North Carolina Newspapers

-" T ''-- V ' siB & ?S?V its ? "'i i?: r.: i am 7P - n as CHINA GROVE, N.' C.fmDAYj FEBRUARY 12, 1909. KO. 5. IS! 1 UrA 1 IT VIOLATES TREATY The California Anti-Jap Bill Conflicts. ROOSEVELT SOUNDS A WARNING Tetlng tlie Result .of Axtti-Japanese '.- School : Legislation tire President Sett Forth the Federal Govern ment's Side of the Case. - - Washington, Special The policy of the administration is to combine ; the maximum of efficiency in achiev ing the real object which the people of the Pacific elope , have at heart, with the minimum, of friction and trouble, while the misguided men who advocate such -action as this against which'I protest, are following ft policy which combines the very minimum of - efficiency with the maximum of insult, -.laid which, while totally failing to : achieve any real result for good, yet I tnight accomplish an infinity of J harm.'" In . this laguage President Roose velt Monday in a long telegram to Speaker Philip A. Staton, of the. Cali ' fornia Assembly,1 set forth the govern ment's view of the anti-Japanese school legislation now before that body. , The President' said in parti ' "I trust there will be no misunder standing of the Federal government's 1 attitude. We are jealousy cndeavor ing to guard the interest -of Calif or nia and of the entire West in accord ; anee with the desires of our Western ; people. By friendly agreement with vapan we are now carrying out a pol icy which, while meeting the interests and desires of the Pacific slope, is yet Compatible not merely with mutual Self-respect, but with mutual esteem : and .admiration between the Ameri cans and Japanese. "The Japanese government is loy ; ally and in gcod faith doing its part to carry out this policy, precisely as the American government is doing. This policy aims atv mutuality of obli gation and behaviour. In accordance with it the purpose is that the Japan ese shall come liere-axaetly as Ameri . cans go to Japan, which is " in ' effect that travelers, students, persons en , gaged in international business, men. who sojourn, -for pleasure or study, - and the like shall have tbc freest ac- ; . cess from one country ' to "the other, " .and shall be sure cf the best treat ment, but that there shall be no set tlement in mass by the people of eith er country irr the other. "During the last six months under this policy rrcre Jaoanese have left the country than have come into it, and the total number in the United .: States has diminished by over 2,000. These figures are -absolutely accurate and cannot be impeached. In other words, if the present policy is con sistently folic wedand works as welL in the future as it is now working, all difficulties and causes of friction will disappear, while at the same time each nation will retain its self-respect and the ?cod will of the other. But such a bill as this school bill accomplishes literally nothing what ever in the line of the object aimed at and gives just and grave cause for irritation; while in addition the Unit ed States government would be oblig- ed immediately to take action in the Federal courts to test such legislation as we hold it to be clearly a violation of the treaty. Navada Senate Will Back Anti-Alien I . ' Bill. " Carson, Nev., Special. The Assem bly bill prohibiting Japanese and Chi nese from acquiring lands or acting as corporation agents, reached the Senate Monday. Instead of referring the measure to the Federal relations committee, asTwas done in the Assem bly, the Senate sent itlo the judiciary ; committee along 'withlithe- anti-Japa- nese resolutiop- File Protest Against Rainey's Speech. Washington, Special C. C. Aros emana, the Panama minister, Monday called at the State Department and , filed a protest from his government 3 against the speech made in the House of Representatives recently by Rep resentative Rainey, of Illinnis, in -Which President Oboldia, of Panama, was severely attacked. The minister acted in pursuance of instruction. i Eight Die in Boarding House Tire. Manchester, Special. Three work men were: suffocated to death Moh "fiay morning in Manchester as a result of a fire in a cheap lodging house. Fif teen of the lodgers were removed to a hospital suffering from the effects of r the- flames and smoke, and subsequent ly five of these latter died. Three 'hundred men slept in the house Sun-: , day night, but most of them had gone to work before the fire started.' A few " were injured jumping from windows. : Captain Potts to Command the Geor . ; - - gia. - ; Washington, Special. Captain ' T. 1C Potts, on duty at the Washingt&n i . navy yard- has been selected to com-;- mand'the ibittleship-Georgia,: taking the command formerly held by Cap 'S; tain Edward F. Qualthrough, who was itispended f roni duty following trial :'!ttirtljiaaft Cap-; ' '.r Pnttn' last spa dntv was in com- tnspd of the cruiser pes' Moines. : V . 