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. 1 YOLV I. CHINA GROVE, N. C. JRIDAyUARY 22" 1909.; NO. r 1 I - r ' 1 ... 1 ' I X r-'7Z JUTilfT-lNATMUTA Thb ScuihcfTi Gty tntcitcins in Greet ylc , . ALL FOnUER EFFORTS OUTDONE After :.4,.Talkia Tironlireorgia,M Making a Half Dozen Speeches, tlw . : Presidetit-Elect 1$ Greeted ; M - the . Georgia Capital in True Amanita Style. " " Atlanta Ga., Special. President elect tTxlliaifl H. Taft wag Friday in the cordial and hospitable embrace of Georgia. : Hecognuin ithe - climax oi toe. varied and , contmnoos -demonstra-tiens ixt the brilliant nd ;-, imposing aeene presented at the banquet here he exelaimed with evidences of great "I had-not hoped to win the South, but the South has won me.' ' e. banquet was the most am bitions event of its lind the city has ever 'undertaken. 1 Th6ugh "partici pated Jin by more than 500 of the city's representative men, it was h in by -the entire population. It, and the preceding eloquence of welcome extended to Mr, Taft in his reception at the Capitol and at the Piedmont Hotel, where he was Bought by thousands, constitute a brilliant chapter-' in his' record of , achievements south 6f Mason and Dixon's line. ; ' '''Talks Along the Way. "Tatting' through ; Georgia"': is a : literal t description of his , trip from t Atlanta. And whereover tfie -pialtrain, which 'A tlanta pro- - i 4ded,(eame to a halt . there, were Jeheering jcrowds" evideneinsfl their eor : f diaUtyjjby floral tributes, by eheerfc, r'f bands and speeches in which the iPresidentHBlect s iold that he was respected, admired, loved. ' 5 ; . A little bunch of violets phjeked from the-grave' of Alexander, Steph ens and presented by a grandniece of the distmguished Georgian, touched a tender cord . and brought forth - a warm tribute to , the memory oil V The young1 men of Emory College rv"ColleM were cheered on their way at Coving' ton , and the girl students of Agnes 7Scott Institute at Decatur were ad dressed as "My Girl Friends,, and talked to pleasantly. When Mayor Butler, of Madison, predicted "a term of eight years for Taft the big Ohioan responded by saying he hoped the mayor was a true prophet. Atlanta's welcome to Mr. Taft be gan in the railroad yards where all locomotives tied open their whistles and Ceased only when he had retired for the night at his hotel. Thousands were at the -station, thousands fol lowed him through the streets as he was drawn by four cream-colored horses to ! the Capitol. Governor Smith and a committee of seventy gave him a. formal reception, after which the Governor presented him to the tremendous crowd and Mr. Taft once more voiced his , reciprocity of cordality and good feeling at his re ception. He was at once escorted by squad of mounted police to the Piedmont Hotel, where he was ten dered a reception by the chamber f commerce, the Ohio Society and Tale alomni. Governor-elect Brown came with 3r; Taft,' Governor Smith received - tim and the officials of the city and State generally participated in his K welcome. The features of the banquet inclnd- ed not only the : striking appearance of the high, pillared room, with its white walls, and flag scheme of dec orations,, but a quaint programme of old-time negro songs , illustrating the days, sung as solos by preachers, doc tors and judges. - The tables were the streamers of two huge flags, the field of each being formed by the speakers' table set bar fore a forest of palms and ferns. Di rec'tly behind the guest of honor was an electric flag which not only waved ; but flashed forth a likeness of Mr; Taft when the President-elect ' arose to speak. .. - A "Billy 'Possum." -After the 'possum, 'taters and 'simmon bear had been served, and the many other courses of the feast, the guestsled by the orchestra, broke into song.j Judge Taft joined heartily . - in the merriment. He was presented with a "billy 'possum" constructed after the 1 manner of the ' teddy - bear" to ire the emblem of his admin istration. -; He was "also made the recipien t' of J' a silver pocket water flask, bearing - -the coat of arms of Georgia,-the gift of -Mrs. James Longstreet. , What was taken as the most lasting and." satisfactory x feature of Mr. Taft s speech was .his -expressed de sire to - appoint : to " Federal positions in, the' South : only such men as stand high as . citizens in the localities in which they live. J" Mr., Taft said with feeling that he was proud to have, been the first Pe- i publican candidate for .the presidency ; wnp naa mea nis eanvaip aouia 'ff.