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THE CHATHAM RECORD A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly inAc'vancs " ''''''' ' ' ' ' i VOL. XXXIV. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. NOVEMBER 22, 1911. NO. 15. THE CHATHAM RECOn0 5 r Rates of Advertising; On- Nrrvia a Antt mapftAii One Square, two insertions JtL3 - - - One Square, one month , $2 ED For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts wilt bo nutcteu 1EF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUS? Ml MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. The receipts cf cotton at the port of Savannah, Ga., reached the 1,000, i)00 mark earliest in the history of the local cotton exchange, and thorough ly in keeping with the record-breaking year in the history of the port It is also well within the range of the pos sibility of Savannah to nose out New New Orleans as the second cotton port. The fact is now recognized and the statistics of the two ports in the race for supremacy are being watch ed with interest. John II. Slaton, president of the Georgia state senate, succeeds tem porarily to the office of governor-by reason cf Governor Smith's resigna tion. Governor Slaton appeared IS hours after Gov. Hoke Smith resigned and took oath of office, which was ad ministered by Chief Justice Fish of the supreme court. . v Speafcing of the advtanges of good roads and of what is being done in that direction, Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson declared that nearly forty-four million dollars was depended during the present year for good roads in the Southern states alone. "Reports to. the department show that the $44,000,000 spent during the first ten months of this calendar year was divided as follows: Alabama $3, 4S4.000, Arkansas $2,450,000, Dela ware $430,000, Florida $1,505,000, Geor gia $2,500,000, Kentucky $2,500,000, ilississippi $3,130,000, North Carolina ?4,505,O0O, Oklahoma $1,505,000, South Carolina $1,100,000, Tennessee $3,900, 000, Texas $7,600,000, Virginia $4,004, m, West Virginia $1,625,000." Judge Speer's charge to the United States grand jury, sitting at Savan nah, Ga., was featured by his presen tation to that body of the present low price of cotton and the probable forces that are at work holding the price down. The judge charged that it would be the duty of the grand jury to investigate such conditions, if any existed, in the southern districts of Georgia, and frame their bills accord ingly. At the conference of immigration of ficials called by Secretary Nagle of the department of commerce and la tor, to meet in Washington, repre sentatives of state immigration de partments in the South will make a determined effort to have such a di; vision made of immigration that the South will get a greater share of the newcomers to the United States. The Louisiana state board of immigration will be represented at the meeting by Secretary Denechaud. Welcomed to Georgia, to Atlanta and to the South by Gov. Hoke Smith, Mayor Courtland S. WTinn, Congress man William Schley Howard and sev eral other speakers of note, the Amer ican Federation of Labor met in its thirty-first annual convention, with President Samuel Gompers in the chair. There were 375 delegates in attendance upon the , convention, rep resenting 115 international unions, about half as many national organiza tions, 38 state federations, 634 central bodies, numerous local and Federal unions and a large number of affiliat ed organizations. Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio, one of the most conspicuous Democrats in the country, and one whose name is prominently mentioned as candidate for president, will visit Atlanta during the corn show and will speak on "Legislation Needed for the Develop ment of Agriculture." . - General. That Theodore Roosevelt is again a candidate : for the presidency and that his editorial in The Outlook de claring that business conditions in this country are chaotic as a result of the present administration's policy, is his formal declaration of the fact, is declared editorially by The World. Other newspapers make strong com ment on the editorial. The World, un der the caption, "Is Roosevelt Mor gans Candidate?"" declares that Mr. Roosevelt's "present Wall street's re sentments against Mr. Taft more forcefully and coherently than Wall street itself has been able to do." Fifteen men Cornell students who, in "working their way through the univer sity, are waiters on 'the tables of the "co-eds," struck; , as a consequence, 400 girls are compelled to wait upon themselves. Thirteen vessels of the Chinese navy hoisted the white flag and sur rendered to the revolutionists. Governor Foss of Massachusetts ex Ponded $16,828 in his- campaign for re-election, according to a return filed "ft'tih the secretary of state.' The re turn was sent back