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,.'.:u :.y - . ' "' v:.. - t xi - - - A " i t ;- f.-, : : . .: ..: v.v.. -; , ; --.r- j(, - ; . , . . VOL I BESS BM ERCim ;Ni fC ;FRI P AYiNQV E M BE Rt'22 M 9 !2. NO. 39. &ATG'mNfif IS 0 NEWS OF NORTH CAROLIUA EXTRA SESSION Short Paragraphs of State News That :t;Have . Been Condensed For theV. f , People 'of the State. . .'l III I I If I lin mu I I r B I uuiluuh run uuda was N TO CALL HAS RISEN FROM SO M ETH 1NQ OF DI SPAIR TO CONFIDENCE. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION In Taking OfficGeneral Menocal Will . Hve Advantage of Friendly House and Senate.j-Think Days of Uprla " ing In -Cuba Are- Past A - ; Havana. Within a 'few weeks pop ular, feeling regarding, the political situation v has risen from something bordering on 'despair .- to "confidence, c The outlook for the republic of Cuba appears brighter than for many years. The presidential election looked for word .to With apprehension , passed without violence and there' is a growing- disposition in all quarters to ac cept the verdict as the. honest expres sion of the jnajority. Those most disappointed-have vented their feelings in threats that' were' never taken very seriously,' -and now...seem. inclined to accept the new. "'order of things philo sophically. : " The attitude of the Liberals has summered down : to a . proposition " to attack the legality of the elections on the ground of ' fraud, upon the con--vening of the National Liberal Assem bly November 23. - When that day ar rives it is probable the question will be quietly shelved and that Dr. Alfre do Zayas will, find himself engaged in a fight with Gen; Jose Miguel Gomez f for leadership of the Liberal party, the ; President having let it be under stood that he has no intention of re tiring from active political life on. the expiration of his term, and that it is his ambition to lead the Liberals to -victory in! the presidential campaign -'; r6.r;:W v 'r :.-"'...;.; -, . v- ,In -Htaking office General ' Menocal 'vwiU' b.aye. ther inestimable -advantage of frier iSeteand' House. He wnFfidvethe "aid of the better ele ment throughout the island and the personal counsel of many distingished Cubans. ' ' ; '".i - . r ' r He also will have the loyal support of any -army organized, uniformed, -equipped and armed like American regulars and drilled by American of- fleers which has so won the respect of the. people that many are convince ed the days of armed uprising in Cuba are past forever. Plans For War College. Washington. One of the most im portant moves in recent years to pre- time of war, is proposed v in letters ad- dressed by Acting Secretary Oliver to the Governors of all the state and ter ritories, ,inviting their co-operation in the War Colleee Dlans for the orsran- ization oi tne mmua into 16 divisions. The letters point out that if the mili tia is to be used as a field force effect ively n war time it can only be done by this system of divisions. Formal Opening Panama Canal. Washington. Some time next sum sner or fall ho exact date being speci fied, a vessel , will pass what is now the Isthmus of Panama, which conse tquently must disappear from the world's geography and by the same buman agency, the Western Hemis-1 phere will be divided into two contin ents. The! vessel will hot be the Ore son nor any other famous ship, but will be one of the many small water sraft in daily use by the canal build ings'. ', . Determined to Carry Out Threat. ' Mexico Cityi Mex.-That the Mexi can GovGrnmfent is ' determined to car- ! ry out the threat recently made to resume the tactics employed so sue- cessfully by General Robles. in ' the state of Morelos some month ago, is indicated by the report of the War Department announcing the total de- ; struction of several small towns and 4 villages in the rthe : A7a, wnere ,u .cvumuvauao , rampant. ! ; I Favors Single Six Year Term. Washington. President Taft's dec laration in I favor o,f . a constitutional amendment to limit the presidential tenure of office to a single term of six years, with ineligibility to either a succeeding or non-consecutive term and . President-elect ; Wilson's enrose tnent of the Democratic platform, fav oring such a limitation ,are believed to foreshadow strong pressure for: leg islation along this line. ; Numerous measures have been Introduced in Congress looking to a change in the presidental tenure. ' " J POPULAR FEELING In the. fighting in Thrace the Bulgarian artillery did awful execution shows how the Bulgarian officers watched the results of the. shell fire from ASSASSIN KILLS SPANISH PREMIER banalejaS, Great Antl-UleNCal Leader; Shot by Anarchist DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS Murderer, Threatened by Crowd, Then Attempts Suicide Notable as States manFormerly a Strong Opponent of Clericalism, Won Admiration. . Madrid. Jose Canalejas. the Prime Minister of Spain, was, shot and killed ! here as he was walking through the busiest part of Madrid at 11 o'clock in the morning. His assailant, Manuel Pardinas Sarelato, fired two bullets' at the Premier, one entering his head just below the right ear. The Premier died instantly. The police seized the assassin, but - he .flung loose long enough to turn the revolver on him self.. , i, ;.. ' '. . .. . Senor Canalejas was on 'his way to a Cabinet meeting in the offices of the Ministry of the Interior. The big square was crowded at that busy hour. Theostreet was choked with a slow moving procession : of cabs and carriages and.from all the ten side streets into .the. square modern Spainwas Purinfhits PP1?. to n and jostle f.J Premier had always been careless oi hnersonal safety Formerly he had Kn,1v11--1, hllt renentlv he allowed .n w.H-.0a tn fniinw him. All about him in the crowd were civilian guards and the regular police. As Canalejas took a few steps and came directly in front of a bookshop from the shadows of the store came a man who a moment before had been turning over the leaves of an old book in an absent way, looking up every now and then as though he were wait ing for some one. ' ; The man shouldered his way direct ly behind the Premier,- who had stop ped to look at the books in the win dows of the San Martin library, at the corner' of Carretas street. TURKEY AS S FOR 8-DAY ARMISTICE ' "; . ''; Applies to Bulgaria With View to Direct Peace Negotiations PORTE HAS NOW LOST HOPE Successes by Invaders in Last Three Days Fighting Insured Capital's -Fa 1 1 Powers- A rr I vo Too Late at Mediation Agreement. London. The end of the Balkan war is in sight . , Turkey has opened negotiations di rectly with the allies, having found her appeals to the great powers futile, and, should hot insuperable difficulty present, itself in the discussion of con ditions of peace, hostilities are at an end. . ! The Bulgarian objections to an ar mistice without some assurance that it will lead definitely to a conclusion of the war are obvious, and the sus pension of operations may be taken as ah indication that King. Ferdinand and his advisers are satisfied - that the Turks do not contemplate further re sistance. ' ' -'V.'--- In Constantinople it was officially stated that a cessation ;6t hostilities had been arranged. The Director of Transport informed inquirers at the War Office that such was the fact, and simultaneously another, official sum moned the chief contractors for mil itary supplies and told themrthat hos tilities had ceased and that no further supplies would be required. Bulgaria already has a "representa tive in Constantinople in the person of M Popoff, First Dragoman of ihe former Bulgarian Legation there, who stayed on at the - Russian Consulate after the war began, and another dip lomatist, M., Nenajevitch. formerly , Bulgarian Minister at Constantinople, has arrived there. . , ; " It Is understood here; that only four of ' the Powers agreed to submit z the mediation proposal, r while v twof pre sumably Austria and ; Germany, : ab stained from participating. Our illustration SUPREME COURT ANTI-TRUST PLAN - Foreshadows Decision Which Makes Unfair Prices a Crime CAN'T STIFLE COMPETITION Corporations Cannot Cut ' Rates on Products to Destroy Competition or Sell on Lower Basis in Different Localities. Washington. A new form of anti trust ' legislation came to. light in the Supreme Court when at the conclusion of arguments submitted on behalf of the Central Lumber Co. in a suit against the State of South Dakota, the court notified the attorneys for the State that it did not care to hear their arguments. The case involves the validity of a statute which defines and provides a penalty for the crime of "unfair dis crimination." It makes" it an offense for persons or corporations engaged in production, manufacture or distri bution of commodities in general use, L"intentionally for the purpose of de stroying the competition of any regu larly established dealer in such com modity or to prevent the competition of any person who in good faith1 in tends and attempts to become such dealer, to discriminate between differ ent sections, communities or cities by selling such commodity at a Jower rate in one section than in another." Allowance is made in the statute for the. equalization of prices by consider ing the difference in cost of transport ation and other necessary expenses for production or distribution. By its action the , U. S. Supreme Court plainly indicated that it would hold the statute to. be valid.