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ONDON .MS OF SUBSCRIPTION: g, 50 Per Year RICTLY IN ADVANCE O G AV VOL. XXXII. i 0 SsSsA 1 . v ONE OF THE MOST NOTED PICTURES OF THE RESURRECTION. From the painting by Ploekhorst. ThcrnclVe oa Bafcr Hondayr.' Of a!i tlie days in the year there Js none race d?or to the hearts of the chiidrcri of Washington City than the day yj'-vr JZa-.ter. For days be fore ir ccmi os- there are joyful antici pations and many conferences amacg friends, as wc-!i as hopes and fear re garding ih? weather. Usually ttere is not much to be feared from Incle ment v.eather, as at that season the little ones have their hearts' desire, the "weather man" seemingly, being on their side. There are venturesome ones who would go anyway, and these are easy in their minds, but the one3 who would have to stay at home were the weather unfavorable eagerly scan the sky a: night and ask many times what the probabilities are for the morrow. 'ft hen the auspicious morning dawns sparkling eyes are wide open to greet its first appearance, and then there is hardly-repressed impatience until iw time, romes to start for their Mecca the -'White Lot." As in the fJden time it was said that "All roads ted to Ran;o," so at this time it can be truly i ! that all streets, avenneg and ears lead to the "White Lot." From early morning until the sha dows of declining day warn all that csglit is near there 13 a constant stream of men, women and children, of all shades, and all conditions in Me, with their happy faces set in one direction. All are happy, and all are equal cn this one day at least. There are no poor at this time every child tas a mine of wealth untold in the casket or box he carries. No matter what his circumstances at other times, now he has what every other cnild has dyed eggs to roll over the velvety slopes of the President's bacl: yard. THE PRESIDENT'S B; CK YARD It is an ideal spot where the an n'Jal festival is held. In -the days hen the seuth sida of the Executive tension was the front this was the lawn over which rolled stately car nages, or where men mighty in the affairs of the Nation took a stroll if joey chose. Now that the entrance Is on the opposite side, this lawn is seldom used, except in the summer, hen the concerts are given by the Marine .land. It is just the place for egg-rolling. There rue lovely grassy knolls, close ly ni()Wn "i-pm ctr.noo oriont nlA in1rS. ! dren look at their mirrored faces, and flowers in abundance every where. To the south, like a huge silver coated monster, with its shimmering, sinuous folds, gliding between the green-clad hills of Maryland and the fertile fields of Virginia, is the beau tiful and historic Potomac. Nearer, rises, stately and white, with its glistening capstone almost in PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. 0., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23. 1910 LAST GINNERS' REPORT NO. 32, tTftc (tbatbam "Record RATES OF ADVERTISIII6; One Square oae laertIoa......$i.e One Square, two Insertions.... . One Square, one month........ S.00 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. The children sit or stand in squads,5 as suits their convenience, and the gayly-colored eggs are started on their downward course, turning over and over and gaining momentum with each revolution, until they reach the bottom in safety, or, having struck another In its downward flight, is broken or dashed to pieces. The children rush away to recover the spoils, and when "the egg is re stored to its rightful owner the feast begins; and preparation 13 made for next day's headache but no matter about that; all afe happy for this day at least. Over on the west side, opposite the War, State and Navy building, there is a study in brown or, rather in black and white for there are gath ered all shades of the most rollicking, happiest, laughing, chattering mem bers of humanity to be found In all the world. They come and go on the lawn in small groups or singly, but the majority seem to have sought out this long, shady slope, and appro priated it as their own, and here they play unmolested. ! It is an orderly crowd, and this is to be wondered at when it is taken into consideration that not less than fifteen thousand children spend the day together. Policemen find that there is noth ing to do but watch the sport. It is seldom that a tiny tot is lost.""' Some times one strays away, but he is soon restored to his anxious guardian. Parents and nurses accompany the majority of the little ones, and they, too, enter into the pleasures of the day with a vim, and get out of .them much enjoyment. THE CROWNING JOY. The crowning joy is when the" Ma rine Band, dressed in scarlet coats, which seem to vie with the gayly colored tulips nodding in their beds close by, strikes up a popular air and. continues to play until the time to go home. When the strains of "Hail to the Chief" are heard it is the signal for wild and enthusiastic cheering, for all know that the Chief Magistrate of the Nation has come out on the portico to watch the children. He is usually accompanied by his wife and a number of his official family. The children are made "happy by nods, smiles and friendly recognition with a wave of the band. At last "The Star Spangled Ban ner" is struck up, and the children know that their happy day is at an end, for that is the last number played, and is the signal to disperse. Ceremonies cf the Greek Church, It Is perhaps in the Greek Church that the Easter ceremonies are most magnificent. On Good Friday the Church clothes itself in sackcloth and ashes. Black is everywhere dis played, lights are put out and bells 1 'V"V"VV: K-N i-N-;0. ' ?V.