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VQI. XXVIII. SJ. C; THURSDAY, JAMUAHY 5. 1911. Ho. 51 PRESIDENT INDORSED Eepublicaa ' Organization in North Carolina First, to go on Record. FOR IiEHONATION III 1912 The People Believe That President Taft Has Blade Good Great Ite form Measures Passed, During the First Two - of His Admlnls tration-Teriff L "on. One Sched ule at a Time hf nse of High IYices For a ParcsK sost Sys- tern. . (Special, to The Caucasia Washington, D. C, Jan. 3, lv V President Taft will be renomlnxed and re-elected in 1912., For some .time there has been a doubt in the minds of the leaders as to whether or not the President would accept the renomlnatlon. This doubt was, however, removed by the announcement made a few days ago by some of the President's, closest friends that he had consented to ac cept another nomination and stand for re-election. North Carolina First to Respond. The Republican State . Executive Committee; had been called to deal with certain important party affairs in the State and assembled on the day . following this announcement, and. therefore the Republican organi zation of North Carolina was given the first opportunity to make an of ficial expression. The unanimous en dorsement of the President for re nomination by the Republican State Executive Committee at Greensboro, on Wednesday of last week, was, of course, expected, but in addition, to this action, there has come from ev ery quarter of the Union, and indeed from every State, a response in favor of the : renomination and re-election of the President that has .astonished some of the oldest and wisest politi cians. ' ." It is just now -beginning to be real ized . that the' people- by this .we eanheplain peopleare warm ing up to President Taft as they have seldom done before for any Presi dent or candidate for nomination. It has required very little investigation to ascertain the cause for this spon taneous response from the people of the country in support of the Presi dent. In brief, their statement is to the effect that the President .has made good, indeed, that he has passed more great reform measures during the first two years of his ad ministration which were pledged by the Republican party in its last Na tional platform than has ever occur red before in the administration of any President of any party, and be sides, that the people have begun to know' and to love the President for his real worth. Expressions of this kind are heard on every hand from Congressmen and Senators irom one end of the country to the other, and from leading people at the hotels here at. the National capital. Tariff Revision One Schedule at a Time. President Taft, in his message to Congress, strongly urged the broad ening of the powers of the "tariff board." in order to enable that body to gather the fullest and most ac curate facts as to the difference in the cost of production here and and abroad, of each commodity; and as rapidly as possible furnish such information to. Congress in order that each schedule of the tariff might be - changed promptly in accordance with such facts. :j .' It is noticeable that both the . in- . surgent ' or progressive Republicans and the stand-pat Republicans have joined in endorsing this view express ed by the President. Indeed, there -was no other position which either faction of the Republican party could take and maintain itself with the people of the country. Besides, the Democrats have Ifeen forced to also endorse this view. It is known that the stand-pat Republicans are at heart opposed to this position because : they feared that the facts so gathered would result in the reduction of the tariff schedules, and it is also known ' that the Democratic leaders opposed it because they realized that this logical and scientific method of re adjusting the tariff schedules would rob their party of Jan issue under Which they have for years managed to fool thousands and millions of American voters.' But neither of these elements dared to appear in the open against such a wise, logical and patriotic solution of a great ques tion. ' C ' It now seems certain that the Pres ident will be given additional author ity to -gather suclT information as to the difference in the cost of produc tion here and abroad, as he has re . quested of Congress, and that the tariff board will be made a perma (Continued on Page 5.) WIN.YERS IX STATE COXTEST. Three Hoys in Each District Win Irte Mr. Ernest Simmea Won a State Prixe to Addition to Free; Trip to Washington Given by The Caucasian, j Reporting to the annual session of the State Board of Agriculture his work as director of the Farmers In stitute and Boys Corn Club divisions, T. B. Parker shows 1,115 boys, in seventy-four counties, contested in the crop just harvested, the reports showing yields from twenty to 146.28 bushels to the acre. The report makes public the winners of the prizes in the ten districts