North Carolina Newspapers

ill iili 1 .: ,' V-:-; V'f: Vol. LXIX. No. 5. The Weather PAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911. LAST EDITION. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in the City of Raleigh of Any Gher , Newspaper, 4 M '. :'- i Pit 4 1: A EAR-BEER BILL GOES TO Senator Brown Declares There Is Overwhelming Sentiment For General Law on Subject FEDERAL INCOME TAX Resolution Creating n New Standing Committee on Aesislatlve Appor llonment Infrodured Clerk Al lowed the Senate Committee on Appropriations Local Anti-near- lieer Hill Uefen-ed to Senate Com nijttee, Senator Ilrown Declaring There is Overwhelming Sentiment For a General Imw on the Subject The National IneOine Tav. . Tlie senate, willi President New land presiding, met at 1 1 o'clock prayer being offered by Rev. H. M North, of Edenton street Methodist '" church. ' : .- ' ,, Senator, McDonald, of Moore, re ported for the committee on rule rev mmending that the senate rules of 1909 be adopted, except section 18 page 7, of the printed copy, the change requiring a majority instead of only five members of the judir iary committee to constitute a quo' rum. Senator Bassett, of Edgecombe offered a resolution creating a new standing com mit,tee on legislative ap . portionment. ' ,- - -.' This, together with the report of the committee on rules, was on mo tion of Senator Brown, of Columbus, re-referred. " a : . ..' -a---: At the request of Senator Bassett of the appropriations committee, the senate authorized the president to apitoint. a clerk to that committee to relieve the chairman of the burden of the work, the law requiring that all .-appropriation bills be referred to that committee and a correct record ; kept. .- Mr. R, W. Turner, of Nash, and Colonel McRae, of Robeson, were granted the courtesies of the floor of : the senate. ; A message was received from the house informing the senate that the house had passed a bill correcting an error in the call for a bond election and validating a bond issue of New Bern and asking concurrence of the senate: also a bill prohibiting the sale of near-beer, or any alcoholic drinks in Macon county. After dis cussion both were referred, Senator Brown declaring that he believed there was an overwhelming senti DESTROYED BY FIRE OH (By Leased Wire to The Times) (Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6 The jl.PCO. fiflO power plant of 'the--' Minneapolis Ocnoral Klcctrie Company. ' mi - the LCaxtside, was 'destroyed by fire and an explosion today and .several men' were seriously hurt. Two of them will' .probably die. The . plant. 'Was the. main power station of the -electric company and its destruc tion left the entire city without light or power. The street car service was not interrupted, however as the trac tion company has Its own plant. ' "Fifteen men were trapped in '-building at 7 o'clock this morning when the explosion occurred. The Imperilled men fought their way through the Hamos and smoke and finally escaped. John Rymoscl, one of the employees. 'was knocked down by a fulling beam as he was emerging from" the building and his arm was broken and ,111s body badly bruised. Joseph Rhodes had a -narrow escape from death., lie was severely burned and bruised and his clothing was burned1 from his body. Power used by the telegraph com- , parties was furnished by the plant and as a result of the tire the only com munication between tills plae and out side points today was by telephone. The electric company sent a large force of men to Taylor Falls, Minn., today to put an auxiliary plant there in commission. Officials of the com pany announced that they would have arrangements completed before night for the lighting of the City. ment In the general assembly to pass an act prohibiting the sale of near- beer in every county In the state Bills and Resolutions Introduced. Barnes of Hertford: Relating to the nppointmeht of justices of the peace in Hertford county. Holden, of