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VOL. IV.
ASHEBORO, N. C.; THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1909.
NO. 32.
FOR CONSERVATION
President Approves Report
of National Commission.
SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Urges Measures to Conserve tho Nat
ural Resources as a Legacy to Pos
terityShould be Put in Effect
Without Delay.
President Roosevelt, Friday trans
mitted to Congress the following
bearing on the conservation of our
natural resources.
I transmit herewith a report of tho
national conservation commission, to
gether with the acompanying papers.
This report, which is the outgrowth
cf the conference of Governors last
May, was unanimously approved by
the recent joint conference held iu
this city between the national con
servation commission and Governors
of the States, State conservation com
missions and conservation commit
tees of great organizations of citi
zens. It is therefore in a peculiar
sense representative of the whole na
tion and all its parts.
The facts set forth in this report
constitute an imperative call to act
ion. The situation they disclose de
mands that we, neglecting for a time,
if need be, smaller and less vital
questions, shall" concentrate an effec
tive part of our attention upon the
great material foundations of nation
al existence, progress and prosperity.
The progress of our knowledge of
this country will continually lead to
more acurate inlormation and better
use of the sources of national
strength. It is not necessary that
this knowledge should be exact in
every minute detail. It is essential
that it should correctly describe the
general situation. The conservation
of our resources is the fundamental
question before this nation.
Our population is now adding about
one-fifth to its numbers in ten years.
Many millions more, must be fed and
clothed from the products of our soil.
"With the steady growth in population
and the still more rapid increase in
consumption our people will here
after make greater and not less de
mands per capita upon all the nat
ural resources for their livlihood,
cemfort and" convenience. It is high
time to realize that our responsibil
ity to the coming millions is like that
of parents to their children, and that
in wasting our resources we are
wronging our descendants.
Our rivers can and should be made
to serve our people effectively in
transportation, but the vast expen
ditures for our waterways have not
resulted in maintaining, much less in
promoting, inland navigation. There
fore, let us take immediate steps to
ascertain the reasons and to prepare
and adopt a comprehensive plan for
inland waterway navigation. Ouf
forests are fast disappearing, and
less than one-fifth of them are being
conserved, and no good purpose can
be met by failing to provide the rela
tively small sums needed for the pro
tection, use, and improvement of -all
forests still owned by the govern
ment. Lot us enact laws to check
the wasteful destruction of the for
ests in private lands. The American
people stand nearly as a unit for
waterway development and for forest
protection.
Mineral P.esources Wasted.
Our mineral resources once ex
hausted are gone forever, and the
needless waste of them costs us hun
dreds of human lives and nearly
300,000,000 a year. Therefore, let
us undertake without delay the in
vestigations necessary before our
people will be in position, through
State action or otherwise, to put an
end to this huge loss and waste, and
conserve both our mineral resourcei
and the lives of tho men who take
them from the earth.
The conservation of cur natural
resources is of first consideration. If
we of this generation destroy the re
sources from which our children
would otherwise derive their livli-
licod, we reduce the capacity of our
land to support a population, and so
either degrade the standard of living
or deprive the coming generations of
their rights to life on this continent
If we allow great industrial organ
iaztions to eexreise unregulated con
trol of the means of production and
the neeessai-ies of life, we deprive
the Americans of to-day and of the
future of industrial liberty, a right
no less precious and vital than poli
tical ireedom.
The administration which is just
drawing to a close, has at least seen
clarly the fundamental need of free
dom of opportunity for every citizen.
No man and no set of men should be
allowed to play the game of competi
tion with loaded dice. The uncheek
ed existence of monopoly is incom-
patibb with equality of oportunity
The reason for the exercise of gov
ernment control over great monopo
lies is to equalize opportunity.
Waterways.
Accordingly, I urge that the broad
plan for the development of our
waterways, recommended by the In
land Waterways Commission, be put
in effect without delay.