-IXasoa tad Oiso&'f line. r: Hit TAFT- TO STDDHJTS Atlanta ' ttsn&&Bd Owvt U Kept oatfe G VlIai fee Ool leges In and Areund u XZj. : Atlanta, ' SpeeiftiHbfiMr .- pro claimed Fnday -iught.wi4t to be his Southern appoin Ung polieT, which is regarded hare as coniwatuig .the President-elect 's important " message to th South; Mr. Taft on Saturday manifested his great interest in' tech nical education, in the development of the negro race, in the benefits oi university life on the forming char acter of he , youth of the future of women teachers and ' entered with zest Into the most brilliant social function the city of Atlanta has wit nessed in yeart. . . : Mr. Taf spoke to the students of the Georgia School of Technology then to a mass meeting-of negroes -in Big Bethel church. Saturday after noon he journeyed to Athens, Ga., where he spoke to the student body of the State Univfisity and to the prospective teachers of the normal school, met the people of the city at a reception, and reached Atlanta again in " time to - attend : the recep-, tioD and dinner in his honor given by the. Capital City Club, where he met the men of prominence and the women of the social circles of the eity." " . , r Talks to Students. . - Interesting among thel things .. Mr. Taft said in the day 's speeches was his' exhortation, to the young men of the technological . school not to let j;heir desires for big jobs overbalance their absolute honesty. "The great est lists . that I have ever niet are unprincipled experts,' was hisv com ment. In his four years as Secretary of War Mr, Taft said he had come in direct contact, with the best engineers of the 'World. 5 . He"1 gave high praise to the United " States army corps - of engineers Having undoubtedly in mind the" Panama canal he . added f "It is of the greatest aid to inen re sponsible; for work, -although - it in volves the expenditure of millions and millionft of dollars, to be able to tum.it over with entire confidence to a corps like; that -with t absolute 1 an fidence that everything will be man aged -with absolute honesty and on the highest scale of engineering skilL" ; -,f: I: t i : ,- ,! c Score Die in Collision. Glenwood Springs, Col., Special Twenty - persons were . killed. 'and .i'2flf!;.-vi' i-'i- 'ii r&. L.w '; - .-. Wwoo,, westbound passenger train No. 5 and an eastbound : freight tram on ' the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad be tween Dotsero and Sprune creek 22 miles from Glenwood Springs.Triday night. While nothing official has been given out as to the cause ; of ' the wreck il is said to have been due to a misunderstanding of orders on the. part of Engineer Gustaf Oleson, of the passenger train. Oleson, however claims his instructions were read per fectly, but that he misread his watch., thus encroaching on the time of the freight train which was being drawn by two locomotives, the first of which was in charge of his brother, Sig Ole son. Train No. 1 was made up" of an engine and tender, a baggage car, a smoking -car, followed by a chair car a tourist sleeper and a full comple ment of standard sleepers and a din ing car. The locomotives are . up on end and joined together as one piece of mechanism. Their wheels were rolled down into the Grand river and pieces of machinery are scattered all over the scene " of the wreck. . The smoking car was only partly derailed, while the ehair car immediately fol lowing was completely telescoped by the touring sleeper. None of the standard sleepers left the track and no one was killed or injured in these cars; most of the dead and injured being removed from the ruins of the chair car which was split completely in twain. - Marriages . Between Whites and Blacks to be Made a, Crime. Washington, Special. If . Senator Milton, of Florida, can have his way, miscegenation in the District of Col umbia hereafter will be treated in the courts as a crime punishable by fine of $1,000. , The Florida Senator has introduced a bill providing that1 any person who 'has one-eighth or more of negro blood in his veins shal be considered as of the African race.' Such marriages are declared to be null and void, and any issue result ing from them illegitimate and in capable of inheritance. Taft Will Use Automobiles. Washington, - Special. The next President of the United States is to pin his faith on the automobile. That became known when the House com mittee on appropriations included in the -urgent deficiency appropriation bill an item of $12,000 for the pur chase and maintenance of automo biles for the White House.! The entire amount carried in the -bill is $1,028,? 