North Carolina Newspapers

L -Jj, -tP- .xKvi.' si.-'- s.'-f rs'': HI:'-'--r -"n v-:' iftt y.- :y M" - --c---:-!,.'-:-:--U4',-"':?1 VOL. II. VCH IN A G I?0 VE, N.:CfF RJ D A Yv MARC H:4;1 9 LO Sr Ivi V? V v- -. IK- 5 , w i I- If: !- ft-'.'' A SENATOR'ST AREVELft James Gordon's AfldreSS Masterpiece. ': A MISSISSIPPIAN'S QOODBYL . V - -V - - li-i. . Wanted to be Seriar Jr6m the Time he was Five tiYears Old- Words of Praise for the Richest Man in the World. Washington, Feb. 25. What Senator Depjew fittingly character ized as the most unique farewell ever delivered in" the senate cham- ber was heard there yesterday day when at the close of ;tje ses sion and at the end of Ihis term, James pordon, the" senator"' from Mississippi, said good-bye to the senators with whom he had served for the last sixty days. - Colonel Gordon spo&e for "per haps half an hour and when he had concluded Senator DepeW address ed the chair, saying he never had heard or read any speech of the kind which was so unique and so impressive as the one which had just been delivered to the senate. The New York senator said he was sure he voiced the sentiment of all the members of the senate when he expressed regret over the passing of the Mississippian. "No matter," he said, "how wonderful a colleague succeeds him he cannot be .Tas. Gordon, of Mississippi." Practically the entire senate lis tened! with rapt attention to the address-of the venerable Mississip pian. lie stood back of his own desk on the extreme right of the vice-president and. in homely phrasVand almost without gesture talked to his colleagues as if they had been old time friends. Twice he quoted from his own book of verse, vcjhji aftrexffarda seated to the vice ent. remarks were frequently punctut-t. ated with applause and laughter . - . . the occupants of them joined free ly in the .manifestations of ' ap proval. '; 1 " Beginning- with . the statement tat the deadlocirinMississippi had been broken and that Mr. Percy had beeu chosen to take his place, "Colonel Gordon said that he had felt a desire to express his feel; ings towards the senate before re , turning to his home in Mississippi. He then told how when five years old he had been presented with a toy board which was checked over with different objects, some of them good and some of them bad One of these objects was the Capi tol of the United' States and his mother had told him, he said, that if he would be good and ' would live a correct life he" might soma day hope to sit in the seat of the big man who was pictured there. ''She never had told me a He and I knew that what she said was true. I knew That I would some day occupy the-seat of that big manand od helping me I got there yesterday," referring to the fact that for a. time yesterday ho had occupied the seat of the pre- siding officer " I was multirmillioTi- airesaid'CoI. ; Gordon, 'J but I was neyer nappy until I got rii of my surplus money. I spent much of itxm my slaves snd the'rest of my funds I spent like any gentle man md. got rid of the entire en cumbrance . ' -V' " :;, ''I have listened with interest to the speeches here and-the.-more'I hear of them the sorrier I am for the millionaires. - Why, if there is a fellow in the United States that I am sorry for it's Rockefeller be1 cause he has more money than any one else. . That is his misfortune. He can 't go on the street with one of his grandchildren without being afraid .that some one might kil' I him. c Why, I know thrft-he loves ; one of those children much better than he loves all the money he has Wp:- : " - KO-.