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5Dc gbatbam 'Rccotb. H.A. LONDON EDITCS AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: gl.50 Per Year --; STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXH- V - . . . ...... , .,. ....,.,,.... ;, f- '-,.-.. . .,. ... . .,. ' . - " r r r v - v - I'lTTSBOKO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. f! . TOflNKRUAV .mxi?. 8 iowv . Ko q - ' . T . " ' " - . m v A J . -I ATTTtfma(k ; - I : - : 1 ' . ' . Zbe Cbatbam Record. RATES OF ADVE0TISIK3: Om Square, oae laertIn,.....JEi. One Square, two insertions.... igsm On Square. a moUi. ...... vt For Lamer Advert ico-i merits Liberal (Contracts wiit do maoo. . TAfT'S RAILROAD BILL PASSED WJI SENATE Radical Change in Bill as Drafted By the Attorney General. passed alhIsTjinahihously Democrats Favored Urge Portion ot Measure ssd the Insurgents Claim to Have Won Signal Victory.-: I A A A A A A A A A A A A . A a FEATURES OF THE . A A NEW RAILROAD BILL. A A A Creation of a new court- of A A commerce for the consideration A A exclusively of the fields from or- A A d( rs of the interstate commerce A A commission. ; A A Long and short haul provis- A t ions 6f the present interstate A A commerce law amended scr as to A A permit a greater charge for a A A short haul than for a long haul. A A Kailroad companies required to A A furnish written statements of the A A rates from one place to another A A upon the written application of A A the siiipper. , A A Either upon complaint or upon A A its own initiative the cornmis- A A si on is authorized to determine A A the reasonableness of individual A A or joint rates of classification. A A Unless satisfied by a compe- A A tent court orders of the commis- A A sion are to remain in force for A A two years. A A Authority is given the commis- A A sion to establish through routes A A and joint classification and to A 4 prescribe maximum rates over A A the same whenever the carriers A A themselves neglect to do so. ' A A Shippers are given the right A A to designate a through route or A A part of a route over wThich their A A property shall be carried. A A At intervals of six months the A A commission is to analyze tariffs A A and classifications. A A Telegraph and telephone lines A A are placed under the jurisdiction A A of the interstate commerce com- A A mission. A A The only provision in the bill a A applicable to other than railroad A A corporations is one , regulating in- A A junctions by the federal courts, A A which suspend the operation of A A state laws. A A A AAAAAAAAAA.AAAA Washington, D. C The senate pass ed the administration railroad bill. It had been under consideration for mere than 12 weeks, and practically no ether business except appropria tion bills were considered in that long period. Only 12 votes, all of these by. demo crats, were recorded against the bill. The practical unanimity with which the measure was passed was due to the radical changes made in the meas ure from the form in which it "was drafted by Attorney General Wicker s' am, following numerous confer ences at the white house on the sub ject of amending interstate commerce laws. Ail of the "insurgents" who opposed many features of the original Mil, voted for iU- Through the elimination of pooling and merger sections and by reason of the adoption of many - amendments In the interest of shippers, the. pro gressive republicans claimed, to have won a signal victory, and most of the democrats express themselves as fa vorable to the large portion, of the maesure. Had it not been for the retention of the sections to create a court of com merce it is likely tiat the rote for the bill would have been unanimous. Debate ceased when Senator Elkins, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, moved to take up the bill which was passed by the house, and after striking out the body of that measure to substitute the matter agreed upon by the senate. In. that form the bill was voted upon, with the result that it was passed bya vote of 50 to 12. ROOSEVELT QUITS LONDON. Ex-President Entirely Oblivious of the Rumpus He Has Caused.; London, England. Apparently ob livious of the storm whici hennas raised or the disregard with which, he i3 looked upon by England as the re sult of his Guild Hall speech in Egypt. Theodore Roosevelt quit London for the week-end, going to Buckingham shire county place of -Arthur Lee, where the ex-president spent a pari of the last week-end. England appears to have gotten hei second wind after Roosevelt made tb country gasp with his criticism of British rule in Egypt and imperialis tic strictures at the Guild Hall. PEACE COMMISSION. Ex-Precident Rccseveit Expected to Head Peace Commission. , Washington, D. C Former Presi dent Roosevelt is expected to head a peace