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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO CHATHAM COUNTY, N. G., MARCH 13, 1912.
NO. 31.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUST
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.
A traiu order which was misread
was the cause of the wreck on the
Ceorgia railroad, on the main line at
Social Circle, Ga., according, to the
investigation made by railroad offi
cials who went to the scene in the
wrecking train which left here imme
diately following the news of the dis
aster. W. C. Vaughan, engineer of the
passenger train and one of the old
est trainmen in Georgia, died from a
fracture at the base of the skull.
Four negroes were killed in the crash.
Asserting that he is retaining his
seat "contrary to the wish and will
of an overwhelming majority of the
people of the state," the Mississippi
legislature adopted a resolution de
manding that United States Senator
Leroy Percy resign his office. In the
senate the resolution was adopted by
a vote of 26 to .13 and in the house
tiO to 39. The vote was along strict
ly factional lines, and is in direct se
quence 'to differences within the state
Democratic party.
Inspired by sentiment for the "lost
cause.'' students composing the se
nior class of the medical department
or" the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte firmly refused to dissect
the corpse of a hero of the Civil war
the late Capt. Edward Benton of
Raleigh The hat was passed around
for a collection, and later, followed
by the student body, the remains of
the gallant veterans were borne to
the Confederate lot in the Chapel Hill
cemetery and given a Christian,
burial.
The department of justice has or
dered Grant Victor, United States
marshal in eastern Oklahoma, to en
force the Federal prohibition law in
the old Indian Territory, the same
as prior to statehood. Under this
law it is a pentitentiary offense for
a man to carry a flask of liquor
across the state line, the . same as
introducing or selling it. All liquor
will be seized and confiscated and all
persons in possession of it arrested.
Oklahoma has a statewide liquor pro
hibtion law.
General.
Senator Laftioptfs silence on the
candidacy of; - Colonel Roosevelt was
broken by Itae published declaration
"that in the . presence of great prob
lems personal attacks on candidates
should have no place. The statement
is called forth by the declaration that
Colonel Roosevelt urged LaFollette as
the "ideal man to make the fight
against Taft." "It is not a matter
of great importance to the public why
I became a candidate," said the sen
ator. '
A rumor is published in a London
paper , that Capt. Robert F. Scott, the
British Antarctic explorer, has reach
ed the South Pole. Mrs. Scott' de
clares that she has heard nothmg
from her husband and there is no
confirmation obtainable from any
source. Capt. Roald Amunsden, the
Norwegian explorer, has reached Ho
bart, Tasmania, on the return from
his South Polar expedition.
Comparative quiet has been restor
ed at Pekin, China. The action of the
American minister, Mr. Calhoun, in
cabling to Manila for further troops
for Tien Tsin, it is stated, was not
due to the fear of a concerted at
empt against foreigners, similar to
the Boxer rising, but, owing to the
belief that' it was unwiseto take any
chances, in view of the fact that the
Chinese troops cannot be depended
upon and disorders are sweeping the
north, with little prospect of prompt
government' control.
American Secretary of State Phi
lander C. Knox and his party travel
ed from Corinto to Managua in Nica
ragua on a special train which was
heavily guarded in consequence of an
anti-Knox and anti-American propa
ganda which had been industriously
circulated. These persons represent
ed that the visit meant further Amer
ican domination. A pilot train, carry
ing fifty soldiers, with a machine gun,
preceded the special, while a third,
carrying 100; soldiers, followed.
Enraged because his sister refused
to leave an alleged disorderly resort
in Terre Haute, Indiana, of which
she was an inmate, Harry Rambo of
Peoria, 111., shot and probably fatally
wounded the young woman.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor, de
clares that in a short time there will
be only three countries in the" world.
"Feed the children Boston baked
beans if they like them, administer
corporal punishment if necessary,"
and "let them go barefooted," are
some of the suggestions given by Dr.
Charles B. Putnam to mothers in an
address to Harvard Medical school.
An attempt to shoot Leopold De
Rothschild was made by a man as
Mr. Rothschild wals entering a motor
car in front of the bank in. London.
Mr. Rothschild wa3 not hit.
A 25 per cent, reduction in Texas
cotton acreage was forecasted by the
president of the Farmers' Union.
MM
Two Christiana, Sweden, newspa
pers received dispatches from Capt.