-; - ft?:. r.V(I think ivir. Rockefeller isla Iffe-'i ''k-'''- ' ' - . ;;,!!T!' ;;' -'' "5!4!:& oodman.1 see hisVemnlorM peaK:Weil of him. an T m txnia lthat,ie never hid a strifce-ram j toW alsothateJ has' given, much uiwejr.jo .ijnurenes and -education. -fNpwl don't-suppose- eveW bordy will like that; but those .who aont t.am put it in! their pips and smoke it, r I'd . like for Mr." Rockefeller to-" come down to Mississippi and run)iispipe lines through my land; He could haVe right of way for allthriineshe wanted for'l kknow that-jn.my-time coal' oil 'has been reduced from forty-tfents to ten cents per . Referring to the fact that he t aH oeen a Uootederate soldier. Air. Gordon saicf; I foughf and bled,hut I didn't die. However'. T skftVadl quehtly. He then told of some Qf his ex ploits in the. war and how he had captured General Coburn, of In-1 diana, and General ghafter. Shaf- ter, he saidad-nfed at him five times durJJ; the Confederate cnrge without hittuig him. He admitted tmr pn more, than one occasion he had been -'skeered" but said thaihenever hejinion and confederate soldiers L.t they were a ways good friends;sSert ing that he loved the negVo he declared that he wanted -'.Afason and Dixon's line obliterated!from the map of the United States. " - "A few 'blab-mouthed people down our way talk differently," he said, "but they are soinsfgnifi cant that thes- not worth cuss ing, they areJvorth-wasting in vectives upon.i' Paying a tribute to soldiers of both the noth and the south, Col onel Gordon said " - w "You may as .welltry tl storm the heights of . Heaven and pjlck the diadems frpnf Jesus' ;cwwa' as to take away-item eithejttliem any'of the gloy-kf thefords of the two mejllr0:.stoiKTidfF the! aosef1 wars rrHf p2ealffi A man givmg his name as Henry S.. MaV.went;to J. Beattie Bar bour, an undertaker at Shipperis burg, Pa., and v purcased a burial "outfit for his wife. The bill amounted to $6Qt Mack tendered in payment a check drawn on the Carlisle Trust Company and sign ed by William G. Grissinger, of Plainfield. The undertaker, not having the ' $5 change, gave the man 75 cents, all the cash he had in his pocket, stating he would pay him the balance when he de livered out at ihs home. ,. After the man departed the un dertaker became suspicious and started in pursuit. After a chase of three miles, during which the "undertaker fired several shots, he captured Mack, took him back to Shippensburg, and turned him over to the police . LOOKING FOR MATES. "Uncle Joe" Receives Letlers on Subject of Matrimony. Washington, Feb. 25. The "Uncle Joe Cannon matrimonial agt tirtnxr" 1Q in tn II SWlTiy a rtl . Since jthe 'publication of the original let- ter several aays ago in wnicn a woman in Ohio deplored the pres ent high cost of living as a deter rent to men seeking matrimony, epistles from both sexes, dealing with the subject, have been grad ually increasing in the speaker's mail. An Illinois farmer wrot that he did not mind the high priees, and .. was possessed of a 120-acre farm, and was looking for a wife A Cincinnati woman writes : ' "Dear Uncle Joe : r "Why doii't the young ladies, or the old ones, rfor that matter, accept a Worthy man when he proposes marriage t Now, we throw him down through vanity or f ooishness as though a man Had no feelings or heart. sayt in all sincerity that most, of the girls are to blame if they haven't got: husbands.". Speculate, not on distant things tmoT3BYrComoN,:momf Some of the Other Internal Evidences of r J'Jp one denies that a very large asset oiL the--South isjts annual billion dollar cotton erop. " In fact a study of the figures of cotton produced- in 1909 shows that its value is not only more than double tnat of thCwoTld 's output ofrgoldi'bwtr that the cotton crop exeeeds:in :valuethe : aggregate capitol of all the national banks in the United States. "' r ' - But - r . ; 1 t LCotton is by no mean the-jonly asset of the rSulhern" States,'-: nor lis Jhe increased value o?The cotton j crop tneoniy tttermometer-f. tnfl registers the'Sapefeis that:-ProgpresS and Prosperity: haverT given Uhis section. , v :V rfX''" ; r;In 1880 jtheentiretkutput, ofal in the United StaJeV wasf4&,000,V OOCyoriS ;fctherSouth-is"now mining mor than 90,000,000 tons of cOal each year It" is not difficult to es; timate whether this tyitputcanbe continued focjnany years, when, it is considered that the South has more than 62,000 square miles, "of bituminous coal; lands, as against the combined, total of Great tain, Germany,, France and Austria of only 17,000. Incidentally, the South has mure iron ore thai foreign experts claim for all Europe. TheV possibilities of the South as ;an iron ire field are indicated when it is stated that $50,000,000 .have- been eifc pended in Alabamajby the. United Stages