to the governor for correction, because he failed to itemi ce all expenses. -Maurice Enright, business agent of tke United Association of Plumbers, recently convicted in Chicago, of the murder of Vincent Altman, was sen tenced to life imprisonment. Enright had been denied a new trial. The Southern railway has raised ttases. Qt ail clerks who have been re The chaos which, 13 settling ' over China in consequence of the revolu tion deepened when the radicals among the Young Chinese mpvement refused to recognize Premier Yuan Shi Kai's new ministry, spurning Yuan's authority. It was also learn ed that a number of appointees had refused to serve under the new pre mier. None of the radical element iaded by Dr. Wu Ting-fang, former Chinese minister to.the United States, was selected for posts in the cabi net. Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany was ordered under military arrest and confined in his quarters at Dantzig for 30 days as punishment for the recent scene which he pre cipitated in the reichstcg, aligning himself openly against the policies of Chancellor Von Bethman Hollweg and virtually placing' himself at the head of the war party. The reichstag outbreak came as a result of debate over the Franco-German Morocco de bate. The arrest of the crown prince was ordered by the emperor. The International Harvester com pany of America was ousted from Missouri and fined $50,000 by the su preme court of that state. The de cision of the court sustained the find ings of Special Commissioner Theo dore Brace, who' reported to the court that the company violated the com mon and antii-trusT. laws of Missouri. The effect of the decision is to pre vent all the 'companies which make up the International company from conducting further business in the state. , "Etherial asphyxia or aerial com nipathy," is why Calbraith P. Rodg ers, trans-continental" aviatpr, declares attacked him when he feil near Comp ton, Cal., on the last flight of his cross-country trip. Furthermore, Rod gers asserts this is what caused the deaths of many other aviators. "It lurks in the pockets of the upper ail strata," he said, "and creeps irresisti bly upon the sense of the aviator, lulling him into unconsciousness." Governor Mann of Virginia declined to grant a respite to Henry Clay Beat tie, Jr., convicted in Chesterfield coun ty, September 8, of wife murder. The refusal to interfere with the sentence which the supreme court declared to be right, means that Beattie will die in the electric chair at the state peni tentiary on Friday, November 24. Gov. James H. Hawley of Idaho, in a signed statement, condemns the ac tion of President ' Taft in granting a pardon to Clarence W. Bobnett, a bookkeeper, who was convicted of em bezzling the funds of the Lewiston Na tional bank of Lewiston, Idaho. He never entered upon service of his sen tence. Nearly a score of deaths, several million dollars' properey loss and much suffering and inconvenience re sulted from the violent change of tem perature, the preceding storms and the succeeding cold and snow that beset the central portion of the coun try Tornadic storms did much dam age in Wisconsin and Illinois and killed a dozen persons, besides injur ing more than a score, several fatally Washington. President Taft has started after the scalp of the money trust. Following a long session of the cabinet,- the pres ident heard personally the story of one man, who has encountered the financial octopus, made up cf a bare handful of men, which is alleged to exert control over the industrial de velopment of the country and has suf ficient power to dictate precisely along what lines development shall run, and to prevent it whenever it interferes with established organiza tions. The "money trust" is held to be the giant power behind alll the in dividual trusts. The president and highest cabinet officials express deep concern over the situation. The state department has practical ly decided to send a -regiment of troops from Manilato Chinwingtao, a seaport -in Shina, about 250 miles from Pekin on the Gulf of Pechili. The purpose is to perform an international duty under the Boxer treaty in keep ing open the line of communication between Pekin and the sea. "Felons' stripes' as a punishment for "trust criminals' in the United States, to end "commercial piracy un der benevolent 'rules of reason,' " are proposecf in a bill amending the Sher man ani-trust law drafted by Repre sentative Henry of Texas, to be intro duced in the house upon the opening of congress next month. Its introduc tion probably will .mean its passage in the house. . , In .a majority opinion of the com merce court' formally handed' down in the trans-continental rate, cases, it is held that the long and short haul provision of the interstate commerce act is constitutional. Judge Arch told concurs in the issuance of