commission provided for in a resolution, which was favorably acted upon by the house committee on for eign affairs. President Taft has in dicated, it is said, that he would ap point his predecessor as chairman of the commission. The commission would be directed to visit the capitals in all -foreign countries, in the interest of securing the limitation of armament of nations and of preserving international peace. Both houses of congress are expected to act favorably upon the resolution. Woman's Remarkable Fecundity. Americus, Ga. In the person of Ida West, Americus has a negress who, from the standpoint of fecundity, easi ly takes the palm. The West woman is an ordinary coal black negress, and, though but 26 years of age, is already the mother of thirteen living children, all of them strong and healthy: The first six children came as twins, while, the seven others are ,'single birds," one born every year. : -The woman works daily In the fields on a planta iiea near -iiere. . - . - OVERCHARGE ON PEACHES. The Peach Growers of Georgia Want Five Blillion Dollars Rebate. ."w.-: i i.At,aHa' Ga, It very probable that-the peach growers in Georgia, through the action of the Georgia Fruit Exchange, in suing before the Interstate Commerce Commission for a reduction in the rninimura : weight to be loaded in a refrigerator car, will be able to recover over a half mil lion dollars for overcharge. Counsel for the Georgia Fruit -Exchange have already filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington a petition to reduce the minimum weight allowed from 22,500 pounds of 19,000; pounds per car-.The reason advanced for cars are not ca pable of refrigerating 535 crates, the number required to take advantage of the ' present minimum weight, ' but are only capable of refrigerating 448 crates, a -total loss of 87 crates, . if packed in a car, because these are so badly damaged when .they arrive . at destinat ion as - not to be 'salable. Eor some time now? the fruit grow ers, in order to save this : loss in fruit, have not packed the cars but four stacks high, 44S crates, but have paid fcr the full minimum weight. This has entailed a loss of about $42 a car.. . .,: This has taken place for two . sea- sons, which draws no the- aerea-ate amount which is 'collectable, in the event the Interstate Commerce Com mission returns a favorable decision, of over $500,000, and 'to go to the fruit powers of Georgia. In tue event a favorable decision is handed down, suits to recover the al leged cvercharges will -be filed for re covery. -- ". . AERIAL WAR TEST Government to Test Utility of Aero - plane in Warfare. New York City. A spectacular test of the utility of the aeroplane in war fare is to be made at the military en campment of United. States troops and the national guard of several South ern states at Chickamauga Park, Ga., June 22 to 24. The government has closed a con tract with Charles K. Hamilton, who appeared , in Atlanta during the auto races, to conduct the most extensive practical experiments in aerial recon noissance and bombardment ever at tempted. In, addition to Hamilton's machine, which is a duplicate of the machine in which Glenn H. Curtiss flew from Albany to New York, there will be present at the maneuvers the Wright biplane owned by the govern ment and the dirigible balloon sold to the war department by Captain Thom as S. Baldwin. In executing the work laid out for him, Hamilton will carry aloft from 200 to 300 pounds' of highly explosive nitro-glycerin bombs. Racing at a speed varying from 45 to 55 miles an hour, he will release this deadly cargo while at a height of a quarter of a mile above the earth, raining it down upon targets in the two-miies square area below in 75 installments. The tar gets underneath will consist of dum my fortifications, batteries, arsenals, bridges, trains and troops. In order that danger to life may be minimized to the remotest degree, the troops en gaged in the maneuvers will be em ployed to police the area over which Hamilton will carry on his extraordi nary operations. . More Railroads Advance Rates. Washington, D C Undaunted by the government's proceedings under the fiherman anti-trust act, by which a part of the proposed increase of freight rates in the territory west of the Mississippi river was suspended by injunction,' railroads in the east and in the middle west filed with the in terstate commerce commission tariffs embodying increased rates. Across English Channel and Return. Dover, England. The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls, captain in the London section of the army motor reserve, driving a Wright biplane, vindicated Anglo-Savon aeronautics by crossing the English channel twice " without alighting. He made the round trip between Dover and Calais