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THE V0L. XXIX. RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY DECEMBER. .14 1911. Ho. 49 n 'OR T A I . KRTRFSl the "State Manure to take a heat. And then $J r2cu!ture "f Commissioner of Ag d took It all back." That Penitentiary surplus la hard f, to locate than the Irishman's flea. At tho present rate Aycock's mock- jrd won t even have time to 11 t. - m n tm ' ' -take It seems that the Democrat have teen unable to find a candidate that jaeets the approval of Mr. Bryan. The Democratic Senatorial candi dates haven't gone Into winter quar ter?, but it seems that their friends lave. If they should put all the law breakers to work on the public high ways we should have good roads in short order. Of course, if cotton isn't as low as the Democratic farmers want it, they can vote the Democratic ticket a?ain next fall. . - A headline in an exchange asks: What Do Democrats Think?" As a matter of fact, don't believe that many of them think. A fellow in Anson County reports Iiaving seen a snake with two heads. It must he a very bad brand they are drinking over in Anson. A man down in Mississippi says he is looking for a "democratic Demo crat." Evidently he is trying to dis cover another new brand. Woodrow Wilson now wants a pen sion from the Carnegie Foundation Fund. Must have given up all hopes of getting the job as President. Mr. Bryan says that he will never run again. He also seems determin ed that no other Democrat shall ever make any better run than he did. It might be well for the sanitary officials to fumigate the "State Ma nure Pile" before next summer so as to prevent the spread of a con tagious disease. The Gaffney (S. C.) Ledger says that three-fourths of the people in that State do not read, study or think. We can now understand why South Carolina goes strongly Demo cratic. On Tuesday that Democratic Con gress passed a bill increasing the pension of the Union soldiers; still the Democrats are opposed to a Fed- eral pension for the Confederate sol diers. 1 If Professor Coon's charges against the management of the public schools in the State are not true, why don't the noliticians nrove they are not true, instead of simply hurling abuses' at him? Remembering that the Wall Street barons gave $30,000 to Bryan's cata paign fund three years ago, the Dem- t that ocratic politicians may decide to at o tne united Shoe Machinery Corn least allow Mr. Bryan to name their pany, a corporation of world-wide ranrifriati oVt vonr .u.v.UWNi, J . I It mav hA that the Democratic tv,o xrt, ,nnn, ic afraid for the country boys to secure an education, for fear that they may learn better than to obey the orders of tbA DPTTinrraHe. hossps. On last Thursday the Commission- ... ,. , . . er of Agriculture referred to two men in the Agricultural Department as "Imported Regulators." After some rarjid conferences amone the Democratic brethren, the Commis- . j i.v. .j. j ti 4. Bluuer aunouueeu tue ubm w uiu tne men were all rlgnt. ixn t tasie dissolution of the defendant corpora them long to get right, did it? tions into such parts that no one of The Democratic machine ring has mortgaged the State to the American Tobacco Company to get it to take oae lot 01 state Donas tnat couia not ring, through its extra vangance and incompetency, is forced to borrow more money, they will, no doubt, mortgage the State to the Standard Oil Trust or to some other big trust, TOB ""owuxg- mnvx of pro. If Irofeor Coon Did Not TeiJ the Truth, He Should II Amvrmd and Not "Howled- Down. Union Republican.) Mr. Charles L. Coon, President of the North Carolina Teachers Assem bly, wag given a frost In his address before that body In Raleigh. N. C.. the past week. He took the liberty and had the rieht tn rritiMu r did so, and his remarks were cut short and he was not allowed to fin ish, simply because he is not alto gether In harmony with the present policy of the educational leaders. He wanted the selection of school books j by school men and a more construc tive policy of education. Neither did he like the present method of secur ing County Boards of Education, City Superintendents, and teachers. Nor was the manner of granting certifi cates to teachers approved as some may be licensed in some counties and not in others. He didnot approve the State High Schools and Farm Life Schools when the public schools! had only ninety-day terms and poor ly paid teachers and ordinarily equlp pde buildings. That It was a sad fact that the teaching profession had turned over the making of an edu cational policy to the politicians, doc tors, lawyers, etc His constructive policy was a teachers assembly made up of delegates