7 : . . . m ir-i-: ;..s f 1 Doings of the State Legiflature Con- densed Interesting Items ; " from " Day. tcTIay..:' In the House Mr. Coxe, of Anson, introduced by consent out of order a bill to : establish the Morven ; High; School. : :-'V-0:.;--;: .-v-;- 1 m The following bills passed third reading: .. "' - Resolution to pay . the expenses of the committee on Deaf and Dumb in visiting Morganton. 1 ! . ; . ' Amend charter of the Western Carolina. Power and Transportation Company. ;.. i -' - ' - -: , . - Incorporate" Carolina-Tennessee Power Company ' r-".- Incorporate Asheville & Bast Ten nessee Railroad, 60-mile branch of the C. C. & 0. from Xuntdale, ill. Yancey county, to Asheville. , ' The bill to amend Revisal 2634 so penalties for ttnreasoiiably delayed freight might belsued for by any paf ty, damaged as well fis the cohsiguee was on motion of Mr. Coxe, of Wake, re-referred to the judicial committee Ko. 1, as aeveral parties had notified the committee that they desired to be heard. Mr. Gavin explained that thai present law" allowed only the . con singnee to sue for the penalty. -. . 'The usual routine of business itf volved acts of merely local interests. In the Senate Wednesday not with out a long debate the Senate passed finally the Emple game bill, prohibit ing the sale of quail -'and mountain pheasants in Korth Carolina for two years, with an amendment by Senator Peele limiting the killing by a hun ter to fifteen birds on a single day. ,; The Senate passed the State drain age bill for reclaiming swamp and overflowed lands. No oppositon was manifested. There was some discussion of Sena tor Gay's bill to punish public drunk enness in the State, but it was not deemed necessary) in view of the pro hibition law and was voted down. .Senator Pharr and Representative Cox, of Wake, both introduced bills looking to an adequate forestry' bu reau for the State, with several as sistant foresters to travel overL the estate and look out ior necessary-t things to be done to preserve " 'and pepetuate the forests. An appropria tion of five thousand dollars is asked. . ; A: new bill by Mr. Dowd in "the House restores to heads cf State in stitutions the nominating' power in selecting ierBployesaettfTOHthmi twa -years ago and prevents the em ployment of relatives of superinten dents or directors. - A reformatory and amnual train ing school for negro criminal youth is embraced in ; a bill introduced by Mr. Murphy, of Guilford.' Many colored citiens have contributed sums for the purpose, one woman having given eight hundred dollars. The object of the bill is simply to incor porate the school so that contribu tions may be properly received and handled. Senator Doughton by request sent forward, out of order, a bill to create the new County of Avery out" of por tions of Mitchell and Watauga. After an amunated, lengthy hear ing the House committee on manu factures and labor voted to report unfavorably the Hinsdale -bilL The feature' of Thursday was Gov ernor Kitehin 's messa ge transmitting Superintendent Marin's, letter as to the-'finances of the State prison, and recommending that some $63,000 be paid back to the penitentiary from the prison funds in the hands of the State Treasury, . being the money turned over for the liquidation of the prison bonds, and that the tSate pro vide other means for settlling the bond issue. The message was plac ed in the hands si the committees of Senate and House on penal insti tutions. . , In the Senate matters of general interest were in part: :' . Render secure from damage by fires such" woodlan ds as 1 are above the 2,000 feet contour line in North Carolina by authorizirfg the Govern or to appoint fire wardens to be paid by the landowners. . . House bill to amend the Revisal as to the time for advertising or pub lishing notices in cases of caveat, making this jfour instead of six weeks. j , ' . Amend the law as j to standard keepers, inserting a new section in the Revisal. : '; Amend the Revisal by allowing sheriffs , fees of $25 for illicit distil leries seized,- this fee. to be payable to other police officers seizing distilleries.