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pc Chatham lucorb. H. A. LONDON IEITC3 AND PKOPSIETOE. RrJS OF SUBSCRIPTION: gl .50 Per Year STEiCTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXII. JAPANESE WELCOME AMERICAN DIPLOMATS Secretary of War Dickinson and Party Warmly Greeted, FRIENDLY SES EXCHANGED HoNeei To Apprehend War With America Peelres Foreign Minister Count Somura. Tckio, Japan "Unhappily, forces for ev'i. for unknown, but sinister, pun1 fcy 'a; crento trust any ! an-i -yield : T!:i by fi! ia to:u ican f ivt n t:.f A: Tlif ineiuJ: UTS v ais piHT constantly are entrtttvoring reports or other methods to . uditions of ill will or dis--t'.voen two neighboring peo ir relations are too firmly i;:.od and their interests are too o admit of the possibility 01 tion arising betewen Japan railed States, which will the ordinary methods' of di- ;nvoful utterance was made i.u Minister Count Komum J. M. Dickinson, the Amor dietary of war, at a banquet . Count Komura in honor 6f .oilcan cabinet oiflcer. vluuior was a brilliant affair. , errons sat down to the table, .!, Marquis Katsura. "the Jap r ir.e minister, and five rueni tbe cabinet; admirais, gener oiUctrs and their ladies. After ie 1'resident Taft and the em :.J teen proposed, respective ly, ly c Vv.ut ivomura ana--1 nomas j. 6 Br:.:1, the American ambassador, Co..:.t K. :iHua, in proposing the T Mr. Dickinson, referred to t visits to Japan of President visits I recall," said the for r'str, -not only because his iy endeared him to all, but his insight . and calm judg :illed him to appreciate the e or me sentiments enir Jarjan for America." kinscii, in responding, said ov.it e unprepared to make a l.-ut, after a warm expression r;:titude for tho hospitality ac declared that Count Ko o.d analyzed accurately Fresi t and the people of the Unit- s, and said it was fortunate re would be found at tue head rs in America a man possess- insight of the Orient. "Th-?n is no reason for a breach of the frit i;dship between the United States and Japan," continued Mr. Dickinfon. - "Soun-I judgment must predominate. False reports cr evil suggestions ha?e not hecn justified by any action, either of Japan or America, -uy country de sirft a;: "i is advocating peace and ai , perhaps, more than any oth a (,-f the owrld. There is rea- l. ve that Japan and America ! rising of years will become iv cemented in the bonds tit" perse: legalise rauiT . r. true vul ta:ned V Mr. r: he v. ; Spteei:. ! cf Lis yr ccrdtd i, ut nt i a ' cu stat'. taat t: of aifa blrra: ;, , er rati., sea to with th cere e cf alii! friendship. SMp is Released. Washington D. C, Acting Secre tarv Call ", of the department, of com n-eree ui: facts p the wi to the now at V.h- I 1 -3 .-. J J . 1 lf.nl 1 sented to him do not warrant .holding cf clearance papers Xorweigan steamer Utsteln, Mobile. Ala., and destined for UIutseH?. Nicaragua, witn munitions ot -var aboard. Collector of Customs Ashley, at Mobile, had refused such papers, and the case was referred to Washington. Preached in the Dark. Nsw Castle, Pa., The Rev. R. N. Merrill, of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mahoneystown, advertised that he would preach in the dark. The lights were extinguished because of the heat. Tb.3 church was crowded when the minister entered the pulpit and mere that three-quarters of the congregation were young folks. Roosevelt's Nephew OHiceseeker Utica, N.Y. Theodore Douglas Rol inscn, n-ohew of former President Rcescve-i. announced his candidacy for the republican nomination to congress from the twenty-seventh district. Charles S. Millihgton, in cumbent, also is a candidate, and was elected with Vice Presirent Sherman's support. Lightning Stroke Kills Four. Florence, Ala., Four men were in stantly killed, three others seriously nurt arai a large shed containing wheat set on fire by lightning dur ing a stfjrm. The storm and fire occurred on Buck Key place, eight miles i 0f Florence. - The men ere rami hands employed by F. M. Perry. AMERICAN MISTREATED. Madriz Forces Put William Flttman in Filthy X:ell to Starve. Washington,. C Confined in a hlthy cell, unfed save by charitable strangers. William Pittman, an American captured by the Madriz gov ernment forces near Bluefields, was round ia an overcrowded local pribn at Managua, Nicaragua, by Consul Oliveres. The consul, who is stationed at that point, telegraphed the state depart ment that he visited PittmanT dis covered the revolting conditions and, through protests, forced Dr. Madriz to furnish the adventurer better prison accommodations. Pittman, whose