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NO. 4.
NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
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Owcrrtftcti / Intercet Glcuved From All Section* of the Bwy
T*? Heel State
> Taylorsville Train Wrecked.
Statesville, Special.—The mixed
passenger and freight train Trom
Taylorsville, which is dne in States-'
▼ills at 10:10 o’clock was wrecked
Thursday rooming at a point about
one and a half miles south of Hid
enite. Two loaded box cars, the bag
gage and mail car and the second
olaaa passenger coach left the track
class passenger coach, which was at
the rear of the train, did not leave
the rails. As soon as the extent of
the _ damage was learned the loco
motive proceeded to Stony Point
station, where an empty box car was
secured. Chairs were placed in the
car and it was taken to the scene of
the wreck. Captain Rowland quickly
transferred the passengers to the box
c*r—“a side door Pullman”—and
the engine and car came on to States
ville, arriving here on schedule time.
The train which arrived here from
Charlotte at 10 o’clock was sent back
to Charlotte and the morning train to
Taylorsville was annulled. What
caused the wreck is not known nnd
neither Engineer Patton or Captain
. Rowland offer any theories as to the
cause.
New Industrial News Deal.
Greensboro, Special—Another turn
was taken in the affairs of The In
dustrial News Thursday, when Judge
Boyd signed an order transferring
the bankruptcy proceedings against
• the corporation to Mr. G. S. Fergu
son, Jr., referee in bankruptcy. Ref
eree Ferguson will advertise a meet
ing of creditors for the purpose of
electing a trustee for the purpose of
winding up the affairs of the bank
rupt. The Daily Industrial News,
which was established here as the Re
publican organ in North Carolina
early in October, 2905, was placed in
the hands of a receiver November 14,
1909, ind the paper suspended publi
cation January 29. The receiver made
three attempts to sell the property.
a single bid being offered at the
last sale, on February 15th. The fail
are to resurrect The Industrial News
means that, for a while, at least,
Greensboro will be without an Asso
ciated Press morning paper.
Mr. Walter H. Savoy, the represen
tative of the Mergenthaler Company,
is here and has arranged to have the
linotype machines used by The In
dustrial News boxed and shipped to
the company’s factory in Brooklyn,
N. Y. Mr. Charles G. Harrison, of
the Harrison Printing Company, has
been engaged to take down and pre
pare the machines for shipment and
went to work on the job Thursday.
Hearing in Whitney Case.
Salisbury, Special.—For the pur
pose of conducting a special hearing
in the litigation against the Whitney
Power Company, of Pittsburg, own
ers of the big electric and water
power plant being developed at the
Narrows, on the Yadkin River, near
Salisbury, A. II. Price, of this city,
went to New York Thursday. Hon.
John S. Henderson, receiver of the
$10,000,000 concern, and Burton
Craige, also of this city, are also in
New York for the hearing, which, it
is said, will last ten days. The prin
cipal issue in the eases arises over
a claim of the contracting firm of the
T. A. Gillespie Company for a bal
ance of about $253,000 alleged to be
due from the Whitney Company. It
is believed here that all the differ
ences will be adjusted and work re
turned on the big plant.
In Trouble Again.
Raleigh, Special.—Fred Miller, the
young man of good family who came
into the limelight some months ago
•through being arrested and held in
fail some time on suspicion of being
connected with the murder of Dr. W.
J£. Smith, of Richmond, last Novem
j m’ _,x> troble again, having been
jailed on the charge of robbery, He
*• icpuspd by Gordon N. Morgan.
Tat* Uncertain,
Rajeigh, Special.—Governor Hitch
in will make hit order very toon as
to whether former Sheriff Amon, of
Sampson county, shall serve his six
years' sentence for embezzlement of
county funds in the penitentiary or
on the roads of Sampson county.
Knends of the prisoner are urging
that he be allowed to remain in
Sampson and serve on the roads. The
carrying out of the sentence to the
Statens prison has been suspended
several weeks, in order that the Gov
wnor might have opportunity to look
into the merits of the appeal for
change of sentence.