- EGG ROLLING ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN. 10,031,000 Bales Ginned to End of 1909-10 Season. YJr-f-; sashing fountain',, over the the clouds, the magnificent monument erected to the memory of him for rearing their stately heads far above whom the capital city wasnamed kn .. . . .1 oifTioi- Girl a are substantial b rrn:;nrt no' n! no l-iyislr I) Tin i ... ...... lilfc ,CB umxu . ri,.cTit wh P Duiiuings oi lu uutouu., . beyond, and surrounding them, is the busy, bustling city, al'. life and ao tivity HOW THE CHILDREN ENJOY THE SPORT. One who has never witnessed the sport of egg-rolling- cannot realize how much enjoyment there is to be had from it. Local historians do not say when the time-honored custom began, but it is remembered by many when the Capitol grounds were used for it. There were long, grassy ter races and the school children gath ered upon them, set the gaudy objects t rolling, then gathered themselves into a ball and followed themselves, to the detriment not only of their clothes, but of the grass. Some hard-hearted person or per sons stopped this, and after a while one who will ever hold a sacred place in the hearts of the children sug gested and obtained the "White Lot" for the annual sport fez' 'sy&h&&0t xx: '?W sr. A. By J. Beraud. silenced. On that day amid solemn chanting an embroidered tapestry of Christ is placed in a coffin. Shortly after midnight of the next day the churches are crowded with kneeling worshipers, the priest approaches the coffin and announces that it is empty. The scene that then follows beg gars description. "Christ is risen" declares the priest, and the throng takes up the cry. The people em brace each other, crying "Christ is risen," to which is replied "He is risen indeed." : Meanwhile the priests have laid aside their sombre vestments, and clad in their gorgeous robes, gleam ing with silver and gold and jewels, they march around the churches sing ing hymns of triumph. The silenced bells ring out the glad message, the priests raise- their chants of praise, the people answer in joyous shouts. Thus Is Easter day ushered in in the realms of the Czar of all the Rus-sias. Linters Will Amount to 255,000 Bales-Texas Leads With 2,476,000; Georgia is Second With 1,838,000 t- Memphis, Term. The report of the National, Ginners' Association issued here shows that 10,031,000 bales ot cotton, not including linters, which will amount to about 255,000 bales, were ginned to the end of the season of 1909-10. The number of bales ginned by states follows : Alabama . . .... . . . . . . . 1,055,000 Arkansas .. .. 684,000 Florida" .. 6i,000 Georgia 1,838,000 Louisiana 256,000 Mississippi v ..1,068,000 Missouri and Virginia . T . . 58,000 North Carolina . . .... . . 640,000 Oklahoma . . 548,000 South Carolina .. 1,133,000 Tennessee 234,000. Texas 2,476,000 Total ..10,031,000 THE STRIKE SITUATION, No End in Sight in Different Labor Troubles. Philadelphia, Pa. Although several conferences were held by the inter mediaries interested in securing a settlement of the strike against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, the officials of tiie company and the leaders of the strikers appear to be as far from reaching ah agreement ai when the men left the cars, almost a month ago. The committee of ten having ir charge the sympathetic strike con tinued its preparation for a state-wide strike and announced that it had re ceived further endorsement from all parts of the state. Clncinnat, Ohio. The tense situa tion in the attempts of the United Mine Workers of North America to secure increased wages continued here. President Lewis of the miners said, however: "The miners will be at work with an advance in wages on and after April 1. You may maki that as strong as you please." The joint committee again failed to reach an agreement. Chicago, III. Mediation proceedings to avert the threatened switchmen's 6trike west of the Mississippi river were begun by Messrs. Knapp and Neill of the interstate commerce commission. IRISH SOIL STOLEN. There Was No "Ould Sod" Left for President Taft. Chicago, III. The true inwardness of why President Taft did not sta. on a piece of the "ould sod" at the St. Patrick's banquet is something of a mystery. In any event, the sod for the most part had disappeared, car ried away, it is alleged, by souvenir hunters. The sod was imported in order tha the president might address Irish Americans from the real soil of the Emerald Isle. Ever since its arrival crowds of Irish men and women have visited the hotel and cried at the sight ot this tangible bit of their fatherland. These people, in some cases, undoubt edly carried away small pieces of t.V sod, but the heaviest inroad is said to have been made the day before the speech, and just how it was made is not clearly explained by the sou venir hypothesis. In some quarters it Is hinted that the disappearance was not accidental, but was deliberately carried out as a (solution of the rule that the presi dent of the United States shall not during his term set foot on foreign