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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1912.
NO. 29.
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FOR THE BUSY
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZEL
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Oklahoma's Democratic state con
vention ended in a political love feast,
the selection of a split delegation to
the Baltimore convention and the
election of Roger Galbreath of Tulsa,
uncommitted as to his preference for
presidential nominee, as national com
mitteeman. The compromise which
brought about the harmonious conclu
sion was reached at a conference of
leaders of the factions supporting
Speaker Champ Clark and Governor
AYoodrow Wilson. .
n the wake of the most destructive
fire in the history of Houston, Texas,
smouldering wreckage covers an area
about one and a half miles in length
and varying in width from 200 yards
to half a mile in the northeastern
section of the city. More than a doz
en of the city's most important indus
trial enterprises are in ruins, 200 or
more dwelling houses and store build
ings are in ashes and approximately
1,000 persons are homeless. The most
conservative estimates are that the
loss will reach at Jeast 7,000,000. The
insurance carried will not exceed 40
percent. Except for a few who suf
fered minor burns and burises, no
casualties attended the fire.
Representatives of sixteen South
ern states, heads of railroads and
steamship lines that serve that sec
tion and men who have studied the
agricultural and industrial problems
of the South for years, met in Balti
more and formed the Southern Set
tlement and Development Organiza
tion. Baltimore was made the head
quarters, with S. Davies Warfield of
Baltimore as chairman and Eli Frank,
also of Baltimore, secretary. It was
resolved to start at once to raise
the funds to carry, on the work of
the organization, to establish branch
cn such educational or other work in
the sixteen Southern states as may
be deemed desirable with the view to
procuring desirable immigration, col
onization and settlement as the needs
of the several states may require.
Savannah cotton receipts for the
first time in the history of the port
for any one season passed the two-million-bale
mark. There was great
rejoicing on the floor of the exchange
at the fact that Savannah has become
the second cotton port of the world,
and a giant banner was strung across
the top of the exchange telling-of the
reaching of the new record-breaking
figures. Many telegrams of congrat
ulation have been received by the
officers of the cotton exchange.
Authorities at Rutherfordton, N. C
were notified of the arrest of Will
McEntire at Tampa, Fla., wanted for
the alleged murder of three men in
1905. According to the indictment re
turned by the grand jury at the last
term of court, McEntire, who for
years was the proprietor of of a dis
tillery in the county, killed and rob
bed the men, afterwards cremating
the bodies in the furnace of his plant.
According to the evidence submitted,
the murders were for the purpose of
robbery.
General.
The mystery of eight deaths of ba
bies in the Brooklyn Nursery and In
fants' hospital was solved, the police
say, by the confession of Winifred
Ankers, a kitchen woman at the hos
pital, admitting that she placed ox
alic acid in the babies' milk bottles
The police version of the confession
runs: "I put two or three drops of
oxalic acid into the bottles. I did not
do it with intent to kill the babies,
but I wanted to get square with the
nurses, who were my enemies."
Edward Hines, millionaire lumber
man, declined to discuss a published
report that he had been expelled from
the Union League Club of Chicago,
as a Tesult of his connection with the
Senator Lorimer case. Officials of
the club also refused to affirm or
deny the reports of Hines 'expulsion.
"I will have to refer you to my coun
sel, as I personaly have decided to
say nothing regarding the matter at
this time," said Mr. Hines, when
questioned at his Evanston residence.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts
has broken all New England records
for the use of the pardoning power,
having restored 81 prisoners to lib
erty during his year in office. His
pardons include eleven murderers.
The widow of Jim Fisk, who was a
partner of Jay Gould, died at Boston,
Mass., penniless. ,
The second amendment to the con
stitution was adopted by the Ohio
constitutional convention which has
been in session since January 19. It
permits the state legislature to issue
bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 for
the maintenance of roads.
Rutherford P. Hayes, son of Ruther
ford B. Hayes, former president of
the United States, has matriculated
as a student in fruit culture and lai
rying at Cornell. Mr. Hayes has a
farm near Asheville, N. C.
School Superintendent Maxwell of
New York City will establish motion
picture shows in all schools.
MAN
what Theodore Roosevelt said hero
when an admiring Cleveland, Ohio,
friend sought to learn whether he
was a candidate for the Republican
nomination for the presidency."