The work of waterways develop
ment 'should be undertaken without
delay. Meritorious projects in known
conformity with the general outlines
of any comprehensive plan should
proceed at once. The cost of the
whole work should be met by direct
appropriation if possible, but if nec
essary, by the issue of bonds in small
denominations.
It is especially important that the1
development of water power should
be guarded with the utmost care both
by the national government and by
the States in order to protect the peo
ple against the upgrowth of monopoly
and to insure to them a fair share in
the benfits which will follow the de
velopment of this great asset which
belongs to the people and should be
controlled by them.
Forests.
I urge that provision be made for
both protection and more rapid de
velopment of the national forests.
Otherwise, either the increasing usa
of these forests by the people must be
checked or their protection against
fire must be dangerously weakened.
If we compare the actual damage on
similar areas on private and national
forest lands during the past year, the
government fire patrol saved commer
cial timber worth as much as the
total cost of caring for all national
forests at the presnt rate for about
ten years.
Lands.
The use of ths public grazing lands
should be regulated in such ways as
to improve and conserve their value.
Eights to the surface of the public
land should be separated from rights
to foreets upon it and to minerals be
neath it, tnd these should be sub
ject to separate disposal.
The coal, oil, gas and phosphate
rights still remaining with the gov
ernment should be withdrawn from
entry and leased under conditions fa
vorable for economic development.
Minerals.
The consumption of nearly all of
our mineral products is- increashing
more rapidly than our population.
Our mineral waste is about one-sixth
of our product, or nearly $1,000,000
for each working day in the year. The
loss of structural materials through
fire is about another million a day.
The loss of life in the mines is ap
palling. The larger part of these
losses can be avoided.
A part of the action of the joint
conference says: We also especially
urge on the Congress of the United
States the high dcsirablity of main
taining a national commission on the
conservation of tehresourees of the
country empowered to co-operate
with State commissions to the end
that every sovereign Commonwealth
and every section of the country may
attain the high degree of prosperity
and "the sureness of perpetuity nat
urally arising in the aboundant re
sources and the vigor, intelligence,
and patriotism of our people.
In this recommendation I most
heartily concur, and I urge that an
appropriation cf at least $50,000 be
made to cover the expenses of the
national conservation commission for
necessary rent, assistance and trav
eling expenses. This is a very small
sum. l Know ot no otner way in
which the appropriation of so small
a sum would result in so large a bene
fit to the whole nation.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"Womanhood Must Be Protected,"
Says Negro Bishop.
Franklin, La., Special. "I stand
ready to go with the whites today
right into hell to protect a woman,
white or black, against a fiend," said
Bishop E W. Lampton, of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, m his
charge to the Louisiana Conference
of his church here Saturday night.
"Womanhood must be protected; let
us do our part."
Suicides in Church.
Savannah, Ga., Special. In a pos
ture of prayer in St. Patrick's church
here and with a bullet hole through
the temple the dead body of Otto
Sehueitzer, of Philadelphia, was
found Friday several hours after the
fatal shot was fired." Two notes were
found, one bequeathing $1 for "St.
Anthony's bread" and another ex
pressing regret that he "had permit
ted himself to have any ill-feeling."
Schuenitzer had been here but a day,
reaching the city aboard a steamer
rfom Philadelphia.
Explosion Killed 56 Men.
Veszprim, Hungary, Special. Th
coal minekhere last Thursday result
ed in the death of 56 men. Of 240
men entombed 184 were taken out
alive.
Overman Succeeds Himself as United
S;at?s Senator.
RaMgh, N. C, Special The elec
tion of Senator Lcc S. Overman to
succeed him!? for a second term in
lhc Senate f ihe United States was
the feature in both branches of the
GeneTal Assembly. The vote in the
Senate ps oi to 8 and in the House
90 to 26, .'.udge Spencer B. Adams
being li'iored by th, minority with
the ccmpiijacniary nomination. The
..peeches in nomination were made in
tLe S-.nate b cntor Kluttz and
r.cna.or Bri"t, respectively, and in
the House by Representatives Juliaa
and Grant.
