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SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTS
GOLE BLEASE GOVERNOR
Featiierstoae, ProMbltlon Candi
date, Defeated.
STATEWIDE PROHiBJTIOH RDECTED
Every Newspaper ia the State 0??03al Slews
and Since tie Flist Prinsry H&4 Bscn Very
Bitter la Heir Attacks Upon Ea.
Columbia, S. C With over 95,000
votes out cf a possible 110.C00 votes
accounted for, returns from the sec
ond primary Indicate the election of
Cole L. Blease of Newberry for gov
ernor by a small majority ever C. C.
Fca.therstone of Laurens.
W. W. Mcore of Barnwell is safelv
In the lead for adjutant general. For
railroad commissioner, G. McDuffie
Hampton of Columbia holds a 4,0C0
lead over James Cansler of Tirzah.
Bleaae entered tho race as a local
option advocate, with Featherstone
the champion of state-wide prohibi
tionists. In the first primary there
were four other candidates, but all
were eliminated save Messrs. Blease
and Featherstone. Before the first
primary the battle wa3 fougat out
largely "cn the liquor Question, but
since that time the press of the state.
Has centered a vigorous attack cn
Blease, directed principally upon his
character and his course in the vari
ous political offices he has held.
lajfeciji a
defeat for state-wide prohibition, as
many ot mease's votes were drawn
from men opposed -to state-wide prohi
tion. Especially was this the case
in Charleston, which gave Blease a
majority of nearly 3,000.
Mr. Featherstone's very radical
views on the liquor question and the
enforcement of the liquor laws with
respect to Charleston, expressed at
the campaign meeting prior to the
first primary, were very inimical to
ni3 cnances m that city.
In the interval ' between the first
and second primaries the press of the
state made a strenuous fight upon
Blease, attacking his record as a leg
islator, attorney and even as a private
citizen. Unofficial returns show the
following vcte:
For Governor Blease 49,787; Feath
erstone, 45,877.
For Adjutant General Moore, 63,
354; Richardson, 29,974.
For Railroad Commissioner Hamp
ton, 48,419; Cansler, 43,938.
CALEB POWERS ELECTED.
Man Who Spent Eight Years in Jail
Elected to Congress.
London, Ky. By a decisive major
ity of over 7,000 votes, Caleb Pow
ers defeated Congressman Don C.
Edwards for the Republican nomina
tion for representative from the Elev
enth Congressional district of Ken
tucky in a primary election.
Congressman Edwards is gsrving
his third term. Ppwers, who. defeat
ed him fop nomination, made his race
upon Sfl appeal tp the voters pf the
district to give him the nomination
W a "vindication" of his alleged
complicity Is the assassination of
democratic Governor William Qgebel
in i9QQ,
Powers, who was secretary' cf state
at the time of the assassination, was
confined in jail durine eisht years.
his first three trials resulting in con
victions and the fourth in a disagree
ment.
Last year Governor Wilson swept
tae court records clear of all of the
cases remaining untried in connection
with the Goebel murder by granting
pardons to Powers and several oth
ers. The district has a normal Republi
can majority of upward of 20,000.
I MAINE GOES DEM0CRITIC.
Fcr First Time in 30 Years Democrats Win Is
Piao Street State.
Portland, Maine. Complete returns
of the vote for senators and represen
tatives in the state election gave the
Democrats substantial majorities in
both branches of the Maine legisla
ture, which, at the beginning of the
new year will ctect a United States
senator to succeed Eugene Hale, a sec
retary or state, state treasurer, attor
ney general and commissioners of ag
riculture.
The new legislature also probably
will be called upon to (carry out the
declaration cf the Democratic party
platforms of recent years and resub
mit to the people the liquor prohibi
tory amendment to the constitution
and to repeal the Sturgis liquor law
Accorcmg to the unofficial comnleta
returns the legislature will have a
"democratic majority of 36 on joint
ballot. The senate will consist of 1
Democrats and 10 Republicans, while
the house will have 88 Democrats" and
u3 P.epublican members.
The last legislature consisted of 122
Republicans and 60 Democrats, the
iiepuDiicans navmg a majority of 15
in the senate and 47 in the house.
Practically complete returns, on the
j vote of the state for governor gave
Colonel Frederick W. Plaisted (Dcm.)