"Big Business," the fitness of the
American people for self government,
the recall of judges and praise for
the progressive legislation in Wiscon
sin were topics discussed by Theo
dore Roosevelt in his address before
the Ohio constitutional convention at
Columbus, Ohio.
After an all-afternoon fight on the
floor of the convention of Missouri
Democrats, in Joplin, Mo., caused by
the effort of David A. Ball of Bowl
ing Green, a candidate for the guber
natorial nomination, to oppose the
slate agreed on by party leaders, the
Democratic state convention elected
eight delegates-at-large to the Balti
more convention, each with half a
vote. Each of the sixteen" congres
sional districts chose two delegates
to Baltimore. The delegation was
specifically instructed to vote for
Champ Clark for president.
Washington.
Colombia virtually repudiated the
action of its minister, General Ospi
na, . by sending, through American
Minister DuBois, at Bogota, a cor
dial invitation to Secretary of State
Knox to visit Colombian shores on
his present trip. The invitation was
forwarded promptly to Secretary
who is aboard the cruiser Washing
ton on his way south. With him rests
the decision whether he will change
his itinerary to a call at Cartagena.
This, it is accepted here, he undoubt
edly will do. The action of the Co
lombian foreign office was received
in Washington with satisfaction.
The Italian chamber of ' deputies
passed the bill for the annexation of
Tripoli by Italy by a vote of 431 to
38, amid enthusiastic cheering from
the floor of the chamber and the
public gallery. Afterwards the mem-
bers who voted agaainst annexation,
including ' the Socialists, a few Re
publicans and one Radical, Prince
Gaetani, were roundly .hissed. Only
one member abstained from voting.
President Taft, speaking at the
peace meeting of the Navy League in
Washington, declared the time had
not come for this country to be eco
nomical at the expense of an inade
quate naval establishment, expressed
hope that the present congress would
authorize the construction of two
battleships, and said he gladly would
sign a bill that carried such an au
thorization. Except for the service of five years
in prison, Folke E. Brandt is the
same man in the eyes of the law
as he was before he was sent away
April 4, 1907, to serve thirty years
for burglary at the home in New
York City of Mortimer L. Schiff,
where he once worked as a servant.
The long prison term was broken up
when Justice Gerard of the supreme
court sustained a writ of habeas cor
pus obtained in Brandt's behalf.
Adjutant General Maloney of Ten
nessee urged before the house mili
tary affairs committee a bill for gov
ernment acceptance of 5,000 acres of
land near Tullahoma, Tenn., donated
for a maneuver camp for troops of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida and the
Carolinas. Opposition developed in
the house against the Blackmon reso
lution providing a commission to in
vestigate the availability of land near
Anniston, Ala.
For the first time since the Insurg
ent Republicans broke away from the
regulars in the fight on the petroleum
duty, the Republicans of the house
presented practically a solid front
against the passage of a tariff revi
sion bill. All Insurgents voted with
the regular Republican forces against
the Underwood chemical tariff, which
was passed. The Insurgents opposed
the measure on the ground that it
was a revision upward instead of
downward. '
President Taft submitted to con
gress the report of the employers'
liability commission and the commis
sion's proposed employers' liability
and workmen's compensation bill, ac
companied by a message urging the
enactment of the measure which is
the most advanced piece of liability
legislation yet presented. The presi
dent sets forth that the proposed law
not only would insure to employees
of railroads engaged in interstate
commerce quick adjustment of their
claims for damages, but also would
relieve the courts of a vast amount of
work and enable them to administer
judicial affairs with greater dispatch.
President Taft and the cabinet dis
cussed the Colombian situation, but
no statement was given out. Neither
the state department nor he Colom
bian minister htd received any advice
from Bogota as to whether a visit by
Secretary Knox to Cartagena would
be welcomed by the Colombian peo
ple. The 1 impression prevails that
the reply, when it does come, will
be a substantiaeion of the attitude
taken by Minister Capina, and that
Colombia forthwith will be omitted
from the Knox itinerary.
Death by the hand of the law voids
all life insurance policies of the
criminal. The Supreme court so held
in the fight of the children of James
S. McCue, former mayor of Char
lottesville, Va., who was executed for
the murder of his wife in 1905. A
policy of $15,000 was carriefl by Mcr
Cue in the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance company of Wisconsin. The
United States circuit court of appeals
for the fourth circuit held that the
policy was made in Wisconsin and
under the Wisconsin laws was not
annulled by execution .on the gallows.
