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VOL. XXXV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N .C, JUNE 11; 1913.
NO. 44.
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
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.
i George B. Wells, a young man of
Perry, Ga., took up a "dare" that ho
wouldn't roll a wheelbarrow to Macon
for a purse of $10, made by his
friends. A subscription was started
and a pure of $40 was raised. On
Monday morning at 3:18 o'clock Mr.
"Wells started between the handles of
a wheelbarrow from the courthouse
on his journey to roll the wheelbarrow
to the courthouse in Macon, thirty
miles away. At 2:40 o'clock he com
pleted the journey.
A monument to the memory of the
late Governor Allan D. Candler was
iunveiled at Gainesville, Ga., the monu
ment being accepted on behalf of the
family by Judge John S. Candler of
Atlanta. Hon Lucien L. Knight on be
half of the state and Mayor Robinson
on behalf of the city of Gainesville.
! General reports from over Kansas
and Missouri indicate the early ru
mors of a grasshopper "plague," and
worms were exaggerated. Reports
from the western Kansas wheat coun
ties say practically no damage has
been done by the insects. Pawnee
county report "millions of small grass
hoppers," but adds that the number
is scarcely greater than in other
years, and that the damage done is
neglible.
Oscar D. Touchstone, engineer of
Macon, is dying, a negro brakeman is
dead, and a negro fireman is probab
ly dying as the result of a Central
of Georgia freight plunging headlong
into the dry bed of Beavers creek
through a burned trestle. Beavers
creek is 10 miles from Fort Valley
and a wrecker from Macon and a re
lief train from Fort Valley were dis
patched to the scene.
General
Walter Hines Page, the new Amer
ican ambassador to the court of St.
James, received his baptism of fire
as an after-dinner speaker in London
at a welcoming banquet given in his
honor by the Pilgrims Society. Field
Marshal Earl ' Roberts presided.
Three hundred Americans, located
in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico, rep
resenting sixty-eight families, have
demanded in a long message to Pres
ident Wilson sent through Consul Mil
let there, to know, "once for all,"
whether then can expect protection
from their home government since
they "do not desire to take measures
for our own safety which would em
barrass our government without giv
ing due notice beforehand." t
A sensation was caused by the seiz
ure by the customs authorities of
Dublin, Ireland, of a consignment of
500 rifles and bayonets on board a
steamer from Liverpool. The arms
were addressed to Baron Farnham,
an Irish peer, at his country seat,
Farnham, County Cavan. Baron Farn
ham, 53 years old and the eleventh
baron of the line, was formerly an
officer in the regular army. He is one
of the leading Unionists of the prov
ince of Ulster.
Enthusiastic crowds thronged the
streets to cheer the overthrow in the
election of the good government organ
ization at Los Angeles, Cal., which
has been in the ascendant in city pol
itics since the recall of Mayor Harper
five years ago. The announcement of
the election to the mayoralty of Po
lice Judge H. H. Rose, an independent
candidate, who ran without the sup
port of one of the six newspapers of
the city, caused the demonstrations.
The world's altitude record for an
aeroplane carrying a pilot and a
passenger was broken by Edmund
Pefreyon, who rose 16,368 feet at Bue,
France. Perreyon also holds the
world's altitude record for an aero
plane carrying, only a pilot, having
risen a height of 19,650 feet at Bue, on
March 13, this year.
The summer conference of the na
val war college was opened with an
address by Secretary Daniels of the
navy department at Newport, R. I.
"The chief lack in the navy today,"
the secretary told the officer-students,
"is a systematic and proper instruc
tion of the young men who respond
to our calls to enlist and who man our
ships."
Before Thomas F. Ryan sailed for
Europe, a reporter discovered thirty
five cases of buttermilk in his state
room. When asked for an explana
tion, he said: "Colonel Roosevelt
prescribed the buttermilk diet for me.
I expect to dring it during the trip.'
Hundreds of Findlay (Ohio) citizens
gathered to gaze at the bathtub of
Admiral Sigsbee, which was recovered
from the wreck of the battleship
Main, which was placed on the steps
of the court house.
Eight out of the seventeen homes
at Paris, Ohio, were visited by the
stork in one night.
Mrs. Priscilla J. Gory, 80 years of
age, took a position in a Memphis,
Tenn., attorney's office as a stenogra
pher. She began taking lessons two
months ago, and can' get as much
speed as a younger woman.