His Eye Removed.
Salisbury, Special.—As a result of
_the explosion of a powder magazine
at the Southern Railway shops at
Spencer last October, an operation
was performed Wednesday upon Fred
Loft in, of Salisbury, one of his eyes
being removed. A piece of steel was
found behind the eye, and the other
member is said to be severely in
jured. Mr. Loftin is the last victim
of the explosion to be dismissed from
ft hospital here.
doers' Victims Increase.
Statesville, Special. —Additional
charges against the Clper brothers
Robert and Joe Cloer, the noted
check flashers who are in jail here
awaiting trial, continue to pile up and
who operated most extensively—the
other day and recognized him as the
man who passed a forged check on
the Marion bank. This is the first
case to turn up from the Marion sec
tion.
Pitt County Teachers.
Greenville, Special.—Pitt county
has a teachers’ association that ranks
with the best in the State. It has a
membership considerably above one
hundred, holds meetings once a
month and is attended by practically
all the public school teachers in the
epunty. Through the efforts of the
association, led by the county super
intendent of schools, Prof. W. H.
Ragsdale, educational interest has
reached a high pitch over the entire
county. In addition to the splendid
programme participated in by various
teachers of the county, a prominent
educator from different colleges in
the State is secured to address each
meeting of the association. The ad
dress at the meeting last Saturday
was by Prof. J. Henry Highsmith, of
Wake Forest College, and is pro
nounced one of the best the associa
has ever heard.
State Officers' Club.
Raleigh, Special.—The North Caro
lina State officers are organizing
themselves into a social club with a
limited number of outside members,
the indications being that the organi
zation will come to be quite a feature
of interest in Raleigh. The entire
Woman's Club building, west of Cap
itol Spuare, has been leaSed, except
the assembly room, which the women
will retain for meeting purposes. It
has been a matter of dissatisfied com
ment for some time among the State
officers that they had no place where
they could come together in a social
way and exchange views without the
formalities of some official session
or conference. To Hon. B. F. Dixon
State auditor, is due the credit for
having hit upon a solution of the
difficulty in conceiving the formation
of the club.
Many Want Jobs.
Raleigh, Special.—Governor Kitch
in says he is receiving many letters
from people in various parts of the
State asking to be appointed as in
spector; of illuminating oils under
the operation of the act passed by
the recent Legislature providing an
inspection system for North aCro
lina, provision being made for ten
inspectors, one for each congressional
district, the pay for each not to ex
ceed $1,000 per 3rear. The Governor
says, however, that he finds that the
appointments are not to be made by
him, but by the State Department of
Agriculture. The act becomes oper
ative July 1, and will necessitate the
testing of all illuminating oils offered
for sale in the State, the inspector's
tag of approval being necessary on
every package of oil before it can
be offered for sale at retail.
Pasteur Treatment Successful.
Statesville, Special.—Mr. Fred
Abernathy, who was bitten by a
rabid dog two or three weeks ago
and went te Raleigh to take the
Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia,
passed through Statesville Monday
evening cn route to his home at Oak
Forest. He can now rest assured of
no further ill effect* ns n result of
hi* experience with the mad dog.
Special Tut for Schools.
Raleigh, Special.—The election (or
special tax of 15 centi on the $1,000
of valuation and 45 cents on the poll
to maintain the schools of Raleigh
township for niuo months, in place
of six, was Tuesday won by the
schools, which polled 1,154 votes out
of 1,849 registered. The opposition
voted only 345. The deficiency in
funds was caused by the voting out
of the liquor dispensary and for two
years the schools have had only a
six months’ term. The increase ap
plies to next year’s terms, as the
schools are now closed.
Wounded Negro Dies.