ADVISED STATE
TAX CUMISION
GREATEST NEED OF THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA AT THIS
TIME.
PRESENT LEVY IS VERY LOW
Millions of Dollars Worth of Property
Not on the Tax Books of . the State.
Mr. Brown Tells What Should
Be Done. A
Raleigh. A special from Charlotte
states that "The greatest need of
the state of North Carolina at this
time is a state tax commission, said
State Senator J. A. Brown, of Chad
bourn, who "has been in Charlotte
for several days in connection with
the.? cotton acreage reduction matter.
""There Is no uniformity of assess
ment Jof property ' throughout the
state," said Senator Brown," and un
til this is achieved there can be no
equitable system of taxation.
"With the valuation made on" a'rea
sonable basis, and the property of the
state on the tax books an adequate
revenue will.: be provided and there
vill be no necessity for thestate bor
rowing money for any purpose at. any
time.
"The present state levy is very low
too low, in fact, to prt"dftpe. sufficient (
revenue to .operate vie taje govern
ment as "ft should ""e. But there are
millions of dollars worth bf property
in the state hot on the tax boofcs and
other millions of dollar's worth is not
j properly assessed
'"Many cases of rftaowitable valua
tions have come to' my personal ob
servation and I believe that this one
matter will solve the problem of
state finance. An increase in the
state levy is not a necessity, but an
increase in the revenue would result
if the property in the state was assess
ed and properly valued."
The Political Pot Is Simmering.
The county political pot is begin
ning to simmer just a little at Gas
tonia. It is expected to begin boil
ing at a pretty lively rate ere long.
So far there are- in the field only
three men who are avowed candi
dates for office. Two of these, Mr.
Carl Finger, of Stanley and Mr. Clyde
C. Craig of Dallas, are after the
Democratic nomination for the office
of county treasurer and Mr. Wiley
H. McGinnas of Kings Mountain
wants to be register of deeds. None
of these have made formal announce
ments of their candidacy in the pa
pers, but all threeare actively at
work among their friends.
Holds County Liquor License.
Some comfort is being given those
of Greensboro who have been depend
ent upon the prescription of a phy
sician by the disclosure that the Rev
olution Drug ' Company not only
holds a county license but that it
has been so doing for years. The
drug store is located at one of the
mill villages near the city and is "on
the car line being about a twenty
minute ride. It will, however, serve
to offset an ordinance by the city
commissioners forbidding the sale
of whiskey in Greensboro, even upon
prescription cf a licensed physician.
Working For Advertising Campaign
Col. Sanford H. Cohen, the recent
ly elected manager of the Greater
Western North Carolina Association,
arrived in Asheville from Augusta,
where he has been for the past few
days on a business trip, and confer
red with George S. Powell and Harry
W. Plummer, members of the execu
tive committee of the association and
of the local board of trade regarding
some of his plans for the advertising
campaign ' which is to be launched
about March 1 in. Florida for the ear
ly soring tourist business.
Asheville. In the last issue of the
bulletin by the Asheville board of
health the information is given out
that the city is to have .a milk depot.
for the preparation and distribution
or purer and modified milk
Want The New Railroad Badly.
That railroad, proposition from Lit
tleton to Hamilton, referred to sev
eral days ago, has created a good bit
of interest among the people ' at
Scotland Neck, and this writer has
heard many expressions of hope that
the road would be built. There is a
strong desire among the people here
for better freight and passenger fa
cilities and cheaper freight rates, and
the proposed road would in a meas
ure at least give the desired relief
The road would traverse one of the
richest farming sections in the state
School Board Held Meeting.'
The board of school commissioners
and the finance committee of the
board of. aldermen of Chatlotte, ac
cording to arrangement met to con
1 sider the matter of financing the
South graded school proposition but
adjourned without settling the. matter-of
finance definitely. After .a,
lengthy debate indulged in by the
school board, and members of the fi
nance committee , with almost as
many opinions about the details of
the financial feature as . there were
debaters. ' -
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEET
Governor Kitchin Makes An Address
Much Important Business Was
Transacted at Meeting.
