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VOL. XXXIII.
PITTSBQRO. CHATHAM COUNTY.. N, C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. 191K
NO. 23.
RATES OF ADVEBTISIliP;
Om Square, oas lertlM.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature is now settled
down to its work and enough bills
have already been introduced to
keep that body busy the rest of
the session. The misfortune is.
however, that most of the bills
are of only Icval interest and do
not concern the general public,
tiius emphasizing the necessity
of the proposed constitutional
amendments to forbid the pass
age of such bills by the Legisla
ture.
An echo of the recent political
campaign, and one of its most
interesting features, was heard
last week in the resolution in
troduced by Judge Ewalt thank
ing the Governor of Rhode Is
land for not accepting the fraud
ulent tax bonds given that State
by the syndicate that was at
tempting to secure the use of
that State in their efforts to have
them paid. Judge Ewart made
an eloquent and animated speech
on the subject and "pitched in
to" Marion Butler very severely
for his action in the matter of
the South Dakota suit, saying
that his conduct was perfidious
and disreputable.
The resolution wa3 passed by
a unanimous vote, Republicans
and Democrats all voting for it,
and all applauded Ewart's de
nunciation of Butljr. For the
information of our readers whe
do not know who Judge Ewart
is we will state that he is the
Republican leader in the House,
is an ex-member of Congress and
was appointed by President Mc
Kiniey Judge of the Federal
court in the Western N. C. Dis
trict. Republicans as well as Demo
crats seem to think that our con
stitution needs amendment. The
Republican leader in the House,
Judge Ewart, introduced last
week a bill proposing several
amendments, some of them be
ing the same recommended in
Gov. Kitchin's message. The
bill introduced by Mr. Stubbs to
provide for the calling of a State
convention has been favorably
reported by a unanimous vote of
the committee to which it was
referred. This would indicate
that it will be passed by the
Hodce at least if not by the Sen
ate. There seems to be a very
general sentiment favorable to
amending the constitution, and
thii chief point of discussion or
difference of opinion will be upon
;h manner of amending, wheth
er by separate amendments pro
posed by the Legislature or by a
constitutional convention. We
favor the latter plan and hope
that Mr. Stubbs bill will be
passed.
More jf the time of the Legis
lature is likely to be occupied in
the matter of forming new coun
ties than anything else- Strenu
ous and determined efforts are
being made for the creation of
several new counties. The three
most strongly urged are Avery,
j be composed of parts of Mitch
ell, Buike and McDowell; Pied
mont, to be composed of parts of
Guilford, Davidson and Randolph
with High Point as the county
seat; and Hoke county, to oe f
composed of parts of Cumber-,
land and Robeson with Raeford
as lb county seat. An influen
tial lobby is pressing most per
sistently the claims of these pro
nosed new counties, and no one
r.
ean now foretell the result, j
While there is a general senti
ment against any more new,
counties, yet each of the pro
posed counties is larger and more
populous than either of the last
two new counties, Scotland and
Lee, and their claims are (to say j
the least) as meritorious as were
those of Sentland and Lee- j
A very igorous effort is being
imzde to establish in the western j
$artf the State another train-1
sng sc&ool for teacners similar to
that establish' d at Greenville, in
-the eastern part of the State.
Our westao u'-ends claim that
;they have u nueh right to such
:a school as the east has, and
withtht persistency character-j
isticof them they may succeed
v.
in securing their school. Wht
a pitjr that our State is not rich
enough to do every good thing
that the Legislature is asked to
do!