Georgia Lumber Cocrpany Gets Big
Veridict AgcAnzl Soutt.-rn.
M'.con. Ga., Special. -The Stuart
Lumber Company was Tuesday
awarded a verdict of $9,443.43
againsl, the Southern Railway et al.
xlus sutt w.s instituted in connec
tion with the famous . Tif: Lumber
Company suit versus the Southern
Railway et al.. alleging -.vcrcharges.
Special Master in "Chancery Taltry
submitted the report.
SHIPS IN COLLISION
White Star Liner Republic and
and lioyd Liner Florida
MEET OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND
Republic Gees to Bottom After Un
loading Her 781 Passengers and
Crew Greatest Feat in History of
Wireless Telegraphy - Four Are
Killed.
New York, Special. Grave anxiety
peryailed here Saturday and Satur
day night as the result of the thril
ling maritime drama being enacted
off Nantucket on the coast of New
England, following the ramming
early Saturday of the big White Star
liner Republic with 761 souls
aboard, by the steamer Florida, of
the Lloyd-Italian line. The wireless
telegraph played an important part
in the grave incidents happending at
sea, far from the shore, and proved
its utility as it has never done before.
Bit by bit it told the tale, first an
nouncing' the news of the collision
and the plight of the liner, which
news came direct from the injured
ship itself. Then it told of the res
cue of the Republic's passengers, the
condition from time to time of the
sinking ship an'd finally summoned
from the adjacent seas the White
Star line Baltic, the French steamer
La Lorraine, the Curnader Lueania
and the revenue cutters Achushnet
and Gresham.
At 8 o'clock p. m. the wireless
brought reassuring news from Cap
tain Ransom, of the steamer Baltic.
He said that the Republic was still
afloat; that the Florida, with her
own people and most of those from
the Republic aboard, close to 2,000
souls in all, was nearby and that the
Baltic was near the scene, standing
by ready to lend aid The steamers
La Lorraine. and Lueania, Captain
Ransom said, were also in the vicinity
and the Republic through her Avire
less outfit, was directing the move
ments of the shipe of rescue.
Until an early hour Sunday it was
believed the crashinsr together of the
two big ships had not resulted in
death of injury to a single passen
ger or member of the crews. Shortly
after midnight, however, the wireless
telegraph flashed the news that two
passengers on the Republic had been
killed and two others injured. Late,
in the day another wireless message
told of four deaths on board the
Florida, either of members of the
7
crew or steerage passengers.
It is apparent that the Florida
must have been between 30 or -40
miles off her course in being any
where near the Republic, as the east
bound and westbound steamer lanes
here are that distance apart.
The collision, being amidship, al
most immediately flooded the engine
room of the Republic and of course
rendered her absolutely helpless.
Fortunately, her wireless equipment
was well supplied with storage bat
teries and three were used for more
than six hours, until they gradually
became exhausted. After that, re
course to signalling by means of sub
marine bells was adopted.
In the middle of the forenoon the
transfer cf passengers io the Florida
was made, and although the fog was
very dense, unusually calm weather
for this season cf the year in the
North Atlantic cnabledthe transfer
to be made without accident. By
noon the Baltic and LaLorraine were
close to the scene of collision, but
owing to the dense fog, were unable
to locate the Republic, although the
submarine , bells could be heard fre
quently. The prompt closing of the Repub
lic's water-tight compartments which
kept her afloat and undoubtedly
saved the lives of many of those on
board. In the. afternoon it was learn
ed from the Baltic that these com
partments were still holding the ves
sel above water, but that the bulk-.
heads and ccirpartmcnt doors were
under a fearful strain and likely to
give way at any moment.
A dispatch at 8:30 . Sunday night
i 1 t-i , l ' . "V
saia: "ixcpuDiic gone auwn. io one
aboard. All crew safe on revenue
cutter Gresham."
