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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSBORO, GHATHAM COUNTY, N .C, vOGTOBLR 8. 1913.
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUS?
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
tVORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest lnterest From All
Parts of World.
Southern. . .
M. F. Morris, who for many! years
has been at the head of the fire de
partment of Griffin, Ga., committed sui
cide by shooting himself in the temple.
He was said to be in a fit of despond
ency. With he Calcasieu rlverrising, the
flood conditions in Lake Cnarles, La.,
and vicinity continue to grow worse.
Unconfirmed reports of life loss have
been received, but verification is im
possible, owing to lack of communica
tion. Many of the low-lying sections
of the city have been inundated, forc
ing inhabitants to take to the upper
stories of their homes. The flood in
vaded the business district of Lake
Charles. Ryan, the principal business
street, is flooded at many places and
stocks of business houses were re
moved from the lower floor. The city
was in total darkness.
The hold-up of another mail and ex
press train in the South was prevent
ed by one of the would-be bandits be
coming conscience-stricken and unfold
ing the plans to the New Orleans au
thorities. The plan, was to hold up
the fast New York-New Orleans Louis
ville and Nashville train between New
Orleans and Bay St. Louis.
Two drug-crazed mulatto boys, bro
thers, began a reign of murder at
Harriston, Miss., that ended only af
ter three white men, four negro men
and a negro woman had been killed.
Twenty were wounded and the two
boys were lynched.' A serious clash
between the races was prevented by
the arrival on a special train of a
company of National Guardsmen from
Natchez. The trouble started in the j
wee sma' hours of the morning, when !
Walter Jones, the eldest, who start
ed the firing, was lynched shortly
after the soldiers arrived.
General.
Declaring the loss by reason of bad
roads, which every where less in the
profits of industry, increase the cost
f living and burden business enter-l-rise.-,
amounts to millions of dollars
i.nnt.ally, the American Road Con
jures.?, in session at Detroit, Mich., de
clared in favor tf a secretary whp
Miall be favorable to good roads in the
president's cabinet.
Four men who were to have been
deported on the steamer France ob
tained liberty or death by leaping 45
feet from an upper deck to the Hud
son river as the vesssel lay at her
pier in New York harbor. All trace of
the men was lost. The men were con
fined in a cabin near the hospital
A severe earthquake occurred at
Colon, Panama. The disturbance was
of nearly a minute's duration. Houses
were rocked, and the entire popula
tion was aroused. Thousands filled
the streets and remained there in fear
cf the collapse of their houses.
A rainstorm that reached almost
cloudburst proportions descended .up
on New York City, establishing a rec
ord precipitation that flooded the
streets, tied up the subway, hampered
surface and elevated traffic in city
and suburbs for several hours and
caused property loss that can scarcely
be estimated. . ' '
A boy 15 years old murdered with
an ax seven people in the --village of
Basbriage-en-Landreaty in the depart
ment of the Loire-Inforieure. The lad
was empfbyed as a vine cutter. He
and his employer, George Mabit, were
pressing grapes, when a discussibn
arose. Redereau, the lad, -became an
gered, seized an ax and cut Mbit's
throat, killing him instantly.. Then he
went to Mabit's house and killed his
wife, his employer's mother and three
children. '
Two squadrons of the Third caval
ry, one machine platoon of . the Third
cavalry and battery C of the Third
field artillery, under command of
Lieut. Col. Guy Carlton, were rushed
in three special trains over the South
ern Pacific lines to Eagle Pass. The
first special departed at one o'clock
and the other two followed as soon
after as possible. No definite reason
was given out at San Antonio, Texas,
for the movement. Terror has grip
ped the city of Piedras Negras, Mex
ico, the provisional capital of the Con
stitutionalists, with the victorious
march northward of the Federals.
More than 400 Federal and Rebel
dead were left on the field below Bar
roteran, Mexico, where a fierce strug
Kle took place between the two forces.
Koth sides were compelled to retire
from the battlefield on account of the
lack of ammunition ( and water.
The proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the state of North Car-
olina that "the use of the Holy Bible
shall not be prohibited in schools sup-r
ported wholly or in part by public
taxes" was overwhelmingly defeated
at a joint meeting of house and sen
ate committee which ' voted against
it; the vote of the house commit
tee was eleven to four.. The conten
tion which won is that as there is
no mention in th Constitution of the
matter, none is needed, that no at
tempt has. been made ot prohibit the
reading of the Bible in the schools
of North Carolina.