In looking over the list of the
members of the present Legisla
ture we see the names of very
few who have served several
terms, the great majority being
new members without much leg
islative experience. There is
only one Senator (Brown, of Co
lumbus, ) who was a member of
the Senate with this writer ten
years ago, and only a few mem
bers of the House. The most ex
perienced and most capable Sen.
atcr is Hon. John W. Graham, of
Orange, who was a member of
the ablest Senate we have had
i
since tne
and '71.
war, the Senate of 1870
BRIBERY
SENATORIAL
Bribery in the election of Uni
ted States Senators is becoming,
or ratner nas become, quite
alarmingly common. At this
time two Senators are charged
with obtaining seats by bribery,
Senators Lorimer, of Illinois, and
Stephenson, of Wisconsin. Acorn
mittee of the Senate appointed
toinvestigate the charges against
Lorimer has reported that they
do not find that he is guilty him
self but that some cf his friends
used bribery but not enough to
secure his election. Many of
the Senators do not seem to con
cur with the committee and are
discussing the matter fully, and
they certainly make out a strong
case against the accused Sena
tor.
In the case of Senator Ste
phenson the committee of the
Legislature ot Wisconsin, ap
pointed to investigate the charges
against him, have reported that
his election should be declared
null aud void because of the "at
tempted briberies and corrupt
practices by himself and his cam
paign leaders, agents and work-
ers. lms committee was com
posed of two Republicans anc;
one Democrat, and their reporl
was unanimous. In this case
there was bribery and corrupt
practices not only in the election
itself but also in the primary
which nominated Stephenson.
This would indicate that even
election of Senators by the peo
ple may not be a panacea fot
bribery in their election, and
that bribery may succeed in that
mode of election as well as in the
election by the Legislature.
Speedy justice will be admin
istered in the case of the negro
(Montague) who murdered three
white persons in Granville coun
ty last month. He was arrested
next day after the crime, and,
for fear of lynching, was carried
to the penitentiary for safe keep
ing. He was carried back to
Oxford last Monday accompan
ied by a military guard for trial,
which occupied only four hours,
the jury rendering in eight min
utes a verdict of guilty. He wsb
sentenced to be hanged on the
15th of February.
Another still more speedy trial
was that of the negro in Wake
county, who was sentenced last
week to thirty years in the pen
itentiary only a week after he
had7 murdered and burned his
wife and her two children.
Sodden Death.
Special to News and Observer.
Wilmington, Jan. 13. Julius
Hahn, aged 55 years, a well
known Jewish citizen of this city,
died from heart failure this morn
ing as he was in the act of en
tering the postoffice. He was
stricken as he was walking up
the steps of the building, and
fell to the pavement and died al
most instantly. Mr. Hahn was
formerly in business here, but
retired several years ago, and
had spent the greater portion of
the past two years travelling in
Europe. Only a few weeks ago
he bought him a new home and
had moved in yesterday.
At a good roads meeting at Fay
etteville a bill providing for a
bond issue of $300,000 for road
improvement in Cumberland
county was approved and will
doubtless be passed by the Legislature.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Fret tr Rjalr OorreLHait
Washington. D. C Jan. 13
International exposition boomers
for the celebration of the com
pletion of thi Panama canal are
at work in Washington. San
Francis2D and New Orleans are
the contanding cities. Tne cap
ital of the Unite 1 States, where
the exposition should really be
held, is not saying main. San
Francisco is flourishing seventeen
million dollars as her claim,'
vvaile New Orleans with ten mil
lions insists tint this amount
will go farther owing to the
proximity of that city to the rest
of the world, than seventeen mil
lions on the Pacific slope.
An advocate for New Orleans
puts it that Congress will be re
sponsible in saying which city is
most accessible to all the people
of the United States, claiming
liiatNew Orleans is two thou
sand miles nearer to Panama
chan San Francisco and that the
latter city is more than three
thousand miles farther from the
principal nations which are like
ly to send exhibits. It is claim-1
ed that the center of population
of the United States is near Cin
cinnati and five hundred miles
from New Orleans, while San
Francisco is two thousand five
hundred miles from this center.