Franklin: -' Rmttfyin the sixteenth amendment to the con stittition of the United States adopted by congress, empowering congress to lay and collect ah Income tax and directing that a certified copy be sent to the secretary of state at Washington and the president and officers of both branches of congress Referred to the committee On const! tutional amendment. Fisher, of Polk: Voting for New Orleans' as the place for holding the world's fair. : tommond, of ..Union: Ineorporat ing Goose Creek, Union county. Graham, of Orange: Requiring the Southern Railway to operate addi tional trains. Relating to the dial lenging of Jurors. Regulating the practice of architects. Establishing standard time in North Carolina. Gardner, of Cleveland: Amend ing section .27:5(5' relating to the sal ary of the governor. Barham, of Wayne; Relating to jurors in capital 'eases:,; Repealing section 912. of the public- laws,. re garding fox hunting in Wayne conn ty. Amending section 145 of the laws of 1909 relating to the speed of automobnes and penalty for viola lion. ''.-...'' liaggelt, of Harnett ;.-' Aiiiendin section 1 993 of the revisal of 1 909 for the relief of sub-tenants. McDonald, of Moore; Concerning the records of grants in Moore conn ty. Relating to the cancellation of judgments and mortgages. .Provid ing for a re-registration of deeds in Lee county. Armstrong, of Montgomery: Amending the road laws of Montgoin ery county. Sigmon, of Burke; ; Amending sec tion 400 of the laws of 1907 relatin to the time of holding courts in the thirteenth judicial district, chang ing the time for holding courts in Wilkes and Caldwell counties Passed all three readings and'. ord ered, sent to the house without en grossing. '.' Leaves of absence were granted as follows: Senators Hobgood,' Cobb and, StarbttcR, to Monday: . Ivie to Tuesday; Cartwrlght and Martin, of Washington, indefinitely. President Newland announced the appointment of B.F. Dixon as clerk to the judiciary committee. The senate at 11.35 adjourned un til 11 tomorrow. TENNESSEE DEADLOCK. Factions About to Get Together and .'-. Trouble Ended. . (By Leased Wire to Tlie Times) Nashville, Tenn.,; Jan. 6 The .".legis lature deadlock continued today, but there is hope that it will soon be end eel. Both the house and senate met today and after a. short session in both branches,, adjourned Without .a single Insurgent' "regular" appearing to b- qualified. The Information was given out. how- ver, that the two factions are about agreed that there will be on contests ahd that on , this agreement -. the out landing .'regular will come in and be sworn. I'he regulars are said to be somewhat doubtful as to the position they have taken. . When it came to a question of going home us some wished, it, was .declared that this was an injunction step and means to avoid that necessity thlit this was an injudicious step and means to avoid, that necessity were eagerly sought for. ' - - lie.'tes this, there has been no real question of what . a few regulars Would finally do. Some foir or more, it was known, would as a final resort, qual ify thereby making up a quorum. For these reasons .the regulars are about eady to agree to, absolutely no con tests and take up their duties. How--ever there is no feeling in the -pending negotiations of either . side having forced the other to an agreement, but the better situation has come about through a mingling of the two fac tions as individuals and a better un derstanding of the situation. Commuters In Wreck. (By Leased AVI re to The Times.) Jersey City, N. J.. Jan. 6 .Six per sons were injured, one seriously, and panic among 300 passengers followed when a commuters local from South Amboy, crashed with terrific force in to the rear of a stalled train of four ars in the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal In Jersey City today. The rear car of the stalled train was made up of four steel cars of a new type, recently built for the Pennsylvania, was thrown from the rails and badly recked. Women Refused Right to Vote. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Montpeller, Vt., Jan, 6! The house by a vote of 123 to 97 has de feated the bill to grant the women of Vermont the right to vote' on the license question. The bill, if passed, would mean practically state-wide prohibition. , TO EQUALIZE TAXATION Senator Brown Is Going After So-Called Pauper Counties Will '.Offer'-' Dill Providing for Slate Tax Commission Equalize As HPxxiiiciit in Stall's Rich Country Lauds Valued Too Low Several Counties Sow liiii'dou lo Slate. ." . Senator .1. A. Hrown, ol' Coliiinbus, who is named by. President Newlmtd, of the senate, as chairman of -.-the finance committee! declares his inten tion to go in for a material- reform i lioii in the Nort t Carolina ...method of tax assessment with a view to equal izing taxatiim among the .counties and ridding the state of the; forty eight ''"pauper conn I ies," -'so-called be cause they receive from the state, for schools and other purposes , more m.iney than they pay into the state treasury in ta:;es. - lie 'proposes to undertake getting through the legis lature an act that will create a separ rnte slate tax commission, relieving the; corporal inn . cominission of this duly, and reiiniring of t-iis (-riniipis- sion that it equalize taxulinn by counties. Tie would have the com- niisslon compleiely removed frtim polities, possibly; appointed:'-- by tiK' govertior. lie would ,1m Ve I IhW eoin missi.UH'rs confer :il 1 he-.br'giiining-oi' each assessment '.period wit it .1 he- county authorities, meeting. 'the" offi cer's of the groups of counties in con venient railroad centers and explain jtist what is expected of. tlieni' in the light of. existing conditions. . .And be would clothe them with final amlVoi- ity to say just what the asse.f'smenis must be. Where titere are (liffer- ences between the property. fiiHCi's tnd the Ideal lisaessiirs, lie ., would have appeal go to an internieduue board, composed of, say live i.r-u. o:;i from each of a group of five coun ties.; In tii ia way no one county could be left alone to juggie" iis .as sessments., so -'as t'o deprive .lie stale of its equitable sha-e . of.'-, reveuiic: After this composite board has pass ed .on. the .differences tlie state tax t'oniYflssidn' w'oafd iihy anal "say s" to all assessments in all cqtimic';. 'Mr., Brown declares that he sees : 110 reason why Buncombe county, for in stance, should have her farm lands Assessed at $1" per acre and Robe son county, one of the biggest agri cultural counties in tlie state, assess ed at only $G.. Arid he sees no rea son why counties like Cuniberlaml, Chatham, Henderson and others forty-eight in all, according to the reports of the state treasurer and the state tax commission should be a burden to the other -..progressive counties. They had best be given to some other state, he says, or consol idated wit h others for .-economy in operating expenses. Canadian Trade .With Philippines. ntt!i-:i Cnn . Jan. B Canadian trade with the Philippines for the year ending Marcn ,i t, , i : i u, was Imports-, $:i:i,00.0; exports, JlbH.Ji BILL IK THE HOUSE t By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. Jan. (! The apportion ment was clarified toilay ny inc.. in troduction' of. 'a new bill by Hepresent- alfve-'Crunipacker.'., ot innuina. enair- man of the census committee, provid ing for a house-membership of 'i:i.", a ain. of 41 over the present eongivss it the next session. I ins measure i itisfaetorv to the democratic mem bers of the census committee and proh- llily will be unriiliiivotisly reporied tn the house next week., It comprises the claims- of various factions, and robably will be enacted into law al ii early date. The house devoted its session to the private calendar... today, and., small laims were, given consideration. National Merchant Marine Congress. (liv Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Jan. fi A