Steel- corporation, which has iUnder- way now a $3,000,00Q steel anj C wire plant, andjwpl spend an additional i $7,KX)ob, which have, been appropriated. Ei; Judge Elbert :Ti .Gray,- chairma of theUniM&St that. he hid just returned frcm the South, audi: was enuiusiasiiu over the possibilities of this .sec tion, and added: VWe find that from the Birm ingham ristrict " we can reach on equal terms of freight rates 30 per cent of the population of the Unit ed States The United States Steel Corporation can manufacture in Alabama when its construction work now under way and contem plated is completed, steel and iron at as low a cost as any plage in the world. ;- ; ' 4 Birmingham district is an" ideal center for reaching domestic ras .well as foreign sources of outlet for steel products. The district dusing of half the sulphur of the steel corporation's greatest ship ping centers for steel and iron in foreign countries.", Birmingham, Alabama, " "has for many years dictated the price of pig iron and the Birmingham rails have no superior in the United States. ' -o.';'- ' ": " ' '- ' - ' The South is Aladdin- rich in natural monopolies. . Not only does she stand alone in the pro ducing half- the sulphur of the world. No other section is as rieh in phosphates as the South, and phosphate is the foundation of the fertilizer industry. . Our tobacco fields produce fortunes ; we are on friendly terms with stock, wheat, rye, barley; , clover ana aiiaiia, whileIn South7 Carolina therehas beeii : raised mdre, corn to the acre than any Western state ever pro duced on a similar plot... The South has: a monopoly on rice ,sjy ar. cane and naval stores. Today . . f ; rty per cent; of all - the standi. timber- of the .United States. Is in the South. . . .?'".'-. In addition to what has been mentioned, . there ... are . found throughout fthe Southiljoilgas, magnmcent water-; powers unsur passable marble,-the vastest grar ite mountain - in the world, wou derful bmlcung stone; and marvel ous clays that make the finest road beds in the world. Seven, years ago "a piece of pro perty in Atlanta, with an average of 3 feet in width and 108 feet in avAitivwwv.uvia- i I. in M I lit ill in . .nvr . I 'ii: Onten?ieW, vBtafefrTckfx6m Riehmtfitido -8 - i3r tKeiSbuth's&rogrMZiXf- latktaxr: Infer tfTkt.Kfiftlff fATHfed? Kflft'- ATliaiToTnQ oi.ute.uuuuiug uu-mtigp was esu- mated at-.-lJOOakinff.the actual dirt'WOirtir ,000 "seven years go.- Sirice ' tiat time the building, whjchaaal4xig inearif8core more loiterine mibuts have iseven-yearsago,- has'e.deterioated sujji ., it W UClZL-i yoUt i; $1U,UUU. tPour months ago that sameipiece xwcrtjr, wiuxl" lit Oniy,- XWO blocks ; fromJhe - resijdence section of Atlan'waasoldo $225,000. Allowing theresidencfif' section of AtlajatawasMYalueofhe building io . oe jxy,uw ajtng present time, this :shows- an i increis in seven years of morethanynTtimes in vame oiinispieceoi: property, tin iincreasevf rom abjixut $550 per trent toot to per. front foot in seven years - - ,-. - Wliire'we aejenfioning Atlan t$V wi might iidd thut it is the pvvviau iaig - umoc imi inme market in the worldrxmd the great- ets insu'raneer eenei. outside of New .Itork . and Chicago. ? We think of Memphis, loo, just at this point J tuiu .pause-.i-osay nat .ii is tne Bri-llargest inland cotton'niarketin the world, and the largesthardwood t center in America -4 ? Reeentrjr governmefit . statisti eians announced that -jnTtbe past ten years the Gulf exports-had showed an increase "of more fthan $200,000,000 jumjf' of from $194,000,000 in 1809 tfe $410,000, 000 'in- the fiscal yea lending in 1909 ra- Jtremfendftus -stride that makes'ttgtherwisiajfJcrease pf the ltlanlic ps-ioirk liktqd initepofbale. - i AdyvStf .anticipation of , the anamacanal, it is the Hitention of L.