Ml
Theodore Roosevelt bade his friends
farewell on the eve of his departure
on a journey to -unexplored regions of
South America at a dinner' given in
his honor by the Progressive, national
service and the Progressive service
of the State of New York in New Vbrk
City. He stated: "I warn our oppon
ents that the fight has only just be
gun. I will never abandon the prin
ciples to which we Progressives have
pledged ourselves."
Holding the whole town of Fulton,
on the Iron Moutnain railroad, in
Hempstead county, Arkansas, at bay,
six bandits robbed the Bank of Ful
ton of $70 in pennies, after trying in
vain to dynamite the inner doors to
the bank vault. The city marshal was
shot and seriously injured. The rob
bers used a citizen of the town whom
they captured to shield them from mil
lets. Widespread prevatence of the idea
that there will be an actual union of
the waters of the Atlantic and the Pa
cific upon the opening of the Panama
canal, caused the war department to
issue a statement, explaining the plain,
prosaic facts that seawater on either
side of the isthmus will get no fur
ther than the entrances of the great
vater. It is stated that this idea is
rather amusing, as o far as the ca
nal is concerned, the- waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific will never mingle.
Water from Gatun lake, 85 feet above
the two oceans, will flow each way
Hans Schmidt, the priest, who con
fessed killing Anna Aumuller, became
frenzied at the coroner's inquest in
New York City, rose from his seat,
snatched from his neck the rosary he
has worn since his incarceration and
hurled it at the' newspaper men a few
feet away. He was found responsible
for the girl's death by the coroner's
jury.
Women are taking an active fight in
the fighting in Albania, according to
dispatches sent from Avlona, the Al
banian capital. The town of Dibraen
has fallen into the hands of the Alba
nians and the prisoners have been
sent under escort to Tirana.
Historic Shenandoah valley witness
ed scenes which recalled war days as
a line of cavalrymen, fully three miles
long, riding two abreast, wended their
way over the country roads starting on
their long march across country to
Washington from Winchester, Va. Sev
eral days will "be occupied in the
march to Washington.
The treaty of peace between Tur-
key and Bulgaria was signed by the
plenipotntiaries at Constantinople.
Washington.
The one great pledge of the Demo
cratic party has been redeemed. The
Underwood tariff bill is now an ac
complished fact, and is now the law
of the land. The last official act to
make this a realization was the signa
ture of the president of the United
States, which was affixed to the bill.
This was the most impressive scene
enacted along the entire stormy and
troublous route of the bill. In the
presence of the vice president, the
members of his cabihet, Senator Sim
mons and members of the finance com
mittee, Mr. Underwood and ways and
means committee, the bill was signed.
President Wilson sent to the "sen
ate the nomination of Col. Dan C.
Kinglan of the United States anrfy,
corps of engineers, to be chief of en
gineers, with the rank of brigadier
general. Along with this nomination
were sent the names of posttoffice
nominations in several towns in the
Southern states.
Declaring that the farm woman has
been the most neglected factor in the
rural problem and that the "depart
ment of agriculture wishes to render
directly to the women of the United
States the full aid and service which
their important place in agricultural
production warrants," Secretary Hous
ton has addressed a letter to the farm
ers' wives of the country asking their
opinions as to how the department can
improve its service for them. "You are
of course at liberty to criticise free
ly," says the secretary, "but I especial
ly urge you to make your suggestions
constructive ones."
Federal regulations for the protec
tion of migratory birds under the bill
passed at the last session of congress
will not. go into effect as originally
planned, according to statements ema
nating from Washington. In their ef
forts to co-operate with the various
states, officials of the department of
agriculture charged with drafting the
regulations have met with considera
ble delay, and Secretary Houston has
not yet approved the work. In the
meantime, state laws affecting migra
tory birds will remain in effect. The
Audubon Society has been active in
behalf of the birds.
The latest effort of the United
States government to check the pres
ent scarcity of beef consist in enlist
ing the aid of the red man to raise
cattle for the market. Not only is
Commissioner of Indian affairs Sells
stocking the big Indian reservations
with large herds of fine breeds of
beef cattle, but he is mapping out
plans for improving and developing
all of the live stock of the Indians. In
many instances the Indian has shown
considerable aptitude for handling
live stock, and in order to encourage
him the commissioner has purchased
a number of cattle herds for him.