- The'Cen-, tral Lumber Co. was proceeded against criminally under the State statute. The case was carried to the highest court of South Dakota and the con stitutionality of the law upheld. The case then came to the Supreme Court on a writ of error- against the Turks, observation pillars. '-V. IS TO REVISE THE TAH1FF He Thinks It in the Interest of Bual ness r to r Remove Uncertainty of Tariff Revisions-Other Work 'Z:-',?01 to Be Donel New York. On the eve of his " de parture for Bermuda, President-elect Woodrqw Wilson came tx town and announced . that : he 'will call Congress together in extraordinary session not later than. April 15 of next year to re vise the tariff The jtement ; is Iks. follows: ,14 f--' ',: :Z:- "l shall call Congress togethejr , in extraordinary session net later than April 15. I shall do this not . r lonly because : J. thihk thai the H pledges of the party ou ght to 0 ' redeemed as promptly as possible, but also; beoause I know It to be in the interest of business that all uncertainty as to what the par " ticular items of tariff revision are to be should be removed as soon as possible." -. . - As . he issue the : statement, the President-elect remarked: "The list of members of Congress and prominent Democrats throughout the country who had expressed them selves on the subject showed that the sentiment in favor of the calling of an extra r session V was widespread I might say almost unanimous.. The extra session will have the advantage of giving us. an early start toward effecting the reforms to which 'the Democratic party' is pledged." One of the reasons for giving out his statement before embarking bn his vacation, the President-eleet said; was j that he wanted to spend his vacation -in peace. . ; :; v'-:;,,;: ' -;,iV", ; ' if jG'overnor Wilson; accompanied Mrs5il95 jin Misses Jessie and Eleanor, sailed from New York on the Bermudiani of the Quebec Steamship Company for Ham ilton, Bermuda, where - the Governor win remain until December 14. Miss Margaret Wilson, the elder daughter, will remain in New York to continue hir music studies. Governor Wilson has leased a little cottage on the island from an. Ameri-j can. He requests -that its location be kept secret lest he be bombarded by j letters from office-seekers and politi- j cians. The Governor will spend much of his . time bicycling and horseback riding. . . TAFT TO AID RHODE ISLAND. Enlists President in Fight with the Grand Trunk. Providence.-M3ov. Aram J, Pothier called on President Taf t for aid in preventing the alleged traffic deal be tween the New York, New Haven & 1 Hartford and the Grand TrunJrhich tasJde Su mm on Congss by April ; ftf ne says means mat me urana 1 runic ing to a i-ge amount of drainage In will not wirry out its pledge to the Rowan county: Preparations ' are be- -people of Rhode Island - to complete ft1 fn dp,r. tK - rinHn.l the building of Its line- from Palmer to Providence. ' J Following his receipt of the report by wire of his two special representa tives, who;. Interviewed President Chamberlln , of the Grand Trupk in New York 'Governor Pothier tele- i graphed at once to President Taft in Washington. ' v j Washington. Attoraey-Genr'l Wick ersham has directed a thorough in vestigation of the proposed traffic agreement between the New York,; New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Grand Trunk 'Railway which has resulted in the suspension qt con struction work on the- proposed line that the Grand Trunk was building to obtain an entrance into Providence. GUSTAV H. SCHWAB A SUICIDE. Ex-Head of Oelrichs & Co. ' Himself While Insane. Killed New York. Tfiis statement relative to the causeof the death of Gustav H. Schwab; ex-head of Oelrichs & Co.. agents in America of the North Ger- 0f $500 for the violation of the act man Lloyd Steamship CompanyT in a making compulsory the statement of ; sanitarium in Litchfield, Conn, was the p0unda of leaftobaccd sold at given out-by his son-in-law, Dr. W. Wtyw-&retidVLBe ' in" North Carolina.