: Raleigh. Governor Kitchin" pre
sided at an annual session of the
state board of geological survey with
Frank Hewitt, A3heville, Hugh Mc
Rae, of Wilmington, R. D. Caldwell
of Lumberton, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
state geologist and C. S. Vann, state
fish commissioner.
Reports from the state geologist,
Joseph Hyde Pratt, showed .that the
work of inventorying the North Caro
lina , forests from the Tennessee line
eastward has progressed as far as
Rowan and Guilford counties e.nd that
the entire piedmont section will be
completed during the coming sum
mer. The board determined to push
especially the promotion of the west
ern section of the centrai highway
and the Blue Ridge highway a3 cal
culated to be especially beneficial to
the state. The state geologist was
directed to prepare and issue as early
as possible a complete public road
map of the state, showing the im
proved highways, those in progress
of improvement under systematic ap
proved methods and those improve
ments projected.
The board determined to give the
greatest possible encouragement to
the furtherance of the movement for
draining swamp and soggy lands in
all parts of the state. There are
how" fiffy'-gix drainage districts under
way, either fully organized and with
the drainage work in operation or
'fuliy assured of immediate ' operation.
The board will co-operate in every
way ' possible with the Federal au
thorities in the efforts to stay the
ravages of the Southern pine beetle
and? the disease that is infecting the
chestnut forest in this state.
The City Schools Are Flourishing.
The city schools of High Point are
in a most flourishing condition. Prof.
Thornwell Haynes, who took charge
of them only last fall, they have made
phenomenal progress. One of the
first innovations was the establish
ment of a domestic science depart
ment with two hundred girls in sew
ing and some forty in cooking. Then
came a thorough medical Inspection of
every pupil by the city physicians.
This, a little later, was followed by
abolishing the. old vertical system of
handwriting and the substitution of
the Palmer system, directly after
which bookkeeping was introduced.
Then came the publication of a high
school monthly called The Pointer,
the organization of the high school
girls into a literary society and the
giving of phj'sical exercises by instruc
tors to both boys and girls.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The following charters were Is
sued: Southport Light and Power
Co., of Southport; to carry on the
business of an electric light com
pany in all its branches; authorized
capital 50,000, with $2,000 subscrib
ed for by H. K. White, C. Ed. Taylor
and Henry P. O'Hagan. Brittain
Penn Drug Company, of Reidsville;
authorized capital, $25,000, with $7,-
000 paid in by Geo. W. Brittain, S
C. Penn and W. J. Penn. General
Supply Company, of Charlotte; to
manufacture and deal in fire protec
tion machinery, etc.; authorized capi
tal, $25,000, with $300 paid in.
To Let Contract For Steel Brdige.
In the near future a. contract will be
let for the erection of a steel bridge
across Yadkin river, at South River,
which will bind Rowan and Davie
counties by bonds of iron. The bridge
will be built jointly by the two coun
ties, the plans having been filed with
the register of deeds in Rowan. A
committee composed ofj members of
the county commissioners from both
Davie and Rowan will open the bids
and let the contract.
Is Gaining A Reputation. ,
That Rocky Mount is establishing
a reputation as a poultry raising sec
tion of the nation, that is so far as
fancy breeds and high grade chick
ens are concerned, is evidenced by
a recent request made of the local
poultry association that they enter
birds at the great western poultry
show at Indianapolis.
Good Progress On - New Road.
' One of the surveyors of the Nor
folk Southern Railroad was at Con
cord. The members of the survey
ing corps are now working between
Albemarle and Mount Pleasant. They
expect to reach Mount Pleasant in
about a week. After they have made
the survey from Mount Pleasant to
Concord, it is very probable that defi
nite announcement will be made as
to what route leading into Concord
will be determined upon. The sur
veyors are making good progress with
the work.
A Passenger Train Wrecked.
Passenger train No. 36 was wreck
ed 2 miles east of Hickory. No se
rious damage was done though the
passengers were considerably shaken
up. The train was late and was run
ning at more than its usual speed
Just as it was rounding the curve
at the new cotton mill, the engine left
the track, running for fifty yards or
more on the crossties, the coaches all
remaining on the track. A shifting
engine was secured from the yards
here and hurried to the scene of the
wreck.