The Democratic tariff revision' bill,
first on the program of reforms map
ped out when President Wilson was
inducted ( into office, advanced to its
last congressional stage when it was
'brought back to the house from the
joint conference committee with the
unanimous endorsement of the Demo
cratic conferees. Leaders in both
houses of congress were confident
that the bill, now practically complete,
would be signed by President Wilson.
It scarcely will leave the center of the
stage before the currency bill will
be forced to the front. Then anti-trust
! legislation will be taken up.
NORTH CAROLINA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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THELATEST NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM BOTH HOUSES OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED
What the Lawmakers of the Old
North State Are Now Doing. Clear
ing Calendar of Loal Legislation.
r
Pass Local Bills.
Raleigh. The senate and house
committees on constitutional amend
ments gave a hearty joint hearing
Monday on the amendment proposal
prescribing that the use of the Bible
shall not be prohibited in the public
schools of the state.
The . house committee later voted
14 to 18 for an unfavorable report,
after having adopted a couple of
amendments to the proposal of Carl
ton and Miller
Senate Monday.
In the senate there was introduced
a bill by Senator Nimmocks providing
for an investigation of the conduet
of fire insurance companies in North
Carolina, being the outgrowth of a
campaign to this end carried on in
certain quarters in this state since
the regular session of the legislature.
A bill was passed -correcting an
error in the 1913 revenue act, so that
the tax on capital stock of cor
porations will be one twenty-fifth of
one per cent Instead of one-fifteenth.
House Monday.
A "congestion of local bills, In con
sequence of which the house held
a session tonight; the report of Rep
resentative Justice on his efforts to
correct any ambiguities that may have
appeared in the proposition of the
carriers, and the submission of the
names of persons in the employ of
the state who are riding on trains on
passes occupied the house over two
hours today.
Senate Tuesday.
The senate passed the uniform bill
regulating the wearing of the United
States army and navy uniforms that
has been so much discussed on the
floor of the senate for the past day
or two. Both houses passed a lasolu
tion inviting the president of the
United States to deliver the address
for the unveiling of the monument by
Col. Ashley Home to Confederate wo
men here.
House Tuesday.
Some time was spent in committee
of the whole by the house on the
constitutional amendment proposals
with the result that one was adopted,
that eliminating "secession and rebel
lion" from the constitution and sub
stituting "War between the states."
A bill to provide a railroad passen
ger fare of two cents a mile in North
Carolina was introduced in the house
today by Clark of Pitt. Another espe
cially notable hill was by Doctor Gor
don of Guilford carrying $198,000 ap
propriation. Senate Wednesday.
Senator McLean of Scotland coun
ty led the fight in the senate against
the bill to make the newly designated
"Good Roads. Days," November 5 and
6, legal holidays and procured the de
feat of the measure. He was aided
by Senator Pharr, who could see no
necessity or good in the bill. Senator
Wakefield also regarded it as wholly
unnecessary legislation. The senator
from Scotland also pressed through
the senate two notable bills today.
House Monday.
Taking up the. proposed constitu
tional amendments after disposing of
the usual large batch of local bills,
the house, as a committee of the
whole .discussed these at great length
and especially the proposed section
for the elimination of certain local
legislation, until Representative
Doughton suggested that those de
sirious of settling that question might
reach an agreement In conference.
The house by a vote of 74 to 31
adopted the amendment of Represen
tative Dowd to make the pay of legis
lators $6 per diem, that of the presid
ing officers $8 and to allow mileage of
10 cents each way.
Red Cross Christmas Seals. V
North Carolina is to be brought to
the front again this year in the aid
of the Red Cross Christmas seals.
These seals are decorative little stick
ers or stamps to be placed on Christ
mas packages and other mail during
the holiday season. Each year a new
design is put on the market and the
seal has been sold generally over the
United States for the past nine years.
All the money received from the sale
of these seals goes to fight tubercu
losis, otherwise known as the "Great
White Plague."
Editor Saunders Found Not Guilty.
The jury in the case against Editor
Saunders at Elizabeth City for alleged
libel which was decided in the de
fendant's favor, ends one of the long
est and hardest fought legal battles
ever conducted in the county. Nine
days were consumed in trying this
case and some of the best lawyers
in the state took part in it. W. O.
Saunders, editor of The Independent,
was on trial upon the charge of crimi
nal libel on E. F. Adylett, one of
Eastern "North Carolina's "wealthiest
sad most prominent lawyers.
