| V0L Xv- __YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY W. C . WEDNES N0 52
NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From All Sectious of the Busy
Tar Heel State
THE MORGANTON HOSPITAL.
Report of Sob-Committee Visiting
Hospital Find Conditions Favor
able.
The following report of the sub
committee of the joint committee on
insane asylums which visited the
State Hospital at Morganton last
month, was presented to the House
Wednesday:
Gentlemen: Your committee, com
posed of fourteen members, arrived
in Morganton at midnight of Janu
ary 21st, and spent the entire day
following inspecting the buildings,
premises and colony and making in
quiries of those in authority, re-vis
iting on the following morning some
points to which the closest attention
had not been paid, for lack of time.
As the result of this visit, made with
advance information of but a few
hours to the superintendent, we feel
that we are in a position to represent
conditions as they7 normally exist at
this institution.
e cannot forgeo the pleasure of
referring to the gratifying results
shown during the past year’s incum
bency of Dr. John McCampbell. For
the two years ending November 30th,
1908, during the whole of which time
Dr. McCampbell was practically in
authority, there were admitted 42.5
patients, 353 were removed, 1,142 re
maining. The annual death rate, ••we
find from the records', shows the re
markably low percentage of 3.4,
while the percentage of recoveries,
quoting from the same records, reach
ed 34, a showing that will ^compare
favorably with tjpe records of the
first institutions for the care of the
insane in the country. The physical
condition of the, patients was excel
lent, only one of the whole number
being confiend in a room, and all have
the appearance of considerable care.
In the ward reserved for those whose
jnental condition permits apprecia
tion, there is a piano, games and in
nocent amusements of various kinds
iv ufnij.'j wiia impiuve
the minds of the inmates. A striking
feature of the interior arrangement
is the well-nigh perfect system of
sanitation. Cleanliness, whether re
lating to the perosnal appearance of
the inmates or the institution, is a
distinguishing characteristic of the
hospital. Large bay windows, afford
ing abundant and cheering light;
Bcreeed porches stretching around
the buildings, from which the inmates
have a pleasing point of observation
of the surrounding country and re
ceive the benefit of the fresh, open
air; freedom on fhe premises permit
ted those not confined in the hospital
by necessity—all these appear to us
to call for approval and commenda
tion.
A ward for the female tuberculars,
separate and apart from the main in
stitution, is now occupied and the in
mates are receiving the best atten
tion.
The dining hall was serupuplously
clean and the food ample and sub
stantial.
The laundry is excellently equip
ped, having among other things, such
modern appliances as electric irons.
The manual labor is performed in the
main by inmates.
Lights, electric power, steam heat
and heated water are all supplied
from the institution’s own plants and
no fault can be found with the ser
vice of any of them.
Abundant and healthful water sup
ply is procured by a pipe line from a
stream at the summit of a nearby
mountain.
We found all the fresh meats arid
other perishables kept in a cold stor^
age plant and in excellent condition.
The grounds are kept with much
Fire at Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount, Special.—Tuesday
night about 12:30 o’clock the home of
Mr. E. L. Tick on Bassett street,
was destroyed by five. The fiames
had gained considerable headway be
fore the oceupants of the house were
awakened and they were forced to
flee for their lives, saving but little.
The loss to the home and furnishings
of Mr. R, I. Barnes will amount to
$1,300, with $900 insurance. .....
Held on Grave Charge.
Waynesville, Special.—J. B. Bar
rett, who ha3 a wife and a daughter
about twelve yoars old in Cherokee
county, was arrested on the charge
of persuading Miss Lula Long, of
Hickory, to pack her clothes in his
trunk and put $125 in his possession,
saying that they would go to Geor
gia and be married. Barrett in some
way eluded Miss Long at Asheville
and with her clothing and money,
continuing his journey towards Geor
gia. Miss Long discovering she had
been deceived befoi’e Barrett reached
the Georgia line, had him arrested.
Case Compromised.
Wadesboro, Special.—At 11 o’clock
Saturday night the jury in the cast
of Mrs. E. A. Honeycutt against the
Seaboard Railway was reconvener
by Judge Biggs, after having beex:
out since 4 o’clock. The judge an
nounced what had been accomplished
and the jury, which was tied, dis
missed. The case was compromiser
so that Mrs. Honeycutt, administra
trix, will receive $1,500 for her hus
band’s death and $4,500 for injuries
care and those immediately surround
ing the building are exceedingly at
tractive. The institution is abundant
ly supplied at all seasons with fre3h
vegetables from the garden and col
ony, products almost exclusively of
the labor of inmates, who appear to
take a delight in their work and it*
results.
