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.'! ,u 7- ' .: i Largest Circulation of Iht'Dett AdtertUing 5 Eastern North Carolina. 3 Vohime 3, No: 37; ' . Tf l I ) . j IpJiN.;. &;;NESDAY; AUGUST 12. 1908. PriceTwoCcn p . 'JlOM Prosperity : . .. . O . 1 Mr sourrf TRADE NORTH lieu Waterway Will Help Baltimore CHESAPEAKE. Mr. Font, President of. the JDredging Company Speak Encouragingly 01 the Effect the New Route Will Have lib ul Other Citfes. " t Tlw Baltimore. Sun.: of tyeiterdajr. . contained the Wowing? About Uie In Iftnd Waterway to be 'opened nbfrom 1 Beaufort, N. C, to Norfolk, Va.: " " y (Mr. Frank ki rnrat, president of the Maryland Dredging Company, aald er trday that he expected t? begin the work of dredging Pamlico Sound about ' the middle of September". ' He -will' use two' and probably three, dredges in the Awork, with an unlimited number of -tugs and scows to carry oft the excava- tions as they are made. $lr. Joseph C. Coburn. will have ciarge of tho work for the Maryland SHORT CUT TO Dredging Company, with wnicn be has ' "been connoctcd for some time. Mr. Furst was particularly gratified a having secured this contract Apart from the profit whr&h his company will derive, he says this is but the begln nig of va gigantic scheme on the part ofUhe government for cpenlng up an Inland wcter way from.the North Caro lina coast to Norfolk, from which point ' veisels can continue oa the inland s course 4up e,Cheip,aliBajfviVl!ft . city.. This,, he .hsUevea,., will result in an increased trada, for Jialtlmore In the products of that sectioa, consisting of lumber, cotton, tar, turpenthw'a.oi several other commodities for which Baltimore furnishes an active' market. In return the' local merchants. .wUl bti Igren cheap- transportation 'tor general merchandlse'to? distribution to the south by way of this Inland course. Bid 857,000 for the Work. v ' The Baltimore company bid $357,000 for the dredging of tho 50 miles from BeaufortIalet to Pamlico. Sound. The next lowept," bidder; was only $8,000 above th)s figure, This lose-coinpei-s tlon Mr. Furst regards as another victory for his company and refers to . ii wim some sausiacuon in ni8cnss- ? lng the situation. ' " ' He.aysithat the completlont of tie ' weli!h whemejpontempiated hy the government involves an outlay of about $4,000,000.; His company, will probably bid on the other -divisions ... as the .contracts are callde for. Its success with this first division will, he ' thinks,' be of great benefit to the Mary- : t land Dredging Company, first by nav 'i . ing its equipment on 4he ground and ; - readily available for future use, and r because the working force will obtain , - practical knowledge, of dredging to be " . done' and the difficulties likely to be , encountered. , Mr, Fnrst Receives Offers. - As soon as It was known that the Maryland comoany hkd obtained tha . : contract letters from that sectioa be- v gaa pouring In bn Mr, Fnrsd 'Some'of these were seeklng'to furnish supplies .n& others from banking institutions ... -;. , offering financial assistance. : The last - ' Is (wholly unnecessary as the company ' hai ample local banking accommoda ,'. tlois and credit. - " " vC one letter more or less Wiat jn character, came from the" Beaufort chimber of commerce. This body offer- I ed;lt servlcesjjf nyTwIpOsiffbliiforj tbt convenience of Jthe.sucoessfol coiV trf ttbxs and extended .the use of lU to m for; business, until permanont qv rters In the vlplnlty of the work co Id be established. I'o this letter Mr.' Fnrst replied as , to: ows: r - 1 " 1 k' t your lind favor reoeived. We fully appreciate the hospitable spirit that In pireiiour friendly HneJC In event Of v onr , making teaufort Our. hea . Quarters, will gjadly vrIJ purselveaof - yo r kind InvltaUon 4to, ylult you ant shlJl freely onsult,wlth you. upom all i tna'',sconcernlng. cr fare." s - This work Is being done under an act of congress;" ap, (ore ,1' 1907, bjrl which 1550,000 waapprot Hated.'1 This dlvision'aboQt to bebegunVovers about 50 mfles. Oit this distance i minimum detf'th okldjeef is to be. secured by, dreSging" Adams nd Corereeks, anil by digging a canal to connect the heads! of these creeks. , ' 1 ' i The length of the J division, three miles, upon which actual improvement wil Ibe requlrod, Is about 14 miles. About five miles of this will be through drjjlanoX tftW Wag -the .excavation; ol about 1,800,000 