602. . Tried to Bribe the Judge and is Sent Up. - Leavenworth, Kan., Special; Act ing Judge Neidlinger, of the District Court here fined - Attorney Schwartz $15 and committed him to the coun ty jail for 90 , days for offering the judge a . bribe. Attorney Schwartz the judge charged, appeared at the Neidlinger home last week and offer ed the judge $50 to' give a decision favorable to Schwartz ia o W set for today. , another : mm President Vetoes a iBVi end - Tells Congress Wfy . "GREAT WATER POWER TWIST' Submits rigures to Illustrate the TrustBill Does Not Protect Uie Public Interest. Washington; Special. The Presi dent in his message tothe House Fri day -vetoing the bill passed by Con gress granting water power privileges from the James river, Missouri, sub mit figures to -illustrate the work ings j, of , the "water power trust ". - He : says ? I return herewith with out my approval House bill 17707 to authorize William H. Standish to construct a dam across James river, Mo., and divert v a 1 portion 6 its waters through a tunnel into the said river again to create electric power. My j reasons -for not signing the bill are:.. The bill gives to the grantee a valuable privilege, which by its very nature: is monopolistic, and does -not contain the conditions essential, to protect the public interest. , My rea son If or believeing that the Federal government, ' in grantingv a license to dam1 a navigatable river, has the power ; to impose .any --'conditions it finds necessary to . protect the pub lic, including a charge and a limita tion of the time, is that its consent is. legally essential to an enterprise ofV this character. -Jt follows " that Congress can - impose conditions upon its consent. BeUeving that the hat ional f government has ' this power, I imi convinced that, its power ought to be exercised. The people of the country are threatened by a monop oly' far more powerful, because in far closer touch with, their domestie and industrial life, than anything known' tef'.-dur experience. To give - away, wfthout conditions, this, one of the greatest of ; our resources, , would . be an. act of folly. rThe total : water power now in use by power plants of the United States issf estimated by the Bureau of ' the Census at '.9,300,000 horse power. In formation collected by bureau corop rations shows 13 large concerns of which the General Electric Company and Westinghouse Eleetric and Man nfaeturing Company, ' are the most rBatlnCah6radv? sites aggregating power, where control by these con cerns pratically admitted. It is prob able .those 13 concerns directly and indirectly control developed water pewer equal to more than 33 per cent, of the total. The .following amendment to au thorize this in national forests was inserted in last year's agricultural appropriation bill : . "And hereafter permits for power plants within national forests may be made irrevocable, except for breach of condition, for such term, not ex ceeding fifty years, as the Secretary of Agriculture may by regulation prescribe, and land covered by such permits issued' in pursuance of an application filed before entry, loca tion, or application, .subsequently approved under the act of June 11, 1906, shall in perpetuity remain sub ject to such permit and renewals thereof." II repeat the words with which I concluded my message vetoing . the Rainy river bill : First. There should be a limited or carefullyguarded grant in the na ture of an option or opportunity af forded within reasonable time for de velopment of. plans and for execution of the project. ? Second. Such a grant or concession should ' Be accompanied in the act making the