-LH. flllllllll "Tampa, and to use to the fullest advantage the enclosed waters of Tampa bay and the peninsular which stretchy' out into the Bay like a great natur al pier' Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola and' Port Arthur will become, the greatest of ports, and with the - proper energy the world can be .brought to realize that Charleston, with its wonder ful natural harbor," can be made second-to none in point of com mercial' importance. Inevitably the; great - railroad system reach ing each . of these ports 'will spend in. the next three or four years hundreds of millions of dol lars in perfecting their lines for trade will call for myriad argosies when once the canal is opened . -" sWecome to the question as to whether outside resources and for eign, capital have been brought to a full realization of the immense possibilities, the wonderful un touched wealth, the" vast natural resources of this k thrice-blessed Sunny South. We read recently in' the Cincinnati Enquirer that a higher price for cotton, which is the admitted! foundation of the South 's magical inflow of money. will be the-rule m ; the coming year, even if record-breaking crops are produced in the. South, for the opening up of. the coun tries in the. tropics of every conti nent is.bringing their hundreds of millions of population.! into closer touch with civilization and will cause such an immense increase in the demand for. ebttou cloth as to require the production of millions of bales more of the fibre by. theJ South. i i r v -.": It is added that while the Pan-- ama canal' will not be completed for five yealrs yet, that, before the opening of that transmuting wa terwaythe transportation lines of the US. will ' have revolution ized the. business of . the-South'in preparation for that-opening which wilf transform the business of the' world., The East Coast" Railroad a !cpuplCof months qf completion and : theh .navania- will bewithin six: hours ;steam r It. is scarcely necessary.1 to add that Key Wet is j Spain .with airahipst ; ;! . 1 Send us your job work; Rates easy any m0re than J3r: (ki? ; : ' -;:';- !!?Sfl!l. 7 sure tooecome one. or tne-venta- ble' Okeystonesin i commercial 'and I shipping -affairs ;through its:-loca tipn andt that . this, railroads gives anl opportunity- for rthe ?'greatest speeds-in - shipments to f an(j, from Cu.ba Central; and; SoutbAmerica and those that-are to traverse;the Panama Canal."-' , ; The-CiulliverSouth .has shaken off- the threads of ,traditioril: and retrospection.Lethargy, conserva- Jbeen sentTcampering. sfJThe Gulliver- South is-- roused from the stupor tbaf the old, prob Iems broughtt and is --notjonly reaching out. ( its " great ' .hand to grasp.the big opportunities Of the glowing present,: but is preparing- to pluck; the fruits now promised by the blossoming possibilities of a glorious future; - WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC -r":'- --".- -z-.- : --r" ------ t To Enforce the White slave BUI. . , WillJCost $100,000. - Washington, Feb. 25. The ex penditure "of " $100,000 a year in stamping ,out the - ' White slaVe ' traffic"', would" be "money- well spent, 'vTsaid Secretary Nagel to- dayj in submitting, to the house-a recommendation that the total es timate for regulating immigra tion be? increased from $2,400,000 to $2,560,000 - - .: ' Mr; Nagel says the enforcement of the ."white slave traffic' bill ow in conference between the two houses land expected to become a law in a few days, will-eost $100,-, 000 and" that the wotk;:will - have to be prosecuted differently from the ordinary law enforcement.; The secretary points out thai- tbo immigration . work-n tlie nofifaern : and southern fy r lcr of Vhf t'onntryv'is inereasHg4ioi stantlyi - citing particularly the in- crease" of inspectors necessary; by Texas, and. : additional . trains whioir'have to be inspected vith- but being delayed in any .way. - Drank Kerosene Oil. Thelittle 2-year-old son of Mr. N. C Francis, a well known in surance man of this place gave nis parents a. terrible fright last week when in some way he got posses sion of the oil can and proceeded to tank up rather too copious for healthful locomotion or . f eeling. Medical assistance was hastily stun moned, antidotes given and teh poisonous stuff's action aborted. It was a close call however and the little fellow will hardly be apt to repeat the performance. Cleve land Star. - 1 Might be Again in theWay, An old farmer and his son were takingup stumps one hot, sultry day, when -the bid man stnmbled over a small stump - ,- -;- -,; - y Gosh - durn ; Jthat - - everlastin '. stump he exclaimed 'I wish it was in heU 1"- - -! ) ; : - The son slowly straightened up from , his work and gazed re proachfully at his" father. ... "Why, you oughtn't to say that, pap, he drawled. ' "You might stumble over that stump ag'n some day H r-. Datefor Federal Court Changed. . The bill whichwas presented, to congress by; Representative E.