HIGH POINT REVIEW.
Published Every Thursday
v HIGH POINT, N. C.
Football Is a great educator for
those who recover.
Football Is not yet as dangerous a
sport as aeroplaning.
Automobiles are saving lots of men
from being cruel to their horses.
The new $10,000 bill is said to be a
work of art. And high art at that
Doubtless the Krupp works could
also make money manufacturing
plows.
It is possible to live on one cent
a day In China. But who wants to
live in China?
Speaking of women's hatpins as
deadly weapons, what about the wom
an's umbrella?
It is observable that the man who
Epells them "pyjamas" snores with a
decided British accent.
When the aviation craze strikes but
ter and eggs, then the question of fly
ing high becomes serious.
The man who misses his waistcoat
stripes In the morning should suspect
his wife's new tailor-made gown"
A Chicago judge has decided that
loud snoring is not a crime; very well,
let's call it just a misdemeanor.
Powdered wigs may be pretty, but i
their historical significance is out of
touch with the spirit of these times.
A Pennsylvania preacher caught one
of his converts in a neighbor's chicken j
coop. But what was the preacher do
ing there? x
A Pittsburg woman claims her hus- j
band hasn't given her a cent in 38
years. No wonder Pittsburg is full of ;
millionaires.
However,' very few farmers wives
who spend a good deal of time running
around in automobiles are going crazy
through loneliness.
To solve a delicate problem we of
fer the suggestion that another cab
inet position be created, that of sec
retary of fashions.
After the Christmas shopping is fin
ished then money must be saved for
next summer's vacation. So runs life
away in these times.
Dr. Brooks of Geneva discovered a
comet at four o'clock the other morn
ing. But most men who stay out that
late discover more than one.
Russia is about to spend $34,000,
000 on its navy. The next thing we
know Russia will be looking for a
real ocean to sail a navy on.-
i.mugB utiva x-uuitj iu tt yieuy pass ;
when the women have to hitch up
their skirts when they sit down so
rm. i . -1 a.
that the garments will not bag at the
knees.
One of the exhibits in a breach oi j
promise suit for $50,000 is a letter .
addressed to the plaintiff, beginning j
"Dear Lambie." Fifty thousand isn't !
enough.
American teachers In Alaska are
showing the natives how to raise !
fresh vegetables, although the cold
storage facilities of that territory are
unexcelled.
Comparatively speaking, Indoor
baseball is a simple game. It should
not be confounded with the celebrated
"inside" baseball of which you have
been reading.
A Texas woman trimmed her hat
with the money she didn't give her
milliner, but might have had she let
her do the job. The hat cost as much
as a real one.
Those, Altoona hunters who have
adopted a red cap to avoid being mis
taken for deer, rabbits or other game,
overlook the possibility of the foot
with the gun being color blind.
A New York man advances the
theory that ancient sculptors accom
plished, results by using human flesh
in their plasters. Carpers might say
that was plastering it on pretty thick.
A fashion designer in Philadelphia
committed suicide over his inability
to forecast the spring fashions. He is
not the first man whom the changes
in feminine fashion caprice have driv
en frantic.
A torpedo has been Invented that is
bo affected by the wash of a vessel It
misses that it will circulate around
and hit another one. Which adds a
delightful uncertainty to the dangers
of marine war. -
Apparently one of the provinces of
the roasted chestnut vendor Is to
demonstrate the fact that the early
bird doesn't get all the worms.
Ice factories have "been introduced
into Japan. That's to keep the resi
dents cooled off when the threat of
the yellow peril becomes too great. '
: King. George Is said to find lots of
amusement in. practicing on the type
writer. Probably he's preparing to
break into the royal field of author-
, chip. "
IDE A FORTUNE
BY PAYING GRAF
A GOTHAM HOTEL KEEPER IN
VOLVES NUMBER OF PO
LICE OFFICIALS.
BOUGHT POLICE PROTECTION
Each Month $100 Was Paid for Pro
tection Names of GraftingG
Officials Given.
New York. A story of how graft
alleged to have been paid for police
protection enabled a Raines law ho
tel keeper in Harlem to build up
such a business that "finally he dis
posed of his. unpretentious place for
$140,000, was told to-the aldermanic
investigating committee.
George A. Sipp, for ten years keep
er of the resort, gave the testimony
and, as a result of his revelations, a
police inspector, ..two ex-inspectors
and a number of minor officers were
summoned to police headquarters by
Commissioner Waldo. A patrolman
named as a graft collector was sus
pended forthwith.