in ninety minutes, - ' ' Prince Leopold IV Stoned. Dermoid, Lipped-Prince Leopold IV the reigning prince of Lippe, and' his brother. Prince Julius, were stoned by a band of Italian laborers wl?.le motoring. Prince Julius received a found on the head. The laborers di rected a shower of missiles at their highnesses, who were compelled to drive away at high speed. Later, sev eral of the. assailants were arrested. ' To Establish Jew College. Galveston, Texas Wealthy. Jews of Texas will co-operate with Jacob Schiff of New York in purchasing large tracs of land between .Galves ton and Houston fcr colonization. .The purpose of the project is to divert im migration of the Jewish race from New York to Texas. The settlers will be given land at a low price. Extra Session of N. C. .Legislature.v Raleigh, N. C Governor Kitchiq, signed a proclamation calling . the gen eral assembly of North Carolina to meet in Raleigh in extraordinary ses sion on Tuesday, June 14,: to act on the matter of the failure to sell the entire issue of $3,430,000 of refunding bonds to take up ; the issue due on July i. .--. First Cotton Blooms. Americus, Ga. The first cotton blooms developing In : southwestern Georgia this season" were brought to Americus from the Ferguson and the Methvin plantations in Sumter coun ty The general condition of cotton crops here is satisfactory, though needing rain. - -' Two Foot -Tree Bears Apples. Mount Airy, Ga. -A small apple tree in Colonel John P. Fort's- orchard is attracting a good deal of attention on accoint of its size and number of ap ples on It. The tree is about 2 1-2 feet tall, 1 1-2 inches In circumfer ence ,and 19 good-sized healthy apples were' counted on this tree. Germans Inspect Georgia Lands.,., Mount Airy, Ga. A party of Ger mans arrived here looking for farm ing lands, mainly for cattle raising. The first peaches of the "season were shipped from this place last week. - DRY GOODS MERCHANTS Exhibit Shows How Increases Hit Common Materials. PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE SHOWH Dry Goods Men's Organization Prepare Cost of . LiTing Exhibit to Shew Effect tf Tariff - on Cotton Goods Prices. New York City A- cost of living exhibit, aiming to show 'that the Payne-Aldrich tariff law has worked "gross injustice and terrible advances -in cotton goods, has : been prepared by the general -committee of ' the wholesale dry, goods men's organiza tion here. Typical classes of popular white goods are taken as illustrations, of the CGmiiii ttee 's - claims tnat rthe new- so-called special rates oh cdion goods show increases that have hit materials in common use by. the peo ple of the country According to tne committee these articles, picked at random, expose per centages of advance up to fcO per cent increase inr goods . actually imported since the law went into effect. . On the goods quoted,, the Dingley duties of from 25 to 40 per cent are replaced in -the new law by specific duties of from cents to 12 cents per square yard: The percentage oi increase as argued by the comniitU't ire as follows: Percentage of Increase. ; ... , .: . . ' . Increase " - Net cost lniut Per Yd. Per Cent Persian lawn -.25 15 White madras ...... 12 43 White madras .. .. ..12 -"" 45 Madras waisting .. ..14 25 Madras waistlng .. ..16 57 Madras waisting .. ..20 55 Shirting madras . ..20 50 Colored madras" waist ing .. . . . . . . ..13 13 White pique .. .. .. ..21 -35 Cotton lunch cloths ..20 '80 Commenting, on the advance in tar iff shown 'by these tabulations the committee says: "The percentages oj increase shown are to first handlers of the goods, therefore corresponding increased percentages must show to the retailer and yet greater proportonal advances in prices to the ultimate customers. The new tariffs particularly increase duties on linings such as are used ir medium or cheaper grades of men's clothing." - NAVY COAL FROM ALASKA. Admiral Dewey Makes a Report to the. Secretary of Navy. Washington, D. C Admiral Geo. Dewey, president of the general board of the United States Navy, has for warded a report to the secretary of the .navy as to the possibility of pro curing and the economy of using Alaskan coal .in the United States navy. The report is in the form of answers to questions concerning the matter. " - In answer to the question as to whether the Alaska coal field would, in case of war with Japan, be of use to the. government's Asiatic fleet, the report states that "should this Alas kan coal be of the grade required by the navy the cost of mining and of transportation not greatly, exceeding that for coal in the eastern-states, and it be laid down in an accessible and safe Alaskan harbor with proper facilities and in quantities" necessary for the fleet, it would ber of advantage to -the government" Other