Raold Amundsen announcing that he
reached the South . Pole December 14,
1911. The dispatches were sent from
Hobart, Tasmania, where Amundsen
arrived, and read: "Pole reached,
fourteenth - seventeenth December."
This evidently means that he remain
ed three days in the vicinity of ' the
pole probably for the purpose of tak
ing accurate observations as to his
position. .
The national political situation as
sumes a more harmonious appearance
than it has had since Colonel Roose
velt announced himself as a candi
date for the presidential nomination.
This Vendition was induced by the ac
ceptance of Roosevelt's" challenge to
a national primary by the Taft mana
gers. The proposition was not taken
up in its entirety, but was indorsed
for application in the 41 states which
have legal provision for such action.
The Michigan legislature passed a
law providing for presidential prima
ries, the measure to take effect im
mediately. On the Democratic side,
Woodrow Wilson's manager issued a
statement favoring the primaries.
An extraordinary outburst of anti
American feeding at Managua, Nicara
gua, led to the arrest of fifty of the
more prominent ringleaders who are
being held in detention until Secreta
ry of State Knox has departed. This
is the first indication publicly express
ed of opposition to the Central Amer
ican trip of the secretary of state.
The persons arrested include the
whole of the editorial staffs of the
Diario de Nicaragua and of the Diario
Moderno, which had published a num
ber of letters and placed headlines
over them suggesting that dynarnite
should be used against the state sec
retary. Henry L. Stimson of Cew York, sec
retary of 'war, and the Roosevelt can
didate for governor of New York in
1910, and said, that while -he remain
ed the "sincere friend" of Mr. Roose
velt, he could not support him for the
presidential nomination. In a speech
before the Taft Club of Illinois he
declared his belief that President
Taft's administration represented the
highest expression of progressive Re
publican policy.
One hundoed and fifty Americans,
mostly women and children, from the
American lumbering town of Made
ra, Mexico, were brought into -El
Paso, Texas, by the Mexican North
western railroad from Pearson, their
first stopping place after leaving Ma
dera. With the exception of a small
hospital staff at Pearson, every Amer
ican woman and child in the towns
of Madera and Pearson, Mexico, is on
United States soil.
"The utterer of a cry of jingoism
relative to China or Mexico, is going
to be responsible for the slaughter of
an untold number of innocent foreign
ers in those countries," declared War
Secretary Stimson in a speech at
Chicago. V
Washington.
Summing up the action of the sen
ate in stripping the proposed arbitra
tion treaties with, France and Great
Britain of their vital features, gov
ernment officials who followed the ne
gotiation of the two pacts agreed that
participation by the United States in
general arbitration of international
difficulties was a dead issue so far
as this session of congressw as con
cerned and probably for many year
to come. There is little thought that
President Taft will submit the trea
ties. John Mitchell, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, declin
ed to give to Judge Wright of the Dis
trict of Columbia, supreme court any
assurance that he expected "hereafter
to lend adherence to the decrees of
the judicial tribunals of the land."
To do so, he declared, would be an
admission that he had heretofore fail
ed to comply with lawful decrees. Mr.
Mitchell said he had rather be con-
evicted of contempt than be acquitted
on any other ground than the facts
in the case.
The house passed a joint resolution
authorizing the secretary of war to
accept from citizens of Tennessee ap
proximately 5,000 acres of land near
Tullahoma, in that state, for use as a
maneuver camp and training ground
for the state militia of Kentii'cky, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, North Carolina and South
Carolina. The resolution, offered by
Representative Bynum of Tennessee, )
now goes to the senate.
Representative Clark of Florida
made a sensational attack on Gover
nor Gilcshrist in the house. It was in
reply to a purported interview from
the governor in which he is alleged
to have expressed surprise . at the at
titude of Representative Clark in the
Everglades investigation. Said Mr.
Clark: Vlt remains for the governor
of Florida God pity the - state to
travel ( all the way from Tallahassee
to Washington to insinuate now that
I am working in the interest of West
ern railroads. I brand that as a ma
licious, gratuitous and unqualified
falsehood."
Advices to the government from
points along the Mexican border, as
well as in the interior, continue to
paint a picture of brigandage and an
archy, hitherto unparalleled in the re
public below the Rio Grande. Though
unorganized the spirit of revolution,
from dispatches received here, seem3
to pervade the entire republic. In the
state of Chihuahua ' the situation is
most serious. TSe report of Gen.