IN
The Pemiscot County bank of Ca
ruthersville, Mo., has closed its doors,
and is in the hands of the state bank
commissioner, as the result of the
discovery of a shortage. The short
age is two hundred thousand dollars
at least and may .reach two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. The great
er amount of the alleged shortage is in
county funds, and to make good the
loss the bank has turned over to the
bank commissioner $12,000 worth of
property belonging to the cashier,
who has flown. ,
Application to be appointed adminis
trator of the estate of Luther Mc-Carty,-
heavyweight fighter, killed in
a bout with Arthur Pelkey, was filed
in the probate court there by Otta
Lipprnan at Springfield, Mo. The Mc
carty estate consists of $8,200 on de
posit in a Los Angles bank, four lots
on a beach . near Boston, and other
possessions,-'totalling ' $11,000.
Convicted of the practice of can
nibalism and human sacrifices, forty
members of the "Leopard Society," a
secret organization, have been hang
ed in Sierra Leone, a British colony
on the west coast of Africa. The
"Leopard society" has existed among
the Mendi tribe, and has long caused
trouble to the government. All na
tives, failing to conform to its rites or
submit to its demands are subject to
death or slavery.
The most dramatic derby ever run
on the historic course at Epsom Downs
(England) was accompanied by a se
ries of startling events. Just before
the finish a suffragette attempted to
seize the bridle of the king's entry,
while he was running at top speed. The
woman was fatally injured when the
horse fell and the jockey was badly
hurt.
WThile a handful of men were still
offering dogged resistence to the reb
el troops of Gen. Lucie Blanco, "con
stitutionalist' commander-in-chief of
the state of Tamamaulipas Mata
moras, Mexico, is practically in the
hands of the revolutionists after a bat
tle waged without interruption all day.
Washington
The principle of compulsory arbi
tration written into the code that has
bound the United States with twenty
four nations of the world for the last
five years, is in serious danger and
unless there is a decided change in
sentiment in the senate the renewal
of twenty-three of the treaties which
gave concrete evidence of this na
tions' belief in such a policy may be
impossible! In executive session the
senate again failed to ratify renewals
of the arbitration agreements with
Great Britain, Italy and Spain, which
recently expired.
Representative Graham of Pennsyl
vania introduced a bill to immediately
appropriate fifteen million dollars to
increase the navy by authorizing the
construction of three first class bat
tleships to be as heavily armed, as
powerfully armored and as speedy as
any battleship afloat. They would have
the greatest practicable radius of ac
tion and cost not exceeding $6,000,000.
, Japan's rejoinder to the United
States' reply to her protest aaginst
the California anti-alien land law, de
livered personally by Ambassador
Chinda to Secretary Bryai, sets out
why the Tokio government continues
to regard the Webb law as discrimina
tory against Japanese in derogation of
the qualities of treatment prescribed
by international law, and a violation
of the treaty of 1911.
Twenty-four governments thus far
have accepted the invitation extended
through the state department at Wash
ington to participate in the Panama
Pacific exposition in San Francisco in
1915, while fifteen others have failed
to make any conclusive response. The
countries which have accepted are Ar
gentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Do
minican Republic, Ecuador, France,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan,
Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pan
ama, Peru, Portugal, Salvador and
Uruguay.
Attorney General McReynolds de
clared that he always had regarded the
final decree intended to dissolve the
tobacco trust as an "obvious subter
fuge and a miscarriage of justice," and
if there were any proper and just way
by which he could cure the evil he
would do it. As an immediate step
he is considering proposing to con
gress a graduated excise tax on to
bacco manufacturers.
Richard L. Metcalfe of Lincoln,
Neb., editor of The Commoner, was
selected by President Wilson to be
civil governor of the Panama canal
zone. This was announced by Sec
retary Garrison after he and Secre
taries Bryan and Daniels had con
ferred with the president.
In a brief executive session the
senate confirmed the nomination of
Franklin P. Colcock as collector of
customs at Beaufort, S. C, to succeed
Robert Smalls, a negro, who has held
the office for more than fifteen years'
In a speech supporting his resolu
tion for a congressional investigation
of the forest service, "Representative
Humphrey of Washington, declared
that in one instance the Northern
Pacific railroad had been permitted
to exchange 450,000 barren acres for
timber land worth $10,000,000.