THE NO-FENCE LAW
FORESTRY ASSOCIATION URGES
LEGISLATION FOR PROTEC-
TION OF TIMBER.
E. B. WRIGHT PRESIDENT
Many Important Matters Were Passed
Upon at the State Convention in
Raleigh The Governor Made the
Welcoming Address of the Occasion.
Raleigh. The North Carolina For
estry Association elected E. B.
Wright, of Boardman as president
and retained State Forester J. S.
Holmes as secretary. Mr. Wright is
president of the Butters Lumber Com
pany. Resolutions were adopted
strongly endorsing a statewide no-
fence law that will take hogs and cat
tle out of the forests. The associa
tion also adopted resolutions urging
state legislation that will put this
state on such a forestry protection
basis as to procure Federal aid in
forest protection, exacts a paid fire
marshal service among other things;
also resolutions for a state system
of fire protection by a technical non
partisan board, endorsing legislation
by Congress making an appropriation
of $80,000 for combating the chestnut
blight and pledging the association to
the greatest possible effort in pre
venting spread of this blight, asking
the co-operation of the railroad com
panies in, the prevention of forest
fires, endorsing tie work of the Uni
ted States board of entomology in its
fight against the Southern pine bee
tle and endorsing the work of the
North Carolina state geological sur
vey.
The association heard J. G. Peters
of the United States forestry service
on "Co-operation in Fire Protection
in North Carolina;" an excellent pa
per by Hugh McRae of the state board
of geological survey on, "The Advan
tages o fa Stock Law of the Whole
States as Forest Protection." -
Contract For Drainage Canals Let.
Wilson. The contract for the con
struction of drainage canals for the
Mosely Creek Drainage District, near
Dover, in Craven county, has been
awarded to the Brett Engineering and
Contracting Company, of Wilson, for
$35,000. This undertaking will drain
eight thousand acres of fine land, half
of which is cleared and ready for cul
tivation. The drainage districts was
organized under the new state drain
age law. The bond issue of $45,0000
was purchased at a premium by the
New Bern Banking and Trust Com
pany. This is the first issue of these
excellent securities marketed with a
home bank. The constructing com
pany has already made arrangements
to begin the work at once.
Mr. Bickett Has Returned.
Raleigh. Attorney General Thomas
W. Bickett returned from Washington
where he had been several days on
business before the Commerce Court
of the country. The matter that was
up for argument before that body
was the old rate fight which all of
the railroads are attempting to win
against the merchants working for
better rates. Mr. Bickett was asso
ciated with two attorneys in the
fight and represented the merchants
of North Carolina who made the first
kick.
Corn Club Movement in Wake.
Raleigh. The Boys' Corn Club
movement is becoming a greatly dis
cussed topic in Wake county and nu
merous clubs will no doubt be formed
in the near future. Superintendent
Judd writes the Wake county teachers
a strong appeal to organize their
school boys into corn clubs. He feels
that the school work should, not be
limited to classroom, and that corn
clubs offer excellent opportunity to
teach direct, practical and useful
training.
Southern Tax, Voucher Received.
Greensboro. Sheriff E. B. Jones
of Guilford county has received from
the Southern Railway Company a
voucher in payment of the company's
taxes due Guilford.
County Superintendent of Health.
Lumberton. At a joint meeting of
the County Board of Health and the
County Medical Society held here
several days ago, Dr. B. W. Page, a
native of Duplin "county, but for the
past year or two connected with the
State Board of Health, was elected
county superintendent of health to
assume the duties cf his office March
1st at a salary of $2,500 per annum.
Robeson is the second county in the
state to elect a, superintendent of
health to devote his entire time to the
office.
Superiority of Sand Clay Streets.
Hamlet. The superiority of sand
clay streets, such as Hamlet has,
has been demonstrated during the
bad weather this winter. Nearly every
street in town is improved, and after
the recent snow, which was the
heaviest seen here in years, the
streets were in their usual good con
dition within forty-eight hours. It
is necessary to drag the streets often
especially after a rainy spell, but the
streets are always in good- condition.
No other town the size of Hamlet in
Uiis section can boast of such streets.
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
A Column of Short Paragraphs That
Were Collected With Very Much
' Care By the Editor.
Hickory. The revenue officers in
company with H. W. Jones, who al
ways gets them, captured two stills
several miles north of Hickory, in
Burke cr.unty. One man, Lael by
name, was captured. They found the
still near Lael's house. He was car
ried to ' Morganton jail to await a
hearing.