Pascual Orozco's desertion-, of the
Madero standard was confirmed. Ap
prehension now is felt for the safety
of numerous foreigners in, the city
of Chihuahua.
THE REVENUE
RECEIPTS LARGE
THE INCREASE OVER FEBRUARY
;
OF LAST YEAR IS VERY
CONSIDERABLE.
A VERY FEW LICENSES SOLD
Business and Not Whiskey Consump
tion Either Department Doesn't
Give Out Figures Other Than the
Record No Falling Off in Revenue.
Raleigh. The collections in the. In
ternal Revenue Department for the
month of February in the Eastern
District No. 4 have been figured up
and show that the amount is $369,
372.90. This is an increase of $67,992.66
over February of last year and is a
fair month, though the two days' de
ficit makes a considerable' difference.
The month of January showed $400,
000 and December $402,000 in round
numbers.
The increase in revenue, which has
so much been confused from a dis
tance with the whiskey business, isn't
attributed to that department at all
If there is any booze in the state, the,
department isn't able to locate it, and
when it does it proceeds to confiscate
and to annihilate it. Thus, there is
hardly any revenue from that source,
perhaps less than ten per cent of the
tribute paid the government coming
from whskey at all. There are a few
licenses or special taxes sold to men
who somehow turn up,, later in the
courts, but this is infinitesimal in the
general revenue.
Of course, the department doesn't
give out figures other than the record
and what a man may find from it.
The increase in revenue comes along
with the general prosperity of the
country. Durham's tobacco has been
paying a tremendous portion of it. The
Increase in corporations and in the
businesses which pay tribute to the
government at Washington, accounts
In big measure for the steadily grow
ing business in the Raleigh office.
In that connection it is observer1
that although whiskey business has
been very largely eliminated, there is
no falling off in the revenue receipts
They grow larger each year. It proves
the point of the advocates of prohibi
tion that where distilleries die, some
thing better springs up.
Not Much Farming Being Done.
The windy month is right here on
us; one-sixth of the year is gone, and
less farming work done than has been
known in the past twenty-five years.
This is the first open sunshine week
of the year, and the spring plowing
and other field operations to. date are
seriously behind. The Irish potatc
crop will be three weeks sbehind
none planted yet, and the strawberry
situation looks decidely worse than
for years. Winter oats and rye are
badly hurt by cold. Even, the prouci
collard that raised it3 haughty head
so erect in the gardens is laid low.
Agree On Third Bridge Over Catawba.
The board of commissioners of
Mecklenburg county, in monthly ses
sion agreed to co-operate with Gas
ton county in the erection of a third
bridge over the Catawba, the work
to be done this year at a cost of not
more than $20,000. Messrs. A. P
Rhyne, Egbert Hutchison and J. W.
Tucker appeared before the board in
the interest of the 'bridge' which is to
be built at Mount Holly. The Greater
Charlotte Club was represented by
Mr. Clarence Kuester and Messrs. C.
P. Moody.
Man Falls In Vat of Lye and Dies.
Sam Sydenham, a boiler-maker in
Spencer shcps, died at Salisbury as
the result of a terrible accident. The
man in some unaccountable way fell
into a vat containing boiling lye used
to cleans old iron. He was horribly
scalded over his entire body. Syden
ham was a stranger, having . begun
work in Spencer only a week. His body
is being held awaiting word from
his sister, who is in Montreal, Canada.
Governor Grants Two -Pardons.
Governor Kitchin has granted par
dons for J. H. Cheek, Yadkin county,"
serving since 1910 on a 17 years sen
tence for second degree murder- Eu
gene Fox, Ashe county, who has serv
ed eighteen months on a three years'
sentence for larceny and Oscar Poteat,
McDowell county, who has served
eighteen months on a ten years' sen
tence for highway robbery. All these
pardons are on recommendation of
the trial judge and tjie Jurors and
where the solicitors are' living; with
the recommendation of these officers;
Taylor Tenders Resignation.
Col. John D. Taylor, clerk of the
New Hanover superior court for the
past twe'nty-two years and having
served one term some years prior to
that time, tendered hfs resignation
to : Judge Oliver H. Allen, resident
judge, who is holding court at Jack
sonville. Colonel Taylor. has been in
failing health for some time and re
cently suffered a fall and since then
has not been able to leave his toom.
Mr. W. H. Harris, who has been dep
uty clerk for the past six years will
likely be appointed to fill the term.