Reversing its former action in vot
ing to place wheat, flour, oatmeal and
fresh meats on the dutiable list, the
senate finance subcommittee in charge
of the agricultural schedule, voted to
place live stock, wheat and meats on
the free list. This action, it was
authoritatively stated, was taken to
meet the views of President Wilson,
Senator" Simmons, and other adminis
tration leaders who disapproved the
decision announced to tax meats 10
per cent, compensatory to a duty on
cattle in the Underwood bill, and to
issess a compensatory duty on both
lour and oatmeal.
NORTH CAROLINA
A BETTER FARMER
STATE COMMISSIONER OF, AGRI
CULTURE'S REPORT SHOWS IN
CREASED YIELDS.
IS IN THE LEAD IN COTTON
Produces More Pounds to the Acre
Than Any Other State. This State
i Fifteenth in Value of Farm Pro
ducts. Raleigh. The semi-annual report
of the commissioner of agriculture to
t
the state board of agriculture was pre
sented recently showing a balance of
$93,912, against which there are out
standing warrants amounting to $5,
739. Disbursements for the past six
months were $112,027, the total re
ceipts of the department amounting
to $194,119. The receipts from fer
tilizer taxe3 amounted to $152,076,
from cottonseed meal tags $17,334,
from feed stamps $14,410. The reve
nue from test farms was $5,827. The
oil inspection tax receipts are not in
eluded in this report. The oil in
spection division shows $32,698 re
ceipts and $2,354 balance in the treas
ury. The expense of the division for
the six months was $9,343, and the
sum of $21 has been turned into the
general state fund in the hands of
the state treasurer.
The commissioner reports that
owing to the fact that the recent
legislature offered the board of agri
culture to pay $12,500 from the funds
of the department on the machine
shops building at A. & M. College, it
will be necessary to discontinue de
partment aid to drainage districts for
the present.
Drought has made inroads on the
stands of corn and cotton n several
sections of the state, the report says,
but the preparations of the lands for
the present crops has been the best
in the history of the state. Pros
pects are good for wheat, the clover
and grass crops are fine, oats are
somewhat injured by drought end
frosts and storms have seriously dam
aged the fruit yields, so that apples
will be only about. 40 per cent, pears
15 per cent, peaches 30 per cent and
grapes 60 per cent.
There was, the report says, over
500,000 bushels of apples moved by
the railroads in this state for North
Carolina growers last year.
The acreage incorn since 1909 has
increased $50,000 and the production
increased 16,000,000 bushels. The
acreage of wheat has increased 104
acres and the yield 2,800,000 bushels;
the increase in cotton acreage has
been 176,000 acres, and 476,000 bales.
The advance in all crops has been
much more largely in yield than in
acreage.
In immigration matters the state
is attracting attention, especially
among home-seekers from the North
west. The black lands of eastern
Carolina and the apple lands of the
western part of the state are at
tracting most attention at this time.
State Merchants' Association.
The programs have been prepared
for the meeting of the State Mer
chants' Association to be held at
Wrightsville Beach, June 17, 18, 19.
Very attractive folders containing the
program have been issued from the
headquarters of the Merchants' Asso
ciation here. This is the first time
that the association has met by the
seaside and it is expected to be the
most important, as well as the most
largely attended meeting yet held.
Governor Gives Pardon to Huntley.
Governor Craig has pardoned Chas
Huntley of Anson county, who was
serving a sentence of ten years on s
charge of manslaughter. Huntley was
convicted in 1909 and has served four
years. The governor has made a rec
ord of the pardon but is not in the
city and had not given his reasons
when he gave the prisoner clemency.
Building and Loan Associations.
Commissioner of Insurance Young
announces that reports of building
and loan associations hi this state for
1912 show 131 associations in oper
ation, with 17 new ones formed dur
ing the year. Receipts for the year
are $6,912,616, a gain of 1,541,010; as
sets $9,581,773, a gain In assets of
$1,206,395; shares in force 243,544, a
gain of 46,339. White shareholders
number 22,308, colored shareholders
3,750. The 1913 annual convention
of the associations meets in Burling
ton June 11 and 12. .
Crops in Mecklenburg County..
. Crops in Mecklenburg County are
making progress, the stand of oottor
being considered one of the best ever
secured. The recent rains coupled
with warm weather has enabled the
young plants to make remarkable
headway. Corn is also doing well.