grant by a provision ex pressly' making it the duty of a des ignated official to annual the grant if the work is not begun or plans are not carried out in accordance with the authority granted. Third. It should also be the duty of some designated official to see to it that in approving the plans the TniTimnTn development of the navi gation and power is assured, or tt least that -in making the plans these may not be so developed as ultimate ly to interfere with the beter utili sation of the water or complete de--velopment of the power. Fourth. There should be a license fee' or charge which though , small or rational at the outset, can in the future be adjusted so as to secures control;, in the interest of the public Fifth; Provision should be made for the termination of the grant Qr privilege at a definite time, leaving to future generations the power oi authority to renew or extend the con cession in accordance with the condi tions which may prevail at tfiat time. 'Further reflection suggests' a sixth condition, viz; . " The license should be forfeited up on proof that the licensee has joined in any conspiracy or unlawful com binations in restraint of .trade, as is provided for grants of coal lands in Alaska by the actof May 28, 1903. ; I will sign -no "bill granting a priv ilege of "this character which doe? not contain the substance of these conditions. - I esteenv it my duty to. use .every endeavor to prevent this growing mo notiolv the -most threatening whicfc has ever appeared, "from being fastJ ened tipon the people of this nation. ' - THEODORE ROOSEVELH, The White House; Jan. 16, 1908. with n c. LAwrji:;i::jj Doiags of tba State Tririara Cc fteeiIatereatiag IXemX jxa - Day to Day. Yvnen vie - senate eonresea ca TufiMay after the inauguratita csre. fttomajj, Hon, 5 FraneU c p. - Jfifiito the retiring Hentenint &r&pBaaa ex-officio President of ther Secate af ter an appropriate and : able though short address . to that body oa hi re tiring, said : "J anrrender ijyofSce to the : chosen represfentatiTe vt the people,. I introduce to" yoifTiieuten ant Governor Will Newl&d1 In the words of Dieken's pureit -creation, "God bless yon' one ftfa4 alL' God bless our-State." .K' The Senate Judiciary : eqmmittee has decided to report-unfavirabiy; a bill introduced? b Senatoryde signed to give justices of 'pe pow er ' to issue . summons or otljEX-legal processes' effective in anylKAtqe State. I The present law confijs-their jurisdiction , to 'the county in-, which they hold ' their appointmentjll The bill introduced in the Senateby Sen ator Britt relating to leins apd judg ments is designed to give counsel who procure judgments in litigation 'a lien upon the . judgmentCoT:?ithe amount of the fee. Bntt introduced a bill ta change ' Madison cpunty to the tenth congressional .distrifct Haw kins introduced a bill for fire' proof library and history building! In the House on .Tuesfiay .-, the speaker announced a numbeirof com mittees with chairmen as : iwllowsr Petitions and Memorials of 'jCorpora lions, Morton; Corporation Cpmmia sioner Weaver; Game, Ptt Enroll ed Bills, Hafler;' Constituti naL Am endments, Privatt ; : Insane Asylums, Foyj Institution's for the Blmd, Bras welL : : ' , V )J--'- " A bill to appoint justiecjs of the peace in: Rowan county pass$d its fin al reading and was Tsent toithe Sen ate.. : ::C;:-:$;tX'' ' The Senate 5 discussed -tv great length' W ednesday ' their' r joint resolution by Senator Elliott for the General Assembly to adjour -sine die February 15th, and after a consider able ."airing" of views,' the need toi ''short session", and "no. Session at all 'A - deferred ; action I until; January 20th, 'when, fin the language of i Sen ator Travis, who : moved the. continu ance, there will ' have jdevelcped some idea of how long it slibuld really take to dispose, of legislation tha- State is invneedof."' ; Senate bills of genera Vinterest amend Section 1506. Revisal, by re quiring judges of Superior CourtltOL : At. . A A. " IIs" A 11 remain in me ceuniy seat me xuu term of courts prescribed. By . Mr Barringer, to amend Sec tion 10420, Revisal, relating to the "sale of property under mortgage. President Newland announced ad ditional - committee assignments as follows: Education, Ray, of Hender