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13E MONROE JOURNAL Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, April 2G, 1910. One Dollar a Year. Volume XVII. No. 13. f THE PASSION OF AMERICA. SHIP SUBSIDY DEFEATED. Dr. Sikes, Declaring that Equality is the One Great Passion of the American People, Mikes Fine Address at L'nlonville Other Features ot Commencement The Medal Winners. "As wealth was the passion of Egypt, art the great accomplishment of (Jreece, power the ambition of the Romans and eonouest the ruling principle of England, so Equality is the great moving passion oi Atner ira " nW.lamd Dr. E. W. Sikes in his address at the annual commencement nf Tninn Institute last Iriday. Dr. Sikes is a favorite before that audi pnm and his sneech last Friday was up to the high standard he has set for himself as a public speaker. It was sound sense throughout without a single oratorical flourish, or a sin gle sentence of copious words and lit tle thought that characterize so many wimmenfipnifint addresses. Equality of opportunity, equality before the law, an equal chance lor every cmia to make the most that he is capable ftf ia thf Ampriean idea of eouality. And to bring about conditions that will as near as possible produce sucn Miualitv. nonular education is the greatest remedy that has ever been proposed. Equality does not mean that all men shall be alike, do the name thine in the samo way, wear the same clothes, nor walk in the same social circles, but it does mean that every one shall be guaranteed the opportunity to do the best that his endowments entitle mm 10 ao. Tupsriav nipht the winners in the silver medal contest by the primary students were Mary Secrest and James Helms. On Wednesday night the Franklin Snrietv debated the oucstion, "Re solved, That our nation v. ill fall as other great nations have fallen." Messrs. E. A. Russell, 0. 3. Hamil ton, A. J. 1 . Simpson and C. A. Bur rus were the speakers, and Mr. Bur rus won the medal. On Thursday night the I'll Soci ety discussed the query, "Resolved, That North Carolina Miould levy a special tax to run her schools at least six months in the year" The de baters wero Messrs. II. C. Simpson, L. A. Trice, 11. F. Deese and T. L. Helms, and Mr. Price won the medal. Besides the literary address on Fri day, tho following young men and young ladies gave declamations and recitations: "Power of tho Ideal," Oarl Griffin; "Alameda," Miss Velma Brewer; "Elsie's Child," Miss liuth Helms; "The Roman Sentinel," Miss Sarah Smith; "The Fato of Reform ers," U. A. Brooks; "Royal Manhood." V. T. Austin: "Engineer Connor's Son," Miss Rilla Braswell; "The Ride of Lillie Servosse," Miss Ruth Se crest; "Sheltered, Miss irgie race; "Be Not Content With Little," J. S. Simnson: "True Heroism." Vann Se n-sat- "The Bov Hero." Miss Eva Price; "The Little Newsboy," Miss Inez Benton; "Tho Mothers of Men," T. T.. Helms: "Bevond Crossing Cim eters Lies Paradise," Wilson Brooks; "Thfl (loin a- of the late Swan, Miss Ixtha Hamilton; "Absalom," Miss Ethel Guin; "My Mother, My Country. Mv God." Marvin Smith. Miss Ruth Secrest and Mr. J.S. Simp son won tho medals. A larco audience was present and the commencement wa in every way a successful event. Richmond Crackers to Atlanta Pen On the Seaboard train that passed through Monroe Friday night were Fred Cunningham, alias r.dtiy fry, and Frank Chester, alias "Little Dick" Harris, who mead guilty o the charge of robbery of the Rich mond. Vs.. nostolhce on the night o March 27. when $85,000 in stamps was taken from the safe, and who were sentenced to serve ten years in thn Atlanta penitentiary. The Drisoners occupied a drawing room in one of the Pullman cars and were guarded by three United States marshals. They appeared to do iaa ing it easy. Fifteen Yean for Assaulting Young Ladies. Wufonboro Mrtitnirer and Intelllcf ncer. Manuel Patterson was found guil ty of assault on Misses Corie and Mc Kinnia Bvrd. voung ladies of Liles- ville township, and given 15 years in the penitentiary. During the tna of this case the court house was clear . d of every one except the court offi ca and lawyers, the assault took rsaia iVirpo roars ncrn whilo f hp. Misses '1CW M -V J ...... . .. . Bvrd were returning to their home from Wadesboro in a buggy. Pat terson threatened them and attempt ed to pull them from the buggy but Investigation ShowsToo Much Per sonal Interest Aldricha Retire ment Not So Certain Demo cratic Hopes Looking L'p. Wt.htncton Coiwponilrnr. Washington. April 23. Senator Alilrioh'a announcement that he will not be a candidate for re election is being regarded with increasing sus picion here in Washington as a man ifest political trick. It is doubtful it a single one oi the genuine progressive Republicans really believes that the Rhode Island boss intends to relinquish his con trol of legislation a moment sooner than h has to. Even a few "regu lars" have privately expressed the belief that Aldricb mignt consent