Although the general condition- of
the crops is regarded as about two
weeks late, farmers do not hesitate
to express satisfaction with the prog
ress both corn and cotton are mak
ing. The outlook is better than It has
been for 9 number of years.
TRAIN WRECK NEAR SANF0RD
One' Killed and Nine Injured .When
Train Leaves Bridge and Plunges
Into Deep River.
Sanford. Train number 10 of th
Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern rail
road was wrecked at - Deep River
bridge near Cumnock, the entire
train going into the river. The train
was a mixed passenger and freight
running between Mount Gilead and
Colon. The engine, tender, three box
cars and one coach fell into the river,
killing one man and injuring, a num
ber of others.
The dead is Mr. Bowden Stewart
of Hemp. The injured - are Fred
Burns, Osgood, seriously hurt; R. C.
Blalock, engineer, bruised and scald
ed on arms and . back; , George. Bla
lock, brother of Engineers Blalock, se
riously scalded; Conductor Beach
man, of Biscoe, seriously hurt in
back, legs and head; Gus Johnson
and Milt Johnson, passengers, hurt , in
back and legs, not seriously; Arthur
Leak, colored fireman, scalded on
head and severe gashes on head;
Spencer Tyson, colored, arm broken
and hurt in head, not fatal; Fletcher
LeGrand, colored, leg hurt, not seri
ous. The last three are trainmen.
As soon as news of the wreck
reached here Dr. Charles L. Scott
left in an automobile for the scene
and later a special train over the
Southern Railway carried- aid. It is
not known what caused the accident.
A special train over the Southern
brought the injured to the Central
Carolina Hospital at Sanford, Where
every attenttion is being given them.
North Carolina Holds Up Her End.
In the list of committee assign
ments announced at the house Demo
cratic caucus recently North Caro
lina is shown to have added another
chairmanship to ' the -list, making
three in all for the state. Besides the
chairmanship, six of the other repre
sentatives from the state are on
what are known as the "Big Ten"
committees. This is a remarkable
showing and a just reward for the
people of the state who have "kept
their representatives on the job" long
enough for them to advance to im
portant positions. The chairmen of
committees are Godwin, committee on
reform in the civil service; Pou, com
mittee on claims; Doughton, commit
tee on Expenditures in the agrciultu
ral department. Mr. Doughton has
been on this committee several years
and has just risen to the chairman
ship. Godwin and - Pou have been
chairmen some years.
Rate of Taxation Increased.
In the future the road tax In Cra
ven county will be 20 cents on the
$100, Instead of 15 cents, as has here
tofore been the case. This was de
cided upon at a joint meeting of the
Craven county commissioners and the
board of magistrates. Recently sev
eral thousand dollars has been ex
pended on road work in this county
and the commissioners found that the
present rate of taxation was entirely
too low. Several of the members
were of the opinion that the rate
should be increased to 25 cents. This,,
however, caused a good deal of dis
cussion and it was finally decided to
make it 20 cents.
Deputies Destroy Distillery.
Sheriff T. R. Forrest and his depu
ties, together with Officer J. D.'Love.
made another raid upon the blind tig
ers near Albemarle and lodged Eph
.rlam Huneycutt behind the prison
bars charged with blockading. The
sheriff and his officers discovered
where a distillery had been in oper
ation, landing upon the scene just a
few hours after the machinery had
been removed, leaving the ashes still
hot. No one was immediately present
but there was quite a good deal of
beer and other paraphenalia around
the premises.
Bond Election For Road Improvement.
Provision has been made by the
board of commissioners of Greene
county for a. bond election for $20,000,
to be used In road improvements.
Sentiment is strong in road improve
ments. Sentiment is strong in Greene
for better roads and victory for the
issue is considered certain. G. B. D.
Parker, the largest landowner in Du
plin, has offered $1,000 to augment a
roads fund there.
Survey in Catawba County.
A farm management survey is now
being made, in the townships sur
rounding Newton, by officials of the
department of agriculture, assisted by
the state department of agriculture'.
This particular county has been chos
en as a representative for the western
central part of the state. The pur
pose is to determine the difficulties
and advantages in connection with the
various types of farming followed In
this section; also to determine which
types are paying the most profits and
the effects of the farming and fertility.
Kings Daughters and Sons.
The twenty-fourth ' annual state
convention of the Kings Daughters
and Sons, in session at Wilmington,
adjourned. The next meeting will be
held at Rockingham. Mrs. W. H. S.