-. -v.-: Incorporate the John Charles Mc Neill Memorial Society. . . -' House bill to fix liability of bafiks to depositors for paying raised or forged checks (six months limita tion. J , - -. r 0' ; i:. . The following are among the" new bills introduced in the House: . Grant: Amend 806, Revisal, as to issuing of injunctions by preventing an injunction stopping a sale-under execution. . r .. " ' -t '-: Dowd: Prevent working 1 on the Sabath. Corrects apparent error in present law and makes violation as misdemeanor instead of punishable by a fine.4)f '$1. " . VCkM Weaver: : Authorize appointment of women;; as notaries' public :: Mr, Weaver suggested, .in-V order, that his bill might be sure 'of a favorable. "re port, that it be referred.io a special committee composed of the . gentler men from CaldweU.;i..Mr. Harshawj the : gentleman from y. Caswelli'Mr, Henderson, and the gentleman from ,i Surry, - Mr. ; Haymore-.': Linn'ey : Except brandy, from the opera tion: of the prohibition. la w.'Al- lows citizens of Alexander county to sell brandy made from fruit grown on their own ..land.1-"-,' v "vv'vvv' ; ..'The following;. bills . were among those passed on : third' reading f v - Incorporate Asheville &. East Ten nessee Railroad Company. . ; . i For relief of "Mrs. Emma "Alice Howard, widow of er-SherifE Eugene K. Howard, of Granville, allowing her to collect back taxes. In jhe ; Senate on Friday certain bills and resolutions were introduced as followsi ; ;k'V .. V Manning: Petition I from i certain soldiers ti or increased Confederate pensions. , Long, bf Person t Amend Chan.' :nxbhe Laws of. 1007, relative to working .prisoners dn the roads at their own request - ; Westi Petition from citizens of Macott .county with request for Con federate monument. .- . "New bills introduced but of order were as,folIows! ' i Barrifiger j Allow ; cleaning estab lish mentSi a lien on articles cleaned until the bill for the work is paid. Dawes : Return to the ; State peni tentiary $68,356.70: from the State Treasury, this .being desired for us in maintenance of the : prison. The bill had been prepared by the ioint committee on penal institution' and Senator Dawes asked its immediate passages This Was done ftn": the bill was sent to the House, lof action there. 1 - J Elliott: Incorporate the Denver & LincolntOtt Railroad CompanV. 1 Fryi; Amend 2S36, Revisal, rela tive to work on the Sabbath, f Barringer: Provide for the main tenance and support of the A. & M. College fo rthe colored race. In the House there was a flood of bills among which are the following: Hanes: Allowsdefendants in civil actions on appeal to .make the same plea ot defense in the Superior Court as they would have been entitled to had they been present at the former trial. . . '. - : Weaver: Authorize- the creation of , railroad companies for , the trans portation of certain classes of freight by relieving them of the obligations of common" carriers. .. - Foy : Relief of Pender county flood suffers. The following bills passed third j reading: .. :r-:,.-';;x;,j x eriiiiu otaooara air ljiae.itaiiwav to condemn part of Brnnswick street in Wilmington for terminal purposes. benate bill to render secure from fire forests lying 2,000 and more feet above sea leveL Senate bill directing State Treas urer to return to the State prison a sufficient sum from its earnings for 1908 to support it for 1909 Provide for compensation of judges holding special terms of court, at rate of $100, a week, j Amend slot machine act of 1907 so as to exempt from tax those dispen sing drinking water only. In) the the Senate Saturday among the number of bills "of local interest ! was one by Mr. Holden to expedite j the rial of causes both civil and j criminal, and relative to challenges. - ! . At the. request of Chairman Dough tosj:..of. the committee of agriculure, the bill to regulate the registration of stock and poultry feed was re-re- : f erred to that committee in order that ! there may be a further hearing as to its provisions February 15th. The substitute for the Berham and Starbuck bills to equalize peremptory 1 challenges in the trial of capital cases and abolish the practice