73,644, End Gov. Bert M.v Fcrnald
(Rep.), 54,912, a plurality for Colonel
Plaisted of 8,732, a3 against a plural
ity of 8,064 for Gov. William T. Cobb
(Rep.) four years ago.
EUROPEAN BAMERS
; SUBMIT ULTIMATUM
American Plan for Handling Cot
ton Bills Rejected.
COTTON MEN ARE DISCOURAGED
SUBTREASURY ROBBERY.
Ex-Teller Fitzgerald Again Arrested,
Charged With Stealing $173,000.
Chicago. George W. Fitzgerald, a
former teller in the Chicago subtreas
ury, was arrested by Deputy United
States marshals charged with the
mysterious theft of $173,000 from the
subtreaeury on February 19, 1907.
Fitzgerald was arrested on a bench
warrant based on an indictment re
turned secretly by a Federal grad
jury on February 17, 1910. Three days
after the indictment was secretly re
turned and suppressed, on February
20, it was announced that the statute
of limitations had operated to stp
possible criminal prosecution in the
peculiar case.
Coincident with this ruse by the au
thorities, secret service men were de
tailed tj watch Fitzgerald constantly
and make a rigid investigation of the
former teller's financial interests and
affairs. Discoveries made by these
secret service operatives resulted In
the order for Fitzgerald's arrest.
BAKERS WILL FIGHT.
Bread Weight Laws Said to Be an
, Injustice to Bakers.
Baltimore, Md. That the National
Association of Master Bakers are pre
pared to fight the enactment of all
bread weight laws to the Supreme
court of the United States became
known through the reading of the re
port of the executive committee. Be
lieving that the passage of laws com
pelling bakers to make loaves of cer
tain weight to be an injustice, the as
sociation has completed plans for a
finish fight.
Thjs aetipn on the part of the exec:
utive committee was brought abput
by the passage some months ago of a
law in Illinois requiring bread lpaves
to be of a certain weight, 16 ounces.
Housewife, to the Baker," written by
Mrs. Amy C. Ransome of Washington,
created a lively discussion. The sy
tern of sending out unwrapped tread
in the hands of none-too-careful driv
ers was condemned. Much space was
devoted in Mrs. Ransome's paper to
an analysis of an Investigation made
of the attitude of housewives to ba
kers' bread. This condition, it was
admitted, was largely due to the
pride of the housewife in keeping up
bread-making traditions that have
passed down from one generation to
another.
DIVINE RETRIBUTION.
English Cottca Brokers Decide! Tint All Bills
of Lading Mast Be Guaranteed or Drafts
Will Be Rejected,.
Cotton to Resist Anthr2cnose.
Athens. Ga.--ProfeBsor DeLoach.
along with the other members of the
Bias of the sttae college of aerlcul
ture, all of whom have been working
to develop a cotton seed that will re
slst the fatal anthracnose. have prac
tically succeeded in securing the de
sired type of seed.
It is calculated that this discovery
will save the South millions of dol
lars annually, providing the seed can
be placed in general use.
Florida Shippers Complain.
Washington. Excessive charges on
the transportation of fresh meat and
fresh poultry from Jersey City, N. J.,
to Jacksonville, Fla., are alleged in a
complaint filed with the interstate
commerce commission. The petition
is presented by the Florida Mercantile
agency for Smith-Richardson & Con
roy of Jacksonville against the Penn
sylvania railroad and several other
carriers. It is urged that the rate
ought not to exceed 46 cents a hun
dred. The complainant demands rep
aration on certain shipments.
Minister Says the Boll Weevil Is the
Curse cf God.
Anniston, Ala. That the boll wee
vil plague, which is Just now invad
ing Alabama and which has wrecked
untold damage to the cotton crops all
over the South, is a direct curse from
God in retribution for man's failure
to return his first fruits unto the giver
of all things, was intimated by Rev.
Dr. W. F. Yarborough, pastor of the
Parker Memorial Baptist church, in a
recent sermon.
Female Bandit Caught.
New Orleans, La. Mrs. George
Wren, the alleged "female bandit."
who is said to - have bee noperating
single-handed hold-ups in Tangipahoa
and St. Tammany parishes for the past
seven months, was arrested at Rob
erts, 7 miles south, and brought here
and placed in jail.
A deputy sheriff while riding a mo
tor car cn a railroad near there, saw
a woman, who immediately attempted
to hide under a trestle. He compell
ed her to come out and took her into
custody.
Tampa Strike Situation.
