that six officers of the army will come here to join Wilbur and Or ville Wright for instruction in the use of aeroplanes. They will remain here sixty days at the aviation field north of the city. Explosion Killed 23 Miners. Juneau, Alaska, Twenty-three min ers were killed by an explosion of a powder magazine in the Mexican mine on Douglas Island. Eight men were, seriously injured and four of these may die. ROOSEVELT'S TROPHIES. Five Hundred Animals Killed By Ez-Presidect in the Interest of Science. Gondokoro, Sudan, on the Upper Nile. Colonel Roosevelt and the oth ers of his immediate party sailed on the steamer Dal for Khartoum, where they expect to arrive on March 11. Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit kill ed some 500 specimens of large ani mals. The bag Includes the follow ing; 17 lions, 11 elephants, 10 buffa does, 10 black rhinoceroses, a white rhinoceroses, 9 hippopotami, 9 gi raffes, 3 leopards, 7 cletahs, 3 giant elands, 3 sables, 1 sitatunga and 2 bongos. Ail these were killed in the interest of science. From the point of importance the most highly-prized game may be rat ed as follows: First, the giants elands, the first complete specimens of which family are now being taken from the coun try; second, the white rhinoceroses; third, the bongos, the first to be stalk ed and killed by a white man, and fourth, the sitatunga, a species of an telope. Science will be enriched by several new species and an enormous series of the smaller mammals of Africa. The game taken and the collections made constitute a world's record for a similar period of hunting and sci entific research in Africa. REPUDIATE COOK'S H0N0 RS. To Name Harlem Street for Roose velt Instead of Cook. New York City. Resolutions to make a street" in Harlem "T. Roose velt," and to repudiate the aldermanic favors bestowed some time back on Dr. Frederick A. Cook, were up for consideration before the board of al dermen. The Roosevelt proposal was referred to the committee on streets and highways; the Cook matter was tabled. Alderman Drescher thinks the way the board has treated Commander Peary is a shame. His was the reso lution tabled. It recited that "the city, through its accredited represen tatives, stands on record as recogniz ing the discredited and ignoring the real discoverer of the North Pole." and urged that the board place itself on record as recognizing "Peary as the only man who ever carried the flag to the North Pole." GOVERNMENT PLANS FOUND. Missing Blue Prints in Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery, Aia Plans and spec ifications for gulf coast fortifications at Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas and other points, missing from the office of the engineering corps in Montgomery, were found in a table drawer at a boarding house. The blue prints were sent by reg istered mail from Washington to Cap tain H. F. Ferguson, engineer in charge of the district. Mrs. John Ham, who conducts th-e boarding house, is positive the prints were placed in the drawer recently. When found they were recognized by a clerk for Captain Ferguson. RECOVERING NAIL CARGO. Electro Magnet Lifts Nail Keys from Mississippi River. New Orleans, La. An ingenuous method has been adopted for the recovery of a cargo of nails which went down on a sinking steamboat here a few weeks ago. A huge electro magnet, attached to hoisting gear, is lowered in the water. The electric current is turned on and the kegs of nails are hoisted out one by one clinging to the magnet. Fifteen thousand kegs of nails went down in the river. Sixteen hundrea kegs have been recovered by the mag netic process. Two months more, it is stated, will be required to com plete the work. STRICT SALOON RULES. Cars to Be Announced to Patrons of Saloons. Boston, Mass. Every saloon in Chelsea must employ a car announc er to remind its patrons of the running- time of cars which pass the door, when liquor licenses become operative in that city' on May 1. The new regul tions issued by the Chel sea licensing commission are believ ed to be the strictest in New Eng land. Besides the announcer feature, they provide that only one line of men is to be cllowed to stand at a bar and no drinks are to be passea to any back of the line. Newy Paragraphs. Convinced that much of the decay oi school children's teeth coald be prevented by the regular use of the toothbrush, the headmaster in a Chi cago school has raised a fund for toothbrushes. Each pupil is supplied with cne and required to use It prop erly each day. So successful has been the experiment that it is hoped to make it a universal custom throughout the schools of the city. Andrew Carnegie has cultivated the giving habit and has now got to give, even if he should not care to, is the opinion of Professor A. M. Honline, educational superintendent of the Sunday school association. "There is nothing like habit," he said, 'Carr.3gie has got the habit of giv ing libraries and he couldn't do other wise if he desired." Bathers in New England during the summer season of 1909 paid an exceptionally heavy toll to the wa ters. According to figures compiled by the United States volunteer life saving corps, six hundred and four persons were ! drowned in the New England states last summer from Mayto September inclusive. Of this number two hundred and seventy-two were children. "Children with bad teeth require half a year longer to complete eight grades in