Fayetteville, Special.—Robinson
Elliott, negro, who was shot while
resisting arrest, by Deputy Sheriff
Godwin, Sunday, died from injuries
Tuesday night, after amputation of
his wounded leg. When shot, Elliott
was engaged in a hand-to-hand fight
with the deputy while his daughter
was attempting to place a shotgun in
his hand. The coroner’s jury render
ed a verdict of self-defense.
IBE61SI CONGRESS
Predicted That Extraordinary
Session Will Be Short One
SPEAKER CANNON RE ELECTED
Senate Meets and is Ready—House
..Beets Mr. Oannon Speaker, But
Changes the Rules.
The Sixty-First Congress of tbe
United States Assembled in Called
called the Senate to order, the Re
publican side had a full represen
tation present, while but 15 Demo
crats were in their seats.
Senators Alrich and Money wero
appointed a committee to wait upon
the President to inform him of the
meeting of the Senate and to notify
him that that body was ready to re
ceive any message he might wish to
communicate.
At £ o’clock the Senate, after re
ceiving word of the election nf Speak
er Cannon, adjourned for the day.
Five Democratic Senators, all from
the South were absent from the open
ing of Congress on account of illness.
Senator Tillman is at his home in
South Carolina, suffering from a gen
eral breakdown similar to that which
compelled his trip t» Europe about a
year ago.
After one of the stormiest sessions
in its history, the House of Represen
tatives regardless of party alignment,
adopted, 211 to 17£, a resolution by
Mr. Fitzgerald, (Democrat), of New
York, whereby the rules were amend
ed in several important particulars.
Its adoption was accomplished only
after the “insurgents,” with the aid
of the Democrats, with one or two
exceptions, had won a decided pre
liminary victory by voting down a
resolution by Mr. D^zell, of Pennsyl
vania, making the unamended rules
of the Sixtieth Congress applicable
to the present Congress. The cal!
of the roll on the Clark resolution
was followed with interest.
As analyzed by parliamentarians
the amendment makes three impor
tant changes:
First, it establishes a ‘calendar for
unanimous consents,’ the effect of
which is to enable a member to have
a proposition brought ^befnrft tVia
House without homing to go to tho
Speaker for recognition. This changer
they say, will' be a relief to the
Speaker.
Second. When consideration of a
bill is concluded and the previous
question is ordered the rules hereto
fore have provided for a motion to
commit with or without instruct ions.
It has been the practice to recognize
a member of the majority party to
make this motion and thus prevent
the minority from offering such in
structions as it may desire. The new
rule gives the minority the preference
in making such a motion and thus
enables it to get a record vote on
propositions which would otherwise
be settled in committee of the whole
house, where n<? record vote is pos
sible.
Third. It protects the calendar
Wednesday by requiring a two-third
instead of a majolity vote to set it
aside.
Three hundred and eight-two mem
bers responded to their names, more
than a quorum, when the House
convened. Mr. Currier, of New Hamp
shire, nominated Joseph G. Connon,
of Illinois, for Speaker and Mr. Clay
ton, of Alabama, presented the name
of Champ Clark, of Missouri. Mr.
Cannon was elected by a vote of 204
to 166 for Clark.
The second day's session of the
House of Representatives of the
Sixty-first Congress found the mem
bers in a much calmer mood than on
Monday. The tension was noticeably
relaxed, and a feeling of general good
fellowship was apparent. The draw
ing for seats was the first business.
A number of the older members were
allowed their choice of svats.
Speaker Cannon announced the fol
lowing committees:
Rules—The Speaker; Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania; Smith of Iowa; Clark
of Missouri; Fitzgerald, New York,
Committee on Ways and Means—
Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachu
setts : Hill of Connecticut!; Boutell,
of Illinois; Needham, of California;
Calderkead, of Kansas: Fordncy, of
Michigan; Gaines, of west Virginia;
Cushman, of Washington; Longworth
of Ohio; Crumpacker, of Indiana;
Clark, of Missouri; Harrison, of
New York; Broussard, of Louisiana;
Underwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of
Georgia; Pou, of NoFth Carolina;
Randell, of Texas.