relatives . live at Cambridge, Mass., told Consul Oliveres that he left Grey town July 4, that since then his captors have failed to provide him with - food, leaving him altogether dependent for "subsistence upon charity. Pittman was starving. Oliveres immediately protested, re minding Madriz of his promise to treat Pittman with . consideration. Madriz finally agreed to transfer Pitt man to a larger' and cleaner cell and to. allow the consl to supply him with a sleeping couch and food. The con sul reported that no definite action regarding Pittman had been determin ed by tbe de facto authorities and that he (Oliveres) would exert very effort to secure humane treament for Pittman. SPECTACULAR SUICIDES. Two Men Leap From High Bridges In New York City. New York, City iiiraordinary sucides occured in the environs ot New York. An unidentified man, about 25 years old, and well dressed, sauntered slow iy across the Williamsburg bridge, sat down on a bench to read the racing chart in an evening newspaper, offered a cigarette to a neighbor, smoked one himself with seeming enjoyment, and then began rapidly to climb the lattice work cf one of the piers. Before his chance-acquaintance could prevent.the stranger bad mounted tue cap of trie pier, 205 feet above the foundation, and leaped off. He landed on the roadway, 135 feet above tne water, and was picked up lifeless. Another unidentiiit-d man climbed onto the stone parapet of the Hudson boulevard, in North Bergen, N. J., and leaped to the rocks, 290 feet be low. KEGBO ON RAMPAGE. Ccoair.c-Crazed Tampa Black Slays Thrco Persons. Tampa, Fla. Will Ellison, a negro, crazed with cocaine, shot and kilie-j iis mother-in-law, Celia Bryant; Rev. Jesse W. Every of the First Afircan Methodist Church, Henry Clark, negw organist of the church, and seriously wounded his wife, Eva Ellison, and his sister-in-law, Mary Bryant. While trying to escape, he encountered a mounted policeman, shooting him in the t re ast, fatally injuring him. The negro was found just inside a white resident's yard, in a sitting posture. His gun was between his knees and he was dead. Examination did not discover any wounds, but a bottle of whiskey, in which had been emptied a large portion of strychnine, was found BANKS WANT POSTAL FUNDS Many Institutions Want to Be De positories Under the New Law. Washington, D. C. Applications are pouring in from banks through out the country whose offcials are anxious that their institutions fce made depositories under the postal savings bank law. Nearly 150 letters from banks ask ing to be made depositories were received by the commission in charge. They were classified by states as follows : Alabama, 2; Arkansas, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 20 (of which five were in Chicago); Kentucky, 7; Louisiar.a.2; Missouri, 7; Marylana, 3; Mississippi, 2; New York, 10 (of which five were -in New York city); North Carolina, 1 ; Ohio, 8 ; Oklahoma, 6; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 2. ATLANTA LEADS. V Gate City First Southern City ln"Pos . tal Receipts, Atlanta. Ga.. Atlanta leads the south in the amount of postal receipts for the fiscal year ending 7une 30, 1910, having within the last twelve months, nassed Louisville and New Orleans, the only two southern cities leading the Gate uity last year. On a vpar aeo Atlanta ranked twenty-sixth in the fifty leading cities of the United States, wnne at me euu f tvi fiscal vear in-it gone by At lanta had moved up rour puima uuu now stands twenty-second. The receipts, of the Atlanta post office for the fiscp.l' year ending June 30 1910, were a fraction less than $900,000, while those for the fiscal year were 99303.02. teacher Tri33 Suicide. Bristol, Tcnn. Rev. Joseph Leon id, a Missionary Baptist 60 years of age, attempted suicide at his homo at WclhTii, va., nine miles from Bris ou. by j urging 72 feet from the top f an derrick. Both legs were woken and his injuries are probably Ins Corns Officers Censured Washington, D. C Personal strife Jjwng the officers cf the United j-tates Marine Corps reached a Cli Jax when the navy department, as tns result cf a court of inquiry, sent rffi rs of censure to nearly all the mcers concerned. No further judi cal proceedings are contemplated. al hi; Many Elberta Shiuped. Zebuicn, Ga.This has been proh . -' ,r"- most strenuous week in the Uj!"y of our town. The luscious El- Certa has i)f,pn nn tv.fi mnve..and all 'ai!ahle help has been employed to Sa',"P l! ,. A 1, j l lnJi'co - .: i fiii me vouiis wuo -v. iriiir 1 of the ones ;i Cery or ils uui m. IIKC r.,,,i n i 1 