to a re-election, basin this conclusion iimn what thev characterize as me "enormous pressure" which will no doubt be brought to Dear upon Aia rirh to cause him to change his mind. Aldneh does not say anywnere mat he will not accept a reelection. ie aavs ha will not be a "candidate." It would be no surprise to Senators who know Aldrich if the words "I am not a 'candidate' for re election, ahould turn out after the fall con eressional elections to have been but another of his famous "jokers," with which the Fayne-Aldrich tariu law is overloaded. The corporation interests served hv Aldrich can best maintain the ex- MssivA tariff rates, which give them mnnonohea on American markets and make it possible lor tnera to coi lect enormous prohts irom consum era. throueh a Republican adminis tration. Therefore it is but natura that Aldrich's primary object at this time is to keep tho Republicans in nnwpr What move on Aldrich's part could relieve the Republicans of so hpaw a resuonsibilitv in the ap proaching congressional elections as the announcement oi his retirement: liralizini? thut his ong ropresenta Hon of Biff Ptfinnw has pnrned for him the enmity of the American peo- n'.r and that h s name 13 to no one of thn m.nn issues in the tail cam nai.cn. it, is hut giving duo crelit to AlHrieh's resourcefulness to assume that he figured it out he could not sprve tho special interests better at this timo than to announce his re tirement, if such announcement would help the Republican party over dangerous shoals. ainnal investigation of either the su gar underweighing frauds or the sale by the government oi Taiuaoie sugar lands to the sugar trust The first: rponlntinn introduced by Represent ative John A. Martin of Colorado, providing for an investigation by Congress, was smothered to death. Mr. Martin has now introduced a sec ond resolution. He alleges that the sugar trust has been allowed to ac quire 55,000 acres of the richest su gar lands in the Philipines, and that the validity of this transaction is open to most serious question, in view of the tact that tne law oi me Philippines expressly declares that not more than 2,500 acres of land shall be sold to any single corpora tion. Sanction was given to the trans action by Attorney General Wicker- sham, who was a former member oi thn New York suear trust law firm of Strong & Cadwalader, which firm Mr. Martin declares was directly con cerned with the alleged illegal sala Pra dent Taft's brother is sun a member of this firm. Whether the President can much longer prevent a swppnirnT investigation of the en tire scandal is extremely doubtful. DISASTER TO COTTON CROP. Millions of Acres of Young Plants Lost By the Cold. O o 0 o o Offices of stand cat Republicans resemble mail order houses these days. To head off impending defeat, the stand patters are burdening the mails with millions of packages of garden seeds, farmers' bulletins, maps, speeches ana norse aoctor books. Not a few of the regulars are uneasy as a result of the recent elec tion in tho thirty-second New York district, in which Havens, the Dem ocratic candidate, chanced the 1908 Republican plurality of iu,lb into a Democratic plurality oi o.wt. What Will the Census Show? The census enumerators are busily at work, and along about July lirst we will begin to know how much we have grown in ten years. The figures for this county in the last, two enu merations are as follows: TOWN'S'IM 'P. 1W. l.W. Kuford 8.1t (loose Croek 2,92!) 2,408 Jackson including Wax haw town 3.-27 2.202 Lanes Croek 1,700 2,558 Marshville including Mar shvillc town 3,028 Monroe including Monroe city fi.fiM 4.H7G New Salem 2.517 Samly Ridge 2,1I7 z.whi Vance 1,427 !,& Thn shin subsidy bill is beaten so '.ir as this session of Congress is con cerned. It goes to destruction on the rocks of scandal, lno aiercnani Marine league, tho organization which is backing the bill providing or tho annua payment ot ?o,uuu,- 000 of public funds to a few private shin nwnpra. ia beine exposed before a special investigating committee of Congress as being backed by men who would profit directly or indi recti y through the passage oi mc proposed legislation. These men, most of whom are millionaires. nae contributed to the funds cf the and the funds have been used to turn to attack and terrify mera- h?rs of Congress opposed to the sub sidy irrah. Althouch officers of the league testihed contributors to ine IpAfup. treasury were interested in the nassace of a ship subsidy bill merely as American patriots anxious to see the merchant marine built up, a cross-examination of the very wit nesses who made such assertions brought out the fact that two of the vice presidents of the league were directors of the steel trust, and that another vice president was the gen eral manaecr of a Newport News, Ya., shipbuilding company, concerns whirh mieht easily profit through the opening of the pork barrel by the passage of a ship suosiay measure e o a 9 o