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VOLUME XXVIII-NUMBER 46
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LAURINBURG, N. C THURSDAY, JAN. 5. 1911.
$1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
WHAT THE PEOPLE PAT FOR.
Pcilk CScials Wisie People's Kcsey.
ript utci Loasittee ca Electioas
Repcrt. Lltasc; of Lcrfoeriziag the
Lejbkticx.
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Washington Carrespondent.
Washington, Dte C, Jan. 4.
It cost the people -$2,012,374.52
to maintain the United States
Senate during the fiscal year
1910. Some of the reasons why
it cost that much are interesting.
Vice-President Jomes S. Sher
man drew on the people for $7,
000 to maintain a touring car.
The ' 'sunny " officer of the Sen
ate kept track of every puncture
during the year, and saw to it
that the people stood the dam
age. It might be inferred that after
the government had presented a
Peerless Limousine car of the
latest model to the genial G. P.,
he at least would supply the dri
ver. The vice-president, how
ever, not only allowed the tax
payers to stand the expense of
his chaffeur's salary, but per
mitted the people to re-imburse
him for the chaffeur's railroad
fare back and forth between
Washington and Utica, N. Y.,
the vice-president's home. But
manicure scissors, two dozen
cork screws, and-bath brushes.
Under another head come: 26
boxes of lemons, 2 barrels granu
lated sugar and 32 cases White
Rock water splits. Then come
1,000 2-grain quinine pills, soda
mint tablets, olive oil, castor oil,
glycerine, Colgate extract rose,
nail brushes, 2,000 more quinine
pills, Seidlitz powders, vaseline,
listerine and 1,000 calomel tab
lets. As soon as the Senate convenes
after the holiday recess the Sen
atorial decks will be cleared for
a fight over the adoption of the
report of the committeejon priv
ileges and elections which up
holds the Lorimerizing of State
legislatures.
I cannot be said that Senator
Lorimer is certain of winning
out. From one end of the coun
try to the other the report of the
committee in favor of Lorimer
has been denounced by both Re
publican and Democratic news
papers. Some of the Senators
who would have liked to support
Lorimer are becoming- frighten
ed. The opposition to Lorimer
ism has become so pronounced
that senators are afraid to go on
record as voting for the adoption
of the committee report.
Indications are that if the Sen
ate affirms the committee, that
GREEK RESTAURANT KEEPER SHOT. New Spiskl Tu District.
this isn't all. The vice-president j body will come in for more de
made the people pay for the
chaffeur's coat and pants. (See
page 702 of report of Senate Ex- j received in a decade.
nunciation at the hands of the
public and the press than it has
penditures.)
Senator Simon Guggenheim, of
Colorado, one hundred times a
millionaire and then some over,
had his daily newspapers and all
the telegrams for the year
charged up to the government.
Senator William Lorimer, of
Illinois, apparently had urgent
f
business with a man named :
Browne, of Ottawa, t 111., and
charged the telegrams up to the
people. Lee O'Neill Browne,
who was charged with having a
hand in bribing legislators to
vote for Lorimer, lives at Otta
wa, 111., and it is more, than
barely possible that the two
Browns are the same. Such is
fite.
Senator Lorimer also did con
siderable telegraphing to the
chief beef barons at the ex
pense of the people. The nature
of the business is not revealed.
The report that intimates that
when Senator Tom Carter, of
Montana, escorted the members
of the irrigation committee on a
trip to the West to investigate
irrigation projects, the party
traveled like kings, using private
diners, drawing rooms, and tip-
Regardless of all arguments
that can be made by the sup
porters of Lorimer to show that
his election was untainted, the
people generally have the opin
ion that bribery was resorted to
and they will not abandon this
view. So it s plain that if the
Senate stands , by the jreport
which whitewashes Lorimer, it
is bound to come in for a denun
ciation that will be nation-wide.
With the entire country looking
on, each individual member of
tha United State senate will soon
have to go on record either for
or against Lorimerism.
Every senator who votes for
Lorimerism will have that vote
charged p to his record. When
he comes up for re-election to
the Senate, or if he ever runs for
any other elective position, his
opponent will be sure to point to
the vote for Lorimer and to urge
it as a good reason why the
people shovld retire him to pri
vate life.
Every senator knows this as
well as does the writer. Those
members who are against Lori
merism and all that it stamds for
are glad to have the opportunity
ping the porters and attendants j tQ g0 Qn record But those se
hand
everywhere with a lavish
on the people's money.