ti- he, '""'"iw OI Cars IlitVC aucauj fiiore sLi',I,c'd'-and there will be many GOVERNMENT BARGAIN SALES Cost of Living is Cut Down Practical ly in Washington. Washinngton, D. C The cost of living is being reduced in a practical manner at the department of agricul ture, where all the food tested by the bureau of chemistry and found to be pure is sold to the highest bidder according to the statement of an em: ploye. Cheese and oleomargarine, which have been found up to the stan dard of excellence, were sold in the pound packages. The prices accepted for the arti cles fluctuated, but were only half of those which prevail in the regular commission houses. All of, the adul terated goods were destroyed. Hook Worm at University. Knoxville, Tenn. Dr. Charles War dell Stiles, discoverer of the hook worm disease in this country, and medical secretary of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the extirpa tion of this scourge of the south, stat ed to the students of the summer school here, in a lecture, that he found five cases of hook worm on the university campus, four being summer school students Of the five who have the disease, three, he said, are men and two women. PTTTRPHDA nrr a rrm vuW, viAxjiAivi IN. U, W JbJD iN Jo D A Y , JULY 20, I91C. COLONEL ROOSEVELT PLANS TWO SPEAKING TOURS Es-President to Invade the West And the South. NO. 49. TEbe Cbatbam .Itecorfc. niTro nr inirnncnjrt. HHICO Ur AUVLmiOIIiOi One Square, oao loertieii Si. One Square, two Insertions.... i.f One Square, one month... ..... svof For L&rger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. WILL BE IN ATLANTA OCTOBER, 8 Itineraries of Two Speaking Tours Given Out Will Resemble Campaign Trip by Presidential Candidate. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Theodore Roosevelt gave out the itineraries of the two -speaking tours he is soon to make, one into the west late in the summer the other through the south in the early fall. The two tours will resemble a com paign trip by a presidential candidate, for Colonel Roosevelt will make not only as many set speeches as his trav eling card permits, but he probably will deliver talks from the rear end of his private car. For the first trip, a car has been already chartered. The western trip is to begin on August 25, and will end on September 11. The southern trip will extend from October 6 to October 13. The itineraries follow: WTestern Trip August 25, leave New York; August 27, arrive Chey enne; August 2U, Denver; August 2, Omaha; September 3, Sioux Falls, S. D.; September 5, Fargo, N. D.; September 6, St Paul; September 7, Milwaukee; September 8, Freeport, lib, and Chicago; September 10, Pitts burg; September 11, arrive New York. Southern Trip October 6, leave New Ycrk; October 8, Atlanta, Ga.; Octobet 10, Hot Springs, Ark.; October 12, Peoria; 111.; October 13, speech in Indiana for Senator. Beveridge at a place not yet chosen. At Chicago Colonel Roosevelt will speak before the Hamilton Club, a political organization with which his relations for years have been cordial, and which is sure to give him an en thusiastic recption: At Milwaukee he speaks before the Press Club. The first address of the southern trip will be on Uncle Remus' Day, named in memory of Joel Chandler Harris, who, in his life-time, w-as a warm friend. The Peoria speech will be before the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic organization. The piace for the Indiana speech in support of Senator Beveridge will depend upon the exigencies of the political situation. FAVORS INCOMETAX. ueorgia Legislature Ratifies Amend ment to U. S. Constitution. Atlanta, Ga. Georgia has ratified the income tax amendment to the federal constitution. Georgia makes the eighth state which has ratified the income tax amendment to the federal constitu tion. ' Four states have voted against rat ification, and two have failed to act. The states which have ratified the amendment are South Carolina, Illi nois, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Maryland and Georgia. Against ratification, New York, Vir ginia, Rhode island afid Louisiana. No action, Massachusetts and New Jersey. The latter state adopted a resolution favoring the principle of an income tax. Four more southern states, Texas, Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas, must still act.' With the pos sible exception of Florida, it is be lieved all these will ratify. The west ern states, it is believed, will do the same. The amendment submitted to the states by act of congress for ratifica tion as an amendment to the federal