RESTORE WILKES TO EIGHTH
House Inadvertently Passes bill .bp
setting State Politics. What Will
Be Done In Matter.
Raleigh. A stir was created in leg
islative circles recently when it was
found that the house had; without
knowing it, passed and sent to the
senate a bill that would take Wilkes
county from the Seventh congression
al district' and restore 1 it "to the
Eighth, the scheme behind the at
tempted legislation J being alleged to
be to upset the political complexion
of the two districts' and restore the
Eighth to . the Republican column. It
is charged to be a" "sneak bill" and
was introduced by" Representative
Bumgarner of Wilkes and, the house
passed ' it without reading it on the
assurance, it is said, of Mr. Bum
garner that it was. a local bill af
fecting his county.
Senator Daniel of Halifax was' run
ning through the bills for the senate;
calender and found it.- Its title is a
"bill to be entitled an act relative to
Wilkes county, to repeal chapter 593
Public Laws of 1913." Chapter 593 is
relative to the board of county com
missioners of Wilkes and allowances
for clerk hire by the commissioners.
There is" another section to the ibill
that proceeds to specify that the sec
tion of the law as to congressional
districts that puts Wilkes county in
the " Seventh district be amended so
as to restore Wilkes to the Eighth
district. ;
Leaders of the Democratic side of
the house declared that they will call
Representative Bumgarner to account
for this piece of attempted legislation.
Mr. Bumgarner's friends insist that
they do not believe he knew of this
feature of the bill, and hint that he
has been duped as well as his Demo
cratic colleagues. It is known that
the bill was s(nt to him from Wilkes
to be introduced.
Want Channels Kept Clean.
Having spent thousands o dollars
having the streams dredged, the
landowners along Third and Fourth
creeks are now considering legisla
tion designed to keep the new chan
nels of the creeks free from obstruc
tion. At a meeting held in States
ville they passed a resolution recom
mending to the Iredell legislators
that they have a bill passed requir
ing that the creek commissioners re
move all stumps and logs from the
channels and that the landowners be
required to clean of the creek banks
at least once a year, removing all
growth for a distance of 25 feet (to.
each side of the- creek!
North Carolina New .Enterprises.
New corporations chartered were
as follows: Aycock-Newsom Gin Com
pany, Pucama, capital $125,000 author
ized, and-$6,000 subscribed by C. S.
Aycock, W. J. Newson and others
for a cotton ginning business. The
Ogburn Brothers Realty Company,
Greensboro, capital $25,000 authorized,
and $1,000 subscribed by T. B. Og
burn, W. C. Ogburn and B. L. Fen
tress. The Fountain Development
Company, Fountain, Pitt county, capi
tal $100,000 authorized and $5,700 sub
scribed 'by R. L. Jefferson, J. R. Owen
and others.
Governor Grants Three Pardons.
Governor Craig has given Kate
Saunders of Buncombe, her freedom
after eight years' imprisonment on
the charge of infanticide. The gov
ernor thinks she has been punished
enough. Governor Craig pardoned
Bud "Saunders, of Madison county,
who is serving a banishment with
heavy "fine, and George H. Wilson, of
Mecklenburg, who went up for a year.
The judge and the solicitor ask the
pardon for Wilson, who will get his
freedom when he has served . six
months. The crime was assault.
Cabarrus County .Poultry Show.
The King's Daughters will hold
their second Cabarrus county poultry
show in November. Mr. Wade Cline,
the manager, is Yiow preparing the list
of premiums for awards to prize
birds. The show last year was a
distinct success and greatly aug
mented the treasury for the King's
Daughters for their winter's charity
work. -
Charlotte. Information that gov
ernment property here will be util
ized for the proposed parcel post ter
minal station has reached Charlotte
Brakemen Have Narrow Escape.
A. R. Peterson and J. R. Bryson,
employed as brakeman, had a narrow
escape from death on Balsam Moun
tain when the car upon which they
were riding was uncoupled from the
train and made a wild run down the
mountain side. The car left the track
at a small trestle and was thrown
into a stream, carrying both of the
brakemen with it. They sustained
severe bruises but were immediately
rushed to an Asheville hospital where
at last report it was stated that both
will recover.
Brunswick People Wrought Up.