Mentioning names and dates, Sipp
testified that once a month from 1905
to 1910 he paid to police officers, in
cluding Eugene Fox, a policeman, $100
for the purpose, he understood, of
buying police protection so that there
would be no interference in running
his hotel. Fox was-described as al
leged go-between for certain high po
lice officers.
Corroboration, of portions of Sipp's
story was given "by Thomas Dorian,
assistant manager of the same hotel,
after Sipp sold it for $140,000 to al
leged members of the "vice trust" in
control of a chain of disorderly re
sorts and their inmates. Dorain tes
tified that he, too, paid money to Fox,
making $l60 a month tribute up to
and including December, 1911, and.
since then $50 a month, including a
payment of that amount the present
month. All the.se payments were
made to Foxt Dorain testified.
The story told by Sipp brought Into
the aldermanic committee record
again the name of "Manny" Maas, de
scribed by Mrs. Mary Goode, the for
mer resort keeper who testified re
cently as one of the "vice" trust."
Sipp testified it was Maas who ap
proached him to sell the hotel he ran
under alleged police protection. He
disposed of the property for $140,-
000, he stated, and continued to makerl
$100 monthly payments to Policeman
Fox each, month for a time.
RAILROADS APPEAL TO COURT
Fcr Instructions in Working Out Dis
solution Plan.
New York. Robert S. Lovett, chair
man of the executive committees of
the Union and Southern Pacific rail
roads, announced that he had arrang
ed with Attorney General Wickersham
to appeal at once to the United States
Supreme court for instructions in
working out the dissolution plan of
the railroads. Mr. Wickersham, the
announcement continued, has refused
to approve any plan involving the dis
tribution of Southern Pacific stock
owned by the Union Pacific.
In support of his contention that
Southern Pacific stock be distributed
among Unon Pacific shareholders,
Judge Lovett cites the Northern Se
curities case and the cases of, the
Standard Oil and American Tobacco
companies. These, he asserts, are
fundamentally comparative with the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific disso
lution.
The unusual course adopted by the
Harriman officials is taken in the in
terests of all parties.
Garros Flies Over the Sea.
Trapani, Sicily. Roland G. Garros,
the French aviator, made a splendid
flight over the Mediterranean sea
from Tunis, Africa, to Sicily. He
landed near Trapani, having covered a
distance of about 160 miles over wa
ter. This establishes a new over sea
record, surpassing that of Lieutenant
Bague, who on March 5, 1911, flew
over the Mediterranean from Antibas,
France, to the little island of Gorgona,
off the Italian" coast, p. distance of
124,5 miles.
Taft Accepts Yale Law Chair.
Washington. President Taft has
made-up his mind to accept the prof
fer of the Kent professorship of law
at Yale, and probably will take up
his duties at New Haven early in the
spring. The president was said to
have determined upon accepting the
Yale profesorship for several reasons.
He will not be restricted to lectures
to Yale students, but wil be permit
ted to lecture if he desires in other
law schools, or upon the platform, or
to engage in any other occupation'
which he sees fit.
Georgia Whiskey Must Stay at Home.
Jacksonville, Fla. Judge John M.
Cheney, in Federal court, handed
down an opinion in the injunction
suit brought some time ago by several
local liquor dealers against the South
ern Express company.. The opinion in
part follows: "That the Southern Ex
press company be restrained from re
ceiving and transporting for any con
sideration, intoxicating liquors of any
class or kind from any person or per
sons engaged in the liquor business
in the -state of Georgia to any perron
or persons in that state.' i n
MISS LUCY HOKE SMIJH
-
Miss Smith, elder daughter of the
senator from Georgia, will be one of
the leader of the younger - set In
Washington, and is to entertain Miss
Esther Cleveland In January.
TO STOP RAILROAD WRECKS
THE COMMERCE COMMISSION DIS
CUSSES RAIROAD DISAS
TERS IN U. S.
'Safety First" Is the Rule Suggested
by Commission for-the Opera
tion of Trains.
Washington. "Safety first" is the
paramount rule of train operation
suggested by the interstate commerce
commission in its twenty-sixth annua
report submitted to congress. Dis
cussion of disasters on American
railroads during the last year consti
tutes an important feature of the re
port. -
It is pointed out that many of the
accidents resulting in fatalities might
have been averted by the exercise
of proper precaution or the employ
ment of suitable devices and good
equipment. Figures given show that
of the total of 8,215 derailments dur
ing the year 1,877 were caused by de
fects of roadway and 3,847 were due
to defective equipment. This indi
cates an increase over the previous
year of 652 in the derailments due to
bad roadway and 1,023 due to bad
equipment.