interesting figures and data are given. The West Virginia fields supply the greater part of the coal used on the Pacific, the rest being imported from Australia. The cost of transportation tf 'the West Virginia coal to - the Pacific coast averages $4.50 per ton ' to Manila and Yoko hama about $2.75 per tonT LEGAL SYSTEM DISGRACEFUL Stinging Report by Committee of New York Bar Association. New York City The system under which the law is administered in this country is 100 years behind the age; the procedure in equity cases is a scandal to our jurisprudence; many cases are decided, not on their merits, but purely on tech-nical questions, and not only has something got to be done about it, but something will be done about it. This is the sum and substance of a statement given out by, a joint com mittee on reform; in legal procedure of the National Bar Association, and the National.. Ciyic' Federation at" the conclusion of 'a conference held in Lawyer's Club at the invitation of former Judge Alton B. Parker. . TEXAS HOOK WORM SAFE. Money of Rockefeller Will Not Be. ' Used to Fight Parasite. Austin, Texas. Not one cent of the Rockefeller million-dollar fund for te investigation of the hook worm dis ease will be spent in Texas. State Health Officer Brumby briefly an nounced that ' the Rockefeller hook worm commission will do no work in Texas. When asked , the reason thvJ doctor "said: "There are a number"of hitches we do not care to discuss. If - sufilces to say there will be no hook worm-investigation. ; It was impossible for the state board of health and the hook worm commission to work together satisfactorily." - . . Many Senators Sick. Washington, D. C A general it vestigation into the cause of the i: health of senators soon will. be . in or der. No less than eight members o. the senate are on the sick list, Includ ing Senator Daniel of Virginia, Mc Cumber of North Dakota, Tillman of South Carolina, Depew of New York and Penrose of ' Pennsylvania. - The idea that the trouble is due to too much insurgency - is not tenable as the patients are not among those who take insurgents seriously. , MO0N5HINING INCREASES. ITictt Liquor Stills Are Plentiful in Prohibition -. - Territory. ' " .- Washington, D. C Royal E. Cabell, commission Jof internal revenue, when he appeared before the appropriations committee of the house recently, ask ed: for an increase of 50 per cent in the "allowance .heretofore made . for his office,-'sayilng it. was necessary be cause moonshlning . and blockading in prohibition T territory, had vastly . in creased. ' . ' . .-. " -. Whereas congress 'had formerly been allowing his department $100,. 000 annually, he r.sked for - $150,000 for the reasoncabove given. - The in crease jn dry territory In the south and the Change 5 from : license : to ' no license - irad,he ?said; ' increased the number of illicit stslls. In?1903, 1,130 still were captured and , in 1909 the number captured had reached 1,743. He said the greater number of these stills were located in Georgia and North Carolina and other dry .territo ry. . The number , of arrests increased from 328 to 3S8. He said further: :i "There were -pending on July 1, of last year 4350 criminal - cases, prac tically all reported by our field force and during the year -ending June 30, 1909,' we disposed of 3,786 criminal cases." :y ' : . " -: The chairman of the committee .asked: "How do the" number of crim inal cases arising now in . the states where prohibition laws' have been en acted compare with-the number of cases in those states prior to the en actment of 4 such prohibition legisla tion?" "A very great increase a . notable increase," was the reply. ; . ''Give us the concrete increase." ln Georgia last . year , there "was 224 distilleries seized- and destroyed. For the year ending June 30, 1909, there were. 623. . ; - - : - "In North Carolina which has recently- gone dry, the proportion is just about the same. . , . TAFT THANKS AUGUSTA. President Appreciates Kind Offer to Pay Traveling Expenses. , " Augusta, Ga. Through hi3 military aide. Captain A. . W. Butt, who is a citizen of Augusta, President Taft most cordially thanks the trades bod ies and citizens of Augusta for : the action taken at the joint meeting of the commercial organizations when the people of this city tendered to the nation $5,000 to meet the deficit in the president's traveling expenses. In his letter to Secretary W. C. Boykin, of the joint meeting, Captain Butt says that President Taft "de sires me to express to you the deep appreciation., tor the thoughtful anc generous offer." He is accustomed to kindness and courtesy from the peo ple of Augusta, but he was hardly pre pared for such a generous and such a thoughtful act and at such an oppor tune moment.. "Of course, he has