son; appropriations, Blow, Ormond, Bassett ; insane asylums, Hawes ; schools for. the. deaf, Godwin and Doughton; clerk to the finance com mittee, Lane Brown. Among the bills and resolutions were: Williams, of Dare: Resolution instructing our Senators and Con gressmen to favor pensioning men employed at life stations. A bill that will make people gen erally "sit up and take notice" was introduced in the House by Turner, of Mitchell, providing that any per son who creates a debt on promise to pay out of money of assets due him and fails to pay on receipt of such specified .assets shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by .fine of $10 to $50 or work on . roads ten to thirty days each offense. Lee: Provide different uniform Sarb for persons convicted of mis .emeanor from those convicted of fel onies. " - - Privileges of tbe House were ex tended to ex-Representative Donald McRackan, of Columbus. The following committee appoint ments were announced by the Speak er: Add to-committee on oysters, Wallace.' -" Committee on pensions: Henderson7" (chairman), Pitt, Wilson, Cotton, Parker,. Majette, Currie, Lovelace, Harrison, McLaughlin, Braswell, Davis, McLeod, Davenport, Hampton, Murphy, Rhodes, Harshaw. Education: Connor, Majette, Dough ton Davenport, Mitchell, Bolton, Weaver, Crawford, Shephard, Woot en, Hageman, Smith, of Randolph; Henderson, Martin, Cox of Pitt; Gibbs, Killian. In the House ' announcement by Speaker Graham that he "would pre sent to Mra W. H. Eatchin, mother of the new Governor, the pen with which the formal declaration of the joint session of the Assembly : was signed setting out - the result of . can vass cf votes for her son as Governor, and the State Officers preliminary to the inauguration, was. received with interest. - ' - ; -' .', - . - ' Among the - bills introduced - on Thursday, was the bill to amend Sec. 3990, Revisal, relating to schools and the admission of peisons wi th negro blood ' into the white schools,, came up withCunfayorable report -from the joint committee o& - education - and was tabled. It was.designatedtb lim it j the "taint of. negro blood" that would bar children" from the4 white schools to three generations. Senator StarbuckTwas permitted to introduce,; out of order,. a bill to amend the Revisal, Sections 3263 and 3264, in order to equalize the per emptory .challenges allowed .-fie State and the defendant in forming juriesifor capital peases, ... w on aeeptinv the invitation - of " tbt president of th e Uni veisity of. North OuroliaA for-- tbe members - of - the Goaeral 'Assembly io attend the Ike 's tarthday: eekbratien i at the Univer-oity-wbea President Wcoitw Wil 'aen ei JPrineeton- University, will rb the orator. -A 'motion VTby 1 Senator Dawes- to this effect was adopted by a' manimoua rising vole.' ..,. -; -. --- Announcement wsju made ? by w the president of the Senate that Senator Latham had been" relieved , at his. -request from the chairmanship tf the committee on - commerce ', andv Senator rtin: assigned 'in, his stead. hi Senator Starbuck :waa granted -unanimous consent to withdraw his bill offered --Tbnrsday - to equalize- the number . til challenges bv the State and. tbev .defendant in., the ' trial of J capital offenses. ' . If Senator:' W ray presented - petition: from citizens -of :,RockinsbamTcounty relative to child labor law "imd hours of work. They were t sent to " the committee on manufacturing. .; -: , New bills iiutroducedThursday in cludcd VZi iUi&F. ; Emplei : Regulate the industry of growing , truck. (This is a' duplicate of the biU introduced. in the Hotse Thursday, by Morton,', of ; New ; Han over.; having the sanction . pf , the Truckers T Association and the trans portation' companies.) 'J.vSf Pharr: Relative to filing of notice of heirs.:' r - -.-"'r Starbuck : 5 Relative ' to peremptory challenges an criminal aetions. Barringer: Create the State Asso ciation of County. Commissioners tf North Carolina and give it the sanc tion it th , State. ' ' ' .