- Y, Webb and .Senator. Lee S. Over man providing for a change in the dates oi holding Federal jcourt in Charlotte and Greensboro has been enacted; and the next term of this cpurtwill convene- here .the .first MShday in April at 10 o 'clock !inr stead 'of . .the second! Monday' in June. as heretofore." A simple re versal; of -the dte was - provided for in the bill. and thercourts will hereaf ter!bnvenein! Charlotte 1 in April" and at Greensboro in June. IThe dates for -the fall 'terms also have, been correspondingly chang ed .-harlptteObsery er j Atniceireute litteP awship may now be; bbught -. f br$2,500; Why no;yroMdefdur!eastles"in j ditional'lBrtdge ? aT-wnsyifle, SLAY5E:0F.RQSSJT0 DUif ,s-- Death "Jenaltvi TTYinnsV - n T.Tnr" 'derer'ofaFoiiWiroiarX "'olinian. - - -r -s?.. " p.Winstoxi-Saleni, Feb: 26. Many acquamtancesHs 5 throughout the state of Mr. Benjamin BooojJZor merly ol .thiacify, and j Who was murdered lni-his rroomitT Ncw: :ork,where he hadbeeVlivingrfor ,the last r f ew years, Iwill'Jbe inter- ested.tp laiow that'EdwardM:'- tiratn, a former-pugilist, has been convicted of the crime" and will pay the penalty: of electrocution; The jury at the first triaifound for murder inj the second degreo which carries a" minimunt sentence of twenty yearaimprisonmem but the def endant'lawyerupqn mov. ing formally, for a new trial on tho ground that viardict was v against the weight of evidence was sur prised to have' the judge grant a Lnew trial,', immediately -The - ac cused, man s seeond atrial -has re sulted'-. in the : imDOsition of the dearf jenaltyl XMcGrath slew Jlose in the latter 's-room the mo tive? being robbery, nresumablv. and when arrested--the- pugulist had on some of Rose's cothing. What Cold Weather Does. -5 1 Not only .is a hard" winter in many ways a benefit to the farm er's crops, Jaut also to the health of the farmer himself.:. Cold air is invigorating and sendsthelbiood more briskly through our veins. The colder air !is,-.-.the 'more con densd : it is; 'arid .themore .of! the ife-giving ygen itigivesljip to purifyc and-"enrich' the blood -as-it asses: tnroughithe -lungs i w arm weather enervates ns7 but; cold weather increases our strength- s r While cold -weather- kills insects andorms -that' detour-4;he farm er! .cropfc it alloT Ells the noxious germ8;of.diseasejajw his- body Cold weatl-usr noted bT -- ti r "1 LWj 1 mtitl ""iu I warmSreathertfie gerkesf ease multiply. MostPeople make plaint points the need of finding a a mistake '-when they go off to a universay cause ; and more : and -warm cojintry in order toescape more- serious attention has been cold weather.: People-who avoid their "winters in this way often complain of feeling that theyiave alold as the u missed something that would have ": Without doubt,teinereasmg2r made them enjoy life better, not output of. gold is an. r important" to speak of feeling more invigo- factor, but ; there is aii tmderlyingv rated in health. Our ancestors, cause in the changipjg conditions having passed countless winters in of living. : We may call it extrav their successive lives, had their agance, but it is pot merely that. .s physical nature so modified that it ft is the effort of the people to ap- , lemanded the cold season to plete the health cycle of the year, t This nature they have transmitted to us, their descendants, so that conditions of industry, invention-, we demand it also. Uncle Zeke and science have made possible. -in Home and arm. At one side we see the;4?owerful 4 44m -.'v LITTLE GIRL ON U. S. BENCB1 Washington, Feb. 26. TheMl; lenium for women has arrived ; one, of ythe fair sex sat on tne bench" of the supreme court of the United States while that august tribunal was engaged in the -solemn, performance of - its duty. , . ; " . process of qvercapltalizuig