cubic yards of material; Divi6B"'isnough the creek por4 uwH) mtm ouvra uuijr me hbubi areag- ing proposition of jsoft mud an andi Stvft CAIHOUC SOCIETIES KEET.' ' Stresf ' Laid Orgnnhatldn's ' amV falgn Against Wptrey. j. ! By, Vlre to The Sun.1 in) u '- Boston, Mass., 12. The seventh na tional convention of the American Fed eration of Catholic" societies began Its sessions, today. Lot Symphonyf Hall. In his 'report,! President Feeney called attention to the work of the organiza tion the1 past year 1n getting congress to pass a bill for compensatioa for damages sustained by church property in the Philippines, and in pushing charges against Judge Wilfrey of the United States court, in China, on com' plaint of Roman Catholics In Shanghai. The work of the federation in flght- hng socialism and lmmortalfty was also emphasized. The doubling of the mem bership of the federation within the- year was reported by National Secre tary Matre. '' , f STATE CONVENTIONl Farmers Meet at A. & M. College at Raleigh jBestSfcakert -AgrjtcattRMl r:fUxJ 1 iects;;WM.:lUretAMre-AWni Be Special lUeettogs For lik . , The sixth annual State . Farmers; Convention will be held at. the A. A M. College, Raleigh,' August 25th, 1.6th; 27th," 109." A splendid-three ddys' meeting for the study of agriculture and the discussion of all questions of direct and specific interest to farmers A tock breeders' and dairymen's meetings, Auguirt 28m.'v "Programs are being' made for the study of the following subjects: Cot' tori' culture tobacco culture, corn and smalt grains, horticulture, forage crp4 .general . live stock .hUBbandj- dalryJagiVc4 Afso Bpeoial meetingt' for tha women from the farm homes and . lectures and addresses of general interest to, all. Speakers have been secured from the United , States Department of Ag riculture and from neighboring States, who will be assisted by the leading agricultural , , 'Workers , of our j own State, All should plan to go and make this" the . greatest ' meeting" of farmers ever held In the State. Ar, rangementa have been made with the railroads for . reduced , rates, lodging will be' freehand meals can be ob tained at cost Communications ad- dressed 'to Tate Butler, Secretary, Raleigh;- N.C;," whr furnish any in, .formation desired; to those, who wish to inquire into particular. Some of the. best speakers on ag rlcultural - subjects In the United States will deliver addresses at this meeting.. Dr, 8. A. Knapp, who has .developed the .. farm ; demonstration wprk, to its present extent and use fulness , for the Southern ,- educational board and the United States depart, ment f t agrlculturendywho is one or ine 'strongest' speaxers on agricui tnraTf (rtvelopmehf in th whole coiin tryini devller 'an' address on fues. day evening, August 25th KPr6tfW. J! SpUlman, chief of ' the1' dlvisioil of farm 'management ;rof the; r United States . Department 'of, Agriculture, will deliver an address on agricultural education on Wednesday evening, A ,v The morning and afternoon seulpns f Ulbe,devpted.,to Uie ftudy of agri- cultural problema,, and 1 ad,diUon, to sVong speakers from this State, pr. A.:Uv,Soul Presldeht Georgl Agrl. ('""rl Cn1)i"'e, Will pw'qt 11 tfc t-o gram for Wednesday,' August uih. There will be special -meetings for CAPITAL CITY MWS BUDGET New$ of Interest From Raleigh WILL MOTE MASOSIC LIBRARY. Charter for Ginning Company Issued Insurance Collections Almost Doable Fifteen Counties Fall to Send in List of Pensioners. Special to The Sun. ' ' Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 12. Within the next week the library of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons here will bo moved into the splendid new $125,000 fire proof Masonic Temple along with the great number of paint ings of past grand masters now In the hall the grand lodge ' and the local Blue lodgers have occupied for many years past, exposed to the danger of distinction by fire. It will be a couple of months or longer before the Blue lodge hall In the temple is ready for occupancy, and still longer before the grand lodgo quarters are completed. The finishing work on the store rooms and the offices for rental are being rushed and tenants are moving in every day. ' A charter is Issued for the Besse mer City Ginning Company, capital $25,000 by Lee Payne, I. A. White, W. L. Armand and others. ' The July collections for the state department of insurance