s-
H.A- LONDON
AND PROPRIETOR.
,5 OF SUBSCRIPTION:
gi 00 Per Year
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE i
FIGHTING TIMBER DECAY
Valuable Work Being Done on
Forest rreservawon.
KSIOGT WUS DECAY
tinier Consumers Are S?enfiln $40,000,000
Each Year Fcr Damage Done By
Fungus Growth.
Washington, D. C Millions of feet
f timber and finished lumber rot er
err rear m v uuugm, ties
."0 piles, farm buildings, fences
rale's and mine props. The lumber
,v neriiaps thirty to forty million
hilars a year to make good the losses
frnra wood decay.
Thoe ere at drains are a source of
r-n'p and more concern each year.
Tlip south, with 27 per cent of the
tnfl area of the United States, con-
,-rs about 42 per cent of the tota
forflst area of the country. The forest
area by states is as follows: Alabama
m 000.000 acres, Arkansas 24,200,000,
" " - .1 -i 1 .- Aft S f S
Florida -V''.wi'. ueorgia zz,suu,uuy,
vpntuckv 10,000,000, Louisiana 16,500,-
noo Maryland 2,200,000, Mississippi
r -00 000. North Carolina 19,600,000,
south Carolina 12,000,000, Tennessee
15000,000. Texas 30,000,000, Virginia
uWoCO and West Virginia 9,100,000.
The seutli. it will be seen, has still
iriich of the virgin forest of the coun
ter This forest must be used of
course, in order to meet the steadily
Mcandins wains of this section. It
must be used in such a manner, how
ever, that the very most may oe maae
from its annual cut, wniie at tne same
time this cut is being replaced by new
eroth. In this way its timber wTU
remain a source ui i.auu weaitu.
The importance cf forest conserva-
r'n to southern interests is clearly
understood by the people or tae south
The future of the south is more near
ly bound up in the plan of forest pres
ervation, with its accompanying pi-
tection to watersheds, power streams
and weed-working industries, than is
anything now before the people of
this part of the country. Not only is
the protection of the watersheds.which
rill seme day furnish the power to
ran all manufacturing establishments
in the entire south, an important mat
ter to the south, but the industries
depending upon the forest products
will also be benefited by the ?totec
ton thrown about the remaining tim
tered area.
MAY ADJOURN IN MAY.
Senator Aldrich Says Congress May
Quit 15th of May.
Washington, D. C. Congress may
k able to adjourn May 15, is the be
lief Senator Aldrich, expressed. The
senate leader issued his prophecy on
leaving the white house, where he
conferred with President Taft on
pending legislation, in which the ad
ministration !3 interested. This is the
first prcgncstication of importance
yet made as to the date af adjourn
ment. Several influential members
of congress believe it is too optimis
tic, and that opposition to certain fea
tures of the administration program
may dev?lcp that will carry the ses
sion much further along.
Marry After 20 Minutes' Acauaintance
Rome G3. Twenty minutes after
they met for the first time, Mrs. Lima
Rossi and Capoana Giotano were mar
ried. Goitano is a member of a band
that is playing fcr the carnival here.
He and the woman met on the earn
val grounds and it was a case of love
at first sight. They were at once
aged and 20 minutes later mar
riage followed.
Germans Flock South.
New Orleans, La. A material in
crease of German immigration into tht
south is promised, representatives of
tne company in New Orleans to ar
range for the service declare, by the
establishment next month of a reg
jj'ar passenger service by the Ram-Wg-Atne;'ican
line between New Or
ap.s end Hamburg.
More Dancing by Taft.
Washington, p. C President Tait
stained his reputation as a dancer.
wag a guest at the charity ball of
te Xavy Relief society, given at the
javy yard. The president, however,
oaaced only once, and then only for
a few moments. His sister-in-law,
JIrs- Louis Moore, was his partner.
One Death From Beri Beri.
Columbia, S. C Sam Laborde, one
I1 tus twenty-cne convicts sent up
irom the county chaingang of Char
iton suffering with beri beri, died
tte state penitentiary from the di
sease. An autopsy performed din
ged that the diagnosis of the di-
ase as ten beri was correct.
VOL. XXXII.
RECLAIM SOUTH'S LAND
PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY. APRIL (iiam 4. . a '
Zbe Cbatbam "Rccorfc.
RATES OF ADVEOTISIK6:
Om Square, oao Insertion..... $t.