SPEND HUGE SUM ON ROADS
Progress Being Made in Iredell Coun
ty $400,000 to Be Spent On Road
Improvements.
;
Statesville. The people of the
state generally, especially citizens of
counties contemplating road improve
ment on a large scale, will be inter
ested in the progress being' made
in Iredell county, which . will spend
$400,000 in road improvement this
amont having been voted in bonds
last spring, Chairman N. B. Mills, ol
the board of county commissioners,
has prepared a statement of the worh
done up to March 1st, which contains
some interesting .figures which are
gratifying to the good roads enthusi
asts and all progressive citizens of
the county.
The statement shows that the bonds
so far sold $125,000 and the prem
iums on the bonds amounted to $131,
214. The banks pay three per cent
interest on monthly balances and for
the month of October; November, De
cember and January this amounted to
$1,081.52, making the total receipts of
the road fund $132,295.52.- Deducting
the funds on hand March 1st, $82,
33.29, as shown the Treasurer Sloan's
report just" issued, it is shown that
$49,963.23 has been spent in connec
tion with the new road work.
Of this amount the total expended
in equipping six camps was $21,889.78
and it is estimated that the cement,
terra cotta pipe, grain, hay, etc., now
on hand amount to $1,785. Deducting
these amounts from the total amount
expended it is seen that the actual
expenditure for roads and .bridges-is
$26,288.43. The outfits of each camp
consist of seven mules, eight wheeler
road scrapers, one road plow, one
road machine, two wagons, tents for
mules and camping outfit, stump pull
er, axes, shovels, etc., the average cost
of each outfit being $3,848.28.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Among the charters was one for a
new bank in the state and the same
will be siutated at Sunbury, in Gates
county. ' It is to be known as the
Farmers Bank of Sunbury and will
be a commercial and savings bank.
The capital stock is $10,000, buf will
begin business when $9,600 has been
paid in. Incorporators are Cross &
Co., L. M Pierce, J. E. Corbitt and
others. Another charter was
McCormick and Paul Company oi
Pembroke, to do a general merchan
dise business with M. A. Pate, . R.
Burke, E. M. Paul and J. A. McCor
mick as incorporators. Capital stock
is $25,000, with $2,000 paid in.
Woman Kills Her Husband.
While apparently suffering from a
spell of melancholia, Mrs. W. A. Har
rison shot and almost instantly killed
her husband, at their home on Bart
lett street, Asheville. She had only
recently come from a sanitarium for
mental treatment. Mr. Harrison was
a fireman on the Southern, and had
lived near Salisbury. His wife was
Miss White, whose home was in Hick
ory. She declared that she did not
mean to kill him, that she was trying
to kill herself and he tried to get the
pistol when it was discharged. Sh
is in jail.
Successor To Sheriff Hinson.
The board of commissioners of
Richmond county met at Rockingham
for the purpose of selecting a succes
sor to the late Sheriff M. L. Hinson,
who died several days ago of heart
failure. There were five or six
strong applicants before the board
and it required a half-dozen ballots
before Mr, H. D. Baldwin, received
a majority. Mr. Baldwin will be sher
iff of Richmond county at least until
January 1, 1913, which is the unex
pired term.
Two Children Burned To Death.
A report from Yost, Rowan county
tells of a horrible tragedy that was
enacted on the farm of Mr. Adam
Wensil .when two colored children,
6 months and 3 years old, were in
cinerated in a fire that destroyed,the
tenant house occupied by their father,
Andy Smith.
Winston-Sale.m. During the com
mencement exercises of Nathan's
Creek Academy, in Alleghany county:
Monroe Hall, while intoxicated, stab
be Fred Pennington, and also carved
up ' Robt. Poe .Pennington died in
stantly and Poe's wounds are regard
ed as serious
Driver and Team Drowned.
A terrible .accident occurred a
Broadhurst's bridge, across Neuse
River above Seven Springs, when a
double team of mules, belonging to
Hardy Croker, backed off the bridge
and into the swift flowing current.
The negro driver and the mules wre
drowned. A son of Mr. Crocker, who
was in the wagon, managed to get
to shore, but the driver and the ani
mals went down , in the deep water
and could not be saved. Young C
ker and the negro were returning tc
their homes in Wayne county.
Political Pot is Simmering.