national merchant marine congress is to be held in Washington January 211 and 4 Notices of the congress have been sent to every member of the na tional association of manufacturers. The congress has been organized by the merchant marine committee of 100 members of the association. More Indictments Against Kobin. New York, Jan. 6 Eight more In dictments were returned by the grand jury this ; afternoon against Joseph G. Robin, the skyrocket finan cier. These true bills charge the taeft of J217.000 from the Washing ton Savings Bank. This makes the total thefts thus far charged to Robin 297,000. ; HARLAN NOT PARDONED Convicted of Peonage He Must Serve Sentence President tatt Iiefte.es Pardon l , I-'lorida Lumber. Man Seiitcneed to Eighteen Monl lis in .l.-iit lor Peonage Panisl-mcni l-'its Crime. WnslilllU'o'ii;-"" .,1a h.;- li' Hre;,idi'iii Taft today retused to pardou V. S: Harlan,;, nimiagni"; - of. a v. re... lnniher and l nriient iiv- btisiiiess in Plmiiiti and Alabama, wrio was con.viil.'d of peonage. 1 iai Inn -.was seiiteHre'd to eighteen hioni lis in jail' aiiil .to pay- a fine of J5.0HM.'. The ease, was' carried to the' United States' ..supreme' cm it. where an applieation for a writ, of certiorari was denied. . 1 1 arl nil's com pany held in peonage.,, in . soul hern, lumber and iiirpentlne (-aiiips. 'it is alleged, 1 S(i laborer's, from New York City, most ly foreigners, many of whom were said to have been Hogged when they attempted to i .(!; pe. .'I'iii.' president gave, a letigliiy wiiiie.n opinion in ' 'refusing', tlie pacdon. In his decision I'.-c.-idenl.Taff .scor ed the practice. of peonage, staying:--: "The governiuenl of tlie . Cniicl Stales lias, been aC sii.al; pains an. 1 cost. fo. suppress; pooua.'e. Ii is niiich niore likely toUio mtiiniaiiied siieeess fully where, in--these -i;a.-'ft,..1lie l:i borers are foreigners, and do not speak English and hardly kiiow their rights. . It is a kind of 'offence ..that is , regiirded iigiiily in some com m uni ties. . If - permitted "to ll'vi;Bt iil.lv. ft .will spread rapidly I'S deiiioralizin'-' inlluenee. ...--'' - . " : -; W'.ien, t lierefort-,' a . man o(' l'.i'-'1! biisiness st.';iiding . and large, enter prise, is. convicted of the. o!'!'ens.e. the punishment s';iolil;t be siicli as LP deter others from the practice! i'lnes are not efi'-'etive iriniesi nu'ii ot wealth. . liiieriHonnieht h- .necessary. I am veil a:ire of tiie gric. o.is ciiai'acter of confinement iu jail io a ma n of Mr. riarlhn's '.standing,-' and i s.liould be glad to yield pt i he urgent appeals'. of'. o is. puipy friends,, but T cavnoi-do Svi 1 "fi eMy.i. i 3!.'fiiie guilty of the -.charge of . Which he has been convicted;: .To retaiit iiiid, en force ; t lie imprisonment, part ot. i'" sonte'tvee will otierate povve;-fi!lly to prevent a recurrence of si'.i-li- of fer;, es. hv men of -large affairs and b n si n e:.s, standing. To ie-ieve sm ii a one from : the penalty orM'prl'H:j!U liient when properly -'conviifed and' sentenced would be to bre.t,. .lowu the authority of the law with those of power and inlluenee. and would tempt, on their part further breachi-i. Wlvat is worse, it. woald gi.v1, real ground . for the conteinion sq 'often lvcard that it is only. the popr trim rials who are really iiunished (race's 'Cup ami (Joggles Identified. Loiidoit. Jan-.-, ti T...iero; is ho longer any doubt Illicit. . Cecil -. Grace, the aviator, is dead. Tlie. cap and goggles found in the North Sea were today identified as his proiiorty. . TRAIN WITH 100 (By Leased Wire to The Times) .Mnivatii-. ' Kits.-. J.ili. 0 liiiiining fifty miles .an' '-hour.' tow-aril Kansas City, northbound train No. -Its nf, the Aa. -bison. Ti vka; , & Sante Fe Italiroaii. . a ten car train known as . ihe 'lii.-aso Kxpivss erashed into a freiglil train v i i it'll failed lo clear the siding about a inile . and a hall' simib of Mulvime lute, las.l. night. The passciiger .train was. a : liouble-tii-'ailer. and . carried about , one hundred pass-'iigers. none of ii.an as injured. Engine.'