One Square, two luertioM.... igm
One Sqoare, one meath
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Contracts
will bo made.
No Men With Opinions for Jury.
oh .hne' 0k'a That portion of tie
son Sma Jury law Permitting per
ns having an opinion in criminal
j-s to Sit on juries if tney gWear
. y wul disregard their pre-conceiv-o-opinions
and return a verdict in
mance with the evidence, was de
clared
unconstitutional by the court
01 criminal appeals
Win, . Slx Mi"ers Killed.
kUllrt i! ' 0,a Six miners were
in th n by a mysterious explosion
mine v eat Eastera Coal company's
hav v0, 2- The blast is supposed to
oft lr the result of a snot solng
cwerMturely- The bodies were re'
iamertL.,11'5 state mine insPector
mateiy began an investigation.
Unn Myra KeIy Dead. v
A Ann E"9land. Myra Kelly
kan n :iacXaughton), the Amer-
?nav -n C a au-nor, aiea at i.or-
ith re he nai teen stopping
ton w "uspand.
u long been -in ill health
Mrs. MacNaugh-
Ma
rie Corelli III.
sue nnv '.uaue uuiciu,
korne VS1, is seriously ill nt . ae
Air.' ' jMason Croft Strn.tfnrd-on-
Av0
Sh
and h
e
Croft, Stratford-on-
s suffering from pneumo-
W 'conoid condition has given rise
"rasiderablfi alarm
Congress Shown That Swamps Can be Made
Productive.
hpr1"90 D C-Congress is
hearing much about the drainage of
Zti kani overflowed swamp lands, of
J oee w 76,000,000 acres in the
United States. The south is taking
the lead m this matter and is asking
tor a small appropriation with which
to make surveys so that the work
of reclaiming these rich lands can
be carried on by private capital. Sev
eral delegations of representatives,
farmers and business men from south
ern states have visited Washington
during the past few weeks to urge
the importance of legislation at this
session for surveys on a comprehen
sive scale. They have talked with the
president, the vice president, the
speaker, the secretary of agriculture
and prominent members of congress,
and have received much encourage
ment They are backed by a strong
sentiment at home, which iolds to the
belief that if it is right for the gov
ernment to guarantee the payment of
irrigating lands in the west, it is
equally right to pledge the credit of
the government for devisine Dlans to
drain the swamp lands of the south.
They have received much encourage
ment irom speaker Cannon and oth
er members of congress.
ERUPTIONS ON SUN.
Brilliant Auroral Displays Have Oc
curred in Chicago and Vicinity.
Chicago, Hi. Stranee ertmtinna
have appeared on the sun. accordine
to a statement by Professor Edwin B.
Frost, director of Yerkes' observatory
at Williams Bay, Wis.
The eruptions, which shoot from
the surface of the sun like skyrock
ets," said Professor Frost, "are easily
visible at the edge of the disc. One
of them shot out to a length of 150,-
uuu mnes, as near as we could esti
mate. It then detached itself from
the main body and sped through
space, a mass of luminous gas not
dissimilar to a comet. Before it dis
appeared it had reached a distance
from the sun of about 250,000 miles.
The eruptions are probably caused
by the release of pressure on some
particular spot of the sun."
GENERAL R0SSER DEAD.
Gallant Confederate Officer Surren
ders to Death.
Charlottesville, Va. General Thom
as LaFayette Rosser, aged 73, died
at his home.
He was a member of the class at
West Point when ordered into the
field by Lincoln, but he resigned and
entered the service of the Confederacy
at Montgomery as first lieutenant.
When the surrender came he refused
to capitulate and, cutting his way
through the union lines, took the shat
tered remnants of his command to
Lynchburg and there disbanded them.
When war with Spain was declared
he was a brigadier general of volun
teers and commanded a brigade.
GOOD ROADS MEETING.
Good Roads' Delegates Meet at Hen'
derscnvllle, N. C.
Spartanburg, S. C. The good roads
meeting at Hendersonville, N. C.,.held
under the auspices of the Southern
Appalachian Good Roads Association,
was attended by 400 delegates, repre
senting many towns and counties
throughout North Carolina, South Car
olina and Tennessee. The next meet-
ng will be held in Knoxville, Tenn.
The meeting adopted resolutions
asking for state aid in road building,
expressing the belief that convicts
should be put on the highways and
recommending that every county-em
ploy a highway engineer.