constitution, confers upon congress the right to tax incomes from what ever source derived. It does not go into details as to a graduated tax, ex emption of incomes below a specified amount, or anything else, being a general grant of power to congress. Before the amendment can become effective, 36 states must ratify it. The votes of 13 states can kill the amend ment. With the admission of Arizona and New Mexico there are now 4S states in the union, aDd three-fourths of this number are required to ratify the amendment. Gold Exposed to Pirates. Seattle, Wash. Leading bankers here estimate that the -output of the Alaskan gold this year will reach $25, 000,000, all of which will be handled by the assay officers. Alarmed at the rich haul pirates might make should they manage to board one of the Alas kan liners, steamship ; men are esti mating the cost of installing machine guns on each ship. It is reported that several- of the liners have 'passed strange ships on' the return journeys and that ' there is cause for alarm. Owl Wrecks Power Plant. Roulder, Col. An owl wrecked the plant of the Central Colorado - Power Company and plunged the city in darkness. The bird hooked a claw about negative and positive wires, causing a short circuit and burning out the plant. Girl Kills Black Hand Agent. New Orleans, La Joseph Spigno, a black hand agent, shot John Manzela to death in the latter's saloon be; cause he refused to give money to the Mafia. Manzela's daughter, at tracted by the shooting, -rushed froix the family home near by and killed Spigno. The double tragedy occurred almost opposite the French market TO RAISE GEORGIA GOATS. Government Will Establish Animal Experiment Station. Washington, D. C Raising Georgia goats on a wholesale plan on a big tract of land just bought . for that purpose in Alexandria county, Va., is the latest of Uncle Sam's deals. The Georgia milch goat has for many years been known to have no superior and the plan of raising thein in larger quantities is to be tried. This will probably be one of the government's most extensive animal experiment sta tions. The promoters of the plan see a way by which good, healthy milk may be secured from goats at greatly reduced prices. The tract is to be used as a dairy farm and by the di vision of animal husbandry, both un der the bureau of animal industry. There are some experiments that the department wants to make in breeding dairy stock and there will be a demonstration of producing milk and butter under sanitary conditions. The chief interest that the place will have for the farmers who can visit it will be that it will show the most modern and sanitary methods of han dling and housing cattle and handling milk products. There will be a herd of goats kept there, however, and from this may develop some things that will be oi interest to look alter. It is known that goat's milk is exceptionally val uable for invalids and infants' diet, and is sometimes ordered by - physi cians, and would be ordered ottener except for the extreme difficulty of getting it. The department has wanted for sev eral years to raise a strain of milch goats and put the industry on a com mercial basis in this country. Some years ago a large herd of very fine milch goats was imported from Malta, but Malta fever was imported with them and at least one death resulted. All the goats finally had to be de stroyed. This spring arrangement was made to import a large number of Swiss goats and some privato parties were arranging to take advantage of the knowledge cf the department expert and were going to import a commer cial herd at" the same time. This scheme was negatived by an out break of foot and mouth disease in Switzerland at that time and the work had to be abandoned. ' The plan now , is to bring here a strain cf milch goats from Georgia and try to breed up a let cf goats that will be as satisfactory milk pro ducers as the imported ones, and at the same time will have the advan tage of being acclimated and free from disease. v Aside from the strain of milch goats there will be a section devoted to chicken raising. Experiments will be made with trap nests, increasing egg production, system of feeding and the like. It is also intended to move the zebroids and their parents from the experiment station at Bethesda to the new quarters. The department is very well pleased with the result of the zebra cross. AGRICULTURAL TRAINS. Southern Railway Is Meeting With Success In Its Work In Virginia. Atlanta, Ga. That the farmers, of the .southeastern states are anxious to take advantage of every opportuni ty