from smaller educa tional bodies and not of agents, lay men and "friends" admitted just be cause they paid their dues. He want ed an educational commission of eight members, appointed by the Governor and recommended by the Teachers' Assembly, and composed of real teachers. He said the county is too large a school unit and the dis trict too small, and that the unit should be the township and that the County Board of Education should be elected by the Township Committee! and the County Board should elect the County Superintendent, but no man should be elected not filling the requirement laid down by the State Educational Commission, and finally that provision should be made for the gradual absorption of all sepa rate and special taxes into one fund. The above is a mere outline of President Coon's speech, and it was virtually hooted down, but it had Its effect and caused more comment and, while drastic, contained much food for thought, and let us hope, bear fruit for the better in what might be weak places in our State educa tional system. The tendency of the times is to "drift with the tide" with a carelessness that is remarkable and the school and teaching question seems not to be an exception. Those who criticise or suggest a change frequently are hooted at, as-was Pro fessor Coon, but are often the heroes whoact as a balance-wheel to stem the current of what may be effort of good intent and honestly conceived but unwisely adrift and misdirected AFTER ANOTHER TRUST Government Brings Suit Ag- ainst United Shoe Machin ery Company An Injunction Against the Defend ants Is Also Requested Bill Is Filed in United States Circuit Court at Boston Receiver May Be Ap pointed. A press dispatch from Boston, Massachusetts, yesterday, says: A suit asking for the dissolution scone, was instituted this afternoon . ... by the Federal government, wnicn mea a dui in equnj ia me uun.cu States Circuit Court .... . broueht aeainst the Unlted Shoe Machinery Company of New Jersey, eighteen subsidiary cor- porations and twenty-three indiTid- uals, to restrain the defendants from maintaining and engaging in uniaw- lul comDinations, contracts ana ioa spiracies in restraint of Interstate iJ"rtlcs and foreign trade and commerce in violation of the Sherman act in the manufacture," sale and lease of .ma- chines, mechanism, tools and devices used in the manufacture of boots and 1 shoes. The lcourt is asked to order the them will constitute a monopoly or can become a monopoly of the shoe machinery business T V1v nnni4 cirlllrt hfl flT tne opinion, the bill continues, "that i,,- niaraet win hft better served thereby, the petitioner asks that receiyers be appointed to take possession of all the property, assets, business and affairs of said defend-4 ants and "wind up the same.' An injunction against the defend- ants isalso requested. WILL MEET III CHICAGO National Committee Calls Re publican Convention to Heet There June 18 mil TEUP0B4BY CDAHUin Harry 8. New, of Indiana. Orclrd Chairman of Committee That Will Have Charge of Oixanlxieg the Next National CbnvenUoi-Defeat &d Faction Given Soma Rep men tation on Committee President I-ienda in Charge--State Chairman Morehead Attends IeetlRXC tlie Ixajrue of National Republican Clubs and Reports a Harmonious Meeting. Washington. D. C, Dec. 12, 1911. (Special to The Caucasian.) The atmosphere of Washington to day Is almost that on the eve of a national convention to nominate a Presidential candidate. Not only is the National Republican Committee here in session, but there are promi nent Republicans here from many parts of the Union. There was just enough clashing in the different fac tions of the committee to lend zest to the situation and to indicate that everything will not be unanimous at the next National Convention. How ever, the President's friends are more than pleased at the large majority of sentiment in favor of his renomina tion and the expression of belief that he is the strongest candidate that can be nominated. Chicago has been selected as the place for holding the next National Convention, and June 18th as the time. There was considerable con test between ,the various cities ap pealing for the Convention, but it was soon clear that Chicago would win. I One of the greatest contests in the committee was over the effort to have the committee to deciareinia vor of Presidential primaries to se lect delegates to the National Con vention. The result was that the committee, by a large majority, held that they had no right to Interfere with the laws of the States, and therefore a resolution was passed providing that the delegates to the Convention be elected either by con ventions of the party in the various States or by any other means which the States may have provided by law. In this connection, it is interesting to note that there are a few States who have provided for primaries and who will hold their primaries early next spring. They are . as follows: North Dakota, March. 