Burgwyn, of Raleigh, was re-elected
president the others officers being
also re-elected. The visitors were en
tertained at luncheon by the Elks
and, enjoyed an outing at Wrights
ville Beach. The Kings Daughters de
cided to build a chapel at the Stone
wall Tackson Training School, Con
cord, to cost about $2,500.
THE TAX QUESTION
I " " '
DISCUSSED BY CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT COMMISSION'S
COMMITTEE.
VERY STRONG OPPOSITION
The Commission Favors It. Reports
Are of Progress, But Little Definite
Work is Done. Meet at Newborn
June 24th. .
Rateigh. The legislative tcommis
ston on constitutional amendments
adjourned to hold its third conference
at Morehead beginning at noon June
24. The last meeting, . the second
since the adjournment of the legisla
ture, met in Raleigh. The committee
on revenue and taxation through
Chairman E. J. Justice, reported that
It is the committee's present idea that
the constitution should be amended
so that the taxes may be levied ac
cording to the will of people as ex
pressed by statutory law, which may
be from time to time subject to
change to meet the jastioe of the sit
uation and the desires of the taxpay
ers; that amendments should be
broad enough to allow segregation in
whole or in part and that the amend
ments should be broad enough for
the general assembly to exercise itF
discretion as to classification of
property.
The committee also reported that
It is considering the question of
whether there should be limitations
on the general assembly so that ad
valorem tax rates shall 'not exceed
66 2-3 " cents on the $100, unless by
vote of the people and that the capi
tation tax, if one be levied, shall not
exceed $2. In the event of segrega
tion, all revenue derived from real
estate shall lemain in the county and
applied to local purposes and that
all property used exclusively for re
ligious purposes be exempted from
taxation.
Mecklenburg County Fair.
That the directors of the Mecklen
burg Fair Association are fully alive
to the educational and commercial
upbuilding of the county is evidenced
by the fact that they have offered
prizes for corn 'raising to . the youth
of the county, these prizes being
worth striving for in that the win
ners will reap at once a pecuniary re
ward, self-satisfaction and reputation.
To every boy in the county, who
lives in the rural sections, the chance
is given to compete for these prizes.
The association will give a prize of
$10 to that boy in every township,
who is under 16 years of age, has
attended school for the past two
years and who raises the most corn,
over 40 bushels, upon one acre of
ground.
Order Issuance of Bonds.
Statesville. Iredell's board of coun
ty commissioners ordered the issu
ance of Statesville Air Line Railroad
Company bonds as follows: Turners
burg township $35,000, Eagle Mills
township $20,000, Union Grove town
ship $10,000. The bonds will be issued
in denominations of $1,000, will be
dated July 1 and will run 30 years
with interest at six per cent. With
the money secured by the sale of the
bonds to be issued the work can be
pushed steadily along. Union Grove
township had voted $25,000 to the
road, but owing to the fact that the
line has been located and surveyed
in such a manner as not to touch
this township, only $10,000 of the
bonds will be asked for.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Raleigh. The secretary of state
chartered two new corporations for
Charlotte, the Klutz Furniture Com
pany, capital $25,000 authorized, and
$2,100 subscribed by H. V. Klutz,
James T. Porter and E. R. Smith and
the Oak Hill Stock and Dairy Farm
(Inc.), capital $50,000 authorized, and
$10,000 subscribed by C. E. Mason, W.
W. Phifer, S. W. Dandridge, J. P. Lu
cas, S. R. Smith, B. R. Cates and H.
R. Glasscock
Route to State Guard Encampment.
Statesville. Captains R. H. De
Butts and J. H. Wood and Major H.
S. Lead, traveling passenger agents
of the Southern Railway, and Mr. W.
W. Croxton, of the Norfolk & South
ern, spent a day in Statesville with
Quartermaster General L. B. Bristol
at his headquarters. The object of
the gathering of the officer-railroad
men was to figure out the routes of
the troops which will attend the en
campments of the state national
guard at Camp Glenn during July and
August.
Unveil Monument at Chapel Hill.
1 Chapel Hill. Scholarship and pa
triotism, even of kindred blood, and
one in quick sympathy of response to
the needs of this commonwealth, met
beneath the "oaks of the University
Campus, anil a new and perpetual
bond of union between them and be
tween past and future was forged by
the unveiling and dedication of a he
roic monument to the sons of the
University who ; abandoned their
books and relinquished dreams of
civil greatness to embark on the omi
nous career of war in 1861-1865.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Raleigh.. -A commission is issued
from the office of Adjutant-General
Young, of North Carolina National
Guard to G. K. Freeman, of Wilson,
as captain of Company K, Second Reg
iment, Wdlson.