The dairy is model in every par
ticular, comparing favorably Avith the
best in (he country. A herd of sixty
Holstein cows supplies the 1,052 in
mates with freshfi rich milk twice a
day. None of the milk, we were ad
vised, is churned, owing to the desire
of the authorities to provide the in
mates with the richest milk to be had
for its nutritive properties.
Your committee’s impression of
the colony, both with reference to
the healthy appearance of the pa
tients and the material results, can
not be adequately described. The
farm itself is the equal of the best in
the State and is being constantly im
porved and extended. We cannot
too heartily endorse the colony plan,
after witnessing the success of its
operations at Morganton, and recom
mend that it be extended sufficiently
to accommodate all patients whom
the superintendent thinks would be j
benfited bv removal to- the colony.
The superintendent advises your com
mittee that at least 40 per cent of the
460 male patients could be removed
with benefit both to their mental and
physical condition and that they
would contribute at least 25 per cent
of the cost of their maintenance
through services rendered.
We cannot conclude this imperfect
report of our observations with
out commending without stint
Dr. John McCampbell, the su
perintendent, and his valuable corps
of assistants. It should be to all the
State a cause for gratification that
the institution is maintaining such a
high standard.
We consider the request of the di
rectors for an appropriation of $175,
000 annually for the year 1909 and
1910 altogether reasonable and rec
ommend that it be allowed.
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Trouble, Man Takes His Own Life.
Statesville, Special.—The dead
body of Will Brown, a farmer, about
forty years old, was found Thursday
morning hanging at the end of a
rope which had been fastened to a
limb of a tree in the woods nea« his
home in Davidson township/ ai\^ as
there was no evidence of foul play,
the case goes on record as a deliber
ate suicide. Brown is a native of
South Iredell, being a son of the late
folonel Brown, of that section. Years
ago he went to Texas and married
there, a year or so ago he and his
wife separated and Brown returned
to his cld home in Davidson town
ship, accompanied by his two child
ren who are not yet grown. Some
months ago his wife began suit in
Texas for divorce and took some ac
tion through the cuorts in an effort
to obtain control of the children. The
papers in the proceedings were serv
! ed on Brown several months ago and
since that time it is thought that he
had brooded over the trouble consid
erably.
Invents Locomotive Attachment.
Spencer, Special.—J. H. Keeter,
cf Spencer, has just been granted a
patent on a safety locomotive throttle
box, which promises to be of great
value to the railroad world. The
device will effectually eliminate any
possible delay to locomotives from
defective packings in throttles and
can be attached to any locomotive, at
a trifling expense.
Increase in Blockade Distilling.
Revenue officials say that the
“blockade” stills are rapidly increas
ing. And they say that the difficulty
of seizing the outfits for the making
of “moonshine” or “mountain dew”
has greatly increased because the
blockaders have learned a new trick
which makes detection difficult,—
Asheville Citizen.
Hancock Foung Guilty.
Winston-Salem, Special. — After
considering the case of L. G. Han
cock for embezzlement for twenty
seven hours, the jury Thursday re
turned a verdict of guilty with a plea
for mercy for the reason that some
I of the jurors had doubts as to the
I sanity of the defendant. Hancock
was charged with embezzling nearly
three thousand dollars while manager
for the Lambfish Lumber Company.
Defendant was sentenced to the State
prison for five years. Hie counsel
gave notice of appeal to the Supreme
Court and he was released on $1,500
appearance bond.
Schools Will Close.
Raleigh, Special.—The Raleigh
public schools close March 5, after a
. six months’ term, instead of the
usual nine months term, this curtail
ment being due to the loss of the por
tion of the Raleigh dispensary rev
[ enue that went to the schools. An
■ election has been called for March
16 on the subject of local taxation.
WITIj N. ^LAWMAKERS
Doings of the State Legislature Con
densed—Interesting Items from
Day to Day.
In the Senate Monday the follow
ing new bills were introduced:
Barringer: Provide for the pun
ishment of safe-crackers.
Wray: Require the board of edu
cation to furnish text-books for in
digent public school children.
Barringer: Relating to the com
pensation of solicitors.
Dockery: Resolution revising the
payment of the expenses of the joint
comiqittee on the deaf and dumb in
visiting the State School at Morgan
ton.