G. A. R. Objects to Lee Statue.
Washington, D. C. Protests by 40
Grand Army of the Republic posts
against the acceptance by congress
of the statue of Robert E. Lee for a
place in Statuary Hall were present
ed to the senate by Senator Lodge of
Massuchsetts.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Returns from the democratic pri
mary election Ip Arkansas indicate
the renomination of Governor George
W. Donaghey over Judge 0- C. Kava-
naugh by a large majority, .The dem-
ocratie nomination in Arkansas is
equivalent to election.
The decomposed remains of Ernest
ohnson were found in the topmost
branches cf a tree in Gish bayou
swamp near Palmetto, La., by a
searching party that has been looking
for the boy for over a week. The
youth took refuge from alligators in
the tree and starved to death. A note
found In his hat told the story of his
death. He had been fishing in the
swamp, wnen alligators swarmeu
around his skiff. He clambered from
the boat and climbed the tree, think
ing the alligators would go away.
The7 maintained their vigil at tne
foot of the tre each day and night
until the terror-stricken lad lost his
nerve and dared not attempt to es
cape in the boat ,
Cora Osek. 22 years old, was ar
rested in Cleveland, Ohio, after she
had fasted, her friend said, for forty
five days. The girl was taken to the
county jail, where no persuasion could
prevail on her to eat. She was so;
weak that she could not stand upright,
but she insisted she would fulfill an
oath of fasting two months if it killed
her. v
The efforts made by the United
States government to establish a
wireless communication between Ja
pan and San Francisco, by way of Ha
waii, have been in the main unsuc
cessful, although' messages have been
successfully forwarded. At the pres
ent state of the are the transmission
is too uncertain to be of any commer
cial value.
President Taft will attend the
launching of the big battleship Flor
ida, at the New York navy yard on
May 12. The Florida is one of the
super-dreadnoughts of the navy, and
will have a displacement of 21,00(
tons. She is the .first big ship built
at the New York yard since the 16,
000 ton Connecticut was turned out.
A new co-operative drug trust has
been formed, with a capital" of $25,
00D,O00, for the purpose of waging a
war on the two powerful corporations
which are running a string of cut
rate drug stores all over the country.
300.000
MINERS QUIT
General Stoppage of Work in the
Bituminous Coal Regions.
INCREASED
PAY DEMANDED
No Coal Famine b Expected as the Result of
Strike Philadelphia Street Car Strike
Hot Yet Settled.
Indianapolis, Ind Three hundred
thousand organized miners of the bi
tuminous coal fields of Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Iowa, Missouri
Kansas, Oklahoma and Araausas have
quite work.
The miners, members of the United
Mine Workers of America, declarea
the walk-out was not a strike, bui
merely a suspension of work pending
an arrangement between themselvet
and the operators of a wage scale foi
another year, the old scale having
expired with the month of MarCia
The men demand an increase of pa:
In some instances of 5 cents a ton,
and in other instances more, and cer
tain changes In working conditions.
Confidence was expressed by ta.
operators that there would be no gen
eral coal r famine, large supplies o
fuel having been secured in antici
pation of fuel having ben secured
in anticipation of the walk-out.
While the miners predicted the sus
pension would be cut short by a
prompt signing of wage scales, some
of the operators maintained that the
mines might be kept closed for a
month, or sixty days, or longer.
The conditions in the various states
were as follows:
Illinois Nine hundred mines closed
down and 75,000 miners quit work;
joint conference on wages called for
in Chicago; two months' supply 01
coal on hand; no immediate coal fam
ine to Chicago industries.
Indiana Eighteen thousand miners
quit work; conference arranged for
at Terre Haute; miners say shut-down
will be short-lived.
Pennsylvania -Approximately 40,
000 quit work; temporary scale, al
lowing a 6-cent run-of-mlne a ton in
crease, hoped to be reached; settle
ment of tae powder question to be
held in abeyance.
Iowa Every mine in Iowa ordered
closed pending settlement of the wage
scale.
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ar
kansas Comprising the southwestern
interstate fields; 35,000 miners quit;
early settlement hoped for.
Ohio All miners ordered to quit ;
state leader declaring it is not a
strike, but merely a suspension; at
Lorain, Ohio, one steel plant shut
down and threw out 4,000 workmen,
the managers announcing a shortage
of coal.
The first victory for the men came
in an announcement from Brazil, Ind.,
the center of the Indiana block coai
district where it was announced thi
men's demands for a 5-cent increase
would be granted.