Speaker Cannon did not consult
the minority leader, Hon. Champ
Clark, in the appointment of com
mitteement from the minority party
and Mr. Clark and he had some con
troversy.
The President's message was re
ceived and read in both houses after
which the Senate adjourned until
Friday.
The following is the very brief,
but clear cut message from the
President:
“To the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives :
“I have convened congress in extra
session in order to enable it to give
immediate consideration to the revis-j
“For these reasons I have deemed
the present to be an extraordinary oc
casion, within^ th* meaning of the
constitution and requiring the calling
of an extra session.
“In my inaugural address, I stated
in a summary way, the principles up
on which, in my judgment, the revis
ion of the tariff should proceed, and
indicated at least one new source of
revenue that might be properly re
stored in order to avoid future deficit.
It is not necessary for me to repeat
what I then said.
“I venture to suggest that tbo vital
business interests of the country re
quire that the attention of congress j
m this session be chiefly devoted to
consideration of the new tariff bill,
and that less time be given to other
subjects of legislation in tis session,
is better for the country.”
“WILLIAM H. TAFT.” ,
Washington, Special.—For four
and a half hours the House ef Rep
resentatives Friday listened to the
reading of the tariff bill which was
the only business transacted. It was
perhaps the dreariest 'legislative ses
sion of any held by tie body in re
cent years. The moiiotjmous tones of
the reading clerks haq a depressing
effect on most of the Members, some
of whom early in the reading took to
the cloak rooms and lobby back of
the Speaker’s desk, while others left
the building for the day.
George T. Oliver took the oath of
office as a United States! Senator from
P*V'£fl to the deal t the prodding
offiA^Jby his colleagLJ, Mr. Penrose
and the oath was administered by Mr.
Frye, president pro tempore.
The census bill was received by the
Senate from the Hopse and referred
to the committee onfthe census. After
being in session eight minutes the
Senate adjourned until Monday. There
is a general disposition in the House
to eliminate as far as possible any
academic discussion of the tariff.
Members on both sides are desirous
of having a3 little general debate as
possible and as much time as is prac
ticable for the consideration of the
bill under the five minute rule for
amendment.
LOST $6,000 ON COUNTY ROAD.
Walter George Nnlhian Hurrying on
15-Mile Drive to Catch Train Loses
Large Sum of Money and $1,000
Worth of Jewelry.
Salisbury, Special.—Mr. Walter
George Newman, a well known mine
owner of New York, drove across
country Monday from his mines at
Gold Hill to Salisbury, a distance of
15 miles and upon reaching the city
informed officers here that he had
lost $6,000 in cash and a lot of jew
elry valued at $1,000.
The trip was made hurriedly in or
der to catch a train for New York
and Mr. and Mrs. Newman left the
city immediately.
Mr. Newman came to North Caro
lina Saturday to pay off the employes
at Gold Hill where he is operating
two rich mines^MTo a company of
friends at th®||disbury station he
talked excitedly fof the loss, but re
sumedjvij toJJewJork,
Roosevelt ifcspects Outfit
Oyster Y., Special.—Ex
President Roosevelt Monday made s
careful inspection of the articles for
bis African trip. •„ Mr. Roosevelt saw
his small tents pitched on the lawn
and everything put In order for accu
paney. The ex-President was enthu
siastic during the inspection of the
outfit and expressed himself as being
highly pleased with the clever man
ner in which thq materials were made
and packed. Before finally packing
his guns Mr. Roosevelt took them out
to his target range and discharged
each half a dozen times. It is said
he suceeded in hitting the bull’s-eye
in a majority of the shots during the
practice.
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THE NEW HRIff Bill
Will Bring Annual Revenue of
$300,000,000.
A FEW IMPORTANT CHANCES
The Payne Bill Expected to Wipe Out
the Deficiency—Coffee Still cn Free
List, Sugar Little Reduced, Wool
About the Same, Paper Cut in Half,
Graduated Inheritance Tax.