For automobile side trips Sen
ators who for any reasons feel
bound to vote for Lorimer are
snnirmino- The entire matter
ator Carter paid handsomely. ; ig very annoying to them. They
hope some way may be found or
For a two days side trip m
three automobiles from Casper,
Wyo., to Pathfinder Dam on Sep
tember 7, 1910, the Montana Sen
ator spent $150 for transporta
tion alone. Leaving their luxu
riously appointed cars on a siding
at Seatle on Aug. 29, Senators
Carter, Warren and Paynter,
with their "employees" (number
not stathd), made themselves
comfortable in the big hotels.
Although no one knows of any
irrigation projects at Seattle, the
invented so that a direct vote
may be avoided.
Indications are, however, that
the Lorimer senators will have
to step out before the people of
the nation and show where they
stand. . The fight against Lori
mer will be forced by a motion
declaring that Lorimer is not en
titled to his seat, and, as such a
motion is privileged, it can be
disposed of only by a majority
vote. The public should watch
party managed to spend $125.30 , , . : T .
K , j j 1 j i i how their senators vote. It only
Happens iiuw anu men mat sen
ators are forced into a position
where they must reveal their
true colors, and the people ought
to, take advantage of such oppor
tunities. The vote on the Lori
mer report may be considered a
in
two days. Senator Carter must
have been a good spender.
"Fees and porterage" for which
no vouchers were obtained, ran
into a thousand dollars.
THINGS THE PEOPLE PAY FOR.
The report of the Secretary of thermometer registering every
the Senate covers 736 closely senator's temperature on the
printed pages. It shows that du- proposition of keeping politics
ring the year some of the things , in general, and the election of
the people paid for were: Eight i United State senators in parti cu
dozen lady scissors, one dozen i lar, clean and wholesome.
Trajedyy b Laarinbarg Friday Night
Claims to Have Been in Self Defease
Greek Still Lives.
Last Friday night the quiet of
an unusually peaceful Christmas
week was broken and the town
thrown into a commotion of ex
citement by a very serious oc
currence in the Busy Bee restau
rant on Main street, when Mr,
Lonnie Hammond and the Greek
proprietor, Peter Tsumas, be
came involved in a difficulty in
which the Greek was shot and
very seriously, if not fatally
wounded.
As it is generally understood
there were no eye-witnesses to
the affair, outside of the parties
involved, one of whom is in the
hospital and the other under ar
rest, very little has been said in
a public way as to how the affair
occurred.
The Greek was immediately
rushed to the James Sanitarium
and given surgical attention. An
examination of the man revealed
a wound of a pistol bullet, viich
entered the body somewhere
afeout the left side, penetrating
into the back, from which he is
now in such a condition that it is
quite impossible to learn from
his physicians what his chances
of recovery may be.
The friends of Mr. Hammond
declare that he shot from abso
lute necessity in defense of his
own life. It is claimed by them
that he went into the Greek's
place of business to transact a
matter of business connected
with the collecting of a bill for
the firm for whom he has been
at work and that while so en
gaged the restaurant keeper
made an assault upon him witna.
club, or some piece of wood, and
irajnediately jdrew - his pistol
that Mr. Hammond, being
little quicker, drew his pistol
and fired to protect himself from
what he considered eminent per
il of his life. It seems that no
one was in the restaurant at the
time except the two men and the
above statement of facts pre
sents, in substance, what is
claimed by the friends of Mr.
Hammond to be the true facts
of the case.
Mr Hammond was immediate
ly taken into custody by the
officers but was allowed bail un
til Sunday morning, it was learn
ed that the condition of the
Greek was critical, and he was
placed in jail.
There had arisen a difficulty
between these two men several
days earlier . in which they came
to blows but no serious damage
was inflicted by either upon the
other and it was generally un
derstood that peace had been
made between them and no
further difficulty was feared.
Tke wounded man still lives at
this writing but what his chances
of recovery are cannot be ascer
tained. Mr. Hammond, who is the son
of Mr. N. Hammond, one of the
old merchants of the town, has
lived here all of his life with the
exception of some time spent
away at school and college and
for otber short periods of time
when he has been at work else
where. For several months past
he has been working for' the
Covington-Hammond Co., whole
sale grocers of this place. He is
a young man with as many
friends in the town and commu
nity as can perhaps be claimed
by any man of his age here. He
has never been considered a man
of bad habits or temperament,
and none of his friends believe
i- i i .
nim capaoie oi snooting any
j i i i ,
man except unaer absolute ne
cessity, and they are confident
that when the facts of this case
are all made clear that he will be
vindicated of any criminal act or
intention.
W. C. DOWD THE SPEAKER.
Cktrlottte Publisher Namitattd ii Demecrttk
Caws Other Officers Ckisei.