Louisville, Ky. The mines in dis
trict 23, western Kentucky, suspend
ed operations, and will remain clos
ed, as far as the workmen are con
cerned, until an agreement is reach
ed between the operators and min
ers, who are now in conference in
Louisville.
Fort Smith, Ark. Fourteen thou
sand miners of district No. 21, repre
senting 220 mines, are idle. Secre
tary Holt of the Miners' Union said:
"The strike will be long. It was
planned far in advance. The mipers
have plenty of funds for a long flgnt."
Indianapolis, Ind. Neogtiations in
the southwest, in Illinois 'and west
ern Pennsylvania probably will be
prolonged, for not only do some ot
the operators maintain that they can
not afford to pay the wage increase
pf 5 cents a ton demanded by the
piiners, but certain knotty problems
Of mine operation are in controversy.
Washington, D. C There is no
danger of a strike in any department
of the Southern railway, which is now
discussing agreements with several
branches of its employes, according
to Information from a responsipie
ource. m M , ..
The discussion of wages and condi
tions of emnloyment between the rail
road and the telegraphers, it was said,
was progressing amicably toward a
final settlement with prospect of an
agrement being reacned soon,
Norfolk. Va Unable to reach an
agreement for the readjustment of the
present working schedule of engin
eers on the .Seaboard Air Line Kail
way System, the executive committee
representing the Brothernood of Lo
comotive Engineers along the Sea
board system, which has been m
Portsmouth since March 16 confer
ring with railway officials, has proken
off all conferences.
Philadelphia, Pa Apparently hav
ing failed to bring about an end to
the car strike in this city, John Mitch
ell, accompanied by Denis Hayes, the
fourth vice president of the American
Federatidon of Labor, went to New
York. It is rumored that a meeting
of labor leaders may be held in that
city and another effort made to bring
about a settlement.
The leaders of the car strike are
said to insist that the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company restore the
strikers to former positions. The corn
nan v. althouhe willing to re-employ ah
the strikers, will not displace men em
ployed since tne Deginmue
strike
Five cars were dynamited in the
northern seccion of tne city.
m-,., vorw Citv New York harbor
.Activity is considerably diminished in
volume. A strifce 01 tne puois au
masters on the towboats of four rail
roads was declared and the boats 01
the companies involved are out 01
commission. Many uujiuicu
are affected. The men ask increases
in wages and a substantial shorten
ing of hours. .
I ar.rnsse.
Wis Employees of the
three largest LaCrosse breweries quit
work. The striKers numuci
ed workmen. 'Their withdrawal ne
cessitated the closing of the plants.
RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE
Tick Fever Suppressed in Portions of Seven
States.
Washington, D. C. The secretary
of agriculture ha3 ordered, effective
at once, the release from federal Quar
antine for Texas, or tick fever of cat-
tie areas amounting to over 48,000
square miles. This action is taken as
a result of the good progress made
in the extermination of ticks.
The territory released in the south
includes:
In Oklahoma, portions- of Noble,
Payne, Cleveland and Jackson. Privi
lege for movement on inspection is
provided for portions of Lincoln,
Cleveland, Caddo and Jackson, and
revoked for a portion of Kain county.
In Arkansas, ,Benton and Washing
ton counties.
In Mississippi, DeSoto, TateK and
Tunica. - . - - .
In Tennessee, Bradley and James.
In Georgia, White, Habersham and
Stevens.
In Virginia, Brunswick county.
FEAR POMPEII'S FATE.
Inhabitants of Cantania, Sicily, Flee
To the Hills.
Cantania, Sicily. This city is in
terror and thousands of residents are
fleeing to the hills for safety from
Mount Aetna. A heavy fall of ashes
covered the streets to a depth of six
inches. Thirty craters are belching
fire and lava and red-hot stones bom
bard the country about the slopes of
the volcano. The ashes have destroy
ed all the orchards that escaped the
lava between Catania and the crest
of the' mountain. Hundreds of tour
ists, the majority of them Americans,
who caeie here to view the specta
cle, made haste to depart Fear has
seized all of the one hundred and fifty
thousand inhabitants of the city and
the frenzy of the peasants about Aet
na is almost indescribable.