Washington, Special.—Congress re
tariff bill Wednesday
the bill bears.
The bill is the product of five
months work of the committee and
contains 100,000 words. The estimat
ed revenue under Ibc tariff duties
prescribed will amount to $500,000,
000, an increase of $10,000,000 over
the Dingley act.
A striking feature of the bill is
the inheritance tax. A direct in
heritance of $10,000 to $1,000,000 is
to be taxed one per cent; $100,000
to $500,000 two per cent; over $500,*
000 three per cent. Collateral bene
ficiaries are to pay five per cent on
all amounts over $500.
The bill authorizes the issue of
Treasury certificates to the amount of
$250,000,000 tc run one year.
Coffee stays on the free list.
There is no increase in the beer tax,
There is an eight cent a pound tax
>n tea from the country where it is
produced, and nine cents from other
Jountries.
The lumber duty is reduced 50 per
lent; also steel rails and steal pro
ducts; coal is to be on a reciprocal
basis with countries admitting Unit
id States coal free.
W ool, first and second class, is un
ihanged.
There is a reduction of five cents a
hundred pounds on refined sugar.
Iron ore and hides are on the fre«
list. Shoes are reduced 40 per cent.
Window glass is unchanged.
Chairman Payne in a statement
leficit will be entirely wiped out; if
lot the bill provides for the issue of
■Panama Canal bonds for $40,000,000
•o make up any probable deficiency.
The bill provides for reciprocal
trade with the Philippines, limiting
imports of sugar, tobacco and ei
jars.
ine Cuban reciprocity provisions
ire preserved.
1 tax is put on the transfer of
, property.
The duties ^ cigarettes, perfum
eries, fancy soap, toiiOi articles, cocoa
ipices, feathers and fur are increased.
The bill adds a new paragraph to
the customs act fixing the basis of
appraisement at not less than the
wholesale price of the article when
jffered on the market. This basis is
sxpected to result in an enormous in
irease in revenue.
Printing paper is reduced 50 to 60
per cent, and wood pulp will be ad
mitted free from all countries where
30 export duty is levied.
A section is added applying to pat
ents obtained by aliens in the United
states. It will compel foreigners
obtaining patents to build factories
here and manufacture here for our
trade.
_ Provision is made to terminate va
rious commercial agreements with
foreign countries by notice.
It is provided that the bill go into
affect the day after it is passed.
The following are among the in
Jreases:
Coal, tar, dyes and cement, 30 to
15 per cent.
Asphaltum and bitumen, 15 to 100
per cent per pound.
Cast polished glass, 2 to IQ per
lent. on smaller sizes.
Watch movements, more than sev^n
|«wels, 70 cents each; 11 to 15 jewels,
$1*25 each; over 17 jewels, unchang*
idj watch cases unchanged,
Zinc in ore, 20 per cent.
Building stone is reduced 8 cents;
pig iron is reduced from $4 to 60
sent! per ton; scrap iron from $4 to
50 ents per ton; bar from 1-16 of 1
sent to 440 cent per pound, beams,
joints, angles, etc., from 5-10 cent
per pound to 3-10 cent per pound;
Qoop iron and steel bands reduced
from 30 to 50 per cent; steel rails
»nd railway bars from $7 to $3.50.
Fire brick is reduced frfw 45 to
35 per cent.
Marble, sawed or dressed, jn re
duced from $1.10 to $1 per cubic
foot.
j Steel ingots axe reduced from 3-10
tents per pound to 7-40 cent.
Awaiting the Verdict,
Nashville, Tenn., Special.—With
to indications that the 12 men are any
where near an agreement, the opinion
begins to prevail that a mistrial will
be the termination of the famous
lase against Col. Duncan B. Coopei
ind Robin J. Cooper and John D,
Sharp for the slaying of former Unit
ed States Senator Edwafd W. C»r
toack. Judge Hart at 4 p. m. Wednes
day adjourned court and started for
sis country home.
