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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.
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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.
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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
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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.