Many Southport and . Brunswick
people are very much wrought up
over some local legislation for this
county that- is pending before the
special session of the general assem
bly. In the latter days of the last ses
sion two bills, were passed that very
much affect this county. One was for
purpose of providing a county auditor
and the other, for- the purpose of pro
viding a recorder's court for the coun
ty. The bill for auditor had a clerical
error in it, and has been held to be
inoperative: ;
ENT LAW
IS BEING ADVOCATED BY MANY
MERCHANTS OF THE OLD
NORTH STATE. '
GO BEFORE A COMMITTEE
Urge Amendment of Article X State
Constitution Changing the Provis
ions of Homestead Exemption. A.
B. Justice Advocates Amendment.
Raleigh. The joint committees on
constitutional amendments gave a
lengthy hearing ' several days ago to
representatives of the mercantile in
terests of the state an an amendment
that they desire to the Constitution,
Article. X, as to personal exemption
of $500 homestead. ;
They want the stipulation that th
general assembly can enact a gar
nishment law to apply to the pay
ment of debts to the extent of 10 per
cent of the wages or income of the
debtor, where the income is $10 a
week or more. Also they would
amend , the .second section of Article
J (by providing that the $1,000 real es
tate exemption shall not extend to
persons not heads of families or one
who has not one dependent on him,
or one whose w.ife has the homestead
in her own name.
A. B. Justice of Charlotte led the
advocacy of the amendment, and the
other speakers for it were L. E. Hall,
Wilmington; Mr. Barbee, Durham;
Mr. Draughon, Rocky Mount; J. Nor
man Wills, Greeijisboro, and J. B.
Pierce, of Raleigh. They pleaded for
protection from dishonest debtors and
urged that, while the present home
stead exemption protected some
worthy unfortunates, it gives a chance
for 'fraud by a great number of dis
honest men. They argued that, the
amendments would give strength to
the whole collection of amendments
proposed to he submitted. A number
of the members of the committee man
ifested hostility, but voting was de
ferred for several days.
Two Convicts Escape.
Charlotte. Son, Woods and Jim
Crockett, colored, have escaped from
Captain Little's convict camp and are
now at large. Woods was sentenced
to 60 days on the roads for an assault
with a deadly weapon and Crockett
was sentenced 30 days for vagrancy.
The trials were held recently before
Recorder Hamilton C. Jones and the
men must have learned the trik of
getting away with speed. It is
thought they escaped while enroute
to the camp, no details being given
to the police of the escape.
Killing Still A Mystery.
Greensboro. Five days of investi
gation into . the mysterious death of
J. H. Taylor, a merchant who was
killed In his store where he slept,
have failed to throw any light on the
murder. The officers are still of the
opinion that the man was killed by
some burglar who entered the store
for the purpose of thief without know
ing that Mr. Taylor slept in the place.
Beyond this there is not, a single
clue that points to the identity of the
murderer.
Hunting Squirrels, Kills Cousin.
Kinston. Wlhile hunting squirrels
in the woods at a point five miles
from here several days ago, Andrew
Wallace 12 years of age, shot and
instantly killed his cousin, Law.son
Faukner, about the same age. The
shooting was , accidental. The " top
of Faulkner's head was blown away.
The fathers of both boys are well-to-do
farmers and both were in Jackson
ville, Fla., at the time.
Not Against Bonds, But Method.
Salisbury. By a vote of 90 to 23
Scotch-Irish township of Rowan coun
ty decided against a proposed bond
issue of $20,000 for good roads. Many
of those who voted against the issue
contend that it is not good policy for
the townships to issue bonds at pres
ent, but favor an issue by the county
as a whole.
Talk of ' Co-Operative Creamery.
4 Charlotte. Following a most ani
mated and interesting discussion of
the merits of a co-operative creamery
for 'Mecklenburg and adjacent coun
ties, to be located in Charlotte, com
mittees were appointed at a meeting
in the Selwyn representing each one
of the 15 townships in the county for
the purpose of canvassing the senti
ment of their respective communities
with a view to -finding put how much
stock . in .. the proposed insitutaon
would be taken and how loyally and
liberally it' would be supported.
. ., Blockade Distiller. Captured.
Raeford. Chief of Police Cockran
arrested the much-sought-for Bob
Parks near Lumber River recently.
Sheriff Hall notified Sheriff Clark of
Bladen county, who left Elizabethtown.
immediately for Raeford. Immediate
ly on receiving the prisoner, Sheriff
Clark returned to , Elizabethtown.