a a temporary injunction,- but v in his opinion holds the long and short haul provision to be? invalid. The court reached the conclusion that the ques tion would have to me fought out be fore the United States Supreme court. Amendment of, the Sherman anti trust law at the coming session of congress is to be undertaken in earn est by Democrats of the house, ac cording to a declaration by Represen tative Henry of Texas, a banking member of the committee on judicia ry. Representative Henry's7 announce ment came while President Taft and Attorney General Wiekersham were In conference at the white house as co the advisability of supplemental mti-tn:st legislation. The house Dem :rats, it was declared at the capitol, ill t)u1i lGCi-iaticn alcn tnis Iine FROM I U H H A f . ! 10 CHARLOTTE NEXT SOME VERY EXTENSIVE RAIL ROADBUILDING IN THE OLD NOTH STATE. SANF0RD AND TROY ROAD Major "Guthrie, General Counsel of Durham and Charlotte Railroad An nounces Its Owner Has Sold To Purchasers Whose Names Not Given Raleigh. That there is to be in creased railroad building ic North Carolina is certain. There have been for some time rumors and reports cf railroad building' from Raleigh to Charlotte and the continued report that the Durham and Charlotte rail road, of which only fourteen miles, from Troy, in . Montgomery county, to Gulf in Chatham county, are in oper ation, would be extended to Charlotte and, to Durham. .Now comes the news that new in terests are in Control of the Durham and Charlotte railroad, and that the new purchaser has also obtained the Sandford and Troy railroad. Just a few days ago the news came from Lynchburg that , the Durham and South Carolina railroad was to be ex tended at once from Bonsai to Fuquay Springs and there is increasing talk that the Norfolk Southern railroad desires to extend its roads into west ern North Carolina. , All these things point to a great railroad development in the section between Raleigh, Dur ham and -Charlotte, - and the follow ing concerning the sale of the Dur ham and Charlotte railroad and its extension to Durham and Charlotte will be read with interest: "Major William A. Guthrie, of the firm of Guthrie & Guthrie, attorneys, who for a number of years have been the general counsel for the Durham and Charlotte Railway Company, has returned from a trip to Philadelphia and New York ande announces that Mr. John B. Lennig has sold his en tire interests and holdings in the Dur ham and Charlote railroad, and the Sanford and Troy -railroad. The deal was consummated a few days ago, and until - that time Mr. Lennig had been sole owner- of these two roads, which operate trains from Troy to Gulf and from Gulf to Colon, con necting at the latter point with tne Seaboard Air Line. . EXPRESS SERVICE IS POOR Only Two Express Carrying Trains Leave Washington -.Dally For Southern Points. Charlotte Is (n The Lead. Charlotte made a larger per cent of increase in value of manufactured products and for the number of men employed from 1904 to 1909 than any other city . of 10,000 and over in the state. While Winston-Salem, employs more men and shows a larger value for her products, the percentage of increase for the Queen City is much longer than that shown for Winston. In 1D04 the total value cf manu factured products in Cha,vlote was $4,850,000 and in 1909 it had increas ed to $10,460,000, while the number of employes increased from 2,234 to 4,199. Winston's industries increased from $11,353,00 in 1904 to $16,778, 000 in 1909, while the number of em ployes went from 4,850 to 6,718. Governor Smith's Portrait. . Doing honor to the memory of one of North Carolina's early governors, there was presented to the state by the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the Revolution a handsome oil portrait of Governor Benjamin Smith, of Brunswick county, who a hundred years ago, in 1810 and 1811 was the chief executive, of North Car olina the exercises of the presenta tion took place in the hall of the House of Representatives. Have Offered Reward of $200. ""'. Two hundred dollars is offered as a reward for the arrest of William Henry Benton, the negro who so das tardly shot Officer D. B. Brown on the streets of Hamlet. Mr. Brown is still alive and has fighting chance to survive. He is at his home, in West Hamlet under the "care of a trained nurse. ' ; . Guilford Teachers Meet. The Guilford County Teachers' As sociation had one hundred and fifty people present at the monthly meet ing at Greensboro. Since the schools opened in the fall the teachers have been making -a study of the "Teacher and the School," one of the books in the reading' course ' designated for teachers. ' At their meeting three chapters of the book were discussed. Professor Foust,; county Superintendent,-discussing the first two, and Pro fessor Matheson of the 'State Normal College, the third. . To