sincere - friend ship for the people of the south, and many of his most intimate friends represent the warm, chivalru, bioou of that section. It was, therefore, es pecially distasteful to him that any thing could have arisen in congress which might" appear to be a reflection upon the people cf the south or their hospitality. His letter to Mr. Taw ney was prompted by a desire to im mediately reach the hearts of the people of that section. The spontane ous response which came back from Augusta cheered him as nothing else could. . ' BUTTER PRICES SOAR. Butter is Very Plentiful, But the Price Goes Up. New York City. Although the mar ket reports show that butter receipts in May were larger than usual, the prices of the best grade are higher here than they have ; been before at this time since the civil war. Whole sale dealers in New York declare that western speculators have been buying up supplies and that this has kept the prices up. The best grades are now selling at 28 to 29 cents a pound whole sale. A year ago they were 24 to 26 1-2 cents. ' PLAN NEW DEPARTMENT, Department of Public Works Suggest ed by John Hays Hammond. Waahinaton. D. C. It develops that John Hays Hammond, friend of Pres ident Taft, is the author of .the sug gestion that department of public works be created to take over con trol of the physical resources of the government,, direction . of its engineer ing works, and its conservation pol icy. Argument advanced. in favor of the radical deoarture is that it would be a good business move, and avoid the duplication ot work. Newsy Paragraphs. The latest meanest man has been rMsnnverfirt iin' New York. He kent fill his money in his shoes and slept with his shoes on, to- prevent nis wne get ting any of it when she went through his.pocketsi ' ; - ; - Recent cold and raiay weather evi dently, eacouragad the boil weevil in Louisiana, for reports are reaching Shereveport of the discovery of the troublesome pest on farms. - As yet no great alarm has been occasioned. So far : the weevil is not in as large numbers as last year. Nearly one hundred young Scotch women, betrothed to - men -who have been in America from six paonths to several years, arrived in New York city in the first and second cabin and, steerage of the - Caledonia from Glas gow. Some o;E the first cabin voy agers were met at the pier by men, who took them away to -marry them. The steerage passengers, who were taken to Ellis Island; may be released and married. More than . five hundred persons have been drowned and many ships lost in a terrific cyclone that sw:ept East Africa, according to meager ad vices received at Lisbon, Portugal, from Mozambique. The storm dia tremendous damage on land, and it is believed that several large ships, as well as sfflaller-ones, were lost. On one, four hundred negroes, en route to Rand mines, were drowned. Despite the late cold snap, it seems certain that the crop of peaches and other fruit in Texas will be abundant ly large, SOiLS OF UNITED STATES Secretary Wilson Says Farms Are Producing More Each Year. FAILURES AREJuTto' NEGLECT Errors of Judgement, Hot Poor Soil, Are the '; Cause of Crop. Failures, According to : : Agriculture Experts. Washington, D. C. The soils of the United States are not wearing out. Secretary of Agriculture- James Wil son says sq,; and he is supported .by the findings of the ' men who have been surveying the. 700 different kinds of -soil in the various sections of this country,, . v ; . - -. : !-i ' , Though, soihv will not wear out through cultivation, itis possible for them to "run down" .for lack of prop er, treatment. It has been found from records of crop yields . that the yields per acre have shown a decided tendency to increase during the past forty years, and there Is no evidence of decrease over large areas or in any particular- state, as has been popular ly supposed. The farmers are farming more . intelligently- and . successfully ; and are winning richer harvest from the soil. " f -. ' It has been, claimed that with larg er crops, correspondingly larger quan tities, of plant food are being removed from the soils and bringing nearer the time when the soils will be complete ly worn out. The experts of the ag ricultural department did not confine their researches to this county, but worked in northern Europe as well. These records indicate that in the middle- of the sixteenth century as much wheat, per acre, was being; pro duced in central . and northern -Europe as the United States is produc ing per acre at the present time. So far as records are obtainable, they show that as the result of in creasing population, more intensive system of farming and greater intel ligence in all branches of agriculture, the average yield per acre is increas ing in Europe, despite the longer