Newton.1 At the meeting of , the
Board of Trustees of Catawba College
President Buchheit tendered his res
ignation and Rev. James David An
drews of Burlington was elected pres
ident in his place.
Wdlmington. With tha banquet giv
en the visiting Masons by Concord
Chapter No. 1 and Plantagenet Oom
mandry No. .tihe annual meetinjof
the Masons, held "In" this 'city "was
brought to a close.
Dunn. The recent rams have made
a decided change in crop prospects.
While cotton Is going to be several
weeks late there is now a good stand
and it is growing nicely. Corn la
above the average and promises a fine
crop.
Asheville. The commencement ex
ercises of the Mission Hospital Train
ing School for Nurses was held at the
auditorium of the Young Men's Chris
train Association building when the
six members of the graduating class
received their diplomas.
Concord. At the regular monthly
meeting of the Board of School Com
missioners the teachers of the past
session, with the exception of three
who did not apply, were re-elected for
the ensuing session. Two of the
three vacancies are due to marriage.
Superintendent Webb was re-elected
at the meeting In May.
Wilmington. The City of Wilming
ton, through the councilman in charge
of finance and accounts, has just se
cured a loan of $200,000 from the Old
Dominion Trust Company, Richmond,
Va., to "tide over" until money be
gins to come in next Fall. The last
administTiajtion left considerable In
debtedness that must be paid.
Statesville. Fire of incendiary or
igin destroyed between 60,000 and 65,
000 feet of fine oak, poplar and pine
lumber belonging to Mr. W. A. Mur
dock and stacked near his home eight
or ten miles northeast of Statesville.
The loss goes up into the hundreds
and Is only partially covered by in
surance. Chapel Hill. Thomas Riley Marsh
all, the Hoosier Vice President of the
United States, recently lent the pres
tige of his presence, the potency of
his unique personality and the con
sentrated essence of his political and
social philosophy to make historic the
one hundred and eighteenth commen
cement of the Unviersity of North
Carolina.
Lumberton. Coroner Ranche and
County Physician Page went to Ren
nert to hold an inquest over the re
mains of a negro who had been killed
by a freight train. The man had been
drinking, started home and sat down
on the end of a. cross-tie, where he
remained until the train struck him.
No blame attached to any one.
Mt. Olive. W. G. Pollock, a pros
perous farmer residing three miles
west of here, sustained a heavy loss
by fire when his barn and feed stuffs,
farming implements and a horse were
all destroyed. The origin of the fire
is unknown. So far as known, no
part of the loss is covered by insur
ance. Charlotte. Professor Alexander
Graham, for twenty-five years super
intendent of the 'Charlotte public
schools, was recentlv superceded by
the assistant superintendent, Harry
P. Harding, who has been with the
city schools for six years. The vote
on the proposition was six for Gra
ham and ten for Harding. Superin
tendent Graham was ater elected as
sistant superintendent.
Raleigh. The corporation , commis
sion recently began hearing in the
case of the western and central Car
olina shippers against the Southern
Railway Company for excessive freight
rate charges on shipments in and out
of the Asiheville and Old Fort divis
ions of the Southern. Seventy-five
shippers are plaintiffs and $75,000
freight refunds are involved as well
as diacountinuance of present high
rates.
Durham. Through the acquisition
of an endowment fund of more than a
million dollars, in addition to the en
dowment already far above the half
million mark, Trinity College became
the most heavily endowed college in
the 'Southern States.
Asheville. Sergeant Eric Besch
erer, formerly of the First Cavalry.
United States army, recently assigned
as sergeant instructor of the North
Carolina. National Guard, has arrived
in Asheville for a stay of several
weeks, during which time he will in
struct the members of the local troop
of cavalry. r
Taylorsvllle. A phone message re
ceived here from Hiddenite states
that fire destroyed the big barn, two
fine mules, several hogs and a lot of
farming Implements of Mr. J. G.
Thomas of that place. Also a dwell
ing house nearby was consumed.
Statesville. At the meeting of the
Iredell-Alexander Rural Letter Car
riers' Association held at Davis
Springs, E. R. Wilkerson, of States
vlille, was elected president; J. S.