The trend of sentiment in the
county for better public schools
continues to rise. Spring Hill
Township is especially alive on
the question. It will be recalled
that last year a special tax dis
trict was created, by the vote of
the people within its bounds, in cratic members
the old Spring Hill section. The ! cratic nominee
people contemplated eventually
establishing a high school there
and it is still their intention. At
a meeting of the Board of Edu
cation of the county held last
Monday two petitions were filed
from Spring Hill Township. One
of these was a petition to annex
additional territory to the dis
trict treated last year. The pro
posed ew territory is a section
embracing the community in
which Mr. J. M. McLean and
others reside, bordering on the
present district. The second pe
tition was from the lower end of
the Township, and its purpose
is the creation of a new special
tax district in that end of the
Township. ;
Both these petitions were left
over until next Monday, when
the Board will re-convene for the
purpose of acting upon the same.
Mr. W. H. Murphy Passes.
Mr. V?. H. Murphy, of Laurin
burg, one of the frw old survi
ving Confederate soldiers and
one of the oldest citizens of the
town, passed away at his home
last Monday night. He had been
in a critical condition irom a
complication of diseases for sev
era! months and had been quite
feeble f er more than a year. The
immediate cause of his death was
kidpi treble.
'Tiir;4lTOhV , was a native of
tEis C4jw"ity is pent nearly
sk rAaaiif e in and about. Lau
rmburg. He served throughout
the lite civil war and distin
guished himself for his bravery
and devotion to the cause. He
was about seventy years of age
at his death.
He leaves surviving him his
widow and three children Mr;
W. H. Murphy, Jr. of Florida;
Mrs. J. M. Bandy, of Greensbo
ro, and Mr. J. R. Murphy, of
Laurinburg.
The interment was made at
the Laurinburg cemetery Tues
day afternoon, with his pastor.
Dr. J, M. Rose, of the Presbyte
rian church, officiating. The
pall-bearers were Messrs. W. R.
McEachin, Angus McKinnon, G.
H. Russell, J. C. Morgan, H. H.
Covington and J. C. Binning
ham.
Red Springs Votes a Bead Issue For
Waterworks and Sewerage.
SPENCER B. ADAMS ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE.
Chartotte Observer.
Red Springs, Jan. 3. The
citizens of Red Springs voted
today for a bond issue for water
works and sewerage. The vote
in favor of bonds was almost
unanimous. The town already
has a good system of electric
lights, which is - suppliod by the
Southern Presbyterian College.
This is the first step of the new
year for advanced prosperity,
for which the outlook was never
brighter.
A RELIABLE COUGH MEDICINE
Is a valuablfe family friend. Foley's
Honey and Tar fulfills this condition
evactly. Mrs. Charles Kline, 8th St.,
Easton, Pa., states: "Several members
of my family have been cured of bad
coughs and Klds by the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar and I am never with
out a bottle in the house. It soothes
and relieves the irritation in the throat
and loosens up the cold. I have al
ways found it a reliable cough cure."
Prince & Blue.
"The professor says that mu
sic owes a great deal to Rossini,"
said the young woman. ' 'Who's
Rossini?"
I "That," replied Mr. Cumrox,
I "is probably Italian for 'rosin.'"
Raleigh, Jan. 3. Representa
tive W. C. Dowd, of Mecklen
burg, was chosen tonight by ac
climation in the caucus of Demo-
as the Demo
for Speaker,
which means that he will re
ceive the unanimous vote of the
103 Democratic members of the
House tomorrow when the or
ganization for the impending
sixty days session of the Legis-
ature takes place.
There had been a strenuous
contest between Dowd and
Koonce during the day in cam
paigning among members, but it
became known before the caucus
assembled that Koonce had with
drawn and Dowd would have no
opposition.
KOONCE DOES NOMINATING.
After the convening of the
caucus at o o ciock ana tne se
lection of Harry Stubbs, of Mar
tin, as permanent chairman the
selection of the Speaker was first
in order. Koonce, of Onslow,
was recognized amid applause.
He said the speech he had pre
pared to deliver on this occasion
was not appropriate, he having
expected to accept the nomina
tion himself. He had never
been confronted, he said, with a
greater opportunity to apply the
golden rule. He was in the act
of naming: some one else for the
high office to which he had as
pired; about to do to another
that which he most desired an
other should de to him. He pro
posed the name of Mr. Dowd as
a "Gifted editor, loyal Democrat
and gracious Churchman." Tur
lington, of Iredell, seconded the
nomination and the motion for
selection by acclimation was
made by Representative Dough
ton, of Alleghaney. This was
quickly done and Doughton, Tur
lington and Koonce directed, as
a special committee, to bring the
newspaper man into the house,
when presented to the members
by Chairman Stubbs.