Tampa, Fla. Strike conditions
among the cigarmakers became tense
here following two attempted assassi
nations, and the entire police force,
augmented by many special officers,
are on duty in Ybor City, and the
West Tampa authorities have also
added more men to the police force
and have called on the sheriff for ex
tra deputies. !
Hardware stores report that they
have sold out their entire supply of
firearms and ammunition within the
past three weeks.
New Testament in Chinese.
Pekin, China. The final revised edfc
tion of the New Testament, together
with the first completed book of the
Old, the Psalms of David, Is now is
suing frcm the press in Chinese, and
stacks of the volume are being ship
ped to the remotest parts of China.
The special committee of translators
are now gathered together at Chefu
at their annual conference on the
work, which they hope will be to Chi
na what the authorized version of the
Gospel Is to the English-speaking
world.
New York. American bant-
ers decided here that they
cannct assent to the plan fcr
guaranteeing bills of lading
fr proposed by British bankers,
Instead, they asserted their 4
4 independence, denounced the
fr British proposal as unsound -fi-
finance and insisted . on their
own plan of a "validated cer-
tiflcate." '
London, England. At a conference
of European bankers interested in the
cotton trade, it was decided that they
were unable to accept the validation
plan submitted by the American Bank
ers' Association.
The decision was reached after a
prolonged discussion by representa
tive bankers of England and the con
tinent. The session of the bankers embody
ing this decision expressed regret at
being unable to regard the American
proposal as affording the protection
desired by European banks accepting
cotton. Consequently, and in default
of the production of any other satis
factory plan of guaranteeing Ameri
can cotton bills of lading, the meeting
confirmed the resolution passed by
the committee in July. This resolu
tion of July was the original ultima
tum of the English bankers to the
American bankers, declining to accept
drafts against bills of lading unless
these latter were guaranteed.
The conference is still prepared,
however, through its committee, to
meet a deputation from the American
Bankers' Association in London.
New Orleans. Unfavorable action
on the part of European bankers in
London regarding the validation plan
for American cotton bills of lading
was declared by Southern cotton men
to be very discouraging. The valida
tion voluntarily agreed upon by tha
railroads throughout the cotton belt,
following the action of the, European
bankers in refusing "to honor Ameri
can cotton bills of lading until guar
anteed by American banks, was the
mainstay of the American bankers
sent to attend the London conference.
Unless some other plan can be
agreed upon, say Southern bankers,
the action would have the effect of
throwing a large part of the cotton on
a cash basis.
Savannah.-rSavannah cotton men
and bankers are disappointed oyer the
refusal of London bankers tp impose
more lenient restrictions upon the use
of cotton bills of Jading with drafts
attacned. The general opinion here
seems tp he that the decision will
cause a great congestion in a financial
way in this part of the country and
interfere very seriously with the
movement of the crop. Since the
law eliminates national banks from
the English plan, it is suggested that
a guaranty company be formed to
back state banks in the guaranteeing
of cotton bills of lading.
Memphis. While disappointed that
the plan of the American Bankers' As
sociation with regard to the validation
of cotton bills of lading which they
approve were not agreed to by the
bankers of Europe, cotton exporters
with headquarters in Memphis art
still optimistic. It is the concensus ot
opinion that a satisfactory arrange
ment wirl be made before the expira
tion of the present agreement, Octo
ber 31, and that tha cotton trade be
tween the two countries would suf
fer but little. A settlement of the
controversy Is of vital importance to
all interests involved, it was explain
ed, but the brunt of a delayed com
promise would fall on the banking in
terests of the South, because of their
alliance with the cotton producers and
buyers.
TENNESSEE POLITICS.
Tennessee Insurgents Nominate Hooper.
Patterson Resigns .
Nashville, Tenn. The Independent
Democrats of Tennessee endorsed the
candidacy, of Capt- Ben W. Hooper,
Republican nominee for governor, and
further cut loose from the reguiar
wing by referring the latter's harmo
ny resolution to the new independent
state executive commute without dis
cussion. "
B. A. Enlo was nominated unani
mously for railroad commissioner by
a rising vote.
The platform of the convention hall
was filled with Confederate veterans,
who, 800 strong, marched through the
downtown Btreets to the hall, cheer
ing for. the Republican candidate for
governor, Captain Hooper.1 The Veter
ans' demonstration for a Republican
gubernatorial candidate was said to
be unprecedented in Tennessee poli
tics. Thus was organized a formidable
looking tryimvirate to campaign for
a Republican governor, the triumvi
rate consisting of Republicans, Inde
pendent Democrats and State-wide
Prohibitionists. ' The Independents
and Prohibitionists are so closely al
lied as to largely overlap in their
membership.