Concerning its investigation, the
commission says:
"Of the thirty-one derailments' in
vestigated fourteen were either di
rectly or indirectly caused by bad
track. In five of these fourteen cases
the derailments would probably have
been avoided had existing speed re
strictions been observed; but in all
the remaining cases no adequate
speed regulations were .in force, and
in three cases the track conditions
were so obviously unsafe that derail
ments were likely to occur" even at
low speed.''
TAFT WILL NOT FILL PLACE
Wilson to Name Ambassador for the
Vacant Post.
Washington. President Taft an
nounced through Secretary Hilles that
the . post of ambassador to Great Brit
ain, made vacant by the death of
Whitelaw Reid, will not be filled by
him. -
This announcement followed a con
ference between the president and
Secretary Knox.
The president believes that impor
tant diplomatic questions involving
Great Britain and the United States
can be handled successfuly in Wash
ington by Mr. Knox and the British
ambassador.. He understands that
President-elect Wilson already is con
sidering a man for the London post,
and he does not wish to appoint some
one who can serve only a few months.
justice Shot by Prisoner.
Copperhill, Tenn. Elisha Bramlett,
son" of H. M. Bramlett, shot Justice of
the Peace W. L. Dalton through the
head. Bramlett was paroled three
years ago from the penitentiary for
killing Bob Bishop in Gilmer county,
Georgia, 'about nine years ago, and
served about seven years, when he
was pardoned on parole for good con
duet. A row over the judgment of
Justice of the Peace Dalton, which
was being resented by Bramlett, was
the cause of the affray. Bramlett is
at large.
Yeggs Get $2,000.
Lawrenceville, Ga. Safeblowers got
at their work at Duluth when they
cracked the safe of the Bank of Du
luth and secured more than $2,000. It
was evidently the work of experts
Two distinct explosions were heard
by about twenty-five persons, but no
one ventured out to see what was
the cause of the reports. The robbery
was discovered in the -morning -about
six o'clock. At that time there had
been so much passing it was impos
sible to track the thieves with dogs.
I IMG 111 SPEECH
PRESIDENT-ELECT WARNS OPPO
NENTS OF ECONOMiC CHANGES;
TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
WILL NOT STAND FOR P Aril C
President-Elect Admits: That the Ma
' chinery Is Here to C arc's-. .
" ' a Panic. 1 ;
New York. President-elect Wilson
held up a warning finger to any man
who might, deliberately start a panic:
in the United States to show that
intended legislative policies were
wrong. In. a speech at the banquet
of the Southern Society of New York
he declared he had heard sinister
premonitions of what would follow if
the Democratic tparty put into effect
changes in economic policy.
The president elect first distinguish
ed in his speech between "natural"
and "unnatural" panics. He said in
many cases panic had come natural
ly because of amental disturbance
of people with reference to loans and
money generally.
"But the machinery is in exist
ence," he said, "by which the thing
can be deliberately done. Frankly, I
don't think there is any man living
who dares use the machinery for that
purpose. If he does I promise him,
not for myself, but for my fellow
countrymen, a gibbet as high as Ha
inan's." The governor added that he meant
no "literal gibbet," for "that is not
painful," but he said it would be a
gibbet of public disgrace which would
live "as long as the members of
that man's family survive."
"America with her eyes open isn't
going to let a panic happen," contin
ued the governor, "but I speak" as if . I
expected it as if I feared it. I do
not. I am afraid of nothing."
The president-elect's speech covered
a variety of subjects. He treated
first of sectionalism, declaring that
it should not exist.
"There is a vast deal to do," he
said, "and it can be done by forget
ting that we are partisans of anything
except the honor and prosperity of
the nation itself."
Mr. Wilson then referred briefly to
provincialism and said that some peo
ple had an idea that all the think
ine of the country was done in New
York City. He said the Southern So
ciety represented an importation of
thought from the South into the great
metropolis.
"I am happy to see that there no
longer is aserious consciousness of
sectional difference in the United
States. .There can be no sectional
ism about the thinking of America
from this on, because no hard-headed
man can prove that there are such
things as sectional interests."
UNDERWOOD FOR CABINET?
Effort to Have All Elements Repre
sented in Cabinet.
Washington. It is stated here that
William J. Bryan is practically cer
certain to be the first member of
President Wilson's cabinet, and is
expected to be secretray of sttae.
Oscar W. Underwood may be secre
tary of the Treasury. In the effort to
bring about harmony and perfect a
cohesive fighting organization Demo
cratic leaders are trying to persuade
Mr. Wilson to make his cabinet rep
resentative of. all the different ele
ments, in the party.