!- Slii.'lds ami Fii-i-man .ii'instein of til.- pas si'liger' tra in were kill.-.!. . 'I'tie wr.'.-k-age eaiuvln fire I. tit. the ears', con tents were, saved. . I FIRST AGAIN -'r IN --'.-';'-' NORTH CAROLINA. The Times scores another lend by being the .FIRST news paper in North Carolina to pub lish the Governor's Message. Tens of thousands of people are now looking to The Times for FlitST NEWS, not only In linl eigli, but. all over the state. Our mot to pleases the people: "Print all the news that's fit to print, and print it FIRST." MEND CONSTITUTION Full Text of Koonce Bill Providing For Call Itt'cilcs 'I'liat Present Constitution is Antiquated Provides for Take Vote on Question of ( ailing ( oii vciition a"d its ; ' Membership and Compensation of lii'lcgatcs, , T!r r'.M'H' VM'vi Is t.h-'Tali' JeM ' of.. -a Ii" l.iP ! ini-.r.-ic-t. " i.y :.' i'P-ni -1 1 1 -i ; i . I! '-.'-. -v;.'i; '..r in-i'.v.- pr-. . villi ni; r .r ' ;"il .-:';'. ' Hi !:.!!.' ' .-..n'enl ii.!!': " "'.A.- ;i.ill I... i." .':n i! --."I ';An:; a. j if. i-m M -..a'- , i.'on i'--:i.' I 1 1 ;.-f. i he- ,-pi ..ii r; r . ) l i i ' '.iriiMaa.'' -. "IVil, Vr V;.; '.; fill- fi'-.-eSejIt 't-ii.ltitUUi'iT . f" 'm til". li i-.. I ina , in !"-.ny. iiii' ; -r . i- i : i : ! I . j.a;t i, .illals.; -pa-suited 1". ";i!e u .ii-l- ..;' : I P- ..i-.-!i.' ..1 of, .hi ! )- i anil- w'liTca s., , , iit til.'' jiifb.'-'ni.lin ' of 1 he ;;.iti't a I :ass.;n'ih!y :a emi v.-ai imi nf.- I !a ( ..rate . T .-- i ll.- ..n'iy' Su're.-.--' e'u'd- is ; 1. :.:.!.- - 1 li-- i'm-( tli.-.-i' - a n if ni-;..-;'. .-ri!U ie'iil'.uiii.'le i'f. .'ill :s itru ; a-im-irlhis' t I" li. viMv. the ml ri -iti.-i iaipi-a.'tiiial.li- lvsl;ttj'. v " i tin. a;. -o-t ,'ii:-'-.niui in. Hi ' ur-i-ai n.iiiiiii-j '' '.lp-eiird-i m Mi'l. ."iirlla-: up:; ,provisiipis 1 the pr,.- ; lit i : 1 1 1 ; ' j 1 11! i ll -.- n i..- 1m I-' ,' I'V'-i--: ': 'I'll-- l;..'llerav :'S"Hl1il :".!' X-l"l!l - ill..' fiar' '.in iif.-H'l.:. i I mi.-! !. n-.l --ol a J I -.till- a. I.- ix of . ai-a In his. . i-' .ii. iit i-i 11,' ), :.;rii'iii i: '. . Vt, i In-., n;'":! ,'ii'ei'a f ..:-. '- (ii.'i,;tn.-.iir.-h'eli.l iP.' 'til.'-' '.-'ia':.- i if- Xovih i'i.-..'lii.i-a-. Pi',.' P.il::.- -Mr i:-..:..uii i.in'-:-'.if '. . -i-ii iii" -'' i 'i i'I vi'lilii.li" si l a II siii.eiiu.'.I to t-1'e- ...aalilh'il vut .; o.f iii. v. it..!.' :a:e. e.i.i it shall -he th' liii y-:'ul'. : 1 ' - 'various ' .-P'r-iion nl'lieers t'(V i'V.;.:pai.'- J'or sitt.-h pf... .-ii ii'ir a :-'-Il- hi.'"'I...K'Ii '-lii..-ii ;tl.i.-, tiiii'ls as ulr.-.va iai--;! ' sh,.lh h- .l.-p-.-ot. ', ' at ' wbii'li li.il el'-iiiol. 111. .-;' ! Iir. Ii!i'-.l :..t.-is ,'".'.;, "'iii , s, i.. eill!' snal!. ,.te ii; ' tit-k.'-t t. ',i'Uit- ' Ts'- ....I . "t 'onv. i'H. ai: an. I I h -- ..ppiS'- .l li.-ariil.'.v t ia' ' words. "No ,i-'Mii--,.'!ii, ii im:' a'i'i liie saai'; laxvs nial i-iMiilaihiris , li-iiv.-vhiiig liii- -i.i .iiiiii u'i1 .-iriv"' 'iif.-. i -li'liofs . for ..tlir' I'li'i'iii ai. i'. i. :,-'! i. i.:; .,.;), , h :.i,un;;y iiali lie iilwfVit for .litis ep'.-tion: aa.i tlie r. ' :iii ir";.'.i,f sa:.' . . ii-.-ti..n sti;;l! ii. erui v:;ss. -I' lUal '. i!-'e!;,' ri-it us iiiiav. -p.,-'la ilii fl' hv la' : fni- - th..' elect ion '.of of n:--;..'r;-- ,.;.';;" :. "; ;-;';., '"See. . Tin' said . on . in ion shaj.l ynhsist of ..ne luinilr.-il and tweiii-'- Mt-lej-rje,-, : V't'e.-' f. apd each eotinly .shall N i "iir- K'ni i.nn'ii.-i of di'p'1 celes i. ,t it h ii,- ui.-ril .rs of. t i-.y' .li.iasii. nf; ri-i.rescalatiyes on , .taiiunrv l.."l, i!'l'.'. aiiil, til'.: ' said delegates shall 'hav.- the .iiiiilHienti.iir 'required .-"-of "l-.'lnt.el s Ihe il.'lise of l-'lpn S.-imifix-, cf i :ii.-:i 'iii;iiifi.-:i I Ions, th" i-ouveetion h il!'-'l.-:'' the s..!.- joi!.:". ', "Sec. ::; ' -TriiVit ,;it 11 le saj.i . gi-nera i eleelioli "of' . jlllL ' f I'll 'l'e ' sllll II I).,-, Vi'iU'il- for In lln: -se'ei--al counties of the slate, in fi . sejia ra !.