19; Wisconsin, April 2; Nebraska, April 17; Oregon, April 17; New Jersey, May 28. The next greatest contest before the committee was the selection of a chairman of the committee on man agement to have charge of organiz ing the next National Convention. Mr. Hilles, representing the friends of the President, favored the election of Harry S. New, of Indiana, for chairman of this committee. Mr. Hitchcock led the fight for the other faction, opposing Mr. New, but Mr. New was elected by a handsome ma jority. The friends of the President se lected a committee of five, with Mr. New as chairman, to have charge of the organization or the convention. That committee was as follows: Har ry S. New, of Indiana; David Mul vane, of Kansas; ex-Governor Mur phy, of New Jersey; A. L. Voorhees, of Ohio, and N. L. Williams, of Ore gon. The other faction that had been defeated appealed for minority repre sentation on this committee, in the interest of harmony, and represented that they would be satisfied if two of their faction were added to the committee. In the interest of har mony this concession was granted, and the minority named E. C. Dun-j can, of North Carolina, and E. V. Rose, of Nebraska. . I By general consent, ex-Governor Hill, of Connecticut, was elected as temporary chairman to serve until the meeting of the National Conven tion, atwhich time Mr. Hilles, who represented the' President at this meeting, will; be elected National Chairman to conduct the next cam paign., Jjeague of National Republican Clubs. While this 'fight was going on In the National Committee, John Hays Hammond, the President' of the League of Republican Clubs, had a session of the Executive Committee of his League laying out plans for organizing clubs and to co-operate with the National Committee for the re-election of President Taft. " Stated Chairman ; Morehead, of North Carolina, who is a jnember of f the Cxmtlt . ' Coaaittt of this ! f T ffQ A PflT r'TCTfP League c? RcpvMicaa Citato t tajll VHa H lUI L.1IU J tha dtf asd attended tMs iaetxaxi He reports that there vu the great ; ml hsrssoay as units of actios, and that the League HI at oat feegis i is ergaslxaiioa of clsfes even before ! tie heidfag Of the Natloaal Ccarea Uos. The fries 5 1 of tat ad minis tra iioa arc core thsa delighted vita the result ef to-day's proceeding. THEY COCLDVT FACE TUVTH. Tin: Why tle Slanderers Ran Joint tfettkm. From a f Mr. Editor: I noticed recently. In! a little sheet published tn oar little! town Tho Duplin Enterprise the editor of that paper tald he saw Sen-1 ator Butler's name la tome other! paper and then he goes on to abase j that noble son of our State. It seems j to be that we ought to rejoice to know that our State has produced such a man. a man that no one can face with their false charges. Yes, they (his enemies in the Democratic party) fought him while he was a Democrat, and when his conscience forced him to leave that party, as it did, they (his enemies) continue to try to down him, regardless of truth or anything else that is becoming to a gentleman. The truth of the mat ter Is, they ought to be thanking God that our State has produced such a man. Yes, the editor seemed to wonder if Marion Butler would be allowed to come back to the State before the next election. He don't know that North Carolina is Butler's home acd yet he calls him a traitor. Yes, that is what the boss said. I have been a Democrat, too, and I know how it Is. And again. this week's paper (dated November 23rd), in a column head ed "Butler and the Senatorshlp," starts off by saying Marlon' Butler hired a hall in Raleigh during the campaign of 1910 for the purpose of denouncing Simmons and others. Now I think Mr. Butler's principal reference to Simmons was when he quoted from Governor Vance, and why don't The Enterprise quote Vance. The editor seems to be mighty uneasy and' afraid some Democrat wilt read tha$ speech. ,1 ; I sometimes wonder if some of the Democratic editors and writers ever stop to think about what the Book of books says about bear ing false witness and the fate of Annias and Saphire. If the Demo cratic charge were true against Mr. tfutier, some one or ms accusers would readily meet him and tell the citizens of the State of it to his face. Now, Mr. Editors of The Enterprise, if you were to go to Simmons, Kitch- in, Aycock, or any accuser and tell them they had to face Mr. Butler with