The possible break in the solid
South, outlined in the convention, ex
tends only to one office, the governor
ship. There is a "gentlemen's agree
ment" between the Independents and
the Republicans that neither party
will Invade the others' "safe" legis
lative territory, and this the Independ
ents say assures a Democratic legisla
ture. The last Republican governor in
Tennessee was Alvin Rawkins, In.
1881-82.
Nashivlle, Tenn. Gov. M. R. Patter
son withdrew from the race to suc
ceed himself as governor of Tenneb
see. Governor Patterson was the nom
inee of the "regular" faction at the
Democratic party and has been bit
terly opposed by the Independent-
"Statewlde - Prohibition - Democrats,
who, in coalition with the Republi
cans, elected a state judiciary last
month, defeating a ticket for whjch
Governor Patterson made a strenuous
campaign of the state. Governor Pat
terson, in his address announcing his
withdrawal, declares he will not be
an obstacle in the way of his party's
success at the polls, nor will he will
ingly contribute in any way to the
possibility of success of the Repub
licans in Tennessee.
He makes reference to interference
of a Republican president in Tennes
see politics.
REPORT ON BALLINGER.
!
Republican Committeemen Denounce
Report of Democrats.
Chicago. Six Republican members
of the Ballinger investigating com
mittee met here and issued a state
ment condemning the action of the
four Democrats and one Republican
Insurgent member who delivered a
report at Minneapolis demanding the
retirement from pffice pf Secretary
Ballingef.
, Those present wpre Senators Nel
son? Sutherland apd Root and Con
gressmen McCall, Olmsted and Den"
by. They declare the action pf what
they term the "mingrity" at Minneap
lis to haye been according tp "the
worst metbod3 of ward politics."
The evidence In the Ballinger case
was diEoussed, but in the absence of
a quorum they stated no action on the
case itself was possible,
Farmer Finds Old Coins,
Newark, N. J. Charles M. Webb, a
farmer, is ?S00 richer as the reteult
of a few hours' plowing. While turn
ing over the ground he came upon
four remarkable old copper pennies.
Two pieces were dated 1737. One oft
these has a horse's head and plough
on one side, the second bs a shield
on one side and "Npya. Qaesarea" on
the other, Another of. Mr.. Webb's
finds is a pppper pent Of 1848, United
States mistagp. The fourth is an Eng
lish copper piece which was coined in
the year 1776,
(225,000 Steal.
New York District Attorney Whit
man commenced a personal investiga
tion in the charge that Adoph Roth
barth, a hop merchant with offices at
26 Whitehall street, mulcted New
York banks and trust companies out
of $225,000 by an elaborate system of
false pretense.
THE CHEROKEE INDIANS
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ARE ON A RAMPAGE
Bloody Work on Reservation in
O South Carolina.
WHISKEY. CAUSED THE TROUBLE
One Indian Was Killed, Another Mortal
Wounded; and Some Were Forced
to Flee.
Spartanburg, S. C. Bearing the
news that the Indians , of the Chero
kee reservation in Jackson county,
N. C, are on a rampage, in . which at
least one man has been killed and
another mortally wounded, and de
claring that he was forced to flee to
save his life, Charles Long, a full
blooded Cherokee, arrived in Spartan
burg with his wife and six little pap-
pooses. They had practically noth
ing with them save the clothes on
their backs and are being taken care
of at the. Salvation .army barracks.
Long said that a large quantity of
whiskey was received at the reserva
tion and the Indians began a carous
al. Inflamed by the' whiskey the In
dians dropped their thin veneer of
civilization, he said, and relapsed into
savagery, . indulging in wild orgies.
Quarrels arose and one of the In
dians, Tom Woodpecker, . Was shot
and afterward disemboweled, while
another, George Slowly, was shot. -There
are fourteen hundred In
dians on the reservation.
NO CHEAPER COTTON.
Cotton 'Manufacturers Hold Semi-Annual
Meeting at Portsmouth, N. H.
Portsmouth, N. H. Concerted ac
tion to remedy, if possible, the exist.
Ing' inactivity in the cotton industry
was taken by the National Associa
tion of Cotton Manufacturers which
held its emi-annual meeting here.