Have Three New Bridges. At a meeting of the county' board of commissioners - three . new- iron bridges were ordered. One ninety-six-foot bridge is to span Flat Rock creek at the edge of Shelby, another of equal length on the same road be tween Hickory creek two miles east of town. The road is to be partly new and partly along . the old road from Shelby to Kings Mountain, a dis tance of 14 iailes. -Thi3 is to be the next road the convict force will grade and lay a Aand-clay surface. The convict foroff aow numbers 50. Greenville. A determined move ment affecting the interests of a cer tain class of .merchants in practically every town and city on the main line of the Southern Railway, between Washington arid Atlanta, is about to be inaugurated by the merchants of Greenville, who carry on an express business with New York City and other Eastern markets. The object of the movement is to induce the Southern Express Company to im prove express facilities on the main line of the Southern Railway, be tween Washington an-l Atlanta. The local merchants will not act alone in this matter, but will solicit the assis tance of merchants in towns between Greenville and Atlanta and in Spar tanburg and Charlotte. The mer chants will attempt to carry their point by an open petition to the offi cials of the Southern Express Com pany. The movement about to be inaugu rated is born of dissatisfaction of long standing, and the merchants are going to make a most determined ef fort to remedy the situation. There are in Greenville several large firms doing a heavy express business with the Eastern markets. Goods are or dered from New York, Baltimore or Philadelphia by telegraph and the merchants naturally look for speedy delivery of whatever they have order ed. As a matter of fact, so it was stated by a prominent business man, the express service between New York City and Greenville is little better than the freight service conducted by the Southern Railway. From New York and other Easter nmarkets to Washington the express service is all right. It" is from Washington soutb that the trouble lies. Contracts For Better Streets. Within the next few weeks New Bern will have several more blocks of paved streets added to its list of paved streets. At the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the contract of paving New street between East Front and George streets, with Tra via macadam, was awarded to Mr. F. J. McGuire and the work will be be gun at once. Ten years ago only the. principal "streets of the city were paved and many of these were in bad condition. During the past few years, however, the city fathers, have spent many thousands of dollars on paving the city streets and New Bern now ranks among the best paved cities in North Carolina. Meeting of Stanley Teachers. The meeting of the Stanley County Teachers' Association held at Albe marle was more than usually enthu siastic. Although the weather was threatening, there was an excellent attendance and those present were here for a purpose, as could be easily seen by ,the onlooker without being present for but a few moments. One of the most striking evidences of the present spirit of progress, which is and has for some time been sweeping over old Stanly county, is the interest which the teachers of the county are taking in their work. And there is possibly no other class of people in the county which is rising to a high state of development more rapidly than the public school teachers." The Most Important Case. The most important civil case tried or set for trial in Cleveland county in many years was compromised a few days ago. The case was A. J. Beam, administrator of John Henry against the Seaboard Air Line Railway. It will be remembered that Henry was a section foreman on the Seaboard and was killed in a collision of an extra freight train and a hand car last March between Shelby and Waco. The railroad paid the administrator the sum of $4,900 and the cost of the suit Convict Makes His Escape. 1 Zeb Snipes, a white "trusty" at the Saratoga convict camp, made his escape and it is thought he has gone to either Fremont or Goldsboro. He was sentenced to eighteen months on the roads for the larceny of money. Southern Pines. In spite of all the rain that has fallen recently many wells and springs around Southern Pines are still without water. For Hearing on Freight Rates. Chairman Franklin McNeill and Secretary A. J. Maxwell, of the Cor poration Commission and Attorney General T. W. Bickett have gone to Washington for a hearing before the new commerce court, on the appeal of the Norfolk & Western Railway Com pany, from the order procured by the North Carolina commission from the Interstate Commerce Commission for a substantial reduction in freight rates from Cincinnati and other west ern points to Durham and Winston iSalem as North Carolina