The lava streams have been re
newed and are advancing rapidly on
the city. The belief is growing that
the city will meet the fate of Pom
peii. Professor Rocci, chief of the ob
servatory which was destroyed in the
first stages of the eruption, reported
that thirty craters are active, an un
precedented number. The outpouring
of lava, however, is scarcely greater
than when only a dozen mouths were
threatening the country. Fresh waves
of lava are pouring over fresh terri
tory. Catania is the third largest city in
Sicily, and is about the size of At
lanta. It is a great winter resort and
thousands cf tourists from America
visit there because of the equable
climate and to see the world's great
est volcano, Mount Aetna. The coun
try is very fertile and produces
grain, hemp, flax, silk, cotton and
fruit The city haa an immense commerce.
DANCE OF DEATH.
Over Five Hundred Person-s Perish in
Fire at Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary: Over five hun
dred men, women and children
were killed when, during a country
ball, fire destroyed a barn at Oekoe
rito. With their clothes afire, the
dancers fought to escape from the
structure. Scores were trampled as
the exits became clogged with bodies.
Tha disaster came at the height of
the festivities. The floor was crowd
ed when the flame3 were first seen.
In a moment the hundreds of dancers
were fighting in one tangled mass.
The flames spread with great ra
pidity. Practically the entire village
was in the barn and there was but a
handful outside to help. There were
no facilities for fighting the fire.
When the exits were most crowded
and scores were hemmed in on the
burning floor, dashing madly about
in vain efforts to extinguish their
clothes, the roof fell.
A fund for the survivors and the
relatives of the dead has been opened,
the Hungarian government giving
120,000.
Although the authorities have at
tempted to minimize the loss of life,
it was learned definitely from private
advices that more than five hundred
perished. Sixty pf the one hundred
and twenty ipjured can not Uy.
GOV. BROWN ANSWERED,
Prof. Gannett Says Peary Has Estab
lished Claim Beyond Doubt.
Washlntgon. D, C The report from
Atlanta, quoting Governor Joseph M.
Brown of Georgia as having renewed
his criticism of Commander Robert E.
Peary and practically declaring him
to be a faker, is being discussed in
Washington.
Professor Henry. Gannett of the Na
tional Geographic Society, said:
"The data submitted by Comman
der Peary was of so technical a char
acter that it would be only intelligi
ble to an expert on such matters. In
connection with my associates on the
committee, I have made the most
careful consideration of the proofs
submitted by Mr. Peary, who has, to
my mind, established his claim be
yond a question of doubt."
MANY SPINDLES IDLE
Southern Cotton Mills Are Only
Working Half of Their Spindles.
AWAITING NEW COTTON CROP
Mill After Hill Has Been Closed Until Market
Conditions ImproveMost Drastic
Curtailment Ever Snows.
NEW CATTLE DISEASE.
Texas Fever Has Broken Out in Many
States of the South.
Memphis, Tenn. A contagious cat
tle disease, known as "splenttic,"
southern or Texas fever, has broken
out in many southern states and the
southwest. Reports from the infect
ed districts say that hundreds of cat
tie are- dying, and Secretary Wilson
has quarantined California, Oklaho
ma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louis
iana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama,
Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida.
The quarantine became effectivfl
April 1, and makes it unlawful to ship
cattle from or into any of these "states
from an infected district
Street Car Seat Causes Suit.
St. Louis, Mo-"Title to a seat in
a street car rests in the man who
gets it first in preference to the man
who sees it first" declared Judge
John J. Kleiber, in municipal police
court, his decision settling a long dis
puted point in the conduct of an
army of strap hangers. William Glov
er, who got a seat first and fought to
keep it from Oscar Wagner, who saw
it first, was thereupon discharged af
ter being arrested on the latter s com
plaint.
Boston, Mass. Fifty per cent of the
spindles in southern cotton mills are
Idle, according to statistics which
have been assembled by the American
Wool and Cotton Reporter.
The figures show that the curtail
ment in progress not only in the south,
but in all sections of the country,
both north- and south, is more ex
tensive and drastic than has ever
been known in the history of the
trade, even taking Into consideration
the panic year of 1907.
The greatest curtailment comes
among the yarn mills, although re
striction of production among weav
ing mills is greater than ever before.