President Hobbs addressed the' del
egates on the general conditions cf
the cotton industry. He said, in
part:
"The cotton manufacturing indus
try has been in. troublous times since
we met in April last.' High price's
for raw material and high rate? of
wages have been the situation on the
one hand, and low prices for our man
ufactured products on the other. Cur
tailment and shut-down have result
ed and the condition of the whole
trade has been very unsatisfactory
and disturbing. It is very evident
that the prices for our products must
advance, and the buyers will have
to pay more for them. While the cot
ton crop is still uncertain, and any
one would be rash to predict, yet ma
terially cheaper cotton seems unlike
ly." Mr. Hobbs favored the proposition
to establish bonded warehouses in
cottpn-raisipg districts and, perhaps,
also, at cotton manufacturing centers,
for the storage pf the cottpn crop.
Petty Graft in Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss. When the expert ac
countant who is auditing the books
of the university and A. and M. col
lege makes his final report it will be
Eeen that the trustees of those insti
tutions liked to . smoke, and good ci
gars at that, paid for out of the appro
priation made by the state to ' run
those institutions. And if a member
of the board did not smoke he would
find chewing gum at his disposal.
The books shwed. for every meeting
of the board cigars, ?9.50; chewing
gum, 50 cents."
Population of Cleveland.
Washington. The population of
Cleveland, Ohio, Is 560,663, an in
crease of 178,895, or 46.9 per cent.,
as compared with 381,768 in 1900.
The returns for Cleveland estab
es that city as one of the large cen
ters of population of the country. The
city will take' rank among the first
ten cities of the country.
' Sensational Charges Against Frost.
; Lawrenceville, Ga. Sensational
charges of deception and fraud and
larceny from the house are contained
jin three Indictments which have been
.returned by the grand jury for the
September term of the superior court
of Gwinnett county against J. B.
Frost, well known capitalist and fra
ternal order "man of Atlanta. ' The
jthree indictments were returned by
the grand jury at its meeting in Law
renceville and in each of them it is
charged that the offense alleged was
committed in 1907.
Red Men Name Cleveland.
Toledo, Orio. Cleveland was chos
en by the Improved Order of Red
Men for the 1911 convention,
Princeton's President for Governor.
Trenton, N. J. The New Jersey
Democratic convention nominated Dr.
Woodward Wilson, president, of
Princeton university, for the office of
governor of the state.. Dr. . Wilson's
nomination was brought about large
ly through the influence of former
United States Senator James Smith,
Jr., who is the undisputed Democrat
ic leader of the state, who seconded
his nomination, and Robert 'Davis,
leader of the Hudson Democracy,
who acted in harmony with Senator
Smith.
QUTM)QK ENCOURAGING,
Southeastern tates WjU Hay? Larg
est orn Crop or? Record.
Wasbjpgtoij.-President Finley pf
the Southern Railway company who
has been looking into business con
ditions in the southeastern states,
"On the whole the conditions are
encouraging, In agriculture the pres
ent outlook Is particularly good. The
cotton crop is later than usual' and
is, therefore, more subject to future
weather conditions than is usual at
this time of the year. However, the
condition report pf the United States
agricultural department, issued on the
2d instant, phgwpd a better average
canditiPB of th growing cotton crop
in the states south gf the Pptomac
and Ohio rjyers and east pf the Misr.
sissippl than on the corresponding
date last year, and the area planted
was reported in June as 140,000 acres
greater than last year,
"With ordinarily favorable weather
conditions until the crop is harvested
the southeastern states will have the
largest corn crop on record for that
section.
"Coal is moving in larger volume
than last year and lumber is in more
active demand. - , '
Over 100,000 Cholera Victims.
St. Petersburg. The cholera epi
demic, which originated in southern
Russia, has claimed already upward
of 100,000 victims, is stretching its
way across "Asiatic Russia and was
officially declared to be in the prov
ince of Amur, in southeast Siberia.
The reports now in possession of
the sanitary bureau show a total for
the season of 182,327 cases with 83,
613 deaths. These include the early
returns for the week ending Septem
ber io and the revised figures fpr the
preceding week,
Mexico's Independence Centennial.
Mexico City. "Viva Mexico, viva la
Independencia," and the historic cry
of "Grito," that Miguel Hidalgo first
uttered one hundred years ago, was
repeated by President Diaz, as he
rang the liberty bell of Mexico, stand
ing on a balcony of the palace.