-- box lo be irovi.l-'( . by the sei-i-al tmards of election, a rtf'le u;ii. '.'!' .!- I--iiiites in propoi ti.-n t-i ilie niiaihi r-,.i-- is i'i'..isf"iil.i -.1 in Section . L' of this hot -;i lid the: character nail size oi' tin-: tickets 'fill-: til is elect ioii of tlie deiiwrli ;.l.'timt;.-K."- ll : lie : pr:; sci il'ii-d li.v t lie several cotinty tui.irds ...I' i !"'-ti..!): nf the sliite'. ..ti w hi. ir sji-:lt he priiite.l or written or partly printed oi: pi"'l' wiiilen. as f.illnw:. In eniiill ic J. i ini.l .;il . hi Ollc llel.'cii t.- . to I lie sa ii 1 : i cm i'eii l-ioii . . t li esc 'ivori'l s '-Mel-egafe.: to', ('''otisiitational' t'oiiveiiti'oii" and in eoiiiilii-s eii'itleil to more than one delega ie these onls ."Deiegales to t'onst ii utiiiiail t'.mv. ntiim" and t iic result of said election, shall be eau- INQUEST IN THE El . ('umbel-la lid., M.l." .Jan. C- Til" . il's-rnv.-ry iq" a. iP-w clew iir ih.e . ant. -(luptfaf tragedy which cost, the .lives of lirace Klossei ah.l her tiaiici.', i "Ira l ies Kdw.ird-Twlgg toilay li'd to a l)os(-poiH'in.-nt of thi' liiiiu.'.st , 'tint II. this a I' ti moon.- I! was report, ll tl,lt, . . Ill',; authorities ,' hail. . secured eaoiraii ivi di'nce fo establish Ah" .theory tlnil Twigg carried poison into 1 lie K loss. a; heme. All til.' llli'lllbeis of . tlie 1"I(1SS'-1' family, and a .numhi'ri pi 'rubers .have iiceil KllVipiloliai'd , t or t lie inipicst : The belief prevailed Ihoi; "a ...verdict of iloulile snir-iite would lie ieiitrnej. hi the past twenty four hours' States Attorney. Itohb has eonceiirati'..l his efforts lo -learn the identity of a lnys ici iiuis itiinl jierson, h...,, lie is r-ea-lideut; . . must "ha ve-: tn-eii ' ill ilie .rnoin where tin- dead bodies v ere fouin.l and removed tlie receptacle t'.r.ii h id the fatal ilraugbt." '.-'. Altlioiiiib it has lii i-a ,i siiihlishcil h the t'ortiiit-rs pii'siciau;, I ir. ' Ivooti.-. thai Cyanide ;;ol! potassiniii ' vas . taken in liquid fornr by both the girl and '. pvu.it'. tin- authorities have lic'ii .tillable t" discover wiiere the. deadly drug was obtained. . As a eiinseqin-iice of this a number of employ es: of;( local (Ivc w.U'ks. where i-yunide. nr iiolassiuin is used, .were subpoe iimal, . to appear at the inquest , to testify. It was rumored today : that . the tutboritics have secured, the nan'ie of another witness to corroborate'".' the story of 8-year-old Harlan Norris that he saw glasses in the hands of lite girl and man and a bottle on . the floor at -their feet Immediately-'; after the triii-edy wtt.s discovered. Neither bottle nor glasses were in right -.when tile authorities arrived on the scene and have not been located sillCii, ' - ;. va-sei and declare. I as is now s: -rib"-! l.y law tor Hie election o! mem h' -r- of i he 'ell. ra I ;isso ""':'. ".-'v. ;l If. 11)1011 the canvass nf tti 'lit-fion upon ilia .rpi'-i.-tiiij of .entivr-'n lii.p- or. 'no ..coin cpi ioii as pt'esv-ribed by. Section :: of tiiis, act. ii shall . In . is. 'ertaiii.-.l that a majority : of Mir V'-C". c;v-: in saol rler-tion ai.-. in lfi'or of th II. til.-l I ii shiill p.- the ilii'', ,a" v:i. ilc'ieg.ui's, .declared to' :l:;i'e lii'dl t:le.'-Ted.- to convene in I iie -ii.i li ot' t p.. i.iiis.,. of represe'nl a I I've.. :it. l:.;:lei:;ii; Xollh I "ti I'ol i 11 1 of . 'i "1 . t-'.;'.- c ot'ii-r Hi : fi,,u 'Monday in May Iai :; a' ; I'-.-lv.- o'.-ioek : n,.. m w hvii and wile! : 111- Mill I lii'leja i.'S siiaH' lie; ffl II .j ' !., erih r. by i ia- ciilef i 1 1 s-1 ,' r-. . r,r on. Of til-' a-;'..: i:,i, .ires of lltr iui Vl''IU cotii.l i,y. I hi : ,Si 'C 'i -1 it ,'y ,i if slate ' h i it'.- 1 1 :.e.i ,-V la- . not a . .pjp'iitii, - siiall :i. l!t:'l a! 'l;'.-.'l.'e' o'clock lioi.'l . -'.vil.-n anil fii.:. i -.lay - to- day. until a .ptoruin vliall ai'p' ir.' .and; ..ai. tin- aj.pea r.-incc of a fiii'tilai. 'li'::- :lal administer - each of t'-i: in tin ' f.