Authorize three millions State
bonds for refunding the State bonds
falling due in 1910.
Senate resolution »t6 pay the ex
penses of the sub-committee in visit
ing the State School for the Deaf and
Dumb.
The following passed final reading:
The substitute bill for amending
Sec. 3057, Revisal, imposing a tax of
$64 on mineral water companies do
ing business in tips State with a grad
uated scale of taxes.
Scott (by request): Regulate mili
tary affairs.
In the House on Monday new bills
were as follows:
Morton: Relative to the sale of
non-intoxicating beverages, allowing
the sale of those having not more
than 2 per cent alcohol.
Barnes, of Hertford: Enlarge and
remodel the State house and issue
bonds in the sum of $500,000 to pay
the same.
Hageman: Provide for the main
tenance and enlargement of Appala
ahian Training School.
Linney: Require the State board
of education to furnish necessary
books to indigent children.
Graham: Establish State drug
commission and prevent the sale of
adulterated drugs.
Koonce: Increase the annaul ap
propriation for Confederate pensions
from $400,000 to $500,000.
A number passed final reading, be
ing of local or private interest.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the Senate Tuesday was a
preamble and resolution bv Senator
Barringer looking to the removal of
the State capital from Raleigh to
Greensboro.
Senators, as a rule, seemed to take
the proposition anything but serious
ly, and there were amendments from
Senators from various quarters of
the State to have their respective
towns designated as the seat of the
State government. Senator Dockery
wanted Rockingham; Means, Con
cord; Fry, Asheville; Kluttz, Salis
bury; Bassett, Rocky Mount, and
there were others.
The following new bills were offer
ed:
Doughton: Amend the Revisal re
lating to weights and measures.
Blow: Provide special tax for
maintenance of four months’ school
in every school district in the State.
On motion of Senator Ormond the
vote by which the bill for tfie bet
terment of rural free delivery ser
vice had passed earlier in the day
was reconsidered.
The bill by Senator Kluttz to pro
vide fire escapes and protect human
life came up as special order and
passed its final reading after a num
ber of minor amendments.
The following bills were introduc
ed out of order:
Means: Prohibit the sale of liquors
in Cabarrus county except in medical
dispensary.
Long, of Person: Amend 4789, Re
visal, in regard to securities deposit
ed with the Insurance Commissioner.
In the House Mr. Morton of New
Hanover raised a sensation under the
personal privilege rule. A number
of bills consumed the day.
The House was in session three
hours Tuesdav night, and after pass
ing a great number of roll-call bills
on second reading and on final read
ing, many important local and pri
vate bills, adjourned to 10:30 Wed
nesday morning.
Representative Taylor’s joint reso
lution is one of far-reaching import,
calling on Congress to make suitable
appropriation fcr deepening the Wil
mington and Southport channels, and
constructing the necessary canals,
ncrnan
diaIRlipPIVBJl llU-IWihifWiee by
1 reason of injuries sustained in such
service.
Amend Sec. 1708, Revisal, so as to
allow publication in a newspaper in
any adjoining county instead of in
the nearest newspaper.
Authorize the commissioners to
employ an auditor to audit and ex
amine the books of the county officers
whenever it may be deemed neces
sary.
Authorize registers of deeds in the
several counties to appoint deputies
whose acts as such shall be valid and
the register responsible.
The following are amo ug the new
bills introduced:
Elliott: J< nt resolution that the
Assembly adj.-urn sine die between
10 and 3 o’c' -ck March 3d. Placed
upon the calendar.
Clark: Pr< vide for two bank ex
aminers instei.d of one.
Dockery: Appropriate $1,000 for
household furniture at the Governor’s
mansion.
It was a busy day running into n
night session with the Horse, but
nothing of v ide or grneal interst
seemed to hav • been aett'/apon.
In the Senate Thursday, the follow
ing are among the bills introduced:
Starbuc-k: Incorporate Yadkin
River Railwav Company, i
Elliott : Placing all ex-Confederate
soldiers on the pension/ list.
Pharr: Amend 3,890, Revisal, re
lative to building and loan associa
tions.
Kluttz: Authorize -directors-of the
Soldiers’ Home to furnish uniforms
or suits of gray for the inmates.
The following bills passed final
reading:
H. B. to amend Revisal relative to
licensing physicians. >
Authorize boards of education, to
purchase Ashe’s “History of North
Carolina.”
In the House the following new
bills were introduced:
Cox, of Wake: Equalize tax as
sessment in the State.