Mill after mill is closing down entire
ly, until new cotton arrives or mar
ket conditions improve, "while, with
the majority of others the amount of
curtailment varies from 20 to 100 per
cent, with many mills running on or
ders only. The following are the per
centages of spindles idle by states:
Alabama, 36 per cent; South Caro
lina, 31 per cent; North Carolina, 49
per. cent; Georgia, 30 per cent; Ten
nessee, 80 per cent; Virginia, 60 pei
cent; Mississippi, 63 per cent
Spartanburg, S. C. V. M. Mont
gomery, president of the Pacolet Man
ufacturing company, when asked con
cerning the statement printed in a
number of newspapers based on sta
tistics gotten out by the American
Wool and Cotton Reporter, that 50
per cent of the spindles of the soutr
were idle, said:
"There is some curtailment
during the summer months there will
be more, as the mill men cannot af
ford to sell their products at the mar
ket price and pay 14 and 15 cents
for cotton. The statement that hall
the spindles in the south are idle
however, is very misleading."
SIGN OF PROSPERITY.
225,000 Men on Pennsylvania . Rail
roads Get Wage Advance.
Philadelphia, Pa. Following the
lead of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which has just given a 6
per cent wage increase to 195,000 em
ployees on all railroads connected
with its vast system east and west
of Pittsburg, came an announcement
from the officers of the Philadelphia
and Reading y.ailway Company of a
similiar advance in wages to its men.
Like that of the Pennsylvania, the
Reading's increase affects all em
ployes who receive less than 300 a
month. From time to time during the
last three months the Reading has
adjusted wages of certain classes of
trainmen and other employes, about
37,000. . '
The general prosperous condition of
the railroads and the high cost of liv
ing are given as the reasons for the
increase announced by both compa
nies. New York City. There was real
money in the April Fool's purse the
men of the New York Central got the
first of the month. A general order
was issued increasing by 7 per cent
the pay of all employees on the New
York Central lines east of Buffalo,
who now earn $200 a month or ' less.
Vice President C. F. Daley said that
the directors of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, the Michigan Cen
tral and the Big Four would probably
take similar action at an early date.
The employees of the Boston and
Albany, a leased division, are includ
ed in the terms of the general or
ders, but for reasons not set out, the
employees of the Rutland division are
excluded. )
It is estimated that the general in
crease will cost the eastern divisions
of the New York Central lines $2,500,
P00 a year. .
KING MENELlg NOT DEAD,
Abyssinian Capital Flatly Contradicts
Report of King's Death.
Paris, France. Although the an
nouncement was made to the world
that King Menelik of Abyssinia was
dead, it seems possible that, the re
port of the demise of this picturesque
ruler is as false as earlier assertions
to the effect
The foreign office received a dis
patch from French Minister Bryce. at
Addis Ababa, which made no .mention
of the death of Menelik. Official Ital
ian advices from Abyssinia even go
so far as to declare that there has
been no change in the condition of
the monarch. ; ' ' '
PDJCH0T IN EUROPE,
Ex-Chief Forester Expects to Meet
Former President Roosevelt.
Copenhagen. Denmark. Gifford Pin
chot, the former chief forester of the
United States, arrived here. He'is a
guest at the British legation where
he is visiting his sister.
Mr. Pinchot, when seen soon after
his arrival, refused - to discuss poli
tics. He added that he expected to
meet Colonel Roosevelt either in Co
penhagen or London, but was silent
when questioned asi to whether he
had been summoned to a cpnference
with the ex-president or was seeking
a meeting with Colonel Roosevelt on
his own initiative to discuss witL
him the forestry question.
FRUIT FROM R0SE.7
Notable Discovery Is Made by Cali
fornia HorticulturifctcV.
Berkeley, Cal. Hugo Ljlenthal, a
local horticulturist announces- the
discovery of an edible fruit from the
climbing rose. He declares ' that this
fruit will in course of time take the
place of the Loganberry, to -'which it
is allied. Lilenthal succeeded in ob
taining the fruit by cross grafting.
The fruit has a flavor like a pineap
ple, maybe eaten either ray or cook
ed. -
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LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Emperor William. has presented a
large sized photograph of himself, in
scribed with the words '"From an ar
3ent admirer," above . his autograph,
to President Wheeler of Hhe Univer
sity of California, who has just clos
ed his service''as Roosevelt professor
at the University of Berlin. .
Colonel Roosevelt has presented a
bullet with which he killed a bull ele
phant to the Actor's fund fair, which
wiu be held m New York on May 9
to 14. He sent it in response to a
request from Charles Burnham, gen
eral manager of the fair, with the fol
lowing letter dated on Safari, Febru
ary: "i haven't any trophies; the
skins are for the National museum,
but I enclose a bullet . I used in kill
ing a bull elephant. . It may be of no
use to you. If so throw it away."