-iliowlng- oalh:. "'-.'i. A i-i il."-. -o. :- i ill - swear "or ; afiirni,-, as t'li .'Ij'.leg.-i:'.. - . !e,-t shall .eh., is, ; liii- ..ii will faithfiriy inainiain ;Ul.l illppnrt lie i 'oast it n I ion of t'le rnited State and' the..: s, Vera! .'ilili-nilini-ii ! s thei-et- i . i ' I liuil voir will neither. dircctiy' or l)ilit:ei:(l ;.:V:t(ie,or lljsiveai'd tti'K lillt'ii eitjoined ' .(.ir- the res.i.-icii.itis: inipi-.s.-d Kl'.in lie c.iii'vi iii ion by Ilie ai't of til.; r.'iieiai . a:--einbiy a n i h... iziiig yoiii ..-li..!l S-, help .'.j oil i:...l. A. id .in .!!. ..-gale--. ..l:.ii! he .-pel Ijiit te.rf lo .sit (It; lic i: Lit it I' ol to a ;-..'. i t - in . tlie,' said ;.con- Ventliill., ' nr. lief ;S a 'delegate 'Thereto, aiit-lil..'. he 'sici!! have sflli:-. -rih"d' th ".th ...it; "iif.'ii-'iia-vioir as: ali.,.--'sei- (tut, and as soon as a lo l;iori:y . of the d.-tc- ".aiei i, h i.: slrri! liave liius, appeared atiil -bi.-ii -sworn in. .'ia-y hall tb-n 'ed to elect. - t heir : ow n priKfdilii ofiie.-r' .(I (111 :si(-h ot'l'-r , officer IcieVliS 't.i 1 1 1 , ' 'Sp -1 j o.e,' r, 'i iji.e r.s- a iu I .' : . i - iii I : a. they.. f:;oiii. ii to ;iiii.yi shail find ti".-. "ary; at'.J if ti vacancy shall oc cur ill-a-.snip" shaii lie filled, hi ih :'. 111:1 1'ip-r as the like vacancies, an thli.-d 'by la w in the case of; vacancies in tJii. aifTi.ti::tiii'iiir1.v,;. Saitl c.m yentli.ii ..shall have power to ''eo'nsider, li h. lie. pn.iii.se iiiid ado',ii any aniend iiant i,i the ckisiing consiitution ex capi snclr as c,iit, i conrtici with tan- ot's: it. I'.i..". .. til.' I ' It i ted. States. "Sac, .That iherc shall lie -nrinlcil iinnie.liafejy. t,-n ; -eojib.s "of:, this aft:-for. I'.-ii.h ini'iTthar, of the general assembly iiod one liilnilre.l copies ifniiiediatelv follow i us;, its.. ratification.'. for each .board f oiiiit' .eoinniissioners. for- tile use it' til. .registrars and judges of elec tion .lit t.heir respective .counties; ... -fiw- ii. That the di legates .IP the iistitiitioiiiil ('onveiitioii shall he en- tit'e.l . lo ami receive the' same per litem rind .mileage lor the entire period "f rha, f'rtTif.--.nf'frti .is is liiivv f.mviaed I'.ir Hi" .iiieiviaers of the maieral as- Sclllblv-, ". . '1 '; Sea. -. -'That "this art slrail lie 'in liirce fi-oin and after i:s ratjlicatiop."" iLMi.noAi) !i;i;(;i:k. Several llailroatls of (ieorgla, Ten. Iicssce and Alabama I'nder (hie Svsicni. "' ' ( By Leased Wire to Tl'.e Times I . ('hattanooga.Teiiii.. .Uui, t; );. V. Blomeyer, .'president of the . Chatta nooga &' Atlanta . Railrond Compiinv. tiidav stated tluit : witliiii ten: days the Chattanooga Southern, the Gads den and Birmingham and tae 'Chatta nooga' & Atlanta railroad would be merged into one svsteni to be known as tlie'Teniicssee.., Ahibaina and Geor gia .'Rail-road. The conKolidated line, he says, will be :i direct route from the Great. Lakes to the ''Gulf of Mexico. " Arrtingenionts liave been .made to r n i r th e it e w road to A 1 1 a n I a by . w a y if Roiii.', (la., and connections will be .made witn the Seaboard Air Line at a point net yet decided on. The consolidation of t.iese roads will take place in this: city, where the new "company will "lie legally organ ized next weeli..;- ' t TOBACCO Tltl'ST CASK. Hearing Begun in (he Supreme Court .Many Lawyers (in Hand. ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. Jan, fi -The Tobacco trust began a desperate light fr its existence, .-in the supreme ciuri of the 1'nited "States': -'today , wlieti t.iie most imposing' array , of lawyers that, has nthered in 'Wasn ington for years appeared to defend the huge corpor ation, against the suit for its disso lution brought by tlie, 'government.'' Late--'.t bis afternoon argument, "in the stiluiiissioii of tliis, the; next-to-the-inost 'famous-of -ihe tmist famous Sherman-' anti-trust, law prosecution. were begun by an opening statement by Delaiiccy Nu'oll, iiitorney for the Tobacco Company. Atkinson News. (Special to Til Times. ) Atkinson. . ., ,('., Jan. -Mrs. K. L. W'oinblc has relurned from her home At Ytre.il ill, 'N. ',. where she was eall cil on aci .