ROUNA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE U, Mil
OF ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN. EAS1ERN
iarolinA
the express compsnles bum be add
ed to the postal intern," said Mr.
Lewis In Us argument. "First, die
express company serrlce does not
reaeb beyond the railways to the conn
"We eannet have an efficient par -
osi poet The government cannot
conduct It on mall railway transpor
tation rates at orer four cents a
pound. In competition with the ex
press companies' paying but three
t fourths a cent a pound excluding the
Lwelght of equipment In both cases;
l*hlch enables the express corporation
Wo pay orsr 80 per cent. In profits to"
thsmselTse, although rendering no
jurrlcsirhatevsr to ths farmers and
^kolnts off the rait ways.'"
e.* produce And uq them the time
P-ftw ?T?n lower than thoee quoted
are promised, by havtug the rural
cltjr" carrion assemble the email con
slgnments of the Individual shippers
and uUllae the fast ferlght service on
trunk line*, wtth paaaenger trains on
the branch -oeda to hnrrjr the stun
to destination at the regular fail
freight rate*.
The poetoae* will recoup Itself br
securing carload rats* for the as
aetnbled shipments, while the email
preeent condition. by harta, their
collect and delivery eystem (or prac
tlcallr nothing.
Thla system la aow la rogue In
Oenaaar. and shipped. Mr. Lewi,
ehowa, par onlr double freight ratea,
law than a tenth of the axpreaa rites
The toad problem, the "high coat
of living, " according to Mr. .Lewta"
flgurea, la fcrgety the reenlt of the
want of a proper articulation of our
transportation with t^ rural soarree
at supply, while price* are often
prohibitive to the consumer, crop*
mar be rottlag at the place of pro
duction. for 'want of real exprees aer
Ttoa? \
Morehead Cltr. N. C.. June IS-?
The Atlantic RoM, this season under
'he aaanagem*iio?T.Al*x Baxter,
opena today
The opening hall, following the oa
ual custom wlU be glren Saturday
night, June 17th. The spacious bell
room has been beautifully decorated
NerlHa'a Creek the proud possessor
of three large wstsr rattle snakee.
They were caught In a net last night,
ill la needleas to atate that after the
anakea were discovered no other fish
ing was done. Al| three of the
anahee will measure at least el* feet
and hare been riewed br a large
?ting of the
at the city
|ht o'clock.
U to b .
?? ' /?
Ihe Weather Threateaia, Bat
Great Crowda Are ia
Tha royal enclosure. ctab end other]
atands and !Wn were crowded wllh
fashlonsbly-attlred persons. while
alOM th? rail, about the course hun
dreds of motor car* and carriages
formed a solid line.
King George Aid Qoeen Mary with
members of their house party
at Windsor cams In ternl-state In
alaht landaus, each drawn by four
b?ir?. while three landaus, drawn by
fairs, carried their suites. Acoom
Mto. oil Batik to Home Prom Bo?
ton ad Win IMd> Ha*
Ml- EH. Keith arrlred to fh# city
yeeterday afternoon from Bo ?ton,
"be ha* been for the past
erai yeara teaching and stud>tng.jau
aic. She Is not only a graduate of
the Durham Conservatory of Music
hut the Boston Conaervotory. Bhe
has played accompaniment* for suck
artists as Melba and Nordlca end re
turns to her home more competent
than ever to teach both Violin and
Ptano.
Miss Keith hss a fltate reputation
as s preceptress and Washington Is
indeed fortunate In knowing that she
will probably give our people ad rant
age of her knowledge during the eum
Jttgf months.
Her many friends are glM to See
her. She la the guest of ber oncle.
Mr. B. W. Ayers on Market street^
handkerchiefs. It la a atrlct rul^'jof
their majeatlea that the royal enclos
ure must not t>4 crowded. Upd
Chamberlain and the Karl of aihaftee
' berry refused thousands of applica
tions for eilmisslon to the coveted
places.
alpng the course to the royal enclos
ure amid cheering and waving of
precession moved slowly from Wind
sor castle to Ascot Heath, thence
panied by mounted equerries Uis
Is Convalescent.
The many frlenda of Mr E. L. Daw
son win be pleased to learn of biff
Improvement. He haa been cnflned
to hla home on Blrdge street ior the
past week but today is able to be
out.
Another fine crop season for the
Greek letter fraternities.
AN HONORED CITIZEN,
OR. IN, 1. BLOUNT FELL J.
asleep mmn
v " 1
Saccambs to Death, the Reaper at the Age of Se>
ertyTwD?-ta(m Tomorrow at 11 0 dtodrHT;
at St. Peter's Chareb : ?. a n ppe
The entire town aid county with
aire* portions of thl a and other
ststea will be saddened to learn ot
the paeaing away, after a brief lll
?, of Dr. William Augustus Blount
of tfcls-olty, on thanfteraoon of Jun?