primary schools than do children with sound teeth," said Leon ard P. Ayres, of New York .secretary of the Russell Sage foundation, in discussing "Why Children Differ in Mental Aletrness," before the con vention of the department of super intendence of the National Education association in Indianapolis. Physical defects also are an important cause, he said, and added that the present scheme of education in the public schools is far too rapid. TO GIVE AWAY MILLIONS Join. D. Rockefeller Will Use His Wealth to Benefit Mankind. ROCKEFELLERFOUNDATI0N Great Rivalry Between Rockefeller and Carne gie in Giving Rockefeller Has Given $131, 000,000 and Carnegie $162,000,000. Washington, D. C. Steps were ta ken to incorporate the Rockefeller foundation in the District of Colum bia. The bill for this purpose was introduced by Senator Gallingher, ana was referred to the committee on ju diciary. The purpose of the founda tion is to provide for a genert or ganization to conduct philanthropic work along all lines. It is understood that the foundation will be endowed largely by John D. Rockefeller and that he takes this means to dispose of a large part of his enormous wealth. The incorporators named in the bill are John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Fred T. Gates, Starr J. Murphy and Charles O. Heydt These incorporators are authorized to select associates, not to exceed a total of twenty-flv It was stated by Senator Galling her that Mr. Rockefeller already had given $52,000,000, and that he was seeking a method of disposing of his fortune that would benefit mankind. The Rockefeller foundation will be authorized to receive and dispense gifts of money other than those ob tained from the original endowments, the amount of which has not been fixed. The scope of the foundation is very broad, although embraced in a very short fraction of the bill. This section reads: "That the object of the said cor poration shall be to promote the well being and to advance the civilization of the people of the United States and its territories and possessions and oi foreign lands in the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge; in the prevention and relief of suffering and in the promotion of any and all of tht elements of human progress." While drawn generally along the lines of the act incorporating the Carnegie foundation it goes much further, since the Carnegie founda tion is designed chiefly to provide foi a scientific retirement and pensioning of superannuated teachers. New York City Estiamtes of Mr. Rockefeller's past benefactions and present fortune vary largely. It is conceded that in charity he has but one ' leader Andrew Carnegie and the best opinion is that Mr. Rocke feller has given away something ap proaching $131,000,000, as ' against $162,000,000 for Mr. Carnegie, leading Rockefeller gifts have been: General education board, $53,000,-000- University of Chicago, $25,000, 000;' Rush Medical College $6,000, 000; Institute for Medical Researc-i, $4,300,000; churches (known), $3, 100,000. The rivalry between Rockefeller and Carnegie in getting rid of their riches has been of the friendliest na ture. How much Mr. Rockefeller has left is even harder to guess than how much he has given away. In 1: Frederick T. Gates, one of Rockefel ler's agents in charity, said: "Mr. Rockefeller himself has au thorized the statement that his for tune cannot exceed $200,000,000, and that in his most prosperous year his income was not above $20,000,000. His holdings of Standard Oil stock are not above 20 per cent of the total Issue outstanding." On the other hand the late H. H. Rogers is quoted as having said in 1906: "I know for a fact that Mr. Rocke feller's income will not exceed $60, 000,000 next year." The late Senator Hoar of Massa chusetts estimated that Rockefeller's fortune totaled one billion dollars. Will Buy No Diplomatic Homes. Washington, D. C. Following an animated debate on a bill giving leg islative authority for future appropri ations to purchase sites for the con struction of buildings as residences of diplomatic officials abroad, the house placed its seal of disapproval upon all such projects. $10,COO,OCO for Euilding Sites. Washington, D. C. The senate passed a bill authorizing the expen diture of $10,000,000 for the purchase of land south of Pennsylvania ave nue, in Washington as sites for pub lic buildings. There was no opposition. Empress of Russia III. St. Petersburg, Russia. The Em press has suffered a severe nervousj attack, and her condition is consid ered very unsatisfactory. MARK TWAIN WELL. Humorist Says He Is "Not HI Enough to Excite Undertaker." Hamilton, Bermuda Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), whose health has been the cause of much alarm tc his friends, made this characteristic statement: "I am able to say that while I am not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough' to excite an undertaker." Since coming to Bermuda several weeks ago to recuperate the veteran humorist has been the lion of the col ony of tourists. He is a familiar figure to the na tives, and in the life 'and entertain ments of the inhabitants of the island takes an active part. Servant of Jeff Davis Dead. San Antonio, Texas. Gordon Davis, who was born a servant to Jefferson Davis, died at his home in South Borne, aged 60 years. During the civil war he was taken by union sol diers and made a corporal in th union army, and was afterward known as "Corporal Davis." 