To this end Mr. -Bryan is said to be
doing his utmost to bring about the
selection ron. Oscar W. Under
wood, his oldtime political foe, as a
cabinet minister. Dispatches from
Jacksonville, Fla., tell of a confer
ence he held there with friends of Mr.
Underwood looking to this end.
By bringing into the cabinet repre
sentatives of all factions it is hoped
to build up an organization that will
wetaher the storm of traiff revision
and present a solid phalanx in the
next presidntial election.
"Robbers Get $17,000 From Bank.
Kyle, iTexas. Four masked men
bound and gagged the watchman at
the Kyle State bank, locked him in
a boxcar and escaped with $17,000 oi
the bank's funds.
Shoots W'rfe and Her- Parents.
Donalsonvilel, Ga. Ross Murkeon
was probably fatally shot and his
wife and daughter seriously wound
ed by Ike Deal, the daughter's hus
band. Enraged because his .wife had
left him, Deal followed her to her fa-,
ther's home and there did the shoot
ing. After Murkeson was shot down
he managed to get to his gun and
shot Deal as he was leaving-- badly
wounding him. Deal, however, man
aged to make his escape, nad is at
large," although posses - are hunting
him. .: .. . : - ..-
World Convention for Conservtaion.
Washington. An international con
servation convention is provided for
in a bill fvaorably reported by the
house committee on industrial arts
and expositions. The hill authorizes
the president to invite the -nations of
the world to send delegates to dis
cuss the world's natural resources
and their distribution through com
merce. An appropriation J of $250,000
is carried in the bill for a govern
ment exhibit and building at the na
tional conservation .exposition - at
Knoxville, Tenn., next fall. , -
WALTER fv FREAR
Ira, M I
jji I
Walter F. Frear, governor of Ha
waii, ha3 been reappointed by Presi
dent Taft. Charges made against him
by the Hawaiian delegate in congress
fell through on investigation by Sec
retary Fisher.
ambassador is dead
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR PASSES
. AWAY AT HIS HOME
IN LONDON.
WAS UNC0NCI0US FOR HOURS
Body Will Be Brought to the United
States and Probably Interred
at Sleepy Hollow.
London, England. Whitelaw Reid.
the American ambassador to Great
Britain since 1905, died at his Lon
don residence, Dorchester house,
from pulmonary oedema. The end
was quite peaceful. Mrs. Reid and
their daughter, Mrs. John Hubert
Ward, were at the bedside.
Almost immediately the king sent
his equerry, Sir Harry Legge, to ex
press the condolences of himself and
the queen. Mesesages conveying the
warmest sympathy , were received
from the queen mother, . Alexandra,
and other members of the royal fam
ily, court officials, members of the
governments and of the various em
bassies and legations, while many
who had heard the news of the am
bassador's death or who had seen the
flags at half-mast on Dorchester house
called at the embassy. -
Washington. News of the death in
London of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
came as a shock to official Washing
ton, for it had not been generally real
ized that Mr. Reid's illness was of a
serious nature.
London.- The British government
has proposed to the government of
the United States that a British bat
tleship should convey the body of the
late American ambassador to his na
tive land.
HELEN GOULD WILL WED
Miss Gould Has Fortune of $30,000,000.
Noted for Benefactions.
Lakewood, N. J. Announcement of
the engagement of Miss Helen Miller
Gould of New York to Finley J. Shep
ard, a prominent railroad man of St.
Louis, was made at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Gould. It was said
that announcement, of the time and
place of the wedding . would be with
held for the present, and this state
ment was confirmed upon inquiry at
the residence of Miss Gould in New
York.
Mr. Gould -made known his sister's
engagement in. a formal statement,
which read:
"Mr. and : Mrs.-George J. Gould an
nounce the engagement of their sis
ter, Miss Helen Miller Gould, to Mr.
Finley J. Shepard of St. Louis."
High Record Made by Banks.
Washington. Business in general,
as reflected in "the condition of the
banks of the United States, has shar
ed in the country's prosperity, . ac
cording to Lawrence O. Murray in
his annual report made public. The
banking power ofrthe nation, repre
sented by capital, surplusprofits, de-
r posits and circulation, reached during
the year the enormous total of $22
548,707,000, a high record,-showing an
increase of 5.69 per cent, over 1911
and 27-8 per cent, over 1908. The
Increase has been 111 per cent.
T6nyT Janus Flies and. Still Lives.