Cox, of Wake: Erect suitable pub
lic buildings in Raleigh for the State.
Carries $750,000 bonds for an office
buildings to take the place of the
present Agricultural and Supreme
Court Building.
Julian (by request): Approorinte
$500 toward suitably marking the
birthplace of Andrew Jackson.
Morgan (by request): Adopt as a
State song “Carolina,” by Miss
Bettie Freshwater Poole.
Hagemon: Aid Watauga Railway
Company to construct a rovd from
some point on the Caldwell & North
ern Railroad to Boone, in Watauga
county.
Ihursday in the legislative realm
was given interest by action upon
two important measures. Senator
Barringer’s bill forbidding the mile
age ticket practice failed in the Sen
ate by Lieutenant Governor Now
land’s vote, and the Senate judiciary
committee voted 9 to 8 for a favor
able report on an anti-trust mo isure
which follows the lines of the Man
ning substitute. It is termed a filing
down of the the original bill.
The following are among the bills
that passed final reading in the Sen
ate Friday:.
Relating to the^sale of merchandise
Relative to sala
ners, making fc«e
the two $2,400.
H. B. to facilitat*
mortgages and deed;
Amend Revisal as "to escap'fs.
Prevent fraud upon merchants and'
traders. I
Amend the charter of the Farmers’
Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
North Carolina.
New bills of general interest were
as follows:
Pharr: Providing for the mainten
ance of the North Carolina room in
the Confederate Mansion, Richmond.
In the House the following passed
third reading:
The following are among the new
bills offered:
McDonald, of Moore: Allow coun
ties, cities and townships to purchase
first mortgage bonds of railroad com
panies organized under the laws of
North Carolina.
Cox, of Wake: Establish a State
conservation commission to protect
forests and water-powers.
Connor: Relieve holders of mile
age1 books and promote convenience
of the traveling public.
Campbell: Pension all old soldiers
in North Carolina.
Green: For the relief of Confed
erate soldiers.
Graham: Increase the pensions of
old soldiers who lost both eyes, both
arms, both legs or one arm, one leg
or one eye.
GOOD CHANGE
Coffee to Postum.
The large army of persona who
E»und relief from many chronic |
•s by changing from coffee to
t as a daily beverage, is grow
h day.
only a simple question of try
or oneself in order to know the^
returning health as realized
young lady. She writes:
ad been a coffee drinker nel
life and it affected my sto
ed insomnia, and I was s<
t a headache. I had
Postum and how bene
) concluded to quit co
ms delighted with the change,
tow sleep well and seldom ever
eadache. My stomach has got
ong, and I can eat without suf
fering afterwards. I think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
’‘My brother also suffered from
stomach trouble while he drank cof
fee, but now, since using Postum he
feels so much better he would not go
back to coffee for anything.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea
son.” ;
Ever read the above letter? A now
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human 1
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HE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest Gethered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
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Live Items Covering Events of More
or Less Interest at Home and
Abroad.
The Hotel Clarendon, at Seabreeze,
one of the largest resort hotels on
the East coast of Florida, together
with ten cottages adjoining the house,
was totally destroyed bv fire Mon
day morning, the 250 guests, who
weie asleep at the time, being saved
without injury, and many being able
to gather up most of their belongings.
R. L. Patton, a veteran of the civil
war and a survivor of the Custer
forces which were massacreed by In
dians at Big Horn, died of paralysis
ap-Mount Airy, N. C., last week at
the age of 78.
Capt. Henry McCrea of the Geor
gia, and Capt. Greenlief A. Herriam
of the Missouri, had to quit their
commands before the fleet left the
Pacific coast and died soon after.
They were thus deprived of what
all the others of the fleet are justly
proud.
It is said that it would be diflicut
for the men of our great fleet to de
cide at which port visited the people
tried hardest to show them respect
and make them Aveleome.
Anrelius Christian, a negro, as
saulted and brutally murdered Miss
Mary Dobbs of Botetourt county, Va.,
Thursday and aa’hs sentenced in reg
ular court Friday (o die in the electric
chair on March 22.
near Artmiral -James G. Green, U.
S. A., retired, died at Edenton, N. C.,
last Friday.
J. L. Fox killed his former friend,
Stephen AAatson, at Wadesboro
Thursday night. They had been the
best, of friends but were drinking.
The American side of Niagara
Falls was blocked with ice, making
almost a complete dam about Mon
day, when in the South the weather
was balmy almost like May. Once
in tiic history of the Falls the river
was completely dammed with ice and
the water did not flow over the Falls.