2,400 Bales) of Cotton Burned. Hobart, Okla. Fire here destroyed the entire plant of the Traders' Com press, together with 2,400 bales of cotton, wharves and two freigat cars. The loss is estimated at $300,000. LATE NEWS NOTES. 1 General. A combination of twelve of th largest baking companies of New York is announced, with a capital of $6,000,000 and a capacity of twelve thousand barrels of flour a day. Wright & Company of Dayton, Ohio, have formally stated that the Wright brothers have decided to go to Montgomery, Ala., at once to take advantage of the offers made by that city for the entertainment and accom modation of the famous aeroplanists. They will give exhibition flights about every two weeks. Missouri teachers, through their reading circle will this year study farming Instead ow pedagogy. Agri culture has been made one of the re quirements of teachers' certificates and more stress will be placed upon the subject in public school and In higher educational institutions of the state. Plants may be made to order, ao who for two years has been experi cording to Professor C. Stuart Gage r, menting with radium at the Univer sity of Missouri. . An entirely new species of primrose has been origi nated by the use of the radium, and it has held true to the new form through three generations of the plant. The color of the flower was changed, and the leaves changed from broad to narrow. The cost of living problem does not seem to worry - people in the mountains of Tennessee. A report from there declares that "robblns are selling at 10 cents a dozen." Thous ands of the robbins "gather in the ce dars to roost, and hunting parties go in the night and capture and kill them in large numbers. One party caught two thousand six hundred birds in one night. One hunter caught three hundred and seventy, seven birds in one tree. It is esti mated that one hundred and fifty thousand have been killed within the last three weeks. That Is the way in which wild bird life is being pro tected in some parts of this great country." Washington. The bureau of statistics of the United States department of agricul ture has been - gathering information from the potato growers and dealers in the principal potato growing sec tions of the United States with re gard to the supply on hand January 1, 1910. The result of these investi gations indicate that about 41.2 per cent of the crop raised for market in 1909 remained in the hands of the growers, and 9.6 per cent in the hands of interior dealers. A similar investigation last year showed that 32.5 per cent of the crop raised for market In 1908 was in the hands of growers, and 11.3 per cent in the hands of interior dealers on January 1, 1909. "I shall believe that Dr. Cook, the explorer, is an honest man until there is definite - proof to the con trary," declared Maurice F. Egan, minister to Denmark, in an address in Washington to members of the University club. Dr. Eagan said the University of Copenhagen board had simply declared that the records furn ished them by Dr. Cook on his trip to the extreme north were ' not suffi cient to enable them to determine that he had been to the north pole. The army has just adopted a new type of machine gun that has some remarkable points of advantage over the existing guns. The new weapon is so small that it can be carried by a man or two, and with full equip ment of stands and ammunition can be packed upon a mule. Moreover, it has the important advantage that it can be 4 red from the shoulder, and consequently is much less sub ject to attack and capture by the enemy. The ammunition is carried on steel strips, and the new gun is said to be free from danger of chok ing while the barrels are carried in duplicate and can be almost instantly changed when they become heated from rapid firing. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, who is slowly recovering from the attack of paralysis which recently threaten ed his life, is to be removed to his home or to Atlanta, Ga., as soon as his condition will permit, probably within three weeks. His wife and two daughters will accompany him. As soon thereafter as possible Sena tor Tillman will go to some health resort in Europe and seek complete recovery. A great democratic celebration in honor of Jefferson's birthday is being planned by the National Democracy, the democratic organization of the District of Columbia, and the demo cratic congressional campaign com mittee, to be held in Washington on April 2, and invitations to a select number of big men in the party have been sent out. Among those invited to attend are Governors Harmon of Ohio; Brown, of Georgia; Marshall, of Indiana, and Shallenberger, of Ne braska. Denial is made by the Interstate commerce commission that the freight rates, both in class and com modity, to and from Montgomery, are unjustly discriminatory and un duly preferential to Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile and Birmingham. The case in which the decision was ren dered was instituted by the Mont gomery freight bureau against the Louisville and Nashville railroad and other railroads.. The complaint al leges that, the classes and commodi ties rates ' to Montgomery from vari ous points and from Ohio and Missis sippi river crossings were unjust and unreasonable in their relation to the rates from the same points to Mobile and Birmingham, Ala. , and Pensacola, Fla., and