The political pot is beginning tc
simmer in Iredell. National politics
and the senatorial candidates have
been talked for some time and now
the local officers and would-be offi
cers are coming in for their share
Mr. R. M. Gray has announced his
candidacy for the Democratic nomina
tion for county superintendent ol
schools, which office has been held
by Mr. O. L. White, who is a candi
date to succeed himself. It is gener
ally understood that a legislativf
ticket has been arranged.
MAKING
PROGRESS
STATES MAKES A WONDERFUL
SHOWING IN ' EDUCATIONAL
MOVEMENT.
EXPENDITURES ON INCREASE
During the Last Decade Many,. New
School Houses Have Been Built in
North Carolina People Must Con
struct a Complete System.
Raleigh. A decade of educational
progress in North Carolina is the title
of a bulletin jjst issued from the
state department of education that
makes really wonderful showing for
the state in this respect. It shows
that expenditures for elementary ru
ral schools has increased from $1,
108,157 to .$2,126,659; value of rural
schools and grounds has increased
from $1,146,000 , to $3,094,416; the av
erage rural schools terms from 76
days to 98 days, the decade being 1901
to 1910. During- this time '3,456 new
school houses were built, more than
one a day for the time estimated, this
being from 1902; salaries for white
school teachers increased from $621,
927 to $1,126,069; average salary of
white teachers from $25 to $34 and
over 60 per cent in annual salary
22 per cent to 360.121, while the total
school poulation has increased 11 per
cent; average daily attendance has
increased 41 per cent; special school
tax districts increased from 10 to
1,167 with amount raised thus from
$300,000 to $900,000; number of rural
schools having more than one teacher
from 851 to 1,355 ; rural 'libraries in
creased from 474 to 2,772 containing
'over $96,000 worth of books.
In the bulletin Dr. J. Y. Joyner de
clares that "If our people are wise and
lust they must construct a complete
;ducational system."
Investigating Hawkins Mystery.
Asheville. The grand jury sitting
in the March term of Henderson
county superior court took up the con
sideration of the case of Myrtle Haw
kins, whose body was found floating
in the waters of Lake Osceola last
September. This action is the result
of persistent report sthat additional
evidence has been discovered since
the finding of the coroner's jury to
the effect that Myrtle Hawkins came
to her death at the hands of a person
or persons unknown. Solicitor Hall
Johnson, who is conducting the case
in behalf of the state, stated that the 1
examination of witnesses by the grand
jury had brought out much new evi
dence. Six Months And Costs of Case.
Gastonia. In Gaston superior court
Judge Lyon sentenced Christy S. Ha
ger, former chief .of police of Besse
mer City, who killed Earl Lockman
last November, to serve 6 months on
the roads and to pay the costs in the
case. The jury in the case returned
a verdict of guilty of manslaughter at
the close of a three-days trial. When
the judge asked the attorneys for the
defense what they had to say for
their client, Mr. O. F. Mason, who
with Mr. S. J. Durham admirably con
ducted the defense for Hager, made a
strong plea for a new trial for the
defendant.
Report On Listed Property.
- Raleigh. The Corporation Commis
sion has prepared the report of all
listed property in the state and the
figures show the total value to be
$741,034,345 for the year 1911. For the
year 1910 the total value was $617,
690,386, showing an increase for the
past year of $123,343,959. The per
cent of increase is 19.97. These fig
ures are based on official reports from
all counties.
Has Increased Reward to $400.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin has in
creased the .reward for the appre
hension or arrest of murderer or mur
derers of Myrtle Hawkins from $250
to $400, the same being done at the
request of Sheriff A. M. Blackwell, of
Henderson county.
' Trip-Hammer Case Settled.
Greensboro. It is learned that the
famous trip-hammer case has been
settled for all time, though the at
torneys will not divulge the full de
tails of the settlement. Judge Cook
set aside the $2,5,00 verdict allowed
J. R. Moorefield and it is now learn
ed counsel later reached an agreement
whereby the Standard Boiler & Ma
chine" Co., bought the Moorefield
property, adjoining the plant outriglit
and that Mr. Moorefield thereby
agreed to stop all of the court pro
ceedings. . '
. Governor Issues Commission.
Raleigh. A commission was issued
by Governor Kitchin, through Adju
tant General R. L. Leinster to Dr. R.