sod. The sod was regarded as an ac tual part of Ireland, a strayed frag ment, and many argued that the pres ident could not in propriety stand upon it. GOV. HASKELL EXONERATED. Oklahoma Executive Cleared of the Charge of Misappropriating Funds Guthrie, Okla Governor Charles N. Haskell was exonerated of the charge of misappropriation and mis management of state funds in a re port filed in the legislature here by the house committee composed of five . democrats and two republicans The committee held in each in stance that there had been no misap propriation inasmuch as the services for which the governor paid differ ent individuals had actually been per formed, and that there could be no misappropriation in the absence ot theft. :The committee admitted, however, that "a number of vouchers had been drawn against funds appropriated for other purposes. CENSUS PR0CAMLATI0N. President Taft Issues au Address to the People to Assist the Enumerators. -Washington. D. C President Taft in a proclamation issued urges every body throughout the United States to answer promptly, completely and accurately all inquiries addressed to them by the enumerators or other employees," who will be engaged in the taking of the thirteenth decen nial census. The proclamation follows: "Whereas, by the act of congress approved July 2, 1909, the thirteenth decennial census of the United States is to be taken, beginning on April 15, 1910; and, " Whereas, a correct enumeration of the population every 10 years is re quired by the constitution of the United States for the purpose of de termining the representation of the several states in the house of repre sentatives: and. Whereas, it is of the utmost im portance to the interests of all the people of the United States that this census should be a complete and ac curate report of the population and resources of the country; Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, president of "the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under the act afore said, it is the duty of every person to answer all questions on the census schedule, applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm occupied by him or his family, and that any adult refusing to do so is subject to penalty. "The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical infor mation regarding the population and resources of the country, and replies are required from individuals only, in order to permit the compilation of such general statistics. The census has nothing to do with taxation, with army or jury service, with the com pulsion of school attendance, with the regulation of immigration, or with the enforcement of any national, state or local law or ordinance, nor can any person be harmed in any way by fur nishing the information required. There need be no fear that any dis closure will be made regarding any individual person of the rights and interests of the persons furnishing in- PHILADELPHIA TROUBLE. No Indication for Peace Yet Established SPEMfR SHORN POWER Hurled from Lofty Position Last Saturday END REACHED IN BITTER FIGHT Refused to Resign, and House Re fused to Further Humiliate Him by .. Deposing Him. r Washir gton, IX C, Special. The tiouse of representatives by a vote of 182 to 160 repudiated Speaker Can ion and his committee. By this un- Philadelphia, Special. After a week of peace talk and innumerable conferences between union "isaders and peacemakers, the striking mo tormen and conductors and tlfe offi cials of the Philadelphia Kapid Tran sit Company are apparently still far apart. There is, however, . on both sides a better feeling which might lead at any time to the opening of negotiations. In no peace conference yet held has the transit company been x, i i V ;n ixpectedly large majority it over UUVtUiUl Jv tinue until common ground can be found on which to bring both sides together. President Mahon of the Amalga mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, has an nounced that all peace negotiations between the strikers and the "peace makers, so far as he and the car men ?s union is concerned, are off. . It is now 29. days since the strike and the fifteenth of the general walk out. There have been few desertions from the ranks of the trolley men but there is a slow movement to ward a return to work on the part of the general strikers. The return is not universal, but each day finds a few more men going back, so that there is not nearly the great num ber idle which there was in the first few days of -the sympathetic strike. President Greenawalt of the State Federation of Labor, is still deter mined to put the State-wide strike into effect. He said he hoped such action would, not be necessary but he saw no way in which to delay carrvinff out the instructions of the formation, every employee of the cen- recent State convention." sus bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any informa tion which may thus come to his knowledge. I therefore, earnestly urge upon all persons to answer promptly, com- The dynamiting of three cars in different parts of the city Saturday are the first ads of violence report ed in nearly a week. In this connec tion it has' been learned that 100 pletely and accurately, all inquiries sticks of dvnamite were stolen from addressed to them by the enumera-, oliarrv on t1(, outskirts of the ritv tors or other employees of the