16t. Aa the setting aun In resplend
ent glory cast lta lingering rsys upon
the earth, his spirit left our earthly
pot rale to answer the summons of
God, his Maker. Then vanished from
our midst the soul of one who was
iOd. upright, valiant, well-beloved,
ftjtjfrandson of John Gray Blount,
noted as a Revolutionary patriot, and
? of feha founders of this town ?
his parents. Thpmas Harvey Blount
and Elisabeth Blount resided at, their
beautiful and hospitable home "8an
Sou el,"- a mile beyond the city lim
its' where their youngest son. Dr.
Blount, wsa bora seventy two years
ago on the Slat day of January.
Of Una colonial and English ances
try, hla name haa been prominent in
the annals of his atata and country
tor generations; and he In turn has,
also, impressed it deeply upon the
professional, civic, and religious life
of hla timee. Endowed with flue men
qualities, good Judgment, tact,
and sweet friendliness linked with
a handsome countenance, and an un
ususlly commanding figure nbi per
sonality waa such as to command re
spect snd esteemjn any gathering of
men and make him a marked figure.
His early education. In th* fash
Ion of those times, wss under prlvste
tutors st home; later at Horner's
School, and then at the New Tork
College for Physicians and Suiegons,
where he received his diploma in
time to enlist as a surgeon In the
Confederate States Army; in which
capacity he served with brilliance and
distinction from, the beginning to the
close of the war In April 1896.
His military service was conspicu
ous for devotion to dbty, and unus
ual tenderness in the care df the
sick and wounded. His ability as a
surgeon recaived high commondstlon
from his associates both In this state
and In Virginia where he * rendered
skillful and timely aid on the battle
flelda. and under God, waa enabled to
prolong and save many valuable and
his native city, Washlnt !on, and took
up i he practice of mad.k '.n*; hia con
tempotbrles at that tic. . vere the
late Dr. David T. Tajrl. "? anJ Dr.
John McDonald ? both l< ag s.uce
called to their reward. Ciuiitions at
that time were hard an,! difficult,
maladies in this section so recently
devastated and Impoverished by a
hostile army, were long and severe.
1^ many^ cases it was almost Impos
sible to obtain pure medicines, or
e\en to secure the necesssry nourish
ing food that patients required. The
physician's life was a hard and stren
uous one. However, with untiring
energy, patience and suhny cheerful
ness Dr. Blount took up his work
snd went the rounds of a large prac
tice and earned the love and grati
tude- of more than half the county.
\ His manner In the sick room was
not only sympsthetlo ? It was the lov
ing tenderness of ths elder brother ?
Is it a wonder then that hia patients
were his true friends bound closely
to hlnr "with hooks of stSel."
His conduct and assoclstion with
his professional brethren was ever
marked by perfect consideration, and
courtesy ? -In fact hia whole nature
was kindliness and dignity, and the
reverse ot-thst was painful to him.
In affairs of the town he haa -over
taken a leading part; standing al
ways for progress ^nd development
slong right hnes. He has built up
and controlled several of our lsrgest
.local industries; and by his business
insight, prndence and Industry he
has amassed wealth.
For many years he has been a de
voted member of the Episcopal
church of this city having been a
vestrymen of that body for more than
thirty' years, and its senior warden
since the deatb of ths lamented Ed
mund 8. Hoyt some years sgo. He
has contributed largely of his means
and Abilities to the "success snd
gr< wth of the church in this com
mr.ntty and sadly will he be missed
,frc-n old St. Peter's congregation
pis charities hsve been numerous,
m r unknown to all savs the recip
ients ^nd his heavenly Father.
Of his family life one scarcely
dares to speak so sacred add beauti
ful were Its ties and Joys ? how eag
erly and- with what loving fondness
he cared for them? wife, children,
i sisters. brothers, relatlvss. And the*
> < Cortland on p.?. >
BATTLE LINES
v ARE DRAWN
IISENATE
The Reciprocity Bill Reported
to the tipper House Without j
- ? RecommtiKltiotts
THE DEBATE IS 101 II PROGRESS
CURTIS AND M'CUMBEB TO LKAD
OFF DC OPPOSITION? EFFORTS
ABB TO BB MADE TO AMEND
THE MEASURE.
Washington, June ft, ? The battle
line* on the Canadian reciprocity
agreement vera aquarelr drawn In
the Senate reeterdar, when. In accord '
ancejjrth the agreement. Chairman
Penrose of the llaanoe committee re
ported til* bill without recommenda
tion, favorable and adverse views
were presented by Senator*, and the
*<ay cleared for the long selge of
discussion in open session. Messrs
McCumber and LaFollette submitted i
reporters outllnglng their Individual
ylews In opposition to reciprocity and
Mr. Williams presented tihe views
of himself and Messrs. Stone anC
Kern favorable to the measure.