of the -State j in standing aside "jurors to theend of the panel, providing that the State have twelve and the defendant eigh teen challenges, passed its third read' ing. House bill to allow the board of agriculture to sell test farms and give title. Amend Revisal relating to fees of corners so as to allow fees of $3 in case no foul play is found and a jury not necessary. The bill to provide better-protection for the employes of railroads do ing interstate business and assuring them the rights of personal property exemption came up with favorable re port from the committee, It was Senator Bassett's bill. Senator Fry spoke in opposition to the bill and Senators Bassett and Barringer for it. The bill passed final reading. A resolution by Senator Lee ' rela tive . to the death of Representative Hayes providing- that when" the Sen ate "adjourn for the dav it do so in his memory, was adopted. - In the House Mr. Harshaw offered a resolution in memory of Thomas N. Hayes, member from' Wilkes, -news of whose death bad reached the House. The resolutiofa expressed the grief and sympathy of th House of Representa tives, a . provision that it be spread, upoa the journal, and that -the House adjourn at 12 p'clpck in his memory. Adopted at .once unanimously. , On motion ; the Speaker -appointed Mr. Caudill,-the eolleague "of the de ceased inembe?, and Messrs. Crump lerv Carver, Buck and Tomlin a spe(S ial CQmmitee to represent the House at the funeral at Purlear, in Wilketf county, ' the home of ; the Represents tiye whose Vacant seat is now draped, in inouTning and garlanded witha wreath.. A joint resolution offered by . Mr. Morton was adopted unanimously' to, the effect that" the -State Pav the 1 f uneral"expensesir iMiJM-. The following new.bilKoffered ;,rc Tajrlof : AinendyBevisal 370 rel'a tiveto! bringing ; new iactioris f after uvu-siub .- Foy j Joint Resolution -.to pay expienf ses . of sub-committee. Trisiting insane' - (nnbr Repeal Reyisar:4792; knd require , assessment insurance company ies doing business ;ljij$&'&mUxi to.mako deposit withthe: State Treas nre?. : T7- -yP::: Perry : Fogreater proteciionf and. comfort of Ihthe trareling ipublic (Substitute for similar bill which was mislaid) .v Provides- for screens - to windows of n hotels and boarding houses and ralfroad -cars. 'v"i Ilvingstpn Eeqnire ":, attendanes"cn public schoolsTln JTryoa white graded: school district Polk county? - - : ; Gordon t - Amend Revisal" relating to, public health. (Enlarges powers of State boar of health and inoreas-' es appropriat&n from $2,000 "to; $10 000. nuttine secretsrv in the field providing forassistants :snd . aetivc New bills in. the Senate on Monday were irt part is follows: '. Emple ! r Amnd " Sec... 1834'RevisaL relative to thr closed; season for hunt Ing quailand lather game. " ' Peele 1 Repeal Chap. 024, ; Publie Laws of 1907y, relative to the encour agement of rnDiigration. t ; sif Bills that pissed final reading; Protect - forests of North Carolina from fire. -v C; ,-' ! -;-X' House bill: to amend Uie Revisal relative to theT marriagt ceremony by allowing an Authorized preacher as will as ordainemini8ters to perform the ceremony r '; The following new bills Were intro duced out of -order t . '' Jones i Prevent passing worthless cheeks. , ; Jones:. Compel -express companies to make prompt " settlements in cash or C 0. D. shipments. Jones r Enable honest employes to obtain credit. C ' Jones t Prevent frauds on mer chants. 'V'-' -. ' ' . Dockery : Prohibit capital punish ment except in l ease of criminal as ssult on. women :! Holden : Incorporate , Louisburg Female College. . . . . - Manning : ' Direet and empower the Treasurer of North Carolina to issue $100,000 jbonlls fof ithe permanent enlargement of the State's education al and charatibfe " institutipns. .,.1 The following - Were put upon their final . reading and 'passed v A resolution by Senator Blow'jfqr a secretary to be appointed for the com Tuitteei dlklaprrBtti sitions and grievances was adopted; House Bill to pay Pinkerton Detec tive Agency $30.56 for services in try ing to ferret out the murder of Arthur Crimminger. House bill to amend the law so that clerks of court may pay $50 instead of $20 to mothers of indigent, chil dren. v ' ' Amend the Revisal so that coroners may hold inquests "at the request of the solicitor. .. House joint resolution to pay, the funeral . expenses of Representative Thomas Nr Hayes, of Wilkes eounty. The Khittz bill to provide fire es capes and protect human life was laid before the Senate with a unanimous favorable report from the committee on insurance.' Senator Kluttz spoke forcibly for the bilk ' Senator Pharr offered . an amendment that r theatres be required to use asbestos drop cur tains and made a motion that the, bill be printed and made a special order for Tuesday of next . Week at noon. The motion prevailed. , . The following were introduced in j the House: 1 Latham: Amend Chap. 360, Laws of 1907, so that the Mattamuskeet Railroad may be constructed to Wash- ington, N. C. Lemmond : Amend Sec. 1040, Revi sal,' advertising and notice of sale, j ' . Morton: - Relative to requiring se curities in cases where attorneys in stitute suit for contigent fees to pro vide for the costs and the defendant's lawyer's fees.' . - . , Grant : Require employers of fe male employes to provide seats for them. Koonce : Define, prohibit and de clare illegal trusts and combinations and provide penalties for violation. (The Texas law, fine of $500 and im prisonment of officers). . v Koonce : For relief of the people in the matter of insurance and ., to strengthen the Insurance Department. (Establishes - insurance . commission composed bf Governor, Council of State, Attorney - General and Iiisur ance Commissioner). Gordon : Create the degree of cer tified public accountant and board of examiners for public accounts. "On motion of Mr. Doughton the House reconsidered the vote by which jon Saturday it didnot concur in the Senate substitute for. the. bill provid ing for:the salaries of certain employ es of the Supreme Court for -services furnished the justices, and recalled tho conference committee. ; 4 The Mowing are among those fin ally, passed : " ' V.' ' . Senate substitute - concerning fern- ployes Tandassistants of the Supreme Court.: .. ' - j-' ,;; Incorporate; the Unkmt Power and Transportation Company. Raleigfi. 'r; Joint resolution to pay thje expenses of the sub-committee ,-4;- insane asylums. t ,. : " ::'n . As amended, with amendments ' to the amendements, the committee b ,8urate . ,xorthe; chad, jabbj .-bill was gissed on ; second , v reading , by 3 the puse.' Tuesday in suclr shape that its' own mother would never reeogni& it anvwhefeiC Then thealheKtumnltu- pns lower, branch hesitated to let it.goy tnrough i, on ; tmrd reading " and was i ouuaings -ana personal properiy i "!,7U:- ;. vi ant .) oces ox ; c-.ttse. exteaaea. u?b , -L Cox, of Anson, to print it as it" stands" and makerit- a. special, order for next Tuesday February16th Unlangled as best It. niay be, the much-man ipu. lated mesa ore now. on the calendar of. bills for, third reading phifeUfcr night work in mills' by women and girls al together and by "boys under 16, pro- yiaes ior a. system xi iactory. inspec tion by the Department "of Labor: and Printing, ;reduces the hours ofwork ofwomen and children from 60 to 63, a week. and prohibits children under' 13 from; working as . helpehu to older employes' the- night; wore section i to go into effect January '.lit, 1910. 3 Mr. Murphy presented: a memorial against taking rfira insurance conv psnies for-the firemen V-'rlieffttad.- The" conimittee - on health, - through Dr. Gordon.: reported anixtorably the. Hindsdale t bill amending; the law. as to the sale of narcotic drugs," and re ported favorably a- substitute in the nature of compromise Ibetween: the present 30 - per; ceht solution limita tion and the 5 per .cent-that is pnv posed in the Hmsale bill. -. It : puts cocaine under '.the ; same irestrictions not " to ; be sol 1 without a" physician's prescription. ; : tBr." . '': vlln : the" Senate.Ttiesday- during the reports- of committees noHf$ . was given by Senators. Barhanv ; rmond and Fry that there would be ( V oainor ify favorable 'reportjforcthe 31 rringer bill to eliminate the present iquire ment -of .railroad . compamtti as to mileage books,: This notice l't right after the bill had been repiflltd un favorably , by the .committep.t i rail roads . in accordance with tj). action taken when the committee Vtte was 7 to 37 -i - The .following new bills weiu Intro duced ' : : -r . " Manning: Regulate the practice of architects and create a State board of examiners. -: ;."v - : Means t Make the State Superin tendent o fPubliC Instruction a trus tee of theState University" of North Carolina. .