their charges against him, their knees would tremble worse than Belschazzer's did when he saw the handwriting on the wall. A FARMER. Rose Hill, N. C. APPALACHIAN RESERVE Federal Government Secures 20,000 Acres in Western North Carolina The Price Paid Was Little . More Than Six Dollars an Acre- -This is the First Installment of Some For ty Thousand Acres Which Will Be Pnchased. The Appalachian - National Park Commission has accepted twenty thousand acres of land in North Car olina to be converted in to the Ap palachian Reserve. About ten thou sand acres of the land is in McDow ell County and the other ten thou sand is in the vicinity of Mount Mitchell. It is understood that $6.90 an acre is to be paid for the entire tract. This is the first Installment of some forty thousand acres which the Government will buy in North Carolina. Daniel - W. Adams, supervisor of the local office of the forestry ser vice at Asheville, recommended that the Government purchase at the price named. It Is stated that about twenty-five additional men will enter the field in connection with the forestry service Asheville will be the headquarters of the corps. i -. Can't Get Along Without The Can- - ' -casian. Mr. Editor: -I ; must say that J have been very slow, but I4 will re mit now, because your paper gives satisfaction, and I don't see how can do without it. Please send It on, for when I want to know what mischief the Dems. are doing I just read your paperso send it on and keep us posted. . M. D. TODD. Zebulon, N. C. y a " Coacussioner Grahsci Draw Swords STAB CQITSEQ PCOtEECKSS Cmiai4wr f Asrirmttae TrU the tloavrd td AcffeaUaiHp to Keep Its IHstaAci; Thai No tafriAjrr meat Will be AlimJ-Tte lkmrd fnrw Angry, Held a Meeting K htnd Closed lkuur ami tater Call ed t)e Comjiitmer Uons th& Row Had Rem Itnrwtac far Over a Year Oocnratiwikmer Graham Apcdogixea for Latiag Ve4. The State Roard of Arricultaref held their annual meeting la 1UJ- elgh last week and received too re-j port or Major W. v A. Graham, the Commissioner of Agriculture. Thef Commissioner in hit report said that, the Board had tried to assume eon-! trol of some, of his duties acd he! gave them to understand that hoj knew his duties and performed them; j that he was responsible to the people for his acta and not to the Board. There was a proposition on foot to re-organize the forces of the Depart ment in connection with the co-operative work with the A. & M. College and the Test Farm work. "Imported Regulators. In his report Commissioner Gra ham said that he was displeased with the action of some members of the Board and the position taken by the heads of the Departments of Chem istry and Entomology. Dr. B. W. Kilgore and Mr. Franklin Sherman, to whom he referred as "Imported regulators." This term was probably applied to these officials from the fact that they hailed from other States. There was no mistaking the fact that the Com missioner was mad, and he did hesi tate to give the Board several pieces of his mind. The State Chemist, it seems, is not under-direct control of the Commissioner, but he thinks that it should be, and it is probably well for Dr. Kilgore that he isn't an ap pointee of the Commissioner, for he would have been discharged many months ago. The trouble is concerning matters having to do with the work of the State Chemist in the control of the test farms, and Major Graham says in his report that he does not think Dr. Kilgore, while a competent chem ist, is fitted for the position of di recting the test farm work; that he thinks a practical farmer should be given charge. As to the re-organization of the forces of the Department in carrying out plans for co-operative work with the A. & M. College, be says that he thinks employes of the Board, referring to Dr. Kilgore and Mr. Sherman are exceeding the au thority they may have, as the Board could not give authority to them whim It does not possess. He re fers to the acts of these gentlemen as illegal and discourteous; that these "imported regulators" teem to think that a resolution of the Board gives them the right to be discourte ous to him. He says that any em ploye attempting to Interfere with his duties would have been promptly discharged; that one of these gentle men, Mr. Sherman, is employed by him, while the other, Mr. Kilgore, is employed by the Board and his do ties defined by law. Appeals to Attorney-General. The Commissioner appealed to the Attorney-General and secured a rul ing as to his prerogatives. The fol lowing is an excerpt from the Com missioner's report: "There seems to be an idea, or rather a presumption, with some that this division of the work is separat ed or fenced off from the