Within nine hundred miles of
New Orleans, it is said, there
ire seventy cities with a com
bined population of twenty mil
lions, while within nine hundred
miles of San Francisco are only
jight cities and their combined
population is one million. With
Washington as a starting point,
it is said that it takes four days
lo reach San francisco and only
a, little more than one day to
reach New Orleans, while the
cost, including sleeping berth to
San Francisco, is $93, and to
New Orleans $33. All these ar
guments to the pocket are im
portant but apply with still
greater force to ,the selection of
Washington, which is closer to
the population of the United
itates and' to the world than
aither New Orleans or San Fran-
isco. io tnose wno nave tol
iowed the social, industrial and
political tendencies of the Pacif
ic slope for the last five years a
serious objection to holding an
internatioral exposition in San
Francisco is that city is rantan
cerously opposed to the Japan-
ese, L-ninese ana otner unentals
vho necessarily make such a
targe part of every international
exposition and that, should the
xposition be held there, there
would be perpetual danger of ar
tificial earthquakes more serious
in their ultimate effects than the
atastrophe which destroyed San
Francisco a few years ago.
Statistics show that our ex
ports to China have declined
from fitty-eight millions five
years ago to fiftean and one-half
mllions in 1910. I he Chinaman
ss irequenuy reierrea to as an
nigmatical creature, but those
who have studied him in his own
habitat realize that there is a
great deal of human nature in
him and that he has abundant
shrewd common sense- The Chi
naman is not a first class fight-
ing man, Dut ne is not unresent-
f ul of wrong. He has been out-
rageousiy treated in tms coun
try and especially on the Pacific
coast, and organized into unions
as a European army into regi
ments, the word has gone forth
to boycot American wares. It is
as nothing to the average China
man or the Chinaman much above
the average, that this country
remitted some millions of the
Boxer indemnity. That was a
state affair, and the average
Chinaman knows nothing of
state affairs, and there is no
word in the Chinese language for
patriotism because the idea is to
tally non-existent in the Celestial
kingdom.
It is beginning to be realized
that we are building the Panama
canal for Germany, Great Brit-
am, Japan ana otner nations tnat.
For Larger Advertise,
merits Liberal Contracts
will bo cnado.
work. Nothing- will more quick
ly enlist sentiment in favor of
earthwork and guiis for the ca
nal than the opposition which, is
appearing in the British and Jap
anese papera.
Letter from Lieut. London.
We copy the following ex tracts
from a letter written to his pa
rents here by Lieutenant J. J.
London, U. S. Navy, : while at
sa on the voyage from England
ouDa, ana aatea January sen
tage of this opportunity to-re-(
new our wardrobes.
! 4,4 A.s in Paris the auto-taxicabs
. were very cheap. For two peo
: pie the fare for the first three
i quarters of a mile is 16 cents.
and 4 cents for each quarter of
a mile afterward. . The taxicab
drivers seemed almost reckless,
so fast would they dash through
the crowded streets. One of the
midshipmen missed the train,
which would just get him back
to the ship in tim? for aaarters.
We are well down in the !so ne Jumped into a taxieab and
beat the train to
miles. I can't
par c iaje rates
Gravesend 22
help but com
with the taxi-
Saattle.
I was
S2.20 to be taken
cao ratss in
chaigeJ there
two miles."
Concluded next week. j
When buying a cough medicine for
children bear in mind that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is most effectual
for eolris, croup and whooping cough
and that it contains no harmful drug.
For gale by all dealers.
Capfc. D. P. Mast, of Winston,
died very suddenly last week.
He was sitting in a drug store
and suddenly dropped over dead.
He was a gallant Confederate
and lost a leg in the war.
7 ' r-
Do you know that fully nine out of
every ten cases of rheumatism are
simply rheumatism of the mus
cles due to cold or damn, or chron
ic rheumatism, and require no internal
treatment whatever? Apply Chamber
lain's Liniraent freely and see how
quickly it give relief. For sale by all
dealers.