-" i . -- . . Nimocks: Provide, for tt tZ!. ment ofkthe ! rural ; free 'delivery., ser vice. ..V::,-. ' "-: v J" - . " ' -Barringer: Memorial form ; insur ance 'companies and others against the' bill taking insurance companies for the firemen's relief fund. r- ' . The vCurrie House bill to regulate the registration : and sale oi. concen trated feeding stuffs" came' up" on -its third - reading and . was passed ' with two amendments One by Senator Blow, struck out . the words- ' n-latt r-1negglsitiep- by the btMrdpf kx'Tt- f eulture ' ' "after the words ' ' violation of this act" and the penalty clause, the amendment' eliminating the penal ties prescnDea ior violation or. rules and regulations of the beard of agri culture The other amendment was ky ' Senator Pharr and provides that the act shall not apply to stocks of feed now. in the' hands of dealers and manufacturers. ; Other; bills that were passed final reading: ; Provide dijhtheria anti-toxin for treatment of indigent persons threat ened with the disease. ;. House resolution to pay the ex penses of the joint sub-committee to visit the colored hospital for insane, Goldsboro. Provide proper sanitary surround ings for State educational and char itable instutions. " The following new bills introduce4lif out of order: TP Shaw:; Amend the charter of the Virginia Carolina &. Southern Rail vay Company. - ' - Shaw: Require all clerks, of Super ior Courts and registers of deeds to publish al fees ieceivedby them dur ing the year. . TJnole Sam Not Responsible Rainey's Utterances. ' Jot Washington, Special. The United States government' disavows all re sponsibility for remarks made .by Representative Rainey, of Illinois, in the House, about two weeks ago criti cizing President Obaldia, of Panama, according to a letter seut by Secretary ef State Baccn to C. C. Aorsemena. minister "from Panama, in reply to a protest by the later made by direc tion of . the minister's - government. r- ; News of the Day. ' 4 From many, towns : come the fe- ports of exploded ranges? in kitchens where the freeze of last week plugged up the pipes to water heaters. - " The New York World offers a prize of $10,000 for an ah-ship "contest to navigate-over the line Jof Robert Ful ton's first and; famous voyage with the Clearmont, up the Hudson . river when, the 102nd - anniversary -will ; be celebrated next CfaiLr-- Four entrance? have been made already. - .. . ; Bryan; Deniestho Story. ' v Jacksonville,; Fla., Special. Wil liam Jennings . Bryan reached Jackson- ville at 7 o'clock Sunday morning fnmipeland-yand emphatically denies the story sent j oui rardingf the alleged, automobile accident near Tar pon Springs, in which it was said that he was badly in jured and under -treat; ment'in "a Tampa hoteL '; v -h; : j llacon Ha $40,000 Fire::;: Macon,. Ga., SpeciaL--Fire originat-. ing in acottage-on Wilder 'streetiin: bOuth Maeon, Sunday 'morning : at':'ll C'elock; driven by a stiff .wind;Tapidr ly spread to' adjourning' dwellings; re- snliing in; the '; complete destruction, of, twentysix residenMslthe; CHILD IText .of . Snbstltnte Offered by ;CbHcxi Mm aen ana-vniia lias iiccn ra ToraW' Aeted imibyCcinttittiE'e oi LegblaWsr-AIse i Ccrers .Factcr rlnspeonr!iea0-f;i The cotton ?ttanttfaHrerSf 1 the tate i are watcliingrhinteret" the -substitute bili. proposed .by ;taa North Carolina, cottoni m3lmen aS St substi tute for the Hinsdale .bill -introduced in. the :IgUlaforeV Theew.bi f orethe ;commlttei .; msnuf actnreS of theHouie, was adopted .jts express Ing the views bf .the House cammittee, after; ixjittmberof .cotton sjtiXtLi men ld;beeneardr:';vv The text of tlis new bill; which has been, favorably .nported by : ths com-1 mittee is as f'lIowsi -"BL bill r tobt: enfit li : si: tctcto amend r 1 ' An ; act to regulate and re strict 'child labor iff mannf acturing "estabUshmenb .' -; . " r The General VAssemblyJof 'Noi ? blina-do enaet:- -fcHi Section l.:;That the Public Laws of 1907, Chapter 463 be, and1 the same is hereby amended by ijosertins at the end of section 4 thereof, the" follow ing t-ttetibnt;,--.