The debate began today with the
speeches in opposition to the bill by
Senators Curtis and McCumber. The
exchange of views on the bill was
general. Mr. Dixon expreased sur
prise and regret that he committee
had not been able to bring In a rec
ommendation for or again the bill,
and In so doing elicited a series of
statements regarding the course ot
the finance committee. One of these
was made by Senator Heyburn. who
brought out the facts regarding the
motion in committee in committee
to report the bill adversely. He said
that he had persented this motion
and that It had been lo.t Iff a tie
\~f36e of 7 to 7, thus rendering an
ofeoatsg report ImpoealbLe. at the
sane time spproachlng very near to
onf.
Mr. Gore Introduced an amend
ment to the bill which wolild place
Canadian flour, meal, meats and ag
ricultural Implements on the free list,
but said he would not press the pro
vision If it became evident that its
adoption would Imperil the bill.
In presenting his adverse report on
the reciprocity bill. Senator LaFol
lette said:
"I propose to offer amendments to
the bill providing for a complete re
vision of the wool snd cotton sched
ules of tlje present Payne-Aldrich
tariff law. revision of the rates on
Structural iron and steel and certain
other paragraphs of that schedule;
also amandmenta revision the sugar
schedue.
'"Such revision downward while
reducing our government revenues
lass than (10.000,000 annually will
effect a reduction In the cost of liv
ing by lowering prices to the con
suming public aggregating more than
$200,000,000 a year."
Strenuous democratic efforts to se
jcure senate reconsideration of the di
rect senatorial elections joint resolu
tion on aooount of its Inclusion of
the Brlstow amendment for Federal
supervision tacked on to the house
measure by the senate last night,
were defeated on a tie vote today.
After long discussion, Mr. Reed of
Missouri moved to recall the resolu
tion from the house for the purpose
of reconsidering the vote by which
It was adopted. The motion was lost
38 to SS. Senator Clarke of Arkan
saa voted with the republicans. It
was his vote yesterday which made
possible the adoption of the Brlstow
amendment.
Yesterday's debate was precipitated
by Senator Bacon of Georgia, who ar
gued that VI jp President Sherman
had no right Co east a deciding vote
on the Brlstow amendment, such a
right being confined to ordinary leg
islative business. Those opposing
Mr. Bacon argued that the Vice Pres
ident's constitutional authority to
vote In case of a tie was absolute and
unequivocal.
Although the republicans of the
house voted to support the Brlstow
amendment to the joint resolution
i passed by the* senate providing for
I direct eelctlon of Senators, the dam
j'ocratlc l?td?n of the home taafa
. that they will rafuee to MMpt it an
.that the NUU. again muit rot* 01
jtfca prorlalon. ' vV
Repreaentatlve Underwdod. th.
democratic leader, said the action o
'tie bona* in voting down a aimtla
amendment providing (or federal su
[pervlslon would indicate that tbe re*
jolution would have aerloue opposl
Hon in conference.
1 The atatee which have demanded
I the adoption o t a constitutional
amendment providing for the direct
election of eenntora by the people.
The number of states necessary tc
bring about a constlttulonal amend
ment, 31.
The passage of the measure marks
the end of a fight that has been wag
ed almoet since the birth of the con
stitution.
Over two thousand attempts have
been made on the part of members
of congress for the individual states
to bring about the deelred reform.
Many times has a resolution provid
ing for this change been passed by
the house of representatives but it
almost always struck a snag In the
Iwarti. :
SEAMEN M
FIREMEN WILL
SKinoio
Many Other Ports on the Con
tinent Involved in the
Strike
WON'T HOfll THIS COUNTRY
SHIP OWNERS SCOUT IDEA THAT
STRIKE IS SERIOUS? UNEASI
NESS FELT AS TO W HKTHI.K
OTHER LIVERS WILL BE ABLE
TO LEAVE PORTS
London, June 1$. ? The strlka of,
seam^ and flymen *u launched 6u:
Aclally at Liverpool and at some of
the other porta of the Britiah latei.
and the continent this morning. The
first big steamers to be tied up were
trane-AtlantIc liners. The crews of
tho Teutonic and th? Empress of Ier
land, numbering ,2 50, and 300 men,
reepecttaely refuted to alien. ?
Daatfite. the reoent efforts of the
strlkp leaders to hold her up. the
Olympic, of the- White Star line, the
largest steamer jaQoat got away from
Southampton on her maiden voyage
to New York early this afternoon.
The Teutonic of the White Star
line was scheduled to sail from Liv
erpool next Saturday for Quebec and
Montreal.
The Empress of Ireland, owned by
the Canadian Pacific Steamship Com
pany was due to leave Liverpool next
Friday for Quebec.