it in c J Thehonor-fell, to little Miss order to squeeze more profits from , Wells, of Boston, graiddatighter it; his high employees:; exploit It'', of Justice Brewer. . When she and by enforcing demands for higher -her.mother came to the court yes- wages. The joint burden is laid ' terdayafternobnjhe grandfather . left his place on the! bench to jom Thepresent u phenomenfen in-- : them on the seats reserved for. the economics, finds its parallel sin tb- 1 if f amiUes-" of members. : The r three earthquake." Pressure forceitad year old !lassie is very fond of Tier jnstmenis in the" earth's crust from - grandfather and followed him as he started to go to the bench v Finding the child beside him as he took 1 his ! - seat, the - associate ljustiee took her on his knee Prob-1 pressure has been borne as long" as:"! : - .i "- i ' a. 1 1a navaul" "" 1 " 1 ii :-i' '''!-! ablysucn &i specxacie been seen before in the 120 years' history , of thecburt. . Justice Harlan hunted for some plaything to! give the little visitor j but af er a futile searcn ox ;u pockets the Vest he could produce was a ruDDer i uauu.- it but he did riot mind. The young lady - was !finany escortedacK to her : mother Vy: the" dignified su- preme court marshal: '; -C f ; li. WHAT A COLLAR BUTTON DH3 s Saved the cIMewl a rYciigi IIan -r Who Was Shot. V 'Vs collar" .button saved I'the Hfeofcrv ; E. Grayjtonight inthe box Vffice'Cl pf theauditOriuCccidentally V 32-calihef reYolver was." discharged --l7 " wiLuin a xqoz or ms iace, tne bul- i riet striking" the collar . button "J r squaraly. and being ?-deflected to l'Ji-? ' ' jthe right-of the Adam's apple and! -'" imbedded itself in "the back Of hia 'i neck.-s.'The bullet was easilyre - moved: at the hospital without se w!. rious results," r " v Z -Young Gray entered theboxt.:., qflSce as'another; young manhad picked upthe re volver f rom; a" dek- and nngered it, the trigger falling; 7. ; -r upon a cartridge and firing it. The , wounded, -boy was. hurried -tb v " CHanlon's drug store'and thence" . - removed to the hospital inr an au-i- . tomobile, He smiled and wuakd""--- gamely at the crowd 'as he got intovv the car. Greer, is a poptflar?splen did young fellow and his escape, narrow as it was,- ia the " source of : great gratification" to the communv ity?.;. v ; . -r - V The Era-of HigfcJttvingyJ It is. a gQo'd iign ' thatTiiob6dy.:. seems prepared instantaneously to announce tee hsaukg thamtaf bbb; r-- announce jne cause or nign, prices We have had"too much quack doc toring. ofjceonomie . ills, and it is'"- well , that' all. the authorjtiesarer his xime withholding judgments jThere: haeenrAllegationftnatr. folks have- been hurrying to- town ; to liveuntil tEe farms , don't" ra- v iize enough. to : feed us alliy-xhe"'-1--auswer ' comes : pTOmptly'bwev4fi';vt.' that of most .primary agricultural ; ; products we are raising moreger capita than eyer before. -W& must - fook : furthers ,ConiFiiatioi,bl& and: little-of. manufarturersrof;' transportation; and of merchants- arfi kagadth"largyesponsibil dis-fttyThe tuaiversality of, the cbm-'" given - by.ecOnomists to the increas mg supply of pnmaxy money met com-lpropnate their sharev of the ad-- vantages, the comforts, the- iuxu- ' ries, if you will, which modern few. with multifold devices of or- ganization, overcapitalization, pat- jBnt - prQteeted ; monopoly subsi- -- estarifi: :prieief ''a'iwrts,: seeking to control productioflyPn the otheri de' are themilhons; in; : sistently reaehinout f or Imearis supply 'new! needs, t6 indulgb new tastes.! "Thevcaptain of fi- nance exploits his indnsfry. by the- tp time. ..The pressure .exists ; , all the time tit is as steady as grav ; -X Nation j there are regions of weak ness in the : crust, and when the ; ; possiDie inere is- suaqeniy ra sup , - and a' readjustment of. position - --,; along the :. line of . geological '' C : fauit; . This sliping and read- ? justment Come suddenly and with? terrific force i Very similar is the. present deM jusimeni qi pnpe conditions jo tne j j andthearthqTiakkeav suddenly uccesslgazmei te'f-frttt J! "! Eyerybody. is-j from . M ' MrPeary ; you ave not proven i - t 7. 5'--.'. !JV-I