o "The Democrats are nearer to elect ing a President of the United States than they have been since 1892," aava (sovernor Claude A. bwanson o Virginia, who recently completed a tour that extended to tne x-aciwc wiat "Not in years have the Dem ocrats shown so much activity, so much desire to shake on lethargy, to hold harmony banquets, and to get together as is manuestea in an sec tiona of the country at this time With such a spirit pervading ine leaders and the rank and hie oi Dem nerarv. taken together with the dis sension among Republicans, I can see no other result than a Democratic House and a Democratic President in 1913." o o e o o President Taft still refuses to re Totals for county 27,l.r)t5 21,259 Marshville township wasorganized from parts of New Salem and Lanes Crock between 1S90 and 1900. hence tho largo decrease in population in those two townships shown in i'.uu. In 1)00 Marshville town had Waxhaw Vol. Monroe 2.127. In 1S90 Monroe had l.Niu. w nai hns she todav? The per cent, of in crease from 1890 to 1900 was 30, which could have been scarcely more than the birth rate. The same per cent, increaso from 1900 to 1910 would eive the present population 3,155. Are the real figures twice that? Col. Jones Qeta Bijc Endorsements in Ohio. Col S A. .Tones, president of the Smith Atlantic Transcontinental rail road, writes The Journal from Ohio that five cities of that state had en dorsed tho undertaking, and that he pxnected the legislature to do the same. The Cincinnati papers give the following account of (Joi. Jones pfforts in that city: A canal through r lorida to mase a direct steamship route to Cuba and tho Carnhbean sea. A mail route from Southoort. N.C.. to South America, supported by the United States government. United States naval coaling sta tions at Southport and Wilmington N. C. Tt was to secure the support o Cincinnati commercial organizations to these three projects that 8. A. Jones, river and harbor commission er from North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida, came to Cincinnati Fri day. In the afternoon he spoke to members of the chamber oi tom mprrp,. The Chamber of Commerce unanimously passed a resolution ap proving of the three projects. Snow and Sleet and Low Temper atures Through the Great Belt Play Havoc No Seed to Replant. Atlint Dlptoh, Kth. With millions of acres of young cotton destroyed by the cold weather which today overspread the entire cotton belt with the unusual April accompaniment in many sections of snow and sleet, the South has suffer ed its most disastrous financial set back perhaps since the civil war. Resides cotton, voune vegetation of every description suffered from the freezing temperatures and irun was more or less damaged in every fcoutn- ern State except Florida. Ileports received tonight indicate that the cold snap has not abated in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, northern Alabama, Louisiana, Mis sissippi and even further west and for much of this territory a heavy frost and freezing temperatures are predicted for 1 uesday morning, in Atlanta and throughout the northern half of Georgia, except near the At lantic, the thermometer has been be low forty degrees above zero all day, with falling temperatures recorded tonicht. Atlanta awoke this morning to find snow-covered houses and tbermome ter down to thirty-one. an experience never before recorded after the first few davs of April. Snow fell as far south as Selma, Ala., Columbus, Miss., and Columbus. (Ia.. and in north Georgia, Tennessee and parts of north Alabama and Mississippi the fall ran sec1 from on to four inches. Cotton se."' oil mills in this State and Alabama today were appealed to tor seed for replanting purpeses ana State rflicials implored the mills to crush no more seed until the farm ers have been supplied. It is doubt ful, however, it sullicient fpcu can be secured, even at tho record prices being olTered, to replant one half of lie area cf young cotton destroyed by the cold. At Columbus. Ca.. tonight one cotton seed oil mill announced that their entire supply was at the com mand of the planters and would oe sold at, 1 per bushel. Today a car load cf seed was shipped from that noint to the Mississippi delta and many telegrams were received from all sections of tho South asking tor an allotment of seed supplies. The Excitement World Wide. Meeting of Civic Leajrue. There will be a meeting of the Civic League in tho Jackson uiub, aftornonn at 4 o'clock. It is very important and every member is . Ml expected to be present, nans win ha aid for inc osing the cemetery, and as this work is very important it cannot be undertaken unless a large number are present and take part in the plans. Be sure to be there. bear shortage reaches extraordinary fipiirpg. One man. whose miorma- tion is regarded as reliable, said that houses in this city were short of mil lions of bales which have been sold to spinners all over the world. How will it be delivered? 