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COWSSON WSEaN.iE IDER BAYOil IWIf - r MAKING HARBOR OF REFUGE ANTI TRUST LEGISLATION LOOMS AS BIG BUSINESS AT THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS. GOVERNMENT MEETS GENERAL STRIKE ORDER BY DECLAR- ING MARTIAL LAW. The Anti-Trust Experts Are at Work in Both Houses—A Period of Great Activity Begun. / Washington.—Congress settled down to its long regular session after a recess dating from the passage of the currency bill just before Christmas. The coming administratln anti-trusc legislation loomed up as the big busi ness of the winter; but with the pros pect of waiting until the president’s message both house*\ turned actively to other matters. ^ In the house retv\rn to worlt was c«'‘lebrated by prompt passage of the frst of the annual supply measures, the District of Columbia appropriation bill, and the introduction of the usual opening day batch of miscellaneous measures. The senate began debate on the Alaskan government railroad bill. Chairman Clayton and Representa tives ('arlin and Floyd of the house- couinnttee, are reviewing the long list of anti trust measures already before the conimittee. It is not probable that any of these bills will be accepted as a part of the administration plan, but all the ideas embodied in them will he considered. Senator Ncwlands of the senate commerce committee ex pects to take up the anti-trust pro gram soon. Feeling Is Very Bitter Throughout the • Country—Na-ives Are Feared. SEISMIC SHOCKS IN JAPAN Volcanic Eruption Follows Shocks and People Are in Panic. ToUio, Japan.—A tidal wave added its terrors to tlie earthquakes and vol canic eruption which struck Kagoshi- ma. in soutiiern Japan, according to official advices. It is believed the Kagoshima disaster will prove to be one of the mo!-,t serious in the hiatory of Japan. Tlie loss of life and prop erty increases with fuller news from ! the scene. The full extent of the dis- a.ster could not bo ascertained, as all communication was cut off. j Tokio, Japan.—A series of 350 slight 1 earthquakes shook tiie town og Kago shima at the soutiiern end of the island of Kiu^:lu^I. They were followed by tlio eruption of a volcano on Sakura, a ' small island in the Gulf or Kagoshl-! ma, where two villages were burled in ashes. The earthquakes continue incessantly j and the work of rescuing the inhabi tants of Sakura by boats across the in- j tervening three miles of water from ' Kagoshima is extremely difflcult. j The town of Kagoshima is in great i danger, according to l!ie latest reports. Karth shocks and violent volcanic j eruptions continue. Inhabitants are ’ fleeing for their lives. The popuia- j tion of the Island of Sakura is about ■' 15,000, and it is impossible to estimate | the ■:■a.'-ualties. It is feared many have | perisheti. , Cape Town, Union of South Africa.— A general strike throughout South Af rica was proclaimed by the Trades Federation, and the Rand miners, by a two-thirds majority, voted to join in the movement. Governmental retal iation was swift in the form of the proclamation of martial law'. This was the only step the authori ties believed adequate to meet the sit uation, for the strike of the miners means not only the turning loose of the most turbulent spirits in the Rand, but raises the whoie question of the position of the native workers. If the miners actually obey the strike order, the government will immediately take steps to send the natives, under es cort, back to their kraals. This means tiiat about two hundred thousand natives must be marched back by road to their homes at enor mous cost. It will be most difficult, after the end o? the strike, to recruit them again. In brief, such a step would mean disaster for the Rand for mairy years. Although official reports from the civy of Johannesburg show improve ment in the train service, reports from other districts are less encouraging. In Natal the situation is one of great tension, and it is feared that the loy alty of the trainmen will not stand the i^rain m ich longer. An instance of the men's temper is shown by the ac tion of an engine driver who quit his train on the Veldt and left the passen gers stranded. Practically no information is at hand as to conditions in the Orange Free States, but impro*. oment there is not considered probable. HUERTA DEFAULTS ON DEBT Dictator Announces No Interest Will Be Paid on Debts. Mexico City.—After a meetelng of the cabinet, which lasted all night, the Mexican foreign minister, Querido Me- heno, annmuiced that the Mexican gov ernment will default in the payment of all interest on the bonds of the internal and external debts, which now remains unpaid or which falls due with in the next six months. A heavy pay ment of interest oa the foreign debt becomes due in April. It has been the practice of the gov ernment to moke weekly remittances to New York, London and Paris to ap- p!y on its interest obiigat'.or.s, in <j;'- der that when the interest payment periods arrived the money would he in hand. These weekly remittances now have been suspended, the explana tion being that tlie government re quires ail available funds for pacifi cation purposes. Trust in God, Says Marshall. Wasiiington.—Infidelity and discus sion irom the pulpil of the latest bits of scandal were scored by Vice Pres ident Marshall, in an address to the Woman's Missionary Society here. He declared he would rather have the American people bow down before an image than acknowledge no God at all, adding that if the republic is to en dure "We must go back and place our faitli in God.” “What this country needs,” said the vice president, "is not laws, police nor large armies. It needs men with backbone." Seeking for Gold, Men Beat Woman. Baltimore, Md.