Charlotte. It was stated by a
prominent local Republican that only
one more vote for Charlotte than is
already assured on the Republican
state executive committee is needed
to assure the delegates of that party
the rare pleasure of a visit to the
Queen City as lt$ official guests.
Rutherfordton Will McEntire, who
is wanted here on the charge of mur
dering J. H. Melton, I.. B. Hines and
J. D. Atchley has been arrested in
Tampa, Fla. Ex-Sheriff Ed Beam,
through whose efforts McEntire- was
apprehended has gone after the pris
oner. Durham. Robert Rigsbee, a young
lineman in the employ of the Inter
state Telephone Company, fell from
a telephone pole on the Main street
of Durham and was instantly killed.
He was climbing to the top of the
pole on the cross arms when he lost
his hold in some way and fell to the
hard pavement below.
Fayetteville. The annual conven
tion of the superintendents of pub
lic instruction and the high school
principals of the southeastern dis
trict of North Carolina was opened
in Castle hall of the Cumberland
Lodge of Knights of Pythias here.
The educators discussed supervision
and administration.
. Salisbury-. A majority of the 6red
itors of George W. McConnel, who
failed at Spencer several weeks ago
for a large amount, have agreed to
accept the offer of 18 cents on the dol
lar. However, as all have not ex
pressed a willingness to do this,' the
matter is not closed ,and there is still
a probability that such a settlement
may not be reached. ' 1
Rocky Mount. At a meeting of
Company C, National Guard of this
city held in their armory, they elect
ed Mr. Bruce Q. tfabers, formerly of
Charlotte, but lately of this city, sec
ond lieutenant to succeed Mr. A. E.
Dickinson, who resigned. The com
pany is in a flourishing condition, get
ting new members at each meeting
and are now preparing for the inspec
tion which will be held on March 1.
Salisbury. A special meeting of
the Home Mission Board of the North
Carolina Lutheran Synod was held
in the office of Judge B. B. Miller to
consider the extending of financial
aid to the congregation at Greenville,
S. C, where a valuable building site
has already been secured upon
which to erect an edifice. Rev. C. L.
Miller, who has for some time been
field secretary for Lenoir College at
Hickory, will be in charge of the mis
sion at Greenville.
Statesville. At the next meeting
of the board of county commission
ers, to be held on the first Monday
in March, there will be considerable
business to come up in connection
with the road work now being done
by the county as a result of the $400,
000 bond issue voted last year. This
work is being pushed rapidly, though
the bad weather of the past few
weeks has interferred considerably.
Winston-Salem. H. W. Jennings,
who has resided near Rural Hall for
several years, has fallen heir to an
estate of $80,000, left by an uncle who
died recently in Idaho. Mr. Jennings
has sold his farm in this county and
will leave for Idaho to live. The
uncle had not been heard of by his
family for many years and the be
quest came as a surprise to Mr. Jen
nings.
Reidsville.-Messrs. W. H. Highfall
and J. P. Gann had a narrow escape
from death at the cotton mill at
Mayodan, when the elevator fell on
them. The elevator had fallen once
before that morning and they were
under it, trying to find the cause,
when it fell again, striking them with
terriffic force. Mr. Highfall was
knocked senseless, and remained so
for ten hours and Mr. Gann received
a bad wound on the head. Both are
some better.
Raleigh. Mr. Joseph E. Pogue, sec
retary of the North State fair, has
returned from New York, where he
went to attend the annual meeting
of the National Trotting Associaticn,
which met in that city on the 14th
inst., as the representative of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society,
Statesville. The last of a series of
meetings held in various sections of
the county for the teachers of the
county schools will be held in the
near future by County Superintend
ent L. C. White. The first of these
meetings will be for the teachers of
Olin township.
Reidsville. A white man escaped
from the convict force near Madison
and was captured at Mount Airy
County Road Supervisor Ester left
here' to bring him back to serve the
eight months remainder of his term
Raleigh. By a compromise set
tlement in superior court just made
Mrs. Cornelia Woodall receives from
the city of Raleigh $1,400 damages for
a broken arm. She was thrown from
her buggy on account of bad condi
tions of a street crossing. Her hus
band sued for $5,000 also but accept
ed judgment for the city to pay the
costs in his case.