An hour later another wireless
message was received stating that the
revenue cutter Gresham, with the
Republic crew on board was pro
ceeding to Gayhead.
The Republic's passengers found
900 returning Italians, many of them
survivors of the' earthquake, on board
the Florida, which left Naples on
January 9th.
Lincoln's Nitive County Votes Dry.
Hodgonville, Ky., Special. In a
lecal option election Larue county, in
vhich Abraham Lincoln was bora
nearly 100 years ago, voted "dry"
by a majority of 1,0S5, the vote be
inb more than 4 to 1 against license.
Would Not Increase Pension.
Washington, Special. A motion
by Representative Olcott, of New
York, to increase the pension of Julia
B. Cougblan, widow of Rear Ad
miral Coughlan, United States navy,
from $50 a month as provided for in
a pension bill, to $100 a month creat
ed a lively interest in the House of
Representf-tives. After a vigorous
debate the amendment was lost by a
vote of 42 to 103.
WITH N. LAWMAKERS
Doings of the State Legislature Con
densed Interesting Items from
Day to Day. j
Wednesday's session of House and
Senate involved nothing beyond ron
tino work.
The joint resolution that the Gen
ereal Assembly adjourn sine die Feb
ruary 15th, introduced some day ago
by Senator Elliott, came up and was
almost unanimously voted down and
a motion to reconsider made by
Dockery also failed of the necessary
support.
At noon the Senate repaired to the
House fcr the joint session to an
nounce the result of the balloting
Tuesday in the two branches of the
Assembly on election of United
States Senator. This required 2o
minutes.
A bill just introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Emple to provide no
fence law for the whole of the State,
is a bill that will attract very gen
eral interest. It is. endorsed by the
State forestry interests aud has oth
er very strong backing. It would ap
ply the "no fence" Lav to every
section of the State after 1910. It if
estimated now that about four-fifths
of the State is already under the op
eration of "no fence" laws. One of
the contentions of the forestry in
terests is that the running at large of
swine, for instance, prevents the
growth of the young long-leaf pines
in the eastern section of the State.
In both the Senate and House bills
were introduced to pay solicitors a
salary of $2,000 and no other compen
sation. Senator Ray put in a bill
that would legalize an 8 per cent rate
of interest when agreed upon by the
parties.
Speaker Graham introduced a biil
to put Henry II. Howard, one of the
Merrimae survivors on the pension
roll, fourth class and pay him $25. He
was gunner's mate on the famous
ironclad.
Legislators are slow to act upon the
bilKto guarantee deposits in Stats
banks, but the anto-trust bill with a
sharp tooth seems in favor.
Bills were offered in the Senate on
Thursday :
Manning Promote more efficient
municipal government. This is the
bill prepared by the Raleigh Good
Government League and designed to
have a sort of "Watts law'"' appli
cation to cities and towns of the
State having 5,000 or more popula
tion ; providing for a mayor and four
councilmen to be elected and they
to have the hole direction of the
municipal aEairs, being subject to
removal from office through vote of
the people. The act is to apply to
any city only after it has been adopt
ed by vote o the people
Manning Repeal 305, Revisal, re
lating to the discharge of witnesses
before the grand jury and the cer
tificates of attendance filed.
Bassett Provide better protection
of earnings of railroad employes and
others engaged in interstate business
and to assure to them the benefit of
the exemption laws of the State re
lating to personal property.
The two following bills passed
their final reading:
Amend See. 3241, Revisaf, relat
ing to. witnesses before the: jrand
jury, providing, that witnesr n shall
not be subpoenaed to appear "fion a
bill of indictment earlier t n the
second or third day of the cj' " sav
ing to counties much of f im
mense cost of the attendant J wit
nesses. The bill carrying the a
nna
tions for the State School
Blind oame from the comnj
State Schccl for the Bli t?
orable report and war
the committee on appv ja",
carries appropriations q 12$
1909 and $22,00 for 19 i a;"'
appropriation of $G5,0 fe'
tenanee and $100 a me
school library. i V
1e on
t fav
d to
s. It
3 for
uinual
mam-
9r the
The minority report ' th Jenate
judiciary committee rj Wrt the
Manning bill enlarging the powers
of the Attorney General wa ) read
and Senator Manning announced that
he would reserve the right to call up
the bill on its passage later.