The Southern railway will next
week put on an additional pas
senger train between Greens
boro and Raleigh. Laave Ore 2ns
boro 7 :33 a. m.. arrive at Raleierh
10:33 a. m. Returning will leave
Raleigh at 7 p. m. anl arrive in
Greensboro at 10 p. m. 1
dent that the trading ships of
other nations will use the water
way to a much greater extent than
will the people of this country.
How can it be otherwise? Our
ships, owing to the tariff and the
high price of laber, cost 50 per
cent more than the ships of any
other country. Our sailors cost
twice as much as those of any
European country and five times
tropics now, having ideal weath
er with beautiful sunsets. Today
we were discovered by the scout
cruisers sent out from Hampton
Roads to hnd us. We were sup-
posed to be a hostile fleet, com
ing from Europe, and striking at
some oase near tne west inaies.
All that the scout kne w was the
time of our departure frow Eu
ropa, ana wa were to Keep with
in a zone some 333 miles wide
vVe have come as fast as outLCoal
iapacity would permit us, bit
such is tha accuracy of modern
jea-scouting metnods tnat we
jvere picked up by two scouts
this morning, over 1,000 miles
from the point we were going to
strike. You know that you can
see the smoke from a fleet over
40 miles. There were 6 scouts and
they simply zigzagged across this
300 mile zone at high speed in the
Jay time and at night proceeded
in the same direction as we did
at about oar speed, so there was
no danger of oar getting by them
in the dark. We ran at night
with all lights out.
"ou may ask, how did they
know our speed? . Well, they
had good reason to believe that
we Avould make our best speed,
1 A 1 - 1 A .-I
ana tne pest speea at wnicn a
fleet of battleships can steam
such a long distance, 4,003 miles.
is about 12 or 13 knots- Of course
the same battleships can make
19 and 20 knots, but at that
speed their coal would be used
up before they reached port. It
is demonstrated that the scouts
are almost certain to discover a
fleet coming across the Atlantic.
All day these scouts have been
ceeping some 10 miles away, out
h range, and sending wireless
:ode messages to our imaginary
neet in tne west, inaies. as
aight "drew on they closed in
ind, though we have our lights
out, yet they can keep us in
sight, and still be out of danger.
"VVe will wear wrhite clo
tomorrow.
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INDW, l must tell you some
thing of our visit to England.
Out reception in Gravesend was
very similar to the reception
given the fleet at the ports in the
around-the-world cruise of 1908.
Gravesend is a community of 28,
00Q people, on the Thames rivji
12 miles from London. It is ose
of many smail cities alorg this
river, in fact, the whole of this
part of the country is built up,
so that it is practically a suburb
of London. A great many enter
tainments were given us and cour
tesies extended, both at these
small cities and in London. Beside
many dances and dinners, Lord
and Lady Brassey gave a lunch
eon, Mr. Whitelaw Reid (our Am
bassador) gave a dinner and re
ception, and our naval and mili
tary attaches entertained. A
Parliamentary dinner and recep
tion was also given. Our duty
was very easy, both here and at
Brest, so that I missed very few
ef these functions.
"There is a railway on either
side of the river, with ferries Totai s?iob,i:.
connecting them at different Liabilities.
points The people here said the c ipit;l stoe gnoooo.ro
railroad to Gravesend was the ' Surplus fund 5,0"o.oo
worst in England, and I can't Undivided proiits, hss cur-
snv much for if Train wnpr- leutexpens-s and taxes paid 98&12
say mucn ir u. irains gener- TimecertitiCsltesof Deposit... 44,6or.fa
ally took one hour and twenty i).p0,its subject tochw:k. 4.,c..o.io
minutes to mate the 22 miles. Cashier's Cuecks outstanding 'J52.07
Three or four trains a dav made Accrued interest due deposi-
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The Best Made.
Old Soldier Tortured.
"For years I suffered unspeakable
torture from Indigestion, constipation
and liver trouble,'' wrote A. K. Kmith.
a war veteran at Erie, la.. "but Dr.
King's New Life Pills fixed ine all
right. They're simply great." Try
them for any stomach, liver or kidney
'rouble. Only 2oeat(J. R.Pilkingion's.