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Party Lines Almost Obliterated—Little
Fault to Find With Proposed
New Measure.
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Washington, Special.—The House
committee on ways and means agreed
Thursday after the first meeting of
the full committee to report the
Payne tariff bill back to the House
without amendment. Representative
Broussard, of Louisiana, voted, fot jt
resolution to this effpet3*F*H~t£«
other eDmoeratic members voted
against it. The Democrats were given
until next Tuesday to prepare a
minority report on the measure.
Party Lines Smashed.
That party lines will be eliminated
during the consideration in the House
of the Payne tariff bill was indicat
ed by the action of Representative
Broussard, of Louisiana, in withdraw
ing from the meeting of the mem
bers of the minority committee be
cause he differed with their views on
the tariff.
With few exceptions, each member
of the House will fight for the in
terests of his home district. There is
itttle prospect of any engthy gen
eral debate on the bill and the con
sideration of the measure under the
five minute rule for amendment will
be proceeded with as soon as possible,
probably by the end of the present
week.
Clear Sailing Expected.
Unless a “gag" rule, for the pre-i
ventien of unlimited amendment un
der the five minute rale is brought
in, the minority members of the ways
and means committee will not report
a separate bill. Their report will be
drafted by Minority Leader Clark
and will severely eritise the wool
schedule in the new bill. It is con
tended by the Democrats that it has I
s
not been cut sufficiently to place it
on a revenue basi|. T^ere probably
will be^umerous ajgg4dmeqts offer
ed and heate^jj^lligsaons affecting
them are anticipated.
Expedients Discussed,
[inheritance tax, Philippine free
are endorsed by the minority leaders
and there has been much favorable
comment upon the measure by Demo
cratic Congressmen. It is understood
that the minority leaders favor the
removal of the restrictions on the
quatitity of sugar and tobacco that
can be admitted from the Philippines
free of duty. On the other hand sev«^
eral Southern Democrats are en
deavoring to have the free trade pro
vision amended so as to exclude rice,
their contention being that rice would
be sent from the Philippines to the
United States markets and sold for
two cents a pound, if admitted free
from the islands. This, they say,
would ruin the rice industry in this
country.
Parities Join Issues.
A number of Democrats will join
with some Republicans in favoring
the continuation of the duty assessed
by the Dingley bill upon lumber. The
fight for free lumber will be headed
by Champ Clark, it is understood
He has frequently expressed himself
in bitter terms regarding the lumbei
situation in this country. During the
tariff hearings he arraigned the lum
ber magnates and delved deep into
the intricacies of stumpage and rail
road land grants. It is not thought
there will be any serious opposition
to the tariff placed on tea.
SHARPE SET FREE—COOPERS ST1UL HELD
Nashville, Term., Special.—When
the jury Friday returned a verdict of
acquittal for John D. Sharp, charg
ed with the murder of former United
States Senator Edward W. Carmack,
and declared it was hopelessly tied
<>us case had been reached. Nothing
daunted by the expressive firmness of
Foreman Burke’s declaration of a dis
agreement, Judge Hart sent the 12
men out for further delibration and
announced that he would not dis
charge them until he was absolutely
convinced that an agreement could
not be reached.
Judge Hart fully expected a verdict
Fnday. Several times. during the
morning he consulted with one of the
jury deputies and when he had con
cluded the day’s docket at noon he
sent to ask the jurors if they had any
thing to report. The reply “noth
ing” came back. Evidently the. judge
had some information, however, for
he ordered the prisoners brought in
to court and instructed the sheriff ro
‘1 carry in the jury.”
Instead of S. J. Hyde, to whom the
charge was given, E. M. Burke, the
first man chosen, carried the papers
and acted as foreman. In response to
the judge’s question as to tfliether a
verdict had been reached, Burke re
plied: “We are tied up tight as to
the Coopers, but we fiud John D.