The cry was taken up by an inv
mense crowd that, packed the plaza In
front of the palace, and extended in
the streets in all directions for sev
eral blocks. The event' was witness
ed by people representing half a hun
dred natienalities.
WORTH CAROLINA EVENTS
Life in the Land of the Long
Leaf Pine
Mecklenburg Offers $10,000 Prizes.
The officials of the Mecklenburg
fair witfa $10,000 scheduled to be
awarded in prizes in the. various de
partments and as stakes for the four
days of racing, are preparing for
what in all probability-will be the
most successful as well as the largest
fair ffiven by the local association,
which was recently reorganized for
the purpose of broadening its soope.
His fair this year will be beld TaflS
iay, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri
day, October 25-28 inclusive. The
prosperity and the more general
awakening cf tbi entire section is
ixpected to be reflected both in the
ixhibits and the attendance at the
fair.
; The pi'ograaame of t'h-3 fair this
fear will be as follows:
Tuesday Education Day. An at
tendance of anywhere from G,0CO to
10,000 echool children is expected foi
this day, besides the usuil attendance
WednesdayObarlotte Day. The
business houses of Charlotte and the
manufacturing enterprises in the
e-ountv will give balf holiday to en
able all employes to attend the fair.
T4iurdiay Everybody 'e Day. TJhie
will probably be the biggest day of
the four, and 'weaiber permitting,
between 80,000 and 30,000 people
finom tho Carolines are expeeted.ia
be in attendance.
Friday U. C. T. and Collage Day.
There will 'be special fe-a&wes of th
U. C. T. on this day and a large at
tendance is 'expected.
The racing is expected te be ex
ceptionally fine this year. The purses
and stakes will aggregate $1,000 or
more for each afternoon's events and
a fine bunch of horses are expected.
The entries for the stake races beve
already been - closed with from eight
to ewelve horses for each event. The
open classes will not close until a
week before the fair opens.
The management of the fair iba?
booked quite a num&er of midawy
attractions already and has applica
tions from a large uumber of other
shows. Particular care is being taken
that none except high class and clean
attractions are booked. Ia addition
to the midway attractions there will
be quite a number of bigb class free
attractions.
Cumberland Won't Knock.
Of interest not only in Charlotte
but throughout the State is the ac
tion taken by the Cumberland Coun
ty Medical Society with regard to
the; resolutions adopted by the For
syth County Medical Society relative
to the North Carolina Medical Col
lege of Charlotte. Dr. J. W. McNeill
moved and it was seconded by Dr.
Jordan that the following be adopt
ed? 'Resolved, inasmuch as we have a
Hate, board of medical examiners for
regulating siieh matters that we take
absolutely no aotioij in regard to res
plutipns pf he Forsyth country so
ciety or the repofj; Ike Car'negie
committee, "
forth Carolina Medical College.
The North Carolina Medical col
lsjre was fora&Uy opened Wednes
day at Charlotte for its 17th annual
session with prospects for the most
successful year's work in the life of
the institution. The attendance at
the opening was decidedly larger than
it -was last year and it is confidently
expected that the enrollment this
year will exceed by 10 or 15 the en
rollment of Jast ypar when it reached
110 students,
Crows Stealing Chickens.
W, L, Sanders, a bachelor farmer
living at Bahama, 1 miles ' from
Durham, tells an interesting etory ol
chicken destruction, in which he eayi
400 of his obieks have been killed bj
crows.
He raised the little things on great
scale but faster than the incubatore
could hatch them, the crows came
and carried them away. They finally
reduued his lot to nothin. Investiga
tion about the nests of the crow
showed that they had piled up neatly
a bushel of bones.
The Odd Fellow's Orphanage.
The trustees of the Odd Fellow's
orphanage at Goldsboro have pur
chased thirty-five acres of additional
farm land for the purpose of. main
taining a dairy. The trustees have
also awarded the contract for the in
tallation of the new Jacobi' memorial
building so "that it will be fully
fimiiniwl in time for the first an-
prach of cold weather,' This' institu
tion reflects the noble principles of
an order with a membership connect-.
ing the world,
Fay ette villa to the ront.