to the dieadvan tage of Montgomery." The Argentine government has or dered the construction of twelve tor pedo boat destroyers of nine hundred tons displacement, with turbine en gines. Four will be built in French, . four in British and four in German yards. George Washington's will, written by himself on more than twenty pages, has been brought to Wishing ton for renovation. For more than a i century it has been on view in Fair- L fax, Va. The paper has darkened to ft 0US)U w VfJ. V U WAAIA IU faded to a sickly olive tint. TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News Notes Gathered Prom All Farts of the Old North State. - 1 N. C. Teachers Assembly. The officials of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly are making ex tensive preparations for the great meeting of North Carolina teachers which is to be held at Asheville, June 1-17, 1910. This will be the twenty seventh annual session of that or ganization, and already preparations have proceeded far enough to make it evident that it will be one of the greatest educational gatherings' ever held in the State. The teachers of the State, and especially of the west ern part, are co-operating with the officials of the Assembly in a way to show that they mean to do their part. That the Assembly is doing its part is evident from the names of some of those who will take part in the dis cussions of the meeting. The program has not been completed, but already some of the leading men and women engaged in educational work in the country have been engaged. Hold Meeting For Industrial Congress. Delegates elected by the forty schools of the county met in the auditorium of the Wood and Iron Building, at Wadesboro, Saturday to organize the Children's Industrial Congress of Anson County. This is the first session of the conference. Addresses were delivered. Reports from the secretaries of the Graded Schools Betterment Asociation show quite an interest in this' work throughout the county. Rooms have been fitted up in the building for demonstration purposes, and this fea ture attracted considerable attention. In one room a well-equipped modern, kitchin, with all the utensils, was fur nished by a local hardware merchant. The delegates representing the schools of the county were given pic tures, and taught mounting and framing, and these mounted pictures they carried back to their homes to be used as; models. Robbers on Charlotte Streets. In broad daylight and on one of the principal streets in Charlotte, negroes held up and assaulted a white woman and child and robbed them of their pocket books, containing sums of money last Saturday. These bold robberies came as the climax to a long series of hold-ups in which women have been invariably the vic tims. On the boulevard in Dolworth, an aged women was knocked down and severely hurt, the negro scap ing with the woman's pocketbook. On the main street of the city a child was knocked down and robbed of a purse. The police chased the former criminal with bloodhounds and auto mobiles and made two arrests. Great crowds followed each prisoner to the station, but no violence was attempt ed, although for a time great excite ment prevailed. Need More Superior Courts. Prominent men of North Carolina contend there is crying demand for courts sufficient to transact the bus iness of our citizens. There have been different experiments tried to meet this demand, and yet it has not been met and the people are still suf fering from congested court dockets. The right of "speedy trial" is al most denied. The county court, with three jus tices presiding, was tried in many counties. The court was found un satisfactory, and therefore abolish ed. Criminal courts were established; districts made and criminal court judges elected to preside over these courts. The criminal court met with constitutional difficulties, as well as other objections, and were exchanged for Superior Courts. Recorders' Courts have been estab lished in three counties in the State, viz: Union, Nash and Edgecombe counties. No Increase in Sale of Tags. There has been no large increase over last year so far in the sale of tags for fertilizer, but the increase in the sales of tags for cotton seed meal and feed has been great. "The farmers are now busy hauling ferti lizer and those in the eastern nart of the State will begin to plant corn m a lew days. Week's Respite For Spivey. Gov. Kintchin has granted a re spite of one week to Henry Spivy who was to have been hanged Friday morning. The respite was granted at the request of council in order that they may argue before the Supreme Court judge who tried Spivey and get his endorsement for a commuta tion of sentence. The governor aid he' would commute the sentence if the presiding judge at the trial would join in the recommending that course. Spivey killed his wife's father in Bladen county last year. To Be Held at Wake Forest. Arrengements are in the making for a Baptist State Sunday School Assembly, to be held at Wake Forest College daring the second week in August. The college dormitories and the homes of the people of the town will be thrown open to accommodate the Sunday school workers that will gather there. The program is now in process of evolution. Editor Hight C. Moore being one of the principal members of the program committee.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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