The Audubon society bill makings it
a misdemeanor for women to wear
feathers, . wings or birds as personal
decorations was passed by the New
Jersey lower house by a vote of thir-
ty-threo to eleven. It is said that
Governor Fort stands ready to sign
the bill if passed by the state senate.
A steady increase in the wholesale
price of meat has necessitated an ad
vance of about 2 cents a pound all
around by the retail butchers. It is
generally conceded that, meat phices
are higher than ever before since the
civil war, and that they will go still
higher. -
Washington.
W. J. White, Inspetcor cf the Do
minion government's offices in the
United States, has compiled details
of this year's movement of Amerio
cans into the Canadian western prov
inces: "On the train crossing into
Canada at North Portal," he said,
"the American settlers had In cash
or checks, $225,000: In a single day
which I spent at St. Paul the settlers
passing through to Canada in twenty
four hours represented a total capital
of more than $1,000,000. Statistics
gathered during recent years show
that these immigrants enrich Canada
at the rate of about $1,000 per capi
ta. The total number of settlers en
tering Canada from the United States
in the eleven months ended March 1
was 86,483. For the corresponding pe
riod of the previous fiscal year, the
figures were 50,650."
"We are handing out today, in 60
per cent "of the cases, patents that
are almost worthless, in whole or in
part," was the declaration made by
Commisisoner of Patents Moore, at a
hearing before the house : committes
on patents, as shown by the report of
the hearing just issued. "No other
country does that," he added. -Representative
Spight of Mississip
pi in the house replied to remarks
that had been inserted in the Con
gressional Record by Representative
Hollingswcrth of Ohio-in criticism of
the silver service bearing the picture
of Jefferson Davis,- presented to the
battleship Mississippi by the people
of Mississippi. Mr. Spight reminded
the house of tbe fact that the civil
war was over and general good feel
ing prevailed between the two great
sections of theco untry Known as tne
north and south.
A special agent of the department
of commerce and labor, who was sent
to study the "cost of living" problem
in England, reports considerable dif
ference between prices in that coun.
try and in the majority of cities here.
Figures taken from three laboring dis
tricts of London show that food and
lodgings for a man, wife and two chil
dren come at a minimum or $5.34
per week. He compares this with the
average of the working classes. $7.25
to $9.75. The report says further that
taxicab drivers getting from $15 to
$20 a week, are the best paid workers
in London. The best paid policeman
gets only $10.33, letter carriers $8.50
and -in the engineering trades the
maximum of wage is a little over $10.
Labor unions and charitable societies
reported that In the past five years
workmen ready to work had not been
able to get employment more than
65 to 75 per cent of the time.
Judge H. S. Cowan of Fort Worth,
Texas, attorney for the American
Live Stock association and Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association, told the sen.
ate committee on the high cost of liv
Ing that the people of the United
States need never expect to get
cheaper beef. He asserted that con
ditions are such that prices will not
fall. He assigned as a cause the in
creased cost of production - of feed
and equipment wages, the advance
in land values and the fact that large
ranches, where formerly many head
of cattle grazed, are being cut up
into small-farms. He also said that
the lure of the city Is attracting
young men which made it difficult for
farmers and cattle raisers to get la
bor. He opposed any reduction in
meat duties, which he declared would
result in an influx of Mexican cattle
to the great injury of the cattle rais
ers in the United States. '
During the discussion of the naval
bill Representative Hobson of Ala
bama excited interest in declaring
that the United States would have to
provide for'' five battleships annuany
for ten years to regain the place the
country occupied among the naval
powers in 1905. If the country was
to keep pace with other nations in
naval advancement, he said, six new
battleships a year would, be neces
sary. '
That the interstate character of in
terstate shipments of liquor shall
cease upon arrival within the bound
ary of the state to which consignment
has been made is the essential fea
ture of bills introduced in the senate
by Senator Curtis, and in the house
by Representative Miller of Kansas.
Europe is to see again many of the
ships which made up the great Amer
ican naval fleet that encircled the!
globe. Secretary Meyer stated that
it was his present- intention -to order
the Atlantic fleet to the Mediteranean
some time in November next. The
ships are to go in division formation!
to give the division commanders ne
cessary experience in long cruising,
when they will be tp a large extent j
thrown on their own resources. Fromi
the Mediterranean the vessels will
proceed to Guantanamo, Cuba, reach '
ing there in time to take up their reg
ular winter target practice.