-' -Herrick: , ' I This was changed to' $25; 1 . ; - tt'Ulrv trim attn a half tt o tc I - . . . . . . - j Schwab had suffered a severe nervous breakdown from overwork.. This bad lately taken the form of melancholia,!. . , . : , . , . - 1 with occasional suicidal tendencies, so ; characteristic of this disease. With f -this' there had been marked cerebral i arterio sclerosis,- or hardening of the arteries "of the brain. It is believed that In an attempt at selfrdestruction, not in itself sucidal, a cerebral hem orrhage ensued and was the direct cause of death."; When the first news of Mr. Schwab's death was published it was supposed that it had followed natural causes. Raleigh. An amendment io tlte charter of the' South Atlantic iTrana Continental 'Railroad Company just filed, changes the name Jto' the Southt : Atlantic & Western "Railroad Cku H. V R. Hickerson,: presidenL and ! J. Lw Council, - secretary; ;4 ' , . .. v Shelby. Eulon 'Runyans,' the , eight- a year-old , adopted' son of Mr. Fletcher ' I McMurry, who lives hree? miles west of town was killed when the mule h1 was riding In; from .the; field ibecame'; frightened and threw;? him; off. UThaj boy's foot caught la u'trace chain and i he was' dragged 2(KK yards or more. ; : " Salisbury.'T-Under f the ' supervision k:ti of Civil Engineer C. M.. Miller, of: 8al-. isbury, Surry county has ' lust conv 1: pleted her first: ptretch of sand' clajr; roads. The People of that county are y ? much pleased with the road and axe preparing to vote bonds for a general V. improvement of roads: iv " ; - Washington". The interstate conv . merce commfssion ordered . the South ern Railway to refund $1,200 to the .Snow Lumber. Co., of High Point, N. C, for alleged unreasonable rates col- ; . lected on a shipment of eighteen car -... loads of building material from High: Point to Philadelphia,-made In 1910 v Raleigh. The final statement . by'.'. United : States Senator. F. M. Simmons; of expenses in , the Senatorial cani- . paign, as required to be filed with the secretary of the United States; Sen-;": ate, was made public and shows that his entire expenses for the campaign , as required to be reported aggregated ;' v $7,240.80 and the total contributions i. of friends to. the fund was $2,763. . V . Statesville. r 'At an enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Iredell Poultry Association it was decide tc , ; hold the next show on January -'22 , to 25. inclusive, so. that they would not : : conflict in dates with the show and the; J. . one to be held in Charlotte,, . .AddJ.-. tional coops have, been; secured and. ; ': the . association expects- to i handle;; practically , double as many birdsu ; ,aa- ; , ; Raleigh. The ' latest railroad gos! ; sip gives strong color to reports of : the purpose of the Atlantic Coast Line ' to establish a line between Fayette . ville and Wadesboro and thence to Charlotte. There is . a corps of but veyors at work between Fayette ville ; and Southern Pines and it is believed' that this great railroad corporation desires to build thif road and connect " s Charlotte and Wadesoro. - Raleigh. Charters are issued . for the Reitzel Auto .Service Company, of Greensboro, capital $25,000 authorized and $5,000 subscribed,-bj'O. C. KlingT. " man and J. H. Reitze of Greensboro I and L. G. KUngmaa' Of x Rocky Mount, for dealing In, hiring; automobiles and' operating garage and repair shops; v - theScott Brothers "Drug. Company, Leaksville, capital ' $5,000' ' authorized v; ' and $1,000 subscribed, . by- B. G. Scott and "others. ., .;-. . ;. r .".' Salisbury. Steps have been taken by the Salisbury Industrial club look- swamps on the larger streams and the business men of the city, and " county are backing the,; movement." Commit tees have been appointed ' to investi gate and- recommend ' a 'plan upon, which to work. v ,. - ' ,. " Raleigh.-The determination of the , legislation committee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly to press upon the next legislature the matter, of a specific state 'tax pf 5 cents on the $100 property-' valuation,'- for a fund with which to- assure to all pub lic schools in the state six months in' stead of four months minimum school ' terms, is stirring considerable discus-, sion of the state's finances. ' W, ; , Raleigh. The tobacco growers for the month of October show a total of 22,745,936 of first hand -sales and 2 224,279 with the resales. Greenville barely leads Winstoh-Salem in this . reg-. list pf individual towns. The acti ulating the publication of tobacco tistics was passed February 2y l907 i ; ' its first shape, it 'caiTled.a'pcnaltV-:'':'''-- Fayettevilla'T-; Fire starting ; from -the kitchen. gutted the residence of F. ' H Hobbes on' Person street, this city, : w. -,n. - recently. . W. H. Cony, and his .family, : . -l " " "rlT JZJTZZ all their . personal' .property. , ' ' Newbern.7 In Jrport recently Is- . ' sued by the state 'geologist . he states ; that Craven county has 350 miles of . public roads and that only 17, milet ' : are , Improved roads. "After careful ; - computation it is found- that the anv Y nual loss to the , county because -. el these unimproved roads is in the neighborhood of - $100,000. - -A . ". ... j. C" -!'"--- t1