oc cupation - of the land, so that soils there produce two and one-half times as much per acre as newer soils in the United States. - The results of these analyses when set down side by side in parallel col umns,, show no material difference be tween the older -soils of Europe and the newer soils of the United States. Examination under the "" microscope fails, to disclose in.: the longer used soils of Europe any noticeable change in the mineralogical character of the soils, j Failures on the farm in this coun try, according to Secretary Wilson, are due to the individual neglect of farmers and. errors of judgment. In dividual farms are allowed " to be come run down through indifference and lack of intelligent cultivation and lack of knowledge as to the soil adap tation . and methods of control,'"and are all too common in some sections. But such injury as has resulted to the soil in such cases may be reme died by more intelligent methods. It is to correct these conditions and give the American farmers acurate knowledge as to soil . conditions and their adaptability, that the department of agriculture has been working for years. A total of 257,694 square miles in the United States have been -surveyed since the work began in 1899. These maps are 'now in general de mand, both by farmers moving into a pew locality and those who haveUiv ed all their lives in the locality sur veyed and who . desire" expert confir mation of the cropping systems they have been following, so that they may be assured they are proceeding along the most profitable lines in their farm ing operations. V Crop surveys and maps of the soil ot forty-five areas in twenty states have been made, - ; . A warning to the farmers to take heed of the adaptability of their soils was uttered in a recent summary of this work by Secretary Wilson. He said: ' - i . - : "The idea has prevailed in the past that through the use of commercial fertilizers and intelligent control," all soils can be made to produce at will any crop that it . is desired to grow. From a. scientific point, this may be possible," but it cannot be done at a profit There are Boils that may be adapted commercially to wheat pro duction, fruit culture, or to any fetaple crop, and others that cannot be so adapted. . These latter should remain as forest soils. The highest 1 develop ment of agricultural production will result from the adaptation of each type of soil to a particular, line of crops, bearing in mind- at all times the market requirements and the transportation facilities."- r CONVICT SYSTEM ARRAIGNED. Brutal Guards Caused Horror at Ala bama Mine. Centreville, Ala. Charging that wreckless - shooting ' and inhumane treatment on the part of some of the prison guards did much to enhance the terror of the- Lucile mine disas ter May 16, whgreby twenty-seven ne gro convicts met their death, the cor oner's jury which has been investigat ing the disaster, returned its verdict. The jury found that an insufilcient number of guards was maintained at the stockade; that criminal negligence was displayed, and that the fire was started by three convicts, two oi whom Ed Porter and Joseph, McCoy are dead, and George Porter living. King's Funeral Expensive. London, England. King George, l? is. understood, has ordered investiga tion of the enormous bills for th funeral of King Edward. The funeral with its attendant expense, cost $1, 500,000, which expense will be defray ed from the public purse. King George was stunnned when he heard of tht huge outlay. There is great joy at Windsor since the new King, anc Queen let it be known that they wi make Windsor Castle their chief res idenct-. - -;K;iATE;HEWS.M0tES,-" Hetty Green, generally- credited with being the " richest woman in , America, will be assisted hereafter in the management of her financial affairs by her son, E. H. R. Green. . The authorities at the - Bronx xoo logical gardens ; regretfully admitted that Alice, the biggest elephant at the zoo, is a thief. She stole r dia mond ring from Miss Elizabeth Mor rell of Chappaqua, N. Y., who was feeding crackers to her. The ring, which was on Miss Morrell s finger, was loose, and Alice apparently snatched it under the impression thai it was good to eat, Alice is estemed to be worth more than the ring ana so there will be no interesting surgi cal operation. : Examination of the United- States. dry dock Dewey hasstrengthened the belief of those of the navy who have held -that: the damage was done de liberately by-conspirators against the. government. The dock sank more rapidly than : would have "been the case had all the . valves been opened and no other opening made. Accord ingly, the experta believe tnat a large hole will be found in the port side of " bottom of the dock. - A new type of sleeping car