terminals ' ' V The Second Largest Yield. Young Samuel Riddle, of Endicott, made 81 bushels of corn this year on his test acre. The yield wa? not the largest in the county, but so far a3 reported stands second largest. Earl Poole stands first with a yield of 94 bushels. . The most remarkable thing in the production of this acre of corn was the low cost of production. y Mr. Riddle makes the emphatic statement that all fertilizers, cultivation, labor, etc., to produce the 81 bushels amounted to only $8; making the cost less than 10 cents per bushel. EXPENSE OF ROADS AN ENORMOUS SUM WAS EXPEND. ED DURING PRESENT YEAR IN SOUTH ALONE. FIGURES OF THE SECRETARY Head of U. S. Department of Agricul ture Who Will Speak At Good Roads Congress in Richmond Gives Out an . Interesting Statement. 1 Raleigh A special from Washington states that speaking of the advantages of good roads and of what is being done in that direction, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson declared that near ly $14,000,000 was expended during the present year for good roads in the Southern states alone. The Secretary will speak on the subjects at the Good Road3 Congress to be held in Richmond, Va. "Through its Bureau of Good Roads," the Secretary continued, "the Department of Agriculture has been slating the progress of good roads throughout the country and demon stration work and maintaining a force of trained men to give illustrated lec tures. Reports to the department show that the $44,000,000 spent during the first ten months of this calendar year divided as follows: Alabama, $3,4S4,000; Arkansas, $2, 40,000; Deleware, $430,000; Blorida, $1,505,000; Georgia, $2,500, 000; Ken tucky, $2,500,0000; Louisiana, $1,132, 351; Maryland, $2,250,000; Mississip pi, $3,130,000; North Carolina, $4, 505,000; Oklahoma, 1,505,000; South Carolina, $1,100,000; Tennessee, $3, 200,000; Texas, $7,600,000; Virginia, $4,004,000; West Virginia, $1,625,000. "The department is co-operating with state or local authorities in prac tically every state and reports show that over 200,000 miles of roads were built during the past twelve months. "A few years ago, the department conducted an investigation to deter mine the condition of roads through out the country. SOUTHERN TEXTILE TION. ASSOCIA- Meeting at Kimball House, Atlanta, Dec. 2nd. Further- Announcements of Program and Entertainment Com mittees Special Railroad Rates. Atlanta, Ga. Arrangements have been definitely made for the holding of the semi-annual session of the Southern Textile Association Dec. 2nd, in the Convention Hall of the Kimball House, this city, which will be the official headquarters of the Association. The committee in charge of enter tainment is especially anxious to se cure in advance the names of all members and visitors who will be in attendance. A postal card with this information may be addressed to the chairman, Mr. C. S. McMahon, 1021 Grant Building, Atlanta. The program Is as follows: 11 a. m. Meeting called to order by C. S. McMahon, chairman of Local Committee of Arrangements, followed by address of welcome. Response by Mr. A. B. Carter, of Athens, Ga. Address by Supt. M. G. Stone, of Spartanburg, S. C, president of the Association. Paper on "Weaving and Designing," by Mr. Henry W. Atkinson, formerly Editor of Cotton. 2 p. m. "Waste Reduction in Cotton Manufacturing," by Supt. D. D. Towers, Canton, Ga. s "The Spinning Room," by Chas. M. Stoy, of Anniston, Ala. "The Little Things in a Mill," by Supt. W. L. LowryT Monroe, N. C. "Reduction of Power by Alignment,'' by Mr. Geo. W. Loggie, of Boston, Mass. After each paper opportunity will be given for discussion of the points pre sented; and some of the papers may be deferred till the night session for which the program has not yet been definitely arranged. Special Railroad Rates have been arranged for those attending the as sociation from all stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Geogria and Alabama.. Progress of Hookworm Campaign. Raleigh. With provision made by twenty-four counties for the operation of free dispensaries for the eradication of hookworm Infection, the work com pleted in ten counties and in effective prqgress in four others Pitt, Bruns wick, Harnett and Hertford and ten others on the anxious waiting list, Dr. John A. Ferral, secretary in charge of this hookworm campaign for North Carolina, is in high spirits about the progress of this important work in North Carolina. He is just back from Harnett county, To Inaugurate Militray School. Raleigh. Adjutant General R. L. Leinster of the North Carolina Nation al Guard, and Capt. H. J. Dougherty o the United States army, detained for service with Adjutant General Leins ter in the advancement of the effi ciency of the North Carolina guard, have arranged to inaugurate at once a military school with two distinct divis ions that will reach and benefit the oSlcers and men of the Carolina guard. The school work began November 15 and will continue until the month of. June, 1912. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Column of Short Paragraphs Collected by the Editor From Many' Towns and Counties of State. Morganton. Capt. George Phlfei Erwin, one of Burke county's most prominent citizens, died at bis home in Morganton, death resulting from paralysis. Raleigh. A charter was issued for the Watkins Lumber Company of Bt lerbe, capital $50,000 authorized and $4,000 subscribed by W. H. Watkins, Sr., and others. Raleigh. During October Raleigh had only three cases of scarlet fever and eleven of dlptheria. The health authorities pronounce the public health conditions here now as entire ly satisfactory, and indeed, remark ably good. Southern Pines. Squirrels and quail have not been so abundant in many years as at this season. Acorns are also abundant, and the plney woods razorback promises to.be up to the top notch with the other game birds of this section. High Point. Mrs. Arthur Bonden heimer was awarded the first prize for the finest collection of flowers at the flower show held by the High" Point ladies in the Pickett warehouse. The exhibit this year was perhaps tire finest ever shown here. Sparta. Large droves of cattle are being shipped each week to Raleigh, Durham and Northern points. One carload of milk cows were shipped a few days ago to Washington' for a dairy farm. ,. The scarcity of feed is forcing the sale of a great many cattle. Shelby. Mr. J. W. Wesson, one of the leading farmers of the county liv ing on Route 2, was here exhibiting a stalk of corn measuring 17 feet and 3 inches in height. Mr. Wesson says the corn grew on bottom land and all of the stalks were unusually high but this one towered above them alL It had two goods ears of corn on it. Greensboro. F. M. Gardner has been employed as driver of Greens boro's sporty "commission plan" mo tor patrol wagon, which, after some display and considerable expense, is about ready to be put into service. It is said that expenses will be paid by having court mulct defendants into paying more costs In cases in the city court. . Newton. Newton poultrymen. It turns out, fared well af the Catawba county street fair In Hickory. Mr. L. H. Phillips, Mr. H. B. Corpening, Mr. Hub Wagner, Mr. L. M. Reitzel and Dr. J. A. Young, in the order named, won many first prizes, several seconds and thirds on leghorns, orplngtons, Wyandottes, white cornish and Indian runner ducks.. Greensboro. Engineer W. A. Kin ney, the last of four brothers to be claimed in railway wrecks, was killed and several trainmen and passengers were slightly injured near here when the southbound New York, Atlanta and New Orleans limited on the Southern Railway, was derailed. Seven cars left the track and turned on their sides. Durham. In order to encourage lit erary effort among the students of Trinity College, the Fortnightly Club has decided to offer each year a prize of books or other reward, at the dis cretion of the members of the club, for some production of real and dis tinctive literary merit appearing in the college magazine. This decision was reached at the last meeting of the club. Raleigh. The Executive Commtltee of the Board of Trustees of the Uni versity of North Carolina met and granted Mr. J. Felix Hickson, profes sor of methematics, leaVe of absence from December 1, to April 1. This was done in order to give Mr. HIcker son the opportunity of investigating thoroughly the road engineering de partment of Cornell University. Many of the University students are becom ing road engineers. Southern Pines. The experience with Russian laborers in Hoke county has encouraged the commissioners to try them on the roads, and. a delega tion of twenty of these foreigners is expected to arrive in the near future to work on the new system of improv ed road, building out from Raeford. The.menxwill be sent first to Antloch anl after finishing some work there will go up into the north side of the county. High Point. Mr. T. L. Norwood, superintendent of the Kearns Furni ture Company, has a genuine ground hog in captivity at his home. He captured the little animal a short time ago under his barn. It is now the size of a large cat and is getting quife time. Fayetteville. J. E. Lepage of New York, was arrested and jailed here for engaging in and promoting a boxing match in this city and on the further charge of passing a worthless check for $10 drawn on the Cumberland Sav ings & Trust Co. The boxing match was a farce. . Raleigh. Governor W. W. Kltchin has issued the Thanksgiving Day proc lamation for North Carolina and names Thursday, November 30, the day already named by President Taft, this the day to be observed in all the states. , Rocky Mount. A case unprecedent ed in the history of this