A bill was offered by Senator Or
mond (by request) Provide for the
creation and organization of the new
County of Mosely out of territory
taken Irom Lenoir, Wayne and
Greene if the voters in the territory
so elect.
The following bills were introduced
in the House:
Majette Amend Sec. 1747, Re
visal, to extend the time for register
ing grants.
Gordon Establish lien upon wear
ing apparel in favor of laundrymen.
Gordon Establish State library
eommssion. - .
Poole Amend Sec. 924, Revisal,
relative to the popwpers of the clerk
of Superior Court m paying out
funds.
Butler (by request) Allow
3Tears to bring actions against
graph companies.
Cox, of Anson Amend Chap,
two
tel-3-
273,
Laws of 1902, for the relief of cer
tain Confederate soldici's, sailors and
widows.
Graham Repeal Chap. 89, Laws
of 1907, relating to additional cause
of divorce.
Graham Expedite the trial of cap
ital cases- and reduce the cost by en
abling courts to summon special
venires from some adjoining county.
Much discussion upon the divorce
bill was engaged in. It arises from
a bill to amend the nresent law to
) allow divorces in cases of ten years
absence if - there are no children.
The bill offered would allow di
vorce it children are more than 21
years old. ine bill may have the
effect to repeal the law allowing di
vorce on ground cf absence at all.
The following bills passed their
final reading:
State bill to amend Revisal re
aring to powers and duties of county
commissioners, allowing the establish
ment when necessary of tuberculosis
dispensaries and " sanatoriums.
To repeal Chap. 202, Laws of 1907,
as to fees of officials of Johnston
county.
Amend Revisal relative to liability
of counties in criminal actions.
Resolution to print 500 copies of
memorial of-North Carolina Library
Association for fireproof building.
In the Senate Friday Senator Or-
mond offered a bill to put solicitors
of the State on salaries of $2,500
each instead of the fees now allowed
Hankins : Joint resolution to pro
vide more adequate posteffice facili
ties fcr the General Assembly.
Hankins: Memorial from the
North Carolina Library Association
for the erection of a fireproof State
library- building.
Hankins : Memorial . from the
North Carolina Society, Daughters of
the Revolution, relative to the erec
tion of a fireproof library building.
Among the bills passed Avas a omt
resolution for paying tho evpenses
of Dr. Gordon and Dr. Bolton, .mem
bers of the Legislature wLo repres
ented the Assembly at the State tu
berculosis convention at Charlotte
recently.
There was read by Senator" Dock-
a "pome" by ex-Senator N. A.
McLean of Robeson, in answer to the
resolution by Senator Dockery that
Mr. McLean and others uc sent a
copy ot. the Lockhart bill to inject
sub-section "A" into the anti-trust
act. There was a iocular vote.
The senate passed a bill to incor
porate board of publication, North
Carolina Methodist Conference.
Senator Barrincrer introduced a
bill to fix the privileges cf owners of
mileage books.
In the House Cox, of Wake, pre
sented a memorial from the Ladies'
Memorial Association for the Gen
eral Assemblyto provide for a fire
proof building for the State library.
Poole offered a bill to amend Se.c.
3354, Revisal, relative to punishment
for seduction so that there can be
punishment even after marriage in
the event there is desertion within
five years after marriage.
Poole : Amend Sec. 5111, Revisal,
relative to. the inheritance tax.
Cox, of 'Wake: Joint resolution to
pay the expenses cr the inaugural
committee.
Cox, of Wake : Make the salary of
the assistant Supreme Court libra
rian $30 instead of $15 a month.
Currie: Amend Sec. 87, Revisal,
and abolish the crop pest commission,
putting its duties in the hands of the
State board of agriculture.