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The total mileage of rural
outes in operation on June 30,
last, was 993.068; the mileage
t?r route averaging 24.17. The
average number of miles travel
j 1 daily by rural carriers was
383,993. The average 'cost of
the service per mile of route was
$35.96 per annum.
JOE W. jVL ANN
AT BYNUM'
Extends New Year's Greetings
to his customers and friends
and solicits a continuance of
their patronage.
W GUARANTEED TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS
i CABBAGE OgVj
luitr jr-RSKY wtjauxa. cuu.&ston LusoBTirrE. auonrliiio. " duSttriok. MouTmaifK 'w" 7
WAKKMLLO. TlUn,l A liilte lam lUTUIllll j I
REPORT -of
the condition of the
BANK OF PSTTSS9R9.
AT 1'lTT.SBOliO, IN THE STATE OP
JfOUTH CAROLINA,
at the close of business Jan. 7, lull .
Resources-
oans and discounts ?.r9.7T,.0'
Overdrafts secured $ ;
unsecured $282 l-i 2H2.1:;
North Carolina State b -nds- 5,000.00
All other Stoeks, lionds and
Mortgages 10,100.00
15 inking iuuse. $1,500.00; fur
niture and fixtures, $500.00. 2,000.00
Due from Banks and Bankers, 19.U74.dl
Gwli iieras. ' 2.153.83
(Juldcii, 1,322.:)
silver coin, including all mi
nor currency 372.10
.N it'o ial bank notes and ot h
er U. ft. notes 7,450.00
TRACK MAKX COPYKitiHTCb
EsJabKsT ted 1 863. Paid In GspKat Slock $30,000.00
W.-t raftSt RfCr IH.4MTA tn IK'H Mow kmimt tatr tiumauuul -
. oustttiiwrrs. We tiTt grown tad sold nun cabbatfe jrfants tkas all otbwffnaMlii U lnlm
( CMsfiiaw) . WKVf Btvaute our ptuctn inusi. iii.-au or we atixi ur uuMrf tau-k. Mrv an;
ti'vvt.K:-l these tuata in your wcwoa Co fctt trzu-k xtHy tuttA, aiillnej mtm L aiw
limt eeli tor the most moiiey.
We c&w ihres leas cf Gakksage Seeder seassn
trnjt ij-ei-sAiirto.-iv&nirii'uits. Writ l.p fiveinnijjwr ot iTjwifro.f UvtMt vmrtrtiw.
erntwno? vulu-tMt information utxrot truit anil vt-tM-Cuble erwving. rtas aaCatbirKiAikB:
In Wsof 6i at bi.tiu lit, tu uU0t ti fwr ilionu.d: f 000 u .uU tl.tfr per titortamirt: aw UW mmA mY
f i.iit ibousuad, t . U. "i'oi.e Jsiajwi. vwrpalAlwrMMniwttMctiYlm,
Wm. C Ceraty Co.. Bos 159 Yonges Island. S. C.
it in 55 minutes. Here ve Jaad
to get used to the English sys
tern of 'railway carriages." They
use 1st, 2d and 3d class compart
ments. It is said that only the
very wealthy people and foolish
Americans travel first class. I
torsi
951.12
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Total T -f
State of NOllTd C P)LINTA. )
Chatham (-ountv,
I, M T. William. Caihie- of the
above-named lianlc. do solemnly s war
that the aoov st ite aen . ii true to thi
carry freight by eea. It is evi- found that first class fare was , be8t of?V1Vx;i ,T'i.f'i
something like s or 6 cents a
mile, second class fare about 2
cents and third class about 11
cents. However, on the Graves
end railway a rate of one fare
for round-trip was given to the
fleet. The last train from Lon
don at night was 11:42, so that
we could attend the theater and
arrive on board ship by 12:50 a.
m. in tms way we could live on
as the wonderfully seasoned and I board ship and be practically on
competent sailors of Japan and
China- We ceased suddenly to
be a maritime country fifty years
ago and we will never again be
a maritime country until we can
compete on a finacial basis in
leave in London. All the offt
cers who wanted leave were
granted it, and the bluejackets
were given five to ten days
leave. Most of them returned
aboard ahead of time, finding, I
er.