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From AH
Farts of the Old North State,
Condensed News Paragraphs.
The county Democratic executive
committee at Durham named June 25,
at 3 o'clock for the primaries.
Carl Kely, who shot and killed
Tayloe at Washington.) is in the' peni
tentiary for safe keeping.
Mrs. Whit Rlnlrwlrlot af A at,-
- v.i.viiv.uv. A0UW
villc, was killed by a bolt of light
ning passing through the roof of the
house. .
Mrs. Kate Howell was burned to
death fighting a forset fire near Fay-
etteville.
Representative John G. Grant of
the Tenth District was renominated
at a convention held Saturday at
Asheville.
Lawrence May, while cutting trees
near Statesville, was caught beneath
a falling tree, and fatallv im'ured.
He is from Rock Hill, S. C. "
Grading on the proposed new road
from Whiteville to Bladenboro will
begin in about two months.
Five women at Washington went
out of town to settle- a dispute by
fighting. They pulled hair, tore each
others skirts and scratched faces.
The sheriff placed the quintette in
jail.
It is alleged that Baxter Shemwell
forced Capt S. P. Tucker to stop
the train at Lexington Thursday
night. This is the second offenss.
Dr. John Spicer and M. Daun en
berg were bound over to the higher
court at Goldsboro under a $50 bond
for exceeding the automobile spec'
limit.
Miss Marcia Myers Sponsor For North
Carolina Division.
Washington, N. C, SpeciaK Miss
Marcia Myers, of this city, has been
appointed by General Julian S. Carr
as sponsor for the North Carolina'
Division, Confederate Veterans, at
the Confederate reunion to be held in
Mobile, Ala., April 26-28, 1910. Miss
Myers has served as maid of honor
at -quite 'a number of Confederate re
unions held throughout the Southern
States "during the past two or three
years, among which were the Confed
erate reunion at Nashville, Tenn., in
June, 1905, when she served as maid
of honor for the Army of Northern
Virginia, having been appointed bv
General C. Irvin Walker, of Charles
ton, S. C. She was also maid of
uonor ior tne oons ot the United Lon
fedeate Veterans of Virginia at their
reunion in Birmingham, Ala., in June,
1908, and maid of honor at the Con.
federate reunion in Louisville, Ky., in
1906. Miss Myers especially appre
ciates this last honor to become ft
sponsor in an Alabama citv. as she
became a Daughter of the Confeder
acy partly through respect to the
memory of her two uncles, Herbert
C. Warren, on General Wheeler's
staff, who was killed in Hood's re
treat from Atlanta, and Frederick
Warren, who died after the war from
the effects of wounds sustained dur
ing the war. Both men were residents
)f Montgomery, Ala- and warmly es
poused the cause of the Confederacy.
Court Punishes 'Halifax Citizens.
Judge G. W. Ward fined L. R. Car,
ter $50. and sentenced C. T. Lewis tq
10 days in jail for interferine with
veniremen in the Powell murder case
in Halifax county. Carter was let
off with a fine on account of the death
of his mother the dav urevious.
Lewis could not escape sentence.
Postmasters Appointed.
Postmasters appointed: Drumhill.
Gates county, Benjamin L. Russell,
vice E. R. Draper, resigned; Higdon
ville, Macon countv, James L. Hisr-
don, vice W. L. Higdon, resigned;
rates, itobeson county, Hugh Mon
roe, vice R. -W. Livermore, resigned;
bhannon, Kobeson county, Lawrence
M. Currie, vice J. E. Singleton, de
ceased.
Meeting National Guard Officers.
The annual meeting of the National
Guard Association - of North Caro
lina will be held in Raleigh this
week. The meeting will be one for
the instruction and benefit of the '
officers of the North Carolina Nation
al Guard.
Collector's Office Not Removed.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
R. E. Cabell has decided end advised
-against Winston-Salem in the matter
of transferring the' collector's office
from Statesville to the Twin City.
Bank Depositors Will Recover.
Mr. O. E. Snow, an attorney at
Pilot Mountain, has been appointed
by Judge E. B. Jones as the receiver
for the Pilot Bank and Trust Com
pany, application for a receiver hav
ing been made to him at Shelby by
Mr. S. L. Rogers, of the North Caro
lina Corporation Commission.
It is the opinion of the Commis
sion that the bank depositors will get
their deposits in full and that the
loss will fall on the stockholders.