offering them information tending to bring about better methods ot farming and more v profitable agricul ture, such as the agricultural trains which it has become the policy of the Southern Railway companyv to run over its lines in the various states which it penetrates through its land and industrial department connection with state departments of agriculture or agricultural colleges, is snownJ.by the interest displayed by farmers in Piedmont, Virginia, over 2,000 of whom attended the meetings along the route of the train which recently spent a. week in that section. The train was in charge of Hon. G. W. Koiner, commissioner of agriculture lor Virginia and"bore a corps of ex perts who . gave instructive lectures on subjects of particular interest to farmers of the various , cummunities visited. The train was out six days and sixteen meetings were held be tween Alexandria and Danville. At nearly every stop tbe two pas senger coaches which were used as lecture rooms were filled and at some places it was necessary to, hold out side meetings to accommodate the. crowds. Farmers' wives turned out in large numters and showed as uiuca Interest as the men. Immediately after the tour of the train letters began coming to Com missioner Koiner-and the land and in dustrial department of the Southern Railway company, from farmers re questing that information be sent tnem. Twelve months ago a similar train was operated over the -lines of .the Southern between Richmond and Danville and Norfolk and Danville, at which time a large number of farmers attended the meetings held. A sim ilar train wos operated with success over the Mobile and Ohio railroad; in West Tennessee a few weeks ago un der the auspices of, the Southern's land and industrial department. COTTON MEN WILL SUE. Cotton Association to Help Members Who Lett by Knight Failure. Liverpool, England. The directors of the cotton association have decid ed to support financially' any legal proceedings taken by members aris ing from the losses suffered by deal ings with the Alabama firm of Knigt, Yancey & Company. A number of Liverpool cotton firms sunffered heavy losses through hav ing made payments on false bills of lading, received from America. The firm of Knight, Yancey & Company was charged with having drawn drafts on Liverpool and other foreign firms against bills of lading representing cotton, which was never shipped. SOUTHERN KILLS CURTAIL. Millions of Spindles to Be Stopped During July and August. v Spartanburg, S. C. Reports show ing that 3,622,000 out of the 3,711,000 spindles represented in the South Car olina Cotton Manufacturers' Associa tion will be stopped at least a portion of the time in July and August, weics presented at the meeting of the asso ciation held here. It is estimated the movement will mean a reduction in output amounting to 2,500,000 pieces of cloth. CHICAGO MiLKlHRTY. Dirtiest Milk in the World Sold in Windy City. Chicago, III. The milk of Chicago is the dirtiest in the world. This start ling fact, vital to the health of 2, 500,000 people, was., made public by the milk commission appointed by Mayor Busse in its report to the city council. The commission has arrived at the conclusion that nothing is to be gained by concealing the facts, and that the only way in which conditions can be remedied is to face the truth and begin reform. . MUSIC CHARMS COWS. Music Put to Material Use on Mich igan Dairy -Farm. Detroit, Mich. According to dis patches from . Marquette, music has been put to a material use on the dairy farm of J, M. Longyear, at Ive Lake. The cows on this farm, it is said, during their confinement these long summer days, in tightly screened barns, are relieved of the irksome monotony of cudchewing and milk producing by the interspersion of a variety of selections played on a pho nograph. The effects of music, it is claimed, judiciously administered" dur ing milking time, have been found to be successful with cows undr official tests. Palos Mine To Stay Closed. - Birmingham, Ala. State Mine. In spector James Hillhouse declined to allow the No. 1 mine of the Paios Goal and Coke Company to reopen at present. This mine had an explosion recently in which over eighty men were killed. Officials had announced they were ready to resume operations and asked the inspectors to pass upon it Mr. "Hillhouse said the fan had not been properly replaced, and that the sprinkling system was not proper ly arranged. - NO RACE SUICIDE HERE. Florida Couple Have Been Married 19 Years and Have 13 Children. Pensacola, Fla. Mr.andMrs. T. Barberi of this city received " from