Keever, of Stony Point, vice-president;
Forest Ward, of Statesville, secre
tary; Miss M. A. Nicholson, Sates
yille, treasurer. ' ,
TEST FOR
TARIFF MEASURE
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL
TRY OUT BILL BEFORE IT
REACHES CAUCUS.
ARE OPPOSED TO CHANGES
Spirited Fight Seems Certain If Some
of Schedules Are Reduced as Much
As Reported May Not Adopt Some
Recommendations.
Washington. Before the' tariff bill
gets to the senate Democratic cau
cus, where it will be submitted to the
most severe test It must meet before
its passages, It will have a parlia
mentary try-out before the senate fi
nance committee that promises to be
moist rigid. Although Che sub-committees
have been at work oa various
schedules a month and are about to
finish their work, it was said that
there would be opposition by Demo
crats on the finance committee to
many changes. There is a prospect
that some of the sub-omommittee rec
ommendations may not be adopted.
Chairman Simmons of the finance
committee, called a meeting of the
majority members of his committee
for Tuesday morning. He hopes to
call the meeting of the entire com
mitter soon, but two of the sub-committees,
are still struggling with
schedules and cannot complete their
work before the middle of the week
at the earliest. If some schedules
are reduced as much as is reported a
fight in committee seems certain.
The Johnson sub-committee practi
cally decided to keep the duty on cut
diamonds at 10 or 15 per cent. The
Underwood bill proposes 20. Diamond
merchants filed briefs showing it was
the opinion of customs officials that
an increase of duty would increase
smuggling.
The sub-committee also decided to
modify the clause prohibiting the im
portation of plumage of wild birds,
holding that it was to rigid.
Prepared for Japan's Latest Note.
Washington. Secretary Bryan re
turned from Pittsburg and prepared
to take up with Counsellor Moore Jap
an's latest note on the California alien
land question. In the verbal ex
changes between the secretary and
ambassador Chinda and between the
ambassador and President Wilson,
the state department has been to
some extent prepared for the newest
points by the . Tokio foreign office.
But because of their novelty, such as
that relating to the fourteenth amend
ment and fine distinctions sought to
be drawn between the relative func
tions of the national and state gov
ernments the rejoinder must be most
carefully analyzed before any seri
ous effort can be made to draft a
reply.
Weather Bureau Men Demoted.
Wasihington.r-Tli4rty-one employes
of the Weather Bureau have been
reduced for connection with alleged
political activities which resulted in
the recent dismissal of Chief Willis
L. Moore, Henry L. Reiskel, profes
sor of .meteorology and D. J. Car
roll, chief clerk, have been suspend
ed without pay pending an investiga
tion. Charges have been preferred
against 50 employes in all, alleging
that they procured increases in sal
ary or promotions In ' grade In return
for promoting Moore's candidacy for
secretary of agriculture in President
Wilson's cabinet.
- Jap Confers With Governor.
Sacramento, Cal. Accompanied by
an interpreter, Y. Yamaguchi, mem
ber of the Japanese parliament, had
an audience with Governor Johnson.
The Japanese statesman and the
governor exchanged compliments for
five' minutes. Not one word was
spoken concerning the anti-alien law
although Mr. Yamagachi came from
Japan to investigate the Japanese
land ownership situation here. He
will lecture before the Japanese of
Sacramento.
Frees Wood of Conspiracy Charge.
Boston. A jury acquitted Presi
dent William M. Wood, of the Ameri
can Woolen Company of the charge
of conspiracy to injure the textile
strikers at Lawrence by "planting"
dynamite. A (disagreement In the
case of Frederick E. Atteaux. was re
ported. Dennis J. Collins, who turn
ed state's evidence was found guilty
on two counts and not guilty on the
other four counts of the indictment.
The first count charged conspiracy
to Injure the textile strikers and the
second to injure unknown persons.
May Carry Fight to Senate Floor.
Washington. Demands of Senator
Lane of Oregon that the Indian Af
fairs committee get complete state
ments as to how all Indian fundsarS
administered before acting on the
$10,000,000 Indian appropriation bill
now. pending, has opened up an Indian
fight that ' probably will be carried
on to the floor of the senate. Senator,
Lane made a final demand upon the
committee of which he Is a member
for complete information. Thus far
the committee has been unbale to
furnish him with the facts. .
RIGID