Sharp not guilty.”
The verdict as to Sharpe was an
nounced at 12:32 p. m. “Is there
any reason, General McCarn, why
John Sharp should not be discharg
ed!” asked the court. “ one, your
dk?)
enarged from ... I
said the court, with a smile. A Sharp
sat stolid and indifferent. Not so
with his wife. When she had grasp
ed the significance of the verdict her
eyes filled up and she caught her
husband’s left arm with both her
hand® and seemed about to break
down.
The jurors looked tired and worn
and ill at ease. From the loud talk
ing heard in the room they have been
having a strenuous time. They are
chafing under the restaint, too, buf
evidently are conscientious in their
determination to vote with their con
victions. They sent word to the sher
iff late in the afternoon that their
room was poorly ventilated, that the
plumbing was defective, and that sev
eral of the men were ill from the con
finement. The room is quite small
and the sheriff decided to let them
sleep in the quarters in the jail s?j
aside for a woman’s hospital, buf
which has no tenants at present. Thfl
jurors put in the afternoon deliber
erating but after supper*, at 6 p. m.;
devoted the balance of the evening to
amusing themselves with cards and
THE HOUSE PASSES AMENDED CENSUS AND HEALTH BILLS
VVashington, Special.—In its emend
ed form the House took Thursday for
consideration the bill providing for
the taking of the next census. The
bill was passed at the last session,
but wag vetoed by the President be
cause of his objections to the pro
visions which took away from the
Civil Service Commission the power
of appointment of the clerks. An
amendment by Mr. Sterling (Ills.)
was agreed to providing that the ap.
pointments shall be made in con
formity with the law of apportion
ment among the States under th*
civil service act, In order to prevent
the spread of tuberculosis amon^
government clerks, an amendment bj
Mr. Bennett (N. Y.) was agreed to,
requiring that each census applioanj
furnish with his op hw applicgtiflp
,a certificate of good With.
DECLARE ALCOHOL IS BEING ELIMINATED:
Washington, Special, — Alcohol
practicality has no therapeutic uses,
judging from the discussion at the
semi-annual meeting here Thursday
of the American Society for the
Study of Alcohol and Other Drug
Narcotics. Some of the medical
scientists contended that alcohol has
no therapeutic uses; others that on
the whole it lias few such uses, while
another declared that alcohol grad
ually is being eliminated as a drug.
Papers were read by Drs. Henry 0.
Marey, of Boston, honoara# f presi
dent of the society, entii/jd, “A
Medical Study of the TescpsraniM
Movement in the South \' * Howard A
Kelly, of Baltimore, cn "The Alco*
holic Problem in Every-Day Life;*'
T. D. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn,
on "The Future of the Alcoholit
Problem;", and W. B. Parks, of At
lanta, Ga., on "The Effects of Al
cohol on Temperament as it Relate!
to Race and Nationality." Tin
night's session developed much in
terest among the scientists as indi
eating the necessity for laws relat
ing to the care and protection of in
ebriates.
LYNCHED AT ELKINS W. VA., FOR ASSAULTING OFFICER
Elkins, W. Va., Special.—Joseph
Brown, said to have been an ex-con
vict, who Thursday evening shot and
seriously wounded Chief of Police
Scott White, at Whifcmere, near here,
was taken from jail by a erowd of
men at 1:30 Friday morning and
lynched. Brown was hanged upon a
telegraph pole. Thursday evening
White/ who is a son of Wayor Wash
ington White, of Whitemere, rewoo
strated with Brown for using offen.
sive language. Brown drew a revol
ver and shot White and then took t«
the mountains. He was followed bj
a posses of citizens, captured and
placed in jail. Early Friday it seem
ed that the whole town was aroused
and Brown was quietly taken out ol
the jail and hanged. Chief of Polic«
White, it is believed, will recover
Brown is said to have served severs)
terms of imprisonment,