- Bills Passed. '- Bills: that passed final reading are : To remedy: seeming ? conflict in Sections 1042 and 6419 of Revisal, re latingfct the sale of real and personal property under mortgage, the amend ment; making Section 1042 apply only to . the, sale of ersonal property. . V , Honse.J ..; ' .' Bills and resolution were, in part r.s " follows : . ' . . z y Murphy: v Resolution requiring the various State departments to send re ports, public laws and ; other State documents to all public libraries in the " State. " -Barnes, of Hertford: .Bill for elec trouction in j".tha i penitentiary at Ral eigh ,of all persons' sentenced to ... pay death penalty. " Copy of .the Senate bill introduced' some days ago. , . ; -Harshawi" Providefor the' election of the county ; boards of education by the qualified electors of the counties; "iarsnawr Proviie for? election, of for the several counties. -1 Weaver: Amend Section 2021, Re visaL relative to laborers' and me chanics' liens. Morton: 'Encourage and protect in dustry for growing berries and truck. Morton: Amend Chapter 674 Pub lie Laws 1907 increasing pensions of ex-Confederate soldiers to $8 a month. Koonce: Provide for an intermedi ate offense between assault with in tent to commit rape and simple as sault. : Mir. Koonce, of Onslow, gets the chairmanship of the committee on in surance; Mr. Gotten, of Pitt, on pen al institutions; Mr. Julian, of Rowan, on printing, and Mr. Rodwell, of Warren, on liquor traffic Dr. Bolton reported to the House that with Dr. Gordon, he had attend ed the convention of the North Caro lina Association for the Prevention of tuberculosis, which met in Char lotte Tuesday and Wednesday. They had been asked by the association to express its appreciation of the notice taken of it by theiHouse. The Speak xr assured Dr. Bolton that the. House was deeply appreciative of the at tendance of the gentlemen upon the meeting and asked him to reduce his remarks, to writing in order that they might be spread upon the journal. Dr. Knapp, of the United States Department of Agriculture was in vited to address the House on agri cultural subjects. Bills were introduced in the House Friday as follows: ConnorAmend Sec 4993 Revisal for relief of widows of Confederate soldiers. Admits those married .prior to January 1st, 1870, instead . of April 1st, 1865. 1 Weaver1 Amend Sec 5313 Revisal in reference to State boundaries; Al lows Governor to' prosecute suits in Smoky mountain directly in the Su preme Court of the United States. Martin Amend RevisaU- Sec 1389, in regard to finance committee. Crumpler-JTor relief of prisoners In jail awaiting triaL : Hanes Amend Sec 2721 RevisaL Koonce Create the State Associa tion -of County Commissioners. Grant Exempt from taxation per sonal property to the value of $200. Want Exposition Appropriation, The North Carolina commissioners to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposi tion, to open in Seatle June 1st, con ferred with Governor Kitchin ; and will recommend to the Legislature an appropriation sufficiently, large to in sure a creditable showing, - for 'the Stated - The amount the bill. will call for is : $25,000. . The commissioners are hoping for a hndsome appropria-. tion bythe General Assembly:. ; .To perfect the organization of the State Association of County Commis sioners ind give it State " sanction' is the object of a bill by Mr. Koonce. The expected bill embodying the Republican platform declaration in favorof a $2Q0 exemption from tax on personal'property instead of $50 was introduced . bv Mr. . Grant, ; the In" the House the f ollowingv bills were' introduced ftnd -ref erred- to "the. appropriate epmmittees on Saturday : 'Weaver -of. Buncombe : , A "bill to be entitled t Kf tkn act denouncing condnH within ; the" State Of Ne'rtb Carollaa' interfering . with trade ' and eommeree. " - Referred to the - Judi ciary Committee,. - 1" Z Perry, ' of Bladen r 'To -benefit" the widow of ex-Confederate soldiers. ; Braiwell, - by -request;" For" the' benefit jofr the State School for the Blindv - . --!'' 'y i Harshaw ,"Fgr the ' relief of abled -ex-Confederate soldiers . i Green : Joint . resolution, relating, ta the Alaska-Yukon Expositioni r Perry, of Bladen: To raise revenue for schools- ' - V' - -.The following . bills - passed . final reading: . - -- To incorporate the- Board, of Pub lication of x the , Westerii .North ; Caro-" Una JO.. Xj. vonierciicc; , To' prevent , horses - niaonjfalsefe?