The Anti-Saloon League of Ken
tucky will ask the Governor to call
the Legislature together in extra
session to give the State a State-wide
prohibition campaign.
A man calling himself John Simp
son, was caught in the act of trying
[to break open a safe at Curtain Bay,
■Fla., Sunday, who admits being the
Igalof Charles Salas, who was killed
at'feftttEefis, S. C., last week, after
killing a policeman. |
Miss Lina Sykes, of Elizabeth Citvf i
the Penguin sank last week near New
Zealand.
An earthquake shock occurred in
Mesina and Reggio last Saturday
evening, that threw down some of the
remaining tottering walls. No fatal
ties occurred.
A young man was arrested in
Southeast P>erlin last week as the
monster who is terrorizing the city
! by wantonly stabbing young women
| and girls with an instrument some
i thing like a sharp awl. Several at
tacks have proved fatal.
On the 13th of February, Congress
found itself with but 13 days yet
in which to act upon 13 appropria
I tion bills.
16 of Uncle Sams’s Largest Sea-Fighters Return
From a Successful World-Cruise
On the last long reach of their
spectacular cruise around the world,
the sixteen battleships of the “Unit
ed States Atlantic Fleet” are steam
ing in leasurely fashion towards the
anchorage grounds of Hampton
Koads, whence they sailed just four
teen months ago. During these
months of record steaming the heav
ily armored fighting vessels have
traveled approximately 45,000 miles
and are returning in condition still
fit for “frolic or a fight.” The
cruise has been a varifable expedition
of the seven seas and tasks hereto
fore deemed impossible for the modern
ironclad have been aecomplishd with
an ease bordering on the common
place.
-The stories of the rruise have been
suceeding chapters of receptions,
banquets, balls and merry making,
but back of all this relaxation and
entertaining in the hospitable ports'
of the two hemispheres has been a !
test of men and material which has j
placed the American navy in an en-1
viable position before all the world.!
The facility in following the motions ;
of the flogship in the fleet, squadron*
and divisional manouevres which:
came with constant experience at sea,1
and above all the marvelous records **
made at the targets in Magdalena
and Manila bays tell of the real work
and the subsequential accomplish
ments that have marked this most
notable of peace demonstrations
among the navies of the world.
Secretary Metcalf says: “When
the purpose of giving this assemblage
of battleships the privileges and ad
vantages of a practical cruise was an
nounced, criticisms from high techni
cal quarters were heard. It was sug
gested that the undertaking was too
monumental; that a battleship is too
vast and complicated a piece of mech
anism to scud around the globe on
any ordinary occasion; that dangers
more than multiplied with numbers
in such a case; that disaster lurked
on every submerged ledge and was
borne on every unknown tidal cur
rent; that the skeleton of some of
the ships would doubtless be left in
the Straits of Magelian; that, if the
fleet should succeed in rounding
South America it was reasonably cer
tain that the individual ships would,
one by one, arrive with machineries
loose and almost unservicable, with
crews reflecting the demoralized con
dition of the material, and that a
woeful spectacle of failure would
thus be presented.
“As to the material, the cold facts
are that the ships have practically
taken care of their own repairs on
this cruise. The repair lists turned
’*n at the Cavite naval station were
negligible. ’ ’
That the experience gained on the
cruise will be of unending benefit to
the navy is indicated from the fact
that probably one-half cf the entire
personnel of the naval establishment
participated in the epoch-making
trip. Three of the sixteen captains
who sailed in command of vessels are
returning home as rear admirals.
Light other captains are returning in
command of the same ship on which
they began the journey of the world.
From rear admiral down to midship
man the training has been such as no
other naval cruise ever afforded.
Among the enlisted men the training
has been even more valuable. Lands
men shipped just before that start
and utterly green in the ways of the
deep, are coming home an integral
part of a wonderful fleet efficiency
and loyal believers in all that the
American navy stands for. Deser
tions on the ships have been few. The
men have taken a pride in the cruise
and it will he a-constant boast with
them that they started to the west
from Hampton Roads and came homo
with prows still turned in that direc
tion. They know the world is round,
and they know whaf it is to work and
play over 45.000 miles of the water
ed surface of the g!obe.