has been adopted recently by. an interurban trolley system in Illinois. The object is to compete with the ordinary , sleep ers of the steam railroads. The up per, berths are provided with windows the same as the lower, tor light and ventilation, and another novel feature Is an arrangement, which permits the lower berth to be folded up in the morning independently of the uppei. Each l3rth has a plush-lined steei locker with lock-?. The . bed3 are detachable, so as to be taken out tor airing and cleansing. After all : the pros and cons of when and where and how Halleys comet passed the earth comes a re port from Paris saying that French astronomers believe that the comet now in the western sky, is not Hal ley's comet, and that Halley's comet will arrive some time in August or September. Still the leauing astrono mers are not' taking that report very seriously, as yet, and -they appear to have little doubt that Hailey s comet did pass about on schedule time, al though something had happened to conceal or delay or disperse its tail. A department store firm in Phila delphia has added one : more to the list of welfare benefits for their five hundred employes." They have pur chased an. athletic field, which will be equipped with facilities for all kinds of outdoor sports, including tennis, baseball, basket ball, running . track, shower baths, etc., and eventually, a modern club house, for the use oi women and a gymnasium" for men. The ground is a one-time baseball parkr- conveniently situated, and is al ready laid out as a diamond , with, grand stand accommodations for two thousand five hundred people. A phy sician will be in attendance and the various activities will be in cnarge of officers of the company. Washington News. The-: United . States supreme court upheld the "Jim Crow" law-in the case of J. Alexander Chiles, a negro who bought a ticket over the Cnesapeake and Oho railroad from Washington to Lexington, Ky. At -Ashland, Ky., he was obliged to change cars Wnen a trakeman compelled uim to sit in the "Jim Crow" car. He sued the rail road for $10,000 damages, but the lower courts found against him. The supreme court upheld these decisions. Anti-Cigarette Crusader Lucy "Page Gaston of Chicago has begun a fignt to have the cigarette excluded from the navy. She interviewed several naval officers and ,will see Secretary Meyer, Ten states have already enact ed the laws prohibiting the sale and manufacture of cigarettes," said Miss Gaston, "The - movement is one for the-protection of the boys of the coun try." - Announcement was made at the white house of the . appointment ot Charles D. Norton of Chicago private secretary to the president. Mr. Nor ton is at present assistant secretary Of the treasury. He succeeds Fred W. Carpenter of California, Information received ' in Washing, ton in letters from iriends of Asso ciate Justice W. H. Moody of the United States Supreme court now at Haverhill, Mass., indicates that it is possible his condition may necessi tate his retirement from the supreme court bench next October. Several names have been .. mentioned as his probable successor, among the most prominent being-that cf Secretary of War Dickinson,. There is . also talk that Chief Justice. Melville J. Fuller may retire after the October term of the court begins. ; Justice 'Fuller will be seventy-eight years of age next February. He is so feeble that his voice is barely audible when an nouncing decisions from the bench. Senator Root of New York has been mentioned as his probable successor. Ex-President Roosevelt has written a letter from London to a prominent republican '"insurgent ' member of the house of representatives request ing the latter to meet him in a con ference as soon as the ex-president arrives in "New York on June 18, if possible. Mr. Roosevelt, this lettei indicates, is desirous of learning the "insurgent", situation in the nouse from first handg. The member receiv ing the letter declined to allow the use of his name. The text of the letter wasnot made public, - This government, it is understood, is making arrangements to secure in demnity from tne Cnaiese government for these: United States missionaries who have . suffered financial loss in the recent rice riots. The" output cf the government's smokeless powder factory: at Picatin: ny; N. J., arsenal is to -be trebled soon. The factory will be able to" turn out three thousand pounds daily. At several military posts the en listed men are being induced to establish-soldiers' clues outside of the reservation and beyond the govern ment control, where, in addition. the usual facilities of the garrison hall within the post, they may obtain Deer, lignt wines and otner beveragea under such regulations as will pre vent intexieation or exeess. FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY North Carolina News Prepared and Published For the Quick Pomsal of Onr Patrons. " .Historical Event Jure 11.