Governor Gilchrist a handsome spoon bearing the seal of the state of Flor ida. Married nineteen years ago, the wife now only 37 years old, Mr. and Mrs. Barberi are the parents of 13 children. Six of the children are twins. Governor Gilchrist suggested that the legislature pass an act al lowing the parents a pension. STUDYING HAIL PROBLEM. Hitchcock Has Experts at Work In vestigating the Railroad Rates. Washington, D. C. Postmaster General Hitchcock will spend the greater part of his summer vacation figuring on a way to reduce the cost of hauling the mails. In a few week3 the postomce department will be able to determine definitely what it costs to handle the United States mail. The work of compiling this informa tion is under way now. When the postmaster general recently announc ed that an increase in postage would be a good thing for certain classes of mail matter, newspapers and maga zines commenced a crusade, giving figures to show that the postoffice de partment was being run at a loss where a profit could be made . if it was run on a business basis. A fight was made in congress to have the matter for railroad mail rates investigated, but those behind the movement were not successful. How ever, it is possible that a congres sional investigation may be urged at the next session. At any rate, con gress will likely be asked to adjust the rates and lower the tariffs which railroads have been demanding for the hauling ,of 'the United States mails. FROM COUNT Y TO COUNTS North Carolina News Prepared and Published For the Quick Perusal oi Our Patrons. Judge Cook on How to Teach. . "You had as woll undertake tc break a head of hull yearlings with small twines in the place of rope as try to control many hard headed boys in the public schools, white as well as colored, without allowing the teach ers to use the lash," declared Judge James A. Cooke, in a unique charge to a jury in .Wake Superior Court Friday. Counsel, for the defenss at the bar, a .fifteen-year-old negro boy, charged with attacking his teacher with a knife, while she was adminis tering punishment, had suggested to the court that there wss a law in Wake County painst teachers being permitted to administer corporal pun ishment. Judge Cocke declared that he had no sympathy for any limita tion to the power of school te-achers to control children under their train ing. The Judge said that the public schools were one of the finest demon strations of the philanthropy of the people; everybody, whether they had children to educate or not contribut ing to the maintenance of the schools. The teachers selected by competent committees for each district were sup- COTON GROWING WILL BE TRIED IN BRAZIL South American Country Will Compete With Southern States. 0. 8. IT-WILL AID American Expert Will Visit Eiazil to Further tne Interests of Cotton CUtivatlon in That Country. Rio Janeiro, Brazil Brazil is going to try to compete with tho United States in tho world's cotton market. The Brazilian department of ag riculture has arranged to send to tno United States cotton for the purpiso of proving the South American meth ods of cotton culture and to obtain a number of American experts to come to Brazil to further the Interests of cotton cultivation in this coun try. Through the United States here ne gotiations have been going on with the department of agriculture and every aid will be given to the Brazil ian' specialist or specialists. The southern states will be visited and trips will be made to the most important cotton plantations in tie country. South Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana. ,i i i m j. i. !. I it id tue mieuuuu ui iuu jh ttziimu LUOCLL LU tnM. ITU II I lytr I. CM I I. 111 I 1.1 III I F 1 T. I . . 2 . , . , ,H oureau oi agriculture to nave me temperament and in other waj'S, andTAmerican exyerts . travel through the mat wnen installed as teacners in the schools they were entitled to the fullest co-operation of the parents in maintaining order and promoting the best interests of the schools. The courthouse was packed with people during the charge, which seemed to make a profound impression, especial ly on the colored people, -who were gathered to watch the progress of the case. The jury found the boy guilty of the "assault. Washington News. President Taft announced again that he would not give serious consid eration to filling two vacancies in the United States supreme court until the fall. As to calling an extra ses sion of the senate in October to con firm appointees to the supreme court and thus to facilitate the " re-hearing of the Standard