In. a conference Friday between the
Cnrnoration Commission and repre
sentatives of the Atlantic Coast Line
end Raleigh & South Port railroad
companies and citizens of Fayette
viKe, results were obtained that itis
believed will give Fayetteville a new
and adeauate union -passenger station.
gThe Coast Line wants to be allowed
to enlarge its present station at a
cost of $20,000 and the Raleigh &
South Port claims it should not be
3rawn into a union station because it
only recently erected a good station. ,
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT
A STRIKINGLY 8TR0NG ARTICLE
BY COL. HARVEY.
v..
THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUO
"A Pita fcr the Conservation of
Common Sense" That Is Meeting
With Cordial Approval.
A strikingly strong article by Colo
nel George Harvey in the North
American Review, for September, is
written in a view of such hopeful
ness for the American future that It
has attracted wide attention. Tb
article is entitled, "A Plea for the
Conservation of Common Sense" and
It is meeting with the cordial ap
proval of business men of all shades
of political opinion throughout the en
tiro country. In part Colonel Harvey
says: .
"Vnquestlonably a spirit ' of unreet
dominates the land. But, if it be
true that fundamentally the condition
of the country is sound, must w
necessarily succumb to despondency
abandon effort looking to retrieval
and cringe like cravens before clouds
that only threaten? Rather ought
we not to analyze conditions, seardi
for causes, find the root cf the dis
tress, which even now exists only in
men's minds, and then, after the
American fashion, s apply such -em-.
edies aseecms most likely to produce
beneficent results? ( j
Capital and Labor Not Antagonistic.
"The Link that connects-labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that it is less cohesive than it
should be or than conditions war
rant. Financially, the country to
stronger than ever before In Its his
tory. Recovery from "a" panic so
severe as that of three years ago waa
never before so prompt and compara
tively complete. The masses are
practically free from debt Money Is
held by the banks In abundance and
rates are low.
"Why, then, does capital pause
upon the threshold f investment?
The answer, we believe, to be" plain.
It awaits adjustment of the relations
of government to business. The
sole problem consists of determining
how government can maintain an
even balance between aggregations)
of interests, on the one hand, and the
whole people, on the other, protect
ing the latter against extortion and
saving the former from mad assaults.
"The solution is not easy to find
for the simple reason that the situ
ation is without precedent. . But is
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines?
Conserve Common Sense.
"Is not the present, as we have
seen, exceptionally 'secure? What,
then, of preparations for the futurel
Patriotism is the basis of our insti
tutions. And patriotism in the minds
of our youth is no longer linked solely
with .fireworks ahd deeds of daring. It
is taught in our schools. A new
course has been added a course in
loyalty. Methodically, our children
learn how to vote, how to conduct
primaries, eopventlons and elections,
how to discriminate between quallflotw
tlons of candidates and, tnally, how
to govern as well as server They art
taught to despise bribery and all
forme ot corruption and fraud ai
treason, Their creed, which they an
made to know by heart, Is not com
plex. It is simple, but comprehen
sive, no less beautiful In diction than
lofty in aspiration. These are the
pledges which are graven upon their
memories:
"As it is cowardly for a soldier to
run away from battle, so It is coward
ly for any citizen not to contribute
his share to the well-being of his'
country. America is my own dear ,
land; she nourishes me, and I will
love her and do my duty to her,
whose child, servant and civil soldier
Ian,
"As the health and happiness ot
my body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop of blood dolnf
its work in its place, bo the health
and happiness of my cour try depend
upon each citizen doing his work la
his place.
"These young citizens are out
hostages to fortune. Cucl we not
safely assume that the principles ant
mating their lives augur well for the
permanency of the Republic? When
before have the foundation stones
of continuance been laid with such
care and promise of durability?
"The future, then, is bright And
the present? But one thing Is need
ful. No present movement is more
laudable than that whica looks to
conservation of natural resources.
But let us never forget that the great
est Inherent resource of the Amer
ican people is Common Sense. Let
that be conserved and applied witli
out cessation, and soon it will be
found that all the Ills of whieh we
complain but know not of are only
such as attend upon the growing
pains of a great and blessed country,
8lrltuallzatlon.
Religion ' snould be native. It
should be concrete and applicable.
Religion is the natural expression of
living, not a set of actions or of hab
its, or a posture of the mind added to
the dally life. The type of religion,
therefore, is conditioned on the kind
of living, and the kind of living is
conditioned, in its turn, very large
ly on the physical and economic ef
fectiveness of Uge. The religion of
the open country should run deep Into
the indigenous affairs of the open
country.