- One of the most important events of a historical nature tba: will take time will be the unveiling of a tablet by the Sir -Walter Raleigh Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution at Nixonton, Saturday, J u ae - 11 at 2 p. m. ' : This tablet will mark the epot" up on which the first law-m iking body . . . ' 5 ' ll.. f- i A - 1 "VT A t ever convened in ine oiaie oi iMonn Carolina," but upon which- Btands Hall's Creek church. This historical spot is situated near the quaint old village of Nixonton and eight miles from Elizabeth City. : ' Ex-Judge Francis ; D. Win ton, the gifted son of Bertie and a former Lieutenant Governor of North Caro lina, will deliver the address of the day. ; - ; ' - ... - The first Albemarle Assembly met February 6, 1665, and waa one. of the first and most important events in the history of North Carolina, : The State was then owned by the Lords Proprietors who appointed the Governor and his council. These of ficers, aided by a body:o men chos en by the people, made the laws, but all laws had to be approved by the Lords. - v "The Old Reliable," Raleigh, N. C. It is with genuine pleasure we re produce the following extract from an editorial in The Raleigh News and Observer of May the 18th. There is nothing we can add to it, except our enuorsemeiii, ; '.'The News and Observer enters upon its ninetieth volume today, and by a coincidence the editor also cele brates his birthday today ; but not the ninetieth! "Looking back, the management is thankful for. the long lease of life and the service it has been able to render . to every good cause in the State. - It has now reach edAppi Fo rum and "thanks God and takes cour age." Looking forward, it hopes to be more largely useful in the years to come. It knows that its usefulness depends upon its service to truth, to justice, -to equality, to fairness and the preaching of sound doctrine. The paper is consecrated to whatsoever things will lift up and levolp North Carolina, and its people.. Its mission is in this good comonwealth and to its people, going forward in ' those things that bring prosperity and true progress. "Its suuecess is a tribute to the people's desire to sustain an unsubr sidized and independent newspaper, vigorous as a party organ, of the type that takes no orders but presents the principles of the party without shadow of turning." Strawberries Yield Big Money. Mr. J. C. Brown should feel that he is the champion producer of straw berries in Mecklenburg county. . On three-fourths of" an acre he gathered 1,834 quarts, which brought -him $196. or an averae-e cf 10 1-2 cents a quart. In bushels his berries measur ed 57. Remember Confederate Navy Yard. On a freight warehouse -of the Sea board Air Line Railway in Charlotte, the Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy Fri day unveiled a tablet to. that future generations may know the spot, one hundred mles from navigable waters, where once was located the navy yard of the Confederate States. Cotton Brought Good Price. . Mr. L, A, Beavers, Iredell county; cold 34 bales of cotton in Statesvillo x-- - i i i - it . i i . - io a locai Duyer, ice purenase price being 15 cents the pound. Mr. Beaver has been holding some of the cotton for two or three yearn. Stackhouse Escapes Electric Chair. John Allan Stackhouse, scheduled to be electrocuted in North Carolina's new death chamber, June 10, is grant ed commutatiohby Governor Kitchin to life imprisonment. Stackhouse killed his wife in Scotland county. Representation was made to the Gov ernor that the killing was under ex tenuating circumstances. - Murphy a Fine Business Town. The . territory tributary, to Mur phy : has -. the richest timber areas, and mineral resources of great value. The town is located in a picturesque portion of the Southwestern part of North Carolina. A nuw hotel is be- compieiea ai a cost oi $o,uuu; a aew $20,000 school building is be ing erected; local business men are organizing a company to erect a fur niture factory; a hydro-electrie power plant is beintf developed on the Hiawassee river. A warm" wel come awaits any new enterprise. - r' T vr i t:.. wis vi iiwnfi iu a i Professor R. H. Latham, of Wel don, has been elected superintendent of the Winston city schools. The work on the inland; waterway is being pushed rapidly and the canal will be opened "for traffic in November.'- ' " . :. v Isaac M. Meekins cf. Elizabeth ity has been appointed assistant district attorney for eastern North Carolina by the United Stateu Attorney Gen eral . - ' --
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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