- -1 ticai.' i In ;the SeaSff new bill3 were intro duceiVand Vef erred ca CatixJy ts followsVVVv;v By PharT-iUIelative per- -enir titled Z to ;peonsTins and Soldiers VHomWi :i By Latham: To drain -wet "jand swamp lands (two hundued copies . of the biU were orderediprinted).. Ag riculture. , . " -By Ellinott: For the benefit of the State" School; -for :the Blind. State School iforBlipd.!; w i:" ' ;-4v.'-is-" -By Lockhart: Denouncing -conduct within the State of North Carolina that interferes with trade and com mfrec Judiciary. ; By Gay : Relating" to hunting. Game Laws. , . ' '-r:: rA'-'-v ' By Kluttz: A joint resolution ref lating to the Alaska-Yukon v Exposi Uon. Appropriations. -i;ir& . By Manning: To allow the Regis ter of Deeds of Durham county to ap-I point a deputy. . ' V Bills were placed on their : third and final reading as follows: ; . ' S. B. To amend sub-section 15 of section 1318 of the RevisaL . ; SB. To establish a board of com missioners' for the promotion ef , ujut formity of legislation in.:the United States. Te bill directs the' Gover nor -to appoint three, commissionerp within ; thirty , days-after the passage of this act, to confer with! similar hoards representing other Statesman d make reports , to -the Governor to be transnnitted , to . the Lesrislatarc . Mr. Maoning-explained that "the labor; in volved is one of professional love and not of reward, The congress jof com missioners vwouldr ; recommend alter ex&ugiitsgJ tion .on marriage, divorce, insolvency, the descent and distribution of prop erty, the execution and - probate of "bjlls and other subjects upon w"hieh uniformity of legislation in the vari Cfip States and territories is desirable, S. B. To amend section 202S of tEe ReviSal, relating to time of filing no tice of liens, striking out the word "twelve" and inserting. in lieu there of the word "six." New bills were introduced in the Senate on Monday: Lockhart: Relieve licensed physiJ cians from paying license tax. i Starbuck: To expedite the trial of civil causes in the Superior Courts of the .State. - Barham: To provide adequate compensation for Superior Court judges in holding special terms of court. - Reynolds: Relating to the gov ernment of appropriations to roads. In the House on Monday the f ol lowing petitions and memorials were presented : 'From citizens of Brunswick county relative to 'real and personal proper ty exemptions asking that it be made $200 instead of $50, as at present. Haymore (by request) : From cer tain citizens of Surry county for the repeal of the homestead and property exemption laws. . -Haymore: Joint resolution to me moralize Congress for the establish ment of post roads in North Caro- f una. Higdon (by request).: Amend, Chap. 89, Laws of l07, relative to divorce. , Morton: Separate white and color ed convicts in the State penitentiary and convict camps at sleeping and eating hours. - Morton: For better training of col ored youth and thereby minimise rac prejudice. -1 Hindsdale : Regulate working of women and children in , manufactur ing establishments of North Carolina. . Latham: Regulate the sale of re volvers and cartridges. - Rodwell : Incorporate the Town of Bonn, Warren county. Weaver: Incorporate Asheville " & East Tennessee Railroad.. , Wilson : Protect deer in Henderson, Transylvania, Haywood and Jackson counties. " Majette: Amend Chap. 622, Laws of 1907, relative to hunting deer in Tyreli county. " ' : Graham : Regulate trial of capital cases, giving State and" - defendant ,each twelve peremptory challenges' and the State not to stand any at foot of panel. . . " - ' The following bills passed, third reading: : When the Senate bill to "increase the salary of .' the ommissioner of Labor and Printing from . $1CI0 to. 00 was laid before the House, it passed second reading without dis-. cussion by a division of .45 to 33. .The divorce bill by Bigdon, of- Ma con," by: request would amend the present -ten-year separation clause byf providing that parties , who have lived apart ten years, may be divorced if any children ; they may have are over 21 years instead of if - there;'' art nersons-injsr un $lV6x)00,000 Vcr'Ji : . v m " ' ' ah APPRCraiAiron -1: Special 'Asotsrllejort - OOO OOd Worth cf La- Uti'tstn 'Fraudnlently Acfei Within. tl Taat-Jwo Years y -tJorporati: iffand IndivIisiilsases.Will ts vTatV;-,,0.5-;v " 1 V .JVashington, Speciab-T of - a startlinUjVfr" j whole: s r tvi' "-i-l j cf C-rerlor-CerSeld.r - . in the field. xOus aUegaUwJ is"V-3 t' jj approximately vv $11 r j : ' -wcrth of lands'in States prin- - -cipally west :of the Mississippi river- : have -been frandulenUy- acquired within the past twn years -by. corpora-' Tmith Aview.of ireebvering! these- ioSi RAretftrv: Garfield ;cn Monday ' sent letters to Chairman". Hale and . Tawiiey. 