cen- m, A rP1, a , i- ,,,. , L sus bureau, and thereby to contribute Trsy night, fi e police lme been thAir share toward making this crpat I iiioiiUticu 10 waini an persons wnu and necessary public undertaking a , carry packages of suspicious ap- success. "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington pearance. Sentenced to Wed. Kausa City, Mo., Special. If the thi fifteenth Hnv of Marrh a r oni sentence imposed upon him by Judae thousand nine hundred and ten, and , Ralph S. Latshaw, cf the Criminal of the independence of the Unit j Court of this city, is carried out, States of America the one hundred ; Fred M. Miller, an attorney of this and thirty-fourth. city. will have to wed the first wo- "By the president: . man ,vho will ronsent tA'hmm life (Seal) "WILLIAM H. TAFT. "P. C. KNOX, Secretary of State." The proclamation is forv the pur-! wife. Miller filed an application in the pose of removing fears from the court, in which he represented him- minds of some people who are of the self as a ' ' lonely single man, in- opinion that information which they spired with the lofty ambition to take give concerning themselves to . the unto himself a wife," and soliciting census taker may be used in some .ij nf a, nnj . ii,;, AnJ way to the detriment of their person- th?,Sl?f COUrt to his Td . al or business Interests. Against any Mere 1S a mn who desires to. such abuse, however, the government preter against himself in the crim- has thrown the strongest safeguards, inal Court a charge of wanting to get Sentenced to Atlanta Penitentiary. ! ried," said Judge Latshaw, when Montgomery, Ata. Harry L. Davis, Millers application was read. "File formerly assistant postmaster at the application, Mr. Clerk. Enter Lockhart, Ala., was convicted in the a plea of guilty after his name and United States court here of embezzle sentence him to be married to the ment, and was sentenced to one yeai first woman who will consent to be in the penitentiary at Atlanta. He come hii wife " about ?400. : Complication Avoided. Richmond, Va., Special. No the Women Voted Against Sisters. New York City "Equal pay for vacancv havin? nPonrreA in ?5-7P;.. v6,?!;" United States senatorshin durin been defeated in the board of educa- e sssn of tfae General Assembly tion by a vote of twenty-three to six-. a11 . the constitutional questions teen. Of the four women membei . i which have so deeply stirred the of the board, three voted against . minds of State officials during the their sisters. past few davs have been disnospd of The fact that Senator Daniel was alive vat midnight Saturday night removed the last doubt in any one's mind as to. the correct situation. The Governor will appoint if it is necs- sary. John D. Rockefeller Returns North. Augusta, Ga. John D. Rockefeller left for New York after having spent two months at a local tourist hotel, where he had a suite of eleven rooms. Mr. Rockefeller says that he has en joyed himself very much this year, and intends coming back next year, and he has asked for reservations. Another Antarctic Expedition. London, England. Lieutenant Shackelton has his plans for another Antarctic expedition in 1911 well ad vanced. While he proposes that his main objects are scientific investiga-: tion, the character- of the preliminary arrangements show that he will make another dash for the pole unless other expeditions meanwhile get there first Ice at Waycross. Waycross, Ga. The cold snap re sulted in a heavy frost for two nights in succession with thin ice. The tender vegetables, such as beans and the tender shoots on fig trees were bit back, but corn, garden, peas, peaches and beets were not hurt at all. Cholera Bacteria Found. St. Petersburg, Russia. Cholera A very good horse can in ten hours tIie united States, i bacteria have been found again in the city water supply. Eight persons who are believed to have contracted the disease have been placed in the hospi tals. - $100 Per Head Paid for Cattle. Fort Worth, Texas. One hundred dollars per head was paid here for a herd of 450 Oklahoma fed beef cattle. This is said to be the highest pric for this class of cattle ever paid In Newsy Paragraphs. Eastern Arkansas, the dairy sec tion of that state, that has In the past supplied many cities with milk, is now unable to fill the orders except for about 70 per cent of the supply called for. The reason is because the price of beef has soared to where the dairymen have found it profit able to sell their milch cattle for beef, it is explained. The Knickerbocker Trust company, which closed its doors during the panic of 1907, has redeemed the last of its 123,000,000 time certificates ot deposits. The capital now stands re habilitated and every depositor, with claims totalling 835,701,716 will be paid in full. - The American Society- for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals in New York city ha3 sent a notice to ah department stores and to bird - and animal dealers that the act of keep ing or selling newly hatched incuba tor chickens intended as Easter fa fors or presents, is in violation: oi the. laws relating to cruelty to ani mais. The society intends to put a stop to the traffic and will take the necessary steps to prevent It The federal law compelling rail roads to give sustenance to cattle in transit was upheld by the supreme coure. deciding the test case brougt by the Baltimore and