Rubscribeor and sworn to before me,
this 13th div of fan, 1911.
(i. U. PILKINGTOX,
Notarv Public.
. Commission expires Jan. 21, i'J12.
Correct Attest:
W. L. London,
H. A. London.
Jas. L Griffin,
Director.
aiMiua icdWiciy iimilillg JtllUOl,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Spring and Summer Courses for Teacliers 191 1
Spring Term, March 14 to May 20th ten weeks.
v Summer Term, June Cth to July 29th eight weeks.
The aim of this course is better to equip the teacher for,
his work. TEXT BOOKS: Those used in the public schools"
of the State. I'or further information address, -ROBT.
H. WRIGHT, President, Greenville, N. C.
?rrr-g:Kwia 1 11 a aMi. .
Coffins and
NOTICE.
A full stock of Collins and
Caskets always on hand and
sold at all prices. All kinds
and sizes.
B. Nooe,
PittsborcN.
Sale of Land for Taxes.
Notice hereby given thrit at a nhcr
sale of land for taxe,s on June (Jth,
li10. I bought 20 acres of land in Cen
tre tmvnship. liste.! i ti the name of
Brnr!stori & Snoilinurs. for i!elin.iiioiit
taxes for the year lioi. and if not re
deemel bv the 'first Moiulay in June,
lfll. I will apply for a deed for the
same.- . .). N. MAMLK T.
Janvarv 1, I'.UI.
Notice is herhy rr-'tvn lliat applica
tion will be made to 1 be (Jeneral
Assernblv of North Carolina at it
present session for the passage of gaJe Qf Land for TaXeS
a bin 10 amend the charter 01 .
ihe lown of Pittsbro, so as to at:-'
Bhips and men with European-, suppose, as I did in Pans, that thorize the assessment on property
and Asiatic peoples, j sights-seeing for an American in ' abutting the sidewalks to help' p;
The President has sent a mes- a foreign city was too expensive. cost of permanent improvements, aud
gage to Consrress urging f ortifi-1 But, as a matter of fact, every-. for other purposes,
cation of the Panama canal. He thing was very " cheap in Eng- Jauuary ntu, lan.
wants $5,000,000 to start the land, and tmostof us tookadvan-. u. xooe, Mayor.
"
Notice is hereby given that at a tda-r-ifT's
s ile of land for taxes on Mav 2nd,
1910. I lKught -Jo aeres of laud iifMat
thews townsliip. listed in the name of
.Minor I'asehal, for delinquent taxes
for the year 1H0S, and if not redeemed
by May 1st, 1911, 1 will applvfor a deed
for the frame. LEOX T. LANE.
j J an.ua rv 4-1311.
Wood's Seeds
For The
f arm and Garden
have an established reputation
extending over thirty year, be
ing planted and used extensively
by the best Farmers and Garden
ers throughout the Middle and
Southern States.
Wood's New for 191 1 will
Seed Catalog J6!15 jpm to
determine as
to what crops and seeds to plant
for success and profit Our pub
lications have long been noted
for the full and complete infor
mation which they give.
Catalog mailed free on
request. Write for it
T. W. WOOD & SONS.
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
Sale of Land for Taxes.
Notice is hereby given that at a sher
iffs sale of land for taxes on J une 6tu,
1910. 1 bought 20 at'rea in Centre town
ship, listed in the name of E. A. I'oe
heirs, for delinquent taxes for the yeur
I'.Xr., and if not redeemed by the first
Monday in June, 1911, 1 will apply tut
a deed for the same.
J. N. HAMLET.
ia.ury -Itfe, 1S11,