S. McGeachy of Raleigh as a first
lieutenant- in the medical reserve
corps of the North Carolina National
Guard. Adjutant General Leinster re
ceived at the headquarters of the
North Carolina National Guard the
first list of questions that will be
propounded to the officers of the
guard in the correspondence school
that will be conducted under the di
rection of the War Department.
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Column of Short" Paragraphs That
Were Collected With Very Much
Care by the Editor.
Wilson. Hugh Hamilton, who has
been running a shifting engine on the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad here was
arrested on advice from the authori
ties of Rocky Mount on the charge
of abduction, and not to be released
unless he gave a thousand dollar
bond. He was taken back to Rocky
Mount by an officer of that town.
Durham The Durham county board
of. education has been compelled to
abandon temporarily .the plans for
the erection of a new school build-i
ing at West Durham on account of a
decision of the state supreme court,
which would make it unlawful for the
board to borrow the necessary funds
for the erection of the building.
Raleigh. James Stokes and J. M.
Blake, car inspectors for the Southern
Railway Company, are being held in
the city prison here awaiting result of
injuries to Engineer Carr Bradley of
the Ralegh & Southport division of
the Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern
Railroad, whom they struck. over the
head with a piece of iron in the
Raleigh & outhport yards.
Kinston. A, J. Kilpatrick is Kin
ston's' new police cnief, to succeed
Carl M. Beasley, resigned. Chief Kil
patrick who goes into office soon was
the oldest patrolman of the force," and
a particularly efficient officer. The
new chief was opposed for .the office
by only one applicant, a member of
the - force. The selection met with
universal approval.
Jacksonville. In the Onslow coun
ty court house in Jacksonville, the
annual oratorical contest between
representatives from the Onslow and
Jones county schools was held. This
was the occasion too of an educa
tional address delivered by N. W.
Walker, professor of secondary edu-,
cation in the University of North Car
olina and state high school inspector.
Raleigh. "The Carolina Ware
house, Incorporated" is the name of
the central organization which the
advisory committee of the state' farm
ers' union decided to work 'under in
the coming scheme of systematic dis
tribution. New Bern, Charlotte, Ral--eigh,
Greensboro and Wilmington
sent delegations here to speak before
the body in the senate chamber ask
ing them to locate the colossal ware
houes here.
Raleigh. The Raleigh, Charlotte &
Southern Railway Co. has filed with
the corporation commission a tariff of
joint-haul discounts that will in fu
ture apply t the four roads recently
taken over in the company's projected
through line from Raleigh to Char
lotte, which means that the patrons
of these roads will in future enjoy a
25 per cent reduction in the freights
that come where other roads partici
pate in the transportation.
Winston-Salem. The appropriation
of the county to the Winston city
school fund was increased to $18,000
at a meeting of the Forsyth county
commissioners. The board read the
petition recently presented by the
Forsyth County Teachers ' Associa
tion asking that no more one-teacher
schools be instituted, but that rather
should the smaller schools be consol
idated with the larger ones. No action
was taken.
Asheville. Of vast importance to
the fruit-growing industry of this sec
tion is the establishment by the state
and federal departments of agricul
ture of several "orchard experiment
stations" throughout the western part
of the state in an effort to determine
whether there is a thermal belt in the
mountains and if so at just what al
titude it is in various sections. This
has been a mooted point for several
years and its settlement will be very
valuable.
Charlotte. It would require an ex
penditure of between . $350,000 and
$400,000 to meet the demands for
good roads that are arising through
out the county of Mecklenburg just
now according to the estimate of
Chairman W. M. Long. The board of
comimssioners within the past few
months have been confronted with
an unusually large array of requests
for new roads or for improvements on
macadam roads that are already con
structed. The county can by no
means approximate with its present
income the needs that are being pre
sented now.
Charlotte. J. R. Watkins, chairman
of the Central Market committee of
the Winston board of aldermen,
charges that Charlotte meat dealers
charge more for the same class of
meat than is charged in Winston, and
presents figures, in support of his con
tention. Troy. The trustees of the Troy
graded school have awarded to a
Graham contractor the contract for
the, construction of a new school house
in Troy, the price being fixed at $16,-,
000 and a Charlotte firm is -given the
contract for heating the building at
the price of $2,000. .