- J??2?3$T- .'Sec 5.'That it shall ene duty of each person Snd the superintendent of each corporation engaged in. man nf acturing business and. who employs labor in r any?factory-or mannfactu. ing establishment within ' the State of NorthjXJarpJini Jo report; to the Commissioner of Labor and Printing; in writing and under oath, on the' first day ef January and July, of ach year, except, where inch days fall on the Sundays, and in such cases 'thenvon the day following, wheUier br not "the provisions and requirements of Cba ter. 463 of the Public Laws jof ,1907; in. so far as said provisiomv are appU cable to such persons or corporation engaged , in manufacturing ; as. afore said, have beed . faithfullyi ..complied wtih but suoh person or.corporation for whom such reports are respective ly made. ' " ' - - ."Sec. 6. That .any person "sa; engag ed is manufacturing , or the, superin tendent of any ; such corporation, or the person who holds the position -of. sueh superintciideni' .tmder . whatevei name who.shail,faii to .make, eueh re port within ' thirty, days .from January and Jul v of each veaivor shall swear falsely, 6hall be'TfQiityt of a i misde- meanor ana nnea r ; impriEonea in. ihe ' ulreftdn othvurt. rlJLwsf,v-y. "Sec 7. TfaaC it shall ba the duty of the Commissioner .of.' Lr.bor .and Printing to furnish to all person's 'and corporations so. i engaged ; in... manufac turing, blanks containingr forms of such rerxrts. :-:-"'; "Sec. 2.. That upon report .being made , to tfye Commissioner of Labor ancTTrinting . of . the violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 463 of the laws of 1907 by any person cr cot poration so engaged, in manufacturing it shall be the duty of ' the Commis sioner of Labor and Printing; to r?-. port the same io the sheriff of the county in which such-persons or cor poration is engagedC in the manufac turing business, "and'jt.. shall bTithe duty of such sheriffs to investigate and make.- report of iisinvestigationi'j and the results thereof 4o the Com missioner of Labor and Printing and if the Commissioner of Labor . and rinting' deems proper; be shall : re port the facts to the solicitor of the district and- one or more justices ot the peace in .the oonnty in which such manufacturing business is carried on. Sec 3. That Section 6 of Chapter 463 of the Acts of 1907, shall be num bered! section 9. , "Sec 4. That th:s jH shall be in foree from and after July 1,1909." '' Snap Beans in the Market.; Newbem, Special. One of "our en terprising fruit merchants received a consignment' of "string beans Satur day night. : This is unusualy early for this vegetable, but it shows the advanced contdition of the truck in the extreme South. - The Proposed Moseley County On Tuesday the question of form ing a .new county out of parts .of Greene, Lenoir and Wayne xOun ties' eame .up before a committee of the Legislature .at Raleigh. The pro posed -county, is t to be known 'as Meseley county,' ' named , . in hoUoy o Governor W. D. Moseley;. who was born and lived in Moseley .Hall town ship, j ;. -' A Great Tobacco Trade. . Greenville,; Special. According to the records kept by. Secretary C W. Harvey, of the tobacco board of trade the sales of tobacco on the Greenville market . for the . month of January were 462,788.; pounds I at -an,- average price of 8.37.; The total. sales the season, np - to February - 1st, were 11117 ; pounds. This is aires dy r a little; jn excels ,ofthe entire.-sales cf last season, I with . a ; monthmore ' of thisseasoiK to-- be , reported. fair Ges Into Receiver's - Salisbury; ; SpeiaL Upon the 'ap- pncaiion ; -pi. --a, u-'lrott-ana -ojner creditors. -Judge- E.rB. -Jones. on Sat urday: ordered thTrfkinalley; Fair- Association In the hands.1 of a' reeeive'rrr naming iWalter ;H.Wood soh7Esq.of X '' Sali8bnryj- ?: to "take 9WWkVii53i action was- precipitated by the death of P. 'Down JGcfi y Hood, in" Trent . of .'Central-IIIotel. it'CnatteN. -X G.: Hood, who for many years hMbeenTidentifie interests of Charlotte, was-shot down by Mr.: W. S. Biggers in front'of thflT Wvr S. Xi52ersS2:dot3 rCentralHotel; t troiontntiUiV 'ocloTuesd'ayiiiorn :4ie4i$ wittin twenty ininntes.'-ftethe- txttWyfW ibbEoo 'nergse4Tcoi8imii'St: aesavfe ? s,mm: : ; By a. railroad aecident Biggers had "''C lost his right arm, 3?ut I'wielded hU pistol with the left.' " ,::rZ:';X .Theshciting ; took place at closs'is 'i range Biggers .being Jwithiar:itee.. flurf eet fHood when'he "oDenwl: 'ti Lfire. -Hood fell at: the thirdshbtr tnd.T; in a" few moments-the. sidewklkwas ' red with , blood whilr'ar-part of th"'.'