—After dragging a dying woman 8S years old from her bed and tving her to a chair and then beating into insensibility her 60-year- old son. who went to her rescue, two masked men ransacked the home of ("harles Kiinmel at Middle River, near Baltimon*. in search of a quantity of gold reputed to be hidden in the 'luuse. Kimmel and his mother were found an hour afterwards by a physician, who had been summoned to the house to attent] the aged woman . John Skelton Williams Comptroller. Washington. —I’resident Wilson has nominated John Skelton Williams of Virginia, assistant secretary of the treasury, for comptroller of the cur rency and ex-officio member of the federal reserve board which will ad minister the affairs of the new cur rency system. Mr. Willictms is now assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of the fiscal bureaus and Sec retary McAiIoo’s first assistant in mat ters ol government finance. The of fice of comptroller of the currency has been vacant several months. Big Fire in Atlanta. Atlanta.—The most spectacular and disastrous conflagration since the Ter minal district fire raged for hours, oc curred when the modern plant of the Cotton States Belting and Supply com pany was completely destroyed and the warehouse of the B. F. Avery & Sons firm was damaged, together with a number of smaller buildings at White hall street and Stewart avenue. The entire fire department excepting a small array of emergency apparatus was summoned. . For two hours they battled to subdue the flames. Connress Plans to Rob Cape Hatteras, to a Large Extent, of Its •Perlle. “Gale off I^atteras” is an entry made by the captains of coastwise eailing ships on almost every voyage. For years Hatteras has been a' place of terror, if not to the mariner, certainly to the passengers under his charge. The old storm cape, however, is soon to lose a part of its fear. Man can not stop the storms, but he is going to provide for vessels to escape their fury. Sea captains notoriously are reti cent when passengers ask them ques tions. No old sailor ever has been willing to admit to any of his passen gers that Hatteras is any worse than a hundred other ^places on the coast, and yet he knows that it is about as bad'a sea spot as can be’found any-' v»here in the whole broad expanse of ocean So, while the questioners are told that off Hatteras the water will be as calm as anywhere else, captain anji crew always make things snug for a gale or worse when approaching the sea oft the headland. Congress has appropriated $1,400.- 000 for preliminary work on a Hat teras sea waU. which is to be a mile and a half long. 20 fe€t wide at the top, and 45 feet high. It will be the guarding wall of a harbor of refuge, into the lee of which vessels can run for shelter when the storms rage. This v.’all will rob the Hatteras seas of gome of their terrors, and with them will pass some of the “interesting excitement” always felt by seagoers when they approach the water zone which always has been one of tumult. Little by little man is trying to make safer the journej’T? of those who go down to the sea in ships. He never entirely can conquer the ocean, and he knows it. It is perhaps the one thing in nature which is absolutely untamable. The shipwrecks off Cape Hatteras have numbered thousands. The sea wall will provide means to save lives and property, but the winds off the old storm cape still will rage and on occasion work their will. His Stomach Troubles Over, j Mr. Dysi)e])tic, would yon not! like to feel that yojitr stomach trou-j bles were over, that yon conld eat! any kind of food you desired with-' out injury? Tliut niay seem so nn-! lik»‘ly to yon that yon do not (‘ven ! hope for an endin'; of your trouble, j but permit ns to assure you that it| is not altof'ether inijjossible. If' others can be cured permanently,' and thousands have t)oen, why not you? John II. Bark(*r, of Battle! Creek, Mich., is one ot them. He! says, “I was troubled with heart-' i burn, iadi^estion, and liver com-, plaint until 1 n.'^ed ('hamherlain’s ' Tablets, then my trouble wasov<‘r.” i Sold hy S. '>1. Maciie. adv j Business Locals. | 20 lbs. sugar for ?1.00 at Glazners , For Wood see W. li. Kimzey or^ phone 101. if: Town lots, farms and timber lands' for sale.—Frank Jenkins, Bre vard. N. C. tf ' Something New—Glover's Sham- 1)00 will absolutely cure dan-: druff and falling hair. Get it at Smith’s Barber Shop. tf. i When you w’unt to go hunting y<>Ui had better let ns sell you a gun that can be depended upon. Am -1 munition too. Miller Supply Co.tf 1 WANTED—To sell builders ma- 1 terial. Brevard Lumber Co. See Frank Jenkins, manager. Close to depot. Phone 120. tf GROCERIES t We buy the BEST BRAND oi Package Goods obtainable and give our customers what they ask for* We have recently added to our line NOTIONS AND SHOES of the most up- to-date styles. You will do well to see us before buying. You are always welcome at our store. R. P. KILPATRK K CQ. DEPOT STREET, NE/tR DEPOT rWONE 125 C C YONGUE THE GROCER I have*just received a full line of Francis H. Leggetts fancy Gro ceries and 1 want to show them to you. One year ago today we opened our shoe business and, thanks to our friends and patrons, we are still selling shoes at the same old place and will tiy this year, as in the past, to please our patrons by giv ing them full value for every dollar spent with us. W. S. Price & Co. Shoe Parlor THE HOME SUPPLY COMPANY WE SELL IT FOR LESS THAN ANY CATALOGUE HOUSE As we begin another New Year we wish' to express to our many customers and friends our sincere appreciation for the business given us during the year just closing, and assure one and all that , we will be better prepared to serve you when in need of anything in the Furniture and Hardware line than ever before. May the coming year bring you peace, happiness and prosperity, is our sincere wish.
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