Durham. George Vernon, a young
white man of this city, was convicted
in the recorder's court of conspiring
to rob a girl of her virtue. He was
found guilty and sentenced to the
roads for twelve months. Vernon ap
pealed. " New Bern. The revenue cutter
Pamlico went to the assistance of the
schooner Susannah, which had been
capsized about one and a half miles
east of Otter Creek beacon. Tbe
schooner, was righted and towed to
the wharf at this city. The boat is
now oh the ways at one of the ship
yards receiving repairs.
COUNTRY OF CHINA
A
YUAN SHI KAI IS FORMALLY IN
AUGURATED FIRST . PROVIN
CIAL PREESIDENT.
A VERY PATHETIC CEREMONY
Many Foreigners Were Present But
the Legations Were Not Officially
Repersented Republicans and Im
perials Still Waging Warfare.
Peking. In the new foreign office.
Yuan Shi Kai was formally inaugurat
ed provincial Persident of the republic
of China in the presence of a great
gathering of delegates, province en
voys, military and naval . officers and
other prominent personages. Many
foreigners attended the ceremonies
but legations were not represented.
Yuan Shi Kai, who was in military
uniform, read a declration promising
faithfully to develop the republic, ob
serve the constitutional laws and re
tire when the National Assembly ap
pointed a permanent President. The
ceremony was solemn almost pa
thetic and typical of China's transi
tion. A report has reached Peking that
Tung Kwan, the famous pass on the
borders on the Shensi and Honan pro
vinces, has been captured by Gen.
Shensi, before whom, if the report is
correct, the provinces of Honan and
Chili are now open country.
The report" says also that 1,000 re
publican cavalry and infantry have
deserted to the Imeprials and a large
part of the republican army in. the
north is showing strong symptoms of
reaction and may be seriously affect
ed. If the report is true it is probable
that the differences between the north
and south will be brought no nearer
a settlement because of the inaugura-.
l.ion of President Yuan Shi Kai.
Are Revamping Ohio's Laws.
Columbus, O. Far reaching chang
es in the organic law of the state will
be submitted to the voters of Ohio
next fall for their adoption or rejec
tion. Delegates to the fourth consti
tutional . convention of the state now
in session here; estimated that proba
bly thirty amendments to the charter
of the Commonwealth would be sub
mitted. In the nine weeks of delibera
tion by the convention since January
9, four important propositions have
been approved for submission. Chief
among the amendments so far pre
pared was one providing for woman's
suffrage.
Grace is Gaining Strength.
Atlanta, Ga. ISugene H. Grace, the
young business man, who charges that
his wife drugged and then shot him
at their home in Eleventh street and
then left hiqn to his ate, passed a
good day, but indications are that the
preliminary hearing of Mrs . Grace,
set for Wednesdaj', again will be
postponed. He is rapidly regaining
his strength, but the bullet which is
believed to be lodged near the spinal
cord, has not been removed and he is
still paralyzed below the waist.
They Will Curtain the Program.
Washington. Curtailment of the
Democratic tariff revision program,
with a viw to "speeding up" Con
gress to permit adjournment before
the national conventions. Is now the
expressed aim of the Democratic ma
jority in the House. Republicans and
Democrats in the Senate and House
are chafing over delay in actual legis
lation that threatens to crowd Con
gress later on.
Mexico Starts Peace Movement.
Mexico City. A monster demonstra
tion in favor of peace and in support
of. the constituted government was
held here. Perfect order" prevailed.
President Madero for nearly three
hours reviewed the demonstration
from the balcony of the palace and
from time . to time replied t impas
ioned speeches by the paraders.
Thinks Scott Also Reached Pole.
Hobart, Tasmania. Capt. Roland
Amundsen, the discoverer of the South
Pole, said that he thought qit uite
possible that Capt. Robert F. Scott,
the British explorer had also attain
ed the Pole. He hoped so at least.
His own base, he said, was 500 miles
from that of the British party and his
winter camp was nearer the Pole than
Scott's; He had no idea at the time
that Captain Scott had started for
the Pole. Captain Amundsen has re
ceived thousands of congratulatory
messages.
Lawrence Strike Nears End.
Lawrence, Mass. Although leaden
in the textile workers' strike express
the belief that the end is, close at
hand, with a considerable victory for
the strikers already assured by tba
granting of get ral" increases in
wages, there was let-up in prepar
ations for continu ng the struggle.
Speakers at nearly a score of meetings
laid stress upon the necessity, ol
maintaining their strength. The lead
ers planned to have more pickets on
duty than at any time since the strika
was begun, two mmths ago.
REPUBLIC