New . Orleans, La,- Tony Janus, the
aviator, arrived in New Orleans, com
pleting the longest hydro-aeroplane
flight on record, a distance of approx
imately on record, distance approx
imately of 1,500 miles. Janus came
from Omaha, Neb., by - easy ' stages
down "the Missouri and " . Mississippi
rivers. As he carried . a passenger,
W. H. Trofts, Jr. the claim is also
made that the flight, in total distance
and duration,: breaks all records for
I heavier, than air machines. ; Janus
i tk&a a formal entryj into the city. -
HI STATE REPORT
MADE BY COMMISSIONER OF Aq
RICULTURE. GROWTH 0F
FARMING INTERESTS.
GIVES FIGURES ON APPLES
Tells How the Growth of App!es Has
Increased in. State During Last Six
iYears. Statistics of Crop Develop,
ment in State.
Raleigh. Ma j. . W. A. Graham, coin
missioner of agriculture, says that six
years ago nearly all .the first-class ap
pies consumed in this state were im
ported and that in no market in the
state could a carload of apples prop
erly packed be purchased. Now, he
cays, all this is changed and that only
a few weeks ago a dozen places were
mentioned to an inquirer as to points
where such shipments could be pro
cured. He says this year many of the
North Carolina dealers are handling
"the apples grown in this state, and
that: this change has been accom
plished by information given as to
pruning and spraying demonstrations.
The attention of the nation and of
foreign countries has been directed to
North Carolina fruits by the exhibits
made at the National Horticultural
Congress, where for three years they
capturedthe- sweepstakes and many
other lesser prizes.
The state department of agricul
ture is to reduce the cost of serum
for- vaccination against hog cholera.
The sales of the serum since last June
aggregated over $4,000. It is esti
mated that not less than $57,000 worth
of hogs has been saved by the use
of the serum applied this year. 1
The biennial report of Commission
er of Agriculture W. A. Graham to
Governor - Kitchin and to the general
assembly that convenes in January,
just sent to the state printers gives
some remarkable statistics of crop
development since 1860. It is shown
that 80,000,000 bushels of corn were
raised in . 1860, 34,000,000 in 1909 and
50,000,000 in. 1911.
In cotton the yield in 1860 was
146,685 bales; in 1909, 665,132 bales ;
in 1911, 1,125,000 bales.
The wheat crop . shows 4,734,000
bushels in 1860; 3,827,000 in 1909 and
7,433,000 in 1911.
Tobacco was 22,853,250 pounds in
1860; 128,813,162 in 1909, and 99,400,
000 pounds in 1911. Other crops
show similar gains.
The figures as to farm animals show
that in 1860 there were 1,183,214 head
of hogs and in 1911, 1,123,952. The
sheep industry shows a big slump,
there having been 549,749 sheep in
1860 and only 191,286 in 1911.
For Forest Protection in State.
Charlotte. Among the progressive
legislation that will be introduced
early during the coming" session of
the legislature none perhaps will be
of more importance or of such far
reaching effect as the proposed bill to
provide for the protection of the for
ests of the state from fire. The com
mittee appointed by the North Caro
lina Forestry Association to draw up
this law is arranging for an executive
meeting in Raleigh about the middie
of December to put their bill in final
shape. It will then be taken charge
of by a member interested in forest
protection, who will devote a good
part of his time to pushing this meas
ure to final passage.
North Carolina Baseball League.
Charlotte. A state league, to be
known as the North Carolina Asso
ciation of Professional Baseball Clubs,
with Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, Win
ston-Salem, Greensboro and Charlotte
constituting the circuit, was organized
in this city at a meeting of the direc
tors of the old Carolina Association.
The three South Carolina cities, viz..
Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson
did not apply for admission into the
new association, although Greenville
was represented in the person of Mr.
Ellis and Anderson by Mr. Furman
Smith. Spartanburg had no represen
tative at all, either in person or by
proxy.
Money Poured Out in Golden Stream.
Washington. The annual report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
shows that George H. Brown of the
Western and Wheeler H. Matrin of
the Eastern district of North Carolina
collected $8,953,480.66 last year. The
Western district paid $303,996.82 more
than the Eastern. The report also
shows that 34,104.4 gallons of spirits
remained In North Carolina ware
houses July 1,' 1911, and 28,301 June
30, 1912. During the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1912, a fraction over 4.66w
gallons were withdrawn.
'r For Compulsory Education Law.
Winston-Salem. The Forsyth Coun
ty Farmers' Union, in session here,
endorsed the movement looking to tbe
securing of a compulsory education
law for North Carolina. Many of tne
farmers of this county are enthusias
tic over the proposition. The Union
named a committee to co-operate vau
the board of trade of this city in rac
ing ' four : thousand dollars for the fur
therance of farm demonstrat i ve w or
and -other similar, things looking
improved .agricultural methods
this county. '
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