1 his is the ques tion which the men who hold the cotton can answer least of all, it is saiJ. The bears, it is pointed out. who had controlled the market, had nlpntv of lime in which to cover their shorts had they not been over confident. Instead, they cherished the belief that they could break the market whenever it suited them or seeemed necessary for them to do so. "The situation is now regarded by many to be bigger than any bull group that exists. It is simply a matter of nature not supplying a suf ficient crop of cotton for the needs of the world. At present there are 2,500,000 bales of cotton in the coun try, and on this the mills of the world will have to run for months to come. "Patten, who is in Chicago, feel ing the situation to be well in his hands, will not hold out for exorbi tant price, it was said today, but is willing to let the cotton he holds go at a fair profit His present posi tion, it was pointed out, was due, not to chance, was not the result of office speculation, but of a study of the weather map. " 'The whole trouble.' said a bull operator, is that the bears have bought cotton in the bourn and hedeed in the market. It amounts tn the same as aavinff that for every one hundred bales they purchased, they sold two hundred bales, isow thpv must make pood.' "In the meantime the bears are srourinsr the country for actual cot ton. Not only have they bought back some 50,000 bales from Eng land . but the New England and Southern mills are being scoured to Rppnrn shinmcnts of cotton to New York for May delivery in order to break the market. I understand thev are meeting with scant success in this effort, the mil's being loath , 1ft thiir cotton m. in view of the uncertainty of being abi3 t get it bnck at all. Sew York Plupatrb, i"'th. Not since the big break of Janu ary last has the New York cotton exchange experienced so much activ ity and excitement as today. It was a time of triumph for tho buns, whose already strengthened position as regards the old crop was sensa tionally stimulated by reports of dis astrous weather in the Nroth aliect ins tho coming crop. This led to rumors that the bull campaign was to bo carried on throughout the end of the current season and possibly into early new crop deliveries, as it was in the season of 1902 03 when, after Sul v s successful deal in May rontraets. Messrs. Urown and Hayne, who are prominently mentioned in connection with the present bull movement, carried the bull campaign through into July, August and Sep tember. It is urged in this connec- inn that even if the South finds suf ficient seed to replant the entire area damaged, the cold snap has made it look like a late crop and that mills consequently will be dependent upon old crop supplies for the correspond inclv loncer period. o . In this connection the louowmg interesting story is from the pen of Mr. Robert Lee Carter, who is writ ing from New York: "Tho cotton market ot the world i nn the keenest edge, and that there will be spectacular fireworks, not only in New York but in Liverpool, Hamburg, Bremen, Havre, to say nothing of the great boutbern mar Itota next week, is certain. "One fact seems to stand out be vond all others. The market is worse oversold than it has been in years, and it will be impossible for thecot tin sold to bo delivered. "Estimates of the amount of the Death cf fir. John C. Blakcney. Mr John C. Illakonev. one. of the oldest and best known citizens of Monroe, died at his homo here at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. I lis death was caused by a tumor in the side, from which ho had been suffer ing some two years. He had been confined to the home since last Christ mas. The funeral will be held at the home this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The deceased was sixty-eight years old ast November. lie is survived by his wife, who was Miss Sallie Ipnnett of Anson county, and by his three children, Messrs. M. F. and Bennett Blakcney and Mrs. C. 1). Meacham. He was a member of the Methodist church and services will be held by Dr. Chreitzberg. Mr. B akenev came to Monroe about thirty-eight years ago. He went through the army with a cora nanv from Chesterfield, his native county, and after the war began life as a merchant, at a point about where Pcachland now is. Later he went to Mecklenburg and did busi ness awhile, then moved to Norwood in Rtanlv county, from there he came to Monroe and conducted a mercantile business for several years, selling out about lsc lie was a cj . most auiet. honest man who attend ed to his own affairs, and never criti ripd others for doing the same. Mr. R akenev was the son of the ata John B akenev of Chesterheld, who livpd to be eiehtv-five years old and was one of the most prominent citizens of that section, ine ue reased was about the fourth or fifth in direct line in this county to bear the name of "John, and the name went on back to Ireland whence the family came to this