6f theSenatandHouse "gy,' - -propriation ."committees, respectively,- -J .. asMngotadditit)nal::apprejniatio- -of ? $500,000; which, if antedwith- r that already asked for-wfll give the ' Department $l,W)0,pfox,tt,lw" y It is stated, that there is reasonable , -prospect s-of recoyering. much ; of --this - alleged fraudulently acquired land il- : - the appropriation is. TflTomptry .made,' It is also .pointed out that while V- . r. . millioir dollars "may seein 'large 1 M.: , not one per; cent of the? eommercial value of the" land : which the govern- - ment may hope- to recover, 32j()00 distinct cases of alleged- Ian4 frauds demanding y lurtner lnye&tiso-, j . tion. Among such eases waiting Kin- , vestigations now pending are. -1960 dividedramong Florida, 'Alabama and,;- - Mississippi. Senator Bayfier - Wants the Attorney 1 General to Explain; Under. .SWtat :" Law the Newspapers Can;Be Sae4 Washineton. SDeeiaL---Arresolution by Senator, Kayner, 01 - Maryianu,- . calling on the Attorney General : for : , -information concerning r the ' bringing of' a suit for libel against certain V newspapers. Mr. Rayner asked for immediate - consideration, 4 saying the jf only purposewas to. get information- . whether this suit had been ordered, whether it -"was brought at the in stance of' the President, under what -statute it has been "ordered . and by what power and authority the courts are being used to forward this suit - - - The suit which President.: Roose- . velt is believed to have ordered brought against me Press; Publishing, ( Company of New-York, on aecount of-. charges in The New York World that certain well-known persons, includ- . ing Douglas , Robinson, the brother- -; in-law of Ihe President, and C . P. . Taft, the brother of fthe President. elect, were interested in the purchase of the Panama ; canal property, in spired the Rayner resolution. , . ' . Addressing the Senate in support - , of the resolution Mr. Rayner said . there was no law which warrants a - suit for libel of the government. On last Saturday six Washington -correspondents of out-of-town papen and a local newsboy . received snb t poenas to appear before fedal grand juries and give testimony, pre- ' sumably in connection with, state ments appearing , in their publications bearing on - the Panama canal purchase. Opposed to Increase in -Navy. Boston, Special A remonstrance, against a . further increase of the United States navy, signed by 224 clergymen of various denominations in Boston and vicinity twas sent to Congress Monday. It. is the belief of the ministers that naval preparations have grown so enormously as to be- -come a distressing burden on.-, the richest nations, and an actual.menace to the peace of the .world. . Anti-Trust Law Constitutional Washington, Special. The Texas State anti-trust law of 1899 and 1903 was? held constitutional -by the Su preme Court of the United States . in a. decision in the famous Waters Peirce Oil Company cases. - The opin ion also decides against the company and affirms the fine of $1,623,900 or iginally imposed. September, 22d, 1906, the 1 State of . Texas ; brought suit against the oil company in Frairs county to recover penalties and ta cancel the company's permit" to do business under anti-trust law, June 1st. 1 907. the company was :'. found guilty and fined.'. ' ; ' " - Engineer and Tireman Are Killed. : Beagle, Kansas, Spccial.-A ; train rah into an jpen switch here on Mon- -day " and was derailed, the engineer being lrilled.; The engine ranluiro a' string of bunk carsrin which Italian laborers - were sleeping.-- -' Four were l -killed "Sd several injured. The fire-, r man vwas dangerously t hurt and. five f' mail -clerks were glightly hurt. ; ft. : ,. 4-.F f r "' .r-t .v .) 1 . i t t . 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