into which the State was divided, as follows first, second, and third prizes for each districts being given in their order: First District J. Lester Forehand, Chowan County, 140.83 bushels; Jack B. Hardlson, Beaufort, 0; Ce cil H. Hollowe, 65. Second District Charles Parker, Jr., Hertford, 132.28; Raleigh Par ker, Hertford, 122.65; Plato Mitchell, Hertford, 118.75. Third District Leonard IL Brown, Wayne, 145.88; Ben R. Lewis, Wayne, 145.39; Dennis Newsome, Wayne, 127. Fourth District Herbert Stephen son, Wake. 137.14; Louis Bartholo mew, Raleigh, 115.18; Vassil Green, Wake, 109; John Roberson, Nash, 109. Fifth District Charles E. Phillips, Randolph, 142.96; Oscar Kauser, Forsyth, 125.57; Austin Isley, Ala mance, 99.5. Sixth , District Everett Nordan, Harnett, , 131.3; Llscher A. Britt, Sampson; 107.67; J. Hall Robertson, Robeson, 103.25. Seventh District J. H. Smith, Mecklenburg, 135.32; Marvin Jackey, Mecklenburg, 92.5; Willie J. Rollins, Union, 90.3. ... Eighth District Clarence Coffey, Caldwell, 87.59; Lee P. Frans, Surry, 87.2; W. Cary Coffey, Caldwell. 86.34. Ninth District W. Ernest Starnes, Catawba, 140.28 ; Willie Bostlck, Cleveland, 102; Chivan Bostic, Cleve land, 101.5. Tenth District -Harvey B. Culber son, Cherokee, 83; Hugh Best, Hay wood, 81.5; H. A. Wfelch. Swain, 67.3. The "average yield for the" contests the State over " was 58.7 bushels. There were twenty-three boys obtain ing yields of over 75 bushels, 33 boys over 100 bushels, 10 boys over 130 bushels, and five boys over 140 bush els. In number of boys contesting, Cleveland led with 39, Wayne 72, and Guilford 22. Mr. Starnes of Hickory won a cash prize offered by the State Department in addition to the free trip to Wash ington which was offered by The Cau casian to the boy whoroduced the best yield of cern on an acre of ground. TO HOLD "SEED CORN MEETINGS. Representatives, of United States De ' partment of Agriculture Will Hold Meetings in at Least Forty-Four Counties Under Direction of Mr. Hudson. t During January and February the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstra tion Work, United States Department of Agriculture, will hold at least one "seed corn" meeting in each of the forty-four counties where the work is being carried on. The day will .be spent at each, place studying corn, noting the bad and good characters of the ears, such as soundness, vital ity, cob, etc., and discussing the best methods of corn growing. Farmers will be asked to bring out their seed corn for study and exhibition and for comparison with their neighbors'. The meetings will be conducted by corn experts of the National and State Departments of Agriculture and A. and M. College and leading farm ers of the respective counties. This work started two years ago by Mr. C. R. Hudson, State Agent, has proven its value in waking up the minds of farmers concerning good seed corn to plant. By methods ad vocated in the movement, farmers are finding out that we live in the section of the country that should be the real Corn Belt. The meetings will be "corn schools" without any fees or dues attached. At . other - counties want such meetings the County Com missioners . or - x other, authorities should communicate with Mr. C. R; Hudson, Raleigh, N. C. All that will be asked of them is that they fur nish a comfortable house for holding the meeting in and furnish tables for holding the corn. ' Campaign Expenses Only 15 . Cents. Union - Republican. The expenses of C. E. Goode, So cialist candidate for Congress in one Virginia District, amounted to fif teen cents. We doubt very much whether the Socialist candidate for Congress in this District spent any more. As there was no opportunity for gaining the election, there was evidently no desire or occasion to make an investment. MON BUTLER'S RALEIGH SPEECH Greeted by a Tremendous Audience Where He Exposes and Denounces Sim--mons, Daniels and Others. LYlflG AIJD COnAnDLY SLAHDinERS QAtl He Produce Proof Conclusive to Chew That He Is not Now and Xertr Has Had An Connection, Either Directly or indirectly. With Fraud ulent Carpetbag Bond He Shows That These Bonds Were Gba ceiced and Engineered by a Conspiracy of Leading Democrats, and That They Looted the State, and Not the Republicans He Exposed the. Miserable Record of Hypocrisy of Simmons, Daniels, Overman and Others He Proved That Senator Vance Had Denounced Sim mons as Being an Unscrupulous Politician and a Uaq Unworthy of the Confidence of the People of the State He Showed How Daniels, With Baseless Ingratitude, Hid Hounded to His Death a Man Who Had Befriended Him and His Widowed Mother, and Also How He Had Betrayed tor a Price Senator Vance to His Grave The Speaker Was Given a Warm Welcome When He Entered the Hall, Was Frequently Interrupted by Vociferous Applause, and Was Given An Ovation at the End of His Speech. ... (Continued from last week.) Other Important Planks of the Re publican Platform. The speaker