In the early develoi-ment of the
strike there has appeared to be a
lack of cohesion among the men at
moat of the ports' which explained
the comparative indifference c/f the
ship owners, who continued to scout
the idea of any really serious Incon
venience
Amsterdam, Holland, June 14. ?
T^e crews of three of the Royal
Steamship company's vessels refused
to sign this morning and were dis
missed.
The sailora on most of the steam
ers in the harbor struck, but work
proceeded as usual. The dock hands
decline to join the strikers.
London, Tune 15. ? This afternoon
the international seamen's union Is
sued a proclamation atatlng that the
algnal for an international atrike
would be given throughout the Unit
ed Kingdom, France, Belgium, Hol
land and Scandinavia at seven o'clock
tonight.
New York, June 15. ? Probably
none of the big tran^At'antlc liners
nor any of the 800 or more tramp
steamers of foreign register will be
abandoned by their crews In this
country aa a result of the seamen's
strike, according to Matthew Tearle,
who 1* in charger of the strike In
America.
Still Improving
The many friends of Mrs Daniel
Simmons will be pleased to learn of
her continued improvement at the
Washington Hospital the recently
underwent a most dlMcult operation
at this well known lurtttatfc*.
mmTHK
i| CHOOSE THEIR
j NEW OFFICERS
Mr. C. C. McLean of Greensboro
Was Elected Grand
Chancellor
NEXT YEAR IT VILNItiiOR '
PREPARATION H ARK BEGAN FOR
THE CELEBRATION OP THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FOUNDING OF THE ORDER
THE OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
ARE CHOSEN.
Asheville, June 16. ? The flr?t
business session of the state Grand
Lodge, Knlght*j>(JE>ythlas, was call- ?
ed to order yesterday morning at 9 : 30
o'clock and from that hour until 1
o'cloci^ln the afternoon business af
fairs werk given consideration. Chief
interest had to do with the election
of officers. The officers chosen for
the ensuing year are:
Alf 8. Barnard. Aabevllle, supreme
representative, filling unexpired term
of T. 8. Franklin; J. 8. Scott. Gra
Iham, supreme reperaentatlve for
1 long term; C. C. MacLean, Greens
|boro, grand chancellor; Walker Tay
llor, Wilmington, grand vice chancel
I lor; Rev. R. B. Owens, Rocky Mount,
| grand prelate; Henry Powell, Hend
erson, grand master aA arms; W. T.
Holldweli grand keepe^ of records
and seal; John C. Mills, Rutherford
ton, grand master of exchequer; 8.
A. Robinson, Gastonla, grand inner
guard; C. H. Honess, Asheville. grand
i outer guard. Thomas H. Webb,
Duke, re-elected member of board of
I trustees.
Among reports of committee^
heard were:
The credentials committee report
ed that the credentials of all delegat
es had been inspected and that, with
the exception of four or five, every
lodge in the state was represented.
Following this the committee on
distribution allotted the work for the
coming year to the various commit
tees and the chancellors of the lodg
es. Then followed officers' reports, in
cluding those of the grand chancel
lor, grsnd keepe rof records and seal
and the grand master of the exche- ^
quer. The report of the board of
trustees of the orphan ,8 home, of
the fraternal correspondent and of
a special committee on suspensions
rollowed. An order was made to con
sldder the report of the orphan .s ho
me trustees tomorrow morning.
Ia In Port.
The schooner Ida V. arrived In
port this morning from Swan Quar
ter. Captain J. M. Midyette In tJk i
mand. She was loaded with duck
ens. potatoes, peas. etc.. consigned^ to
the different commlaalon merchants.
ADVERTISING TALKS
Written by WILLIAM C FREEMAN
MR. T. D MACOREOOOR. a very
able advertising man, addreased the
New Jersey Savings Bank Association
at Newark on May 17, on the subject
of "Savings Bank Advertising."
He got right at the meat of things
by saying that the reaaons common
ly given why savings banka do not
advertise are the following:
"We do not need to advertise be
cause ours is the only savings bank
in the community, and we will get
all the business there is anyway," or
"We do not need to advertise be- *
, cause of the fact that the bank haa
a large, handsome, distinctive and
centrally located building, so that
everybody in the town knows where .
the bank is and what it stands for %
In the community," or
"ADVERTISING IS NOT DIGNI
FIED for a bank."
On this subject Mr. MacOregor
said THAT IT WOULD NOT be digni
fied to ad vert toe a bank like a patent
medicine Is ordinarily advertised;
but there to dignity In a strong, sen
sible appeal to a man to he Indus
trious and STBTmiATiC IN PRO
VIDING FOB Ht8 OWN FUTURE
and tfcat of those dependent upon
UlL v .
"The best copy for savin ga bank
advertising." Mr, MacOregor coo Us- ;'j|
uel, "should contain a lot of what
tea atom* Pw)