-'T:" brain of the victim was mingled with the - blood "that - was ; streaming from the wounds In; the beadVi Z fe One ball ftxarBiggers pistol. pissAf ; edr through th e rear-of tbe Central Hotel -Tmsiand shattered7 a pane' of 1; glass in thefronpassing within fduf '. inches of the driver 'r head. The sams: x. ball; eon tinned .across f Trton- street . and; broke a large, plate glass in the' front-of the? offices -of the' Southern- Real' Estate, .Loan Jand Trust, Com-; pany. r.:;?,?'--'.; .-. J ust before -the shooting Hood wsi seen withJiisJiands. extended forward,; asking Biggers not to shoot .hinv thht -beiiig practically 'all that .was gather ed of the conversation that took' place. U Jiiggen raisediHs pistol j in his left ; hand, .. and pointed square,, at .,Hood, the: first ".shot : evidently going wild, and hittinff the holcb 'bu "..The sec . ond shot is -believed to have been the most fatal cf all,; the ball entering.be tw.eep ; the eyes and .-. about an inch above a line acrcWue middle of the forehead.-- -: ;.;'H . . '-Zr-hly-:: ; - When a : policeman -reaehed - th scene -pf'the " tragedy Biggers was standing over, his victim-with his pS--tol in - hii-hand ; Turnine to -tha j:rlimarhrsftidtaI submit to.'yctt . -; and . here is my.-pistoL -ilood ".. has been-trying- to, Yob me, my : wif e ; and ;" my children for several "years .and I have . 7one; all "that - I ; had to dec I ccv wililngf, to ; go anywhere Ton 'say .The men had been in business . to gether ' Fome years ego. . Biggers had. subscribed : fori scm&,xt "the stcck -end paid in part of tha sumJ . Believ ing it. to. be a"lo8s he refusd,to pay . in the rest while it seems "Hood; demanded " payjmcnt. This probably: led to hatred and the homiside. . "The Times'l Only at 'ThomasviHe. ChailOttC.'Sppciat The Southern Publisher . fcr February was" misled : : by; an . article that appeared; in-the news of . the day, the substance of which ; was ' fo- the effect' .: :- that n crganiration had been completed by. which Thomasville was to have a new weekly, paper.. We accepted it . in me simpiieuy ci our-iaitn.. in tne correctnessof matter found in our ex-;l ehangee, just as we would had we ; wen it in . the . esteemed Thcmasville ' Times, which. is onjhe ground already and is covering the" field .and . meeting Wffll the" demand. -We stand ready at-, all times to, eulogise, the untold value of journalism, .but sometimes informa-; tian from, - an apparently reliable : V ". source mayibe in.rror, as in. this case. - " V?-'-. .."t'"v-'5"- " ' ':i Inventor, of .Olirer; Typewriter Dead. ;.':' Chicago, SpeciaLTbomas Oliver, inventor of the' OEver , typewriter, died suddenly Tuesday of heart" dis- ? : ease while;waiting for" his wife -at -. railway station to start for Pine Bluff, . i r' Art, to test a; machine .whlclrie had recently : ulvented, !.which he, declared -would revolutionize the ' cof ton . indus-, try.. The machine was a cotton-pick- . ' ing device, which , was to; dp away - with the work now ddne by band; Southern Steel Company Reorgaiiized.-;:: Binghamra., SpeciaL-Ad- : vices received here Tuesday from New York are to the effect that the Souths ern Steel Compaby.'a $20,000,000 con j , eern ; which: went into bankruptcy last - year has been Te-organized with flLW' Hassinger - jas' president- and - the re- sumption of operations will be. updef '? : way wumn wn uays., , -.. National Hiiwvs" Association 2 Or- - :-: .,, , ganized at St. Anfrusnne.'f v ..., : St. AueustineJ Fla- Special! rTho National Highways; Association . was organized here "Tuesday with John A. Stewarts of New'ork ' City,; presi- . .v dent; Aibert Lewis, .Bear Creek. ,Pa first viee president ; E. L. -.Leighton, ClevelandVtX., " third viee : president : From Hhis foundation, a national as-X' sociation will- be built up consisting" of -prominent ;members" from' all sec tions'and a national convention:wiIlf be . held here -ext ; J anuary when- as tion ;will be. takeniooking ' for con- ; gresaiona t support : .1 :--'.-.r ' , r Jack . Binni Welcomed-Some. Bmnewirelesa Ieph:bpera"r;: who; was on board the(steamer ' Re public Vt!the. time "of . her collision off -Nsntucke last.xnpnth with the steam- ' er Florida,r was -given a rousing recep-c tlon ia Peterborough; Lis native town : Tuesday aftemf on. ' rHe-'wasmet ttj 'the rra?Irosd station wirhJbands flay. ; .Ingi'iSee ; tht Coaqneriasr. Hera vcmes" ana ice mayor Jnrms cnams -, - 3 Ki -'-." L . ; H .. . . , ! i -::n i- -