amounted to $44,813, . which is about double the receipts for any month previous to the creation of the insurance department. Commissioner Young says there is a steady increase, in the state's income from insurance taxation., There are fifteen counties, Including Wake, Durham, Alamance, Lenoir and others of the larger counties, says State Auditor B. F. Dixon, the author itles of which have not yet sent in the revised lists of confederate pensioners for the pensions for the ensuing year. Final notice is being sent to ; these counties that unless these statements are sent in at once, the veterans in those counties will be debarred from participance of the pension distribU' tlon, the blame for such loss to vet erans resting entirely with the tardy county otBclals.'ff 'f V ;..:J'(f(( Deputy snenn a. jr. Terry came from Rockingham county today to deliver to the penitentiary two convicts; Sam Wileon, colored, will serve fifteen years for attempt at criminal assault, Mary Kates, white, will serve three years for killing her Infant child.; InternalRevenue Collector Wheeler Martin of the Eastern Carolina district has issued commissions to Jno. I, Maz- ingo, GoldsboroChais, "a; Banks; Eliza beth City anil Bennett. R Cox of Star as special deputies; In their respective sections to look after, apple brandy distilleries of w hicb. there are far more In' the state thai evr before, owing it is believed Jp the fact that this is the last chance to operate before pro hibition "goes ' into, effect january . 1st. PAYNE 0t FOR 00TER50B, Way and Meais- Chairman Wants to Auburn, N. Y., Angri2. Represen tative ! Sereno 'I!,' Payne, j chairman ' bf the house committee A6n ways ' and means, denies that he is a candidate for governor of New YOrlt State. He Isaid, yeoteFday wuV-MifrlS U:: "I am not and shall not be a, Candi date for governors 'My ' present' ambl tlon. is to be re-elected to congress ,nd help revise the tariff." i '-f ny.l tho women on all three days for which (an excellent program has' been' pre pared..! '- :;'..''''''" "'k On Thursday eyening, August 27th, and Friday forenood ugnst 28thit the . ; MNUligu v will hold' It annual meeting, for which an attractive program has been pre! pared.'' t bi?:4j'i.,;-:'-i.n-!,?i fir-: f On Thursday night, August 27th; or Friday forenoon, August 28th, a State Live Stock Breeders Association will be organised. f - - SWAMP LAND Convention Meets in HewBernSept.910 LEGISLATION TO BE SUGGESTED. Called By State Geologist Delegates From Eastern Coantles Congress man Small, Thomas and Godwin to AttenaV-Constderablo Interest, . The Raleigh News end Observer this morning has the following concerning the drainage convention to be held in this city September 9th and 10th. State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill, acting under authority and instructions of the State Geologi cal Board, has called a drainage con vention for North Carolina, to be held at New Bern September 9tfi and 10th In order to discuss more thoroughly the question of drainage the geological board at its June meeting authorized tha state geologist to call a meeting to be held in Eastern North Carolina of delegates from various counties in the East , to consider the drainage problems of the state and to suggest legislation that would make, the solv ing of these problems possible. Dele gates have been appointed from .near ly all the counties in Eastern North Carolina,. m also prominent engineers throughout the sta,te. These men represent not only east ern but also central and western North Carolina,.), whore -the' ; drainage prob lems arev somewhat' different from those in the eastern swamp lands, but yet at the same time are as import ant to their respective sections of the state. : ;'-", r. ; Congressmen Small, Thomas and Godwin of the First, Third and Sixth districts respectively, are heartily In accord with what is being done In re gard to drainage in the i state and are expected to be in attendance at the convention. Mr. Small has had Mr. Wright, of the U. 8. Bureau of Agri culture give a great many addresses in his district on the question of drain age which have aroused considerable interest in this important work.' Mr, Godwin has also most thoroughly identified himself with the reclama tlon of swamp lands in North Caro Una and in ' March, 1906, made f speech on the floor of the house of representatives favoring federal aid to