then reviewed rapidly some of the other great progressive issues of the Republican State plat form, including the planks for good roads, reformatories for young crimi nals, more liberal pensions for Con federate soldiers, an honest-election law, a non-partisan judiciary, andl the. drainage' of Southern swamp lands. He expressed his regret at not being able to discuss every plank in the platform, and being forced toi refer' so briefly to only some of the planks," "because," he said, "I must hasten along in order to get to the real purpose for which this meeting was specifically called." Great Importance of Good Roads, in -dbcussing t for State co-operation with the coun ties in establishing and maintaining a great system of good roads from one end of the State to the other, he emphasized the incalculable value of good highways, not only to the far- Trior hiit alert ir tho tnwna nnrl ritioc anri inriri fnr tho Wofit f n nri the general uplift and progress of orp Carolina was defeated by toe the whole State. This is one of the PusionteU in 1894 that a non-parti-great progressive planks of the Re. . fn State Supreme Court was elected, publican State platform. 1 T V, . . . , ; cratic State machine regained power, Pensions for Confederate Soldier. ! they proceeded to repudiate and spit In discussing the plank declaring upon this t and fundamntally for more liberal pensions for Confed-; correct prInciple and elected a 8olIdly erate soldiers, Senator Butler point- partisan Supreme Court. He point ed out how far Democratic perform- ed out that they, in their blind par ances had fallen short of Democratic tisanship, not only did this, but they promises in this respect as well as in even trled to impeach the judgea of all others. He declared that the the n0n-partisan Supreme Court be small sums which the Confederate fore the eXpIration of their terms in soldiers are now receiving as pen-!orrlAr fo RACnrA tho TiniHn fnr need and deserve. Continuing, he said: "North Carolina is a great and rich State, with wonderful resources, and under the beneficent influences of Re publican National policies is destined to be one of the greatest, and richest States in the Union. The State is now able to and should do much : squarely In favor of a non-partisan more for the few and fast disappear-! Judiciary ; that he was acting on this ing heroes of the Confederacy. If Principle when he went to the State the Confederate soldier received not of Tennessee and appointed Judge only a liberal State pension, but also j Lurton, a Democrat, for Associate received a pension from the Federal I Justice of the Supreme Court of the Government as large as is now being iUnited Staes, while there were thou paid to the soldiers of the North, they , sands of Republican lawyers not only would then have their feeble and de- dining years made only fairly com- frtrrohlo OYirl hoTiTvir frk coir nntrihiif of a proper reward for their un paralled patriotic valor. - "If the courage and patriotism of the Southern soldier is equally the heritage of this great country to-day with the courage and heroism of the Northern soldier, as all brave and pa triotic men in the North, who did real fighting, now admit, then this wav . . , more substantial way than by simply placing flowers upon their graves af - ter they are dead. The people ot the whole country, should give evidence of recognition of this fact by tender ing. to the Southern Confederate sol dier while yet they live equal to that each year extended to the Union sol dier. - ; ' "Besides, I have never thought that it was fair and just that the peo ple of the whole country should be taxed to the extent of one hundred and fifty million dollars a year for pensions, while not a dollar for this sum goes to the South, while, on the other hand, the South is annually 'drained to make up ' this enormous sum to be annually poured out north of Mason and Dixon's line. - "I. offered an amendment to the pension appropriations bill in the United States Senate, providing that the pension laws should apply to the soldiers of the Southern States equal- i &outa towara reclaiming our exxen ly as to the soldiers of the Northern , (Continued oa pas 3.) States. But what happened? Every Democratic Senator opposed the amendment and declared that the Southern soldier would be receiving too proud to accept a pension from their Government Had it not been for this surprising and united oppo sition by the Southern Democratic leaders to this measure, to-day every Southern soldiers would be receiving a pension from his Government equal to the pension paid to every Northern soldier." A Non-Partisan Judiciary. In discussing the plank declaring for a non-partisan Judiciary, tbe speaker called attention to the fact that many of the States of the Union have in their State Constitution a provision providing that the minority party shall always be represented, at ouyreme uourt-oencn sylvania