Currie: Regulate the registration
and sale of concentrated feed stuffs.
Currie : Regulate the sale of stock
foods and medicinal powders for live
stock.
Gordon: To validate deeds and in
struments heretofore executed by
corporations.
Underwood: Amaru? 2235, Revisal,
so as to allow tbtea days of grace on
bills payable at sight.
Connor: Fix liability of banks to
depositors for forged or raised
checks. Depositor must notify the
bank within three months of receiv
ing the canceled check.
Connor: Punish derogatory state
ments concerning banks and to pre
vent runs on banks.
Connor: Amend Act of 1907 relat
ing to the salary of the assistant li
brarian of the Supreme Ccrsrt.
Weaver: Regulate the use of busi
ness names.
Grant: Protect labor from certain
government employes.
Rodwell: Relative to property of
insane' persons discharged from asy
lums. Morton: Joint resolution to pro
vide more lights in corridors and ro
tunda of Capitol.
The Senate lacked a eborum on
Saturday.
In the House many bills were pass
ed of a private nature. Chief among
bills of general interest., presented
were :
Currie: Amend Revisal 3945 and re
lieve manufacturers of fertilizers of
unnecessary requirements.
Currie: Entitle sale of test farms
by boards of agriculture.
Currie: Establish State . highway
commission.
Perry of Bladen: Fcr better pro
teetion and comfort cf traveling pub
lie.
Hinsdale: For relief of inmates
of Soldiers' Home at Raleigh.
Connor: Provide for equipment and
maintenance of Eastern Carolina
Training School.
Among the bills to pass third
reading was that to Permit guardians
to cultivate lands of their wards.
Mr. Morton's bill for tho separa
tion of the races in the penitentiary,
convicts camps and ecnty jails, wa?
m his cwn motion re-referred toth
oirmittee cn pcn?l mstitut;c'
here being to many gen 'I "mm v!
nsbcd'to exempt their -ecuntUs a
uxvent the act frcm inter fr:t
'ilh the 1 wci k.'
A mean trick for a man to play oi
a girl who rejects "his proposal, de
clarcs the New York Press, is tc
take her at hr'rord-
GOV'MT, COTTON REPORT
South Carolina Credited With 1,193,
520 Bales and 4,229 Active Gin
neries. Washington, Special. There were
12,667,231 running bales of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1908 to
January 16, last, against 10,339,551
a year ago, and 27,441 active ginner
ies, against 27,366 a year ago, accord
ing to the Census bureau report of
Saturday. The report counts round
as half bales and excludes linters.
It includes 232,521 round bales for
1909, 183,037 for 1908 and 90.456 Sea
Island bales for 1909, 80,190 for 1909.
The total bales ginned in 1907 up
to January 16, was 12,176,199, rep
resenting 93.8 of the crop of that
year and of the 1908 crop 93.5 was
ginned by January 16.
Today's report shows bales gin
ned and number of ghmers operated
respectively by States as follows:
Bales. Gins.
Alabama 1.317,266 3,477
Arkansas 031,540 2,115
Florida.. 031,540 2,115
Georgia ..1,951,740 3,453
Kansas, Kentuek
and New Mexico 1,787 G
Louisiana 453,723 1,693
Mississippi ..1,551,265 3,476
Missouri .. 55,182 73
North Carolina.. .. 661,295 2,756
Oklahoma 621,618 9S4
South Carolina.. ..1,193,420 3,229
Tennessee 321,677 649
Texas ..3,529,426 3,143
Virginia .. 12,614 115
Distribution of Sea Island cotton
for 1909 by States is Florida 345.
007;Georgia 43,244; South Carolina
l3,2C5. The corrected statistics of
the quantity of cotton ginned this
season to January 1 are 12,465,298
bales.
SUPPLY OF COTTON.'
Secretary Hester's Report Shows
5,583,567 Bales Against 5,415,900
Last Week.