USE POSTAL RATES
PRESIDENT CONCURS IN RECOM
MENDATION REGARDING SECOND-CLASS
MAIL.
SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Transmits Postmaster General's Re
port Which Shows Profit In Postal
Department for First Time in His
tory Parcel Post Is Urged.
Washington. Feb. 22. A rntno In
the rate on second-class mall matter
Is recommended in the annual report
of the 'postmaster general which was
transmitted to congress today, accom
panied by a special message from the
oresident. . FYir the firut tlmo In th
history of the department a profit Is
shownfor the fiscal year ending June
30, 1911.
AccomDanvine ' the document war
the report of the commission on second-class
mall matter appointed by
joint resolution of congress on March
4 of last year and a brief message of
the president, in which he called at
tention to the principal features of the
two reports.
The renort of the commission on
second-class mail matter makes the
following recommendations:
1. The rate of 2 cents a pound on
copies mailed by publishers to sub
scribers, to news aeents. and as sam
ple copies, and by news agents to their
subscribers or to other news agents.
2. The rate of 1 cent for each 4
ounces for copies mailed by other
than publishers and news agents; that
Is. the present transient rate.
3. The present free-in-county priv
ilege retained, but not extended.
The commission also recommended
that the cent-a-copy rate for newspa
pers other than weeKues ana tor pe
riodicals not exceeding 2 ounces in
weight, and the 2-cent-a,-copy rate for
oeriodicals exceeding 2 ounces In
weight, when mailed at a city letter-
carrier office for local delivery, be
abolished.
As to the effect and adequacy of the
proposed Increase of 1 cent a pound
in postage the commission says:
"Such an increase will not, In the-
opinion of the commission, bring dis
tress uDon the publishers of newspa
pers and periodicals, or seriously In
terfere with the dissemination oi use
ful news or information. A reasonable
time should be allowed, after the rate
is fixed, before It is put into effect.
While the new rate will be very far
from compensating . the government
for the carriage and handling of second-class
matter, It will to some ex
tent relieve the existing burden and
result in a more equitable adjustment
of rates."
Vmth the Dresident and the postmas
ter general concur in the recommenda
tions.
President Taft again concurs in the
rpcommendation of the Postmaster
General fcr the adoption of a parcel
post system, suggesting the Inaugura
tion of such a service on rural routes
and in the city delivery service first.
Hitchcock's recommendation for
government ownership of the tele
graph lines under the supervision of
the postal service is not approved, or
by the president. Regarding this he
says:
"There is only one recommendation
in which I can not agree that is one
which recommends that the telegrapn
lines in the United States should be
made a part of the postal system and
operated In conjunction with the mail
system. This presents a question of
government ownership of public utili
ties which are now being conducted by
private enterprise under franchises
from the government. I believe that
the true principle is that private en
terprise should be permitted to carry
on such public utilities under due regu
lation as to rates by proper authority
rather than that the government
should itself conduct them. This prin
ciple I favor because I do not think it
in accordance with the best public pol
icy thus greatly to increase the body
of public servants." ;
The report of the Postmaster Gen
eral is full of statement of chaiges
in the organization and methods of the
postal service made since the last an
nual report, and of tentative drafts of
legislation embodying certain recom
mendations of the department which
need legislation to carry them out. It
also calls attention to the fact that
the revenues for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1911, amounted to $237,879,
823.60 and that the expenditures
amounted to $237,660,705.48, making a
surplus of $219,118.12.
The report shows that the postal
savings system was begun experimen
tally in January. 1911. and that it has
now been extended so as to Include
7,500 presidential post offices, which
includes practically all of the post
offices of that class. Preparations are
also being made to establish the sys
tem at about 40,000 fourth-class offices.
The deposits in 11 months have reach
ed a total of $11,000,000, distributed
among 2,710 national and state banks.
Wonderful Experiences.
"When I was out in the country last
summer," said the beautiful chorus
girl. "I milked a cow."
"Oh, you haven't anything on me."
replied the artist's model. "T visited
an aunt of mine in the country last
fall, and one evening I helped her
wash the dishes."
An Emotv Tradition.
Pop, why are you called the head
of
the family?"
"It is merely a courtesy title, my
son."