EXPERTS SAY CANAL PP.ANS ARE ALL RiGHT
Washington, Special.—Any attack
made hereafter on the lock type of
Panama canal, according to the opin
ion expressed by President Roosevelt
in a message transmitted to Congress
last week “is in reality merely an at
tack upon the policy of building any
eanaj at all.” The report of the en
gineers “shows i:i clearest fashion
that the Congress was wise in the
position it took, and that it would be
inexcusable folly to change from the
proposed lock canal to a sea level
car»al.”
The engineers show that the only
criticism that can be made of the
work on the isthmus is that there
has sometimes been almost an excess i
of caution in providing against pos-;
sible trouble.
The engineers report that, as the
Gatun earth dam was the central
point of discussion, they gave it, un
der instructions from Mr. Taft, “first
consideration in the light of all new
evidence,” and they add that “the
type of dam now under construction
is one which meets our unanimous
approval.” They say they are “satis
fied that there will be no dangerous
or objectionable seepage through the
materials under the base of the dam;
nor are they so soft as to be liable
to be pushed aside by the weight of
the proposed dam so as to cause
(dangerous settlement. We are also
Satisfied that the materials available i
E‘ nd whieh it is proposed to use are
uitable and can be readily placed to j
form a tight, stable ond permanent
dam. ”
Dams and locks, lock gates and all
other engineering structures involved
in the lock canal project are “feas
ible and safe,” accoding to the en
gineers, “and they can be depended
upon to perform with certainty their
respective functions.”
Having considered the proper
bright for the crest of the Gatun
dam, they concluded that “it could
be safely reduced 20 feet from that
originally proposed; namely to an
elevation of 115 feet above sea level,
or 30 feet above the normal level
of the water against the dam.” This
change has been ordered.
Their estimate of the complete
cost of the canal is $360,000,000,
They say it is incorrect to state that
the original estimate of cost was
$140,000,000, as they did not inclmie
“sanitation and zone government.”
They estimate the expense of sani
tation and zone government at $27,- •
000.000, while payments to the Re
public of Panama and to the new
Panama Canal Company amounts to
$50,000,000, which would make the
difference between the present esti
mate and the previous estimate, with
cost of sanitation and zone govern
ment and payments, added, only
$143,000,000. “Of- this amount,”
they say, “nearly one-half can bo
accounted for by the changes in the
canal and appurtenant works already
referred to and the remainder is to
be attributed mainly to the highei
unit cost of the different items of
the work.”
(TOPOGRAPHY CHANGED BY AN EARTHQUAKE
Teheran, By Cable.—Reliable ro
orts from the province of Nuristan
iv that the earthquake of January
Id was of unprecedented violence. A
Kirier arriving from the scene says
at the prolonged quake changed the
tire appearance of the country,
lit mountains, shifted Btreams and
engulfed man)' villages so that no
trace of them remains. The Shah
has sent out inadequate relief parties.
The inaccessibility of Nuristan, which
is 300 miles from here in the moun
tain fastnesses, makes the work ot
relieving the stricken territory s!o\*
and arduous.
Southern railway and its employees
I Spencer, N. S., Special—Announce
nt made here that an agreement
5 been reached between the officials
the Southern Railway Company at
ishington for several weeks, the
icerning a wage scale throughout
tlfe entire Southern system.
Under the new arrangement which
ha, been under consideration at
at Washington for several weeks, the
empoyes of the company are to have
a niie-hour day instead of a ten
hour day at the same scale heretofore
in effect. The emploves stood for a
nine-hour schedule while the South
ern officials wanted a ten-hour rule.
The employes feci that they have
been treated very generously by the
management in that all they have
asked for has been granted. The ma
chinists are to receive 32 cents per
hour. The other crafts affected bji
the new scale includes the boiler
makers, blacksmiths, carmen and
pipemen. General satisfaction is ex
pressed that the matter has been
amicably set led for another year over
the whole system.
PJ?ES. ROOSEVELT ON THE PANAMA CANAL
Washington, Special.—A magazine
vriter called on the President the
•tier day to get from him some ma
teritl for a review of the Roosevelt
administration. The writer asked the
President what he considered his
gratest accomplishment during his
seven years in the White House. The
President said he regarded as his
greatest work the construction of the
Panama canal. He placed second in.
importance the dispatch of the Amer
ican battleships around the world.
The third place he gave to his settle
ment of the Japanese-Russian war
The President named as his super
lative achievement the Panama Canal
because he believes that this will live
for centuries and centuries. He ihinks
his name will be linked with this en
gineering enterprise long after tht
other accomplishments of his admin
istration have been forgotten. __