New Orleans, La., Special. Secre
tary Hester's statement of the
world's visible supply of cotton is
sued Saturday shows the total vis
ible to be 5,563,5'37 bales, against
5,415,900 last week and 4,837,600 last
year. Of this the total oi Amenean
cotton is 4.529,567, against 4,449,960
last week and 3,734.730 last year,
and of all other kinds, including
Egypt, Brazil. India, etc., 1,034,000",
against 966,000 last week and 1,102,-
870 last year.
Of the world's visible supply ot
cotton there is now afloat and held
in Great Britain and Continental
Europe 3,207,000, against 2,73S,000
last year; in Egypt 297,000, against
238,000 last year; in India a4,uuu,
against 471,000; and in the United
States 1,713,000, against 1,391,000
last year.
Now York. Rrtecial. Snot cotton
quiet; middling uplands 10.00; mid
dling Gull, 10.2o ; no sales.
Futures opened firm and closed
barely steady.
Months. Open. High.Low. Close.
Jan "... 9.78 9.76 9.67
Feb . . , . 9 . 67
March 9.70 9.76 9.67 9.63
April : 9-67
May .. .. 9.65 9.74 9. 65' 9.G6
June 0-00
July .. .. 0.67 9.G7 9.59 D.59
Aug 0.52 9.46 9.47
Sept .. .. 9.43 9.43 9.43 9.40
Oct .. .. 9.41 9.47 9.33 9.41
Nov .. .. 9.35
Dec .. .. 9.36 9.40 9.33 9.35
COLUMBIA COTTON MARKET.
(Quotations by li. V. Dibble.)
The Columbia cotton market for
Saturday was as follows:
Gcod middling .91-2
Strict middling .. ....... ....9 3-S
Middling .. ..
Low middling 81-8
Raleigh- Spot Cotton.
Receipts Saturday 95 bales.
Price, beat grades., ..9 3-4 to 9 7-8c.
Virginian Railroad Completed.
'Roanoke, Va., Special. With the
rrtmnlotinn SflturdaV of the long
V,VUltVtVH V -
Now river, west of
Roanoke, the last gap in the line of
the Virginian Kaiiraa, wnicu. nas
been built by Henry H. Rogers, from
the coal' fields to the sea, was closed
.a first, train was run through
from Roanoke to Deepwater, W. Va.,
the western terminal.
Thaw Will he Tried Again.
New York, Special. Harry K.
Thaw Avill be given trial in New
York City to determine whether he
is sane or insane. An order to that
effect was issued by Justice A- S
Tompkins, to whom an appel ask
ing for a trial was made, by Mrs.
William Thaw, Harry's mother. Un
der Justice Tompkins' decision Thaw
will nt be given a trial by jury, the
case to bo heard before a court or
judge of New York City, with pi
without the assistance of a referee
as the trial judge may decide.
' Mrs. Palmer Not Guilty.
Tamna. Flu.. SDecial The jury
trying Mrs. Pauline Palmer, for the
murder of her husband. Luke Palmer,
in July last, at their home, Friday
rendered a verdict of. not guilty, af
ter a trial lasting a week. The de
fense claimed the killing was. done to
protect the chastity of Mollie Powers,
13-year-old servant girl, who was be
ing assaulted by Palmer at tne lime.
The State, claimed conspiracy to ku
Palmer for life insurance.
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GLEANfKGS FRCM DAY TO DAY
Livo Itens Covering Events of More
or Less Interest at Home and
Abroad.
General Miles, who Las just re
turned from Europe, spoke of 90-mile
rides, like that taken by the Presi
dent - ,as nothing aiid said he could
duplicate the feat at his age.
The famous Spring Hill College,
one of the oldest Jesuit colleges in
the Southern States, and well known
even in Europe, was destroyed by liro
Monday.
John D. Rockefeller has given an
other $1,000,000 to the University
of Chicago. Mr. Rockefeller's total
contributions to the university ag
gregates $24,80J3,000 for endowment
and other purposes.