Oil and Tobacco cor poration taxes cases, the president has not definitely made up his mind. Mr. Taft will not officially announce the new chief justice of the tribunal until he is ready to send, in his nom ination to the senate. In case Govern or Hughes is elected to the chief jus ticeship, as now seems likely, it will be necessarily in a new nomination, Statements issued from the treas ury department show what the na tional debt was at the end of June and how much was on hand In the treasury. On June 30, the aggregatp of the interest and the non-interest bearing debt of the United States was 1,296,&39,969.04 On May 31, it was $1,298,588,306.54. The decrease of the debt within a month was $1, 648,337.50. On June 30 the balance in the treasury, exclusive of the reserve and trust funds, was $100,490,368.47. On May 31. it was $82,165,417.38. The increase was $18,235,368.40. The re serve fund is $150,000,000. The bal ance in the general fund is $100,400, 782.79, making U total of .$350,490,? 783.79. .. .' Japanese mail to the state depart ment quotes a returning traveler from Australia as saying that the anti Japanese feeling in Australia has reached an extreme point. Accord ing to the published interview for warded here," Japanese are forbidden entrance to any of the Australian clubs and forbidden to attend public meetings. German influence, it is said, is believed to be responsible for. this anti-Japanese feelings After five years of investigation the national agricultural department has found in self-boiled lime and sulphur 32nd Masonic Picnic. The annual Masonic picnic will be held 'at Mocksville on August 11 for the 32d time. Masons, their families and friends will gather from all parts of. the State and assemble in the beautiful grove which is owned by tue Masons, the pienic will be con ducted as usual in the interest of the Oxford Orphan Asylum. Rev. N. L. Anderson, 1). D., of Winston, will deliver the principal address and the orphans will render, a program. The home coming feautre of the occasion will be emphasized and five cotton-growing districts- of Brazil and act as inspectors and instructors. "Very strong representations have been made to the Brazilian depart ment cf agriculture by influential men in the cotton-growing belt in the northern part of Brazil," says United States Vice Consul Gen. J. J. Sleche at this place. "The representations tend to dem onstrate that if proper instruction for the scientific training of cotton grow ers be given," the cotton production of Brazil would increase greatly; that thi Brazilians should become a power in tho cotton woxld." LYNCHBURG'S GROWTH. Census Gives City Population of 25, 484, Increase of 56.1 Per Cent. Washington, D. C, During the past decade Lynchburg, Va., has begun a rejuvenation. This was rhado evident when figures of population as enu merated for the thirteenth census were issued sh'owing the number of persons in that city to be 29,494. This number was an increase cf 10,003 or 56,1 per cent over the population-of 1900. At that time the figures for Lynchburg showed a decrease of 4.2 minute speeches will be made by re- Per cent from tne umt)tr of peoplQ turning sons of Davie Excursions tQere in ls90 wMch 'as i9'709' 'lLQ 4C?'ieiu!rXf-? population of Christiansburg, Va., is towns of the State and special rates will be given from all points. $20,000 a3 he has been, in custody sinrA hi nrvref mnro fli-an a t-oot arm y . v T 7 TiZ j Davis was returned to the jail, for the two worst enemies of the T, , , . Historical Celebration at Newhern. Preparations for Newbern's bi centennial celebration, July 25-30, are being pushed rapidly forward. The celebration will be opened Monday, July 25, at 2 p. m. with a represen tation of the coming of the first citi zens to Newbern. The settlers will sail across the mouth of Trent river, in ships -rigged according to the style of the early eighteenth century. They will be met by the Indians w-ho will be over several hundred strong. The part of the jsettlers will be taken by the Woodmen of the World and the part of the Indians will be taken by the Red Men. All will be properly costumed. This feature of the cele bration will represent the first at tempts of the settlers to locate a col ony at the junction of the Trent and Neuse rivers, their treaty with the In dians, their quarrel with the natives,, the outbreak of the great Indian war of 1711-13, ending with the capture of Baron DeGraffenreid, John Lawson, the surveyor of the province, and the execution of Lawson. Elaborate pre parations are being made to make thi? feature of