and other Republican States, with a tremendous Republican ma jority, where the minority party, no matter how small its vote, is always represented on the Supreme Court bench. He also called attention to the fact that whn the Democratic party in themselves. In this connection, he pointed to the fact that there is not a State in the Union that is controlled by a Democratic machine where there is to-daya non-partisan Supreme Court. The speaker also called attention to the fact that President Taft stood in the country but also in the South j dually as competent for the posl- ! wOu The Drainage of State and Southern Swamp Lands. In discussing this plank, the speak er, in part, said: "The drainage of the swamp lands of our State and of the other South ern States is to-day possibly the greatest internal improvement de manding immediate attention. The Republican party of the State and of . . . . . , ' tte NaUo,n stni' f" PTem1l P ?Z . "p"'l. .. dollars to continue the work of the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands in the West. "The Republican Congressmezfand Republican leaders In the great Wes- i tern progressive Staes worked out a scheme for co-operation between the National Government and the States to reclaim millions of acres of their land which needed nothing but water to be wonderfully productive. They came to Congress with their well ma nured plans and succeeded in launch ing successfully the great project. This has been going on in the West for years. "During this time what has been j done by the Democratic Congressmen j"" Demosratic leaders of the iMCKTIXG Ol Tif t; urmuTtm.! VUdh IIB)!i XUt rtcnXj Ml See ' .; fSfwaacr rf tte n oty j CieTnra Hmt Will tW t5df TtoDay in Iloeh 1Ima. Ta Lrcitsrof Ittt tt yfsr 4y at n&en. Mr. W. C Dod. mi Charlotte, was thc& raktf tit Ik Hwumm ExJudfe Ewart rcitlag the vot of the alaoriiy. Oihr pmixUm r filled as follow Prl&ctpat Clerk T. O. Cobb, of Burst; !U4 ing Cltrk G. Sem Iool. of Roe- ica; Eagrossl&g Clerk, M. D. Rl&t-f land, of Haywood; Srgcatat-Amt, G. L. Kit Patrick, of Le&elr; Asaitust Sergea&t.at-Arxas, D. IL Jataet, of Halifax. Mr. II. M. Fhirr, was tlected President pro tern of the Senate, ibe Republicans voting for Judge IL ft. Star buck. ' . . Mark Squires, of Caldwell, was elected Reading Clrk; N. 11. Staley, of Wilkes, was elected Sergeaat-at-Arms; W. G. Hall, of Cumberland. Assistant Srgeant-atArmi. and W. E. Hooks, ot Wayne, for Engrossing Clerk. The President then announced that the Senate was duly organised and ready for business. The only bill introduced yesterday was by Reinhart, of Lincoln, In regard to some road law In his county. Both houses adjourned to meet to day at 11 o'clock, at which time Governor Kitchin's message will be read In both branches of the Legis lation. SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD. Theodore Anderson Swam to Shore on the Coast of Australia Every Other Member of the Crew Was Lost, Victoria, B. C. Dec. 24. After drifting six days without food on a derelict, Theodore Anderson, a Swede, swam ashore on the west coast of Australia. He told a thrill ing story of the disaster that had brought death to every other mem ber of the crew. News of the tragedy was brought here last night by the steamer Moana from Brisbane. - The derelict was a pearling lugger of 200 tons, the Hugh Norman. She was sailing down the coast from Broome to Freemantle, when she struck a eef. The dingey was launched and all members of the crew except Anderson and the cap tain boarded her. The little boat drifted away and was swamped. All her occupants were drowned. The captain ordered Anderson to jump In after the dingey, but seeing sharks cruising in the vicinity, he refused. Later the lugger drifted off the reef and the captain leaped over board and tried to swim ashore but he was attacked and devoured by sharks. Next day Anderson decided to risk all In an effort to reach land. It took him one hour to swim ashore and he was pursued by sharks but escaped them. ROBBER COMMITS SUICIDE. After Binding Four Men and Robbing Bank of $2,500 the Robber Takes Own life Rather Than Surrender. Sa,lina, Kan., Dec 23. Ira Ward, 30 years old, who, Jt is said, this morning robbed the State Bank of Paradise, at Paradise, Kansas, secur ing $2,500, killed himself when sur rounded by a posse of farmers, 14 miles north of that place, late today. Ward's suicide was a climax to one ofthe most sensational robberies committed In Kansas in recent years. He made a hard ride for liberty, bet a posse of farmers surrounded him at a place 14 miles north of Para dise at sundown. Then he turned the gun he had bought earlier in the day upon himself and sent a bullet through his brain. On his body the posse found the $2,500 which Ward, had stolen from the bank. Ward, who lived 12 miles northeast of Luray, Kansas, went to Paradise last night. He attracted only casual notice. This morning he went to a