other work of the Department, and is committed to the Director and the Test Farm Committee. This is an error; it is as much subject to the direction of the Commissioner, and under the control of 'the Board, as any other division. "An attempt was made to this end at the June meeting, 1910. The Commissioner opposed it as an In fringement upon his duties and con trary to law; the subject was sub mitted to the Attorney-General, who sustained the position of the Com missioner." Tiireatens to Go to Court. The oath of the Commissioner Is to obey the laws of the State. If this is not done it will be necessary for the Commissioner in his own de fense and in respect to the law to carry the matter Into court, or to compel xany one attemtping to act contrary to said opinion to do so. The Commissioner has passed his three score years and ten and has as little mzt if ss.a mt ym tl la trMif &jtr'13 la mt 1 U W flat f-l.! t 4t tt FtotiattMt r'wstt e? Ctas&4eft r ara,f4aat ck! rsata. t V. rrt; Ta Dr$tital ef ATtrsttr fas 1 of U mmt ?a rs3fer f ihp Star. f9t9fiL&!. Tie taw f'fcrW Jtttl e-f lis CasSi$ofer attd aUo ef tie R&ard; feeUter eaa UcUy t?v tt rtifcU of tie o&er, lut tt a an t to y l Ur, a4 th sft t tts Uw aa lafBfv4 'try the gitca aaterlty to s&ssa d eitio&s reUtl&s to It. To ta&t bers of ifce liaird mho v (1rm the Coaal40&er tfce rratttsa asd roarty to wMeh te Is eatit!4 tie tenders hit hearty afrcliliea I a&4 best wishes. To tfeo who ilv a disposition to IfBor the Uw t&4 for either iraaal feellaif or 5a- tboriied offiHsl uofritadir sxtlen la oppose his policy la the ork, he presses his rerrets that there thoU be disfatltfactioa sttd 41seord.M Hoard Take Actio. The Board held an all-day session behind closed doom, prrtamthly to decide what to say and do, and tt U said the meeting was not harmoni ous. When they emerged they de clared their faith is Dr. KiiQre sad Mr. Franklin Sherman, They further stated that Major Graham's report to the Board misrepresented the condi tions exining in the Department, tad that the employes so severely crit icised by the Commissioner have the confidence and approval of the Board. They further denied most emphati cally that they had Infrisged oa the duties or prerogatives of the Com missioner of Agriculture. Tike Cormniiwdoner Take Water. Following one of the closed door meetings Commissioner Gra&am gave out a written statement apologizing for language he had used. His state ments follows: "The Commissioner of Agriculture explains and withdraws the portion of his report deemed objectionable. "The Commissioner of Agriculture desires to s&y that It was not fair or Just to refer to Professors Kil gore and Sherman in the language used, and he retracts the same. These gentlemen each ably and acceptably fill the positions they occupy in this Department Papers which publish ed the matter referred to are re quested to published this retraction. "W. A. GRAHAM, "Commissioner. "December 8. 1911." Convicts on Roads. Before adjourning the Board adopt ed a resolution favoring the working of convicts on the roads of the State. disaster inon r.:o Two Hundred Entombed by a Terrific Explosion in Tennessee Iline Men Had Just Started to Work When Explosion Occurred -Mot of the Number Have IVrltlied Prof, jr, A. Holmes on the Ground Helping . in the Work. A terrific explosion In the mine of the Knoxvllle Iron Company at Brico ville, Tenn.. Saturday, caused the mouths of the mine to fill In an en tomb the two hundred miners who had. Just entered the mine for their day's work. Rescue parties set to work at once, and the Federal mine rescue crew were notified and went to the rescue. Prof. J. A. Holmes. Federal Inspector of Mines, is on the scene and helping in the rescue work. Only twenty have escaped alive thus far, though all the bodies have: not been recovered. As the news spread about Rrice ville district throngs of women and children rushed to the mine entrances clamoring to go Inside to aid in the rescue work. Many women knew their husbands bad entered the mine before the blast. 1 Rescue squads who were driven from the mine by the flames and smoke declared thry advanced a mile into the main shaft before forced to retire and try the rescue work from another, source. Some of the escap ed miners believe the exact location of the blast is at least two miles In the Interior and 800 feet? from the mountain crest. The wife of one of the miners claims she had a warning of the ex plosion. On the morning of the ex plosion she . told her husband of her dream and would not let him go to work that day, hence he was not la the mine when the explosion occur it li i f. t . 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