the celebration praticular ly striking as every part of it will be carried out in character. given at 1,568, compared with C59 1900. in Democrats Nominate Doughton in 8th. Robert L. Doughton, of Alleghany county, was nominated at Statesville by the Democrats of the Eighth to oppose Representative C. H. Cowles, Republican, the incumbent. The nom ination was made on the 58th ballot, when a deadlock seemed, inevitable, through the withdrawal of one of the four candidates. Siztaen Years to Restore Mind. John C. Davis, the North Carolina attorney, who swindled Washington, D. C, people, mostly women, out of some two hundred thousand dollars gets sixteen years in the Federal pen itentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. The total alleged to have been ap propriated by Davis is estimated at $250,000. An appeal was noted by Davis and his bail announced at peachf.to-wit, brown rot and the cur culio. ." Banks generally throughout the country are making applications to the treasury department to obtain copies of regulations governing, postal savings bank deposits. Acting Secre tary Hilles is advising them that no course of action has been formulated cr instructions issued and that it is impossible . at this time to give any definite information on. the subject. In a bulletin entitled Marketing of Eggs, the national agricultural de partment gives advice as to the best means'. of obtaining the top prices for eggs. -The convicted man is a native of Beaufort, going from there to Wil mington. " . y Bully for, the Dentist?. One of the most important actions of the thirty-sixth annual meeting cf the North Carolina Society, in their convention at Wrightsvilie Beach, was the adoption at the closing session of a resolution heariily endorsing the proposition to establish in "ciiies and towns of the State a free dental in- STUDYING BATTLEFIELDS. Officers from Leavenworth, Kansas, Follow Sherman's Route. Atlanta, Ga. A horseback trip over the route followed by General Sher man's array from Chicltamauga to Atlanta, in which the battlefields of that famous campaign were thoroughly studied has just been completed by a class of twenty commissioned of ficers from the United States army service school at Fort Leavenowrth. The party was commanded by Ma jor J. l' Morrison, of the general staff and head of tho department of military art in the army service school at Fort Leavenforth. A de tachment of enlisted men, also formed a part of the party. TROUBLE FOR RAILROADS. International Railway Commission to Be Established. Washington, D. C, An Interna tional railway commission, with su pervisory authority over the railroads of the United States and Canada, will probably be the result of action taken by this government in the appoint ment of Chairman Martin A. Knapp of the interstate commerce commis sion, as the representative of tag United States to confer with Hon, John B. Mabee, chief of the railway commission of Canada. Newark Mayor Resigns. Newark, Ohio., After a conference lasting many hours Herbert Atherton, mayor of Newark, resigned his office in response to presure -exerted upon him by personal friends. Reason given was that it was hoped thereby to save the city ' the disgrace, following the lynching last week of an Anti-Saloon League detective and the subsequent suspension of Mayor Atherton by Gov. Harmon. . It was announced that "Newark wants .to do her own nous 3 cleaning." ' . No Cars For Peaches. Fort Valley, Ga. It was stated here that thirty carloads of peaches, El bertas, will be dumped into the Flint river, 8 miles from here, as a result of fie failure to move the crop quick ly. Eighty thousand crates were awaiting cars here, and it is feared will be a dead loss. Already grow, crs here have lost $100,000 because of the lack of iced cars. Taft Withdraws More Land. Buverly, Mass., President Taft withdrew more millions of acres of coal lands in different states of the west, bringing the total of coal land withdrawals made by him up to the enormous total of 71,518,588 acres. "Absence Curs" For Family Jars Poirghkcepsie, N. Y. In the supreme court, Justice- Morschau3er granted Mrs. Elizabeth Burger a six months' separation from her hus band, Mortimer Burger, a Staatsburg machinist. .The court remarked that as "absence makes the hearty grow fonder, he would file an order which cancels the separation after six months, as he believed the couple would become reunited. It i3 said tc firmary for the examination and' be the first case -of its kind in the treatment of mouths of all school and state cf New York, factory children. '