country among the first settlers. He was ot the sec ond set of his father's large number of children, and two of these remain. Mr. George Blakeney, a prominent citizen of Paris, lex., and Mrs. ary Rlakpnev. also of Texas. None of the older children are living and of the younger ones only four, Messrs t. .. P. It. and W. b. Blakeney ol Monroe, and Mrs. Sloan of Mecklen burg. NEAR BEER MAN INDICTED. Charged on Two Counts of Permit ting flinors to Enter His Place. Asks for Jury Trial and Juries are Drawn and .Summoned and Dates Set for Trial Other Cases in Recorder's Court. Mr. G. S. Fort, late of Anson county, proprietor of the near U er saloon in Monroe, was arrested by Chiof of Police Lanev last Saturday evening on a charge of allowing mi nors to enter his place or business. He gave a cash bond of 1 150 to ap pear the Recorder's court for trial Monday morning. There are two warrants. One charge relates to Mark Blakeney, son of John Blake nev. colored, and the other to another minor in the peison of Allman Da vis, colored. A town ordinance makes it a misdemeanor with a fine of fifty dollars for the keeper of a near beer saloon to allow a person under twenty-one years of age to en ter a near beer saloon. It also says that the minor so entering shall also be fined twenty-hve dollars. When the cases were cal ed Mon day Fort was on hand with bis coun sel, Mr. frank Armheld, and the prosecution was represented by Wil liams, Lemraond & lx)ve and Red wine & Sikes, and Allman Davis, one of the boys claimed to be under age and indicted for going in the place, was represented by Mr. II. B. Adams, Jr. Mr. Armfield asked for a jury trial in both tne cases against Fort, and iurors for each case were drawn, or rather twelve men for each case from which a jury ef six must be selected to try the case. Une case was set for Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, and the other for next Monday at ten o'clock. The caso ajrainst Davis, who was working as a porter in the saloon, was set for next Monday. W hen Davis was ar rested ho bad nearly three quarts of whiskey on his person. The trial will attract a big crowd. Yestcrdav morning when tho cases wvrc railed a numter ot the line; men of the town were present, '('here were so many prominent church peo ple of dill'rent denominations that someone remarked that it 1 ked like there was a union meeting in the court house. Other cases tried by the RcciTder since lust Tuesday were: Ilatlio Morris, assault and battery; 20 days in jail. Lizzie WiggiDs, assault and bat tery; 40 days in jail. Will Smith, larcery; 4 months. Y. M. 1). Morgan, allowing fctock to run at large; costs. Doss Haywood, assault and bat 3 15 and costs. Doss explained that there had been a little "family row" in which he had used the strap on his wife and step-daughter. Bud Poor, disorderly conduct; and costs. Paul Oilmore May Eleventh Manager Kidd has booked for the eleventh of May one of the best en tertainments that Monroe people nave had the chance of seeing this season Gilmoro and his fine company. He has never been here before and goes to no town this size without a stated guarantee. The End of a Lewd Picture Fiend. New Yurk IHim!cli, :2iu. Alhert Walter, a degenerate youth of 19 years, who gloated over lewd pictures and was crazy about women, must die in the electric chair for the murder cf Ruth Wheeler, a pretty 15-rear-old stenographer. After only one hour and fifty minutes of delib eration a jury in the court of special sessions found him guilty ot muraer in the first degree at 10:30 o'clock tonight, bringing to a close a trial marred by its swift movement ana its testimony of horror. The boy s counsel Faid with elo quence this afternoon that Walter was too tender-hearted to harm a cit but twelve men decided tonight that he had strangled Kuth heeler and thrust her while vet alive in his fire place, soaked with oil, her crumpled body writhed and burned. un tne same wax-faced indifference that he had shown throughout the trial YAol- ter evinced no emotion when the ver dict was announced. With almost inhuman complacency he has been asleep in his cell and sleeping soundly while the jury was deliber ating on his fate, ibis was made known bv a court attendant who said that he had to rouso the prisoner to bring him into court, lie wiu oe sentenced on Wednesday. Death of Mr. J. T. Griffin. Mr. J. T. Griffin died of pneumo nia, near Indian Trail, on the 20th. He lived near Oak urove. He was 3tS years old and a good man. Fun eral was conducted at Oak Grove by Rev. J. II. Bradley and the body was buried by Houston Camp, Woodmen of the Wyrld, of which he was a mentber. Houston Camp appointed a f p?cial committee, consisting of P. O. Whitaker, J. E. Little, W. Ii. Mc Corkle to' draw suitable resolutions of regret at the death of Mr. Griffin. V t t I. i $ v t ik 1 was frightened on by weir screams lent in his opposition to a congres
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