hardware store and bought a revolver, ammunition and a coll of rope. .He then entered the bank, wherd he covered Cashier Bert O'Brien and four other men with the weapon. After the safe had been opened by the cashier at Ward's di rection, the five men were marched into a back room and forced to lie on the floor. The lone bandit then tied the men and gagged them with gunny sacking: V t ; . -:. After taking $2,500 from the vault. Ward walked to a hardware store, purchased a rifle and a large number - s of cartridges and I th-n, mounting his horse rode rapidly away. ' In a short time the men in the bank were discovered and releas ed. ' A possee quickly was formed and started after Ward. Senator Elkins Dead. Senator Stephen B. El kins, ot West Virginia, died yesterday in Washing ton. UET AT EOTISDO Ctcpsbllcaa Stile Executive Cosanittcs I!c!d &a ttz Unt ntclicj. PRESIDENT Eft DO US ED 0c&sttie md to 3Tm far Wm Ilefitmtltoa ad tsdtaritesi ta Ius-.raMisx of th iff if in rirnjicicfatie Pro Osm&nmm 4 fe h4T&ia to la2StM Us rvepie by Afpeala to ItNaiea lreja4tce Ilr ttrowm, Uol ton and VValcr itndfwe4 tat 1 areola tmrt. The Itepsbliean Bute xecuU Coomtueo held an im$oru&l etet leg ta Greensboro oa Deceabtr St, which was presided over try Stale Chalrmaa More bead. Tbe rem&UUeo endorsed Pretidint Taft for re-act-l&atioa in 1112. and passed oa oUtr matters of importance to tbe party in this Bute. The following is aa account of tbe proceedings as given by the Dally News tbe day following the meeting: Tbe State Executive Committee ot North Carolina ta session tre yes terday drew up and endorsed mala tlons endorsing the policy of Presi dent Taft as a National and aot a sectional President, and pledged themselves to labor for his renomina tion and re-election, In 1112. The resolutions called especial at tention to tbe Southern attitude of the President, and to bis wisdom and justice in regard to abrogating the referee system and also In regard to the "emancipation of the party tn tbe South from conditions and policies watch have tended to retard its growth and worked to Us detriment. The attitude of the President as to the re-appointment of a postmas ter who has served hi first term sat isfactorily, received the endorsement of the committee. The Executive Committee endorsed the action of the chslrmsn as to bis I recommendations for tbe re-typo! at ments of postmasters In the State. George A. Brown was endorsed for re-appointment to the western col lectorshlp, A, E. Holton was endorsed to be retained as the Dittrlct Attorney ! in the western district and J. L Wal ser for postmaster at Lexington. t In Session Three Honrs. The committee met at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the part or of the McAdoo Hotel, with John M. Morehead, chairman, and 'Gilliam Grlssom, secretary, present. The ses sion lasted until after $ o'clock and was executive after tbe passing of three resolutions. Several postmas ters and candidates for postmaster ships were present to secure tbe en dorsement of the committee. A large delegation was present from Lexing ton in regard to that post-oSce. Fiftro of Twenty-One Present. . The Executive Committee is com posed of ten men from the ten Con gressional Districts, ten from the State at large, and one, selected by these. " Thirteen of the twenty-one present in person, two being represented by proxy. Those present were. D. W. Patrick, New Bern: L B. Tucker, Whltevllle; George Butler, Clinton; F. W. Uanes, YadkinviUe; C. J. Harris, Dillsboro; Thomas Set tle, Asheville; Charles H. Cowles, WUkesboro; Henry C. Dockery, Rockingham; B. F. Roberson, Haw River; Dr. J. J. MotL States vllle; J. J. Jenkins, Pittsboro; R. G. Caxap-belL- Greensboro, and J. G. Gaskill, Tarboro. ,1 Thomas Settle offered the follow ing . resolution endorsing President Taft: Resolutions Eadorclns llr. Taft. - Whereas, the present Republican State organization in North Carolina was brought into existence by the rank and file of the party as a result of widespread approval of and gen eral response to the utterances of President Taft in his Greensboro speech, in which ha declared that . the old Southern referee system was the greatest handicap to the building up of a militant and successful Re publican party in the South; and, . Whereas, the State Chairman, in a speech accepting from the State Convention a unanimous election to the State Chairmanship, declared for an open-door policy, and also further ' declared that he construed the mess ing of the action of the convention as an endorsement of President Taf t'a Southern policy against the continua tion of the referee system; and, President's AttJtee Toward AppcJnt- Whereaa, , it is the desire ot the President to co-cptrata with the ma Jrolty ct tha party, represented by the committer, in furthcrtes his I-ca of appcintntzb to cCco and tia cd- ( Continued cn Vzz 5.) , v.
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