states in the reclamation of Cbclr swamp lands. May cf ' the states have already taken up the question of draina'gs and have passed satisfactory laws which are resulting in the reclamation of large areas of otherwise valueless lands, and this has meant a consider able increase la the revenue of the state. It Is the great desire of the state geologist that the result of the convention will be the passage of adequate laws at the general assem bly of 1909 which will permit of the drainage of the vast swamp areas and bring them Into cultivation and thus be the means of adding considerable revenuo to the tato from a source which is now yielding practically noth ing. Although the question of drainage comes home more forc'bly to the peo ple of Eastern North Carolina on ac count of the very large area of swamp lands In that Bectlon, it Is a question Lof Importance to all the people of the state, inasmuch as It means the rec lamation . not only of " swamp lands, but also bf ,"over Jlow", lands., There are approximately 3,750 square miles of swamp lands to North Carolina be sides thousands of acres of '"over flow" lands, many of which are rot eeptlble" to reclamation, i if properly drained. In many Instances, no engi neering difficulty ..hat' stood in : the way of draining a particular piece of land, but absence of adequate laws. There Is no general drainage law in North Carolina, although Several Counties and township have had laws passed relating to drainage of areas within their borders. Thus It has hap pened quite frequently that a scheme for 'dralning certain areas has had to be abandoned because, in order to car ry out successfully the plan of. drain age, it would be necessary to go beyond the boundary line of the township or county and In thig adjacent territory there were no laws relating to drain age; If these large areas in the state are to be successfully drataed, it will be .necessary to have some general legislation passed covering the whole state with certain supplementary laws to govern certain local conditions. There is no doubt but that the federal government is beginning to take a most decided Interest In the reclama tion of swamp lands and when con gress passes laws permitting federal aid to states in the reclamation of swamp land, it Is those states that have practical drainage laws that will undoubtedly be the first to obtain co operative aid from the federal gov ernment. When It is considered that the area of swamp lands in North Carolina is nearly as great as that of the King dom of Saxony, which has nearly 5, 900,000 people, it will be seen that the state has the opportunity of develop ing an area which is capable of sup porting a population that is larger than the present population of the whole state. Although some of the swamp areas do not contain land that is very well adapted to agricultural purposes, still there are vast areas which, if drained, would be capable of growing a vast variety of products. They would not be far from railroads. so that the products of the farms could be easily marketed. . QUIET PORTSMOUTH Militta Guard City all Night bat are Dismissed Today Negro Not Thought to Have Left City But Every Train is Being Closely Watched. By Wire to The Sun. Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 12. After a night of excitement, Portsmouth is quiet this morning and the troops after an all night duty have been dis. missed. Marsh in the city limits was guarded all night thinking the negro James Strong, was in hiding there, but careful search this morning failed to locate him. It is not thought he has left the city, however, and every train is being watched. POLICIES TO BE OBSERVED. By Management of A. & M. College- Displays Much Interest. Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 12. In a state ment as to the policies to be observed in the management of the North Caro Una College of Agriculture and Me chanic Arts made by Dr. D. H. Hill In assuming the presidency of the Insti tution he declares that he is especially anxious to bring about the establish ment of one agricultural high school in each congressional district and to have the first principals of agriculture taught In all the rural public schools of the state. The policy of the college will be to hasten the day in this state when necessity for special prepare tlon by young men for farming will be Just as essential as for the law, medi