Parks is an alleged blockade distiller
and wanted In Bladen county on a
charge of blockading and for jumping
bond- Parks has been hiding in and
around the Hoke county line for
ibout two years.
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FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Lumberton. Officials of the7 Beau
fort County Lumber Company notified
the sheriff that a colored man had
been found dead iby their railroad
track about 10 miles from Fairmont.
The body was mangled beyond recog
nition, but it v is supposed that the
dead mam was employed by the com
pany and fell from a moving trains
Raleigh. The executive council of
the North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion in special session here put up
stamp of its approval upon the admin
istration currency, bill now pending
in the national congress. The reso
lution adopted suggests some minor
changes in the provisions of the
measure.
Kinston. Heavy breaks of tobacco.
Last week's aggregate here 'total
around 1,600,000 pounds the largest
amount sold here Jn any one week
since the market was first opened 18
years ago. Around seven milPfon
pounds of the weed have been handled
in Kinston since the 19th of August,
when the 1913 season formally began.
Salisbury. Much interest is being
felt in Salisbury in the hearing at
chambers in Troy, Montgomery coun
ty, going on before Judge B. F. Long,
in the matter of restraining order
asked for to prevent any further pay
ments to the contractors on the new
court house for Rowan county, now
in course of erection at a cost of
$111,000.
Greensboro. Secretary Garland
Daniel is hard at work arranging for
the Central Carolina Fair, which he
declares will be the "biggest and best
ever." Every effort is being made to
make the agricultural exhibit surpass
anything of the kind yet attempted in
the state. Local farmers are show
ing more interest than ever in the ex
hibits and there will be many dis
plays from other places.
Maiden. The citizens of Maiden
and Denver and the farmers living on
the 12 miles of road between the two
towns are out in force, working up
the road, putting in bridges, widen
ing the highway and changing the
grades where fcoo steep. The work
will . continue until the road is in
first-class shape. All are working and
furnishing teams free of charge.
China Grove. A young man named
Walter McKinney while going along
the Southern Railway , track in Lan
dis, met with a serious accident. Mc
Kinney caught hold of a moving
freight train and was thrown down.
His foot was cut off and he was bad
ly bruised. He was carried to Salis
bury to the Whitehead-Stokes Sana
toriumin an automible.
Washington. Surgeon General Blue
of the United States Marine Hospital
Service, advised Representative Fai
son that Surgeon L. L. Lumden, one
of the government pellagra experts,
will visit North Carolina in October
commencing at Durham October 1.
From Durham he will go to several
other cities in the state which are in
the sections mostly affected with pel
lagra. Raleigh. A goodly number of may
ors of cities and towns in North Car
olina were here recently to plead with
the senate committee on constitution
al amendments for the feature of the
pending proposals for amending the
constitution that would . allow the
fines and forfeitures in the city treas
uries instead of going wholly -to the
county.
Wilmington. At a special meeting
of the New Hanover branch of the
Just Freight Rate Association held
here several days ago, resolutions
were adopted asking that the legisla
ture provide for a public service com
mission, which shall have sole Juris
diction over all the public service cor
porations and shall be entirely sepa
rate and apart from the corporation
commission.
Smithfield. The board of county
commissioners of Johnston county
was called to meet in special session
to elect a register of deeds to suc
ceed rthe late Alonzo Barbour, who
died recently. There were seven ap
plicants, but E. T. Watson of Kenly
was elected. Mr. Watson is a young
man of fine appearance and a compe
tent man for the place. He secured
license to practice law at the August
term of Supreme court.
Wilmington. The chamber of com
merce adopted unanimously resolu
tions endorsing resolutions of the
Just Freight Rate Association passed
in Raleigh September 24, rejecting
the proposal of the railroads for set
Jement of the freight-rate question.
Henderson. The Vance County
Chapter of Daughters of the Confed
eracy of Henderson have just held a
called meeting, Mrs. Sydney P. Coop
er, president, in the chair, to elect
delegates to the state and general
conventions, the state to be held at
Tarboro, and the general at New Or
leans, La.