(Unit , iif tlie illness of her m. ilher. Mrs. I-:. (". Cheek. llcr frieiids are all glad to know that Mrs. i 'lick is much imjiroved. and a liie to sit ' up. i ."Miss Katie Smith.' of. this place, re turned , today to Oxford,; ".She is a student, at the Oxford" Female Sem inary. - The teachers have all returned and Atkinson high school resumed work, Monday.- .January 2, with n good at tendance considering tlie weather. m em Mr. Koonces Measure Calls For Election to Decide In 1912 Both Houses Aojouru Until Tomor. row After JJi-ief Sessions RonoIu (ion Providing for Investigation of Insurance Business Offered In the House Clieclt Tendency to Pass Hills Without lleference Trinity College Wants Property Limit 1 liaised. After short sessions of an hour, ioth houses of the general assemhlv adjourned today aCnooii. An, effort was made m the lionse to carrv the adjournment over to Monday, but this w-s promiitly checked and the mot il a to adjourn until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Several mem bers were excused until next week. however, and this seemed to satisfv tiie house. Speaker Dowd made no ommittee announcements. i The most important measure offer ed in tlie house .was a bill by Mr. hiuhhs, ..providing for the calling of a onstittil tonal convention in 1912. if ilie oters of the state shall so decide at an election to lie held' for that pur pose. -''; The usual crop of purely local bills were offered and the introducers. In most cases, pressed for Immediate consideration.'';.' This Imnatient ten dency was checked by Mr. Turling ton, of TredelC wlio'.'promptly later-'-.' tiosed objection to 'the nassace of : bills without reference to commit tees. I'nder objection Gen. Carr's hill' to Increase .'the amount of nron- erty Trinity College may hold was re ferred alt.iough he asked for imme diate consideration. It was urged that the destruction of one of the buildings of the college made it ne. cessary for the property limit to he raised. "' Insurance Investigation. Likewise-a joint resolution offered by Mr. Koonce, of Onslow, providing lor a joint committee to investigate the conduct of insurance companies in the state went to committee over his protest. The resolution asks for tne appointment of a joint committee ; of two from the senate and three from tiie house to fiiake a comnlete investigation of the manner of doing business by insurance companies in (Continued on Page Eight) MANY KILLED IN WRECK EN FRANCE Paris, Jan. fi -A train on the W estern Railroad, filled with passen gers, was wrecked at ftamhouillet, about, twenty-five miles southwest of this city today and the shattered carB were consumed by fire. A despatch received by the railway officials an hour after the wreck occurred said that tlie loss of life had been heavy. A newspaper dispatch declared that here "had been at least twenty-flve rushed or burned to death and more than 100 injured. Tlie train was derailed and the ors crumpled up into a tangled heap of twisted steel and shattered beams. riie wreck is said to have been caus I by a careless employe leaving a wiich oien. The coaches caught fire from the llames in tlie boiler of the locomotive tnd a number of those who were res cued were nearly burned to death before their bodies were dug from the wreckage. " Wrecking crews and doctors were rushed to the scene and abmulances were ordered from the Itambonillet hospitals. Houses about the scene of the disaster were temporarily trans formed into hospitals for the injured. Rescuing parties worked with frantic haste to clear away the debris which pinned down wounded jnen, and women in the path of the flames. A special train carrying physicians mid nurses was sent from Parte aa ; soon as news of the disaster wa re ' eeived. ; KUflfl CONSTITUTION 1 . t a j t