cine or other professions if any degree of success is to be attained. He hopes to have the agricultural department of the college greatly enlarged within the next 'few years. MR. BRYAN NOTIFIED Mr. Clayton Made notification Speech v- f ; to The Nominee , By Wire to The Sun. Falrvlew, Aug. 12. In the presence of an immense crowd Mr. Bryan was formally notified today of the Dem. focratlc nomination, the consideration of party politics were forgotten" In the demonstration given the standard bearer. Mi Clayton made the notifi cation speech, the secretary read the formal notification and was followed by Mr. Bryan. (His speech in full appers In this issue.) HOLD FIRST CONVENTION Honor of First Meeting Falls to Carteret ALL COUNTIES TO BE REPRESENT Hon. Chas. L. Abernatby Will Make Address of Welcome Railroads and Hotel to Make Special Rates Fishing and Sailing aFeature. The first convention of the county commissioners of North Carolina will be held at Morehead City, August 19th. Every county In North Carolina will be represented, and it Is hoped by a full delegation. The program .has not been given out, but it was learned this morning that Hon. Chas. L. Aber. nathy, of Beaufort, would deliver the address of welcome. Mr. Abernathy is the present solicitor for this dis trict, and words' are usless to further introduce him for such an occasion The week for which this convention was called Is the only week that could be secured at the Atlantic Hotel, the other dates being engaged for other conventions. In this State there are ninety-eight counties and 495 .county commission ers Ample preparation will be made to accommodate these delegates and it is hoped that hone will drop back for. fear that there will not be room. State officials and citizens through out the State interested in the advance ment of county government methods are deply interested in the approach ing convention, which promises to at- tain qufte a success both in attendance and In excellence of program. Every member of a obard of "county commission ers in the State is a delegate, to the convention, and special effort is being made to have every county represent ed. This is the first movement in this direction for North Carolina and. re. suits will be watched with interest and it is desired that every member of the various county boards attend,' and that each county have something to say that will be beneficial and help ful to the convention. The first steps to assure a full rep resentation to this convention Is the securing of low rates on the railroads, the Norfolk and Southern having tak en the lead in this respect, which can be seen in the following dispatch re ceived this morning: .' . Norfolk, Va., Aug. 12. Parties de siring to attend the convention of county commissioners at Morehead City can purchase round trip sumer tourist tickets from all important points on the Norfolk and Southern Railway. R .E . L. Bunch. The Atlantic Hotel has agreed to give reduced rates to the county commissioners, and their families at two dollars per day, the reduced rates will be in force for any who may attend from August 17th to the 22nd, and all county commissioners 'who attend, are considered regcular delegates. Morehead City, being a summer resort, reduced rates round trip tickets from all the principal rail road stations in North' Carolina, are on sale to Morehead City, and return. Prominent among the counties who I advocate this convention are Foysyth, Guilford, New Hanover, Nosh, Wayne, Pitt, Edgecomb, Madison, Hertford, Orange, Warren, Bertie, Northampton, Craven, and others. . As the legisla ture Is to convene in January, it is believed that a State "Convention of county commissioners will bo of great benefit, not only to the counties, but the State at large. The benefits derived ' by ' such a gathering In Incalculable, because of the conditions existing 'in the coun ties are not alike, and in convention they can discuss these .conditions, thereby enabling the Eastern coun ties to keep in touch with: the work of the Western counties, and tho.Wost with the East.; Some of the principal subjects to be discussed are Publlo Road Working of Convicts; - Steel Bridge Constriction; County Home; County Prisons Tax Valuations and Equalizing property , , assessments, methods of keeping county accounts, etc., and a permanent organization. 31 '
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