MR. DOWD ACCEPTS.
Mr. Dowd was visibly affected:
"If I know my heart," said he,
"it isn't the office of Speaker I
desire. I care nothing for this
except as it represents as I be
lieve an expression of your con
fidence and esteem. And with
that added I cannot find words
to express my appreciation of
this honor. I have no pleasure
in triumph over my opponents,
who are men as worthy and cap
able, and probably more so, than
I am, and I regret that my tri
umph has meant the defeat of
the aspiration of the other can
didates for the speakership."
Mr. Dowd appealed for co-operation
in dispatching the' work of
the House and in making this
session historic in its fostering
care of the educational, industri
al and agricultural interests.
There will, he said, doubtless be
acrimonious debate and rulings
will have to be made, but re
member that I had rather never
have had this office than have
any of you feel that I have been
unfair as a oresidinsr officer. "It
would break my heart," he said,
" if I don't, at the close of the
session, have a greater degree
nf the love, esteem and confi
dence of vou all."
The caucus proceeded with the
selection of the other officers for
the House.
T. G. Cobb, of Burke, was re
elected principal "clerk; D. Scott
Pool, editor oi Facts ana ig
ures, of Raeford, reading clerk;
M. D. Kinsland, engrossing
clerk; Geo. L. Kirkpatrick, ser-reant-at-arms;
and D. H. James,
of Halifax, assistant sergeant
atarms. The caucus adjourned at 10:30
o'clock.
Firmer Republican Sttte QairmtR Cits His
Threat With Razor in Effirt ti Eni Sis
Chronicle.
Greensboro, Jan. 2. Judge
Spencer B. Adams, former Re
publican State Chairman and
prominent attorney of Greens
boro, attempted suicide here last
night at 9 o'clock by cutting his
throat with a razor. He is in
St. Leo's Hospital today and is
reported to be getting along as
well as could be expected and
unless complications arise, he
will recover.
Judge Adams' actions have
been unusual for the last -fortnight
and he has been very de
spondent. Aside from indulg
ence in stimulants, no reason can
be assigned for his rash deed.
His personal and financial mat
ters are said to be in good shape
and it is not thought that any
political reason would drive him
to such a deed.
Some time ago he was in Flor
ida on business and upon his re
turn from there he came to
Guilford Hotel and registered,
sent for his wife and had her
come to the hotel. Since then a
number of acts have indicated
an unbalanced mental condition.
Practically no one knew of the
attempted suicide here until
after midnight. Following the
act, Judge Adams was rushed to
the hospital, and it was not un
til this morning that news of the
act became known.
Judge Adams is generally re
spected and esteemed in Greens
boro and the news of the act
was received with sadness. The
wound is about three inches long
and an inch deep. Judge Adams
has so far made no statement
and during the night-, was in a
8emi-conscidus condition.
NEGRO SHOOTS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
CfkreJ Man Attempts ti Pretect Sister ait
Gets Shit.
Last Friday a rather ugly mix-
f il :J
up among 3ome oi tne coiorea
people on Mr. Jim Blue's farm,
in Upper Stewartsville, occurred.
Wisdom Wright was shot in the
breast and is now in the James
Sanitorium.
So far as can be learned, Rob
Covington, whose wife is" the
sister of Wright, was beating his
wife, and when Wright under
took to remonstrate with him for
his treatment of his sister, Cov
ington shot him with a shot-gun,
inflicting painful but not fatal
wounds in his breast.
It is also said that Wright shot
Covington, but this is a rumor.
Covington made his escape and
has not yet been found.
Scotland Couple Wedded in Sanford.
McColl Special to Charlotte Observer.
McColl, S. C, Dec. 30. -Quite
a romance culminated at Sanford,
N. C, last Sunday when Mr.
Sam Hasty and Miss Lula Mc
Coll were united in marriage.
The young couple live a few
miles from this town just over
the State line and have grown
up near-neighbors, Miss McColl
went to Sanford on the 24th,
ostensibly to play the "Wedding
March" for a friend who was to
marry in that town, on Christ
mas day. Mr. Hasty boarded
the A. C. L. train on the 24th in
his working clothes, his suitcase
having been smuggled on board
the train by a friend. The fair
bride went to Sanford by way of
the S. A. L. They were married
at . 10 a. m. Christmas day a
few hours after, the bride played
the "Wedding March" for her
friend. The marriage was a
complete surprise to many
friends of the parties.