Ohio Southwes tern railroad. An old flag that recalls many o; the differences caused by the civii war has been presented to the Maine Historical society by the Rev. John Collins, who served in a Maine re ment in the great struggle. The ban ner is an emblem of the state of iv. sissippi. It was formerly the prop erty of Captain William Collins, go sixty miles if the vehicle is light and the turnpike good. ruled his decision and insisted upon jonsidering the resolution of Norris, )f Nebraska, providing for a re organization of the- committee of rules with the speaker eliminated. The complete overthrow of Speak jr Camion and the annihilation of the house machiue was a question f time. The grizzled old warrior is going down with flags flying, asking no quarter, giving none. He -was contesting each point with a grim determination, knowing full well that his down fall was but a question of hours. It was currently reported that Cannon would resign the speaker ship in the event of his defeat in the fight. There was no confirmation of this report, however, and it was not given the credence that was placed upon it before the result of the fight became so. painfully appar--ent. . More succinctly than it can be told in any other way, the complete downfall of the Cannon forces, in the House of Representatives is shown by the various roll calls, taken in Saturday's historic, struggle. Oratory and .strategy counted fof little in that temendous" fight. It was the brute strength of votes that was of availing importance. In their chronological order, the votes taken, resulted as follows: Ayes Noes. On Dalzell's motion to lay on the table the appeal of i Norris' appeal from Speak er's ruling 164 181 On Norris' motion ordering the previous question on his appeal.. .. ..lo iou On the question, Shall the ruling of the chair be sustain ed.".. .. .. .100 182 On ordering the prevous . question on the adoption of the Norris' substitute.. ..178 150 To substitute the new Nor ris' resolution for the old, offered Thursday 193 153 io aaopt tne jn orris reso lution.. . . .. ., 191 155 On Burleson's resolution to declare -the Speaker's chair" vacant .155 191 What will be the definite, tangible results of the big victory of the allies no one is yet in a position or of a mind to say. Admittedly Cannonism is ended, for one thing. Nor again, is it claimed wfill de bate be prohibited. 17-Inch Lemon. Bedford City, Va., . Special. J. R. Brown, of Good View, Bed ford county, while in Richmond had a lemon nearly as big as himself. The lemon is six inches high ami seventeen inches in circumference, and weighs two pounds. This lemon was raised in Mr. Brown's house in Bedford from a lemon tree grown from a small slip, which he got from Ohio. Mr. Browa thinils that better lemons can be raised in Virginia than in any other place in the world, and certainly larger. Slayer of Carolinian Convicted. Danville, Va., Special. W. P. Samuels, who shot and kill ed Sheriff William V. Flannigan, of Draper, N. C, in October, 1908, has been given 18 years in prison. The verdict was the same as that render ed by the jury at a former trial in December, 1908, which resulted in the granting of a new trial. Under the Virginia laws he could not have giv en a term severer than what he was originally sentenced. Big Demand For Babies. . New Orleans, Special. The de mand for babies here has reached such a proporition that it is feared there will be a serious shortage in the supply. A carload of babies from the New York Foundling and Orphan Asylum was given away here last week Many women clamored for. babies in vain and so numerous are the appli cations that the institution has de cided to send another carload of in fants to New" Orleans. Released on $1,500 Bond. , Denbrigh, Va., Special. Sants A. Morse, a negro, assistant postmaster at Denbrigh, has been ar rested by Deputy United States Mar shal R. S. Holland, on the charge of stealing the contents of three regis tered letters. The accused was re leased on a bond of $1,500 for his appearance. Is 400,000,000 Years Old. Chicago, Special. Old Mother Earth, who has closely guarded her age for her entire life, is 400,000,000 years old, according to the current number of a geological publication of the University of Chicago. In mere scientific phraseology, the' ap proximate age of the earth, it has been discovered, may be determined by dividing the amount of salt in the sea by the amount brought down each year by the rivers that empty into it. Sir John Murray, Professor Joly and M. Dubois, all famous geologists, stand back of the new method John D. Turns Down a Leagu9. Louisville, Ky Special. George R. Washburne, secretary of the National Model License League, received un opened and marked "declined to re ceive," a registered letter he sent Negro Murderer Respited. Richmond, Va., Special. Gov-, ernor Mann at the eleventh hour Friday granted a -respite until May 13 to Henry Smith, one of the negroes convicted of the murder of Walter F. Sehultz, a Chicago artist, at Alexandria, Va., on March 6 last year. Richard Pines, Eugene Dor sey and Calvin Johnson, three other negroes convicted of the same crime, had been respited until May 1J. The John D Rockefeller several days ago, asking the. financiers moral and four therefore win be hanged to financial support ot the Model 14- gether on thi date, cense League, - I ! 1 :; It