The Brcokside Worsted Mills,
North Chelmsford, Massachusetts,
ivere burned cn Wednesday, loss
$650,000.
The cotton crop for 190S is now
estimated at 12,759,000 bales.
Suit was begun at Nashville, Tena.,
on Wednesday, against. Duncan B.
Ccoper and son, Robin, and ex
sheriff, John D. Sharp, for the kill
ing of U. S. Senator E. W. Carmack.
P. J. Keiran, of the New York
Fidelity Co., who has been in hiding
under -charge of embezzlement, has
surrendered to the law officers.
Ex-Secretary Elihu Rcot has been
named by Republican caucus to suc
ceed Senator Piatt of New York,
whoso term expires with this con
esi. At Hope, Ark., an 18-year-old
Negro has been lynched for speaking
insultingly to a lady saleswoman in
a store.
Boston had an $800,000 fire Sun
day, including $750,000 worth of
automobiles.
Another Night Rider, Ed. Marshall
is to be tried at Union City, Tenn.,
at ence.
$55,000 worth of Guilford, N.
psr cent road bonds were sold
Monday fcr $60,537.40.
Blcod hounds effected the capture
of a 'Negro who attempted foul as-
ault cn Mrs. W. J. McLeod, near
Clintcn cn last Wednesday.
The Federal grand jury has founi
bill for peonage against Joshua W.
Ashley, a member of the legislatures
rom Anderson county .
Judge Jonc3 dcsiffnatedZebruary
9th as the day for hanging the sis"-
Night Riders convicted of murder iu
the first degree in the case of tha
laying of Capt; Rankin.
Abbott L. Lowell has been named
the successor to Charles W. Eliotfc
as president of Cambridge Univer
sity.
The Government was sustained by
the Supreme Court in the $1,623,900
fine against the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company cf Texas.
The Chicago and Alton Railway
las filed an appeal in the adversa
$60,000 rebate fine case.
Two local option bills were intro
duced in the West Virginia Legtsla
uro.
Washington Notes,
(rcors-e T Lille v. who was elected
fiovernor cf Connecticut, did not re
sign as member of the lower Housa
of Congress. He was declared, Wed
nesday, no longer a member oi that
1)cdv.
Mr.. Willett: of New York, made a
bitter attack Tuesday on the PresU
dent, but the House stopped him t
Senator Bailey uscussea tne pro
nosed increase of rav for the Presi
dent and . others, criticising Mr,
Roosevelt's allowances of expenses.
President Roosevelt asks the gov
eminent of California to consider his
reasons, now on the way, before en
nptine- bill nendinsr that is unfavor
able to Japanese citizenship .
Mr. Ravner started a Senate '-
quiry into the libel suits against sev
eral newspapers. C. P. Taft arrived
in Washington to testify.
- TV-Oii epn TAllioukaluni is still
pressing her claims before the Home
... . r-v : 1 1 : n..nnt
committee, one is wiiuug iu v
$250,000 for her claim on Hawaii.
Foreign News.
TCnrtlmimke shocks are still re
ported from Messina and fires break
out. Snow and rain cause great sul
fering. disflstrious fire swept parts of
the afflicted city of Messina on Tues
day.
Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez was of
ficially proclaimed president of Cuba
on Wedncsdaj.
VJop Ton snl Stuart K. Lupton is
to succeed Consul Cheney at Messina.
Admiral Rojcnstvcnsky, the com
mander of the Russian fleet which
the Japanese destroyed, is dead.
Vice Consul Stuart K. Lupton now
estimates the fatalities of the Mes
sina earthquake at 90,-000.
For the first time in years the
births in France exceed the deaths.
The bodies of American Consul A.
S. Cheney and wife have been found
in the. ruins of Messina.
Castro, the deposed president of
Venezuela, 'says he purposes to re
turn to his country as a private citi
TTa will make no effort at revo-
luctiou, but will be cn hand if wanted.
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