Salisbury. On account of a freight
wreck near Marion on the Asheville
branch of the Southern Railway re
cently passenger trains Nos. 11 and
36 were detoured by way of Spartan-
burg.'causing a delay to traffic of sev
eral hours. ,
Kinston. Brigadier Crawford, in
charge of this district of the Salva
tion army, is considering the estab
lishment of barracks here. No action
will be taken in the matter within
three months, (but early in January
the brigadier Will he invited to come
here and investigate the field and con
fer with local people. v
FIRST SNAG STRUCK
111 NEW TARIFF LI
PROVISION FOR REDUCTION ON
GOODS IN AMERICAN SHIPS
SHIPS NOT CLEAR.
CONSTRUCTION IS WANTED
The Treasury Officials Say Revision
is Lowiest in History With the Ex
ception of Walker Act in 1846 Re
ferred to President Wilson.
Washington. Officials of the Treas
ury department are at sea to know
what Congress actually maant Ty tlha
provision of the new tariff law allow
ing a five per cent reduction of duties
on goods imported in Amenrican whips
with the condition that the differential
should mot be construed to abrogate or
Impair any existing treaty between the
United States and a foreign Nation. .
Literally interpreted, it is declared the
provision would give a five per cent
decrease to goods in American bot
toms and automatically grant the same
privilege to the ships of the many Na
tions whose treaties with the United
States guarantee no discrimination be
tween their, vessels and . those of
America.
Ths construction which would be a
reasonable redurtion - of five per
cent in the tariff for importation from
most of the great countries of the
world, involves probably ten millions
in revenue for the government, creat
ing a deficit instead of a surplus in
the Treasury as has been estimated
by the tariff framers. The question
undoubtedly will be referred f o Presi
dent Wilson and Attorney General
Mo Reynolds and ultimately will reach.
the United States Supreme Court.
The State and Treasury Departments
already are In consultation over the
effect of the provision, the first snag
struck in the new law.
Whatever the interpretation of the
provision for Nations with these guar
antees of equality, It is pointed out
other serious questions arise as to 23
Nations whose treaties with this coun
try do not guarantee against discrim
ination, t
A Test of the Clause.
Washington. The Federal Govern
ment's effort to prove that "the grand
father clause" of the Oklahoma Con
stitution violates the Constitution: 'of
the United States was begun in the
Supreme Court w,Sth the fling of a
brief by Solicitor General Davis. The
Circuit Court of Appeals has certified
to the Supreme Court the question of
the validity of the amendment to the
Oklahoma . Constitution. The Solicitor.
contends that the entire provision 1
unconstitutional because it violates the
fifteenth amendment to the Federal
Constitution guaranteeing suffrage
without discrimination as to race col
or or prevous condition of servitude.
Eighteen Seamen . Drowned.
Yarmouth, Eng., Eighteen seamen
of the crew of the British steamer
Gardenia were drowned when that ves
sel foundered after a collision in a fog
with the British steamer Cornwood.
Four others of the Gardenia's crew-
were picked up alive. The collision
occurred In the North Sea of this port.
Twenty-Seven Arrested at Wolverine.
Calumet, Mich.Mass picketing and
peaceable parades featured activities
in the copper strike zone. Troopers
kept the pickets on the move and out
side of a fight hetween a deputy and
a striker there were no disorders.
Twenty-seven men arrested at the
Wolverine mine as the result of a
r.TABh btwT several hundred stfkera
and a small tvc of troopers, which.
followed the accidental injuring by a
soldier of a child of one of tthe strik
ers. Russia Recognizes China.
St. Petersburg. The Russian govern
ment agreed to Join with the other
powers in recognizing the Chinese re
public on October 10.,".
Atlantic Fleet In Hampton Roads
Norfolk. I Va. The Atlantic battle
fleet headed by the Badgar flagship
Wyoir.ng are now in Hampton vRoads.
The battleships will remain 'pending
the battle v practice drills and ' firing
to be witnessed by President Wilson
and Secretary of the Navy Josephu '
Daniels on October 18. This drill will
occur on the Southern drill grounds
and 'will be the president's first ex
perience of the kind. The presidential
party will come down from Washing
ton on the yacht Mayflower on the
night of October 17.
Speeding Up Curency Brll.
Washington. President Wilonwa
credited with a new plan to exert
"moral pressure" on senate democrats
for a "speeding up on the currency
bill.". Representative Glas let it he
known that he would issue a caustic
statement informing the country who
are the democratic, senators respons
ible for the delay.t was reported that ,
this direct attack on "the reluctants
is to be followed by others in speeches,
is a part of a program designed to
force the "insurgent" democrats Into
line. .