section of the country for the past 15 or 20 years is that of a man cutting a new set of teeth at the age of 53 years. Such is the case of Mr. Henry .Swan son, who is cutting a new set of teeth. -Mr. Swanson had his teeth nulled in the spring of 1910. EXPECT A CRISIS CHINA S DEMANDS FOR THE THRON.EST ABDICATION ARE CRQWOXKGCi UPON THE PREMIER. A NEW SHOW OF PATRIOTISM Provinces Display Effort t EstafcUafif Union' Government Quickly -Ttff . Americans Have All Left Nanking"---Negotiations For Peace Have Fattsr Peking. Demands for the abdication are crowding? upon Yuan Shi Kai, who doubtless will forced to make a decision wlthlo. week. It seems to be a case oX ffsfr& or ask the court to depart from Ofiar capital. Every suggestion far -Ttti-tion is accompanied by promissa atf protection and ample pension;' ' It is reported that the Premier fisstf ordered a renewed attack, upon. Hkss Yang and Wu-Chang. If this La ,it signifies his choice. -The'; ment has succeeded in ridding tfier Lanchau troops of both, rerokitiasaix generals, Chang Shac-Tseng and TJjoa Tien Wei. The former is now at TfieB& Tsin. The latter, who commanded Cite third division, has been dismissed ang, is proceeding southward, not as Yuma Shi Kai's envoy to submit farther pro. posals to General LL the rebel' mander, as previously reported, nrrft 1 join the rebel forces. .- - There has been an unexpected dtsw. play of patriotism during the last 4ap or two. Instead of rivalry amozrs dm provinces there have been evidencest of remarkable unanimity in sa. efi&clt to establish a union govemaeasK quickly, in order to prevent the- dsn gers from foreign complications. Rear Admiral Murdock telegrapt the American legation from Nankins; that the American consul with ' tbetf archives is aboard the New Qriassa and that all Americans have left tXsae city with the exception of a few uxesfcr bers of the Red Cross. It would be impossible, says t&ar admiral, to protect Americas ty in Nanking without landing- tnn hundred marines prepared to ftwctaf a siege. For this reason, he had sroC none of his men ashore. - - Various efforts made, in iBlXueiiti&C quarters to start negotiations loofafif to peace have up to the present failed. To Crush the Revolution. Washington. The arrest - of Gen,. Bernardo Reyes by United States: authorities at San Antonio for Tiola tion of the neutrality laws is exaetfjr in line with the policy of this govern, ment to stamp out revolutionary activ ities against Mexico in United States territory, according to Secretary oC State Knox. "The arrest ot GenoraE Reyes was not requested by the Mexi can government," he said, "The paltey of this government has not changed, one iota since the inauguration oC Madero as President following tba revolution he led. So far as the XJnJt ted States Is concerned, the sltuatieix is identical with that existing; IasS spring when Madero's agents- being arrested for violating the trality laws." . . Effort to Lift Balloon Con. Indianapolis, Ind. In an effort 6 lift the Lahm cup for long df?rifc balloon flights, Captain G, I. Bobs baugh of this city started from hexm in the balloon, Dusseldorfer. - f Thm . balloon floated away to the northeast--in a east wind estimated at 25 mfiea an hour. The Lahm cap, which Is of fered by the Aero Club ot America faL now held by A. Holland Forbes,, w&ax. won it October 12, 1909, in a- flig&C from St. Louis, Mo, to Richmond, Ya a distance of 697.17 miles. x-;4- Fowler Lands Safely In Pecos, Tex. Aviator Robert G, Fow ler, attempting a coast-to-coaat trfj by aeroplane, landed at Pyote, Tttc 18 miles east of here. It Is said therw is some defect in the machine-, agaxa. but he landed without trouble. , He bat. tends to leave early for Abilene. Few Ier flew from Van Horn, Tex 3$ miles from Pyote. y ; ; The New Ambassador Is Mum. New York. George Bakhssetteg the newly-appointed Rnssiaa . sambas, sador to the United States, arrlwad im New York and left Immediately fee Washington. The coming of the new embassador is of vastly greater iasn est than ordinarily attaches to s ifoTiT of diplomatic representatives tar bet arrives at a time when a wave popular and official protest is at it height against his government becanstsr it refuses to honor American nosav ports without discrimination, araixsto- '.he Jews. The Farmers Are Prosperess. "Washington. More up-to-date and? modern machinery has been pxaxhaaecS. by farmers during the past year t&sac during any previous year, aceerduKs:; to Secretary of Agriculture Wilaoo who based this assertion upon re- ports made to him by departmextaSi field men. "This demonstrates" hm added, "not only the prosperity of tsar farmer but also his alertness to seixsx. upon every means to increase Qca yield an acre and to preserve the s;Il. The department has been ursins thor use of the latest tool3 and r?3firrc-2 1 1, :i 3f J if ? , r